Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 97, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1921 — Page 4

Jtttfcma Satla STimrs INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stret. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . . , . < Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising oftices j Kew York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, inc. WHEN engineers disagree things become almost as serious as when doctors disagree. • IT APPEARS that the Mingo mine war is one in which watchful waiting does not pay. WHAT would some of the Indiana constabulary propagandists do if the Hoosier State had one tenth the trouble being experienced in West Virginia? PROHIBITION officers have announced they will make no attempt to keep the disarmament conference dry. If some delegate signs something that does not-meet the approval of the folks back home he will have a good alibi. Not Without Prejudice The United States will enter the disarmament conference with a doubt as to the utility of the parley, which' she herself has summoned, and a firm belief in future warfare and strife, if the words of the chief executive reliably reflect official views. “It is perectly futile to believe there never may be armed conflicts,'’ said President Harding yesterday in addressing the Army and Navy College. This statement, coming on the eve of a Congress to which the eyes of a war weary, debt burdened world have been turned in a rising hope that Mars could be forever banished from the earth, is a grave disappointment. If the chief executive feels that wars cannot be stopped into what wil\ the disarmament, conference resolve itself? Will it become a "bargain counter” in which the powerful Nations will trade with each other for support? Will it be the breeding place for an alliance to meet the conflict that is to come? If the leaders of other nations feel, as does President Harding, that future conflicts will come, it is futile to talk disarmament, for each must arm for the day that is to come. Nations think through their leaders. America, therefore, will enter this conference with outspoken doubts as to its practicability. The American statesmen will assemble at the parley table with mental reservations. There is a feeling within the breast of every true American that the world war holocaust must not be repeated. They are prepared to back the President to the limit in bringing about a reduction of the staggering armaments that each year take their incredible toll of wealth. America, the first to espouse the cause of disarmament which every nation fervently wishes for. must continue her lead in a movement that may emancipate mankind from warfare. If America’s leaders sense the hopes, the aspirations, the prayers of the people correctly, they will gather around tl}e. conference table with a firm resolve that there is the framework for universal disarmament and permanent peace.

Coins and Stamps When the war was on, little or no attention was paid to coins or stamps, but as peace is established, these ever fascinating articles again present themselves. Indeed, the Government itself is engaged in special issues of money and series of stamps. In Boston old and rare coins, some of which existed hundreds of years before the beginning of the Christian era are shown at a meeting of the American Numismatic Society. The United States mint is now putting out another hundred thousand more Pilgrim Tercentenary coins and these will be sold for $1 each, though the denomination is only half that value. So great is the demand for such coins that they will all be taken up at once. Os equal interest is the postage stamp in its many varieties. Recently in Paris half of a collection sold for over a million francs. It is reported that a 2-cent blue Hawaii stamp of ISSI brought 156,000 francr. In times of normal exchange this would bet* fine fortune alone. The Confederate stamps of America are so scarce that some bring a fortune. Only recently a variety heretofore unknown was found among the war correspondence of a governor of Virginia. The presence of stamps on old war envelopes converted estates which were regarded as of little value into modest fortunes* Special issues .or changes in stamps are so numerous that an amateur cannot keep a record complete. There were 3,500 varieties bearing the picture of Queen Victoria. The present queen of Holland and the mother of the present king of Spain have both appeared many times on issues on their own kingdoms. In the United States but three stamps bear pictures of women. They were of Martha Washington, Queen Isabella —who assisted Columbus, and Pocahontas. It is told of an old banking house in New York that stamps of large denomination of each special issue are purchased in great number. These are used as foreign correspondence where postage rates are high, but by sale of the used stamps to collectors the bill is very materially reduced. A 50-cent Columbian exhibition stamp of 1892 sold in England, after use, for 50 cents. The collection of coins and stamps is a compilation of history and has a distinct use. It is really no child’s play as might be presumed. Not Indianapolis People! That very small part of this community which ia set upon saving a few dollars by depriving school children of proper school buildings is now much concerned because it says “the people of this city have been insulted” by the school board’s ultimatum to the tax board. As the school board addressed only the tax board and the ultimatum does not contain the names of any citizens, it would appear that the only “people” who could possibly have been “insulted” were the members of the State tax board. Two of them do not live in Indianapolis and that reduces the possibilities to one Philip Zoercher, who, we submit, is immune to insult. Consequently, if there has been any insulting, it has been done by those few selfish persons who appear to believe that the public of Indianapolis i3 devoid of brains sufficient to discern plain lying propaganda from truth. The present school board has been compelled to increase its proposed tax levy to collect some of the money which the obstructionists prevented previous school boards from collecting when it was much needed. An attempt is now being made to arouse opposition to this increase and the hope is expressed that the taxpayers of the community will remonstrate against it. , ’ If it were possible to submit this question to a referendum the results would be overwhelmingly favorable to the increased levy. But the reactionaries who are opposed to this levy eliminated provisions for it before they started their propaganda. Also, they are now desperately fighting to prevent a referendum on the question of a plaza to be added to the State war memorial. Their belief appears to be that through some unknown process they have become the spokesmen for the people of Indianapolis and their present ambition seems to be to make it appeal that their prattle is the voice of the taxpayers of Indianapolis. Did He Mean It? The usual “alibi order” of the chief of police to the men under him to enforce the law in reference to gambling and bootlegging was given out at the police station Thursday. It come no earlier and no later than it always comes on election years and it was no different from the dozens that have been given out before. Whether this order was meant or was not meant will be shown in the next few days. If Jerry Kinney really intended that the police should suppress gambling there will be great and unusual activity on Indiana avenue between the yellow bridge and Illinois street, and no policeman will be removed from the district for interrupting a- gambling game as was done before the primaries. If, on the other hand, the chief was merely keeping the records straight, the members of the force will be duly advised that hie Instructions mean nothing and nothing will come of them. It is one thing to advise policemen to enforce the law on their beats for public consumption only and it is another so to advise them and mean it At this time it is impossible to tell whether Jerry Kinnev meant it i

