Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1922 — Page 2

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ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN ERIN GO FREE King George Grants: Amnesty to Chief Offenders. 1,000 LIBERATED 26 of Number Had Been Convicted of Murder. LONDON, Jan. 12.—King George \ today issued a royal proclamation granting amnesty to all Irish political prisoners. This was the second: grant of amnesty since the Irish peace treaty was signed. The first, covered minor offenses and released about five thousand Sinn Feiners from jail. The number of Drisoners released tinder, the royal proclamation ictalcff exactly 1.000. They include twenty-six convicted or murder and 121 convicted of attempted murder. KOVAL DECREE FIRST ACT OF RECOGNITION. Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill said that the royal decree of amnesty was Great Britain's first official act in Bftjjy'nizing Ireland’s dominion status. unK> amnesty proclamation concludes (nth the words: ■ “His Majesty is confident in the hope fthat this act will aid powerfully lu re- j (establishing relations of friendship and | good will between the peoples of Britain and Ireland.” Amnesty is extended to all offenses committed in Ireland from political motives prior to the Irish armistice which began July 11. ’ The release of the prisoners will start immediately. EIGHTEEN SINN KEINER& SAVED IKOM DEATH. There were eighteen Sinn Feiners in Belfast jail under sentence of death. Execution of the condemned men on the gallows was to have begun in Belfast today' The British authorities at Dublin are prepared to turn over to the Irish republican army enough guns and ammunition to equip it fully for the, preservation of order. The minister of : defeuse in the Dublin provisional gov- j ernment has been informed that the j British will turn over any barracks or j other buildings necessary for the hous- j lug of Irish troops. Belief is current in government circles ; that President Griffith will hold an Irish J election in two months and that the new t parliament will he assembled immediate- j ly to draw Ireland's first national constitution. The Irish office is rushing the evacuation of Ireland by British military forces because British officials are convinced the first elf 'tion in the Irish Free State will be marked by conflicts and disorders. The British cabinet is ctnvinced interference by British soldiers or police, or any attempt by the British military authorities to maintain order in Ireland might lead to tragic consequences. In fact, some officials go so far as to predict that interference V tlle Brit'* ll military forces might wreck the Irish Free State. . Consequently it has beeir decided to let the young state meet its first gigantic test of strength without molestation from the outside. JUDGES TOLD WORKINGS OF INSTITUTIONS (Continued From Page One.) in prison one day for each dollar of the tine. Mr. Huestis advocated more of a reform system at the State Farm and advocated also the segregation of the boys and the young men from the older men. Mr. Dailey described In some detail the reform and educational work being carried on at the reformatory. He said this institution is in the business of making men, not dollars. Attacks made on the pardon hoard by some newspapers were taken up and answered by Mr. Seidensticker. He recalled the fact that Governor McCray is now referring practically ajl of the appeals for clemency to the board, while former Governor James pf Goodrich handled approximately one thousand four hundred cases, referring only three hundred of this number to the board. Vic CRAY DISCUSSES CRIME SITUATION. , lu his speech, the Governor discussed the crime situation, the State penal and reformatory institutions, the pardon and parole system and child welfare agenThe Governor pointed ont last year there .1,700 commitments to county jails fur Intoxication, while before prohibition there were 12.000 to 15,000 annually, .lie urged misdemeanants whenever possible be sent to one of the Statu institutions instead of to jail. He also urged the judges to keep In touch with the conditions of their county jails and to. see that they are properly kept. He declared no woman convicted of a misdemeanor should ho. sent to a county jail. Despite the crime wave, the Governor pointed out, the number of inmates in penal institutions is lower than ten years ago notwithstanding the increase in lite population of the State. In ‘he woman's prison, the State prison and the reformatory there are now 2,189 inmates, the Governor said, 400 to 500 more than duritfg the last year of the war, but 400 to GOO less than iti 1915, ‘1916 and 1917, and exactly forty-two fewer than ten years ago. In the school, the girls' school, the State farm, the correctional department of the woman’s prison and the ninety-two, county jails there were 4.39S inmates, the Governor said, as compared with 3,412 last year, 5,399 five yews ago and 4,452 ten years ago. “Our courts, our institutions, our parole boards, and various preventive agencies, both official and private, deserve more credit titan has been given them for this record,” ttic Governor, said. HOLDS CRITICISM UNWARRANTED. “In fact, there has been considerable undeserved criticism lately of these very agencies, particularly- of the indeterminate