Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1924 — Page 8

APPLICATIONS FOR SOLDIERS'BONUS FLOODING CLERKS Blanks Are Being Received in Washington at Rate of 15,000 Daily. Times Washington Bureau. 1322 Xe ip York .4 re. WASHINGTON, July 11.—Applications for the soldiers’ bonus are flooding into the War and Navy Departments at a rate of more than 15,000 a day. Upwards of 105.000 applications have been received at the War Department alone, taxing abilities of 2,000 special clerks and employes hired to inspect and classify them. Many of the applications are accompanied by complicated legal questions, which must be reviewed by the judge advocate generals of each department and subsequently passed upon by Secretary of War Weeks or Secretary of Navy Wilbur. “Overseas Service” Many of these questions arise from the wording of the adjusted compensation act in defining "overseas service." The law specifies that the term means service on shore in Europe or Asia, exclusive of China. Japan, and the Philippine Islands, and service afloat, not on receiving ships: including in either case the period from the date of embarkation for such service to the date of disembarkation on return from such service, both dates inclusive. This has led veterans who served In the Panama Canal Zone and other places not specifically mentioned to inquire whether they are entifled to the 25 cents a day additional, which goes with each day of overseas service. Just when the first tabulations, fixing of bonus amounts, will be completed, the War and Navy Departments cannot say at this time. 12,000,000 Blanks “We sent out 6,000.000 blanks to distant sections of the country on June 21, and followed up with another 6,000,000 on June 28," Judge Advocate General Robert C. Davis said today. “This was to Insure veterans in the far western States getting their application blanks at the same time as men in the District of Columbia or ar.y eastern section.” As each application is received the finger-prints attached are compared with those of the veteran in War Department records, and then all entries are chicked with department files.

POOLED WHEAT SHIPPED Contracts Signed With Elevators in Indiana. Indiana pooled wheat is being shipped to a number of elevators in the State, according to announcement by Herbert Steen, secretary, from temporary headquarters in Farm Bureau Federation offices. Handling contracts at from 4 to B cents a bushel are being signed with elevators, Steen said. Money will be advanced to farmers storing their wheat in this manner by Indianapolis and Chicago backs, it was said. Fiery Cross Appeals The Fiery Cross Publishing Company has appealed to State Supreme Court from a decision of Judge Clinton Givan, Marion Superior Court, which named a receiver on petition of Ernest W. Reichard. Supreme Court re-convenes in October. Pleasant Visit, Oscar! By T'nited Prr*i BERLIN, July 11—Social Note: Prince Oscar and family have left for the elty of Doorn, Holland, where they will be guests of the Prince's father, Mr. William Hoherzollern, for two weeks. fl DEMAND I fWkf. Over 100,000 people have testified thst TANLAC has relieved them of: Stomach Trouble, Rheumatism, Mai-Nutrition, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite, Loss of Weight, Torpid Liver or Constipation. ■ “Ask Anyone Who Has Taken TANLAC” B OVER 4# MILLION BOTTLES SOLD I For Solo By All Good Draxrtato

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Todays Best Radio Features (Copyright, 192!,, bp United Press) WEAF, New York (492 M) 7 P. M., EST—The Happiness Boys. WEBH, Chicago (370 M) 6:30 P. M. to midnight, CST —Piano, baritone, tenor solos, dance music. WOC, Davenport (484 M) 8 P. M., CST—Concert program. WJY, New York (405 M) 7:15 P. M., EST —Mendelssohn program by Edwin Franko Goldman's Band from Central Park. WMAQ, Chicago (447.5 M) 8:15 P. M.. CST—Hunton Y. M. C. A. Glee Club. Town Grows Too Fast EHE present generation is growing too fast for Government to keep up with It. This was the explanation of Dow W. Voorliies, Perry Township ti ustee today for congestion in the school at Southnort, Indianapolis suburb. Schools are just reaping the harvest of increased attendance due to the influx of the last decade or so into towns and cities, Yoorhies said. The problem is becoming more acute, he said, as the second generation of this influx reaches school age. Southport, relatively, is as bad off as Indianapolis for school facilities, Voorhies said as he advertised for bids, to be opened Aug 1 upon a three room portable building for Southport. Permanent building was intended for 350 students. There are 500.

