Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 195, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1926 — Page 1

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IMCIPIAL LIGHT RATES SHOWN LESS Statistics of Public Service Commission Blast Utility Argument. RATE INCREASE FEARED Council Considers Purchase of Companies Here. By William L. Toms Despite the cry that municipally gowned utilities are impracticable, "figures from the public service commission show that domestic consumers of electrical energy pay less on an average in cities where the plants are public owned than they are privately owned. Since tiling of the petition to merge the two Indianapolis companies distributing electrical, energy, the city council has before It an ordinance providing purchase of the two plants by the city. Duo to the proposal of the merger promoters to issue securities exceeding $56,000,00 on property appraised for taxation at approximately $lB,000,000, fear has been expressed that rates utlmately will have to be raised. How the new company can pay Interest and dividends on such a high capitalization, under present rates is more than the average mathematician can conjure. Incidentally,# the average rat®, each domestic consumer of electrical energy now pays Is $2.63, which is comparatively high. The local clasa 13 consumers, those whose consumption is highest, reaches an average of $734.11 a month. There Is no other city In the State whose population approaches that of Indiani apolls, thus eliminating true comparison. Cities, Rates Shown Os the nine Indiana cities ranging ;in population between 50,000 and ; 100,000, Kokomo and South Bend i pay the highest average monthly bills, $8.12. Kokomo Is served by the Northern Indiana Power Company, an Insull-owned utility. Other hcltles in the group and the average "monthly amounts domestic consumers pay: Ft. Wayne, $1.95; Evansville, $2.63; Gary, $2.81; Terre Haute, $2.66; Hammond, $2.89; South Chicago, $2.89, and Muncle, $2.25. All of these plants are privately owned. Os the cities between 20,000 and 35,000 population, Anderson is the largest supporting a municipal electric light plant. Its domestic consumers pay an average mupthly bill of $2.53. Richmond has the next municipal electric light plant and pays $2.64 a month. Consumers at Elkhart, where the plant is privately owned, pay a domestic bill of $3.12 a month, which is noticeably higher. At Marion and New Albany, both Horved by a corporation, patrons pay $2.92 and $3.90 respectively per month for domestic electricity. Eogansport’s municipal plant, v however, charges Its patrons an average monthly bill of only $2.59. The following average monthlj bills prevail In the following cities where privately-owned plants operate: Vincennes, $3.35; Newcastle, $2.94;. Huntington, $3.44; Whiting, $2.89; Goshen, $2.54; Seymour, $2.94, and Valparaiso, $3.09. In the following cities, where elecIric power and light plants are mu-nicipally-owned, these average monthly bills prevail: Peru, *2.73; Frankfort, $3.31, and Crawfordsville, $2.46. Cities Lower Os the twenty-six Indiana cities whose electric llgh\ bills have been compared, eight pay lower average wnonthly bills than Indianapolis, so ns domestic consumption Is concerned. This Is In the face of the argument that larger population means heavier consumption and cheaper production, hence lower rates. Municipal operation of electric utilities Is considerably snore expensive, ltls shown In figures based on annual reports on file with the commission, yet the bills In but few oases exceed those In cities where the utilities are privately owned. In_ a chart prepared by the commission the distribution of every SIOO of revenue from electric light and power plants, both private and municipal, Is shown. It follows: . Private. Municipal. Salaries $ 350 $ 871 Wages 12 S3 is so Materials for repairs. . 3.21 5 60 luel. current purchased 24.38 25 12 Other operating- expense 8.71 482 _ Total $ 52.65 $ 65.25 Taxes 8.25 none Depreciation 6.11 6.24 Total operating exp.s 67.01 $ 61.47 Fronts apo’ioablo to interest. dividends, surplus. etc 32.90 38.63 Total revenues SIOO.OO SIOO.OO DEATH PENALTY Bv United Press ROME, Nov. 20.—The Senate today approved the bill to revive the death penalty for assassins who seek the lives of the King, the regent, the Queen, the crown prince or the premier. Agitation for revival of Ithe death penalty became so great ' after the recent Bologna attempt to assassinate Premier Mussolini that the cabinet drafted the bill and submitted it to Parliament. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 28 10 a. m 26 7 a. m 24 11 a. m 28 8 a. m 26 12 (noon) .... 28 9 a. m 25 1 p. m 29

