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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
Independent Basketball

The Indianapolis Highlands want n game
for the latter part of this week. New Pal
estine. New Bethel and Ferndales have
been played in previous contests. For games
call Randolph 1921 or address Carl Stew
ems. $3.50 MACPHERSON Ave.
The Highland A. c. defeated the Hermes
team. 10 to IA. Bohne's good basket shoot
ing was a feature. Games are wanted by
the Highlands. Ramblers take notice. For
games address Bill Hickey, 533 Dorman St.
or call Webster 5396obetween @ and z p. m.
The Brookside Midgets downed the Ne
mortal Kewpies Tuesday night. % TO IS.
Slack starred for the winners with nine Held
goals. For games with the Midge;s call
Webster 4097 and ask for Mac.
The Pals Club was defeated over the
weekend by the Beech Grove Maroons and
the Brightwood Independent. The Pals
Club will play the Fair-Plsys Wednesday
The Pals Club desires games in the 1917
yesr-old class. Call Drexel 1872 and ask
for Ed or Ezra.
The Fair Plays basket ball team will meet
the Pals Club tonight at the Communal
building in the second of their three game
series. The first game was won by the
Fair Plays In a hard struggle. This game
will be played as a curtaiu-raiser TO she
DeMolay-Y. NJ. H. A. game. Teams having
access to a gym should get in touch with
Manager Kaplan at DreXel 5163 or address
P. o. box sos.
The Indianapolis Y. ?. c. basket ball team
Is scheduled to meet the Lafayette Y. NJ.
2. c. hve on the local floor Monday evening.
Jan. %. The local team has been practicing
hard for this game and hope 10 give the
Capitol City boys a good trimming. In a
previous contest the locals defeated the In
dianapolis team. 20 40 -. The locals
would like to book games with fast teams in
Indiana. Illinois and Ohio Address Young
Mems Philomathic Club. Lafayette. Ind.
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SHIP CHASED BY
PERSISTENT INK
Even the Cat Quits AcrOpoIiS
at Malta,

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-When the
AcropoIis of the American Black Sea
Line arrived thirty-seven days late
from Near Eastern ports her $40
passengers gave a sigh of relief. as
the majority had been on board since
embarkation at Piraeus on Nov. 2 last.
\ jinx had pursued the ship all the
voyage. the passengers said.
On this record slow trip from the
Greek port to New York there was a
shortage of food and coal, rough
weather. desertion by the ships cat at
Malta. and, to cap the climax, when
the Acropolis locked at Pier %,
Brooklyn, the crew was informed an
Involuntary petition in bankruptcy
had been filled against the company
on Tuesday.
Seventy of the passengers face the
somewhat dismal prospect of return
ing to Patras by the steamship If she
sails again for the American and
Black Sea Line, as they are refugees
from Asia Minor placed on board by
az 0A@1h 6OHGA AAAAACAAL aSCAAA0L AAC Ia
ing Of the United States consul, who
notified the authorities thaA the quota
for Greece was exhausted for the cur
rem fiscal year.
In the harbor of Patras the crew
struck because, they said. the Greek
government had taken control. In
consequence Of the sailors refusing
duty 600 tons of c~urrants. raisins and
other merchandise was left behind.
Finally a start was made from Pa
tras on Dec. Is, and after a severe
struggle on the part of the crew she
crawled into the harbor of VaIetta,
Malta, on Dec. 1. During this short
trip the supply of coal put on board
by the Greek government had been
exhausted. and in order to make port
aigreat deal of the wood work had
to be chopped up n used in the
furnaces, including benches on deck
for the use of passengers, planks
from the hold and several bulkheads.
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FISH AND GAME
LEADERS WATCH
ASSEMBLY MOVES
Department of Conservation
Prepares Bill and Works to
Defeat Two Others,

