The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
August 22, 1922

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Home Edition Full leased wires of United Press, United News and United FinanciaL Complete service of the NEA and Scrlpps Newspaper Alliance. VOLUME 35—NUMBER 88 RAIL STOCKS HIGH PROMISING STILL FURTHERADVANCE Improved Position of Roads in Spite of Coal Strike Given as Reason. DIVIDENDS WILL RESULT Financial Agency Reviews Sit uation of Common Car riers. By United Financial NEW YORK. Aug. 22.—While rail road stocks already are at their high est point of the year, there are indi cations of a further advance with the settlement of the shopmen's strike. The reasons for this, of course, are better position of the railroads. They have all done well, in spite of the coal strike. Coal forms the largest single item of traffic, and since the strike has been moving in 60 per cent of its nor mal volume, the demand for coal probably will keep traffic up in the late fall, when it might be expected to show a seasonal drop. Dividends Will Follow According to the Dow Jones Finan cial Agency the better position of the roads will result in a score of initial dividends, increased dividends or spec ial distribution in the next six or eight months. Among the probabilities may be mentioned the following: Atchison, now paying six per cent, will probably Increase that rate. Baltimore Ohio will probably ini tiate dividends this fall at the rate of 4 per cent to preserve the legal status of its bonds. Chesapeake Ohio will probably in crease Its present 4 per cent rate to 5 per cent to encourage conversion of more than $40,000,000 4 per cent bonds into stock. Restore 8 Per Cent Rate Chicago Northwestern is likely to restore the 8 per cent rate on the preferred stock and 7 per cent rate on the common. Lake Erie Western is likely to place the preferred on a 6 per cent basis. Lehigh Valley has a large special distribution to make on account of its coal properties. Louisville Nashville contem plates paying a 50 per cent stock dividend. New York Central probably will in crease Its dividend to 7 per cent to encourage conversion of $100,000,000 6 per pent debentures. I Extra Dividend Coming New York, Chicago St. Louis, now paying 5 per cent on three classes of j stock, Is likely to declare an extra dividend on them all. Norfolk Western will probably In crease the rate on the common to at least 8 per cent. Pennsylvania is expected to restore the former 6 per cent rate. The Reading will have a special dis tribution to make as soon as details receive Government approval. Southern Railway is likely to re store its 5 per cent preferred divi dend. Toledo. St. I/suis Western will probably initiate dividends on the 4 per cent preferred and begin payment of at least 5 per cent on the common. MOONSHINERS KILLED Eight Heavily Armed Agents Close Sanguinary Chapter in Kentucky. By United Xetcs LEXINGTON, Ky. t Aug. 22.—The killing of two alleged whisky makers and the fatal wounding and capture of Jeff Blevins, notorious outlaw, marked the closing of another san guinary chapter in Kentucky’s moon shine history'. Blevins, for whose capture a reward of SI,OOO had been offered, was sur prised by a prohibition posse of eight heavily armed men as he sat smoking in front of a cabin near Mount Pis gah, seventy miles south of here. 1 COLDEST AUGUST New York Shivers With Temperature Dropping to 55 Degrees. By United Sews NEW YORK, Aug. 22. —After torrid days. New Yorkers are enjoying a rec ord-breaking "cold” snap. Monday was the coldest Aug. 21 since records have been kept. The mercury stood at 55 degrees at 7 o’clock. MAIL SPECIFICATIONS New printing specifications are be ing mailed to county auditors of the State from the State board of ac counts. The new specifications were compiled by Ed Donnell and O. A. Hutchens of the board. Jesse Esch bach, chief examiner of the board, stated the specifications had saved the State $50,000 last year. THE WEATHER Between the Atlantic and south eastern States and the North Pa cific region, widespread unsettled con ditions are reported. Showers have occurred in a belt from the middle Rocky Mountain region eastward, to the middle Mississippi valley, and In scattered areas elsewhere. The main center of disturbance was loated today in the lower Missouri valley. Higher temperatures are the rule eastward to the Alleghenies. Readings are somewhat lower in the Pac'flc coast region. New Orleans was yesterday’s hot test city with a temperature of 82 de grees at 7 a. m. Portland, Ore., and San Francisco reported minimum tem peratures of 52 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURES. 6 a. .m 70 11 a. m 80 7 a. m 72 12 (noon) 82 8 R_ m........ 74 1 p. m 9 a. m 78 2 p. m 82 10 a. m........ 78 The Indianapolis Times TOM SIMS SAYS: V' "-ftiftjSTl After the miners' strike we find what we are minus. The autolet who stops \ds*~ to think usually thinks SIMS There are so many ways to get In trouble and so few to get out. We can't decide If they love to go to dances or if they go to dances to love. Average man gets 112 letters a year, finds the postofflee. Not if ha jmys his bills. In a Nebraska ball game twenty home runs were made. The pitchers threw the ball and ducked. How does a woman get elected If she doesn't smoke cigars? Opportunity awaits one in New York. A man who went there broke owes $175,000 now. Utah man with four wives, all his, may have beer trying to become a movie star. Grasshoppers are bothering South Dakota. Perhaps the Louisiana man who ate sixty pounds of crawfish could help. We saw a car on a rough road hit ting on all sou When you see two men In the front seat and two girls in the back they are either married or kin. One time we saw some coal. Times Masquerader Mingles With Crowd at Fairground THE MASQUERADER POLICE MB III;' IKIES ESCAPE Officers, However, Recover Money Taken From Man- Reporter Is Hurt. An exciting chase for two hold-up men who took $27 from John Mon nett, Morris and Tibbs Ave., resulted in escape of the thugs and the near wrecking of one police emergency au tomobile today. Monnett was driving south on Tibbs Ave. and had just come under a via duct of the Big Four Railroad when stopped by two men dressed in khaki coverall suits. “Get the money and let’s get away from here.” one of them said as Mon nett was covreed with a gun. Monnett handed over $27 and the men dlsappared. Sergeant Allison and a squad answered a call to the scene and w’ere joined later by Ser geant Russell and squad in another police machine. The hold-up men were seen run ning north of Eagle Creek In Salem Park, the police were told, and Ser geant Russell and squad took up the chase. They found two suits of khaki clothes. In one of which was $75 be longing to Monnett. After driving some distance it was decided to turn back. A machine, driven by Clement T. Brown of Bush toon, 111., struck the police car os It was turning around. Brown was taken to police headquarters. Dick Miller of the Indianapolis Times was severely bruised, but no other occupants were hurt. CREDITORS BUY Cadick Theater Property Is Sold in Evansville. By Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 22. Seven creditors bought the Cadlck Theater property, owned by the Ven dome Theater Company at Third and Sycamore Sts., for SBO,OOO at public auction. The foundation for the theater, which was to have cost $1,000,000, and part of the steel framework had been constructed. Its value had been estimated at between $90,000 and SIOO,OOO. YOUTH KILLED IN ATTEMPT TO SAYE LIFE OF HIS DDE ft Leaps From Front of Engine, Slips and Sustains Hurts Which Cause Death. TWO CONSTANT COMRADES Victim Son of Former Head of General Electric Company. By United Prett HOOD RIVER, Ore., Aug. 22. John Young, 18, son of Owen D. Young, former president of the Gen eral Electric Company of New York, was dead here today, having given his life to save a dog. Young was employe in a construc tion camp. The dog. which had been his com panion, ran in front of a moving lo comotive on the front of which Young was riding. The boy leaped from the engine, snatched at the dog. In an effort to throw it to safety but slipped and fell directly beneath the wheels of the moving train. He died before help could reach him. The dog's life was saved. The Times Masquerader hunt <s on. Thousands of Times readers took their papers to the Indianapolis Day celebration at the State fairground this afternoon determined to identify The Masquerader and win the SSO check he will hand the first person who appears with a copy of a current issue of the Times and says: ‘‘You are ‘The Masquerader’ of the Times.’’ All afternoon he mingled with the crowds, taking in the various events and rubbing shoulder with persons in tently Interested in what was going on. He carried that S6O check in his pocket. He was waiting to be recognized. Every one is eligible to compete in this contest of wit. and to win the SSO. with the exception of em ployes of the Times, the Circle The ater and Associated First National Pictures, Inc., and members of their families. This tost of wits and observation being conducted Jointly by the Times and the Circle Theater, although tied up with "The Masquerador,” is in no way expressive of the theme or story of a forthcoming attraction t the Circle Theater, when Guy Dates Post will be seen in his screen debut in a photo-dramatization of his stage production, "The Masquerader.” This explanation is made in order that no confusion may aiise as to the story of this attraction.^ CARS COLLIDE Two Automobile Passengers Are Seri ously Hurt. By Timet Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 25. Howard Mann of Youngstown, Ohio, and John Wise were seriously injured here yesterday afternoon when cars driven by William Cowen of Indian apolis, and Edward Moore of. Shelby ville, collided. WIDOW IN OFFER TO BUY HUSH* Mrs. Wakefield Admits She Will Pay Mrs. Kendrick SIOO Per Month. By United Prcet SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.