Indiana daily times. [volume], July 09, 1920, Home Edition, Page 19, Image 19

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INDUSTRIAL
' TREND TO WEST,
k SAYS KETCHUM
- -
Housing Problem More Crit
ical With Coming of Greater
• Number of People.
DEMANDS MUST BE MET
“Indiana is entering a most critical
period in housing conditions from now
on," declared Kenneth Ketchum. finan
cial director of the American City En
gineering Company of Pittsburg, in a
statement regarding the housing question
which was discussed at the state hous
ing conference held under auspices of
the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce.
“There is a movement of industries
westward,” said Mr. Ketchum.
‘‘These industries are locating nu
merous branches at large traffic centers,
and- places where the housing conditions
arc not congested."
CONDITIONS AFFECT
FACTORIES.
Mr. Ketchum said that they would not
seek to open factories where critical
bousing conditions and congestion exist.
In discussing the general shortage of
houses in the country he said that only
p,20,000 houses were built in 1918.
“Seventy thousand houses were built
in 1919, and the building associations
announce that even fewer houses will be
built this year.
"The work that Is being done is not
taking care of the normal demand,” de
clared Mr. Ketchum.
INDIANA SHORT
100,000 HOMES.
He said that the shortage in Indiana.
If set at a minimum figure, would be
100,000 houses.
“Industries have been building houses
for their employes as a last reaort to ob
tain help in their factories.
“Even when we consider how critical
the present situation is,” said Mr. Ketch
'lm.'“the real and final condition is not
so much today, but when the supply Is
coming up with the demand.”
Mr. Ketchum said that at such a time
it will be certain that adjustments will
be made and these projects will suffer.
“The future tense Is of vital value in
considering the work of today in the
housing project.”
PREDICTS
HIGHER PRICES.
Prices, which are not as Mgb as they
were the first of the year, will be as
high and higher rhis year and next year.
*is the opinion of Mr. Ketchum.
“We can ask any man in industry
what he thinks about the high cost of
living, and he says prices are sure to go
down, but if you ask him when he in
tends to reduce the prices of his own
commodities, it is an entirely different
problem.”
w Mr. Ketchum said that is Is not so
much the difficulty of building houses
as it is the fact that there are so manv
Investments offering better returns than
touse building that the money market
vill not make loans for building houses
In speaking of the cost, of erecting a
house at the present time he said that a
modern bouse with all improvements, in
cluding the cost of the lot, is about SI,OOO
per room.
“The reason that renting houses is not
a good investment,” he said, “is because
the rents are not set at a standard which
win make the owner his legitimate 10
- per cent profit.
INVESTMENT SHOULD
MAKE OWNER PROFIT.
“When other commodities increased, the
rents were not proportionally,
and hence the people hare not become
- accustomed to paying- rent adequate to
,tnake the owner have a paying invest
ment.”
The values for old houses have not been
re-established, he declared.
Mr. Ketchum said that In many cities
legitimate values had not been ' set on
honaes until an attempt to build was
made and It was found that in renting
the new property the old standards did
not apply, and consequently the old
price* were readjusted.
"House owning, or rather home own
ing, la the best way of keeping an indi
vidual in one community," said Mr
Ketehum.
Industries bavp said married
men are the best workers.
“We all know that the unmarried man
who drifts from city to city is not to be
depended upon.”
AROCMENT FAVORS
HOME OWNING.
There is a strong argument for owning
your own home in Mr. Ketohums opin
ion.
‘‘While a man pays from 25 to 30 per
cent of his income in buying h' home in
place of the 20 to 25 per cent a e pays in
renting, after he has his home in his
own name he has something to show,
while the man who rents has nothing,”
he said.
Mr. Ketchum said that the success of
selling homes on the installment plan is
undoubted.
“In all other industries selling on the
installment iflan has been, one of the
most successful of ventures in this coun
try and there is no reason why it should
not be such in the real estate business,"
was bis comment.
ANYTHING ELSE
OPEN TO THEM?
Old Maids Ponder Taking Ad
vantage of Leap Year.
WABASH. li>hl , July 9—‘*Bhsll old
maids take advantageleap rear?"
