Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1927 — Page 11

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CITY IS FULL OF GLARING FIREJRAPS Graystone Tragedy Might Be Repeated Many Places Downtown. * ' OWNED BY POLITICIANS Four Stories, No Way to Escape; Proprietor Delivered His Votes. i BY DENNIS Si O’NEILL The Graystone apartment hotel disaster might be repeated in Indianapolis any night at any one of a number of places—some within almost a stone’s throw of city hall. These conditions were disclosed by the first day of inspection of fire hazards in Indianapolis by Wirt H. Torbet, inspector of the city fire prevention bureau, and myself. The search for fire hazards is being directed by Fire Prevention Chief Horace W. Carey in cooperation with The Times. Four Stories; No Fire Escape. One four-story shabby corner building near the city hall is without a fire escape of any description. Families live in every available corner from the basement to the top story. Approximately ninety persons are crowded into the ancient wood and brick structure. A back door in the basement is the only rear exit. A grim warning of what might happen is visible from the back windows of the building. A twostory structure across the alley is tumbled- in, its walls blackened by fairly recent flames. Politicians Are Owners Here is what was found on the first day: Within sight of the city hall are at least six firetraps. Most of them are owned by politically prominent persons. The building described above is a good example. It is the first the prevention bureau issued an order against when the bureau was first founded. The owner was politically prominent in the administration of former Mayor Lew Shank. While we were inspecting the building a State industrial board inspector came in and said the place soon would be made less dangerous. Across the street is a building almost as old, but excellently cared for. Fire escapes are provided, the halls are clean and the steps are of stone. Alas, the owner has never delivered a vote! Doors Block Stairway On an avenue near by, a store building with two stories of apartments above was found to be so dark on the second ind third floors that Torbet had to use his flashlight to find the stairways. The second floor to this building is reached by a stairway running straight up from the sidewalk. Halfway up double doors close across the stairway. The doors open in. Persons rushing down the stairs in event of a fire would be forced to pull the doors toward them—particularly dangerous if a crowd should jam against them. The second-story fire escape at the front is reached by running around those stairs. If one could reach the fire escape he could certanly reach the stairway. No Exit From Court The rear fire escape leads down Into a court about fifteen feet square, from which there is no exit except through the windows of the building that would be on fire, if one had occasion to leave it via the fire escape. Another three story building was Inspected with the stairway from the second floor through the middle of the building the only escape from the top floor. If this were cut off by flames third-floor occupants would have no alternate but to jump out the window. In the basement of a hat cleaning establishment, adjoining a large apartment hotel, a gas water heater was attached to a wall through which light on the other side was visible. And on the other side was a whirling hat, in the process of being cleaned throwing excess gasoline off into the atmosphere. Six Layers of Wall Paper On the wall wai this semi-face-tious warning: “Careful of smoking, old man, gasoline!” One building on Alabama St. had a narrow stairway running up through the center of the building. Everything seemed to be in good order. The floor was clean—and walls were newly papered. / Torbet spied a piece of loose wkll paper. At least six layers of paper had been plastered onto the wall, one on top of the other. “In case of fire those extra layers would curl up from heat ahead of the flame and furnish the driest food imaginable for fire to run along,” Torbet said. ORDERED OUT OF STATE Man Taken at Newcastle as “Firebug” Suspect Freed to Leave. Bu Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind.. Nov. 16. Robert Gilbert, 25, bus driver, arrested here following a series of alleged incendiary fires, is under orders today to leave the State of Indiana. There apparently was not enough evidence to convict Gilbert, as a “firebug,” so when he was brought before Judge J. R. Hinshaw in Henry Circuit Court, the judge ordered him to leave the State. No fires have occurred here since GilJkart’a arrest.

