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The Washington times., 1921-09-04

(Al A Type Of Flower Which conesiss Botk PistiI
and Stsmens and Whose Pollen Docs Not Contain
the Protein Poison Which Produces Hay Fever.
(B) The Hay Fever Type Of Flower Which Contains
Only Stamens and Whose Pollen Can HTrsvst Many
Miles from Its Source. ..e
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

make possible the attacks of
germs that cause so-called "colds"
the vast majority Of these cases
s-are what is named hay fever. Hay
fever and similar afflictions, such
s-Ss, rose fever and so on, are caused
-4y the pollen of certain plants
,,:t>.1 flowers which are poisons to
- lain people.
nut 1t has only just been dis
r,l>rered that not only plants, but
F2nestic animals and birds cause
sse a!jlar diseases. And that among
These latter the greatest offender
{. is the cat and the parrot. ~
-. 80 1t has also been discovered. that
much more serious symptoms than
tho average Summer cold, with
rs attendant sneezing, are caused
by these creatures. It appears
ss.sthat just as the pollen is blown
from the flowers and carried In
the afr to reach the nostrils Of
those who are sensitive to 1t, so
minute scales from the hairs of
"~the cat, the horse, the sheep and,
|. In rare Instances, the COW, are
detached and blown away in the
same manner. Similar minute
<scales from the feathers of the
parrot, the canary and the Eng
nsh sparrow are shed, producing
essimilar results as the hair scales
s.spf the animals and the pollen
grains of the flowers among those
s.vhom they poison.
s-ss s-s In this discovery we now have,
-among other things, the explana-
zion of what the late Dr.. Weir
Mitchell, the distinguished neu-
rologist, named "cat fear" 1t is
yell known that there are great
Aiumber Of people who cannot bear
= ccme in contact with cats.
':...;tme Of these are so sensitive to
~ en- that they can tell II a cat
:. as been in a room within twenty.
- ~ hours. Cat fear ranges in it's
~%mptoms from simple nervous
aversion up to actual nausea with
1,:omiting, cold sweats and goose
fish. In many cases, the heart is
= : depressed, asmatic symptoms ap-
pear, and there is an unpleasant
and sometimes dangerous sensa.
ton Of smothering-the latter be-
ing. of course. due to a derange-
ment Of the nerve centres which
-. govern respiration.
;. For a long time It was thought
.,, that "cat fear" was mere hysteria.
II now turns out that It is nothing
=, OF the sort; that 1t is a plain
- poisoning caused by these minute
~ scales from the cats fur, which
=" enter the system through the nos.
trils and produce actual poison.
Ing. The same things hold of the
j.. sufferers from pollen poisoning
- And frOy,o hirdcco1o poicopin0
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
PACKERS ASKED
ABOUT INTEREST
PAID THE STATE
Prosecution Claims State Got
Only Two Per Cent; Some
body Got Six and Half.

SPRINGFIELD, H., July 13.-0f-
fieIals OF two large Chicago packing
companies today told the Sangamon
County grand jury what they knew about
alleged Juggling of 100000 State funds
bv high officials.
The grand jury is probing charges
that Governor Len Small and Lieutenant
Governor Fred SterIin misused State
funds while serving as State tressurers.
". ". Sherman, assistant treasurer OF
swift and Company and Fred W. Crowell,
treasurer Of Armour and Company, were
called before the investigators TO present
their companys side Of the transaction
whereby the packers obtained the huge
Joan.
The main questions to which Sherman
and Crowell- were understood TO testify,
were the amount Of interest which their
Concerns paid in money and to whom II
was paid. The State is supposed to
have obtained only per cent interest
on the amount, although the packers
are said TO have paid about So per cent
for the money.
The grand jury will have 10 decide
whether the persons or firms who got
the additional 6l2 per cent were violar-
ing the statutes.
Omcials of the Grant Park Bank told
the grand jury Of the depOsiting OF the
amount in that institution. which prose-
cutting officials claim existed only on
paper The loan to the packers was al
legged to have been negotiated by the
bank.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
ON GAME
LAW VIOLATIONS
Ill Persons Convicted and
Pay S2,895 in Fines.

