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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
TWO LOCAL PRISONERS
ARE GIVEN CLEMENCY

Only two Indianapolis persons are
listed among persons given clemency
by the State board of pardons at their
Novembe meeting.
They art Dewey Wiley. given a re-
mission of fine for violation of the
liquor laws, and Mable Lancaster, re-
leased to pay a fine of 5000 for viola
ton of the liquor laws.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
SCHUMANN-HElNK
STILL is GRAVELY ILL
By United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Mme. Schu-
mann n-Heink, the noted opera star,
who is dangerously i'll with bronchial
pneumonia at her home in Garden
City, is by no means out Of danger, &C
cording to a bulletin issued by DR..
David Dooman at Z o'clock this morn
ing.
Nine. Schumann Heink succeeded
in getting some sleep. however" said
the doctor. "and tomorrow will prob
ably be the turning point"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Speeders Object of New Crusade Inaugurated
by Mayor and Police Following Tragedy
in Which Women Are Victims

New intensive declared speeders Inianapoi
today
Here developments of the past twenty-four hours:
Mrs Dolly Mitchell, 23 of 1927 Montcalm St. and Miss
Josephine Herman 26 of IS Troy Ave- knocked down
by automobile and then and killed instantly
by another.
Mayor Shank appeared police headquarters this
ing ordered all speeders arrested ordered bonds fixed
$0O0 and ordered that peeder be taken headquarters
patrol wagons.
Numerous drivers arrested by police squads duty
in automobiles and on motorcycles
Arthur Mitchell husband of Mrs Mitchell went to the
city prison and addressed group alleged peeder decar
ing "a sentence of ten to twenty years light punish
for speeding"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
WOLF IS
BLAMED ANYWA Y

the only adieu. The phantom
wolf was blamed.
A raid on the chicken coop of
Joseph Craig, 225 Paris Ave,
which was thwarted, Is proof
positive of the existence of the
phantom, according to the be-
levers.
Some children IN the vicinity
are being kept in after dusk.
E. NJ. Johns, grocer AT
Twenty Fifth and Shriver,
although expressing confidence in
the story of the wolf, said I'm
scared Of lot of other things
more than this wolf"
Some neighbors said the wolf
was a present to a woman from
her husband who travelled in
Texas. The family has moved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05

TIME phantom wolf which has
been defying police and puzz-
ling the neighborhood OF
Twenty-Fifth St. and Paris Ave.
for more than a month, still is
making midnight raids on chicken
coops and taking viands from back
porches.
Some folk do not believe the
phantom exists It's Just talk"
they say.
The fact remains. however, that
two weeks ago a fat duck, in a
small coop on the back porch Of
APT w. Twenty Sixth ST., waiting
10 grow fine and fatter for
Thanksgiving disappeared. A
frantic squawk growing fainter
and fainter in the distance was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Arrest Women
PATIENT ESCAPES

The police were notified today that
Collins BarkdaI Sc had escaped from
the Central Hospital for the Insane.
He is five feet eight inches in height
ana weighs 15J pounds. He has black
hair and smooth face and wore a
brown suit, blue cap, white shirt and
black shoes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
BOY LEAVES HOME

Charles Gill of Connersville. Ind, to-
day notified the Indianapolis police
that his stepson, Edward Cooper. Is.
left home yesterday. The boy is five
feet six inches tall and weighs ITO
pounds. He wore a gray mixed suit,
short trousers. blue shirt and brown
cap.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
GAS co. REPRESENTATIVE
ARGUES FOR $1.25 RATE
Supports Brief in Case Before Master
in Chancery.

Arguments in support of brief sub
mitted in the gas rate case were made
before William P. Kappes, master in
chancery, today.
According to H. H. Hornbrook. at
torney for the Citizens Gas Company
a rate of between $1.20 and $t.25 a
thousand feet will be necessary to en-
able the company to earn per cent,
The suit was filed by the company
to prevent the public service commits
sion from interfering with an tncrease
In rates from 80 cents to $1.25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
MINE OPERATORS
PLAN showdown
Will Not Attempt Check-off OF
Strike Benefit, Penna Ayers.
By nited Press

