Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1922 — Page 1

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STRIKE EFFECT MAKES ITSELF FELTIN NATION Big Transportation Systems Reflect Disturbed Conditions. HARDING KEEPS IN TOUCH Increasing Cuts in Number of Trains Operating on Trunk Lines.

TO CONTINUE By United Fret* CHICAGO. July 13.—President Harding In a telegram was warned today by chiefs of the striking railroad shop cra/ts unions, that interruptions and interference with railroad transportation "will coneontinue and increase" until an agreement to end the walkout is reached.

By Vnited Press OROVTLLE, Cal., July 13—About fifty armed men early today surrounded the Western Pacific shops here and after a battle in which nearly 200 shots were fired, overpowered the guards and rushed into the place, roughly handling the strikebreakers there. Five of the workers in the shops were injured. The only damage to the plant was from the bullets. By United Press WASHINGTON. July 13.—The benumbing affect of two existing and other threatened strikes made itself felt on the nation’s transportation system today, according to a report reaching President Harding. Trains in large numbers are beirg withdrawn from service daily, the reports revealed. The strike of railroad shopmen is responsible for conditions in the East, while lack of fuel, caused by the mine strike, is the chief factor in curtailment of train service in the West. Harding Gets Report President Harding is receiving confidential reports from all lines. These indicate that conditions are daily becoming more serious. Increasing numbers of trains are being laid up. "Creeping paralysis." according to one official, is in progress. If the same rate of progress is continued for two weeks more, industry in general will be dealt a severe blow, he said. In the meantime the postoffice department is quietly pushing plans to prevent demoralization of the maile. MARSHAL TAKES CHARGE Four Thousand Strikers Storm Pere Marquette Roundhouse. By United Press SAGINAW, Mich.. July 13.—Four thousand striking shopmen and sympathizers here stormed the Pere Marquette roundhouse and seized strikebreakers. Several were badly beaten and others driven away. Frank T. Newton, United States marshal from Detroit assumed charge of the situation, quieting the mob. 1 SHOT;SCORE BEATEN Strike Sympathizers Attack Guards and Railroad Employes. F-y United Xeies DENISON, Texas, July 13.—United States Deputy marshals are patroling the streets here while other authorities investigate a battle between shop strike sympathizers and strike-break-ers. in which one employe was shot and nearly a score more badly beaten. Several hundred strike sympathizers attacked guards and railroad employes near the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf road’s roundhouse, and took them to woods nearby, where they administered sound beatings. Situation Dangerous Htj United Xevs DETROIT. July 13.—National officers of the maintenance of way unions are having a hard time trying to keep their membership from joining the strike of the railroad shopmen, they declared Wednesday. "The situation is dangerous." W. G. Donne, secretary to Grand President Grable, said. Sympathetic Walkout LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 13. Eighty shop workers employed by the Mor.on railroad here under the maintenance of way wage scale walked out today In sympathy with the shopmen’s strike. Asks for Troops DETROIT. July 13.—United States Marshal Frank T. Newton today wired Attorney General Daugherty at Washington for authority to call out the United States troops for service at Saginaw, Mich. WARMER WEATHER DUE It is going to be hot. The weather man in his forecast called it slightly warmer. For a change, he didn't predict showers. The unsettled condition, he said, has passed northeastward. The high record at 7 o'clock this morning was held b> New Orleans with a temperature of 82 and the low record by Helena, Mont., with a temperature of 54. Twelve deaths was the toll taken by today’s sweltering heat. Pittsburgh casualties were heaviest, five succumbing. Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York each reported two and Columbus. Ohio, one. Glass Factory' Suspend MILLVILLE, N. J.. July 13.—Many workers in glass factories here were sent home on account of the intense heat today.

