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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
BGmed by Death
of Patient After
Picture of Teeth

NEWARK. n. J., Nov. 12.-Physicians
and scientists here today were much in
terested In the strange death Of Casimir
Ilg. IS, Roseville, n. j.. who expired from
electric shock while having an X-rny pho
tograph made Of his teeth.
The circumstances Of his death as told
to the coroner, were as follows:
Ilg was suffering from septic poison
ing. He went to Dir. Charles It. Baker
for a radiograph., While Or. Baker was
In an adjoining room, Ilg lay down on
the operating table, and Ernest Hurd an
electrician and the Doctors son-in-law,
went behind a screen to switch on the
current.
Hhrd said as he was switching on the
current he heard n peculiar spluttering
sound and Immediately turned Il off He
found Zig lying on the operating table
unconscious. The theory was that n
spark had flown from the machine and
hit him or that he had touched part Of
the apparatus with his arm. The au-
topsy showed he had died from electric
shock. Physicians said that a spark from
the X-ray would hardly kill q man, al
though 1t might burn him slightly.
When the body was examined a slight
burn was noticed below the heart. A
gray sweater worn by Zig was scorched
on one arm. Or. Baker said the burn on
the body was not the kind usually made
by X-rays.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
STATUS OF HOME
BREW UNCHANGED
No Restrictions Issued by
Internal Revenue Bureau.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-Homs brew
is stin unmenaced by ruling restrictv
ing the sale Of hops and malt only 20
bakers and confectioners, Il was an
nouneed at the bureau OF internal revenue
today Such restrictions have not prog
ressed beyond the stage Of once memor-
anda concerning the possible legality Of
such restrictions. Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue Williams, who would have
10 pass upon such a departmental ordei,
seid he had not been consulted.
mo ruling prohibiting the sale Of malt
extract, hops or compounds used in home
beer making has been made by the In
iefnal Revenue Bureau" Commissioner
williams said This matter has been
discussed, but no action has been taken.
The matter has not reached me for de-
clsion. and in view Of the conhietin 6
legal opinions, It Is entirely futile to
speculate on what hnal disposition will
be made OF the matter"
It was learned at the bureau that the
Office memoranda and discussion grew
out OF protests made by cereal beverage
manufacturers who desire TO put the
lid on home brewing which, II is said.
is seriously threatening their trade.
Many officials Of the bureau admitted
that 1t would be almost impossible to
restrict sale Of hops and malt when
sugar and yeast, which also enter into
home brewing materials, are freely pur
chased. Such a restriction, they fear,
might be beaten In the courts.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
VAIN SEARCH FOR
LOST AVIATORS
Three Men and Plane Believed
Lost in Lake Michigan.

CHICAGO. Nov 12-Belief that three
naval avlators in n seaplane which has
been missing since Wednesday from the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station have
perished was growing today as search
ers failed to obtain any definite trace OF
the men or the plane. Storms that have
repeatedly driven back rescue ships are
declared by experienced Lake Michigan
,seamen' TO be more violent than any sea-
plane could ride through with safety
The missing sviators are Ensign Edwin
NJ Clarke, Peoria, H.; Machinist Harry
c. Barr, Lake Forest. Ill. and Chief
Printer Frank ]. Caesar, Hollywood, Ill.
The plane IN which they left the Great
Lakes station Wednesday was reported
to have been sighted near Manitowoc,
Wis, yesterday. Rescue ships that put
out, however, have been driven back into
port damaged and covered with Ice.
Commander Wilson and other officers
OF the Great Lakes station, however. have
not given up hope They say that the
aviatoTs may have vOlplaned to some
isolated point on the Wisconsin coast or
may have been carried by the wind over
TO the Michigan shore Of the lake.
The revenue cutter TuscarOra and a
.db-chaser from Sault Ste Marie are con-
1nuing the search. II weather condi-
tions permit, a heet Of airplanes will be
sent out from tf' Great Lakes station.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
FEDERAL LID ON
RUSSIAN GOLD
Government to Demand Clear
Title to Wealth Store.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE treas
ury "lid" win be kept on all Russian
gold, until "clenr title" is established
to the Governments satisfaction, 1t was
announced authoritatively at the treas
under orders from Secretary Houston
and by authority Of existing law, Will
refuse to accept Russian gold. 1t was
said, as long as there exists q suspicion
that it Is OF soviet origin.
AS a result the heavy shipments OF
gold exports from Russia already in the
United States Will remain tied up and
unused and a like fate will be met by
other and probably still larger ship
ments said to be on their way from
Russia.
According to Federal Reserve Board
figures approximately $4,000 in Rus
sian gold has arrived here, .ostensibly
for use in promoting commercial ven
lures, and to secure credit to back ship
ments to Russia
None of this gold viii find its way
into the Federal Reserve Banks, as its
first course must be through the assay
offices, under such regulations as are SGT
up by the treasury. The consIgnees OF
this gold are therefore left In a guam
dary and probably will remain in that
situation unless further proof that may
be satisfactory to the State Department,
as well as the treasury is produced, to
upset certain reports which have just
come to officials respecting the origin
of these shipments
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
WORKS BOARD
PLANS FOR 1921
ARE EXTENSIVE
Would Require Street Railway
Company to Expend
Nearly $2,OOO,OOO.
FARE BOOST BOBs UP

