Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1924 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1924

HAY BOARD DEIS CHARGES DF EXAMINERS Defends Practices Criticised in Written Report to Governor Branch, Complete denial of charges and defense of practices criticised in the State board of accounts report on the division of equipment, State highway commission, is made in the commission’s answer to the report, submitted to Governor Emmett F. Branch. As to the $50,000 overpayment to O. F. Schlensker, auto parts dealer, which was retrieved by the examiners, the commission says it is “in no position to affirm or deny the findings of the board of accounts or comment intelligently on the same.” The commission asks return of all vouchers and papers in the case, promising to make an analysis of the account and submit a suplemental report to Branch. The commissioners declare discrepancies charged total but one-fourth of 1 per cent of the total amount of money handled in the three-year period covered by the report. They protest that it is unreasonable to assume the commission or director will check individual items of a department for mistakes. Defend Garage System The commissioners defend the subgarage system and deny that no action was taken to re-distribute auto parts stored in them until after txaminers found them overstocked. They deny the commission had no adequate records of the inventories at these garages. The examiners charged the commission bought “bastard” auto parts at standard prices and had to machine them before they could be used. The commission says the only bastard parts received were from the bureau of public roads without cctet and were milled in the centra! garage. The commission is criticized for purchasing “junked” trucks and spending SI,OOO each on re-equipping them. The commission replies that the trucks were bought for $l5O each and were equipped with special dump bodies in the commission garage. The trucks are worth not less than $2,000 each in road work, the commission declares. A special type differential designed in the State garage makes them better than the average truck and as good as new', the commission contends. Records Misinterpreted The examiners state trucks were purchased when the commission bad ten similar ones in storage. The commission declares the examiners interpreted the records incorrectly and that the trucks were in the garage for repair and not for rehabilitation. The commission demands that the examiners retract the statements regarding the trucks. Twelve trucks were brought without newspaper advertising, the examiners declare. The commissioners admit the facts, but point to the fact that competitive bidding was made on th etrucks under Statute B of the commission law. The commission denies the system of records and accounts is inadequate. It also goes into detail to show alleged excess purchases of email parts were actually not ex cessive. The commissioners call upon the accounts board to furnish names of fany official who advised division ’employes not to furnish information to the examiners as charged by the accounts board report. Lawrence F. Orr, State examiner, and a party of examiners are said to be in Washington making an examination of records of wr material shipped to the local commission. A supplemental report on disposition of this material will be filed later by the examiners.

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Davis' Sister Will Have Hanfl in His Campaign in Clarksburg—Friend Recalls Nominee as Sheik

B" vr l Service ILARKSBURG, W. Va., July 15.—John 'W. Davis will have his national campaign managers and district campaign managers, but his sister is going to have something to say about the campaign in his birth town. She is Miss Emma K. Davis, a woman of forceful personality. Friends here predict that although she'll have no title in the Democratic army, she’ll take full command here. Before her return from New York she had telephonic conferences with friends here, advising them how r to proceed. It may be r.oted that they followed her directions explicitly. She is as well know r n in Clarksburg as her brothers and friends take the liberty of referring to her as ‘ Emma K.” No one, however, has heard her so called to her face. • • • TiHERE is a striking similarity between the background t of Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis. Both are from families of deep religious convictions. John Davis, grandfather of the Democratic nominee, used to gather his slaves into his home Sunday evenings at Clarksburg and lead them and his family in prayer. His religious zeal was passed on to John J. Davis, his son, w'ho was the largest contributor to the Central Presbyterian Church in Clarksburg. He was so active in its founding,, and-his financial aid so great, it is sometimes referred to as the “Davis Chapel.” • * * mOHN W. DAVIS* parents were very strict. Friends tell how his mother once told him to go down to the postoffice to get the mail. John, then but a little fellow, replied: “I would go, mother, but I am afraid it would spoil the servant.” His mother replied that she would rather have all her servants spoiled than to have her son shirk work. Davis took warning and got the mail. , His mother gave Davis practically all of his grammar and high school education. He never went to the public schools of Clarksburg. She was a brilliant woman. She mastered Latin and Greek after the birth of her first child. —* * • F|OR a short time Davis went to a private school conducted by one Bettinger. “Davis and I remember Bettingger by one thing only,” says George Duncan, now a Clarksburg banker, and once boyhood chum of Davis. “He always taught class with his feet on the desk and a long black stogie in his mouth.” * • • mN spite of his rigorous training, Davis was a true boy, Duncan says. Both probably were the 1893 counterpart of the modem sheik. "We didn't go Joyriding in autos in those days,” Duncan says. “We owned horses and rigs. ''Many times Davis and I raced down Main St., to the dismay of the more staid folk. But Davis’ horse could never beat my sorrel.” Davis used to run away from the maternal apron string to the old swimming hole with Duncan and other boys. Davis’ grandfather was a saddler. His father also operated the saddlery in Main St. for a number of years, even after Davis was born, but later entered the bar and politics. • * • AVIS entered politics unknowningly against his . I father’s strict orders. In 1910 delegates of the first West Virginia congressional district met to choose a congressional candidate. Hearing they were almost unanimous for his son, John J. Davis sent a telegram forbidding him to

