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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR THURSDAY JUNE 19 1913 GET MORE TIME TO OBEY ORDER Seven Roads Are Allowed Ninety Days to Install Block Signal System DISCLOSES WRECK INDING 1 Public Service Commission ixes Blame on Engineman Who Was Killed on Erie The Public Service Commission has granted six interurban roads and one steam road 'ninety additional time inv which to complete their equipment with automatic block signals The orig inal order provided that the signals be In by July 1 The companies pleaded that it will be impossible to make the' im provements by that time and have until Oct 1 I The companies affected by the modified order are the Union Traction I ort Wayne Northern Indiana Chicago South Eend Northern Indiana Chicago Lake Shore South Bend the Ohio Electric and the Nickel Plate Raijroad the latter being a stem line The Nickel Plate will be the second single track railroad in Indiana to have all of its roads within the state equipped wth block signals Block signals now cover eighty two milesyof the road and the remaining fifty eight will be pro INDIANAPOLIS HOME AUTHOR DIPLOMAT 7 lU gfc Oiivi IMMraH IMHwmMd HL ft wM MPIPI Jnl MMHM Mnt xx gu LSSiLHMi9HHH VB Snjfljf tRKMMJMMKMaDnHB NICHOLSON HOME AT 1500 NORTH DELAWARE STREET 1 I New Minister Has Won High Rank as Author CONCLUDED ROM PAGE ONE More than twenty Indianapolis girls will have a delightful home at the new A residence which was opened yesterday at 122 East Michigan street in the old Yandes home Six girls have moved into the home and applications have been received from others Ac cording 10 present plans twenty five girls will be accommodated The house was given for use by the Misses Robinson who formerly lived there and some of the furnishings were also a gift from these women The will be maintained from the fund of the 1 $10000 left to the A by the late George Yandes uncle of Um Misses Robinson Mrs Masten is matron of tlie home The first floor is arranged with a living room which has been attractively fur nished with a piano two writing deiks and a number of wicker chairs by a friend who will not allow her name to become known Across the center hall is the room for Mrs Masten and behind that the dining room furnished with four small tables of fumed oak and I hen a sleeping room with three single beds kitchen also is well equipped The sec ond floor has live bedrooms and the third floor has been arranged for a dormitory accommodating at li ase twelve girls AND NOW IT IS GASOLINE! Wulfson Opens Inquiry Affecting Automobile Owners Isidor Wulfson city inspector of weights and measures has proved himself the friend of the poor man and now he con templates a campaign to prove that he is the friend of the wealthy as well Wulfson sees where lie mny be of service to the automobile owner by asserting his au thority as inspector of weights and meas ures Wulfson spied a gasoline filling station llio other day near a drug store and immediately wondered if the weary and angered autoist who runs out of gasoline is given cause for increased troubles by measures of gasoline Wulfson believes the subject of gasoline distribution may need attention and lie has planned an investigation I KT I I 1 NG Judg'n Jap Yen can tell what Is to happen? CJa irvn vant A I ways fnp Well what Is going to happen to me Clairvoyant In a cerinin contlngeix yo hip going to get what In this neck wood Is known as a whaling The Star Summer Mission und Amount previously acknowledged $62366 ENTERTAINMENTS AND BENEITS The following entertainments and benefits have been scheduled for The Star Summer Mission und: White City Airdome Twenty first street and Talbott avenue Open every evening excepting Sunday Three new reels each evening Admission 5 cents Lawn fete Thirty seventh street and Capitol avenue Tuesday evening June 24 by Bank of Sympathy No 3 tected before the end of the summer The commission departed from its rule yesterday and made public a finding in a railroad accident The finding related to the ditching of a train on the Erie Railroad at a point near Preble May 18 when State Representative Dickin son who was the engineman and AV Mossier conductor were killed The found that Dickinson prob ably caused his own death by forgetting orders he had received to reduce the speed of his train while passing over a detour track AULT ON DICKINSON round trip zfarK instead of a straight fifteen cent fare each way between and crossings and intermediate points between those two places and Indianapolis Ida Moore and others had petitioned for this