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MS BUYER
pfDER ATTACK
W IN COUNCIL
ppecia) Committee Holds Pur-
I chasing Agent Ritter j)oes
Not Follow Law.
REPORT SENT TO MAYOR
Little c.tterjtion either to the spirit or
the letter of the state statute governing
the city purchasing department has been
paid by Dwight S. Ritter, purchasing
agent, according to a report submitted
to the city council last night.
A special committee composed of Coun
eilinen William B. Peake, Russell Will
son and Louis W. Carnefix has been in
vest! gating the department for several
weeks, due to certain alleged irregulari
ties that hove been brought to the at
tention of the council.
MEANING OF LAW
CITED IN COMPLAINT.
There seem to be no gross irregulari
ties in the department., according to the
report, although it was said that the
purchasing agent seems to have failed to
grasp the meaning of the law govern
ing it.
During IfilO it was said that the de
partment handled $1,087,000 worth of sup
plies, most of the work being done effi
ciently and economically, although, it
was stated, the purchasing agent on some
occasions exceeded his authority as given
by Jaw and did not follow the proper
method in conducting some phases of the
office.
The council accepted the report and
recommended that a copy be submitted to
the mayor witli a request that the irreg
ularities enumerated be corrected.
REPORT MADE BY
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
The report read in part:
“Under the law the head of the de
partment of public purchase is an agent
only, acting for the various executive
departments or officers, authorised l>y
law to purchase supplies and materials
for city uses and acting under such di
rection. rules and regulations as may
be given or established by ’be various
executive departments or officers. The
present purchasing agent, we believe,
has failed to fully grasp this fact.
“Under the law he has no right to ex
ecute contracts, but the same must be
signed by the various boa:ds or ex
ecutive officers. In some specific in
stances the purchasing agent has, we
believe, exceeded the authority given
him by law in this respect. This should
be immediately discontinued.
"The law requires that the purchas
ing agent devise such forms, invoices,
receipts, books, papers and tiles, together
with such rules and regulations as may
be necessary for the proper operating of
the department. The law also provides
that no personal property, belonging to
the city, shall be sold without an ap
praisement: It also provides that when
a sum of more than 82.000 is to bo paid
for purchase of any property, the same
shall not take place unless such purchase
Is specifically authorized by ordinance.
In some instances neither of these two
provisions have been complied with.
“Purchases amounting to more than
$2,000 have been made without action
of the common council, and personal
property belonging to the city has been
sold without appraisements having been
first obtained. The only such unauthor
ised purchase, however, that we find was
an automobile, in which case the clerk
of the board of works neglected to send
th# ordinance to the council, and for
which oversight he assumes full re
sponsibility.
“The law provides that the purchasing
agent, assistant purchasing agent, anti
each other officer or appointee in sai 1
depatment shall, within ten days after
their appointments, execute bonds which
shall be filed with the city controller.
No such bonds are on file except those
of the purchasing agent ami the assist
ant purchasing agent. 'lbis, of course,
should be remedied at once.
“Yonr committee has advised the mayor
of these conditions and is Informed that
he Is taking steps to rectify them.
“\Ve recommend that a copy of this
report be forwarded to the mayor with a
request that these matters be promptly
remedied.”
OBJECTS TO FREQUENT
CHANGES IN SALARIES.
Objections to frequent salary adjust
ments which have been made during
the past few months were voiced at last
night's meeting by Councilman Willson,
when an ordinance increasing the salary
if the city ball engineer from $1,200 to
51.500 per year and the fireman at the
city hall from SBO a month to SIOO a
tm.nth was introduced.
Mr. Willson poiuted to the fact, that
tiio whole salary ordinance had been
••hanged five times on account of failure
t include ail salaries in one ordinance,
lie asked that the council agree on a
• ertain time for adjustments and act on
such changes at a specified time only.
No official action was taken in the mat
ter. but the councilmen tacitly agreed
with Mr. Willson. The ordinance intro
'dttced last nigtit was passed.
An ordinance authorizing a temporary
loan of $250.0ff) for the use of the con
troller in paying city expenses, was in
troduced at the meeting. This loan is
made necessary through a shortage in
funds and an injunction against the col
lection of taxes under the Goodrich as
sessmeuts which may leave the city
finances strapped next year. The loan
as authorized is not to exceed three
months, with interest not over 8 per cent.
Eighty acres of territory contiguous
to the city were asked to be disannexed
in an ordinance presented to the council.
