Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 71, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1923 — Page 10

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U. S. EMPLOYES FROM HERE TO GO TO HARDING FUNERAL

UNINJURED AS STREEI CAR STRIKES*! Man Knocked Down bV Auto, Which Speeds Away After Accident. Miss Catherine Taylor, 28, of 847 Broadway, was injured at 11:50 p. m. Thursday when an automobile in which she was riding, driven by Edward Wilbring, a guest at Hotel Wash ington, was struck by a Northwestern street car at Clifton and TwentyNinth Sts. She-is in St. Vincent’s Hospital, a deep cut in the forhead, received when she was hurled from the car. Maude Alice Brown, 822 E. Fifteenth St. suffered injuries when she jumped

from a College Ave. open car which slowed down for a crossover switch near Fifteenth St., and was struck by an automobile driven by Her bert Hodges, 512 E. Eleventh St. Hodges was driving slowly, it was said.

nn p e r *° ° * <|| have been ■JU kill e"8 in a n tomobile accidents In Marion County this year. 10291s 0c a cridents. It is your duty to make the streets safe.

A Northwestern street car collided with a city 6treet slusher at Indiana and Senate Aves., Thursday night. No person was injured. Erastus French, 82, of 816 N. Illinois St., was seriously Injured Thurslay night when he was struck by a :ouring car while crossing Meridian St. at St. Clair St. Mrs. Frendh witnessed the accident. She told police the automobile did not stop. French was injured about the left hip, knee and hand and was severely bruised. Two automobiles were slightly damaged when they collided at New Jersey and New York Sts. The driver of the automobiles w&t/s Mrs. Emma Berkey, 3731 Wisconsin St., St. Louis, Mo., and William F. Dettge, 242 W. Fortieth St. SPIRIT OF YOUTHS IS HOPE OF GERMANY Quakers in Convention Hear Food Director of Cologne. By Timet Special RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 3.—The salvation of the German people as a_natlon lies in the spirit of her youths. Dr. Hertha Krause of the food control bureau of Cologne, Germany, said Thursday night in an address before the Young Friends’ conference now in session at Earl ham College. MRS. RUTH HARRIS DIES Services Monday—Had Lived in Indianapolis All Her Llfe.The Rev. Francis H. Gavisk wdll have -charge of funeral service Monday morning of Mrs. Ruth Cahill Harris, 30, who died at her home. 1325 Union St., Thursday. Mrs. Harris was born in Indianapolis and resided here all her life. She is survived by the husband, Charles E. Harris; her father, James B. Cahill? a brother, Gus Cahill, and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Kiefer, Miss Margaret Cahill and Mrs. Mary Huelsman, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. George Hedde, Akron, O. Suicide Attempt Fails Marie Mitchejl, 22, colored, 856 W. Twenty-Seventh St., who took poison *at the home of James Campbell, colored. 947 S. Captol Ave., today was reported recovering. Campbell told police Miss Mitchell bad been his housekeeper. He said she was despondent. He said he knocked the bottle of poison from her hand. \ Mock Trial Features Excursion Dancing and a mock trial were features of an excursion of the Indianapolis Union Railway Club on White River north of- Broad Riople, Thursday night. Guests of honor were Frank B. Humston, Frank V. Martin and John W. Armstrong of the Monon Railroad; E. F. Thompson of Lafayette, and Arnold Shircliffe of Chicago. > Pell Packing Cos. Incorporates The Bell Packing Company of Indiaia polls, which took over the propel ty of Worm & Cos.. Ray and Morris Sts., has Pled articles of incorporation with the secretary of State. James P Goodrich, former Governor of Indiana. h<~ded interests which took over the property for the receiver for approximately $200,000. Pension Examiner Retires After thirty-nine years of continuous service as special pension examiner. Hugh N. Patton, Glenn Martin Apartments, has retired. During the Civil War he was a member of Company M, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry. His headquarters were in the Federal building. Driver Held After Fatal Crash By Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 3.—Bernard Meverhoff, 46. of tfcis city was fatally injured late Thursday when the machine in which he was riding was hit by an automobile driven by Jesse Yeager. Meyerhoff died while being taken to hospital. Yeager is under arrest. Dinner Given for Manager A farewell dinner for Ross A. Sweet. 4t53 Carroljton Ave., for four years manager of the Indianapolis branch of the General Motor Truck Company, was given at the lla-Lo place on Keystone Ave. Thursday night. He will become manager of the Northwest for the company, with headquarters at Seattte, Wash.

