Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1921 — Page 5

‘Hick’- Acts Like a Deputy Sheriff, Makes Good at Job, Then Grows Chesty

By WALTER D. IHCKMAN. Jt’ not everybody who can act like a “deputy sheriff.” To be a "deputy sheriff” you don't have to run for office nor make any promises of protectin’ the Interests of the taxpayers. All you have to have to be a "deputy” is to stand in well with the sheriff himself. The other mornln' I acted like a “deputy aherifT’ from 4 a. m. until 9 a. m. I didn't have a star or a “gat" to impress any one with my authority. All I possessed v-as the hope that three men, who had Seen sentenced to the Indiana State Farm by Judge James A. Collins -of the Criminal Court, would not attempt to do the vanishing stunt from Sheriff George Snider's trusty and speedy flivver. ’ There was a reelin' at the jail, especially with Night Jailer Frank Kemp, that a newspaper man could “shake the sheets” at the uncivilised hour of 3 a. m. and arrive at the Jail by 3:43 o'clock, Some people have the strange idea that a reporter sleeps until 8 a. m., takes an hour for breakfast and then gets shaved by a barber. So, Kemp called the hotel and informed Night Clerk Boyles to tell me “to come to the jail at once, ’cause the sheriff was waitin' for me.” "SHERIFF WAITIN'.” CLERK GETS BCSY. Boyles informed me that "the sheriff was waitin' for me” and it took me five minutes to persuade him that it was not necessary for him to figure up my hotel bill for the week. I told Boyles that I was on such good terms with the sheriff that I was going to act "like a deputy sheriff.” E "Well, the sheriff isn't in the habit of getting our guests out of bed at 3 a. m. just for a pleasure ride,” said Boyles. Arriving at the jail, I realized for the first time what liberty moans. A negro by the name of James Anderson was standing in a big room as Night Jailer Kemp waited for Harry Middleton to complete his arrangements for a little stay of six months at the "farm.” Anderson also had six months to serve. Kemp slipped the "bracelets.” the copper's term for handcuffs, on the left wrist of Anderson and on the right wrist of Middleton. Then James R. Hoffman of Tennessee. tt well-dressed chap of 23, in fact he was too well-dressed for the company he was about to keep took his place st the right cf Anderson and Kemp slipped one end of a “bracelet" over his left wrist. “I am goin' for a year for nothin', for absolutely nothin',” complained Huffman. “They got me right,” laughed Anderson. ‘-and I couldn't talk my way out of It.” Middleton said nothing.

CHORCS CALLS FOR CIGARETTES. , Suddenly the tnree spoke as if In a chorus to me, "Got any cigarettes, pard ?” I knew that prisoners are not allowed to smoke cigarettes at the jail, or on the farm and I decided th-t I would be a “perfect” deputy and say nothin'. Just then Sheriff Snider entered snd said to bis prisoners, “Good morning, boys.” Then be looked at the handcuffs and asked, “Frank, you haven't got them too tight, have you? I don't want to cut their wrists as we have some rough road?." Kemp assured the sheriff that “they were all right.” Again the three In “bracelets.’* “Can't we have some cigarettes?” The sheriff said nothing, but walked to bis desk and took out a package of smokes. “Hand what's left back to me before we get to the farm because you can't smoke them there.” A prisoner called* out, “Jimmy, where you goin'?” GOIN’ TO SI MMER HOME. “Down to my summer farm for six -months,’’ yelled back Anderson as the pherlff. the three prisoners and myself •walked to Snider’s car. " “Have you your 32?” asked Kemp of the sheriff. “All set,” answered Snider as he touched his pocket. The three prisoners were loaded Into the back seat. Sheriff Snider took bis place behind the wheel of the car and I sat next to him. Jimmy Anderson acted as custodian of the “smokes” and I am sure he was overgenerous with them. Jimmy and his companions had to do some clever manipulations to handle their “smokes” with handcuffs on their wrists. ! For the first several miles the three in the back seat smoked and kept silent. ? At Plainfield, I decided I would follow the philanthropic path of the sheriff and I handed out threq cigars. Middleton end Hoffman told me that they could enjoy a “good cigar.” Anderson accepted his bet put It in his pocket. Middleton was game and smoked it all up, but Hoffman switched to a “pill” before the cigar was half gone. As we neared the farm. Anderson said, *T have been there before.”