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TOM SUMS SAYS; The best time to have a fight with your wife HlHjis on pay day. \ Corn-on-the-cob is hack, according to dry cleaners. Sometimes it looks SIMS nice beer and light wines are near; but distance on water is deceiving. Two can live cheaper than one, but not as fast. Health hint; If you have a weak heart don’t read the new tariff. "Wouldn’t it be great if the consumers could work at it only eight hours a day? Taxicab made a horse run away in Chicago. Lcoks like in Chicago a horse would scare a taxicab. If, as Doyle says, there isn’t any hell, we would like to know what this summer is as hot as. Fortune never smiles at a man because he is a joke. Sultan of Turkey Is broke. Ought to let his wife take in washing. If you don’t believe times are better, silk shirts are going up. New York brags she convicts more criminals. Look at her chances. July has had geveral earthquakes. Maybe they were caused by June brides' first biscuits. Most of these men longing for the good old days, kick when they wait ten minutes for a car. The main trouble wqth the girl of today is she refuses to act like the girl of yesterday. "Only way to live long is bv keeping busy,” says a centenarian. Ws know a boy who will never see 25. CRAZED WITH HEAT Two Northern Ohio Women Overcome With Temperature. By United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13.—Two women ended their lives in northern Ohio during the last twenty-four hours while temporarily insane as a result of the intense heat. ACCEDE TO MORATORIUM Allied Powers Yielding to Germany May Meet French Demand. By United Press PARIS. July 13.—The allied reparations commission will grant a moratorium to Germany, it was semi-of-ficially announced today. France will demand a moratorium If one is granted to Germany, the news paper Eclair stated. Lloyd George In Favor LONDON, July 13.—Lloyd George itaid in the House of Commons today he believed it would be necessary to grant a moratorium to Germany to enable her to restore order In her finances. FREE STATERS WIN Minor Clashes With Insurgents Reported in Ireland. Bp United Press DUBLIN, July 13.—Free state troops were victorious today in minor clashes with insurgents throughout Ireland, according to word reaching here. One rebel was killed and twelve captured when Free Staters attacked insurgents in Galway. Two Free Staters were killed and several wounded. Michael Collins, provisional head of the Free State government, had been appointed commander in chief of the army.

TRY TO SAVE PROPERTY Attorneys Scent Plan to Gain Man’s Possessions. Attorneys' for Pete Lukaszevich, 41, of 986 Pearl St., bound over to the grand jury* on charges of mistreating his stepdaughter, declare they will petition the county courts to save his property from dissipation. Lukaszevich, held under $2,500 bond, owns a farm, grocery, restaurant, city lot anil two savings accounts. The attorneys charge that Freda Lukaszevich. his wife and mother of Lotty Sckubic, caused his arrest to gain possession of the property*. She was divorced from her former husband recently. Useless To Continue THE HAGUE, July 13.—The property committe of the Hague conference unanimously decided today to report to the conference that it would he useless to continue negotiations with the Russians. Burris Will Be Speaker Benjamin J. Burris, State superintendent of public instruction, will speak at the Daviess County reunion in Brookside Park, Aug. 6.

RENTED SUIT RELIC OF BY-GONE AGE, SA YS HEALTH SECRETARY

Rented bathing suits belong in the days of the dodo, dinosaur and pithecanthroups erectus, declared Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary* of the city board of public health, today. They ought to be prohibited by law, he said. The city itself permits renting of suits at Riverside beach. Like a Toothbrush “Would you use a toothbrush which had been used by friends or other members of the family?” asked Dr. Morgan. “Would you bathe in a tub of the same water used by half a dozen others? “Would you wear an undergarment which had been worn by someone whose personal hygiene history is unknown to you?

