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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24

TOMORROW NIonday) morning the curtain goes the
most sensational Dollar Day held in the history of
Richmond.
Filled to the brim with the very apparel
for MISSES and children The Harold Garment Shop
ters it's entire stock at the lowest prices for Suits
Coats Dresses and Accessories of such high and dependable
quality and such splendid and becoming styles.
THE SPECIAL DOLLAR-DAY ITEMS are NEW MER-
CHAND1SE. NO LEFT OVERS. NO JUNK. Everything
and fresh Everything offered at 81 90 is GUARANTEED
TO BE AS ADVERTISED. Many articles of equal
advertised.
Doors Open Promptly at "a. NJ Be Prompt!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24

his shor, written record Of pa'5
his carc"r. You may count on il
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24

Il can best mas" James Cn.y
clear To YOU. my lady. 10y giving yt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24
Full. Fashioned

WYE guarantee these Silk Stockings -
w to be first quality. They are fresh y
stock, just received from one of Amer r
icas finest hosiery mills. Absolutely
full fashioned Pure thread silk, 20
inch. Mercerized garter tops. Rein
forced soles and heels. Black, White
and CorCovan AS long as they last
tomorrow at 81 the pair. Come pre-
pared to buy all you'll need this Fall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-24
PRICE, SEVEN CENTS.

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
|NCREA SE IN TAX
RATE SOUGHT BY
CITY CONTROLLER
Hogue Will Recommend Boost
of ia Cents to City Coun-
Gil Tonight.
DOUBLE SINKING FUN
Appraisal of Property Is $1o,-
900 Less Than in 1921
Total Is $453, 100000.

A tax rate of s1,031 on each 800 of
taxable property for 1928 in the city
of Indianapolis will be recommended
TO the city council tonight by Joseph
NJ Hogue, city controller. This rate
is ia cents higher than the present
rate.
Hogue will recommend the city
sinking fund rate be increased from
to cents to take care of bonds COM
ing due. There will also be recon-
mended an increase Of / cent and I
mills for the war memorial bond fund
which was not included in the levy
last year.
The appraisal OF property for taxa
ton in the city as certified by the
county auditor is $4S3, 900 900, which
is 100000 900 less than it was last
year. The receipts from the tax levy
for general city purposes, of 81 cents.
will amount TO SS,906, 100. The re-
ceipts from the citys share of poll
taxes is $4,000 and the receipts from
miscellaneous sources, Mr.. Hogue esti-
mates at S360,000. which brings the
total receipts up to S4.291 900.
The budget for 1928, which amounts
to S4.356.311.53. shows an increase Of
1864, 731.14 over the 1922 budget. The
increase is due largely to the in
creased interest charges. additional
street and alley improvements. and
additional police and fire protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
MONDAY, AUG. q, 1922
Shank Claims
Authority for
Cleanup DriUe

81 am the one to be blamed for
this campaign to close up resorts
and gambling houses" Mayor
Shank declared today.
about five weeks ago I was
informed that there was public
gambling going on in Indianapo-
lis, and I Immediately held a con-
ference with Chief Of Police Ril-
hoff and told him to get busy"
the mayor said. IT do not believe
that any mayor was ever elected
to office by gamblers. took oath
on Jan. 2 to enforce all laws
as>far as 1t lay within my power.
and if I can help 1t there will be
no gaming houses in the city.
THE average man who CANDLES
takes bread away from his chill
dren and clothes from his wife.
Only the keeper Of the game sets
a nickel out of 1t.
II want it understood that the
county ticket or any candidate
for the county ticket will not be
defeated by this campaign for
closing up gambling houses. No
gambler ever gave dollar 20 my
campaign fund, and I was elected
by the largest majority that any
mayor ever was. The ones who
are running these games might as
we'll understand now that it will
be stopped"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
BY United Press