Phc STORY of NINETTE By RUBY M. AYRES

Who’s Who in the Story NINETTE, a tiny waif who first saw the light of day in cheap lodgings in a dull road in the worst part of Balhain, is adopted by “JOSH” WHEELER, who shared his meager earnings as a scribe on a London paper, with the friendless babe. Ninette meets PETEK NOTHARD. an editor, who rescues her from sickness and poverty and takes her to his sister, MARGARET DELAY, who has a home in the country. Ninette is introduced to AKTHCR DELAY', Margaret s husband. DOROTHY' MANVERS, a former sweetheart of Nothard's, is a guest at Margaret's house In a lovely old place near bv lives the wealthy WILLIAM FELSTED, whose only son, DICK, frequently visits the Delay's home. Ninette meets RANDALL CAVANAGII, a wealthy man of London, who confesses that he is her father. Ninette returns to the Delay's home for her things. Arthur Delay apologizes to her and Margaret suggests that she stay there until she has made other arrangements. but this does not appeal to Ninette and she leaves hurriedly for Nothard's house, leaving her things unpacked. CHAPTER XXIX. (Copriglit, 1921, by the W’heeler Syndicate, Inc.) “Well- well? she asked eagerly.” Has anything happened? "I’ve been to see Cavanagh,” he looked away from her. “He will be here to fetch you in an hour.” Ninette drew a long breath. “Oh,” she stared at him with wide eyes. “Then it is truo? she asked breathlessly. “Yes, I have every reason to believe so.” He seemed to avoid looking at her. 'And do you still—think him a blackguard?” she asked slowly. “Am 1 to answer that question?” “Yes please.” “Then all I can say is that nothing 1 have heard this morning has in any way made me alter my opinion of him. 1 am sorry—as he is—your father.” She laughed scornfully. “Oh. please don't let that worry you,” she sneered. “I was not proposing to do anything so futile, it’s Just fate.” She watched him with stormy eyes. “At any rate,” she broke out then, "He can be no worse tlian—your brother, in-law." she saw him wince, and added penitently. “No, that was horrid of me, I ought not to have said that.” “Why not? When It is probably the truth ?" Nothard walked over to his desk and began sorting through some letters, and Ninette said after a moment: "Well, I suppose I had better put my hat on.” She waited, but bo made no comment, and she turned away and went upstairs. The weight of depression was still witU her. and she stood for some time looking round the room, which she was leaving forever, wfth rather sad eyes. She had been very 111 here—for weeks, and very unhappy, and yet she was conscious of a very real regret that she was leaving it forever. Sh was going to a new and wonderful life the life she had always craved—she would bo rich; she would have more money than she knew how to spend. It seemed an Incredible thought, and no longer one so very alluring, as she pinned on her hat with trembling finger* and went slowly downstairs again. Ninette went Into the kitchen to say good-bye to the housekeeper. She had never cared for her very much, but now she kissed her with very real affection and hoped that they would meet again soon. "I hope so, too. miss. I'm sure.” was the answer. "And I'm sure you’ll be ■happy, if it's true what I beard that your father is a very rich gentleman and has come back from the dead, as you might say.” Ninette laughed. “It sounds like a fairy tale, I know." she admitted, and then the startled color flew to her ehte'ks as the bell rang shrilly through the house. "Oh, I suppose that must bo for me!” she faltered. She rushed hack to Nothard and caught his hand with eager, excited fingers. "Is that my father? Has he come for me?” lie glanced past her aud out of the window to where an extravagantly appointed closed car stood at the gate. “I think it must he,” he said, and then as she would have darted away again, Do caught her srm aud spoke rapidly. "Ninette, this is probably good-bye for us. Your life will take you In u very different direction in future to mine. Your father not like me and I—well, I have told you my opinion of him foolishly perhaps, and so—" he broke off as Ninette said hurriedly. "Os course. 1 shall see you again—we shall always be friends. Nobody can choose my friends fir me. 1 shall have my owe friends, always.”

