Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 123, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1924 — Page 12

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IRIS MADE IN •- ' , PRISONS FLOOD ’ Shows Disregard of 3 Law in Garment DistributionT "V ■’*’ * ' - . I By WALTER A. SHEAD. L There are * twenty Or more shirt Ictorlea in Indiana, most yf which Ire closed or running on part -Ume Ire to flooding of the jvith ■loon made gaejnfnte,. according to yptatement of factor}- proprietors, ft'hose factories represent an inHitment of approximately f 10.005,- ■ and furnish - employment for B it' 3.t>00 persons, mostly women EL girls. -With an* average weekly BAe.rf its. , .- declare prison jySep garmetus are placed’ upon tire Bffket at mflch! tomr prices then By oar. - make them. aad . on an Inal footing with union made garlents derrsUe the Indiana law Ihich pro* ides ' that every prison lade I‘labeled. ■At Indiana State prison at MiehiItn City thousands of dozens otf nalonally advertised brands’ of work ■rirts are turned out annually and B-e not • labeled “eonviet-made,” acIrilng to law. The statute provides mat oh' garments or articles where I is possible- the “convict-made” Ibel must be sewed. On articles ■here sewing is* impossible the'label Pust'be- attached “to the box or to Be article In somp manner where it tri’ be plainfy seen by the buying lihltc. I Dealers Must Have License lAs result of this disregard of the Hv hundreds of Indiana merchants Be Joying prison made goods unBtowinglv and illegally, for the static* proa-ides Chat dealers must take lit a license from the office of the R-oroUkry of State to handle such Itods. . ■Tfae Reliable Manufacturing ComBny, with headquarters in Chicago, Bd small factories at Michigan City, lyp.ur and Columbus, take the Btput of' drte; shirt factory at the ■liana State Prison. Their brands E* the **Big and ‘‘Btg Six” Simple Way to Take Off Fat |?tß anything he simpler than taking a ■ire-nifciit UUle tablet four times each day |ttl your weight is reduced to normal ®. Os Birsa not. Just purchase a box of MarBo* ft-esdnption Tablets from your drur|t for one dollar, and start now to Huce Bollow directions —no starvation ■ting or tiresome exercising. Eat subHntia! food, be as lazy as you like, and B-p on getting slender. Thousands of ■<*n anti women each year regain healthy, ■•rder flgurea by using Marmola Tablets, ■c hase them from your druggist, o’gsend ■ret to Marmola Cos.. General Motors W-s, IVtroh. Mteh —Advertisement

hou sands Recommend it 'T'HEY have S 1 learned I j&Sk. from experiK ence that no lx K matter how l9k|ljU-L|P many other f WisNfej treatment* 1 have been tried 'without r success. Reainol Ointment ic often the one that brings speedy relief from chafing, eczema or similar itching, embarrassing eruptions. Its soothjng healing action is brought about by qualities which cause it to sink deep I into the pores and reach the I very root of the disorder. It 1 is absolutely harmless and does ■not smart or burn when applied ■to tfaejiost irritated surface. p the skin healthy rwgjgople have adopted the i'Wt of Re** llo ! Soap. UnWAjC ; for toilet and bath. reXggy-gists sell Resinol prodhesinol

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Four Men Work in Shifts to Wind Courthouse Clock

CHARLES MILLNER (LEFT) AND THOMAS CAHILL.

Every Monday morning, between 8 and 9, four men trudge up, up, up, until they reach the tower of the Marion County courthouse. There, in a dusty room, they open a second room, 6 by 12 feet, enclosed in glass. In this glass room is a mass of machinery, a mystery to the man on the streets. But these four men know what to do. Working in shifts of two, for a minute or two at a time, they turn a large crank slowly. As they turn, a weight comes up through a shaft from the floor below. At the end of twenty minutes.

shirts and they are nationally advertised as coming from their factories. Several thousand dozens annually, however, come from the State prison factory, made, labeled with the “Big Yank” or "Big Six” label and boxed and shipped from the prison as to the wholesale trade coming from the Michigan City factory of the Reliable Company. According to statements at the secretary of State’s office this company has taken out no license in Indiana to handle prison-made goods and has filed no bond of $5,000, nor made application for such license. According to the statutes retail merchants handling prison-made merchandise must pay SSO for State license. Competition Warden E. J. Fogarty of the State prison, declares he receives an average price of $6.53 per dozens for | the shirts. They are placed on the market, however, by the Reliable company at from $7 to $7.50 per I dozen, while dealers with outside [labor must sell at approximately $9 per dozen to show a profit. The Reliable company also buys garments from prisons in Alabama, Connectocut, Idaho, Kentucky, Oklal- homa, Wisconsin and Wyoming. They sell work shirts, boys’ blouses and athletic underwear. The shirts made at the Michigan City prison, it must be said, are of fine workmanship, as good as made in any factory, and the factory is a model of cleanliness, as are all buildings at the State prison. shirt factories at Evansville, Terre Haute, Indianapolis. Scottsburg. Richmond, Berne, Portland, South Bend, Ft. Wayne, Clinton and Columbia City arfe joining in a national movement t® prevent flooding of the markets with prisonmade goods without the prison label. They maintain neither the public, the State, the taxpayer, the prisoner nor the distributor benefit from the sale of prison-made goods to private companies, but that the few persons who control the prison outputs are reaping a harvest. Resident 70 Years, Dies Mrs. Mary A. Doherty, 74, a resident of Indianapolis for seventy years, Is, dead at her home, 607 N. Rural St. She was a member of the Altar Society of St. Philip Neri Church and St. John’s Church, and laving- Rosary Society.

