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Jntnaua Satin STimto INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephone—MA in 3500. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. l New York. Boston. Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. Advertising offices { Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. • THE TRAFFIC problem might be simplified by segregating the bootleggers. A MAN should pay as he goes—unless he Is headed for the United States Senate. THOSE firebugs who were sentenced to prison for 268 years will have ample time in "which to repent. CITY ENGINEER Elliott can now, with becoming modesty, tell the board of public works, “I told you so.” DON’T FORGET to Include a few feet of chicken netting in your spring garden shopping list. J. P. DUNN probably now Is ready to believe that som-3 one has been “kidding" about that burled 'treasure. “ FORMER Crown Prince for German Presidency—headline. It is unlikely, however, the German presidency is for the former Crown Prince. —— —a MR. ARMITAGE, it seems, asks no special favor for his brand of paving, knowing that the general disposition is to use it, anyhow! HOWEVER, the man who stole a rowboat probably does not need it as badly as some political office seeker? will after the primaries. SERGEANT COX of the police force says he cannot tell from a man’s breath whether he has been drinking red or white liquor and the world knows it makes no difference anyhow! A False Economy Congress can expect support for any sincere attempt it makes to reduce governmental expenditures, but it is doubtful whether the public i<l unanimously approve of the movement under way practically to wreck the Army and Navy, or at least to render these branches of the service sc impotent that should an emergency arise again it would find the country defenseless. Popular approval has been accorded the naval treaty growing out of the armament conference which places It upon a 5-5-3 basft with the other chief maritime power*, but there is no indication that the proposal to cut the Navy below that mark is meeting with anything like public support. House .members, facing an important and to them vital election ihis fall, want to go before their constituents with a record of tremendous savings to their credit. What offers a better chance for this ambition than to lop off several million dollars from the naval appropriation bill. Even though the British navy has a stiength of 98,000 men, even though a reduction in strength would mean that many magnificent ships would be tied up to the shore parsimonious Congressmen, looking no farther than next November, have convinced themselves that 60,000 men are enough to man the American fleets. Already they have" rendered half of the Navy useless by withholding sufficient appropriations with which to coal the vessels for the remainder of the year and now, according to dispatches from Washington, they desire to make possible a permanently immobile fleet by cutting down the enlisted strength. This bent for saving on the eve of a campaign is not confined to the Navy alone, unfortunately, but has reached out into the Army, where an enlisted strength of 116,000 men is being insisted upon. General Pershing has bluntly told Congress such action “would cripple the Army materially.” The most dangerous ’aspect of this sudden parsimonious manta is the ► fact that the plar if carried through would reduce the nuifiber of officers to 11,000. If the country was suddenly called upon to raise a huge army, such as it was in 1917, the dearth of officer material would again be the chief handicap to an expeditious development of an active fighting force. I..ghly trained, technically educated officers familiar with handling large bodies of men under all conditions after all is the nucleus around which a victorious army is built. The people still remember the frantic and sometimes pathetic attempts made at the outbreak of the World War to obtain leaders for the raw troops being poured into the cantonments and how, aside from a few unusual individuals, the major commands devolved entirely upon men who had been trained by years of experience with soldiers. No one in the country feels that the United States requires a huge armed force and there is a sincere prayer breathed everywhere that never again wRI an American soldier or sailor be called upon to fire a hostile shot, but there is an unmistakable feeling that the country should be prepared to meet any emergency that might arise. Congress, if it looks well and searchingly within itself, can surely find other means on which expenditures can be saved, rather than by hacking the Army and Navy down to a point of uselessness.

