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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
KILLS WIFE TO SAVE
~She Was Ready for Salvation" Man
Tells Police.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-'T killed
my wife because she was prepared
for Salvation. We both thought ii
was time to do it; that If she con-
finued toslive she would do something
wrong and be lost have no remorse
When killed her felt something in
me which said had done right"
This was the statement made to the
police by W. NJ Jorganson. 40, who
shot and killed his wife. Mrs. Elsie
Jorganson, 80. Notes to his wife
written by Jorganson and the story
Of the deed have led the police to be
Iieve that he is insane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
WAR LAW REVIVAL
T0CHECK PROFITS
Soaring Coal Prices May Be
Object of Special Legis-
Iation.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.-Revival
Of the anti-profiteering provisions Of
the wartime Lever law is under con-
sideration in administration circles to
check soaring coal prices.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
pointed out here today that the price
control arrangement he has with pro-
ducing non-union coal operators was
merely for the duration of the strike
and with scores of mines resuming
operations a new method will have to
be found TO prevent higher prices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
FLUSHER WRECKED
Interurban Hits City Machine That
Cost $4,000.

An outbound Lafayette interurbsn
struck a city motor street f1usher on
Twenty-First St, near Shriver Ave,
late last night, almost dernolishing it.
Employees on the flusher said they
drove onto the tracks when the car
was a block away but the car was
running so fast It struck them before
they got of. They escaped injury.
Officials said they would attempt to
collect damages from the T., I. & E.
Traction Company. The flusher cost
$4,000 two years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
SUES FOR RECEIVER
Silent Partner of Pressing Business
Brings Action.

Thomas Stanley. 421 L. Pratt St,
has filed suit in Superior Court ask
ing a receiver for a pressing shop at
2743 Roosevelt St, in which he
claimed he had half interest with
Mary Martin.
Thomas complained that the defend
ant, his former partner. has refused
to let him have anything to do with
the business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
STRIKERS HEAR TWO

Rail Shopmen Official and Preacher
Speak.
J. F. Anderson. vice president of
international Association Of Machin.
lists. and the Rev. Dodd addressed
striking rail shop workers at Ma
chinists Hall today.
The Big Four reported 5000 loads of
freight moved Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
Nearly 5000 Dogs, Residents of
Center TzCb., Pay $4,000 Taxes

The dog population Of Center
township, which the city of Indian
apolis nearly covers, is estimated at
nearly 5000, according to Township
Trustee William H Evans. Last year
the CANNES paid $4,000 into the
county auditors office which went to
the school funds.
This year about $4,000 was turned
over to the township trustee before
June /. the last day to pay the tax.
Male dogs are assessed at three dol
lars, and female five, but there are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
Prosecutor Plays Hide and Seek
With Fees From Tardy Dog Tax

Cap" Evans. county prosecutor,
dealt in high finance today and can't
figure yet if he is ten dollars ahead
or even.
Evans started out to prosecute 1000
dog owners in the county who failed
to pay their dog tax. He gets. or
is supposed to get $3.50 for each fine.
and his deputy gets a like amount,
when it is paid. Figuring ahead that
looked like a goodly sum, but the j.
P. courts many times fail to collect
the fine.
While in the midst of dreams as to
what he could do with that much
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
HSAn III Wind That BI0zCS, Etc.;
Lafayette Boy Benefits by Strike

The railroad strike has made it pos
sible for Forrest D. Garrison of La
fayette, to go back to Purdue Uni
versity this fall. He proudly dis
played checks totaling 1925 for one
months work as he went through In
dianapolis on his way to Seattle
where he has work promised for an
other month at 5000 land keep"
Some thirty days ago Garrison ap-
preached a friend here to o. K his
account at a sporting goods store
where. he wished to purchase a revolt
yer. e had only 81, from the pawn
ing Of his watch, but he had a Job
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
PURDUE EXPERIMENTS
Transmission Of 100000 Volts to Be
Tried Out.