This question and simila"?*-..topics bear
ing on the old maid problem Vnrse dis
cussed at the annual meeting of the uVd
Maids’ association at Roann today. N
In order to obtain admittance to the
conference, the members had to wear fh®
emblem of the association, which is a
small white flower known as a bachelor;
■ button and at that ail applicants were
questioned carefully as to their ellgibtl- -
iry before being permitted to enter the |
.sacred precincts.
Old maids were present'from Crhana.
Wabash, North Manchester. Gilead, Peru,
Roann. South Bend and Chicago.
In the event that the members are not
all married by next year, the meeting
again will be held at Roann.
Wilson Funeral at
10 O’clock Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Bry
ant Wilson, S2, who died at the home
of her granddaughter. Mrs. Myra Rich
ards, 141 fl North Alabama street, will
he held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock
from the home.
The services and the burial at Crown
Hill will be private.
Mrs. Wilson was bom in Cumberland,
Ind., but removed to lowa with her
family when a child.
She later returned to Indianapolis,
where she passed most of her life.
Two daughters, Mrs. Ona B. Talbot
and Mrs. Charles B. Foster; two grand
children Mrs. Richards and Clarence
Bryant Foster, and three graat-grand
children, Wallace Richards, Mary Stew
art Foster and Charles B. Foster, all of
Indianapolis, survive.
Girls!. Girls!!
Save Your Hair
With Guticura
Girl Is Recipient
of Social Hohors
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MISS MARION BOOTH.
A number of social affairs are being
given for Miss Marion Booth. 2351 North
Delaware street, who will leave Wednes
day for residence in Newark, N. J.
Miss Booth is a member of the 192 G
class of Sliortrldge High school and Is
president of “The Puritan Girls," a so
cial organisation of high school girls.
She will study piano and in New
York City. Miss Marianne Holmes will
entertain tomorrow night for Miss Booth.
Material Lack Halts
Sewerage Plant Work
Work on the sewer for the city sew
age disposal plant practically has come
to a standstill, says Lucius B. Swift,
president of the board of sanitary com
missioners, because contractors are not
able to get materials.
The plant ma*- not be completed this
year.
The delay also is placing idle money in
the hands of the commissioners, who are
using it to pay off temporary loans.
Plague Activity at
Vera Cruz Shows Lull
VERA CRUZ, July 9. No deaths from
bubonic plague and no new cases have
been reported during the last twenty-four
hours.
STORE CLOSES
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ON OUR THIRD FLOOR
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3-Piece Suits from
Hart Schaffner & Marx
For Men and Young Men
IPs Not Only the Half-Saving
The suits are KNOWN—guaranteed as no other
They are representative of the best in Fabric and
There are'several hundred suits in this sale, all from
a recent purchase—selected from Hart Schaffner &
Marx surplus—from which we selected only the most
in-demand models, fabrics and patterns.
Hart Schaffner if Marx Suits -
_ n . Intended to Still for
\s6o $65 S7O $75 SBO SBS
£& *32- *35 *37- 40 ’42=
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UU 17 From an Eastern maker—all-wool suits for men d* €\ £■•
*****-** I UlvL and young men—made to sell for SSO, sale price— l
—Daylight Clothing Store, Third Floor.
The Wm. H. BLOCK CO.
TRY TO IDENTIFY
RAGGED STRANGER
Chicago Wife Slaying Mystery
Still Unsolved.
CHICAGO, July 9.—A new angle in the
Wanderer slaying mystery was uncovered
by detectives working on the case today
when it was learned that Mrs. Carl Wan
derer, the slain bride of the former army
lieutenant, had drawn $1,500 from their
joint savings account in a local bank two
days before she was murdered.
When confronted with this, her hus
band who, despite a tangle of contradic
tory statements he has made, still sticks
to the story that his bride was slain by
a robber, who in turn was killed by him.
In the meantime, Wanderer is being
held at a police station under a threat
of being booked formally in connection
with his wife’s murder if an attempt is
made to obtatn his release ott habeas
-corpus proceedings.
Detectives are making every effort to
Identify the ragged stranger killed by
Wanderer at the time his wife was slain
—the supposed robber who. Wanderer
says, started the shooting when the Wan
derers returned home from a movie the
! ater on the night of June 21.
