Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1924 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 1924

REPORT INCREASE IN FIRE LOSSES IN INDIANAPOLIS $68,128 Increase for First Seven Months Over 1923, Fire losses ir. Indianapolis for the first seven months of this year exceed losses for the same period in 1923 by approximately $68,128, fire records show. Losses for first sever, months of 1923 totaled $907,088 while for 1924 about $975,216. Half Million Dollar Loss Number of alarms answered for first seven months in 1923 totaled 2,753. against 2.271 for same period this year. Three largest fires this year cost over half a million dollars. Fires were: J. D. Adams & Cos., $325,627; Allen-Wilkinson Lumber Company. $113,500. and Dynes-Pohl man Lumber Company. $80,900. Largest fire for 1923 was at the Prospect St. plant of the Citizens Gas Company which totaled $154,124. Attend Fire Convention Fire Chief John J. OBrien. Frank C. Jordan, secretary’ Indianapolis Water Company and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce fire preventio ncommittee, and Capt. Frank Braun of the motor repair department and their wives are in Buffalo, N. Y., attending the fifty-second annual convention of the International Association of Fire Engineers. Convention convened Tuesday and will end Friday. Capt. William Curran of the salvage corps and family is also attending. Parties drove to Buffalo in machines. Over a period of five years, however, Indianapolis is one of four in a list of thirty of the largest cities of the United States to decrease its fire loss. The other twenty-six cities suffered increases of from 5 per cent to 550 per cent. These figures were given out today by Newman T. Miller, State Fire Marshall, based on a report mace recently by the National Board of Fire Underwriters:

Miller Commended Insurance companies generally commend Miller for the work in the State at large, where decrease in fire loss is similar to that in Indianapolis, and compliment Chief O'Brien for gains made in fire protection and prevention. Indianapolis had a 24 per cent decrease in fire loss from 1918 to 1923;' Pittsburgh, 13 per cent; Newark, N. J., 35 per cent and Kansas City, 37 per cent decrease. The Indianapolis Joss decreased from $2,049,938 in 1918 to $1,452,995 in 1923. Louisville had the laragest increase in loss, 550 per cent. OFFICERS FLY TO DANCE Army Men Show New Use for Dirigible. By Times Special ST. LOUTS. Aug. 20. —Dirigible bxl loons have uses other than those of war. Lieut. Col. John A. Paegelow, commandant of Scott Field, Belleville, 111., the army's chief lighter-than-air station, demonstrated when he flew tc a dinner dance at the Sunset Hill Country Club here in the giant airship TC-3. He was accompanied by three lieutenants. A landing crew of twenty-five soldiers sent by motor truck waited on the lawn west of the club building and caught the ship wnen it landed. The ship left the field at 7:35 p. m. and arrived over the club at 8:15. The officers remained at the dinner dance until 11:45. An hour later they were at home, 45 miles away.

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FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, MRS. I*. A. MILLER. RUSHVILLE, IND.; MRS. LORA FOOTE, INDIANAPOLIS: MRS. VIVIAN WHEA TCRAFT, STATE REPUBLICAN VICE-CHAIRMAN, AND MRS. CLEM MILLER, RUSHVILLE, IND. BACK ROW, DAILY M'COY, SECRETARY STATE REPUBLI CAN COMMITTEE; N. A. ZOLEZZI, INDIANAPOLIS, AND C. C. HENZE, INDIANAPOLIS.

‘CAR TWHEEL' FLOOD ON ITS WA Y HERE Bankers Dread U. S. Economy Move —Say Folks Don't Want Silver Dollars.