A total Of ISL persons ran afoul Of the
Indiana fish and game laws during June
and LAT paid fines and costs aggregatng
1912. George n. Manifold, fish aud
game division superintendent Of the State
conservation department, said today.
Records show that in Jura last year the
warden service convicted Ill persons who
paid fines and costs totalling S2.S9505.
This June shows an increase Of SO con
victions and S29705.
The chief offenders attempted to fish
without licenses and nun bered so Forty
seven persons possessed Illegal size nets /;
10 took bass during the closed season.
and IL kept short bass, the report shows.
Ten persons paid fines for taking blue
gills during the closed fishing season.
For nine months of the fiscal year
the warden service shows loss arrests !;
1919 convictions and fines and costs at
$22SSO61. For a similar period In 1920
arrests totalled 1901; convictions, 1.027
and fines and costs aggregated S25. 4S4oJ
There were 1906 more hunting and fishing
licenses sold during the nine months of
this year as compared with nine months
Of the fiscal year 1920, a true indication
that the closed season of black bass and
blue gills between April 80 and June It
has increased the number OF piscatorial
devotees in Indiana There are . war
dens operating in Indiana
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Shelby County to
Discuss Amendments

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, July 13.-Dis-
cussion Of the thirteen proposed amend
ments to the Indiana Constitution viii
be made at a mass meeting which viii
be held here Saturday afternoon on the
courthouse lawn. The meeting is being
arranged by the Shelbyville League of
Women Voters, the Shelbyville Chamber
OF Commerce and the Shelby County
Farmers Federation.
Maurice Douglas, State Senator in the
last session of the Legislature and
member of the Indiana public service
commission, and Jeptha HUMPHREYS,
Shelby County representative, viii be the
speakers at the meeting and will explain
the details of the proposed amendments.
Notices OF the meeting are being sent
throughout the county.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Boys Take Handcar
Ride; Cost EN- S11

William McGraw. Il 442 Spruce street,
Kenneth March, II, 14JO Spann avenue.
and George Winkley II, 1859 Spann ave-
nue., enjoyed plunge and a swim In a
pond i've miles southeast Of Beech Grove.
The problem after the bath was how to
get back to Indianapolis. This was easily
solved when the swimmers discovered 2
hand-car near the right-a-way OF the
Big Four Railroad.
The dispatcher at Dix Siding saw the
three husky Indianapolis lads pumping
the hand-car as it passed en- route to IN
dianapoIis. He reregrapned to the Hi
yards and Railroad Detective Anderson
arrested them. They were fined Sl1 eac
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Denies Reputed
Confession of
Killing Chunl
Dayton Boy, 8, Fights for
Freedom When Brought
Into Court.

DAYTON, Ohio, July 13.-Willie
Stevenson, 0, on trial in Juvenile court
on charges of killing s-year-old Henry
B. Levins. fought with all of his boy
ish energy for freedom today. Although
Judge X. ". Baggott and police Of
fcers say Willie admitted to them when
first arrested that he had killed his play
mate. the youthful prisoner vigorously
denied the confession in open court.
Two other boys who were said to have
been with Willie when the Levine boy
was killed, were held as witnesses. They
are Vincent Hall and George Bayham,
both 8.
Henry and Willie quarreled. Willie Is
said to have struck Henry with an iron
bar. breaking his neck. The four boys
were at the edge of Bimm's Pond, plan
ming to go swimming. They stripped
Henry's clothes from his body, tied a
rock to his hands and rolled him into
the water, according to the authorities.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
EFFORT TO KILL
POLISH LEADER
Attempt Follows Plot to Over
throw Government at
Warsaw.

COPENHAGEN. July 13.-Discovery Of
a plot to overthrow the Polish govern
ment at Warsaw, was followed by an
attempt to assassinate General Pilsudski
leader of the Polish army. said an I'M
confirmed report from Warsaw to the
Berlinske Tidende today.
The Polish authorities attempted to
keep the plot revelations secret.
The attempt to kill General Pilsudski
was frustrated by bad craftsmanship
Several men entered General Pilsudski's
quarters and fred at him. but all missed
Later several arrests We're made.
LONDON, July 13.-The Daily Tele-
graph today printed an unconfrmed re-
port from Copenhagen that peasant
revolution has broken out in Bulgaria
and that there is fierce fighting in the
streets of Sofia the capital
PARIS, July 1.-THE Greek offensive
against the Turkish nationalists has been
checked all along the line, according to
a Constantinople dispatch to the Petit
Partisan today. The Greeks were said
to have sustained heavy losses The same
dispatch stated that the Greeks were
evacuating Ouchak and that they had
been driven from Chumay.
The Turkish nationalists are mining
the sea Of MarmorA
BERLIN. July 13,-According to the
Acheuhr Abendblatt today, the British
and Italian governments have requested
the resignation of General Leronde as di-
rector OF allied military operations in
Upper Silesla, The newspaper added that
the British high commissioner in Upper
Silesia, and General Marins, commander Of
the Italian troops, charge that General
Leronde participated in the Polish up
rising. General Leronde IS head Of the
inter allied high commission.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13

