Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1921 — Page 7

SNIDER & ROTZ CONTINUE WORK WITH SCHOOLS Engineers and Architects to Supervise Construction and Repairs on Buildings. SPEND $35,000 AT TECH Consideration of routine matters occupied the attention of the board of school commissioners at its regular meeting last night to the exclusion of verbal pyrotechnics which have been spectacular features of so many board meetings in the past. In the absence of Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewllcr, president. Bert S. Gadd presided. ftaiph VC. Douglas, business director, reported that in accordance with the recent act.on of the board he had entered into a contract, which had been approved by Frederick K. Matson, attorney for the board, with the tirm of Snider & Rots to act a- engineers on certain specified work, all or which had been started or planned before tiie firm resigned more than a month ago. The basis of payment Is the same as in the old contract. 5 per cent on ail engineering w AcJt ordered by the board, exclusive of general contracts. The work covered in the contract is at the following schools: Nos. 5. 21, 22. 2. 43, 44 . 52, 54, 57, SS, 72. 73, Emmerich Mannal Trailing High School. Arsenal Technical High School, both unit No. 1 and the shop and power house; also summer repairs at schools Nos. 15, 23. 31. Stand 34. A number of other jobs for which Snider and Rotx prepared preliminary plans, although the specifications have not been drawn or the work contracted for. also are covered in the con tract. Chief among these are the proposed Potter Fresh Air School, and the proposed classroom and power plant addition at Emmerich Manual Training High School. COI.ORED SCHOOL TO BE NAMED. The board decided to leave the matter of a name for the new colored school, No. 2. Columbia avenue and Sixteenth street, which will be ready for occupancy this fall, largely In the hands of the principal and Parent-Teacher Association. It has been suggested that the school r>e named Colored Memorial School In honor of negro soldiers of Indianapolis who served in the World War However. t was decided to request the principal of the school and the Parent-Teacher Association to make suggestions to the board as to the name. This is the build lng that attracted so much unfavorable comment on the part of members of the State board of tax commissioners when members of that board made an Inspection of It several weeks ago The use of the highest grade maple flooring and marble window sills caused the building to be termed "a palace” by one member of the board. August Wacker. e ntractor on the work now nnder way at Arsenal Tecbni'al High School, and the H H Woodsmall Company were ordered by the board to reinsure *75.006 of the bond on the building by Ang 15 or the board would refuse to make further payments n the work. This amount was placed by the Woodsmall Company with the Republic Pending and Surety Company, and that company Is now in the hands of a receiver. The matter has been pending for some time, but despite all action of the board the amonnt has not been placed with an other bonding company. Contracts for seats of various kind* for school purposes were awarded to the Colombia School Snoply Company, the American Seating Company, the Henry C. Merle Company and Niger A Cos., at prices ranging from ¥5.54 to ¥ls 15. depending upon the character of the seat. Bids for this equipment were received at a special meeting of the board last Saturday. biild POWER HOCSE AT ARSENAL TECH. Despite the fact the lowest bid received last week for remodeling the present power house and shop at Arsenal Technical High School was ¥5.000 In excess of the original estimate for the work, the board decided to award the contract to the lowest bidder. R W Baumann, on recommendation of the firm of Yonnegut, Bohn A MnePer. architects. The successful bid was *35.000. The contract for painting at school No. 17, was awarded to C. A. Wilhelm Company, whose bid of ¥1.905 was the lowest of four submitted. Bids for flooring at schools Nos. 15. A3 and 44 were received and r-ferred to a committee composed of Charles L. Barry, XTnrence E. Crippin and Mr Douglas for computation. The matter will be taken up at a special meeting to be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. This same committee also will consider bids on a variety of school equipment. The following changes in the teaching staff were announced by E IT. Draff, superintendent of schools: Resignations, H. E. Dickr-rman. Anna Bnshey. Genevieve Van Vetter. Appointments, elementary schools, Mary N. Goodson. Artie B. Pierce. Nell Cleary. Bertha Cravens Cook. Louise Jane Bonar. Mary Hornaday Hall. Elaine Simons, Lillian Referty and Katheryn L. McCanlsy. Canning and home economies. Rhoda Hanley. For Kmmerirh Manual Training nigh School. Nila Edmondson, sewing and cooking: Bertha Wyman, institutional cookery and lunchroom manager: Ella Z. Tuller. cook ing: Russet R. McClnrg, commercial. On recommendation of C. W. F.urton. superintendent of buildings and grounds, a one-room portable now In use at achool No. 69. was ordered transferred to No. 87. It will be replaced by anew tworoom portable. Tho board approved the following appointments of custodians at Arsenal Technical High School, at salaries of SBS a month each: August I.lpperd, W. W. Morris, Chris Carthouser. W. E. Baatlun, Roy MeKenis. A. B. Valentine, J. W. Tyler. J. M. Sc he ring, John Blast and B R. Smith.

