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. MORRISSEY FAVORS SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL
PRESENT SIGNAL SYSTEMS SEEN AS INEFFECTIVE
McNellis Says ‘Cascade’ Plan Being Introduced Here Gradually.
Chief Morrissey today said he favored a completely synchronized traffic control system for Indianapolis but said it would “cost the City $60,000.” Dissatisfied with the operation of the signal light system, the Police Department recently instituted the “hand” method of relieving rush hour congestion. Many cities have used the “cascade” system of traffic control with considerable success. Under that method traffic flows continuously at a given speed. Signals at Evanston, Ill, which has twice won the national award as the “safest city,” are operated by this system as are those on Chicago's outer drive.
Lights Regulate Speed
The Evanston lights are set so that traffic moves at approximately 28 miles an hour on the through highway between Chicago and Milwaukee. Periodically the speed is tested and changed if traffic engineers feel it necessary. Traffic is speeded up as the flow increases. John McNellis, Fire Alarm Office superintendent, who is in charge of | installation and servicing of the, City’s traffic signals, said today that] within a year the downtown lights
would be synchronized. “From Maryland St. to Michigan 14 years. St. and from Senate Ave. to Ala-|
bama St, we are slowly plained. “As each new signal is installed it is being synchronized with | adjacent signals.”
Gives Signal Data
The department, he said, receives $3000 annually for the replacement, and repair of the City's 469 signals. They are placed at 226 intersections, | he added. He cculd not estimate how long it would take, at the present rate of from six to seven new signals a year, to completely synchronize the Mile Square. “It almost would be impossible to use the ‘cascade’ method on the four avenues into the heart of the City,” he said. “Instead of having a twophase traffic flow as at streets which cross at right angles there would be a threé-phase flow.” At present, he said, lights are set to change every 18 to 31 seconds depending upon the width of the intersection. At three-phase streets
introduc- and Simmons fixed a dynamite ing the ‘cascade’ system,” he ex-'bomb to Austin’s truck the night
| Austin was fatally injured.
WPA WALKOUTS IN
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Gets 14 Years
Mrs. Alice Austin
CARMI, 111, July 15 (U.P.).—Mrs. Alice Austin, 35, and her com;panion, Theodore Simmons, 30, to{day were found guilty of murder in {the bomb slaying of Mrs. Austin's estranged husband, Earl. A jury fixed their sentences at
The State charged Mrs. Austin
(of March 19. The next day while Austin was driving to school at Cave-In-Rock, Ill, where he was janitor, the bomb exploded and
Motive of the murder was to collect Austin’s war risk insurance, the State said.
INDIANA DECLINING
By UNITED PRESS Hoosier WPA operations had returned almost to normal today as the majority of striking workers ended protest strikes against new national Works Projects Administration rulings and agreed to join a national one-day protest movement July 20. Less than 2000 workers were still
that would mean a wait of from a minute to a minute and a half for each line of traffic.
Width Governs Timing
The timing is fixed for the intersection width, he explained, to give automobiles and pedestrians time to clear the cross street. The “change” light is on from three to eight seconds. he stated. Chief Morrissey explained that present signals have individual or groups of controls. Under the “cascade” method all signals have one master control from which their timing would be regulated. Principal cost of synchronizing all the| lights would be the installation of} new wires to the master control, he said. Present conduits under the streets would have to be torn out and a! completely new wiring system for the City installed, he said.
Synchronizing Now Used
Some streets, as Washington St. from East to West Sts, now are synchronized, he said. Washington St. has two control units for the mile stretch. “Wherever we can we are ‘cascading’ the lights when we install new ones or repair those already set,” the Chief said. “I would like to have one central control regulate all signals according to traffic flow. Several years ago we made a survey just for that purpose. We found that to revamp the control system
on strike as county units at mass meetings decided to return to work and eliminate any chance of dismissal under the five-day ruling set up by national officials. The five-day ruling provided that any worker ahsent for five days would be dismissed.
