Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1922 — Page 1

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MIN FLOU PHNTIWOI Il EftRLY SPBIIUE Eliioit Says Improvement North of Washington St. Would Cost $2,000,000. ADMITS WATER THREATENS Program Would Make It Necessary to Lengthen Number of Bridges Across River. Xew bridges and fiood walls to complete flood prevention facilities ìiorth of Washington St.. will cost $2,000,000, an estimate just completed shows. City Civil Engineer John L. Elliott announced today. Plans for vurlous phases of thè work are being prepared and work mav- be started early next sprlng, Elliott said. In thè meantime efforts to remove obstructions in Whlte River, south of Washington St.. fcrmed chlefly by approaches to short railroad and Street bridges, will be pushed, iccording to thè engineer. The Indianapolis chapter of thè American "Association of Engineers Thutsday made public a survey showing thè downtown section is threatened with lnundation during thè next great flood, sure to come within twenty-five to thirty years, unless passages for great volume of water is cleared. Parts of thè floor prevention pian north of Washington St. and est! mated cost are as follows: Proposed Improvements New Michigan St. bridge over White River. $400,000; new Indiana Ave. bridge over Fall Creek, $300,(190: retaining wall along east bank of White Idi ver from Washington St. to New York St.. $290.000; boulevard le\y along east bank of White Rivir, New York to Michigan Sts., $121,000; bou'evard levy along east bank3 of Yhite River and Fall Creek, Michigan St. io Indiana Ave., $246,000; boulevard levy Rlong east bank of White River and west bank of Fall Creek from Enier ichsviile bridge to Indiana Ave., $292,000: lev}' on both banks of Fall Creek. Inddiana Ave. to Langsdale gas plant. Total estimated cost, $2,000,000. The Tenth St., bridge over White River will bave to be rebuilt in sevcrai years. but present plans do not cali for lt, because thè only approaches to it from thè east would he over boulevards and hence heavy trafile would be prohibited, EUiott said.

Six bridges which are so short that thelr earthen approaches dangerously narrow thè channel of White Itiver are thè Big Foqr, Pennsylvania, Vandalia and Kingan's railroad bridges and thè Oliver Ave. and Kentucky Ave. bridges, according to EUiott. AUocation System It is Elllott’s understanding that lengthening of thè private bridges could be undertaken under a flood prevention resolution, under which thè city would pay 45 per cent, thè county 45 per cent and thè owners 10 per cent of thè cost of extenutGn. The public would pay no part of thè cost of new bridges beyond thè present length. For two years thè city engineering department has been warning thè board of public works and thè county commlssioners that thè Kentucky Ave., bridge over White River is unsufe. The city board has been ready to crder a new, longer, Crossing at all times, but thè county commissionerà have deferred because County Auditor Leo K. Fesler opposed a bond Issue on thè ground thè bridge could he repaired. Repairs would not engthen thè structure, Flliott sald. To lengthen thè Oliver Ave. bridge it would be best to ehange thè location of thè new structure so thè avenue would go straight across thè river on a line with thè highway to thè west, instead of curving to cross In line with thè highway to thè cast, Elliot said. This bridge ls not unsafe, but it is not in flrst-class condition, thè engineer said. In thè four years of thè Shank administration it is hoped to complete floor prevention as far south as Morris St., Elliott said. BREAKS BOTH LEG^IN MOTORCYCLE TRIAL FUJN Rudolph Claffey, 24. of thè Merz Motor Company, was seriously hurt today while he was testing a mbtprcycle near New Bethel in a trial run for thè police department. Claffey, with Police Captains Glenn and Tuck, were riding thè machines, when Claffey lost control and hit a fence. Both his legs were broken. BICKNELL SUFFERING FROM WATER SHORTAGE By Times Special BICKNELL. Ind , Nov. 17.-The Centrai and West Side public schools ht-re, which have been closed since last Tuesday. due to thè water shortage, will be opened Monday, it was arnounced today. The water situation here has been pcute for some time. A meeting of citizens is to be held to discus? means fé.* lelieving thè situation in future.

THE WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and vi cinity is increasing cloudiness with probably rain late tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 3511 a. m 43 7 a. m 3 r 12 <noon) 12 8 a m 38 1 p. m 55 9 a m 41 2 p. m 55 10 a. m ..... 44 3p. ni. 55

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Are You Reading A HOOSIER CHRONICLE By Meredith Nicholson It started in yesterday’s editions of thè Times. It is thè first of thè Times series of choice Indiana fiction.