CHAPTER XXX. The Truth Revealed. There was an excited flush In her cheeks and her eyes were like star*. oh," she said in a little whisper. “Isn't it Just like n fairy story, with the coach and the fairy godfather nt the door?' “You're a child, that's ail you will ever be," he toid her. and then as he heard Cavanagh,s voice in the hall, he caught Ninette's hand and raised It to his lips. "Good-bye. my dear—God bless you," then he stood away from her as the door opened and Ninette's father walked Into the room. The next few minutes were eonfused nnd uncertain, and Ninette was never quite clear as to what really happened, till she found herself gliding away from the house with her father beside her, her eyes a little blurred and misty, as she 1-aned forward to take u last fleeting look at Peter Nothard's tall figure standing in the doorway. “Oh." she said vehemently, “I am sorry, sorry to leave him!" Cavanagh frowned lightly. “That is not very complimentary to me. Ninette,” he said. She laid a timid hand on his arm. “It Isn’t that I am not glad to have found you, you know that—but—as soon as I make friends I seem to lose them again.” He leaned forward and drew up the window. “Y'ou will make many friends

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in the future, I hope,” he said formally. "Better friends than hitherto.—” She looked at him quickly. “Better friends!” she echoed, sharp suspicion in her voice. “Nothard is not the type of man I should wish you to make a close friend of,” her father said In his deep, quiet voice. Ninette made a swift movement, as if she would have spoken, then closed her lips again. There was anew. vague fear in her heart; for the first time she felt the iron hand in velvet glove of this man beside her, and though she feared to answer him in her heart she was saying over and over again rebelliously. “I shall make my own friends—l shall keep my own friends —always!” At the end of a week Ninette still felt as If she were living and moving in a dream. Although Cavanagh told her that she was absolute mistress of his flat and the servants, and that she was to do exactly as she wished, she could not accustom herself to her new surround--lngs and mode of living. The first excitement wore off quickly; the noveltyof spending money anil choosing frocks soon palled on her, and she began to feel restless and unhappy. There was nothing to do. Cavanagh was out a great deal, and she had no friends as yet of her own. Again and again her thoughts went back with bitter homesickness to the days that were gone—to her life with Josh Wheeler, and the many hardships which they had shared together. The few small happinesses which had come their way had been more widely enjoyable by contrast than anything she could expert nee now; and sometimes she would Rtenl away to her room and shed tears of real grief and longing for th‘ days that were no more. She heard nothing of or from the Do lays, and she longed desperately to know what had become of them—what Arthur Delay had said to his wife, and if Mar garet still believed her capable of such a dishonorable action. Ninette had grown very fond of Mar garet, and the violent ending of their friendship had seemed a terrible thing. Then there was Dick Felsted. Somehow Ninette had been sure that be. at least, would write to her—he could have found her address from Nothard had be wished to do so but the days slipped away and there was not a line from him. "There is no such thing as friendship in the world !" Ninette told herself many times bitterly; and then she wondered what Nothard was doing, and if he ever saw Dorothy Mnnvers. In her heart she was sure that h” did: she did not believe that the quarrd Intween them had been final, or that it would he insting. Dorothy was pretty enough and clever enough to get her own way in most things, and with most men. and Ninette was sure that she still iarcd for Peter. Although she had everything the heart of the most exacting glr! could desire, she felt lonely and cut off from everything. If her father had many friends, so far he had brought none of them t" the flat or Introduced her to any, and one evening site made up her min ! to spealf to him on the subject. (To B. Continued.) Bread and Milk War Blessing to Hungry Special to The Time" SOUTH BEND. Ind . Sept. 2 Follow ing the war between local bakers which forced the price of bread down to 4V*j cents a loaf, city dairymen have started a competition which has reduced the price of milk to 8 cents a quart. A few weeks ago milk was retailing at 15 aud IS cents. Evansville Claims Biggest Baby Girl Special to The Time". EVANSVILLE, lnd., Sept. 2. -A baby daughter horn late Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Falcon Gay, weighed 14H pottntls and is the largest baby ever born in tills city according to the birth records. Last month, two of the smallest babies were born in tills city, one weighing two pounds and the other three pounds.

