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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08
To Hear Story of Venice.

The story of Venice, ruler of the
waves before Spain or Holland or
Britannia, and one time financial
center OF the world, will be told
in illustrated lectures before mem.
bers OF the National Geographic
Society tomorrow afternoon and
evening by b. r. Baumgardt in. the
Masonic Temple auditorium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08
EDISON'S COLD BETTER,
GOES TO FLORIDA SOON

NEW YORK, March S.-Thomas
A. Edison, who has been confined
by a cold to his home in West Or
ange for several days, is now feel
ing fit.
He is expected to start for Flor
ida in short time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08

Danish Queen Has Operation.
COPENHAGEN. March S.Queen
Alexandria OF Denmark was sue
cessfully operated upon at hos
pital here yesterday for abdominal
trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08

months stay at the st. Anthony
Hotel at San Antonio, Tex. Later
in the summer Colonel and Mrs.
Tarbutton plan to make a trip
through the national parks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-08

Former Gov. James M. Cox, of
Ohio, and Mrs. Cox have leased
Fieldstone, Mrs. Henry e. Talbot
villa at Miami, Fla. for the spring
season and will take, possession
shortly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31

clans with the presidential party al
ternated in keeping watch over him.
No word came from the sick cham
Der to the watchers outside, made up
of many members of the party VINO
accompanied the President on his trip
which was halted so suddenly by his
Illness.
Every one realized last night Mr..
Harding was facing a desperate fight
for life, and it was mainly a fight of
his will, for his body was too weak
to throw Off entirely the creeping
poison.
X-Ray Shows Pneumonia
Announcement that Mr.. Harding's
condition was grave was made by
the five attending physicians in an
official bulletin isued at 9:15 D. m.
(coast timel following an examina-
ton and consultation. The bulletin
disclosed the fact an X-ray examina-
ton made earlier in the evening
had shown Mr.. Harding to be suf-
fering from broncho-pneumonia Of
the right lung.
The bulletin read as follows:
Definite central patches OF broncio-
pneumonia have developed in the
right lung as indicated clinically and
by the X-ray. Nourishment is being
taken regularly and the abdominal
Continued on Page q
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The pulse was 120 this morning
against 11S yesterday morning and
125 early last evening.
Definitely improved was the de-
scription of the heart action.
The President was reported taking
nourtshment regularly.
The bulletin was signed by DR..
Charles z. Sawyer and his four asso-
ciated physicians, Drs. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, c. NJ. Cooper, Joel T. Boone
and Hubert Work
Sawyer Is Relieved
DR.. Sawyer felt so relieved over the
Presidents improvement he did not
wait for the morning consultation of
specialists. but passed the word Of
cheer on TO the Nation Immediately
after he had seen Mr. Harding at s
q. m.
President Harding. 1t was learned,
went to sleep at 1880 p. m. yesterday
and slept until after midnight. when
he awoke, but soon was asleep again,
remaining asleep until approximately
a. m. today.
At that hour he awoke and asked
for the morning papers.
The President continued cheerful
at all times and has chatted with his
physicians whenever they came into
his room.
All through the night three physi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
CITIZENS URGED TO
STORE COAL NOW
Investigation Shows Local
Storage Is Low,

Indianapolis householders store but
10 per cent OF their annual coal needs,
according to information collected by
Neal Wynne. chairman Of a local com
mittee appointed by Dean Mortimer
f. Cooley of the University OF Michi-
gan, president of the Federated Ameri-
can Engineering Societies, to investi
gate the local coal situation.
The committee recommends n stor-
age of sufficient coal to last the entire
winter as the principal means of solv-
ing the problems resulting from In.
adequate transportation and strikes
of coal miners Should the larger
consumers of coal be persuaded to
store so per cent of their annual fuel
consumption, the seriousness of a
strike could be avoided.
o. A. Deloste. vice president of the
Indianapolis Coal Company. said that
there is no more buying of coal this
year than last year. He said there
Is no need of worrying about e. coal
shortage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
FILTRATION ENDS
IN GRIM TRAGEDY
Pastor Dies of Heart Failure
in Room With Pretty Girl,

