Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 59, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 1922 — Page 1

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SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG LOST IN GANG SPIRIT High School Principal Declares Stealing Must Be Punished for Double Effect. 'JOY - RIDING’ CONDEMNED Public Attitude in Accepting Law Violation as Joke Is Censured by McComb. By E. H. K. M'COMB, Principal Emmerich Manual Training High Scnool. (This article was written by Mr. McComb for the Indianapolis Times as a result of the arrest of seven Indianapolis high school boys chargred with the theft of more than thirty automobiles.) The actions of the seven 17-year-old boys who stole automobiles should not rbe condoned. The boys should be punished for their acts for their own 6akes and for the effect on others. If boys could be made to see that such acts are wrong—not jokes; that they are not “joy riding,” but stealing, there would be less of this sort of thing. No doubt these hoi’s thought they were just “swiping'’ cars, not stealing. The public must stop looking upon this sort of thing as “Joy riding” before the boys clearly will understand the right idea of such wrong acts as theirs. Gang Instinct to Blame It is the gang Instinct that leads boys into much of this sort of thing. For boys on vacation there are not always temporary or summer jobs, and for boys not seriously Interested In athletics. It is hard for them to find activities of the right sort. There are no good places for boys of this age to swim or play. The Boy Scouts help out the younger boys. No one in an organized way helps these older boys. Thoughtless and Not Bad Out of this situation grows a serious episode and the cry is that boys nowadayE are bad. They .are not bad, probably, but thoughtless and careless in their gang act lona No doubt all the boys in the crowd now in mind individually would say the things they did were wrong, but collectively they did them. No boy was strong enough to say no. Their (fellows probably knew these boys were trying this scheme, but no one made them see they were breaking laws and ddng wrong. Boys are like their elders in this respect. Remember how we laugh at the Volstead law and those who break It. Both old and young today have to cultivate a stronger respect for law. And the grown-ups have to show the way by showing the proper respect for the law themselves and by providing the right kind of wholesome recreation for the boys of high school ag*.

12,000 TRUCKS MOBILIZED FOR EMERGENCY USE Organization Over State Prepared to Act in Case of Rail Tie-up. Twelve thousand trucks will be operated over the State in case of a complete railroad tie-up. to prevent a food famine In the smaller towns and cities. Tom Snyder, secretary of the Sunbeam truck lines, said today. Tho State has been divided Into seven zones. Commercial warehouses | used as food storages have been selected in various places as distribution centers and motor transport terminals. Foodstuffs will be sent out from these places In less than carload lots Mr. Snyder said he wishes to demonstrate that truck transportation Is the most economical. Shippers in Indianapolis will be given special service to the 100-mile point, Mr. Snyder said, and a fleet of four thousand trucks wlil be ready for their use. SHOT FIRED IN MELEE Razor. Knife and Revolver Figure in Rooming House Rumpus. A razor, a knife and a revolver figured in an attempt today of George Paplo to remove his belongings from the rooming house of Mrs. Lothif Frank, 109 S. Liberty St. Paplo. witnesses said, knocked Mrs. Frank down. They said he was seen coming out of the house with a razor, and later fired a revolver. SOLDIERS STOP STRIKE United States Troops Lend a Hand in Labor Fight at Coblenz. By United Prett PARIS. July 19.—American troops in the Army of Occupation today occupied the Concordia smelter, Coblenz, forcing strikers to resume work and furnishing gas for the city. , MORE FAIR WEATHER ■ More fair weather and rising temperature are in sight, the weather man announced today. - The western depression is responsible. the weather report says, for cooler weather from the middle Mississippi Valley eastward and southward and warmer westward and notrhward. The hottest spojl at 7 o'clock, when the official record was made, was Jacksonville. Fla., with a temperature of 80. The coolest was Portland, Ore., with * temperature of 54.

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TOM SIMS SAYS: fWe don’t know Ireland’s flag, but it isn’t white. One day last week Congress forgot and did some work. “Men like shy SIMS. girls,” says a writer. Depends on what they are shy. Hollywood will have a college. Hope it is a barber college. Out of 1,000 reasons why couples fight the main one is “because.” Boston woman who thought her hubby dead found him alive at a dance. This happens every night. All fclay and no work doesn’t make Jack wish school would start. Aviators and others who look down on people have to come to earth sooner or later. They are finding new war frauds. It often looks like the promise of a soldier bonus is one. Ohio man who dropped dead at a ball game may have seen the umpire make a correct decision. One day last week a man didn’t cut himself with a safety razor. They killed a 450-pound turtle for Taft in London. The sea air sure gave him an appetite. This strange animal that leaps thirty feet, roaming the Kentucky woods, may be a pedestrian practicing for his return to town. Revenue Man Named ■William G. Hopkins of Angola has been named division chief at Logansport by M. Bert Thurman, collector of internal revenue. He will succeed Irvin Bowman of Logansport, resigned, and will take office Aug. 1.