This territory is .bounded by Tenth and
Sixteenth street and Emerson avenue to
the west boundary of the golf links in
Irvington and Ellenberger park. When
taken into the city no properly holders
living in the vicinity signed a petition
for annexation and it. was held illegal
to take the plot into the city.
\SKS NEW NAMES FOR
TWENTY-FOUR STREETS.
The names of twenty-four' streets near
city parks were asked to be changed in
an ordinance presented by .1. Clyde Hoff
man. attorney for the park board.
Appropriation ordinance No. 3. trans
ferring and reappropriating SBOO to the
printing, stationery and miscellaneous
department of the building fund; gen
eral ordinance No. 20, appropriating SSOO
for expense of investigations of the coun
cil and special ordinance No. 7. author
izing the sale of fire wagou by the board
cf safety, were passed.
Buffalo Man Takes
Local Factory Post
John A. Caliaban. formorL general
! ti torv raanager nf tbe f’urtis Aeroplane
lnd Motor Corporation of Buffalo. X. V..
has been named a member of the board
■•f dlreetorg of the Martin Parry (.’or
noration, it was announced today by F.
M. .Small, president. Mr. Callahan be
. nmes rice president and director of pro
• iuotion of the corporation, which lias
plants at Indianapolis and York. Pa
Plans are tinder way to increase the
production of motor truck bodies at the
plant here, which formerly was that of
the Parry Manufacturing Company. Mr.
• 'allahan is planning improvements at
the local factory. Including the installa
tion of a cafeteria, rest rooms and. other
eonvenlenees.
Montana Puts Ban
on Booze for Flu
HELENA. Mnnl.. Feb. 17 Pat ion is can
not be given prescriptions . ailing f.V- in
toxicating liquors In Montana, \tt.ney
General Ford ruled today Distribildon
"* (tltJhsil- liaiwf of any tped f-rlbtt-
MUWttftAtiMl U iuUMd UL
BACK OF CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT
Left to right—Mrs. James E. Rocap, Mrs. Frank Kirkhoff, Mrs. John W. Trenck, Mrs. Charles
Kirkhoff and Mrs. J. E. Evard.
Officers and chairmen of various com
mittees of the Daughters of Isabella are
today busily planning on the scope of
work to be earned on in the new Na
tional Catholic Community center, the
former boys’ school building. St. John's
parish, 124 West Georgia street.
The first social gathering was cele
brated last night and yesterday when the
Daughters of Isabella gave a card party
in the newly decorate! assembly hall on
the third floor of the remodeled building.
Mrs. James Rocap, regent of the
Only Two Kiddies.in Every 100
in Vienna Get Enough to Eat
By ZOE BECKLEY,
Staff Correspondent of the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
VIENNA, Feb. 17. —I went into a,restaurant in Vienna for lunch today.
A portion of fowl was served, rather old and tough and not too plentiful.
! ate it to the bones and. deciding I was still hungry, turned to look
for the waiter. From the tail of my eye I saw a tiny, grimy paw reach
furiously to the table and seize the bones heaped there.
Glancing in amazement, 1 saw an urchin of about 9 who had slipped
in to sell newspapers. My quick look frightened him and. dropping the
bones and evidently expecting an accelerating look from the waiter, the
poor little creature bolted out and disappeared.
I soon followed, and being freshly ar- |
rived .n this city, where 98 per cent j
of the children are actually enduring
slow starvation, looked about for signs j
of tragedy.
PINCHED FACES SHOW
CRAVE I OR CRUSTS.
in a walk of less than a block i was i
stopped by four boys and three women.j
holding babies in ragged shawls against 1
their thin breasts. In their faces was
not the mere appeal of a beggar, but
tile gaunt-eyed look of those to whom
the craving for crusts of bread or scraps
of anything that can be eaten is the one
feeling left.
Yon can not walk along the ltings
strasse at any hour of the day or eve
njng without shaking off dozens of little
emaciated girls and boys who catch at
you iu appeal for pennies or cboco.ate
and who sometimes kneel in the street
to kiss your hands, if you give them
the smallest help.
The one happy thing the center to
Vienna sees, among poor children, Is the|
noonday swarm around a kitchen run by
the American relief admin.stration ano.j
other life-saving Samaritans.
9* PER CENT OF
KIDDIE'S STARVING.
In the buttonhole of each ragged little
coat is thrust a' spoon. 1 rom the little
cold hand swings a tin pall. And in
each face is a gleam of anticipation.
