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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
GRAVE PROBLEMS
FACING COOLIDGE
ASNEW EXECUTIVE
International and Domestic
Affairs as Well as Politics
Near Crisis.

: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Three
grave problems faced Calvin Coolidge
as he took over the duties Of the
thirtieth President of the United
States today.
1. The international situation-with
European conditions generally be
heved steadily worse, what Will the
United States do to stave off a final
crisis2
2. Domestic affairs to continue and
complete the task begun b. Presi
dent Harding Of setting Americas own
house in order after the great dislo-
cations of the war.
3. The political situation with an
open season for all presidential candi-
dates now fOreseen as the result of
Mr.. Harding's death.
The international situation is de-
scribed by officials and diplomats as
the most serious since 1914.
Mr.. Coolidge comes into office with
every nation interested in the present
European crisis looking to the United
States for aid or guidance. Every
foreign chancellery is wondering what
effect the ascending to the presidency
of Calvin Coolidge will have on Amer
lean foreign policy.
Faces Ruhr Crisis
One of the most serious interna-
tional questions facing Mr.. Coolidge is
the Ruhr and reparations crisis.
Then, with the United States having
successfully contributed to world
peace by the Washington disarma-
ment conference, President Coolidge
will find the nations abroad again
engaged In a better armament race
than ever.
Another question of international
policy which has had an important
reflex in the American political stu
alton is President Harding's advocacy
of this countrys participation in the
world court. Will MIR. Coolidge spon
scr the world court as strongly as did
Mr.. Harding, it is asked here today.
The gravest domestic question that
greets the new President is the eco
nomic crisis facing the American
farmer. With wheat having gone be
low 81 a bushel the agricultural bloc
the plight of the farmer be given first
and favored consideration. President
Coolidge, himself a farmer" is ex
pected by members Of this bloc to view
this problem sympathetically.
Situation Is Delicate
The treasury having claimed great
SURPRISES in government finances
through the oneration of the budget
system, President Coolidge will have
a delicate situation on his hands in
the impending fight in the new Con
gress for and against a reduction In
taxes.
The railroad question will be one
with which the new President will
have to deal as a controversy over
some sort of a government control OF
the railroads is almost certain to de.
velop in the next Congress.
The death of President Harding
has brought about one of the most
interesting political situations of pres
ent times.
The late President was almost GER
tain to have been the next presidential
nominee of the Republican party.
Despite the fact Mr.. Coolidge will
be in the White House and have a
strategic advantage at the time of
the convention, observers believed
from now on it will be a free for all
political fight for the Republican
nomination in 1924.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
FRIENDSHIP is DESCRIBED
Harding Officiated at Funeral of LO-
cal WOman's Brother.

The death of President Harding
brought unusual sadness to Mrs. Kate
Foppiano, 349 n. Liberty ST., as the
President was a personal friend of
her brother. the late Pietro Cuneo Of
Upper Sandusky, Ohio. About ten
years ago Mr.. Harding officiated at
the funeral Of Mr.. Cuneo. Mrs. Fop-
piano first met Mr.. Harding then.
Mr.. Cuneo for forty-six years pub
nshed a Republican newspaper in
Upper Sandusky. He became a close
friend Of both Mr.. Harding and Will
liam Mckinley, who appointed Mr..
Cuneo American consul at Turin
italy, a position he held for many
years. His son, S. A. Cuneo, a pub
ucity man for Mr.. Harding at Wash
ington. D. c., during the presidential
campaign, now is publicity man for
Roy Haynes, prohibition director Of
the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
KINDLY VIEW
ON LIFE RECALLED HERE

BE decent; be fair, be generous.
Boost-don't knock. There's good In
everything.
These are the words by which Presi
dent Harding summed up his hui
name philosophy of life. 1t In part of
a creed that he used in his newspaper
office. Bring out the good In every
body. and never, needlessly, hurt the
feelings of anybody. Treat all re-
ligious matters reverently. Above all
be clean and never let dirty word
get into type"
Frederick E. Schortemeier, secre-
tary of the Indiana State Republican
committee, in his volume. The Life
and Recent Speeches Of Warren G.
Harding" clearly portrays the kind
illness of the late President.
Honored His Mother
Warren and his mother were gen
timely intimate and affectonate,
Schortemeier records, for nineteen
years he took or sent flowers to her
every week without fail
Harding once met an acquaintance
whom he had not seen in many
months, and who was threatened with
total blindness. Harding took his
friend 70 Washington, placed him in
the hands of an eminent eye special
ist, and was sincerely happy when
the physician was able to restore the
sight Of one eye"
Mr.. Harding was an ideal patriot
America first, was always his desire,
and in all publis questions he seemed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
BY FELIX BRUNER.