Negroes and Efficiency “The situation in respect to the growing numbers of colored employes in the Chicago postal service is a very serious ore,’’ says a report compiled by a joint committee of Congress. “When it comes to the practical handing of mail th colored employes are inferior to the whites. This refers of course, to the general average. When the importance of the postal service ' > the whole business and social life of the Nation is considered this subject becomes worthy of discussion. “Many of the best white employes will not work at such close quarters with the negroes. Consequently, the influx of negroes also results in lowering the standard of the white employes, due to the fact that those whites who do remain in the service are usually of lower standard than those who get out. / “Frcm our observation, which is confirmed by the supervisory officials and station superintendents, the work of the 1,400 colored employes of the Chicago postoffice could be done by 900 average white employes. This makes possible a saving of (500x1,400) $700,000 per year. “The enforcement of efficiency standards of ‘the daily work will automatically eliminate the bulk of these 1,400 negroes, and will effect a saving of $700,000 per year." The committee was composed of the following: Charles E. Townsend, Michigan, chairman; Salvor Steenerson, Minpesota, vice chairman; Thomas Sterling, South Dakota; George H. Moses, New Hampshire; David I. Walsh, Massachusetts; Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee; W. W. Griest, Pennsylvania; Calvin D. Paige, Massachusetts; Thomas M. Bell, Georgia; Arthur B. Rouse, Kentuckv; Rush Simmons, postal expert; I E. H. McDermot, secretary; Frederick C. Riedesel, assistant secretary. “Fifteen per cunt of all the employes in the postoffices in the United States are negroes,” remarks the Chicago Saturday Blade. “If these places were filled by competent white people our Government would save enough to the interest on a bond issue that would raise the money to pay our soldiers their back pay." .4 Princess Goes ‘Broke* It must have been a rude shock to the Princess Fatima to learn that anconventional and republican America would allow a person through whose veins courses the blood of a long line of royal Asiatic forebears to go “broke.” She learned, much to her discomfiture, that a diamond bedecked nose, a retinue of strangely liveried servants the title of Sultana of Kaboul, did not automatically liquidate the debts she contracted in an effort to live in the regal splendor she believed due her exalted position. Even that forty-four-ka-at diamond that blazed her way into the presence of President Harding has gone to satisfy her creditors, and now with a childish simplicity this semi-savage daughter of royalty is a “guest” of the British government. The fact that she went “broke,” however, probably was not as great a shock as her discovery that simply because sAe was a princess she could not demand and receive an estate befitting her rank from the Government of the United States. ( Truly her visit here must have been a liberal education that she long will remember, even though she may not carry back to her mountain domain the most favorable impressions of American customs and * manners.

ThiableiThi/able! By CONSTANCE CORNWALL

Diana Richmond had connected her brother Tom's absence from home with Morell’s designs to obtain the Jewels. Recent events change her opinions in this regard. Tom's return from the scene of the auto accident makes the ease a little more dear. Moreil died In a short time after the wreck, bat he had given the box which was supposed to contain the gems to othor parties who huriedly drove on down the way. The valuable Jewels are found later In the little grave where Tilton ha<J bnried tbem. Anew serial will begtn Monday. Start with the first chapter. CHAPTER Xlll—Continued When Tilton- returned to the room with a glass in his hand Tom was sa>ing: “How can you ever forgive me, Di?” “Hush, atur, let us forget it. We all have something to forgive,’’ Di replied sadly. But Tom was not to bo cheated out of his confession. It was in vain that DI tried to put her hand over his mouth—he would speak. “Would you believe, Larry, that I could be such a silly idiot as to go on my knees to beg this angel of a sister to marry Moreil?’’ he cried excitedly. “Well, that's exactly what I did. Fancy marrying one’s sister to a gambler, a cheat, a thief, a house robber, an asso date of a murderer! Oh, iny God, when I think that she might have done It to please me it makes me almost insane." “You were not to know that he was all that, old man. Moreil could have deceived older men than you." "Larry said, exchanging comprehensive glances with DI. “How did you find out all this about him?" Tom pulled out a roll of paper from his pocket and threw it on the table. “There's his confession,” he said disdainfully.

