Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 179, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1923 — Page 12

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MOTOR LICENSE LAWCONTESTED Ed Jackson Attacks Validity of New Statute. Validity of the new State automobile license law, increasing license fees from 66 2-3 to 300 per cent, was under question today Secretary of State Xd Jackson announced he would act to prevent collection of increased fees when the sale of 1924 plates begins Wednesday. Jackson will ask Attorney General U. S. Lesh for an opinion as to the constitutionality of the act. The new law increases fees on Ford automobiles 66 2-3 per cent and on some of the heavy enclosed types 300 per cent. Jackson opposed the license increase when the Legislature placed a 2-cent tax on gasoline. Collections from both sources would go to the highway department for roads. The gasoline tax, it is said, will be sufficient for all needs of the highway commission. Directors of the Hoosier Motor Club were to meet today to aid Jackson in his fight against the statute. The fact the title of the act mentions two subjects is taken by many as the basis for a strong fight on constitutionality. STATE POSTAL MEETING Appeal for Salary Legislation Is Planned by Employes. An appeal to Uncle Sam through the public for higher salaries and better working conditions will be made by Hoosier postal employes at a mass neeting at 8 p. m. Saturday at the Denison. Letter carriers, postoffice clerks and railway mail service employes will attend. Frederick E. Schortemeler, secretary of the Republican central committee, will speak. Alvery W. Leary is today president of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks. Indianapolis branch. Other officers elected Sunday: Harry Russell, vice president; Arthur R. Haught, recording secretary; Paul Ritter, financial secretary: W. J. Heistand, treasurer: Charles Drake, secretary of the sick and death benefit fund: Gideon Drake, guard: James A Nutt. Harry Kuhlman, Ben Harris. Dilwin R. Batty and George H. Davis, trustees, and Byron Lindley, Arthur Towns and Henry Johnson, delegates. MOSES CARBER HONORED George A. Chapman Post Pick Officers and Delegates. Moses Carber is the new commander of the George A. Chapman Post, G. A. R. Other officers elected late Saturday: Alonzo Boyd, senior vice commander: George W. Summers, officer of the day; Andrew Stephens, chaplain; James F. Bird, officer of the guard; Thomas E. Clapp and Daniel Murray, trustees. Delegates to the department encampment at Frankfort in the spring; Thomas Hall. Paul P. Blank. Ira • Henchman, George Gilchrist, Gideon j Drake and Henry Kephler. Alternates: George W. Burnett. James Perry. John A. Allfee. Eli Smith, Clarence Larue and Barnhart Gardner, respectively.

COUNCILMAN IS WOUNDED Bandit Shoots RushviUe Man During Attempted Hold-Vp. By Tim e Special RUSHVILLE. Tnd., Dec. 10.—Rush County authorities continued their search today lor a bandit who shot and seriously wounded Luther C. Sharp, city councilman, during an attempt to hold him up as he was Closing his meat market Saturday night. Sharp was shot in the abdomen. Physicians say they are not so hope ful of his recovery after Sharp spent i restless night Sunday. Army-Navy Club Revival Army and Navy officials in Indianapolis have launched a move for rejuvenation of the Army and Navy Club of Indiana following a banquet Saturday night at the Lincoln. More than 200 attended. Speakers urging the club included Gen. Dwight E. Aultman, commandant at Ft. Harrison: Gen. Harry B. Smith, adjutantgeneral of Indiana, and Col. Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the American Legion. Meetings are planned once a month, Stephen Nolan, president. announced. His Robbery Stories "Conflict" Cecil Dickey, 1010 Harrison St., ;s held in the'city prison today pending investigation of his report that he had been robbed of $13.80 while in the company of several companions Sunday. According to police, Dickey .old conflicting stories. Stole Tocketbook, Charge Robert Gordon. 2810 Columbia Ave., is held in the city prison today charged with petit larceny after, it is charged, he stole a pocketbook containing sl4 from Sam Brown, 2810 Columbia Ave. Bladder Trouble KIDNEY STONES. BACK ACHE No matter how long or badly you are iffected, take HOMODYNE CAPSULES. In most cases they act like magic and make the worst sufferers forget they >ver had bladder and kidney distress. HOMODYNE CAPSULES give sura and quick relief—your money back if they fail. Tell your friends who suffer as they will relieve the worst cases. HOMODYNE CAPSULES are for sale at Pearson Drug Cos. and other drug store*. Injxpensive.—Advertisement. IF YOU HAD A NECK ■*'- A8 LONG A8 THIS FELLOW, %AND had ISORE THROAT [ill lONS I LINE I \ i\ SHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE IT Me. ud 60c. Hospital Sis*. Ut ALL DRUGGISTS

