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The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
UTILITIES ABANDON
OBSOLETE POLICIES
Relationship 10 Public UnderGOes
Great Changes.

Vast changes have occurred in the
relationship between public utilities,
their customers and the general public
in tho past few years, according to an
official OF the Central Indiana Power
Company.
In strange contrast to the old
abandoned policy of tho public be
damned, public utilities nowadays. If
the management be wise. are op-
Grated to please the public" he
said
This great change in tactics, the
decision 10 serve the people in the
best manner possible, Is forcefully
illustrated IN indiana in the case Of
the Central Indiana Power Company,
which owns and operates six large
and successful light and power plants
i'm central and northern Indiana. fur
nishing service TO 103 cities and towns.
rs Well as TO an extensive rural area
so friendly have been the rels-
tions between tho company and its
patrons that many Of thsm in every
community served by the company
have bought stock IN the company.
Buy our stock and be part OF rs the
company says in fact to customers
and the public. IF YOU own us you
viii know us better and we will do
things TO please you. and you will
study us, acquaint yourself with our
methods and have interest and faith
i'm our purposes
Thus it goes. A public utility
like the Central Indiana Power Com
pany. on which thousands Of people
and businesses in Indiana are de
pendent for light and power. is a
public necessity on which rests to q
great extent the progress and com
fort Of each community.
Let your dividends pay your light
| bills is the attractive slogan back
OF this 'cutomers ownership cam
| paign,' which is now being conducted
here and in other communities"
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
died 10000 tons of Christmas pack

died 10000 tons of Christmas pack
ages.
Retail grocers have been too busy
to listen to offerings Of statesmen of
wholesale houses and all orders have
been telephoned in for rush delivery
Of goods which ran short. There was
an enormous sale of Christmas sup/
plies and never before were the streets
and stores so crowded. Holiday dis
tribution of merchandise has been
high record, in bulk. Suburban and
country towns nearby report slmt-
larly. Prices have been lower than
for years, which may explain why
dollar volume of sales does not make
even comparison with a few other
years.
Robert McDougal, president of the
Board of Trade, says: mo comment
on the past twelve months from a
business viewpoint would be at all
accurate if it did not contain note
OF encouragement, by what has been
accomplished in improved conditions
and still more encouragement from
the hopeful outlook.
This is particularly true Of agri-
culture in its broad sense, which in
cludes not only producing but mar
keting the crops with which America
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
BIC MOVING JOBS
EASILY HANDLED
Gigantic Machinery Moved
Readily by Experts.

The Job Of transferring machinery
required for a modern electric plant
is no small matter, As officials OF the
w. s Frye Transfer Company have
discovered. The company with all its
special equipment for heavy hauling
has been hard at work since October
moving and installing a gigantic tur-
bine and generator outfit in the Wash
ington Ave plant of the Merchants
Heat and Light Company, II prob
ably will require at least one more
month to complete the work.
The big generating outfit required
eight railroad cars TO transport IT to
Indianapolis and the bed plate Of the
generator alone weighed twenty seven
tons It required the construction Of
a runway forty feet in length to move
the machinery into the plant at a
height of only ten feet. To install a
single unit Of tho plant required the
combined services of fifteen men.
In preparing space for the new ma
chinery two heavy turbines were
moved One of these was taken to the
plant of the Merchants Heat and Light
Company at New Jersey and Pearl St.
anu lUb OlutT 10 a new AOCdlAol III LlAc
Washington Ave. plant. In order TO
give a perfect and satisfactory founda-
ton for the machinery it was neces-
sary TO tear out n concrete floor and
put in new one OF steel especially
designed for this particular use.
Our company has had all the work
it can attend to during the past
months" an official Of the concern
said. Recently we completed Job
for the Citizens Heat. Light and Power
Company at Winchester, Ind This
required the installation of A generator
outfit weighing in excess Of 100000
pounds The work of installing took
two weeks. Six railroad cars were re
quired to bring the machinery to Win
chester.
ALSO we furnished a crew TO dis
mount and mount in another plant two
large transformers for the Central In
diana Power Company ar Logansport.
At Portland we unloaded a 10000
pound oil still from the railroad car.
transferred It milo and half to the
plant Of the Portland oil and Renn-
ing Company and erected It on a base
twelve feet above the ground. This
work required the services Of a skilled
crew Of workmen for six weeks"
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
HOLIDAY SALES
ARE S100,000,00O
Chicago Establishes Record in
Yule Business.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Chicago's ex-
exceeded 500, 900, 900. In the down
town district, known as 'the loop
$SG,000,0O0 was spent. Furniture,
household articles and toys consumed
SIS, 100000 and of the toys so per cent
were made in America, another rec
ord.
About $5,O00O00 was spent for rail
way tickets by Chicagoans, who spent
$4,000, 900 on Christmas cards alone.
Postoffice and express company Off
cials estimate that 15,000,0O0 parcels
were sent out. The postoffice han
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
ThrOzg1, Ont

