Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1921 — Page 1

I THE WEATHER ftllyfair and continued warm tonight SfIHV and Saturday.

OF feSSSSTECTS TO * ( ■ f a ° c ° u p 1 t ■ *ifiCTW *<-■* u 11 !!l Ivr v Fees Paid. -■ N; ' - >. :-r. by re:., -r.stra:.' <.._-_;r.st of scLo'l HH the State tax board :ts board, la a special San .-es that the board paid Snider and; Rotz, as con- ■■ neers. and to Lewis A. t eona.iy, ss professional wMtt un of $60,000.60. Walter mg ;, the examiner w ho made urpes that suit be brought r this amount, and this |H Aably will be followed. IQH pstratiag > :•.:: -e f worth of bonds for the ocaHhH /of four school buildings the hB iiio objected to the bonds n! .'4 *ha: they would continue to It tfceir i.-suun e ur.t'.l t .? t contract between Said.: a QnEK thei s :kc 1 board. It-- ':• a • and or accounts oricsyns this about. SPAItATE c.i the premises: -V li-iT. Shat Snider A Rotz were A >r i>/rtorming duties which the ■ jifc-oviaes shall be performed by B t sv perintendent of buildings and I n< s. t O )ND, that yfr. Snider could not Bl“i" I? enter into contracts with the ■h* 1 because he was already an "a. t of tha board in the capacity -ol cssionai advisor, m port states that a total of $45,;i la v been paid to the firm of Suider j j I legally and that a sum of $19,- ' o *aß jfoi.i due and that a total of * has been illegally paid to Mr vtrh an equal amount still due. .Bug out the alleged relationship the school board and Snider & \ a the school board and Mr. Snireporc says: o ithst?siding that the law pro- ; v f'i an the superintendent of buildi; t grounds should supervise the in- ; t T t ■ l of all heating, , ventilation, ki -and drainage for all buildings used by the board, the board ■H ‘ commissioners of the city of Hin > . :Ua on the 2Tth day of FebmKy, Jg entered into a contract with K' l ® Rotz. a firm of engineers, the K ,of which apparently are Lewis ■7 • and John M. Rotz. This con■r. ovides. among other things < i engineers shall 'prepare plans Bn Hfications and superintend the Ho .on of all work embraced in and in under such plans and specifieatb r all mechanical and electrical p dants, mechanical and electrical In ion, heating and ventilating and Continued on Page Two.) n JNADO HITS IN WISCONSIN l Are Down at Chippewa Jls, Where Damage Is Believed Heavy. > ; !AUL, July I.—A tornado was be- * ed ot hare swept a section of western gg iconsin near Chippewa Fall3 shortly H ;r 1 o'clock today and was said to £*re caused considerable damage Tcief®kth and telephone wires to Chippewa were down. E-fore mmuntcati.-ns how .-fer, it was 6aid a terrific ra.n and electrical storm wua -OJvJ K 99- storm was said to be local. Com■SrHcation with Eu Claire, twenty m:!*s Chippewa Fails, also was cut of: SjjLJ^arily. rcZSm . -be w.nd and ra.n storm. FflOß a cvliiuerable a. a western bcliev 1 the storm might bring JJMjlrom intense heat wL.. h has hold :hwest tn it.- grasp for m.r..- than M RCH OUSTS g2X WiV. jay!*' Girl. Who V.'as Hugged Kissed, Weeps. Special to The. Times. Ind.. July 1. —Pretty Lena ■W / IS-year-old factory worker, wept North Street Baptist Church here night when the congregation In meeting sustained the official ■fi JS-h board in asking the resignation of Felix Goldman as pastor. Grant, an orphan, preriously had ■ " e police she was with the Rev. Mr. shortly after midnight a few ago when he was attacked by an assailant. She said also the had hugged and ki.-sed her and asked her to accompany him to -port for two or three days. JyJ s led to the action by the church y'iißd. Police attributed the attack to with the assertion the preacher Ab>i2)rokea up a love affair between the hn 3 nd a young man from Tennessee. istor is 40 years old and has a fjSSB- of three children. 8 Coming! r rircus is scheduled for IndiiKingling Brothers and F.arcum I combined shows will be here July 22, at the West Washre?yi y&ttviei grounds. WEATHER 'kZ3fi.Hrj Indianapolis and vicinity four hours ending 7 i m’. and • and Saturdav. <*■ LTEMFEit.VTI RE. M >o >9

