The Indianapolis times. [volume], July 13, 1928, Home Edition, Page PAGE 9, Image 9

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JULY 13, 1928.
TODD’S DEATH
COMES ON EVE
OF BIGMERGER
Worked for Two Years on
Project to Unite Traction,
tion, Power Properties.
The sudden death of Robert I.
Todd, traction chief, came when he
was about to see culmination of
t,vo years’ effort toward merger of
the Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Company, of which
he Was president, and the Insull
owned Central Indiana Power prop
crties
This project, his chief interest in
the last two years of his life, nad
been advanced under his direction
so ably, say his friends, that its
accomplishment soon is assured T.
H., I. & E. stockholders are to meet
Aug. 1 to approve the merger con
tract. If they do it will go to the
public service commission for ap
proval.
Careful of Health
Coordination of bus and street car
service, following the recent pur
chase of the People’s Motor Coach;
Company by the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company of which Mr.
Todd was president, repeatedly was
nearing completion under his direc
tion. The establishment of sub
stations to supply even and adequate
power to street cars in all parts of
the city was accomplished under his
plan.
Trustworthy, industrious, conscien
tious, and withal, wholly unpreten
tious were the characteristics Mr.
Todd’s shocked associates recalled
today in describing the man whose
name, imprcr-vi, on street car
tokens, is cr.r: ed in the purse or
pocket of nearly every Indianapolis
resident.
Extremely mindful of his own
health, Mr. Todd was at all times
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—Save from 25% to 50% on everything you buy!—Hurry! Let noth*
ing keep you away. Doors open promptly at Ba. m.
jiSip Clean Up of Our
Entire Stock of
ill PALM BEACH SUIT S
Regular $12.95 and A Asa
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Sale Price
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Overalls Hat in the
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back blue denim. Specially $1.95 to $5 §£| jf
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EDWARD TRAUGOTT ( HARRY SUSSMAN
Waterfall
YORK, Pa., July 13.—Soio
mon Kessler fell off the water
wagon and broke his neck.
Kessler, together with Latimer
Innerst of near here, was
hauling water into a field to
spray potato plants when the
wagon hit a ditch and Kessler
was thrown on his head. He
is paralyzed but able to talk
and eat.
concerned in the health of those
about him, said L. T. Hixson, T. H.,
I. & E. auditor. “ ‘You should do
this or that to protect your health,’
Mr. Todd told us when we reap
peared after sickness,” said Hixon.
No Vacation in 22 Years
In the twenty-two years Mr. Todd
had been in traction circles here he
had never taken a vacation, said
D. E. Watson, attorney for Mr.
Todd’s traction interests, and his
constant associate.
“His work was his greatest pleas
ure,” said the attorney. “Occasion
ally, when business called him East,
he would spend a day or two at his
summer home on the Potomac with
Mrs. Todd and' the boy—but never
so much as a week.
“Wednesday, before he left for
New York, he told me of the pleas
ure he was getting out of the little
garden he tends himself at his home
here. He appeared in the best of
health. I have never heard him
complain of his health, nor express
any wish to retire.
“To the visitor in his office Mr.
Todd’s desk presented a bewilder
ing heap of papers and books, but
he could place his fingers on any
thing he wanted at a moment’s no
tice.
“Being an engineer and of a me
chanical turn of mind, tools were
his hobby. ‘I have to watch not to
JOHNNY
GIN--- BEER
pass a hardware store,’ he once told
me, ‘for I can’t resist buying new
tools when I see them in the win
“At his home Mr. Todd had a
workshop, replete with tools of all
sorts, where he tinkered away many
conteneed hours.
“He was an enthusiastic collector
of old razors, admiring them for
their fine workmanship. In his col
lection were fine old blades such as
the Tally ho Pox, the Bendal, Wade
& Butcher and Sheffield. So loyal
was he to the old straight blades
that he would have nothing to do
with ‘safeties.’
“Mr. Todd always walked from
his home, 1329 N. New Jersey St.,
to the Traction Terminal Bldg, and
returned afoot. When he wanted
an auto ride, he drove himself.
“For social events, he had no
particular liking and he made no
show of the prominence i he achieved
in traction circles,” said Watson.