! They are proceeding on the theory that
i the slain man may in gome way have
been involved in matters affecting the
i Wanderer family.
Legion Post to Form
Guard andSound Taps
HARTFORD CITY, Ind., July 9.-The
funeral of Glen Messner, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Messner, who was
drowned at American Fork, Utah, last
Sunday, will be held next Sunday after
noon in this city and will be semi-mil
itary.
Members of Paul O. Meyer post, Amer
ican Legion, will form a guard of honor
and taps will be sounded at the grave.
Members of the Masonic fraternity of
Indiana university will be pallbearers.
The body arrived here this morning.
4 Nabbed in Raid on
Sidewalk Craps Game
The morals sqnad last night raided a
“sidewalk game” ,ln front of a grocery
at 2524 Bluff road and arrested four for
shooting craps.
Themen caught gave their names as
Aubrey White, 2442 Daisy street; James
Hatfield. 733 South Keyston* avenue;
Dick Steal, 2566 Bluff avenue; James
White, 2442 Daisy street.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 9,1920.
WILL ROUGE GO?
WOMEN SAY ‘NO’
Most of Them Are Rather In
different, Though .
- To rouge or not to rouge.
That is the question that is agitating
members of the Woman’s Christian Tem
perance union and certain of the fair sex
who are being criticised by that organ
ization, which has started a campaign
against the cosmetic.
“Nearly all up-to-date girls use rouge,"
said Mrs. Julia F. Greenwood, employ
ment manager of the Underwood Type
writing Company.
“It Is just as much a matter of attire
as any other article Os clothing.
“I do not find that girl 4 who use rouge
are any more inefficient than those who
do not; I find inefficient workers in
both cases.”
"I believe,” said Mrs. Greenwood, “that
the sensible business, girl Uses enough
to appear neat, but not conspicuous.
“However, yon know that you will find
people who go to extremes in every
thing.”
Miss Florence D. Tyxzer, employer of
women In the Fletcher Savings & Trust
Company, said that it is not liksd by the
company.
“We find that the girls who use such
things," said Miss Tuzzer, “do not do
their work as well, and hence we do
not like to employ them.”
Dr. H. G. Morgan, secretary of the
city board of health, says that it’s all
right to him if the girls use a littlo
paint.
“I don’t suppose it would make any
difference to them if I did say that they
should not use rouge,” he said.
“Rouge is not detrimental to the skin,
as I see It.”
“We see a good mnny people using
rouge today.” said Miss Grace Myers,
public stenographer in the Denison hotel,
"and it seems a matter of custom.
“Some people go to the extreme, how
ever," she continued.
"I believe that women In business
should be careful how they apply it.’’
“You can make harm out of any
thing,” said Mrs. Effward J. decker,
president of the Women’s Franchise
league, in commenting on the attitude
of the league toward women using
rouge. “We have not discussed the stand
women should tak| on this issue."
Mrs. Hecker said she believed in letting
everybody use their own and
think for themselves.
“It Is more a matter of individual
opinion as I see it," said Mrs v Hecker.
PROTEST NO BAR
TO RECOGNITION
Miss Carranza’s Charges Too
Weak to Affect Negotiations.
'WASHINGTON, July 9.—Recognition
of the new government in Mexico will
not be delayed by the disclosures mode
to the state department by Miss Julia
Carranza, regarding the reported respon-.
slbility of Gen. Obregon for the death
of Gen. Carranza, it was indicated today
at the state department after a careful
study of the merits of the protest filed
in behalf of the daughter of the late
Mexican president.
Acting Secretary of State Davis today
read Miss Carranaa’s protest aimed at
the present regime in Mexico, but de
clined to make a statement as to Its
importance in pending negotiations.
The state department, it was said,
looks on Miss Carranza’s protest as ai
incident not wholly unexpected, and In
clines to the view that it can not carry
much weight, because the charges are
couched in language of the most gen
eral character and are lacking iu specific
proof that would refute data already lu
the department’s possession.
BLAME PUT ON
COAL OPERATORS
Product Costs $4, Sold at $8
and $9, Is Charge.
