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UNEMPLOYMENT GRAVE MENACE TO THE NATION Cabinet to Discuss Situation Friday With View to Congressional Action. 6,700,000 MEN OUT OF WORK WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Unemployment has reached such proportions that It constitutes a grave menace to the Nation unless checked before winter sets In, Administration officers said here today. Aroused by the report erf Secretary of l.abor Davis that there are 5.736,000 unemployed In the United States at this time, Cabinet officials have begun consideration of measures to slleviate this condition. Congressional action also may be taken with a view to speeding up the economic readjustment which, it is believed, Is essential to the correction of ■unemployment. Unemployment Is the result of poor ■ national economic management, according to Eugene Meyer, Jr., director of ;tbe War Finance Corporation, who stated that unless the Government acts ittiere will be a most serious situation for 'lt to confront next winter. WORK TOR AXL In country. “As au American citizen, I should feel ashamed to go through next winter with 'five million men idle." Director Meyer said. “There Is work for all In this .‘country if we will only manage our ufTalrs with a reasonable degree of intelligence. “1 am not one of those who believe unemployment over a long period is necessary to work out certain economic theories. * 1 think unemployment Is a thing about which something should be ‘done and can be done. , “It will be a distinct economic asset to the country and of the greatest importance to restore labor to a full deIgree of employment." CABINET WILL TAKE UP QUESTION. . The Administrations plan for using “the War Finance Corporation to aid the railroads and the farmers will contribute to a reduction in unemployment, Meyer said. , The whole situation regarding unemployment will be taken up again by the Cabiret Friday, it was announced and at •that time it is possible members of the Cabinet may offer a definite program for the Administration to carry out. A EARS RECORD REACHED IN 1014 *?Pcia! to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By ROBERT BARKY. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.—1n response to a Senate resolution, the Secretary of Labor has sent to the Oip'tol an official estimate that thene are 5,736.000 men aud women out of employment In the United i States. Unemployment is climbing steadily .toward the record of 1914 when the army of jobless reached a strength of approxi zaately 7,(M),UU) and a war in Europe was ! nweossary to prevent Industrial demoralization in this country. The statistics made public by Secretary Davis had been ! famyiur to Admi'flstration and Congres- j Bion&l leaders tyr severed weeks and were responsible tot very grave concern. They : Inspired Raj,Jblican leaders to special effostg Ti? instill new life into Industrial .y/erica, through whatever agencies of j which properly could be invoked. The President’s social message to Congress. urging credits for the American former aud n financial adjustment In the interests of the American railroads was ■ uue, in a large measure to his determination to leave nothing undone to revive production and restore confidence in business.

At approximately the same time that Secretary Davis' figures were being taken to the Senate. Capt. James X. Robison, chalcman of the General Wage Board of the Na7y, was informing a group of Habor leaders representing workers in the (Navy Yards of the country, that mothers end little children would go hungry next winter unless the workers accepted lower Wages to permit of the employment of a greater number of men. Much want in INDUSTRIAL. CITIES. If the workers in the Navy Yard refuse to accept wage cuts. Captain Robison said, it would be necessary to discharge some men to enable funds to go around. He aaid he bad found “much want” in many Industrial sections during a netent tour, and that it was necessai\ to take drastic action to avoid having hungry children next winter. A further centralization of official attention on the industrial situation throughout the country was brought about by the decision of the Erie Bailroad Company to terminate its actual operation of shops and roundhouses at Marion, Ohio. There was a widespread feeling that the Erie, which had taken the lead in reducing wages, might precipitate- a serious clash between capital kit labor, especially as it affected the Strong Machinists' Union. That view wa* Strengthened by announcement that William H. Johnston, president of the Machinists' Union, had left Washington for <?2iicago to enter vigorous protest with ths Railroad Labor Board against the action of the Erie officials. He Indicated the workers would Insist that the l>oard take action against the carrier for a step which he declared was a subterfuge to evade the rules of the *boani].” Folio win.; the receipt of Secretary Davis' report, Senator Medill McCormick. •Tlllnols, author of the resolution of Inquiry which brought forth the estimate of unemployment, issued a statement urg ug the necessity for prompt action by ‘the Government wherever possible. •“The unemployment is progressive,” Senator McCormick said, referring to the fact that the estimated number of the jobless hod grown from 3.000.000 during the ineumbCTicy of the present Administration. "At the present raYe of progression we shall have as many unemployed next winter as there were unemployed in the winter of 1314. There can hr no Immediate and radical cure in tie present economic depression, which is world wide and from which some countries which did not even enter the great ,war, are suffering more severely thrVi the United States. Nevertheless. I believe step* ran be taken to prevent or mitigate the actual want and suffering whi< h will touch thousands with the ‘coming of cold weather, if nothing is done.” BELIEVE BETTER TIRE* OX WAV. Other Republican leaders were not in.clnded- to take so pessimistic a view of “the future. They pointed to the better 'tone to industrial reports now reaching Washington from many which (suffered most severely from the' depres■sion two or three months ago. They jrare inclined to believe the turn in the 3ruaU had been reached a sow weeks ago and that general business conditions soon •would Improve In a material way throughput the country. The farming nnd cattle raising sections were said to Jiave yielded to the Influence of more ■elastic credits brought about by the Admlnist ration. There Is no gainsaying the concern in official circles over the progressive increase of unemployment and the statement has been made more than once In' competent quarters that failure of the ilardjng Administration to business would* mean a political reverse of

