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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
DWYER DECLARES
STRIKE END NEAR
International Board Members
of United Mine Workers Is
Optimistic.f
Optin1istic.t

Declaring there was no doubt the
conference on the coal situation Mon
day in Cleveland, Ohio, would result
in ending the coal strike, Lawrence
Dwyer of West Virginia, known as
Peggy" Dwyer, an international
board member of the United Mine
Workers of America, today made his
first public statement since arriving
In Indianapolis last Friday.
John L.. Lewis said Dwyer. has
outgeneraled the operators and there
is no question that the conference
next Monday will mean the settle ment
of the strike"
Dwyer said, on his way from West
Virginia to Indianapolis, he was in
formed he was under indictment in a
county court in West Virginia in con-
nection with the alleged Willis Branch
dynamiting. He stated if this was
true. he would go home and surrender.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
What Are Attributes of City's
Representative Girl, Asks Editor

Letters are daily reaching the
Times Pageant Editor from Indian.
apolis people concerning the attri-
butes Of the representative Indianapo-
lis girl who Will have the honor of at.
tending and taking part in the magni.
ficent Atlantic City Pageant and
Beauty Tournament.
IAN Indianapolis father" writes he
hopes the judges will not select 4 girl
with bobbed hair or one who rouges
her cheeks.
These letters gave the editor an
idea; Why not permit the citizens to
present their ideas Of what the rep.
resentative Indianapolis girl is?
To enable the selecting committee
to know what the citizens Of Indian.
apolis expect in the winner. the Pag.
cant Editor viii offer a $40 prize for
the best letter of not more than one
hundred words describing the attri-
butes of the representative Indian
apolls girl. The Pageant Editor will
be the Judge of the letters.
Letters should be sent to the Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
Time for ActiOn-McCray

TITO parleying Ac
United Workers have refused
- o a
for State institutions
provide light The coal
The test whether these conditions must be
function together Coal basic necessity of our modern civilization
supplied There
than total directly responsible for the
production Of coal
OF the other SO of
people be Have reached point where
negligible minority
universal Importance
subsrvent
a
g breaking rights
power otherwise?
long machinery produce
al patriotic policy
coal under such conditions for length Of
III
WARREN T. MORAY, Governor Indiana
J.. n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
BOWS To WISHES
Of NEGRO VOTERS
Republican Chairman Names
Dexter to Succeed Henry
Abrams on Ticket.

Thomas NJ Dexter. negro, 2456
Bond St. business manager for the
cement flnishers' union, today became
Republican candidate for State rep
resentative from Marion County, sue
ceeding the late Henry Abrams.
Republican County Chairman Will
liam H Freeman named Dexter after
a conference with leaders at the city
hall in which claims Of number of
other aspirants were considered Dex-
ter won, it was explained, because
leaders did not care to antagonize the
$1,000 negro voters. He was runner
up in the primary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

Pageant Editor at once. Speak right
out from the shoulder. Give your own
ideas.
The following letter speaks for 1t.
self:
Times Pageant Editor:
I notice that you are trying to find
the representative Indianapolis girl to
attend the Atlantic City pageant in
September.
I hope the judges viii not select a
girl who has bobbed hair, because, tc
my way OF thinking, bobbed hair fails
to reflect the natural beauty and
charm OF the representative Indian.
apolis girl.
Neither should she rouge her cheeks
or pencil her eyebrows. because ma
ture unadorned is the real beauty
Pretty manners serve like a frame tc
a pretty face and figure.
The real Indianapolis girl Is enc
whose hair is not bobbed and one who
does not use rouge and the eyebrow
pencil.
AN INDIANAPOLIS FATHER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

Henderson expressed confidence be-
fore he interviewed the Governor that
a strike settlement would be effected
quickly and satisfactorily. He said
he was in possession of information
to the effect that certain coal oper-
ators had signified their willingness
to enter into interstate conference
with miners in line with John L.
Lewis invitation.
The operation Of the mines by the
State probably would make necessary
the transfer OF the National Guard
from Camp Knox, where it is in train
ing, to the coal fields. 1t is under
stood plans for this transfer have
been completed.
The Governors program may also
contemplate q special session of the
Legislature to repeal the law making
1t necessary for employees in mines to
be licensed.
The Governor set forth that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
JUDGES RIDE To
WORK IN PATROL;
CAR STRIKE ON
Chicago Walks as Surface and
- Men Tie Up CiN's
Transportation Lines.