—Mrs. Rodney Kendrick made public a state ment in which she declared Mrs. Edith Spreckles Wakefield, former wife of the late John D. Spreckles, Jr., had promised her SIOO a month for life and offered to support her baby, if she would divorce her husband, an artist. Mrs. Wakefield issued a statement admitting her love for Kendrick, her desire to marry him and her willing ness to see that Mrs. Kendrick and her baby were provided for. RIVALRY IS KEEN Police Called to Settle Dispute Among Truck Vendors. Rivalry was so great among the truck vendors for space around the courthouse today that the police were called to move Gus Mascari, 820 E. Stevens St., out of Stand 205, rented by Garfield Mills, R. R. A.. Box 244. EXAMINE YOURS By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—A1l Is not beer that foams. This Is the word that Prohibition Director J. T. Davis of Pennsyl vania passed to Commissioner Haynes today on reporting on the potential “beery Roman holiday” celebrated at Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 19, 1922. Davis admitted that he didn’t ake a sip out of every sidle of schnapps that was sold In Johns town on that memorable day, but he insisted that the kick In said schnapps was less than one-half of 1 per cent. "A lot of near beer was passed off as the real stuff and the drink ing public was bunkoed,” Davis re ported to Haynes. "There was not one drop of sat isfying liquor sold.” INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUG. 22, 1922 Who Will Be Chosen to Carry Fame of Indianapolis to Atlantic City Pageant? Nearly 200 prirls of Indianapolis hope to be chosen as the representative Indianapolis trirl who will po to Atlantic City in September to take part in a wonderful pageant there. Miss Indianapolis, when she is chosen by the judges, will have the honor of carrying to Atlantic City the fame of a city which is known for its Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on the Circle. Marshal Foch on his first visit to Indianapolis saluted the monument the minute he caught sight of it nfter leaving his train. Among tbo photographs entered in the quest for Miss Indianapolis are Agnes Brown, 28 N. Rural St. (left) and Miss Audrey Lucilc Davis, 3348 Salem St. (right). All photographs must be in at 6 p. m. Wednesday, as the quest for Miss Indianapolis ends then. SWAMPED WITH BEHESTS, ASKS 0. SJOIL AIO John W. McCardle, Head of State Fuel Commission, Ap peals for 100 Cars. With the State fuel emergency com mittee swamped with requests for coal upon every hand, John W. Mc- Cardle, chairman, today made a des perat effort to obtain fuel for Indiana canning and essential Industries and utilities by appealing to the Federal fuel distributor for one hundred cars for Immediate shipment. H. B. Spen cer, Federal fuel distributor, wired McCardle that in order to receive Fed eral aid, bank Indorsements should he guaranteed on drafts for shipments. Upon receipt of this message, Mc- Cardle immediately sent a telegram to 11. B. Spencer, United States fuel head. McCardle telegraphed James D. Dun bar, Congressman from the Third In diana district and an official of Citi zens Gas Company, asking his In fluence he used with Mr. Spencer to obtain fuel. The telegram follows: "No Federal aid in supplying In diana institutions, utilities or Indus tries has been sought, as priority shipments of coal under contract, with what was mined under State supervision, has been sufficient. The canning industry, endangered since the strike first mado Itself felt, has now reached the point where coal must be had Immediately If the In dustry is to taka care of the year’s crops. The emergency committee realizes It will he several days before Indiana mines can be operating upon produc tion basis and no furthr delay in ob taining coal can be booked. DEMAND EXTRA FRUIT Six Hundred New Jersey Convicts Howl in Their Cells. By United Press TRENTON, N. J„ Aug. 2.—Six hundred convicts, denied extra peaches for desert during the New Jersey “peach week” howled and stormed in their cells today. Extra deputies were rushed to the State prison. The prisoners refused to be cowed by drawn revolvers. WE WON’T GO HOME Hogs on Farm of Boonville Man Have “Morning After.” By United Press BOONVILLE, Ind., Aug. 22.—Hogs on the farm of Lucian Pursley were sobering up today after a “drunk.” When Sheriff Williams raided the farm yesterday and found a still and I mash, he fed the mash to the hogs. ACTION PROMISED Harding’s Proposal for Coal Industry Commission Advancing. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The Harding proposal for establishment of a eommossion to Investigate every phase of the coal Industry will he pushed through Congress before the end of the week, it appeared certain today. Harding wants the commission to be composed only of representatives of the public, it was stated at the White House today. FREE ON BONDS’ Men Arrested As Sellers of Liquor Equipment Are Liberated, John T. Cusack, who was arrested yesterday at hts store at 357 W. Wash ington St., for selling equipment for the manufacture of Intoxicating liquors, was released from the city prison on a $12,000 bond. John T. Rentch and Walter J. Cusack, held on similar charges, were released on SB,OOO bonds. Nino measuring instruments, a jug, ten copper funnels, sixteen colls, twenty one boilers and a box of fittings are being held by the police. TOWN WHOLLY DRY Prohibition Agents Fnd No Trace of Beer in Favored Spot, By United Netcs JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 22.—Seven prohibition agents searched Johns town thoroughly Monday for signs of liquor selling. Then they reported their chief, newly installed, that the town Is dry. Not a drop of "Caufflel beer” could he found. “Caufflel beer” Is the old-fashioned stuff, named In honor of the mayor, who, to attract attention to condi tions in Johnstown, authorised sale of pre-Volstead stuff. FOR PEACE IN EAST Great Britain Proposes Conference With France and Italy. By United Xetcs LONDON ,Aug. 22. —Great Britain has dispatched a note to the govern ments of France and Italy, proposing that terms of settlement for the near eastern question be before the projected international conference gets under way. The conference will seek to estab lish peace between the Greeks and the Kbmallsts and will consider the recent declaration of a Greek pro tectorate over Smyrna. COMPLETES TRIP Hogan Flies From Denver to Detroit Via Chicago. Bp United Press DETROIT, Aug. 22.—Don Hogan arrived at Packard field at 11:50 a. m. today, completing a 1,175 mile trip from Denver by way of Chicago by airplane. He was met here by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. HAYNES CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN USE OF POSTAL FRANK Immediate Removal of Prohibi tion Commissioner Asked by Hill. By United Prett WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.—Immedi ate removal of Federal Prohibition Commissioner R. A. Haynes on the grounds that he is defrauding the Government, was demanded of Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon by Rep vesentatlv John Philip Hill, Mary land, Republican, today. Haynes is defrauding tha Govern ment in that he is using and causing to be used the official mail frank of the Treasury Department for the sending out of personal political propaganda in the interest of himself and his associates, the Anti-Saloon League, Hill charged. Spirit of Indianapolis Is More Than Mere Slogan By O. B. ILES, President of the Chamber of Commerce. THE true neatness of Indianapolis is in the appreciation of a community of interest on the part of every citizen, employe or employer, bank president or errand boy, store clerk or machinist. It is in the realization that “All Ha for One and One for All” is more jjL,.,; than a mere slogan. This is the Jlf spirit of Indianapolis and means .'•'tl more toward making this the best f place in which to live and work v and rear a family than the fact V-" tion, the center of industry, has V W seventeen railroads and $25,000,- ’y 000 of building now under way. This spirit i9 Indianapolis. The l other things, and we have tbou- V sands of these advantage?, are J? Igili merely advantages. llfll II Indianapolis Day has re vealed this spirit to those who did not know it existed, it has cer tainly paid great dividends to the countless committees who have done the work and to the two hundred individuals and firms who subscribed the funds. Entered as Second-class Matter at Postofflee, Indianapolis. Published Daily Except Sunday. PEOPLE OF INDIANAPOLIS FLOCK TO FAIRGROUND TO CELEBRATE BIG DAY Citizens Make Merry Offices, Factories and Public Buildings Closed for Epoch- Making Occasion. SUCCESS OF EVENT IS ASSURED “Indianapolis Day” Will Close in Flare of Fireworks Following Sparkling Pageant. Prosperity in Material Form Arrives for Steel Workers By United Prett NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Wages of day laborers in the manufactur ing plants of the United States Steel Corporation will be raised approximately twenty per cent Sept. 1, Judge E. H. Gary, chair man of the board of directors announced today. The citizens of Indianapolis celebrated the city’s greatness today. From every section of the Hoosier capital, from stores and offices and factories, where holidays were declared, the people flocked to the State Fairground, there to learn more about the city in which they live. All public buildings were closed. With airplanes flying overhead, with bands playing and flags flying, the crowds jammed through the gates, attending the biggest free entertainment and educational exhibit ever given in Indian apolis. ILLINOIS MINES TO BE REOPENED UUTHM HOURS Operators and Union Leaders Sign Agreement to End Coal Strike. By United Prett CHICAGO. Aug. 22. —Peace has been agreed upon and Illinois coal mines will resume operations within forty eight hours, it was learned here today following a meeting of the sub-scale committee of miners and operators. Formal ratification of the terms ar rived at by the Joint conference of op erators and miners is all that stands in the way of final peace, one of the members of the "committee of six'' stated unofficially as the peace terms were carried to the Joint meeting. 