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SHANK RELIEF
FUND INQUIRY
PROVES FLUKE
Lone Witness Appears And
His Testimony Is Some
what Balmy.
OFFICIALS ARE READY r
One lone witness testified at the in
vestigation Into the city administration's
nse of the $20,000 emergency relief fund
launched by President Theodore J. Berud
at the regular meeting of the city coun
cil last night.
It had been advertised thoroughly the
probe was going to be far-reaching and
would develop some startling facts, such
as, for instance jobless, needy men had
been refused work on the §2-a-day-plan,
because they had not worked for Mayor
Samuel Lewis Shank politically.
The inquiry collapsed when the lone
complainant, John McMann, 1604 Martin
dale avenue, admitted he had not been
refused a job and his politics had not
even been asked. He declared he had
been sent to the Merchants Heat and
Light Company to work “cutting as
phalt with a chisel,” when he wished to
spread cinders In Brightwood. It de
veloped the job he refused would have
paid him thirty-five cents an hour, where
as the one he insisted upon having drew;
only twenty five cents an hour.
JIEETI-VG PROVES
PRAISE SERVICE.
The meeting finally turned Into a praise
session for Street Commissioner Martin
J. Hyland, who had come anticipating
a trying evening, with several assistants
and City Attorney James M. Ogden, who
was fortified with a voluminous report
showing how every penny of the relief
money had been spent In his department.
John F. Walker, superintendent of street
cleaning, whose department also uses
men under the $2-a-day relief plan, was
present, prepared to face all comers,
Neither his name nor his department
were mentioned.
Spectators who had turned out ’o have
tome fnn got but one little taste of what
they had come to see.
This came when Councilman John E.
King answered Mayor Shank's remark
the “investigating council” might better
spend its time trying to help relieve the
sufferings of the unemployed, as those
In the mayor’s office, and particularly
Mrs. Shank had been doing.
Mr. King said he did not know how
much charity work Mrs. Shank and the
mayor had teen doing, but he did know
“if Mr. Shank had not been out in the
State so much trying to do something
about the unemployment of one man,” he
might know more about what the council
men have been doing. He said he had
been getting ten or twelve calls a day
for assistance from the needy.
MAYOR SPEAKS
FOR BEVERIDGE.
The mayor has been stumping the
State for Albert J, Beveridge, candidate
for the Republican nomination for United
State Senator. Mr. King not long ago
was appointed a prohibition enforcement
agent. Senator Harry S. New, Mr.
Beveridge's opponent. Is generally be
lieved to pass out the patronage at the
Federal building.
Alter -Ur. King’s pleasantries, which,
were accompanied with the statement the
only thing he had to say about the ad
ministration of the relief ordinance was
city eouneilmon had not been sent any
names to pass upon for appointment to
the $2-n-day jobs recently, as the meas
ure provided, the council adjourned
peacefully.
It looked rather gloomy for the in
vestigation at the opening of the meet
ing when no one responded to Mr.
Bernd’s question if there was any one
present who wished to taik about the re
lief ordinance. He said the matter would
be taken up later, then. With regular
business out of the way, he repeated his
request those interested in the inquiry
make then,selves known. All was quiet.
The president picked up the figures Mr.
Highland had supplied him and read
t here remained $14,534.35 of the $20,000
fund and $.'>72.37 had been spent out of
the SI,OOO appropriated to the asaistam e
of the relief station operated by the
National Disabled Soldiers’ League and
other patriotic organization*.
INVITATION BRINGS
NO RESPONSE.
"If anybody is Interested they can
• ■ome up and read these reports and see
mis! ‘.v the money was spent,” said
lent and repeated his Invßa
;• those who thought they had
i aled unfairly to come forward.
. : • silence continued.
"i ll say in the last four or five weeks
I have had no complaints out of Martin
J. Hyland's department and, in all fair
ness, I have gotten prompt action upon
all request's I have made of him,” re
marked the president. He then sug
gested adjournment would be in order.
Councilman Ileydon W. Buchanan got
the floor and asked the audience If there
Orange Label Tea
Special IQ?Tins
A cap of this superior tea will prove a friend to every
man. When exhausted nature calls for something
soothing, quieting and sustaining remember,
Sidgwaya Tea.
Also sold m / Ik, % lb. and *4 lb. TINS
"The First Thing You Think Os”
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was anybody present who had applied
for a Job and was refused.