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Aug. 21-Old
John Barleycorn. who did business
from the same old stands for n few
hours here, Saturday, was back in
his grave today.
Those who asked Jamestown bar
keepers for real beer were told them
days are gone forever"
An entire new set of prohibition
sleuths from Philadelphia had stopped
the beer spree which started Satur.
day when Mayor Cauf1el issued a
statement on the basis of which sa-
loonists started selling 8 per cent brew
at 10 cents stein.
The mayor has explained that when
he said real beer could be Sold" he
meant beer Of less than one-half Of /
per cent alcohol content.
The vets, who Saturday hailed the
mayor as a regular fellow" were
incensed at him today.
The mayor openly admitted that he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
DAY



10 A NJ MNiodeI
conducted department
10 A NJ to 10 p M-Indanapois show, west of Coliseum
Afternoon
1870 to $3.50 P. MTack
A A. u
1880 P M-HorshOe pitching
13O P. M-Voley city championship
2S0 P M-Castng o
P M-Boxing Coliseum. Auspices A. A. U.
$50 to $3.50 P. II racing, mile track.
1870 P. M-Girs' indoor game Coliseum.
1870 to $50 P M-Sadde grand
4SO P M-Archey mil
43e P M-Saddle
5d5 P M-Pushmobne championship
$50 P Mug Of police
545 P MAuo exhibition. car
Evening
1I5 to SI5-rw1ight
$50 to 1O3G-Garden
$50 to 10 P spectacular
fireworks display, and.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
FARMERS IN LINE
FOR BIC Loss IF
STRIKE GOES ON
5orah Says Twenty Days More
of Trouble viii Mean
Disaster.

81 CNttcG FTe6s
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Unless
the railroad strike is settled within
twenty days. farmers of the Nation
will suffer serious and widespread
loss" because of inability to obtain
cars to transport farm products. Sena-
tor Borah. Idaho, today wired Dewitt
Cuyler. chairman of the Association
of Railway Executives.
Declaring the situation is fast be.
coming intolerable," Borah expressed
hope that a speedy settlement of the
strike can be reached when negoti-
ations are renewed between striking
shopmen and executives on Wednes
day.
Borah, chairman of the Senate La
Dor Committee, sent the telegram to
Cuyler. following a long conference
with Bert NJ. Jewell head OF striking
shopmen, and William Johnston. chief
of the machinists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
SUSPECT IS HELD
IN FATAL WRECK;
SPIKES REMOVED
Two Trainmen Dead, Two
Injured in Derailment of
Express Train.
By United Press

GARY, Ind, Aug. 21.-Official In
vestigation Of the wreck of the Mil
lion Dollar Express on the Michigan
Central Railroad. In which two train
men were killed and two injured. was
started today.
Officials of the road charged that
spikes were withdrawn from the track
for a distance of several hundred
yards.
John Katana Of Gary, was arrested
after he is alleged to have remarked
tits a shame they weren't all killed. -
p. F. Foote, veteran conductor.
stated that if the train had been a
| passenger instead Of an express
scores of lives would have been lost.
One thousand dollars reward was
offered by the road for the arrest of
the persons responsible.
Only eight men were on the train
which was composed of twenty-three
cars of perishable freight and ex-
press. Every car left the track.
Engineer Z. Coy and Fireman z.
Lubbs, both of Niles. Mich. were
buried in the wreckage of the engine
and it was hours before their bodies
were recovered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
MOtOrLeSS Plane
Ready for Tests,
CnrtiSS Admits
By United Press

By JHtted PfeS8
Copyright. 1922. By U. p
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-An Amer
lean motorless airplane. capable of
rising from and alighting upon water,
has been completed and will shortly
be put through a series OF tests,
which, if successful, will far Guido
anything in the gliding line where the
flyers start from mountain tops, Glenn
H. Curtiss. pioneer in the flying
world. said today in an exclusive in
terview with the United Press.
Praising German achievements at
Gersfeld, where an airman remained
aloft two hours and ten seconds in a
motorless plane, Curtis said he ex-
pected shortly to demonstrate glider
in which the pilot literally lifted him
self by the bootstraps" from the sur
face of the sea, instead Of starting
down a mountain side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
GERMANY ME- TAI
COINS COST MORE
THAN FACE VALUE
Government Is Confronted With
Very Extraordinary Money
Situation.

