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FOR THE KIDDIES
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.
"Watch For Them!
VOL. XXXIV.
Shoots Wife After Quarrel, Then Tries to Kill Himself
CITY FIGHTS
PRICE RAISE
IN GAS CASE
Groninger Declares
Public Shouldn’t
Be Goat.
WHY UNPOPULAR?
Company Censured for
Laying Up So Much
Coke.
<ippo-iticn to the granting of an ln
rroa>p from 90 cents to $1.20 for gas
supplied by the Citizons Gas Company
devolved largely upon the representative
of the otty of Indianapolis. Taylor E.
Groninger, corporation counsel, when the
hearing of the petition began in tile Sen
ate chamber of the Statehouse before
the Indiana Public Service Commission
today.
Motions to dismiss the petition and to
postpone the hearing brought by E. Er
nest Maholna, as attorney for the Tele
phone Patrons' t'nion. and Ernest Charles
Koehne. for the Gas T’nion Protective
Association, were overruled by Commis
sioner Van Aukcn. Mr. Maholm and Mr.
Koehne took exception to the rulings and
withdrew from the case.
Opening statements were made by Hen
ry If. I lorn brook, attorney for the gas
company, and by Mr. Groninger out
lining briefly the basis of the eases they
expected to make before the commis
sion.
The city entered no objection to the
grunting of the petition for the issuance
of in bonds, Mr. Groninger said,
but opposes issuance at 7S p<-r cent of
par. instead of V. or ST. as in the past.
“The gas company.” said Mr. Gron
inger. ••should 1h tin most popular utili
ty in the city. Eighty per cent of its
stork is owned locally, but instead it
is the most unpopular. 1 am unable
■i, say whether this is due to its manage
ment.
"Their own petition sets out facts to
show its condition is not bad. The pe
tition shows that less than one year ago.
an increase of .Hi per cent was granted.
During the ten months' operation at the
increased rate a substantial decrease in
the amount of gas consumed has been
noted.”
SCORES COMPANY FOR
FAYING I P COKE.
Mr. Groninger made the point that the
gas company allowed stocks of coke to
accumulate in the face f it decltniiig
market and that the company should lie
forced to case this and other assets,
take a loss and not seek to force the pub
ic to bear the loss through the medium
of increased gas rates.
Mr. Hornbrook declared the company’s
financial situation is such that it is not
possible to firancp JMoO.Ooo in general
mortgage bonds maturing May 1 and
other obligaroins consisting of due bank
loans, because no sufficient rate of re
turn could be shewn to induce banks to
aid the company. These negotiations for
refinancing have been carried on until
three weeks ago, Mr. Hornbrook said,
with hope of success, but that these ob
ligations would go on default May 1 un
less aesurace of funds was forth coming
He declared an emergency exists and
fold the commission the company was
entitled under the constitution to a fair
return on its property.
The motion in dismiss argued by Mr.
Maholm charged Jack of jurisdiction of
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NURSES’ HOME
AGAIN VISAED
BY BURGLAR
Prowler Flees When Dis
covered on Fire Escape—
Many Other ‘Jobs.*
Burglars and prowlers continued oper
ations last night. For the second time
wiihin less than a week n prowlo- was
diju-mered at the nurses’ home of the
Deaconess Hospital. Miss Mary Haley,
a nurse. looked out of a window and
discovered a man on “he tire escape. The
prowler saw the nurs> and left Police
••Sr hed for the prowler but failed to
find him. A few days ago a nurse was
awakened by a man t rawling across the
floor of her room. She sefeatiled and
th pun jumped through a window and
climbed down the Are escape.
A burglar broke the glass from the
rear door of the home of Mrs Harry
Frown. M3 Park avenuo. last night anil
entered the house. The police believe
be was frightened away and nothing
was taken
Many complaints were received by the
police of thieves taking articles left !:•
automobiles. 'V. W. Raker. 2854 North
Illinois street, reported an #vercoat an 1
two automobile robes stolen from his car.
The total value of the missing articles
is $53.
TWO Al TOMOHII.ES
RKriIRrKII STOLEN.