sentence and parole laws. Such crit cism is due to a lack of knowledge of ail the facts. The failures —and tljere are some failures —loom so large in the public eye and receive so much more publicity- than the successes, the tendency on the part of the uniformed public is to condemn the whole system.” In defending the indeterminate sentence laws, the Governor said, despite the general impression, The records show prisoners now actually serve more time than tinder the old denominate sentence laws. He also made the point after the prisoners are released they, are kept under strict supervision for at least a year. He said among every one hundred paroled, theft are twenty-six unsatisfactory cases, wti'as, under the old system 50 per cent to 75 per cent of the disehargedo prisoners were returned to prison. ¥ “We have reason to be proud of our

parole law,” the Governor said. “It is an attempt, somewhat belated it is true, to carry out the dictum of our forefathers that our penal code shall be founded on the principles of reformation rather than on vindictive justice. Let us uphold the law and let us strengthen its administration by providing mom liberally for the supervision of those on parole. It will be money well spent.” DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. The Governor also discussed the provisions for the protection of children. “If we could handle our child welfare problems correctly we would have fewer delinquents to deal with,” he said. “We have valuable laws on our statute hooks for the protection o£ children. Every county has, or may have, a juvenile court, paid probation officers, a board of children’s guardians, a school attendance officer. There is provision for the care of dependent children with their mothers, if the mothers are fit persons, or for their maintenance In institutions and place- j ment with foster parents if that becomes j necessary. “There are 1,553 children iu the coun- i ty orphanages at this time. Between i seven hundred and eight hundred children | are made public wards each y-ear. Every i one of them passes through a juvenile j court. A jiroper investigation should be j made in every case, to determine whether this is best for the child and best for j the State. The judge’s should ffisfst upon full information and should exercise his most throughout judgment as his decision is of,vital importance. Here is where he needs an active hoard <d 'children’s guardians, with members so- j lected because of special fitness. This j board has full authority to employ needed agents, and under the law the county council must appropriate and the com- , missioners must advance the funds necessary for its work. This board should ac- ! quaint itself with the social welfare agencies of its county and of the State, cooperate with them, make use of them, and in general fit itself into the muuity’s welfare program. It can be end should be one of the most important agencies of the couuty; a threat to the j unfit home; a protection to the good home menaced by poverty. A fine work is being done by rosny of these boards j under the authority given them to aid ; good mothers to take care of their own j children.” “Under more recent enactments, lndt- | ana has K State director of infant and j child hygiene, a State probation officer, a State attendance officer, a State agency for dependent children, al! of whom, with other State departments whose work deals more or less directly with children, are at the service of the local officials. There are State institutions for special classes—the deaf, blind, feeble-minded, epileptic, the sick ready to provide care or treatment to the limit of their capacity. All must work together. Above all, let us encourage the preventive agencies. It is much wiser and much less expensive to prevent than to depend on cures which do not always cure. Make use of the board of State charities. It is a veav useful agency. It is your board and u can be of much ht-lp to you. It is an unpaid, nonpartisan board created by law and appointed by the Governor to supervise the whole system of public charities and correction in the State. It has expert officers and agents at your service. I have found it useful to me and am indebted to it for the statistics heretofore presented. I am sure you will find it helpful to you. Make use of it. It will cost you nothing.” Special attention was given liquor law J violators and profiteers at the meeting of j prosecutors, sheriffs and police officers yesterday afternoon. The meeting closed j with a resolution pledging the law en- j forcement officers to a stricter enforcement of the statutes and to closer cooperation amohg themselves and with Federal officials. LESII READS PROHIBITION LAWS. In opening the meeting Attorney Gen- > eral U. S. Lesh read the prohibition laws ; and urged particularly that the proseeu- i tors take advantage of the section which | gives them or any citizen authority to bring action to have places where liquor is kept or sold declared public nuisances and closed. “If you close some of these clubs and business houses in these days of inflated j rental values the owners will sit up and I take notice,” Mr. Lesh said. "I am told j in one second-class city in Indiana there j is a still In every fifth house. This is a j county in which the prosecutor receives j no fees. I