Indianapolis Youths to Be Legion Guests Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Gtrls, and children from Indianapolis orphan asylums, will be guest* of the American Lcg'on at a special show ing of the Legion photoplay. “The Man Without a Country." at English’s opera house Saturday noon. The legion has arranged to give this free ihow to inculcate in the minds of the younger generation of Indianapolis the true spirit of patriotism as conveyed by this dim drama. The orphan children will be brought downtown In street cars furnished by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. The uniform of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Campfire Girls will be the badge of admission for members of these organizations. The usual Saturday matinee for the general public will start at 3 o'clock. 180 Quarts Booze and Auto Captured Nate Goldman. 29. 3245 Ruckle street and Ralph Collier. 38. 1701 English avenue. were arrested about six mill's east of Irvington on the Brookvllle road yesterday by Sheriff Snider and a squad of police and Federal prohibition agents. About 180 quarts of bonded whisky and an automobile were confiscated. The officers had a tin that a load of liquor was being brought In from Brookville and they erected a barricade at a narrow bridge on the road. When the car apeared It was traveling at a high rate of speed nnd could not be brought to a stop until it was almost up to the barricade. Goldman and Collier said they had purchased the liquor nt Brookvllle but refused to tell from whom they bought it.

INSTALL NEW PYTHIAN ORDER Institute Branch of Knights of Khorassan. Gus Meese, imperial prince, Dramatic Order Knights of Khomssan, who recently was elected at a meeting of the order at Chattanooga, will assist in the institution of Shamba temple, at Castle Hall, In Ohio street, tomorrow evening—the first temple to be instituted under his administration. The class will number more than 200. The initiation will be in charge of a selected team, under direction of J. Burdette Little, royal vizier, aud J. M. McCullum, secretary of the local temple. At the close of the ceremonial, plans will be laid for a big class for the grand lodge meeting October 4, when more than five hundred Pythians from throughout the State are expected to come to Indian apolis to obtain the degree. Insurance Agents in Annual Conference About eighty agents from all parts of Indiana, and officers of the company, were present at the banquet of State agents of the Public Savings Insurance Company at the Chamber of Commerce building last night, held In connection with the annual three-day conference of the agents, which opened yesterday. The speakers at the banquet included Carl G. Winter, president; Charles W. Foltz, secretary-treasurer; Thomas J. Me* Murray, Jr., State insurance eomrnls sioner; Bernard K( rbly, general counsel, and W. Scott Derning, second vice president. Following the banquet the visitors attended a theater party. A dinner for the agents will be given tonight at Page's country home, aud the meeting will be concluded Saturday with a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce building.