Thieves stole from two automobiles
parked on Monument Circle. A Ros
aco. ROfil Graecland avenue, reported .1
leather raincoat taken. E. G. Haver
stick of Broad Ripple, said a rain coat
and a pnir of gloves were stolen from
his ear.
Tom F. Broden. 122 C North Illinois
street, reported two samole easrs stolen
from hts automobile parked in front of
tContinued on Page Two.)
WEATHER
Foro-agt for Ir.dianapclis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7
P. m.. April 19. 1922:
Fair tonight and Wednesday; n ot
much chance in temperature: frost prob
able tonight.
HU KEY TEMPEKATI'KK.
6 a. m 4<>
7 a. m 41
s a. ra 44
9 a ra 4f>
10 a m 47
11 a m 50
12 (noon 1 J 51
1 p. m 52
> p. m go
Timothy Murphy McCarty,
Being Against Beveridge,
Loses Position , He Says
Timothy Murphy McCarty, 119 North
Delaware street, until Monday a truck
driver in the city park department, said
today that he Is the latest victim of the
"be for Beveridge or get busted” policy
of the Shank city administration. McCarty
lost his job. It. Walter Jarvis, superin
tendent of parks and recreation, told him
it was because of "incompetence," he
said. But McCarty said he was certain
he was fired be ausr. being a Democrat,
he would not work f.>r Albert .1. Bever
idge fur the Republican nomination for
I'nited states Senator.
The city council heard McCarty's story
last night. President Theodore J. Bern!
intimated there wduid be an investiga
tion of it.
McCarty said his troubles began when
he received a letter from Joseph It. Mor
gan, president of the Beveridge-for-Sena
tor Club in Marion County, directing him
to come to Beveridge headquarters Mon
day evening, and "please be prompt.” He
said he would not go, and that he told
other city employes, as much. Harry
Newby, superintendent of the municipal
garage, got "out of humor” with him
"because he would not work for Bever
idge.” he said, and when, during the
rain iast Friday afternoon, he drove
his truck up to the municipal garage for
some gasoline. Newby started an argu
ment which ended in a fight.
"Newby grabbed me by the face,
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of the Hood. 'lost of th* cottage** are unouupin] at thin
Squawker? Who? Me?
No! Says Walker as
City Dads Cut Pay
‘Cm no squawker,” said John F.
Walker. superintendent of street
cleaning, in reply to criticism of him
by members of the city council. The
couneilnien charged Walker with
spending 100 much time at Beveridge
headquarters and introduced an or
dinance to cut his salary from $2,500
to *1.500 a year.
-There Is nothing yellow about
me,” said Walker, "and if the New
crowd desires to siart a knock down
drag out fight, let's go. I’ve lived
mi SSOO a yenr in my day."
MEXICANS FLEE
FROM VOLCANO
Colima Said to Be Pouring
Forth Columns of Water
and Smoke.
EL PASO. Texas April 18.—Families
around Odium and Zupotlaud, Mexico,
are fleeing to open plains to escape the
eruption of Colima volcano, according to
advices here today.
The volcano is reported Bending forth
a column of smoke by day and Are by
night visible for lot) miles and is cover
ing the valleys around the two cities
with smoke, vapor and ashes.
$8,000,000 Total
Taxes for 6 Months
More than $8,000,000 in taxes will be
collected this half-year. Ralph I.eincke
county treasurer said today. This will
make the total for the year approximate
ly the largest sum ever col
lected in Marion t'ounty. Mr. I.eincke
aniiouiK-ed that property owners who
failed to pay their taxes before the first
Monday in May would be considered de
linquent.
REMEMBER ,
THREE STRIKES
ARE OUT, MARY!
PHhUBtH'RO. April is.—Accompanied
by hi r mother and a inabl. Mary London
Baker, "ho has twice left her fiance.
Allister McCormick of Chicago, “waiting
at the altar.” arrived here today on the
Aquitania A cabled greeting from Mc-
Cormick awaited her.
Miss Raker said she .vas anxious for
the moment when sh will be married.