work ty Aug. /, any bids they submit III
the future will not be considered.
SEVERAL BIDS
ARE OPENED.
Bids were received as follows
Local sewer in Carrollton avenue from
Fifty First street to a point twenty nine
feet south of Fifty Second street; George
W. McCray, $40 per lineal foot; Colum-
bia Construction Company, S4.15.
Local sewer in the first alley south Of
Gemmer street from the arst alley west
Of Draper street. to q point 52o feet east,
George w. McCray. 1894 per lineal foot;
Columbia Construction Company, 1857.
Local sewer in the first alley east OF
Villa avenue from Orange street to
point sixty five feet south of the first
alley south OF Prospect street, George
W. McCray, SO 40 per lineal foot; Co
lumbia Construction Company, 1885.
Grading of Pennsylvania street from
Frank Lawton IS cents per lineal foot;
Federal Heavy Hauling Company, $lol
American Construction Company, IS
cents; William j. Welsh Construction
Company. 98 cents.
Permanent improvement of Maryland
street from Illinois street to Virginia
avenue: Marion County Construction
Company, wood block with coal tar paw
ing oil, $3.50 per lineal foot and wood
block using coal tar distillate oil, $685.:
j. n, Morgan Y son, WoOQ DAoCh tEedteu
with distillate OIL, Sass.
Sidewalks and curbs on the north side
Of Edgewood Place from Guilford ave
nue. to the first alley east: John Arnold
& Co. 1854 per lineal foot and Krebay
Concrete and Paving Company, $3.50.
Cement sidewalks on the east side Of
Boulevard Place from Thirty Fourth
street to Maple Road william J. Welsch
Construction Company, S199 per lineal
foot; J. w. & W. G. Martin, $L97 Kre-
bay Concrete and Paving Company. $1S0;
Frank Lawton, $179 Sehwert Brothers,
S16S.
A contract for the grading of Ohio
street from Gale street TO Brookville ave
nue. was awarded to the William J. Welsh
Construction Company on its bid of
$1.35 per lineal foot, total s744.06.
SEWW Is
CONTEMPLATED.
a resolution for the permanent i'm
provement Of Buckingham Drive from
Boulevard Place to Sunset avenue was
confirmed
in the widening and resurfacing OF Ohio
street from Alabama to Delaware streets
was made.
Resolutions were adopted for the per
maneut improvement Of Washington
street from Il point 53S feet west OF
Harris street to the east end Of the Big
Four subway, the permanent improve
ment Of Churchman avenue from a point
five feet east of the Belt railroad TO
keystone avenue and for the permanent
improvement of Madison avenue from
Raymond street TO Glendale avenue
These are stretches Of unpaved highways
between improved city streets and coun-
try roads to be improved under the law
passed by the 1921 Legislature providing
that the city and county shall divide
the excess cost where the price OF such
pavement is higher than 80 per cent OF
the assessed valuation of the am
butting property.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
County Council
to Meet on July Il

After weeks Of delay, County Auditor
Leo X. Fesler has called a special meet
ing of the Marion County Council for
Thursday, July q, for the purpose of APP
proving bond issues amounting to $500 600
The council also VIII consider the in
creasing Of the interest rate on a $3.50
600 bond issue for new buildings at
Sunnyside from TO per cent.
The council also will act on a request
that 100000 be appropriated for improy-
ing and repairing county bridges. The
question Of authorizing a $4,000 bond
Issue to increase the size OF the dormi-
tory for men and women at Julietta also
will be considered
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Minneapolis Lodge
Entertains 3. p. O. E.