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ATTORNEY HELD IN JAIL 6 HOURS FOR SOLICITING Fritchard Holds Michael J. Ryan in Contempt—Turnkey Ts Exonerated. Michael J. Ryan, attorney, today was sentenced to serve six hours in Jail, by Judge Walter Pritchard la city court, who found him guilty of indirect contempt of court. The sentence was • the climax of the bond soliciting expose j made in the Harry Ice case. Evidence offered in court today showed that Otto Simon, turnkey, did not know tbat Ryan was soliciting at the time the attorney called Ice to the window of the ceilroom door on Juue 23. A mysterious telephone call which Ryan claimed to have received wa- the attorney's explanation of his reason for calling to see about Ice's bond. "That is the very system the court is determined to break up." declared Judge Pritchard. "Soma one gets a prisoner's name, and telephones it to a bondsman, and the bondsman comes to the ru.ukey's office and asks to see the prisoner. 4fnd tells him he will go his bond. You know the order against soliciting. It's contempt of court, and it's the court's duty to enforce the order. I am trying a principle as well as I am trying you, Mr. Ryan. Because of your physical condition I will make it as light as I can. You are sentenced to six hours in Jail.” Harry Ice, 21. 734 North Capitol avenue, was arrested on a vagrancy charge June 23. when found carrying an electiic iron on West Washington street. He was charged with vagrancy and held under a SI,OOO bond on order of the arresting officers. Later he proved in court that he was innocent of any wrong doing, and was discharged. It was following the statement by Samuel Joseph, a business man and a friend of Ice, that the soliciting in the city prison was brought to public view. Joseph went to Judge Pritchard when he found Ice's bond was SI,OOO and the court gave hn a written order to the turnkeys reducing the bund to SIOO. Joseph went to get the SIOO in cash, leaving the order with the turnkey. The chief of detectives learned that Ice’s bond w-as reduced, and went to Judge Pritchard and got the court to reverse the order and again raise the bond to SI,OOO. Then Mr. Joseph returned to the turnkey's office. Ics testified that while Joseph was gone after the money that Ryan and another professional bondsman whose name he did not know, solicited to take him out on bond. He said he did not send for Ryan. Similar testimony was offered by Aifonzo A. Waterman, 734 North Capitol avenue, who was also in city prison on a vagrancy charge.

$807,200 Bond Issues Approved by Board Eight bond issues, totaling $807,200, were approved by the State board of tax commissioneres today. The largest issue was that of the school city of Terre Haute for $400,000 improvements. The Terre Haute park board was authorized to spend $160,000 in land purchase. Other bond issues were approved as follows: Clay township, 51iami County, $73,000, school; Beaver township, Newton County, $65,000, school; Cass County, county unit road, $60,000; Pulaski County, $8,230 and $16,000, county unit roads.

Papa Dawes Miist Pass on All Money Spent by Bureaus WASHINGTON, July I.—President Harding and Charles G. Dawes, budget director, today atMuned persona! responsibility for holding down Government expenditures. Under plans announced by Dawes, no official, large or small, can spend more money than has been allotted him without obtaining consent of Dawes and then Harding. Dawes* p'ans for cutting appropriations end building up a reserve fund were explained today at a meeting of hi* assistants which Harding was present, la>-

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FIGHT RETURNS Over the fastest possible wires directly from the DempseyCarpentier ringside will be read from the Times building, beginning -47 NOON SATURDAY The Magnavox (electric amplifer) will be operated by Frank Chance, and bulletins will be read in such a manner that all may hear. FOLLOW THE FIGHTERS Be one of the crowd of enthusiasts who will gather in front of the Times office and follow the fight from beginning to end.