Sport, Evening, Flying Togs

(Written Exclusively for ? 1 / j | ARIS, Nov. 16.—Women now jinn ii i r IllllllSkJSr M clothes and wear both well. / - j I* I prove this is Miss Ruth Eldt / / IBgre i lantic most of us visualized her pr V V reached Paris she wore men's bref i I a seaman's cap. We though of : woman I We had no idea that we should 1 feminine and delightfully graceful. V The mcK j e [ s which Miss Elder sports clothes and thfe more femini \%;7 r JO l equally well. Sports clothes nati * /* liked and wore gracefully the light m ’ Ulgf jH She surprised us agreeab y. V, M \ lliF who could carry an evening gown i Jk \ W flying clothes. She gave us the ide y ing aviation clothes for feminine fl; \ V This all S oe - s prove that sporl Wilfk \ \ Not many years ago women dress* % \ i)ut now thpy dress to play tennis * they dressed to be onlookers, now Skating, for instance, is eminei "> ful clothes should be worn, but in has been manLfest only during the PV, The breeches, considered more ■K. Jffif W-mL, O Ruth Elder in an evening gowh—Ruth Elder in a sport costume—Jean Patou, famous Paris stylist, found her equally feminine, equally graceful. These exclusive photographs show the ‘'living beauty" wearing Patou |^H/ creations. In the larger picture she poses with charming informality ’|HH in a blue mousseline de soie evening dress; at the right, in a sports ensemble of white kasha trimmed with red. Patou designed both costumes especially for the aviatrix. ft DAUGHTER OF DEAD < M Al\J TATCF.S ‘sTATSID

Ruth Elder in an evening gowh—Ruth Elder in a sport costume—Jean Patou, famous Paris stylist, found her equally feminine, equally graceful. These exclusive photographs show the “flying beauty” wearing Patou creations. In the larger picture she poses with charming informality in a blue mousseline de soie evening dress; at the right, in a sports ensemble of white kasha trimmed with red. Patou designed both costumes especially for the aviatrix.

DAUGHTER OF DEAD MAN TAKES STAND

llene Smith Testifies ' Murder Trial of Mother.

Bu Times Special LIBERTY, Ind., Now. IS.—A smiling, rosy-cheeked high school girl, llene Smith, 15, with blond bobbed hair, whose father is dead, took the witness stand in Union Circuit

Court here today in defense of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Smith, accused of having killed her father, George Smith, by giving him arsenic. Witnesses have told how the girl took part in church plays at the Greenwood United Brethren Church, six miles

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east of here. Since coming to Liberty more than a year ago she has been a model, of propriety with dresses not too short and with hair in an average bob, the witnesses declare. Mrs. Smith, too, will take the witness stand. No two persons could be so different in appearance, but still resemble. The mother’s dark hair, marble white skin and sombre black clothing are in distinct contrast to the gay blue and red dress of llene and her flushed cheeks. What would have been a story of MrS. Smith’s life was hushed by State objection, Tuesday, when Mrs. Belle Brate, at one time a practicing physician, Mrs. Smith’s foster mother, took the stand. Mrs. Prate said, “I always felt sorry for Margaret,” when she was stopped by the State. She never got to tell what it was in the life of this little, darkhaired widow’s life that made her feel sorry for her. If necessary, court will be held tonight in order to complete the case. STOLEN CHAIR FOUND Memento of Dead Child Restored to Cplumbus Mother. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 16.—A plain little chair, treasured by Mrs. Etta Penning because it was used by her daughter, who died eighteen years ago, has been returned to the mother, after being stolen more than two months ago. A motorist whose name was not disclosed telephoned Mrs. Penning that the chair had been placed in his car while it was parked here.

TALLER AND HEAVIER—JUST A LITTLE MORE GIRL—ZIEGFELD PICKS HIS CHORUS

BY SAM LOVE United Press Staff Correspondent r—riEW YORK, Nov. 16.—SudINI denly converted to the | ” I theory “the more girl, the more sex appeal,” Florenz Ziegfeld is picking his new dancing chorus larger than he has dared since before the war. The noted glorifier of American

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Beat This! Bu Times Special • MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 16.—Mrs. Bertha M. Drumm has danced herself out of a husband. Roscoe jS. Drumm told Judge Clarence W. Dearth in Delaware Circuit Court here that his wist went to three to four dances a week. The judge granted Drumm a divorce.