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Dec. s.
Mine operators of the Indiana asso-
citation will not attempt the check
off" of the 81 strike benefit assessment
levied by the United Mine Workers of
America, District II, it was authori-
tatively stated today.
The statement made by Phil H.
Penna, secretary Of the operators, fol
lowing the Monday conference, WIS
taken to mean that the operators will
force a showdown on the threat of
John Hessler district president of the
miners. to call a strike unless the
check-off request was complied with.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Rubber Collars
Become Extinct

Is that once famous rubber collar a
thing of the past?
Indianapolis merchants believe it is
gone for good. They assert the small
number Of buyers, particularly police
men and street car men, has fallen
so low that they refuse to order more
stock.
One merchant says that out OF a
four-dozen stock purchase two years
ago, he still has sixteen--all large
sizes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
5000 MINERS ON STRIKE
IN PENNSYLVANIA FIELD
Hold Up Ratification of Disarmament
Treaty for This Reason.

Bp United Press
WILkESBARRE, Pa, Dec. s.
Miners employed at all the collieries
of the Hudson Coal Company in the
Plymouth and Larksvile districts,
near here, went on strike today in
sympathy with a small strike which
was called at the Boston colliery last
Saturday,
More than five thousand men and
boys are affected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
THE WEATHER

Widespread rains in northern and
middle-astern sections are general.
and colder weather and snow now
covers most Of the Mississippi valley.
Freezing weather has advanced al
most to the Ohio River and zero tenn
peratures prevail in Montana, North
Dakota and northern Minnesota.
Snow covers the extreme northern
Rocky Mountain region.
SIX degrees below zero was re
pOr-ed at Bismarck. y. D.. while Tam
pa was enjoying temperature of 81.
HOURLY TEMPERATERE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
CITY AUTOMOBILES TO
BE PROPERLY LABELED
Mayors Threat to Wicld CrOwbar
Averted by Order.

The official "crowbar" will not have
to be unsheathed by Mayor Shank to
get city automobiles marked with
numbers and The word Indianapolis"
He said he would get them so marked
if he had to go to the garage with a
wrecking implement.
The board Of public works saved the
mayor the eqort with an order to Su-
perintendent Harry B. Newly of the
municipal garage that no cars should
be sent out until the mayors COM
mand is obeyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
POLICE HUNT FOR GIRL
MISSING SINCE SUNDAY
Ruth Dunn, Ii, Leaves Home to Keep
Engagement With Friends.

The police are searching for Ruth
Dunn, Il, daughter Of Mrs. Effie
Dunn. 2917 E. Eighteenth St. The
girl has been missing since Sunday,
s p. m. Mrs. Dunn told police her
daughter had an engagement to meet
two girl friends. When Miss Dunn
left home she wore a brown knit
dress. dark tan coat. and brown
rat She is five feet tall and she has
5Ubbed blond hair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Cheers

By United Netcs
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Mayor
John F. Hyland, nearly run
down by a f1ivver, which grazed
his coattails as he was about to
cross a street, retained his Off
cial dignity.
j Catching up with the chauf-
feur and getting his name and
license number, Hylan said:
"It is such drivers as you.
reckless of human life on the
streets, that make the deaths by
vehicular accidents a blot on the
good name of the city. You and
men like you are responsible for
hundreds Of lives sacrificed to
your selfishness and indtffer-
ence."
Scores cheered the oration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
NECK BROKEN; WILL LIVE

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Simeon
Shulin. 16. will recover from effects
OF a broken neck. surgeons announced
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Shake-up Follows Mayors Ac-
GuSatiOn That Officers Were
Guilty of Neglect of Duty.
LAD TELLS OF DRINKING
Police Raid TWO Houses and
Arrest Forty-Three on
Vagrancy Charges.