QUARTET IS INVESTIGATED Four in Custody Afier Police Give Pursuit. Four alleged auto thieves, after attempting to run over Sergeant McClure at Howard and Reisner Sts., early today were taken into custody by Lieut. Cliff Rickter, who overtook tho escaping quartet when their machine overturned at 2000 E. Belmont Ave. None were injured. The men gave names as: Joe Gordon, 20,-1222 Lee St., charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, driving without lights and speeding, held on a high vagrancy boffd; Clarence Wulson, 32, and his wife, Mata j Wilson, 26, of 517 W. McCarty St., for Intoxication and vagrancy, and John Toungerman, 30, of 20 W. Pratt St., for vagrancy. A certificate of title showed the car to belong to W. D. Hill, care of Berterman Bros. He could not be located. The car was badly damaged. TEXAN IN AUTO INQUIRY Ownership of High-Priced Machine Probed by Police. Jack O'Brien, 32, Dallas, Tex., Is under high vagrancy bond while police Investigate ownership of a highpriced automobile. O’Brien told Sergt. Dan Cummings he rode to town with a man he met near Columbus, Ohio, and was to meet tho man later. At a garage at 12 N. Senate Ave., F. D. Sample, night manager, said a hotel porter, accompanied by a man who talked as if he owned the car and who said he was a stranger, drove the car to the, garage. The license platee were issued to Frank Stewart, 5701 Julian Ave. The certificate of title was missing. Perfertion Butter Make* Kiddie* Grow.-—Ad*. SUITS CLEANED <[*| ft/* AND PRESSED tPI.UU Cor. E. Wash, and Dleaware Sts. rHE WHITE FURNITURE CO. Complete Home Outfitters 243-249 W. Washington St, Tom Quinn Ma,n 1101 Jake Wolf

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The Panama Canal Could Not Be Built Until a Supply of Pure and Wholesome Water Was Installed in the Cities of Panama and Colon A Canal across the Isthmus, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, was a dream of one Nation after another, from the early Spanish explorers to the French in the last century. Each was defeated because sanitary science lagged behind engineering skill, and because Yellow Fever and Malaria were stronger than human ingenuity. A Great Engineering Triumph Was Achieved by the United States, not alone because of engineering and mechanical shill, hut because General Gorgas was able to fight hack the great epidemics that had defeated the project before his time. Before the advent of the Americans, Panama and Colon were without public water supplies and sewer systems. Water for washing and similar purposes was collected in cisterns during the rainy season, and drinking water was brought in from wells outside the town in buckets, Jiarrels and other crude conveyances. Groups congregated around the water wagon, and in time of scarcity a whole family had to he content with a few cocoanut shells of water for a day. Men died by the thousands, until it was said that one life was sacrificed for every tie laid in the Panama Railroad. / Adequate Supplies of Safe Drinking Water, modern sewage disposal, and mosquio control, saved the lives of the men who worked under General Goethal’s direction, and the job was done. The Americans realized that the eradication of Yellow Fever and Malaria were dependent upon the introduction of modern water supplies in the Cities of Panama and Colon . and at other points along the Isthmus. The most effective sanitary demonstration ever known in connection with a tropical locality changed the Canal Zone from one of the most unhealthy places in the world, to one of the healthiest. The Safety of Human Life in Every American City Depends on These Aids Pure Water Saves Man-Power Indianapolis Water Company