A "flood of silver dollars'”’ sounds tempting. But it doesn’t tempt Indianapolis. At least, so bank tellers say. They're not the least bit glad to hear that the United States Treasury Department is trying to start a "flood of silver dollars.” “You can’t cram silver dollars or $2 bills down people's throats," Charles D. Vawter. teller at the Continental National Bank, explained. "They just don’t want 'em. The silver dollars are too heavy, and people are either superstitious about $2 bills or afraid they might given them for $1 hills —although I never heard of any one

From Far and Near

Seven Washington, D. C., girls employed as secretaries and clerks to | United States Senators have taken a pledge not to bob their hair. Among them is Mrs. F. Dorothy Coleman in the office of Senator Watson of Indiana. A newspaper advertisement for girls to pilot airplanes at night over New York City brought 300 applications. The planes are to display aerial advertising over the theatrical district. Herman Feig, the biggest man in Germany, is dead. Feig weighed over 500 pounds and used two chairs when he sat down.

refusing a $5 or $lO hill for that reason.’’ Gustav Lichtsinn. teller at the National Bank, echoed vfewter's plaint about the silver dollars. He said, however, that he believed employers would use them for I pay rolls. The "flood” is an economy move. ; The life of a paper dollar is very short —about five weeks—whereas a | silver dollar lasts for years. • Lichtsinn said that he sends about

tbmobUe How to Prepare it for Camping Tour ■

Carry a Good Tool Kit and Select Compact Camping Equipment If you have gone over your car and carried out the suggestions given last week and the week before, you can be fairly certain that you will have no mechanical troubles during your trip. The equipment you will need is the next thing to consider. This in eludes the spares you should carry for the car as well as such things as tent, bed, etc. 1 A good kit of tools should be taken with a set of wrenches that will fit every nut and bolt on the car and a special box spanner to fit the spark plugs. In addition to these you should have the special tools and spanners supplied with your car to fit certain parts. See that there is a good screw driver, cold chisel, hammer, pair of cutting pliers, a medium sized flat, half round ahd round file. Make sure that you have a tire pump that is in good order, for probably be a long way from free air stations during your tour. It"?s also a good idea to carry a piece of wood about 12 inches long by 4 inches wide and 2 inches thick to rest the jack on. If you are unfortunate to have tire trouble or have to jack up the •car on soft ground you will find this piece of wood very useful. Your spares for the car should include in addition to a spare tire and two extra tubes, two or three good spark plugs, a spare fan belt and hose connection, a set of lighting bulbs, small box of split pins, washers, bolts and nuts, and 100 feet of window cord. If you watch the level of the gasoline in the tank and the oil in the crankcase it is not necessary to carry along extra gasoline or oil as you are never very far from a filling station. Wrap the tools and spares that will not fit Into the tool roll In clean rags or cloth and pack them under the front seat, if possible, so that you can get at them easily when you want them.

The next thing to consider is the tent. There are a number of special tents on the market, some gocd and some not so good. Choose one that is guaranteed waterproof and that can be easily erected by one person if necessary. The khaki or tan colored tents are usually more waterproof than the whit* tents, and are not so susceptible to mildew. See that your tent has plenty of head room and that there is room for your bed and table without crowding. If possible buy one with a sewed-in floor and mosquito-proof doors and windows. This is very important.

Nearly all good tents have an awning that can be extended over the top of the car or held in front with two poles. This enables you to keep the Inside of the tent clear and gives you more room, to move about for most of the luggage can then be left in the car. On wet days you will find this feature especially valuable, for the stove can be brought inside the tent and the meals cooked and served without any trouble. You have a number of folding beds to choose from. The main thing is to select one that Is strong and compact when folded up. Whatever you leave behind, don’t let it be the bed. A folding bed is worth all the space tt takes up. If your pocket will stand it, buy an air mattress. You will find this will make as comfortable a bed as any you ever slept in and you will not require more than three blankets to cover you up. If you do not have an air mattress, be sure to carry several pairs of blankets and sleep with as many blankets UNDER you as over you. You will find that the cold has a way of creeping up and freezing your back if you do not have enough blankets underneath. If the weather is very cold place a number of sheets of paper between the mattress and blankets and you will find it helps to keep the cold out. For cooking purposes on a camping tour there is only one kind of stove to use and that is the gasoline variety. If there are only two in the party, a two burner will do nicely, but for three or four persons take a threeburner. With this k*nd of stove you do not need to worry about wood or wet days. Then again, with a gasolffie stove, you can have a meal on the fire five minutes after you stop. If the w-eather Is very cold a. gasoline stove will heat up the tent very nicely, although you must be careful not to close up all openings or the fumes may cause trouble. If your tour is only going to be a short one, then you may be able to make up an outfit for cooking the meals from the family kitchen, but you will find they take up quite a lot of space. It is much better to buy one of the aluminum outfits that has utensils that nest into each other and takes up very little space. I am not going to give you a list of foods, for that will depend on your own particular fancy, but I would like to advise you not to load up with a lot of canned goods. You can buy fresh vegetables and meat us you go, and will find you will enjoy your meals much better if you use fresh food than you will if use a lot of canned stuff. NEXT WEEK—HOW TO LOAD UP EQUIPMENT SO THAT WEIGHT IS EVENLY DI STM BUTTED. Copyright, 1924, by the S. N. L. Technical Syndicate.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