These eight patroEmen were
suspended on charges of neglect
of duty on direct orders of
Mayor Shank today.
Charles A. Brumfeld, Jesse
Giles, Richard II. Fogarty,
Charles CIemmOns. Ray Harris,
Jesse Hadley, Roy H. Kennedy
and George T. Brown.
Brumfeld, Giles, FOgarty and Glenn
mons had been assigned to patrol the
fourth district, bounded on the east
10y Illinois St. south by Washington
St. west by West St. and north by
New York st
Harris. Hadley. Kennedy and Brown
had been assigned to the Twenty
Ninth district. bounded on the east by
Illinois St. south by Thirtieth St.
west by Northwestern Ave, and north
by the city limits.
Mayor Shank pointed out that Ar
mold Hoover. Is, of $500 Salem St. al
legged burglar, caught in the attic of
the Fairbanks residence. Meridian and
Thirtieth SITS, yesterday had confessed
TO buying white mule" liquor in two
houses on W. Vermont St.
Boy Tells Story
The story told Dv Hoover of his
visits to these places during the last
two years was shocking even to po-
lice officers familiar with conditions.
Two houses were raided on orders
from the mayor.
Those arrested in the W. Vermont
s. houses registered as Asa Guerrant,
32. cOlored. 412 West Vermont St;
Clifford Reed. 26. cOlored. 240 y. Cali
fornia st; Paul Graham, 43. cOlOred.
AU2 W. Vermont St: John Drake. Il.
SheIbyviIle; Albert KentOn IS. white
Of Shelbyville and Hershel FOrtner
80 of 2011 Lambert ST. All were held
on vagrancy charges under $4,000
bonds except FOrtner who Is tie pro
prietor of a poolroom and whose bond
was reduced by order of Judge VIII
meth to s. 900
Arrest Women
The women caught in the raid reg
istered as Labina Osborne, ~, col
ored, 1908 Yandes s.; Emma Hart.
%. colored, 40S w. Vermont St, and
Fannie Veagherstoon, 45. colored. 412
w Vermont St All were charged
with vagrancy and held under a $4,000
bond.
The police made forty-three arrests
on vagrancy charges yesterday after
noon and last night. There were only
nine women caught in this clean up.
were made last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
State Tries to Prove Wholesale
Ice Cream Dealers Did Not
Compete for Business.
COLLISION is CHARGED
Small Companies Squeezed
Out, Princeton Man Declares
on Witness Stand.

Wholesale ice cream companies in
indianapolis during the past eight
years never attempted to wrest Gus
toners from one another. no matter
| how large the business. retail ice
cream dealers testified In Superior
Court, Room ., today. The evidence
was offered by the State in its attempt
to prove the existence OF a milk
trust" in Indiana The trial began
yesterday.
John A. Hook of the Hook Drug
Company testified thar his company
bought 1000 gallons Of ice cream each
month from the r. w Furnas Ice
Cream Company. having traded with
this company for twenty years. In
the past eight years only one company
has solicited his business. he said.
w. G. Lancaster. who runs a gro
cery at 1901 f. Nineteenth St. testi-
fed that he was refused ice cream by
Ballard and Jessup & Antrim com
panies because he sold 1t too cheap.
they said"
Prices Uniform
The same price per gallon prevailed
regardless of seasons, Mr.. Hook told
Judge Linn D Hay. who is trying
the case without jury. The States
evidence was handled by L. S. Lesh,
attorney general. and William p Ev-
ans. prosecuting attorney for Marion
County.
That prices to be paid for cream
from farmers in Connersville, CoIum-
bus, Fortville. Princeton. Nincennes
and La Grange were regulated by the
milk companies. witnesses for the
State said.
Herbert b. Hornaday Of Princeton,
Ind. testified that he was finally
squeezed out" Of the creamery bust
ness by defendant companies located
at Vincennes, the Vincennes Milk and
Ice Cream Company and the Lily Ice
Cream Company.
Rates Are Low
The latter companies paid 73 cents
pound for butter fat at Princeton
when he paid SO, the market price,
Hornaday said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05
Forecast

Fair and colder tonight and
Wednesday; Lowest tempera-
ture about 20 degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-05

