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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
The Pass-Key on FrankIin's Kite

vEN years from you lift telephone receiver and
watch your wifes smiling face in a disk above the
mouthpiece as she describes her weekend aerophne
trip to Picking.
Meanwhile statesmen arriving Tmbuctoo in their own
sky bugges will be recording disk instruments specf
cations sketches for special equipment they've
lust sold there and NJ Belins brush will fill screen
on the opposite wall with snapshots of events
perhaps the events in full color and motion
Franklin never what would be the result when
pass-key rode that kite of his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19

ENIN is better but still very sick man. Continued
persecution Of prelates is indication of infirmy.
Protest against the private management of enterprises
another.
Advces from Moscow that the premers trembling
hand reached thrust experts from the manage
ment Of industry
shores.
Administration of the five Efficiency
is product of experience Theory conceives but can't
factories operate railroads. engineer production
The output Of deft hands and trained not be
profaby disposed Of without the guidance of practical
Intelligence
The soviets have no recourse adopt the industrial
and commercial systems which rule world markets
Until they bar themselves from international trade
Communism destroyed crude and rumbling economic
;ructurebut far competent than its
Lenins group for than years in control of the
chest acres of Europe, cant feed their
Relief workers estimate that 100000 persons must still
foreign charity perish That's boshevisms
DipIOnlncy Loses and Invention Makes Time
r~RANCO-GERMAN poker still full of bluff hands. No
fshowdown in sight. Poincare fixes the of the
fkshr at 100000 gold marks
Foreim Minister Won Rosenberg counters with 40 per
cent discoNqt utimatum
Figure foroursef how the negotiations viii drag along
when Eliot Wadsworth hasn't yet pinned the allies down
the repaymen Americas Switched share Of Rhineand
occupation expenses.
Diplomacy is bankrupt. The continent isn't much bet
ter off.
Some Frenchmen, however still have Of time
values
Berlns telegraph systa is IN process OF launching
Messages will be sent drawings pictures and
bueprnts automatically transferred from point to point
No need to verify communicative arrive In the
handwriting of the sender Wills contracts love letters
instantly delivered at any distance AID IN ORIGINAL
FORM.
Foreign languages ideographs, disse with trans
lation stenographers have notebook their short
hand, and its pages are miles
Evidently cheaper method than the Morse CODE Charges
are upon the page not the word One trick that local
wizards overlooked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
AIR PILOTS BUSY
PUTTING BALLOONS
IN FINAL SHAPE
Weather Bureau Promises
Steady Wind for Big
Race.

All pilots and their aides scheduled
TO participate in the balloon race at
the Speedway, July 4, were in the city
today .~eparing for the race.
Arrivals this morning were H. +.
Honeywell and his aide. J. P. Nc
Cullough. ST. Louis, who will pilot a
balloon Of $4,000 cubic feet capacity.
Leroy T. Samuels, meteorologist ex-
pert Of the United States weather bu-
reau. cooperating with John II. Arm
ington, meteorolog1st of the local bu-
reau, announced today that steady
winds will prevail on the day OF the
race. The weather viii be fair with
possible thunder showers.
The Citizens Gas Company has
promised 10 supply the balloons with
good coke oven gas. The gas will
have a lifting power Of twenty-eight
to forty pounds per thousand cubic
feet.
All Navy pilots and aides are az
the Speedway putting their balloons
in shape.
For service of balloonists. special
tests were to be made today and Tues
day to determine atmospheric condi-
tions A final test win be made at
IL a. m. Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
MAP OTHER MOVES
ON WATER BOOSTS
Representatives of Clubs to
Attend Hearing Before
State Commission,

Clarence E. Weir. president of the
College Ave. Civic Association an
nounced today he would appoint ten
members from his civic organization
to attend the hearing of the In
dianapolls Water Companys petition
for Increase rates before the public
service commission, July IS. Weir
said he would make them responsible
for other civic organizations, and see
that they are represented at the hear
ing
The Mapleton Civic Association will
meet Tuesday night at community
hail. Fortieth ST and Capitol Ave. 1t
will select representatives Edward
O. Snethen, president of the Fedora
ton Of the Community Civic Clubs,
and Weir will speak.
The Brookside Civic League will
name their representatives next Fri
day at a meeting in Spades Park.
Within the next two weeks. it is ex-
pected most of the civic clubs will Sc
lect representatives.
A committee of the Southeastern
Civic Improvement Club will discuss
the water fight Tuesday evening.
This is our fight" said Weir. we
are the defendants. l have often no.
ticed in court that if the defendant
didn't appear, judgment usually was
against him"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
RECLAMATION Of
WESTERN LANDS,
HARDING POLICY
Speech at Spokane Tonight
Will Also Deal With
Irrigation,
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
United Netos STAFF Correspondent