12 WORKMEN CRUSHED Second Floor of Claridge Hotel Goes to Street Below. By United Prett NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Twelve workmen were crushed and injured to day when the second floor of the Claridge Hotel on Broadway at Forty- Fourth St. crashed to the street be low. The hotel Is being rebuilt and was vacant at the time of the accident. TRAIN SIDESWIPED Traction Motomian Seriously Hurt North of Speeds. By Timet Special SCOTTSBURG, Ind., Aug. 22. When his oar stdeswiped a cement train north of Speeds yesterday after noon, William Beckwith, motorman, was seriously injured and was taken to a hospital at Sellersburg. Forecast Partly Cloudy With Probable Thunder Showers Tonight and Wednesday. Continued Warm. TWO CENTS The gates opened at 10 o’clock and simultaneously the playground for the children was opened. It was one of the most popular spots in the big reservation. At the same time the Indianapolis show opened with its educational features designed to sell the city to its citizens. Opens With Address The afternoon program opened shortly after 1:30 o’clock with an address by O. B. lies, president of j the Indianapolis Chamber of Com meres. Following this, events came thick and fast. Following the speech a track and field meet, bicycle racing, horseshoe pitching and city championship volley ball contests started simultaneously. These events were followed In rapid succession with a casting tournament, boxing exhibitions, horse dle-horse events, indoor ery, pushmobile races, a tug and an automobile exhibition. The last was given on the mile track by the Duesenberg, an Indlanapolis-mada car. “Hot dog” and lemonade venders were on the Job. With these and the crowds, the grounds took on the ap pearance of a glorified State fair. Hundreds of automobiles were parked Inside the gates and on Maple road near the main entrance. Additional street cars were put on the Fair, ground line and they were crowded. More Comes Tonight The afternoon events were only a part of the program, however. Mora will come this evening. The night program will start at 7:45 o’clock In the coliseum where there will be a twilight prosperity sin*. From S:3O to 10:30 o'clock there will ba a garden party and dance at the wom an's building. At the same time, in front of tha grand stand, a pageant, "The Spirit of Indianapolis,” will be given. This will be followed by fireworks. SOUTHERN TIED UP Firemen Strike Because Armed Guard* Patrol Yards at Princeton. By United Pre* PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 22.—Tha Southern Railway was tied up again today between Louisville and St. Louis by a strike of firemen who walked out because armed guards pa trolled the yards here. Orders were issued to annul all trains on the St. Louis-Louisvilla di vision. A similar strike of maintenance of way men was ended when the com pany agreed to place guards at yard entrances. ABE LINCOLN LOST Muncie Namesake Is Reported Miss ing From Home. Abraham Lincoln. 40, is missing from his home in Muncie. Indian apolis police were told that he is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, has blue eyes, gray hair and a moustache, has a wart on his upper lip and is slightly stooped. WHAT DID YOU SEE? S. O. S. saw an entire automobile party, including the bulldog, wearing goggles. B. F. G. saw a man buy a sanitary drinking cup at the traction station and rinse it three times before tak ing a drink. H. M. G. saw a sign on a livery barn in the south side which read: "When You Need a Horse, Think of Me.” L. P. T. saw a street marker at Twenty-First St. and Emerson Ave. which read ”21th Street” J. J. B. saw\ a one-armed woman, another a few minutes later, and, after crossing ths street, aaw two' one-legged men.

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r ATJG. 22, 1922 HI CAPITAL COMES 10 Fill AS SPORT REALM general Athletic Interests Make ‘adianapolis City of Dis tinction. BRINGS RAPID PROGRESS ‘lnland Metropolis’ Boasts Year- Round Competition for Every Choice. By TEDDER CARD A. city is Judged in many different ways, but perhaps there is no surer method of ascertaining the “live” qualities than by glancing over its sport program. Where sports of all kinds are flourishing there usually may be found civic pride and the “get there" type of citizenship that is not letting any grass grow underfoot. A community that plays well in almost every instance also works well. Local contests have gradually in creased the interest in athletics until r events national in scope have become the features of the sport card. Almost every form of athletic enterprise is growing in this city and Indianapolis has found a permanent place on the eport map as one of the leading cen ters in the United States. Swimming Championships An inland city that holds .a national swimming championship tourney must surely have some “pep.” One of the greatest fields of aquatic stars ever assembled competed at the Broad Ripple pool the second week in August, and Johnny Weissmuller and Helen Wainwright broke world's rec ords. The new Indianapolis Athletic Club, which will be one of the finest In the West when plans are complete, sponsored the meet. A number of nationally known ten nis players live in Indianapolis and only this week a delegation from this City is competing in the United States championships at Boston. The Asso ciated Tennis Clubs of which Ed Wuensch is president brought the men’s national clay courts champion chips here this summer. Home of Doubles Champs The Indianapolis pair, Burdick and Bastian, took the doubles title, John ny Hennessey won the western sin gles title at Chicago recently and paired with Westbrook of Detroit also took the doubles title. Last year Julius Sagalowsky won the boys' na tional title and this season paired with his Shortridge partner, Guy Dixon, won the interscholastic doubles cham- I pionship. Speedway Shares Honors The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is known throughout the world and the international races held on May 30 each year draw auto racing enthusi asts from all parts of this country and the world. It was the first big speedway built and continues to hold its prestige through the years. For the trapshooting fans the Indi anapolis Gun Club brought some of the greatest shots in the country to the local traps in the Great Lakes zone tourney held the second week in August. College, high school and independ ent basket-ball games are played al most every night through the winter. •The Junior Chamber of Commerce put on a national collegiate tourney last winter in which Wabash College was returned the victor. High School Meet The State high school title meet is held at the Coliseum. State fair ground, and draws crowds of 10,000 fans. Tomlinson Hall is being used for games. The football schedule for the com ing season calls for more grid con tests in this city than ever before. Washington park is utilized for the biggest tilts and Butler plays many opponents on Irwin field. There are also high school contests. The Indians who represent this r ty in the American Association are in a slump at present, but have been up in .the race all year. Numerous I amateur games are played every week. The Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association Is holding a se ries to decide the city champion at the present time. The Times tourney will decide the independent cham pions. Boast Seven Golf Courses Golf is coming along by leaps and bounds. The seven golf courses in the city and the professionals in charge are as follows: Municipal Links —South Grove, Harry Schopp; Pleasant Run. Al Adams; Woodstock, Fred Schopp; Riverside. Pete Hen- Hendrie; Highland, Wallie Nelson. Other Clubs—Country Club, Lee Nel son; Highland Golf and Country Club, Dick Nelson. Various tourneys are held almost every week through the spring, summer and fall. Since Mayor Shank has been in of fice boxing has come back and a num ber of good shows have been held. Fort Harrison holds bouts on Thurs day nights in which decisions are ren dered. Wrestling matches are also held. Dozens of Bowling Leagues The winter evenings find dozens of bowling leagues in full swing. The new Recreation alleys were put to use last season and proved lnade ouate for the demand. Another new bowling emporium will be ready this season. Ten new alleys are included in the Century Bldg, enterprise. Pony polo, track, casting, roque. billiards, horseshoes, riding, harness racing, bicycle racing, gymnastics, archery, soccer .football, roller skat ing, handball and volley ball make up a list of sports too numerous to com ment on even though handled in the briefest of fashion Every sport has its group of followers. Indianapolis is making rapid strides in the sport world along with its other many and varied activities. Two Y. M. C. As. Both the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W r C. A. maintain branches in Indianapo lis. The cost of construction of the former was $250,000, the latter, $140,000. A negro Y. M. C. A. branch was constructed also at cost of LEADERS IN INDIANAPOLIS CIVIC AFFAIRS ■■■X s Jjk. x \gjWK£.v •SHgjgh^ Here are just a few of the numerous leaders of civic affairs who are helping to make Indianapolis a great city. From left to right (above) they are: J. Edward Morris, Harry B. Mahan, John Madden, 11. T. Mott. Those below are: Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch, F. E. Meyers. John D. Meek and Dick Miller. Municipal Government Keeps Pace With Growing Needs; Improvements Numerous A million dollar street, alley, side walk and sewer improvement program* will be completed by the board of public works before cold weather. Rivaling this board in activity the I ark board will acquire a number of playgrounds and park additions. Early in the season, Mayor Shank insisted the board of works should improve permanently as many streets and alleys as possible instead of an nually dumping thousands of dollars into upkeep of gravel highways which wore out by the following spring. As a result work has been finished or contracts let on 222 resolutions, while 10S others have been advanced to the point where contracts will be awarded in a short time. The work finished or under con tract totals $1,031,395 in value. 