She approached the information
desk at the water ONCE In the Chi
cago city hall. She was apparently
'peeved."
Il want to know" she said, why
1 have to pay s5.45 a year for water.
Ny neighbors don't pay that much"
The man at the desk examined her
bill and carefully explained to her that
the rate was correct for her house and
that the houses of her neighbors must
be smaller.
The rate that consumer was COM
planning about was not s5.45 a quarter.
as Indianapolis consumers might ex-
pect, but s5.45 year
Rates Are Compared
The house of the woman who com
planned must have been a very small
enc, for most Of the Chicago rates
are higher, but not a great deal For
a two-story house twenty-seven feet
wide, with all ordinary equipment be-
sides a hose, the fiat rate is $3.50 a
year. II 1t Is on a flfty-foot lot the
rate is SO higher, or a total OF $3.50.
A similar service in Indianapolis costs
S2065 a year, and the water company
wants to increase 1t.
Meter rates in Chicago are ex'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
RATES FOR WATER
IN CHICAGO LOWER
THAN INDIANAPOLIS
Consumers in Windy City Pay 62a Cents for Service Which
Costs Local Ctiz ems ST 80, Times
man Finds.
man Finds,

tremely low. only 62h cents a thou
Ions in 1000 cubic feet. In Indian
apolis the rate Is 90 cents a thou.
sand gallons, or $3.50 70. the same
amount of water for which Chicago
pays only 621s vents.
Reasons for Higher Cost
There are several reasons why Chi
caEo water rates are lower than
those Of Indianapolis. Many OF these
reasons apply to rates in most other
cities in the country where rates are
lower than those in Indianapolis.
The Chicago water system Is mu
nicipally owned
This means that consumers are not
required to pay profits on "fanciful
elements OF value put in largely for
the purpose OF boosting return.
1t does mean that consumers are
required to pay a part Of the cost OF
extending water mains Just as they
pay a part OF the cost of extending
sewers in Indianapolis. But lower
rates in a short time make up the
cost Of mains and soon the consumer
and not a company is reaping the ad-
vantage OF the investment.
In Indianapolis consumers pay the
cost OF water mains many times over,
because OF higher rates.
Chicago Is on Lake Michigan and
has an assured available water sup
ply. But engineers have said the In.
dianapolis supply also is adequate
with wells used only to carry peak
loads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Friends Mourn Harding

RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. 4.-The
Young Friends conference, in session
here at Earlham College, a Quaker
institution, sent a message of con-
dolence to Mrs Harding and mes
sage of encouragement and good will
to President Coolidge
Factories and stores will be closed
for two hours on the day on which
President Harding is buried. Flags
will be at half mast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
LAST RIT IS FOR MRS.
S. ]. JAMES MONDAY
Funeral Services for Woman Who
Dies After Long Illness.

Funeral services for Armilda j.
James, 60. 264 Minker St., who died
Friday at her home following a, long
illness. will be held Monday at 10 a.
m. at the residence. Burial will be
in Crown hill cemetery.
Mrs. James is survived by her hus-
band, Samuel P. James; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Dora Cort of Indianapolis
and Mrs. Rueia Baker of Danville,
Ill; son, Marvin James of Indian
apolis and two brothers, Willard Parr
and T. J. Parr, both Of Jasper CountS-
Ill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