re duction John Ehle elix Blalsing Kauff man Henry Young and Thomas Dowling of New Haven appeared to protest against a proposed increase in the toll rates charged by the Home Telephone Company of ort Wayne for service be tween ort Wayne and New Haven rank Bond genera! manager of the company' gave reasons for asking an in crease in the rates BERT SILL AUTHOR DEAD Local Newspaper Man Receives After Long ight Against Illness The commission found that all known safeguards against such an accident had been employed by the company Dickin son was considered as a highly competent engineman and the only reason the com mission can advance that he did not ob serve orders and signals is that he suffered a lapse of memory riends of the dead engineman have said that he was suddenly seized with illness but no evidence to sustain this supposition was obtained Each public service corporation in the state will be asked to answer twenty two questions which have been prepared bv the commission It is estimated that there are 2000 public service corpora tions in Indiana though the exact num ber will not be known until all county auditors have complied with a request to report their respective counties BOARD WANTS INORMATION Each public utility will be required to report its total indebtedness amount of slocks issued and outstanding amount of bonds issued and rate of interest actual value of all property estimated taxable valuation in 1912 gross revenue for recent fiscal or calen dar year operating expenses for same period what portion if any is set aside for depreciation net income of deficit of utility for recent fiscal year total production of utility for year cost per of service tor production salaries paid officers date franchise expires and rates provided for in franchise The commission has obtained anagree ment with the Union Traction Company whereby it will charge a twenty five cent fflnrX Sp anty nRiiw ftp Hits Dolly Dainty love James but too poor for us to get married not strong enough to do Drudge married right away if all You're strong enough to wash the els Naptha way easy on the woman easy on the The Batesville Light and Power Com pany of Batesville petitioned the com mission for authority to issue bonds in the sum of $30000 The money obtained from a sale of the bonds is to be used in adding to the equipment of the com plant 'A petition also was re ceived iron) me vvinonu aeiepnoiie wm pany for permission to sell $20000 worth of stock 5 i INDIANAPOLIS PIANIST WILL GO TO TEXAS NEXT SEASON Carl Beutel of Conservatory Engaged as Director of ine Arts in University Carl Beutel pianist teacher fjnd i com poser will live in ort Worth Tex next season He has been appointed director of the conservatory at the university in ort Worth Mr Beutel recently ap peared there in a recital and scored1 a success The following criticism is from a ort Worth paper: warmest enthusiasm greeted Carl Beutel the new director of the fine arts department of the university when lie 1 1 1 4 4 TIT 1 Monday night In piano recital in the uni versity auditorium Insistent applause greeted each number comes to ort Worth from the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music His reputation is international and both in America and abroad he is known as a capable 1 serious musician with great promise as a composer musicianship is carefully and ade quately developed in both Interpretative and technical ways His touch is crisp' uiiu sure ana ms passage woric ciear anu sparkling His artistic ideas are all pre sented In clear definite style without the overshading and exaggerated use of nuance which many of the pianists of to day employ for tlie production of subtlety and mystery His work is all sane and in the open most interesting portion of the recital was bls handling of a group of modern lyrics These Included composi tions by Cyril1 Scott Ole Olsen Palmgren Melartin and DeBussy heard out side of the large renters of art Each lyric Is an expression of a mood or a bit of imagery that requires an actual crea tive ability on the part of the pianist to get it into the consciousness of the listener This Beutel was able to do with each of the lyrics tendency toward the ultra modern was snown tne two numbers that he gave from the long list of his own com positions The was a waltz theme beautifully elaborated in the most intricate and rhapsodic of mod ern styles The wns a bit of delicious humor firmly founded on a carefully worked out art TWELVERECEIVE DIPLOMAS Commencement Held at Indiana Cen tral University Diplomas were presented yesterday to the twelve members of the graduating