3 uiiiaua ilaily (Eimrs
knocking off my glasses and scratching
me.” said McCarty. "He hit nte three or
four times and I turned in and licked
him. Then, while my back was turned,
lie picked up a twelve pound spade and
came at me like he was going to brain
me with it. Another employ gdabbed the
spade and twisted it out of his hands or
he would have killed me with It.”
McCarty said he regarded the letter
asking him to consult with Joseph It.
Morgan to be an attempt to force him to
be for Beveridge.
Tlie letter was on the personal station
ery of "Joseph It. Morgan, lawyer,, ,'fOo
Lombard building, Indianapolis,' and
wns dated April 15. It reads:
"At tlie request of the city adminis
tration 1 am a candidate for precinct
committeeman of Third of Seventh.
Please meet me at Beveridge headquar
ters, Sde K. of P. building, Mono eve
ning. Arril 17. 1922, at 7 p. m.
"Please be prompt and will only take
a few minutes. Yours truly.
‘‘JOS. It. MORGAN.”
“JM—JT.”
Superintendent Newby said that Me
Party had "stretched the story" consider
ably.
“McCarty has tern up three cars for
thp park department and 1 have called
him down for It." said Newby. "The other
day he drove up to 'lie garag in the rain
and 1 railed him down for leaving his
hood up in the rain. He told me to go to
BROOKS GIVEN
REPRIEVE BY
FILING APPEAL
Confessed Murderer Will Be
Permitted to Live Until
Dec. 1.
Ren Brooks. Jennings County murder
er, sentenced to die in the electric chair
n r Michigan City State Prison, May 1.
was granted a stay of execution until
r>oc. 1. by the Supreme Court of Indiana,
pending the result of an appeal taken
from the Bartholomew County Circuit
Court filed today.
Brooks confessed to George A. 11.
Shideler. superintendent of the Indiana
State Reformatory, that he killed Aina
zonn B. Montgomery, prominent Sey
mour business man and Jackson County
farmer, after the latter's body was
found. Brooks had been taken to the
reformatory for safe keeping, before his
trial.
Brooks admitted an altercation • with
Montgomery near Montgomery's place
and having forced his victim to walk sev
eral miles, under threat of death, to a
secluded place, where the killing took
place, according to evidence. Montgom
ery's dog. which accompanied him, also
was shot by Rrociks, and its body was
found i’ar that of Its owner.
The trouble between Brooks and Mont
gomery arose, Brooks testified in court,
because Brooks thought Montgomery aid
ed in prosecution of Brooks' brother and
father, who were charged with stealing
chickens.
The killing of Montgomery aroused
feeling in Jackson County and the trial
of Brooks was taken to Bartholomew
County on a change of venue.
rOZ-A-U TELV!
WAEKEGAN. Ills., April 18.—Trial of
Governor Len Small, charged with con
spiracy to embezzle State fundß, will be
resumed “without further delay" next
Monday, Attorneys on both sides declared
today.
TOO ROUGH’
William H. A null age. whom
Councilman Otto Ra.v called "the big
Republican boss of Indianapolis,”
today said Ray had approached him
and asked to punish a policeman
who 'had been too rough” on a Ray
constituent. Armitage said he and his
brother. James E. Armitage on sep
arate occasions had asked Chief of
Police Herman F. Rikholf to file
charges against the policeman, but
<lie chief had not done so.
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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1922.
h 1. I toid him if be got to talking that
way he would’t ge>. any gasoline from the
municipal garage, that he'd have to get
it from the park department. He swore
at me again and as I passed him he hit.
me. I grabbed him around the neck and
held him until he cooled off.”
NOTHING TO SPADE
STORY SAYS NEIVUY,
Newby said there was nothing to Mc-
Carty's statement that he had tried to hit
him with a spud. “He's just lying about
that. He's adding that to the story. 1
heard he was going to lick Jarvis up at
the park board too."
McCarty also accused Mayor Shank
of gross Ingratitude. "I made that man
tn thousand votes. I am the father
of Baby Bernadine McCarty. All during
tlie campaign she Bang at his meetings.