ABOARD PRESIDENT HARD
ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN- ROUTE
TO SPOKANE. Wash, July Prob
lens Of developing western irrigation
and reclamation and highways trans
portation will engage President Hard
ing's attention in an address to be
delivered in Spokane tonight.
Mr.. Harding has strongly defined
conviction concerning western devel-
opment as a national problem which
he intends to express. He has in
mind three cardinal points around
which his entire western policy will
revolve:
!. The West must be given the full
est opportunity for development, but
it should be acknowledgment as
largely as possible and not develop
ment through paternalism
2. Development must never be at
the expense of the great natural won
ders Of the country. such as Yellow
stone National Park.
g. Irrigation and reclamation prof.
ects must. me followed through" by
the Government so that the individ-
uals involved will have a 100 per cent
chance 10 make good on the reclaimed
land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Cupid Fails!
kkT DON'T know whether it's
cold weather or hard tines"

k6T DON'T know whether it's
cold weather or hard fimes."
- but we only had 610 mar
riage licenses in June" said Miss
Margaret Mahoney, deputy county
clerk. today.
Last year in June there were
636.
In 1921, the hard times year"
only 574 couples were made happy,
but in 1920. when all the boys had
a Job" Miss Mahoney issued 7SG
licenses. That's the record.
June is the marriage month";"
said Miss Mahoney, and statistics
bear her out.
Only once in the history of Ma
rion county has another month had
more licenses Issued than June. That
was April, 1917.
War was declared on April 6,
that year" said Miss Mahoney.
ANY girl that couldn't get married
that month never will"
Records show that $40 licenses
were Issued in April then, and $40
in June. Only 343 We're Issued in
April this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
HUNT ATTORNEYS
ANSWER CHARGES
MADE BY STATE
Defense Opens Arguments
Evans Alleges Illegal
Transactions,

Arguments in defense Of Edwin A.
Hunt, 1899 Washington Blvd, on
trial in Criminal Court for conspira-
cy to embezzle $4,000 of trust funds
in the county clerks office in 1921,
began this afternoon.
Hunt was indicted with Richard V.
Sipe, ex-county clerk. and VIII H.
Latta. attorney. Sipe pleaded guilty
to a shortage of 1000, an dis serv-
ing a term Of two years in prison.
Lattas trial is set later.
Prosecutor William p. Evans for the
State, argued that:
Hunt and Latta, while In control of
the Aetna Trust and Savings Com
pany in gilt edge securities, replacing
them with stu ffno bank would ac-
cept."
State bank examiners gave them
until Sept. II, 1921, to replace inse-
cure assets. on threats Of receivership.
Hunt knew Dick Sipe was a
sucker" and had him loan $4,000
from a trust fund at 10 per cent in
terest."
The jury is expected to get the
case about p. m. today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
BOARD. BALKS AT
NEW POLICE JOB
Armitage Denies He Is Be ind
Ordinance to Creat5
Assistant Chief.

A move said to have bee1
sponsored by William H. Arm
tage, political colonel Of the
Shank administration, for crea-
ton of the position of assistant
police chief and promotion
thereto of Capt, Roy Pope,
now special Investigator for
Mayor Shank, was understood
to have been dropped today be-
cause the board of pu Die safe
ty objected.
1t was said at the cit lsI that
preparation Of an ordinance atd been
started, and it was plalne5 70 in
troduce II and rush il through to-
night, but because of he reported
objection by the board It was de-
cided to let the board )ass upon it
first.
Rikhoff Surprised
Police Chief Herman T. Rikhoff said
the report was a surprise to him, par
uculariy as he was censured by other
department heads and city councilmen
a month ago on the dround that the
police department is Aop-heavy.
Councilman Otto Rau John E. King
and Theodore E. Bel I'D were at DO.
lice headquarters too Ey Bernd had
a conference with [ chief
Bernd said he t{h the chief he
would oppose any fch move.
Armitage admittA that he ahd
heard the ordinance had been con-
Eidered but:
I'm not connected with It. It
doesn't make anyi difference to me
who gets the job"
Mayors Opinion Wanted
1t ia understood one member of
the board Of safety told the chief
he would not approve the new office
unless Mayor Shank told him to. The
mayor is out OF the city.
Inspector Walter White is second
N command in the police department.
Creation Of the new position would
make him third. It is understood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
WHY is WATER co.
PRIVATELY OWNED?
Ali Cities Larger Than Indianapolis Have Municipality
Operated Systems What Is ReaSon2

