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OUR CONVENIENT PAYMENT PLAN is AS
SIMPLE AS 1T is FAIR.
After you have selected a model to suit your
taste we will require very small first payment to
help defray our shipping and delivery expenses Your
machine is then delivered Immediately. From that
point on you can "Pay as You Play" by making
convenient weekly or monthly payments
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-08

How many remained at work?"
About 10000"
How is your service?"
= Service practically Normal
Practically normal as to freight
and Through passenger trains. About
8 per cent below normal in local train
service" was the answer
How long can you operate salts
factorily with the reduced forceP
was the final question.
about ninety days. but by that
time we figure our plans for mobiliz-
ing skilled shopmen will have
brought our forces back to normal F."
This information was carried to the
President. To the conformation OF
some OF his spokesmen, he is said TO
have discounted much OF its optimistic
tone by advices he had received from
Bert NJ. Jewell. leader of the shop
men, who had conferred with him on
reports az compiled by the workers.
Conferences Followed
There followed conferences between
the President and the executives on
the one hand and be~ween the Presi-
dent and the shopmen on the other.
Meantime he wrote a telegram to J.
Cleve Dean, a railway employees pub
licity man. 1t was forceful. sharp
and brought cheers from those
elements in the railroad world demand
ing a finish fight.
The next word from the President,
however, was entirely different in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-08
MAY PUT TRACK
PAVING ORDER UP
To LEGISLATURE
Groninger Declares, However,
Car Company Bound to
Keep Lines in Repair.

While the city must pay for original
paving of tracks under the public
service commissions recent ruling the
car company is bound to keep in re-
pair that portion of the street used by
II" said Corporation Counsel Taylor
L. Groninger in an opinion to the
board Of public works today.
Groninger suggested no further
move be made in the track paving con-
troversy until the Legislature meets
when laws clearing up the matter
may be obtained.
He also held the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company is bound by law to
originally pave those tracks ordered
by the board of public works prior to
June 4. 1921. when the company sur
rendered its franchise. Most Of the
eight miles of double track lying I'M
paved were ordered paved before this
time.
Should the board pave tracks It can
not pay for 1t wholly out OF the
general fund unless It finds the city
was solely benefited by such pavement.
Property owners would have to pay
the balance. Groninger held.
In case of a new street, the cor
po-ation counsel said. the DO lrd night
decide the property owners should pay
for all outside the tracks and the
city all inside the tracks on the
theory the city was solely benefited by
the track paving.
The paving law permits the board
Of works to improve the whole or
any part of a street and assess the
cost against abutting property owners.
Groninger said.
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April. which were held in July and
August.
The truth concerning the railroad
strike and the miners strike, is that
this is not a time to reduce wages.
either for the railroad men or the
miners. There might have been need
for re-ad1ustment in working con-
ditions but a general reduction in
wages is not justified until therefis a
reduction in passenger and freight
rates. house rent and other/ living
costs.
Certain statistics showing the re-
duced cost of living, are noHborne out
by actual earning expenses which
every family knows continues sky
high. Moreover the earnings of the
railroads. most of them, have In
creased"
d Visits With Marshall
Former Vice President Thomas R.
Marshall called on Mr.. Daniels and
had two hour visit with him. Sam
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tone. 1t was the basis Of compromise
and settlement OF the rail strike,
eminently fair, from the workers
viewpoint and forthwith accepted by
the striking shopmen.
White House in Denial
There followed rumors that the
President. in HIS informal converse
tion with the rail executives. had
promised one thing but that his pro
posal embodied another. This was
later emphaticary and somewhat
heatedly denied at the White House.
In all events. rail executives over
whelmingly rejected the proposal.
Wall Street condemned it and praised
the executives and the leading Re
publican newspapers along the east
ern seaboard generally joined In the
chorus Of praise for the rail heads
ard abuse OF the proposal
As one Republican leader here ex-
pressed this reaction to the writer:
The President. without warning,
went over bag and baggage to Sam
Gompers-and cut off the hand that
was supporting him
The hand" in question was this
powerful eastern influence which had
long berated Congress and demanded
that Harding, personally. lead. The
origin of this campaign and the COM
plete changes in political plans by
party leaders that ii has effected will
be reported in later stories.
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in Washington Is Bankrupt
and a ReceiUeY Is Needed BadLy-DanieLs