WASHINGTON, July 9.—A net p'rollt
of 100 per cent is Being collected by
bituminous £oal mine operators in some
districts, according to selling price re
; ports received here by George H. Cush
ing. of the American Wholesale Coal as
sociation.
“Buyers are being forced to pay $8
and $9 a ton f. o. b. mines in some dis
tricts,” said Cushing today.
Coal costs $4 a ton to ypriuce, accord
ing to reports to the federal trade com
mission.
“Present coal prices are unjustifiable,”
said Cushing. “The country is paying
prices fixed by alarmist reports.”
Cushing said he had laid his facts be
fore department of justice officials.
The department uotlfled all United
States district attorneys to investigate
and prosecute cases of coal profiteering.
Cushing said his denial that coal short
age was responsible for high prices was
based on an estimate that consumption
will not exceed 535,000.000 tons for the
twelve months ending March 31, 1921.
We Close Tomorrow,
Saturday, at 1
A Sale of Silk Dresses
For Women and Misses
-’12.75 9 J?
—that has had no peer either\ /l'
here or elsewhere. To be able \ BgM M I \
to get a silk dress—beautiful in
fabric and style—at so low' a Vi x "/Ini n
price—needs must have an ex- Lj/
planation: An overstocked man- I ''W&f Jy
ufacturer offered us his entire \ rail (T# * 5
surplus at a price so low' that we \ wSk/jillSK /If Y k
can offer these dresses at hmt a \ 1R
fraction of their w r orth—every \ \
woman and miss in Indianapolis q rnL\V
should avail herself of this op- /
port unity Saturday morning. t J tt^
Included are Dresses oj: Colors are:
Sack and , M^ P>tten W. mS 4
GEORGKTTE ' E TSf §s£
Sale Price .$12.75
TUB FROCKS for Girls
*1.98
Sizes 6 to 16Vz Tears
These dresses afe extraordinary values— * b **p*?^* i^
foresighted mothers will buy a half dozen for II \\
their daughters for summer or fall school Vg§
wear. Os ginghams, chambrays, etc. Smart Jfj
youthful summer models. Special §1.98 &
There are just 200 dresses in the idt—-you’ll have to get here early.
New Wonder Hats
Are Ready for Vacation, Travel and Street Wear
aw '^o
Ribbon Navy Taffeta Georgette and Taffeta Combination*
as w'ell as many others—drooping hats, sailors, tarns, pokes, etflfa
are here in solid or combined colors—all smartly trimmed. |S|
Always *. §3.m
Beddings and Table Oilcloth
TABLE OILCLOTH,.
45 inches wide, best
quality, white and col
ors. (No phone or
ders.) Extra' spe
yard 59C
PLAID BLANKETS,
regular bed size, at
tractive color plaids,
pa)r ia1, ....53.49
BLEACHED PILLOW
CASES, of good quality
bleached muslin—
Size 42x36 inches,
each 43<
Size 36x36 inches,
each 35<
The Wm. H. BLOCK CO.
.THE BASEMENT STORE
BED IL LOW S,
size 17x24 inches,
choice patterns art
ticking, filled with
new sanitary feathers.
(No phone orders.)
Extra spe- OfT ~
cial, each . . OG/G/
BLEACHED SHEETS,
“Seamless,” neatly
made, extra quality—
Size 63x90 inches,
each ....$1.85
Size 72x90 inches,
each $1.98
Size 81x90 inches.
each $2.29
Men’s Furnishing*
WORK SHIRTS FOR MEM,
> of medium blue chambray,
flat laydown collar attached;
sizes 14% to 17; * \ i
$1.65 quality $ 1,1
ATHLETIC UNION SUITS
FOR MEN, of nainsook,
sleeveless knee length, elas
tic belt in back. Sizes 00.
“WAYNE KNIT’’ HOSE
FOR MEN. Sizes 9% to 11%,
medium and heavy weight,
black, seamless, stain- | rv
less. 25c quality 1
BAI.BRIGGAN UNDER
SHIRTS , AND DRAWERS
FOR MEN, ecru, shirts >-hort
sleeves, drawers ankle
length. Special.
garment O V/G
OVERALLS FOR ME N,
“Sweet, Orr and Company”
railroad overalls, bib and
high back, blue. Q
Regular sizes qpO.GJv/
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