Mr. Todd smoked pipe and cigars
and was liberal in his views on
temperance as in all his views on
personal conduct, excepting matters
affecting health and efficiency.
invariably he was present, though
often so unassuming as to go un
noticed, at public hearings on trans
portation matters.
Turn Down Furniture Gift
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 13.—Bar
tholomew County commissioners
have turned down a gift of furni
ture, formerly used by the Irwin
Bank, because the cost of placing
it for use in the courthouse would
be SBOO.
MONEY TO LOAN
—ON—
MORTGAGES
STATE LIFE
Insurance Cos.
UU 61’ATB LIFE BLDG.
X-8-. I.'J BAI UJ-IXNI IXIULIIO
PRESS FIGHT
TO SELL LABOR
PROGRAM ADS
Better Business Bureau Is
Asked to Answer Four
Queries.
The Better Business Bureau is
asked to answer four questions in
the latest communication from the
Central Labor Union in the contro
versy over the bureau’s notice that
it has not sanctioned the Central
union's labor day program as an
advertising medium.
T. M. Overly, bureau manager,
said he had not had time to study
the questions but he probably would
reply to the communication, which
is a set of resolutions signed by
Edgar A. Perkins Jr., Thomas Ware
and the executive board.
The questions:
“1. Who was ever threatened and
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A Clearance of All Discontinued Lines, Display Suites and Sample Pieces.
Drastic Reductions Throughout the Store! 1 TTOPQjFI
with sagless link fabric. Mostt.v Junior Lamps, com* j
Duofold Bed Gr " lcr 3S2T “ Davenport Tables
* BBR9 iJSfc. Davenports Home Outfit r. nu ? u “ x P™ ing ’ tremendous ravage .11 renjite.
ki) " ij sffk Davenport Beds left More and better fur- SlS^O's9 75 '£>.a l\
£ ill lli from Com Plete Suites, nishings in every one. 91*^
fF-JgjS marked for quick clear- See our wonderful Home Ip 7.98 and VV*/v
< B ance. Now $57.50, $47.50 Outfit that we have now
It/ £ ™ .$37.50 Pnccd s39s r -.;?
One of the Big Features of the sale. Living v J
Room Suite in heavy Jacquard velour, re-
movable spring-filled cushions. Only one of . J
the many now going at much below real J $ 11Pf
worth. See this splendid suite. > Low Prices-on |
Propose Your Own Terms DINING ROOM j ife
LIVING ROOM JITFS '' complete suites of 8, 9 and 10 A
ijlTinu m'Ull £dO pleces the lowest prices in many £
otr TPC 1 r\ months. Many are sample suites. J?'- ' • y |
rvEdJL/U\-/llii/ all are priced much below real >2 E ®
A value. Now $lB5, $169, V H B J
Massive velour Suite, spe- Lot No. 5, Mohair Suite, 3 o- $149, $l3B, $125, slls, ® J *
cial lot No. 1, i pieces, in- pieces; was 's $lO9, $88,5 ° and Vwv f *
ciuding cogsvcii Tm" a * r Great Savings Now on
Lot No. 2, 3-piece Suites, ... $165 Customers P a y
r qua e rd ible CUShi ° nS ‘ Lot No. 7. Extra large and NO MONEY DOWN! O^OjTOO.IXI
velour sll9 3 now CeS ’ $175 Wonderful values now; many are samples; only one
K • X of a kind, in walnut, mahogany and decorated in
reversible Jacquard |' COIL SPRING I odors; magnificent guile., at *245, SIM and slß.v,
reversioie.