By United Press
CHICAGO. Aug. Chicago walked
today when 10000 conductors and mo.
tormen on surface lines and elevated
roads quit work.
Three million persons were forced
to use improvised transportation.
Many jitneys appeared, some oper-
ated by the strikers.
Thousands walked to work
Little confusion resulted.
Judges OF the county courts clam
bered into a patrol wagon in front Of
the Edgewater Beach Hotel and rode
to their offices.
Reports persisted that the surface
lines were preparing to import $4,000
strike breakers.
The strike followed an attempt to
force the workers to accept reduc-
ton in pay from so cents to 60 cents
an hour following a reduction from s
to cents for fares.
Chicago has had i've strikes in
street car lines In the last decade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

miners represented less than I per
cent of. the total population and that
it was in defense of the remaining
SO per cent that he felt it his duty
to produce coal for State institutions,
utilities and essential industries that
an unemployment situation may not
arise.
The letter replying to the Governors
request said that according to cur
rent reports the State institutions are
not suffering for coal. This was con-
tradicted by the Governor, who said
the Girls School had only enough
coal to last a few days until he had
obtained a car from the Big -Four
Railroad.
The Governor said he hoped that
State mining coal VIII not be neces-
sary long. He declared mis- action
follows a detailed study of the eco
nofnic and industrial situation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
RAIL STRIKE At
DEADLOCK HERE
Union Leaders Claim Ranks In
tact-Roads Declare Forces
Approach Normal.

End Of the first month of the rail
shop strike found both strikers and
railroads firmly intrenched in Indi-
annapolis.
There has been practically no
change in the number of men who
went out July l." said L. V. Hart,
strike leader. IF anything, there has
been a slight increase" Approximate
ly $500 struck.
Pennsylvania officials reported 56S
men, 74.1 per cent normal, working
in Indianapolis On the Indiana gem
eral division 1,345 men were working.
or 53.7 per cent normal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
Strikers Refuse to Release Men to Work
Under Supervision For Insti-
tutional Needs
NATIONAL POLICY BAR TO PLAN
Representative of Men Declares Fuel Situa-
ton Not So Desperate - Contra
dicted by McCray.
dicted by McCray.

Will be mined Indiana under State supervision cas-
machinery perfected Governor McCray declared today
public the expiration of the five days given
the miners operators to settle the strike.
The issued following conference with Harold
He delivered reply of
the union officials refusing comply with the Governors request
they release sufficient number dig
gency purposes.
Indications the State House that the machinery could
be put in motion within a hours
In his the Governor Mr. Henderson said organize
ton unable comply with the request because of the policy
adopted by organization special
provision made for the mining of coal for State institutions
or utilities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
SHANK ASKS HOW
COME DECREASE
IN ASSESSMENTS
With $1a,ooo,ooo in New
Buildings Last, Year, VaIua-
ton $2o,ooo,ooo Lower.
MAY BOOST 1923 LEVY
Mayor Declares Few Big Stores
and Corporations Get
Off Easy.

How come a S2O,O00,00O decrease
in the assessed valuation Of Indian
apolis property when S1S.00O,0O0
worth of new buildings were put up
last year and rents are still higher
than the SKYE" inquired Mayor
Shank today.
Faced with necessity Of increasing
the tax levy in 1923 or curtail;ng gov
ernmental functions, the mayor set out
to inform the town it is going to have
to pay more taxes on the 500 Of as
sessment in 1928 than this year be-
cause "a few big stores and corpora
tions have been assessed far below
their true valuation"
He invited the Merchants Associa
ton to send a delegation TO his office
and then sent to the assessors Office
for the figures to show them.
Its not the small property owner
who got his valuation reduced. HEAVIER
knows I'm assessed S29. 900 for prop
erty paid $4,000 for" said his honor.
Take StOughton F1etcher's quarter
block across the street there from the
city halD. He's assessed Sill, 900 on it
and he won't take a cent less than
SZOuIUUU Tor il.
Would Send Experts
THE trouble is in the assessors 5
office. They sent $2-a-day men out to
place valuations on million dollar
property. What do they know about
it? If I had my way I would send
out experts who could go through the
books"
City Controller Joseph L. ITogue
informed the mayor the finance, law,
purchasing. plan commission, board of
works and board Of safety depart
ments are asking for a total OF S4,-
3s6.98703 for 1923. an increase of
1898, ,628.31 over 1922. The health de
partment wants S484,200, or $69,0 ,05O
more; recreation department. StIs ,3s9
which is 81. .060 less; park department,
$525,57S.S0, or $75,66s.28 more. and
sanitary department. S312,0 900 for op-
GRAFTON. or $4,000 more, as well as
$92. .124.09 for bonds. In addition
around S500,O00 for various sinking
funds must be provided.
Increase Seems Certain
With MOI e money to be raised and
the valuation cut from $685., 900, 900
to s575. 900. 600 Hogue could see moth
ing but a substantial increase in the
city levy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
Mule, and Not Money, Root of All
EUil, Judge Is Led to Believe