FIGHT STRIKE IN AIR Planes Aid Guards to Keep Colorado Mines Open. Bu United Press DENVER, Colo., Nov. 16.—National Guard airplanes joined with police and mine guards today in an attempt to keep striking miners from closing the Columbine coal mine in the northern strike field. The planes were transferred from the southern field to the Columbine mine when it became apparent that I. W. W. strikers had transferred operations to the northern field. The strike, which had been thought to be near an end, was given new impetus when two-thirds of the miners in Gunnison County joined the walkout. HUSBANDS HUNT WIVES Police Asked to Aid in Search for Two Missing Women. Husbands of Mrs. Lois Holler, 21, of 141 k E. Tenth St., and Mrs. Mildred Cochran, 22, of 614 N. Beville Ave., today asked police to aid in a search for the two women. The two women with Mrs. Holler’s daughter, a year old, dre believed to be riding in a Davis coupe, green trimmed in ivory, license 578-310. PLANE THEFT CHARGED Man Wanted at Richmond Arrested in Illinois. Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 16. Steve Lacey, charged with stealing an airplane here a year ago, is in custody at Hinckley, 111., Sheriff Henry Long has been advised by authorities at Hinckley. Walter Anderson i the owner of the plane which was found in a little Minnesota town three weeks ago. A man alleged to have been an accomplice of Lacey is being sought.

womanhood let down the bars when he advertised for girls for “Rosalie,” his forthcoming production starring Marylin Miller, who recently obtained a Paris resignation from the Pickford family, and Jack Donahue. “Wanted: Chorus girls 5 feet § inches tall, apply Ziegfeld theater,” read the ad in New York papers.

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BY JEAN PATOU (Written Exclusively for NEA Service and The Times) | '1 ARIS, Nov. 16.—Women now can wear evening clothes and sports I 1 I clothes and wear both well. One of the latest of the fair sex to* | * 1 prove this is Miss Ruth Elder. • When we heard that Miss Elder was trying to fly across the Atlantic most of us visualized her primarily as a sportswoman. When she reached Paris she wore men’s breeches, a shirt patterned for men, and a seaman's cap. We though of her as the mannish type of modern woman. We had no idea that we should find her a young woman exceptionally feminine and delightfully graceful. The models which Miss Elder chose from my collection, both in sports clothes and thfe more feminine frocks for evening wear, suited her equally well. Sports clothes naturally appealed to her, but she also liked and wore gracefully the light, vaporous mousseline de soie dresses. She surprised us agreeably. We found her very feminine, a woman who could carry an evening gown with as much grace as she did her flying clothes. She gave us the idea that we would have to begin creating aviation clothes for feminine flyers. v This all goes to prove that sports and femininity are not incompatible. Not many years ago women dressed to go to summer or winter sports, but now they dress to play tennis or golf, or to skate and ski. Formerly they dressed to be onlookers, now they dress to participate. Skating, for instance, is eminently a graceful sport for which graceful clothes should be worn, but in which the influence of the couturier has been manifest only during the last two or three seasons. The breeches, considered more or less indispensable, have been re-

Boy Is of Mother’s Death in Apartment Fire

Billy Campbell, 13, to Go to Aunt When He Recovers From Operation. Billy Campbell. 13, today faced the world with supreme grief—the death of his mother—resting on his tiny shoulders. In bed at the St. Vincent’s Hospital recovering from an appendicitis operation, Billy was told Tuesday of the tragic death of his mother, Mrs. Jessie Campbell, in the Graystone apartment hotel fire Sunday morning. Dr. Fred W. Mayer told Billy while a Catholic sister held his small hand. The lad’s father died a month ago, and a few weeks later Billy was taken to the hospital to under go an operation. He took the turn of events as calmly as a * 13-year-old could. It didn’t seem quite real when the physician told of the tragedy. It was not until Billy gazed at his mother at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary that the cold reality penetrated. He did not attend the funeral services a 2 p. m., nor the burial at Crown Hill cemetery. He returned to the hospital, where he received visitors. The last visitor today was John H. Berling, 5122 Maple Lane Rd., who took the boy to his home to complete his recovery. Mrs. Berling was the best ’ friend of Billy’s njother. She was killed Oct. 14 when an interurban struck the truck trailer carrying the Sahara Grotto drill team. v Mrs. Virgil Branegan, Cleveland, Billy’s aunt, will take the boy into her home as soon as he has recovered. radkTbeacon ship aid 45 Stations Send Out Warning in Fogs and Storms. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Radio beacons are being used extensively by the United States Lighthouse Service to reduce the danger of fogs at sea. Forty-five stations have been erected on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes. Twelve additional stations are under construction. It is estimated that more than I, commercial vessels, in addition to naval vessels, are equipped with radio compasses, direction finders, for taking radio bearings.