Veteran Physician Summoned by Death

jSndSr DR. DANIEL H. PRUNK.

'TAPS’SOUND FOR CIVIL WDOCTOR Dr, Daniel Prunk Dies at Home of Son, Funeral arrangements for Dr. Daniel H. Prunk, 94, Civil War veteran, a resident of Indianapolis for sixtytwo years, who died Thursday at the home of his son. Dr. Byron Fletcher Prunk, 1514 College Ave., following a week's illness with bronchial pneumonia, have not been completed. Burial will be in Indianapolis. Dr. Prunk, an active practitioner until his illness, was born near Fincjusne, Va. In April of 1861 he moved Indianapolis and was commissioned assistant surgeon in the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. After the Civil War he returned to Indianapolis and received his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeon^ Survivmg are three sons. Dr. Byron Pfunk, Frank H. and Harry C. Prunk, all of Indianapolis, and five grandchildren, Byron P. Prunk. Mrs. Harriett Prunk Gregorie, Miss Helen Louise Prunk, Horace Willard Prunk and Miss Betty Jane Prunk.

COOLIDGE TAKES OATHOF OFFICE (Continued From Page 1) ing him of the President’s death. Coolidge was calm, but Mrs. Coolidge, who stood beside him, appeared to be on the verge of tears. Dictates Telegram Coolidge stopped to say “hello boys” to the newspapermen. Then he dictated the following telegram to Mrs. Harding: “We offer you our deepest sympathy. May God bless you and keep you. (Signed) „ “Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge.” He then dictated the following statement; “Reports have reached me that President Harding has gone. The world has lost a great and good man. I mourn his loss. He was my chief and my friend. “It will be my purpose to carry out the policies which he had begun, for the service of the American people and for the meeting of their responsibilities wherever they may arise. “For this purpose I shall seek the cooperation of all those who have been associated w-ith the President during his term of office. As for those who have given their efforts to assist him, I wish them to remain in office, that they may assist me. “I have faith that God will direct the destinies of our Nation.”

What I Was Doing at 20

— By — ’ George L. Foote, Chief Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue I

m BECAME a Hoosier at 20. I grew up in lowa and at- v tended college at" Bradley Polytechnic, a branch of Chicago University, at Peoria, 11! When I was 20 I went to New Aibany and took a job as watchmaker and engraver in a jewelry store.

Prophecy IsRecalled By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Newspaper men who attended President Harding’s last press conference in the White House today recalled with a pang of sorrow his last words to them. Mr. Harding was asked regarding a rumor that the start of the Alaskan trip would be postponed for a few days, and replied: “Onyl death or serious illness will cause any delay or postpone ment of this trip."

YOUTHFUL TROOPS AT KNOX ENIOY VACATION TRIPS Visits to Mammoth Cave and 7 River Boat Rides on Ex- s cursion List,_ By DOROTHY STANHOPE Times Staq Correspondent CAMP KNOX, Ky., Aug. 3.—Saturday afternoon and Sunday will be i holidays again and 1,000 of the boys cf the Citizens Military Training Corps will go to Louisville for the boat excursion arranged for their entertainment. Louisville, ladies will take groups of girls for partners and the young people will dance both' on the boat and the amusement park where the landing is to be made. Jpicnic lunches will be sent down from the C. M. T. C. kitchens besides which lunches will be tiken by many of the ladles. Will Visit Mammoth Cave While some of the camp are on the boat ride others will go by train to Mammoth Cave. EacYi boy will take his bedding roll, which includes blankets and shelter half, under which he will sleep while in the hills near the cavern. Trucks, with field kitchens and food, will go down from here, arriving before the boys do. In this way hot food will be provided. They are to return Sunday afternoon. Although there are several thousand member^of the C. M. T. C., so spread out is the occupied part of the reservation that their presence makes no apparent difference in the size of the garrison. They stay in their own area wMre there is amplte space for all of their activities excepting firing.-^ Boys Taught Responsibility One of the many things taught the boys is responsibility for property. It is a much-needed lesson apparently, as the rifles are left lying carelessly about and have to be gathered up over and over again and returned to the rightful owner. They are learning, too, how to clean rifles and cannon so that they will pass inspection. Not a particle of rust nor of dust must be visible. tents have been placed In three different parts-" of the area. Every afternoon at 4 o'clock the guard is mounted and for the next twenty-four hours the members off duty live in the tents and walk sentry post, challenging all who pass after specified hours.

