Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 65, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1922 — Page 1

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RTTERBURYGOES ID WHITE HOUSE ON MIKE Pennsylvania Magnate With Director General in Conference. ■ SIGNIFICANCE IS ATTACHED: Decision on Labor Board's Rulings Recalled by Their Visit. By United Press WASHINGTON*. July 26.—A confer- j cnee which may have a vital bearing I on the rail strike situation was held at the White House today President Harding met with W. W Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Director General of Railroads Davis. The exact purpose of the conference was not revealed, but significance was attached to it because the Pennsylvania Railroad took the lead In refusing to obey the decisions of the Railroad Labor Board, shortly before the present strike of railway shopmen started. Hoover Joins Group After the two had conferred with | Harding a few moments Secretary of Commerce Hoover joined the group. Atterbury told President Harding his road would allow its employes to decide the seniority question—poten tial stumbling block in the path of speedy settlement of the railroad strike. RIOTINcTIBREAKS OUT Mob Attacks Illinois Central Employe and Beats Him Severely. CHICAGO, July 26.—Rioting broke out near the Burnside shops of the Illinois Central here early today. Police fired several shots and used their clubs freely. Striking shopmen gathered at the j home of Paul Misko, Illinois Central : employe, and urged him to quit his i job. Misko refused. The mob beat j him severely. FOR CARRYING WEAPONS j Four Officers Held by Strikers Until Police Patrol Arrives. By United Frees FT. WAYNE, July 26.—Four Pennsylvania officers, deputized b3' Sheriff Albert Abbott, were arrested last night for carrying concealed weapons off railroad property, after they had been surrounded by strikers and held j for the police. STRIKEBREAKERS BEATEN Four Employes of Erie Shops Attacked by Former Shopmen. Bp United Press TIPTON. Ind., July 26.—Four strikebreakers were attacked by ; twelve striking shopmen today and beaten severely. Shirley Biddle. Roy Bennett, Roy Davenport and Noel Shuck of Prairie township. Tipton County, were the! strikebreakers, employed in the Lake Erie & Western shops here. CONFER IN SECRET ✓ Vice President of B. A O. Resumes Effort to Settle Shopmen’s Striker By United Press BALTIMORE, July 26.—Secret con ; ferences between Vice President C. W i Galloway of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the general chairman of ! the striking repairmen, with a view | to settling the shopmen's strike, were resumed today. Vote of Southern Clerks CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 26. The vote of Southern Railway clerks tabulated here last week was declared today to have been 85 per cent in favor of striking. Decision as to whether a strike will be called will be issued from Washington. BANDITS GET S4CLOOO Ellen Harrigan, Occupant of Lonely Farmhouse, Loses Family Gold. Bp United Press TAVEHA, Wis., July 26.—Three masked bandits held up and slugged Misa Ellen Harrigan at a lonely farmhou##, found $50,000 in gold in the family trunk and escaped. The family offers SSOO reward for the return of the treasure.

SPEAKS ON CHINESE K- H. Lockwood, Y. ML C. A. Worker, Addresses KiwanLs Club . E. H. Lockwood spoke at the Ki j wanis Club luncheon today at the! Clay pool Hotel on “Commercial, In I dustrial and Political Conditions in China." Mr. Lockwood spent six years in Chinese Y. M. C. A. work He is a native of Indiana and a broth tr of George B. Lockwood, newspaper man of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Titus sang Chinese songs in costume, Earl ' Gordon played piano selections and! Schuler Award gave several numbers; on the xylophone. The committee in charge was as follows: Joe Moeslin chairman; G. J. Printzler. Jud McCarthy, Jerry Lyons, G. A. Recker, H. A. Maas, Robert Lieber and F. C. Kotte- j man. - CONTINUED FAIR M eat her forecast for today was for somewhat unsettled but for generally fair weather tonight and Thursday not much change in temperature. It was a comparatively cool day throughout the country. Tampa. Fla. •was hottest, with 84 degrees, while Roseburg, Ore., and San Francisco enjoyed 52 degrees. In Indianapolis, T 8 degrees was recorded at 7 a. m., risto 84 by 10 o’clock.