K.VEW “\nLD BILL” AND HIS CANE. “Then'-'.you know ‘Wild BUI?’” asked Scidei. “Yes, and his cane too,” amwed Anderson. "As long as a feller does the right thing with Wild Bill, too and he are good friends, but If you double-cross him. well—” “That’s when yon remember his cane,” said the sheriff. “As long as yon are right, he is alright with you.’ said Anderson. “Wild Bill” is the name the prisoners hare given to William Giidewell. assistant superintendent at the Indiana State Farm. He is the symbol of authority at the penal farm. Thy do not eat at the farm until “Wild Bill” takes a heavy cane from the wall of his office and starts to the dining hall. When I met “Wild Bill.” I saw a man with red hair and a red mustache. He looked “wise.” forceful and very powerful If he had to exercise discipline. He was out and out a man. He knows prisoners. as he thinks several hours ahead of them. When he has to "tame" a prisoner he seldom ha* failed. His “medicine” always gets results. To “Wild Bill” falls the credit of the really marvelous discipline at the Indiana State Farm. The sheriff and 1 turned over our three prisoners. The sheriff shook hands with all of them and said, “Boys, don’t try to escape. They always catch you and you will do a stretch in Michigan City.” Hoffman thanked me for two packages of “Bull Durham.” which I had purchased for him just before arriving at the farm. FARM REMINDER OF CANTONMENT. The Indiana State Farm rero'nded me of an army cantonment. There were over 500 prisoners there. I walked with “Wild Bill” and his cane to the “meteg hall.” That was breakfast time —6 o’clock. The men, dressed in overalls and shirts, lined up at the six doors leading into the hall. Bill took his place at one of the doors and when all of his family was properly lined up, he mounted a platform In the hall, pounded the cane three times and the men filed Into the big hall and tock their places. No one started to eat until Bill again struck the cane three times. Then all began eating. When the last mas finished. Bill pounded the cane again. Attendants rushed down a Une and removed the knives and forks.

Then Bill struck the platform again and the men marched out of the place. Here was the wonderful sight of one man presiding over more than 500 prisoners. There were no guards present—only “Wild Bill” and his cane. Following breakfast, and it was a very good one, the men gathered in little bunches and smoked and talked before going into ths harvest fields and other places at the big farm. CALLS ROLL BY SQUADS. After the men smoked and talked, “Wild Bill” mounted a platform in the open air. He called the roll by squads and the superintendents reported the number of each gang. Bill gave the word and the gangs marched off to their day’s work. What a splendid improvement this farm system Is over jails and prisons. I learned one thing from “Wild BsH”—a prisoner decides his own standing it the farm. As long as a prisoner Is cn the square with Bill everything is O. K. But even on this big farm a ma l is a prisoner. He must obey and sene his time while he works. A man can take his first step toward the right by doing the square thing at the Indiana State Farm. The prisoners looked clean and happy. There was no prison parlor about them. They work each day, have three good meals and a clean place to sleep. Sheriff Snider and myself had breakfast with “Wild Bill” and Acting Superintendent Howard. In that informal little talk, you would never guess that “Wild Bill” was the symbol or authority and the end of the world as well as the new day at the Indiana State Farm. Everything centers around “Wild Bill” at the farm. The amazing thing is that this man can call almost every prisoner by his first name. MORNING CHORE COMPLETED. After Sheriff Snider and myself started back to Indianapolis. The sheriff was glad to get started back so early because he would have a full day at the jail. That Is the secret of Snider’s success. He does much of his work before Indianapolis Is awake. I was glad that my first attempt at acting like a “deputy sheriff” was a grand success. No one had escaped. It _sure was a grand and glorious feeling. But— Liberty is a wonderful thing and a year at the farm is a long, long time.

PEGGY ‘ KISSES * HUBBY f S AMOUR TO WIN SUPPORT Osculatory Evidence of Affection Sent by Telegraph — Alimony Award Tomorrow . CHICAGO, June 28.—Peggy and Charlotte kissed each other via the Western Union today and made up. A complete reconciliation has been effected between Peggy, Follies beauty, and Charlotte Johnson, admitted "other woman” in the life of J. Stanley Joyce, third millionaire spouse of pretty Peggy, according to Attorney Weymouth Kirkland. Charlotte, who came to Chicago, determined to “work the law of compensation against Stanley,” succeeded. In a conference between Charlotte and Kirkland, Peggy's attorney, it was decided that Joyce's former flame will be called to Peggy’s rescue and take the stand In the Joyce divorce case. The two girls, once peeved at each other because of affection for Joyce, now are the best of friends and exchanged “love" by telegram today, Kirkland stated. Charlotte, after the conference, left for Grand Rapids, Mich., today with her husband, who is sticking by her. Judge David Sabbath is to announce tomorrow the amount of temporary altmony Peggy is to get from Joyce. She demanded SIO,OOO a month.