WORKSBOARD ADMITS ERROR Permits Agreement Against City in Michigan Street Case. The board of public works today practically admitted that it was wrong in attempting to open and pave Michigan street from Highland avenue to Dorman street under one resolution and raise money to pay for it under one assessment roll when it permitted Thomas D. Stevenson, city attorney, to enter into an agreement with Merle N. A. Walker, attorney fern affected property owners, whereby judgment will be entered against the city, probably Saturday, in the suit for injunction to stop tbe procedure. The case was brought by William C. and Stella E. Freund in Superior Court, room 4 The property owners contended that the board had no right, under the law, to open and pave a street under the same resolution. About 400 citizens also objected to the amount of assessments against them for the improvement by filing two suits in Marion County courts. These suits Will be dismissed as part of the agreement betw-een tbe attornej'S. Persons who have paid their assessments will be fully reimbursed, Mr. Stevenson announced. Their mouey will be available at the city controller's office as soon as an ordinance appropriating the total sum collected can be gotten through the city council. The board of works intends to adopt two resolutions for the work and go right ahead with it, so as to have it completed by the end of the year, President Mark H. Miller stated. One resolution wdll be for opening and the other for paving. The same district which was assessed under the invalid resolution probably will be charged for the expense of the opening, Mr. Miller said. How to distribute the cost of paving has not yet been determined. Plans w-ere ordered for the permanent improvement of ThirtyrSixth street from Carrolton to Fairfield avenues. Gas and water mains were ordered installed in Guilford avenue from FortySixth to Forty-Ninth streets, in Blue Ridge Road frtm Boulevard Place to Sunset avenue, and in Harding street from Miller street to Kentucky avenue, and water mains in Harding street from Morris to McCarthy streets.

Congress Peace Is Called Surrender WASHINGTON', July I—The KnoxPorteT peace resolution, declaring the state of war between the United States and the central powers at an end, was described on the floor of the Senate today by Senator Underwood of Alabama, Democratic leader, as a “political surrender.’* "We have fought a great war to a sne■eegsful conclusion,” Cnderwood declared, ‘and now oil that our soldiers won on the battle field is to be surrendered in the payment of political understanding." No Women on Juries in Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, July I.—Women Ljurors ares illegal in the Estate of Pennftjflrania, the Supreme Court today,

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basement quite a space is available as a banquet hall or general reception room. Close to this is tha kitchen and above It the pantry. The fore part of the basement, if excavated, will serve as a general clubroom for the community.