An order for the signal has been
sent to Louisville, Ky. 1t will cost
$500 to install the signal of the most
modern type
The Times called attention to the
need for protection at the crossing
after the accident. Eight persons have
been killed at the place in thirteen
years.
Signal To MOtOrman
Whenever the signal bell rings, a
light will automatically flash in the
car, telling the motorman that the
crossing is warned of the approaching
car Should the light fail to flash it
is the duty of the motornan to stop
his car at the crossing and investi-
gate.
The signal will be ready in about
three weeks, Todd said.
Mrs. Una Marie Coy Jordan, 351S
w. Michigan ST., daughter of Mrs.
Coy, said today that she earnestly
hoped Councilman Walter w. Wise
will succeed in getting through city
council two ordinances which he in
tends to present Monday night.
Ordinances Require Watchmen
Something should have been done
long ago." Mrs. Jordan said. 1T was
impossible for my mother to see that
interurban coming until the hood of
her machine was on the track"
Wise's ordinances would require
the Big Four railroad and the traction
company each to maintain a watch
man at the crossing, which has seven
tracks, from a. m. to Z p. m. daily
and owners or occupants of corner
lots to keep trees trimmed. The sec
ond measure also would prohibit
any shrubbery. hedge, vine or tree
more than three feet high within
twenty five feet Of a corner.
Warning Out of Order
Motor Policemen Owen and Paul of
the accident prevention department
discovered another dangerous traction
crossing at Sherman DR.. and Six
teenth st. II is on the Union Trac-
ton line to Newcastle Buildings on
each side obstruct all view of the
track The signal device there is sup
posed to flash a light and ring a bell
We watched three or four trains
pass" said Paul. land not one of
them either flashed the light ,or rang
the bell, II that Is not fixed soon.
somebody is going to be killed there.
The traff1icmen reported traction
officials promised to repair the devices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Four Arrested in Raid

Mabel Kersey. 81, of 1435 N. Sen
ate Ave, was arrested on the charge
of operating a blind tiger. The police
say they obtained a sample of white
mule whisky which they allege she
poured in the sink at her home. In
the raid the police arrested Jess Stall
cup, AZ, on the charge Of interfering
with an officer; Ed Bolent, AZ, and Lige
Carpenter, AZ, on charges Of vagrancy.
All are colored
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

to have only that in mind, Schorte-
meier said.
"Harding's controlling passion was
complete devotion to America,
strong and free. sovereign and SUI
preme." says Schortemeier, His de-
votion to the national ideal was the
composite of the belief of William
Mckinley in representative govern
ment and the absolute Americanism
of Theodore Roosevelt"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
TWO MENTIONED
FOR COMMISSION
WampIer and Stump Con-
Sidered for State Job,

Frank Wampler. former president
of the Indiana Bell Telephone Com
pany, and Albert Stump, local at
torney. were being mentioned today as
possible successors to Glenn Van
Auken, a Democratic member of the
public service commission, whose res
ignation is in the hands OF Governor
McCray.
Wampler has many years of ex-
perience in public utility affairs. He
resigned as president when the tele-
phone company started new fight
for further rate increases
Stump has been actively engaged
in Democratic politics. He has been
a speaker in recent campaigns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

ST.. near Pennsylvania ST., Friday
afternoon when a sack lying on an
exhaust pipe caught fire.. He turned
to pull the burning sack off the pipe
and the truck he was driving colnded
with a car parked at the curb. The
automobile owned by Roy Schultz,
lib w. New York ST., was badly
damaged.
Oliver NJ. Percy, 24o2 n. Capitol
Ave, was under arrest today on
charges Of drunkenness. operating a
motor vehicle while under the inf1u-
ence of liquor and unlawful posses
sion Of firearms. The arrest was made
Friday by Lieutenant Hudson, follow
ing an accident at Capitol Ave and
Fourteenth st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
FROM FAR AND NEAR

dian, was married at Paris Friday to
Mile. Helen Paters.
Judge Gary, speaking in New York
Friday, declared Calvin Coolidge
would make a good President. He is
alive to the financial, commercial and
industrial needs Of the country" Gary
said.
Four thousand communists at Ores
den Friday defied police and seized a
coal mine.
Diamonds valued at $4,000 were
stolen from q safe on the ship Bos-
well, which arrived in New York from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Walkers in City