Boy Scout Finds Body After Long Search Special to The Times. SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 28—Boy Scout Ray Allerton’s all-night search was rewarded at 7:30 in the morning when he found the body of 4-year-old Harold Tubbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Tubbs, who had been drowned in Indian Lake while wading. Dowagiac scouts were called from their, camp twelve miles away to Join in. the search. All but Allerton gave up the search, after working all night. The mother refused to believe her child was drowned, and consulted a fortune-teller, who tlod her the boy had been kidnapped. EIGHT ADMIT GAMBLING. RICHMOND, Ind., June 28.—Pleas of guilty to a charge of gambling were entered by the eight men taken in a police raid on a local hotel Saturday evening. A. D. Goosey, game-keeper, was fined $1 and costs and the following were fined $5 and costs each: John Stone, Roe Sish, Ben Rost. Russel Cox, 8. P. aHyes, David Carter and John Jerald.

Choice of Princess? The came of Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl of Bathurst, has recently been mentioned as the successful suitor for the hand of King George's only daughter. Queen Mary is said to approve. Lord Apsley'i mother owns the London Morning Post.

HELEN AND TOM SCATTER SUNSHINE AT MURAT Kelly Is a Prince—Summer Vaudeville Runs to Musical Acts

Helen Burch and Tom Powers are scattering large bunches of sunshine at the Murat this week. That is the task the authors gave to two of the characters in the comedy, “My Lady Friends.” It is in the second act of this comedy that Miss Burch and Powers hit a pace which makes the play enjoyable. Powers sits down to a piano and plays the well known “Sunshine” song which was used by the late Clifton Crawford in getting this comedy out of a rutl Thank goodness that an actor can actually play a piano and not trust to luck that a pianist hidden behind the wings will play and stop at the right time. Powers, with the aid of Miss Burch, who is dressed in a cute bathing suit which looks like it Is made for beach use instead of In the real ocean, put this little song over in splendid fashion. It is remarkable the way this little Helen Burch person puts over the Eva Johns role. She has the looks, the personality, the voice and youth. She doesn’t overburden the role with overacting. Powerk is just as natural as the sunshine. He plays the role with a light, snappy, but firm comedy touch. He knows how and when to make an audience laugh. Powers is a valuable addition to the Walker company. Marjorie Vonnegut of Indianapolis makes her first appearance with the alker company this season in the role of Catherine Smith, the dollar saving wife of the would-be-rapid James Smith, a Bible manufacturer, which is the role played by Powers. Miss Vonnegut Is w-ell cast in this role, especially in the first act in which her quiet and unaffected way causes the character to ring true. In the last act Miss Vonnegut makes a beautiful picture when she steps out in some fine, glad rags. Indianapolis has every right to be proud of Miss Vonnegut Blanche Yurka has the breezy role of Lucille Early, who believes that the only way to keep a husband “good" is to keep him broke. McKay Morris plays the role of Lucille's husband. Elizabeth Patterson is, as usual, a sure laugh getter. This time she is cast as a wise combination cook and maid. Dorothy McDonald, Margaret Dalrymple and Julia McMahon are cast as the three women who find that James Smith is "easy picking,” Edwin No et (why dees he insist on the axle-grease appearance of his hair?) Is cast as Tom Trainor. The four Dig acting triumphs of this Impossible comedy fall to Miss Yurka. Miss Burch, Powers and Miss Vonnegut, 1 admit that I am not enthusiastic over "My Lady Friends” as a play. I never have been. The putllc has always liked it. so why worry you with a repetition of what I once stated in this department? I will say this much for the Walker company, I enjoyed '“My Lady Friends" more last night at the Murat than 1 did when the la.e Clifton Crawford and his company appeared here. “My Lady Friends” remains on view all week at the Murat. W. D. H.