Once she was sick and wo bundled her
tip in a comfort, and carried her in an
automobile to a big meeting to sing.
Ernie Kingston (acting Republican city
chairman) told me they Just had to have
her because the people were expecting
her and we couldi t disappoint them
that late in the campaign, i took I.ew
Shank up to meetings of the Central
Labor l nton. 1 was one of the best
assets he had, 1 was told and this is
| what I got. fired from a $24 a week Job.
"Joe Hogue (city controller) told me
to go on back to wotk, but they couldn't
get me to work for 'em now.*
See Here , Girls! If
You're Not Picture ,
Don't Bea Cartoon
DENVER, Colo, April IH. Girls—
Bea picture in your home, not a ear
toon.
If you have an abnormal waist line,
dress to reduce it.
Distinguish between accent and ac
cident In costumes.
These are a few of the pointers
meant for "'omen from flappers to
grandmothers given by Miss Evelyn
Hansen of the Chicago Art Institute
here last night. For the young maid
en, Miss Hansen believes in the sim
ple effects of fashions, for the old the
more * luscious" effects.
NABS BURGLAR
WHO PULLS OFF
DAYLIGHT JOB
Motor Cop Captures Man Who
Kicked in Door of Pool
room.
Motor Policeman Kimberland captured
a daylight burglar who had kicked in the,
front door of a poolroom and stolen $8
in money and eighteen packages of cigar
ettes at noon today. The burglar refused
to give his name.
Clarence Metzler, clerk, locked up the
poolroom and dry beer saloon of Ray
•Stewart, ,857 East St. Clair stdeet. to go
to lunch. Tra Hillman, grocer, iiofi East
St. Child street, saw the burglar emerge
from the place after he had kicked in the
door and rifled the rash drawer. The
grocer ran after the burglar and the
motor policeman Joined in, finally mak
ing the capture in a blind alley a block
away.
Mother and Two
Children Burn
,7 L New Home
NEW YORK. April 18.—A mother and
two children who were spending their
first night In their new home were
burned to death early today when fire
swept the apartment house. The super
intendent was unaware they were in the
building, and after arousing four other
families, believed all were safe. Later,
three charred bodies were found in the
debris. Mrs. Florence Helms, 23, and
her two children, Harold, 5, and Flor
ence, 3, were the victims.
GERMANY IN
MASTER ROLE
OVER RUSSIA
Economic Treaty of
Importance to
Europe.
VISION OF LENIN
Reds to Propagandize
Great Britain and
Italy.
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger
By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—Russia’s
separate treaty with Germany, signed
under the unsuspecting nose of the Genoa
conference, is viewed In Washington n
a synical manifestation of Lenlne’s pro
gram, to enforce international recogul
tlon of bolshevism.
I Nothing could have been better de
signed to Justify, on the one hand,
American abstention from the Genoa
back-room political caucuses and on the
other, our Government's invincible lack
of confidence in the soviet regime. The
diplomatic authorities of the i'nited
States are in possession of the most re
cent evidence from Genoa that Lenin is
using the conference for outright Red
propaganda. The Rathenau-Tehleberin
treaty, amounting In the chaotic circum
stances prevailing at Genoa to an of
fensive and defensive political alliance,
Is construed in Washington ns the
soviet's first triumphant stroke. Having
Induced Germany to conclude a treaty of
recognition, there is reason to believe
Great Britain and Italy will be Lenin's
next objectives.
LENIN OPENLY
THREATENS TL'KMOIL.
Authoritative reports reach tlie I’nited
States as to tlie weapons the soviet gov
ernment Is employing to achieve its pH
mary purpose at Genoa —recognition.
Lenin, more or less openly, threatens to
embroil the western democracies 1 n grave
domestic upheavals if they do not come
to terms with Moscow, as Berlin has
just done. Whether tlie soviet resorted
to those arguments with Germany ts not
known, but Lenin evidently considers
political conditions in both Great Brit
ain ami Italy ripe for their use with
Lloyd George and Facta.