DISCHARGE FOR ALL SOLDIERS WHO WISH ONE Weeks Begins Cutting Down Array to Fit Provisions of New Measure. ■> I Washington, jniy I—The admicu- ! tration today started cutting down tae * sttz£. of the United States Army, in ac- [ cordanre with the provisions of the new ; army bill. Secretary of War Weeks took the first | step in this direction by Issuing an order j to the commanders of the nine army | corps areas to discuarge any man from I the United States Army who wants to ' be discharged. j Auy soldier in the Army will be riven !aa honorable discharge upon request, ; providing that his record is straight. ! For the present, at least, Secretary Weeks sail the War Department Is going to proceed cautiously in the matter of ; discharging soldiers who desire to fe- | main iu the servE-c. Legal authorities j have rendered an opinion that the Govj ernmant can terminate Us contracted en- ] listment with the soldier whenever it j wills, but despite this opinion officials late not going to co trt a test case if it i can be avoided. | The unemployment situation through I the country also is a factor. The latest figures on the size of the Army show it to be in the neighborhood of two bun- | dred thousand officers, men and employes, j Under the Army bill this number must be j reduced to one hundred and fifty thousand making seventy thousand men who will have to be severed from the oUveruruen tpay rool. - The War Department feels that with an estimated four million men out of work in the country it would be unwise to suddenly add seventy thousand more to their ranks. SUM OF $35,000 IS PAID TO CITY Money Left iiy Resident for Coliseum. Charles T. Hanna and the Security Trust Company, joint executors of the will of Mrs. Anna Segar, widow of Jonathan M. Segar, a wagon maker o£ prominence in Indianapolis some years ago, have turned over* to the city $35,000, representing a bequest made by Mrs Segar. The city's benefactor died in 1916, her will specifying that the city should receive the residue of her estate after certain charitable and friendly bequests were paid. The sum, under the will, was to be added to funds for construction of a city hail or a coliseum, or in case either of these had been constructed it could be used for any other purpose from which citizens generally would derive the most good. j Corporation Ctunsel Samuel Ashby is I preparing an ordinance to provide for in- | vestment of the money and the addition j of interest to the principal until a use I for It is determined. The ordinance will j be presented to the city council late this j month. Ft. Wayne Telephone Cos. Can’t RaU? Rates The public service commission today denied a petition of the Home Telephone Company of Fort Wayne and New Haven for increased rates. The commission j held that the company had been charg- | ing excessive amounts to operation. At the same time the commission authorized the company to sell $560,000 in 7 per cent | notes to expire in three years, j The Hammond, Whiting & East ChiI eago Traction Company was authorized | to continue charging an 8-cent rate of I fare in the cities named until further ! order. The company recently aurrenj dered Its franchise. Davis, Bone Guests of Chi’s Indiana Society CHICAGO, July I—James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, and Scott C. Bone, recently appointed Governor of Alaska, were guests here today of the Indiana Society at a luncheon. A number of prominent IndiAqlana attended,

GEN. PERSHING TAKES UP JOB AS CHIEF OF STAFF A. E. F. Chief Will Aim for Decentralization With Special Course for Officers. PREPAREDNESS IS GOAL WASHINGTON, D_. C., July I. j Jen. John J. Pershing today assumed his new duties as head of ail the military forces of the United States. As chief of staff, succeeding Maj. Gen. Peyton C. J.larch, whose approaching retirement has been announced, General Pershing is in command of tne general staff, the War Department peace-time organization, and as head of the general headquarters organization, authorized by Secretary cf War Weeks, he will have charge of the work of recruiting the reserve strength of the I Army and building up the war machine which he will command if the United States again get into war One of his first acts was to issue nn order to all adjutants and recruiting officers of the National Guard to use every effort to aid disabled soldiers in securing contact with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in order that they might avail themselves of Insurance privileg ‘S or secure medical relief or compensation to which they are entitled. Maj. G,en. James G. llarbord, as as--1 sistant to General Pershing, will have I charge of the routine work of the general ; staff and In reality will fill the position j which General March has accupled for I more than three years. I It la the intention of Secretary Weeks j that General Pershing shall devote the greater part of his time and attention to tha problem of preparing the Uui'ed States in time of peace for war. His first task wilt be that of organizig.g the general headquarters, which, under j present plans, will be built up on the general line of thoee followed by Marshal Foeh in the French army prior to the (Continued on Page Eight.)

Zion City Jury of Husbands O. K.s Low Cut Waist on Women ZION CITY, 111., July I—Wilbur Glenn Vollva. overseer of Zion City, lost his first decision to modern feminine style today. A Jury of married men ruled that the “low-cut waist” of Mrs. Sarah Johnson, pretty 19-year-old Ztonite, was “perfectly proper." Mrs. Johrt'on was arrested June 29 when ah' 1 appeared at the Zion railroad station wearing the “low-cut waist.” Vollvia charged it was i violation of tbo Zion City laws. “He's picking on me," the pretty witness testified. "There were other girls at the station front Kenosha who wore rolled-down stockings knee skirts and filmy waists. 1 bought this waist at his own store. I don't care. I never read any of his silly old laws.” •The Jury apparently felt the same way.