Demand Union Scales
More than 300 workers in Indianapolis at a meeting last night passed resolutions demanding the restoration of prevailing union scales, cessation of which led to the nationwide strike, and for an amendment to prevent the 30-day layoff provided in the new relief law for all who have been on WPA more than 18 months. They also agreed to join the oneday protest July 20. Speakers for the meeting said that if the 30-day layoff became effective that thousands of Indiana workers would be forced back on direct relief without any assurance that they could regain WPA jobs when the 30- day period expired.
Copies Sent to Townsend
They sent copies of their resolutions to Governor Townsend and to State Senators and Congressmen in Washington and asked them to support amendments offered to the WPA act. No Indiana workers had been fired as a result of strike action it was believed today, and none of the work-
would cost the City $60,000.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City 48
JO39 .icecciscineinacs 27 1938 Basti atitiuns 53 33 ULY 14 Dead esse... 1 Accidents..... 24 Injured ...... 11 Arrests....... 80 Cases ConvicViolations Tried tions Fines Speeding 15 14 $1 | Reckless Driving ...... 2 1 2 Failing to stop thru street.. 14 14 41 Running red light ...... 26 23 76 Drunken driving .... 4 2 20 All others .... 47 41 48 Totals ..... 108 95 $258
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore. is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)
Harry Lynch, 28, of 2330 N. LaSalle; Dorothy Downs, 21, of 2329 N. Dearborn. William Tuttle, 31, of 809 N. Rural; Kathleen Hesselgrave, 23, of 430 N. Wal-
Edward of 2519 Boulevard Place; Janet Willis, 26, of 2130 Highland Piace.
Alva White, 56, of 359 W. an Eton! Edith Gerhardt, 31, of 758 F Cecil Danner, 39, of 120 £ Ro: Marcella Dee, 28 of 204 N. Eas Ralph Forcum, 23, of oko" East hg Place; Kathryn Place, 20, of 1223
Davis,
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ere had passed the five-day limit.
a Carrie Connor, at 1325 S. Rich-
James, Rowena House, at 1330 Bradbury. Oscar, Leatha Cubel, at 342 N. Fleming. Robert, Charlotte Hunter, at Methodist. Kenneth, Cleo Perry, at Methodist. Charles, Dorothy Bowers, at Methodist. Walter, Pearl Ellis, at Methodist. Girls Homer, Josephine Woods, at yet hOd1st, Jessie, Lela McKamey, at Methodist. Dennis, Lola Deem, at Methodist. Ora, Madeline Davis, at Methodist. Vernon, Violet Howard, at Methodist. Charles, Margaret McIntire, at 1303 W.
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Market. William, Minnie Roberts, at 909 N. Sheffield. Alvin, Kathryn Coulter, at 249 Minne- & Donald, Mary Demmary, at 1003 N.
Irvin, Iva Myers. at 1830 Sugar Grove. Amos, Esther Kenney, at 1409 Deloss.
Claude, Lillian Bell, at 411!> S. Pine, Edward, Louise Ford, at 626 W. 29th.
DEATHS Ella Clark. 54, at 534 N. Senate, acute cardiac dilatation 13, at Methodist, strepto-
uise Fey. coccic septicemia. ¢ William Manilow, 73, at City, hydro ne-
Edith Steffy Wien, = at 3031 Graceland, coronary occlus James William Stareon ‘66, at City, generplieed She Selsjosis a Arkenan, 51, a tuberculosis. t Tone, WRlNANaTY Clarence Gibbons, 53, at Long, aortic insufficiency. enry Wilson, 51, at City, hypertensive heart disease Kate Alagnon Hartwell, 77, at 508 Patterson, arteriosclerosis. Emilie Becker, 88, at 3152 N. Delaware, arteriosclerosis. Nellie Green, 54, at 930 E. 19th, acute cardiac failure. Martha Laura Beard, 69. at 440 N. Sherman Drive, arteriosclerosis. Ida E. Busenbark, 60, at 1963 Millside, carcinoma Joseph H. Shell,
teriosCIerosss. William J. Holscher, Li) i 635 N. Oak-
79, at Methodist, ar-
FRIEND KILLED IN AUTO TEST, DRIVER IS HELD
South Side Mechanic Dies As Careening Machine Tosses Him Qut.
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collided at New York St. and Eastern Ave. Mrs. Virginia Smith, 25, and her year-old daughter, Nancy, were hurt when the car driven by the husband and father, Willard Smith, 28, of Evansville, struck an abutment at the track elevation at Kentucky
treated at Methodist Hospital.