THE KELLYS BEGIN THEIR FAREWELL WEEK. You who have an Imagination that yields readily to romance, that bends pliantly to the emotions, will find a paradise in “Just Suppose," the final offering of the Gregory Kelly Stock Company, in their last week at English's. That does not mean that one who has no imagination, or one who cannot readily adapt himself to the make-believe, cannot enjoy to the utmost this drama of love and heart-breaks. , Just the reverse. The Gregory Kelly players, if they have done nothing else in their entire season here, have proved, in “Just Suppose.” they are the last word in teaching the beauty of an imagination. Some may say the imaginary part is overdone, that the plot draws too heavily on one’s imagination, or lack of Imagination, as the case may be. But the writer takes Issue with these persons by asking what play is there, with a touch of the human element, which deals with the emotions, that does not require some work of the imagination? The play teaches one thing, if no other, that every one on this old earth is susceptible to the wiles of the god of love, no matter what his position in life, his age, his race, color or creed. It shows when the right girl is there, and the right man, too, at the right time, that—well, there you are. The story is one woven around the recent visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States. Bored by the constant strain upon him, of attending receptions, dinners, making speeches, going here and there, the Prince, with his companion slips away from Washington on a jaunt down into Virginia. He intended merely to stay a few hours, but he met the girl, and as a consequence, stayed overnight, missing engagements, and did not leave until the following afternoon. The reason was, he met the girl. But a Prince does not belong to himself. He belongg to the state. He has no right to love, to give way to bis emotions, ahd Incognito, he falls in love with the girl, with the result there are some touching scene*. How their love envelopes them, how they fight down their emotions, make one of the prettiest love stories that has been enacted on the Indianapolis stage this summer. The work of Gregory Kelly, as the Prince of Wales, and of Ruth Gordon, as Linda Lee, the Virginia girl, will leave memories of this pair in the minds of Indianapolis theater-goers, long after they have closed their season. Especially

KENTUCKY GIRL WRITES LETTER How She Was Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Sunnyside, Ky. —“I suffered for more than two years with my back from two doctors ~ tisecftn the paper ten bottles. It has done me a great deal of good. I weigh 138 pounds and am in good health. I will gladly fecommend Vegetable Compound to anyone who suffers with the troubles which I had, and you are welcome to publish my testimonial.” — Velmer Hendrick, Route 1, Sunny side,. Ky. To many American girls life is often a heavy drag in comequence of illness, and every mother should heed the first manifestations, such as cramps, backaches, headaches and nervousness as Mrs. Hendrick did for her daughter, and give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a fair trial. For over forty years this old fashioned root and herb medicine has been relieving women of just such troubles. , i.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 28,1921.

| HELEN MAKES A HIT WITH WALKER COMPANY . . v ~ r * r 7 V . v . , :•< / \ " A '( • ■ • - : --v | j s's 4 A If*. y - .• , ‘ 1 MISS HELEN BURCH.

It reads like a fairy story, but Miss Helen Burch has made herself famous nearly over night by her charming work with Tout Powers in "My Lady Friends," which opener a week's engagement at the Murat last night. This is the first

charming is Miss Gordon In the last scene. The splendid work of the supporting members of the cast, George Alison. Robert Leslie, Angela Ogden, Walla-e Ford. Leon Gordon and Wallis Clark, cannot go unmeutloned. There was not i falter in their portrayal of characters, and tho dialect of Mr. Gordon, as companion to the Prince, and of Mr. Leslie as the colored butler, deserves special mention. Opinion—-While it Is true one must draw on the imagination to a certain extent, to thoroughly appreciate it, “Just Suppose” Is one ov the most wholesome of plays in the repertoire of the Kellys, and a vehicle which affords the cast the opportunity of displaying unusual qualities In emotional acting. It Is all of that and more. At English's this week. ALL KINDS OF SONGS ON THE NEW BILL AT KEITH’S. O’Hara and Neeley are featuring a number of popular and semi-classic songs this week at B. F. Keith’s, the girls have unusually good voices and give the old sohga some new “kinks” with tbelr harmonizing. A clever sltfging and dancing novelty la introduced by Natalia Harrison and the Castle sisters in which the artist's pictures come to life. Some dainty dancing and unique costumes are presented. A "lone-man" act by Bert Howard is scoring a hit. It Isn't often that on< man would hare much of a chance among so many beautiful girls, but Howard, with the help of the grand piano, is putting over his rapid fire piano acrobatics with marked success. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde and their youthful daughter, Connie, shtdowgraphlsts, with their agile hand pantomimes, keep the audience amused, and Tripp and Sells, comedy acrobats, are entertaining. A modernized film version of Aesop's fables. Pathe News Weekly and music by the orchestra complete the bill. -I- -I- -I’NOTHER CIRCUS ACT OFFERED AT THE LYRIC. All is well at the Lyric this week. The new bill is one of those' hot weather affairs which runs to music, singing, dancing and a circus act. All that is necessary to get an audience in good humor these days is to bring on a couple of white horses, several riders and a clown. When that is done the management is safe. Such is the feeling created when Crandall's Brazilian Circus is Gashed as the closing act on the current bill at tne