One hundred and ten thousand ch-il
dren thus keep going by American help,
many of them having no other food than
what is given them in this way. ,
Doctors’ investigations show that only
two children of every hundred in Vienna
are sufficiently fed.
Fresh proof of the mad eagerness with
which the hungry people of this once
prosperous city catch at any new- chance
for food was shown today. Mr. Hoover
h.is made it possible for people in Amer
ica to send drafts to friends here who
can exchange same for food at the relief
admlnlstiation. Warehouse notices were
posted : t several points in Vienna tell
ing of the scheme and today nearly
twenty thousand applications for infor
mation were received.
PROSPEROUS LOOKING
folk all foreigners.
You probably wonder if everybody In
Vienna is starving; if hotels are dis- ;
continu'd and shops clos'd. j
The answer is. No. At first glance the j
streets ionk fairly normal.
There are women in expensive furs, r
There are fine automobiles. The hotels
are open an! crowded.
You are told, however, that the busy j
people von see hurrying about the
streets and in the hotel wearing bnnct- j
some clothes an! eating good food are j
foreigne-i s:nd profiteer*.
“These people,’ said a Vlenutse die- j
tor to me today, “are danrin : upon the
dead. I am tninking," he explained, at
my puzzled .ooif, “of the coronation of
one of the Russian czars.,
“A grand stand fell, killing a number j
of people, hit -is tie czar was jest ar
firing, there was not time to dispose
properly of the bodies in order not t:>
• disturb the serenity of the royal party.
The dead wee hastily shoved beneath a
platform and tbe revelry went on un
disturbed. just above the poor bodies,
j out of which life had been crushed. Tii.it,
[ it seems to me, Is like Vienna today."
All Socialists Are
Called Un-American
ALBANY. Feb. 17.—Socialists—individ
ually and as a party—were characterized
today as being un American, revolution
ary and fomentors of class hatred and
warfare by attorneys for the prosecution
in the trial of the live ousted New York
assemblymen.
Instead of allowing the socialists to be
gin their defense when ' the hearing
opened, as had been expected, the attor
neys for the state launched into an indict
ment of ihe socialist party on its war
record. .
Canadians Boy cot \
American G^ods
KINGSTON. Onl Feb. 17. lie- mu
nicipal council today adopted a resolution
calling upon the people not lo Archnse
goods from the United States cMM^in
case* of absolute necessity 11ntilMthfeaffis
Uiaa;*u - Sil-aa4i o|gßftß|
Daughters of Isabella, had charge of the
meeting Other chairmen who conferred
with her during the card party were Mrs.
Frank Kirkhoff. vice regent; Mrs. John
\V. Trenck, chairman of the social serv
ice work. Including the day nursery
plans; Mrs. Charles Kirkhoff, chairman
of the entertainment committee, and Mrs.
J. E. Avard, chairman of the house
committee.
Under the supervision of Mrs. Evard
tbe decorative effects, tbe furnishing de
tails. the planning of the equipment and
the general work of completing the re
AIRPLANES TO
BE EXHIBITED
AT LOCAL SHOW
'lite beginning of the "air era" in
Indiana will be marked by the exhibition
of airplanes at the twentieth automobile
*hoiv at the state fair grounds March
s to 13, \V. M. Fagley, secretary treasurer
of the Curt Ns-Indiana Company of Ko
komo and Indianapolis, who will have a
quickest way to deliver goods." he said.
Officials of the Indianapolis Automobile
Trade association declare that this Is the
first bona fide automobile show in the
country at which airplanes will be
shown.
Since travel in the air Is being made
safer every day and the cost of machines
is little more than that of tne higher
priced automobiles, Mr. Fagley expects
to see many privately owned planes in
operation In tbe state this year. "It's the
greatest sport in the world and the
quickest way to deliver goods," he said.
“Aviation is getting *a'er every day.
Ninety-nine per cent of the accidents are
the result of carelessness. Better pilots
will eliminate the danger of personal
mistakes and we are teaching fliers to be
better pilots every day. The game is
going to he given a great boost In this
stnte by the formation of aero clubs
among the sportsmen. Once they get a
number of planes in operation the air
Industry will he firmly established in
Indiana.
Engineers to Debate
Traction Problems
Prof. D. D. Ewing of Purdue univer
sity will discuss “Present Day Problems
In tbe Electric Railway Field" before
the Indianapolis-Lafayette section of the
American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers. at the Chamber of Commerce at
s p. m.. Friday.
A three-reel motion picture film, de
picting the evolution of transportation
from primitive days to the present tine,
will be shown:
Engineers who are expected to take
part in discussion of the speech are H.
jA. Garman, C. O. Murphy, ft. I. Todd.