STANDARD OIL DENOUNCED FOR GAS MONOPOLY Trade Commission Makes Report on Company to Congress. SUGGESTS” QUICK ACTION Combination Apparently Is Within Law by Rule of High Court. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 13.—A denunciation of the policy of the Standard Oil Company in “continuing to maintain a monopoly” of the gasoline sup ply of the United States, was contained in a report of the Federal Trade Commission to Congress today. Immediate legislation to prevent interlocking stock ownership among the various Standard Oil concerns, was suggested as the only solution of the situation. Combination Is Legal The combination now is apparently "within the law,” in view of Supreme Court interpretations of the Sherman anti-trust law. These decisions permit common stock ownership in corporations which have been members of a combination dissolve 1 under the Sherman law, and hence the only remedy open is creation of a law to prevent such action, the report adds. 4 DEAD, 25 HURT IN COLLAPSE OF BUILDING Eleventh Floor of Old Odd Fellow Temple Goes to Pieces. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, July 13.—Four men are known to be dead and more than twenty-five persons were rushed to hospitals, several of them seriously injured, as the result nf the collapse of the wall and eleventh floor of the old Odd Fellow temple this afternoon. Fifteen men were working on the eleventh floor when the accident occurred. Guard lines were established to prevent persons from nearing the buildins. One of the walls bulges and it ;s feared it may collapse. The cause is not known. MAY USE FEDERAL TROOPS Secretary of War Confers With President on Strike Situation. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 13.—Intimations that Federal troops soon may be used to enforce President Harding's proclamation against interference with the United States mails and interstate commerce during the rail strike was given by Secretary of War Weeks today. Weeks conferred with President Harding and said that the War Department will issue a statement today. INDICTMENTS DISMISSED Mine Worker Defendants in West Virginia Are Released. Bp United Press WILLIAMSON, W. Va., July 13 - Indictments against twenty members of the United Mine Workers of America charging them with murder and arson in connection with Mingo County mine riots two years ago. were quashed today. Prosecutor S. S. Stokes announced. STORM HITS EMPIRE TRACK Horses and Spectators Thrown Into Confusion; Races Delayed. NEW YORK, July 13.—A heavy electrical storm hit the Empire City track just before racing was scheduled to start here today and threw the crowds and horses into confusion. Rumors that the grandstand had been hit by lightning were denied by track officials. The racing was delayed.

MOTHER LOVE By United Press BYESVILLE, Ohio, July 13. Mrs. Augusta L. Turner today set the price of her mother love at $3,000 when she offered to sell her one-year-old baby boy, Richard, to obtain funds to prolong the life of her mother who will die unless sent to a sanitarium for treatment, costing approximately $3,000. 1

“Do you favor drinking out of a common cup or using a public roller towel?" "Yes? "Then you are in the class who think it perfectly safe to wear a rented bathing suit.” Very Unsanitary Dr. Morgan denounced as insanitary the practice of some private pool operj ators of requiring all patrons to rent suits. These places claim they steri- ! lize the suits but "personal reports to the health department of infections and vermin contracted leads one to believe that sterilization has not tieen efficient,” he said. "Use your own suit and be safe,” the health officer urged.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922

Damage Caused by Chemical Plant Fire

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A largo part of the plant of the Republic Cr<*oßote Company, St. Clair St. and Miley Ave., was destroyed by re early this morning. The picture shows the ruins.

EARLY MORNING FIRE CAUSES 530,000 LOSS Republic Creosoting Company Plant Damaged Following Explosion of Chemicals. A fire and explosion aat the Republic Creosoting Company’s plant, Miley Ave. and St. Clair St., at 4:30 a. in. today, caused a loss estimated at $30,000 and injury to several fire men. The fire started in the chemical department in a two-story building in the north part of the plant. Rattalinn Chief Burned Battalion Fire Chief Fred C. Kennedy, was burned about the feet and legs by chemicals while fighting the (lames. Other firemen also suffered slight burns from the chemicals. Herman Rufli, superintendent of the plant, said the explosion probably was caused by fumes from the chemicals coming in contact With a short circuit of electric wires. Loss Fully Protected Peter C. Reilly, president of the company, said the loss was covered by insurance. A. J. Lauth, secretary and treasurer, said the company would use its employes at the com pany s other plant near ‘Mayw - The flames were confined to the chemical department and the boiler rooms. G. G. Donegan. 220 Blackford St., night fireman, was in the dressing room adjoining the hoiler room when he heard the explosion. Running out he was met with great clouds of black smoke and a dull red flame. He ran to notify the watchman, who had already turned in an alarm. Oil on Streets Hums So hot were the flames that the oil placed on the street in Miley Ave. caught fire. Slight damage was done to a double house occupied by Roy Johnson and Griffin Johnson, negroes, 750 and 752 Miley Ave. JUDGE STAGES SHOW Wilmeth Not From Missouri Rut He Is Insistent. Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth may not. be from Missouri, but he believes in being shown just how things happened, particularly automobile accidents. When witnesses to the collision between Albert Epperson, a truck driver living at 1021 W. Thirty-Seventh St., and Lotus Rice of 1336 E. Raymond St., tried to tell about the accident, they attempted to demonstrate, using a straw' hat for the truck and note paper for the touring car. The judge offered two ink pads to illustrate truck and flivver. Then he drew a picture. One colored woman unable to understand insisted on w f aving her hands wildly. Epperson was fined $1 and costs for violating traffic laws. AUTO STRIKES TRUCK Driver Arrested For Driving On Left Side of Street. Arthur Roberts, 2246 Madison Ave., was arrested today after the car he was driving collided with a transfer truck driven by William Florky, 633 E. Market St., at the intersection of Illinois and Morris Sts. Roberts was charged with driving on the left side of the street.