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Pigeon Flocks Poisoned

A bird poisoner! Somebody In Indianapolis is - feeding poison to the pigeons In the vicinity of Vermont and N. Meridian Sta., the Indianapolis Humane Society was informed today. The fluttering bits of bird life, evidently suffering from slow poison, were observed lying on the sidewalks and in the streets very early today, and near noon

ROUMANIA SCORED B Y CHURCH LEADER

DELAY IN UTILITY MERGER HEARING BELIEVEDLIKELY Commission Discusses Case —May Grant Postponement Petitions. That the hearing on the proposed merger of the two local electric utilities companies into the Indianapolis Pc ver and Light Company with a capitalization of $55,000,000 will not be rushed through was the general opinion today. A conference of the public service commissioners was held late Friday, and although members were noncoramital regarding what transpired, the feeling that ample time would be given those opposing the merger or the $55,000,000 capitalization to prepare their cases spread. First, however, the matter of the commission’s jurisdiction must be decided. Continuation of a hearing on the motion to dismiss because of lack of jurisdiction has been set for 9 a. m., Monday. Gilliom to Be Gone Attorney General Arthur Ia( Gllllom will be present at the hearing and then will be out of the city for several days. It Is expected the commission’s ruling on the jurisdictional matter will not be given until his return. Some predict a period of two weeks may elapse before the Jurisdiction ruling. If tho commission decides the merger comes within their • Jurisdiction arguments will be presented attorneys for the city, organizations and big power users, asking for delay to gather data to combat 4 the merger on the ground of over-capi-talization or undesirability. It la contended that the result will be a raising of rates. A six-month period may be needed for this undertaking, some of the counsel contend. Delays Fouglit Delays will be fought by the utilities attorneys, headed by Carl Mote. Mote Is 111 nt present, but expected to b© on hand Monday.

STOCKHOLDERS IN FIVE-YEAR EIGHT Would Ousi Goodyear Controlling Interests. Bfl VvUr,t press OLF/YELAND, Ohio, Nov. 20. Stockholders of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, who are attempting? to oust present controlling Interests, face a five-year battle, attorneys Indicated here today. It will that long to get through all the red tape of litigation,.they said. The suit to remove Clarence Dillon, New York banker, and John S. Sljerwln, Cleveland banker, was filed In Akron, Ohio, Friday by nine Goodyear stockholders. The recovery of the $15,000,000 alleged wrongfully removed from the assets of the company when the bankers took control of it in 1921 la also sought. LEAGUE HEAD IS HERE Anti-Saloon Superintendent to Speak at Churches Sunday. • What the Anti-Saloon League plans to have the next Congress do may be outlined here by the Rev. F. Scott Mcßride, Westfield, Ohio, general superintendent of the AntiSaloon League of America, Sunday. The Rev. Mcßride will arrive here tonight, coming direct from Washington, D. C. He will speak Sunday morning at Central Avenue M. E. Church and in the evening at the Garfield Avenue M. E. Church. SEEK M. E. CONFERENCE Ministers, Laymen Plan to .Entertain Commission. Indianapolis will be a strong contender against four other cities for the 1928 general world conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which will be considered here at a meeting of the entertainment commission from New York City, Dec. 7, it was announced Friday by ministers and laymen, who conferred at the Chamber of Commerce. Steps toward reception of the, commission were taken. The general conference, which meets every four years, was held last in 1924 in Springfield, Mass. The other cities bidding for the 1928 conference are Washington, D. C., Atlantic City, N. J., Kansas City, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio.

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reports were still coming In that pigeons were falling from the buildings and dying slowly. William A. Holt, manager of the Spink;Arms, 410 N. Meridian St., said he had picked up the bodies of twenty-one pigeons from the sidewalk In front of the hotel. Humane Society officials said they had no clew to the-poisoner.