STATE SUPPORT TO BE GIVEN IF MINES REOPEN Governor McCray Promises to Protect Workers if Operators Will Resume Business. Indiana was ready today to protect ] : the coal mines should the operators resume operation. The Indiana Na-, tional Guard can be mobilized la a few 1 hours and Governor McCray has i pledged himself to support the plan to j the limit. The next move is up to the operators. Governor McCray held a long coni sultation with Adjt. Gen. Harry B. : Smith at the Governor's mansion last ! night, but full announcement of the steps taken was not made public. Urges Mine Opening r Governor McCray immediately is- ! sued a statement to all mine operaI tors urging the mines be opened as j soon as possible in order that an inj dustrial crisis might be averted. He | expressed the wish that this be done ! without clash between factions, but : assured the operators full protection I in any disturbance. Telegraphs White House ! The Governor then telegraphed to j President Harding saying he had j issued the invitation to Indiana operators to re-open the mines Movement of certain State troops to Kentucky for encampment which was ordered for July 23. may be held up pending the outcome of the Governor's action. PRISON BRICK CHOSEN Sliideler Withholds Announcement Until Later. G. A. H. Shldeler, superintendent of ! the State Reformatory at Jefferson- j ville, stated today that the brick to be < used In the new reformatory building at Pendleton was selected at the meet- ! ing yesterday of the board of trus- j t.ees. Ho said no public announcement | would be made until contracts had . been formally made with the company from which the purchase was j made. ‘WHITE WINGS’ AGAIN Street Cleaning Rcpartment Force to Have New Uniforms. The title “white wings” will be applicable once more to the street cleaning force after Friday. Superintendent John F. Walker said his men .would start wearing white uniforms j then. 6URWAY UNDER ARREST . Indicted Here for Traffic In Stolen Autos Captured at Louisville. Leo Burway, under indictment in the Federal Court on charges of transporting stolen automobiles, inter- j state, is under arrest at Louisville, ac- j cording to word, received by Federal j officials here. Burway was indicted in March, but; never was arrested. STREET CAR FARES CUT Clevelantf Lines Yield to Peremptory Demand of Mayor Kohler. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19. Cleveland will ride to work for 5 cents beginning Aug. 1. This was the an-j nouncement today, following Mayor Kohler's demand for immediate reduction. The present fare is 6 cents. Stock Permits Grunted The Northern Indiana Gas and j Electric Company. South Bend, has j been granted authority to issue j $21,000,000 in Class A preferred stock] and $6,500,000 of Class B preferred

SHANK SLASHES SIOO,OOO OUT OF 1323J1RE FUND Mayor Acts to Cut Down Expenditures of Safety Board Next Year. MORE TRIMS ARE TO COME Police Increase of $259,280.25 Will Be Less ‘a Plenty,’ His Honor Says. Announcing he would keep the city tax levy for 1923 from being higher than this year if it is possible, Mayor Shank today made a SIOO,OOO slash in the proposed budget for the fire department. He said he would cut more in the police appropriations, and expected to keep up the pace as he reviews estimates of all other departments. Fire Department Cut The board of safety called for $1,325,864.50 for the fire department for 1923. The 1922 appropriation is $1,187,417.56, or $136,446.94 less than that sought for next year. The mayor cut out an item of SBS,OOO for salaries for fifty-seven new firemen and $33,100 for miscellaneous items. Police Department Increase Police department wants $1,257,260.50 for 1923, as against $997,980.25 this year, an increase of $259,250.25. What the mayor said he would do to this is ‘‘a plenty,” said Controller Joseph L. Hogue. For the city market, $18,550 is asked as compared with $16,400 this year. The mayor lopped off approximately $3,000, including a $2,000 salary increase for the market master. The salary now is $2,000 a year.