Legislation affecting the hunter,
fisherman and trapper now before the
General Assembly is causing much
discussion among State outdoor
sportsmen and members of the fish
and game division of the State depart
ment Of conservation.
There are several measures pending
in the House, none Of which are be
ing advocated by or indorsed by the
department of conservation. accord
ing to George Mannfeld, State super
intendent of fisheries and game.
The legislation the division OF fish
and game has I'm mind to introduce
has been prepared and is contained
IN one bill According to Msnnfeld
his bill contains mainly the recon-
%mendations indorsed at the onven
ton Of the Indiana Fish, Game and
Forest League.
Two Bills Opposed
There are two bills pending I'm the
Legislature which the division of fish
and game is striving to defeat, namely.
House bill 81, calling for a five-year
closed season on gail, and House bill
20. which asks for the repeal of all
laws restricting the use Of ferrets.
According to Superintendent Mann
field. quail need no protection Of this
kind. but what they do need to sur
vive is food and proper cover in the
winter.
To permit rabbits to be hunted with
ferrets again would be pleasing to
the game hog, but not to the thou
sands who hunt with dog and gun, ac-
cording TO Manifold. The little dam
e the rabbits do. in the opinion of
the State Department of Conservation.
can be overcome by an act allowing
landowners to kill them at a-ty time
when found doing damage to property.
Conservation Bill High Lights
Anent the features Of the bills the
Department of Conservation has pre-
pared. they folloW:
l. Terminating all licenses to hunt and
fish Oh Dec 81 of each year. Outstanding
licenses to be good for the term for which
hey were issued.
. Raising the price OF nonresident fish
NJ licenses TO S225: reducing the non
'esldent hunting license 20 $1,000.
3. Establishing a license to take mussels
from uaFlgable waters for commercial Dur
poses both resident and nonresident; resi-
lent licenses. = nonresident. $3.50
.aking OF mussels from such waters re
stricted TO period from July I to Jan. /.
written permission from landowner ueces-
saTy 10 take mussels from non-navigable wa
.ers.
g. Establishing a license. both resident
and nonresident. 70 trap. resident licenses.
500 nonresident. $3.50: resident trap
ping license to carry also the privilege to
hunt and fish.
;. Placing a length limit Of five inches
on b;uesI.is and rock bass (gOggle-eye). and
reducing the daily catch on black bass to
ten per day, blUegil. croppie and rock bass
each to twenty-five per day. No more than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
ASKS
ACTION AGAINST
ARKANSAS MODS
Labor Leader Declares Mob
Violence Is Rampant In
Community,
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Charging
that mob violence" is rampant at
Harrison, Ark, where a Citizens
committee" has taken over the reins
Of civil government, Sam Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, today demanded peremptory
action by the State authorities.
After reciting how one union man
was Iynched, others beaten and then
elected from the city with their fam
lilies, Gompers said:
1.-The facts of mob violence, Of
usurpation Of municipal authority, of
murder, of intimidation are matters
Of open record.
Properly constituted government
in the State Of Arkansas can vindi-
cate itself only by a speedy determi-
nation Of responsibility and an ade-
quate and quickly determined pun
ishment for those guilty Of each of
the worst atrocities of our time"
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KHAN CHIEFTA|NS
WILL Be INDICTED.
COCO DECLARES
Alleged Murder Charged With
Changing Records to
Make AIibi,
Rn Enffcd PreaR

81 OnttCG EFeS8
COURT HOUSE, BASTROP, La,
Jan. 24.-Payroll and time sheets re-
lied on to break the alibi Of T.. Jeff
Burnett, charged with the brutal
murder of Watt Daniel and Thomas
Richards. have apparently been al
tered, II. II. Riordan, general super
intendent of the Southern Carbon
Company's plant at Spiker, testified
in open hearing here today.
A wide discrepancy between the
numbers of hours marked on the time
book and the number marked on the
payroll sheets carrying Burnett's
name was also testified to by Rior-
dan. The cancelled wage check Of
Burnett during the last half of Au-
gust correspondent in amount with
the time book and on the time sheet,
the witness said.
Riordan took the witness stand
after a conference with officials con
Quoting the probe of terrorists activi-
ties in Morehouse parish. lie was
armed with payrolls, time books, can
celled vouchers and other records.
Contends Was at Work
Burnett, since his arrest. has con-
tended he was at, work In the com
pany's carbon plant the night Daniel
and Richards was murdered by a
hooded mob.
officials announced an attempt
will be made to indiot Captain J. K.
Skipwith. exalted cyclops. and other
local leaders OF tho Ku-Klux Khan in
connection with the murders.
THE evidence produced at the open
hearing here will warrant this, I
think" Attorney General a. Y. Coco
declared.
The grand jury is not expected to
begin examination Of the evidence
until March /.
Skipwith Looms to Fore
Captain J. J. Skipwith. exalted cy.
clops Of the Ku-KIux Khan, doomed
head and shoulders above all the rest
as the head of the invisible super
government which roigned Morehousr
parish by terror in testimony Tues
day.
on the night Of the murders. ac.
cording to Miss Lillian Wel1mau.
pretty Rastrop telephone operator.
"Old Skip" came and told her to cut
off all service between Bastrop and
Mer Rouge for the rest Of the night.
Miss Wellman testified timldly.
Il Just kept on at my work she
said. Then he left. I had said
nothing"
Skipwith figures prominently again
in the testimony Of Pickett Mason,
"a year-old citizen Of Gallon and for
merly a chum Of the murdered Rich
ards.
1T looks like tho Ku-Klux Khan is
framing something. Richards" Mason
said he had told Richards.
What answer did Richards maker"
Mason was asked.
He said. Well, it isn't me. because
they've had me out already
They had just taken him out the
week before and accused him OF shoot
ing at DR.. r. NJ. McKoin. None of
us worried much at the time. but the
next day when I heard of the kidnap-
ing I knowed then that they had got
him and Daniel"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
ARE WOMEN OvERWORKED