<’. F. Harding, D. J. Angus, O. It. Schley.
G. E. Varney, J \V. Esterilne arid C.
A. J.aqufl. J. L. Payne is chairman and
D. C. I’vke secretary of the organiza
tion.
British Deals Push
Mark
BERLIN, Feb. 17. London Is buying
immense sums of Russian rubles on the
German bourse and belief is expressed
in financial circles here that tflis might
be accepted as an Indication that “Creai
Britain is preparing to make peace with
soviet Russia.” Because of the protesls
from anti-bolshevik circles the German
government forbade dealings in ruble*,
consequently the transactions are car
ried on in secret nnd the amount of pur
chases can not be accurately estimated.
The exchange rate on the ruble is ris
ing rapidly nnd already the ruble is more
valuable than the German mark.
City Building Hits
High January Mark
Indianapolis is expanding much faster
than other large cities in Indiana, ac
cording to figures on building for Jan
uary.
Indianapolis building in January. 1920,
showed an increase of 527 per cent over
January, 1919. The total 'stiraated value
of permits issued in .Tam-ary, 1920, was
$1,375,000. Ft. Wayne, the next city, re
ported permits issued for buildings es
timated to cost $119,080. This was a
gain of 426 per cent over January, 1019.
South Bend made a gait: of 23" per cent,
over January, 1919, according to the re
port.
GOTHAM FIRST AGAIN.
New York City, with 27,362, suffered the
greatest number of deaths in the in-
epidemic of 1918-1919. Atlsuta,
■maoiu 242, bad the leuaL
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920.
modeling has progressed until today the
new building is spick and jpan. prac
tically ready for the reception of babies.
The officials discussed the selection of
a matron to have charge of the building,
hut no hint was given out who would
be employed in this capacity. No decision
will be made on this appointment until
later In the week.
Visitors who attended the card party
last night were favorably impressed with
the program mapped out and admired the
furnishing and decoration of the new
building.
Me AO OO'S NAME TO
GO ON BALLOT
(Continued From Page One.)
on so well the financing of the war.
i task of larger proportions than any
which ever before confronted the nation.
William M. Fogarty, president of the
Fidelity Trust Company, expressed ills
approval of both Mr. McAdoo and Mr.
Taggart. "They sound good to me." he
said. 11c spoke especially of the ability
of Mr. McAdoo as secretary of the
treasury.
Eph Inman, an attorney, who is a dem
ocrat hut who is not known as one of
the old line of politicians who must al
ways wait to see vhlch way the lightning
will strike beforp expressing an opinion,
was enthusiastic in his approval of both
Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Taggart.
"TAGGART riHST, LAST
AND A LI, THE TIME."
Oren Hack, an attorney, expressed his
unqualified approval of Mr. Taggart for
senator, declaring ho is for him "first,
last and all the time.” Me expressed his
personal sentiment for Mr. McAdoo, but
sail! at this time he Is for Vice President
Marshall for the presidency.
Cos). John T. Barnett, a real estate
dealer, expressed h's approval of both
candidates "It Is too early to say who 1
would favor for the presidency.'’ he said,
"but 1 believe I would be strong for
Mr McAdoo. I think Senator Taggart is
ail right and I am for him."
Hal I.nnders, who Is connected with
Foster & Mexsirk, bond dealers and in
durance agency, enthusiastically approved
the proposal to elect Mr. Taggart senator.
"I certainly wish to indorse him,” he
said. "Indiana could make nr better se
lection. He is a man of most mature
Judgment nnd could most eminently ren
resent Indiana in the senate. I certainly
hope he will he a candidate."
Evans Woollen, president of the Fletoh
er Savings and Trust Company, said:
"I sincerely trust that Senator Taggart
can see his way to undertaking the ran
dldacy for the senate ghi h the demo
crats of the state are eager for him to
undertake." Mr. Woollen said he believed
he was expressing the sentiments of
numerous other democrats in insisting
upon Mr. Taggart being n candidate.
CITY’S DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN EOR TAGGART.
Democratic women of Indianapolis are
apparently unanimous in their desire that
Mr. Taggart be a candidate for the sen
ate. They arc reticent, however, in ex
pressing themselves concerning a candi
date for the presidency.
“I am In favor of Mr. Taggart for
senator," Mrs. Isaac Born said. "I think
he would represent us well. l have
tiio highest respect for him. He has
been a friend of woman suffrage nU
I (trough our fight, and I think the women
of the stnte owe him a great (lea! of
gratitude.”