NAVY SECRETARY BARELY ESCAPES AIRPLANE WRECK Denby Goes Flying in China and Just Misses Fatal Mishap. I By United Pres* | PEKIN, China. July 19. —Secretary !of the Navy Denby escaped injury ! today In a thrilling airplane accident. Denby, with a pilot, was flying high above the great wall of China outside of Pekin, when suddenly the airplane engine stopped from some undetermined cause. The plane began dropping but the I pilot righted it and volplaned to a safe landing in a high mountain pass. Denby. uninjured and apparently j not shaken, returned to Pekin by {train.

AGED WOMAN IS ! FOUND DEAD IN HER BACK YARO Deputy Coroner George Christian Declares Death Due to Natural Causes. The body of Mrs. Mary B. Toon. 74. 808 Lexington Ave., was found in the rear yard of her homo today. Officials who investigated to deter- ; mine whether death was duo to murj der of to natural causes were ln- | dined to the murder theory until j Deputy Coroner George Christian, j after an autopy, declared death to ■ be due to acute dilatation of the heart j j brought -on by arterio sclerosis. There was a cut on the head which ! indicated at first, that the woman had ] been struck by an assailant. The , ! deputy coroner dertared the mark 1 was due to a fall and that the ap- ' pearance of the body w-as due to decomposition. He said the woman had been dead at least thirty-six hours. The body was discovered by Liva Toon, 1001 Randolph St., son of the , dead woman. The woman was known to have carried large sums of money on her i person and this gave color to the mur- j der theory. CITY'S COUNSEL NAMED Will Defend Anti-Park Theater and Dancing Ordinance. Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Gron- j lnger today placed Councilman Lloyd D. Claycombe in charge of the city’s defense in the Injunction suit against the anti-park theater and dancing ordinance. Hearing will be held by Judge Robinson in Superior Court, room 4. Thursday. Assistant City Attorney William T. Bailey was assigned to help Claycombe. Upon Claycombe's request, i Groninger also assigned City Attorney j James M. Ogden to tho’defense. Groninger will not appear in the ! case because he advised Mayor Shank the ordinance is invalid. STRIKE IN SYMPATHY Terre Haute Maintenance of Way Men Quit Their Jobs. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 19. j Two hundred maintenance of way em- j ployes on the Pennsylvania Railroad j here walked out today in sympathy ] with t.he shop crafts strikers. All crossing watchmen and ninety- I eight per cent of the workers in the j Pennsylvania yards here also an- j •wered the strike order.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1922

Modern Diana Spurns Society Life

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EILEEN YOUNG, CALIFORNIA’S MODERN DIANA, WEARING A FUR CAP TRAPPED BY HERSELF.

SAN JOSE, Cal., July 19 —After six months of teas; receptions, golfing, motoring and theaters, Eileen Young, 21-year-old society girl, has renounced “Jazz civilization.” Todays she is trekking back to the wild forest on the brink of Lake Mono, cut off from the world by the mountains of Mono County, California. There she will resume her life as "Lonely Derr,” a modern Diana, the only white woman in a land of Piute

CONSIDER CHOICE OF SUCCESSOR FOR OR, HURTY State Health Board May Select One Own Members for Veteran's Placa. Members of the State board of health met today to select a successor to Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary, whose 1 resignation was presented. Specula- ] tion as to the successor centered i about Dr. W. F. King, who is asI sistant secretary, and Dr. Charles iB. Kern and I>r. John H. Hewitt, j who are members of the board. Dr. Hurty said his decision to resign ! from the board after twenty-six years jof service as its secretary was be- ] cause he was not 'physically able to go on with the work. Dr. Hurty’s resignation will become effective on Sept. 30. After that time he will act as health supervisor for a large local industrial plant. TWC HURT NEAR MUNCIE Automobile Crash Injured Two Indianapolis Negroes. When an automobile plunged into a ditch and turned over near Dale ville two persons were hurt and two escaped injury early today. Herbert Osborne, negro, 1608 Yandes St., driver of the automobile, and i Nellie Wells, negress, 612 W. Mtchl- ] gan St., were taken to the Home llos- | pital at Anderson. GOLF TRANSFER DELAYED Highland Club Awaits Completion of Its House. Surrender of Highland golf course! to the city, which owns it, by the Highland Golf Club, lessee, due on contra t by July 15, has been delayed a few weeks. It. Walter Jarvis, superintendent of parks and recreation, j announced today. j The club is waiting for completion ] of its house on links northwest of the ! city. In compensation, it is giving I the city plumbing and other perma- [ nent fixtures it put on the city property. Watchman Fires Shots Three shots were fired by a watchman at the Lake Erie & Western roundhouse, Twenty-Eighth St., when a brick was hurled through a window last night. ,

