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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
u. S. NOT RIVAL
IN AIR CONTROL
Britain Thinks France, Italy
and Germany Are Only
Competitors.

NEW YORK. Feb 2l-In foreign COM
petition IN air commerce the British air
ministry considers France, Italy and
Germany as the only dangerous rivals
This statement was given out by the de-
Partment Of foreign Information OF the
Bankers Trust Company, as O. part OF
detailed report sent from London OF
the steps taken By the British govern
ment 10 develop commercial aviation. The
report continues:
"A British expert, commenting on the
American industry, says that while Il Is
Peutifully supplied with men and ma
chinery 81 Is lacking in experienced de-
signers. and it viii be many years be
fore American planes equal British
planes I'm safety or efficiency
The British air ministry expended al
most 100000 during 1919 IN promoting
civil aviation and In laying out air trade
routes from England to Australia and
from Cairo 10 Capetown.
1T Is estimated that the Capctown-
Cairo route. which is nearly completed
being provided with well equipped land
Ing stations at every 200 miles Of its
. 600 miles OF length, can be flown in
one week on the basis Of eight hours ny.
Ing To cover the same Journey by other
methods Of travel requires nfty nine TO
seventy four days.
An advisory committee on civil avia-
ton has reported tn favor Of the estab-
liShmont Of service on two air lines from
England. the FIRST to India and Aus
tralia and the other TO South Africa, both
by way of Egypt
Two organized lines are regularly
conducting passengers aud mail between
London and Paris. and one company has
& London 10 Brussels service. From May
! to Dec. 10, 1919. this latter company
carried 3,9O4 passengers, 1928 pounds Of
freight and covered 81 $50 miles
"Thc freight carried included ladies'
clothing, drapery, carpets, jewelry aud
hats. Some London stores are using
the air service for speedy conveyance
from Paris of the newest designs in
wOmen's apparel"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
IL THIEVES GET
PRISON TERMS
Members of Alleged Gang Are
Given Heavy Penalties.

Eleven members of an alleged gang
of negro thieves who either stole or Sc
creted goods stolen from box cars in the
railroad yards, were found guilty and
given sentences yesterday in the criminal
court
The members of the gang were rounded
up and indicted following the murder Of
Detective Lee Stringer.
Frank Hill and Preston Richie were
sentenced TO from one to fourteen years
in the Indiana reformatory for their part
Similar sentences were given to Edward
Buchner Walter Lane and Boyden White.
George Crabtree. who testified for the
state in Abe Spauldings murder trial.
was fined SO and sentenced to thirty days
on the penal farm.
Nernie Mccoy, a brother of Earl Nc
Coy, who was sentenced TO life imprison-
ment for th= murder Of Detectives
Strlnger, was sentenced to six months
on the farm.
John Long. who is said to be
tubercular, was fired 81 and costs and
sentenced TO twenty four hours in Jail.
Leroy Middleton. who has had a good
reputation previous to the rounding up of
the gang, was sentenced from one to four
teen years Judge Collins later sus-
pended the sentence.
Ella Eakin was fined SO and costs and
sentenced to one day in Jail. The SEN
tence was suspended when the fine was
paid. She was charged with purcha sing
some of the stolen sugar from one mem
Der Of the gang
Maggie Mimms. referred to in the trial
as The Queen of Jackson Park" was
fined So and sentenced 10 thirty days in
jail on a charge Of hiding stolen syrap.
All sentenced were negroes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Yale Students
to Write PLAYS

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 21.-To slim
late the growth OF dramatic originality
at Yale arrangements have been made by
the Yale Dramatic association. which is
managed entirely by Yale undergraduates,
to have play written by Yale students
produced at a local theater and the
dramatic association will also produce
three short plays which have been written
by Yale undergraduates.
Two competitions open to all under
graduate members Of the university
have been announced by the association
The first Of these is a competition, TO
produce a play that will be given on the
professional stage. Students are invited
to write and submit plays for this com
petition, the winning production to be
put on by local stock company for one
week in May, provided It is declared suit
able by the judges.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Caillaux Gives Denial
on premature Peace