Dr. F. A. Hayward Says Reception Accorded Marie War ‘Propaganda.’ Charges that Roumanla is a country where religious Intolerance is rampant were made today by Dr. Frederic Arthur Hayward, executive secretary of the Federated Baptist Churches of Indianapolis. Dr. I Lay ward contends that these facts should be given the public in light of the tremendous reception accorded Queen Marie here Wednesday, .. which he terms “remarkable propaganda.” “The Impression seems to exist that Roumanian centralized government urges a spirit of good will to all those within Its borders and to such as may Journey to that Und. The very opjamlte seems to be the fact, declared Dr. Hayward. He cites a report on religious conditions made by Everett Gill which Says that “nowhere in Europe, not even In Bolshevlc Russia, have Baptist people suffered such persecutions during these past five years as In Roumanla.” The report contends that the movement to crush the Baptists Is fostered by the government Itself. It continues: “Though the new State of Roumanla has had Its boundaries enormously enlarged through sacrifices of the allies and America, and notwithstanding that the Roumanian government formally and solemnly promised, under Its seal and signature, to grant full liberty to Its minorities In matters of religion, alnguage and schools, In fact and deed, it has deliberately sought to evade its oath." Hayward said that the Roumanian Baptists in Indlartapolls know of this persecution and he- contends that until these things are changed Roumanla "ought not to be extolled andexalted by the peapleofthls great State of Indiana.’’ Big Business Aided Republcians’ Fund If ti Press ALBANY, N. Y„ Nov. 20.—Five gifts of $15,000 from Ogden L. Mills, gubernatorial candidate; John D. Rockefeller, Sr.; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Myron C. Taylor, and William Nelson Cromwell, helped to swell the receipts of the Republican State committee to $374,296, It was revealed by the statement filed at the office of the secretary of State loday. The list of contributors reads like a combined social drectory and Bradstreet’s ratings. George F. Baker gave $13,000, while his son, Geofge F., Jr., contributed SIO,OOO, and the latter’s wife added $2,500 more. Listed as giving SIO,OOO each were Payne Whitney, Orlando F. Weber and Arthur C. Js)mes. J. P. Morgan contributed $7,500.

$139,662.68 Spent by Moosier Republicans Bv United Press V> i.Nliimi ER, Ind., Nov. 20. The Republican State committee spent $139,662.68 In the recent election campaign, according to the report filed here today by J. T. Moorman, treasurer of the State committee. Actual -disbursements, the report said, were $f15,749.39 with a deficit of $23,913.29 still outstanding. It was estimated that contributions from 2,900 persons aggregated $115,202.15. Alleged Blasphemer in Boston to Speak Bv United Press BOSTON, Nov. 20. Anthony Blmba, Brooklyn editor who stood trial at Brockton several months ago for alleged violation of one of Massachusetts’ “blue laws,” will speak at Faneuil Hall here, tomorrow night. Though once barred from this tdty, because of the alleged blasphemous statements made In his speech at Brockton, Blmba’s latest plans have the approval of Mayor Nichols and no effort to “hush” him will be made. However, a department of Justice agent will “listen In.”

Kills Self After Picking Casket Bv United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 20.—W. R. Irby, multimillionaire and noted philanthropist, killed himself here today at an undertaker’s shop after selecting a casket “for a friend.” The banker had been in ill health for several years. After choosing the casket, Irby asked to see the death notices, in the morning paper. Then he stepped into the next room and shot himself in the head, dying instantly, according to police. Irby was chairman of the board of the Canal Commercial Bank, the largest financial Institution in New Orleans.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1926

ALIBI FORMS HALL-MILLS DEFENSE UK Henry Stevens, First Accused on Stand, Is Calm Witness. . VERSED IN GUN LORE Formerly Employe of Firearms Firm. Bv United Press COURTROOM, SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 20. —Construction.of an alibi defense of exceeding elaborateness of detail, began In the Hall-Mills murder trial today. Henry Stevens, who Is on trial with Frances Stevens Hall and Willie Stevens for the murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, was the major witness. With a remarkable display of good memory he not only denied that he was in or near New Brunswick, N. J., at the time the minister and his choir-singer sweetheart were killed, but told what he had done on the day preceding the murder, the night of the killing and the day after. He had fished most of the time, but he also told how he had visited a fishing tackle store; called on a friend in Lavalfette, N. J., near which place he lived; had given bluefish to various persons; dined with others In their homes; tended the furnace, and looked at his boat. He even recalled the weight of the fish he caught. He denied he ever had heard of Mrs. Mills until he learned she had been killed. He was fishing when he learned of the murder, two days after It had taken place, and It was only then that he hurried to New Brunswick. He denied hfc e rer seen Henry Dlckrnan, former detective, who testified he had questioned Stevens while Investigating the murders. Widow Listens Closely Stevens spoke slowly and In a soft voice. His manner was unruffled. His sister, Mrs. Hall, followed his recital closely. While Stevens was testifying defense lawyers gave a statement to the press that the defense was ready to disprove tho assertions of the State’s six major witnesses. The statement named Mrs. Anna Hoag, who told of seeing Stevens visit the scene of the crime two years (Turn to Page 11)