NOTES OF RAIL STRIKE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

Quantities of staple groceries are being concentrated at strategic points in all parts of the country to meet an expected shortage, if the rail strike should continue long. As yet shipments are reported about normal. It is said at grain centers that shipments have not suffered much thus far, but traders expect a car famine in a few days unless rail peace is restored. Chicago packing houses say livestock is moving normally by thus far, despite the transportation strike. Shipping agents ,of big firms in most cities express fears that much freight will soon be tied up in railroad yards and warehouses unless the strike is settled. “No freight embargoes are reported yet,” says Secretary J. W. Cloverdale of the American Farm Bureau Fode-

Indians, halfbreeds, Basque sheepherders, coyotes and rattlesnakes. She will trap game and shoot wild animals with arrow and rifle. She will depend on the beasts of the forest for food and even for the garments she wears. On her recent visit to civilization Miss Young croated a stir when she wore to a costume ball a fur costume, trapped by herself.

JUVENILE COURT TO INVESTIGATE ‘THEFT SCHOOL’ i Existence of System of Teaching Youths to Steal Will Be Probed. Three boys, charged with teaching younger boys to steal, and who. according to their pupils, are expert* themselves, have been ordered into Juvenile Court by Judge Frank J. Lahr. Summons have also been Issued to their parents. System of Stealing The existence of the system whereby small boys are taught to steal and made to divide the spoils with their teachers was revealed July 13. when five boys, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were caught after one of them had stolen some pennies from a corner news-rtand. Confessions made by the six-year-old who admitted “I came downtown to learn to steal” led to the implication of the other four and the instructors. The gang of which the boys are a part is said to frequent the market house, stations, crowded stores and streets and to steal from news stands. Had Theater Tickets One of the-boys had a long strip of theater tickets in his possession. Those who have been ordered into court are: Mike and Morris Nahmis, 554 S. Illinois St., and Sammy Alboher, 914 S. Illinois St. PLANS TROT)P MOVEMENT Adjutant General Smith Meets Railroad Passenger Agents. AdJ. Gen. Harry B. Smith met with general passenger agents of Indiana railroads in the Senate chamber at the Statehouse today to work out details for transportation of national guardsmen to Camp Knox, July 23. General Smith has not revised his plans for moving the troops and will not unless Governor McCray should call upon him to place them at Indiana coal mines in event of disturbances. Would Issuo Bonds Authority to Issue $67,500 in first mortgage bonds to raise funds With which to pay for the erection of a filter plant and to install meters was asked of the public service commission by the East Chicago and Indiana Harbor Water Company today.

I ration, Chicago, “but an acute situation faces shippers in this territory because of the car shortage.” In an effort to conserve fuel, ten passenger trains were withdrawn and. service on five others was curtailed by the Pere Marquette Railroad’s office In,Detroit today. President Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced at Cleveland today that he is receiving and forwarding to the Interstate Commerce Commission numerous complaints of railroad operation with defective equipment. Several hundred men stoned the Lehigh Valley roundhouse at Wilkesbarre, Pa., last night. Railroad guards opened fire and two of the attackers were wounded. Then a riot call was turned in and police dispersed the crowd.

SCORNS INJURY) DIES David Suddich, 74, Breaks Neck in Fall From Building. "I believe he has broken his neck,” a fellow workman exclaimed as he ran to David Suddich. 74, Udell and Clifton Sts., who had fallen from anew building on which he was working on Schurmann Ave., north of ThirtyFourth St., today. “No, I haven’t,” Suddich replied He died a minute later. His neck was broken. Suddich was putting a roof on the building, a cottage. LIEUT,IoiER REDUCED FOR NO STATED REASON Patrolman Bauer Dropped on Finding of Guilty by Safety Board. Lieut. Forrest Rominger was reduced to patrolman by the board of public safety today. No reason was given. , The board inquired into actions of Capt. Ed Schubert, Lieut. George M. Anderson and Sergeant Allison of the polico department and Dr. Marchand, a city hospital interne. In connection with charges of drunkenness against Patrolman Joseph Bauer. Bauer was found guilty and discharged. Winkler Is Promoted Sergt. Fred Winkler was promoted to lieutenant. Sergt. O. D. Thomas ..was reduced to traffieman. Trafficmen Danuel Cummings and Walter Claffey were promoted to sergeants. Chauffeur Robert Newby, driver for Mayor Shank, was promoted to lieu tenant in the fire department. Fireman Willlarn EssellJorn was promoted to chauffeur. William Tabor was appointed substitute fireman. Charges of drunkenness and conduct unbecoming an officer were placed against Sergt Oliver Wooley and Patrolman Frank Johnson. Fireman Thomas McKinney was charged with absence without leave.