BIZ United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, July S1.-The Rev.
n. J. Lockran. so, pastor Of the Con-
cordia Norwegian Lutheran Church at
Superior, Wis, was found dead in a
hotel room, from which Miss Ruth
Williams. pretty Minneapolis girl, ran
screaming today.
Lockran apparently died from heart
trouble, police said. sHe was married.
Miss Williams told police the Rev.
Lockran flirted with her and induced
her to go to the hotel. where they
were registered as Mr.. and Mrs. Lar
SON
The girl, a pretty blonde about %
gears old, was held temporarily for
questioning. She probably will be
released, police said.
Lockran has been pastor of the
Superior church for 18 years. He
was ordained in Illinois He Is sur
,yived by widow and daughter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
PRESIDENTS FATHER
PLAINLY ALARMED
Marion (0 Star Office Swa mped With Anxious Calls as
to 1arding's Condition.

Harding suffered similar heart com
plications as a result of a touch of
ptomaine poisoning.
The little newspaper office where
President Harding spent most of his
time as an editor before going to
Washington, was swamped today
with calls asking for late reports on
the Presidents condition.
Scores Read Bulletins.
Scores of Mr. Harding's old friends
and schoolmates read the bulletins
and then gathered in little groups on
the street corners to discuss the case.
En- route to Alaska President Hard
ing wired Marion friends denying a
report he was not coming back to
Marion after he leaves office.
THE beloved association of many
years cannot be broken" the mes
sage said, "and I will return to
Marion to reside"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
Freight Cars Obscure View
and Interurban Hits Ma
chine Stalled on Track.
COUPE is DEMOLISHED
Police Say Seven Other Per-
sons Have Lost Their Lives
at Same Spot,

Mrs. Mary Coy, 43, music
teacher, 3518 W. Michigan St.,
was instantly killed today when
west-bound Charlottesville in.
terurban struck her automobile
at Tibbs ave.
View of the crossing was OBJ
scured by freight cars on a Big
Four track. Five railroad and
two Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Company
tracks parallel at the crossing.
Police say seven other persons have
been killed at the crossing in the
past thirteen years.
Ross s. Gross, Ss. of 1449 Hiatt
St, motorman. said he saw the au-
tomobile, a small coupe, come on the
track and apparently stall when he
was about fifty feet away. He said
he was going about fifteen miles an
hour.
Passengers and persons living in the
neighborhood told police the motor
man whistled for the crossing about
five times.
The automobile was demolished,
parts Of it being strewn a distance of
275 feet.
Mrs. Coy's body was found twenty
five feet from the spot where the
crash occurred.
The interurban went 275 feet before
it stopped. Ross said grease from
the automobile made his car slide.
Mrs. Coy was the widow of Daniel
Coy She lived with her daughter,
Mrs. Una Jordan.
]. b. Peterson, 1850 N. fremont
Ave, was conductor Of the interur-
ban.
Mrs. Jordan collapsed when she
reached home with her husband, AL
bert Jordan, and was told of her
mothers death
Mrs. Coy's husband was killed nine
years ago. He was a motorman for
the Indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany. Another car backed into his
car at the w. Washington st. barns.
AOAO 40 AiO "oISi4AA0i dI lAo AADDS
Ave. crossing. A bell guards the rail-
road tracks, but there is no warning
device for the interurban tracks, po-
lice said ss
Mrs. Coy's mother, Mrs. Kate
Jones, lives in Edinburg. Three
brothers, John. Vollie and William
Reiss, and Mrs. Lillian Sheriff. and
Mrs. Emma Lawlis, sisters, live in
Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
Woman Pedestrians Leg Is
Broken by Hurting Piece
- of Device.
PASSENGER IS BRUISED
Failure of Safety Valve Cause
of Accident-PoIice
Investigate.

An explosion of an air tank in a
Broad Ripple street car at noon to-
day seriously injured Miss Callen Cot
ton, 416 n. Delaware St. and Mrs.
NJ. E. Van Buren, Ravenswood, a pas
senger.
Miss Cotton was standing in front
OF the American restaurant at the
corner Of New York and Delaware
Sts., when the end of the tank blew
across the street hitting her and
breaking her leg. The piece also
broke a window of the restaurant.
Mrs. Van Buren was bruised on the
leg.
There were seventeen passengers
in. the car.
H L. Lang. 6271 Broadway, was
motorman, and C. E. Driver, 736 E.
Eleventh St., conductor.
One piece of the tank landed a
block west in New York st.
Police said they were told a safety
valve failed to work, permitting air
pressure to reach ninety pounds, the
danger point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
"Hev skinnay. are yu goin'7"