MURDER GANG IS GIVEN TITLE OF ‘GOOD KILLERS 9 Barber, in Confession, Admits Hired Assassins Put Sixteen People to Death. NEW YORK, Aug. 17 —New Yonk detectives today took up the search In a dozen cities for members of the "good killers.” The search began after Eartola Fontana, a larber, .admitting a murder by himself, implicated a band of six alleged hired assassins in sixteen killings. Seven victims fell in New York and one in Detroit. Fontana said. Unfolding the plots and machinations of the gang, which he said earned the name of "good killers." Foutana said its career began with a murdep In Brooklyn fifteen years ago. From that murder sprang a line of stabbings and poisonings which made the gang all powerful in the Italian underworld and brought it hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wealthy Italians with enemies they wished pot out of the way have given the gang valuable comm!**x.-ns, Fontana said. The usual method of the gang, he said, was to obtain control of youthful Italians before they leave Europe. In various ways they worked on the unsuspecting immigrant, Fontana said, telling him “the gang owns the United States" and that he must obey its orders.” In a matter of fact Fontana declared the immigrant then was the tool Msed to commit the paid murder. -If the immigrant objected, force was used. Whether he obeys or not, his life was forfeit Fontana declared. "They would kill the Immigrant just to be sure he would not tell,” Fontana was said to have informed- police. Fontana declared he was forced into murdering Uamlllo Calzzo when three members of the ‘good killers" thrust revolvers into his stomach and threatened to shoot if he did not swear to get the man. Six other Italians were arrested on Fontana's story and are being held on suspicion of being connected with the Calzzo murder.

the first magnitude for the Republican party next year. CLASSIFICATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT. Mr. Davis' report classified the number of unemployed as follows: Manufacturing and mechanical industries (including the building trades!. 3.900.000; mining. 230,000; transportation, $00,000; trade and clerical workers, 450,0nO; domestic and personal service, 335,t<o. lie said be was unable to give any estimate cf the number of former soldiers and sailors now.out of work. The l-übor Department estimated that there are about 109,000 coal miner* out of work, while many others are working part time, it added that there was much “slack" in the mining of Iron, copper and other minerals, so that the total of 230,090 men out of work iu mining was a conservative estimate. All of the department's estimates were relative to tjie peak OX employment in ■Tanuary, 1920, it was explained so the actual number of regular workers out of employment probably would be somewhat less than the 5,735,000 figure. In other words, many wire*, daughters and boys employed when the demand for labor was at its height have since returned to nongainful home work or to school and these are included in the estimated 5,735,000 jobless.—Copyright, ltd, by Public Ledger Cos. RIGHT OF WAY STILL GOES TO NORTH, SOUTH