SINN FEINERS OUT OF PRISON Leaders Freed to Plan for Peace Move Suggested by Lloyd George. LONDON, July I.—For the first time in more than a year Sinn Fein leaders met unhampered today. “President” De Valera was free to come and go as he pleased. Likewise Arthur Gritffihs and Prof. Joha McNeil, notorious Sinn Fein leaders, were at large, being released from Mount Joy prison. Other prominent Sinn Feiners were freed at the same time. Although official information was lacking here, it was believed De Valera and Griffiths would confer Immediately on Premier Lloyd George's proffer of a peace meeting. Moderates among the Sinn Feiners are understood to be urging them to accept Lloyd George’s invitation, even if h<> cannot go as the authorized spokesman for all Ireland. Those who urge acceptance, declared he will strengthen his position by thrashing out all questions with the British and Ulster premiers. LOST’ FARMER RETURNS HOME Hartford City Man Says He W as ‘Kidnaped’ Month Ago by Two Men . Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., July 1— Ross Sills, 23, a farmer resident near here, who disappeared a month agot and of w-hom no trace had been found, returned to his home here today. Sills declares two men kidnapped him the night of June 1, forcing him to drive them to Peoria, 111., leaving aim there with the warning not to return to his horn*, for a month. Sills denied he had left because of financial difficulties. Sills disappeared the night of June 1. aft. erhe had called on his sweetheart, near Dundee. An empty purse was found along the road, but no trace of him nor his machine was found. Beaching parties were unable to find any clew Watson Says Taxes May Precede Tariff WASHINGTON, July I.—Tax legislation may be pushed through Congress ahead of the tariff. Senator Watson, Indiana, said todav. He made the statement after luncheon at the White Rouse attended by Senator Penrose, Pennsylvania, as well as Watson and President Harding. U. S. Ship Reported Mined in Black Sea LONDON, July I.—Tbe Anjferiqan ete inaship Mopang has been sunk in the yiack. Sea by a mine, according to a ditpafen received here today. Tha ship’s loss occurred oa Xhuradajr. No live* were lost. ~ •' -■ -s-T'-aa" v ■ . I .

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TURN DOWN OF REPAIR NEEDS TO COST MORE County Bridge Bills Mount When Appropriations Are Denied. DEMANDS ARE URGENT The failure of the Marion County Council to heed the recommendations of County Surveyor John J. Griffith for appropriations totalling approximately $70,000 to $75,000 for the repairs on bridges, for painting and for the erection of new bridges to take the place of those which have been declared nearly useless and even dangerous, may cost the taxpayers from $25,000 to $35,000 more than it would if the council had acted more speed’ly. Commissioner Carlin Shank after a tour of inspection of the bridges, admitted that the delay in making appropriations, has resulted in many bridges being made practically useless. At this Inst meeting of tfce council Mr. Griffith asked that a $70,000 appropriation be made to take care of bridges which are iu the “emergency state,” because they had not been repaired, to paint the ('ridges and install soma new bridges. The council at that time reduced the requested appropriation tc SIO,OOO. “We have not used that as yet because we are holding it tor emergency purposes," said Mr. Griffith. “At the special meeting of the council I will ask : an appropriation of $75,000 to take can ! of the bridges. It would require atout a $125,000 appropriation to paint all the ! bridges, which need it, repair them and | build others where necessary, “The Iron bridges have not been painted ! in the last four or five years, and to properly preserve bridges it is necessary to paint them at least every three years. (Continued on I'uge Eight.)