Full services of United Press,
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The latter companies paid 10 cents
a pound for butter fat at Princeton
when he paid So, the market price
Hornaday said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20

iy In his breast and his blood racing.
IKE Wild rivers. thru his veins. he
was only thrilled and held by a sense
OF vast. impending Developments
Every nerve tngied and thrilled. and
why he did not know.
Ezram began 10 unload. but now,
his blue eyes shining. he began a
covert watch Of his young com
panion. He saw the man from pris-
on suddenly catch his breath In in
sxprcsnsbls awe and his eye kindle
with q light OF unknown source a
great question was shaping itself In
Bans mind. but a. yet he could not
find the answer.
All at once Ben knew this place.
Hare was nothing strange or new: 81
was all as he had known II would be
in his Utmost heart All OF II spoke
20 him with familiar voice. seeming
ly 20 welcome him as q son II wei
coined after long absence. There was
nothing here that had not been
known and beloved of old. Vivid
memories, bright as lighting. swept
thru him
He had always known this whole
some. sweet breath that swept into
his face. II was merely that OF the
outdoors. the open places that were
his own haunts II wan wholly fit
ting and true that the silence should
live over the dark spruce that
ringcd about him. . dlcnce that. In
its infinite harmony with some queer
mood Of silence In his own heart.
was more moving than any voice.
All was A. he had secretly known
the hushed tree aisics. tho gray radi.
ancc--soft as n hand upon tho brow
of the aftergiow; the siI-pervsdins
health and peace Of the wilderness.
Except for an old and trusted COM
panion, he was alone with II all. and
that too was ~ II should be. Just
he and the forest. his companion and
the gliding river.
He didn't try to understand. ~
first. the Joy and the wonder that
thrilled him. nor could he speak aloud
the thoughts that came to him.
Ravished and mystified. he walked
softly to tho dark. still edge of the
forest. penetrated II distance. then
sat down to wait.
For the first time in years. II
seemed TO him. he wna at peace. A
strange sense OF scif-roalization--lost
TO him IN his years OF exile---climbed
iiks fire thru him; and with II the
return OF a lost virfiity. a supreme
vigor tingiing each little nerve; n
sense OF strength and power that was
almost binding.
He sat still. He saw tho twilight
descending. over heavier. over the
forest. The sharp edges Of the in
dividusi trees faded and blended. the
trunks blurred. He turned one
fleeting glance Of infinite. inexpres-
sible gratitude toward Ezram---the
man who had brought him here and
who now was buslly engaged in un-
packing the canoe and making camp
than looked back T. bis forsstA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20
rage o64
SANTA CLAUS IN 1884
Chauter 4

Il was pretty sober ss We went
back TO the house, and I asked
mother about II. Wait and sea
her answer was.
The house was all In q stste
OF pleasant excitement. We didn't
have Christmas trees those first
years. but goodiy row OF home
knit stockings hung from the
mantle.
My brother Dave ana my sts.
ter. now Mrs. Shorey. of Seattle,
were home for Christmas from the
boarding school In Olympia. and
they. as well az Burleigh Pierce.
a lonely young man whom my
mother took into our HON. on ali
sorts OF special occasions. because
Of her motheriy heart, had come
home laden with mysterious pack.
ages.
II felt the thrfll Of Christmas
ard the expectancy. and tho mys-
terry. and yet wasn't altogether
happy because Of what Bam had
told me.
II argued II out with myself,
but came TO no conclusion. Was
there or wasn't there a real. live
Santa Claus. who would come
down the fig chimney that night?
! didn't know. And I wasn't
happy. We went early to bed. but
I couldn't sleep. And soon after
my sister foil asleep 7 heard soft
noise by the led. and a voice whis-
percd. SARAH sarahr"
fTo BE ContlnuedD
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20

detail that was missing. They wsrs
the one thing needed 70 complete the
picture-the browning touch that re-
vcaled this land a. 1t was--tho virgin
wilderness where the creatures Of tina
wild stiIl held full sway.
But It did more. All at once =
great clarity seemed 70 take possess
sion Of his mind. Here. In these dark
forests. were the stimuH Of which
Forest. tho aiienist. had spoken; and
his brain seemed TO leap. as In one
impulse. TO the truth. Suddenly he
knew the answer to all the ques-
tons and problems that had troubled
him SO long.
Many tmsA N IL past ysarS ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20

The wind brought tho wood smells
spruce and moldering earth and =
thousand more no man could name.
The great wntchful. brooding spirit
OF tho forest went In TO him.
All at once his heart seemed TO
pause In his breast He was listen
ing-for what no did not know. His
eyes strained into tho shadows
Brush wavercd. twig cracked with
a miniature explosion. And then two
figures emerged into the beaver
meadow opposite him.
They were only creatures Of the
wild. an old COW moose. black and
ungainly. and her long-legged. awk-
ward esl6 xst they supplied The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20