WARRANT TURNS UP Fesler Receives Claim for $3, Issued in 1889. A county warrant for $3, issued June 17, 1889, to Roy Sahm, secretary of the State Savings and Trust Company, was presented for payment today to Leo K. Fesler, county auditor. The claim will be paid, Mr. Fesler said. Mr. Sahm did not ask for interest. ■* SIX DEAD IN WRECK Bodies Recovered From Remains of Train on Missouri Pacific Line. lip United Press KANSAS CITY, July 13.—The bodies of W. A. Rader, engineer, Independence, Mo.; J. S. Lasseter, Ordway. Colo., and four negroes were recovered from the wreck of a Missouri Pacific train today. Misreading of orders by the crew was believed by officials to be responsible. Mrs. J. D. Newman of Shelbyville. Ind., was among the injured. She has internal injuries. Her condition is not serious.

East Is East and West Is Only In the Movies; Romance Ended AGNES CAMERON, 16, is on her way back to her home in New York today, romantic dreams shattered. A month ago Agnes met a sailor, Charles Faulkner. He told her a colorful story of his home In the West. The romance of the sea and the romance of the West—the motion picture West. Agnes fell in love. Then the sailor came to his home in Indianapolis. Three weeks later Agnes followed. When the train roared Into the Union Station it didn’t look like the movie version of the West. Her sailor didn't meet her. She waited all day. A policeman took her to the Detention Home. Juvenile court authorities found the sailor. Another girl had his pledge to wed. But he gave Agnes money to pay her fare back home.

FAIR BUILDING PLANS HELD UP FOR NEW LAWS Attorney General Says Board of Agriculture Can Not Proceed With Program. Additional legte’at ion will be necessary before the State Board of Agriculture can proceed with Its building program at the Suite fairground, U. S. attorney general of Indiana. said today. Court Throws Out Law He said the recent opinion of the Supreme Court nullified the section of the law providing for a tax levy of $1,000,000 and made it impossible for the board to issue bonds. The organization of the board, as it now stands, ihe transfer of the property of the old board to the present one. and the appropriation of the $400,000 for operating expenses was not interfered with by the decision. Will Pay Debts The State finance board will meet tomorrow to appropriate $50,000 to pay off outstanding debts of the board. INQUIRES AS TO GUARDS Daugherty Asks Storen Number Necessary For Mails, ** Mark Storen. United States marshal, has been asked to report* to Harry M. L>augherty, Attorney- General of I.he United States, the number of guards necessary on mail trains in case of trouble during the railroad strike. Mr. Storen said that it probably would take several days to complete the Investigation. GUT IN SMASH-UP Man Injured When Woman Steer# Car to I/eft Side. Twenty-six stitches were required to close facial wounds suffered by William Gaff, 512 E. Fifteenth St., when the automobile which he was driving was struck by another driven by Mrs. Sarah Bernard, 939 Division St. Mrs. Bernard was arreßted charged with driving on the left side of the street. VOTE FRAUD SECONDARY Other Matters Apparently Crowd the Grand Jury Probe, Routine matters again apparently took precedence over election irregularities today with the Marion County grand jury. A large number of police officers were seen to enter the chambers, leading to the belief that cases involving persons in jail or on bond are being disposed of before election irregularities. OBJECTS TO DELAY Commissioner Refers To Hearing As “Circus-like.” “I object to this hearing being turned into a traveling circus,” A. B. Cronk, representative of the Indiana public service commission, said today when it was suggested that further hearing of the "Missouri river rate cases” be transferred to Chicago and continued until September. DAVIS IS OPTIMISTIC Secretary of Labor Writes Letter to Pittsburgher. lip i'nited Press WASHINGTON, July 13. —Secretary of Labor Davis today predicted success for President Harding’s efforts to end the coal strike, in a letter to Thomas D. Mullin of Pittsburgh.