BERLIN, Aug. 2I.-Charges that
the cost Of producing the new alum
mum and copper German coins far
surpasses their face value have been
made in government circles. DR.. Karl
Helfferich, former minister of finance.
has addressed the Reichstag, asking
il it is true that the cost Of producing
the new issue of marks totaled l.
400. 900 900 marks. He further de
clares he has been informed the
country had before it plans Tor pro
ducing the money at a cost OF 500
600. 600 marks and asked upon what
grounds the proposal effecting a saw
ing Of nearly 100000 900 marks was
put aside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
SEAPLANES HUNT
MISSING FLIERS
Fears Felt for Safety of Two
Who BraVed Storm on
Atlantic Coast.
By United Press

KEYPORT. N. J., Aug. PA feet
of seaplanes. roared away from the
hangers of the Aero Marine Anyways,
Inc, today, and sweeping low over
the surface Of the Atlantic and lower
New York bay, began searching for a
sight seeing plane carrying one pas
senger and two mechanicians, missing
twenty-four hours.
1t is feared the plane has been
forced to descend on the water and
those aboard will be found dead even
If the machine itself is located, as
high seas have prevailed all during
the period the craft has been missing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
BURNS ARE FATAL
Child Sets Fire to Clothing While
Playing With Matches

Reita Hemelgarn. 8. daughter OF
Leo G.. Hemelgarn, 5935 Brookville
Road. died last night as the result Of
burns. The coroner is investigating.
The child suffered the fatal burns
Saturday, when she set fire to her
clothes as she was playing with
matches on the front porch of the
Hemelgarn home. The mother smoth-
cred the flames.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
TO ROUND UP RADICALS
Authorities Raid Offices of William q.
Foster, Labor Editor.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. PA round up of
radical agitators in connection with
the wreck of the Michigan Central s
million dollar express at Gary, Ind.
was imminent today.
Authorities raided the office OF Will
liam q. Foster, labor editor, who was
recently denied the right to speak in
Colorado, and seized hundreds of pa
pers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
FARMER REIMBURSED

Pig Was Stolen by Guard Company
at StauntOn.
Adjt. Gen. Harry b. Smith Is daily
receiving vouchers for expenses of
the National Guard during its occupa-
ton Of the Staunton district under
military law. 1t will be many days
before all vouchers for maintenance,
transportation and general expenses
will be filed, he said.
Adjustments for damages are being
made each day. A farmer from whom
a pig was stolen by a company has
been reimbursed, and another whose
car was damaged by a truck. has been
satisfied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
PEACE IN INDIANA
BEING ARRANGED
Coal Miners and Operators
Confer With View to Re-
opening Shafts.

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 21.-
Winners and operators Of Indiana met
here today to sign a peace pact and
end the coal strike in this State.
Union officials declared the Cleve-
land agreement would be signed here,
continuing the wage scale in effect
prior to April /, when the miners
walked out.
Operators would not disclose their
views Of the Cleveland past, but it
was generally believed they would
sign and that Indiana mines would be
reopened as soon as possible to get
the rich after-strike market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
Them Days Are Gone Forever
J0hnSt0zOn Vets NO70 Realise

issued his statement to draw the at
tention of Federal and State prohi-
bition officers to the lack of dry en-
forcement in y is municipality.
He accomplished his purpose. The
former officers were Immediately Gus
ted and replaced by a new set. And
the Johnstown food was damned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
Public Service Commission Refuses to Allow
Increase in Indianapolis Area of
Indiana Bell
RECENT RATE RAISES POINTED OUT
Local Officials Declared Blameless- Failure
to Reduce Operating Costs Since
1920 Cited.