LAFAYETTE - An experimental
transmission line for operation at $780,
600 volts, the highest voltage line in
the world, has recently been com
pleted at Purdue University here.
The new transmission line IS based
on the design by Ross Lake but was
modified considerably by Prof. c. P.
Harding, head of the electrical school.
The line is LOO feet in length and
consists Of three 500 foot spans OF
steel core aluminium cable, supported
on four steel towers sixty-five feet
high.
The cross arms are forty feet long,
and the fifteen unit suspension insula-
tors are hung so they may readily be
moved in different directions from
fifteen to forty feet without taking
down the cables.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
PRAISES PARK SYSTEM
Columbus. Ohio, Official Makes Trip
of Inspection Here.

The park playground and boulevard
systems OF Indianapolis was praised
as one of the best in the country
by a representative Of the Columbus.
Ohio, park department, who made
tour with r. Walter Jarvis, super
intendent of parks and recreation. to-
day.
The visitor was interested particu-
larly in the development Of Douglass
Park as a solution Of the negro recre-
alton problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16

money. an elderly gentleman talked
Evans into refunding him the SIS fee
from a fine for harboring a hound
without paying his tax.
The fine to date has not been paid.
it was found. If it is paid. Cap
figures he viii be even. If it is not.
he will be out his fee, and also SIS.
The question who will settle with IAe
deputy added another slant to the
situation.
Il wish there wasn't such an ami
NAL as a dog in the State. I never
liked them anyhow" stated the prose.
cutor irately,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16

very few Of the latter, receipt stubs
show. Nearly 1000 owners failed to
pay their tax and they were all
hauled into Justice Of Peace Courts,
where the average fine has been IS
and costs.
The township keeps the money
until March l Of each year, using the
interest to pay damages by the ami
mails. After that date the county gets
it all.
The dog population decreases at an
alarming rate at assessment time the
trustee said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
, WANTS NEGRO POLICE
Rev. Sumner Williams Asks for Them
In Colored Districts.

The Rev. Sumner Williams. colored
preacher, has asked Mayor Shank to
put negro policemen in negro dis
tricts. He said he thought trouble
was less likely in case a policeman
were injured or killed in the colored
quarter if the officer were negro
than a white
Mayor Shank replied four negro men
and three negro policewomen have
been assigned to the Indiana Ave. dis
trict and other sections chiefly inhab-
tied by the race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
LAUNDRY WORKER HIT
Tells Police He Was Attacked on L.
6 n. Passenger Train.
By United Press

By United PTess
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Aug. 16.-
Willis NJ. Walker. 40. laundry worker
Of Chattanooga, Tenn, was in a hos
pital here today suffering from
wounds. He told police he was beaten
up Tuesday night on a Louisville &
Nashville passenger train between St.
Louis and Evansville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
CATCH HUGE TURTLE
1,5O0 Pound Amphibian Nearly Over
turns Fishing Schooner.

BOSTON-The little Gloucester
fishing schooner Gorilla was nearly
overturned by the struggles of a huge
turtle OF the black diver type which
members of the crew harpooncd. The
vessel brought the turtle here.
Weighing 1900 pounds, it was seven
feet long, ten feet across from flipper
to flipper. Though badly wounded.
the turtle lived until last night. 1t is
Of a species usually found IN the Gulf
Of Mexico.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
SAYS 1T WITH AK
Negro Woman Expresses Her Disap-
prevail BY Banging Friends Head.

A Ratchet wound in the head of
VIII Powell, her boarder, was the
way in which Ella Benson. colored, Of
1914 Oliver Ave, showed her disap-
prevail Of Wills attentions to Minnie
Baker, also cplored. AS a result Of
the Ratchet ARRAY Ella was charged
with assault and battery. Judgment
was withheld.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
BOOSTERS MAKE TRIP
Route Of Pixies Peak Highway La
Traversed 10 PiquA.

d. TWtN NV6tFWR
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Aug.
16.-Indiana highway boosters made
their FIRST run over the new route OF
the Pixies Peak highway to Piqua,
Ohio, where a meeting was held last
night They ate lunch at Muncie.
Those in the delegation were from
cities and towns along the route
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
BAN GLAND HOSPITALS
Town Votes Against Operation After
Patient Dies From Grating.