AMUSEMENTS. SENSATIONAL WATER ACT IN GLASS TANK Bert-THE SWANS-Mabel Diving Sea Lions Wrestling Crocodile ■' -FREE AT- - RIVERSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK Commencing Tuesday Evening and Every Night Thereafter at 9:30. More Exciting Than a Bull Fight.

M OTIQ n. p I C T U _ R Es _- LOEW S STATE THEATRE Always Has “THE BEST OF EVERYTHING" • THIS WEEK ELSIE FERGUSON —in—“SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE" NEXT WEEK Tho Great Venetian Spectacle “CARNIVAL” Continuous from 1 to 11 V. M.

“THE GIRL IN THE TAXI” | The Coolest Theaterinthe World Douglas Mac Lean in “One a Hi-.te” QB4

important role that Miss Burch has had with the Walker Company. She has made a home for herself with the Walker organization and with the Indianapolis public by her work in this comedy.

Lyric. Two large white horses enter a ring and two bare-back riders takes their places. The jumping stunts of the riders are well done. The act closes with a number of local boys giving exhibitions of how they look as bare back riders. This stunt gives a funny and snappy ending to this act. 81 Jersks as a small-town wise guy, appears to be the applause winner on the bill. He has a bunch of old time Jokes but the way the audience hangs on to the old ones makes Jenks a favorite. 1 Hall and Gullda have one of those neat and pretty dance offerings of which vaudeville needs more. The act is nicely costumed. Benson and Moore have a musical offering, during which the man does some pleasing work on a cello. Ward and George play the banjo and other muelcal instruments. Une of the members of the team plays the smallest violin la captivity. Warner and Cole open In black-face with some clever eccentric dancing. Tha eceue then changes to their dressing room, where they take off the black make-up and quarrel. The act has a speedy and clever ending. The Four Hamill Misses are at their best while playing musical Instruments. They should eliminate their vocal work. But why find any fault with a bill which pleases big audiences on a warm day. At the Lyric all week. -I- -1- -I----ON THE SCREEN. The following movies are on view today: “One a Minute.” at the Ohio: “The Girl in the Taxi,” at the Circle; "Sacred and Profane Love,” at Loew'g State; "A ; Rldin’ Romeo,” at the Alhambra; “Scrap

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Iron,” at Mister Smith's; “The Struggle," at the Regent; “To Much Speed,” at the Isis, and “A Divorce of Convenience,” at Colonial. EFFICIENCY IN HUN DIVORCES Courts Grinding Out Separations, With Wife Usually Defendant. BERLIN, June 28.—The divorce wave following the war has hit Germany with full force. English divorce courts worked overtime the first year after the armistice straightening out the marital tangles resulting fro mthe war. Germany reacted more slowly but the Teutonic divorce mills are now grinding out separation papers with full German efficiency. “In the year 1920 in Berlin there was one divorce granted for every eighth marriage consummated," declares the Berliner Tageblatt, following an Investigation into the cause of the domestic disagreements. “Children still play the major role in holding together families for one-half of the divorced couples during the past year have been childless.” “Continental marriage conventions are notoriously different from those in the United States, and cases where men and their waves separate and go their own way without resorting to the divorce courts are so common that the social Grundies scarcely ever raise an eyebrow. The continental custom whereby husbands and wives agree to disagree makes more marked than ever the growing recourse to the courts. "In the majority of cases the wife was accused as the guilty party,” con-