The board Of public works has a ten
tative program of improvement 1t would
like to see the indianapolis Street Rail-
way Company make next year of such
scope that 1t would require from 81 500, =
900 to $1,000, 900 to finance it, George
Lemaux, president of the board, dis
closed today. For this reason the board
would regret any action Of the city ad-
ministration or the public service com
mission which might render the company
financially unable to carry out the pro-
gram, Mr.. Lemaux said today In response
to an inquiry as to his position on the
petition OF the company for the right to
charge cents for each transfer.
: i do not desire to involve the board
OF works or myself in any argument re-
garding the petition before the Public
Service Commission or the plan of the
administration TO oppose It," said Mr.
Lemaux, but the board OF works realizes
that 1t has for the company an i'm
provement program for 1921 that win
spend from million and a half to two
million dollars for necessary improve
ments to lines throughout the city.
STREET CAR LINES
TO BE REBUILT.
Among the lines that must be rebuilt
-Na"sf 1 EtaHNAAt tAkluAA hftAue
and Central from Nineteenth TO Thirty
Fourth streets, as well as various sec
uons OF other lines
1T is vital to the success OF our street
Improvement program that these lines be
rebuilt. Resurfaciag without repairs to
street car lines and pavement between the
tracks Is not successful"
While the board Of works head re-
Trained from expressing direct disa gree
ment with the position Of Corporation
Counsel Samuel Ashby and Mayor Jew
ett who have declared they will Wig
orously oppose the companys 2-cent
transfer petition, it is known that he
tayors at least a 1-cent transfer charge.
having so. stated upon severnl other occa-
sions. Other members Of the board hold
the same view. It is said.
The board Of works has had the re-
construction OF the tracks mentioned IN
mind for more than a year. 1t was hoped
they might have been completed In 1920
but lack Of hnances on the part Of the
company has prevented the completion
OF anything outside repairs absolutely
necessary TO keep cars from running OF
Of tracks and a few minor new track lay
Continued on Page Fifteen.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
MEXICANS SEEN
STUDYING NEXT
u. s.. PRESIDENT
Harding's Border Trip Labeled
Astute Diplomatic
Move.

POINT ISABEL, Texas. Nov. IA
whistling 'norther blowing across the
BAY kept President-eIect Harding of the
bay today. Early this morning he was
waiting on the weather before deciding
whether to go into Brownsville for golf
or To lounge around In his cottage. The
sharp gale which blew up out OF the
North made the water too rough for the
small boats used In tarpon fishing.
Sharp drop in temperature and the
overcast skies changed the aspect Of this
village. II resembled a bleak New Eng
land coast village. Harding and party
went about in heavy clothing instead of
the duck and thin shirts they had found
SO comfortable here.
Unoficially members Of the party are
receiving a welcome from the Mexican
side of the border. Friendly feelings on
either side OF the Mexican border have
increased perceptibly as the result OF
the visit Of President-elect Harding here.
Relations between Mexicans and Amer
leans have been more amlcable here than
anywhere along the border. according to
prominent citizens.
The appearance OF Senator Harding on
the. northern side OF the Rio Grande has
given many Mexicans a closer view Of
the man who is to shape the foreign pol
icies OF the United States for the next
four years and they feel confident their
country Will have nothing 10 fear from
the incoming administration so long as
the American nationals and their prop
erty are respected by the Mexlcans. Sew
eral incidents have demonstrated the
friendly feelings between the two peoples
az this point. The Brownsville Chamber
Continued on Page Twenty.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
Ghost Burglar Is
Again Observed on
Roof of BuiLdinO