Hoosier Briefs W. O. B. Cribbs. Shelbyville farmer, won’t be able to point out things for a while. He fractured his index finger while opeating a corn plow. ; Mrs. P. A. Abraham. Bicknell, aimed at a bird with a gun and the bullet struck Grover C. Baker, coal miner, and fractured his jaw. Bioomington police are worried. Chief Fred Campbell has returned from the Democratic convention at New York, where he obtained tips on running a police department from Gotham Police Commissioner Dailey. William H. Carlan, 6, Indiana Harbor, died from injuries received when he pulled a cement flower urn over on himself. Marion fthemen answered a call on fcot when proprietors of the Broyles Electric Shop forgot to turn off an electric ironer. ini ARSAW has boosted the price of getting drunk. - Oliver Davis, 55, was fined ?5 and costs, instead of the usual $1 and —and a sentence of thirty | days. Ft. Wayne population increased 4.428 during the past year, according to R L. Polk & Company, directory publishers, bringing up the population to 104,752. An unusual operation was performed at a Lafayette hospital when physicians removed a safety pin from the stomach of Eugene Whitaker, 22-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Whitaker. mUST the chairs and fixtures were left by robbers who ransacked a Rushville barber shop, owned by Charles Pettis. Parke McCombs, Fairmount, was awarded a prize for hauling the most people to the Christian church, engaged in a Sunday school attendance contest. S r AWDUST heP was shoveling into a furnace at the ' H. C. Day factory at Bluffton exploded and seriously burned J. M. Baumgardner, fireman. Pride went before hunger for Wqj. ter White, Muncie. He caught a four-pound bass, but refused to eat it, preferring to bring his prize catch home to display it to friends. BOYS DROWN TOGETHER Plans for Double Funeral of Hero and Chum Under Way. Bp United Press PERU, Ind., July 11. —Plans for a double funeral for two boy pals who drowned in Little Pipe Crek were under way today. Earl Kamehm. 10, was drowned and his vain attempts to save himself resulted in the death of Virgil Bockover, 12, who plunged in to have him. Kamehm clutche<J Bockover in a death grip. Both bodies were recovered. Kenneth Marks, another companion, attempted to save both of them, but failed. /■ SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 11.— Police were dragging St. Joseph River today for the body of Albert Bovalski, 7, who was drowned while playing in the water with two other boys.

MORE SQUALLS AHEAD Singleton Expected to Have Trouble When He Applies for Salary. When Frank T. Singleton, newly appointed to the public service commission by Governor Emmett F. Branch, applies for his salary at the end of this month, he probably will find himself in the same predictment as did Oscar Ratts, Paoli, who la suing State Auditor Robert Bracken for two months’ salary. Bracken has refused to honor expense claims sent down by the commission over signatures of three members of the commission, including Singleton, because of doubt over validity of the appointment. Ratts continued in office two months after his term expired May 1, holding ex-Governor McCray’s appointment of Oscar Smith, Knox, Ind., was invalid.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY John Ainsley. a man of education and breeding, become* a master crook —preying upon other thieves. At a resort hotel. Kernochan. a wealthy retired broker, shows Ainsley a targe ruby ring, a present to his daughter upon her engagement to Ernest Vantine. a detective. The jewel Kernochan acquired in settling a claim against the estate of Henry Adams. Boston millionaire. The deal appears on the surface to have been a swindle. Ainsley obtains a paste copy of the ruby from Adams elderly widow and drives to the Kernochan estate at Greenwich. The Kernoehans think Ainsley is a millionaire. Miss Kernochan shows him the ring again. Just then the lights in the house go out. NOW GO ON WITH TtlE STORY mMADE some reply, trying to keep my voice from shaking. For under cover of the darkness I was substituting the paste ring which Mrs. Adams had so sweetly loaned me, for the Grand Duke's ruby. But in the darkness my fingers were clumsy. True, I managed to put the genuine stone in my waistcoat pocket, but the imitation slipped from my grasp, and fell upon the table. "What was that?” asked Miss Kernochan nervously as the ring hit the table-top. "I dropped your ring; I am sorry,” I replied. As I spoke, the lights came on again. Th* ring was not upon the table. For a moment there was silence; then Vantine’s pop eyes grew hard. 'T don’t see the ruby, Mr. Ainsley” he said suspiciously. “It must be upon the floor,” I replied. I tried to keep my voice steady, but failed lamentably. At any rate, Vantine crossed the room, and before I realized his intention, had locked the one door of the room. “It will have to be on the floor,” he said. I stared at him. "What dp you mean?” I demanded. “Nothing—if the ring is on the floor,” he retorted. I will say for the Kernoehans that they were embarrassed by the sud-

OUR BOARDINO HOUSE—By AHERN

THE OLD HOME TOWN—By STANLEY

den situation. The daughter spoke. “Os course itVon the floor, Ernest. VVe’ll find it —” "You bet we will,” assented Vantine. “A SNEAK-THIEF WOULD COLLECT NOTHING.” I had not liked him before; I hated him now. Yet, trying to assume an air of injured innocence, I joined their search. And there was no makebeli/ve in my aid. I knew that unless one of us found the imitation ring, I would not be permitted to leave this house. I would be searched, and that might be dangerous. Yet after fifteen minutes in which all four of us had combed the’ rugs and the corners of the room, Vantine straightened up. “Well, we’ve given you a fair chance, Ainsley,” he said. “Now we’ll really look for It.” He ad vanced toward me. I blustered, but he cried me down. His hands were reaching for me, and I cursed the greediness that had made me r retain the ring. I could