Raymond c. Hoffman, 10, a student
at University of California, and his
sister, Miss Gene Hoffman, 21, stud
ent at California State Normal, both
of Oceanside, Cal, arrived in Indian
apolis today walking en- route to New
York. They left Oceanside May i,
they said. They make their way sell
ing pictures Of themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
William P. Flynn Appointed

Appointment of William P. Flynn
as acting bank examiner of the In
dianapolls Clearing House Association
was announced today. He will sue
coed H. NJ. Johnson, who has accepted
the presidency of the Fayette Bank
and Trust Company of Connersville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Bond Issue Authorized

The State board OF tax commission
ers today authorized issuance Of $780,
coo in bonds for construction of four
county unit roads in Elkhart County.
Roads and amounts are: Melvin G.
Ulrey road, $4,000; James z. Proudf1t
road, $4,000; Jesse G. Sailor road,
s126. 900, and the Leonard Kaufman
road S74 600
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Clothes, Valued at s45, Missing

Mrs John Hanrahan, 629 E.
Twelfth ST., today reported to the po-
lice that red silk dress, silk hose and
another dress, all valued at $45. were
taken from her back porch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
POLITICIANS SEE WATSON
Senator Goes to Oenterville for Pro
gram Of Morton Centenary.

Senator James E. Watson, who,
with the death of President Harding,
is looked upon as presidential posi-
bility, received calls from party lead
ers at the SEVERN Friday afternoon.
Among his callers were Joseph b.
Healing, Republican national commit
teeman; J. T. Norman Of Winchester,
Clyde A. y Walb, Republican State
chairman; e. P. Thayer and M. Bert
Thurman, collector Of internal reve-
nues.
Senator Watson was on the pro-
gram of the Morton centenary cele-
bration at Centerville today. He will
return to Washington Immediately
and then go to Marion, O., for the
Harding funeral.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Bankruptcy Petition Filed

Maxwell c. Lang, manufacturing
jeweler 316 Merchants Bank Bldg,
and 900 Kahn Bldg. filed voluntary
petition in bankruptcy In Federal
Court today. He scheduled liabilities
Of SS,450.92 and assets of $345.34.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Car Hits Auto

Alfred Black. 125 Massachusetts,
Ave, was slightly injured Friday
night when the automobile in which
he was riding was struck by a Broad
Ripple car at Twenty-Second ST. and
College. Chester Black, 2111 Arsenal
Ave, was driving the auto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Blggans Ar1,ested as Vagrant

Wade Biggans. 217s Drexel Ave,
was arrested today on charges of va
grancy. Police say they believe he is
connected with the robbery Of a suit
of clothes belonging to Ed Nohrs. 2547
Northwestern Ave, found later in
pawn shop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

William Wiese,
81 n. keystone
Ave, the other.
W / e S e's car
turned over.
William Wiese
Sr., and Mrs.
William Wiese
were in the au.
tomobile. Nc
one was in.
jured.
John Brown
SCI Bright ST.,
was drfvfn 6
wnSt IN No-b
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Community Fund Moved

Headquarters of the indianapolis
community fund was moved from the
Chamber Of Commerce to the seventh
floor of the Century Building Friday.
Miss Florence Seder is in charge while
Homer Borst is on a vacation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
MORSE ACQUITTED
Of FRAUD CHARGE
Three Sons and Four Other
Men Also Freed,

BV Inifed PresS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-ChaEes
W. Morse. shipbuilder and financler,
charged with defrauding the shipping
board on wartime contracts, was ac-
quilted by a jury of the District of
Z Columbia Supreme Court here today
The three sons of Morse and four
other men held under the same in
dictments were also acquitted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
THREE NARROWLY
ESCAPE INJURY
AS CAR UPSETS
No Casualties Result When
Two Autos Collide
One Turns Over.