WEST DENNIS, Massey a vote
Of 70 to this town decided to ban
gland hospitals within its borders.
The petitions OF DR.. J. Leon Hanson
that his GLAND farm" be allowed to
continue In operation were denied
Attention was attracted to this hos
pital a few days ago, when a patient
in whose body glands Of bull had
been grated died Residents Of the
town protested vigorously against the
institution, which, it was said, had
been established without consent of
the town authorities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
FIRST IN INDIANA
Bert Stanley of FarInersburg WIN Re-
employ IS Coal Miners
By United Press

BV Jntted FTe5S
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 10
Bert Stanley, president OF the Repub-
lie Coal Company of Farmersburg. is
the first coal operator Of Indiana to
sign the Cleveland agreement at mine
headquarters here. His mine, which
produces 900 tons a day will be
opened Immediately, with seventy-hve
men employed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
PAY ENVELOPE LOST
Fire Chief Says One Disappeared From
Desk.

Police today investigated the theft
Of a pay envelope belonging to George
Goodwin. member OF the fire depart
ment, from the desk OF Fire Chief
O'Brien.
OBrien in a report 70 the board Of
safety today stated that he placed
the envelopes in a drawer Of his desk
along with some others which he gave
win came in for his the money was
missing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
Explain Teachers Fund

The State teachers retirement fund
will be explained to teachers of the
State by eight speakers who will tour
the State before Sept. /. Registra-
ton for the ensuing year is necessary
before Sept. L
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
WOMEN AND KIDS
HAPPY ONCE MORE
WITH FOOD AHEAD
Resumption of Mining Means
More to Poor Families
Than Any Others.
HOLIDAY ATTIRE APPEARS
Three Square Meals Daily,
Shoes and School Books
Possible Again.
BIZ Unired Press


= TBRRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug. 10
There was rejoicing in the homes Of
Indiana coal miners today as the It'd
ing spread that peace was near at
hand in many places in the mine war.
Little faith had been placed in re-
ports from Cleveland of an imminent
agreement on national basis, be-
cause Indiana mine owners remained
adamant. But when John Hessler,
their ibg chief, asked the operators to
OF en- negotiations, that was different.
| 7me of the men swore because they
wanted to hold out for negotiations
on a fourState basis. But the women
and kids were glad.
End of Long Poverty
It meant three squares a day once
more 1t meant books. and shoes to
wear to school It meant the end Of
along poverty vigil continued since
soon after the strike began four and
a half months ago.
In twenty-five hundred homes in
Ver1nillion. Vigo, Green, Sullivan and
Gibson counties holiday attire was
worn today. The men prepared to
work Immediately at the mines which
had representatives at the Cleveland
council.
Other miners throughout the State
will be ready when the whistles blow
signalling agreement on the basis OF
the 1921 wage scale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
OLD DOBBLN JUST SMILES
AT EXT.ERAlINA TON YARNS

Henri Spahlinger, Swiss scientist
whose serum and vaccine treatment
for tuberculosis has made his name
well known throughout the world
1t requires from one to four years
to produce the pep prolonger and
seven horses are needed for the manu-
facture Of one complete treatment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
BAND WILL PLAY
Concert Given Tonight at Spades
Park.