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Evan Burrows -Fontaine, Oriental dance interpreter, has begun legal proceedings to have Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney named as the father of hc-r i9-months-old son. Miss Fontaine declares she has been obliged to give thj child a fictitious name. The engagement of Whitney to a rich heiress recently was announced. (

TOM SIMS SAYS: True words are di, --.Tj-/ Jfe spoken as jest and ■ jest words are s|>oken j • Ears are worn with I fall hats. If we treat Europe so badly she may not j SIMS. Invite us to her next; war. Talk about choosing the lesser of j two evils, a Georgia man has to j j choose between the gallows and elecI trie chair. Ts the world's a stage, railroad | crossings dre exits. In linir.g up candidates for 1921 they think any mother’s son has a chance to become President. j Wonder what a golfer does for j recreation? The worst villain in the movies! I sticks gum under the seats. Chicago crook who beat a cop may have been a senior in the burglars’ school passing his exams. Mr. Dempsey seems to remember j | his mother's warning not to fight. He ! is our heavy' wait champ. Give a politician enough cigars and i ! he ropes the voters in. Houdini got out of a locked safe under water. Maybe he could escape i ! from no-button underwear in an up- ! per berth. Long skirts are coming back, ac- j cording to skinny girls. Some men work steady and others j are single. TAX HEARINGS END Ail Boards Before Tax Commission Except Marion County. Hearings of county boards of review before the State board of tax commissioners were expected to come! to a close this afternoon, with the ex-1 ception of the Marion County board which is scheduled to come up next Tuesday. Boards from Ripley, Spencer, Scott Starke, Steuben, Switzerland, Union, Warrick, Washington, Dubois, Frank lin, Harrison, Perry, Orange, Martin j Brown and Crawford Counties ap j peared today. Hog and a Half A six-legged hog was received at ! the local livestock exchange today.

Hoosier Regiments Plunge Into Two Weeks' Intensive Training at Knox

Bp DOXALD }). HOOVER. Times Staff Correspondent. CAMP KNOX, Ky.. July 26.—Three regiments of the Indiana National ! Guard, numbering 2,646 officers and : men, today plunged into their inten I sive two weeks’ training course here. Two regiments of artillery, the 150th and tho 139th, and one of infantry, the 151st, constitute the Indiana contingent. The health of all the embryo soldiers is excellent, according to the reports of the doctors attached to each outfit. To date the most serious hospital case has been that of an Indianapolis man w r ho was thrown from a. horse. His aim was thought broken, but was not. Although in camp for only two days, the student soldiers are receiving letters in tinted envelopes from someone at home. Each asks "is that all,” after receiving his one, tw r o or three letters. The most energetic organization in the camp is the 139th Field Artillery commanded by John S. Fishback, major.

HOMED NEW MARKET BUILDING City Investigation Committee Makes Report to Board of Safety. A n*>w building to replace Tomlin son Hall and adjacent Market St. structure must be provided if tho city market is to lie rehabilitated, the mar ket investigation committee has agreed, John F. White, chairman, told the board of public safety today. White asked the services of the city architect be loaned the committee in preparing tentative plans for anew ! structure. If market stall rentals are increased. | and the committee believes they i should be, enough can be collected in fees in twenty-five years to pay for a $600,000 building. White said. A commission which studied tho market in 1919 recommended a million dollar ini provement. LEIBER TO MAKE PLEA Has New Material For Campaign to Conserve Resources. Richard Leiber, head of the department of conservation, who has just j returned from a three months’ trip jto Europe, expects soon to make a I strong appeal to the public for the j further conservation of its natural ! ! resources. Mr. Lleber’s study of the I methods of foreign countries has given j his new material upon which to base his campaign. POLITICS? MERCY NO! Bp United Pri es WASHINGTON, July 26.—The civil service commission is free from political influence, it was declared in a j majority report filed late today by a committee of five Senators appointed j to investigate charges that politics had influenced recent postmaster appointments. STOP OVER Bp United Press ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Attired only in his night clothing, G. L. Binkley of Cincinnati fell out of a Pullman*window. Three hours later his clothing was returned from Elwood and he climbed aboard a Chicago train.