One woman said she had petition
asking that .Senator Taggart’s name be
placed on the ballot and that she is cir
culating II among her friends.
Mrs. Wilmer Christian declared tha
she is “very strong for Mr Taggart and
is doing all she can to bring about his
rloftion to tho sonato.’*
“I am for Mr. Taggart and I hope he
can he persuaded to bo n candidate,"
Mrs. Edgar Perkins said. "lie would
receive the votes of Mr. Perkins, myself
and our children,* If we could nil vote.’ j
EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT 18 PROVIDED
IN ADDITION TO THE INTERESTING EXHIBITS
.. AT THE - ■ ■
Ul Optimist Industrial Show
□J Tomlinson Hall ♦ Ftbruary 17-21
rpHE INDUSTRIAL SHOW of the Indian-
JL apolis Optimist Club will be held in Tom
linson Hall, beginning Tuesday, February 17,
and ending Saturday, February 21, 1020. The
doors ivill be open each of ihe five days from
11 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Admission is free, but b.v ticket. Tickets may be pro
cured front any Optimist Club member, or at the hall.
Scores of interesting and instructive exhibits; sam
ples and souvenirs; delightful entertainment.
Go to The Show —Today!
STAND TAKEN
BY JUGO-SLAVS
Only Wilson Plan of Settling
Dispute Acceptable.
PARIS, Feb. 17.—Jugo-Slav representa
tives here today declared the Belgrade
government will stand firm in its posi- |
tion of refusing any settlement of the j
Adriatic dispute except that advocated
by President Wilson.
The president’s note had noticeably im
proved the Jugo-Slav morale. "Iu view
of this recent development no govern
ment in Belgrade could survive if it
backed down now,” one Jugo-Slav official
here asserted.
French official circles, however, viewed
the note witii fixed feelings. ' President
Wilson sent his note as if nothing had
happened during the last two months,” j
one official said. "He apparently disre
garded the fact that since Dec. 13 the
Italians have made many concessions to
the Jugo-Slavs."
The moment solution of the problem
seemed near, this official asserted, the j
president, who decided against American j
representation in the interallied discus
sions, “rises from his bed and wants to
resume work where he left it. destroying
all that has been done in his absence.” i
“However," he continued, "the allies .
are always ready to listen to suggestions
from the Edited States, but they beg
that the president get reacquainted with
the situation with which he has been
out of touch." The allies, the French
official concluded, will welcome an Amer
ican representative to sit in their discus
sions. The press r generally commented ,
rather bitterly on the note.
U. S. TO BACK UP
JUGOSLAV CLAIMS
WASHINGTON. Feb 17. The United
States will continue to report the rights
of the Jugo-Slavs in the dispute over
Flume, it was announced today at the
whltehouse. This government will not
withdraw from the Adriatic controversy,
it was stated. Threatened withdrawal of
American naval forces from the Adriatic
would not be taken to mean that the
United States will not interest Itself fur
ther in the situation there.
President Wilson's communication to
the supreme council with regard to the
proposed Ftmne settlement, to which
he objects, was only ten linos in .length
and was In no sense an ultimatum, white
house officials said. It was a reiteration
of Wilson's original positiou on Flume,
as the United Press announced yester
day.
Divorced Wife
Claims Estate
of $25,000,000
Dying Man's Scrawled Signa
ture to Will Fought With
Marriage Contract.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The scrawled
signature of a dying man to his will
and an Intimate marriage contract will
ne the central features about which a
legal hat tie for a $25,000,000 estate w ill
he w iged w hen the suit of Mrs. Kenneth
i Cowan, first wife of Harry S. Harkness.
i cornea up in court to establish her as the
rightful heir.
While Mrs. Cowan divorced Mr. Hark
■ ness tine years before- his death and
, afterward remarried, she contends that
she and not Mr. Harkness’ second wife
Is entitled to the estate. Bho received
$33,000 a year alimony when the divorce
was grunted.
"We are In this fight to a finish,” de
clared Kenneth Cowan, husband of the
plaintiff "The papers will be filed in a
few days. They will set forth tile fact
that a mutual contract was executed in
1000 willing Mrs. C’owm the estate. loi
ters and other documents will prove this.
And theTe are also other facts of a per
sonal nature, but l can not discuss
them."
Mr. Harkness was a member of the
Standard Oil Company and a well known
sportsman. He died of influenza in Jin
■ nary. 101!'. The defendants in the suit
are Mrs. Florence Harness, the second
wife, and her co-executor, John Mac Mi
ller.