$20,000 in paper bills to the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago weekly, and that many of these are worn out. So it’s easy to see how much the Government would save if people would use more silver dollars. But —the bank tellers shake their heads doubtfully. 2.000 Cats Killed VIENNA. —When four cats in Bohemia were bitten by a mad dog. police ordered the destruction of every cat within a radius of three miles. More than 2,000 cats were collected, and asphyxiated together. Sure Sign First Waiter —How d'y'know they're married? Second Ditto —How do I know? Why didn’t he pick up the quarter and leave the dime, with her lookin' right at him?" —Judge.

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DRIVE ON G.O.P. CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY BEGUN Democratic and La Follette Leaders After Balance of Power. By PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 20— Democratic and La Follette leaders opened an extensive drive to overthrow the Republican majority in Congress. Unforeseen changes in the Rhode Island and North Dakota legislative delegations have opened the way for a combined effort to defeat President Coolidge should the presirential election be thrown into the House or Senate/ Because of the slender margin between the Republicans and Democrats in both houses the movement is considered of the highest significance. It may determine who shall sit in the White House next term. Just as the death of Senator Colt, Rhode Island, Republican, put in jeopardy the theoretical Republican majority of the Senate, comes the resignation of Representative Young of South Dakota, Republican, whose action may permit Senator La Follette, the independent, to gain control of the North Dakota State delegation. Control Wobbly The Republican control of the Senate has never been able to function successfully during the last session cf Congress because of the balance of power held by the La Follette group, which usually sided with : the Democrats. With the two farm-labor votes,

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With the Candidates

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE— The President spent the morning roaming through the woods and visiting the streams near his father’s farm, where he spent his boyhood. JOHN W. DAVIS —The Democratic candidate remained at his home at Locust Valley, L.

the Democrats, on paper, had fortyfive votes, against the Republicans’ fifty-one. But if Colt is replaced by a Democrat for the remainder of his term, La Follette could swing a tie if only one other Republican Senator voted with the Democrats. This would give a powerful grip on the Senate, because he can usually rely on two or three Republicans to go with him in anything he undertakes. One Short In the House at present the Republicans have twenty-four State delegations, one short of the necessary majority. Wisconsin, of course, is counted as safely La Follette. If the independents secure North Dakota It will reduce the Republicans’ claim In the House to three short of a majority. At the last term the North Dakota delegation consisted of Congressmen Young and Burtness, both regular Republicans, and Sinclair, progressive. Young resigned to accept a judicial appointment, And now, in the scramble over his successor, the La Follette groups are fighting for Gerald P. Nye, independent, whose election would give the delegation 10 La Follette. ELECTION IS CALLED North Dakota to Choose Congressman on Nov. 4. By United Press BISMARCK, N. D„ Aug. 20.—Governor R. E. Nestos today designated Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election day as special ejection day to elect a Representative in Congress to fill the ur.expired term of Representative George M. Young, whose resignation' becomes effective Sept. 15.

1., revamping his speech to be delivered at Seagirt on Friday. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE— La Follette put in most of the day drafting campaign material. In the event Senator Wheeler arrives in town sufficiently early La Follette will confer with him.

