Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-02
BIG PROGRAM
ON PREVENTION
OF FIRES MADE
Greater Effort Than Ever Be
fore to Be Made This
Year.
MANY 40 GIVE AID


chairman of the fire prevention campaign
committee, announced today. Mr.. Jordan
made public detailed program of acttv-
tiles and the names Of committees which
will have charge Of the work.
The city council win be asked at its
meeting Monday night to appropriate
81 900 to carry on the work Every citi-
zen of Indianapolis will be asked to CO.
operate and committees composed of a
large number of citizens and manufactur-
ing concerns will be appointed and asked
to help in the work, by setting an exam
pie and otherwise.
FIRE PREVENTION
PLANS ANNOUNCED.
In announcing fire prevention plans,
Mr.. Jordan made public the-1ollowing
program signed by himself, J. j. O'Brien
Of the FIRE department. and j. L. Riedei,
chief of fire prevention:
Il dial or thermometer showing this
years fires for thirty day periods as
compared with the corresponding periods
Of 1921, this dial or thermometer to be
located at the corner OF Kentucky avenue
and Washington street
Our plans. contemplate some spte zee tc5,
lar feature Of this nature t@proXlnateIy
~ The success Of the fire proven
ton movement depends upon our ahlhty
the city. 1t has been suggested therefore
that it would be advisable tn send letters
to apprOxima te1y one half OF the resident
property owners Of the city, appointing
them fo. membership on the Fire Proven
tion Committee and to also enlist al o.
the stores factories warehouses and H.
dastries of ell kinds IN the fire pre-
III is very evident that the cooperation
of these people would be OF tremend ous
value, aud after careful fnYestiEatloit
We fad that 8 500 letters would FeaCh APP
proximately one-half of the resident prop
ertyN owners of the city. and that 5V5o
letters would reach the more important
stores, factories and industries.
If this plan is carried out II would
mean the organization of city VIDE nFe
prevention committee with membership
Of q least 5000.
"3 The success of the 1921 campaign
was due in no small measure to the me
cooperation which we received is(n the
schaols Our plans contemplate the dls-
tribution OF additional literature t1roG ts q
the schools. the giving of prizes TO me
pupils writing the best essays on mrs
prevention, and the carrying t9fWarh oL
any other measure that w0Uld impress
upon tie school children the importance
OF FIRE prevention
-. The preparation Of stereoptican
slides showing some OF our worst hte
hazards. some OF our ugly back yards
and unsightly properties, together Win
slidTs showing some of indianapolis
beauty spots, well kept yards, parks. etc
these slides to be used IN connection with
addresses 70 be given i'm the schools ana
before city organizattons.- such as me
women's clubs Rotary. kiwaEis. Opt
mists' clubs and kindred organizations.
The organization Of fire prevention
Committees in each IF the wards, 80 carry
on fire prevention work and 10 stimulate
rivalry in mixing their ward the eleanest
and best in tho city.
'8. The appointment Of special commit
e toe. ton TO IA
ters as a city-wide cleanup campaign,
the preparation Of laws and ordinances
covering fire prevention measures the
carrying forward Of systematic cam
p2lgn Of inspection, etc"
IF a fire pr veution campaign Is car
ried on in the city Of indianapolis such
as has been outlined in this program. it
win in all probability be the biggest cam
paign Of this kind carried on anywhere
in the United Staets, and it is our opln-
ion that the city of Indianapolis win
profit largely by such a campaign, not
only from the standpoint Of money
saving, but from the standpoint Of Ma
tion-wide publicity"
The following committees were named :
MANY NAMED
ON COMMITTEES
municipal Division To supervise the
work OF the tire prevention committee ana,
70 foster the tine spirit Of cooperation
now existing between the city and the
nre prevention committee: Mayor Samuel
Lewis shank, Z. /. Kingston, Charles f.
Coffin, Dr.. f. + HOdgin. Taylor T. Gron-
niger, c. A. BoOkwalter, j. J. O'Brien.
+. c. Jordan, .. y. lies, J. b. Reynolds,
Miss Elsie L. Green. Theo. j. Bernd.
Finance CommIttee-To procure the
necessary funds for the 1922 fire precen-
ton campaign and 60 supercvlse their
expenditure; + L. Kingstaon, chairman :
Lloyd Claycomb, vice chairman; Joseph
L. Hogue, J. Is. Miller, Mrs. Wolf suss-
man, Mrs Joseph Healing, j. f. Riedel.
/ W. J. Mooney, w. f. Balch, Charles
Aeon.
Inspection and Enforcement-To insti-
tute an efficient system Of inspection and
to take proper proceedings for the en-
forcement Of FIRE prevention measures
j. ]. Ohrien, chairman; j. Il. Riedel,
vice chairman; Judge Debert 0. VIII
meth, vice chairman e. Y Kingston, I.
[ q S9qrD19r J. Grr ATmiaE{e br IL G.
hoff Dr. VI. J. SPENCER Newman 7. NIL
Ter, Otto Ray, William f. Clauer Walter
I W. Wise, Hayden w. Buchanan, Russell
Wilson.
Women's Organizations Committee-To
secure the hearty cooperation Of the
women of indianapolis in carrying for
ward all measures which win tend to-
ward fire prevention and make the city
cleaner, safer and healthier: Mrs. Felix
/ I; McWhHter. Chairman; Mrs. A. I.
! Fleming, vice chairman; Mrs. G. NJ
I Henderson, vice chairman; Mrs. John
/ Downing johnson Mrs Curtis A. Hodges
Mrs. Wilbur Johnson. Mrs s. L. Per
kins Mrs. Minnie Bronson. Mrs. David
Lurvey, Mrs Martin Reifel, Mrs e. E.
Kuhns, Mrs. Fred Pauley. Mrs. r. +.
Remington, Miss Elizabeth Rainey, Mrs
Grace J. Bodemiller, Mrs. Minnie Blatt
Committee on Cooperation with the
| Scholastic prepare Are prevention lit
erature for distribution In the schools
and to take all necessary steps to i'm
press on the minds of our young people
ures: Franklin L. Bridges, chairman
e. {. Graf, vice chairman; Mrs. Curtis
Hodges, vice chairman; Charles l.. Barry,
Miss Elsa Huebner. Mrs. George c. Fin
frock, Monsignor Francis II. Gavisk,
Miss Georgia Alexander, Mrs o. NJ. Pit
tenger, Miss celia O'Hair, Theodore j.
Bernd, Ben II. Thompson, J. j. 0'Brien,
Mrs. Chick" Jackson, Cushman Hoke,
Mrs. +. G. Downev. Jesse L. Dunn
Committees to Formulate Plans For
Cleanup of vacant lots by neighbor-
hood ORGANIZATIONS Planting Of flowers
in vacant lots; City wide scheme of beau
tification through planting Of flowers
chairman; f. II. Blackledge, vice chair
man; Hiss Sara Lauter. vice chairman :;
Charles e. Coffin, Jay A Craven J. Lloyd
Elliott, c. A Bookwalter, Mrs S. L.
Shank. X. Walter Jarvis, Heyden W
Buchanan. J. f. White, DR.. H c. Morgan,
T. Fleming, Mrs Herbert Wagner, Mrs
G. Roltaire Egglest0n, Mrs. Joseph l..
IHogue, Mrs. Lafayette Page, Mrs. Harry
Meyer, Lawrence " Sherman, Mrs Wolf
Sussman, Mrs. Gustav II. Westnr. Mrs
James L. Deery, J. H. Lowry, H. e. J0r-
Williams Mrs. p. J. Clark. Mrs K. r.
BROCK, FLOYD NJ yChafee. Harry NIipssp