LOS ANGELES, July 13-Honors for
the best dril team in EIkdom were at
stake today at Exposition Park, when
the teams which were winners In yester-
days preliminary contests entered final
and decisive competition.
Minneapolis Lodge No. A held the
center OF attention for the days major
contribution to the grand lodge re-
union program. The famed Minneapolis
vocalists, under the direction of Or. w.
Il. Herbert were slated for an elaborate
minstrel Show at Harmonic auditorium
in the evening.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Green Thought Smith
Was Federal Officer

l. II. smith, 1928 East Ohio street. was
arrested on a Federal warrant last night
charged with impersonating a Govern
ment officer and is held under 5000
bond. The arrest was the result Of in
formation given X. ii. Abel, group chief
OF Federal prohibition agents In this
territory. by W. y. Green and his son
oscar Green. 525 East Ohio street.
According to the Green's, Smith col
ected $40 from each OF them on the
promise that he would have them ap-
pointed prohibition officers ana guar
anteed to refund the money in case their
appointments ala not go through.
He Is said to have told them that the
application must be signed by two Indi-
annapolis lawyers and later that the ap-
plicadons bad been approved by Mr.. Abel
and Capt Thomas Il. Halls, head Of the
United States secret service In Indiana.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13

work woe; what do claim. however. Is
that In many important respects, and in
thousands Of instances, the par theory
Of capital stock, in practice, has been a
failure; the no par theory is sound 10
theory. and IN actual practice-although
limited-appears to be justifying the hope
that its general application will be for
the public good
There viii be banquet at the club to
night at which Kin Hubbard, William
Herschel and Roltare Eggleston win APP
pear
Tomorrow morning there win be a dis
cusslon Of the proposed constitutional
amendments led by Cassius c Shirley,
James w. Noel and William l. Taylor.
Tomorrow afternoon f. Dumont Smith
Of Hutchinson. Kan, will speak on THE
Police Power and Industrial Relations"
The election Of officers win close the
meeting.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
ADVICE GIVEN
TO ATTORN EYS.

THE bar, and particularly the judi
ciary, are the sheet anchor in the protec-
ton of the rights and III critics Of a peo-
pie" he said I'VE are and should be
the servants Of the society in which we
live. faithful officers Of the courts of
Justice Our work is broader than the
greedy watch for clients and conflicts over
often sordid interests. 1t Is, In fact,
widening with the expansion of all "a,
Iations of men in organized communi.
ties"
Mr. Stevenson called for efficiency in
the profession.
"If the law breaks down, if laws and
lawyers fail too much in their duties,
citizens. no matter how respectable and
laws biding they may be, will take law
and its functions into their own hands,
he said.
He suggested the appointment Of
committee to work on the proposal that
the organization and government Of the
State bar be provided by law.
Mr.. Coleman spoke on THE Advantage
of No Par Stock"
In this connection he said:
"I wish to emphasize the fact that
do not claim the universal application
and use of no par stock will do away
with all the ills OF overeapitalization,
stock manipulation, make shares easy to
SELL reduce taxation. or make knaves
honest. or that it is a panacea for all
corporate ills; nor do ! claim that there
are no objections to 1t because objection
can be raised to any proposition, good
or bad, and the best of propositions or
principles, in the hands of or under the
guidance of evil minded men, sometimes
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
DespOndent, Drinks
Poison; Man May Die

Despondent because he had been out Of
work for four weeks, William Carew, 20,
10 North Blackboard street. drank de-
nature5 alcohol at his home today. Carew
admitted to Motor olicemen Dalton and
Alullin that he had taken the liquid with
the intention of ending his life. He was
sent to the city hospital, where physi-
clans say his. condition is serious. Mrs.
Maud Carew,. his wife, and their two
children, one three years old, and the
Other two months old, were downstairs
wheI Carew went to an upstairs room
sna Crank the poison.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Desire to Help Others
Is Need of World

WASHINGTON, July 13-Toleranee,
patience. goodwill and the desire to help
some one else. are the greatest needs OF
the world today, President Harding said
this afternoon to delegation Of news
paper men, who presented him with an
editorial chair" made of wood from the
old frigate, Revenge
ar can make America represent good
feeling throughout the world, my services
win not have been in vain" the Presi-
dent said.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Farmers Make Attack
on Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON. July 13.-Attncks on
the Federal Reserve Board and D. r.
Crissinger, comptroller of the currency,
were made today by representatives or
organized farmers.
Maurice McAuliffe. president Of the
Farmers Union of Kansas, told the con-
gressional commission OF agricultural
inquiry that the assertion that Europe
IS wholly bankrupt, constitutes propa-
ganda by those interested In Debating
farm prices. He charged that the defla-
ton was deliberately designed and pre-
cipitated.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Plan Arrest of Fourth
Man in Muncie Murder