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright, 1922, by Star Company. By k. C. B IT WAS the day. • • • WHEN THE big airship. • • • WENT DOWN in flames. • • • AND NEWSBOYS. • • • CRIED THE tragedy. • • • AND WHILE I read. • • • IN' A watting place. • • • THERE CAME a girl. • • • WITH A cardboard box. • • • SUCH AS is used. • • • FOR SLITS of Clothe*. • • • AND SHE pit It down. • • • UPON A seat. • • • AND KNITTED. • • • WHILE SHE waited there. • • AND OTHERS came. ... AND SAT them down. • • • AND I read on a. • . TILL ALL at once. • • • I HEARD a cry. • • • "MY BOX is gone!” • • • AND SO it was. • • • AND THEN she cried. • • • AND THEN I learned. ... THIS YOUNG girl wife. ... AND HER young boy husband. ... HAD SAVED a little. ... EVERY WEEK. • • • FOR SIX months past. • • • AND THEN. • • WHEN THEY had saved enough. ... THE TWO went down. • • • AND JOYOUSLY, • • • HAD BOUGHT for him. • • • THE FIRST new suit. • • • SINCE THEY were wed. • • • AND ON this day. ... SHE HAD gone down. ... - TO GET it • • * WITH THE changes made. •• * , AND WAIT for him. • • * TO TAKE her home. ... AND HE came in. ... AND •’OUND her there. • • WITH TEAR stained cheeks. ... AND TOOK her hand. • • • AND PATTED It. ... AND TRIED to smile. * * . AND THEY went away. * • * WITHOUT THE suit. • • * AND THE toys outside. • • * CRIED TO them both. % * • • the tragedy. • • • OF THE big airship. • • BUT THEY didn’t hear. • * • I TnANK you.

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Larry picked up the paper and unrolled it. “It’s in shib-thand." he said in surprise. “Who took this?” “Grace did it,” Tom said. "She stayed vdth us until we reached the hospital. Then she was anxious to do something more, so I let her stay. It was well I dbl, because I had to have a witness to that confession. Something told me that we shouldn’t want ary outsiders to hear what he had to say.” “Isn’t Grace an outsider?” DI asked with a stress on the name. “She Is now, but she won’t always be,” Tom declared boldly. "She is the bravest little heart that ever beat,” he added, “and some day before long you can look for another stenographer, Larry." By this time Tilton was at the telephone. Fortunately Mrs. Richmond had special arrangements with the telephone compauy for all-night service. It was fully half an hour before he Unlsbeu giving descriptions and instructions at police headquarters. In tne meantime DI and Tom talked in low tones on the other side of th eroom. It was two hours past midnight, but no one wanted to go to bed. They went over and over Tom's adventures of the evening. As neither could read the shorthand, Tom told the salient points in the document : Moreil was a fugitive from justice. He was very much wanted by the European police ' for card swindling. He had heard from the Spanish woman, who was a former accomplice, of the wonderful collection of jewels that Lady Banister was bringing to the United States from England. The woman had commanded him, at all hazards, go procure them for her. Moreil said he uldu’t know whether she had -married the late Earl of Ilardcaster, but he thought she had not. She hail sung for the soldiers in a hospital where Ilardcaster was a patient. With nothing bigger in mind than the soldier’s pension, sho had managed to get a proposal from the sick Earl. Anticipating the event by a few hours she had administered a deadly headache powder which took effect a little too soon, upsetting the wicked woman’s schemes. When she learned after his death who he really was her fury can be easily imagined. As Morell’s death drew nearer Tom and Grace tried to get him to tell them wlfat the Spanish w man’s plans wore. By what route she was returning to the city. Whether she was going back to Europe; where she was staying in New York; the name of her companion or whether she intended to sell the Jewels, but villain ns he was, he would uot inform on his friends. Larry and DI had listened to the recital of Morell’s villainies without comment. The three sat in silence for severs* minute*, each too full of his own thoughts Suddenly Tom said: “That was a great stunt of yours on the veranda, Larry, If you hadn’t bungled It. You must have felt sour when you went to dig up the Jewels and fouqd poor Fifl." The lawyer looked sharply at Tom and then at DI. An Inquiring gaze from hr Indicated that she hail not told bet brother anything about tho change of boxes. "What do you moan?" he asked. "Who told you about the veranda Incident?" "That rascal. Moreil. chuckled afte. death was on his face, at the thought of your chagrin when you went to dig up the box," Tom replied. Larry leaned and grasped Tom’s arm like a vise. "How did he know?” he asked breathlessly. “Why, ho saw you change the boxes, and when you got back to tho house he returned, dug up the one you had taken from him and burled the one you gave him, which I suppose contained Fifl. "Say wbat's the matter?” Larry had given one hound from his seat, grabbed DI and was waltzing her around the'room. Without word of explanation, they bounded out of the room and darted across the lawn In the direction of the moss rose bush. "Where are you going? What’s up?” called Tom, running up behind them. "Get. the spade quickly.” 1)1 said, but when she came up to the spot Larry was on his knees, tearing up the soil with his hands. A minute more and the box was In Ills grasp, and they all raced hack to the house. It was the work of a moment to unfasten the lock. One glance at the contents of the box drove all the excitement from their faces. They stood and gazed at*each other, the awe that comes with victory over terrible obstacles In tbeir eyes. There Iny, undisturbed, the wonderful collection of emeralds and diamonds- For the possession of this treasure a man had perjured his soul and lost bis life to gratify a willful woman who was unworthy of the sacrifice. Tom was the first to recover his