FLAGS LOWERED AS CITY MOURNS (Continued From ’Page 1) tee, is the author of a biography of Mr. Harding. SChortemeier and Clyde A. Walb, State chairman, sent the following telegram to Mrs. Harding; “All Indiana mourns with you and we genuinely share in your great loss. The President so greatly personified all that is purest and finest in American life and he was sa much needed by America and the civifized vorld that r his untimely passing is irreparable st<jf we can only appeal to an all-wise Providence for guidance and comfort." Democrats Express Sympathy In behalf of the Democratic Stale committee. Miss Gertrude Fanning McHugh, secretary, telegraphed Mrs. Harding: “The Democrats of Indiana offer you their most sincere sympathy in your hour of bereavement and mourn with the Nation in the loss of our distinguished President.” Charles A. Greathouse. Democratic National committeeman from Indiana, telegraphed: “Indiana shares your sorrow over the loss of our President.” Mayor Takes Action Mayor Shank, immediately on being Informed of the death of the President, ordered flags flown at half-mast and then ordered the city hall and all city departments closed on the day of the funeral. Other public buildings are expected to be closed that day. Messages of condolence were sent to Mrs. Harding by many. Governor McCray telegraphed: “All Indiana is shocked and grieved beyond expression at the sorrowful news Just received. The loss to the Nation is irreparable and overwhelming. His life and work will even be an inspiration. You have the deepest sympathy of the entire State in your great personal ioss. May God in His infinite mercy sustain and comfort you.” Mayor Shank telegraphed: “The- people of Indianapolis extend their deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your distinguished husband.” “I know of no man who could have served the people so well in the hdurs of reconstrustion, as did President Harding. His death came at a time when the Nation felt the need of his keen mind and wise counsel.” Senator Samuel M. Ralston said: “The people without regard to party will iflourn President Harding’s untimely deatir. But they can thank God that the Government at Wash-, ington still lives and resolve to give President Coolidge an open-minded and patriotic support as our Nation’s chief executive.” Several Indianapolis churches were planning special services In honor of President Harding’s memory. Official action of the Church Federation of Indianapolis was undecided, but Earl L Condeiv president, authorized the following: "The Indianapolis Church Federation recognized In President Harding one of the foremost friends of Christianity. His every action during his Administration, and principally his final address, indicates his belief that the solution of. world problems would be the result of application of Christian principles. His achievement as the result of the disarmament conference and his stand relative to law

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Senators and Other Governni ental Leaders Invited to Speak at Meeting—Resolutions Are Drafted, Many Federal department heads planned today to go to Marion, Ohio, for the funeral of President Harding. Among those who will make the trip are Robert if? Bryson, postmaster; E. L. Osborne, chief agent, bureau of investigation; Lirius P. Meredith, United States marshal; Homer Elliott, United States district attorney, and John A. Royse, collector of customs.

Arrangements for a memorial meeting Monday night made by a committee composed of Osborne, Bryson and Royse. Invitations to speak will be sent to Samuel M. Ralston and James E. Watson, United States Senators; Governor McCray, Brigadier General Dwight B. Aultman, and Con* gressman Merrill Moores. / Building to Be Closed The Federal building will be closed the day of President Harding’s funeral. The following resolution, prepared by WillMßn P. Kappes, qlerk of the United States Court; Fred I. King, assistant legal adviser of the Federal prohibition department, Meredith and Elliot, will be presented at the Memorial meeting. “We, the Federal officers and employes of Indianapolis, wish by this