America during the war he had talked
freely with Count James Minotto, who
was afterward proved to be a German
agent.
81 did not know then that Minotto was
a German" said the defendant.
MinottO was recommended to him by
Edwin Morgan, the American ambassa-
dor, Caillaux said
Caillaux insisted he merely laughed
when Minotto suggested he should meet
Count Luxburg, who later became mo-
torious in connection with the sunk
without trace" lfotes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Stole From Trucks at
Union Depot, Charge

Albert Mogle, 1868 Ewing street, was
arraigned before Charles W. Morris,
United States commissioner, yesterday,
charged with stealing from interstate
shipments.
Mogle was arrested by c. NJ Mikesell
today on n warrant issued Friday, Feb.
10. 1t is ALLEGED that he stole certain
packages of merchandise from trucks Mt
the Union station. Mogle admitted having
taken merchandise amounting to 81 200.
which, he said, was sold to individuals.
The thefts began in November Of last
year. Mogle is held under a $1,000
bond.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

The Tiger Athletic and Pleasure club
will give a dance and card party at the
Druids' hall, Kansas and South Meridian
streets, Feb 26.
Mrs. Ida Thompson and Miss Geraldine
Mckee Of Newcastle. Ind, came yester-
day to be the guests of Rev. and Mrs
Il. NJ. Thompson, 20 South Butler.
Paul Rnthert Jr.. of the RAthert Gro
Gerry Company, South Meridian street, is
confined to his home with the influenza.
Miss Helen Barrett entertained the
members OF the La Phyllis club az her
home, ASIA Lexington avenue Refresh
ments were served
The funeral OF Mrs. Gertrude Jay was
held from the home Of the deceased. 2o55
Madison avenue. yesterday. Rev. i.
NJ Thompson Of the olive Branch
Christian church conducted the services.
Burial vas IN Crown Hin cemetery.
Miss Usley simmons Of Louisville Is
the guest Of her sister. Mrs. Ella Doug
las. 1905 Prospect street.
The Butler Girls Glee club gave 81
program in the assembly hall last night.
Dewey post. American legion, gave
its third ships ball" az Ma-sh's dance
studio, Illinois and North streets. last
night Former tackles appeared In
dress uniforms
The public library win observe wash
ington's birthday by closing Monday.
Feb - all the library except the deiiS-
cry. reference and reading rooms, which
will be open from r. tn. 10 p. IN for
reading and the returning OF books. hut
not for the lending OF books.
public card party given last
night In Red Mems hall, corner OF North
street and Capitol avenue. by Alsarta
Council No. ). Degree Of Poeohontas.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Wife of Novelist
to Be Wood Leader

Mrs. Booth Harrington Of Indianapolis
was made chairman of the wOmen's COM
mittee In Indiana for the Wood presiden-
tiai campaign, according to an announce
ment from the national campaign head
quarters at Chicago yesterday.
Mrs. Curtis Hodges, also of Indian
apolis. was named vice chairman. They
will take up their duties at the Indian
apolis headquarters Immediately.
Both Mrs Harrington and Mrs. Hodges
are active in suffrage work Mr. Tark-
ington recently made a public statement
approving the candidacy of Gen. Wood.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

PARIS, Feb. 21.-Formal denial tina
he had favored premature peace" was
made on the witness stand yesterday
by former Premier Joseph Calllaux, who
is on trial before the senate sitting as
high court of justice on charges Of
treason and having intelligence with the
enemy.\
NJ CaAlaux was questioned as length
by Leon Bourgeois, who as president OF
the senate, Is also president Of the trial
court. In response M. Caillaux admitted
that during hiss mysterious TRIP to South
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Negroes Body Mangled
in Drying Machine

Chris Hauser, colored, whose address Is
not known, was killed and his body badly
mutilated when his clothing became en-
tangled in a machine shaft at the E.
Rauh e. Sons drying plant at the Union
Stock Yards late yesterday. He was
an employe of the company. The body
was sent to the city morgue after an
investigation by the coroner.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
First Census Total
to Be on Cincinnati

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i-The census
population figures for Cincinnati and
Washington will he announced at the
census bureau at Q 2. m. today.
These will he the first official results o.
the 1920 census tn be made public. To-
tails for other cities viii he disclosed rs
rapidly as the figures are compiled An
nouncement will be made twice daily. Mt
noon and at Q p. m.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
INDIANA BLAZE
KILLS 2 WOMEN
Third Fatality May Result
From Fire at Home in Caleb.