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright. 1821. by Star Company By K. <J. B. TAKE HEART. • • • YOU LITTLE men. • • • OF FIVE foot, one. * • • OR FIVE foot, two. • • * OR THE KKAIIOI T. AND HAVE an end. TO UORKWNG. • • • ABOUT YOl R size. AND I say this. • • • BECAUSE I sat. THE OTHER aight. • • • AND WORSHIPPED. AT THE number fives. OF ERNEST Trucx. ACTOR MAN. * OF FIVE foot. one. OR FIVE foot. two. * * * • OR THEREABOUT. • • • HE'S OF your clan. • * • YOl LITTLE men. AND YOU'D he proud. HAD YOl been there. FOR ERNEST. • • IS A funny man. WHOSE AIM If* been TO SLAKE men laugh. AND SO ho has. • • • AND SO he did. • • • THE OTHER night. BUT SOME wise man. • • • OF FIVE foot, nine. OK FIVE foot, ten. OR MAYBE more. • • • WROTE HIM a play. WHERE TRAGEDY. COMES STEALING in. • • • TO STILL the laughs. AND THEN it W as. • • * THAT ERNIE grew. AND SEEMED to me. TO FILL the stage * AND I sat there. • * • AND SOFTLY cried. AND UNASHAMED.* I LET the tears. • * • GO COURSING down. MY FURROWED face* AND AFTERWARD.* I LAUGHED again* * * WHEN THINGS cam*e"right. AND WENT my wa*y* * • INTO THE night. A WORSHIPPER* • • • OF ERNEST Truex. ACTOR MAN. OF FIVE foot, one* * OR FIVE foot, two. * OR THEREABOUT.* I THANK you. ** *

Da You Know Indianapolis?

This picture was taken in your home city. Are you familiar enough with it to locate the scene? Yesterday’s picture was west in Sixteenth street from Senate avenue.

Highways amd By=Ways of LiF OF Mew York

NEW YORK, Sept. 2. —New York City s traction problem is different only in degree and local conditions from that i/f all other cities In the United States having electric railways. Ail such utilltleg were hard hit by the world war and the tremendous Increase in costs fol- | lowing it. There Is this difference in degree—the outstanding securities approximating at par a billion dollars are ,'neitheg in or on the brink i>f 'receiverships. Succinctly put, "They have goue bust" on the 5 cent fare, a heritage of scandalous watering of early securitie.and increased overhead. After n gruelling forenoon in the offices of the New- York transit commission with Commissioner Leroy T. Harkness and others, and a wearing afternoon with President Frank T. Iledley and his "right bower." George Keegan, and others of the giant Interboroughi Corporation. one feels fairly competent to pet forth some of the pertinent facts that ‘are of national interest. Nothing sho-t of a miracle can save the Interborough (operator of subway and elevated lines) from bankruptcy. It will be a "whale” of (a receivership. Those directly af fected are 8,500 bondholders of $39,000,4)00 worth of 7 per <ynt noted, j 20,000 bondholders of $101,000,000 worth of 5 per cent bonds and 17,500 stockholders of Interbormigh capital stock. Issued and outstanding, aggregating another $35,000,000 In all, 40.000 widely distributed Investors who put their money into what they thought was as safe as Government bonds. The Interborough operates 224 miles of single-track subway lines and 125 miles : of elevated roads, chiefly in Manhattan and the Bronx, with spurs extending into Brooklyn and Queens Borough. It has 15.000 employes and is by long odds the world s leader In transportation, having carried, the year ended June last, 1,013.000.000 passengers A receivership in bankruptcy prevents preferred creditors from walking off with all tiie assets; everybody comes in on an even keei. Nine other operating railway companies of the greater city already have sought the protection of the Federal Court and are now in the hands of receivers; in addition, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the holding company of the Brooklyn system, and the New York Municipal Railway CorporaRotariaris Entertain Departing Students Special to The Times. RT SHVILLE, Ind.. Sept. 2. The Rush vllle Rotary Club has Invited over fifty college students of this city who leave In a few days for their schools, to be their gnrats nt a dinner next Tuesday night. An address will be made by Tom C ’ Igo. Other guests at the dinner will in elude the wives of the members.