don't know whether there is j any connection between these two facts, -but I do know there is room for some j civic organization to assist the prose- j cutor and do a great deal of good.” j Mr. Lesh pointed out in cases where i prosecutors do not do their duty he hns the power to send men into their com- j munltios to displace them. He said, how- : ever, he had a greater fnitli In the prosecutors than some of their constituents who have been making complaints. SAYS COMPLAINTS WILL HE INVESTIGATED. “However, if persistent complaints | come to my office I shall investigate | thoroughly and, if I find it justified, I shall step in,” Mr. Lesh said. “But 1 I would more gladly go into a county at the invitation of the prosecutor than j otherwise.” Mr. Lesh also urged the prosecution or ; persons guilty of combinations in re- j straint of trade. . “Some of these people get their nosey j together ind hold weekly meetings ana monthly n eetings and then they hold an annual metting and Invite the Governor and the mr vor and act like a Sunday ! school class,” he said. “All the time they are getting together to violate the law. “There is a widespread feeling the. the place between the steer and the s eak is oeeupied bv too many boosting bulls and that the gap between tfie pig and the pork is occupied by too many commercial hogs . i “What is wanted is a systematic investigation of the facts on the subject, followed by appropriate ’proceedings. The grand jury is the most ennwenlent way to get this information.” GOVERNOR URGES CHECK OF CRIME. Governor McCray urged the prosecutors stamp out the wave of crime passing over /ho State. He said he received communications almost daily telling of laxity in law enforcement. He said he belived much of the crime is due to unemployment. Homer Elliott, United Stales district attorney, in addressing the meeting de j glared the Government is ready at all i times to do its part in law enforcement, ( but asked the prosecutors also to do i their part. “The public is not satisfied with con-! ditions,” he said. “If the public were j satisfied, complaints about law enforcement would not be coming in. There Is a crime wave and it must be stopped, j There is complaint that some puW! ■ of j fleers are not as responsible as they should he. If we find any of these officers are conniving with law violators | we are going to present their cases to the Federal grand jury.” ! These talks were followed by a general I discussion of legal problems confronting ' the prosecutors and by the adoption of the resolutions. Man Severely Hurt When Auto Hits Car Charles L. Wright, 2348 Reliefuntaine slreet, 52. was severely injured todayj when au automobile which he was driv- | ing was struck by College avenue street | ear No. 438. The street* car, in charge j of Motorman James Stevens, 2405 Belle--1 fontaine street, was west bound on Tweni ty-Seventh street and the automobile \ driven by Wright was northbound on l Beilefontaine street. The automobile was ! badly wrecked. Wright was carried to a ; residence at: 2712 Beilefontaine street, [where Dr. E. E. Hodgius. 2045 College j avenue, gave first aid. Wright was latqr taken to his home. He was severely cut jjind bruised. j

PARLEY PATH STREWN WITH DIFFICULTIES Progress Reports Fail to Reveal Obstacles. LITTLE BUT MANY Administration Eager to Close Session. By GEORGE P. HOLMES. WASHINGTON, Jtm. 12,—Fresh complications arising almost daily are blocking rapid progress in the armament conference to a point where many of the delegates will consider themselves lucky if they can wind up by the end of January. Behind the sterotyped official announcements that “progress Is being made,” lies a whole chain of small disagreements on matters that are comparatively unimportant to the j main objective. This is particularly * true of the naval treaty, tion of which was renewed by the big five today. N'orny of the difficulties nre of sufficient importance iu themselves to endanger the life of ttie conference, but, taken in the j aggregate, they constitute a series of de- j laying factors over which Americans are beginning to fret. / Administration officials work to wind j up the conferences as speedly as possible. They want all the works of the Washington conference cleaned up and out of the way before making definite commitments toward the Genoa economic i confercnci called for March. March ia only a m-tter of weeks distant now. ( and much remains to be accomplished j before the conference can end, to say | nothing of the delay that may be en- ! countered before the results of tie; Washington parley can be ratified. TREATY IS READY FOR RATIFICATION. The naval treaty came from the draft- ! ing experts of all nations fully agreed to, and with speedy ratification Da pros pect. Japan fonnd fault almost immedlatcly with the fortifications clause, providing j for the maintenance of the status quo in the fortifications of the Pacific. Baron Ivato insisted the Bonin Islands and the Oshima group be considered a part of the Japanese homeland and thus exempt from the stutus quo arrangement. The matter had to referred to Tokio, where it still remains. Then both Japan and Great Britain found fault with the provisions for scrapping the surplus naval tonnage. Their spokesmen do not want to scrap the tonnage at all, but want it. retained and converted