when they get chance, of their do
nothing policy
Most Of the representative papers
Of Independent mind cried out against
the Fordney- McCumber tariff bill. The
New York Herald gives it the correct
designation, The Dam Fool Tariff. :"
OF the present administration. Mr..
Daniels said, There Is no conference
Of policy in the executive and legis-
lative department. Nearly all the lead
ers in the House have either been de-
feated for denomination or they have
decided not to run because they have
seen the flood coming.
Phil Campbell. who prevented
the Johnson Woodruff investigation,
was engulfed in the Kansas primaries
and what happened to Campbell will
happen to others in November, unless
all signs fail"
In discussing the industrial outlook.
Daniels said. 1.-THE strike situation
looks hopeful. President Harding
should have called tBs conferences in
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Strike Incidents Disclose Odd Influences
Working on Leadership of Pres Hardine

OF both rail and mine executives to
carry through their fight with labor to
a finish. From all indications. it ap-
peared that these felt their purpose
could be launched with half of Con
gress away. the other half in seclusion
over the tariff bill and the President
alone handling the strikes with little
likelihood of interference.
When the President told the mine
operators to go ahead and attempt
production of coal. despite the strike,
there was quiet rejoicing among
those who wished this course, above
all others. to be his decision. Then the
rail strike became menacing.
Executives Came TO Washington
Rail executives came to Washing
ton. They were met and conferred
with by a committee of spokesmen for
the President, seeking information on
the rail situation for the Nations
executive. At that meeting. ex-
changes something like this are said
to have occurred:
How many men went out on
striker" the rail chiefs were asked.
About $4,000 GeweI claims 4oo.-
000), but that number probably in
cludes some of the unimportant
lines" was the reply.
How many men have you en-
ployed since the striker" was an
other question.
About $4,000 throughout the
country was the reply after careful
check among the executives.
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BIZ ROBERT J. BENDER

Copyright, 1922. by United News.)
WASHINGTON, Aug S.-When
President Harding submitted his basis
for settling the railroad strike he
dumfounded the great financial inter
ests of the East, predominanuy Re
publican party leaders in and out
of Congress, and some of the most
influential Republican newspapers
along the eastern seaboard. From
the standpoint of politics the situation
now created contains vast and inter
esting possibilities.
Z The Presidents course in the rail
campaign that had been going for
ward. particularly in the East, against
Congress. This campaign has had as
it's corollary an equally insistent de-
mand by big financial leaders to have
Harding take the leadership Of affairs.
II dates back to the time when Con-
gress refused to eliminate, but voted.
instead, for high surtaxes in the reve-
nue. bill.
Harding Alone Responsible
In the great industrial crisis pre-.
cipitated by the rail and mine strikes.
a situation was created for the first
time, wherein Harding and Harding
alone was responsible for settlement
His was the leadership. and his alone.
that would direct the way toward
peace.
II. this situation. there developed a
well-dehned determination on the part
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BREAD CONTAINS GLASS;
CAKE CARRIES ARSENIC
Youngsters Prank Expected to
Make Stomachs Ache at
Ford's Plant.

By United Press
DETROIT, Aug. S.-Hundreds of
Ford Motor Company employees went
to their work today expecting at any
time to become victims of serious
stomach trouble.
Peter Tomff 9-year-old son Of a
prominent Highland Park baker, CON
fessed he had been paid to throw
handfuls of crushed glass ana small
nails into his fathers bread dough-
The father, Eli Tomff. has built an
extensive business among the lizzie"
builders. The lad told police that
he had been paid by a stranger, who
told him to go to picture shows"
with the money.
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NO COAL MOVED
AFTER WEEK Of
STATE CONTROL
Quiet Prevails on Front in In
diana Mine Districts Un-
der Military.
BIZ BLYTHE HENDRICKS
Times SfnfT GoTrea don't