At last there was a movement In the
| ranks of the onlookers and Mr. McMann
stepped forward. The audience grew
quieter. There was going to be some fun
after all. But they were doomed to dis
appointment.
“I'll excuse yon,” said Mr. Bernd when
McMann had finished telling how he had
refused to take a Job “cutting asphalt
with a chisel,” and then the president
explained the street department had not
' been able to use as many men as It
would have liked to because weather
conditions have been such that not much
work could be done. He suggested Mr.
McMann go back and apply for a job
again and no doubt he would be taken
care of.
COUNCILMAN RAT
EXPRESSES VIEW.
Councilman Otto Ri.y declared he.
thought the rilief ordinance was the
"biggest mistake we'll make in four
years,” because employers all over the
city have adopted 25 cents an hour as
the standard for common labor ns a
result of it. He said he had feared
this when the measure was passed, and
he thought it ought to be repealed at
once.
BERND DEFENDS
ORDINANCE.
President Bernd came to the defense
of the ordinance, stating many people
had told him it was a fine thing and
through It many men had been and would
be able to work for sl2 a week who,
otherwise, would have to accept $5 or $<
a week from charity organizations In
order to keep their families alive. He
asked Mr. Hyland to tell what he thought
of the ordinance.
The street commissioner said he thought
It a fine thing and would prove even finer
when conditions become such a greater
number of men can be put to work.
Eighty are on his emergency payroll now.
He reported he has been getting an av
erage of eight carloads of cinders a day
from some of the large utilities and in
dustries and that the number of men
he has used has depended- 'upon the
amount of cinders he could get for them
to spread.
“The fund hafc done a world of good,”
he concluded.
Under suspension of the rules the coun
cil passed the ordinance authorizing the
appointment of another first assistant
tire chief at a salary of $3,000 a year.
There Is only one such official now and
the board of public safety says the two
platoon system law requires there be
one for each shift.
VOTES BLOCK
RULES SUSPENSION.
“No” votes of Councilmen Buchanan
and Ben H. Thompson blocked suspen
sion of the rules on ratification of two
switch contract. One would grant per
mission to Henry Marks’ Sons to lay a
side track across St. Clair street from
the old Chicago division of the Big Four
Railroad and the other to the Hydraulic
Pressed Brick Company, to cross Thirty-
Second street from the Monon Railroad.
The traffic codification ordinance war
introduced with a request from the board
of public safety it be passed at the next
meeting. The ordinance authorizing the
board of public health to issue $650,000
worth of bonds to erect two new build
ings at the city hospital also was pre
sented and referred to committee.
One thousand dollars would bo appro
priated to the fire prevention campaign
by another meaaure introduced.
A special ordinance Introduced provides
for changes In street names as follows:
West Thirty Fifth street, Barnes ave
nue to Crescent street, to Pomander
Place: Water street, Barnes avenue to
Crescent street, to West Thirty-Seventh
street: West Thirty-Fourth street. Canal
to Northwestern avenue, to West Thirty-
Sixth street; Clark street, same limits, to
West Thirty Fifth street; West Thirty-
Third street, same limits, to West Thirty-
Fourth street and Regal Place, same
limits, to West Thirty-Third street.
A bill was presented providing for re
duction of Junk dealers' licenses from
SIOO to $23 a year.
ROME LEADERS
IN QUANDARY
Formation of New Cabinet
Cause of Worry.
ROME, Feb. 21.—The formation of a
new Italian government which carries
with It the question of date and plans
for the European economic conference at
Genoa, remain; as acute a crisis as ever
today.
There were Important conferences of
leaders held today at which attempts
wore renewed at obtaining some comblna
tlon of cabinet members capable of
swinging a vote of confidence In the
chamber.
Former Premier Giollttl was offered
the premiership last night and tried to
persuade Senor Orlando and the parlia
mentary leader, Da Nicola, to Join him
in forming a coalition. Both refused.
NO GAS ON TRAINS.
PARIS, Feb. 21, -Owing to a fire which
followed a railroad wreck In Batignoble
Tunnel, the ministry of public works has
ordered the abolition of gas lighting In
trains.
ROADSDRAGGED
REGULARLY NOW
IN GOOD REPAIR
Highways Constructed of
Native Materials Stand
Test Creditably.
The general condition of State roads
constructed of such native materials as
crushed stone and gravel Is excellent
throughout Indiaua, standing in a very
creditable manner the wear and tear
incident to thaw and freeze of winter,
Lawrence Lyons, director of the State
highway commission, announced today.