The entire regiment is hacking a plan whereby a band may be organized by fall. The nucleus is the Service Battery, composed of men from Indianapolis, most of whom are musicians. A band of thirty-seven pieces has been organized under tho direction of H. Virgil Moore, 1020 Broadway. Fighting Parson Arrives Headquarters for the 76th Infantry Brigade were established when Brig. Gen. William G. Everson of Muncie, i know-n during the World War as the "Fighting Parson," arrived at the camp. The 151st Infantry constitutes half the brigade. The other regiment will arrive Sunday when the 151st moves out to the rifle range, where it will be under canvas for a week. Both the infantry outfit and the 139th are completely “on their own.” The cooks and all details are taken from the personnel. The 150th has cooks not out of the organization. Gen. George W. Read, commanding the sth Corps Area, arrived in camp and was welcomed with the general's salute. ;

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922

BOfS IN COURT IS OPERATORS OF DEATHIOTO Seventeeji-Year-Old Trio Goes to Trial on Charge of Manslaughter. CAR DRIVER TESTIFIES All Are Members of Gang Who Are Charged With Theft of 40 Autos. The trial of three of the seven 17 year-old boys recently arrested on charges of stealing more than forty automobiles, started in Criminal Court, today. The three boys were also charged with manslaughter. The manslaughter charge grew out of the death of Miss Josephine Burns in an automobile accident. Samuel Wilson, 3932 Washington Blvd., is charged with being the driver of the j car which caused the accident. The other boys charged with manslaughter are Robert Risley, 751 E. McCarty St., and Albert Paul Johnson, 808 State Ave. Evidence was introduced by the de sense to show that the party of which Misa Bums was a member had been drinking “something that, resembled gin, but which was not white mule.” R. A. Bechtold, driver of the car In which Miss Bums was riding, said he ] had had one drink. ' Neighbors Give Testimony Detective Fietcher read a signed statement made by Wilson, giving de tails of the accident. Neighbors tes titled that the crash awoke them. The boys ran off across a vacant lot, leav ing the woman lying moaning. Detective Fletcher read the list of more than fort years the boys are said to have given him. Nothing but the best were taken. All were unlocked many with the key left In, the evi dence showed. 25 ARE INDICTED j -81 GRAND M Calendar of Crimes Covert 1 in List of True Bills Returned. Twenty-five Indictments were returned today by the county grand jury. Important indictments follow: I Leslie Hancock, first degree murder, ! charged with the killing of John Jenj ning with a razor, June 28. Frankie Hill, murder of Laverne I Woodfork, July 1. Sherman Davis,, perjury, in swearing that he owned property, before Clerk of city court, May 29. Bennet 11. Eaton, grand larceny, stealing automobile. Fay' W. Oullins, grand larceny, taking a $4,000 motor car. Frank Moore and Joseph Clark, breaking Into a house to commit a felony. Frank Thomas, burglary and grand larceny'. Anna Thomas, assault and battery I with intent to murder. | Ervin A. Whitlow, issuing fraudulent check on Mooresvllle Bank. | Oscar Grant., grand larceny. Steal- ' ing $275 worth of goods from the : ; Pearson drug store. Walter Johnson, grand larceny, tak- ! • ing a $4,000 automobile from Joseph \ j J. Beck. WORK MORE-SHANK City Employes Must Put In Overtime j and Cut Expenses. “Some of these employes nre going! to work nights a little,’’ said Mayor Shank today. “I’m not going to authorize additional help in any city department next year, except possibly In flood prevention work. We’ve got to cut down these expenses and if there is more work to do the present force Is going to have to work a little bit harder.” BOY, CALL SHERLOCK Phonograph Record and Hatcliel Theft Mystifies Police. Who would steal a hatchet and a set of nino phonograph records, and why would any one want to come Into possession of this combination of articles? This question was puzzling the police today after a report from Bessie Cover, 117 E. Michigan St., told them of the theft of her nine records and tho hatchet along with them. SPILLS THE EVIDENCE Defendant Deliberately Dropped Jug, Officer Tells Court. “You don’t think I’m a chump enough to stand here and let you get that,” remarked Frank Shelton to the police officer who pursued Frank and a gallon jug of white mule. Whereupon Frank dropped the jug and spilled the evidence. The officer, however, managed to get enough of the contents to arrest Shelton on a blind tiger charge, as well as on a charge of interfering with the process of the law. He was fined $250 on the first charge. Rail Shopman Attacked The police today were investigating an attack made on George Thomas, 3718 Roosevelt Ave., employed at the Big Four Railroad shops at Brightwood. Thomas said he went to the Railroad Y. M. C. A. last night and as he was leaving the building was attacked and beaten by eight men.