“I don’t unders'and,” he said, looking from one to the other In perplexity. “How did this happen?” D1 had dropped limply Into the nearest chair and sat gazing Into vacancy as though her mind was far away from iftp present scene. So Tom turned his wondering face to I.arry. "Morell told me positively that he had fooled you and given the jewels to h's friend. “Were his words only the ravings of n dying man?” There seemed nothing for it but to go over again the incidents of the evening. So I.arry explained how Dl had Been Morell watching her through the window, and her plan to outwit him by changing the box in her wardrobe and giving I.arry the Jewels to bury. Ab she didn't tell Larry what she had done he seized the opportunity when he saw Morell coming from Di s room to change the boxes on the veranda. He had no idea that Morell had seen him. Consequently when he told Di later wlint he had done, she told him of the exchange she had made, and so the loss of the jewels seemed a certainty until Morcil's confession that he had returned and changed the boxes, and unconsciously restored the preciops collection to its owner. I “So Dl originated the Idea of chang-

ing the boxes? Tom exclaimed proudly. “Indeed, she did,” Larry averred, looking tenderly at his silent fiancee. “Come, cheer up, DI. You have probably defeated the most notorious swindler la Europe. Your victory over that Spanish woman Is complete." “Poor Fifl,” Tom groaned, “what a funeral she’ll get from that black-eyed fury. Moreil said she’s a terror when things go wrong.” “I’m riot thinking ;t either,” Di said on the verge of tears. “I’m thinking of poor Hardcatser. As If it were not hard enough to be dying of hls wounds in a strange land, that terrible woman must needs hasten his end with her deadly powders. Oh, it’s ljorrlble,” she shuddered. Larry and Tom exchanges meaning glances. Both saw tha; Di was dreadfully unstrung. “I vote we adjourn for tonight,” Tom said, yawning. “We aie all pretty tired. I suggest that we keep the events of this evening from mother, There is no use worrying her. And, Di, a word to the wise—get those Jewels to a safe deposit vault, as soon as possible, unless you think you are going to have immediate use for them.” This with a knowing wink at the lawyer. Larry didn’t explain that his original idea was to keep the disagreeable story from Mrs. Richmond, but he allowed Tom to think that the plan - was his own. Di kissed her brother good-night. When he had left the room she turnrd to Larry. “The dear boy,” she sighed. “You should have let me tell him, Larry, what a perfect little beast I am." Larry took her In his arms and held her closely to his heart. "I will never consent to such perjury,” he said fondly, “of the dearest woman l n the whole world.” The End.