Former Athlete Killed In Highway Auto Race
P.).—Earl Scott, 40, former Valparaiso University athlete, was killed instantly and two companions were injured severely last night in a race from here to Wanatah after Mr. Scott wagered a friend that his car was the faster of the two. Kenneth Perry, 30, of Kouts, and Eugene Shook, 29, of Valparaiso, were riding with Mr. Scott. Perry lost an arm and received spine injury which may prove fatal. Mr. Shook will recover. Mr. Scott and George Wiemuth both had new cars and after some discussion of their merits, decided to race to Wanatah and back. Mr. Scott took the lead, but on a curve near the intersection of Routes 30 and 2 he lost control of the car, which leaped off the highway and rolled over four times. Mr. Wiemuth went past the wreck so fast that he didn’t notice it and was back in Valparaiso before learning that Mr. Scott had been killed. Mr. Scott was a football and basketball star at Valparaiso and coached there for two years after graduation.
Youth Killed, 6 Hurt
In Terre Haute Grash
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 15 (U. P.).—Henry Jackson Alee, 18, was killed instantly and six others were seriously injured when the truck in which they were riding collided with an automobile driven by Wes-
force of the impact threw Alee from the truck and he was crushed as it rolled over him.
19 DEAD, 9 MISSING
IN MINE EXPLOSION
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seam when the explosion occurred. The men who were working at the deepest point telephoned me that ‘something had let go. “A few minutes later there was a signal from the bottom of the shaft. We sent down the cage and brought up Henry Depriest, Roy Baker, Joe Thomas, Roscoe Higdon Everett Hibbs and Ed Mays. None of them was hurt. They told us they saw Ernie Johnson get caught in the fall. “The first rescue group wasn’t able to get far into the corridor and came back for more equipment. The second time they went down they found Johnson and Cates and Walker.” Mr. Cates said the explosion occurred at the end of the horizontal tunnel, where it splits into a fork.
working in the left fork, which slants upward and connects with the old workings,” he said. “The explosion was in the right fork, where the rest of the men were working. “The force of the blast knocked down Johnson and me and we were covered with debris. Walker pulled us up to the connection with the old workings, where the air was clear, until the rescue crew came.”
U. S. SAILORS JOIN FRENCH LE HAVRE, France, Jyy 15 (U. P.).—French people cheered wildly yesterday when 90 American bluejackets from the cruiser ‘Trenton and the destroyers Badger and Jacob paraded with French troops in the Bastille Day celebration.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
ha By U. 8. Weather Burean
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Par tly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with thundershowers this afternoon or tonight; warmer by tomorrew afternoon. Sunrise ...... 4:29 | Sunset TEMPERATURE —July 15, 1938— 66 BAROMETER 6:30 a. m.. 30.04
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 6: » 2 wm. .T Total precipitation since Jan 24. Excess since Jan. 1
..7:13
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indiana—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow; local thundershowers in central and south portions this afternoon or tonight; not so cool in extreme east fortion tonight: warmer tomorrow afier-
rote Dartly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow; local thundershowers in west and south portions this afternoon or tonight; somewhat cooler in extreme south portion tonight; warmer tomorrow afternoon.
Lower Micnizan Fair Jonight and tomorrow; not quite so cool southwest and south-central Mg tome: somewhat warmer tomorrow
Ohio—Fair in northeast and mostly cloudy in west and south portions tonight and tomorrow, with local thundershowers in southwest portion tonight; not quite so cool in west portion tonight and in south portion tomorrow.
Kentucky—Local thundershowers tonight and tomorrow: slightly warmer in east and central portions tonight and in north portion tomorrow.
ley Bird at Riley, near here. The!
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VALPARAISO, Ind. July 15 (U.|%
British Troops
LONDON, July 15
JAPS CLOSING IN ON BRITON BASE
Plan Blockade of Ports on Kwangtung Coast Near Hongkong.