1t was a happy New Year for
Mrs. Sophronia Munally.
She went to police head
quarters Saturday with her 2
year-old baby, Cleon, and told of
their election by a landlord to
whom she owed 81. He kept her
clothes and the baby's, she said.
She said her husband was dead
and that she had secured po-
sition, but would not be paid for
a week The landlord refused
to wait, according to the
Woman's story.
Mayor Shank gave her $5 to
pay the bill.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01

feeds the world. High prices for our
grains have lifted to some extent the
gloom which hung over the farm
lands. Clearer and saner thought has
modified the militant programs which
sought to relieve the situation by
drastic measures regardless of eco
nomic conditions
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
ZERO WEATHER. FAILS
TO HALT CONSTRUCTION
Building Boom Continues Despite All
Obstacles, Expert Says.

The recent zero weather recently
did not even cause a ripple of hesita-
ton in the building business in Indi-
annapolis and vicinity. according to
Herbert i. Hill, president Of the
Speedway Lumber Company.
New buildings are being pushed
through at a rapid rate" Mr.. Hill
said. They are in great demand and
builders refuse TO be stopped by ad-
verse weather conditions. This has
been, as we all know. the greatest
building year in the history of In
dianapolis. The extent to which the
building boom has developed may be
judged from the fact that approx
mately as per cent more business will
he recorded in 1922 than was recorded
In 1921 This IS all the more remark
able when 1t is taken into consider
alton that 1921 was a record breaking
year itself
THE month of December showed
an increased amount Of trade com
pared with the corresponding month
Of 1921. Building is going into the
winter months with rush that Will
not stop. Our own observation leads
US to believe that homes and small
seorerooms and small business blocks
form the bulk of the business at pres
ent. It is in these departments Of
the building industry that the greatest
activity is noticeable.
| Luckily, lumber shipments are
| showing marked Improvement. This
! is very fortunate. for if such were not
| the case the great demand would re
suit in a shortage in very short
| length of time
Prices for 1922 have been slightly
higher than they were the year before.
However. these advances were not
radical and not sufficiently strong to
discourage buying. In fact, they
amounted to nothing more than the
usual fluctuations in the lumber mar
llet.
"As great as was the business in
1929. prospects for 1928 are still
brighter and there is every reason
to believe that by the end of the year
a new record will have been set once
more
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
CAT WARNS SHIP
Of PERIL IN FOG
Tom Leaps From Rigging and
Turns SomeYsauIt.

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 1.-"That's
the cats meow" may be only a slang
phrase, but to the crew Of the steamer
City Of Baltimore; That's the cats
somersault' will mean danger ahead
after what happened last night.
The City of Baltimore was plOw-
ing down Chesapeake Bay, bound for
this city. 1t was foggy. Passengers
on the deck suddenly saw the ships
pet, a black Tom cat, leap from the
on a coil of rope.
They We're wondering what this
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
BLUE LAWS TRACED TO
NEW ENGLAND ORIGIN
Puritan Fathers Subjected to Restric-
ti0ns.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. go
Blue laws are, in general, any laws
which impose vexatious restrictions
on the members of a community and
interfere with their ordinary habits
or which seek to regulate their pr1-
vate morals. The name came to be
applied specifically to set of laws
of this nature supposed to have been
in force in the colony of New Haven,
about the middle of the eighteenth
century. The supposition is based
upon the Well-known fact that in the
Puritan days the personal conduct
Of citizens was often subject 20 a
close judicial supervision and that the
sin of Sabbath breaking was especi-
ally odious to the magistracy.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
GRAIN PLANTING
FROM AIRPLANE
California Birdman Hits on
Novel Experiment.