"Hey, Sldnnay. are yu goin'7"
"You tell 'em. Tubby, I amt doin'
nothin' else but
The Indianapolis Times carrier who
missed the annual picnic today at
Broad Ripple Park was a novelty.
Twelve to fourteen hundred carriers
and mothers and substitute carriers
met this morning at S-many were
there at TAT the times building, full
of pep and noise. Special cars were
furnished by the Union Traction Com
pany and the boys woke UP the north
end of town as they sped through to
their yearly playground.
Provide for Safety
The picnic was in charge of c. B.
Julian, circulation manager, and Dick
Ring, city circulation manager. The
district managers took charge of the
boys. All precaution was taken
against accidents.
Coupons were provided which en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
G0oDBY, EVERYBODY

Negro Waves to Crowd About GaIIows
as Moose Slips Over Neck.
By United Netcs
WACO, Texas, July S1.-"Good-by,
everybody" cried Roy Mitchell, negro,
as he waved to a crowd of several
hundred in the prison yard, Monday
while the death moose" was fltetd
about his neck.
Mitchell was hanged for the murder
of Mrs. Ethel Denecamp. During his
last few minutes he confessed to kill.
ing Mrs. Denecamp and also Mr.. and
Mrs. Barker and Homer Turk. He
exonerated two others accused of the
Barker murder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
TIMES FROLIC FOR
CARRIERS IS HELD
Newses Gather at Broad Ripple 1920 Strong for Annual
Stunts and Feed
Stunts and Feed,

titled the carriers to all privileges. in
cluding swimming. Refreshments pro-
vided by The Times were obtained at
the different stands.
Athletic events, including a sack
race, a melon-eating contest, pie
eating contest, dash events and aquat-
ic features were hotly contested by
all the carriers. Girls had their sports,
as well as the boys. Prizes were given
the winners.
Pie-Eating Is Feature
The pie-eating contest was sport
for those who watched and appetiz-
ing to the participants. Juicy berry
pies we're placed on the ground. The
contestants had their hands tied be-
hind their backs and the first one
finishing won.
So when the carriers deliver The
Indianapolis Times today with the
same old CHEEKY grins. remember they
are HAPPY, though tired"
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Life Big AS

constructed some fifteen years
ago.
He was attended by five physi-
clans and awaited upon by his
ever faithful wife.
Outside the suite some fifty
newspaper correspondent, a num-
ber of Secret Service men and
miscellaneous attendants milled
quietly in an atmosphere heavy
with smoke of untold numbers
of cigarettes and countless cigars.
A bouquet OF gladiolas and as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
By United Press


MARION. Ohio. July 31.-"The
Presidents condition Is most unfavor-
able" said a telegram today from DR.
c. E. Sawyer to President Harding's
father, DR.. George T. Harding, OF
Marion.
DR.. Harding, now in his eightieth
year, does not plan to go to his sons
bedside.
"As understand the bulletins from
Warren's sickroom the crisis will have
been passed before I could reach San
Francisco" the aged physician said.
Watch Newspapers.
All Marion today seemed to divide
its attention between watching
anxiously newspapers from San Fran
cisco and attempts to comfort DIR.
Harding, who is plainly alarmed.
The Presidents home town friends
recalled that twenty years ago Mr..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
Ever Hear a
Fish Talk?
Can fish make any sound?

Can fish make any sound?
A reader of this paper wanted
TO know, and asked our Wash
ington Bureau. The answer is
printed in today's Question and
Answer Column. Page 4.
IL there is a hard nut you
want cracked, try 1t on our
Washington Bureau. They viii
answer It IL it is possible for
them to get the information for
you. Write out the question
briefly and plainly. sign your
name and address. and mail to
the Washington Bureau of The
indianapolis Times. inclosing a
2-cent postage stamp for reply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
MOTHER SUES HOSPITAL
Mrs. Lydia Irvine Charges Narcotic
Caused Baby's Death.