This is an inch taller than the limit for dancing girls Ziegfeld has set for years. It brought forth more than 400 applicants hitherto unfamiliar to the Ziegfeld eye. * • * r '[HE short and skinny phase ITI has about had Its day,” said 1 * I Ziegfeld. “I am going to try them a trifle larger and a bit

Ruth Wears All of Them Well

MINERS FIGHT COURT ORDERS Coolidge Will Get Plea on State Injunctions. Bu United Press Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. cials of American Federation of Labor will appeal to President Coolidge and Governor John S. Fisher of Pennsylvania to prevent alleged invasions of the rights of miners in the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania and Ohio by injunctions from State courts. This plan of procedure has been sanctioned by a meeting of 250 officers of national and international labor organizations here. The injunction process, as directed against union miners, was condemned strongly in the report of a committee on program and action. An example of the process complained of by the miners was the recent injunction decree handed down in the case of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation against the United Mine Workers, in which the latter were enjoined from picketing while on strike. President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor, head? a committee which will call upon Governor Fisher at once to demand from him an immediate investigation into charges of misuse of power by agencies of the State government against 85.000 striking miners in western and central Pennsylvania.

PLANES SAVE FORESTS Keep Thousands of Acres of Woodlands From Burning. TRENTON, N. J., Nov., 16.—Use of airplanes in locating and mapping eastern forest fires has saved thousands of acres of woodland from burning, according to Col. Leonidas Cole, State fire marshal. Flying over the burning sectors, observers chart the extent of the blaze on a map and drop it at the nearest lookout station. This saves hours of time that would have been consumed by men scouting on foot. ISLAND IS WARMING UP Mass of Molten Lava; "tk-uption Predicted Soon. DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Nov. 16.—Bogoslof Island, in the Bering Sea, is a mass of molten lava and seamen expect another eruption soon. Many years ago the island disappeared, but rose again when the volcano beneath it became active. All birds and sea lions have been forced to flee to neighborhood islands as the rocky shores grow hotter. WATCHES IN* WHEELS Accident Reveals Unique Smuggling Plot to Agents. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—One hundred and fifteen small brass gear wheels sent from Switzerland lay for six months in the office of the customs appraiser. No one called for them and the appraiser used on 6 as a paperweight on his desk. One day it was accidently knocked to the floor, fell apart and revealed a 15-Jewel Swiss watch. Each gear contained a smuggled watch and was intended to escape the $2 duty. Brookville Man Killed Bu Times Spcrtal BROOKVILLE, Ind., Nov. 16. Charles Hosenberger, 35, meat market proprietor here, is dead today of injuries received Tuesday night when the auto he was driving swerved from a culvert and overturned in a ditch four miles southwest of here.

heavier. You know, I think they have more sex appeal that way.” Ziegfeld beamed as he looked over the 400 odd blonde and brunette huskies who answered his modest ad. Then he lined them up across the stage in company front—twenty-five in a row—and peered at them intently through his beauty glasses.

placed by the divided skirt of knee length. This, in my opinion, is the ideal costume for the woman who skates or plays golf and wishes to preserve her feminine silhouette. The skiing Outfit should be very severe. It calls for Norwegian brdbehes, banded at the ankles, made of very dark, closely woven woolen material. The chandail, or high necked sweater, should be of a vivid color, but in coarse wool, and may be as gay as possible. The ensemble is completed by a black jacket or a fur-lined leather jacket. If a woman dresses in this manner neither a couturier nor a sportsman can find the least fault with any detail. And after seeing Miss Elder in an evening frock, I can find no fault with her flying clothes. (Copyright, 1927, by NEA Service, Inc.)