This Is thè Way thè Story B e gius: SYLVIA, thè younz- (rranddaushter of PROFESSOR KELTOX. knows nothtng of hrr !ife before sue rame to live with her grendlather. He ha relinquished hi c-ha;r at Madison Cc'.lefe, but stili leciures aud derive some lneome from thè sa)**s of in textbooks. The college is planted In thè wlìderness and thè old Kelton cottage stand just aerosa thè road. DR WAN'DLESS, prestdent ementus of thè college. Professor Kelton is sxeatly disturbed over an unsigaed letter brought to htm by s stranger offering money for thè support of Sylvia, which he has decitned. Sylvia is not to knnw of thè letter, which thè professor prese rves. Sylvia. Crossing thè campus to her home. meets her grar.dfathers caller hurrying townward. He apoiogires for havins troubled her to seek her grandfather for hlm and inqulres if thè new building on thè campus la thè library. Now Take Up thè Story on Page 8 HGLS MBS. ISLEY FOR QUESTUI Mrs. Mamie Isley, alleged associate of a gang of persona charged with being connected with a number of robberies in Indiana, including thè robbery of thè Alerl State Bank, has jgli*- bonds taken from ' *** jffjfHj the Alert • an,J not yet rc ‘ covered, are h!dden. The pollce \ * sound SIO,OOO in OPAL ISLEY benda buried in a farm near*thè Isley home. Opal Isley, daughter of Mrs. Islev, who wa3 lnstrumental in solving thè mystery surrounding thè robberies. was stili free, having been released by thè pollce aster she tolti her story. Albert Isley, father of thè girl, will be tried in city court Nov. 22 on a charge of violating thè prohibitinn laws. A stili was fc-und at his home He is also held in connection tvith thè robbery-

CASES TRANSFERRED Trials of Robert Prater and Cedi Johnson in Criminal Court, wbich were set for Saturday morning, were indeflnltely passed by Judge James A. Collins. The two were lndleted on charges of recelving stolen goods in connection with thè robbery of thè Alert State Bank. They will be tried In Deeatur County. U.S.MAYGRAB TIGKETBROKERS Speculators in football tickets for thè Butler-Notre Dame football game at Irwin Field tomorrow are Ukely to flnd themselves In thè clutches of Uncle Sam it they fail to comply with thè law governing scalplng. A number of deputy collectors of internai revenue have been dota iled by Collector M. Beri Thurman to investigate reports of ticket scaìping and see that thè law 4s enforced. According to thè statute, ticket speculators are required to take out a brokers' licenses at a cost of $125, and in addition to this one-half of their profits must be turned over to thè Government. INCREASED RATES DENIED TO AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. ( By PrfAA WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The Interstate Commerce Commisslon today denied thè application of thè American Railway Express Company to increase Interstate express rates. A generai express rate investigation is now under way.

WOMEN ARE MAGNIEICENT SAYS VISCOUNTESS ASTOR

BY THE VISCOUNTESS ASTOR (Fortneriy Nanev Longrhorne of Virginia.) (Copyright, 1922. by tlie l'nit.d Prt-ss.) PLYMOUTH, England, Nov. 17. The women have heen magniflcent. The effect of thè women's vote will be to bring out thè higher and less material aspeets of politica. The women's ir. luenee certainly helped o do so in this eleetion. The attenipt to create an antiVmeriean feeling to oppose me has failed as miserahly as thè cry of “cheap heer” failed exactly three years ago, when thè electors returned me as thè flrst woman of parliament. It’s a tremendous victory to thè level-headness and common sense of thè great mass of thè Engltsh people Effoias were made to represent this contest as a prohibitlon fight aiespite thè fact that thè temperancajbill for