to harbor defenses und other purposes. The American delegates won reluctant to consent to this, maintaining scrapping really meant scrapping. France and Italy, not having any surplus ships to get rid of, agreed with the United States. Now Great Britain has suggested that a number of decisions incorporated n the single comprehensive treaty, be taken out and embodied in auxiliary treaties, notably the decisions respecting the submarina rules. The American delegates are, in the main, opposed to this splitting of the main treaty Into a number of less comprehensive treaties, believing, so far as possible, the naval decisions all should he incorporated In a single document. It was declared by an American spokesman the difficulties encountered would “yield to adjustment," hut It was admitted the yielding likely would prove a slow and tedious process. The powers intend to drive straight ahead on the naval treaty until It Is accomplished. Far Eastern affairs of the conference will be held In abeyance until the treaty Is out of the way. Meantime, the negotiations between China and Japan over Shantung, which nre outside the conference, continued today' with both sides avoiding the controversial question of the return of the railroad to China, on which there have been several splits and deadlocks. BONDHOLDERS TO BUY STATE ROAD Will Bid' on C. & E. I. Property at Auction Jan. 16. The property of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad In Jndiana will be purchased by the bondholders of the company at the aiuMion, Jan. 16, according to word received by the public service commission today from Itedmond Stevens, receiver for the road. According to George W. Barnard, member of the public service commission, who is attempting to have the' road in operation before the bondholders take it over, two equipment companies will inspect the road with the view to taking it over and operating it. Charles F. I’ropst of Chicago, representative of a railroad supply house, will go over the line and will meet with Mr. Barnard in Chicago Tuesday to discuss the proposition. E. I. Downing, representing a New York supply house, informed Mr. Barnard he will return to Indiana in ten days to inspect' the road. The road from Brazil to Fair Oaks is being operated by the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Rajlroad, and It is hoped to have that part of the propertynorth of Fair Oaks, to Lacrosse in operation soon. /

THOUSANDS OF H AND WOMEN ARE BHNG DECEIVED By being persuaded to take a substitute for Vinol. Your physician will tell you that there is no better strength creator or body builder known to medicine than tbo combination of tonics contained in Vinol, which are plainly printed on the label and contain among other things the curative elements of old-fashioned Cod' Liver Oil (without oil)— Vegetable Iron—Beef Peptones—and Glycero phosphates. Therefore why will weak, nervous people,, feeble ohl people, mothers of delicate children, and'' convalescents ho fooled by the extravagant claims made for some medicines, when this standard remedy is guaranteed to restore strength and build you up or it costs you nothing, and you know what "you are taking. For many years Vinol has been sold in this city and you undoubtedly know many who have been benefited by its use. Surely you take no chances in trying Vinol because you know what you are taking and can get your money hack if it fails to benefit you. Henry J. lluder, Druggist, Indianapolis.—Advertisement.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12,1922.

ERADICATES ONE PERSONALITY TO SAVE OTHER SELF Science Perforjns Unusual Feat in Case of 19-Year-Old Girl. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 12. —Science has killed 4-year-old Polly Redick, to save the life of her other self, Bernice Ked%k, 19. Dr. H. H. Goddard, head of the Bureau of Juvenile Research here, announced today the death of the strange personality who alternated With Bernice for four months in occupying the same body. “Polly has not appeared for nearly a rnon i., I)r. Goddard declared, “and we can announce positively now that she has been completely eradicated.” Bernice Redick is still recuperating. Slie i B not strong enough to leave the hospital and go to work and has not made any plans for her future. - “She realizes that the dual personality may re-enter her life some time again if she suffers a complete nervous breakdown and Is anxious to remain here until she feels physically able to light Polly alone If her second self should again wrestle for possession of her body,” said the doctor. Mesmerism was the instrument in kill ing the child who attracted attention of psychologists throughout the country. Polly and Bernice, though lighting for possession of the same body, were strangers until introduced through hypnotism. “Then Bernice aided us and Polly’s death became only a question of time,’ Dr. Goddard explained. “The Polly personality fought hard against extinction, but she kept growing weaker until a month ago, when she completely disappeared.” The child’s death struggle lasted only a few minutes. Where at first site controlled Bernice’s body t’or days at a time, or alternated ten times a day, ns the. whim came over her the last appearance: was only for a few secouds. “Bernice now is a normal girl with arn- I tiitions to become