Opium or some other narcotic
caused the death of Katherine JOY
Irvine, Is months, daughter of Mrs.
Lydia Irvine, 3031 Nowland Ave,
Mrs Irvine charges in a suit for $685.
900 damages filed in Circuit Court
against the Methodist Episcopal Hos
pital.
An inexperienced, incompetent
nurse was responsible, Mrs. Irvine al
leges. The secretary to Demetrius
Tillotson, superintendent of the hos
pital, declared that there was moth
ing to the charge, and that she did
not wish to discuss the case. The su-
perintendent is out of the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
LIMA BEANS COME
ON MARKET EARLY
Price of Tomatoes Shows De-
crease,

Indiana lima beans made their ap-
pearance at city market today. a
trine earlier than usual. They re-
tailed at rs cents a pound.
California Bartlett pears and sweet
potatoes also appeared at 10 cents a
pound.
Tomatoes were cheaper than last
week, when they sold at is to 20
cents a pound. Today they brought
rs cents for three pounds.
Blackberries went up to 90 cents a
quart from last weeks Is cents.
Butter within the last ten days has
climbed 2 cents, selling today at 43
and Al cents. Eggs were about the
same, 2S cents a dozen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN,
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, PALACE HOTEL SAN
July 3President Harding after passing fairly
comfortable night told his physicians this morning
better and less exhausted the official bulletin the chief
executives condition issued at 10 m today declared
The bulletin optimistic than the issued yes
terday afternoon and last evening.
The pneumonia quoted in last nights statements have
not spread, the statement said.
The temperature 100 at today against 1905
$40 p. yesterday and 101 at M yesterday
Respiraonwas 40 this morning. against SO yester-
day and A at $40 p yesterday
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corridors, the life of a big hotel
goes on as usual. A phonograph
played late into the night on the
same floor, long after the members
of the presidential party had re-
tired.
In the lobby below the scene
during the evening was brilliant.
While upstairs the watchers
spoke in whispers, women below
came and went in dazzling gowns.
Notable figures oS che world--like
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without being surrounded by
group of inquiring dignitaries or
newspaper men seeking word from
the chamber.
And chen outside the hotel the
traffic Of Market ST. rumbled on as
usual-street cars changing, au-
tomobile exhausts crashing along
to the tune of the traffic police
mems whistles and the newsboys
shouting extra" all about the
Presidents illness"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31

Admiral Rodman, Herbert Hoover,
Speaker Gillette, Secretaries Work
and George Christian-mixed with
the gala crowds.
Now and then DIR. Sawyer,
slight Of build and nervous, would
appear for a moment; or perhaps
DR.. Boone, dark and handsome,
and attired in the clean-cut uni
form of the Navy, in which he
holds rank of lieutenant command
er. Hardly step coulz they take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
LOCKERB|E ST. TO
REMAIN UNPAVED
Board of Works>Rescinds All
Action.

Out of consideration FOR residents
who have pleaded that the street be
left as 1t was in the days when James
Whitcomb Riley, the poet. lived there.
the board of works has rescinded all
action on a resolution for paving Lock
erbie ST., Charles Z. Coffin. president,
announced today.
'The board respects the fine motives
which led residents to protest" said
Coffin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
bEM|S WITNESS
IN WATERHEAR|NG
ON SIDE Of CITY
Says S9,618.613.48 Is His
Estimate of Value of
Property,
SUBSTITUTE FOR CANAL
Figures of Commission Used
in Arriving at 100000
Reduction.

Sweeping reductions in the
valuation of property, of the In
dianapolis Water Company from
the appraisal of the public serv-
ice commission were made in
figures submitted at the water
rate hearing today by Walter S.
BemiS, engineer, of Washington,
D. c., who testified for the city.
For rate making purposes the val
uation was placed at $e.61s,613.42 as
against s16, 6,455,0 900 the value fixed by
the commission Oct. 81, 1922 as a
basis for the issuance of securities by
the company. William J. Hagenah.
expert, who testified for the company
last week placed the valuation at
about $4,000. 900
Uses Commission Figures
In reaching his valuation Bemis said
he used the figures OF the commission
engineers in their appraisal dated
April 1, 1922. This appraisal was
s14.123.2s5. including the much. dis.
cussed Structural overhead =
Reductions amounting TO more than
s4,500,0O0 were made. Bernis ex-
planned by substituting a steam pump
ing system for the canal supplying
water for the w. Washington St.
station, revising the appraisal of pipe,
disregarding structural oveshead on
land an item Of $150.000 for the cost
CT acquiring right of way etc.
Benis was emphatic in his insistence
that steam pumping system In
stalled at the Riverside station would
be far superior to the present
hydraulic system Of bringing water
Continued on Page p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
Dr. Sawyer Optimistic Over Presidents Improved Condition
Following Good Nights Rest - Pneumonia
Development Causes Anxiety,
EXECUTIVE PATIENT DECLARES HE FEELS BETTER
Official Bulletin Says Infected Areas Are Not Extended
and Heart Action Is Stronger-ReSpira-
ton Is Regular,
Latest Statement From Sick
Chamber at San Francisco