PQSSESSEIMI FUI SLAYER SUE NO NEARER GQAL Clews Fail to Reveal Mari Who Kilied Wife and Small Son. MARION AUI HORITìES JOIN Belief Expressed Fugitive Committed Suicide Aster Evad- . Pursuers. By Tlmr * Rprcial HUNTINGTON, Ind., Nov. 17.—Although posscs from Huntington, Bluffton and Marion were stili searching today for Thomas T. Clark, Huntington County farrner, who kilied his wife and small son Wednesday night, thè hunt was no nearer success this afternoon than It was at thè start. The opinion was expressed by members of thè posses and officiala that Clark has committed suicide and that his body may be sound in thè creek bettoms through which thè hunt has been conducted. Officiale were told that a man answering thè description of Clark and carrying a yellow suitease had ctsKed thè way to Marion. The man was walklng down a country road. No further trace of this man was sound. Another Posse Joins Scardi The second posse, consistlng of 200 men, left Marion at 8 a. m. today. It was led by thè Marion pollce departmcnt. Information reached thè sheriff yesterday during thè Chase that Clark had been seen severa! times. This in formation, however. was not based on faets that made thè sheriff belleva he was on thè wrong track. Ile was said to bave been seen eatlng in a restaurant at Jeff. near here. Tracks Along Creek The posse believed they had thè alleged slayer cornered in a fleld aster they had followed fresh tracks which they believed were those made by Clark, for nearly two hours. These tracks led along a creek bottoni and Into a large comfleld. Although thè tracks took thè searching party into thè fleld and a careful search was made of thj shocks of com, no tracks couìd be sound leadlng out from thè fleld. Clark recentiy was released from tho Eastern Indiana Hospital for thè Insane at Richmond. Members of tho fainily say that he had actcd queerly sinoe he returned home, although they believed he was cured. They asserì that several times he had faìsely ao cused Mrs. Clark.

JUDGE Oli® OVERDRAFTGASES Cases agalnst several patrons of thè defunct First National Bank of Ambia for alleged overdrafts were dlsmissed on order of Judge Albert B. Anderson in Federai Court today. He ruled that thè records of thè bank were In such bad condition they dbuld not be reli ed upon. The bank closed lts doors early in 1921, following thè disappearance of Wilbur C. Taylor, cashier. He has been a fugitive since. CHEST PLEDGES RESCH §13,421 Unofficial reports made by thè district workers of thè Community Chest at noon luncheon today at thè Claypool Hotel sets thè total collectod up until noon today as $369,421.43. The daily total was $64.269.24. Workers have retained thè enthusiasm with which they began thè task of collecting $643.584 for organized charity In Indianapolis. The amounts collected by thè divisions was as follows: North Division, $70,069.02; South Division, $12,066.20; East Division, $25,030.50; West Division, $14.039.54; Mlle Square Division, $10,042.75. The Rev. Frank F. S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church, was thè speaker for thè luncheon. It was reported that 100 per cent of thè employes and offlciais of thè EU Lily Company had subscribed.

Sex "Women voters were magnificent” In thè British elections, thè Viscountess Astor, native of Virginia, who was returned to thè House of Commons, declared in a dispatch written for thè United Press today. Lady Astor indicates belief that politica will be purifìt-d and elevated to a higher piane by thè influence of her sex. ,

which I am responsible ls a locai option bill. The English drink trade knows that temperance reform makes as strong an appeal to right fathers and mothers as any other kind of 4.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1922

AUTO BANDITS VICTIM NEAR DEATH

DEAN OF LOCAI. JUDGES QUITS AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE

Tomorrow thè dean of thè Indianapolis bar and thè Marion County judiciary will retire. The terni of W. W. Thornton, for eight years judge of Superior Court, Room 1, will expire and he will leave thè bench to take up pi-ivate practice. Judge Thornton is beloved by all at tomeys and is looked upon with thè | utmost respect by his collegues. He is more than 70 years of age. 1 His hair is snow white and flowing and curls around thè back of a flnelyshaped head. ! When a boy, Judge Thornton live! on a farm north of Logansport, but, realizing thè limitatlons of a lise as thè son of a farrner, he "had to do something," so he entered tho office of his uncle. Henry C. Thornton and read law. His uncle was thè father of Sir Henry W. Thornton, recenti}appointed presldent of thè Canadian National Rallroads. Judge Thornton was graiìuated from thè University of Michigan law sehool. He carne to Indianaolis and was first elected to thè bench In 1914 on thè Republlcan ticket. He was reelected in 1918. His only partnership here was with Frank Blackledge, with whom he was assoclated for Ave year, about twenty years ago. Many valuable contributions to thè fleld of legai literature bave been made by Judge Thornton. Many of his books are used as authorities nationally. Some of thè subjects upon which he has wrìtten are thè Shernian anti-trust law, intoxicating liquors, pure drugs, gifts and advancements, lost wllls, gas and oli, liabUlty and Federai employes. His first hook was wrltten thtrty-flve years ago. He does not intend to white any more. Upholds Convention In 1918 he upheld thè validlty of thè law calllng for a constltutional convention. This decision was re versed by thè Supremo Court of thè State of Indiana, but many attorneys hold that Judge Thornton's was thè correct rullng. They say war timo ! conditlons made thè decision of tho Supreme barrlsters necessary. The most dramatic and theatrlcal case in which he aver participated, thè judge said, was in thè murder trial of James Dennls, who. with a companlon. was sentonced to rlenth. A. B. Anderson, now Judge of Federai Court in this dlstrict, was tho prosecuting attorney. Anderson, on behalf