MOVE PRISONERS IN SECRECY PLAN U. S. Marshal’s Aids Shift Shelton Brothers. Bv United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 20. Their movements guarded with secrecy, attaches of the United States marshal’s office at noon today removed the three Shelton brothers, Williamson County gang leaders, from the Sangamon County Jail to a railroad station. Earl and Carl Shelton were taken to the Peoria County Jail, while Bernle will be Incarcerated in the McLean County Jail at Bloomington. The brothers are charged with participating In a mall robbery at Collinsville, 111., In January, 1925. Earl Shelton, last of the brothers to be arrested, was taken Into custody at Fairmount City and removed to Springfield late yesterday. Authorities refused to admit they feared the men might attempt to escape. They will be placed on trial here in January. Bonds were fixed at $60,000 each.

U.S. DESTROYER UMBELS Naval Craft Prevents Move in Nicaragua. Bu United Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 20. —An American destroyer today prevented, temporarily at least, the establishment of a, revolutionary liberal government in Nicaragua in opposition to the conservative government of President Adolfo Diaz. The schooner H. S. Albert, with a liberal delegation aboard, was headed for Puerto Barries to bring the liberal leader, General Sacasa, to Nicaragua when it was met by the destroyer Norton and turned back at Cape Gracias. WEATHER FOR WEEK Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Much cloudiness and probably occasional snows or rain; temperature below norinal most of the week. Region of the Great Lakes —Unseasonably cold most of the week: considerable cloudiness, with occasional light local snows.

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WORK PLAYS HAND THROUGH FOR YOU Bids No Trump, Others Pass, Spreads Out the Cards and Shows How to Win.

BY MILTON C. WORK Suppose that, playing a game of Auction Bridge, you bid No Trump; tire other three players all passed; the adversary on your left led the Queen of Spades; und your partner laid down the following Dummy: Spades: 7-3. Hearts: Jack-9-5-3. Diamonds: 9-6-4. Clubs: Ace-Queen-4-3. How would you plan to play th* hand if your own cards were: Spades: Ace-King. Hearts: Ace-Queen-10-8. Diamonds: Ace-Queen-Jack. Clubs: King-9-8-2? Before you read whafc follows, plan your method of playing this hand. Place actual cards on the table to represent your Closed Hand and the Dummy; unless you are so skillful that you can keep the cards visualized and work out the problem without actually seeing them. Do this before reading further; It will make the hand more interesting and possibly more instructive for you. If you are a good player you should be able to plan all that follows before you read It. The Correct Plan of Play. Before playing to trick 2. you will see that you desire to lead the Hearts from Dummy, and also wish to lead Diamonds twice from Dummy. If either suit be led originally from Closed Hand, the adverse King will win. To put Dummy In the lead you have two obvious entries—the Ace and Queen of Clubs—but you need one more; three in all. Unless there be four Clubs In one adverse hand which is not probable, it Is easy to obtain the extra entry by first leading the Nine or Eight of Clubs, not the Deuce —say the Nine —and winning in Dummy with either the Ace or Queen. Then lead the Jack of Hearts and if the King do not,cover, play the Ten from the Closed Hand. The play of the Ten instead of the Eight is Important so as to be able to again duck under a lead from the Dummy if the Jack win; and the lead of the Jack, not a small Heart, Is similarly important because you desire to keep the Heart lead in Dummy. If the adversary on your right have the King and three little Hearts, he would play low on the first Heart and when he again played low on the Nine, you would again underplay; this time with the Eight. A third lead of Hearts from Dummy would ensure four Heart tricks. Now lead the Eight, now the Deuce of Clubs, and win! n Dummy; lead a Diamond and finesse. If the finesse win (the King of Diamonds being In the Second Hand), you then lead the King of Clubs, and on the fourth round of Clubs win for the third time in Dummy. By leading the Nine and Eight of Clubs before the Deuce, you have made an additional entry in Dummy. The second lead of Diamonds from Dummy would give you a Grand Slam. Os codrse these plans would not work If either adverse King were on the wrong side or if either adversary held four Clubs. But you have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying for the maximum. After looking over the play of this hand, I am sure you will realize that the pointer for today Is: When you need an additional entry in Dummy, Examine carefully; you may find a hidden one. (Copyright, Milton C. Work). Work, the recognized authority on Bridge, will answer questions about the game for Times Readers. Write to him in care of The Times.