PUSS IN BOOTS, JR. By DAVID CORY. "If those fellows don’t stop ringing that bell. I’ll get out my said Robinson Crusoe. "I didn’t get the i>ell for them; it’s all paid for long ago.” At that moment, the bell-cord snapped, and tha baker, who had Just given tho handle a dreadful yank, fell over backwards and rolled down the hill to the beach. "Mr. Crusoe’s not at home," said the butcher.” So he and the candle stick maker went down to the shore snd joined the baker; and then all 'three got Into the tub and sailed away. “And we must do the same,” said Puss Junior. Tom Thumb and I thank you very much for our nice visit on your island, but it’s time we went forth again on our Journey of adventure.” “Well, I’m sorry to see you go," said Robinson Crusoe. And after that Fuss shoved off little boat and soon he and Torn were far out of sight on the big, wide sea. "When the wind Is In the East, ’Tls neither good for man nor beast; When wind is in the North. The skilful fisber goes not forth. When tbe wind is In the South, It blows the bait in the fishes’ mouth; When the wind is in the West, Then ’tls at the very best." sang little Tom Thumb. “Well, as the wind is In tho South, why don’t you fish, cried Captain Puss Junior. So Tom Thumb started In, and presently he feit a tremendous tug on tbe line. "I've got a fish! I've got a fish!" he cried, and then lie began pulling In his line ns fast as he could. But, oh dear mol It wasn't a fish, after all buts great big whale! “Don’t you pull on that line any more," cried tha whale, "if you do I'll smash your boat." “Oh, is that so,” said little Tom Thumb, aitiioUf'h, of course, he was frightened almost to death, but what was the use to show fear? It would only make things worse, aud If he put on a bold front, perhaps the whale would let him alone. '’l’ll take the hook out of your nose, if you'll promise not to swallow rne,” said little Tom' Thumb. “All right,” said the whale, and then Tom tried to pull It out. But It was In so tight that the whale began to apout great tig tears. "Oh dear me! It hurts Just 11 tea tooth!" "Well, it’s your own fault!" said Tom. “Next time don’t swallow everything that comes along!” And tomorrow I’ll tell you what happened after that— Copyright, 1922, by I'avid Cory, To Be Continued.

Completes Sentence to Begin Another Life with Harvey Mowers of I.onlsviilc seems to be Just one prison after another. Following the <y>mpletoin of sentence of two years in the State pr>v>n at Michigan City for assault and battery with Intent to kill, ho was taken before Judge Albert B. Anderson In Federal Court yesterday and sentenced to five years In the Federal prison at Leavenworth. Kan., for holding up and robbing John N. Ward, clerk in charge of postoffice substation No. 27, 2342 Clinton street, Jan. I, 1920. Ernest Litziey, who, according to Blowers, took part in the hold-up, never has been apprehended. A short time after the postoffice robbery Blowers was captured after a revolver battle with a merchant policeman while attempting to hold up a restaurant on Indiana avenue. Both the policeman and Blowers were wounded during the fight. It was for this offense that Blowers was sentenced to the prison at Michigan City. Optimists Oppose Second U. S. Court Resolutions opposing the creation of another Federal Court In Indiana were adopted by (ha Optimist Club at its weekly meeting at the Hotel Lincoln yesterday noon. Copies of the resolution will be sent to Senators Jai es E. Watson and Harry S. New an 1 to every Optimist Club In the State. Plans are being made for a special j St. Patrick's day program to be given next Friday. A number of unusual en- ■ tertainment features will be provided.

HIGHWAY BODY TO SELL SEVEN STEEL BRIDGES Discarded Structures to Be Disposed of at Public Auction. The State highway commission "will sell at public auction on Monday, March 20, seven steel bridges, according to announcement today by Lawrence Lyons, department director. All these bridges are on tbe east end of the National road and were razed by the highway department when the road was hard-surfaced. They are located over a distance of approximately twentyseven miles beginning at a quarter of a mile west of Lewisville and running thence west to Greenfield. New secifications by which the National road was built necessitated removing these structures, and the highway department has dismantled the bridges and matchmarked them. According to Mr. Lyons a member of the commission will act as auctioneer. The first sale will start at 9 o'clock in the morning at the bridge site near Lewisville. As fast as a bridge is disposed of the auctioneer will drive on to the next bridge and continue the sale until final disposition is made. Bridges to go under the hammer, their locations and the time of sale, follow: Quarter mile west of Lewisville, weight 24 tons, 9 a. m.; quarter mile west of Ogden, weight 12(4 tons, 10.15 a. m.; one and a quarter miles east of Knightstown, weight 7V4 tons, 11 a. m.; one-eighth mile east of Knightstown, weight 45 tong, 12 noon; one-eighth mile west of CharlottsvUle, weight 13 tons, 2:30 p. m.; three miles west of Charlottsville, weight GVi tons, 3:30 p m.; three and threequarters miles west of Greenfield, weight 13V6 tons, 4 :45 p. m. Specifications issued by the department show the largest structure In for-ty-five tons and is 103 fget long. The smallest is six and a half tons and about seventeen feet long. If any of the bridges are sold for amounts under SIOO, the terms are cash; on amounts over SIOO a cash paymeut of SIOO must be made; balance to be paid before the material Is moved. Farmers who desire bridges over private 'streams and county commissioners who are constantly In the market for bridges, will find In these structures excellent opportunity for good buys, Mr. Lyons says.