1tMC3 StuH COTT6SpOAUGHG
STAUNTON, Ind, Aug. 8.-Quiet
front today. The 1900 guardsmen.
with hopes of getting out of the
trenches by Thanksgiving, were
stolidly walking their posts protect
ing sixty-one miners who had been
brought through the lines by taxicab
and interurban.
The miners were doing something
with the steam shoveIs in two strip
mines. No one seemed to know ex-
actly what. for not one pound of coal
has moved during the seven days of
the occupation OF this district. 1t
was explained that landslide and a
derailed car prevented the shipment
of coal yesterday. The reason for no
shipments thus far today has not
been announced.
Thirty-two miners were on the job
yesterday. Eighteen arrived last night
and fifteen this morning. Two Of tho
eighteen taken through the lines last
night were 'hred'' this morning, after
it was indicated they had been urging
men not to work Another rf.In quit.
More were expected to arrive.
Later in the day eight more quit
and were replaced by eight from Terre
Haute.
A mass attack by eight men was
staged along railroad last night.
Troops of Company K opened FIRE and.
although they didn't get the enemy's
range, the enemy retreated in dis
order. There was nothing else to re-
port along the entire front
Lieut.. NJ. DEM. Galliher Of Indian
apolis, commander Of headquarters
company of the 1st Battalion. has been
relieved at his own request. He Is
succeeded by Lieut.. Dudley Dunhafn
of indianapolis.
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HOUSE NE EMBERS
CALLED BACK BY
EXECUTIVE: FIAT
President Harding Orders Re-
turn to Capital for Emerg-
ency Laws.
ABANDON REcEsSEs, ASKED
White House Makes Known
Chief Feels Seriousness
of Situation.
By United Press

BY united Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-President
Harding has practically ordered all
members Of the House to be back on
the joh on Aug. 10, so that he may
turn to them for any legislation he
feels necessary in the handling of the
coal and rail strikes. 1t was made
known at the White House today.
The original plan was for a few
members to return next Tuesday and
then take three days recesses until
the Senate took action on the tariff
and other measures.
The Presidents action. therefore,
virtually amounts to summoning the
House, which has been in recess for
about a month.
Suggests Abandoning Recesses
Harding. II was stated. suggested"
to the House leaders that they aban-
don their plan Of three-day recesses
after Aug. Is.
The White House made 1t known
that Harding feels that there is no
under valuing Of the seriousness of
both situations.
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GIVE ASSURANCE
OF NEW PLANT
Preliminary Legal Steps Taken
for CdorIess Garbage
Eouipment.
Equlpn1ent.

They've been threatening to blow
up the garbage plant" commented
President Jay A. Craven of the board
of sanitary commissioners today,
touching upon the need for construct
ing new odorless equipment.
Touch a match to its own gas, I
suppose?" inquired Albert Baker, at
torney.
The board directed counsel to out
line legal procedure preliminary to
construction of the new plant.
Vice President John l. Elliott said
nothing could stop the plant under
present legislature
Commissioner Lucius B. Swift want
ed record of employment Of Z. W. Nc
Cullough as consulting engineer on
the garbage plant. over Swift's objec-
ton. corrected. Elliott and Craven
consented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-08
WHAT DID YOU SEE?

F. M. r. saw his roommate unbut-
ton the first four buttons Of coat
style shirt and then pull the shirt off.
over his head.
E. V. T. saw a sign in front Of a
tire repair shop which read. Fresh
Air"
o. G. saw a bald-headed man driv.
ing a wagon on Washington st. ad-
vertlsing a popular brand of hair
shampoo.
C. K. saw saxophone player,
music before him. playing under a
street light late at night.
NJ. D. K, saw an old man, sprinkling
a lawn at Gray and Washington SITS.
absent-nnindedly turn the hose on the
occupants of a waiting street car.
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By
CLEVELAND Ohio Aug. 8-Break in the ranks Of the in
srgent operators of the Nation appeared to be widening
today
They were reported to ockng Cleveland to attend the
coal truce with John L. Lewis and other mine union
leaders.
The first breaks in the solid lneups of the Illinois and
Indiana operators operators and the mine chiefs received
surances it is said majority of the of both states
will represented West Virginia operators also will
be here it said.
Additional representation from the Pittsburgh district also Is
expected.
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MOONSHINE FIGHT
costs TWO LIVES
Deputy Sheriff and Alleged Law
Breaker Dead in Booze
Battle.
BIZ United Press