BRIDE AND GROOM HELD AFTER CRASH Brakeman on Train Seriously Injured in Accident — Robinson (III.) Couple Suffer Slight Hurts.

With the solemn wedding march of Lohengrin, and the minister’s "I now pronounce you” still fresh in their minds, Charles Mikeworth, 23, and his wife Lillian, IS, of Robinson, 111 , found their honeymoon interrupted today, when the automobile in which they were driving west on Washington St. crashed- into a freight train at the Belt Railroad, causing serious injuries to a brakeman on the train. John C. Brady, 38, of 112 E. St. Clair St., the brakeman. is in St. Vincent's Hospital with his left leg amputated and his right one broken in two places, while Mikeworth and his wife are suffering severe cuts cdout the face. They received treatment at city hospital. The couple was "lodged in jail, the bridegroom charged with assault and battery and the bride with vagrancy. They will be held, pending the outcome of Brady’s injuries, which may prove fatal. At noon the woman’s injuries necessitated her removal to city hospital. \ Mr. and Mrs. Mikeworth', married

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in Orange, N. J., last Wednesday, were returning to Robinson over the National Rd. The engine was backing the train over the crossing, and Brady had stepped from the engine. As the auto crashed in, he was caught between the front of the machine and the side of the engine. Each Dollar Earns 15 Times Its Value Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Each dollar in circulation in the Unite 1 States earns nearly fifteen times its face value annually because of the venturesome spirit of this country. Treasury statistics showed today. With less than five billion dollars in circulation, the country each year supports agricultural and Industrial productions of more than seventyeight billion dollars. If actual cash were Involved, each dollar in circulation would turn over at least fifteen limes, but much business is carried on by credit margins.

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"Stronger than I was Friday," declares J. M. Waterbury, who, at the McGinty Oakland Sales Company, 111 Kentucky Ave., is still playing tunes after sitting at the piano for mere fifty-two hours. Waterbury, who holds the world’s record of sixty-six hours, eight mini.tes and thirty-two seconds of cont nuous piano playing, is trying to beat his own record. “I’ll make it seventy-two.’’ he declares. Waterbury's fingers are taped and he wears leather wrist bands, but uses no stimulant to help in the marathon. He began his playing Thursday morning, has * never stopped for a minute and is watched constantly by interested spectators from tfie street. Occasionally he Is given food and drink by his young wife, who keeps constantly near him. Waterbury, 61 years old, was a bachelor until a few months ago. He has been conducting these piano playing marathons since he was 21 years old.

COLD WAVE GRIPS ENTIREJD-WEST Shippers Warned of NearZero Temperatures. Bv United Press CHICAGO. Nov. 20.—The entire Middle West was gripped by freez lng temperatures today, weather forecasters predicting the mercury would slump still furtner. Shippers have been warned to pro tect merchandise against near-zero temperatures. The cold wave is said to be spreading to every corner ot the United States save the southern part of Texas and California. The temperature reached zero at Calgary; it was 4 degrees above at Helena, Mont., and 8 degrees above at Rapid City, S. D. At Bismarck. N. D., It was 12 above. Minnesota was digging Itself out of snowdrifts today; In some places the drifts were from, six to eight feet deep. Telegraph wires and poles were down. Trains were behind schedule.