BANS BALLOON SHOOTING Judge Fines Six Boys in Police Court. for Expensive Pastime. I Toy balloon shooting is more costly | than tennis, and not such good sport, | according to Judge Delbert C. Wil--1 meth. as he assessed a fine of $2 and ! costs against Howard Sout, Paul Hughes, William Rickey, Shelley Givens, Roland Seel and Leroy Roberta. The boys punctured toy balloons of other youngsters by shooting them with pins. LATEST WAIST LINE I What Belts and No Beer Have Done to Our A polios. j A Times reporter bought a Palm i Beach suit, and learned from the ! salesman: •Since we took off suspenders and buckled on belts twenty years ago, the average Indianapolis male waist has shrunk from 37 inches to 34. Since prohibition it has dropped from 34 inches to 32. CITY HEADS TO CONFER Tax Levy and Budget Will Be Determined. Conferences between the city controller. department heads and members of the city council upon the city tax levy and budget for 1923 will begin next week. City Controller Joseph L. Hoguo announced today. Hogue said estimates of each department will be gone over separately. The ordinances must be passed not Tater than the first regular meeting of th® council in September. PLACES BOND ISSUES City Controller Announces Sale of Securities. City Controller Joseph L. Hogue today anounced sale of the following bond issues: A $40,000 Issue of 5 per cent connecting link road bonds to Thomas D. Sherrin & Cos., on a bid of par, accrued interest, and premium of $940. A SIO,OOO issue of 5 per cent park purchase bonds to J. F. Wild & Cos., on a bid of par, accrued Interest and $127 premium. PRAISE OFFER TO AID Traffic Club Adopts Resolutions oil Rail Strike. Resolutions commending State and national authorities for promising troops to keep mail, freight and passenger trains moving during the rai) strike and “deploring the attitude taken by certain leaders against the governmental agencies whose findings and rulings should be respected” were adopted today by the Indianapolis Traffic Club.

Collects S4O for His Hurts; Protected by Times Insurance GEORGE H. BERRY, 29 S. Addison St., received a check today for S4O, oovering indemnity for four weeks, on account of injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Mr. Berry was a subscriber of the Indianapolis Times, and was insured under the SI,OOO Travel Accident Policy issued by the Times. T. T. Beach, 2026 N. Olney St., received a check for $lO. covering indemnity for one week on account of injuries sustained when thrown from a wagon. The Indianapolis Timeq Travel Accident Insurance issued by the National Casualty Company of Detroit, to the insurance department of the Fanners' Trust Company of Indianapolis, is a real service for Times readers. Every Times subscriber over the age of 15 and under the age of 70 is entitled to the benefits of tiiis insurance, which is issued at only the cost of handling and registering, and as a public service.

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TEACH SMALL BOYS TO STEAL LIKE EXPERTS IN ‘SCHOOL OF CRIME’ Three Men Operate Training Course for Lads That Rivals Life of Oliver Twist. LEADER ‘KNEW HIS STUFF/ YOUTH SAYS Crowded Stores, Depots and City Market Places Most Frequented—Spoils Divided With Teachers. “I came downtown to learn to steal.” This confession today by a 6-year-old boy led to the discovery of the activities of three Indianapolis men ivho are charged witli employing small boys to steal. Warrants for the arrest of the three men have been filed in juvenile court, but their names will not be made public until arrests are made. Five of the boys—all say they have been regularly engaged in stealing and have been dividing what they stole with the three men—are in the hands of juvenile court authorities. The ages of the boys range from 6to 12. They say there are manj* more sim- | ilarly employed.