The public service commission of Indiana today denied the
petition of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company
in the Indianapolis The order
the slightest doubt that the rates proposed the petition
cessve prohbve and far of value
the service"
The commission in handing decision pointed out
that the operating costs of the substantially much
1920 and the company had special re-
en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
WHAT DID YOU SEE7


L. V. T. and G. V. B. saw Mayor
Shank's peregrinatory duck herd hold
up traffic on E. Washington st. until
the motorman Of a street car drove
them of the tracks with a switch rod.
S. NJ. q. saw a headline In an Indi-
annapolis paper which read, Move
ment Of Freight in the West at a
StandStill."
a G. saw a disc-wheeled baby buggy
with demountable rims.
c. P. G.. saw a middle-aged woman
open her parasol in a street car rather
than lower the shade.
B. NJ. z. saw young woman spit
out a goOd-size chew of tobacco, step
to a building and repIenish her sup
ply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
FINDS TRAFFIC HEAVY
Commission Says Nine Vehicles Per
Minute Pass Outlying Corner.

Over nine vehicles per minute pass
the intersection OF Illinois and Six
teenth SITS. between a. m. and p. M,
according to figures obtained by the
city plan commission in connection
with it's traffic routing problems.
There are 5,722 autos which pass this
corner, 268 horse-drawn vehicles. rs
motorcycles and 649 street cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
THE WEATHER

High pressure over the Lakes re-
gion and Ohio valley Sunday brought
cooler weather, while the disturbance
which was in the far West has ex-
tended considerably and now covers
most o< the region west of the Mis-
sissippi TO the north Pacific coast,
with several centers Of depression.
One Of these has caused showers in
the upper Mississippi valley. while
Ascattered rains have occurred in the
ROCKY Mountain States. In prac-
tically all other districts fair weather
has prevailed.
Mobile. Ala. was Sundays hottest
city. a temperature of So being re-
corded at a. m. Pittsburgh re-
ported the lowest temperature with "a
degrees.
HOITRIY TEMPER ATTTRES
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
RESORT KEEPERS
SCURRY AS COPS
START CRUSADE
Dragnet Brings in 81 Law Vio-
Iators and JaiIs Are Crowd
ed Over Weekend.

A police drive on gambling games.
baseball pools and blind tigers was
under way today As n result of the
campaign against blind tigers thirty
one arrests were made over the week
end.
The activity was a result Of orders
read at roll call Saturday night in.
structing policemen to clean up all
forms Of gambling and other law VIC
lation.
As result Of the orders. baseball
pool dealers and persons operating
gambling games scurried for cover.
II was difficult to buy pool ticket
and games which had been running in
plain view OF the public disappeared.
Even the pool players who bet on the
games were absent. Resorts in most
cases We're dark.
Blind tiger operators were the only
law violators who attempted to do
business as usual. As a result the
city Jail rapidly filled up.
Leba Nlblick. II South West St.
was arrested twice on a blind tiger
charge.
America Is Cnkind
Il guess they do not like me in
America; l nail up the doors and win.
dows of my place and go away and
never come back no more" were the
parting words as his last bond was
signed,
Others arrested on the tiger charge
are as follows: Ed Barrett. negro.
27, OF 446 Shelby St; Raymond John
son. 26. negro. $685. Indiann Ave Z;
Thomas Bowden, negro 80, OF sci
Patterson ST; William Brown, negro
So, Michigan and Illinois SITS: Glen
Oda, SO, of 1914 N. Pennsylvania St;
Walter Grahm. 81, Of 1859 Shelby St;
Conrad Hurt, negro. so, of TO Shelby
St; William Johnson. negro, 761 In.
diana Ave, also charged with enter
ing house to commit a felony; Jack
Petkov.ch, SO, Of II S. West St;
George Pete. q. Of 375 S. Illinois St;
Charles Mcdaniel 81. of 1853 Ken
lucky Ave; Frank Vertenk, 81, OF
1888 N. i ugh ST; Ed Smith, So. Of
1908 Harrison St; Walter Myers, 26,
city; John Hewitt, 40 Madison Apis.
Edwin Slupensky, %, of 1909 Maple
St; Walter Bennett. IS, OF T02 Rus
sell Ave; A. G. Spurgeon, 81, of 825
Birch Ave; Emmett Able, 3S, of SAP
Drover Ave; Stewart Glenn, As, OF
945 Vermont St; Charles White, 46,
of GA S. Meridian St; John Caldwell,
negro, 40. rear 615 n. West St; Mar
garet Campbell, negro. 81, of 901 z
Virginia Ave; Irene Ford, %, of 1853
Kentucky Ave: Susie Warfield, 48,
negro, $40 Edgemont St; Anna Mas
piel, AZ, of 500 S. Illinois St; Sadie
Taylor, 80. negro. 537 N. Douglass
St; Anna May Block, negro, 405 w.
North st. LOWE Thomas, %, OF 635
E. Wabash st. arrested for operating
a motor vehicle while under the in
fluence of liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
STATE TROOPS READY
North Carolina Railroad Shops Scene
OF Repeated Violence.
BIZ United Preaa