Couldn’t Buy Whisky; Drew Knife, Fined “Judge, I had no intontions to om that knife. I wai only holding hack Gnussnh and hia wife until the arrival of tba police.” William Howard. 30. negro. •22 Stillwell street, explained to Judge Walter Pritchard in city court late yesterday. where he wag being tried on a charge of drawing deadly weapons. Howtor, the court found him guilty and assessed a fine of $1 and coata. _ Howard was arrestrd in a dry goods store at W 2 South Meridian street, operated by Henry Goussab. Howard testified he had information that he “could buy whisky at the dry goods store." When he reached there and asked for a bottle of “fire water,” the proprietor was not only insulted, but ordered Howard ®ut of the place. Howard refused to leave. When Goussah attempted to carry out his order. Howard is said to have drawn a knife. Auto Advertising Subject of Address "Truthful and Productive Automobile Advertlaing" is the subject of an addresa to be given by Paul Donald Brown, ad- • vgrUsiog manager of E. W. Stelnhart Oampany. at the weekly luncheon of the Advertising Club of Indianapolis, on the seventh floor of the Chamber of Commerce building tomorrow noon. A g*Dral invitation La extended to all

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Proper Housing Solves Health, Moral Problem No High Standards Can Be Found in Overcrowded House or Community .

By LAC RE I. C. THAYER. City Court Probation Officer. j “Are overcrowded homes in Indianapo- | : lip responsible for cases of delinquent ( ! girls'.” Dr. Herman G. Morgan, score j tary of the board of health, was asked ■ yesterday. Hare is Dr. Morgan's reply: “There can be no high moral standards in the over-crowded home, nor in those communities where there Is over-crowd ing When two or three families live in a house large enough for only oue. indi vidual privacy is impossible This herd ! ing together makes everything conducive Ito lax moral conditions. There are such i places in Indianapolis today because of the bousing shortage.” , . Saving the girl means eliminating the : causes of her failure to conform to the i laws and customs established for the | good of society. That is. the causes for J which we, and not the girl, are respon- ! sible. ! i1.965 WOMEN WORK IN CITY. | "Look at the kind of home yon have I given me,” would t>e the cry of many wayward girls, could their voice become articulate. There are in Indianapolis industries 11,965 women. Although many of these do not live at home, the fact remains that thousands are affected In health and morals by the places they live in. It still remains true that it Is in small i buildings that the great mass of the working people are housed lu most of | our cities. Eight years ago, the writer found th.it from ten to eighteen foreign workmen were sleeping on the floor of one room In many of the men's hoarding houses then located in and near West Washing ton street and in HaughvlUe The windows, if any, were usually nailed shut. | She saw men living In wooden shacks not much larger than chicken coops: she found a sick woman living in -in in- j side room In which there was no win dow The pump in the hack yard served i for six families. | There were many three room houses in ; which children lived where the middle I room had no window, the doors opening ! i only on the front and rear rooms. There j j was much typhoid In the district and the i families were helped by many charity | 1 agencies. It Is fortnnate because of housing con { ditlons, that among the foreign population ! at that time there were only a few women, i the wives being lu the old country. But there were young girls in homes j where the “star” boarder was not only , a nuisance, but a menace. Many girls ! have been brought into court because of j the boarder whom their parents wen- ! forced to keep in order to pay the rent, j MARRY FOREIGNERS RETI RN TO EUROPE. J But what of conditions today? | Dr. Morgan is optimistic. He states j first there Is less overcrowding among i the foreign population than eight years ! ago, because during tho war, many re- j turned to their homes |n Europe. Second, education has taught tenants j they could not insult their neighbors by j keeping unsanitary premises, and that j sanitary regulations have played a part j in this general education. ' Third, property owners are more con- j siderate in the matter of keeping up re- ! pairs and attending to sanitation. But Dr. Morgan is authority for the | statement also that there are still some DARK ROOMS in Indianapolis; that I there are two and three families living wuere only one ought to live. The hair-pulling quarrels of children, j the “gang” tights of tha older boys, the ! hack fence gossip of neighbors, as well i l as the sorrows of the poor, make our j j covered drama, in which tragedy holds ! the center of the stage. While the old type of Insanitary dwell- I ing and business block is gradually disappearing, according to Dr. Morgan, In- | -napolis still has a housing problem. Every city has a slum nucens; perhaps many. What Is the remedy? The answer is the old one- -education, j -duration of the landlord, tho tenant, the community. As to the landlord. It is only fair that J