It is notorious that the British prime
minister’s flirtations with tlie soviet dur
ing the iast year were inspired mainly,
if not altogether, by Lloyd George’s ne
cessity to mollify the British labor party
That organization is honeycombed with
soviet sympathies. It has been hounding
the prime minister to recognize the de
facto government at Moscow, Italy has
been seething with labor and radical
socialist discontent since the armistice.
Lenin's advance information and now. no
doubt, the first-hand impressions of ids
own delegation, may have convinced him
Italy could not resist a well-directed pro
soviet. agitation.
It is from the standpoint of l.enine's
"world revolution" program therefore
that the German-Russian treaty, ot
Geuon, attracts principal attention here
From a purely economic standpoint
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BOARD REFUSES
ALL CLAIMS OF
SNIDER & ROTZ
Will Wait Decision of Courts
Before Paying Fees to
Contractors.
Snider & Roiz, engineers for the board
of school commissioners, will get no
money for services in the past until tne
entire matter of the validity of the con
tracts between the board and the firm
and the board and L. A. Snider as an in
dividual has been thrashed out In the
courts.
This fact became apparent at a special
meeting es tlie board today which was
attended l>y Albert Baker, attorney for
(tie board.
"Asa matter of policy I would not pnv
any money at all to these men because it
may in* found they ow*o you more than
you owe them,” was the advice given by
Baker.
Charles 1.. Barry, president of the
board, explained that until the valid
Ity of these contracts Is determined the
board will find itself In an embarrass
ing position in the construction of any
new school buildings, ns it may be
forced to pay two sets of engineering
fees in case the contracts uphold the
contentions of Snider A Rot*.
These contracts have been the source
of contention within tlie board and be
(Continued on Page Two.)
‘Loafers, ’ Say Couneilnien of Mayor
and Other City Employes—Policemen
Are Excepted and Sympathized With
Animosity of members of the city
council toward Mayor Shank and his ad
ministration was still smoldering to
day after having burst Into flames at the
regular meeting of the council last night.
Every opportunity to hamstring the
mayor or his subordinates who happened
to be connected with anything being
voted upon was seized by couneilnien.
Some of them made speeches and state
ments bitterly assailing the mayor for
failing to carry out promises spendlug
too much time trying to nominate Albert
J Beveridge for Senator on the Republi
can ticket and threatening that there Is
worse to come.
The council which went out of office
Jan. 2 was noted for its criticism of the
administration of former Mayor Charles
W. Jewett but persons who have watched
both say that, never did the former in
dulge in such a tirade as the present
body did last evening.
Here are some of the wallops the coun
cil took at the mayor apd his aide*:
HOLLIFIELDS
SUFFERING AT
CITY HOSPITAL
Both Are Said to Be in
Serious Condition
From Wounds.
FORMER TROUBLE
Long Standing Diffi
culties Result in
Attack.
Howard HollifleM, Fredahuma terrace,
720 North East street, shot bis wife,
Alta, and 'then shot himself at noon to
day. Both were taken to the city hos
pital. Both were said to be iu a serious
condition.
Mrs. Hollifleld was shot twice through
the back and two self inflicted bullets
passed through Hollifteld's body near
\he heart.
The shooting is said to have followed
domestic ■difficulties of long standing.
SHE HAD LIVED
WITH HER MOTHER.
Mr ami Mrs. Hollifleld had been sepa
rated and Mrs. Holltfictd had been liv
ing with her mother, Mrs. May Iliner,
321 East Walnut street. The police were
told she had gone to the home of her
husband to demand the furniture.
According to information given to die
police, do husband appeared to have
been drinking He Is believed to have
drawn a revolver, pointed at his wife
and as she run toward the front door,
fired the shots
Jiisi as tlie shooting occurred a wom
an. giving b*T name as Leona McDonald
vvis knocking on the door. The woman
refused to make a public statement say
ing she did not wish to lie mixed up in
the affair.”
The Holltfields have a son seven years
old. who attends the Benjamin Harrison
School.
An application for divorce filed by
Mrs Hollifleld is pending in a county
court, the police were told.