(Continued From Tage One.) tor vehicles from making loud or unutual noises, introduced in the city council Monday evening. NORTH, SOUTH STREETS HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY. Paragraph ‘'b“ provides that ''traffic on north and south streets shall have the right-of-way over traffic on ail ensti and west streets, except on Washington street and ail boulewrds ns established by the common council ami the department of park commissioners of such city Traffic on .Massachusetts, Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia avenues shall Lave the right-of-way over all traffic on othei streets.” “On Fast New York street from the Big Four Railroad tracks to Emerson avemio, east and west traffic shall have the right-of-way over north untl south truffle,” paragraph “c” reads. In paragraph “and” it is provided: At street intersections where silent policemen are placed, such vehicles crossing such Intersections shall not cross the center of such bntersectin'g strut, if at such time another vehicle is approaching from its right ar,<f about to cross its path, and is at a point within three (3) feet of such Intersection. Such vehicle at the righ’ shall hare the right of way over such other vehicles.” SLIGHT VARIANCE WITH STATE LAW. The city ordinance in paragraph “a” of Section 4. also differ* slightly from the State regulations in that salvage corps apparatus and emergency repair vehicles of the street railway company also are g’ven right-of-way ranking with mall and ambnlance vehicles. State and city arm signaf regulation, also are at variance, the State regulations are In force. Chief of Folice j. E. Kinney said. (They provide that drl-

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DEFIES LAW TO BAR HIM FROM HOLDING BERTH Donn Roberts Predicts His Election Despite Tucker Statute. Special to The Times. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 17.—Donn M. Roberts, the convicted former mayor of Terre Haute who “came back,” said In an Interview today he Is going to be elected again and he will hold office despite the Tucker law prohibiting former Federal prisoners from holding public office in Indiana. Attoruey General U. S. Lesh in an unofficial opinion to State Sermtor Clem Richards, Terre Haute, a political enemy of Roberts, declared Roherts was made ineligible by the Tucker law. Roberts said “a few more moves such as Mr. Richards made in asking for the opinion will make my election unanimous.'’ lie characterized the Tucker law as “a sedition law" passed during the stress of war times and said it was unconstitutional because it would punish a man twice for the same offense. He also attacked' tho ruling o fthe attorney general. “The opinion of the attorney general cannot override the constitution of Indiana." he said. “A'former attorney general did that in the case of Germans wishing td vote on first papers, but that was during the stress of war and the Germans did not press the matter except in Individual instances. “Asa sequel to that ruling an amendment is to he voted on Sept. 6 to do away with voting on first papers. That is, the attorney general gives ids opinion and then seeks to have the constitution amended to fit his opinion. “There is absolutely no question that the so-called sedition act is a violation of both the State and Federal Constitutions —an ex post facto law oml a bill of attainder which seeks to taint a man for life.”

LEAVES ESTATE OF ABOUT 8130,000 Came to L T . S. Penniless— Died Wealthy. Special to The Times. SHELBY Y11.1.E, lnd., Aug. 17.-DU-tribution of the estate left by the late George Wright, one of the wealthiest men of the county, who died last, week at his home south of here, is directed in the term* of the will and Its two codicils, which have been admitted to ; robate in the Shelby Circuit Court. The cf- mated value of the estate i% 8130,000, one of the largest presented for probate here iu many months. The personal property is valued at 830,000 and the real estate at $ JO,OOO. The bond of tjie executor. Albert \V. Wright, a son of the de eased, was placed at 830,000. The widow, Mrs. Ellen \A right. tbe son, and daughter, Mrs. Sophia Alley and three grandchildren will receive the estate iu apportlottate shares set out in the will. Mr Wright arrived in this country from England practically penniless when he was a young man and at hi.) death c wned more than a thousand acres of the best farm laud in th ocounty.

Now He Can Give Her More French Lessons Special to The Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 17.—Word has been received beta of the marriage of William Hacker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hacker of this city to Miss Jessamine Bell, daughter of the Rev. Slid Mrs. G. AV. Bell of Wavenly, Ky„ at the lieil home. Mr. Hacker was in the newspaper business here for several years and Is now secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Paris, K.v. rin served with the Ameilcan Expeditionary forces In France during the war. and the romance (egnu when he offered to give Miss lteil, who Is a teacher of French in the Paris -■ bools. Instructions in French pronunciation. , PAPER PLANT RESUMES. HARTFORD CITY, Ind , Ang. 17. The Fort AVaj ne Corrugated Paper Company's plant resumed operations here Tuesday with Its full force of men. The plant is w'rking on a 24-hour basis. It is bolioved operation will be steady from now on.