HW NWFFFW Ftc0
STEVENSON. Wash, Aug. s.
A battle over moonshine still be-
tween mountaineers and prohibition
officers north of here had resulted
today in the death Of two men and
the serious wounding of a third.
w. e. Rorison, 35. deputy sheriff
of Glare County, Washington, was
fatally shot through the heart. Paul
Hickey. alleged moonshiner, died from
wounds. J. A. Morgan. Federal pro
hibition agent Of Tacoma, was in
hospital at Vancouver, Wash. his
arm torn and his scalp lacerated by
bullets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-08
MOTORISTS STOPPED

Troops Search Autos, Although Not
in Martial Law Area.
By United Press
JASONVILLE. Ind, Aug. Sal
though this territory is not under
martial law, automobiles passing
through camp of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard troops near here were
stopped and searched Monday after
10 p. M, Col. De Preez announced.
Nothing was found in the. search.
Guards in this district were doubled
during the night because officials
feared trouble.
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Pennsylvania Family Has At
tack From Poisoning Like
in New York.

bV LUttcU PTe3s
PITTSTON. Pa. Aug. s.-The arse
mic murder iend." who slew six and
endangered the lives OF a hundred in
New York ten days ago. found five
victims here today, in the belief Of
the police.
The entire family of Romola Tes-
taguzza lay stricken with poison re
ceived from a cake purchased in New
York City at a restaurant believed to
be the Shelburne.' where the other
poisonings took place.
While physicians worked to revive
the wife and three small children. au-
thOrities started tracing Testaguzza's g
movements in New York TO ascertain
where he purchased the cake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-08
NEBRASKA PUTS
UP CENSORSHIP
State Authorities Ordered to
Listen to Fosters Radi-
cal Lecture.
By United Press

LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. S.-State au-
thorities today were ordered by Gov
ernor McKelvie to attend addresses
William z. Foster, radical lecturer
may deliver in Nebraska. with a view
to determine If they violate any laws.
Foster will not be molested pre-
vious 10 making further addresses.
but his utterances will be under close
surveillance of proper officials" the
Governor stated.
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COAL DELIVERY
HINGES ON ROADS
Dealer Says Can Get Fuel in
Three Days If Railroads
Can Haul II.

Coal could be shipped to Indian
apolis within three days after the re-
sumption of operation Of the mines,
providing the railroads are in a con-
ditlon to haul 1t, A. o. Delost, vice
president of the Indianapolis Coal
Company. declared today.
He expressed the opinion that no
material relief viii come from a settle
ment of the coal strike unless some.
thing is done about the railroad strike.
Delost said his company is taking
no orders but merely making mem
orandum when a customer wishes
COAL
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NOTE CAP CONTENTS
Policeman Keeps More Under His
Lid" Than Imagined.

indianapolis policemen have more
on their brain than a nifty cap, as
proved by an investigation of the
gilt-trimmed headgear of Lieut.. Har-
ley Jones. which rested on the press
table at city court.
The lieutenant removed the con-
tents for the benefit Of onlookers and
gave an itemized list. There were
four cigars. one pencil, an arrest hook.
one blotter. twenty complaints, an in
vitation to a Polish wedding (already
accepted. note from lady ICON
tents not made public. and a letter
from a man asking the lieutenant to
locate his missing wife.
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er Is badly need
ed" J o s g p h u s
Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy dur
ing Wilson's Ad-
ministration, on
his arrival IN In
dianapolis to lee
ture tonight at
the Cadle Taber-
nacle Chautau-
qua, predicted the
Republicans will
not be able to
stem the tide of
dissatisfaction.
mo Republic
an in this coun-
try points with
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T0NGS GO TO WAR