WHATHOISANTATO ARRIVE MS EVE Doughty Old Saint to Appear at Tomlinson Hall. It was all a mistake. There is a Santa Claus and he did'nt commit suicide ajid he didn't die from overwork despite the story the wellknown "meanest man” told his children last Christmas. He will be at Tomlinson’s Hal l in full rega'la Christmas Eve and he will pass out presents and the proverbial candies, nuts and oranges to 3,000 kids in Indianapolis whom he might otherwise overlook.N An honest-to-goodness Christmas tree of immense proportions beautifully decorated, will form the center of attraction for the reciprieants pf Santa's generous donations. The Salvation Army will assist the chuckling red-nosed o>d gent in obtaining the gifts and Ed Jackson, chairman of the State advisory board, will direct the handing out of the presepts. Christmas day, 500 bushel baskets each containing dinner for seven people, will be distributed from Salvation Army headquarters, 24 S. Capitol Ave. Bronchitis At bedtime rub the throat and chest thoroughly with— VICKS v Varoßub Over 17 Million Java Used Ymarly For CATARRH Relief from this disagreeable ailmeat by applying in nostrils, night and morning. Soothes, heals. All druggists. Send this adv. to bear Mfg. Cos.. Terre Haute. Ind., for sample.

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A man was imprisoned in a tower forty feet from the ground, a friend smuggled a rope to him. but he found that although the rope was strong enoug to bear five times his weight, it aws only twenty feet long, which would necessitate a drop of twenty feet —too far for safety. Nevertheless, he managed to escape with the aid of the rope. How did he do it? * Yesterday’s answer. 120, 72 and 45 are the three parts of 237 which so divide 237 that 3 times the first part (3x120) is equal to 5 times the second (5x72) and 8 times the third (8x45.)

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CHRISTMAS it APPAREL Enjoy Christmas! Dress \ up! A $2 bill will do it! That is all you pay down on S3O purchase or $1 HI down on sls purchase. I never charge extra for CREDIT. Welcome! Meet Menter! He Meet* TMur M Means! V FOR MEN . WOMEN and JV" W I IL DR E N^l/yly I |4 East p * Washington St.

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1924 Christmas Savings Club NOW Being Formed The only sensible way to save money to buy Christmas presents. A small amount saved each week will not be missed and will come in mighty handy at the end of the year. JOIN NOW Marion County State Bank 139 East Market Street

Just a Few Examples of Our Many THRIFT VALUES SHOES FOR LITTLE TOTS jsSSpI Soft, comfortable little shoes in I | several attractive color com- a S \ btn&tlons. Mothers, you can not || y find better footwear values than Comfort Slippers Neat strap slippers, black Quality Shoe Repairing Lowest Prices in Town! Bent quality *ol leather and I Men’s Half Sole* .......... 75<t beet workmanship. Your choice Women’s Half Sole* 50C of Goodyear “Wlnirfoot” or Hood Rubber Heel* 35<♦ •’Arrow” rubber heels. 1 v TUDfCT shoe 1 rtlvir 1 STORE MERCHANTS BANK BUILDING—DOWNSTAIRS WASHINGTON AND MERIDIAN STREETS

If you want 'to keep your Xmas savings working for you invest them in a Woodrow Rust-Proof Washer, which will give her untold happiness. The Woodrow Washer, with its tilting tub and folding bench is the pride of any housewife. Telephone us regarding a home demonstration. Also ask about our liberal Xmas offer. Start now to insure Xmas cheer throughout the year.

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Electric Lamps Beautify the Home and Make the Most Acceptable Xmas Gifts Our stock of lamps we offer for Lyour approval includes— Boudoir Lamps Stand Lamps . Floor lamps with shades of parchment and silk, reading lamps with metal and glass shades. Combination reading and smoking lamps and many others. Priced to suit every taste, beautiful display in our chandelier department, second floor. HATFIELD ELECTRIC CO. MAin 0123 Meridian at Maryland

Gifts—Practical and Educational °oy , y ea t]y packed in a pretty hoi--4 1y box is a Little Home Bank 1/ O'/ f° r * vour future “business /2 /O man” or “college girl”... .$1 on Savings A Bank Book with an initial deposit of $1 or more at M/2% interest. We give you an attractive Christmas Envelope x and Gift Card with each Christmas Account. A Bond for SIOO or more, bearing 6% interest. } You can thus spend as W&ICOYYIE little or as much as you desire for the one you MARMON want to remember, makT\~ ing them happy with A ueaiers growing, lasting GIFT. Meyer-Kiser Bank 136 East Washington Street

MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1923