vers turning to the left shall entend the arm horisoVitally, turning to the -right, shall extend the arm with the forearm rained at a right angle and stopping shall extend the arm'and move it up and down verti-ally. City regulations provided that on turning to the left the arm shall be held out horizontally, the same as is provided by the State law, but that on turning to the right or stopping the nrin shall be moved forward. The city ordinance permitted the use of te mechanical device in place of the arm. The State law permits drivers of close.) vehicles to signfil for turns or stops by slowing down and sounding a warning on the born. CHARGE RING IS IN COMPETITION Firms Have Double Grievance Against Steel hooters. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 17.—A steel theft ring, whose operations extend into four States, has been discovered in Detroit wbh the arrest here of seven men, police announced today. .A half dozen other suspects will be in custody bv tonight, they say. The ring is charged with stealing metals valued at several hundred thousands of dollars from Detroit and Cleveland steel concerns nnd celling them In competition with the firms from w leh they were stolen. WORSE THAN HEN GAS. LILLE, France, Aug. 17. —All the inhabitants of milling villages near here were overcome by foul gases arising from refuse set nilre at the bottom of a mine tip. Three children died and several are still seriously ill. Old soldiers declared the fumes worse than German gas. * STATUE FOR FISH LAUREATE. NEWCASTLE, England,. Aug. 17. Fishermen of England will be asked to con'ribute to a fund for a monument to John liarbottle, who died recently, aged 70. 11a was the author of "The Fisher’s Garland,” and was known as the “Fishing Pact Laureate." TEACHES 50.000 TO SWIM. STAMFORD, England. Aug. 17. —Councillor Holmes Cornwall, aged 70, has taught 50.000 school children to swim and has saved more than fifty lives. He still gives lessons, being the oldest swimming teacher in England.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1921.

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—Hohenberger photograph lent by State library. Pennsylvania Railroad Cut Through the Hills of Jefferson County.

In Event of Tie Vote Clerk Will Decide Election PLAINFIELD, 111., Aug. 17.-Thera probably will he no hard fight 1n the campaign precediug the election that will lie held on Aug. 27 on the farm of L. A. llarlong. * 1,. A. Hartoug will be the Judge of the election. Mrs L. A Hartong will be clerk. The voters will bo Mr and Mr*. L. A. Ilartong. The election, ordered by August Mane, superintendent of schools of Will County, will decide if the liar tohg farm Is to bo annexed to the Plainfield school district. Neighbors are speculating as to what will happen in event of a tie vote.

HOOSIER DEATHS

SHELBY YILLE -Green Willis, as, is dead at ills home in this city from a compilcatio of, diseases. lie had been ill for two years, lie leave* five daughters, Mrs. Pearl -iackson of Indianapolis; Mrs. Theodore Murphy and Mrs. will Fr e man of Edinburg; Mrs \\ O, Isley and Mrs. Porter Stratil of this city; two sons, Thomas Willis of Noblesville and Frank Willis of this county. LOGAN SPORT Mrs. Martha J Like. 85. widow of William I.;ke, Is dead at the home of hr daughter in this city. She Is survived by two children The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon. Interment will be uiude In Ml Hope Cemetery... .Mrs. Mary E Harrison, 75, is dead at the family homo here. Slot is survived by her husband, two sons, one granddaughter and three grandsons. Many Contracts Let Special tS The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Aug. 17—The county board of commissioners. Tuesday, let several contracts fur improvements in the county. Robert Landon of Montpelier. was given the contract for repairing the heating system in the courthouse. L. E. Jones, received the contract for dipping county gravel. The ,1. D. McAdams Company of Indiana polls, re. reived the contract for a county road maintained Seven bridge contracts also w ere let. •