Wanted—Miss Indianapolis Who is Miss Indianapolis? What girl most nearly represents this city? That is something The Indianapolis Times intends to find out. Whoever she is, good fortune awaits her.

The city of Indianapolis is one of seventy-five cities of the United States and Canada which have been invited to participate in America’s Beauty Pageant at Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 6th, 7th and Bth. The Indianapolis Times has been officially requested by the mayor of Atlantic City to select the young woman to represent Indianapolis. Here is the mayor’s letter; To the Mayor and Citizens of Indianapolis: I, Edward L. Bader, mayor of Atlantic City, send yon greetings, and invite you to send your most beautiful daughter to represent your city in the Great National Beauty Tournament, which will be held in Atlantic City during the pageant on Sept. 6th, 7th and Bth. The Indianapolis Times is hereby appointed by me in the name of Atlantic City to act as our official organ, and through its columns to find and select the most beautiful girl of Indianapolis, who is to be given a place of honor in the Court of King Neptune, who will rule over the festivities during the pageant. Your most beautiful daughter will here meet the ehosen beautiful girls of seventy-five of the largest cities in tho Inited States and Canada, from whom will be chosen America's most beautiful girl for 1922. It is my desire as Chief Executive of Atlantic City that the young lady chosen shall be worthy to uphold the'traditions of the great city of Indianapolis for the beauty of her daughters, and J promise that she shall be the honored guest of Atlantic City during her visit here. Very truly yours, EDWARD b. RADER, Mayor of Atlantic City. In accepting the above commission from the chief executive of Atlantic City, The Times wishes to state that the selection of the Indianapolis girl will be made by a committee of citizens to he announced later. Not only will the beautiful girl selected to represent Indianapolis be an honored guest of Atlantic City, but all her traveling and hotel expenses and the expenses of her chaperone in attending the pageant will he paid for them, from the time they leave home until they return. Who shall he the fortunate girl?

■EMENIEE THIEVES CAUGHT Loot Consisted of Pennies Taken From Downtown Newstands. Through the efforts of Traffic Offl cer F. R. Owen, stationed at Meridian and Washington Sts., three more juvenile thieves were arrested today and taken beforo Judgo Frank Lahr in Juvenile court. The boys are members of a west side “gang,” who have made a prao- | tice of robbing newsstands, their j "loot” ranging from 3 cents to 50 j cents a day. j Owen was instrumental in roundj ing up a bunch of youthful criminals j several days ago and unearthing a | “school of crime,” in which older boys taught younger ones to steal. DURANT IT BE BUYER OF STUTZ Wall Street Hears New Report of Indianapolis Motor Concern's Future. Bp h'. ir. anru kb United Financial Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, July 26.—W. C. Durant loomed up today as the most promising possibility as the ultimate purchaser of the Stutz Motors Corporation of America. Charles M. Schwab, reported yesterday as being interested, returned to Loretta, Penn., last evening. He left no word with his close associate indicating what his plans were, if any, in regard to Stutz. Confidential advices are that a recent appraisal made of the Stutz plant the value was set at S3B per share. On the curb today Stutz was bid at sll and sls. The last curb transaction In Stutz was registered at $45. . HOTELS KEEP BUSY Managers Say Strikes Fail to Hurt Business. The railroad and coal strikes are not hurting the hotel business, managers stated today. Some asserted travel is unusually good for this time of year, July being considered a .dull month. Many tourists are visiting the city by automobile, while traveling salesmen are using traction systems more. G ARM ENT WORKERS OUT Unionized Clothing Factory Women Employes Are Absent on Strike. Bp United Press NEW YORK, July 26.—Strike of the International Garment Worker’s union calling out fifty thousand unionized workers in the women's suit and cloak industry in this district, began Tuesday. Thief Gets 8400 Draft A thief entered the home of Jessie Spray, 708 N. Illinois St., today and took a purse containing a draft for S4OO and, 70 cents iti cash.