enforcement will cause him to be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents of our country.” Statement for Jews Mrs. Gertrude S. Hahn, vice president of the Sisterhood of the Indianapolis Temple, gave out the following statement today in behalf of Jewish people of the city in absence of Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht: “It is with deep regret that Jewish people of Indianapolis learn of the loss to the American public and Mrs. Harding. Our slncerest sympathy Is voiced, and we express gratitude that the Nation had such a man as Warren G. Harding as President.” Edward,o. Snthen, president of the Federation of Community Civic Clubs, will meet with the executive officers of his organization in his office, 416 Indiana Trust Bldg., 5 p. m. today, to draft a resolution asking all of the civic clubs of Indianapolis to hold memorial services because of President Harding’s death. The Civitan Club and Gyro Club directors meetings scheduled for noon today at the Severin were cajled off. Other organizations which took cognizance of the death of the President in their programs; Optimist Club. Allied Motors Commerce, Exchange Club, Family Welfare Society, Delta Tau Delta and Knights of Columbus. Taylor E. Groninger, city corporation counsel, said: “President Harding's death fills all our hearts with sorrow. He was a sincere man. There was no|hing spectacular about him. He was sane, safe and dependable. His service to our country was genuine. The extent of our loss cannot be measured.” t Legion Orders Issued. Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion here, today 'ordered a period of mourning for President Harding among posts of the .veterans’ organization. All Legion post members along tfie route of the funeral train from San Francisco to Washington will be asked to assemble at the railroad stations, to pay silent tribute to the President’s body. Legion members will carry draped colors, to be dipped in salute as the train passes. Out' of consideration for Mrs. Harding’s feelings Commander Owsley has urged that there be no firing of salutes or music during the post ceremonies. Members will be drawn up in formation at attention, the colors / wiU be dipped anfl the Legion men will silently fnourrt the Nation's commander-in-chief. This cablegram was received at national headquarters of the legion from the British Legion, foremost veterans society in Great Britain; “Sincere condolences extended for the sad loss sustained by the death of your President.” Within a few hours after the announcement of the death of the President telegrams came to legion headquarters with suggestions for tributes of respect to the dead executive. One of these was from Howard J. Warner, chairman of the American Legion posts in Toledo, Ohio. It suggested that members of the legion immediately contribute to a Harding memorial fund, for the purpose of creating an annua! college scholarship, to be awarded on a fitting competitive basis, having in mind the ideals of the deceased President. On behalf of the Indianaptilis Boaard of Trade, L. L. Fellows, president, sent a message to Mrs. Harding. William H. Howard, secretary, announced that the board would be closed today and also on the day of the President’s funeral. The message to Mrs. Harding. “The Indianapolis Board of Trade mourns with you the loss of a great, good man. We offer you our deepest sympathy.” “President Harding wm a very good man, conscientious, and served his country well,” said the Francis H. Gavisk, rector of St. John's Catholic Church. "His death was a great loss. It must necessarily Interrupt the policies which he had In mind. He was not a great man, but a lovable one. He was a type of the American citizen of which we have a great number —a good, safte and fcound leader.”

Junior Klan Incorporated The Junior Ku Klux Klan, designated as a fraternal organization, today filed articles of Incorporation with the secretary of State. No capital stock is stipulated. The incorporators are Thomas O. Trisler. Harry G. Steele and Elmer Lee Jarvis, of Indianapolis. C. of C. Directors Meet. The Chamber of Commerce board of directors were to hold a special meeting at noon today. John B. Reynolds, secretary of the board, said the meeting was called to hear reports of various committees. Search Made for Illinois Youth Police today were asked to search for George L. Thorp, 18, of Kewanee, 111., who left that city in a coupe, Aug. 1. Investigation showed Thorp, with two other young men, stopped in Indianapolis at 1:30 a. m., Thursday, and bought gasoline at the Gladstone garage. They asked the way to Dayton. Ohl&

means to express our profound sorrow at the death of our fallen chief "The message came to us like a bolt from a clear sky; we had believed that he was on the way to speedy recovery. Our hearts are very sad becaiise we not only honored him; we loved him. "Warren G. Harding was truly a great man-—not because he was our President: it was his greatness of heart and mind "that made him President. He died as he had lived, peacefully and tranquilly and, as was said by Stanton of Lincoln; ‘Now be belongs to the ages.’ “Our tenderest sympathy goes out to the faithful wife and the old father, and it is our hope and prayer'that he who tempers Uhe wind to the shorn lamb may be kind to them in their affliction.”