39 Sewer Contracts Awarded Thirty-nine sewer contracts have been awarded for a total of $159,- 130.24: nine for resurfacing streets at •V 63.086.38; forty-four for permanent improvement of streets at $625,371.04; eighteen for permanent improvement of alleys at $47,159.92, and fifty-five for sidewalks, grading of lawns or road way, curbing or graveling of road way at $133,647.42. In addition, resolutions are under way for opening twelve streets and six alleys ar.d for vacation >f nine teen streets and twenty alleys. Two major street car line t xten sions have been ordered by the board of works, College Ave., from Forty- Sixth to Flrty-Fourth St., and Eng lish Ave., from Sherman Dr. to Emer son Ave. Water and gas mains have been ordered extended to kaep up with permanent improvement of streets and alleys and tho usual number of gas and electric street lights added. Telephone and electric utilities have been urged to put wires underground. Swimming Pool Completed Douglas Park swimming pool, be gan last year, has recently been com pleted under the park board at a cost of $60,000. It is considered one of the finest munic;pal bathing places in the country'. The Willard Park pool, costing $13,500 last year, was tripled in size for $4,700, and anew bridge put across Pleasant Run at Ritter Ave., for $14,000. Sidewalks were built in Meridian St., from Forty-Third to Fifty-Fourth St. Development of Pleasant Run golf course, bought last year, was ad vanced to the point where a creditable nine-hole course is available. Much remains to be done to bring it up to the standard of South Grove. River side and Highland, but this is on the program of the department for next year. Topographically, the course will be one of the most interesting In the State. Highland links, which has been leased to a private club for years, will come into control of the city about Indianapolis Is Recognized as Motor Center by Standard Oil You who drive out Meridian St., after dark have noticed the enormous i Standard Oil electric sign at Michigan and Meridian. It marks anew dis tinction for Indianapolis as the motor i car city, and Meridian St. as the mo j tor car street of America. For it is the only sign of its kind in America. The Standard Oil Company Is a na tional institution and a shrewd buyer of advertising. They chose Indian apolis as the only city in America to receive this sign. Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit were considered, but the big company found by careful investigation that more people, more motorists, would see this sign on Meridian St., than in any other street intersection in the United States. Eight hundred automobiles per hour pass the corner of Meridian and Michigan Sts., throughout the entire twenty-four hours of the day. And that means SOO cars per hour going Sept. 1, increasing municipal golf fa cilities 25 per cent. Municipal Theaters. Mayor Shank's municipal theaters were built in Brookside and Garfield parks at cost of $3,500 and $6,000, af fording free amusement to from 10,- 000 to 12,000 weekly through the sum mer. The park board has resolutions pending for extension of Pleasant Run parkway from Shelby to Prospect Sts., and from Meridian St. to three blocks west; for acquisition of ap proximately ninety acress west of tho city, Long and Riley Memorial hos pitals for a public park or lagoon sys tem as well as land within the quad rangle formed by the hoajjital for a convalescent park; for acquisition of the block around Riley's home in Lockerbie SI., for playgrounds at State and Spann Aves., Rader and Udell Sts., West Michigan St., near King St., and BrookvlUe road and Pearl St., and for a swimming pool site at Meikel and Wyoming Sts. Ground is to be bought near Thirtieth St. and White River for extension north of East River drive and tho board intends to buy a playground in Bright w jod. Sewage Disposal Plant This year will see the major por tion of the $2,000,000 sewage disposal plant at Sellers Farm completed by the sanitary board and a resolution adopted for erection of anew $250.- 000 garbage disposal plant. The board has added materially to motor garage and ash collection equipment so that all refuse is hauled from collection points where alley wagons deliver to Sellers Farm. The ancient, leaky wagons with which garbage formerly was hauled to the loading station at Kentucky Ave., and White River were a source of continuous complaint. The board saves money by eliminating the railroad haul from the loading station. .A bond issue of $425,000 has been sold by tho health board for construc tion of a nurses' home and adminis tration building at the city hospital. A contract will be let this fall and the work should be done early next summer, the board believes. This is part of a four-year program to put the institution among the country's lead ers. New Edifice Ifianned Mayor Shank plans anew police headquarters and city court building. Not only has the police and city court departments outgrown present quar ters, but more room is needed by branches in the city hall. An ordi nance for a $200,000 bond issue to purchase the quarter block across Alabama St. from the city hall is pending in council. It is planned to put the new building here. Increases in the number cf police men and firemen to strengthen tha preceding and after the Decoration Dai race, this number is boosted to 1,300 cars per hour. During the rush hour between 5 and 6 p. m. the av erage is 1,160 cars per hour. That is only the Indianapolis side of the story- The other side of it is that this electric sign Is national in effect. Indianapolis is the center for East and West motor tourists. The man from Albany and the man from San Diego both read this sign. It is national advertising. Indianapolis is thus recognized as the motor car center of the United States, and It has been so honored by the Standard Oil Company. The sign is 35x55 feet and contains 3,564 lamps in five colors. It flashes on and off, showing two complete faces at alternate times. It was erected and is operated by Staley Crabb, a local firm. Besides this enor-‘ mous electric sign, the Standard Oil Company has erected forty 12x50 its immediate vloinity. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES city’s protection are planned by the board of public safety in 1923. The board's chief activity has been re organization of the police department, with installation of a number of new ideas, such os the night rider squads. City officials have talked of either anew municipal garage or an addition to the present building in E. New' York St. Tho city has far more cars than it can house, it being necessary to keep some of the heavier equipment out of doors. SCHOOL SYSTEM CARES FOILS,MI PUPILS YEARLY Teachers’ Payroll Annually More Than $3,000,000 for 1,500 on Staff. With an enrollment of more than 48.000 pupils, a staff of almost 1,500 teachers, a teachers’ pay roil of more than $3,000,000 annually and a plant consisting of three high schools and seventy-six grade schools, the Indi anapolis public school system takes rank as one of the largest and most important branches of public activity. In a growing community it always is a ploblem to have the schools keep pactfi with the growth of population. This has been particularly true of In dianapolis for the past two decades and tho school city has been hard pressed to provide housing facilities for the children. Tills problem has been made more acute by tho educational ideas in America. Not so many years ago school buildings wore far more inex pensive affairs than they are today. Then a school building was nothing more than a place in which classes were held, and an eight-classroom building meant only a structure with eight classrooms, cloakrooms and an office. With the coming of vocational training, manual training and the use of school buildings as community cen ters all this changed. And today an eight-classroom building in a far larger and more costly structure than its predecessor of twenty years ago. For in addition to the class rooms there must bo sewing, cooking, man ual training rooms, a gymnasium and an auditorium. This has necessitated greater expen ditures for school equipment, and with a school population increasing at the rate of more than 1,000 a year, school boards in the past have been unable to provide sufficient buildings to house all tho school children on a full time basis, although an extensive building program was followed throughout 1920 and 1921. During tho last school year the three high schools —Shortridge, Emmerich Manual Training and Arsenal Tech nical —had an enrlolment of 7,818 and a staff of 352 teachers, while in the elementary grades there were 40,357 pupils and 989 teachers. The newer buildings are modern and up-to-date in every' respect and have been taken as models for school buildings throughout the United States. In an effort to abolish half day classes and give every' child a full day’s schooling, "portable" school buildings have been purchased for use until permanent structures can be erected. KREIDLER ON PROGRAM Chicago Grand Opera Singer Pros perity Day Soloist. Louis Kreidler, baritone singer of the Chicago Grand Opera Association, will be the soloist at the Twilight Con cert and Prosperity Sing this evening in the Coliseum at the fairground. This is a part of the Indianapolis Day celebration held under auspices of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com merce. “We'd like to emphasize that this conoert, as well an every other part of the program. Is absolutely free,” said Elmer A. Steffen, chairman of the committee in charge of the event. Mass bands, led by the Indianapolis Military Band of seventy-five pieces, and the Cadle Tabernacle choir of 1,500 voices, under the direction of Joseph Overmeyer, director, also will be on the program. Known as Best The Indianapolis market house is known over the country as one of the best. FEDERATION HAS WAY BE GETTING OFFICIAL ACTION City Dads Listen When Civic Organization, Representing 25,000 Citizens, Speaks. BODY IS STILL YOUNG E. O. Snethen Champions Pro gram to Give Indianapolis World’s Best