-Arndt's Military Band viii play IN
der auspices Of the park board at the
Feast Of the Lanterns" to be given
in Spades Park this evening by the
Rrookside Civic League.
Program: The Diplomat" ''Er-
mimic" Sweet Indiana Home" Raj
ferty's Rattle" overture, Raymond
quartette from "Rigoletta," The Har-
lequin Millions" Southern Planta-
ton Songs" La Paloma," Mile.
Modesto" Say II While Dancing. 3"
Rosy Posy." Chicago Tribune" and
ar.Spangled Banner"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
ADMITS BIG THEFT
Former State Senator Confesses
Stating Quarter of Million.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 16.-Henry
Hanke, former estate Senator and
Hennepin County treasurer for seven
teen years, today confessed defa1ca-
tons involving quarter Of a million
dollars.
Hanke was indicted by the grand
jury. He is to be arraigned late to-
day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
BODY is EXHUME
Autopsy Is Held in Case of Guy
Nichols at Terre Haute.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 16.-
An autopsy on the body Of Guy
Nichols. who was found lying on in
terurban tracks east OF SeelyvIle the
night of May Il. ordered in Circuit
Court was held here yesterday. The
body was exhumed.
The autopsy was held 10 determine
whether the stomach or other organs
had been removed before the body was
placed on the tracks, or whether Mich
OILS was poisoned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
TO FIX TAX LEVY

City Council at Terre Haute May De-
eide on Dollar Rate.
By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug. 10
The 1928 city tax levy here will prob
ably be an even 81, medium between
the s1.os of the last administration
and the 81 cents levy for this year.
Decision as the amount will be made
by city council early in September.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
vows ARE TAKEN
Largest Glasses In History Received
In st. Mary't.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 10
Bishop Joseph Chartrand Of the In
dianapolis diocese officiated when
twenty-one postulants of the order of
the Sisters Of Providence received
their habits and thirty-nine novices
pronounced their vows IN the convent
church at St. Mary-of-the-W Woods
These were the two largest classes
ever received at the institution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
PROBLEMS ARE VITAL
BIZ Times Special

Speaker Declares Europe's Affairs
Important TO e. s.
BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND. Ind. Aug. 16.-Homer
L. Morris, head of the political science
and economics department at Earl
ham College, who has just returned
from a trip abroad. in an address
here declared that problems facing
Europe are of vital importance to the
United States.
Conditions in Germany, he said. are
not as prosperous as they seem from
thu outside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
FUNERAL OF GRIFFITH
By United Prest

Thouands Pay Last Tribute Of Re-
spect to Dead Irish Leader.
By United Press
DUBLIN, Aug. 16.-Thousands Of
persons from ell over Ireland to-
day attended the funeral of Arthur
Griffith in Glasnevin cemetery. Grif-
fifth, president Of the Dali Eireann.
and foremost Irish statesman. died
Saturday Of heart trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
CHARTERS GRANTED
Board Meets With Governor and
Passes on Petitions.

The State charter board met with
Governor McCray today. passing upon
the charters of three banks. New
charters were granted the River Park
State Bank, of South Bend. capital
lied for $4,000, and the Gynneville
State Bank for s25, 1000. to take over
the business of the Gynnev1lle Private
Bank The charter Of the Mooreland
State Bank. which had expired. was
renewed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
Harrington VIII Speak

F. F. Harrington will speak before
the Advertising Club of Indianapolis,
Aug. "a on Psychology OF Salesman
ship" At the next weekly meeting
on Aug. 81, Bennett Chapple win talk
on National Advertising"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
WILL REPORT FILED
Charles Whitcomb Estate Valued at
S176,l33.
By Times Special

By Times Special
TERRE EAUTE. Ind, Aug. 16.-
Final report of the will of Charles
Whitcomb, who died two years ago,
filed in Probate Court here by the
Terre Haute Trust Company, admin
istrator, showed that after debts of
s25,129.93 had been paid. S176,133.S6
remained
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
ATTACKS WORRY POLICE
Boy Reports Being Dragged Into
CornfieId.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Aug. 10
Stanley Stone. II, reported to police
that a man had grabbed him and drag
ged him into a cornfiel dbut that he
managed to escape.
Attacks on women and children in
the northeast part of the city are
causing the police worry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
WOMEN TO ARGUE
Auxiliary Members Will Try To Get
Shopmen to Quit.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 10
Three hundred Terre Haute members
Of the newly organized auxiliary to
the federated shop crafts have pledged
themselves to go into the homes Of
men reported working at the various
railroad shops here to appeal to the
wives to use their influence to induce
their husbands to quit work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
PROTEST LONG TRAINS