FRESNO Cal. Jan, 1-Experi-
menting with grain planting from an
airplane, Richard Doane left here
with 500 pounds of seed grain for a
test flight over Lake Tulare. He
nimed TO demonstrate to owners Of
Tulare lake bottom land now in
accessible for planting because Of the
sloping ground condition that the air
plane may be adapted
If the test is a success, some 10000
acres are expected to be sown in that
way this year.
Harry Eastwood, representing a
land company, declared that airplane
showing will eliminate the need for
turning the soil after planting. He
expects that the fall Of the grain from
the air will bury it deeply enough
without other cultivation.
The smallest screws are those made
for watches. An ordinary thimble
would contain 1000 of some sizes.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
FIREMAN TO TESTIFY
AT MURDER HEARING
killing of Five is Recalled by Smiths
Trip.

Trip.
Thomas J. Smith. 2S61 RAIDER St,
fireman ct engine house No. %, will go
to Bristol, Tenn, Jan. %, to testify
at the trial of Ben Burchfield. charged
with the murder of Smiths father and
stepmother. Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Smith,
their 2-year-old daughter and two
Oth"r persons.
The bodies Of the three Smiths, with
those of Burchfleld's wife and his
stepson were found Nov. &c. slain and
burned in the Smiths burning home.
Thomas J. Smith took charge of the
investigation.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
VEIL AND PEARLS
JUDGED ENOUGH
Court Decides Dancer Needs No Other
Attire.

BERLIN. Jan. IA dancing cos
tune consisting of a string Of pearls
and a fiimsy flowing veil Is perfectly
acceptable and entirely within the
law, according to a decree handed
down by the Supreme Court at Leip-
zig.
The case is which Celly de Rheydt,
Germanys most celebrated dancer-in-
the-nude, was charged with violating
morality laws by nothing to speak Of
in the way of a costume in portraying
her classic" dances in leading thea
ters and cabarets in Berlin, has been
in various legal stages since lasa
January.
Celly de Rheydt is known to all tour
lists who seek the sensational When
they ask their guides to show them
the most startling thing in Berlin
Celly Is the goal. And Celly-it ap-
pears-strives to please.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money

Cut out this slip, enclose with sc and
mail it to Foley & Co., 1885 Sheffield
Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, writing your name
and address clearly. You will receive
in return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for
coughs, colds and Group; Foley Kidney
Pills and pains in sides and back;
rheumatism, backache, kidney and
bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic
Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic for constipation.
biliousness, headaches and sluggish
bowels.-Sold verywhere.-Advertis
ment.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01

ply Company, Taylor Carpet Company.
Wangelin-Sharp Company. Washing
ton Bank and Trust Company, Wege-
Stanford Marble and Tile Company.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01
MANY BUY SPACE
|, FOR REALTY SHOW
Home Complete Exposition Of
ficials Report interest.

Although the Home Complete Ex-
position, under the auspices Of the IN
dianapolis Real Estate Board, is still
three months away. fourty-four COM
panies who manufacture and sell ar
ticles for making and decorating
homes have'bought space in the show.
1t viii be held in the Manufacturers
building at the State Playground,
April 2 to Z.
frhe contract for building booths
AMI decorating the building for the
exposition was let to Edgerton * Com
paIiy, 430 ". Thirteenth st.
AZ list of exhibitors who have bought
space follows:
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-01

presaged, when out Of the fog. bear
ing down on them and threatening
to cut them amidships, appeared the
Prov of a big freighter.
DIR. r. 7 Chaplin, a passenger, said
it was only by the narrowest of
margins that a disaster was averted
by reversal of the engines and swing.
ing hard aport. He remarked that
he did not wonder that members of
the crew and several passengers
kissed the cat and called it lucky.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
F,yino Squadron Coming

