Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-03
COUNCIL PLANS
TO RID HOTELS
OF IMMORTALITY
Ordinance, Carrying Jail Pen.
atty, Affects Both Man
and Woman.
SEEKS DAYLIGHT SAVING

An ordinance intended to give the po-
lice and hotel-keepers more power to pre-
vent immortality in hotels In the city Of
Indianapolis was introduced at the regu-
lar meeting of the city council last night
BY Councilman Jacob P. Brown. Mr..
Brown said that number Of hotel men
requested him to sponsor the measure.
The council passed resolution max
ing one last minute change in E voting
place, passed the ordinance prohibiting
sircuses and other shows from showing
in residence districts under certain re-
r strictfons, received on introduction an
ordinance putting daylight saving into
effect. aud several other measures
ANTI-VICE ORDINANCE
CARRIES JAIL TERM.
The anti-vice ordinance provides a me
Of not more than S25 or Imprisonment IN
the county Jail for thirty days or both
for any man registered as a guest in an
Indianapolis hotel who permits any
woman. other than his wife, mother.
daughter or sister or an employe Of the
hotel about her regular duties, to enter
his bedroom; for any woman who enters
the bedroom Of any male hotel guest IN
less she is the wife, daughter, mother,
sister or an employe about her regular
duties or for any woman guest who per
mits any man other than husband, father,
son, brother or an empIOye about his
regular duties to enter her bedroom.
The ordinance exempts bona fde buyers
who go into the room of a salesman to
inspect his goods from its provisions pro-
vided the door of such room is kept
open.
CHANGE 9TH PRECINCT,
9TH WARD POLL.
The voting place in the Ninth precinct
Of the Ninth ward was changed from
1014 East Washington street to the en-
CINE house at 1O2S 1890 East Washington
street. The change, according TO COrpor-
alton Counsel Samuel Ashby, was made
necessary by the sale OF the property at
1014 East Washington street by the man
from whom the voting room had been
leased.
The circus ordinance, which was pre-
scented two weeks ago upon the request
of a number Of property owners residing
In the neighborhood Of Belmont avenue
and West Washington street, was amend
ed before passage 10 include carnivals
and street fairs. The ordinance prohibits
any carnival, street fair, circus or menag-
erie from showing upon ground within
five hundred feet of any residence dis
trict comprising ten or more hOuses)
within the city limits unless the written
consent of 60 per cent of the residents is
secured.
Determination of the Sells Floto Cir
Gus to locate at Belmont avenue and West
Washington street caused the residents
to take action. 1t is understood the cir
Gus has agreed to locate without the
50O-foOt limit. The ordinance will not
become effective until Mayor Charles W.
Jewett signs it. The circus is coming
Thursday.
BROWN PROPOSES
DAYLIGHT SAVING.
The daylight saving ordinance intro
duced by Councilman Brown upon his
own initiative, provides that at 2 a. N.
o'clock on May % OF each year the clock
shall be advanced one hour and at a. N.
o'clock on the last Sunday Of each year
the clock shall be retarded one hour.
Ordinance granting the Standard Oil
Company permission to establish a ware
house and tanks for the storage Of oil
and oil products at Twenty Ninth street
and Schurmann avenue and granting the
same company permission to lay
switch into such plant were unanimously
passed.
WOULD REQUIRE
SAFETY GATES.
The Big Four Railroad would be COM
{ PEELED to install and maintain safety
gates at the Sherman drive, Olney street
and Avond6le place crossings on and
after Aug. 1, 1921, by an ordinance backed
By citizens of BrightwOOd and introduced
at the session.
Appropriation Of $4,000 to the board
Of public works 10 pay a Judgment due
August NJ. Kuhn, assignee Of Morris NJ
Defrees, in connection with the settle
ment Of the ten-year-oId dispute over the
payment for the Pleasant run interceptor
sewer, is made by another ordinance n
trOduced.
Councilmen Otto B. Pettijohn and Louis
". Carnefx were absent.