BEDFORD. Ind. Feb. Mrs William
Johnson and her mother in law. Mrs.
Robert Johnson. are dead AMI the hus-
band OF the former Is so badly burned
that he may die. as the result OF q fire
which destroyed the Johnson home near
Caleb, Ind. yesterday.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
Weigh Horse and Coal

CLEVELAND, Feb. 2i.-Municipal Of
fcers have started an investigation OF
several coal companies following an at
tempt by a citizen to attach a horse
which, he said, was weighed in with his
load of coal.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
FLU" GRIP, COLDS,
Pneumonia. Fevers. Hard Coughs, Ton
siIitis.

slilIiS.
Read this plain statement.
First. This whole brood Of wicked
enemies of health may be kept at bay,
the medical authorities say, by keeping
up high quality of the blood and OBJ
serving the ordinary laws relating to
sanitation and health
That is why Hoods Sarsaprilla is
recommended as a preventive of ''fu
and other diseases-it is the standard
blOod-purifer and vitaliZer.
Second, for definite case of any Of the
prevailing complaints, it is wise imme-
diately TO call a physician.
Third. for that weakness and prostra-
ton following the flu" grip and other
diseases, Hoods Sarsaparilla by renew
ing the red blood cOrpuscles wonderfully
restores health. builds up the whole sys-
TEN. creates an appetite and makes
food taste good" If a cathartic is needed
Hoods Pills are recOmmended.-Adver
tisement.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

UNITED STATES ARMY AWARDS.
The total number of awards to world
war heroes amounted to 5,S2S, including
1916 D. S. C.s to officers and 1893 to. en-
listed men, and seventy eight medals of
honor
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
NEW STATELAW
IMPRISONS RED
First Trial Brings Two Years
and $500 Fine.

GARY. Ind, Feb. 21.-The first trial
and conviction I'm Indiana under the
state antl-red law passed ny the last
legislature was made in the criminal
court at Crown Point, Lake county,
when jury returned a verdict Of guilty
and sentenced Nike VeloviCh OF Gary
to two years in the state prison and
lined him $500.
Yelovich was arrested here during the
steel strike. charged with distributing
and selling bolshevist literature advocat-
ing the overthrow Of the United states
government by force
Fifteen other similar cases are pend
ing in the same court.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
YANKs CAME DEC. IA.

American troops first entered Germany
on Dec II, 1918, when they crossed the
Rhine and occupied the Coblenz bridge
head.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

The newly opened branch library at
the Jewish Communal and Federation
building, II West Morris street, has be-
come one Of the most popular places on
the south side, particularly with the tiny
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
AUTO HITS GIRL;
DRIVER JAILED
Witnesses Say Motor Car Was
Going 35 Miles Hour.

Mary Sue Rlngo. sunny faced little
s year-old girl. was knocked down and
seriously injured yesterday by an
automobile said by some witnesses to
have been going thirty FIVE miles an
hour.
The girl was taken into the home Of
an aunt. 1906 East Tenth street. IN front
af whose home the accident occurcrd, and
was then removed to the home Of her
father. DR. William Ringo. 946 North
Oriental street
The automobile was driven by ". G.
Robins 937 North Meridian street, chief
mechanlctan for the Delaware garage.
failure to display automobile license and
assault and battery.
FENDER OF AUTO
STRIKES CHILD.
The child was returning 10 school at
Eleventh and Ashland avenue for the
afternoon session when she was struck.
She was crossing the street with two
playmates about fifty feet ahead Of a
street car which had discharged passen-
gers and was moving slowly. The au-
tomobile, travelling the same direction as
the street car. passed Il and the right
fender struck her.
The accident was witnessed by several
persons. including Patrolman II. Wen
ming. He declared that Robins did not
slow down to pass the street car and
asserted he was going Mt terrific rate
of speed for city street.
Robins tried to check the car when
he saw the girl was I'm its path. It is
said and the auto skldded several feet
Sergt. Murphy and Detective ODonnell
who were sent to the scene in an emer-
gency auto, brought Robins TO head
quarters
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

A survey, recently made of the avail
able water power in the Dutch Indies,
shows that this amounts to a million
horse power.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
It's OLD CUSTOM.