Money may have been the root of
all evil in the days before the H. c.
L., but, according to Ralph Updike,
atcing police judge, the root of most
of the evil that bring people into po-
lice court is otimoney but mule"
I'm the first place." Mr.. Updike
said, 1--WE have more cases of blind
tigers than any other one charge.
Following in number are the cases
Of assault and battery. and it Is safe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
HAS S1,1oo IN BONDS
Prisoner ConceaIs Government Securi
ties on Person Police Find.

When transferred from the cell
room at police headquarters to the
jail today, Dan O'Conneu, 3S, Of SOC
Middle Dr., Woodruff Place, was
found to have s1,100 worth OF Lib
erty bonds concealed on his person.
OConnell was arrested Sunday after
noon on a charge of vagrancy. a
continuance of his case caused dis
covery on the bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

SIMS.
You hear of the f1apper slouch, but
the f1apper is no slouch.
Georgia judge rules a f1atiron Is a
deadly weapon. Can you guess if he
is married or single?
A man trying to show what he
knows often shows what he doesn't t
know.
No lives have been lost in the air
mail service for a year. A plane can't
fall with the stuff they write nova
days.
A political machine is something
like a talking machine.
King Georges new son-in-law has
quit work; but George hasn't any
more daughters left.
Health hint: In borrowing trouble
be sure you can pay it back.
Now they want laws to protect air
plane traffic. Maybe they could re-
pea4 the law OIL gravity.
Jumping at conclusions lands you
in a hole.
A woman doesn't have TO be a good
cook to roast her neighbors.
Rockefeller's granddaughter will
open a millinery shop. That family
knows where money goes.
Decatur, Ill, newsboys struck be.
fore they would wash their faces.
This is vacation time.
Some people do more work acci-
dentally than others do on purpose.
Philadelphia won't let Chicago have
the Liberty Bell because 1t might get
stolen in Chicago.
Washington has a 400-day clock
They wind it every time they catch a
Senator awake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
PATSY NJ 'MAHON
TAKES COUNT IN
GENERAL MELEE
Lightweight Boxer viii Not Ap-
pear Against Douglass
in Fort Ring.
AND THEREBY HANGS TALE
Free-for-AIl Fight at Jack Dill
Ions Camp-No Weapons
Barred.

There's a story in what happened
to Patsy Mcmahon, lightweight boxer
He was due to meet Phil Douglass
Of New York in the ring at Ft. Har
rison Thursday night. But today 1t
was found that a pinch hitter will en-
ter the ring in his stead. And there
on hangs the story.
The whole of 1t is not known but
this much is vouched for:
There was a patty at Jack Dill.
Ions camp on White River, about ter
miles north of the city, Sunday night
Patsy was there, and Jimmie Watts
a local featherweight. and Cecil Viii
liams, a taxi man, and Joe Shea
Tommy McDuff, Tom Breen, Charlie
Mcmahon, Paul Crosby, Denny Grit
fin, frankie Martin and Jack Dillon
all names that mean something. il
you are a follower of local fight ac
tivitiee.
Weld Wicked Weapons
About midnight there was a fight
Fists. clubs. gun, blackjack and
broom were said to have been WELD
ed with impartial hands.
Patsy Mcmahon, who is no slouch
in a battle, seems to have got the
worst Of it, maybe because he was hit
while no was asleep. Anyhow. he will
not be able to fight Thursday night
and It was whispered in pugilistic cir
cles today he may never appear in the
ring again. His face was cut and
bruised and he suffered painful hurts
about the body.
Joe Shea was reported to have come
out next worse in the battle. His face
was said to have been powder burned
by the firing of a revolver too close
to his mug.
There seem to have been no Other
serious injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
FACTA FORMING CABINET