IHIMEIFLEES FROM SULTANATE By Cnite<i Preti LONDON, Nov. 17.—Sultan Mo hammed VI, who thè Turklsh Na tlonalists destre to place on trial, has boarded a Britlsh warshlp and salled for Malta, according to Constantinople dispatches receivel here today. Mohammed VI is thè last of thè sul tans who have rulcd Turkcy for hun dreds of years, thè Natlonallsts having aboliflhed thè sultanato. APPEAIDISMISSEO; BROOKSISDOOMEO Ben Brooks of Bartholomew County will dio in tho electrio chair Peo. 1 for tho murder of Amazona B. Montgomery last year. The I ndlana Supreme Court today disrnlsse.d proceedlngs for a new trial, when his attorneys declined to push thè case furthor, stating that Brooks had no more funds. Brooks was convlcted of first degree murder In thè Bartholomew court. He was dented a new trial in thè county court, but later was granted a stay of exocutlon from May 1 to Dee. 1, by thè Supreme Court. BODY 0F MINISTERI WIFE TAKEN FROM GARY GRAVE By T'nftdl Preti CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—Examinatlon of thè body of Mrs. Clara Cowley, wealthy wife cf thè pastor of thè First Congregatlonal Church at Solon Springs. Wis , will prove that she died from naturai causes, her hushand declared today. The body was exhumed from thè Rose Cemetery at Gary, Ind., and sont to Dr. William McNally of Chicago fcr examinatlon on reqtiest of William Bothwell, a son of Mrs, Cowley by another marriage.

social reform and they therefore endeavored to represent me as an autocrat seeking to force prohibition on an unwilllng country, and to rob thè vorking man of his occasionai glass of beer. I don’t thlnk thè drink trade will ever put up another candidate, for thè fact that thelr nomlnee is at thè bottoni of thè list is a setback to one of thè most powerful ti'usts in England. Thero was a moral issue in this fight, not only in connection with drink, but in connection with my opponénte policy toward thè social evil, which aroused thè protest of all women who recognized thè challenge. This has conflrmed my belief that thè women's ote will bring out thè higher aspeets of politica. Hurrah for Plymouth and Virginia!

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of thè State, securcd a convlction and sentenco to death. The flnding was appealed, reversed and thè defendant was discharged. His companlon was hangod. Judge Thornton dc-fended thè man who was discharged. It was in this case that for thè first time a second motion for a new trial was presented in this State.

TERRORS OF NEW YORK TOO MUCH FOR AGED COUPLE

By Vntteet Preti NEW YORK. Nov. 17.—New Yorkers. who, aster all, are only exiled South Dakotans, folks from Kansas, Mlssuorl, Indiana or elsewhere, paused in awe today with thè reallzation that thè city in which they live la so terrlfying that lt may UHI. It is nothlng unusual for a New Yorker to have a subway door slammed in his face ar, 1 thus be carried beyond his station. But when a subway door was slammed in tho face of Mrs. Joseph Gallo, famier's wife from South Dakota, it meant thè death of Mrs. Gallo. It was thè first in a series of events as tragic as any New York has known In years. Terror strlcken when a subway guard spoke harshly conceming thè baggage Gallo had piled on thè subway traln platform, thè aged farrner Just arrlved In town with his wife, got off tho train. The door cloned before Mrs. Gallo could follow. The traln swept away.

