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It 11 dials to a THE IN THE BASEMENT STORE Today, Friday, One Day Only Today, Friday, One Day Only All -Wool Sheep-Lined OVERCOATS COATS For Men and Young Men-Sale Price Sale Price 69 .95 6A .98 11 6 Imported Fabrics and For Men All- Wool "Plaid and Back" Fabrics Young Men Browns, tans and other Four-pocket belted model--the Belted ulsterette best coat we have sold at anyway shades. While they last, near such a price. While they last, models. $11.95. today only, $6.98.

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A. MENDENHALL DIES AT AGE OF 77 Mrs. Alice V. Mendenhall, 3116 North Illinois street, for many years a resident of Indianapolis and for twenty-six proprietor of the Mendenhall years Co. grocery store, 3004 North Illinois street, died yesterday morning in her home following an illness of about three weeks.

Mrs. Mendenhall was 77 years old. She had been in good health until about a month ago and attended to the business in her store until about two weeks ago. She was for many years a member of the First Friends Church and was an active worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She served for several years as a member of the board of directors the Indianapolis home for aged women and was interested in various other philanthropic endeavors.

She is survived by three cousins, Mrs. Marion Bradley of Newark, N. C. E. Reynolds of Portland, and Henry P.

Fry of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning in the residence. Burial will be at Richmond, Mrs. Mendenhall's former home. UNION PACIFIC SATISFIED WITH RAIL MERGER PLAN WASHINGTON, Jan.

aspects of general railroad consolidation proposals came up today for interstate commerce commission consideration when the divergence between commission proposals and views of managements of the Hill group of railroads as to disposition to be made of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads WaS elaborated by counsel in legal arguments. H. A. Scandrett, speaking for the Union Pacific, however, expressed qualifled satisfaction with the consolidation suggestions affecting that system. INDIANAPOLIS FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1924.

PLEA FOR HIGHER STREET CAR FARE MEANS CITY PROBE Benjamin Perk. Budget Expert. Will Scan Company's Books, Mayor Shank Announces. Benjamin Perk, budget expert and utility aid in the city legal department, will be directed to make thorough study of the finances of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company if the cominforms the city administration it pany wishes investigation with a view toward raising fares, according to announcement made yesterday my Mayor Lew Shank. was given out at the company's offices.

Wednesday. that the board of directors was thinking seriously of taking steps to obtain additional revenue, which was understood to mean that the public service commission will be asked for a raise in fares. Council Will Get Plea. Directors will send a letter to the city Council within a short time, explaining that revenues are insufficient to provile needed extensions and improvements, it was announced yesterday. The directors will ask the Council to investigate A8 aL committee of the whole its entire financial situation with view toW suggesting remedial methods.

The matter will be taken up with other city officials later, It was said. While the company's course has not been definitely outlined, it 1g expected that a similar procedure is desired as watS carried out about two veals 140 when the jitney bus ordinance was passed by the Council following an investigation of the company's finances by committee of citizens appointed the mayor. At that time, the comby mittee, assisted by Harry Boggs, chief accountant for the public service commission, went over the company's books and held several conferences with street railway officials. The mayor's plan to assign Mr. Perk to the work when the request for an examination is made by the company WAS concurred in by Taylor E.

Groninger, city corporation counsel. Although Mr. Groninger expressed surprise at hearing that the company needs additional revenues, Mayor Shank refused yesterday to say whether he would oppose or aid the company, explaining that he was not in full pogsession of the facts. RABB ANCILLARY RECEIVER OF AMERICAN HOMINY FIRM Albert L. Rabb, Indianapolis attorney, was named as ancillary receiver for the American Hominy Company for the district of Indiana, by Judge Albert B.

Anderson yesterday in Federal court, following the filing of a petition by the Old Ben Coal Company of Chicago, one of the petitioning creditors, asking that such action be taken by the court. The petition alleged that the property of the American Hominy Company in this Federal district was of great value. The American Hominy Company has a plant at 1859 Gent avenue. A petition was fled in the Northern district of Illinois, Jan. 2, asking that the company be declared bankrupt and the Chicago Title and Trust Company and H.

L. Fogg of Chicago were named corecelvers. The hominy company is said to owe the government $566,477 in income and corporation taxes. JERUSALEM GREETS STRAUS. JERUSALEM, Jan.

Telegraphic Agency Straus, New York merchant and philanthropist, has arrived here and extensive preparations for his entertainment are under way. STAR Comics, Want Ads Sports, Financial CASH WILL BE PAID FOR A NAME For a New Weekly Magazine An Unusual Offer Open To Everybody For Full Particulars See NEXT SUNDAY'S Chicago Sunday Tribune THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER All Fat People Should Know This Fat people owe a debt of gratitude to the author of the now famous Marmola Prescription, and are still more indebted for the reduction of this harmless, effective obesity remedy to tablet form. Marmola Prescription Tablets can be obtained at all drug stores the world over at the reasonable price of one dollar for a box, or you can secure them direct on receipt of price from the Marmola 4612 Woodward Detroit. Mich. This -now leaves no excuse for dieting or violent exercise for the reduction of the overfat body to Advertisement.

to I AI I I TO rid One-Day Sale Today, Friday A $35 OVERCOATS HALF PRICE Friday Only, Sale Pricelot $17.50 For Men and Young Men A Just 228 overcoats in the lot--one and tWO of a kind, accumulated from this season's selling. All- fabrics, in a variety of colors and plaids, also blanket back fabrics. Satin lined, in the season's best models. $35 over- NO coats, Half Price, $17.50. I Today, Friday, One Day Only Two user Suits I Friday Only, 18.85 For Men and Today, Sale Price Young Men All- wool worsteds and cassimeres good, serviceable.

all- wool fabrics. Neat pencil stripes and mixtures. Single- breasted, double- breasted and sport models. Regulars, stouts, longs and shorts. Two pairs trousers ineluded al $18.85 Daylight Clothing Store, Third Floor.

THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO. NEWS OF THE DAY AS THE PICTURES RECORD IT LEATHERNECK CHIEF ROUTS CROOKS -Brig. Gen.

Smedley D. now director of public safety in Philadelphia, shown at his desk. He is rid the Quaker metropolis of all speak-easies and underworld characters. marines is working within the police department. The general has made ters.

He is on the job day and night. (International Newsreel Photo.) HOOKS A FIFTY-POUNDER-Mrs. bury, L. captured a fifty-pound The fish is the first of its feet five inches was its length. RAILROAD HEAD TO SPEAK HERE JAN.

24 C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, will be the guest of the Indianapolis Traffic Club and principal speaker at meeting of the club Thursday evening, Jan. 24. in the Riley room of the Claypool hotel, It was announced yesterday.

The menting. which will follow a banquet, will be fest of a series to continue through the featuring the different railoth- roads entering Indianapolis. High connected with the various will be. the speakers at the meetings, Markham will be accompanied by Mr. M.

Kittle, senior vice president of the Illinois Central. Prominent local bustness and railway officials have been invited to the meeting. F. A. Doebber.

president of the trattie club, is in charge of arrangements, The purpose of the meeting 13 to promote closer relations between shippers and carriers. an N0- nouncement says. will URGES "SERVICE" AS MERCHANTS' CREED Dayton (0.) Business Man, in Address Here, Calls It "Going the Second Mile." Merchants must shoot at the star of "service rather than solely at the star of "profits Fred J. Nichols of Dayton, director of merchants service department of the National Cash Register Company, deat clared in in address yesterday the luncheon of the Adv Indianapolis at the Chamber merce. Mr.

Nichols spoke heat the N. R. Does to Serve Merchants He used a series of charts his address. is no more important word in the language we speak than Mr. Nichols said.

"To do good should be our religion. Our cause is better retailing. the three primary factors involved in better retailing are: lower bet ter merchandise, and Welfare of the people. Value of Advertising. "We can well define service as 'going the second The National Cash Register Company believes in that deftnition and we are willing to spend cur money to help others in business because it helps us to make business better.

It will work all aound. We've got to get merchants to realize that they must shoot at the star of 'give' before they aim at, the star of "There is the feature of advertising. Merchants can never succeed without advertising. Use all available media. We must learn to co-operate with each other.

There are social values involved in business and we feel that no concern can be 90 large that it can hold aloof from society. There are economic and political values involved in businesa, values than can not be underestimated. STUDENT FATALLY SHOT BY CHICAGO POLICEMAN CHICAGO, Jan. 10-Waldemar L. Lindgren a high school student, died here today as the result of being shot by Policeman William Fichcater, who claims he caught the boy looking into his home from the back porche and thought he was a burglar.

boy was known to all his associates and acquaintances as a model student. Chief of Police Collins has started investigation of the shooting. Mary Austin Hall of Westsailfish off Palm Beach, Fla. species to be caught this season. Six (International Newsreel Photo.) Service Reaps Best Profit.

"Service pays the biggest dividends. 'He profits most who serves Axel Christensen, heralded 38 the "syncopated ivory tickler," who is a pearing at the Circle theater this work. gave a number of selections the piano. Frank S. Chance, president of the club, who presided at the meeting nounced that Alfred Buschmann would wield the gavel at the meeting of the club next Thursday noun.

Plans for the presentation of a theatrical production by the club, assisted by the menbera of the Little Theater Society, announced by Mr. Chance. Butler, a marine officer and directing a whirlwind drive to A secret force of 300 exhis office his sleeping quar- WANTS TO RUN CITY Mary V. King, Boston nurse, feels that it is time for Boston to have a woman mayor and is seeking the Closing dance halls at 10:30, cutting out graft and censoring movies are three things she advocates. (International Newsreel Photo.) WILL HE SHOOT THE Robert H.

Goddard of Clark university, Worcester, plans to shoot a rocket to the moon. The distance between the earth and the moon is 240,000 miles. The combustion rocket 1s expected to leaves the earth at a speed of more than six miles a second, increasing to a speed 5,000 miles an hour after It leaves the earth's sphere of graviof the first 100 miles. (International Newsreel Photo.) tation, "go "Dixie" mond, original "go to churceh" chorus girl, who two years ago sued George H. Perkins, New York finan- cler, for $100,000 for breach of promise, has eloped to Chicago and married Allen Ruffum, son of a Boston attorney.

(Photo by Interna tional Newsreel.) COLD HANDICAP IN HOT FIGHT Winnipeg was visited by distrous fire and at the same time extremely cold weather ara rived in the Canadian metropolis. The firemen were hampered in fighting the fire in a factory by the cold. The gutted structure was as attired in a mantle of ice, as shown in the picture. (Interna- A POLITICIAN--Frau Adele Schreiber, SocialistDemocrat of the German Reichstag, was introduced to members of the United States Senate from the floor and spoke of political and economic conditions in Germany. (International Newsreel Photo.).