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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
HOURLY TEMPERATURE

and buildings.
In 1921 there were a total of
only 85,447 places in which
families could live.
The survey shows 9,716 more
apartments than in 1921.
The figures show there are at
present total of 1856 dwell
ing houses and 1888 apart
ments. OF this number 116,095
dwelling houses are occupied and
1,471 are, vacant.
There are 9.249 apartments
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
FATHER GIVES HIS LIFE
Rushes Into Burning Home to Save
Wife and Children.
By United Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. Nv.
E. Wider gave his life to save his
wife and three children when fire
destroyed his home today.
Rushing back into the house to
make sure his family had escaped.
Wider's way was cut of by flames.
He leaped from a second-story win
dow and was killed. Mrs. Wider
and the children escaped uninjured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
INDIANAPOLIS has AZ, 4s1

1NDIANAPOLIS has AZ, 4S1
more places in which fam
IL lilies may dwell than in
September, 1921.
Indianapolis is a city Of l27.-
92S homes.
These are facts shown. by
survey just completed by the In
dianapolis postoffice. Mail car
riers checked every house and
apartment in the city.
A simila9 survey is being con-
Quoted now upon business rooms
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
NEW FURNITURE STORE
Henry Solomon Adds Seventh Place
to Chain.

The Capitol furniture store will
be opened Saturday at 211 E. Wash
ington St, under management of
Robert Thompson. Souvenirs will
be given to women.
The store is one of chain Of
seven. six in Indianapolis and one
in Kokomo, under general manage
ment of Henry Solomon. Solomon
started business seven years ago
with the South Side Furniture Com
pany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Weaver and Son Charged
With Perjury and Filing
False Claim by County
Grand Jury in Probe of
Hospital Structures.
CONTRACTORS BONDS
ARE SET AT $1,000
collection of $4,000 in
Final Payment Upon
Statement Work Was
Completed Is Questioned
Expense Involved

Indictments charging perjury and
presenting a false claim were re-
turned against George A. Weaver
and Windsor J. Weaver Of the firm
of George A. WeaYer & Son. which
erected the new buildings at Julietta,
county asylum for the insane, in
Criminal Court today.
The buildings, which were erected
at a cost TO the county OF approx
mately Sis. 900. have been the sub
iect Of Investigations and criticism
by the State board Of accounts, the
grand jury and a special arbitration
committee, selected by county COM
missioners and contracting firm.
The indictment charging presen-
tation Of a false claim asserts that
the defendants presented a claim for
s17,673.25, which is Is per cent Of
the contract price OF the work, TO
Leo K. Fesler, then county auditor,
June 16, 1923. knowing at the time
that the money was not due them.
Claim Is Allowed
The claim was allowed by the
county commissioners soon after
ward and the money was paid to
the Weavers. The charge is made
that the Weavers, when presenting
khe claim, knew their work did not
Seomply with the provisions Of the
contract.
In contracts granted by the coun-
ty It is customary to withhold final
Is per cent payment until the work
is completed.
The perjury indictment is based
on payment Of q premium on the
contractors bond insuring faithful
performance Of the provisions Of the
contract. The premium amounted
to s1,771.79.
Advertisement Cited
County officials explained that
where the advertisement for the
work carries with 1t the provision
that bond will be required then the
contractor must pay for the bond
premium. The advertisement for
bids in this case, carried such a pro-
vision, the indictment states.
Despite this the Weavers swore
TO a claim for the amount Of the
bond premium. and the claim was
allowed and paid.
In case Of conviction prison SEN
fences are compulsory. Penalties
are: perjury. not less than two or
more than twenty-one years at the
Indiana State prison and a fine Of
80 to $1,000; presenting false claim.
two to fourteen years in the Indiana
State prison and a fine OF not more
than 81 900.
Frank A. Symmes, judge pro tenn,
received the grand jury report
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
MAN YIELDS RATCHET
Woman Struck on Head Is Not Seri.
OusIy Injured.

Police are searching for Frank
Sonker, alias Coker, who formerly
roomed at 752 Haugh st.
Police say he entered the house
early today by the roof and struck
Mrs. Christina Lescha on the head
with a Ratchet.
Hospital doctors said Mrs. Lescha
was not hurt seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
ICg!