BIZ
SAN FRANCISCO July 31.-At 10 a. m. physicians at
tending President Harding issued the following statement
the Presidents condition at 9 a. NJ:
The President had fairly comfortable night with
siderable restful sleep
"His temperature at is 100 pulse 120; respra-
ton, 40 and regular
"There has been extension of the pneumonia
and the heart action is definitely improved.
"Nourishment and fluids are being taken regularly.
Elimination is satisfactory
"He expresses himself feeling better and less
hausted.
&C E. Sawyer, NJ D.; Ray Lyman Wilbur NJ D.; g. E.
Cooper, M. D.; j. T. Boone NJ D. Hubert Work, NJ D.''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
Bond Issues Disapnrove0

The State board of tax commission
ers today disapproved bond issue Of
$17,500 for construction Of the Victor
Busing road in Gibson County and
another issue Of $4,000 to build the
Charles Mason road in the same
county
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31

room as well as a reception alcove.
Mrs. Harding's room adjoins
that Of her husband. Hers is fin
ished with gray tapestries and
furnished with mahogany. It is
just like the Presidents chamber,
except for the walnut furniture in
the latter.
The dining room, richly-paneled.
is furnished with heavily carved
circassian walnut--with orange
glass bowls Of fruits and candle
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ters stood down the corridors a
mute reminder that 1t marked the
line beyond which no one was
supposed to pass to the Presidents
sick room.
Mr.. Harding occupies the presi-
Dental suite. Presidents Taft and
Roosevelt occupied it and later the
King Of the Belgians. Next week
General Pershing was to have been
assigned to it, but now this plan
has been abandoned.
The suite consists OF q living
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
OFFICERS FACE CHARGE
I've Policemen Alleged Guilty Of Un-
becoming Conduct.

Charged of conduct unbecoming an
officer and neglect OF duty were filed
against five policemen by Police Chief
Herman Rikhoff before the board Of
safety today.
They were: Patrolman Clarence
Lacefield and Jack Small; Motorpolice-
men Earl Davis and Robert Heiny, and
Traficman William Roberts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
LINEMEN INJURED
BY HIGH VOLTAGE
Davis Gray Loses Two Ffngerss in
RAScuing Mate

Davis Gray. %, Of 1923 Naomi ST..
lost two fingers from his right hand
today when he grasped high tension
wire carrying 4,100 volts, while at
tempting to rescue Elmer Mutter, 90,
of 451 S. keystone Ave. who had
come in contact with the same wire
The men, employed by the Merchants
Heat and Light Company. were work
ing on a pole near Washington st.
and Sherman DIR. Muter's hands
were badly burned. The. two men
were rescued by other members of
the line crew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
TRAFFIC TOWER MAY
USE Different LIGHTS
Colors Fail to Conform to National
Regulations.

Changes in traffic tower color
signals to make them conform to
regulations of the National Council OF
Safety were considered by the board
Of safety today.
Representatives of the American
Gas Accumulation Company of Eliza
beth, N. J., told the board signals
used in the tower in Washington St.
caused confusion to tourists and to
local drivers in other cities.
Red light used now to move street
cars is nationally recognized as
danger and stop signal the board was
told. Green and yellow lights are 9se
traffic to proceed. 1t was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31

rector Of the Salvation Army. moth
ers and children boarded trucks ear
ly this morning at the army head
quarters. "a S. Capitol Ave. and
were transported to the camp.
: Throughout the day the children
were entertained with contests,
games and swimming events. Ample
refreshments were supplied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-31
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
RY NJ. D. TRACY

By NJ. D. TRACY
United Press Staff Correspondent
q AN FRANCISCO, July 81.
In f1ve-room white
- house" on the eighth
floor of the Palace Hotel Warren
@. Harding, President of the
United States. is fighting for life
He lay gravely i'll today in "a
bed OF solid walnut, surrounded by
panneled walls hung with tapes
tries in a suite occupied by but
three others persons since it was