CALL ALL UNION FORCES TO LEND RAIL STRIKE AID Labor Federation Heads Issue Summons in Behalf of Shopmen. BULLETIN By Unit'd Pre* WASHINGTON, July 19. —President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty conferred today concerning the railroad strike. Later Daugherty said the Government, will await developments beforeAeciding definitely on any plain However, it is understood it is felt presidential action may bo necessary unless an agreement Is reached soon. By Unit'd Pret WASHINGTON. July 19. —The executive council of the American Federation of Labor called on all organized labor today to help the railroad strikers by refusing to carry on any of the work dropped by the latter. President Samuel Gompers of Vhe federation was authorized, by unanimous vote of the committee, to issuo a proclamation to this effect to the workers. Prospect Is Better By United Pr CHICAGO, July 19.—Settlement of the rail strike appeared closer today than at any time since the walk out. Strikers were expected to follow the lead of President E. F. Grable of the maintenance of way men, who received assurances from the railroad labor board of a rehearing of wage reductions. Acting as Mediator Grable conferred with Bert M. Jewell and other shop craft leaders before leaving for Detroit. It was indicated he was acting as a mediator between the strikers and the Government. Grable said he had received assurance from Senator Cummins of hearings with a view to amending the transportation act, especially defining a “living wage.” FINDS UPTURNED CANOE Garden Employe. Makes Discovery That Starts Police Search. A canoe floating upside down and two puddles floating near by on White River near the Riverside bathing beach today led the police to Investigate to determine whether someone had been drowned. J. E. Hastings, employed at the Casino Gardens, near where the canoe was found, reported to the police. KILLED BY FLY POISON Baby Swallow* Fatal Dose While Mother Is Huckleberrying. KENDALLVILLE, Ind., July 19. Gary, 17-months-old son of Frank Rodman, died today by swallowing poison from a fly trap. The mother went to pick huckleberries in a nearby marsh, leaving the baby with a daughter. Ruby. Ruby stepped out a few' minutes. When she returned the child was chewing the bright yelllow poisonous wick of the trap. Boy Is Missing Stanley Howry, 9, 3101 N. Arsenal Ave., was reported missing from home today. The police were told he wore green trousers, a blue shirt, was barefooted and has red hair.

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HARDING HURLS FULL GOVERNMENTALFORCE INTO MINE STRUGGLE Above 1,000,000 Men Available for Effort to Break Strike in Coal Fields. * —__ • UNIONS DEFY THE ADMINISTRATION Instead of Surrendering, Plan to Intensify ✓ Tieup as Reply to Executive’s Plan. 9 By United Press WASHINGTON, July 19.—The Government was embarked definitely today on a test of strength with the 600,000 striking coal miners throughout the United States. In event of defeat only one course will remain open to thie National Administration—seizure and operation of the mines. President Harding’s call on the Governors of the twenty-eighf coal-producing States mobilizes a force of more than 1,000,000 armed men. First the Governors can call on the State police, sheriffs and their deputies. Then if needed, the National Guard will be available.