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MISS EMMA K. DAVIS. SISTER OF JOHN W. DAVIS, WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT HOW HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS CONDUCTED IN HIS HOME TOWN, CLARKESBURG, W. VA.

JOHN W. DAVIS IS UNLIKE MOST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. IN NOT BEING BORN IN A LOO CABIN. EVEN HIS OLDEST FRIENDS AREN’T SURE WHERE HE WAS BORN. BUT MOST OF THEM THINK THE HOUSE ABOVE IS THE PLACE. THE DAVIS FAMILY MOVED INTO IT ABOUT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH—FOLKS AREN’T SURE WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE OR AFTER.

accept the post. To make sure, he sent another telegram. Ignatius Brennan, political boss, got the telegrams first. He kept them in his pocket until after Davis accepted. He was elected and has never been defeated for any office.

INJURY FATAL TO MAN SWIMMER Dives Into Shallow Water at Thorntown —Dies Here, Elflred Long. 21. of Thorntown. Ind., died at St. Vincent’s Hospital

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early today from head and spine Injuries received while diving in shallow water. According to his mother, Mrs. F. E. Long, the young man received his injury July 4 wnile swimming in Sugar Creek near his home. His mother said that he dived from a bridge into shallow water. Long was admitted to the hospital Saturday after his condition had become gradually worse. HUBBY AND WIFE SEEKINGMATES Dayton Matrimonial Tangte Is Traced Here. A man and woman, both of Dayton, Ohio, charged with deserting of j a wife and a husband and two chil- ! dren each, and who Rre suspected |of coming to Indianapolis together, I were sought by police today. | Samuel Burton told police his wife, Julia, 35, left him and two children and took a third daughter, Beulah May, 10, with her. He said he had informatiion that Jesse Wade left at the same time, deserting a wife and two children in Dayton. Mrs. Burton has been traced to Washington St., where It is said she applied at restaurants for work. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles “reported stolen belong to: Philip C. Lewis, Brendanwood; Ford from Senate Ave. and track elevation. A. M. Vaught, Shelbyville, Ind.; Sterling truck, from 1520 N. Alabama St. R. W. King, 2954 Central Ave., Maxwell; from Ohio and Meridian Sts. Back Home Again An automobile reported found belongs to Ed Lee, 212 Blake St,; Ford, found by owner near place of theft, Washington and Missouri Sts. Why Nobody Likes a Person With Stained Teeth Nothin? will ruin a person’s appearanor or popularity quicker than dark, spotty, yellowish, stained teeth. Unclean or tobacco-stained teeth denote untidiness and carelessness. These are fatal to business or social success. Yet is it now so easy to remove teeth stains and have clear sparkling white teeth! This is through Bleachodent Combination, consisting of a mild safe liquid which softens stains, and a special paste which gently removes them, without affecting enamel. Perfected by two prominent dentists. Brings instant results. Make your teeth flashing white this new, safe way. Get Bleachodent Combination today, at %11 good dealers, such as Hook Drug Cos.. Haag I Drug Cos.. Goldsmith Bros., Henry J. Huder.—Advertisement.