class of the Indiana Central University Herbert (Bert) Sill a local news paper arrcT author of a series of satires which have appeared in The Star since the beginning of the cam paign last fall difcd shortly after noon yesterday at the Indianapolis lower Mis sion following an illness which began about the middle of ebruary He was 49 years old Death was due to tuberculosis superinduced by a complication of dis eases Although he had been 4 bedfast prac tically since the" beginning of his illness Mr Sill continued to write his stories fprTfce Sunday Star until a few weeks ago and although he knew there was np hope for his recovery he did not allow his condition to mar the humor of his writings He would sit propped up in bed with his writing pad resting on a drawing board and would at politicians with the same bright wit that he displayed when well His last appeared Sunday June 8 Mr Sill was a newspaper man of the but he had kept pace with the nroirrpss of the nross He began his 'career the in Iowa where he was reared and educated and worked as a printer in his home state and what was then Dakota Territory As a young man he was city editor of a Dubuque (la) paper and went from there to Chi cago Tn the latter place he held posi tions on a number of papers including the Record Herald the Tribune and the hramiiiAr uni tnr a mo ta wn aisranr night editor on the old New York Journal now the American He was on the Record Herald during the Spanish American war MAXWELL TELLS WORK Concerning Mr Chicago career John Maxwell of The Star who worked with him on the Tribune said: Sill had the reputation of being the best copy reader that ever struck Chicago and was known from one end of the country to the other in newspaper circles as one of the most proficient tele graph editors in the business He wrote a beautiful hand had an actual working knowledge of typography and bis came through with all the precision of a skill His knowledge of geog raphy was extensive and he had a prodigious memory for the proper namSs and initials of persons In the public eye In almost any sense he was an invaluable man on the telegraph desk had a host of friends' among Chi cago newspaper men of a decade ago though many of them are now dead He was very popular because of an innate honesty and sincerity He was totally devoid of hypocrisy Me recognized that every man had his weaknesses He was always kind and charitable toward the weaknesses of others and never tried to gloss over his own This trait drew in stinctively to him a host of friends who will deplore his death Mr Sill came to Indianapolis about five years ago to accept a position on The Star and he was employed as an assist ant on the telegraph desk when his last Illness forced hinUto give up his work So far as is known to his friends here his only near relative is a sister Airs Margaret Kirk who lives at Rolla' Mo The funeral arrangements have not been made Easy on the wom an easy on the clothes! That is the els Naptha ment address was delivered in the morn ing by Bishop Carter of Chatta nooga Tenn of the United Brethren Church A basket dinner at noon was one of the features of commencement day The graduates are Lester Merl Miller Logansport Merrill Deweese Cummins Indianapolis Allen Bradford Good Ma rion Ida Mae Geseman Huntington Mary Ellen Cleaver Roariokc Irby Good Indianapolis Beulah Grace Chap pelle Terre Haute Wilmer loyd Pellet Warsaw Daniel Robinson Indianapolis A Home Opened on East Michigan Street way of washing Mabel Belle Walters North Manchester Paul Alvin Reisen Wickliffe Matthias Preston' Kindred Marion els Naptha Soap does away with all 1 Lyons Campbell Nuptials the hard and disa greeable part of washing Little rub bing no steaming suds to bend Over no keeping up fire to boil the clothes no nauseous odor from cooking soiled garments Then clothes last longer with noboil ing to weaken their The marriage of Miss lorence Camp bell of Shelbyville daughter of the late Charles Campbell and rank Lyons of Rushville took place before a small company of friends at the Claypool Hotel last evening The ceremony was per formed by the Rev Earl North 'of Shelbyville After a short trip through the East Mr and Mrs Lyons will go to Denver Col where they will make their borne There were only two attendants Miss Mariet Buggy daughter of Mr and Mrs red Buggy of Toledo niece of the bride who was the ringbearor arid Miss Barger of Shelbyville who was the bridesmaid ollowing the wedding there was a dinner at the hotel The guests were Mr and Mrs Will Smith Mr and Mrs Root Miss Ruth Campbell Stanley Campbell Miss Hazel