Every one Of the twenty larger cities
operated municipal water company.
Every one Of the te ncities following
Indianapolis in rank operated
municipal water company. OF all the
cities Of 100000 population or over
sixty-six cities in all--only Indianapo-
lis, Oakland, San Antonio. Dayton,
Bridgeport. Scranton, Paterson and
Des Moines depend on privately
owned SYSTEMS.
Despite the voluminous statistics
gathered by various Government De
partments, there is absolutely nothing
20 measure the service in Indianapo-
lis with that in other cities There
is practically nothing as to water
rates. But there is no doubt that the
rate in indianapolis Is higher than in
some cities where municipal plants
are operated There likewise, may be
some good reason for this, but the
Government cannot supply It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
WAR GOD CLAIMS
VICTIM IN DEATH
OF LOCAL SINGER
Illness Contracted Overseas
Fatal to Mrs, Ruth Bush
Weber.

Mrs. Ruth Charlotte Bush Weber, 26,
647 Highland Dr.. who died late Sun
day AZ the residence Of her mother,
Mrs. Theodore NJ. Bush. as a result of
pulmonary trouble contracted over
seas during the war. will be buried at
her birthplace. Kentland, following
services at the Bush home Tuesday at
10 a. m. Mrs. Weber became the
bride of Andrew Weber, N war vet
eran. early this year in Pasadena, Cal.
Their romance began at Purdue Uni
versity in 1914, when Weber was a
freshman.
Sister of Governors Secretary
Besides the husband, three sisters,
Miss Adah Bush. secretary to Cover
nor McCray; Miss Alice Bush and Mrs.
D. Z. Griffey, all Of Indianapolis, and
the mother, survive.
Mrs. Weber sang to eighteen divi-
sions of Americas fighting men, some
times within close range of the
enemy's guns. Her illness is traced
TO exposure to the German gas at
tacks On her return to Indianapolis
she was Instrumental in founding the
Indiana unit of the American Won
ems Overseas League. Hundreds of
disabled veterans remember her min
istrations in local hospitals.
Mrs Weber achieved considerable
distinction as a colortura soprano be-
fore the war, having studied under
several eminent instructors. She was
a graduate of Shortridge High School.
Mrs. Weber received an urgent in
vitation from the Rainbow division
day before her death to attend its
reunion here July 1915. The letter
said the convention would not be COM
plete without the presence of the girl
who ministered as a breath from
heaven
An incident which happened in
France is one of the manw which H.
illustrates why she was so loved by
the soldier boys. Hearing that one
of her acquaintance from Indianapo-
lis was dangerously wounded, Mrs.
Weber. unable to find a conveyance,
rode three miles to the hospital on,
the handlebars OF a bicycle TO see
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
FIFTY BROKERS
FACING PRISON
States Attorney Grove Says
SwindIerS Get S50,00O,0OO.

BU United Press
CHICAGO. July Estates Attor-
ney Robert E. Grove today began an
attempt to send officials of fifty Chi
cago bucket shop" brokerage houses
to the penitentiary.
Grove announced his assistant,
George German. will lay evidence be-
for the July grand jury to show the
brokers are swindling customers out
of more than s5O,000000 annually.
States attorneys will seek indict-
ments charging conspiracy and carry
ing prison penalties upon conviction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
BY JOHN CARSON,
Times Staff Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, July g.
Why is it that indianapolis
does not own her water system 2
Or, Of more interest, why is it
that so few other cities depend
upon a privately owned and
operated water companyG
With indianapolis having a battle
over future water rates. the questions
are Of interest. Investigation shows
the situation in Indianapolis is
singular, so singular there must be
some reason for it. But Government
authorities cannot supply the reason.
According to the detailed census
figures for 1919, Indianapolis was the
twenty-first city in population rank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Fair Weather
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, July Fair
weather is sure for Shelby,
Mont, July 4, the day of
the Dempsey-Gibbons fight,
the weather bqreau said to-
day.
The thunder showers in
northern Montana are ex-
pected to cease late today
or tomorrow. y
The main event is SEIZED
uled to start at 8 o clock,
mountain standard time,
which is 4 o'clock, central
standard time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
FRENCH GRIP ON
RUHR TIGHTENlS|
Advance of Troops IN Rims
land Taken as Sabotage {
Reprisal