a-musician and with a* taste for enlightening books and genera* j Improvement of mind,” Dr. Goddard sahl. • BOARD ORDERS PLANS FOR NEW PUBLIC HOUSES — Park, Commissioners Plan Community Centers for Parks. Plans were ordered prepared for •’(immunity houses to he erested In Douglass Park and a flto to be selected Inter In Brightwood and a temporary loan of $55,000 authorized by the board of park ! commissioners today. | A delegation of residents of the neigh- i borhood were told the Uhristamore M- I tleinent House. Nineteenth street and <>- lumbia avenue, recently purchased by the city, will continue to be operated as a white settlement house. There had been some talk of turning it to the rise of Hie negroes of the section. The negroes will be cared for by the Douglass Park community house. All contracts for privileges in the parks were ordered .tided and Attorney J. Clyde Hoffman wag instructed to toll the contract holders if j they object their recourse is In the courts. Mrs. Bertha Richey. Mrs Anna Monroe, Mrs. May Ivy. Mabel /e-ssiri old Charles Woltner asked Ilia board to retain Clwistamore .Settlement as a white in stitutlon and that Mrs. Corn Hussey he placed in charge of it with Mr. Woltner us athletic officer. The board ordered the special service department to step giving landscaping advice to citizens and to do all or its work on public grounds when Superintendent of Parks R. Walter Jarvis reported that private landscape architects had complained that Die city depart ment was in unfair competition with them. Superintendent Jarvis was ordered to start negotiations with the Ellenherger heirs for the 1922 lease of the Kllenberger golf course and to make a survey of boulevard lights throughout the city with u view to discontinuing any that can be dispensed with during the winter months. FORTY SITES ARE OFFERED Forty proposed sites for the relocation of the reformatory now at Jeffersonville will be Inspected by the reformatory relocation committee, M. E. Foley, secretary of the commerce, announced today. * One hundred sixty-five sites were proposed to the committed, but many of these were eliminated because of their location, the water supply,'or poor transportation facilities. The committee will meet Jan. 10 to aspect the proposed sites In Morgan Cos 'nty, Jan. 20 for the sites in Hendricks ! County and Jan. 21 to examine the sites In Hamilton and Marion Counties. The committee will meet later in the month, Mr. Foley said, to inspect other sites which have been proposed. ‘Light Fantastic * Stunts Racked En tire Buildin cj They certainly shake n wicked shimmy at the "Lost. City (Tut,” negro resort at 1128 Trumbull street. Onpt. Louis Stanley of the firo prevention bureau concluded today. In company with policemen the captain yesterday afternoon made an in spcctlon of the “ulub” building. ■ 11c found that the dancing upon the second floor shook the rafters. There will he r.o more dancing until the shaky structure Is bolstered with some new joists and beams, he ordered. BURCH SOON TO KNOW FATE. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.—Arthur C. Bureh, on trial for the murder of John Belton Kennedy, may know his fate by Suturda.v. By stipulation of both sides, argument will lie concluded lute Friday.

NEW PHONE RATE STIRS UP DISCUSSION City Corporation Counsel Charges Company ‘Not Square.’ WOMEN FILE PROTEST Charges that the Indiana Bell Telephone Comply Is. not playing square were made in closing arguments before the public service* commission, which is hearing the company’s petition for an increase in rates, by Taylor E. Groniuger corporation counsel for the city of Indianapolis, today. If the telephone company was on the square -Mr. Grouinger said it would have laid al 1 of its cards on the table and would have produced the contracts which -the Indianapolis company has with the American Telephone and Telegraph Com puny and the Western Electric Company. COMPANY’S STAND ON WAGES. The telephone company never paid wages to Its employes as high as those paid by private business concerns, because it was under the control of the j public service commission, W. H. Thompson, attorney for thp company, said. It Is not the belief or the company today that the wages of its employe’s should bo cut *to lho level of other classes of labor both skilled and unskilled because they benefited by the high wages which were paid during tna war, Mr. Thompson said. Setting aside the depreciation fund, i of the company was suggested by -Mr. j Grouinger, because he said that accord- J ing to the evidence presented at the j hearing nothing had been done with the! money in this fund. DEPRECIATION FUND. j If the depreciation fund of the com- j pany were sot aside until tlia emergency was passed, say for one year, the total ; expenses of the company would l>e re •Diced to $2,790,946.67, or n reduction of approximately $500,000, Mr. Gronlngcr said. This, according to Mr. Gronlnger, has proved successful In Arizona, where the utility commission set aside the depreciation fund been ,se It did not believe it advisable to increase the telephone rates. More than $300,000 was paid to the i American Telephone and Telegraph Company during the lust year as license and revenue fees, according to Mr. Thompson. T his amount, he said, was paid not j only by the lorn! company, but by nil