The storb sos neighbors us to the num
ber of shots fired conflicted. One said
five and another seven. Only four were
effective
The following note wns found in the
Hoolifieid apartments:
"To Whom it May Concern:
"I have been a heartaehed man ever
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COP DECLARES
HE STRUCK MAN
FOR RESISTING
Patrolman Bensley Replies to
Charges Contained in
Resolution.
Tlie man referred to in the resolution
adopted by the city council as having
been attacked by Patrolman Crank Bens
ley is Jorn Y Hirer, 4A, 18K5 Minnesota
street, Patrolman Benslty said today.
The patrolman said he was with a
squad of police raiding a card game in
the place March (5. He said as he at
tempted |o ph k up money for evidence
Tarver also attempted to take the money.
He said there was a struggle in which his
revolver was Jerked from the holster.
Patrolman Bensley said Tarver grasped
the muzzle end of the revovler and re
fused to let go. Ho said be struck Tar
ver twice In the face to force him to re
linquish the weapon. Ho said 20 cents
was obtained as evidence.
The records show there wus no con
viction in the case.
The resolutions criticising the police de
partment and calling for investigation of
alleged misdeeds by policemen, adopted
by the city council upon motion of
Councilman Otto Ray are as follows:
"Whereas. On or about April 11, 1922,
Officer Bensley of tlie department of
police of the city of Indianapolis, called
at the poolroom of William Merrick, at
Lexington avenue and Villa street In
said city, und then and there without a
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HOT STUFF!
MEXICO CITY, April IS.—Gen.
I.uls Mireless, chief of military opera
tions of the State of Tabasco, today
naked President Obregon to expel
from Mexico Pedro L. Greene, alleged
American citizen and a brother of the
rebel, Carlos Greene, deposed gov
ernor of Tabasco.
Introduced and came within two
votes of suspending the rules and
passing an ordinance reducing the
salary of John F. Walker, superin
tendent of street cleaning, a Shank
appointee, from $2,500 to $1,500. A
sepdal meeting will he called next
Monday evening for pnssage of the
measure.
Adopted a resolution offered by
Councilman Otto Raj denouncing the
police department for the arrest of
ten Jitney drivers April 12 and calling
for a ooundlmanlc Investigation of
the affair. President Bernd mimed
Ray and Councilman Heydon W.
Buchanan to Investigate.
Adopted another resolution offered
by Ra.v denouncing the police depart
ment. alleging tliat Patrolman Hens
ley on April 12 unwarranted!}- "beat,
up” William Merrick In a poolroom
at 1-exlngton and Villa avenues and
no steps to punish him have been
token. Roy and Councilman John E.
PROPERTY LOSS RUNS
WELL INTO MILLIONS
AS FLOODS INCREASE
LIST OF INDIANA DEAD.
The list of dead in Indiana, as It stood
today, was as follows:
HEDRICK—Mrs. Philip High, Leslie
Smith, Goldie Smith, William Grady,
Mildred Gray, Grover Johnson, boy and
girl, grandchildren of Alva Hett; Tony
Gritton and Joseph Havens.
WILLIAMSPORT—Mrs. Thomas Mar
see, John Hasty, Nellie Kuntz, Miss Em
ma Kuntz.
ORESTES—CharIes Ludlow and Rich
ard Goodman reported dead. Mrs. Mol
lle CpdegrnfT, hiusekeeper for Goodman,
died of injuries.
ALEXANDRIA—David Hughes, farmer,
struck on head by falling brick while
seeking shelter from the rain.
BROOK—Mrs. A. D. Dilling, Miss Lena
Diiling.
SLOAN—Grady Johnson, signal tower
operator, and one unidentified man.
Town. Dead. Injured.