bOard OF " Orks 10 IaINe -4CIlOn
Against Interurbans.
Drastic action to prevent serious
damag1 to pavements by long inter
urban freight trains which cause ter
rife vibration, is contemplated by the
board of public works, It was said
today.
City Engineer John L. Elliott said
sonce lines are running trains with
motor and as many as seven trajlers
A city ordinance prohibits more than
one motor and two trailers-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
NEARING CRISIS

Italian Poet Aviator's Condition
Watched by Physicians.
By Times Special
CARDONE. Italy, Aug. 16.-Ga-
brielle D'Annunzio's illness. brought
on by a fall, which fracture dhls skull,
viii reach its crisis within twenty
four shours, his physicians announced
this sfter71oon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
By United Press

LONDON, Aug. 16.-Horsepower
serum has replaced monkey glands
as a restorer Of youth, leading men
Of the scientific world believed today.
Discovery of the latest invigorators
which is said to prolong human life
beyond $50 years was made by DR..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
CITY is SUED
Woman Asks for $4,000 Damages in
Terre Haute.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 10
Suit for $4,000 damages against the
city was filed in Superior Court by
Mrs. Elizabeth WEIGH for injuries she
received when she fell on a slippery
sidewalk last winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
GAS HEARING HELD
Pipe Laying Cost May Be Lowered
In TeTre Haute.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 10
Cost of laying gas pipe for customers
will probably be reduced from so to
40 cents a foot as the result Of a pub
lie service commission hearing held
here by Carl Wilde and A B. Cronk
of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
'VIRGINIAN' FALLS DEAD
Character Pictured by Owen Wistar
In Popular Novel.
By United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16.-Edwin
B. Trafton, westerner. was mourned
here today by those who knew the
West as pictured by Owen Wister.
Trafton. said to have been the char
atcer from whom Wister drew THE
Virginian," dropped dead here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
ALL FLEE SAVE ONE
Negro LabOrers Find Companion Dead
In Passenger Car.

By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 16.-
An unknown negro was found dead
in a Baltimore & Ohio passenger car
here today. He started here, with
other negroes, to work in railroad
shops, and died en- route. When
sleeping negroes in the same car
awoke and saw their dead companion.
they fled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
WILL CONSIDER BONDS
County Finance Board Session Called
BY Fesler.

A meeting of the Marion County
board Of finance has been called by
Leo K. Fesler. county auditor, at II
o'clock tomorrow morning. The board
will consider the arranging of bonds
for two banks holding county funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
BODY HANGS BY NECK
Farmer Commits Suicide in Barn on
His Farm

By Times Special
WABASH. Ind, Aug. 1.-THE
body of Edward Myers. So. farmer.
was found hanging to a rafter in a
harm on his farm near North Man
chester. He committed suicide be-
cause Of III health. it is believed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
HON0RS DR.. WYNN
Conservation Department Pays Trib-
ute TO Late Physicians Memory.

A tribute to the memory of the late
Dr. Frank B. Wynn whose death oc-
CURED at Mt. Seyeh, Mont, has been
written by the State department OF
conservation. DR.. Wynn was known
as one of the foremost promoters OF
natural conservation and was a
pioneer champion of the State park
cause
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-16
TWO ARE BANKRUPT
Voluntary Petitions Fled in Federal
Court.

Two voluntary petitions in bank
ruptcy were fled in Federal Court to-
day. Orval II. Gladding, grocer. OF
Frankfort, scheduled liabilities OF
$S,27726 and assets of $2.233.S3. Rush
j. Saunders, farmer. r. F. D. 4. Thorn
town, listed liabilities of S3,906.60 and
assets Of S1.22S.S4