The statement was made following an
inspection of 300 miles over these roads
by A. H. Hinkle, chief engineer of main
tenance, and under whose direction and
supervision State roads were maintained
this year.
Mr. Hinkle inspected stone and gravel
State roads in the counties of Shelby,
Hancock, Rush, Franklin, Dearborn,
Wayne and Marlon.
Throughout the winter, Mr. Hinkle
says, his department caused these roads
to be dragged and scraped regularly
Roads heavily traveled were thus treated
as often as Ihree times each week. Less
heavily traveled roads were dragged at
least once each week. This treatment, be
declares, has the advantage of filling the
porous places and causing the water to
drain off the suiface Into the ditches at
either side of the roads. A light coating
of stone and gravel often Is spread by
the dragging crews when It Is deemed
necessary to keep the surface In proper
condition, he says
Mr. Lyons explained that In a few In
stances some of the stone and gravel
roads are cut 'up, a condition unprevent
able for short periods during the thaw
ing season. However, a few days of con
tinuous dry weather will remedy this
unpleasant feature, and then the supreme
advantages of proper maintenance on
this class of roads will be plainly dls
eernable. That maintenance Is and
should be one of the strong features of
Hoosler State road .vork Is quite evident
to the motorist who, after traveling a
few miles on a State road that has beep,
continuously dragged, routes over a road
not Included in the State system and
which has not been treated to the drag
with regularity.
There are 1N25 miles of gravel roads,
815 miles of stone roads and 170 miles
of earth roads under Jurisdiction of the
maintenance department at this time, and
were it not for the patrol system and the
constant attention given them with the
drags, many miles would be lmpassablt
when the droat Is coming out of the
ground, highway officials declare.
Lee/ ion Notes
“I think that I am 32 years of age. f
am fire feet nine, and weigh 136 pounds.
My eyes ore gray and 1 have blond hair
I believe I was a soldier. If any one can
toll me who I am or anything about my
past, please telephone the police.”
This is what a clean-cut young man
told attendants in a Los .ingeles (Cal.)
hospital, lie wore an American Legion
button, and Los Angles p..s;s of the le
gion are helping him find himself.
Failing In his attempt to commit sui
cide by freezing in a snow drift nt Em
poria, Kan., Chester Hagerman, Jobless
war veteran. Is being sought by the
American Legion. A woman of Medicine
Lodge says her son, who her ■ that name,
was reported ‘killed In action," and a
body, supposed to have been his, br< ugh?
from France for burial here.
Lined np patiently for hours in ad
vance, hundreds of tattered ex soldiers
received shoes, overcoats and children’s
On the Stroke of Nine!
£ * Tomorrow ( V/ednesday) Morning Begins Our Semi-Annual
HALF PRICE SALE
Beginning Wednesday Morning, at 9—Ending Positively
Saturday Night at 9, or Sooner if Quantities are Exhausted!
This is the precedent smashing, crowd-gathering, record-breaking sale that sweeps our counters and cases clear of fall and winter
goods. This is the sale that gets cyclonic action. Men know that it is all Strauss merchandise—men know the philosophy and
practice of our business is crystallized in the phrase: “Truthfully told; truthfully sold.”
Unlike Tennyson's Brook—This Sale Does Not “Go On Forever 99
Get here! Make it at 9 if possible. All This sale includes Stein-Bloch, Fashion Park,
picking is good—but early picking is Hickey-Freeman, and some clothes from fine
best. English sources!
630 Mens SUITS ” I 353 Mens Overcoats
. —475 Pairs of Men's Shoes * IRST COME — 468 Boys' Suits
—929 Shirts —207 Men's Hats FIRST SERVED! — 97 B o y § ’ Overcoats
00 r* 1 ?• Plenty of Sues Including’Stouts, nan t ft H 1 •
33 Uaberdmes Long*, shorts and —o 4 Boys Mackinaws
—207 Pairs Men s Gloves Regtllar3 ' —97 Boys 9 Hats
$
No C. O. D.’ —No Approvals—No Layaways— Rj ■'tp'V Owing to the Unusual Congestion in Alteration
No Alter itlona Except Shortening or || j " W' " Tjf 1 f?k' and Delivery Department We Can Not
Lengthening Sleeves and Trousers. Hf~B( Guarantee Prompt Deliveries.