Ice should keep it's place
in the refrigerator.
Has no business on the
streets at a. m.
That's what Bernard J. Nc
Closkey, 719 McCarty St., told
police today.
He said that every morning
at five, an ice wagon driver
woke him up, crying: "Ice-I Ice"
Says none of the other neigh
bors can sleep either.
He asked police to stop the
practice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01

day doctor was called but the child died early today
Coroner Robinson said the fly killer contained
poison high IS per cent and despite this did not
bear poison label He said he would confer with State
and county authorities in regard to the law such fly
poisons and if there sufficient authority he would
make an immediate drive to force labelling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Factory Inspector Named

John Dickson, Withstand, Ind,
today was appointed factory in
spector for the State Industrial
BOARD by the board. Dickson is
interested in the title business in
Wheatland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Woman Found Dead i'm Bed

Mrs. Mary Frances schaaf. IA, Of
1O4h w. Ohio ST.. was found dead
in bed today by her daughter, Mrs.
Barbara Thomas. Coroner Paul F.
Robinson stated death was due to
heart trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Two-Year-Old Tot Drinks Fly Killer

L1RANCIS M. WADDY, 2, little son of Mr. and Mrs.
i Waddy, living two miles east of Lawrence Ind,
today was dead, the victim of pretty flowers"
His death, according to DR.. Paul F. Robinson,
county coroner due to drinking poison contained
in what is known DAISY Fly Killer"
The child, the coroner said became sick late Thurs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
BREAD PRICES
WILL NOT RISE
Bakers Say Stock viii Be
Exhausted First,

There will be no immediate in
crease in the price of bread in In
dianapolis, local bakers indicated to-
day. Although wheat prices have
advanced. they will not materially
affect retail bread prices until their
present stock is exhausted, which
was purchased at the3 old price.
George Joslin. office manager
Grocers Baking Company, said the
large baking companies see no
change at present.
Offlcials of Acn.e-Evans Company,
flour mills, said although -four had
increased from 40 to 60 cents a
barrel, they were endeavoring to
keep the price as low as possible.
Average price of flour at present is
81 a barrel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
BOY DIES OF BURNS

Mother, Deaf, Unable to Hear
Screams of Child.
BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. l.
George Freeman, 8. of Ellettsville.
is dead from burns. chiefly because
his mother, Mrs. James Freeman, is
hard of hearing and did not hear
his screams
The child was playing with
matches and his dress YVES fired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
MYSTERY AT HOSPITAL
Coroner Robinson Probes Death Of
Man.

Circumstances surrounding the
death of Grant Griffith, SO. of 1915
Harrison St, at the city hospital
today, were being thoroughly in
vestigated by Coroner Paul F. Rob-
insOn-
Robinson stated that complete
mystery surrounded the mans case
and that he did not know how or
when he was sent to the hospital
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
War on Russia

Ten years ago today Ger
many declared war on Russia
The Car refused to heed the
appeal Of King George of Eng
land for peace.
Arrangements We're made for
the withdrawal of German rep
resentatives from Paris.
England recalled all men or
military leave.
The German ambassador at
St. Petersburg had been hand
ed his passports.
War was beginning in earn
est
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Aug. General
increase in the price of bread was
expected here today following 1 cent
increase by small bakeries. The
boost, attributed to rise in wheat
prices, brings the pound-and-a-half
loaf to IL cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01

1.-THE real object in the murder was
to commit the perfect crime, " DR..
White testified. The idea was for
the master criminal TO do a good job.
1t was to be thoroughly and COM
pletely planned and be the object for
great concern in the Immediate vi
ctnity. There was to be no clew. An
intellectual feat was to be accom-
pliShed f"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW
July Figure $33,O4O Over Same
Month Last Year.

Receipts Of the Indianapolis post
Office increased $33.O4o.40 in July
over last year. The total for the
past month was $323,744.SS, as COM
pared with $290,7044S in 1923.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
By United Press
1.-The bureau of

TOXIC, Aug. 1.-The bureau of
aeronautics has had no word of
Major Start A. MacLaren, British
world f1ier, since he was reported to
have arrived at Petrcpavovsk. a
week ago Thursday. 1t is presumed
he is being delayed by bad weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
BIG FIRE AT CHALM ERS
Grain Elevator Burns With Loss Els,
timated at $4,000. Z

BIZ Times Special
MONTICELLO. Ind, Aug. IA
early today destroyed the eleva
Ross, Ross and Barr Graipz
pany at Chalmers. More thaS 6.
bushels Of corn were destroy
was estimated at $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Home Edition

THE TANGLE, a facinating
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in The Indianapolis Times.
Start reading it today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
GOING TO BE WARMER
Weather Bureau Predicts Jump in
Temperature for Saturday.