the! companies atliljated with the American company In the State. The local tele phone company lias not pah. a dividend to the American company wnlrh is Die ; principal stockholder In the Indianapolis company since 1898, he said. A protest to the increase in rates was , seat to the commission by the Women’s Department Club of Indianapolis. TWO WAYS OF GETTING REVENUE. Objection is voiced concerning two ; purposes supposedly stated by ihc telephone company for measured service, namely, to get revenues from those who j uso the service aad to unload lines nor s sarlly The women say that the house telephone lines are not over loaded, therefore no form of measured service could servo any good purpose ini 'unloading a line which is not overload' and. Stressing the housewives' side of the question the protest says: “The telephone company has been eon ttnually complaining of overloaded lines and has offered ns one of Its excuses for

21 23 N. ILLINOIS ST. January Reduction Sale A Wonderful Sale of Dresses SIIA Values to $35.00 II If SILK AND WOOL *1 If Each and every Dress in this grouping has been drastically reduced from our higher priced stocks. mSmmm YOUR CHOICE TOMORROW—TEN DOLLARS s Our Entire SJtock of SUITS Sacri- If li* t\f£ Including our slender and stout de- „ **' 1 J[Ci>iL! IJr 11 partment. Sizes 4(> to 5214. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF A SPECIAL GROUP OF COATS 14 Coats at s*l jf| Drastically Reduced Values to $35.00 ¥ | Sizes to 52 y 2 While They Last TRIMMED MILLINERY . pa AmS ff _ Balance of our "Winter / (|| # /J jU. &J J- A Hats. Velvets, Felts ami WW §1 Ail p 051 Children’s Hats. JUST / 11/ AAUiU THINK, FIFTY CENTS, \ Special Offerings On Our Main Floor SWEATERS —All go at one-half off. A special grouping up to $6... ~..51.50 BLOUSES-All-go at one-half off. A special grouping up to sls $3.95 BLOOMERS —Silk Jersey, $3 value. ”..... • $1.95 WOOL SCARFS -Roman stripes, $6 value • • $3.95 PETTICOATS-Heathcrbloom, $2 value • _..51.00 CORDUROY AND BLANKET ROBES—SS values $3.95 SILK UNDERWEAR -Entire stock at r • V.. 25% OFF Special grouping, slightly soiled . .50%. OFF SKIRTS— Entire stock go at ONE-HALF OFF. ..

measured service that it would serve to unload overloaded lines; by this new arrangement of measured service in the home, shop-keepers, grocery men, butchers and other kinds of business, Would continually annoy the housewife of tjiercity by making useless and unnecessary calls over the telephone to solicit business. Many women in our city now trade two or three places for groceries, two or three places for meat, and more than one place for the other necessaries of the home. You can readily see that by this Iprocess of having these various shopkeepers call up the homes, the annoy'ance of the housewife due to this measured telephone service would be almost unbearable, as well as overloading the domestic linos —which are now comparatively Iree.” SOLDIERS’ AID STATION HAS BEEN OPENED Planned for Veterans Who Reach City Short of Funds. A relief station, designed primarily to aid disabled veterans who come to Indianapolis for examination for Government compensation and fiud themselves stranded without funds for two or three days wl.ik their papers are straightened out, has been opened by Indiana division of the National Disabled Veterans League at 241 North Delaware street. City CourcUmen Otto Ray and AVilliam E. Clauer have been assisting officials of the league to raise funds and food for the kitchen for several days. Twentyfive men were fed yesterday before the kitchen was fairly under way and meals for the same number were prepared today. * lu addition the league has gained permission of the county commissioners to fit up n room upon the fffurth floor of ! the courthuso ns sleeping quarters for j the veterans. While the relief 'primarily is for the j benefit of disabled former service men, ; food will not be denied to any unern- j ployed man who is hungry, men In charge I o? tho movement said. Business people j have been more than generous In their j contributions, so far, even though no gen- j eral appeal has been made, they said. The two oouncllim-n said they will vouch for the expenditure of every cent donated j and the use of nil food donated exclusive- i ly in the relief of t4ie needy. Nono of j the employes of tho kitchen arts to be i paid, the cook, W. Padgett, being a former service man who is out of work and is willing to prepare the food for the j sake of gelling something to eat him--80 If. • Tnudo Miller is general manager or the relief movement and Wallace (4. Miller is superintendent of tho Delaware street relief station. Kay Judsoa is quartermaster. The finance committed includes R. D. Hobbs, W. G. Miller and E. A. Dailey. Mrs. 13. A. Dalle/ Is organizing a women’s division. C. A York, secretary of the league, Is secretary of the relief move. The league expects to get tables from tho old county work houaa building and cots from Ft. Beniamin Harrison If Government cooperation enn be obtained. Irish Rail Strike DUBLIN, Jan. 12.--A general strike on all the railroads In Ireland wus called todav. Twenty-three thousand are affected. It was declared tho strike has no politieal sign Mean ee. Tho men have been threatening to strike for about a fortnight. President Arthur Griffith is expected to offer his services as mediator.