Starting into the Christmas
story itself. Mrs. Kellogg said.
The pioneers seemed not To
make much effort TO locate near
a spring. or 20 dig wells. but built
their homes on the river banks.
or the shores Of little lakes. and
simply dipped up with buckets the
water for household uses.
Our home was on the shore OF
Lake 5teilacoom and . little pier
was built out into the ialos from
which vantage point we did our
dipping.
"A day or two before Christmas
my brother Gam and I were down
after water when Sam said sud
denly, Sarah. do you know lots
Of folks b'iievs therv isn't any
Santa Clausr
Humphr scoffsd. secure In
my six-year-old knowledge. where
do you 'spose Christmas presents
come from
Well Sam argued, 'thsy say;
lots and heaps OF 'sm say. that
mothers and fathers give US
everything. Fill up our stockings
and all. Every single thing"
'M.m-m.m.m---I don't know I
saN. about half believing what he
kaid, 7 don't like II very well.
bout not having Sanity be real.
like him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20
had seen toEs TANNED In ths water. .

had secn eoEs TANNED IN ths water. .
vsritable labyrinth that deffsd disso-
tuition. Suddenly. a. II by magic,
the key log would be elected. and the
whole jam would break. shatter down
In one stupendous crash. settle and
dissolve. leaving Mt last only drift
logs floating quietly In the river.
Thus II was with the confusion In
his brain. All at once II seemed TO
dissolve. the tangled skeins straight
mind stirred full into life once more.
As he sat there. pale as the twilight
sky. the niists Of amnesia lifted from
hun NJ Wa puys1 - y " tha
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20

No wonder these forests Depths
werc familiar. His boyhood and early
manhood. clear until the vortex Of
war had engulfed him. had been
spent amid Just such surroundings.
In Just such silences. on the banks of
Just such wilderness rivers. The
same sky line OF dark. heaven reach
ing spruce had fronted him Of old.
He sprang up. his eyes blazing Il
remember everything" an inaudible
voice spoke within him. Then he
whispered. fervently. to his familiar
wilds. And I have come home"
kContinpsd Tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-20
Weak
Glands
Require Scientific
Treatment
BY STANLEY
BY ALTMAN
BY WILLIAMS

The x-0overnmcnt Physican r
. Gland Specialist and can be seen -
the Port Of Health. 1s27 Third ave-
FREE.
Opposite u b o-on xhr1 ~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-28

NEW AND EXCLUSIVE PEO- TOGRAPH OF MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL, Qeft), who shares with Ellen Terry the honor of being the most famous of English actresses.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-28

AMERICAN BUYS BEAUTIFUL ROTHSCHILD ESTATE - View of Villa He de France (above), on the Riviera, bought from Baroness de Rothschild by Ralph Beaver Strass- burger (right), millionaire sportsman Normandy Farms, Gwyyedd Valley. Pa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-28

SHE SEES AGAIN-While swimming at Coney Island, New York, Miss Lillian Null rean was stricken blind and physicians said she would not see again. The following day her sight returned. Doctors are puzzled by the case. fN Y. Al
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-28

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Evening journal., 1922-10-26
MORE GRACE FOR
FOREIGN RUM SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 CUnited
Press) Booze laden foreign yes
sells today were assured OF at least
two months immunity from moles-
tation by prohibition agents while
they are in American waters.
1t IS estimated that it will require
that much time for the United States
Supreme Court to hand down its de-
cision on the Validity of the Daugh-
erty ruling, which insofar as it ap-
plies to foreign vessels. has been sus-
pended pending the courts decision.
on November 10 counsel for the
shipping lines will move in the su-
preme Court that the hearing on
their case be advanced to November
20 in order to obtain as speedy a
decision on the point as possible. It
their effort to expedite the case they
VIII have the corporation Of the
Department of Justice.
Meanwhile American ships shout
der the burden Of the whole ban.
In providing that foreign ships will
continue only under liquor enforce
ment regulations in effect at the
time the Daugherty ruling was
made. Secretary Mellon made
no similar exemption in favor
of American lines. Private lines
and shipping board vessels alike
will feel the full force of the ruling.