One Chinaman and Woman Dying
From Gun Shot Wounds.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Tong hatred,
smoldering in Chinatown for the last
ten years under an enforced peace,
broke out last night.
Today the leader of one Of the
Tongs was dying and woman &C m
panion was seriously wounded from
gun shots.
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BIZ HEZE CLARE
Tfs4eS ctCT HorresDOudettE

4UHeo stun COfFCsDOttUcNs
SULLIVAN, Ind. Aug. S.-''Yes. I
loved John"
Mrs. Mabel Hale. wife of Elmer
Hale. who is in Jail here charged
with the murder of John Everhart,
discussed the murder today.
Everhart was killed when a charge
Of dynamite, placed under the seat
of his automobile exploded as he
started the car. Authorities declared
the charge was placed under the seat
by Hale, who was enraged over at
tentions paid his wife by Everhart.
John never spoke a cross word
to me no matter what the circum-
stances" Mrs. Hale continued.
did you not love your husband?"
she was asked.
"I don't know whether 1 did or
not" she replied. We had been
married six years last May. He never
went any place with me. He spent
his money on booze and he would
sometimes twist my arm and choke
me-"
Love Is Strong
''Yes, it is true" Mrs. Hale con-
tinued, "John treated me kindly and
loved me Elmer never talked at
home. When I was sick last winter
John came TO my mothers home and
was kind to me. Until then he was
just a friend.
81 can't help believing Elmer put
that explosive under the seat of Johns
automobile. It was just like him.
"Sone Of the people out at the
Peerless tried 20 say that the girl
with whom John lived did it, but she
didn't for she didn't know how. Elmer
had helped John repair his other auto
mobile and this one was the same
kind Elmer is a mechanic and an
expert shot firer. He knows explo-
sives and how to use them. [ don't
think 1t was dynamite that was put in
the car. I believe it was carbonite
which is much used around the
mines"
Find Two Wires
Two wires were found in the
charged remains Of the touring car.
One was attached to the brake rod
and acted as a ground wire. the other
to the starter The murderer eyi-
IDENTIFY had removed the gas tank tap
so that fire would destroy the evidence
Of his plan.
At the hospital Everhart told the
sheriff: "'Hale threatened to get me
and ne did. I knew I would get it.
Hale did it. If I was not suffering
would tell you more, but 1 can't
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uel r. Ralston. Democratic nominee
for United States Senator, also called.
Charles A Greathouse. Democrat
10 pational committeeman from Indi-
ana, was the host of Mr.. Daniels at
luncheon at noon at the University
Club.
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BIZ United Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, In a statement
today, demanded that the public be
informed as to whether the rail strike
has caused locomotives to deteriorate
to the point where their condition en-
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LET THERE BE LIGHT" 81 VS.
GOMPERS TO THE RAILROADS

dangers the lives OF trainmen and
passengers.
He charged that railroad managers
have given no satisfactory explana-
tion Of recent wrecks, such as the one
on the Missouri Pacific in Missouri, In
which "thirty-f1ve people were killed
and more than a hundred injured"
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REPORTS DIFFER
ON ROLLING STOCK;
LABOR BOARD ACTS
Trainmen Assert Conditions of
Service Are Becoming
More Dangerous.
STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVES
Invitation Issued to Both Fac
tions After Their Sec
ond Denial.
By United Press

By UHneo PTes8
CHICAGO. Aug. S.-Con1icting re-
ports on the condition of rolling stock
on western roads reached the United
Press today.
Brotherhood representatives assert
ed engines and cars ware fast becom-
ing dangerous to operate
Executives issued statement de-
claring that conditions were "increas-
ingly" favorable.
The railroad labor board issued an
invitation to the executives and the
unions to bring the seniority question
before the board.
The invitation promised also rehear-
ing on wages and working conditions.
Action came after reports of the re-
fusal of both executives and unions
to consider the latest White House
peace proposal.