The Flying Squadron which Is now
engaged in the Nationwide campaign
in the interest of law enforcement
civic righteousness, and social and
industrial justice will be in Water
Vile for six meetings on SATURDAY.
Sunday and Monday, August H., u
and 10. The meetings will be held o.
3 and P. M. daily in the First Bap-
fist church.
The Flying Squadron consists OF
three divisions. The first Will nave
charge of the meetings Saturday aft
ernoon and evening. the second, those
Of Sunday afternoon and evening sno
the third the meetings on Monday
afternoon and evening.
H. H. King chief advance agen'
was in the city comforting with the
members of he local committee
which includes. Rev. E. A. Pollard
Jones. Mrs. Florence NJ. Wallace and
Miss Cora B. Lincoln.
The sneakers at the meeting w!ll be
Frank S. Regent of Rockford. ILL.,,
former member of the Illinois Legs
lature, DIR. Leigh Colvin, Norma e.
Brown of Bloomington, Ind. and Oh
yer w. Etewart of Chicago, Ill.,, prosi-
dent of the Flying Squadron.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Nabbed in Waterville
Continued from Paue One)

a8V StC(
that place. It is understood that
Getchell admitted that Courier had
been with him and said that he had
gone to Madison the night before.
The two officers started for Madison
but met Courier coming back to-
ward Waterville with a man who had
given him ride. The two men both
OF whom are very little over 20 years
of age, were placed in the Fairfield
lookup and the Portland authorities
notified. They arrived late yester-
day afternoon and as soon as they
had seen the two prisoners began
to question them. Courier refused
to talk at all but Getchell admitted
the theft of the car and plates and
also admitted being in the town of
Gray, Mechanic Falls and other
places where breaks had occurred.
The two Deputy sheriffs who came
from Portland were John J. Mcneil
and Charles w. Gerow, both of whom
are State detectives.
About s o'clock last evening the
two prisoners were taken from their
cells, handcuffed and taken to Port
land where they will await trial on
the various charges.
Courier and Getchell say that they
left Connecticut on the 14th of July
and that they had been in Waterville
since last Sunday, but as most of
the breaks were made in the early
morning hours it would have been
possible for them to have left this
city in the night and returned with
out anyone suspecting them.
Both boys have lived in this city
for quite long time. Getchell has
been suspected of several misdeam-
ors and appeared before Judge
Charles w. Atchley in the early
spring on a charge of theft of an
overcoat during a dance in this city.
He was placed on probation at the
time. 1t is understood that Courier
was never arrested before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Some Record

Monday the rifle companies and the
headquarters companies passed at the
ranges. At 7.30 they marched to the
range and as soon as the trgets were
in place firing commenced. At 11.30 a
stop was made for lunch which was
served on the range piping hot from
the company kitchens. At 1 o'clock
firing again commenced and contin-
ued until the companies were forced
to return to their barracks by a heavy
downpour of rain. Several Of the
older members and a few Of the new
members Of the companies piled up
good scores but one Of the best scores
recorded was that Of one Of the mem.
bers OF the Headquarters Company
who after firing his clip Of seven
shots at the target found - hits
registered. The man on his right
swore that he had aimed at his own
target but things seemed otherwise.
On Tuesday the companies will go to
the range again and it is probable
that the program will be repeated on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Camp Devens. Mass. July 24-1t
takes more than tempestuous wealth
err conditions to interfere with the ef-
| fectiveness and efficiency of the
sharpshooters of the 103rd Infantry.
Maine National Guard. now at Camp
Devens. .Iass.. according to reports
from the cantonment Tuesday. On
Monday the Maine guardsmen start
led the entire camp by an amazing
record on the rifle range, despite
pelting rain and booming thunder.
Seldom has such an exhibition Of
craftsmanship been witnessed in the
camp, instructors declare.
Arrived in Camp Saturday
Tired and hungry, with cinders in
their eyes and dirt in their hair the
members of the 103rd Infantry and of
the Seth Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Company arrived at Camp Devens
Saturday evening about 6 o'clock. As
sembling beside the track they were
quickly Joined by the members of the
companies from Norway. Lewiston,
Rockland and Biddeford and the regi-
mental band from Rumford and the
regiment marched to the barracks
which are situated about mile and q
half from the tracks.
Details from the various companies
were at once set busy moving the
necessary supplies and equipment so
that mess might be served to the hum
cry troops as soon as possible. Sc
quickly was this done that mess was
served to several of the outfits at $50
and the trains did not arrive at Aver
until nearly 6 o'clock. The regimen
tai mess was served by Companies H
Priu -
ters Company had a separate one.
One Of the bright spots on the trip
to the camp was the serving at Port
land of box lunches to the troops.
These lunch boxes contained two ham
sandwiches. a turnover, bar of milk
chocolate and cigar each and after
the ride to Portland they were espe-
cially acceptable.
A detail of men from the Headquar-
ters Company, who had come over the
road in trucks before the arrival of the
main body, made things especially
agreeable for the members OF that
outfit as the bed sacks were all filled
and the tired members of the company
were abed long before taps sounded.
Record Church Attendance
Rcveille was sounded at 6 o'clock
Sunday morning and many of the boys
were already up. At 9 o'clock the reg
iment turned out for church which was
conducted near Brigade Headquarters
by Chaplain Cornish of the 103rd Reg
iment. The officers of the brigade
were assembled about the piazza from
which the chaplain conducted the SER
vice. The gathering at the service
was one of the largest ever held upon
the morning after the arrival of reg
iment Music was furnished by the
regimental band from Rumford.
Light drill was held by several of
the companies in the afternoon in
preparation for four days at the
range. At o'clock the regimental
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Hits Head on Tree
Is Knocked Out