“TRUTITFULLY TOLD ONLY ONE STANDARD
TRUTHFULLY SOLD ” 33 to 37 West Washington St. THE BEST! t '£ t T ric^
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922.
garments from the American Legion dis
tributing committee in New York.
Convalescing at Kennilworth, N. C.,
from wounds received in the Argonne, one
American Legion man sent $1 to the
Woodrow Wilson fund, and promised
four more payments. Many legionnaires
are listed among the donors to the foun
dation.
Possessing all the requisites for a dance
except music, American Legion men in
Lincoln, Neb., called on an ex-gob for
help. He rigged up a radiophone and
tuned in on an orchestra 1,000 miles away.
A Spanish bull fight will be staged in
Madison Square Garden, New York, by
an American Legion post. One stipula
tion Is that the bull shall not be hurt.
A married man, who formerly was
earning $72.30 a week, applied to the
American Legion, wholly destitute. He
took a job as a packer at $5 and said he
was glad to get it.
Twelve majors, five naval comandcrs,
twenty-seven captains and nearly one
hundred lieutenants have applied for
jobs at American Legion employment
headquarters in New York since Sep
tember.
A cemetery in Fairmont, W. Va., where
Civil War soldiers were buried, had be
come a thicket of briars. The American
Legion cleaned it up to do reverence to
the dead heroes.
“The Star-Spangled Banner," ren
dered on a handorgun with a monkey
accompaniment, is taboo with the Amer
ican Legion in New York. A bill before
the Legislature would prohibit collections
being taken for playing the national an
them.
Plans for a Connecticut State hospital
for ex-service men have been Indorsed by
Governor Lake. it will be named for
Frederick W. Oailbraith, late commander
of the American Legion.
A Federal appropriation of $16,400,060
for hospitals for wounded ex soldiers
has been asked by the American Legion
In New Y'ork. where continued investi
gation has revealed inadequate facilities.
Kansas women h..\c rumized to nut
over a State bonus Mrs Ida Walker,
woman legislator, u - told the Amer
ican Legion she wc.ms ,irs> s included In
the compensation.
38 OF FACULTY
IN WHO’S WHO
All Departments of Indiana
University Represented in
Late Edition.
Special to The Times.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 2L—ln
cluded In the latest edition of Who's Who
In America, a biographical dictionary of
notable living men and women of
America, are thirty eight members of the
faculty of Indiana University. Each of
the schools of the State University and
practically every department Is repre
sented. President WUliaui I.owe Bryan
and Secretary John W. Cravens are in
the list.
The College of Arts and Sciences heads
the list with twenty names, Including
Horace A. Hoffman, dean emeritus, and
David A. Rothroeg and S. E. Stout,
deans; Car! H. Elgenmann, dean of the
graduate whool and head of the zoology
department; William F. Book of the
psychology department; Alfred M.
Brooks, head of the fine arts depart
ment, Arthur L. Foley, head of the
physics department; Amos S, Heryhey,
head of the political science department;
Robert E. Lyons, head of the chemistry
department : H. T. Stephenson of the
English department; Bert J. Vos, head
of the German department; E. C. Hill*,
head of the department of romance lan
guages; James A. Woodburn, head of
the history department; Edgar R. Cum
ings, head of the geology department;
U. G. Weatherly, head of the department
of economics and sociology; Guido H.
Stempel, head of the department of com
parative philology; C. W. F. Osthans,
professor of German; David M. Mettier,
head of the botany', department, and
Harry D. Kltson, professor of psychol
ogy, and John B. Phillips, professor of
economics.
The School of Medicine comes next
with ten names In “Who’s Who;” Bur
ton L. Myers, assistant dean of the
school and head of the anatomy depart
ment; William J. Moenkhaus, head of
the physiology department; John F.
Barnhill, professor of rhlnology and
otology; Albert W. Brayton, professor
of dermatology and syphllology; Jospeh
R. Eastman, professor of surgery; John
N. Hurty, professor of hygiene and
sanitary science; F. F. Hutchins, pro
fessor of mental and nervous diseases;
John W. Sluss, professor of surgery;
Albert E. Sterne, professor of mental
and nervous diseases; and William Wtsh
nrd, professor of genito urinary surgery.
The School of Law Is represented In
“Who's Who,” by Enoch G. Hogate, dean
emeritus, and Charles M .Hepburn, dean;
the School of Music by Dean Winfred
B. Merrill; the School of Commerce by
Dean William A. Rawles and the School
of Education by Dean Henry L. Smith,
and Professor W. W. Black.