Two automobiles collided and one
turned over Friday night at Fletcher
Ave. and Laurel st. Charles Joyce,
1894 Hoyt Ave, drove one car and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
AlIisonville Road Open

Repairs on the Allisonville Rd..
south Of Noblesville, have been com
pleted and the road was opened to
traffic today, the Hoosier Motor Club
announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Missing Boy Sought

Mrs. John Clevenger. 24Ss N. Main
ST.. Kokomo, appealed to indianapolis
police today TO find her son, George
CIevefger. Is, and James Mooney, Is,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

Note-This is the last OF a series
of articles on why Illinois utility
rates can be reduced while Indian
apolis utilities are asking for in
creases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
}ACTION COMPANY ORDERS SIGNAL FOR FATAL CROSSING
Safety Device to Be Installed at Cost of $500 Following
Death of Eight Persons in Thirteen Years
Another Danger Spot Cited,

Thee T. H., E. Traction Company will install automatic
signal bell the n Tbbs Ave nerurban crossing VIII Mrs
Mary Coy killed last Tuesday, nterurban demosng her
automobile Robert Todd president today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

General Gouraud, military governor
of Paris, halted all music in the French
capital Friday in tribute to the dead
President Harding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

Christine Hedin. past 100 years old
died at her home in Ironwood, Mich.
Friday. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
Bert williams Misses Clothes

A burglar entered the residence of
Bert williams. 58s Roanoke ST.. to-
day. a suit of clothes and pair of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04

Several thousand Indians in annual
pow-wow at Ponca City, Okla, stopped
their rites twenty minutes in honor of
Harding.
Evening star., 1923-06-24
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
REPORTED TO BE IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION

Continued from Fifth PageD
Evening star., 1923-06-24

the question was so serious as TO
have a bearing on the price OF auto
mobiles. In some quarters 1t was in
timated that the cost of owning
car would increase $3.50 year.
Whatever may have been the rea-
son. up to June 15 not a single state
had passed the compulsory insurance
measure. as applied to individually
owned cars The measure was de-
feated in Arkansas. Colorado. Maine.
Minnesota, Missouri. South Dakota.
Tennessee, Texas, Washington and
Wyoming. Two states passed such
measures, but made them appIica BILE
only to common carriers. These
were in Indiana and Vermont, and in
cidentally IT is amusing to note also
that both of these states then failed
to pass the legislation which pur-
posed to put the motor vehicle into
the class Of common carriers.
Three bills were introduced in Con-
necticut, one making insurance COM
pulsory only on common carriers and
the other two making 1t compulsory
for all automobiles. In Illinois the
measure finally was restricted to taxi
cabs. Two bills in Massachusetts, ap-
plies to all motor vehicles. In Rhode
Island only to 'jitneys. Nebraska
and New Hampshire had one bill
each covering all cars. In each Of
New York and Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin were two bills covering all
cars.
Evening star., 1923-06-24

Independent of the hot-water heating
system throughout the building. For
tire imitation compressed air is laid
on. and, as the chassis come up with
out their accumulators, 12-volt cur
rent Is provided for starting the en-
gines through the electric starter.
AS there are several hundred miles
of piping throughout this immense
building. a color scheme has been
adopted. Thus. gas pipes are yellow.
petrol pipes green. compressed air
pipes blue. water pipes red, etc.
petrol and water and equipped with a
special loaded test body, the engines
are started up electrically and each
chassis goes out on the track for a
preliminary run of ten or twelve laps.
On returning the driver reports in
the chassis and then intrusts it to
other drivers for further tests, each
one of which must be reported on in
writing.
Busy All Day.
From morning to night this unique
ariel track presents a scene of
bustling but well ordered activity. At
regular and frequent intervals the
elevator doors are raised. chassis
Is pushed out and few minutes
later has Joined the group of all
kinds of vehicles, from bare chassis
to finished limousines, running round
and round the speedway. Heavy
lorries keep low down on the bank
ing; sports chassis spin round near
the top: handsome finished cars, with
all lights burning. are driven at a
moderate pace; all of them carefully
watched and controlled by the chiefs
of each department.
The view from this elevated track
is one which once seen is not likely
to be forgotten. Immediately below
busy railroad siding. with five
miles of tracks connected up to the
main line; farther away the city of
Turin. with it's spires and domes,
broad avenues and gardens; still far
ther in the distance, but standing out
with remarkable clearness in the
limpid atmosphere. the scragsy line
OF the snow-capped Alps. the water
from which provides the whole of the
motive power for this immense In
dustrial hive. On the opposite side
green hills dotted with chateaux, vii
las, vineyards and gardens offer a
contrast of remarkable beauty.