STANDARDS FOR WORKING CHILD Report on Subject Issued by Depart men I of Labor. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The United States Department of Labor, through the Children's Bureau, has just Issued a report called “Plfys'cal Standards for Working Children,” in which a committee of eleven physicians appointed by the Children's Bureau explain how the health of children at work may be protected. Eighteen States now have a law re quiring children to be examined before going to work. These States are: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, lowa, Kentucky. Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia. The most comprehensive of these laws requires that a child shall boos normal development for his age, in sound health and physically fit for the occupation which he is about to enter. But unless examination physicians have definite standards by which to test development and sound health, under developed and physically defective children are likely to go to work early to their own sorlous disadvantage, in spite of excellent laws intended for their protection. The committee, therefore, has undertaken to define what constitutes normal development and sound health for children applying for working papers. The report of the committee contains

BWarirobe Tranks at Almost. V 2 Price^j||J||N Full Size Fibre Trunk, $22.50 $65 Wardrobes ..,.$32.50 Silk Umbrellas, all colors. SIOO Wardrobes ..$59.75 $7.50 values $5.85 and $125 Wardrobes .. .$82.50 $4.95. S2OO Wardrobes ..SIOO.OO . _... __ General Purpose Trunks and ‘ 1 Umbrellas, $7.50 Steamers, to One- Good Cotton Umbrellas* Umbrellas Half Less. $1.50. j? Kepairecl S; In c and . dow, special, §4.95. . v -' oVcrßa TRUNKS-LEATHER <*€>oos- UMRACLLAS v. —3O NORTH PENNSYLVANIA ST.

TWO-CENT BREAD IN SOUTH BEND Results From War Between Two Bakeries. Special to The T'mes. SOUTH REND, Ind, Aug 17.—Two rent bread hit the South Ilend retail market today. , It came as the public'# plunder of a bread war waging between bread ! manufacturing corporation with a South Rend factory and a local bakery. In advertising the cheap bread, (me grocer, known to be a sioekUolder in the ! local bakery, and who handies both | brands, says regarding the outside corI poration's bread at 2 cents a loaf: “Whether you want this bread for your table or not, it is the best possible food | to fatten your flock and Is cheaper than I scratch food.” The corporation has been wrapping each loaf of bread separately and inserting in each package a check worth 5 cents In trade. The grocers, who were I stockholders In the local bakery, care j fully extricated these checks and turned I them In for more bread They were thus , enabled to sell the corporation's bread at ! less than cost and try to lower the value ! of it in the view of the public. Child Is Killed When Hit by Auto Specie! to The Time*. GREENFIELD, Ind, Aug. 17 -Thelma I True, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harvey True, of near Mt. Comfort, was instantly \ killed la to 'Tuesday, when sho was struck i by an automobile driven by W. S. Coch I | rane of Tipton. The child ran In front of ! the machine. if is said. Her head was ; crushed. Witnesses exonerated Cochran# from I blame for the e-„i.-i,i World War Veteran ; Killed by Bowlder

Special to The Time*. BLOOMINGTON, Ind . Aug. 17.—Frank Gable, .14, was killed Tuesday, neur here, while he, with others, were Wasting rock with dynamite ori the Hedriekavll> road Following the blast n bowlder fell on Gable's heed, crushing lila skull. Gobi" fought oversees in the World War. His parents survive. minimum standard* of height and weight for specified ages, based on tne most trustworthy experience and presentday practice. It also lists defect* tor which children should be refused certificates, remediable defects for which they should be refused certificates pending correction, and conditions requiring supervision under which provisional certificates for periods of three mouths may be issued. The points which examining physicians should cover if adequate protection 1* to be given the working child are given in detail in the report, which also contains a record blank for the use of physicians in making these examinations. Periodical examinations for children after they hav<4 gone to work aro rocominended bf the commltteO-as a still further means of protection. As yet no .State has taken this step, though an exceptionally good opportunity for putting Into effect an adequate program of healtli supervision, says the report, is furnished by tho compulsory eontiudatlon school laws now in force In twentytwo States. * Negro Is Hanged KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 17.—Walker Lee. a negro, went to his death on the gallows in tho county Jail here early today. He was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Duhm, an elderly woman, on June 2S, 1921). The husband of the negro's victim witnessed the hanging. fi OKESE: :u LEGS. TURIN, Italy, Ang. 17.—Each of six geese recently hatched out on a farm near here has six legs. Their owner is getting rich by exhibiting the feathered freaks.