Italian Premier, Whose Fall Brought
Crisis Assembling New Ministry.
By United Net1s
ROME, Aug. 1.-Former Premier
Facta, whose fall last week precipi-
tated the present italian crisis, has
partially formed a new ministry.
Facta will be president without port
folio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
FAIR WEATHER

Indianapolis and Vicinity-Gener-
ally fair tonight and Wednesday; not
much change in temperature.
Indiana and Illinois-F'air tonight
and Wednesday,; no change in tenn
perature.
Fair weather prevailed in most OF
the country today, according 10 the
official weather reports. The warm
est spot was Jacksonville, Fla. with
a temperature of so. The coolest was
San Francisco. where the thermome-
Ter registered So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

to say that the biggest part of these
result from persons partaking too
freely of the forbidden still product.
Right along with the assault and
battery are the cases of operating a
motor vehicle under the influence Of
liquor-and again you've got to blame
1t on white mule.
And Of course the plain drunks
come under the white mule results,
too"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
BUY HOSPITAL BONDS
Merchants National and Indiana Trust
Take S425,OOO Issue.

On bid of par and $42.50 premium
the Merchants National Bank and
Indiana Trust Company today were
warded the $425,0 900 city hospital Az
per cent eighteen-year bond issue by
Controller Joseph L. Hogue.
The Merchants National Bank was
awarded a $4,000 temporary loan Of
the board of public health on hid Of
Az per cent interest at S12 so pre-
MUM, the lowest rate the city has
obtained since before the war. The
loan will be paid off Dec. Is.
The health departments funds are
SO low it lacks $4,000 of having
enough to meet today's pay roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
INVITES
COAL OPERATORS
To MEET AUG. !
Central Competitive Field Ses-
sion Will Be Held in
Cleveland.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Aug. l.
John L. Lewis, international president
Of the United Mine Workers, today
issued an invitation to the coal opera
tors of the centra, competitive field to
meet miners representatives at Glove
land. Aug. 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
Closets and Bathrooms Ruled
Ont for Hiding Secret LOUerS

evidence for the decree. Typical
stories were:
81 went to the home of Jewell Oliver
on Grand Boulevard" said Mrs. Alice
E. Steel. Mr.. Steel and his com.
panion hid in a clothes closet"
This story gave her a divorce and
$4,000 alimony
II came home unexpectedly one
night" testified Floyd A. knight, a
travelling salesman, "and as I put my
key in the door heard some scuffiing
in the hall My wife and a man ran
in the bathroom and locked them
selves in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
OH, ALRIGHT, MATHILDE
Miss Mccormick Wants American
Public to Forget Her.

bU LUIItU TFt58
ABOARD S. S. MAJESTIC, Aug. 1
OBy wireless).-Mathilde Mccormick
pacing the deck of the liner rushing
her to Europe, today told the secret
of her greatest desire-she wants tC
be forgotten by the American public.
Mathilde's companion admitted the
heiress has confessed an extraordinary
attachment for Max Oser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
COMMITTEE GETS READY
Mine Workers Policy Makers win BE
on Hand in Cleveland.