15 Teams to Handle
County Relief Drive
The new executive committee of the
Marlon County Near East Relief orgini
zntlon. at a meeting held at the Ayres’
tearoom today noon, decided on fifteen
teams te vaTry the appeal for Armenian
orphan aid to tho people of Indianapolis
next week.
As completed today the executive com
mitten Includes Mayor Jewett, Michael K.
Foley. Edgar 11. Evans, A. It Baxter,
J. M Dalryraple. S. Ashjlan. Rabbi M.
M. Feucrllcht, Mrs, R. K. Kennlngton,
Mrs. .1. M. Keallug. Mrs. Wolff Sussman,
Mrs. S, !;. Perkins. Mrs. Edgar H. Evans.
Mrs. Lawrence Cummins, Mrs A. B.
, Grover. Mrs. Clark Mallory, Mrs. C. J
! Buchanan and Mrs. C. A. Jewett.
Team captains will meet with the com
mltteo Thursday. The Indianapolis ap
peal will begin Monday and continue
through the week. “Hunger Knows no
Armistice'’ is the slogan and people will
be asked to pledge support to homeless
Armenian children on a basis of 55 a
month for each child for a year.
CARD PARTY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the South Side-
Turners will give a card party Wodnes .
day afternoon in their hall.
♦ • *
The Only Euchre club will give a pub j
lie card party tonight In Musicians' hall,
143 East Ohio street.
City Employers
to Hear Illinois
Banker Tonight
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BENJAMIN F, HARRIS.
Industrial problems will be discussed |
tonight b.v Benjamin F. Harris, presi- j
dent of tiie First National Bank of j
Champaign, ill., and a 'well-known stu- |
dent of international finance, at tho six
teenth annual meeting of the Associated
Employers of Indianapolis, in the audi- |
torluni of the Odd Fellow buildiug.
In addition to the address three two- 1
year directors are to be elected, and of
ficers will report on the work of the
last year. '). B. lies, president of the
I Associated Employers, will preside at the
meeting.
Several resolutions will be presented
to (he meeting, outlining the stand of
employers on many important questions.
The guests at an informal dinner to be
given for Mr. Harris this evening, be
, fore the annual meeting, are as follows:
I Judge A. 11. Anderson, Arthur It. Baxter.
Charles F. Coffin, L. G. Cummins. John
F. Darmody, Henry L. Ditlimer. Brandt
C Downey, Henry Eitel, .1. !’ l-'renzel,
Jr., K U. Graff. George G. Griffin, L. O.
Hamilton, (. I). Haskett, O. B. lies. J.
H. I.ederer, George Charles J.
Lynn, E. C. Merritt, Stephen C. Noland,
Harvey G. Shafer, I Edward stilz, C. W.
Wells. A. J. Allen, Rov E. Adams. Elmer
W. Stout and -"harles I’. Tlgho.
Falling 1 Tile Splits
Hod Carrier’s Skull
M. James, *m. negro hod carrier, was
i probably fatally Injured early today
while working at the new Spink apart
ment ot> North Meridian street, near
Vermont street, when a 14 pound tile,
falling six stories, split bis skull open.
The tii fell from an elevator started by
mistake. Sergt. Murphy investigated the
accident.
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j women here {
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Y'our high her!* have put corns on j
your toes and calluses on your feet, but I
why care now .'
A genius In Cincinnati d’seovered a
magic ether compound and named it i
i freezone. A qua nor ounce of this freez
j one can now be had at any drug store
for a few cents. Apply a few drops
j on your tender, aching corn or callus. i
Instantly the so roues* disappears aiuf
shortly you will find the corn or callus I
so shriveled and loose that you 11ft It
off with your fingers.
Just think! You get rid of a hard
urn, soft corn or a corn between the
toes, as well n> hardened collues for a
few cents an! without suffering one pa- !
ti.-le, without tho slightest Irritation of ;
tiie surrounding skin. Just a touch of
ihls marvelous freezone on a sore, trou
i besome corn gives instant relief. Adver- I
tisement.
Removing Ugly Hairs —
Entirely New Method
(Actuully Removes the Roots)
The question is often asked whether a j
really permanently, efficacious hair re
mover exists, and (tie answer has hereto
fore been very unsatisfactory. Fortu- I
uately. there’s anew and remarkable I
process that really removes every hair !
entire, root and alt; It Is different from j
and far better than electricity, idepilator ;
tcs. the razor, or any other method. If |
you’d like to try it. just get a stick of j
phelactine from your druggist, follow the ;
simple Instructions —and with your own
eyes see the hair roots come out! Roots !
are removed quickly, easily, leayiug the i
skin perfectly smooth and hair-free.