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| have slipped it out of my pocket at ! any time during this past quarter of j an hour, but I had been certain that |we would find the paste copy. And then, just as I was tightening my muscles, prepared to fight my way out of the situation from which w r it had failed to extricate me, Kernochsn cried out in excitement. He was I wearing an informal sort of evening ! dress, a baggy affair of heavy maI teriai, the dinner suit of a man who wishes to accent the difference between night and day, but who also wishes to be extremely comfortable. The soft material had cuffs on sleeves and trousers, and into one of these latter my paste ring had fallen. Kernochan bent over and retrieved it. There was an embarrassed silence, during which my pulse stood still. Then Vantine grinned feebly. “I beg your pardon, Mr. Ainsley,” he said sheepishly. I stared at him. “I fear that it can not be granted,” I said stiffly. I turned to my host. “You will forgive me if, under the circumstances, 1 am forced to withdraw my acceptance of your invitation to sepnd the right.” It was a situation to which Kernochan was unequal. He had been just as suspicious of me as his prospective son-in-law, and he had not the act wherewith to meet my attitude. lie locked helplessly at Vantine. I also looked at Vantine. “Unlock the door,” I ordered the detective. He shrugged, flushed more redly, and walked to the aoor. The key w'as almost in the lock when his fiancee, screamed. “This isn’t my ruby,” she cried. • • • For all his clumsy bulk, Vantine was quick of movement. Key in hand, he leaped to her side. “It’s an imitation,’’ he declared. He glared at me. “Very clever —almost clever enough, my sneakthief! But you’re dealing with Ernest Vantine Now, will you be searched here or at the police station?” I flatter myself that it is in moments like this that I rise to my greatest heights. I simulated a weary contempt. I walked across the room, and if my brain seethed with wrath at myself because I had been fool enough to think that the imitation could deceive iteople whp had held the original in their hands a moment before, I do not believe that my face reflected my thoughts. Upon the table lay a vanity bag that Miss Kernochan had carried. I put myself between my t ee accusers and the table, half turning, as I did so. My right hand was hi Men from their view for less than a quarter of a second, yet that was time

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS—By BLOSSER

enough for me to effect a transfer of the Grand Duke’s ruby from my waistcoat pocket to the vanity bag. Then, contemptuously, facing them ail, I told Vantine to search me. • • • An hour later Vantine gave it up. He had summoned the butler, sent his flan-'ee from the room, and the three men had stripped me. Failing to discover the authentic ring, they had repeatedly searched the room. But Miss Kernochan had taken her vanity bag with her when she left the room. I could only pray that In the excitement she would forget to powder her nose. And when at length Vantine and Kernochan despaired of finding the ring, they sent the butler for the young woman. In my presence they held a council of war, and the upshot of their conversation was that Vantine started for the telephone to call the police. Speaking mildly, I stopped him. “Os course you understand,” I said, "that I shall bring suit for criminal slander and for false imprisonment. It seems to me that a man In my position ought to be able to collect substantial damages—say, a quarter of a million." “A damned sneak-thief would collect nothing,” snarled Vantine. Yet he paused. “Quite true,” said I. “But we are not disucssing a criminal; we are discussing a gentleman of position.” “You have that ring; at least, j you know where it is,” declared Van- ! tine. “It didn’t vanish into thin air. | And this is paste.” He indicated the ; copy which lay upon the card table. “And aside from the large sum i which I shall certainly collect as | damages,” I went on calmly, “there 1 is something else to be considered. You are the head of a famous detec- , dve agency which bears your name. If you declare that I have stolen a ring in your very presence, and are unable to prove the theft— and you can only prove It by finding ring —what sort of an advertisement will j It be for your agency?” I let this sink in; I enjoyed the; expression on Vantine’s face. Pop- j eyed men should never permit themselves to look angry. They are unbeautlful at best, and at their worst they are extremely offensive. “You don’t think we’re going to let you go?” blustered Vantine. “I don’t think it; I know it,” I replied. “And if this nonsense ceases at once, I shall let the matter drop. Otherwise—” My pause was a threat. You read the Want Ads. Have you learned to use them. It’s easy. Phone MAin 3500—Ask for an ad taker. ?

OUT OUR WAY—By WILLIAMS

I saw the cunning in Vantine’s eyes. Yet 1 despised him so thoroughly that 1 underrated his abilities. He whispered a moment with Kernochan, but I thought that they were merely arguing the advisability of risking the suit which I threatened to bring. So, when Vantine turned to me and gruffly stated that I was, at liberty to leave, I bowed, and turning to go, abstracted the ring from the vanity bag which Miss Kernochan had placed again upon the table. Oh, I was still an amateur in those days. Also, I was too confident in my own wit, and too given to contemptuous appraisal of the wit of others. For, just as we reached the door, Vantine said: “I think we’d better search you once again; Ainsley.” I suppose I went white. I should have known that no one but an utter fool would have permitted me to depart so ea|ily, and Vantine read my horror. He turned to his fiancee. “If you’ll leave us again, Alice, we’ll search this man.” “But you have searched him,” she said bewilldered. (Continued In Our Next Issue.)

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