STILI EXPLOSIONS KILL3; INJIIRES By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—Three persons were kllled and nine injured durlng thè night by thè explosion of two moonshine stills. Two bulldings were destroyed in thè Aro which followed thè blast. The body of Mrs. Jacob Verdoni, 31, wife of an Italian grocer who occupied one of thè bulldings, and was said by polire to have been thè owner of thè stilla, was sound in thè yrins of thè bulldings. The body of Mary Verdoni. 9, a daughter, w r as sound clasped in her mother's arma. Steve Bottino, 11, was rescued from thè burning building by flremen and rushed to thè hospital, where he dlea. EVER LIVE IN RIChfMOND? THEN YOU KNOW HOWITIS "If you have ever lived in Richmond, you know why wo carne to Indianapolis." This was thè reasc- Iven by Charlotte Jones, 17, si ine action of herself and Isabelle Moore, 17, in running away from their homes in Richmond and coming here. The girla were charged with vag rancy. Both admitted they had stolen apnarel from Richmond Stores. Both were taken to thè detention home. They had been staying at thè hora: of Mrs. Joseph McKlnney, 34 W. St. Clair St. JUDGE DISMISSF.S PLEA 0F CHICAGO GRAIfSI BOARD Bu United Press CHICAGO, Nov 17.—Judge George A. Carpenter in Federai Court today dismissed thè petition of thè Chicago Board of Trade for a permaner t ord r restraining thè Government from an enforcement of thè law preventing trading in graln futures. At thè sanie time he contlnued In force a temporary order preventing enforcement of thè act, pending appeal to tho Supreme Court. ÀP

Famous and beautiful pictures are thè judge's hobby. Whilo he has no large collectlon, he has visited every famous gallery in thè world except that of St. Petersburg and has vlewe-3 nearly every masterpieco. Judge Thornton will practice law alone. His offiees will be at 610 Fletcher Savlngs and Trust Building.

Gallo Jumped from thè platform and ; ran aster thè train. Provldence saved hlm from thè deadly tblrd rail. How long he wandered through thè underground labyrinth is not known déflnltely, but it must have been for hours. The exact movements of Mrs. Gallo are also swallowed up in thè hurry |of thè city. She was sound wanderlng weakly on thè Street In search or her hushand. A passerby took her to a police station. From there she wns tnken to Belìevue Hospital. There she died—of fright. The heart which had beat so steadfastly for her husband and children as they struggled for elghteen ye>ars on a South Dakota farro gave way under stress of thè terrors of thè metropolis. Gallo and Mrs. Gallo were to have salled today to vlslt their farnilies in Czecho-Slovakla.

Lost: A Wagon, Team and Corti i Charles BaJley, R. R. C. Box 131, | near Ben Davis, left a team of horses I and wagon containing forty bushels of corri standing in front of a store lin Washington St. today. When he | returned a few minutes later they I were gene. Bailoy appealed to police. RAILROADSASK TO CONSOLIDATE Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.—Consolidation of thè railroads of thè j country into a few regional systems believed hy many authorities to be thè only solution to present transportation difficulties waa before thè Interstate commerce commisslon today. Hearings commenced on thè proposed consolidation of thè Northern Pacific with thè Burlington, and thè Great Northern with thè Chicago. Mildaukee & St. Paul. The transportation act prescribes that thè consolldations proposed by thè commisslon must preserva corjrpetltion in thè reglons where they were effective. GENERAL LUKE WRIGHT REPORTED MUCH WEAKER By United Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 17.—Gen. Luke Wright was repor-ted by his physicians bore today as belng much weaker. Generai Wright, recretary of War undder tresldent Roosevelt, and a former governor generai of thè Philippines, has been ili for some lime... SEEK3 DAMAGES Judgrnertt of $40,000 againet thè Hydro Electric Light and Power Company of Connersvillo was osked by Lee W. Popp of Chicago iti a sult filed in Federai Court today. The complalnt avere that thè dei’endant purchased machinery from thè defendant and Urea refused to accept it.

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BFFHS Fili TO FISO PROIiQJP MAH Hcnce Orme and Miss Nelle McCune Are Stopped on Lonely Road by Youthful Auto Bandits, Get §7OO Diamond. NERVOUS FINGER PULLS TRIGGER Cop Squad Investigatine Shooting* Believe Inexperience of Youth Caused Him to Fire Revolver in Excitement of Robbery. Ilence Orme, wealthy Marion county farrner and sportsman, who was shot last night by a hold-up man, was stili in a serious coudition at thè city hospital this afternoon. Physicians said he may not recover. Meanwhile thè police were endeavoring without success to find thè man who did thè shooting. The hold-up occurred last night on a lonely road a half mile north of Forty-second St. and Arlington Ave. Miss Nelle McCune, 1231 N. Alabama St., a bookkeeper, wag with Orme in his automobile when two armed men stepped out in thè road aud ordered thern to stop. One of thè men stepped on thè running board and ordered Orme and Miss McCune to get out of thè car.