HARDING’S DEATH RAISESCOOLIDGE (Continued From Page 1) friends through the cycle of alarm, deepening fear and back up to hope, relief, and then practical certainty of recovery, became mourners. Mrs. Harding had sensed rather than seen something was wrong. She turned quickly and with a gasp, half rose from her chair, crying "Warren!” But he couldn’t hear. She knew it, too, but stumbling and running, she went to the door, flung it open and cried Into the corridor, “Send Dr. Boone!” A moment before, Dr. Sawyer, noting with practiced eye his patient seemed to be in the same condition as had continued all day, passed toward his own room. Mrs. Harding's cry brought him back—but too late. Wife Reads Verdict Dr. Boone, associate with Sawyer In the fight In defense of the> President’s life, came in. The three other doctors —Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior In the dead President’s Cabinet; Dr. Raymond Lyman Wilbur, head of the American Medical Association, and Dr. Charles M. Coopet, a heart specialist, also came in. They turned anxious eyes to the slight woman at the bedside, but she read their thoughts and said: “I am not going to break down.” She looked down again at that strongly marked face and then a nurse led her to her own room. By this time an electric current of alarm had gone through the corridors adjacent to 4he Preaident’s suite Secret service men, their faces set stonily* hurried as messengers to find members of the President’s official family and set in motion the sad plans which must be made. “Something has happened,” passed the word. An ever-growing group gathered at the screen in the corridor which barred entrance to the presidential suite. Whispers Fly Fast Members hurried into the jtahlacc dining room and in whispers passed to Cabinet members, their wives arid to other members of the presidential party the fatal word-. Men stood up suddenly from half-eaten dinners, indescribable horror and unbelief blended on tjielr faces. Women gasped. Telephone calls were put In for members of the official party, some of whom tonight, for the first time since reaching San Francisco, had accepted dinner invitations, believing the President virtually out of danger. In a few moments they began arriving, their faces blanched at the news. They went with bowed heads into the chamber of death. In a few minutes Judson C. Welllver. President Harding’s friend and general chief of White House publicity, came out with a short typed sheet of paper. It was snapped up by waiting'newspaper men and in a moment the wires were carrying to a shocked country this official announcement: Death Instantaneous “The President died ingjk&ntaneously and without warning and while converging with members of his family

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ORDINANCE FORCING PROTECTION DRAWN Walter W, Wise to Present Document Demanding Crossing Watchmen and Ruling on Trees.

William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, today completed an ordinance which Walter W. Wise, city councilman, will present to the city council Monday, requiring T. H., I. & E. .Traction Company and the Big Four Railroad Company each to establish a watchman at the N. Tibbs Ave. crossing, where Mrs. Mary Coy, music teacher, was Killed last. Tuesday when her automobile was struck by an interurban. The ordinance requires two watchmen, one employed by the traction company and the other by the railroad company, each being on duty from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. every day of the week. Another ordinance will be presented by "Wise prohibiting owners and occupants of lots at any corner of any street or boulevard from growing any vine, hedge, shrubbery or tree within twenty-five feet of the corner at a

at 7:20 p. m. Death was apparently due to some brain evolvement, probably apoplexy. During the day he had been free from discomfort and there was every justification for anticipating a prompt recovery. .(Signed) ”C. E. SAWYER. ' "RAY LYMAN WILBUR. ”C. M. COOPER. _ “J. T. BOONE. “HUBERT WORK.” A few minutes Jater a second statement was issued, telling in brief the circumstances surrounding the deathbed scenes. It read: “The President died at 7:20 p. m. Mrs. Harding and the tw-o nurses, Miss Ruth Powderly and Miss Sue were in the room at the time. Mrs. Harding was reading to the President, when, utterly .without warning, a slight shudder passed through his frame, he collapsed and all recognized that the end had come. A stroke of apoplexy was the cause of his death. Within a few moments , all of the President’s official party had been summoned.” Official Party Goes There. In the death chamber there gathered quickly Attorney General Daugherty, summoned from the dinner table at the St. Francis Hotel; Secretary of the Interior Work, also called from dinner; Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Hoover. They' turned from the bedside in grief, badly crushed, for they, as members of the Cabinet, must at once take steps to transfer to another the majesty and authority that Warren G. Harding had so quietly laid down. After a brief consultation, they signed a telegram to Vice President Calvin Coolidge. who was at Plymouth, Vermont. It read: “The President died at 7:20 p. m.. from a stroke of cerebral apoplexy. The end came peaceably and without warning.’’ A little later Attorney General Daugherty, the chief law officer of the Government, supplemented this yrith the following message to Coolidge: “1 respectfully suggest that if you have not already done so, that you Immediately take the oath of office.” Coolidge Takes Up Task Coolidge at once complied and within a few hours of Mr. Harding's death took up the r -burdens of the presidency. The five doctors meanwhile, stunned at their sudden and wholly unexpected defeat just. when they deemed victory over death in their grasp, united in Seeking the exact cause of death and at midnight Issued a statement covering the history of Mr. Harding’s illness and their belief as to the cause of death. Flags At Half-Mast At 9 o’clock last night the President's flag, which usually flies twentyfour hours a day, was hauled down from the hotel and an American ffog run up at half-mast. Flags all over the city are being put up at half-mast and all flags have been ordered at halfmast. The news of the President’s death was flashed over the city by telephone* Many of the notables in his party and others who had come to the city to greet him were being entertained by prominent Californians. At the home of Julius Kahn General Pershing was the honor guest. More than two dozen other prominent | San Franciscans were present. Herbert | Fieischacker. one of the gues:s, was