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AMUSEMENTS. KEITH’S ELECTRIC FAN TAVDEVILLE A Brix Show In a Cool Theater Iced Lemonade Served Free! NATALIE HARRISON and the CASTLE SISTERS BERT HOWARD—TRIPP A SELLS MR. AND MRS. GORDON WILDE O’HARA Ss NEELY Cartoon’s of Aesop’* Fables I’atlte New*—Digest Topic* 3 Show* Every Day 2:30, 7:30, 9 p. m. >. 1.. „i. IM? The Big Comedy Novelty, CRANDALL’S BRAZILIAN CIRCt’S MORTON, DENNIS AND GIBSON, HARMONY SINGING FUNSTERS FOUR—HAMEL GIRLS—FOUR MUSICAL MISSES BENSON AND MOORE, W’ARNER AND COLE. SI JENKB, HALL AND GUILD A. WARD AND GEORGE; MACK SENNETT FARCE, “BUNGALOW TROUBLES.” MURAT- && Mata., Tomorrow, Thnra., Sat. THE STUART WALKER CO. Ml 1 floT FRIENDS A Summertime Comedy. Next Week—“ARTISTS’ LIFE” By Wood and Samuel Merwin. First time on any stage. i English's™™* LAST EIGHT TIMES Gregory Kelly Stook Cos. Mats. Wed., Thurs. and Sat. MOTION PICTURES. Alhambra FIRST HALF THIS WEEK TOM MIX IN “A Ridin’ Romeo” Extra! Only Aathentio Pictures of Dempsey and Carpentier Training for “The Fight of tha Age.’’ ICIO Second Big A JL 3 Week PREMIER SHOWING IN INDIANA WALLACE REID IX “Too Much Speed” Sennett Comedy, “THE tTiHi?py FXNIgy

tinups the Tageblatt. “But the new freedom brought by the revolution, with the reduced working hours, has brought disaster to many formerly happy families. The husband formerly worked eleven or twelve hours aday, and when he came home in the evening he was a good enough father.

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PROBLEMS OF The By-Product Coking Business 15. Coal Supply Having determined the kind of coal required for our coke-ovens, as explained in our last statement, the next problem is to get the coal when needed. Keeping up our coal supply has never been without difficulties, but since the fall of 1916 these difficulties have usually been so multiplied as to seem at times almost insurmountable. Here are the principal ones: 1. Winter brings transportation troubles which usually prevent the railroads from maintaining a regular movement of coal cars. Some reserves must be kept at our plants at all times, and these reserves must be much larger in winter than in summer. How much larger, nobody can exactly foresee. If the winter turns out to be open, the general demand for coal is less and the railroads can move all coal more easily. A large stock provided in the preceding summer and fall would then prove to have been excessive. Such was our experience last winter. If the winter turns out to be unusually severe, or if a strike comes in winter, then a large stock provided during the preceding summer may prove inadequate. Such was our experience in the winter of 1919-20. Nobody can foretell weather conditions and only to a limited extent can anybody foresee unusual business conditions or the policies of railway and mine labor. Therefore, nobody can make perfect provisions sot supplying by-product coke ovens with coal reserves. 2. The problem just stated has been made more difficult by conditions growing out of the war. In 1917 and *l9lß the U. S. Government controlled all coal Supplies. By-product coke ovens were recognized as essential industries, but some of these plants were regarded as more important than others. We had made better provision for suitable coal supplies than many others, but the Government diverted a large proportion of our coal to other plants. For example, the U. S. Steel Corporation was trying to operate some of its ovens largely on Illinois coal, hut the inferior coke produced so cut down the output of steel that some of our best ooal was sent to those ovens. Likewise some of our coal was diverted to the ovens of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Baltimore. We Avere obliged to get along with less coal and to hunt up inferior substitutes for what was taken from us. When the miners’ strike occurred in November and December of 1919, we not only had good stocks of coal on hand but Lad made such provision for that very emergency that all during the coal strike coal shipments to us were entirely sufficient for full operation. But again the Government undertook to distribute coal to meet real or imagined distress, and practically all doal shipped to us was diverted because we had a stock on hand. If, as now seems probable, there is another coal shortage next winter, it is quite likely that some governmental agency will he established to make distribution of coal according to some arbitrary rules. These interferences with our coal supplies—whether justified or not —have made our problems much more acute. Altogether apart from the vicissitudes of business, our operations have been greatly hampered by action of public authorities. Our expenses have thus been greatly increased, our production has been greatly reduced at times when there has been the best.demand for our products, and the gas supply of Indianapolis has been seriously interfered with. Last winter there were no gas shortages because neither transportation difficulties nor governmental control interfered with our coal supply. Some other problems of coal supply will be explained later. CITIZENS GAS COMPANY

"Since the eight-hour day has come into fashion and In many lines the man has even shorter hours, the husband, spends much of his time in bars, racetracks or in Jovial society—or if they do come home they are in the house so much that it leads to friction and finally the divorce court.”

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