BE he man or ghost the burglar seen
on the roof OF the EN- Roe sporting goods
store at O'Clock Wednesday morning,
and again at the same time this morning,
has not been arrested.
A merchant policeman saw the burglar
wednesday morning as he was attempt.
Ing TO raise a window and hurried to a
telephone and notified police headquar-
ters, but the burglar had escaped before
the emergency squad arrived.
At the same hour this morning Lieu
tenant McMurtry passed through Pearl
street IN the rear Of the sporting goods
store and WAS startled to see the man
on the roof, his arms extending upwards
as II attempting to raise the rear win
dow Of the second floor of the Em-Roe
store,
The officer. with drawn revolver.
climbed 70 the roof but the burglar was
not there. and not a trace of the prowler
could be found.
The windows were found locked and the
officer was unable TO see any way in
which the prowler could have escaped
from the roof.
Returning to the alley the officer was
about TO leave the scene when he looked
again in the direction CT the roof and
there beheld the burglar with arms out
stretched agSinst the window.
Reinforced by two patrolmen, Lieuten-
ant McAiurtry Investigated. Yes. the pa
tro!mcn could see ~. too. and they were
positive that they had net been drinking
white mule"
After an investigation the burglar
was determined as the rehectiin of tele-
phone pole, first reflected into a newly
built skylight and again reflected by the
skylight on the window.
From a certain spot on Pearl street the
reflection resembled the form of a man
with arms outstretched as II raising a
window
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
TO
AWAIT ACTION OF
REPUBLICANS
Reorganization in Congress
Will Hang on Movements
of Opposition.

WASHINGTON, Nov 12-Congres-
sionaI Democratic leaders are disposed
to take the count following their de-
feat In the elections and await further
development of Republican plans and
policies before determining their scheme
Of opposition and reorganization.
Congressman Claude r. Kitchen of
North Carolina, who will be the House
Democratic leader in the next Congress.
favOrs this plan.
I'VE cannot reorganiEe." he said to-
day, "on the Bryan scheme Of giving 10
the foreign countries the $4,000, 600 600
they have borrowed from US and adding
that to the large burdens OF our people.
Neither can We reorganize on the Gov
ernor Cox plan Of repeating the excess
profits tax and substituting for it a gen
eral sales tax to raise over a billion dol
iars from the people.
Il think It better that these so-called
meetings to consider plans for reorgantz-
alton, now being held, or to be held,
should be postponed for four months.
We could see by that time what the Re
puoicans are going to do with the great
problems that confront them and what
is to be their policy"
M. hitchin will give up reluctantly
aStNe Work on the ways and means com
mittee, where tarff and revenue legisla-
ton IS framed at the sessions Of the new
congress He viii be the Democratic
leader in the House, but will take no
committee assignments. Although i'm
proved In health since his breakdown
last summer, he is fearful Of the strain
OF committee work. He said today that
ne did not anticipate legislation at tho
approaching short session OF Congress.
except the appropriation bills for tho
nscal year 1921, and the usual griat OF
minor measures.
The important new legislation viii be
carried over By the Republicans to the
extraordinary session Mr.. Harding is
certain TO call Immediately following his
inauguration. March 4, he believes.
Congressman Henry d. Flood OF vir-
ginia, chairman OF the House Democratic
congressional campaign. has started to
repair broken Democratic fences with an
appeal 10 all defeated Democratic con-
gressional candidates to keep in touch
with their districts and with the con-
gressional committee. He has sent TO
each such candidate a letter Of condo
lence, with promise Of better luck In
1872 and redemption Of the country oy
the Democratic party In 1924.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12