FRANKLIN MAN FEARS FOR SON Says Shelbyville Morals Need Attention. Special to The Times. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 17.—j Charges were filed here today against j William Lipps, loical store owner, for selling cigarettes to minors; against! Henry Brothers, poolroom owners, for permitting minors in their place and i agalfiet William Mahoim, for violation of the prohibition law. The affidavits were filed as a result of statements which were made by Ert Deupree, 17, sou of Edward Deupree, exJudge of the Johnson Circuit Court and prominent resident of Franlflin, who asserted ho had purchased cigarettes from Lipps, spent his time at the poolroom and w-a* given a drink at whisky by young Mahoim, with whom he associated. ; Mr. Denprec arrived here with the boy i who had been absent from home for two I weeks, during which time the father said j he learned of a number of escapades which the boy had committed in this city. | During the conference with Prosecutor Elmer Basset, Mr. Deupree suggested | that the local officers should stop ' the | practice of local young men bootlegging liquor. I,ter an apology was. demanded of Mr Deupree by local members of the police department who asserted that young : Deupree and a number of his eompaaions came here from I-'ranklln bringing whisky with them and becoming intoxicated at social functions here. The police showed ; recop!s that the Deupree boy and his as-soc-Lit-es have been under the watch of the police and the boy admitted the police said lie had brought liquor here from his home town. Hearing in the cases will he set at once, tbe local authorities ' stated. VOTE IN KOKOMO PRIMARY IS LIGHT I.ess Than 5, 0(A) Votes Cast, Mostly by Women.

PpeclV,! to The J'lmes. KOKOMO, Augf 17. Results of tbe special primary election held in this city Tuesday show that Omar F. Brown, j Republican, was nominated by a plurality :of 324, receiving n total vote of 1,549. John Sell rock, his nearesT opponent, re- | ceivod 1.225. Mayor Isaac AA'right, who was also a candidate, was third In the rare with 843 rotes. | The Democratic nominee is R. C. Moon, who had only one opponent. Moon received 499 against 275 for J. C. Davis. The present city clerk. Ben Havens, who sis> is Republican county chairman, was renominated. Jo# Tripe, ex-service man. was nominated on (ho Republican ticket for city judge. Little interest was taken in the election, fewer than 5.009 rotes being cast and most of these by women. High Tax Rates Cause Disbanding- School Special to The Times. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Aug. 17.—The IPirtsville school building has been transferred from the town of llnrtsville to Hawcreek Township and the school board lias been dissolved. The action was taken because of the high rate of school taxaj (ion. A special election was held at I w hich it was decided to mako the change in school government The actiou leaves Columbus the only place in the county j | where schools are maintained not under : township control. Governor McCray to Welcome Engineers Special to The Times. EVANSVILLE. Ind , Aug. 17.—An J nouncement was made hero today that j Governor Warren T McCray will make j the address of welcome' at the national convention of stattenary engineers which Is scheduled to meet in this city Sept. 12 17, inclusive. It is said this convention will be the largest ever held by the association and will bring delegates and visitors from all over the United States. THIRD SET OF TWINS. COLUMBUS, Tnd., Aug. 17.—A third set of twins arrived at the home of Mr. and Mr*. Melvin Glasgow, Hope, yesterday, i The babies were boys and were named J George and Harley. The couple are now j the pareuts of eleven children, although 1 Mrs. Glasgow is only 30 years of age. i

ATHLETIC CLUB PLANS NEW HOME Building Committee Views Preliminary Drawings. Reilly C. Adams, T. E. Myers and Carl Prinzler were selected as additional members of the board of directors of the new Indianapolis Athletic Club at. a meeting of the board yesterday at the Hotel Lincoln. The hoard now has fifteen members. The board tnef with the club's building committee and viewed preliminary plans for the clubhouse which Is to be erected at the southwest corner of Meridian and Vermont streets Ftnfll plans will be submitted by Robert F. Daggett, the club architect, within a few weeks. Contract for wrecking the Fredericli Fahnley home on the club site was lot to the New Wrecking Company, St. Clair street and Senate avenue. Work of raising the structure will begin immediately.