IT TEST TRACK PAID DECISION Board of Public Works Advised Not to Start Work at Present. Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Grnninger today advised the Goard of ! publio works not to start paving street car tracks until h* studies the public service commisison’s Order re-1 lieving the street railway company of j such improvement. Groninger indicated there may be } an appeal to court. City Civil Engineer John L. Elliott said if the order flatly releases tho I utility from original paving or resur-1 facing it is "worse than useless. 'l “I will not recommend for paving j or resurfacing tracks which are in bad condition. For instance, to resurface the tracks on Central Ave.. between Nineteenth St. and Fall Creek, with tracks in their present condition, would be useless as cars would jar the pavement to pieces in six weeks. The order should give the city power to require the street car company to put its tracks In good shape at least before the city paves.” SUES FOR $500,000 Heart Balm Asked In Action Against Scion of Rothschild House. By United Press NEW YORK, July 26 —Suit to re cover $500,000 heart balm from James j Henry de Rothschild, grandson of the j late Baron Henry Rothschild, interna- j tional banker, for alleged breach of; promise, was Instituted today in the State Supreme Court by Mile. Marie Poiquet, a descendant of an old Parisian family. BURGLARS RANSACK HOME Break Glass and Enter House While Family Is Away. A glass was broken from the door of the home of Seymour Van Meter, 251 Berkley road, by a burglar some-j time during the night. The Van J Meter family la out of the city. Mrs. John Kit tar. 324 Berkley rOad, caretaker, discovered the house had been entered. Every room had been completely ransacked. Mrs. Ritter was unable to toll what was missing. THIEF IS FASTIDIOUS Fancy Rugfi to Lavender Nighties aif Flesh Pajamas. A fastidious thief .robbed Mrs. Marie Dailey of Whitestown, Ind., she reported to the police today. The theft was committed from a trunk stored at 616 N. Senate Ave. The articles stolen Included anew lavender nightie, a suit of flesh colored pajamas and a night cap.

Ha! Ha! Humorist Pinched for Stealing His Own Car FRED MYERS, humorist, Argonne Hotel. 507 N. Delaware St., reported his automobile stolen yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon the thief brought it back. Fred forgot to tell the police and drove it to Illinois and Thirtieth Sts. Detective Fletcher arrested him for stealing the car. Myers finally convinced the police he was the owner.

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CONFERENCE BUCKED BY FOUR GOVERNORS LATEST MINE SETTLEMENT PLAN McCray Maintains Policy of Silence Pending- Development of Parley Details by Other Executives. ANSWERS UNION MEN’S OBJECTIONS Scheme Is Advanced as Possible Solution of Strike Difficulties in States Most Affected by Tie-Up of Industries. A conference of Governors of the central competitive field for the purpose of attempting a settlement of the mine strike will be held within a short time, according to reports circulated here today. It was reported Governor McCray had suggested such a | conference. The Governor, maintaining his policy of silence, declared he knew nothing about it. “I am duty bound not to say anything for a couple of days,” the Governor said.

MODESTO CARDT DDT DIDEDS ON ROADS' CONTROL Government Builds Force to Execute Emergency Directions. By United Press WASHINGTON. July 26—War-time measures were in effect today as the Interstate Commerce Commission, j holding that a national emergency exists because of the twin rail and coal strikes, assumed a sweeping control of railroad rolling stock, and took over direction of the distribution of food, fuel and other necessaries re- j quired to sustain the life of the Na- ' i tion. The Interstate Commerce Commis-j ! slon soon will send out appeals to the ] i State Public Utilities Commission, ask-; ing that they keep a close watch on I i the rail and coal situations and co- 1 operate in the Federal move to con- j trol the distribution of fuel and other : necessary commodities, and in expe-; diting all freight shipments. The Government today was building up an emergency administration sim- ! ilar to the war-time foods and fuel administration which will aid the commission in carrying out its extraorI dlnary powers. Power Virtually Absolute The commerce commission’s power | is virtually absolute. Then carrying out the war time food and fuel administration plan, local and I district committees of the public, the ; railroads and the coal operators will [ be selected to advise the central com- ! mittee of conditions throughout the country. Will Hit New Industries Under the plan new industries will ! be hit hardest if the coal shortage becomes more acute through a con- [ tinued delay In the settlement of j the mine strike. Coal production will be stimulated, j Secretary of War Weeks said, through I the ability of the Government to sup- | ply coal cars to non-union miners suffering either partial or total curtailment of production for lack of cars. NAMES ADMINISTRATOR Minnesota Goes on Program of Uoal Rationing. By United Press ST. PAUL, July 26. —Coal rationing was begun in Minnesota today, following appointment of Ivan Bowen as State fuel administrator. Consumers will now be supplied "proportionately.” Cooperation with other States was pledged.