three of these weights have been pulled up forty-five feet, and the four courthouse clocks have been wound for another week. The “meanest job in the courthouse” is finished. The courthouse janitors take turns winding the clocks, which are connected with the machinery by long rods. This week the second-floor janitors. Charles Minner, Thomas Cahill, George Haughery, and George McCoy, did the work. Next week, it will be the basement men, and the week after, the first floor men. W. O. Gray, courthouse custodian, supervises the work.

A Puzzle a Day

FINISH START f HERE The drawing contains twelve tars, joined together by a number of straight lines. The problem is to start at the star in the lower right corner, and trace a course that will pass through every star —once only —and terminate at the star in the upper left corner. Can you trace a course that will fulfill these requirements? Yesterday’s answer: Though SEATED secure am! SIC DATE in his cage. The parrot, when TEASED, will fiy into a rage. The words seated, sedate and teased are all spelled with the same six letters. GALA TIME FOR DE PAUW Student Council Plans Old Gold Day Festivities, Oct. 18. Bu Timm Special GREENCASTLE. In ... Sept. .10 - Plans for celebration of the Old Gold Day, gala day at De Pauw University, Oct. 18, are being made by the Student Council, of which 1 Jonovaii Fischer, a senior, is president. Freshmen are initiated into the De Pauw spirit on Old Gold Day. Otis Sanford, president Y. M. C. A., has charge of the festivities. Hundreds of former students will witness the Tiger-Franklin battle on the gridiron in the afternoon. “Listen Ulysses,” the second musi cal comedy, will be presented in the evening. Paul W. Harrow, Indianapolis, who wrote the book, is in charge of scenery, and John B. Little, Indianapolis, director of spoken parts. Two Men of Their Word Police today said they had not located two young Romeos, alleged to have spoken with a gun and not words. Miss Marion Bargsdale, colored, 2406 Rader St., told police that two of her suitors showed a shotgun to another of her suitors, Fro 1 Gibson, colored, when he came to see her Sunday to convince him they did rot wart him in the enigb borhood. Two Legs Worth $42,000 By Timm Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 30. The Monon railroad has been ordered by Judge Randall here to pay A. J. Steinwalt, freight brake man, $42,000, for loss of both legs in an accident. Anew trial has been denied. Notice Workingmen! Great Quantities of Prison-Made SHIRTS, PANTS AND OVERALLS Are Flooding the Market All kinds of labels to deceive you are being used. Insist on Made for 41 Years by LEWIS MEIER & COMPANY, Indianapolis Sold by Ail Dealers

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The two striking weights are of solid steel, weighing 1,600 pounds each, and the winding weights about 1,100 pounds. Courthouse attaches remember well the day in 1920 when one of tlie steel weights fell. It smashed through the ceiling of the record room on the fourth floor. Israel Storms, in charge of records, got up from a chair in which he had been leaning against the wall, just about a se< ond before tin* weight came crashing down, in the very spot where lie had been sitting. Workers in this record room don't sit against the walls any more.

Farmer Commits Suicide liu Times Spi rial LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 30. John Taylor, 67, farmer, near Brookston. is dead today. He was J'liund hanging from the hay fork arm of lu.s barn.

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KICKS TO FIXIT ARE MOSTLY ON POOR PAVEMENT ‘At Least Passable' Streets Are Sought by Times Readers. P" ' ""I OCR streets cause the chief complaint of Times readers to J Mr. Fixit. Residents on unimproved highways want them “at least passable,” and property owners on paved streets want pot holes eliminated. Here is what Mr. Fixit found today: DEAR MR. FlXlT—Koehne St. from Roach to Twenty-Seventh St.s., w-as dug up for some reason, and not properly covered, making one side of the street impassable. Automobiles are required to wait until traffic is through from the other direction, as there is only room for one machine at a time. Alice C. Thorne, 1510 W. Twenty-Seventh St. Your letter has been referred to the street inspection department, and Investigation will be made. If the street was torn up by a contractor and not properly replaced, the contractor will have to repair it. Otherwise the city will put the street in shape. * MR. FIXTT —Floor boards of the I Noble St. bridge over the Big Four I tracks need securing badly, as there is danger of boards causing accidents to both machines and occupants. E. J. T. The bridge repair force of the street commissioner’s office will repair the bridge Immediately. TO COMPLAINT of dumping garI bage and trash in rear of 2641 Burton Ave. Such practice is against the law, and inspectors of the board of health will order it stopped. MR. FIXIT They are fixing Tlaugh St. by putting on gravel, but the street needs an outlet to let the I water drain. It is becoming a men-