Fainting or NOT Painting Which Costs Most? ihX It costs money to paint a house. But sometimes it costs V more not to paint. Waiting too long—leaving the surnr: ns. ■ face exposed to the elements of the weather —permits deterioration, decay. Costly repairs are then necessary— Nphrr.„ t( „ „yfS* often amounting to more than the cost of paint protection (t li would have been. Paint your house with BURDSAL’S r E.AU f Paint this year. Its cost, distributed over the many years . will P rotect y° ur property, makes it the least expensive paint service you can buy. See that it is used on your house, j j Sold by all good dealers. Th IHM, hM far Romm 81l fcP :^y^j!p<§

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bis point of view should be considered. No one, however interested in better housing, -would question his right to a legitimate profit on his investment, but the community, says a housing expert, cannot afford to allow him to receive undue profit at the expense of the tenant. There are good landlords. Just as there are good tenants, and it would be most unjust to iuclude them all in any sweeping statement. Good landlords make repairs promptly, are considerate of the health and convenience of Ibeir tenants, and keep their property at its best. Lawrence Veiller, president of the Na tioiial Housing Association, has pointed out the way to strike at the roots ot many social maladjustments in suggestions made in his book. “Housing Reform.” Mr. Veiller says: “Housing evils are, in the main, due to the fact that the owners of the property are either unaware or neglectful of the conditions that exist, or are ignorant of the right way In which to manage property. The city esn do much ill forcing owners to keep their property in a sanitary condition, but this is su unending task. Few cities are sufficiently equipped to do this adequate ly. Their work should be supplemented therefore, as far as possible, by prlvsti effort. The simplest and wisest way t-> supplement It is to substitute for neglectful. ignorant and careless landlord, n careful, conscientious and attentive one. “The first and most vital thing for the

Loves an American Miss Charlotte Boyles, who fled from her magnificent home In New Castle, Pa., in the night and lias been found in London, determined to marry an American she met on the voyage and to reject a French Count she hud sailed to marry. Miss Boyles, who Is 21. and recently inherited $290,000, Is the daughter of David Boyles, a retired inilliouairo business man. She fled from her home ut 3 on the morning of July 5, and private detectives have been searching throughout the Cnited States and Europe for her. It was thought Miss Boyles was en route to Paris to elope with Count Guy Trepinard, who was recently a guest at the P>oyleß home in New Castle, and was one of Miss Boyles’ numerous suitors. When seen in London Miss Boyles said the Count is a “dandy chap,” but her heart really belongs to an American she had met aboard the ship. She said she left home because she was tired of the dull routine.