NiTS MELISI IN SGHOQLROBM The current edition of thè Baptist Weekly Bulletln No. *, prepared by thè Federated Baptist Churches of Indianapolis. calia attention to a suggested pian that Indorserà of Photoplave of Indianapolis have names of ecreen offerings which they recommend for sehool chlldren placed on thè blackboards in sehool rooms and asks that thè movement be Immediately State authorities. The bulletln appearfng in thè issue questiona thè wisdom of such procedure and says children might be influenced to seek attendance of thè photoplays when thè parents objected to photoplav performances and asks that a protest against such permission be carrled to thè office of thè State superintendent of public instruetion. Benjamin J. Burris, State superintendent of public instruetion, said he had no jurisdiction in such cases, as llke matters are left to county superintendents. BOHIAR LAWWIIfS AMPLCMAJORITY By Vnited Presi LONDON. Nov. 17.—With a clcar majority of eighty-five seats over all other politicai parties in parliamone, Premier Bonar Law is to have ampie opportunity to test his. policy of “tranquillity” when commons convenes Monday. Bonar Law's government will be unhampered for thè present; his majority makes it ppssible for him to ruìe parllament in a fashion, as did Lloyd George while at thè helm of thè coalition government.

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HE NOE ORME Here ls a charucteristic picture of Mence Orme, who was shot by a bau dit on a lonely road northeast of thè city last night. Mr. Orme la widely known as a tennis player. t

Forecast Cloudy and probably rain tonight or Saturday. Warmer.

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Obtain S7OO Ring As they obeyed, according to Miss McCune, one of thè robbers pulled a tìiamend ring worth S7OO from her finger. As she was struggling with this man she heard a shot, she said. She and thè hold-up man ran around thè car, she told thè police. Orme said he was shot. The robber said he didn’t believe he had hit Orme, Miss McCune said thè bandits then ran. Apparenti}*, thè police believed, thè bandit was inexperienced and in j his excitement his nervous fingers dlsI charged thè revolver. Miss McCune said she went to two nearby farnihouces seeking help. At one place she said there appeared to be no one at home. There was a light at thè other house, but thè occupants refused to answer her knock. Miss McCune said she then ran back to thè car and helped Orme back in. He was suffering from loss of blood, but thè succeeded in driving to thè home of Eugene Hayes, Fort}'Sixth St. and Arlington Ave., where thè police were called. Miss McCune's clothing was covered with blood. The had penetrated Orme’s side near thè right lung. Polire Search Ts Futile The police started to thè hospital with Orme in thè emergency automobile. Near thè State fairground they met a city ambulance responding to their cali and transferred him to thè ambulance. The police searched thè neighborhood of thè shooting without success., A hold-up was committed near thè same spot by two men about two weeks ago. Orme Is widely known as a tennis player. In his college days he was a star player on thè Indiana University football team. Mrs. Orme died suddenly last sprlng in a room at thè Hotel Severin. She was at thè hotel engaged in organization work in behalf of thè candidacy of Harry* S. New for thè Republican nomination to thè United States Senate.

STATE NEAR TOP IN MININE That Indiana is fast becoming one of thè leadmg bituminous coal Training States in thè country' was indicated in a report on coal production for thè fiscal year ending Sept. 30, compiled today by State Mine Inspector Cairy Littlejohn. Although Indiana mines were closed five months during thè year because of thè miners' strike, production totaled more than 20,000,000 tona. Pennsylvania, which is considered thè largest bituminous field, in 1921 when mines were working normally, produced 200,000,000 tons; West Virginia. second largest, produced 90,000,000 tons. Two hundred major mines of thè State durine; thè fiscal year, produced 14,916,936 tons of coal, exelusive of thè fifty block coal mines of thè Brazil field which produced 6,600,000 tons. Seven hundred smaller mines producing an average of twenty tons of coal, and approximately 1,000 wagon or slope mines producing an average of ten tons a day, many of which worked during thè strike, produced aprroxìmately 5,000,000 tona during thè year. Total wages paid during thè year ending Sept. 30 in thè bituminous mines, totaled $27.536,213.53. Earnings of miners in thè block coal mines totaled $75,“>33.32. FAN OVERHEATsT Downtown lire apparatus answered a cali today at 24Vi Kentucky Ave., when an exhaust fan on thè third floor of thè building overfceated and began smoking.