STAGE SET FOR OBSERVANCE JULY 4 IN CITY Cannon's Roar Will Officially Start Festivities at 9:30 . a. m. Monday. Final details of the Fourth of July celebration in Indianapolis were con- : pie ted this afternoon in a meeting of the American Legion general committee at 1 the Chamber of Commerce. Following the parade of former veterans of all wars through the downtown streets in the morning the legionnaires and the crowds will go to the State fair ground for the principal features of the celebration. The program, as finally completed, is as follows: 1:45 o’clock—Patriotic band concert; grand stand. 2 mi o'clock—Athletic events; race track. Public dancing, continuous from 2 until 5 o'clock uud'-r auspices of Woman's Auxiliary. American Legion, in the Automobile building. 3:39 o'clock—Program of patriotic ad-dressi-s. Band concert and selections by the Gypsy fcrnith choir; Coliseum building. 4 :30 o'clock—Running horse races. s:3t> o'clock —Special exhibition of daylight fire works by American-Italian I'irew< rks Company in front of the grand stand. 5 ;30 o’clock —Awarding of trophies on the race track in front of the grand stand. 6:00 o'clock —Dare Devil Chandler, balloon ascension and parachute leap. 6:00 to 7:00 o'clock—Picnic hour. EVENING. 7:30 o'clock—Patriotic band concert, grand stand Public dancing, continuous until 10 o'clock. Auspices Woman's Auxiliary, American Legion; Automobile building. 8:30 o'clock —Dare Devil Chandler, dive for life from illuminated ladders in front of grand stand. 9:00 o'clock—“ Tints Battle of Jutland." ar. elaborate fireworks display staged by the American-Italian Fireworks Company in front of the grand stand. PROCLAMATION ISSUED UY MAYOR JEWETT. A proclamation urging the citizens to unite in eelebr&tioD the Fourth, written by Mayor Jewett, was issued today. The mayor is en route East to witness the Dempsey-Carpentier bout. It is as follows: “The Fourth of July is America’s greatest holiday. It commemorates the birth of our Nation. It is altogether fitting that the American Legion have full supervision for the celebration of tills great day. Therefore, the citizens of Indianapolis sill, I am sure, give to the American Legion their heartiest support and their full cooperation in making the Fourth of July a real celebration, and at the same time holding high the standards of Americanism and inspiring onr citizenship to a reeonsecration of their lives to the principles of our Constitution and the real purpose of America and Americanism.” The cannon which once boomed in the Confederate cause during the Civil War will fire a salute for the States of the Union on the Fourth of July, Joe R." Beckett, president of Mellvaine Kothe Post, No. 153, of the American Legion announced today. The gun is that with which the German War Veterans' Asso eiation, a body of union, veterans of the Civil War of German' birth or blood, used to celebrate each patriotic occasion. It was given to the Mcllvaine-Kothe Post about a year ago and has been used upon each patriotic holiday since. A firing sqnad, u: ler the command of Lewis J. Koster, Jr., and Herbert H. Eirkhoff. will fire a shot for each of the forty-eight States. The cannon will be located in the courthouse yard. Firing will start at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning, which is the hour when the Fourth of July parade starts assembling at Senate avenue and Washington street. At regular intervals the gun will be discharged, continuing while the parade marches past on Washington street and being timed so as to be finished as the end the end of the column approaches. The cannon will then be limbeml and the entire post with the piece will fall into the line of march. Tfye color guard of Mcllvaine-Kothe Post, in command of Robert Winslow, will be on duty with the firing squad. 1 After the cannon was captured from the Confederates it was stored in a Government arsenal for a few r years. It then was sent to Indianapolig for the use of the German veterans’ organization. Be* twe|® . bfdidays it is now stored in the ■tfarn oi one of the members of the .post. Russell Os Ryan and Paul Fechtmam, who are iAcharge of parade arrange(.CouUßod on Po* Seventeen.j> ——— - --

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YOUTH, 15, ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPT TO ROB JEWELRY STORE Brick Hurled Through Show Window Containing Display of Diamonds Valued at $20,000. COMPANION ESCAPES DURING CHASE Following a bold attempt at a jewelry robbery in the downtowa business district, at 9 o'clock this morning, police have in custody Joha Urcan, 15, a Roumanian, 443 West Washington street, alleged boy bandit. Another young man said to have been with Urcan in his attempt to steal $20,000 worth cf diamonds escaped.