Warmer weather was forecast for
Saturday by the weather bureau to-
day.
Temperatures this morning were
moderate, the thermometer at 6 a..
m. reading 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-01
Forecast

EAIR tonight. Increasing
J. cloudiness and warmer
Saturday, probably becoming
unsettled by night.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
WISE MISS DUCK

U,T HERE were only a few ducks
L at the farm until one day there
came a handsome black and green
n who quite upset the old ducks
with her handsome feathers.
Her feathers may be handsomer
than ours" said old Miss Duck, but
can she lay eggs? That is the question
whose answer will prove her worth
to the farmer. Handsome is that
handsome does Is a true saying" and
Miss Duck waddled away to her nest
to think things over.
The new duck soon made friends
with the others, all but old Miss Duck.
LET them go walking and gossiping
with that new duck if they like she
said. "They will lose their heads some
day if they spend their time that way
instead of attending to their work
My dears," said the new duck one
day, II can't see why the farmer keeps
that funny old Miss Duck around here.
Why, she must be years old, and it is
disgraceful the way she lets her feath-
ers go, so rufled up and untidy look
Ing"
Il may be old and not so trim look
ing as you" thought Miss Duck as she
sat on her nest. but l don't spend my
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
AM YOUR TOWN.

Make OF me what you will shall
reflect you as clearly as a mirror
throws back a candle beam.
If l am pleasing to the eye Of the
stranger within my gates; if | am such
a sight as, having seen me, he will
remember me all his days as a thing
Of beauty, credit is yours.
Ambition and opportunity call some
OF my sons and daughters to high
tastes and mighty privileges, to my
greater honor and to my good repute
in far places, but it is not chiefly these
who are my strength. My strength is
in those who remain, who are content
with what / can offer them, and with
what they can offer me. 1t was the
greatest of all Romans who said:
Better to be first in a little Iberian
village than be second in Rome"
I am more than wood and brick and
stone more even than flesh and
blood am the composite soul of all
who call me Home.
| am your town.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

And Lot pitched his tent toward
Sodom," the historian wrote when mar
rating events connected with the early
settlers in the Orient. Lot was a good
boy who had been well brought up.
and Sodom was beautifully situated
in a green, fertile valley with a view
OF the mountains in the distance.
The town had it's attractions, and
Lot was human. 1t was, however,
what in these modern days we should
call a wide-open town. There was no
attempt to enforce the Volstead Act,
traffic laws were loose and the dances
were unchaperoned. The young peo-
PIE were friendly and unconventional.
the sort that take pride in the fact
that they know how to take care OF
themselves. The vaudeville shows
were snappy; all of the pool halls al
lowed gambling devices; and it was
easy to pick up a female acquaintance
on the street. When anything hap.
pened the policemen and the mayor
were always safely out of the way
and employed themselves harmlessly
the day following in looking for a
clue. There was something doing in
Sodom most of the time, and it was.
in fact, a very interesting place. Lot
found it so.
But he found also. as every man be-
fore or since has ultimately found,
that you can't play with evil without
getting soiled by it. You can't even
look on and keep absolutely aloof from
it. Finally it touches you. You be-
gin at first to justify it and then to
take part in it. Sodom went up in
flames consumed by the fire of it's own
lust for evil pleasure, and though Lot
escaped, he was scorched; he carried
with him the marks of contact with
the low and vulgar and profane. He
was not the same man that he was be-
fore he had gazed upon the corrup-
tions of Sodom.
That was six thousand years ago,
Of course, and in a heather land; but
there are still Sodoms-modern, al.
Turing and SO ~cleverly camouf1aged as
to seem quite harmless-toward which
the well-intentioned young fellow, or
his sister even, may look with inter-
est or desire, or may pitch his tent.
1t is easy and often interesting to
treat lightly the religious principles
which we once followed, to drop into
the unconventional, to play a few
hands of poker, or to bet on the game,
to go gradually from the risque to
the vulgar and finally to the immoral.
Lot had no intention of taking up
the habits of the Sodomites. He was
curious. He simply wanted to see
what it was all like. I'm sure he felt
that he was quite able to take care
Of himself, but he was mistaken, and
so is everyone who plays with evil or
temporizes with sin.
20. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

40 Interest on all time accounts
paid by Pleasantville Trust Co.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morrison
HENRY STEELE

IT WAS with the greatest interest to
4 know her sons friends that Johns
mother boarded the train to pay her
first visit to him since he had been at
college. The name that she had come
to know best from Johns letters was
Henry Steele. Henry Steele was the
great man of that little world. John
invited all his cronies to A party in his
room to meet her the afternoon of her
arrival. When things were at their
height she found herself talking to IA
pleasant, quiet-mannered fellow, whose
name she had not caught. He began
by closing a draughty window at her
back, and soon she realized hat he
was centering the conversation on
John and Johns achievements. OF
course those were the fifteen minutes
that made the afternoon a pleasant
occasion to her.
Presently John Interrupted them, ex-
citedly. Here's that new math In
structor flunking all of US In mid
years, Henry" So this was Henry
Steelel She wondered how he would
manage the emergency.
Then he's more of a man that ]
suspected him OF being" came back
from Henry Steele, quick as a fash.
by J~ehosaphat, John-here we are,
we few fellows, holding most Of the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

Edwin: Papa, didn't you say it was
wrong to strike any one smaller than
y%ourself?"
Papa: Yes, my son It's both wrong
and cowardly."
Edwin: We'll, I wish you'd write
and tell my teacher. 1 don't think she
knows it
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

Are you a mind reader?"
YES"
Can you read my mind?"
yes"
well, why don't you go there?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

Advertise in The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
NO ROOM FOR MALICE.