SEVEN STEEL PLANTS FORM HUGE MERGER Appraisals Rushed for Midwestern Com- •?.*. l bine. WALL STREET AGOG NEW YORK. Jan. 12. —Appraisals of plants of seven Independent steel companies are being rushed today preliminary to a great industrial midwestern merger. The seven companies are: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company of Youngstown, Ohio.; Inland Steel Company of Chicago, Steel and Tube Company of America, Chicago; Midvale Steel Company of Coatesville, Pa. Johnstown, Pa.; Lackawanna Steel Company ot Buffalo, N. Y.; Republic Iron apd Steel Company of Youngstown, Ohio, and Briar Hill Steel Company of Youngstown, Ohio. It will be a triple merger, financial experts believe. Two groups of three and four companies, respectively, will unite separately first and then combine to form the nucleus of a larger amalgamation, sweeping in as many smaller | independent steels as possible. The two groups are; 1. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Inland and Steel and Tube of America. This group is headed by James A. Camp-li-11, president of the Youngstown Sheet and Steel Company. 2. Midvale, Lackawanna, Republic and Briar Hill. W. W. Corey, president of Midvale, and J. A. Topping, president of Republic, are working together to unite this group. Unofficial reports eomo from Youngstown that the Campbell group properties have lieen appraised and the companies are now ready to combine. All Wall Street Is keyed up expecting the accomplishment of the merger seeking huge profits similar to those made when United States Steel combined. The date Is still a matter of speculation. Keen observers say the Campbell group will come together in a few days; the CoreyTopping combination In some weeks, and the completed merger Is a matter of months. The method of valuing the expected combine Is by the total Ingot capacity—that la the amount of raw steel they can produce In a year. The Ingot capacity of the United States independent seven will total 10,066,000 tons of raw steel annually. The United States. Steel corporation’s lng.'t capacity Is now 22,700.i#. United Steel corporation, big rn-al of the independents, has plants lu all parts of the country. The Independents are hampered by this lack of centralized control. By the merger of these defects. It Is expected will be remedied and the j new combine will put the seven Independents on a paying basis. ISSUES PEDDLERS’ LICENSE. A total of 792 free peddlers’ licenses were issued In 1921 by County Auditor Leo K. Fesler to ex-service men, according to a report made public today by Mr. Fesler. “The total Issued for last year exceeds the total isueu in the ten previous years,’’ Mr. Fesler said.

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What This Buffalo Physician Has Done For Humanity The picture which appears here of Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y.. was taken ia 1910. Asa young man Dr. Pierce practiced medicine lu Pennsylvania and was known far and wide for Ids great suc'•ess iu alleviating disease, lie early moved to Buffalo and put up in ready-tu-i.xe form. Ills Golden Medical Discovery, the well-known tonic for the blood. This strength-builder is made from a formula which Dr. Pierce found most effective ia diseases of the blood. It contains no alcohol and is an extract of native roots with the ingredients plainly stated on the wrapper. Good red blood, vim. vigor and vitality are sure to follow if you taka this Alterative Extract. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery clears away pimples and annoying eruptions and tends to keep the complexion fresh and clear. This Discovery corrects the disordered conditions in a sick stomach, aids digestion, acts as a tonic and purifies tho blood. Write Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel In Buffalo, N. Y., and receive confidential medical advice without charge. AU druggists sell Discovery, tablets or liquid. Send 10c for trial pkg.—Advertisement. MONTHS OF SUFFERING - 1 How a Baltimore Girl Recovered Heiv Health Baltimore, Maryland.—‘Tor several months I suffered with sever*

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