Mexico City in Midst of Centennial Play MEXICO CITY. Sept. 2.—Thousands of visitors poured into this city today, to attend the centennial celebration which opened Thursday. General McArthur, superintendent of the United Slates Military Academy at West Point, N Y.. has sent word to President Obregon that fifteen or twenty West Point cadets will come to this city during the celebration. One of tiie largest parades ever seen In Mexico will be held Sept. 27, when 10,000 soldiers will mureh. Masonic Home Gifts Ready for Inspection Special to the Times. FRANKLIN, Ind.. Sept. 2.—A large ornamental fountain, a gift to the Masonic Home here by Raper Oommandery No. 1, Indianapolis, has been completed at a cost of SO,OOO and placed in tlie center of tiie circle about which the buildings of the home are grouped. The brick and stone arcb entrance to the grounds, presented to the home b.v the Keystone nnd Royal Arch Masons of ludlnnapolis. is expected to be completed this weeg. The arch is said to have cost SB,OOO. Out of Work; Suicides Special to The Times. KENPALLVILLE. Ind, Sept. 2.—Despondent over poor health and the fact that he had no work, caused Znehariah Ysrian. 59. to commit suicide by shooting himself with a revolver here late Thursday. Mr. Yarian had been a life-long resident of Noble County. The widow, a son and a daughter, both married, survive.

tion. the R. R. T. Company, which made rapid transit contracts with the city, also are in the bankruptcy mill. Federal Judge Julius M. Mayer, to whose court tiie entire traction muddle runs, is nothing less than the absolute traction czar of New York, with greater power than was ever possessed by the late "Jake" Sharp. William C. Whitney or Theodore P. Shonts. New s'ork now is reaping a whirlwind in transportation shortage, bankruptcies of companies, disintegration of long established and efficient system into less effective units, double, and in some cases triple, fares resulting therefrom, and the absolute stoppage of several important lines and the ever-present threat of further demoralization and bankruptcy. The s ; tuation has been a foreshadow for several years, and, had prompt action been taken, much that is now transpiring could have been prevented. For instance, the increase of the fare from 5 to 7 cents would have saved the Interbnrough and provided about $20,000,000 annually, whict Is more than ample to meet all fixed charges and outstanding oldlgatotns. But, unfortunately for the investors whose securities are threatened, tiie Interborough operates under a publie franchise which limits the rate of fare to 5 cents. It was on the agreement of a 5-cent fare that the Interborough secured Us operating contracts over subways *n which the city of New York has invested $125,000,000 in their construction and from which investment the city Is paid a return of 6 per cent on only $45,000,000. The city's claim for a return on the other $80,000,000 it has invested comes after the Interborough's bondholders. Much is being heard about the possibility of the city taking over the subways for operation in case the Interborough collapses. This view is held by Mayor Ilylan. Nothing could lie wider of the mark. The reason is that the lease front the <ity has been pledged by the company as security for the bonds issued by the company. The course to be followed is the eveut of default of interest is for the bondholders to foreclose and take over the lease and operate the subways themselves, which they probably will do.

London Idle Start Rioting in Streets LONDON, Sept. ".-Heavy forces of police were masted at Woolwich today to prevent threatened unemployment riots. Representatives of the unemployed ealied on the board of guardians demanding relief for the families of idle men. While the delegates were making their demands, 10,000 employed gathered in the streets, threatening sabotage unless help were extended. As police reinforcements arrived, the demonstrators broke ranks. Sues Eastern Indiana Hospital for SIO,OOO Special to The Time*. RICHMOND. Ind.. Sept 2—Chloe Da vis, Indianapolis, has filed suit to collect SIO,OOO damages from Dr. S. K. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, in Wayne Circuit Court, charging false imprisonment and cruel treatment while she was confined for three years as an inmate of the Institution. She is represented by Thomas W. Perkins. Indianapolis. John W. Hayes. Munele, her divorced husband, is a party to the suit with Dr. Smith. NAME SANITARY ENGINEER. Louis A. Guepel has been appointed sanitary engineer in charge of the State water and sewage laboratories to succeed John C. Diggs, who now is employed by the State conservation department, I. L. Miller, State food and drug commissioner. has announced. Mr. Geupel is a graduate of Purdue University and has been connected with water works projects in various parts of Indiana and Michigan. M. IT. A. CONCLAVE ENDED. Special to The Times. WABASH. Ind., Sept. 2.—The annual State log roiling of the Modern Woodmen of America, c'osed here last night, with a public initiation, the first ever given in Indiana. A rainstorm during the afternoon, eauspd indefinite postponement of competitive drills. The largest delegations present, were Park and Maple camps. In dlannpoiis. Anderson was chosen as the plaee for next year's meeting.