PRINCE LIKES U. S. JAZZ •V ' / Will Take Band With Kim to Canadian Ranch. By Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—T h e Prince Af Wales is to take an American jazz hand with him to his Canadian ranch in Manitoba during his visit to the United States. Although a long way from Broadway, he will have Broadway music in the air. Meyer Davis, Washington musical director, today received formal request to assemble a de luxe band aggregation to supply the dance music at the Prince’s'Long Island quarters, to accompany him West to his ranch. Davis furnished a band for the Prince of Wales when he visited America in 1919. It made a great hit with his royal highness, and each .musician received a jeweled 3carfpin.

‘Millionaire Hobo’ Weds

By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—James Eads Howe, world renowned “millionaire hobo,” started today on anew jaunt—along the path of married life. Howe was married Tuesday night to Miss Ingeberg Sorenson, 29, at the home of the bride's parents. .Howe, who is now 55, started the world more than two decades ago when he inherited $1,000,000 by announcing he was not entitled to the money, as he had not earned a penny of It and set-

THE Oil and Gas Journal, of July 24, 1924, says: “Measured in terms of what is saved car and truck owners in the prices they must have paid for gasoline, if no cracking process had been in use, cracking saved the motorist last year probably $500,000,000/’ “And this is the significance of cracking”, continues this journal —“a significance that can be measured in dollars saved to the millions who call at the filling station for gasoline.” The entire business of cracking gasoline has been developed since January 7, 1913, when the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) was granted its first patent for what is known as the Burton Cracking Process. In 1923 there were some 2000 cracking “units” in operation, of which about 1600 were Burton Process, and the remaining 400 scattered among other cracking processes of more recent origin. During 1923 the 14 million cars and trucks used about 6,800,000,000 gallons of gasoline. Despite the flood of crude oil, during 1923, there were but 4,950,000,000 gallons of straight run gasoline available for these 14 million cars and trucks. Hence it is obvious that without the cracking process now so generally in use, gasoline prices would have been substantially higher than they were and one-fourth of these vehicles could not have been operated. This clear, simple statement of facts, verified and set forth in a non-partisan manner in a keen review of the situation by Charles E. Bowles in the Oil and Gas Journal, is more convincing than a dozen arguments in proving the immense service which the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has rendered the automobilist, by developing the Burton Cracking Process, and by inventing stills and other refining machinery to a point where there is practically no crude which cannot be treated and made to yield substantial quantities of good gasoline. If the Oil and Gas Journal is correct in its figures, and we believe that they are conservative, the average saving per car was $35.72 for 1923—a saving essentially due to the progressive policy of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). Standard Oil Company ( Indiana ) General Office: Standard Oil Building 910 So. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

FUNERAL FOR MRS. DAVIS Club Woman to Be Buried From Home Thursday. Private funeral services for Mrs. Flora Davis, 41,, who died at her home, 3343 Carrollton Ave., Tuesday, will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the residence. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Davis was the wife of 'William E. Davis, a former city councilman. She was born in Indianapolis. She was a member of the Seventh District Women’s Republican Club, the Jesse Brown Travel Club, the Athenaeum and the Second Church of Christ. Friends may call at the home from 1:30 to 9 tonight, and 10 a. m. to 12 m., Wednesday. Surviving are the husband, three sisters, Mrs. Julius Becherer, Mrs. Edward Otto and Mrs. Max P. Emmerich, and one brother, Otto Leonhardt, all of Indianapolis. Comedienne Worries PARIS. —Mistinguette is worried about America. “They are delightful over there,” the Parisian revue star told her friends after her recent visit in the United States, “but they work too hard, and everywhere I go they want me to sing the ‘Marseillaise.’ I don’t know which is their worst fault.”

ting out to "aid the hapless hobo.” Howe's grandfather, James Eads, built several great bridges, one of which spans the Mississippi River at St. Louis, and the great Mississ ( ppi jetties. His father was president of the Wabash Railroad. The Eads family came from Indianapolis. Miss Sorenson, according to Dr. Ben Reitman, president of Hobo College, Is known as “the lady hobo.” The couple met at a labor meeting.

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