Amick Miss Naomi avorites and Miss Barger all of Shelbyville and Mrs George Priest and Mrs Charles Lyons of Rushville and Mrs red Buggy and daughter Mariet of To ledo and the Rev Mr North Mr Lyons is now connected with an automobile tire company as a traveling salesman He expects to engage in busi ness in Denver STOCKHOLDERS MEET TODAY A meeting of the stockholders of I lie Afterthought Copper Company winch owns a mine in California will he held at the Hotel English today The meeting has been called by George Porter of rled to Miss Eugenie Kountze of Omaha Neb They have three children Eliza beth Kountze Meredith Jr and Lionel The year after his marriage Mr Nich olson gave up 'his newspaper work and opened a stock brokerage office in In dianapolis He continued in this busi ness for a year and then went to Den ver where for three years he served as auditor and treasurer of a coal mining corporation The Colorado climate did not agree with hik health and' ho re turned to lr dlanapolls Since that time he has devoted his entire time to writ ing Mr first book was a volume of poems entitled pub lished in 1891 While in Denver he wrote his next book for the series of Studies In American edited by Prof George Woodberry Although less widely known than most of his later works this is re garded by many people as the most im portant thing he has ever written Its importance lies in its authoritative and thorough the elements that entered into the upbuilding of In diana and its faithful delineation of Hoosier characteristics It is of much historical value WROTE VOLUME A YEAR Mr first novel Main appeared in 1903 It had a wide popularity and was followed the next year by a ro mance of life in Indianapolis 'rhe next year he published his greatest popular success House of a Thousand This was followed by a volume of poems in 1906 rind a year later two novels appeared Port of Missing and at Red Since then Mr Nicholson has kept up his record of a book a year for although none ap peared in 1911 he published two in 1912 In 1908 he furnished the best with Little Brown Jug at Lords of High appeared in 1909 and Siege of th? Seven came out in 1910 Last year he published Hoosier In Id by critics to be his best although not his most popular novel and a volume of es says entitled Provincial In the last volume he reached the high est mark of his literary career and placed himself in the front rank of American essayists Most of his essays touch on social literary and political! subjects and have appeared In the Atlantic Monthly the volume of poetry published 1n 1906 is made up of verses published from time to time In the Centurv the At lantic Monthly and other periodicals Mr Nicholson has also proved himself an adept at tha difficult art of short story writing Most of his short stories have appeared in the Saturday Evening Post ACCOMPLISHMENTS RECOGNIZED In 1901 Wabash College recognized Mr Nicholson's literary accomplishments by conferring on him the degree master of arts and the next year Butler College honored him similarly Wabash gave him the honorary degree of doctor of litera ture in 1907 He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and the Ph! Gamma Delta raternities and an inheritance member of the Military Cider of the Loyal Le gion and the Society of the Sons of the America Revolution Ever since his newspaper days Mr Nicholson has taken a keen interest in polities arid public affairs One of his possessions In which he takes the great est pride is his Democracy although he comes of Republican stock In 1910 he plunged actively into the political game as a candidate for the Democratic nom ination for state representative but the machine was against him and he watched the Legislature from the outsidelie is a warm advocate of suffrage Mr Nicholson's home at 1500 North Delaware street is one of the most at tractive in Indianapolis fiber and no hard rubbing to wear them thin YmIi ftr CM Red Green Wrorper Union City Tenn one of the stockhold ers who has asserted in statements sent to others tliat lie does not believe the affairs of the company arc being man aged properly Thomas 11 AHams of In dianapolis is president of tbo company James Watson of Rushville is tlie vice president and Adams of Brazil is the secretary' It Is expected that a large number of stockholders from various parts of the country will attend today's meeting Shakespearean performances by Catha Woodland Players airview Park June 27 and 28 Contribution and subscriptions may lie jtaade at Tho Star Building New York and Pennsylvania streets or checks or money orders may be sent payable to