MUNCTE. Ina, July 13.-Police an
nounced today that r.:ey were working
on a definite clew and hoped within a
few hours to arrest fourth man sus-
pected Of being implicated in the murder
Of Gus YoiGa. Koumanian who was
shot and fatally wounded near a road
house few miles from Muncie early
In July. Dr. Meme Smith, former police
&c .nmlssioner, and two other men are
under indictment for the shooting and
are preparing to make a fight for
acquittal.
Traffic in moonshine whisky is thought
by the police to have been back Of the
shooting
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Boom Columbus Man
to Head State Grange

COLUMBUS. Ind. July 13--Jesse
Newsom. master OF the Columbus
Grange. Is being doomed for master Of
the state Grange. 1t has been announced
here II is stated Aaron Jones. OF
South Bend. who is known as the grand
old man Of the Indiana Grange" has en-
dor8ed Mr. Newsom and will push his
candidacy Many other men high In
the State organization are said to be
behind Mr.. Newsom and this support
with the support OF the strong local or
ganizatlon is believed to assure his
electlon.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Norris Asks Delay
on Irish Resolution

WASHINGTON. July 1S.-Because of
the peace parley between the British
government and Irish Republican lead
ers scheduled TO take place in London
tomorrow, Senator Norris, Republican.
Nebraska. requested the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee today to defer ac-
ton on his resolution protesting against
violations of the laws of land warfare
committed by the British forces against
the Irish people in their struggle for
independence"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Marion County to Get
S186,050 School Fund

Marion County win receive a total OF
S1S6. $50 in the seml-annual distribution
of the State school tuition fund, accord
ing to figures prepared today at the
office Of the State superintendent OF pub
Tic instruction. The figures show there
is available for distribution a total OF
81. zs9, 252. as. or S2.243 per capita on
total State enumeration of 1881 persons
Of school age.
f The department did not carry out its
original intention to hold $4,000 out of
the fund to take care Of deficiencies In
the school pension funds. Instead il was
decided the appropriation Of $1,000
made BY the last Legislature for the
purpose Of making uP these deficiencies
should be used
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Navy to Junk Historic
Warcraft in Pacific

VALLEJO. Cal, July 13-The Mare
Island Navy yard received notification
from Washington that n dozen or more
warships here, some of them historic,
would be sold soon as obsolete. They
include the Monadnock first iron vessel
built here; the Intrepid frst steel ship
built here; the Missouri, first battleship
in the Pacific. and the monitors Mohican
and Monterey, which served at Cavite.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Blue Book Rum Ring
Prosecutions Loom

CHICAGO, July 13.-Federal prosecu-
tion of several Chicago millionaires for
OF the prohibition laws doomed
today as a result Of their reticenee to
disclose their dealings with the "Blue
Book Rum Ring" Threat of Federal
indictments was made by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Roy Egan, when the mil
lionaires declined to tell Of alleged
liquor purchases from James Walsh, so
called de luxe bootlegger'
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
H0nanaerstein Tomb
Nay Be AuctiOned;'
Widow in Poverty

NEW YORK, July 13.-Oscar Ham
merstein's financial difficulties have
followed him to the grave.
His tombstone will be sold at pub
lie auction the first week in August,
unless en unpaid balance due on the
monument is forthcoming before that
date
The claim against the impresario's
widow for 81 ,526 due to the monument
company has been approved by the
Bronx Supreme Court, which author
lied the auction unless the amount is
paid.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Prince of Wales Is
Sick; Rest Ordered

LONDON, July 13.-The Prince of
Wales was ordered by his physicians
today TO abandon all public engage
ments for an indefinite period.
The heir to the British throne has
been indisposed recently and although
his medical advisers are inclined to
minimize his illness, it was nevertheless
thought advisable for him to forego his
scheduled engagements.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
Railway Motor Hits
Work Train; One Dead

NASHVILLE. Tenn July 13.-One is
dead. two more are momentarily expected
to die and nine others are seriously In
iured as a result of collision between
gas motor track ear and a work train
standing on a siding near Kingston
Springs early today on the Nashville.
Chattanooga & st Louis Railroad A
special relief train, bearing physicians
and nurses was rushed from Nashville
and brought the injured to the city.