Phelactine is non-irritating, odorless, '
; and so harmless you could eat it! —Ad -i
vert ise men t. |
Exhausted Bodies
TIRED NERVES.
Relieved Absolutely by
Cadomene Tablets
The Heal. Satisfying Tonic.
Sold by All Druggists.
I Best for Constipation H
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A Pleasurable Physic I
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RED INVASION
HITS ROUM ANIA
Ten Bolshevik Divisions Said
to Have Crossed Frontier.
LONDON, Feb. 17.—Russian bolshevik
forces have Invaded Roumanla, according
to a Bucharet dispatch to the Daily Ex
press today. Ten divisions of Russians
of Russian are reported to have croseJ
the Roumanian frontier.
The king’ eouncil has been summoned
at Bucharest to consider the situation, j
Tt is expected a plea for assistance will I
be made to the allies.
The Roumanians ha,ve already thrown ;
up a lino of fortifications south of the ;
Dniester river.
Transfer Men Dine
Their New Officers
A dinner in honor of newly elected i f
fleers was given last night by the In
dianapolis Transfer association. The af
ficeis include William G. Kreis, presi
dent; W. S. Frye, vice president; Irwin
Walker, treasurer, and Thomas Snyder,
secretary. C. W. Abrahams presided at
the dinner.
LET “DANDERINE”
SAVE YOUR HAIR
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Hurry! A few cents stops hair
falling and doubles its
beauty.
A little “Panderine" cools, olcaases
ond makes the feverish, itchy scalp soft
and pliable; then this stimulating tonic
penetrates to the famished hair roots,
revitalizing and invigorating every hair
in the head, thus stopping the hair fall
ing out, getting thin, straggly or fading.
After a few applications of “Dander
iue” you seldom find a fallen hair or a
particle of dandruff, besides every hair
shows more life, vigor, brightness, color
and thickness.
A few cents buys a bottle of delightful
: “Danderine" at any drug or toilet coun
ter. —Advertisement.
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a glass of Salts if your
Back hurts or Bladder
troubles you.
No man or woman who eats meat regu
larly ran make a mistake by flushing tbe
kidneys occasionally, says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
excites the kidneys, they become oxer*
worked from the strain, get sluggish and
fail to filter the waste and poisons from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble,
nervousness, dizziness,- sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in tbe
kidneys or your back hurts or if the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi
ment. irregular of passage or attended by
a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat
and get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any pharmacy; take a
tablespoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast and In a few days your kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts is made
fioin the acid of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in urine so it no longer causes irritation,
thus ending Madder weakness.
Jad Halts is Inexpensive and can not
injure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink, w hich everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active and the blood pure,
thereby avoiding serious kidney compli
cations.—Advertisement.
SLOW
DEATH
Ache*, pains, nervousness, diffi
culty in u- ; njting, often meat
serious disorders. The world'*
standard remedy for kidney, liver,
bladder and uric acid troubles—
GOLD MEDAL
bring: quick relief and often ward ofl
deadly disease*. Known as the national
remedy of Holland for more than 200
years. All druggists, in tbroa sixes
Leek fee Ihe use Gold Medal on ava-r beg
Sad accept ae iaaitetiea
Look Out For Symptoms;
Disease Comes Gradually.
There is a reason for every pain, every
dizzy spell. Little sharp jabs of pain, stiff*
ness in bending, swollen joints, are all
forerunners of disease that will become fatal
ttnless their march is halted. There’s no
sense in allowing your condition to be com#
run down. Dodd's Kidney Pills will elimi*
nate all of your chronic ills.
Get Dodd's (three D’s in the name) from
your druggist. If he can’t supply yon send
80c. in stamps and your druggist's name
to the Dodd Medicine Cos., Buffalo, N. V,
and we’ll send you the flat, round box.
Also Diamond Dinner nils are a sal a.
mild cathartic. /
What causes
An excess of acid in the stomach sours
the food and starts fermentation. Dis
tressing gases form. Your meals don’t
digest but lay like lumps of lead. Then
you have heartburn, flatulence, fullness,
belching, headache, and real misery in
the stomach and intestines.