Market. When approximately 25.000 of the best citizens of Indianapolis, repre sented in nineteen civic, clubs, decide that such and such a thing will bene fit the city the attitude of these citi zens is soon known where the knowl edge will do most good. Folk sit up and pav respectful attention when the Indianapolis Federation of Com munity Leagues, nineteen of them, makes its opinion heard. The federation is young. It is a lusty infant, however, and plans are afoot to take in eight or ten civic leagues not yet members. It was or ganized in March, 1922. In the few months since its organi zation tho federation has obtained a place for producers in the city mar ket. It has backed the city zoning plan. All the eighth grade pupils of the city were taken on a tour over the city, to let them know just what a big place they do live in. Has Pretentious Plans But the federation has bigger irons iin the fire. Formed with one of its primary purposes, that of expressing public opinion, It was <lecidod that public opinion calls for anew civic market house in Indianapolis. A j rtanding qommittee, John E. White, chairman, is handling tho campaign. White will be sent soon to I^exington. Ky., to inspect the modern market there, said to be the best in the eoun try. Snethen for Producers "It will bf the best in the country I until we get ours built in Indianapolis, And when it is, the producers can I have the space while some of these foreign peddlers take a rest,” said Ed ward O. Snethen, president of the Federation and of Mapleton Civic As sociation. Standing Committees Other standing committees are as follows: Parks and recreation, chairman, A. Leßoy Portteus of the Federation, vie* president and president, of the Brook side Civic Association: public utilities, chairman, William T. Quillen, presl dent of the Englewood Hustling Hun j dred: public schools, George W. Bea man, Mapleton Civic Association; pub lie building and Improvements, W. H. Moore, College Avenue Civic Associa tion; sanitation, Dr. Robert Repass. Mapleton Civic Association, city plan j nlng, Eumner Clancy. Northeast Civ! 3 j Association; miscellaneous affairs, j Clarence McPherson, Woods lde Loyal Civic League, Just now the paving of streets is receiving close scrutiny from the cold ly impersonal eye of the Federation, j Better paving laws will be discussed jat tho next meeting. The meetings are hold once a month in the .Cham ber of Commerce building, each mem ber sending five delegates. The Fed i .-ration favors the city standing the cost of paving instead of the owners of abutting property. lias Jewish School Members, of the Jewish faith sup port Talmud Torah, a religious school providing Instruction in religion, his tory and ethics. The sessions are held after public school hours. Has Big Army Post Ft. Benjamin Harrison is one of the largest Army posts in the country. R ush Construction of First Unit of Riley Memorial Hospital for Indiana Ch ildren Construction work on the first unit of tile James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, being built on a site be tween the Robert W. Dong and tho city hospitals, is rapidly going for ward, work having been started this week on the pouring of concrete. The Riley Hospital, to be built from funds obtained by popular subscrip tion throughout the State, will be a State Institution for the care and treatment of the thousands of sick and crippled children In Indiana. How the hospital will appear when entirely completed, at a cost og $2,- 000,000, is shown in the above draw ing by Frederick Polley, well-known Indianapolis architect. Th<* <v --H of the drawing is one of the prizes to be awarded in the State-wide poster contest of the Riley Memorial Asso ciation to raise money for the build ing fund. This campaign has been set for the week of kct. 1 to 7. the latter date being the birthday of the famous Hoosier poet in whose mem ory the institution la being built. Home of the Indianapolis Athletic Club to Be Finest in Country 1 v A. V i 3 iMk V iy. -VR; x- .;v v ;*:-x ■■4. r*:s F? (i T .y* a. y 1 y Completion of the structural steel framework for the nine-story home of the Indianapolis Athletic Club at Meridian and Vermont Sts., within the next few weeks, is one of the many illustrations of the building activities in progress in this city. Concrete forms for the flooring in the first and second floors, the base ment and sub-basenv fits have been placed in position and the pouring of the concrete will be in progress this week. In the structure, 2,500 tons of steel will be used. The building when completed and John Herron Art Institute Is Cultural Force in Community “To exalt whatsoever things are lovely and speak in his name for whatsoever things that are good report,” reads the inscription on the memorial tablet in the John Herron Art Institute—and for the past seven teen years the building at Sixteenth and Pennsylvania Sts. has been the shrine for art lovers of Indianapolis. Within its walls are reproductions of widely known works of sculpture, the originals of many of them treas ures of the Cancan or the Metro politan Museum of New York, In the rooms devoted to paintings are originals by many well known artists as well as copies of famous works owned by other galleries. Several large rooms are devoted to collections of foreign curios, donated by public spirited Indianapolis citi zens, while another room houses a comprehensive collection of reference books devoted to art. The institute is open to the public at all times. During the week a small admission fee is charged, but on Sat urdays and Sundays, when school children and those who do not belong to the leisure class, are free to visit the art treasures, no admission is charged, for it is the aim of the board of directors to make the institute to serve the greatest number and Instill the appreciation of art in all classes and all ages. With this aim in view the insti tute has not waited for art lovers to seek It, but has taken various means to develop an interest in its treasures. Special exhibitions are given. Gallery talks to adults and special talks on art are given by representatives of the institute to pupils of the high and grade schools. Each month a painting from the art school is placed on exhibit in the delivery room of the public library. Proof of tho interest which the pub lic feels is shown by the fact that two The first hospital building, to be completed within a year, will repre sent a total expenditure of approxi mately $500,000. How this building will appear when completed is shown in the foreground of the above sketch. Provides for Children This building will provide for the care and treatment of between 100 and 150 bedridden child sufferers at one time. It will include offices, wards, private rooms, operation rooms, quar ters for nurses and Iffitemes, observa tion ward and gymnasium. Joining all the buildings, as shown in the left of the sketch, and running at right angles will be the operating pavilion. The kitchen, power house, laundry, chapel and morgue will be on the right side. In the center will be a large court. The entire hospital will be bounded by Coe St., Caldwell St., Wilson St. and North St. The project will be surrounded by a beautiful park, tho gift of the city of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis i furnished, will cost about $1,500,000 and will be one of the finest club I structures in the world. Lounging and smoking rooms, handsomely fur nished, and the swimming pool will be on the first floor. Other floors will be devoted to the dining rooms, grill i room, gymnasium, recreation rooms, sleeping rooms arranged in suites, bil- I Hard and pool rooms, offices, women’s rest rooms, lockers and the building will be topped with a glass enclosed j roof garden. The clubhouse is expected to be J completed early next year. weeks ago, in spite of the unfavorable season, there were more than three hundred Sunday visitors. More and more the public is coming to realize and appreciate the part the art museum plays as a civilizing and cultural force in the community. LUNCHEON CLUBS AIR CHIC MIT Business Men’s Weekly Meet ings Keep Healthy City’s Morale. Indianapolis civic spirit is kept con tinuously in a healthy condition by the weekly meetings of Indianapolis busi ness men in the largest number of business men's lunch clubs. The Ro tary, Kiwanis, American. Advertising, Exchange, Lions. Optimists. Purchas ing Agents Association, Indianapolis Credit Men, Real Estate Board, Serv ice Chib, Traffic Club are the princi pal non-trade organizations which hold regular weekly meetings. The Purchasing Agents, Credit Men, Real Estate Board and Traffic Club have a professional bond of unity. Tjfr le other clubs are organized for the pur pose of Improving Indianapolis busi ness conditions. Many things are done for the general good of Indianapolis by these clubs. The Better Business Bureau, for instance, is fostered by the Advertising Club. This bureau is largely responsible for the satisfactory condition of truthful selling and mer chandising methods of Indianapolis stores. The Kiwanis Club has erected a large hut far the Boy Scouts. The Real Estate Board sponsored the re cent Home Complete Exposition. board of park commissioners is now working toward the end that suffi cient ground may be obtained to pro vide a beautiful setting for the hos pitals and while no definite boundaries have yet been fixed it is expected that the park will cover approximately eighty acres of ground. Start Other Units Soon Hugh McK. Landon. president of the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association, has announced that work on the other units of the hospital will be started just as soon as money is raised to cover the expense. Among those who are taking an active interest in the camgaign is Mrs. Curtis A. Hodges, prominently identi fied with many public movements in the cause of better health for some years. L. C. Huesmann is chairman of the State finance committee for the cam paign, while James W. Carr is ex (cutive secretary' in charge. Head quarters of tfhe committee are at 212 Chamber of Commerce building. FIVE INSTITUTIONS If STATE