SETTLEMENT IS NEAR IN TRADES WAR IN CHICAGO Landis Abolishes Restrictive Rules Except Those Applying to Wages or Hours. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—Peace in the building industry and resumption of building operations on a scale involving expenditure of millions of dollars was believed in sight today as the result of agreements reached between contractors and building trades unions through arbitrations of Judge K. M. Landis. Cases of disputes that have kept the industry here in turmoil for several years are believed to have been removed by ths agreement. All restrictive rules imposed by unions, or by associations of builders, except those applying to wages aud hours of labor, are abolished. Chief of these were the rule requiring union men to obtain a permit from a union official here changing his job and the regulatiou whl -h prohibited contractors not members of certain organizations from dealing individually with union laborers without first applying to the organization heads or to other contractors. The rule which prevented outside contractors from bidding on building work in Cook j County also was abolished. More than one hundred union officials, j contractors and building material men , are under Indictment here because ot v ; alleged illegal practices, and it was rej ported additional indictments against fifty men had been voted by the grand jury. This report, however, lacked official confirmation, i FIX DATE TONIGHT FOR CONFERENCE Committee to Consider Evidence in Plaza Project. A date for a conference, at which evidence and arguments offered by the reinonstrators against the cltys participation In the plaza purchase project and by the pro-plazo forces will be considered, may be fixed by Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, chairman of the elections committee of the city council, after he talks with members of the committee this evening. The council will hold its public hearing on the annual city budget tonight. Dr. Furniss said he does not expect the committee to reach a decision for some , time. The matter of calling a special election on the remonstrance must be ; voted on by the council as a whole, re- : gardless of what recommendation the ' committee may make. Members of the elections committee, besides Dr. Furniss. are Dr. O. B. PettlJohn. Jesse E. Miller, Jacob P. Brown and William B. Peake.

Narrowly Escapes Death b> Asphyxiation F. A. Wolfe, 60, proprietor of a groqgry and meat market at 250 North State • street, who was overcome by gas while asleep in his rooms over his store yesterday. Is in a critical condition, aeeord- ! Ing to a report from the city hospital, where he was sent by police. According to information given Motor Polii'emen Dalton anil McClure, Wolfe recently bought the North State street property. They learned that when plumbers failed to appear Wednesday to reI pair gas fixtures, which were out of order. Wolfe unc rtook to repair them himself. The police say Wolfe's life probably was saved by the fact that he had opened one of his windows before be retired. Fred McGloam. 33 North Walcott street, and H. A. Brandt, 1033 East Washington street, climted through a window in his living apartments when he failed to appear in his store at the usual time, anl on finding him in the gas-tilled room, ; called the police. Boards Caused Fall; Asks slo,oooJ)amage Special to The Times. RICHMOND. lud., Sept. 2.—Suit has ' been filed in Circuit Court by Mary ; Twehus, of this city, in which she asks damages for SIO,OOO for injuries which ; she claims to hare sustained by stumto-t | ling over boards in the entrance of St. i Andrew's Catholic Church here. 1 Edward C. Steins is defendant in th# i case. Mrs. •Twelms alleges he had scaffold for some interior decorating ltt | the structure and failed to remove | boards over which she fell. Colorado Miners Refuse Wage Cuts TRINIDAD, Colo.. Kept. 2—Approximately 21,000 miners employed in th# seventeen coal mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Las Anims# and Huerfano Counties are idle today following the posting of notices of s wage reduction amounting to more than 30 per cent. The company operates un?"der an open shop plan, but both union nnd nonunion workers failed to report foF work. Woman Settle in Court Special to The Th tes. RT'SHVILLE. Ind., Sept. ?.—Two women. living in a double bouse In Mllroy, "mixed" when they disagreed over certain things, and each of them paid a fine in Justice court. Mrs. Ruth Hall pleaded guilty to assault on Mrs. I.elah N. LaMee and whs fined $1 and costs. Mrs. LaMee paid a total of $23.80 when she pleaded guilty to a provoke charge and for making slanderous statements. “EVOLUTION OF THE PEN.” “The Evolution of the Pen” will be th# subject of an address at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club. Tuesday at tlSe*** Claypi'ol hotel, by E. A. Havers, of th# Ro* ry (Tub of New York (Tty. Mis address will be illustrated by motion pictures.

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