BIZ United Press
BERLIN, July Advance
of French troops IN the Rubr
and Rhineland began at dawn.
The move is believed here to be
in reprisal for the bomb outrage
at Hochfeld bridge Saturday. ID
which many Belgian soldiers
lost their lives.
Westhofen was occupied BIZ the
French at g. M Reports from
Schwerte were that q detachment Of
sixty French cyclists was on it, wa
to that city, while cavalry and IN
fantry advanced in the directions Of
Hagen.
1t is reported the entire Krupp
works in the Ruhr has been seized
and all work stopped.
The occupied areas have been cut
off from the rest of Germany as q
result of sanctions following the
Hochfield outrage Nc traffic. savs
in foodstuffs, is allowed the Germans
A typical example of the form res
prisals are taking is to be found 10 1
the situation at Duisberg. Twenty q
citizens were arrested and held as
hostages; coffee houses and theatersN
were closed: vehicular traffic is gro
hibited; pedestrians must keep OF the
streets from 10 p. M until 4 m.
Every time a train passing through
the occupied area comes to q bridges
head the German passengers an
forced to alight. Then. with thei
hands held over their heads, they AZ
driven on foot over the bridge ai1ea
of the train and taken aboard on III
other side.
The border control has been def
ened. Orders have gone out from &
forces of occupation that pedestrla
attempting to cross the borders
country roads win be shot unce
moniousIy IS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
FARM LABOR FURNISHED
County Agent Supplies Seven Men
and Has Others Ready.

County Agent Royal McClain re-
ported today that he has furnished
seven laborers for Marion County
appeal for citizens to save the crops
was made last week. Seventeen other
applicants are ready to go to the
country, he said.
Farmers of Rush County have
asked for six me nand they will be
sent Immediately, McClain said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
u. S. AGEsNTSACT
ON Stokes CASE
Notice OF Hearing Ready for
Lo cal Druggist,

Notice Of hearing TO show cause
why his permit TO handle alcohol
should not be revoked was to he
served toofy on Joseph T. Stokes,
proprietor Iof the Stokes pharmacies
a. zze n Sderidian St. and COZ Hume
Mansur bIilding. Bert c. Morgan.
Federal Prohibition director for Ind
ana, said.
According to alleged information in
the hanos OF the prohibition depar--
mert' synthetic gin was supplied
prominent club. business. professional
ana literary men. Stokes denied the
charges When mis- stocks were sealed
by Federal men. Federal law re.
quires mat Stokes be given fifteen
da:,s' Iotice before a hearing can be
helc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
URGES ACTION ON WARD
City Judge Says Place for Insane
Should Be Provided at Once.

1924. as contemplated. to install
psychopathic ward at the city hospital
TO house insane persons now held In
the county jail. City Judge Delbert
o. Wilmeth said In a letter to Mayor
Shank today.
Conditions are such that the city
council should be asked for an appro.
priation Immediately, said Wilmeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Rough Stuff" Costly

Charges of malicious trespass and
drunkenness were pending against
Joe Ford, %, of TAG w. New York St.,
today. in city court Ford was al
legged to have visited tho home of
Willard Middaugh, 1853 N Blaclford
St, Sunday night, and to have jerked
the telephone from the wall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
STATE EXTENDS PROBE
Ninety-Five utilities Under Eye OF
Public Service Commission.

Ninety-five distributing utilities in
Indiana, including a large number of
privately owned and municipal firms,
are on the list slated by the public
service commission to submit detailed
statements regarding rates, operating
expenses, character of service and
other information desired.
Broad Investigations will result
from information some of the utilities
commission Saturday added seventy
utilities to it's original list Of twenty
five, announced a week ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
HOLIDAY MAIL DELIVERY
Carriers viii Not Make Routes July
4. Postmaster Says.