TIENTSIN, China, July 15 (U. P.). Japanese Navy authorities, closing in steadily on Great Britain's naval base at Hongkong, announced today that they intended to blockade several ports on the Kwangtung Province coast. Notifying foreign consulates at Shanghai that they intended to include the ports in the zone of hostilities against China, the Japanese asked that foreign citizens and ships
be evacuated from the ports and said that they could not be respon-
.| sible for their safety after tomorrow.
Three days ago the Japanese announced that they intended to blockade Changchow, Tungshan and Chaoan, on the coast of Funkien Province, which is immediately above Kwangtung. Hongkong, however, is midway along the Kwangtung coast, and thus, presumably, ports both south and north of it will be blockaded. It was announced officially at Shanghai that Britons were evacuating Kaifeng, on the Yellow River between Hankow and Peiping, because a ‘““Japanese-sponsored” Chinese mob culminated a month-long series of anti-British demonstrations with a demand that all Britons evacuate China within four days. At Peiping, the American Embassy handed the Japanese Embassy two protests covering JapaIe operations which, it was comained, endangered American lives and property during June.
Japanese-British Negotiations Begin TOKYO, July 15 (U. P).—Emperor Hirohito will review the com-
bined Imperial Fleet next Friday, it
was announced today. The announcement caused considerable comment in diplomatic quarters because the review will be held during negotiations with Great Britain over the blockade of the British Concession at Tientsin—unless the negotiations break down before. The talks began today.
FIRED 5 YEARS AGO, KILLS MAYOR, SELF
PALESTINE, Tex., July 15 (U. P.). Five years ago Mayor J. H. Handorf discharged Policeman R. L.. Eubanks. Eubanks swore he would get even. ; Late yesterday Eubanks drove into Mr. Handorf’s ice station, called him outside and shot him to death. Then Eubanks killed himself,
(U. P.) —Thirty-four were born as the World War ended, depots today under the new Conscription Act. They are the first of 200,000 youths of 20 years subject to call this year under a compulsory service act which, other single thing, awakened Europe to the fact that the British
March in Paris
WPA STRIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS ‘OPEN REVOLT’
Only Federal Intervention Can Restore Order, Mayor Wires.
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Roosevelt the assistance of Regular Army detachments stationed at Ft. Snelling if further rioting, such as that of last night, occurs.” Mayor Leach said “with dodgers and handbills inciting people to violence being circulated there might be further trouble.” Strikers were passing out a paper called the “WPA Organizer” which
i! denounced last night's shooting by
=% | police as unprovoked and brutal Fiald
Times-Acme Televhotos,
In a joint Bastille Day show, British guardsmen march in ‘Paris.
British Draft Begins for 34,000 Young Men of 20
thousand Britons who reported for duty at regimental
perhaps more than any
Government was really making urgent preparations to meet any emergency. In the World War, Britain did not resort to conscriptien until nearly two years after the outbreak of hostilities.
INNSBRUCK, Austrian Tyrol, July 15 (U. P.).—Germany and Italy now are negotiating on the question of the South (Italian) Tyrol, it was understood today. Reliable sources said that about two weeks ago 8000 German citizens living in the South Tyrol were given three months’ notice to leave. The order given persons of German blood to get out was revoked a few days ago, it was reported, upon the commencement of secret Ital-ian-German negotiations on the entire Tyrol problem. There was no indication what form the negotiations were taking, whether they were being conducted through diplomatic channels or by special representatives.
SEEK 4 AMERICANS’
FATE AT NANGHANG
HANKOW, China, July 15 (U. P). —American consular authorities are gravely anxious over the fate of an American who was arrested by Japanese a month ago and are seeking vainly to get in touch with three American women in Japanese-occu-pied territory, it was understood today. The man is L. W. Holland of the American Methodist Church at Nan-
chang. The women, whose names were not given by informants, were attached to the Nanchang hospital. Japanese military authorities announced June 14 that they had raided Mr. Holland's home at Nanchang the previous day. They said they found numerous “anti-Japanese” leaflets such as Chinese airplanes had scattered over Japanese-occu-pied territory.