CITY ASKED TO SHARE LOSS ON TWO CONTRACTS Conditions Responsible for Loss on Sewage Plant Unavoidable, Company Claims. The board of sanitary commissioners today was asked by the Henry W. Horst Company, Rock Island, 111., to bear or share a $38,000 loss the company claims it has incurred on two contracts at the new city sewage disposal plant. In August. 1921, the company contracted to build the pumping station for $121,487 and concrete thickener tanks for $24,950. It claimed in a letter unexpected floods in the fail of 1921 and unfavorable weather this spring caused its loss. The board was asked to help out because the company felt it was not responsible for conditions which caused the loss. The request was referred to the board's attorney. ASKS S7iGOO DAMAGES Renter Sues Apartment Owners— Hurt in Floor Fall. Damages aggregating $7,000 were asked In two suits filed in the Superior Court against Jane, Archibald and Bernard Martin and Harriet Saylor, apartment house proprietors. The complaints state the degendants rented to Edward H. and Estella McCormick an apartment .which had a faulty floor in the kitchen. The floor caved in May 16, it is related, and Mrs. McCormick was injured seriously. INJURED BY STREET CAR Man Struck Down as He Dashes From Filling Station. William Van Doren, 76, of 1352 Gimber St., was injured seriously today when struck by a north-bound Shelby St. car at' Carson and Shelby Sts. Van Doren ran from behind a filling station and appeared to be running after the car. He was caught under the bumper and the car was stopped just in time to prevent the front trucks passing over his body. He was sent to the city hospital. TRUCK OWNERS SUED F. W. Showalter Company Asked $lO,500 for Damages In Auto Accident. The E. W. Showalter Company today was made defendant to suits for SIO,OOO and SSOO, resulting from an accident in which a truck driven by one of their employes struck an automobile driven by Ralph H. Weiss. Lloyd C. Weiss, a passenger, according to the complaint, was permanently injured. He asks for the larger sum. The smaller amount, is demanded for damage to the machine. Run Down, Leg Broken Julius Kell. 32, 649 E. Pratt St., today is suffering from a broken leg sustained when he was struck by a taxicab yesterday at the intersection of Washington and Illinois Sts.

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"Knows His Stuff "One of the fellows knows his stuff," the 6-year-old said. “He got a diamond ring worth $175 and another worth $75 from a woman in a 5 and 10-cent store.” The confessed pillagers frequented the depots, stations, crowded stores and the city market. They also stole from newspapers. A large number of theater tickets was found on one lad. Twelve-Year-Old Fined The 12-year-old brother of one of them was found guilty of “grabning grips” (stealing suit cases) at a hearing before Judge Frank J. Lahr. He was fined $1 and costs. C 0 U NSElTgives OPINION AS TO PARKGONTROL Neither Dancing Nor Shows Are Within Purview of City Council. Neither public dancing nor open air theaters in the parks can he prohibited by the city council. Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Groninger, and Attorney William E. Reiley held in opinions given Mayor Shank today. Mr. Groninger had previously given a tentative opinion to that effect. The mayor vetoed the ordinance prohibiting such performances. An attempt to pass it over his veto is expected at the council meeting Monday evening. . Groninger held the Legislature has not given council authority assumed to do so nor can the Legislature grant it. Authority to Park Board The corporation counsel holds the Legislature gives the park board express power to regulate amusement in parks and the council can not tamper with such authority. Reiley said the ordinance is unconstitutional because it - prohibits “public dancing” and allows "folk dancing.” This, he held, is discriminatory because no means cf determining “which is which” is provided. ARMY TRUCKS READY Postmaster Has 400 Available For Mail Tie-up. Four hundred motor trucksc now In storage at Beech Grove, are available for transporting mail should the railroad strike become so serious as to make this necessary*, Robert H. Bryson, postmaster, said today. The trucks were built for Army* use and after the end of the World War were taken to Beech Grove. There have been as many as 1,000 on hand. Postmaster Bryson said. CITY SHOULD PAY PART Speaker Declares Paving Costs Should Be Divided. At least half of the cost of improving streets should be paid by the city, instead of property owners, Lacey Hearn declared at a meeting of the Real Estate Board in the Chamber of Commerce building yesterday.

WKAT DID YOU SEE? I. W. C. saw a white man on S Meridian St. shining a negro’s shoes. H. C. W. saw a man deliver some furniture on Senate Ave., dust off the harness and drive on. M. A. A. saw an old woman sitting on a park bench under a shade tree holding a raised umbrella. J. L. M. saw a man. about 40. walking down Washington St. barefooted and with his trousers rolled up to his knees. W. C. S. saw a conductor charge a man 5 cents for leaving his market basket in the aisle of an E. Michigan street car.