height greater than three feet. The penalty for violation would not be over SIOO. Mrs. Edith Batty, 917 N. Tibbs Ave., whose property adjoins the interurban tracks, has been asked by the police to trim her trees. G. K. Jeffries, general superintendent of the traction company, said that the matter cf providing a watchman or installing an automatic warning bell at the crossing will be considered by Robert I. Todd, of the company, when he returns tonight from his visit out of the city. The Hoosier Motor Club has been cooperating with the police traffic department. H. K. Stormont, safety director of the Hoosier Motor Club, said he was assured by the traction officials that proper warnings would be provided for the crossing. The club is considering the erection of a warning sign near the tracks for motorists.

called to the telephone. He was informed the President was dead. “Impossible,” was the general cry. Three telephones were kept busy while the report was checked. When the report was found to Jbe true, the dinner was immediately broken up and General Pershing and others of Kahn’s guests hurried to the Palace Hotel. Shortly after 10 o’clock Mrs. E. E. Remsberg of Santa Anna, the President’s sister and her two- daughters, Katherine and Nell Marie, appeared In the corridor and hurried toward the presidential suite. Sister Apprised by Telephone The Remsbergs had been dining across the bay in Oakland and were apprised of the President’s death by telephone. They hurried at once to the hotel. George B. Christian, secretary to the President, who was in Los Angeles this afternoon, where he read an address written by the President, was summoned immediately and at 10 p. m. was en route back to San Francisco. Speaker Gillette hurried up the corridor to the Harding suite at 10:20. At 10:30 Gillette emerged from the suite. He refused to make a statement. Alfred Holman, San Francisco editor, had been in the presidential suite a few minutes before the President died. The President, he said, had seen him and had called a greeting to him. Secretary Hoover came-'from the I residential suite at ll o’clock and said at that time Mrs. Harding had a firm grip on herself. She had had to withstand the oideal of receiving scores of officials since the death of the President. Mayor James Rolph of San Francisco issued an order for all flags in the city to be flown at half-tnast, and for the draping of all puttie buildings in mourning. “The decorations must now become the symbols cf sorrow and mourning,” the mayor said. He referred to the gay drapings with which the city had been hung in honor of the President’s visit.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 3, 1923

LIE INSPIRATION TO IMS YOUTH Associated Employers Mourn Hardingte Death, President Harding’s life will be an inspiration to youth, declared the As* sociated Employers of Indianapolis In resolutions adopted today. The resolutions in part: “Whereas, The people of the world are deeply shocked and sincerely grieved beyond adequate expression jn mere words, over the untimely death of Warren G. Harding, twenty* ninth President of the United States, whose official career carries a lesson and affords inspiration to the youth of the land. “A warning to the American people is given in the manner of President Harding's untimely death. Rugged and able-bodied, he withstood the rav. ages and outward assaults of known ailments, but he quickly succumbed and was defenseless against the unex* pected and insidious attacks upon his physical endurance. So it is with the constitutional endurance of the great body of society today. The American people can combat and overcome the attacks of destructive movements against our social structure so long as these assaults are conducted in the open, but how long can society en dure against the hidden .attacks upon our Federal Constitution, so dear to our deceased President, which en* danger the body politic. Now, there* fore, be it “Resolved by the directors of the Associated Employers of Indianapolis, Inc., on behalf of the membership, that we join with the citizens of Indiana, and of the United States, and of the world, in mourning the tragic death of President Harding, and ex* pressing to his personal and official family, our deep and enduring grief.”

GOVERNOR’S AUTO FOUND McCray’s Car Deserted on Circle Several Hours After Theft. Motor Policemen Troutman and Wbittset at 2 a. m. today found the sedan of Governor McCray, which was stolen late Thursday from Market and Pennsylvania Sts. The car "was found deserted in front of 32 Monument Circle. The police were told a tall man was seen to take the car after the Governor got out and entered the Fletcher bank building, leaving the keys in the car. The keys, a bundle and an umbrella, property of . the were in the recovered car. WARNING AGAINST FAKERS Persons Approached for Donations Urged to Investigate. Numerous complaints to Community Chest and the Better Business Bureau today inspired a warning against solicitors for unknown causes, usually purported to be a combination of the religious- and charitable. Persons approached for donations for such doubtful work are invited to call either of the organizations foa information.