They ’re Happy —After 40 Years

By Times ppceial OgUnSPORT, ind., Sept. 030.4-Friends here have received word of the wedding of Mr\s- R- W. Conner and Howard Stiv'-t, both former residents here. lAt Houston, Texas, culmination ■of a for ty-year-old romance. V Years ago, 'Mrs. R. W'. Conner, then Lulu Ji*Ha Schubri c k, and Stitt were boy and girl sweethearts. Lulu 'Julia was 16 and Howard was 16',- They quarreled as lovers do (And Lulu Julia moved away to Texas. Hjoward remained here. Lulu married, so did Howard. \ Last June Lulu\ Juba, a widow, came to LogantfPot* to visit

ace to public health.'. of Haugh St. I \ The emergency street repair fo,-ce of the city will be on >\our street today and make repairs. \ TO THOMAS L. wU. TTS, 143\ Martindale Ave.: Your complaint has ,been referred to William H. Reiffiy. prosecuting attorney of Marion County, who will get in touch witr> you. If you have definite information and are willing to make affidavits of law violation authorites w'JH make arrests. Information must \he such that a search warrant qk n be signed. y MR. FTXIT —Wo have petitioned for gas mains two times on YhirtySever.th St. from Crescent At e - to Clifton St. R. E. Stevens, 3711 it-rea-cent Ave. Board of works records do ffiot show any petition for gas ma.'ns on vour street, but shows recitrd_ - ..... FOUNTAIN PENS I Waterman. Schaeffer, Lifetime^ Conklin, Moore, Duofold, New Im-j proved Eversharp Pencils. Pen* and Pencil* Repaired CLARK & CADE Clay pool Urns Store A New and Better Store Reputation for fair dealing, dependable iner.'handise and reasonable prices has made u* one of the best known jewelry concerns in the city. Toil will find us a good firm to do business with: always eltable and always with the most dependable Jewelry at the lowest possible prices. Gray, Gribben & Gray lt NORTH ILLINOIS STREET We Trust Anyone 'Vho Works

friends, for the first time In years. “What’s become of Howard Sttt?” she asked. “He’s still here. He is a widower. He runs a cigar store down the street.” Mrs. Conner found him ill with no one to care for him. They talked over old times and found both cherished the memory of the boy and girl courtship. “Let’s go back forty years and start all over again,” they proposed. Howard’s hair is gray at the temples. He is 59 and Lulu Julia is 57, but they are happy, they write from Houston, where they have gone to make their iiome.

of water mains ordered in. Your petition must have been misplaced. MR. FIXIT —Shelby St. at the Big Four Railroad is almost inaccessible to traffic on account of large holes in the street. Automobiles become stalled and are in danger of accident by locomotives switching on the tracks. E. J. T. Official- at the city yards will investigate and have repairs made Vby the asphalt repair force. \ Dye Chosen Elector aYillis B. Dye, Kokomo, head of the, ways and means bureau of the Republican State committee, has beer., named presidential elector from the Ninth district. Dye will fill the vacaVjcy created by resignation of Ora I)avies, treasurer of State.

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 30,1924

BOS OPERATORS to oe Schooled —r 4 Glenn Says Hie Has \ served Improper Driving® Day shift driveits on Motor Coach Company and intcM urban bus lines wem ordered to port to Traffic Inspector Michael Glenn for a lecture! on improp.B driving at 4 p. m. tolday. j Glen, who said he ipad personal™ | observed such things Aj*s the driving of busses in the centler of streetsß crowding of smaller rWs in traffic! jams and unnecessary! use of loud ' whistles at night, talked\with twentyfive night shift drivers Rate Monday. Brakes on busses wiiU be tested late tliis week by Lieut. Louis Johnson and Sergt. Eugene Shine. The Accident Prevention Bi ireau will j conduct a safety school for the drivers. ‘HELPING DADDY I FATAL Child Dies From Injuries! Re<T ’ved When Run Over by \wago Bn Times Bprrinl ! SHELBYVILLE, In| '>VPt- 3 ° Gle". 3, son of Air. anu Irs. Earl Trees, south of here, was . lead to- ; cay from injuries receiveld while ‘helping daddy drive” a team ofi horses, The child fell urlder the! wheels of a gravel truck wlpen the* I horses started suddenly. ! I