FRIEND RECALLS SUICIDETHREAT Roommate Fears for Life of Man, Fear that Albert F. Blaze, 40, of 437 E. Vermont St., has taken his life by drowning was expressed by H. Higert, with whom he roomed. Higert told police Blaze has been

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Suits, Dresses, Coats, Sportswear, Sweaters BEFORE the summer is at its height, its peak is passed in ready-to-wear departments, so that a quick clearance of all late spring and summer merchandise is not only advisable, but almost- * imperative. This year’s backward season accounts for the unusually deep reductions. Rock-bot-tom prices are the means of clearance at Ayres’.

Suits, 512.50 Handsomely tailored suits of imported tweeds. Smart styles. Suits, $49.50 Exceedingly nice suits of fine quality plain navy blue, hairline and pin-cheeked twills. A Hickson Suits, $49.50 to $89.50 Cliarmeen, twills, plain and novelty, and tine men's wear fabrics. Very stunning ; very fine. Coats, SIO.OO Polaire, overplaid, rumbledown and other sport-fabric coats; quite good looking. Coats, sls, $19.50, $25 A few attractive models in twill and sports materials. Coats, $29.50 Straightline models of plain roshanara, also coats of black satin trimmed with squirrel. f Coats, $39.50 to $89.50 Remarkable values in our finest coats; of Veloria, Juina. Twill, satin, charmeen, English fleece and waffle. —Ayres—Third floor. Knitted Suits, $8.95 , Two-piece slipover models with long sleeves, of mohair, of mohair and worsted with rayon; buff, brown, rust, navy and black. Knitted capes, $19.50; finer at $25.00. Flannel sport coats, with sleeves, SIO.OO. Sports coats, jersey, corduroy, $2.95 and $3.95. —Ayres — Third floor.

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in 411 health and has threatened to take his life by drowning and has been missing for a week. Miss Frances Mafreda, 14, is missing from her home at 734 N. Holmes where she resides with her sister, Mrs. Mary Terry. When Frances left she was wearing a blue coat, brown hat, brown shoes and gray stockings. Alex Jones, 64, is missing from the Central Hospital for the Insane, according to a report to police by attendants. He was wearing overalls and was bareheaded. More'than 200 Canadian university students are to pay a six-weeks’ visit to England this year.

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PISTOL BULLET Ml® HEART Man in Critical Condition From Suicide Attempt, Police say William Brown, 61, of 19 S. Bradley Ave., is in a critical condition today at Methodist Hospital from a bullet wound near the

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Dresses, SIO.OO Women’s attractive Normandy voiles in dark grounds with white figures. All better cotton dresses at a wide range of drastically reduced prices. White and light-colored crepe de chine <l*o C sports DRESSES, only Dresses, $16.75 Women’s and misses’ tub silks, plain colored, candystriped, awning-striped. Beautiful qualities. Misses’ cotton dressees, new price range, $lO to $16.75. LARGE WOMEN’S voile and linen dresses reduced to tu 1 tj I D —Ayres—Third floor.

Girls’ Dresses, $2.95 and $3.95 Attractive voiles and swisses in 7 to 14-vear sizes. Finer qualities, $4.95 to $8.95. Dark silk dresses, $6.95 to $19.75. Juniors’ Dresses, 15 to 17 Years, $8.95 Sheer, soft voiles, fine quality, smartly, simply lade. Fineer dresses, $12.95. Tub silks, $12.95 and $14.95. Novelty silks, $12.95 to $39.50. —Ayres—Fifth floor.

Sweaters, $3.95 _and $5 Sleeveless slipons and jacquettes—a bewildering variety of styles and color effects, light, dark, vivid. Some with bouclette, some with rayon. All wool, too. Sleeveless Sweaters, $1.95 and $2.95 Wide Color and Style Range; All Amazingly Fine Values —Ayres—Third floor. 4

heart, alleged to have been inflicted in a suicide attempt. Sergeant Dean and emergency squad learned from. Dr. A. A. Hollingsworth, 4119 E. Washington St., he had treated Brown before sending him to the hospital, and that the bullet, from a 32-caliber had missed the heart two inches. A gun Hollingsworth said he found lying beside the man contained two loaded cartridges and one discharged. The first will in the English language was the will of a chandler, who bequeathed candles to various churches.

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