$195 value . . f l\ ■—rnUl V" priced in this sale at d*
Lot No. 4, large Pillow Arm Arm Suites; Heavy Jac- 5 • '' $lO9, $99.50, $88.75
Suite, Cl CQ quard C9l A S X an d
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BED DAVENPORT SUITES >; prlced ' Extra good values at $39 ' 50, $32 50 5
Suite No. 10, 3 pieces. Bed Suite No. 10-1705 Ai ja Sk-Jv? 8 Porcelain Tod Kitchen 1 Gas Ranges—A few more of
Davenport, Chair and Rock- 3 pieces cut to ... £ tab’es all white comolete ! these 865 Giobe Ranges ’ large
er, In heavy <I!7C 8 1 tables, ail *mte, complete 13 .i nC h S i Z2; superior Ranges,
velour suite No. 10-7182, 3 pieces, 9 9 with CQ QC ■ S6O values
Suite No. 10-2, a3- 10C carved frame, OIQQ | drawer ........\ Xo g 0 at
piece suite, now .. plZd jacquard velour .. *pl*/*/ X All metal, spiral coils 9
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X TAPESTRY RUGS—Size 9x12. (Aig <a 'v \
Special lot, specially priced -j) 10.4“ \ PIN k I
| 6x9 AXMINSTER RdGS-A splendid d* iq q n '' M 1 11'll’'A L .•
X rug. price P 15.517 V (P S. * D *
!>' FRINGED VELVETS, size 9x12 feet, ft 07 17 r \ J n vlit 111 I FICCS
X Handsome patterns. Priced now at pZ /•/ D 1' A Q '' ' X
I AXMINSTER TOGS-Size 8.3810.6 |
v High pile. This lot to go at $28*95 X I JdfeZ Jar ' v •• • a straight cut of -0 /o all along the X
X or ' X line. They are of two celebrated makes, X
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VELVET rugs—Size 9x12 feet. 7C 'i ■ tion (mineral wool, etc.), better cabinets, %
. Made without seams. Now 0n1y.... PJU.< J | Heavy, guaranteed, waterproof Rugs; \ better refrigerators in C% >'
WILTONS ALSO REDUCED IN PRICE 8 handsome linoleum patterns, one size 6x9 X every Avay—and every Jr m
8 V L eet = one in size 18 inches by 36 inches. $ mA n nw
9 X Two rugs at the sensational • >z one now reciucefl
price of? 2.98
Metal Bath
Stool with Rub- Water Set. Seven
S .....69C Saturday 89C
by whom for refusing to advertise in
the Labor day program?
“2. By what authority does the
Better Business Bureau assert that
the Labor day program is privately
owned and is not owned and con
trolled by the Central Labor Union?
“3. By what authority does the
Better Business Bureau assert that
the Labor day program is not of
general circulation?
“4. By what authority does the
Better Business Bureau assert that
the revenue from the Labor day
program does not go to the treasury
of the Central Labor Union?”
The notice sent out by the Bet
ter Business Bureau to its members
contains none of the charges cited
above. It consists only of a post
card notice bearing this: “Sanction
to solicit advertising has not been
granted to Labor day program of
the Central Labor Union.”
“The bureau is not opposed to
the Central Labor Union nor any
of its officials,” said Overly. ‘The
bureau merely does not regard
Labor day program as a profitable
medium for advertisers. It issued
the notice to its members exactly
as it would do were such a program
issued by the Merchants Associa
tion, Employers Association, or any
other body.”
PROTESTS UTILITY COST
The Whitestown Commercial As
sociation has filed a petition with
BABODA CLOTH
The Ideal Fabric for Your Summer
DRESS SHIRT, $1.95
R. C. BENNETT CO.
251*253 Mann. Ave.
Cor. Delaware St. ON THE rOINT
LEON
Tailored to Measure
Men’s Suits and O’Coats
Salesroom and Shop
254 MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
REPLACEMENT PARTS
KITCHEN KOOK
NEW PERFECTION
PURITAN
FLORENCE
Also Wicks for Various Make* of
Oil Stoves.
VONNEGUT’S . JSg„.
Washington Street and Capitol Ave.
the public service commission ask
ing that the Northern Indiana Pow
er Company be required to put lower
electric rates in force at Whites-
Tires™ Credit
For a few days only we are going
to sell the famous Mason Tires at
such astounding low prices and
liberal credit terms that you will
yiM-lliia hardly notice paying for them.
|MHBCZ|||n Payments as low as—
jpjf SI.OO SI.OO
B Down "AWeek
OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY
SELJG’S TIRE STORE
836 W. WASHINGTON ST. LI ncoln 8271
OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS
Bedroom
Chairs and \|l
Rockers
Left from complete r*^/
bedroom suites, walnut
and mahogany, cane
seat. Choice of one big lot, only $4.98.
Choice of those in d>n no
another lot, only
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town. The company, an Insull util
ity, is charging higher rates at
Whitestown than at neighboring
I towns, the petition charges.