There is no room in the breast of a
newspaper editor for malice. He, of
all men, learns the lesson of forbear-
ance. He spends a lot of time in keep
ing out of the paper items that would
hurt, or spring a blush of shame or
sadden unnecessarily the heart of
some wife or mother or friend.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
Sitting Pretty

Motaer-What was the cause of the
disturbance In the sitting room last
night after We left you and Charles to
y~Ourselves2
Daughter (blushing furiously)-He
stole a kiss, mother.
Mother-He did? Did you not re-
buke him?
Daughter-Yes. Ill sat on him.
-E~yerybody's Magazine.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

time gossiping and waddling about the
barnyard or 20 swimming until my
work Is done
"Our new friend is very charming"
said the old Drake to Miss Duck n
morning, hui l think as you are the
oldest one in the %barnyard, Miss Duck,
you better tell her about her nest
she seems to spend very little time
sitting upon it,"
Tell her Yourself replied Miss
Duck. "She thinks | am old-fashioned
and she would not listen to me-"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

NOTICE OF SET TLEMENI
Notice is hereby given hat the Ac-
counts of the Subscriber as Executor of
the Estate of William Generotzky, De-
ceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate and reported for settlement to
the Orphans Court of Atlantic County,
on Wednesday, the Ninth day of July
next, at which time application will be
made for commissions and counsel fee.
Dated June Bird, A. d. 1924.
VENTNOR TRUST COMPANY.
Endicott &c Endicott, Proctors,
Atlantic City, N. J.
Printers fee, 1882.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-06-21

Love never dies; at least not unles;
it is starved to death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-23
Here's What Happens When Somebody Cares and Thinks
(EDITORIAL)

THERE that left its ungaded People
killed automobiles wrecked large numbers the
ngs
To care provided special ambulance under
as wrecng and doctor crossing Then established
claims instituted by relatives of the victims
After about year this somebody had idea Gates the
bells and lights installed and watchmen provided
The new idea only saved thousands of dollars but also saved great
many human lives
THERE that left its and unfortunate folks to shift for
themselves them died. Others became
charges the community Others ded down begging the girls
could not bring their children decenty the whole
dof civilization in the city slipped for the
Then somebody the idea that would be cheaper bunese and
could be- prevented
waiting until after happened 1t urged that preventing man
dope
than mponng for putting the public
hospital a that, in reality, wasn't cure at all.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-23

THE result the Community Fund drive,
Giving this fund isn't charity much it's
dollar the Community Fund dollar anchored here
and pays dividends
Out every dollar give the fund.- SO character
diseased
coming generation Six and half cents toward healhthat
against pdmcs costly hospitals years from
cents to child wehats insurance against generation of mental
and physical wase in 1885 Three and half cents
and misionshats insurance against
The rest of the needy families protective woa
all of evil another.
THE $7500O0 Community Fund replaces SO drives for SO local
agencies"
The 750000 builds the grade crossing @ where
poverty disease death rush by claim the
And it's wole than emitting the and surrounding
crossing with ambunce DOCTORS mortay and tonbones after the
mischief has been done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-23
Confesses to
Ease Conscience

81. Elsie sweeten. OF my own free
will and without compulsion, and
after having been fully advised as TO
my right and that what l may say
may be used against me, and for the
sole purpose Of clearing my con-
science. do mike the following state.
ment:
The first time that I noticed that
Lawrence NJ. Hight had any feeling
Of affection for me was in April.
1924. That my husband had for
some time treated me without affec.
ton: that Rev. Hight continued his
advances and l finally discovered
that returned his affection.
THAT about three months ago Mr..
Hight suggested that he give me
some poison TO give to my husband
and that he would do the same 10
his wife.
AT first was Mortified. bit he
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-23
Pastor Prays
in His Cell

She dictated a complete confes-
sion.
Rev, Hight. stin pious. held in the
same Jail for the murder OF his
wife by arsenic, which he has con-
fcssed, prayed when told the woman
had confessed
Il love her" he said "she re-
ciproeated my affection. II was all
a terrible mistake"
The Rev Hight supplied the wo-
man with the arsenic TO poison her
husband. which she confessed she
administered repeatedly until he
died July 2s. Then Mrs. Anna
Hight, wife OF the circuit rider pas
tor. for 20 years, fell sick and the
minister. kept what he said was his
end Of the murder compact" gave
her poison in her food until she
died September Il.
The woman's confession in full