A few tablets of “Rape s Diapepstn”
bring relief almost as soon as they teach
the stomach. “Pape's Diapepsln” costs
little at drug stores.—Advertisement.
REALIZATION LED
TO QUICK ACTION,
WOMAN ASSERTS
Knowing She Couldn’t Live On
Crackers, Mrs. Stephens Be
gan Using Trotona—
Greatly Benefited,
“Because I knew I couldn't live for
ever on crackers I decided to try Tru
tona and now I'm wishing that every
one knew the merits of this preparation
as I do,” was the enthusiastic and con
vincing statement made recently by Mrs.
William Stephens. 518 North Illinois
street, Indianapolis.
“I had stomach trouble.” Mrs. Stephens
eoutlnued. “It seemed that I could hard
ly cat anything that would stay on my
stomach. Asa rule, I'd eit something
and then have to throw it up. Sometimes
my food seemed to lodge In my throat
and I’d have the hiccoughs and would
experience heartburn and sour stomach. I
had almost lost my appetite.
“When I found that crackers were
about the only thing my stomach would
digest I begaD to look around for a
medicine. Trutona was highly recom
mended -and I began using it. I haven't
had a touch of indigestion since I finished
the first bottle of this medicine. It
doesn't make any difference what I eat,
the food stays in my stomach and I never
have to vomit any more. I’m hungry
most all the time nowadays. My friends
all say that I'm looking better, too. I
wish every one knew the merits of Tru
tona as I do.’’
Trutona is sold in Indianapolis at the
Hook chain of drug stores and O. W.
Brooks' drug store, Pennsylvania and
Ohio streets.—Advertisement.
Don't Spoil a Good
Meal With a Bad
Stomach
It is really n pitiful sight to see so
many thousands of people worrying
about what they can cat and what they
can’t eat.
Dyspeptics, they call themselves, but
they stretch the imagination when they
do it.
All these people need to make them
healthy, cheerful and of sound appetite
is a box of Mi-O-Na Tablets.
The stomach of a dyspeptic is over*
worked and run down. It needs help to
digest the food, but more than that It
needs a prescription that will cleanse,
renovate, strengthen and put elasticity
into the stomach walls.
Mi-O-Na is (he prescription that will
do this and do it so promptly that you'll
wonder why you didn’t try it before.
It stops belching of gas and distress
after eating In five minutes. It is un
doubtedly the greatest stomach tonic ever
given to the public by a specialist In
stomach diseases.
Leading druggists everywhere and the
Haag drug stores sell Mi-O-Na for 60
cents a large box on the money bach
HYOMEI
fi I (p&wm M6h o m£) B
Ends Catarrh or money back. Jns*
breathe it in. Outfit including inhaler
SLIS. Extra bottles 60c. All Druggists.
MOTHERS, DO IS-
When the Children Cough,
Rub Musterole on Throats
and Chests
No temng how soon the symptom*
may develop into croup, or worse. Anq
then’s when you’re glad you have a
jar of Musterole at hand to givfl
prompt, sure relief. It does not blister,
As first aid and a certain remedy,
Musterole is excellent. Thousands ol
mothers know it You should keep a
jar in the house, ready for instant us
It is the remedy for adults, too. Re
Sieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsfliti*
croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia
headache, congestion, pleurisy, rhea,
matism, lumbago, pains and aches ol
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
chilblains, frosted feet and colds,of the
chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
30c and 60c jars; _ hospital size $2£Q
A Good Medicine
[or the Whole Family
Foley’s Honey and Tar is a
scientific combination of care
fully selected remedies that ex
perience proves loosens and
breaks up a cough in short order.
Feels Like a New Man Now
Jis. Edwards. 208 Harriett St.. Montgomery,
Ala., writes: “I feel like anew man now from
using Foley’a Honey and Tar. I can aleep all
night and cough but little. My whole family is
using it—the little onea and the old ones. My
wile tells me iust as soon as the bottle gets low
and I have to get another one. 1 have relieved
all of our coughs and broke our colds. They are
ill in better shape than me now. and I am in good
shape myself. My health is getting good—my
couth is broken —the soreness in my chest is all
gone, so many thanks to you for yoar treatment.’*
Foley’s
Honey and Tar \
COMPOUND j
STOPS THAT DISTRESSING!
COUGH—checks it quickly and sure*!
ly, clears the throat of phlegm aedfl
mucus, and cor.ts the raw, inflamed!
surfaces with a healing, soothing medi*l
cine. 3
Wc can prove no imitation ori
substitute ts as good as the gentt\
ine Foley’s. M
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