BANDITS SHOOT MESSENGER IN TRAIN ROBBERY Local Man Not Seriously Hurt in Battle in Express Car at Covington. NO VALUABLES TAKEN Special to The Times. COVINGTON, Ind.. July I.—Seven railroad remittar. :e drafts from station agents along the Peoria and Eastern dl-

if Frank J. Beckman, Indianapolis exI press messenger who was shot in a train | hold-up at Covington. I vision of the Big Four railroad, was the | only loot obtained by two masked bani dits, who, early today, held up and shot : Frank Beckman, 50, express messenger, and escaped when the train slowed down |at the western limits of Veedersburg. ! Four men, two at Covington and two at Veedersburg. are being held, pending investigation of the hold-up. Beckman, who was shot twice in the hip. was taken to the Deaconess Ilospitol in Indianapolis. Railroad detectives and police authorities are scouring the country hereabouts, rounding up all suspects. BANDITS GOT NOTHING OF VALUE. Contrary to first reports, the bandits did not throw the safe from the railroad car. They boarded the train at Covington, and when Beckman entered the car, they seized, bound and gagged him, and then, using Beckman’s keys, rifled the safe.. They obtained no money, the seven remittance drafts being their only loot. The railroad can stop payment on these drafts, so they are worthless to the robbers. Beckman was shot as he entered the car. When the train slowed down at Veedersburg, the bandits slipped from the ear and escaped in the darkness. The mail clerk, in the adjoining ear, entered the express car, finding Beckman lying in the floor, bound. He was sent at once to the hospital, arriving there at 5 o’cloc.c. His wounds are said not to be serious. BECKMAN GIVES MEN’S DESCRIPTION Beckman lives at 2425 College avenue. While on the operating table at the hospital. Beckman gave a description of the bandits. He said the men were about flve feet, nine or ten inches tall, were dressed in rough, old clothes, and wore felt hats. Attaches at the hospital said the wounds would not prove serious. HOLD 2 SUSPECTS AT CRA WFORDSVILLE Special to The Times. CRA WFORDSVILLE, Ind., July L Paul Kropp, giving his address in the 1000 block Linden street, and Joe Engesser, alias Joe Carnes, who says he lives at 1065 Bellevue street, both claiming Indianapolis as their home, are held by the police, pending investigation of their possible connection with the robbery of a Big Four passenger train near Covington today. Kropp and Engesser were arrested after they alighted from the train which was robbed. They said they boarded the train at Urbana, 111., and were beating their way to Indianapolis. They will be held pending an investigation of the robbery. 700 Given Permits to Use Fireworks on Fourth of July The particular division of young America residing In Indianapolis found out today that the hoard of public safety still was issuing permits- to use fireworks on the Fourth of July and the rush was almost more than two clerks could handle. By noon' the total number issued was far past five hundred and was expected to go to seven hundred by the time the weary attaches satisfy the army of firecracker-bent youngsters. The permits are' being Issued to adults and children over 14. and to children under 14 who have i applications signed by their parents. Mi permits are issued upoA written appKcatlon,