Leon Blanchard. aged IL, was rem
dered unconscious, Monday afternoon
about 90 o'clock, while playing at his
friends home on Elm street. He
and his playmate, Francis toruer.
were running races at the latter s
home on the lawn. Leon ran against
q barb wire fence ana was thrown
against a tree near py, striklns ms
Rad IN fhe trunk, and knocking him
,,noonscious for q few moments.
Wedical assistance was called imme-
diataIv and his parents notified.
Yesterday he was feeling as Wen as
usual after the severe shaking up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
HumaniZe Immigration
To Help Solve Problem

New York, July 21-The human
side of immigration must be consid-
cred along with its economic aspect,
if the problem is to be solved, SAYS a
report published today by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board on
1.-The immigration Problem in the
United States" Far reaching changes
in the governments immigration pol
icy are recommended.
1T is clear" the report says,
that q wide, comprehensive and
humane national immigration policy
cannot be based exclusively on the
consideration of any immediate spe-
cial or purely economic aspect of the
problem, but must be developed out
of broad, far sighted and scientifical-
ly-grounded views of national and
International social and economic
progress and human welfare"
The board, after suggesting that
inconsistencies arising from the way
the present laws are handled should
be avoided in the future, says that
the state and labor departments fail
to work in harmony on the immi-
grafton problem. No examination is
held abroad to determine mental fit
ness. the selective function being in
the hands of steamship companies
the report adds which undertake the
work to avoid heavy fines and not
from any sense of public duty"
mot enough care is taken to de-
tect mental detectives in ports OF
entry" the report adds. Facilities
are cramped, and the new law has
only added new difficulties"
Some of the theories on which the
three percent law was enacted were
based on false fears, the report
finds. The idea that all Europe was
on its way to America in 1917 has
been proved incorrect.
There is an increasing tendency
among immigrants to remain in this
country. the report AYERS. and sta
tistics are given to bear out the
claim.
The government is blamed in the
report for slow naturalization OF
aliens. There is great need for in
creased personnel in the naturaliza-
ton bureau and for simpler ant
standardized law. ut is doubtful Il
one year of restricted immigration
has done anything to eliminate this
need" the report adds.
Italy is shown to have the mos
serious emigration problem, but the
government there is trying to find g
way out.
In summarizing the limita ito.
question. the report says that "the
immigration problem is fundamen-
tally so human a problem. and The
existing knowledge regarding the in
herent value and possibility of as
similation of foreign stocks is sc
scanty and controversial that the eff
fectiveness of selection through the
more or less accidental method OF
percentage limitation is seriously
open to question"