Do you know 1t is costing Indianapolis
more than $1,000 600 year for the reed
ing of it's rat population?
DIR. Mark Ziegler of the United States
Bureau of the United States Public health
Service. stationed in Indianapolis, Is an
authority on the rat question, and figures
taken by him from statistical govern
ment records show that each rat con-
sumes 50 worth of food each year and
there are three rats, on an average, to a
person in the city.
For this reason alone, without the
additional loss Of property and articles
destroyed by the rodent or the danger
of the bubonic plague, should every city
put on a rat-killing campaign" said DR.
Ziegler.
''I have Just returned from Texas coast
cities where they have been having the
bubonic plague, a disease deadly among
rats and which is transferable to humans
II they come in contact In any way with
the infected rodent.
The first appearance Of the bubonic
plague was in San Francisco In 1900, then
In 1912 in New Orleans, when it was
thought to be stamped out, and this fall
when It broke out In Galveston and
Beaumont, Texas; Pensacola, Fla, and
again in New Orleans.
IN CHARGE OF
GALVESTON DRIVE.
THE Government sent me to Beaumont
and Galveston to direct the rat extermi-
nation campaign and we went after the
rats In earnest. Professional rat catchers
OF the Government, who know just how
to bait the traps and where to set them,
were sent down and we at length sue
ceeded in getting the plague under con-
troll; but six deaths resulted from it In
Beaumont and nine in Galveston
Il cannot say that Indianapolis is
threatened with the plague, but where
rats are numerous, OF course, always
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
LIQUOR AGENTS
IN DILEMMA ON
ENFORCEMENT
Situation Is More Complex
Through Supreme Court
Edict.
OPINION TO BE SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-Liquor prob
lens, made more complex by the Supreine
Courts recent edict permitting with
drawals from storage for home use. to-
day kept Government enforcement
agencies in a turmoil Of uncertainty.
Some phases OF the liquor warehouse
question, particularly involving the STATUS
Of commercial warehouse certificates, were
80 hedged about with difficulty that Gov
eminent officers freely predicted that ne"
litigation soon would be started again on
its upward course to the highest TIL
bunsl for final decision.
Attorney General Palmer will be asked
for an opinion on the restrictions which
the internal revenue bureau may invoke.
as a means OF preventing anticipated
abuses on whisky Withdrawals
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue VII
nams and his aides meanwhile sought 10
draft new regulations designed to stand
the test Of courts.
ACCEPTED VIEW OF
COURTS DECISION.
The accepted view OF dry enforcers IS
that while the Supreme Court in its
decision did not specifically deal with
bonded warehouses, this phase OF the
problem cannot be ignored except at
the risk Of further handicaps 10 the
cause Of enforcement
Advice Of officials Of the Department
Of Justice probably viii incline toward
making a clear distinction between the
eendsd and the private storage ware
houses and leave the way open for test
cases which the highest court may pass
on, Il was said authoritatively.
The Department OF Justice, It was said,
viii not give its view until the test
Of the decision has been considered and
Q request officially made for an in
terpretation by other agencies directly
empowered to administer the Volstead
act
CONTENTION OF
LEGAL EXPERTS.
The legal experts contend It must be
eonclusively established with proof that
would be convincing to a court or jury.
that such certificates were acquired be-
fore the advent OF prohibition.
What is most feared by higher Of
fcials Is the danger OF the government
surely becoming embroiled in numberless
Injunction suits, which they anticipate
would be brought unquestionably by
warehouse certificate holders. whose
rights might seem to be restricted BY
any rigid regulations that may be laid
down.
A new angle in dry law enforcement
came with reports that dry law en-
forcers in some localities had discovered
plots to forge warehouse certificates
through counterfeiting devices
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
COUNTY COUNCIL
ACTS TO CLOSE
BRIDGE DISPUTE
Names Committee to Get
Opinion on Legality of
Contract.
BOOSTS INTEREST RATE