Hedrick, Ind 8 110
Hedrick Farm* 5 24
Williamsport, Ind 4 12
Sloan, Ind 2 5
Orestes, Ind 3 2
Alexandria, Ind 8 10
Jasper, Ind 1
Summltville, Ind 4 0
Irvington, 111 1 40
Centraßa, 111 4 31
Walnut Hill. 11l 1 6
Lake t'entralia. 11l 1 2
Hidalgo, 111.. 2 10
Newton, 111 2 8
Rose Hill. 11l 2 S
Ogden, 111 2 10
Fithian. 11l 1 20
Warsaw, Mo 2 8
Fifty dead, twenty-six of them in Indiana
and more than 300 injured, of whom 179
are Hoosiers, with property damages run-
APPLE STATE
NOT ASKING OF
OTHERS MONEY
Washington Appears
to Be Almost Back
to Normal.
(Editor’s Note—Edward G. Lowry,
distinguished Investigator and i
porter for the Philadelphia Public
ledger, ts touring tlie agricultural
section west of the Mississippi River
in behalf of the Public Ledger and
the Dally Times, and writing a series
of articles upon conditions as he finds
them. This Is the production based
upon observations in Washington.
Other* will follow at regular inter
vals.)
By EDWARD G. LOWRY.
SPOKANE, Wash.. April IS.—This
large outdoor State of Washington. In
the expressive phrase of this * Western
country is "sitting pretty.” well after
California. It Is possibly in better con
dition now than any of the far Western
or Northwestern States. Banks appear to
have plenty of money. The outlook for
crops is excellent and virtually the whole
population, if one may judge from con
tacts made in Spokane and Seattle, is
contented in Its mind.
Washington Is almost purely an agri
cultural State, anil of widely diversified
crops, growing wheat, apples, barley,
oats, rye. sheep, cattle and fruits. This
spread of interests and diversity of crops
makes for steadiness and for its present
prosperity. It does not put all of its
things in o.ie basket. What it loses on
the swings It makes up on the round
abouts.
Like Oregon, the State Is divided'into
two parts by the Cascade Range of moun
tains; but, unlike Oregon, the western
part of Washington is divided ns a fruit
and farming country, except for a com
paratively narrow strip of arid lands
under the eastern side of the mountains.
Seattle, on the western side of the
State, looks to export and foreign trade,
ami particularly Alaska, for its pros
perity. Spokane's concern is to develop
the interior of the State. Between the
two. Washington is coming along in the
world at a satisfactory rate of progress.
This State is now in a stage of de
velopment where is describes itself in
terms of localities, if the cities apeak
of themselves and not of the State as
a whole. The irrigated districts and the
apple country, through the Wenatchee
district, speak of themselves first. It
may have been just chance, but. we
never encountered anybody who. In de
scribing the State and Its assets, talked
about it ns a whole.
The northern part of Idaho has been
calmly appproprlated by Spokane and
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King were named to Investigate.
The mayor and board of safety are
asked In both resolutions to Investi
gate tho "unwarranted action' and
"shocking conduct.”
Passed the daylight saving ordi
nance. which the mayor has an
nounced he will veto.
Passed over the mayor’s disapproval
the ordinance creating t> boxing com
mission of seven members of the
council.
RECITES MAYOR'S
BROKEN PROMISE .
Councilman Ray spoke for fifteen
heated minutes, accusing the mayor of
failing to carry out promises that coun
cilmen would be permitted to name men
for city jobs anti to make some Improve
ments on the south side.
President Burnd declared that city em
ployes, other than policemen, and in
cluding the mayor, are loafing on the
Job, and suggested that the council sta
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HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PEE COPT
Waters Receding
in Indianapolis
White River In Indianapolis wa
slowly falling today, having reached
the peak last midnight.
With the coining of fair weather
belief was expressed that danger of
floods in Indianapolis was passed.
Farther down the river, however, ex
tremely high waters were anticipated.
The weather forcast was for con
fined fair weather tonight and tomor
row with possible frost tonight.
Water was still covering the low
lands surrounding the city, but little
property damage was done.
In West Indianapolis fear of a dan
gerous flood was subsiding.
ning into the millions of dollars, are the
toils levied by recurring cyclonic dis
turbances aid tornadoes which has swept
Indiana, Illinois and parts of Missouri,
during the past forty-eight hours.