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Urcan is alleged to have hurled a brick wrapped in newspapers through the wins dow of the Wolf Sussman Jewelry Corns pany,*239 West Washington street. The brick struck the window so high that, \ although the glass was shattered, the J bandits probably were unsuccessful fql obtaining any loot. . W JEWELRY WORTH ■ S2O,CPU IN’ WINDOW. J| A pile of $5 and $lO gold pieces enfl $20,000 worth of diamonds, including gem valued at $4,000, was the priJß sought. The diamonds were two racks in the window. Frank Britton, 819 Chadwick street, and O. M. Delph, 1317 La Grande avenue, hrearu the breaking of che window, ana started after the two boys, whom they saw reaching through the opening in tha broken glass, ' -V-V-The robbers ran east In Washington street to the first alley and then turning west at Pearl street. The yells of Britton and Delph to “catch the thieves caused Oren Deere of the Deere & Kirby Farm Implements Company, 2h South Senate avenue, to join in the chasa, Deere caught Urcan and A. J. Wildofsky. 23S West Pearl street, assisted ini holding the boy, who was struggling l<i get free from Deere. BOY APPEARS TO BE OLDER. Sergeant Burk, and Detectives Sullivan and Golder arrested Urcan and took himto police headquarters. No diamonds -or jewelry were found oa tb. bey after his arrest. Urcan was charged with grand lar-i ceny and burglary, and was taken to Jail. Detectives have not fuHy deter-; mined if there w-ere one or two in th® attempt to steal the diamonds. Som® witnesses say two and others say one.; Urcan declares he was working lona handed. The yourh said he had beea employed at the Beveridge Paper Com-! pany. The police say John Urcan’s older brother, Dan, escaped from the Indian*” State Farm some time ago. Dan now is supposed to be in the Navy. Mr. Sussmnn reported to the detectiv® department that only one diamond ring valued at S7O was missing. Detectives investigated John Urcan’* record in the Juvenile court. They found he had been in White’s Institute as on incorrigible sent from juvenile court. He was in court on a similar charge on a previous occasion. Records show he was born July 31, 1906, and will not be 15 until the last day of this month, 1 1 4 SAY S HE STOLE ‘MULE,’ SOLD IT Drunk's Story - Uncovers ‘Tiger’ Trial. When Troy Oliver, 27. 104 West St. Clair street, recovered today at polic* station from the effects of Intoxication, he told a story that opened up a “olin<a| tiger” trail. Oliver was arrested yesM terday at 1524 Lee street on charges cfl intoxication and for operating a blind tiger. . J He said he had purchased the liquotj frnm Floyd Catt, 17, 2074 South Belmoi.tw avenue. Catt was arrested and said h had stolen five quarts of “white reile'B from a Belmont avenue had s:di four quarts to Oliver fIHBMR searching for legger. Lu -r nrddln. 39. 20C3 NorthJSjPggl r ■ :or of a n-.-taur; lUKdR end Bo £SHRu| • Wo-w Sixteenth I’- Un. rating a bLi L;--.’> i:.t Houston. BergcaV|bAnK9fl and Dean. The officer* say three quarts of wine in a suit case!®B gallon-jug partly filled under a counter and a small amount of wine in a quart] bottle in the safe. jZ i DELEGATES MIX WORK WITH PLAY Electro Platers Hold Today's Session at Park. ; From technical papers of an education* al nature, such as “Cyanide Potassium vs. 1 Sodium,” to games, such as baseball, th*f program ranged for today’s session Columbia Park, of the ninth annual vention of the American Electro-Plater**; Society. \ The program for this evening at th*; Claypool Hotel includes a number of papers equally formidable to a layma%' The closing busi .cos session of th®’ convention, tomorre w morning, provides for the election of officers, the selection 1 of the convention c ty for next year, s*>. vision of the constitution and the tran** action of other routine business. The program for tomorrow afternoon includes an automobile trip around th*l city, and in the evening a dinner danc*' and the installation of new officers s£ the Claypool. ' Boy Heat Victim Walter Hancock, 16, 407 West Norwood street, was overcome with heat today while unloading books in front of the K. Stewart st >re, 44 East W/ish-ngtoa street. He was taken, to the city'hosy tal in an ambulance. IMPANEL JURIES MONDAY. \ It was announced in Criminal Court I today that the petit jury and the grand* jury for next term will be impanelled® next Monday. It was also announced that forty-three persons will be arraigned before Judge James A. Collins on Tueak day to enter pleas. -7 gc

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