BOWERS RAPS SECRET WORK IN 4-POWER TREATY Says Conflicting Interpretations Evidence of English Diplomacy. Special to The Times. MARION, Ind., March 11.—Old-fash-'loned Secret diplomacy, conflicting interpretations by President Harding and Secretary Hughes, Senator Lodge and Senator Underwood; Us proposal by Balfeur brought from England, and its negotiation and signing before the American people know what was propoged, were charged to the four-power Pacific treaty ;by Os ude G. Bowers of Ft. Wayne, in a .milling denunciation at a meeting of Grant County Democrats here last night. FAIL TO CONFIDE WITH PUBLIC. "What shall we say of a diplomacy so secret that It kept In the dark, and deceived the President, charg'd by the Constitution with the negotiation ol treaties?" asked Mr. Bowers. “Tbe mere agents of the executive, withholding from him the truth, permitted him to subject himself to the humiliation of declaring that the treaty as drawn and signed did not provide protection for the mainland of Japan. And then, they, who at no stage confided with the people, condescended to take their chief into their confidence, and whispered in Ms ear that he had spoken out of th* fullness of his Ignorance of the treaty. Thus from 9 o’clock In the morning when he made Ms amazing declaration, he wiggled and he wobbled to tbe mild amusement of mankind to his rather pathetic explanation pt 7 o’clock In the evening. •’.This incident was sufficient to arouse distrust. This alone Is a refutation of the claim that the treaty speaks for Itself. But the necessity for a thorough explanation and discussion was surely impressed upon the thoughtful when Underwood and Lodge, the American negotiators, gave to the Senate their conflicting Interpretations of the effect of the four-power alliance on the Lan- > slng-Ishll agreement. When even the authors are In doubt tho public surely may reject the smflg assurance that the treaty speaks for Itself. NO RECORD OF NEGOTIATIONS. “And yet In these secret negotiations of a treaty that spells an alliance, hints at a balance df power, and suggest thp holy alliance of other days there are no records, no minutes, not a scratch of a pen in Washington to throw light for the Senate or the people when the desoendnnt of the cunning Elizabethan minister returned to London to' be acclaimed by the English people, and by Colonel Harvey ‘enshrined in the hearts of the Amerieans,’ he was able to spread very complete records of the steps in the negotiations before his colleagues in Downing street. “In the absence of any records of these secret meetings, the blunder of Mr. Underwood’s interpretation may bf explained on the theory that he may have been absent from one of the delightful and Intimate informal conversations. With the President debating with his agents as to one phase of the treaty, and i the two senatorial negotiators holding a i Joint debate as to another, perhaps a lit- I tie deliberation, a little senatorial discussion and cross-examination may de- ! velop an authoratatlve Interpretation 1 that will let us all in on the character of the obligations agreed to behind the i thrice barred doors."