ILLINOIS ASKS MINERS TO RESUME OPERATIONS

By United Press SPRINGFIELD. 111., July 26.—A plan for settlement of the coal strike in Illinois was proposed to the miners’ executive board meeting at St. Louis by Acting Governor Fred E. Sterling. Sterling asked consideration to the following suggestions: 1. Miners to return to work at once at the wage scale and under the working conditions existing when operations ceased April 1, last, pending readjustment. Seek Basis of Settlement 2. Representatives of the miners and operators of Illinois endeavor to arrive at just terms of settlement at once. 3. Failing to reach a settlement submit the dispute to an arbitration board, to consist of three members to be named by the miners, three by the

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Four States Included The central competitive field Includes Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsylvania and the Governors of the States named would attend the conference if one is held. The reports of such a proposed conference fit in well with other activities concerning the mine strike. The miners have refused to negotiate except by interstate conference. A coni ference of miners was being held in | Philadelphia and it was understood ; the Governor is holding announcements of his plans in abeyance pendI ing the outcome of this conference. Miners May Meet Executive* It was considered possible that the miners would get together with the four Governors in an attempt at a settlement. Meanwhile. Governor McCray sent a telegram to President Harding de- ‘ nouncing the utterances of John L. Lewis, international president of the miners on strike. The telegram follows: "I have just read the statement made through the press by John L. ’ Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. I regard hi^ I utterances as defiant and disloyal and j feel it calls for prompt and positive 1 action on the part of the Federal auI thorities. Indiana stands behind you | in whatever course you may elect to take to settle the strike or bring about : resumption of local production.” Lewis in his statement criticised some of the activities of the Government in the strike. Reports that the Legislature may be called into special session for the purpose of repealing the law which requires miners to be licensed, were generally discounted at the StateI house. MAY CALL OPERATORS Lewis Said to Have Plans for Saturday Session In Cleveland. By United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 26.—Reports that John L. Lewis, miners* chief, will call a meeting here Sat- ! urday of all coal operators of the | country willing to negotiate wage j agreements on a district or national basis, were in circulation here today. EXCUSES TRIAL ABSENCE Injunction Defendant Says Boarding House Life Tails Ilim. Boarding house life holds no lure * for one of the 2,000 defendants named In the railroad injunction cases tried Monday in Federal Court, before Judge Francis E. Baker. This particular defendant wrote to Noble C. Butler, clerk of the court, asking if it were necessary for him to be present at the hearing. The final paragraph of the letter read: "Please excuse this letter. I am writing it on a dresser in a boarding house. If you have lived in a boarding house you know what I mean.”

operators and three Impartial persona representing the public, to be appoint* ed by the Governor. 4. Should you deem It inexpedient to order a complete resumption, order miners to return at once in sufficient number in at least two mines to supply State institutions. In administration circles it was Indicated drastic action would be taken, if necessary, to supply the State institutions with coal. Whether such action would take the form of a special session of the Legislature to repeal the law requiring all men mining coal in Illinois to hold a State certificate, issued by a board composed entirely of miners, the officials would not venture to say. WHAT DID YOU SEE? V. T. saw a man and his wife quarreling as they' went to church. H. A. L. saw a cat chasing a dog up an alley. F. R. saw a woman, wearing a fur neck-piece, fanning herself vigorously. F. A. C. saw two Italians in a restaurant wash their money in the finger bowls. H. C. W. saw two policemen stop an automobile in front of a water plug and go into a store. ‘