By United Press
SPENCER, n. c., Aug. 21.-North
Carolina State troops, encamped three
miles from here, were under orders
today to be ready on short notice to
take charge of the Southern Railway
shops here.
The water main. supplying shops.
was blown up last night, delaying sew
eral main line trains of the road, fol-
lowing other outbreaks Of violence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
STEAMER is BURNING
Strymon AbIaze 25 Miles off NORTH
Carolina Coast.

BIZ United Press
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 21.-The ship
ping board steamer Lake Strymon is
afire twenty-five miles northeast of
Frying Pan lighthouse, off the North
Carolina coast according to a radio
received here today.
The flames have consumed a por-
ton of the cargo and are threatening
the ship.
Two coast guard cutters and a ship
ping board steamer are rushing to the
scene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
Automobile Overturned

Ray Ford. 81, of 1888 Garfield Ave,
driving north on Broadway yester-
day. overturned machine driven by
Gertrude Douglass, at Sixteenth St.
Miss Laura Bond, SO, Windsor. Ont,
was cut by glass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
BABE Is BURNED
Case Is Referred to Juvenile Court
for Investigation.

Florence Sahrner, 2, daughter OF
Fred Sahrner, 1925 S. Talbot Ave,
was badly burned while playing with
Sylvester Altering. Is, on the side
walk near her home.
1t is said that the Alering boy
struck a match which set fire to the
baby's clothing. The case has been
referred to the Juvenile Court for in
Vestigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
Began in 1919

On June Il. 1919, the postmaster
general of the United States, then in
charge Of the operation of the Bell
system, authorized an increase in rates
for Indianapolis patrons. On March
l. 1920, after the property had been
returned to private ownership, the
public service commission granted a
substantial increase. On May %, 1920
another increase was requested but
the petitioners case was dismissed
upon proposal of the company's legal
counsel. Feb. I, 1921 a third increase
was granted the telephone company
on a petition asking emergency re-
lief"
Commissioner Van Auken, before
whom the hearing in the matter was
heard, in handing down the order for
approval by the commission, pointed
out that the public sercise commits
sion cannot manage utilities or in
definitely continue to increase rates
to meet an alleged deficit from a rea-
sonable return.
The prevalent theory that it is
the duty of the commission to fix
rates sufficiently high to yield rea-
sonable return. regardless of the rates
themselves, and regardless Of the
reasonable cost of rendering the serv-
ice is an absurdity," the order con-
tinues.
Local Persons Not Blamed
The commissions order holds that
the management Of any utility has
much to do with shaping of the serv-
ice, but points out that local man
agement was not at fault. due TO the
fact that the Indianapolis lines are
but part of a large system operated
by a company whose officers in other
States and cities direct the policy
of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-21
By NEA Ser ,4cs

By NEA ser7tcs
SAVANNAH. Ga. Aug. elbow
would you like to be defended in
court-or prosecuted.-by a little girl
Of z with black curls hanging down
her back?
Those who have court business here
are going 10 have that experience.
For Thelma Leonore Harrell. II.