MRS. TABOR TO BE COMMITTED TO INFIRMARY Woman, Once Charged With Murder of Her Daughter, * Penniless. PAWPAW, Mich.. March 11.—Broken in health and penniless, Mrs. Sarah I. Tabor, 83, who two years ago gained Nationwide notoriety when she was arrested and charged with the muider of her daughter, Maude Tabor, will be committed Monday to the Vat Buren County infirmary. The body of Maude Tabor, a school teacher, was found in a “hope chest" In the basement of tha Tabor home. The mother later was arrested in California and brought here charged with the slaying. The charges eventually were dismissed. Until the revelations connected with the finding of her daughter’s body, Mrs. Tabor was believed to possess a comfortable fortune left her by her husband, a prosperous lawyer. Financial reverses attended her other troubles, however, and nearly all her property was taken through mortgage foreclosures. For several months Mrs. Tabor and another daughter have been living in extreme penury in a dilapidated shack. Ten days ago they were forced to appeal to the county authorities for aid and commitment to the Infirmary was ordered. LIGHT AND POWER RATES IN CITY CUT (Continued From Page One.) In excess of the amount at the 7% cents gross a kwh. rate. • OPTIONAL LIGHT AND POWER SCHEDULE. 714 cents gross or 7 cents net a kwh. for first 200 kwh. used each month. 6% cents net a kwh. for next 200 kwh. used each month. 5Vi cents net a kwh. for next GOO kwh. used each month. 5 cents net a kwh. In excess of 1,000 kwh. used each month. COMMERCIAL LIGHT AND POWER SCHEDULE. (Demand Charge.) ?3S a year at $3 a month for each kw. billing demand for the first ten kw. $24 a year at $2 a month for each kw. billing demand for the next fifty kw. sl6 per year at $1.33 a month for each kw. billing in excess of sixty kw.; plus energy charge as follows: 4 cents gross or 3(4 cents net a kwh. for the first 200 kwh used each month. 3'4 cents net a kwh. for the first 200 kwh. used each month. 2(4 cents net a kwh. for the first 4,000 kwh. used each month. 2 cents net a kwh. for the first 45.000 kwh. used each month. I*4 cents net a kwh. for the first 150,000 kwh. used each month. 1(4 cents net a kwh. for the first 230,000 kwh used each month. LARGE PRIMARY POWER SCHEDULE. 2 2 cents net a kwh. for first 3.000 kwh. used each month. 12 cents net a kwh. for next 77,000 kwh. used each mo ith. 1.6 cents net a kwh, for pext 150,000 kwh, used each mrntb. 1.3 cents net a kwh. for next 230,000 kwh. used each month. "It Is evident" says the order of the commission, “that some reduction of rate should be made at once. The commission Is of the opinion that domestic lighting consumers should have priority and a reduction of one-half cent a kwh. will be made. The companies contend that domestic light consumers are not paying their Just share of the burden In eomparison with other classes of consumers and It Is possible that an Increase may follow if this should be found true. “A large number of schedules of rates and special contracts are set aside. It is Impossible to predict exactly what the effect will be until each sonsumer has selected the new rate most appropriate to h!s requirement. It Is certain that the rates of some individual consumers who have been enjoying preferential rates or contracts, will be Increased. It Is certain that every consumer who has paid prescribed rates will benefit financially by this and the orders to follow. Tho schedule for large power users Is a reduction from the present published rates.” Most of the hearings were conducted ly Commissioner Van Auken and the report and order was principally tbe result of his work together with his assistants. SOME DEMANDS IMPOSSIBLE NOW. A demand for sleeping reductions which would be lower than the pre-war rates was made upon the light and power companies through the commission, it was stated. Such, reductions were In no sense possible, the order says, and is not for the public interest. Indianapolis is an inland city; has no possibilities of water power development and depends on coal hauled considerable distances for the generation of power which makes a comparison of rates with more favorably endowed cities unfair, the order pointed out Freight rates bear on approach to the pre-war levels and the price of coal greatly exceeds the prewar level. In view of those facts, Mr. Van Auken states, It would be entirely beyond the range of possibility to grant such decreases as would bring light and power rates to the level asked for by the petitioners. The commission sets out* that this order is the first governing rates to be made where the valuations of the properties of the companies have not been used as a basis, but that other facts regarding costs and the manifest dsicrimination going on among power users justifies the order.

Dedicatory Services at Heath M. E. Church Heath Memorial M. E. Church, Commerce nvenue and Windsor street, of which the Rev. Elmer St Clair is pastor, will hold dedicatory services -Sunday morning. Bishop Frederick D. Leete will have charge of this service and the Indianapolis District Epworth League Cabinet will take charge of the Eptrffrth League service in the evening. At 5:30 o’clock there w-ill be a “tea cup” social hou r.