The Marion County council at the close
of two-day session, today decided to
increase the rate Of interest from per
cent to 51a per cent on 100000 worth Of
Northwestern avenue bridge improvement
bonds and to send a committee of Ave to
the State board of accounts in an effort
to get written opinion that the contract
awarded to the Yawger Construction
Company for the erection Of the bridge
is legal.
The council appropriated approximately
$6S000 to the courts, officers and insti-
tutlons to meet outstanding bills and to
cover needed supplies up to the first "
the year. The council approved Of the
requests made, although there was some
heated discussion on the method used in
making them.
The action of the council fs the first
constructive step made by county off,
cials to clear up a misunderstAndin 6
which has held up the work on the con-
struction Of the Northwestern avenue
bridge. The road has been blocked for
months and farmers have petitioned the
county commissioners TO take some steps
looking toward the immediate start OF
work on the bridge or make temporary
improvements so the road can be opened
TO traffic.
CONTROVERSY hTAhTED
OVER EARLIER CONTRACT.
The controversy started when the com
missioners awarded a contract to the
Sheehan Construction Company for i'm
proving the approach to the present
bridge on Northwestern avenue, but de-
cided that this was inadequate as new
bridge was needed. The council ap-
proved Of making an appropriation for
a new bridge and this was done
The new bride cOAtract necessarily
overlapeG some OF the work contained In
the original sheehan contract, but a
settlement was made with the sheehan
people. Then the state board OF ac-
counts held that the Yawger contract
for the construction Of the bridge for
$2T3.OOO was Illegal.
County Attorney Harry Hendrick8ou
held that the YRwEer contract Is legal
and binding, which Is an opposite opin-
ion as rendered by the State board OF
accounts.
County Auditor Leo x. Fesler has sig
nifisd his intention OF adherinz TO the
opinion OF the State board OF accounts
In order TO protect himself. The county
commissioners or months have failed 20
Continued on Page F1fteen)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
Cold Weather Makes
Work for Fire Lads

With the arrival OF cold weather and
the stirring up OF smouldering fires in
furnaces and stoves, the fire department
is having n busy time. Eight alarms
were received before noon today.
Most of the hr- were put out with al
most no loss. but at the residence of
A. D. Greathouse, 3143 North Capitol
avenue, damage estimated at $3.50 re-
suited.
Sparks on the roof caused s25 loss at
J. P. Robinson's home, 518 East Thirty
first street and an equal loss resulted
from a fire at Il. Rence's residence, 500
Harris avenue. Defective wiring started
occupied by the indianapolis Cordage
Company, 1865 South Meridian street.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
Plan TO RID CITY OF RATS

there is danger, although only coast
| towns so far have been visited by the
epidemic
But from an economic standpoint you
see the rat should be exterminated. Here
in the downtown sections of the city
especially, where food supplies are kept,
the rodents may be found in astound-
ing numbers. The big thing in the
carrying out Of a successful campaign
is being able to have plenty of traps
to work with, for traps must be set
all over the city to gain results. IN
! many cities civic organizations give the
traps, but what course Is to be pursued
In this city 1 do not know, as the
women Of the community welfare sec
ton Of the Department Club are carry
Ing On the campaign and 1 am merely
an advisory counsel
RAT PROOF ORDINANCES
IN SOME CITIES,
'Tn many cities there are ordinances
requiring building erected to be rat
proof, and in that law lies the only
real logical determination Of the rat.
If all buildings were rat proof in all
cities. there would be no need of a
rat campaign. That is what the In
dianapohs women should work for, such
a city ordinance for their city's well
fare"
DR.. Ziegler viii be In the city to ad-
wise and said the women in carrying on
the 'rat killing campaign" the last Of
this month. 1t Is the plan now to ask
Mayor Jewett to issue a proclama ton
for rodent week.
The women also are asking the aid Of
all civic welfare organizations, the wom-
ems clubs and the Boy Scouts to aid In
the drive.
Fl. B. Burnett Of the Burnett Lewis
Company has contributed SO as a nu-
cleus for a fund TO be used as prizes to
scouts bringing In the most rat tails
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
3 Cars Overturn in
Veedersburg Wreck
Special to The Times.

vEEDERSBURG, Ind. Nov. 49,
Charles Graul, a conductor. of 13 North
Traub avenue, Indianapolis. was severely
injured and passengers on Peoria x East
ern train No. A, east-bound from Pc
Oria to Indianapolis, were shaken up
when three coaches of the train over.
turned as they struck a broken rail one
mile west OF Veedersburg today.
One Pullman car and two coaches were
overturned, but the passengers miracu-
lously escaped injury. Graul's head was
cut and his legs were bruised. He was
given first aid at Covington and was
later brought here. A special train pro-
ceeded to indianapolis with the passen-
gers.
No. A. due here at 2:25 this morning.
was in charge OF Conductor George Clark
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