The scheme Of dividing the day into
two parts of twelve hours has existed
since the time of Hipparchus, $50 years
b. G..
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
FOLEY cKTnARTIc TABLETS

act promptly, without pain or nausea.
They clear the bowels, sweeten the
stomach and tone up the liver.
F.. r. Whitehurst. r. r. D. I, Norfork. Vas
Foley Cathartic Tablets have done Eae rnoTs
GOOD than any medicine ! ever used"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

For Grip, Influenza, Catarrh.
Pains and Soreness in the Head
and Chest, Cough. Sore Throat,
General Prostitution and Fever.
TIE get the best results take
" Seventy-Seven" at the first sign
of a Cold, the first sneeze or
shiver.
If YOU wait till your bones be
gin to ache. it may take longer.
Doctor S Book in Englis h,
French, Spanish, Portuguese
or German-mailed free.
~ at All Drug and Country Stores.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co. 1856
William Street. New York.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
NIGmT BETTER FOR WIRELESS

Messages sent from the English wire
less station on the Island Of Ascension
are heard at MeGden by night. hut not
by day.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

tots who love picture books and fairy
tales.
Miss Fannie Sattinger the pretty
librarian, is at her desk there every
Thursday evening to serve the little folk.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

If your eyes are weak and work.
strained; your vision blurred, if you
find it difficult to read and must
wear glasses, go to your druggist
and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tab
lets. Drop one in a fourth of a
glass of water and battle the eyes
two to four times a day. Stronger
eyes, clearer vision, and sweet relief
will make you tell your friends about
Bon-Opto.
Note: Doctors say Bon Optic Strengthens eye.
sight 50S in q weaks time in many instan noes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

OHIO TO TEACH THRIFT.
Both houses of the Ohio Legislature
have passed a bill providing for the reg
uiar teaching OF thrift among the people.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
GIRL RIDING
WITH ROBINS.

Weaver, 1928 Spades avenue, who was I'M
able to tell how fast the auto was travel
ing.
There was only n front license plate
OH the car, according to detectives This
license, according to records of the sec
rotary or states once was issued to
Joseph Clark, 1917 Relsner street, for a
Ford car. Robins was driving another
make of machine. Garage officials told
the police that the car belonged to a Mr..
Morris of Greencastle, stopping at a
downtown hotel. Detectives Trick and
Hynes were instructed to investigate the
discrepancies.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
For BiIiOuSneSS

Sick Headache. Sour Stomachs Blost.
ing, Gas, Constipation-all these dis.
tressing consequences of Indigestion are
avoided if the bowels are keep open
and regular.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

Miss Fannie Sattinger, seated at
airy, II West Morris street.
Miss Satt!nger, please let me have a
good book" begged one little big
brown eyed girl, and there was a chorus
Of similar pleas as Miss Sattlnger fixed
up the borrowers card of the little jew
ish girl.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
For County Clerk

TO the Voters OF Calhoun county;
| hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Clerk
of the county Court of this county, sub
iect to the Primary Election t. be he d for
said party on the 18th day of May, 1920.
Respectfully,
TAYLOR W aldo.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
ChenOweth at ArnOIdsburg

material. Bread is the STAFF of life, but
paint is the life If the staff.
No one thinks Of the exterior Of a
wooden building now except in terms
OF paint coated Interiors. too. from
painted walls and stained furniture
down to the loWliest kitchen utensil.
all receive their protective covering.
Steel, so often associated with cement
reinforcing, is painted before if goes
TO give soldity to the manufactured
stone. The huge Orders of the sky
scrapers are daubed an ugly but eff
cient red underneath the surface coat
Of black. Perhaps the best examine
of the value OF paint on steel is found
in the venerable Brooklyn bridge, ON
which q gang of painters is kept 90
ing continually. 1t is scarce possible
10 think of a single manufactured ar
ticle which does not meet pant some
where in Tia, course of its constrtic-
ton. SO has paint grown into the
very marrow Of our lives.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
milia kaIsominIng.