HOLD WOMAN AS MENTAL VAGRANT
A 56-year-old West Side woman, charged with 1nental vagrancy, was held in jail today while police and Municipal Court waited until Monday to have her examined or dispose of her case. : She was arrested, police said, after telling them she had seen a woman jump off the W. Washington St. bridge over White River at three places last night. She was held in a cell in the Women’s Ward at City Jail all night. After disposition of all other cases, Judge Pro Tem. Paul Rhoadarmer continued her case until Monday. She was transferred to the County Jail. Police said the usual procedure is to hear all other cases before calling those involving persons believed to be mentally ill, to save embarrassment to the families. They said that before a person can be sent to the City Hospital psychopathic ward, a committment must be signed” by a
judge.
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ended: Mayor Leach told Mr. Murphy and Col. Harrington that “certain labor elements are openly revolted against the Federal Government in its WPA administration” and asked
| authority for Gen. Hodges to de- | fend Federal projects.
Asks ‘Proper Authorities’ “Nothing short of Federal intervention can restore law and order,” he said in his message to Mr.
H Murphy.
To Col. Harrington he addressed a request for “proper authority” for Gen. Hodges to assist in preventing further bloodshed. Mayor Leach had refused to ask Governor Stassen for the National Guard “because of the expense.” The Mayor said local authorities “will do all in our power” to maintain order but warned that the situation was “rapidly approaching a revolution against the Federal Government.”
Claims Parallel Cases
If postoffices or other U. S. agencies were endangered, he pointed out, the Government would not hesitate to take charge of the situation. WPA, he said, is as much a Federal agency as any other, and is therefore the responsibility of the Government, rathet than the city. Focal point of last night's battle between police and strikers was a WPA sewing project, scene of two other riots this week, where women have continued working despite the WPA strike against the new 130hour work rule. Policeman John Gearty, 40, died of a heart ailment and two policemen and a nonstriker were injured in a riot at the project Monday. Seven persons were injured in one yesterday afternoon.
4000 In Crowd
Violence flared for a third time last night while 55 patrolmen escorted 119 nonstriking women, completing a shift at the project, through a crowd of approximately 4000 strikers and spectators. The strikers howled and jeered when the women marched out between the policemen. Suddenly they surged forward and broke through the police lines. Bricks and sticks flew. There was a barrage of gunfire and tear gas from police and Emil Bergstrom, 60, an unmarried relief client, lay dead, shot through the head. Eight persons including a child, suffered gunshot wounds, none believed to be serious, and 12 including six policemen, required hospital treatment.
Washington Orders
More Dismissals
WASHINGTON, July 15 (U. P.). —WPA officials stiffened their attitude toward striking relief workers today. A firmer policy of discharging workers who remain away from work in protest against abolition of the prevailing wage scale was indicated. It resulted from last night's rioting in Minneapolis and President Roosevelt's declaration declaring that “You cannot strike against the Federal Government.” Latest WPA figures showed that about 92,000 workers are on strike. More than 16,000 have been dismissed from relief rolls because of violation of the five-day absence rule. That figure probably will go beyond 20,000 today.
GRADUATES PREFER BRUNETS PASADENA, Cal, July 15 (U. P.). —The senior class of the California Institute of Technology voted that brunet girls are ideal.
Chorus Girl Mayor-Elect To Treat All
DISNEY, Okla., July 15 (U. P.)—They are going to install the new Mayor here tomorrow night and the accompanying celebration is likely to be interesting, to say the least. When the voting was over a week ago and it was announced that Alice Stephens had been elected, the 28-year-old former show-girl showed her appreciation by performing a Lady Godiva act. She predicted that her inauguration would be “a big thing, all right,” but she didn’t say just what she had in mind. One thing certain, however, is that there will be a victory ball in Miss Stephens’ beer tavern. She has invited all of the residents of Disney, which lies at the east end of the $20,000,000 Grand River hydroelectric project, to be on hand.
INTEREST RATE DATA IS SOUGHT
City and Geist Estate Reported in Tentative Agreement.