Beeman’s
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VOL. 1 No. I
' The Early Bird
"My wife stayed up after one
this morning .”
"Wear
"1 teas the one she was after. ”
—Washington Sun Dodger.
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you’re the one we’re after
You'll like its pleasing flavor
and it will help your digestion.
• * *
Use Beaman ’ after every
meal. Alwaye fresh.
BeemaiTs
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You’ll Be Surprised
Yea Indeed folks, you'll be
surprised how much money you
can save here on your needs.
The aim of this store is to sup
ply high-grade. dependable
merchandise at the lowest pos
sible prices. We are out of the
high rent district: we hold
down all operating expenses
and give customers the bene
fit.
Nowhere else in the city can
you see such a display of bar
gains. It’s a treat to look
around In this store. So many
things in plain view and every
thing so plainly marked. You
will like our low price* and our
courteous salespeople. We want
yon to feel at home here.
See the new opening we have
made into the grocery. Now
yon can save on your table ex
pense.
Watch this store for bar
gains.
36 Ladies’
Sample Spring
DRESSES
H, *14.87
fJust came in yes
terday and to get
you acquainted with
our nowly remodeled
ready-to-wear depart
ment tn the front of
the store, jve .ffer
these lovely taffeta
"" silk dresses, In the
very newest spring
; styles at $14.87.
They are wonderful.
*** A treat to get such
J} a bargain in advance
of he season. Don't
fall to soe them to
morrow.
UftPERJELLIAIC JHOE DEPT
Look
Extra Special for Wednesday
Up to $5 Value Women’s Boots and Oxfords
Good looking, dressy footwear; military’ and
Louis heels; 600 pairs on sale; be among
the early ones to get a pair of these wonder
values; $4 and $5 values; at our underselling
price, $1.98, to morrow. Our new “cut price”
shoe department Is making hundreds of friends.
Lome and get acquainted.
Save here on
Men's, W o m
en’s and Chil
dren’s Foot
wear.
THY A WAN'T „4J> XX THE TIMES THKY VTIU BHI\Q RRSfXT?.
atch Our Windows
INDIANA S STORE
306 East Washington St.
** The Economy Spot of Indianapolis”
EXTRA SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY
1500 Yards 25c Percales j pi
Dark and light colors, y*rd wide. Standard gB IS
quality. Iu order to supply as many as pos- tea KSsfpK
title with this bnrgaln we will limit 10 jwg
yards to any one customer. M te* PS ™
There are many other special bargains now ill gs SSI §1 ns
offerod In our big yard-goods department §3 Si*jip
Come and look around. Hi Ktfg?
ITEMS FROM THE MANY BARGAIN TABLES
15c Apron Gingtam, fa
Yard 1U C
Comes In lengths 2 to 10 yards. Dif
ferent size checks. A big table piled
high; while it lasts at 10c yard.
Sale of Boxed ■% r
Paper • lOC
Reduced from 25c a box, 24 sheets
and 24 envelopes in a box. Excel
lent quality paper. Limit two boxes
to a customer.
Special Lot Infants' QA
Outing Wear at JjC
Very special. Gowns, slips, skirtß,
etc., of good white outing. Values
up to 75c-
Ladies’ 15c Cotton *| a
Hose. Special IUC
Black and brown hose. Better hose
than you usually got for a dime; 50
dozen on sale.
Ladies’ $3 Brushed(t*f A a
Wool Scarfs for M.UU
Those large wooly scarfs with
pockets In various colors. Now Is
when you want one.
Heavy Storm Serge, r a
Specially priced. yard-OMC
36 Inches wide in all the best sell
ing shades This material usually
sells for 75c yard.
Entrance to Grocery, Center of Store
SALE BOYS’ SUITS
auul E for y school M Q§
wear, age up ~Am
to 17: some Mi
even nave 2 ■
pair pants.
Bring the boy in tomorrow.
Small Boys’ Corduroy
Suits, *I.D
Featuring This Week
$5 and $6 Values New
SPRING HATS
ft $2-87
SEE
THEM
An assortment of clever new
styles of straw, braid and satin.
Bower trimmed etc About 100
hats in this lot to select from,
tn addition to this we will offer
two other lota which are excep
tional at
$1.97 and $3.87
$ 1.98
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