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10 GOOD FRIDAY TO BE OBSERVED IN CITY TOMORROW St. Louis Evangelist Will Ad dress Noon Meeting at Keith’s. Good Friday will bo observed in prayer and special services tomorrow in all churches of the city. At Keith's Theater Friday noon, the Rev. Jesse M. Bader, evangelist of St. Louis, will deliver th- final sermon of the week at the noon-day Holy Week services under the auspices of the Indi anapolis Church Federation. At 8 p. m. Friday at the Central I'ni versalist Church, the Rev. Edwin Cun ningham, minister, will preach on ‘‘The Meaning cf the Cross.” Elaborate services are planned for Good Friday at Christ Church on the Circle. At St. Paul's Episcopal Church the fol lowing order of services will be ob served : 10:00 A. M.—Matins, Pro-Anaphora and address. U*;(o to 3:<)0 I*. M. —“The Three Hours' Agony.” 7:45 P. M—Sacred Cantata, “The Cruci fixion.'’ “A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer" J. Stainer Solo and Chorus—“As They Came to a Palace Called Gethsemane." Solo and Chorus—“ The Agony.” Organ and Chorus—" Processional to Calvary.” Solo “He Made Himself of No Reputation.” Quartette —"God so Loved the World.” Solo —"Father. Forgive Them." Solo—" When Jesus Saw His Mother.' Soio and Chorus "Is it Nothing to You.” Chorus —"The Appeal of the Crucified." Solo—"It is Finished." Soloists Harry W. Lowe, tenor. John McConnell, bass. Carl J. Sell, pianist. Clarence H. Carson, choirmaster and organist. . Vested Chorus Choir The Catholic churches of the city will observe the regular Good Friday mass at various hours of the day. HUNT BODY IN SWOLLEN CREEK Sheriff Told 11-Year-Old Boy Was Thrown in on Sroka’s Order. DETROIT. April 13.—Ed Sroka. 71, is held at the county jail today while Dep uty Sheriffs prepare to drag Connors Creek for the body of 11 year-old Leon Dargan. which, the confession of his playmates of Tuesday indicate, will be found beneath the swollen creek waters in the vicinity of Mount Olive Ceme tery. After working all night on the clew furnished by the story of Harry Tro gtilski. 11, Sheriff Coffin arrested Sroka, who is alleged to have suggested throwing Leon info the creek as a joke and to have forced the others to carry ut the suggestion. JOHNSON PAYS WOOD TRIBUTE Says General Has Discouraged Filipino Independence. WASHINGTON, April 13. Governor Leonard Wood of the Philippines has al ready "corrected many of the mistakes of the former administration of the Island in its lack of supervision and co ordination of the government." E. Finley Johnson, associate justice of the Philip pine Supreme Court for more than twenty years, will inform President Harding and Secretary of War Weeks at a White House conference tomorrow, h announced today. Mr. Johnson ays he will point out tc the President taht the Philippines do nol want independence so long as the ad ministration of their affairs is carried oul under General Wood's policies. A BARE MAJORITY! DANVILLE. 111.. April 13, Com plete l*ut unofficial returns from the Eighteenth Congressional District give John 11. Lewinan. State's Attorney of Vermilion Conty, a lead of but twenty-one votes over William H. Holady. candidate of the Small or ganization for the Republican nomina tion for Congress. Dr. Elmer B. Cooley is third and Judge Charles Richmond, fourth. Orange Label Tea, Special lOf Tms The choicest teas and the most skilful blending are the reasons why Ridgways Tea so satisfies the palate—and makes you ask for snore. Also sold in / lb., V z lb. and % 'b. TINS “The First Thing You Think Os” ... .• Chee-ild, Age 35, Deserted; Father Held in Durance OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 13. He abandoned his wife and 35-year-old son. That is the charge which faced J. .1. Irwin, oil man. today as the result of an information filed by Mrs. Irwin in the office of Forest L. Hughes, county at torney. The document states that Irwin left his wife and children, the youngest of which is 35 years old, in "destitute cir cumstances.” ATTENTION IS ATTRACTED TO OTHER SCHOOLS Bad Sanitary Conditions at No. 42 Is Only an Example. Condemnation of the annex of public school No. 12, Twenty Fifth and Rader streets, because of the outside toilets at the school, has directed attention to the fact.that practically the same conditions exist at a number of other schools in In dianapolis, In fact at almost every meeting of the board of school commissioners delegations protesting against conditions of this char acter appear before the board and point them out in their demands for new and better school buildings. At present there arc outside toilets at twenty-one schools in the city, according to figures given out by school officials. At ten of these schools there are no sewer connections and at a number of them conditions are believed to be even worse than at No. t'2. At the meeting of the board Tuesday night a delegation of citizens from the neighborhood of No. 62, Wallace and East Tenth streets, said that the drain age in the schoolyard was so bad that the toilets were almost inaccessible in wet weather. When ask-d about the situation at No. 42. Adolph Emhardt, member of the school board and chairman of the build ings and grounds committee, said: "I have not visited No. 42 and am not familiar with