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an estimated $823,000 to the cost. Thus the total bond issue would be slightly more than $23,500,000. It was estimated at the meeting that a 12 per cent interest saving on this amount would net the City a saving of somewhere near $1,300,000, which is more than the difference between Mr. Dickerman’s “justified price” and the estate's asking price. It was reported that a public statement giving details of the proposal would be issued by City officials early next week, providing a careful recheck of these calculations by Mr. Dickerman proves them correct. Reductions Submitted
In announcing the action the committee had taken Mayor Sullivan said: “At this meeting, certain reduc-
tions in the asking price have been submitted by Mr. McNear which result in changes in assets and liabilities which are being checked by the subcommittee with Mr. Dickerman’s assistance. “The total cost each ‘year required to pay the proposed bond issue bearing on different rates of interest will have an important bearing on the committee’s decision. “These figures are being prepared and until received and analyzed, the committee will not make a report. “Public meetings will be called next week.” What changes in assets and liabilities of the company were involved were not disclosed. Mr. McNear and Mr. Dickerman had failed to agree on certain items among the assets and liabilities.
Issue Sold at Low Rates
The bond market is said to be favorable toward low interest rates now. The City recently sold a $750,000 short-term note for a new low in municipal interest rates here —15 to 1 per cent. The City has been advised that an upturn in business or development in the international situation might destroy the present favorable bond market, sending interest rates soaring. For this reason, an early final decision of the proposed purchase has been urged. Meanwhile, Republican Councilmen revealed that they have been considering the possibility of asking for a public referendum on the water purchase to determine whether the deal should be completed. “We probably will not make any decision on the matter until the Mayor's public meetings have been held,” Harmon A. Campbell, G.O. P. Councilman, said.
LAKE HOMES BURNED SYRACUSE, Ind, July 15 (U.P). —Authorities today were investigating a fire which last night destroyed one cottage on Lake Wawasee and badly damaged two others. Loss
was estimated at $7000.
BUILDERS MEET TO SEEK PEACE IN 6-DAY STRIKE
Coliseum Contractors Halt Project; Hutson Raps Union President.
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trary and arrogant attitude is a perversion of power by the president of an international union and a direct affront to the people of Indiana.” At his office employees said Mr, Hutcheson could not be reached for comment. At the same time the Marion County Building Trades Council adopted a resolution saying it was “firmly convinced” that Mr. Hutcheson had assumed “an arbitrary and unjustifiable position” in the controversy. The resolution condemned his action and indorsed Mr. Hutson’s statement. The carpenters want the work for which plasterers have been hired by the Simmons Co., according to Mr, Hutson. Mr. Mohler asserted that in order to settle the dispute the acoustical work had been called off at the high school, but the men still refused to return to work at the Coliseum. Asserting that “many members of the carpenters’ union have asked to return to work, but Mr. Hutcheson has not heeded their pleas,” Commissioner Hutson asked Mr. Hutcheson to “defend his position in calling the strike and debate the issue ine volved at a public meeting.”
SEES PITFALLS FOR YOUNG GIRLS
Michigan Governor, 80, Warns of ‘Hellish Brink In High Life.
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cursed haunts of that great city with a young marired man? “Would he have liquors? he persuade her to drink? What would follow? What were the chances of her being returned to her mother as she left home?” The second incident: “A beautiful innocent girl, in ape pearance barely 16 years of age, paired by custom with a handsome stranger in uniform were on their
way to a banquet hall. Fascinated by that uniform, all aglow with unfeigned enthusiasm, brilliant sure roundings, plausible and pleasing words from her escort were carrying her dreamily, with the crowd, at his side into the banquet hall, all un mindful of the fumes of liquor that he blew over her sweet and lovely face. “Thoroughly enchanted, pure and unmindful of devilish designs, is it strange that this young girl quickly assented the proposal of this gale lant Lothario to hie themselves out: of the throng and away from her protectors all by themselves in the dance hall? Yes, all alone with an utter stranger with liquor supplies, tables, and adjacent rooms for retreat. “What a setting for a libertine to accomplish the ruination of that girl, probably persuading her to take her first drink, dizzily, dream=ily moving over the dance floor in the embrace of this suspected brute with liquers working on the pase sions of both. “What was to be the fate of this yeung girl? Was he a procurer for a high-class brothel and was there a madame near for him to turn her over to after he had accomplished her ruin? . . “Was the Christian mother of this pure and lovely girl, hundreds of miles away, picturing the dangers of this daughter and praying to God for protection? And were her prayers answered by that intuitive warning to one of her friends that interfered and rescued? I need not say what I think. I believe
Would
God did hear.”
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