Adding to the terrors of high waters
throughout the stricken region, the high
winds destroyed houses, barns and out
buildings, damaged town and city
property, and caused untold injuries to
livestock.
Red Cross relief is being administered
in the Indiana-lllinois border section,
and a company of State militia is as
sisting in the maintenance of order, and
rendering such relief as possible under
the circumstances.
SIN SHINING
ON RESCI'E WORK.
•Sunshine this morning encouraged the
work of rescue and relief, which is pro
gressing systematically, also in the
vicinity of Alexandria, Ind., where the
violence of the storms was little les*
marked, and where fatalities and de
struction were almost equal to that of
the western border of the State.
GUARDSMEN
ON DUTY
ATTICA, Ind , April 18. —Nations!
Guardsmen patrolled the storm-stricken
areas of western Indiana today where
eighteen persons lost their 1 ves and
scores were injured.
Red Cross relief from Chicago was be
ing adminitsered andn temporary shel
ter was being erected for hundreds made
homeless.
it was impossible to estimate the prop
erty damage, because the storm cut a
swath miles long and many of those
affected by it could not even reckon
tbeir own loss.
Lester Weidenbammer, tenant on the
Robert Butler farm, and his mother saw
the storm approaching and rushed down
stairs. As they reached the lower floor
the upper portion of the house was lifted
from over tneir heads and the walls were
splintered, but they were not hurt.
ROOF TORN OFF
HOME OF FARMER.
The roof was torn off Victor Brigg *
farm home while he and his wife were
downstairs, A piece of window glass
was whirled down the stairway and
driven into a tin can of cleaning powder
near where they were.
Nurses and physicians were checking
up on those injured and frantic relatives
rushing from one place to another at dav
break searching for dear ones lifted up in
the funnelled cloud and carried away
before their eyes.
Homes and business buildings at Wil
liamsport in the path of the twister were
laid flat. Hedrick and Sloan, smaller
towns, were affected similarly. Build
ings left standing were converted tnt*
morgues at Hedrick and automobiles
were commandeered for ambulances.
The population of Hedrick was reduced
from 100 to 90 and it may fall below
that number as the injured die. Only
three homes are left standing in the vil
lage and nearly every inhabitant was
hurt.
Company I, Indiana National Guard
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BOARD ORDERS
USELESS FIRE
PLUG REMOVAL
Reports Eighteen Hydrants
Never Have Been
Used.
Eighteen fire hydrants which never
have been used and probably would not
be for many years, since there are no
houses near them, have been ordered
removed from Warfleigh, a suburb north
of the canal and east of White River in
the far north end of the city, by the
board of public works. The order was
issued to the Indianapolis Water Com
pany.
Thirty-one hydrants were ailed in
the district when it was laid ovt sev
eral years ago. Most of the hydrants
are hidden by weeds. City Civil Engineer
John 1,. Elliott said.
The eighteen ordered removed will
be ordered installed In sections of tho
city where they are needed.
Steps to remedy the almost impassible
crossing of Washington street through
the area at Noble street where track ele
vation is progressing, were taken by the
board when it ordered Street Commis
sioner Martin J. Hyland to lay a plank
pavement. An effort to repair the plgce
with crushed stone was unsuccessful.
Another bad street condition in the
same neighborhood will be relieved by
a contract for tho paving with brick
of Noble street from Maryland street to
a point 310 feet south, which includes
the highway beneath Pennsylvania rail
road tracks, awarded to the Marion Coun
ty Construction Company for $3,000.
The board ordered plans for perma
nent improvement of Tabor street, be
tween Shelby street and State avenue;
Adams street, between Brookside park
way north drive, and Twenty-First
street; River avenue, between Morris
street and Oliver avenue; Sheffield ave
nue, between Morris and McCarty
streets; the first alley north of Brook
side parkway, north drive, between Ta
coma and Temple avenues; the first
alley east of Cornell avenue, between
Bernard and Fortieth streets; the first
alley east of Parker avenue, between
North and Tenth streets; the first alley
east of Hamilton avenue, between New
York and Michigan streets.
NO. 292.