conditions there. The school is overcrowded and one of the problems before the board has been how to relieve congestion at this school. This overcrowding, of course, makes condi tions at the school generally bad." Five Reported Dead as Result of Fire MEXICO CITY. April 15. Five persons are reported to have been killed in a fire which nearly destroyed the mining town of Vraohie, in the State of Chihuahua, today. JOES LAUNDRY WORK AND HOUSEWORKTOO Surprised to Find Her self Feeling So Well Taunton, Mass. —“I used to have pains in rr.y back and legs so badly, I bles that women •Hr A sometimes have, {lf ~ that my doctor or dered me to stay ’Wn in bed a week in every month. It J ' **l fT**' didn't do me much I A' $ M good, so one day ! u after talkingwith } V a friend who took I; ili. Lydia E. Pink ij j! j. ■„'* || ham’s Vegeta jl I Hit Compound for about the same troubles I had, I thought I would try it also. I find that I can work in the laundry all through the time and do my house work, too. Last month I was so sur prised at myself to be up and around and feeling so good while before I used to feel completely lifeless. I have told some of the girls who work with me and have such troubles to try Lydia E. Pinkharn’s Vegetable Com pound, and I tell them how it has helped mo. You can use my testimo nial for the good of others.”—Mrs. Blanche Silvia, 59 Grant St., Taun ton, Mass. It’s the same story—one friend tell ing another of the value of Lydia E. I’inkham’s Vegetable Compound. SHRINERS SA Y IT WITH MUSIC And now Murat Temple of (he Mystic- Shrine is going to “say it with music,” not at the suggestion of Irving Berlin but due, it is declared, to the musical talent of an Indianapolis composer plus that col*- users generosity, according to announcement made today by George O. Jackson, general chairman of the commit tees arranging for Murat Temple’s • Frisco or Bust," minstrel show and bazaar to be hold next week. "Desert Rose" is the title of "a song love,” written and composed by Emil Seidel, a member of the Mystic Shrine. The song was composed especially for the minstrel show of Murat Temple, the entire publication and exploitation of tills number has been given to Murat Temple In Seidel. All the profits of the sale go to the uniformed organizations of Murat Temple. SCHOOLBOY IS BULLET VICTIM Shooting Was Accident, Says School Head. OHICAG O. April 13. Davenport Fithinn, Jr., pupil of the fashionable Sherwood School for Boys and Girls, was shot and possibly fatally wounded last night in the basement of the institution, the police were informed today. Miss Vivian Sherwood, who, with her Spring Clothes tfIRL Sxhibit For Men and Young Men Before Making Selection of Your Saster <Juit jwm/m Come in. and lock though our showing of The Bennett-Swain Store Special, featured bargains Jyj |^ff Wien's Suits 522 Young Mens Suits $24’ 50 Conservative models made of all * n conservative and sport mod- ® ">s. in ail wool fancy tweeds; 2 . wool worsteds, plain gray, black 11 pairs of pant* n,l<l „,1 m micro,. I.IW for service. w 00l suits, $14.85 and $10.50 * Men's and Young Men’s Single Trousers The BeM > aluf* in the Citv. $2.90 ' $3.90 $5.90 Values to s4.On. Values to $6.00. Values to SIO.OO. The BENNETT-SWAIN Cos. 251-253 Massachusetts Avenue f|l You Looking for /§ \|l A Job? An Office? A Partner? 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FLOOD DAMAGE RUNS LOSSES INTO MILLIONS Central States Storm Con tinues to Menace Many Towns. CHICAGO. April 13.—From the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes and from the Canadian border almost down to the Gulf of Mexico, the central section of the United States is experiencing one of the most disastrous spring seasons that has been recorded in years. Damages running into the millions al ready has resulted and the menace ol floods, cold weather and high winds has not yet abated. Serious apprehension still exists that the unfavorable weather conditions will retard the planting of crops to the extent of curtailing the year's output of grain and other food stuffs. Reports received here today tell of flood dangers in many sections, but par ticularly throughout Illinois. At Pekin, 111., hundreds of persons today are homeless following the col lapse of a dyke along the Lamarsh drain ing district under pressure of high wa ters. Three thousand acres of farm lana are inundated. Guards are patroling the leveees and dykes that are menaced by flood pressure. Flood damage in the Beardstown (111.4 section is rapidly increasing with the continued rise of the Illinois River. Ninety blocks of the town are under water; stores and theaters are closed; one-fourth of the business district is inundated and thousands of acres of farm land are flooded. Refugees are being housed in tent colonies. Reports from Cairo, 111., say that the levee protecting East Cape Girardeau and the Clear Creek drainage district, in cluding 12,000 acres, is expected to break lpomentarily. The Mississippi River is approaching a flood stage of thirty seven feet, which would he the highest since 1844. 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A resolution for the purchase of one five-ton tractor truck for use in the gar o.ig, ,iim usn i-oi.ection department was adopted by the board of sanitary sioners today. A