BUILT IN INDIANAPOLIS One Located Outside City Hos pital Under Construction in Marion County. NINETEEN IN STATE Girls’ School, Blind, Deaf, In sane and Woman’s Prison All Here. Six of Indiana’s nineteen State in stitutions are located In Marion Coun ty, five within the corporate limits of I the city of Indianapolis and one, the Indiana G rls’ School at Clermont on the Crawfordsville road eight miles west of tho city. These within the I city are the Indiana State School for the Deaf, the Central Hospital for the j Insane, the Indiana School for the i Blind, the Indiana Woman’s Prison j and the Robert W. Long Hospital. The Indiana Girls’ School at Cler mont was established in 1869 as a correct onal institution for girls be tween the ages of 10 and 18 years. It is State-maintained but counties pay I half the estimated expenses of inmates sent there, or parents, when they send girls at their own instigation, and pro j vided they are able to make such pay j ment. The school is located on a tract of 127 Vi acres of land and is built on the cottage plan. School for Deaf The Indiana State School for tha Deaf, an educational institution for the training of deaf children between the ages cf 8 and 21, was created by an act of legislature in 1544. The State maintains the institution, requir ing only those parents who can afford to do so, to pay for tha tuition of the children. The Central Hospital for the Insane, known under the act of Legislature by which it was created in 1844 as the State Lunatic Asylum, is a chari table institution for the care of feeble minded of twenty-two counties of the State. Half the expense of- pa tient are chargeable to the county in the regular way. School for Blind The Indiana School for the Blind, j which now has four distinct branches of Education, was created in 1547. The school has developed remarkable fa cilities for the education of blind chil dren and has wielded a great influ -1 once in the State. Teaching of the Braille system of reading, by which the blind read by a touch system, be i wildering to those save the sightless, ;is one of its most commendable j achievements. The Indiana Woman’s Prison, for inmates more than 18 years of age, whose commitment there is for mis demeanors, is not as old as some other I State institutions but had considerable difficulty in years gone to establish I its identity from the girls' reforma tory. Legislation finally conquered i this obstacle. The institution is wholly j in charge of women. Robert Long Hospital. The Robert W. Long hospital. made j possible as a State institution through 1 the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Long, is a distinct part of the In -1 diana University, having bee nso des Ignat ed by the Longs and confirmed by the State Legislature at the time I the gift was officially accepted by the State. The hospital’s faculties are open to I those needing medical, surgical, ortho pedic or obstetrical care. An annual ■State appropriation of $50,000 main tains the institution. A corps of nurses in training under tho supervi i slon of Indiana University is main -1 tained and the university department of social service has its offices in tha j building. The Riley Memorial hospital being j planned and anticipated will also be a State institution to be conducted in i conjunction with the Long hospital. BUSINESS GOOD IN STH YARDS Secretary of Exchange Say* Trading Even Better Than Expected. Business is good at the local stock yards, much better, in fact, than any one could have expeoted, according to Horace Fletcher, secretary of tha In dianapolis Live Stock Exchange. “Hogs are higher than stockyards traders had anticipated this summer,” said Mr. Fletcher. "The strength of the market has been generally at tributed by most traders to the fact that Kin gun Company, the princi pal buyers in the hog section, secured a large foreign contract which forced them into the market regularly for large numbers of swine.” Early in the spring many men fa miliar with hog price movements pre dicted that tho seven-doll ar'hog would 6e in evidence by July. Asa matter of fact, in that period best hogs brought from ten to eleven dollars a hundredweight. Hog receipts for the seven months ending July 31 were 1,091,027, a de crease of 567,771 from the correspond ing receipts in 1921. This decrease may be laid to the fact that the coun try's supply of livestock, particularly hogs, was depleted during and after the war, when European countries were depending upon America for a large part of their meat supply. The decrease in receipts has, of course, helped hold prices up, but of them selves would not have balanced the slowing up in demand. Cattle, calf and sheep receipts have fallen off much less than hogs. Cattle receipts for the seven months ending July 31 were 157,921, a decrease of only 11,261, while calf receipts fell' off 4,403, with receipts of 111,152. At 67,240, sheep and lamb receipts are practically equal to the receipts in the same period in 1921, the decrease be ing negligible, 510. On the whole prices are holding up remarkably well in the period of de pression following the war. 7

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AUG. 22, 1922 CHARLES E. RUSH HASIII OF LIBRARYSERVICE Takes Library to People, Using Methods of Modern Busi ness Firm. GROWTH IS EXPERIENCED Indianapolis Now Has Eighteen Branches and Twenty Dis tributing Agencies. The old days when a public library was a place to get a book to read have passed in Indianapolis. Now the library, under the management of Charles E. Rush, librarian, goes out and gets business much as does any commercial firm. In fact the entire Idea of the true purpose of a public library has changed in the past decade. It has come to be recognized as a great edu cational force in the community and the modern idea as worked out by Li brarian Rush is to carry the books to people instead of making the people come to the books. Branches Are Increased In furtherance of this idea in addi tion to the beautiful Central Library on St. Clair, between Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts., the system has grown to a point where there now are eighteen branches and distribution of books is made through twenty other agencies. The branches are scattered throughout the city so that no part of Indianapolis is without library service. The number of volumes on hand Aug. 1 was 286,371. Among the notable accomplish ments of the library for the fiscal year which ended June 30 may be mentioned the following: Circulated 1,191,081 books to home readers, an increase of thirty-four per cent over the preceding year. Registered 22,793 new patrons, mak ing a total of 79,992 persons who bor rowed books from* the library, an in crease of nineteen per cent for the year. Circulated 32.958 pictures, 1.579 clippings. 254 maps, 1,540 lantern slides and 3,244 records not included in the total amount of book circula tion. Established two new branch libra ries. the South Grove branch and the Paul Laurence Dunbar branch, the lat ter the first library for colored per sons. Opened five new school deposit sta tions for school and neighborhood use Service at Hospitals Established tri-weeklly book wagon service in the wards of the city hos pital. and at Robert Long Hospital. Over 2,500 books and magazines have been circulated to patients of these hospitals. Mantained booths at National Flower Show and the Indiana Health Exposition obtaining several hundred registrations of new library borrow ers. Displayed 335 exhibits, including paintings by Indiana artists, display in connection with meetings of Indi ana florists at the Central Library and the regular annual iris exhibit. Answered 62,443 reference questions on practical subjects. Catalogued 52.853 books. Held 801 story hours, attended by 40.556 children. Gave practical library training to thirteen staff members. Received over 52,000 gifts, including many rare and valuable books, pam phlets, magazines, sheet music, maps, pictures and posters. Administered a growing library sys tem covering a central library, 18 branches, 15 supervised deposit sta tions, 15 non-supervised deposit sta tions, 3 delivery stations, 68 school agencies composed of 501 collections. ADVERTISES PAGEANT “Silent Orator" Carries Message in Behalf of Armenians. For the cause of Armenian relief the “Silent Orator" on the Merchants Heat and Light Company Building will carry a statement beginning to night, as follows: “You can lend your aid and in fluence in the task of salvaging a dy ing Christian nation by attending the Armenian pageant and bazaar at Cadle Tabesnacle, Aug. 30 and 31. History, customs, family life. Oriental wedding with procession. Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter, chairman." ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES Woman Files Suit As Result of Auto Accident. Judgment for $5,000 was asked by Emma Bishop in a suit flled against the Robert M. Bowes Company as a result of her being jiit by an automo bile Aug. 19, 1921. Injuries were listed as follows: Hurts in the head, neck, shoulder, left side, back, body, legs, internal or gans; left shoulder broken, ribs cracked, right knee bruised, left leg partially paralyzed and nervous sys tem wrecked. AUTO HITS CHILD Little Girl Is Run Down by Car Driven by Elmer H. Long. Orpha Stevenson, 11, of 990 W. Maryland St., suffered bruises and pos sible internal Injuries when she was run over by an automobile driven by Elmer H. Long. 1439 W. Ohio St., in front of the car bams on W. Wash ington St. yesterday. HELD TOIiRAND JURY Four Negroes Charged With Theft of Automobile. Four negroes, Spencer Shirley, Martin L. Ward. Ellis Presnell and Harrison Terrian, were bound over to the grand jury following their arrest on a charge of taking an automobile owned by Arthur Anthony, 19 Bun galow Park. Heater Is Stolen A Moslie heater was stolen from the Saunders-Mitchell Heater Com pany at the comer of Forty-Eighth 6t_ and the Michigan Road, yesterday. LITERARY PRODUCTION OF CITY UNEQUALED MEREDITH NICHOLSON. One of the prlnicpal products of In dianapolis is literature. Here are three of the authors who have helped give the city a reputation as a liter ary center. Indianapolis also has a large publishing house, the Bobbs- Merrill Company. SIOW IMPROVED BIKING METHODS Fair Exhibits Indicate Bread Better Now Than 50 Years Ago. Was the mdther of fifty years ago a better cook than the mother of to day? One glimpse of the tempting array of bread, cake, doughnuts, pies and cookies to be exhibited at the Indiana State fair. Sept. 4 to 9, will change your mind, if you think so, say mem bers of the Indiana board of agricul ture. Loaves of bread of varying size and quality were made ten years or more ago. There were round loaves and square loaves, flat loaves and tall loaves, little loaves and big loaves, made and baked in a thousand differ ent ways. Visitors to the fair will find that an entirety different kind of loaf is being made today. The modern loaf weighs about a pound, and is baked in a tin of standard size. Housewives are using practically the same recipes. Experts say bread made in this way is much superior to the old kind. Styles in pies, doughnuts, cakea, and cookies have changed just as much in recent years as in the case bread. Improved recipes have been worked out in every field by students of cook ing, and adopted by the housewife. In fact, judges assert there isn't a single thing entered in the baking ex hiblt of a fair today which does not score higher than It did a few years ago. The Indiana State Fair is devoting much attention to women'* activities Liberal prizes are being offered for the best displays of baking, sewing, and canning. INFANTRYMAN HELD Sergeant Charges Private Stole S2O From Him. William E. Martin. Company E, 11th Infantry, stationed at Ft. Ben jamin Harrison, was arrested last night on a warrant signed by Sergt. Lawrence E. Carter of the same com pany, who claims that Martin stole S2O from him. Three Hundred Million Dollars Goes Into Coffer's of Retailers Three hundred million dollars an nually go into the cash registers of the 4,045 retail establishments In In dianapolis, making this not only the most Important retail trading center in Indiana, but also In the Middle West, outside of Chicago and St. Louis. The city’s location in the midst of a broad, level expanse of some of the richest agricultural territory in the world contributes to Its Importance as a retail center. Hourly service into and out of the city by the world's greatest network of lnterurban rail ways and a corresponding system of steam roads, together with mag nificent highways for motor traflflo, make the city the major retail buying center for people within a radius of forty-five miles. Thousands come from territory beyond the forty-flve mile limit to a distance of seventy-five miles. To handle the $300,000,000 business, merchants have invested approxi mately $100,000,000. This Includes ground, buildings and fixtures. No accurate figures upon the mil lions In merchandise upon the shelves .s obtainable because stocks move fast In Indianapolis. Approximately 20,000 people earn GFZ OWTM Or IMD /A NA 7=> OL IjS 1 I ._{* a J as is at as at U| U, sa 2 !fi _/ ot A i 2at JWUIATIW CAPITAL I jKi lit* j'H-st'ai f s. it —it it \—r ~1 u a _7 s. jt L *l2 A u. it L U 1 —l—to—— j- l ft \h\ —h -f 1- “f f -3 *1 \J- 52 —f 4 £>l —L tfi pit -L 7- 52 2? 1 jiL L -_te 12 2- 'SL —J. A C* r> t It#?, '-h* 5 n— MRS. ELIZABETH MILLER HACK. Indianapolis Is Headquarters for Many Dramatic Interests By WALTER D. HICKMAN The amusement swdtchboard of In diana is centered in Indianapolis. In this city are the State offices rs the largest moving picture dis tributing agencies, which supply all Indiana with movies. Vaudeville bookings and routes may be arranged here with the Burton The atrical Booking Office. The Consoli dated Realty and Theaters Corpora tion. which handles the many Brent linger interests in Terre Haute, Ev ansville and other cities, is located here. j According to the city directory there j are fifty-six movie theaters listed, j twenty four film exchanges, seven le gitimate houses, including vaudeville and burlesque and numerous movie and theatrical supply houses. The Ona B. Talbot enterprises are centered in Indianapolis. The Little Theater Society functions here and numerous art. lecture and musical en terprises. Indianapolis through Carl Niesse. writer of vaudeville material: Jud Kline, who mokes a specialty of writ ing vaudeville material, fraternity and convention songs; J. Will Callahan, writer of lyrics; J. Russell Robinson, who has the song hit “Margie" to his credit: Wil) B Morrison, composer and well known song arranger; Emil Sei del, orchestra leader and composer, and many others, put Indianapolis at the very head in the creative field. Booth Tarklngton as a*writer of plays Is known all over the country by both j movie and stage fans. Indianapolis has taken the lead in I the dramatic idea in municipal the j ters by operating two open-air park j theaters th.s summer. The Central Amusement Company, of which Charles M. Olson is prest- I dent, operates a string of theaters, in j eluding the Lyric: Isis and Apollo. Among the film concerns repre sented in the city with State wide ao tivities are Associated First National Pictures of Ind ana. Crescent Film 1 Company. Educational Film Ex j change. Famous Players-Lasky Cor poration. Favorite Players Film Cor poration. Charles Ford. Fox Film Cor poration, International Moving Picture and Film Company. Pathe Exchange, i Pioneer Film Corporation, Reelcraft Picture Corporation, Robertson-Cole D.strlbuting Corporation, Select Pic times Corporation, State Film Service, I Strand Film Attractions. Unity Photo plays Company, Universal Film Com- I pany and others. Indianapolis will become the center of the Shubert vaudeville Interests in Indiana on Sept 3. The Keith people for years have centered much import ance on the Indianapolis stand. The Murat and English's have played le gitimate attractions In the regular seasons for years. There are numerous ballet and their living In Indianapolis stores. The city Is rated thirteenth ih re tail sales, although It is twenty-first In population, according to Govern ment figures. Such high position has not been attained by merchants of the city merely by offering attractive mer chandise at fair prices. They have striven for a reputation for honeaty and square dealing. Impetus for the construction of such a valuable reputation oame from headquarters of the Associated Ad vertising Club of the World hero sev eral years ago when the "truth In advertising" movement was launched. Satisfaction to Conscience It required no tremendous amount of argument to persuade the city’s re tull business men there was not only satisfaction to ihe conscience, but also actual dollars and cents. In pur suit of a policy of accurate repre sentation of goods and making good every promise. The Advertising Club has worked for years to nee that copy its mem ners sent to newspapers told the ex act truth, while the Better Business Bureau Is constantly on the alert to check them up. The bureau also watches for the shyster, being finan cially supported by the men who have THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES 5 BOOTH TARKINGTON. dancing schools here and their stu dents have made good on both the legitimate and vaudeville stage. From a legitimate standpoint, Indianapolis is well represented by players on the stage. Vaudeville actors are finding it profitable to center in Indianapolis, as many Indiana movie houses are playing vaudeville acts, booked out of this city, in connection with movfe programs Indianapolis by its many amuse ment enterprises Is ready to “fill the bill” on a minute’s notice. LOTHERANSCLOSE ANNUAL MEETING Christian Training of Children Discussed by Rev. Meyer at Last Session. by Tim*s Special CINCINNATI, 0.. Aug. 82.—“ The training of children in the tenets of Christianity is primarily the work of the parents." Rev. John Meyer of Milwaukee said at the closing of the fiftieth Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America at the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church here. Christian day schools are not insti tuted in opppsition to public schools which are not in a position to supply spiritual wants of children, he said. The conference declined to co-op erate with the Quakers in their effort as a church body to bring about a warless world. This decision was reached after it woe pointed out that waging of war is a political issue. The conference was formally brought to a close with services last night at the Church of Our Saious, at which Rev. August Zich of Green Bay, Wts., was the speaker. CONTRACT APPROVED Commission Okehs Dam Site of Power Companies. A contract between the White River Corporation, the NoblesvlUe Heat, Light and Power Company and the Indianapolis Water Company concern ing a tract of land near NoblesvlUe owned jointly by the three companies has been approved by the public serv ice commission. The contract clears up the difficulties that arose when a dam was proposed for pow-er purposes, that the Indianapolis Water Company maintained would curtail the Indian apolis water supply. their money InvAeted In legitimate en terprise. The bureau does Its best to compel merchants to live up to their advertis ing. In most Instances force is un necessary. the great majority of mer chants being glad to correct any mis take pointed out. In cans a merchant doe* not want to make good, however, the bureau is authorised by its mem bership to take cases of plain fraud to court. Reputation Spread# The city's reputation for fair deal ing has been spread to many other State# through special service to vis itors during great conventions, the Speedway race and other evonta at tracting large crowds. It la no Idle boast the merchants of Indianapolis are on the square, be cause the Truth Trophy of the Asso ciated Advertising Clubs of the World twice was awarded in succession to this olty, a distinction no other place has attained. The award is based upon honesty In advertising and sell ing. v As in all cities groceries are the most numerous retail establishments. Indianapolis has 1,800. There are 800 drug stores, 160 dry goods, 60 hard ware, 400 automobile