The Star Summer Mission und The Star will print tickets for lawn fetes and entertainments which individuals or any organization may desire to give for the benefit of this fund and also will give publicity to such events The Charity Organization Society will supply booths tents lanterns and gasoline torches for 'such entertainments i OICIALS WELCOME SURVEY BY CHAMBER Mayor Shank Approves Investiga tion of City Government Con troller Wallace Ready to Help Tlie plan suggested by the Chamber of Commerce for a survey of the city gov ernment to ascertain If Ibero is waste has received the indorsement of Mayor Shank and City Controller Wallace 'Che mayor said that he suggested tlie plan to I his advisory commission mure than a I j' car ago Wallace said he will furnish la man from his department to assist the Investigators "This plan is not a new one by any said the mayor may bo (a need for more economical administra tration of the affairs and there may I not but it will hurt no one to Hud out I by conducting this survey I suggested the same plan to my ad visory commission more than a year ag" Of course the public or the person who lias never hold office does not understand many things until he becomes a city of ficial and if there is a waste of money in conducting the affairs of the city I do not believe that it is nearly so large as a few pessimists believe example many of the offices we have arc fixed by law as well as the sal ary of the officials If there is a waste there it is not the fault of the adminis tration I ike any large Institution there is bound to he waste in a city as large i as Indianapolis and lhere will be no harm done if the waste is eliminated when al I the same limo the efficiency of adminis tration is not BOOKS ALWAYS OPEN Wallace said thnt as fa" as the con trollers oflico is concerned the bonks mid the systems by which they are kept are alwavs open to Inspection are many ways for ascertain ing how much money is spent in my de partment and just how it Is said Hr Wallace are many persons who believe that the tmaucos me wasted but to the skeptics I would say let them try to run an office like this and see how well they can do it If the Chamber of Commerce sends represen tatives here to investigate (he system of government I will appoint one of my men an assistant to them if they desire his WATER EXTENSIONS ORDERED Irvington Service to Be Improved by More Mains The board of public works yesterday ordered the Indianapolis Water Coinpiiny to lay mains which will give residents in Irvington better service Tlie order was made at the request of the company Mains will be laid on 'Dearborn strict from Nineteenth street to Twenty first street and on avenue from Nine teenth street to Sixteenth street Con struction worlz will begun in a few days Other mains ordered by the hoard were on Oxford street from Michigan street to North street The Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company was or dered to displace wooden poles with iron poles on Roosevelt avenue from Rural street to Iazei street New sidewalks are being laid on Roosevelt avenin' and the order was issued that it might not be necessary to dig up the streets after the Improvement is completed GARY ASSESSOR GUEST HERE John Mcadden mt assessor from Gary Ind was a guest of James Berry as sessor of Center Township and the board of review yesterday Ho came to Indianapolis to get on how as sessing Is done hero He said 1 1 1 rate at Gary Is $394 on each $100 mnl lie can not understand about tlie rate of $219 which applies here He has been an assessor for about seven years Land which was assessed at $5 mi acre when he took office Is now assessed at many thousands an a ere The highest land as sessment he has in his township is $18000 an acre lie said The same system of plat books and records is being made for Gary as is used here Try IT' the Painless New Plan Corn Cure See Your Corns Vanish In a Hurry Whew! hurts way up to my heart tried almost everything for Corn sufferers cornless Joy is at hand Is t(ieonly real enemy any corn ever had Put on in 2 JL Did You Come Over and See How Easy IT' Got That seconds and away they go shrivel vanish No more cotton rings Io make tlie corn sharper mid more bulgy no more band ages to stop circulation and stick to the stocking no more salvos to turn tbo flesh raw and make the corn no more knives or razors with danger of bleeding and Mood poisoning is painless stops pain and Is absolutely harmless to healthy flesh Warts and bunions disappear gives immediate relief is sold at at 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