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the landlord to learn is that it is against his interest to have unsanitary conditions prevail In his property; that it Is to his Interest to have bis property maintained in a clean and proper condition, that even though this involves spending of money. It will be money saved In the end; that the character of his tenants la of vital concern to him, and that he has It within his power to choose his tenants: and finally, the landlord should have awakened in him a sense of moral responsibility with regard to the we! fnre of his tenants He has an unusual opportunity for influencing for good or ill the welfare of hundreds of lives. TENANT ALSO HAS OBLIGATION'S. The tenant, too, has his obligat.o-- . Mr Veiller makes an important suggestion when he says. | “It Is desirable to make It to the In terest of the tenant to take care of the house as though it were big own property. The best method thHt has been ! devised, thus far, of accomplishing this has been the admlraoie plan that Is adopt ed by some companies, of allowing each family repairs and re decorations each year to the amount of one month’s rent, and then permitting the tenants, if they so maintain their rooms that it is not nee essary to spend this money, to have the benefit of it as a reduction deducted from . their rent. This gives to each family ! a direct Incentive to careful use of the property " Mr. Veiller thinks tho majority of ten ants are willing to keep property in as good a condition as they find It, except for the natural wear and tear: that to I think all are destructive, greedy and dis ' honest Is as wrong as to Judge all land j lords adversely | "The truth is," says Mr. Veiller. “both are human, and tenants are very apt t' reflect the attitude of the property owner toward them. If he exacts rent for a dilapidated building, they will perhaps inereaae the dilapidation. They say What's the use? He doesn’t care what kind of a place he gives ns to live In. Why should we care what happen* to It?” As to the duties of tenants. Mr. Veiller thinks most of them are through lg noranew, not Intent. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say through thought lessnesg. It is so much easier to thror waste material out of a window of a tone | rnent if one lives on the upper floor than | it Is to put it In a pall and carry it down several flights of stairs. Man; I would not do this if they understood | that this practice resulted in condition* ! that cause sickness to themselves and the j children as well as to their neighbors. IMPROPER HOIBES PRODUCE DISEASE, j The third party to the landlord-tenant problem is the community Improper J housing conditions produce disease, pov- ! erty, sickness, crime and death, and the | victims of these conditions add their j voices to the social unrest. To be sure, onr present Interest is not | so much how we are housed as where we j arc housed, if ut all. | To return to the girl problem. Des- | tltution, or poverty, is said to be the | greatest cause of delinquency in girls, i Linked with poverty, as both cause and | effect, is improper housing Any enj vironmerit that tends to drive the child ; away from the home circle, any circumstance tliat loosens the home ties and sets the young life adrift is the storm that cuts the rope which fastens the frail boat to Its moorings. Environment leaves its Ineffaceable records on the souls, minds and bodies of men, there to be read by all able to understand. A child living its early years in dark rooms, without sunlight or fresh air, does not grow up to be a normal, healthy person, but is anaemic, weak, sickly, like a plant grown in the | dark., She is handicapped In her school life; her earning cap icily is diminished and her resisting power weakened. It Is uot of such material that strong nations are made. Improvement of social conditios, as indeed of all others, starts with the improvement of domestic life. When there are no homes there will be no nai tion. Outside Companies to Pay State $38,327 Transportation companies entering Indiana, numbering more than two hundred, will pay the State $38,327.75 in : taxes, according to Edward Rerny, deputy j State auditor, who obtained the figures j after consulting assessments fixed by the | Stnte board of tax commissioners. The taxes are to be paid by Dec. 1.

RAILWAY HEAD URGES FUNDING BILL ADOPTION C., I. & W. President Writes Senator Watson About Relief Measure. “By releasing the funds that would be made available by this proposed measure, the rail run (is would be enabled to make immediately (and the season is already far advanced) some of the most urgent repairs to roadway and equipment." say* B. A. Worthington, president of the Flmelnnatt, Indianapolis & Western Railroad Company, In a letter to Senator James E. Watson, in which he calls attention to “a bill introduced by Mr. Winslow July 28, H. R. 7997 and 8. ?""■ - ' is designed to provide a way for funding the indebtedness of the railroads growing out of expenditures made during toe period of Federal control for additions and betterments to railroad property.” In part, Mr. Worthington says in his letter: “The bill does not contemplate a subsidy, or even a loan, to the railroads It does, however, provide a way to reimburse the carriers for additional and betterments made to physical property during the period of Federal control —a straight-forward, legitimate business transaction that will go far toward relieving the general business depression. Mr Worthington says further that “Prior to Government control, It was customary for the railroads to finance additions and betterments out of sur plus, and at periods reimburse the Treasury through an Issue of bonds or short term notes In the manner prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the bonds themselves to be paid by the railroad when due. But since 1916. when 28 9 cents of each dollar of raiiwny operating revenue earned by “Class 1 railroads” was available for capital por-

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poses, operating expenses and taxes have increased so rapidly that in 1920 (last year) only 1 cent was available out of each dollar so earned; and during the present year, as you know, the railroads have been eating into their surplus so rapidly that available surplus practically has disappeared and Mt naturally has taken railroad credit alsng with it, ere at- j ug a serious situation. “Releasing the funds would mean the immediate purchase of materials and supplies much needed for proper upkeep, and the re-employment of large numbers f men now idle, not only by the railoads. but by mills and factories generaiy throughout the land. It is not a measure of relief to security holders, except indirectly to save them from receiverships. but it is a measure of relief from enforced waste and hazard, unemployment, and general business stagnation. It has every merit to recommend it to your most active hearty support.” East Side Bank ♦ to Name Officers Directors and officers of the East Side State Bank of Indianapolis, which is expected to open its doors for business Aug. 20 at 2440 East Washington street, will be elected at a meeting of stockholders this evening. The bank, which is capitalized at $35,000, has been granted a charter by the State charter board. About seventy-five residents of the neighborhood of the bauk are interested in It.