IDLE TO TALK OF DRIVING STRIKERS BACK INTO MINES President J. L. Lewis of Workers’ Union Gives Out Defiant Statement for Men. By United Pres WASHINGTON. July 19.—Presl dent John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America today gave to the j United Press an exclusive statement, ! prompted by President Harding's plan i to reopen the coal mines with mill-, ] tary protection. j The labor leader expressed himself j as follows: BY JOHN L. LEWIS, President United Mine Workers of America. (Written for the United Press.) (Copyright, 1922. by the United Press.? The 680.000 union coal miners of this country are more determined to- : day to win their strike than they were j on the day the strike started. Never before in the history of industry has there been such a demon : stration of solidarity as is now witnessed in the ranks of the miners engagad in this struggle. Their determination and their perfect morale are the marvel of all time In Industrial controversies. These men cannot be coerced into I submission to terms and conditions! ! that are repulsive to them. It is idle ! to talk about driving them back into the mines. Ready to Confer Coal companies, bent upon destroying the miners' union and starving the miners and their families into the acceptance of pauper wages and poverty living conditions, forced this strike upon the miners and the American people. We did everything humanly possible to avoid it. We repeatedly asked the operators to confer with us and agree upon a wage scale that could be worked out around the conference tahle. But they refused time and again. Wo are still ready and anxious to meet the operators in a joint conference so that purpose, and we will meet with them at any time and place, just as we have done for the past twenty-five years. Only One Way There Is but one way to settle this strike, and that is by the joint conference method. And that is the way it is going to be settled, regardless of what anybody thinks, says or does. ORDERS TRUCKS READY Postmaster Bryson Prefers to Use 150 at Beech Grove. An order that 150 motor trucks. In storage at Beech Grove, be made ready for immediate service for transportation of mails have been issued by Robert H. Bryson, postmaster. About 400 trucks are available. The order followed a conference of Postmaster Bryson and William Wolma, superintendent of mechanics In the motor vehicle department of the postoffice department. Minima is making a tour of postoffice truck depots throughout the country, to see how many trucks can be used in case the railroad strike seriously interferes with mail movements. WARD GETS POSTOFFICE Indiana Senators Drop Opposition to Gas City Appointment. WASHINGTON. July 19.—Senators New- and Watson of Indiana will interpose no further objection to confirmation of John E. Ward as postmaster at Gas City, Ind., they stated today. Boys Take Bathing Suits Chester Mullens, 1040 N. Sheffield Ave., saw two boys run out of the rear gate of his yard last night. Mullens said the boys took two new bathing suits from his hack porch.

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Federal Troops Available Next, should they be deeded. Federal troop3 will be called on. Finally, the National Guards of the non-coal producing States may be as- | signed to duty in the States where ] there are coal. mines to be protected. ! The President received early today the assurances of Governors McCray j of Indiana, Kendall of lowa, Morrow of Kentucky, Hardwick of Georgia, Hart of Washington and Mecham of New Mexico that they will use all the powers of their States to protect the mine owners In resuming operations!. Governors Heard From Messages from more Governors are expected momentarily at the White House. It is evident, however, that the miners mean to fight to the last ditch to prevent a resumption of coal producI tlon. Notice was served today by officials of the United Mine Workers of America on National Administration repre- | sentatives who are active in connecj tion with President Harding's plan NO CHANCE "Not a chance,” said C. J. Fletcher, secretary of the Knox County Coal Operators Association, when asked about the possibility of the mines in Indiana opening in ! the near future. “We will operate | as soon as we can, but we can’t i now.” ; that the moment an attempt is made to put strikebreakers in non-union mines the union engineers, pumpers and others will walk out. Thus far these employes have remained at their posts, with the labor organization’s approval, to prevent flooding of the workings and other ] damage. Position a Strong One The men's leaders plainly consider their position a strong one. Even with adequate protection, they do not believe ths mines can be operated by non-union workers. As Robert M. MefliU, Illinois State director of mines and minerals, put it, in a dispatch from Springfield today: "It would be absolute suicide to attempt to operate the mines with unskilled labor. No man would go down a shaft without an expert ml the top.’ As chief executive of lowa, I pledge every resource of the State to the support of the program inaugurated by the President for the relief of the fuel situation. WANT AN INJUNCTION Pennsylvania Railroad Officials at Ft. Wayne Plan Appeal to Courts. FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 19.—The attack on a Pennsylvania Inspector by men said to be striking Pennsylvania shop employes, an attach on a striking car inspector by a man said to be a Pennsylvania strikebreaker, and the announcement of local Pennsylvania officials that the company will ask for a restraining order to regulate the activities of strikers and pickets v/mtm developments in the local rafoMM strike situation today. Road Bonds Granted Authority for the Issuance of $48,000 in bonds for the Improvement of the Lehman road in Troy Township, Posey County, was granted by the State board of tax commissioners today. WHAT DID Y.OU SEE? R. G. V. saw a fireman stop his Are truck to let a kitten cross the street. W. M. L. saw a motorman of a Broad Ripple car make a man, who had gotten off at the front door, get back on and leave by the back door. M. B. saw a woman in swimming rush to an automobile when it began to rain. H. S. saw a collie dog bark a half hour at a papier mache dog on N, Pennsylvania St. J. B. K. saw a negro, dressed In working clothes, riding in a taxicab and eating a slice of watermelon.