HAzLETON, Pa. Aug. THE
General policy committee of the United
Mine Workers will meet in Cleve-
land, Monday, Aug. 7, TO hold IT.
self ready for any action that may de-
velop as a result of the proposed in
terstate wage conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-Exit, the clothes
closet and bathroom as safe hiding
places. /'
Erring mates who had made dashes
to these as places of concealment when
husband or wife arrived unexpectedly
were defendants in several divorce
suits heard in Chicago courts Mon
day.
Judge Charles A. Mcdonald ruled
that the presence Of the defendant
with member of the opposite sex in
closet or bathroom was prima facts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. President
Harding today made public his pro-
posal to the railway managers and
striking shopmen for the termination
OF the rail strike.
The outstanding feature OF the pro-
posal is that the seniority rights OF
the strikers are to be unimraired.
Proposals by President
The Presidents proposal follows:
/. Railway managers and workmen
are to agree to recognize the validity
Of all decisions Of the railroad labor
board and faithfully to carry out its
decisions as contemplated by the law.
2. The carriers will withdraw all
law suits growing out of the strike
and all railroad labor board decisions
which have been involved IN the strike
may be taken, in the exercise Of rec
ognized rights by either party, to the
railroad labor board for rehearing.
8. All employees now on strike shall
be returned to work and to their for
mer positions with seniority and other
rights not impaired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
7DIE IN WRECK Of
EXCURSION TRAIN
More Than Score Injured When
Park Negro Church Outing
Is Marred.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
seven persons were killed and more
than a score injured when an ex-
cursion train carrying more than three
hundred -picnickers Of the Park negro
church collided, head on, with an ac-
commodation train on the Cincinnati,
Lebanon & Northern Railway at Pleas
ant Ridge today.
The engine ran halfway through
the first coach of the picnic train.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
WOMAN HIT BY CAR
Mrs. Ida B. Fisher Cut and Bruised
in Accident.

Mrs. Ida B. Fisher, 40, of 1944
Broadway. escaped being ground to
death beneath the wheels of an IN
bound interurban when she was
struck while crossing Ohio st. near
Meridian about noon today. Mrs
Fisher was seriously cut and bruised
and was taken to city hospital.
She was caught under the front
trucks of the car and held. thus pre-
venting the wheels from passing over
her body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
FARMER is KILLED

Lightning Strikes William TrOne
While He Was Crossing Field.
BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND. Ind, Aug. 1.-wil-
liam Trone. IS. farmer, was killed by
lightning here yesterday during a
storm as he was crossing a field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
KILLED BY TRUCK

Harry Long of LoganspOrt Dies in
Germany.
By Times Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind. Aug. L.
Harry Long. news of whose death In
a truck accident in Germany has
reached relatives, was the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Long of this city,
He joined the Army in 1920 for service
overseas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
PUT ARSENIC IN HIS STEW

Groom, Three Times His Wife's Age,
Charges She Tried to Poison Him.
By United Netos
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The marriage
of Hattie Fisher, 10, and Thomas 5.
Wade, 5S, was something Of a failure.
Hattie put arsenic in his oyster
stew the second week, Wade charged
in divorce court Monday, and this
little trick, the Judge decided. was
sufficient ground for divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
'REGULAR' BAR PINCHED
Only Brass Rail Lacking-Ownel
Fined $50 and Costs.

Everything but brass rail and
license" was the description Ser
geant Hudson gave in city court to-
day of the bar he found in Andrew
Zorn's barn at 517 Fulton St.
"It was a home made bar for home
made brew" the policeman testified.
There were tubs Of ice to cool it,
Mrs. Zorn to serve it, two customers
waiting to drink it, and twenty-five
gallons in the making to keep the
business going"
Mrs. Zorn was fined $50 and costs.
If another drop is found in the Zorn
barn-bar, however, a fine of $500 and
sixty-day Jail sentence would result,
the judge announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
BRING COAL HOME

Shipping Board Vessels in England
Are Ordered to Garry Fuel Cargoes.
By United Net0s
NEW YORK, Aug. Fifty vessels
belonging to the shipping board, now
in British ports, have received orders
to bring cargoes of coal on their re-
turn.
Ships in ports along the American
coast are being prepared for use so
regular service will not be interrupted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
40 KILLED, g HURT
ON L0URlESTR TRAIN
Special Carrying Pilgrims to
Shrine Crashes Near City
of Auch, France.
By United Press

AUCH, France, Aug. 1.-Forty per-
sons were killed and f1fty-two serious
ly injured when a special train carry
ing pilgrims to the shrine at Lourdes
crashed into another near here today
Many Of the occupants Of tho Pill
grim special were cripples bound for
miraculous cures said to be per
formed. Helpless in the tangled
wreckage, many died before rescue
workers could extricate them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-01
COOLIDGE TAKES REST

Vice President and Family Spend
Vacation Near Home.
By United Netcs
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. Aug. L.
Vice President and Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge, who arrived here Sunday
from Washington to spend a few daye
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearna.
The Coolidges will leave Boston Fri
day for San Francisco, where the Vice
President will address the American
bar Association on Aug. 10.