B Wardrobe Trunks at Almost V 2 Price Full Size Fibre Trunk, $22.50 $65 Wardrobes ....$32.50 Silk Umbrellas, all colors. $10i) Wardrobes . $59.75 $7.50 values $5.95 and $125 Wardrobes ...$62.50 $4.95. S2OO Wardrobes . .SIOO.OO General Purpose Trunks and j 1 mbrellas, $7.50 Steamers, One-Third to One- Wood Cotton Umbrellas, Umbrellas Half Less. $1.50. j? Repaired and now, special, $4.95. TRUN*S-tr*TWFt f**OoS-UM**PtLAS

Burglars Enter One Home; Strip Two Cars Herman WJchman, 559 West TwentySixth street, found that a burglar had entered his home yesterday afternoon and had taken a child’s bank and ransacked the house. A neighbor woman saw a young white man * prowling near the Wichman home and she gave the police a description of the suspect. Lawrence Lyons, IC9 South Traub avenue, telephoned to the police last night that while his automobile was at Broad R ppie Park some person stole a tire. The tire was valued at S2O. O. Deilaeh, 1545 Shepard street, reported a diamond ring stolen from his home. The ring was valued at $97. James McLean. 1732 East Tenth street, told the police that a tire and wheel were stolen from his automobile while it was parked on New York street near Meridian. Firemen Called to Stove Company Fire of undetermined origin caused a loss of $250 at the Home Stove Company plant, 624 West Merrill street, last night. The fire department answered an early morn ! ng call at the home of Ed Kramp, 2826 Marpherson avenue today. The loss was $25. Fire started In the pantry of the Kramp home. A lighted cigarette is said to have been the cause.

A PROMINENT editorial writer says that the records of Caruso’s wonderful voice will be enjoyed for a thousand years, and that this is close to immortality. This wonderful heritage for posterity is made possible by the art of industry. But the art of industry has accomplished other things as well. Sixty years ago men found oil in quantities, from which they produced light. The Standard Oil Company took that oil and, in addition to light, produced from it, power, and lubricants for the parts which transmit the power —not to mention hundreds of other useful products. Fifty years ago people were delighted with the oil which gave them abundant light; but none could foresee the development which this “Rock Oil” would make possible. It was the vision and courage of the men who founded the Standard Oil Company that made it possible for the automotive industry to come into being. It is the ability of the men who manage the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) of today that has made it possible for the automobile to develop from the clumsy vehicle of twenty years ago to the smoothly-driven machine of today. For the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) constantly anticipated demand and produced gasoline of such quality, and in such quantity, and distributed it in a manner so thorough, that the automotive manufacturer could produce in large enough quantities to keep his product within the range of the modest purse. The art of industry is exemplified in the achievements of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), which will xive for centuries and benefit posterity in a practical way, as the perpetuation of Caruso’s voice will benefit in an aesthetic way. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So* Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

Plan Campaign to Settle Vets* Claims A step In the movement to settle wl claims of ex-service men against trie Government in a four or five months' national campaign in which representatives empowered to give hearings will toucli practically every community of any size have hepn taken in Indianapolis. Signature of the Sweet bill and appointment of C. R. Forbes as the director of the new veterans' bureau by President Harding was the signal starting the movement. Fred E. Hamilton, superintendent of cooperation and personal representative of Mr. Forbes; Fred H. Mclntosh. Government field agent of the war risk insurance bureau in the Indiana district; A. E. Haan director of the national service division of the American Legion at Washington, and Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the legion, participated yesterday in a conference at national legion headquarters here In which the campaign was discussed. Jail Looked Good PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.—George Scheeler. Philadelphia prisoner, is a rapid-fire mind changer. He escaped from his cell on the sixth floor of the city hall, crawled out the window aifitl found himself on a narrow ledge 100 f“et from the ground. Then he changed his mind and bellowed lustily to get tack in his safe cell.

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