Only special delivery mail ard per-
ishable parcels will be delivered July
4 Robert II. Bryson. postmaster, an
nounced today.
There will be no delivery by car
riers. Collections and evening de-
hveries to hotels and dispatch Of out
going mails will be made on Sunday
schedule. Carrier stations will OBJ
serve the same schedule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Weekend Auto Toll Is A Dead

Fortyfour persons killed in automobile accidents
the weekend thrsx cities throughout the country
Six were killed in Los Angeles three in Lincoln Neb
two in Gasboro n j.; Reading Pa; Grand Rapids Mich
Escanaba Mich Hammond, Ind. Breckenridge Mimi Rut-
land, VT, and Syracuse, Kasr and in Horne n Y;
Pittsburgh, Worcester, Mass; WATERFOWL Mass Lansing
Mich; Milwaukee, Chicago, Anderson, Ind; Cumberland
Ind Cincinnati Crcleve Ohio Cleveland Portland Ore;
Toledo, Kansas City New York Nashville Francisco
and Springfield, III.
Eighty-fve injured
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
JURYMEN HARD TO GET
Five Excused From Serving in Coun.
ty Investigation.

OF six men drawn for a new county
grand jury only one, Frank M. Nc
Nicely. 101 w Thirty-F4rst ST., an I'M
dertaker, will serve.
Two of the six drawn were deaf.
The others were bushes men, who
said they were too busy to spend six
months on the body
Judge James A. Collins of Criminal
Court ordered fifteen more names
drawn next Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02

/ BIRDS GIVEN STATE
Museum Gets Mounted Sage Grouse
From Local Man.

Ihree mounted sage grouse, a prac-
ally extinct variety of western
me fowl. became the property of
State museum today. They were
ven by DIR. r. I. Brakeman, 344S
+. Pennsylvania st.
The three fowls, were killed in
dontana in 1918. William H. Hersh-
aan, curator of the State museum,
Sid this variety of bird has been
nearly exterminated within the last
few years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
BISHOP RYAN SUCCUMBS
Rites for Aged Prelate of Catholic
Church VIII Be Held Friday.

BIZ United Pre8s
ALTON. Ills. July 2. Bishop
James Ryan. IS, Roman Catholic
bishop of Alton since 1888, died here
today after a lingering Illness.
He was born in Tipperary, Ireland,
in 1S4S, and was ordained priest in
1871.
The bishop will be buried Friday.
Bishop Mundelein of Chicago Will
officiate at the funeral service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Aged Woman Dies

BIZ Tunes Special
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July a..
Mrs. Mahala Malissa Richard, 70, pio-
neer resident of Wells and Blackford
Counties, died Sunday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ezra Murphy Two
daughters and one sister survive. Flu
neral services will be held Wednes-
daY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
Police Rout Prowler

A prowler was frightened away by
Patrolmen AuIls and Wooden early
today when they walked through an
alley in the rear of 543 N. Capitol
Ave, near the Indianapolis Automo-
bile Parts Company's store. They
found a lock had been pried off Of
the door.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02
$50
DOU TIZG
Offer BY Times for Best
Solution of
Traffic Problem
Brings Many Answers
Get Busy
Get Busy
Brings Many

Times readers are entering
into the contest for the best
traffic suggestion with a venge-
ance.
The Times will pay $50 for the
best suggestion on the traffic
problem.
Read these, then try your
luck.
If all automobiles were kept off
the main corners two hours, from
Y m. to 1 p. m. and p. IN. to
p. m, it would allow pedestrians
to cross and board their cars in
safety. The auto can go some other
way. The pedestrian must go
certain places to catch his car. Don't
give the fellow that walks all the
knocks. F. BRASHER,
422 Ewing Pl.
Applicants for automobile license
should be given a thorough mental
and physical test before being per-
mitted to drive an automobile.
There should be schoolroom
lectures to children on how and
where to cross streets in the con-
gested district. The people should
cooperate and move by the traffic
policeman's orders.
FRED STONE,
$50 E. Twenty-Fifth st.
Pass a city ordinance prohibiting
touring or pleasure cars during
business hours in the congested dis
tricts, allowing only cars doing
business. such as trucks and cars
with the firm name thereon. Lay
ing out zone keeping out these
sightseeing cars. This would be a
life-saving law.
B. P. BROWN,
SO Virginia Ave, Room S.
suggest that street cars and
automobiles move at the same time
by traffic signal. making right or
left turns, If necessary, moving for
80 many seconds. then allow pedes-
trians TO cross for so many seconds.
crossing either way by traffic signal.
I think it would be a good idea to
have traffic drill in a-eertain part
OF the city for a length of time
and every one would learn these
rules and advantages.
RALPH w. CRANSHAw,
1857 Draper st.