PLEA TO DROP HEARING MADE BY SHUMAKER Dry Chief Says Charges for Reopening Case Are Indefinite. Motion asking the Supreme Court to set aside an order reopening his contempt case in which he was given a sixty-day sentence to the Indiana State farm and $250 fine, was filed with Supreme Court today by E. S. Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent. ' The Supreme Court, on motion of Attorney General Arthur L. Gil11cm, has set Monday for a hearing on Gilliom’s request that Shumaker’s sentence be increased because Shumaker attempted to influence the original decision of the court. Says Charges Unsupported The Shumaker motion today charges that all the charges against him have been indefinite and unsupported by sworn statements and that he was thus prevented from knowing what the charges against him were and preparing an adequate defense. For this reason he asked his original sentence be set aside. Principal point in the objections to reopening the case is the contention that reopening the case is in effect granting the State anew trial and that the Indiana statutes do not provide the State may ask anew trial in criminal cases. Gilliom to Washington The motion also declares that Gilliom has made no showing under oath that Shumaker was guilty of influencing the court; that there is no showing that new evidence which, with reasonable diligence, could not have been uncovered before has been disccoveredd; that Gilliom’s motion veils with indeflniteness the specific things Shumaker is alleged to have done to influence the court, and that there has been no showing that the State is using due diligence* to get witnesses for the rehearing. Gilliom left today for Washington to obtain depositions from Senator James E. Watson and Henry Lane Wilson, former ambassador to Mexico, on the Shumaker case. He will take Watson’s deposition at 1:30 Thursday. Watson was drawn into the case on publication of a letter from Shumaker to Watson and Watson’s rephtf indicating that Watson and Senator Arthur R. Robinson had been working in Shumfcker’s behalf. PLAN SCHOOL RITES Washington Building to Be Dedicated Thursday. Dedication services for the new' Washington High School will be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. Charles F. Miller, superintendent of public schools, and Theodore F. Vonnegut, school board president, will speak. ’ The program will open with a formal presentation of thirty-six silk flags by the Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary No. 3 of the United Spanish War Veterans. Mrs. Cora V. Clapp will present them to Burton Knight, faculty member. The Rev. Landy H. Kendall, pastor of the W. Washington Methodist Church, will say the invocation. Superintendent Miller’s address will follow. Formal presentation of the building to the school and% community will be made by Vonnegut. It will be received by the Rev. Clarence G. Baker, representing the community, and George Harlan, senior, representing the schc 'l. TEARS UP PADDED CELL Drunk, Not Traditional Inmate, Occupies Soft Room. BOSTON, Nov. 16.—When policemen arrested William Connelly on a charge of drunkenness, he was so unruly that it was decided to put him in a padded cell until he sobered up. This morning officers found Connelly triumphantly surveying the wreckage of his cell? so he was assessed S2O for the necessary repairs. American Woman Weds Prince Bu United Press PARIS, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Alla Henshaw Tanner of California was married yesterday to Prince Capece Zurio of Naples. The ceremov y was performed at the Church of St. Honore De Ylau by the American priest, Father Hemmick.

Ziegfeld wears a special pair of glasses when he picks his chorus peaches. They magnify ten times, and are said to have an attachment that digs him in the ribs when focussed on the sort of a gal that will be a millionaire's bride in a year. Ziegfeld gave only twenty violent starts at this examination.

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A-CHOP! Obey This List of Rules ' and Avoid Colds, Doctors Assert. “Sure, I’ve got a cold. I al-'"“ ways get one at this time of year.” How often have you said ► that, or heard it said, in November? Pretty often? Well, the idea that one is bound to get a cold in No-

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1 vember is all wrong, say medical authorities. A list of seven rules has been drawn up by Indianapolis doctors, careful observance of which, they say, will enable anyone to go through even the worst weather without getting the sniffles. t

Here they are: 1. Take regular daily exercise. Walk to and from work if possible. Spend as much time out of doors as you can. 2. Put in regular hours of sleep and see that you get plenty of it. 3. Keep your feet dry. If they get wet, put on dry shoes and stockings at the first oppor-

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tunity. A hot foot bath when the feet have been wet or chilled will often ward off a cold. 4. When colds are prevalent avoid crowded public places as much as possible. 5. Do not get the direct breath from persons who have colds; they should protect you by covering the mouth with a handkerchief when they cough or sneeze. 6. Wash your hands frequently; avoid putting your fingers in your mouth or nose. 7. Keep the mouth, nose ahd throat clean. Gargle the throat

with warm salt water, especially after having been in a thear or other crowded public places. Folio?/ these rules, say the doctors, and you can laugh at the weather.