TALKS BEFORE ADVERTISERS. “Keeping the Pace” is the subject of a talk by A. R. Mogge, advertising manager of the Gibson Confpany. at the weekly luncheon of the Advertising Club of Indianapolis tomorrow, on the seventh floor of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce building. T4IESK STRIKERS LOSE. SUNDERLAND, England, Aug. 17 When shipyard joiners struck on, a 12,000ion oil steamer bunding on the Wear, the owners sailed the vessel to Havre, to be completed by French labor.

BOOST GINGHAM ! FOR ALL YEAR DRESS FABRIC Popularity of Cloth Leads to Gingham Week, Sept. 6 to 10. \ PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.—Countrywide popularity of gingham and general approval of it a3 an all-year dress fabric has convinced manufacturers that It Is not exclusively a summer cloth and they i will conduct a fail gingham week this I year, Sept. 6-10, for the first time. Ginghams continue to lead the cotton goods market, with plain clothes and ramies In second best demand, and several other weaves selling unusually well at a time wdthin three weeks of Labor day. The return of very warm weather last week increased the demand and jobbers were unable to fill orders for some patterns. Spring gingham week this year and in years past has meant great activity to the trad -but never before have manufacturers proposed ginghams for fall and winter wear. This year, how'evor. the | call comes from the public, and retailers l are stocking a wide variety of patterns, j Ginghams for school and bffiee wear as j well as home wear will be offered during j gingham week. | Retailers explain that women aVe asking for lighter cloths, preferring to regulate their dress by wearing heavier j outer garments on cooler days. The be- , lief is certainly in accord with indlcaj tions for this fall, since gingham and cotton ramie for gives no promI ice of weakening popularity. | There is a scarcity of ginghams. The j cutting-np trade is suffering from this ! scarcity and one large jobbing house i which receives allotments from five do- | mestic and two foreign gingham mills re- ! ports it could have sold three times the total yardage alloled this year. In patj terns, plain shades and stripes are imj proving and plaids have sold better In j the last few days. Plain shades are expected to be very good this fall. | Mercerized cotton foulard in dark I colors is considered by-jobbers a coming cloth this year. Poplins are selling well i for fall. Percales are feeling the effect j-pf the home dressmaking tendency, and retailers say they are selling much of this weave for home-made slims.—Copy- , right, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

CANADA’S CENSUS ON BROAD LINES Vital Facts on Each Citizen Are lasted. OTTAWA. Out., Aug. 17.—One summer morning in 1666 n half dozen men, armed with goose-quill pens and elaborate charts, started out to count the souls of the Colony of New Franco. It was the first census of modern times. The enumerators found 3.125 men. women and children, "<i!l of which seem happy in the lov* of their feliowmen." Europe's first modern oeusus came much later, in the eighteenth century. In the United States the first was in 1790. Canada now D in the midst of Its Federal census. The number of enumerators has increased from those six first pioneers to an army of 13.000. Hundreds of elen-ks and commissioners also are engaged under direction of the permanent staff of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Taking census In Canada means more than simply listing the inhabitants. The population schedule carries thirty five columns and each individual provides brief history of his own Life and the life arid racial, political, religious and educational cha rseteristics of his ancestors. Other schedules deal with agriculTure. They show farm acreage, land values, buildings, implements, number of livestock and amount of farm products. Since the Last thorough survey great stretches of rich farm lands have been taken up by settlers iu the prairie provinces end with the heavy production being obtained the agricultural schedule is expected to be most enlightening. All Industrial concerns are listed and given ruination in the census. Pack trains are being used for reaching Eskimos in the far North. In some districts it also Is necessary to charter steamers to make certain that no section of the vast Dominion escapes the census taker. NEW STAR WANING. MADRID, Aug 17. —The star Alfonsina, recently discovered and named in honor '*> King Alpbonso, appears to be diminshing in size. It was found by Comas ■tolao, the famous Barcelona astronomer.

, LOW RATE WEEK END EXCURSIONS EVERY SATURDAY SUNDAY Via Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Cos. Round Trip Rates Including the War Tax Terre Haute $2.25 Richmond $2.00 Brazil 1.75 Cambridge City 1.50 Greencastle 1.25 Knightstown 1.25 LaFayette 2.00 New Castle.. 1.50 Frankfort 1.50 Martinsville 1.00 Lebanon 1.00 Crawfordsville 1.50 Good going on all trains (except the “Highlander”), leaving Indianapolis from 12:00 noon on SATURDAY to 12:10 p. m. on SUNDAY. Good returning on all trains (except the “Highlander”) on Sundayonly. Tickets not good for the return trip on Saturday. Call Local Ticket Agent, MAin 4500, for further information.