and accessories, 100 furniture, 76 shoe, 66 clothing, 86 Jewelry and 1,600 miscellaneous houses. PERSUASION UPON TARIFF MEASURE IS EXPECTED SOON Republican Leaders Have Said Bill Must Be Passed at This Session. DIFFERENCES EXISTING Sentiment fa Developing to Strike Out Certain of Sen ate Amendments. By United Newt WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—0n1y the utmost persuasion of President Hard ing, the Republican National commit tee and leading Administration spokes men, appears likely to effect passage of the tariff bill this session. Grave misgivings confront many of the House and Senate members as to provisions of the bill. Widest differences of opinion exist on its rates within the party itself and trie appeal that it Is a necessary party weapon for the fall campaign may be the only one likely to unite the party behind it before adjourn ment. There is increasing talk of the pos sibility that the conference commit tee may not reach an agreement at least before the fall elections. Both President Harding and Chair man Adams of the Republican Na tional committee, however, have said that the tariff bill “must pass this session." Pressure Is Expected Rrom them, therefore, there may be expected within due course, pointed pressure to this end. It la strictly a Republioan problem. Democratic leaders already have de nounced the bill in the strongest lan guage compatible with legislative dec orum. Sentiment is developing to striko out the Senate amendments providing for presidential powers to impose a flex ible tariff on all commodities, except ooaj tar products, and for the es tablishment of free zones at Amerl can parts where raw materials im ported could be manufactured on the spot and immediately exported. Missing Fliers Rescued Refuse to Talk of Plight fry United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—V. T. Mil ler, pilot. Harold Thompson. me chanic, and a passenger who flew from New York In the Aero-Marine plane. "Ambassador II,” were lost at sea and were missing forty-three hours, were rescued by a fishing smack after their plane had gone to the bottom and were brought here early today. Although they had suffered great hardship, as apparent from their con dition, the men refused to talk. ASKS COAL PRICE McCardle Waiting Word From Fuel Commission. John W. Mi'Cardle, chairman of State fuel era rgency committee, to day awaited in answer to hia tele gram to the Interstate Commerce Commission Jr* Washington, “skmg that a base price of $3.50 per ton on Indiana-mined coal be established. Many utilities of the State are run ning on meager supplies and the prices which they are foreod to pay for their coal is practically doubling their operating costs, McCardle stated. Coal is at a premium and prices are soaring dally'. Coal that formerly cost $3 or less at the mines is now prae tically being auctioned to the highest bidder, some figures running to $8 per ton. CALLS HUGHES UNFAIR Frank U. Dailey, Prosecutor of New berry, Hits Secretary of State. That Secretary of State Hughes was unfair in his statement issued Sun day saying Senator Newberry of Michigan was unjustly accused of fraud in obtaining his seat, was the assertion of Frank C. Dailey, Indi anapolis attorney, who acted as spe cial prosecutor for the Government during Newberry’s trial. "Men in high places could do the country great good by commending instead of condemning action of this kind,” Dailey said, referring to the trial of Newberry. POLICE FIND BEER Gambling Suspect Arrested on Tiger Charge. Police went to th home of Ed Bar rett, *46 Shelby St., to investigate a charge of gambling. Instead they found some beer and Barrett was ar rested and charged with operating a blind tiger. The tables and chairs in the attic where the gambling is sup posed to take plaoe, ware heavily cov ered with dust, and showed no evi dence of use for some time. Drug Store Revolutionized Since Mother Was a Girl, Owner Says By NORA KAY Styles do change—from fig leaves to hoopskirts and then back toward the fig leaf again—but all the changes of style are not in women's clothes. One of these changes that has been going on for the. past twenty-five years almost unnoticed is the change in the corner drug store. Go back a generation—or back to your own earliest recollections —and summon up the memory of that win dow where two gorgeous bottles of pink and green water gleamed in the gaslight—the sign of the neighborhood drug store just as truly as the striped pole marked the barber shop. And within—rows and rows Os bottles, marked with impressive Latin names, but which you knew, from bitter ex perience, contained such standard remedies as Rochelle and Epsom salts, sulphur (to combine with the home supply of molasses, sarsaparilla, an other seasonable remedy, and that pan acea for all evils, the ever odorifer ous asafoetlda. No one who ever sat beside an asafoetida bag, worn by some trusting school child to ward off the measles, will fail to remember it. Medicine Bottles Inconspicuous But today the medicine bottle is as inconspicuous as a woman’s ears. It remained for O. W. Brooks, a druggist of twenty-five years’ experience, to ex plain the change that has taken place in drug store fashions and the reasons for them. ""Wo ve put the medicine bottles out of sight, because people don't need to see medicine to buy it —and because they do need to see other things. Any one who comes into a drug store for medicine knows what he wants and asks for it. What we want to do is to show them the things they wouldn’t think of asking for, but discover by seeing them that they need them. Medicine Is the least profitable of anything the modern drug store car ries. In fact, the up to-date store is more of a department than a drug store, even to the restaurant, which serves to keep our soda fountain busy and attracts trade to the store. In the old days a soda fountain was just a place to mix up doubtful drinks, artificially flavored, highiy colored and not apt to create any other trade, unless it was for stomach remedies. Sugar Coat Necessary "And speaking of remedies, there's been a change in the public taste, too, AMUSEMENTS. EUHIDAT tonight— mUilMl Mat. Tomorrow The Stuart Walker Cos. GIRLS I The best comedy of Clyde Fitch I Next Week: Gaia Farewell Week j MOTION PICTURES. CHARLF.C ,<AY “SMUDGE” Circle Orchestra Orand Organ Next Week Anniversary Week Special Program To Correct a Wrong Impression This is an answer to the scores of tele phone calls at the Chamber yesterday about admission to Fair Grounds today. Everything Free but the Eats at the In dianapolis Day celebration at Fair Grounds today and tonight. Conces sions managed by State Board of Agri culture will have soft drinks and food for sale. But the amusements, racing, dancing, fireworks, boxing, track meet, concert, pageant, side show and the scores of other events are ABSO LUTELY FREE. Everything free but the eats, and you can bring them with you. Come out and celebrate with all Indianapolis. Program starts 1:30 p. m. and continues through till 10:30 p. mu flfiSu President Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. EVER YTHING FREE BUT THE EA TS, for nowadays you can’t sell, the public anything that doesn’t taste good, no matter how efficient it is. “Our biggest business, though, is in the toilet goods—face powder, rouge and cream. And I can remember when I started in business the only sort of face powder we carried was prepared chalk, and as for paint— the only thing in that line was barn paint. Barn paint and wall paper were included in our regular line, you know. But now we sell most every thing from alarm clocks to shoe cleaner. Yesterday a man came in for a box of asperin and ended by buying a hair brush, a box of tooth paste and some razor blades—and all because they were where he could see them. And this is just the sort of thing that happens every day. No, it isn’t the medicine that makes the modern drug store—so that’s why we keep the medicine in the background.” Park Benjamin Dies By United News STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 22.—Park Benjamin, 73, widely known editor, and the father-in-law of the late En rico Caruso, died Monday at his sum mer home at Shippam Point. 4 W. Washington St, Wednesday Special New Fall MILLINERY our buver could n get only 200 of these bargains. They sui sly won't U C last long when our discriminating customers see _ZJ nB what -remarkable Talues these are. All the latest wje yjk styles, colors and newest trimmings. Make yours Values an early choice Yp to $3.30 New Felt Sport Hats. Black, Tan, Gray, $1,951 S ITTL 1 #!|k CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE 1 1 All the Time 1 Until 11 P. M. 1 I 1111 i LESTER BERNARD CO. tm 1 luv RALPH WHITEHEAD FOUR DIAZ RIVERSIDE TRIO Lind Treat, Mile. Llzette, Mills A Miller, Pltzer Daye. Dancing in the Lyric Ballroom Afternoon and Evening. gaBMBMk MAY McAVOY f. Tv--If "Through a Glass Window" fj B-- II Ja-li a if EDDIE LYONS In “KEEP MOVING” E Jj "THE MIRROR" II V J| Pictures Made 25 Y'ears Ago Showing mI Z ___ President McKinley's Inauguration XW)tßitfliffEifclSffl!fiksS3csSsy International News C~ I Clara Kimball Young frjjffiffe- AN Johnny Hines In "Toeehy's Holdnp.” Fox News Weekly a MINERS M KTTHEIR OLD JOBS

West Virginia Production Will Add Eleven Million Tons Per Year. By United Pres* CHARLESTOWN. W. Va Aug. 22. —Four hundred union miners marched into the pits of the'Campbell Creek Coal Company, near here, at daybreak today, resuming operations which had been suspended since the strike be gan, April 1. Ten thousand miners at work in this State will produce more than 11,- 000.000 tons of coal annually. Operators confirmed tne statement. Hundreds of huge barges already are made fast to mine tipples, ready to float the coal down the Kanawha, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Set Teachers’ Exams. Examinations for all grades of teachers’ licenses for city teachers will be held on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 8:30 at the school office In the Administra tion building. AMUSEMENTS. MOTION PICTURES. 9

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