WOMEN IDENTITY GIANT ASSAILANT One Victim Faints on Seeing Prisoner at Gary. Bi‘ United Press GARY. Ind.. Nov. 20.—A giant Negro. identified by four women as the tporon who has terrorized women of the community for the last two weeks, was arrested here early today and hurried to the county jail at Crown Point for safe keeping. The man. who gave his name as James Taylor, was captured after attempting to assault a Negress. He admitted that he has been an inmate at various times of three different insane asylums. Mrs. James Cooper, 47, mother of three children, fainted when she identified Taylor. Three other women were equally sure of their identification. Newa of Taylor’s arrest was greeted with mutters which led police to fear mob violence. • Taylor will be held in Crown Point until the present excitement dies down. He pbobably will be charged with criminal assault, punishable with life Imprisonment.

Forecast Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday; continued cold; lowest temperature tonight about 20.

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EXPECT CAR MEN TO ASK WAGE llllff New Request May Result' From Organization of Railway Employes. PLAN UNDER CONTRACT' Committees Being Named ati Five Barns. Anew request for Increased wages' for employees of the Indianapolln l Street Railway Company is expected to grow out of the annual organlza-' tlon of employes’ committees now' In progress. Under the wage contract approved' In 1913, by the public service com-i mission, employes may ask for wage! Increases or better working con-' ditlons or make complaints In-' dlvidunlly or by committees before! the superintendent the first andl third Tuesdays of each month. Strike Faded Out Approximately 500 motormen and conductors of the company’s 1,200 employes struck for higher wages July 3. The strike gradually faded out as the company, replaced the men with former employes, somcj strikers went back, the company ob-. tained a Federal Injunction against] violence and It became known that: one of the strike leaders had beenl In the company's employ. The company contended In the! Federal injunction proceedings that! the strike was Illegal because the! men had not exhausted the steps! provided In the wage contract. Follow Contract Steps It Is Indicated now that the em-' ployes Intend to take the wage con-' tract steps. Committees of employes are being named at each of the five car barns. Under the plan In (he wage cofitractl i the men name such committees each* year at this season. Heretofore, however, the move has meant-little,| In some years some of the barns' failing to name committees. These committees will hold a meeting soon, select leaders and for-’ mulate definite terms to present to the company. > Should the superintendent, fail to 1 grant their request by the next regular day for meeting with the employes they man appeal to t.he president. If he does not satisfy them] within ten days they may appeal to i the public service commission, which' must, under a special statute, hold a public hearing and act as a board' of arbitration. Amount Not Known Under the wage agreement the! decision of the public service com-l mission is final for both parties. The amount of the Increase to bel sought Is not definitely determined,! but car men are talking it over. The present scale ranges from 37 cents an hour for beginners to 42 cents an hour for men who have been with the company five years or longer. The scale now provides 42 to 47 cents an hour for motormen| on one-man cars and for busi operators. During the strike the men never presented a clear-cut wage scale demand. the fight being based primarily upon recognition of the union. The union did, however, at one time, deliver to the street railway office a demand which called for not less than 55 cents an hour. This demand was ignored by the company, which stood upon the contention that the proper procedure was to follow the plan in the wage contract. The Interstate Public Service Cor-i poratlon and the receiver for the Union Traction Company, operating! Indiana lnterurban lines, recently In ] creased wages of car men 2 cents an> hour. Insull Plans Theater Monument to Self Bv Vnltrd Press CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—A new civlc| opera house for Chicago, as a monu-| menl to Samuel Insull, public utility,' magnate, may be erected In the near; future, it was reported here today.Insull, according to his friends, hasj amassed all the power and money] he desires, and now wishes to doj something which will make his namej remembered in Chicago. He has as--qulred one of the most valuable loop property sites and will erect on It a theatrical plant more than double the size of the present home of the Chicago Civic' Opera Company, the Auditorium Theater, the report says.!

Science Executes Old Custom Bv Times Bperinl SOUTH BEND, Inffi, Nov. 20. The Notre Dame football team this year has rolled up a glorious record on the gridiron, sufficient to make every alumnus thrill with pride, but— It was a sad home-coming. There was no barbecue Friday night. For years, on the eve of the great home-coming game a gigantic beef roasting party was held. Whole beeves, stretched on spits, sputtered over glowing coals. University officials this year vetoed it, holding preparation of the food was unsanitary.