milia kalSominlng.
The first Hebrew to mention paint
ing is Moses In the thirty-third chap
ter Of the book of Numbers he in
structs the Israelites, when We have
passed over the Jordan into the land
of Canaan. then shall ye drive out all
the inhabitants of the land from be-
fore you and destroy all their pic
lures. :"
At later periods the Jews adopted
many customs of the peoples who sue
cessively obtained power over them
and in the apocryphal book of the
Maccabees is found this allusion 10
the art of decorating, For as the mas
ter builder of u new house must care
for the whole building, but he that
undertaketh to set it out and paint it,
must seek out things for the adjoining
thereof"
Although Homer gives credit to a
Greek for the discovery Of paint the
illusions to it In the books of Moses,
the painted mummy cases of the Egyp-
tians and the decorated walls of Baby
lon and Thebes fix its origin ut a
period long antecedent to the Grecian
era. The walls of Thebes were paint
ed 1000 years before the coming of
Christ and 996 years before Conner
smOte his bloOmin Tyre"
The Greeks recognized the value OF
paint as a preseTvative and made use
Of something akin to it on their ships.
Pliny writes Of the mode of boiling
wax and painting ships with it, after
which he continues, neither the sea,
nor the wind, nor the sun can destroy
the wood thus protected"
The Romans, being essentially a
warlike people, never brought the dec
grafton Of buildings to the high plane
1T had reached with the Greeks Tor
all that the ruins Of Pompeu show
many structures whose mural decora-
tons are in fair shape today. The
cOlors used were glaring. A black
background was the usual one and the
combinations worked thereon red. vel
low and blue.
In the early Christian era the use Of
mosaics for churches somewhat sun
planted mural painting SiI. during
the reign Of Justinian the Church Of
Saint Sophia was built at Constantine
pie and it's walls we're adorned with
paintings
In modern times the uses Of paint
have come to be as numerous MS its
myriad shades and .inis Paint is
unique I'm that its name las mo svno-
nym and for it there is no substitute
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
ANTIQUITY OF
DECORATIVE ART
Strange Sources From Which
Pigments Used by Modern
Painters Are Derived.
PRESERVATION OF SURFACES.
Crude but Effective Processes Employ
ed by the Egyptians and Greeks of
Plinys Day-Noah Prudently
Waterproofed the Ark.

Whether paint was invented in an
swer TO Il need for q preservative or to
meet desire for beauty is a question
fully ms knOtty MS the ancient one about
the relative time OF arrival Of the
chicken or the egg 1t was invented.
though, and it serves both purposes
equally; so whether It is an offspring
Of mother necessity or an adopted son
of beauty remains forever disputed
question.
The first men, covering under the
fierce and glaring suns Of the biblical
countries, constructed rude huts OF
wood to shelter them. The perishable
nature OF these structures caused rapid
decay and it is probable that the oc-
cupants, seeking some artificial means
Of preservation, hit upon the pigments
Of the earth i'm their search. II is per
hnps natural to suppose that It was
the instinct Of preservation that led
men TO the search, although the gIories
Of the sunsets and the beauties of the
rainbow may have created desire TO
Initiate those wonders in their own
dwellings
The earliest record OF the appIica-
ton Of preservatve TO a wooden
structure dates from the ark. which
was. according 90 the Bible, pitched
within and without" The pitch was
triumph Of preservation whatever Il
lacked as q thing OF beauty.
Decoration applied to buildings first
comes TO light with ancient Babylon.
whose walls were covered with repre-
sensations Of hunting scenes and Of
combat These were done in red and
the method followed was to paint the
scene on the bricks at the time Of
manufacture, assuring permanence by
baking. Strictly speaking, this was
not pai1ting 50 much as # was the
earle ST manifestation OF our own Ia
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
Notice to Contractors

Project NJ rs
Sealed proposals will be received
by the County Clerk of Calhoun
county at tsville West Vir-
ginia, until / 80 O'Clock p. % on
tho 27th day Of February. 1920,
for the construction Of the follow
ing;
Arnoldsburg Spencer Road As
Miles % feet wide Improved Earth
Surface.
Plans, specifications and esti.
mates Of quantities may be examin-
ed at County Clerks Office Grants
vile, West Virginia. Division En-
Rineer's Office, Parkersburg West
Virginia and at the Office Of the
State Road Commission, Charles
ton. West Virgiris.
Proposals wilt be received only
upon State Standar Forms. which
can be obtained from the under
signed, or from the Division En-
glneer's Office at Petersburg.