GOOD REASONS FOR REFUSING GENOA PARLEY U. S. Must Play Cautious Hand to Avoid Political Tangles. TREATIES NOT RATIFIED Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. BY PIERRE MARBAC, Special Correspondent of the Petit Porisien. WASHINGTON, March 11.—The refusal of the American Government to join in the Genoa conference is rather due to a combination of circumstances than to any single reason. The fact the reparation policy was to be excluded from the agenda certainly counted for something in the decision taken by the Administration. But there fire also several other reasons due to the present conditions of domestic politics which Mr. Hughes could not very well mention in his answer to the Italian government. It may well be the Genoa conference is to be primarily a political and not an economic conference. One fails to see, however, how Europe can disentangle the political from the economic questions. The two aspects of the problems have to be considered and solved Jointly and cannot be examined separately. There is no economic question in Europe which has not its political angle and Its political ramifications, and there is no political problem whose solution cannot be Influenced by economic considerations. Furthermore any one acquainted at all with American politics can plainly see that in view of the coming elections; in view Os the fact the treaties have not yet been ratified, the Administration has to play its hand very cautiously. The acceptance to participate in the Genoa conference would have indirectly exerted an influence on the discussion of the four-power treaty and would have created a very embarrassing situation for Mr. Harding’s Administration. The main problem concerning foreign affairs at the present time before the American people are the treaties signed at tha Washington conference and the foreign debts. Until they are disposed of, the Government is not free to undertake the solution of new and even more perplexing and complicated problems. Finally the reluctance of the Administration to attend the Genoa conference partly may be ascribed to this other fact; that, so far, the allies themselves do not seem to have any well determined program for the reconstruction of Europe. That America is interested in the question cannot be doubted; that the rehabilitation of Europe Is of interest to the rest of the world as well as to Europe herself is self evident. But the fact remains that the European nations should attempt to agree upon some sort of constructive program before they can entertain any hope of real American cooperation. Should some progress be made at the Genoa conference, then, bat only then, America may consider participating In some other economic conference. Even after Genoa there will be room and time for American cooperation aud participation, and there still is hope that America will come in some day.—Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.

Mormon Meeting’s to Be Held Sunday The missionaries and member of the Mormon Church of the southern Indiana district will hold a conference, Sunday at P. H. C. Hall, Michigan and East streets, , with sessions at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prosldent Winslow Farr Smith of Salt Lake City, who is head of the Mormon | Church fin the States of Wisconsin, Michi- : pan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and 1 lowa, will be in attendance and will be ;the principal speaker. At the morning ' session, Mr. Smith will speak on “Mori monism’s Influence on the World,” and ' at the evening session his subject will be : "Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, Was j Divinely Called to His Mission.” Road Meeting Held in Randolph County FARMLAND, Ind., March 11.—Civic organizations, of Randolph County, together with representative farmers of the locality, met with A. H. Hinkle, chief engineer of maintenance for the State highway department, and other highway officials here today for the purpose cf completing steps for moving back property fence lines and telephone poles paralleling State road 37. Mr. Hinkle explained one of the important requisites of State road building and maintenance is drainage, and to do this his department must have sufficient space on either side of the road to cut deep drain ditches with a grader. Much of the success of a road depends upon the proper drainage of surface water from it, he declared. Booklet Describes Home Exposition Twenty-five -hundred booklets describing the Home Complete Exposition, to be held May 8 to 13 in the Manufacturers building at the fairgrounds were sent out to dealers and manufacturers of homo building and furnishing materials and articles In Indianapolis and the central Indiana territory today. J. Frank Cantwell, chairman of the exposition committee of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, said a large number of these booklets had been requested and the mailing list represents nationally known manufacturers and dealers, all of them Hoosiers. The exposition, sponsored by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, is described In full in the booklet. The alms of the exposition, the rules and regulations, and all other information about the show are outlined in the prospectus, which is ten pages in size, printed in two colors.