SEASONABLE THIEVES Ten Men Convicted of Stealing Coal at Bloomington. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 16. A cold hearth not always is the incentive in stealing coal, it was proved in a local court wh§n ten men were found guilty of stealing from coal trains. Only one of those accused was in financial straits, according to testimony. The others held jobs. The thieves are said to have boarded trains slowing up for a grading, jusfr out of Bloomington, and to have pitched the coal from the cars, later collecting it. All drew fines of $1 and costs, and were required to pay from $2 to $4 for coal stolen. 65,000 SELL POLICIES License Blanks Being Sent Out by State Commissioner. There are ance agents on the milling lists of State Insurance Commissioner Clarence Wysong. Each i ..)ing mailed a license application -<lank, which must be returned by Jan. 1. Company statement forms are also being sent out to 715 companies. These must be completed and returned by March 1.

after which he sent tne other 386 or so applicants back to their Woolworth counters snd manicure tables. The survivors he has turned over to his experts upon dancing and voipe for a final weeding out. The full staff was consulted, including Eddie Cantor, Ada May, Sigmund Eomberg and George Gershwin,

PIT OF DEATH f YIELDS BODIES 1 TO SEARCHERS Pittsburgh Relief Workers Penetrate Tangle of | Plant Wreckage. MORE THAN 30 MISSING Rescue Squad Seeks Other, Victims in Deep Poof Under Factory. BY ROSS DOWNING United Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 16.—Encouraged by the discovery of two bodies during the night, the army of rescuers pushed forward with renewed vigor today to extract the dead from the debris of Pittsburgh’s fatal gas explosion. The bodies recovered stood at twenty-six today. The missing numbered more than thirty, and ninetyfive still were injured, detained in hospitals. Led by Charles A. Gray, a rescue squad which for two days has concentrated its efforts on the ruins of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company, adjoining the exploded tanks of the Equitable Gas Company, penetrated the lower levels of the building, where the bodies of the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth men were found. Work Through Debris For two days the basement cavities of the great pot plant had refused to yield to the rescuers. Hindered by an overhanging cap of twisted steel beams and broken timbers, the workmen had been unable to reach the basement level, where it was known that some bodies lay in the murky water. More than 100 men had been employed there when the flood of water from the bursted tanks rushed in. The water had been drained today and workers gradually were making their way through the subterranean chambers in search of victims. Twelve men, according to Clyde Fulton, foreman of one section of the ill-fated plant, were working near him when the water rushed in upon them. Fulton told how he and three companions fought their way up a narrow stairway In the face of rushing water. The eight other members of the group were drowned, Fulton believes. Seek Blast Cause While rescuers for bodies, city, county and State officials were on the scene attempting to ascertain the cause for the disastrous explosion. Governor John S. Fisher had instructed State officials to deal quickly and efficients with any phases of the explosion which may come before them. The Governor wrote Charles A. Waters, secretary of labor and industry, asking that inspectors of the department now at the scene of the disaster investigate the explosion causes thoroughly. Paul W. Houck, chairman of the workmen’s compensation board, was urged to deal quickly with all claims. The State department of health offered its services to the city in combating disease and suffering in the devastated area. NEW FUNERAL HOME TO OPEN TOMORROW Kirk Place Remodeled, Enlarged! Pipe Organ Installed. Mrs. T. Moore Kirk and William Kirk, funeral directors in Indianapolis for twenty-four years, Thursday will hold a formal opening of their new funeral home, 2530 Station St. The home has been remodeled and enlarged. It includes a family with casket alcove and a pipe organ, which is the only one of its kind in Indianapolis. Mrs. Kirk was the first woman undertaker licensed in Indianapolis and the first to possess a combined passenger and funeral automobile. POLITICAL ROW IN COURT Suit Filed at Rockport Over Township Trustee Appointments. Bu Times Special ROCKPORT. Ind., Nov. 16.—The Spencer Circuit Court will be asked to rule on a political battle that has raged since the county commissioners appointed Walter R. Richey, Democrat, to succeed the late Oscar Doyle as trustee of Hammond township. Auditor James A. Laird, who chose Alexander J. Sauter, Republican, to succeed Doyle, declaring the commissioners could not appoint because they were in recess has been made defendant in a mandamus suit by Richey to compel acceptance of bond so Richey can take over duties of the office. Summons in the case has been made returnable in Circuit Court Friday i 'orning. GASOLINE WON’T BURN New F-eI May Be Valuable In Aviation. PARIS, Nov. 16.—Gasoline that will not burn in its liquid state is being tested by Government engineers and it is believed that the new fuel may become widely used in aviation. If it proves satisfactory ip airplane motors it should save many unit crash in forced landing*