Round Trip DAYTON, OHIO Round Trip s3*oo Sunday, Aug. 21st $3.00 Including War Tax VIA Including War Tax , #£^^*J erre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Cos. Special train leaves Traction Terminal Station at 7:20 a. m., arriving in Dayton at 11:30 a. m. Returning, leaves Dayton, Ohio, at 7:00 p. m. Special Limited Train Running Through Without Change Tickets good on Special Train only. An opportunity to visit the National Soldiers’ Home and the Amusement Parks of the “Gem City.” For further information call Joint Ticket Office, Main 4500.

FARMER PLIGHT DUE TO FREIGHT RATES, IS CLAIM Cost 118 Bushels to Ship Car of Wheat in 1914, Now 372 Bushels. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—A large array of farmers, economists and bankers was on hand before the Interstate Commerce Commission today to testify that the present precarious situation of the farmers, whom they claim are facing bankruptcy, Is due to high freight rates. Hearings resumed before the commission on petitions to reduce grain freight rates on railroads between the western and Mountain Pacific divisions brought testimony from J. AY. Shorthill of York, Neb., head of the Farmers' National Grain Dealers’ Association, whose membership covers twelve States, that the price paid the farmer is always less freight rate to the place where the price is fixed. As an illustration, Shorthill said a price of 46 cents per bushel on corn means 40 cents, less eleven cents freight rate, and minus handling charges, the fanner actually getting 33 cents—this on a basis of 1914 production costs. He also declared it cost 11S bushels of wheat to ship a carload of wheat in 1914, while at present rates it costs 372 bushel*.

EVANSVILLE MAN IS SUED FOR $50,000 Follows Action for $35,000 Against Peoria Doctor. PEORIA, 111.. Aug. 17.—Dr. Alexander Chittick, Peoria, today filed suit-' for slander in the sum of $50,900 damages against AVilliam Boos, of Evansville, Ind. Boes sued the for $35,000 damages charging that in treatment for a small cancer his cheek had been burned off by X-ray exposing teeth and tongue and permanently disfiguring him. Dr. Chittick asserts the man had been given up by Evansville doctors and that it was the cancer and not the X-ray that did the damage.

CHICAGO. Ang. 17.—Robert H. Thieme, Ia son of the wealthy head of the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Knitting Mills, and his wife today are faced with a slander suit for SIO,OOO brought by Mrs. Marion J. Richter, a neighbor. Mrs. Richter claims ! her character has been assailed in the neighborhood. Mr. Thieme is out of the i city and Mrs. Thieme refused, to comment j on the suit Brooklyn Block Burns, Million Dollars Loss NEW YORK, Aug. 17i—Damage estimated at about a million dollars was dene by fire that destroyed an entire square block of buildings in the Ureeb Point section of Brooklyn today. The neighborhood is one of frame ; dwellings and wooden industrial plants, and as soon as the serious nature of the fire was seen, the police began turning residents out of their homes. Hundreds fled to tire streets in their night ! clothes. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. Weak, Thin Folks Need Phosphate Says Dr. Ke!!e Dr Frederic S. Kolle. the New York author of medical text books, whose opinions are greatly valued, writes: "When the nerve tissue begins to lose .fs vitality, woman begins to lose her youth and vivaciousness. She becomes irritable, moody and despondent. It would be a Godsend if more weak, thin, nervous men and women were aware of the efficacy of Bifro-Phosphate.” Thousands of thin, run-down people whose nervous energy is nearly exhausted are turning to Bitro-Fhosphate as dispensed by Hook’s Drug Stores and other leading druggists, because it .helps to rerita’ize the nerves. Increase bodily weight and bring back energy and mental keenness. CAUTION Although Bitro-Phosphate Is an excellent aid in relieving weak, nervons conditions, its use is not advised unless increased weight is desired.—Advertisement.