Yes, hundreds Of thousands OF them
are. This applies TO the housewife and
mother who struggles on a small in
all the washing, ironing, cooking. max
ing and mending for a large family.
There are others who not only support
themselves working in factories, shops,
stores and offices, but often have an in
valid father or mother to support, there
fore do homework besides. These are
the women who break down early and
are afflicted with various forms of fe-
male weakness. Ninety eight out Of
every 100 women who have tried Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have
proved that it is a successful remedy for
woman's ills. For nearly fifty years it
has been restoring women TO health, and
it will pay every ailing woman to try 1t.
Advertisements
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Ur iiCACid??
TRY THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT
IS Cent Bottle (32 Doses)
FREE

Just because you start the day worried
and tired, stiff legs and arms and muscles.
an aching head, burning and bearing down
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begins-do not think you have TO stay A
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Be strong, well, vita 10 stiff joints. sore
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If you suffer from bladder weakness,
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We want to prove The Williams Treat
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how chronic or stubborn.
If you send this notice with your name
and address we will give you an 50 cent
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to help pay postage, packing, etc., to the
The DR.. D.. A. Williams Co. Dept. AA-17S
P. o. Building, East Hampton, Conn, Send
at once and we viii mail you by parcel
post one regular 50 cent bottle all charges
prepaid. Only one fraa, bottle will be sent
to the. same person. address, or family.
Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
20 MORE ARRESTED IN
ANTI-SPITTING CAMPAIGN
Judge Manifold Fines Twenty-Five Of
tenders in City Court.

In the campaign against splitting
ordered by the board of health twenty.
three persons were arrested Tuesday
twenty-five persons were fined in city
court by Judge Pro Tenn. Vincent
Manifold.
Those who paid fines of 81 and
costs were: Floyd Ayres, Robert
Brock, Frank Lee. Harry Hatfield.
William Kinzer, Lihle Johnson. James
Marcus, James Mcclure, William
Monroe, A. f. Adkins, Leaman Moss,
William NJ. Pickens, Alvin Pavey, Ed
ward Palmer, Willis Reagan, Otto
Ray, Andrew Simmons, James Taylor,
Isadore Mlroff. George Crane, Clinton
Caldwell and Harry Craig.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
TWO MEN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Roadster 0yerturnS on Turn
Near VinCenneS,


~ CHttfU FTeSS
VINCENNES. Ind, Jan. 24.-Two
men were killed and a third seriously
injured when their roadster over
turned at a sharp curve west Of here
last night.
Preston Pixley. "a, and Norton
Herrin, IS, both of West Salem. III.
died in the accident. William Meyers,
30, of Lawrenceville, is in a hospital
here and is not expected to recover.
The automobile turned over when
making the tur at high speed and
crashed into a tree. The skulls of
the two dead men We're crushed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
SIDEBURNS ARE SURVIVING
Valentino Appendage Shows no Signs
of Weakening.

"~Sideburns are just like everything
else, some people Will keep them and
some won't" declared a local barber
today, commenting on the length of
life of "sheik" sideburns.
Evansville BARRIERS assert that the
long sideburns a la Valentino. for
merly the pride of the male fappers.
are fast becoming a thing of the past.
After more than four years reign of
popularity Beau Brummels are hav-
ing their sideburns shipped Off.
But not so in Indianapolis. the bar
5ers say. There is no noticeable
change in the length OF the facial ap-
.pendage. Vive Valentino.
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LEAVES FOR SOUTH
TO START SPRING WORK

Says He win Start O'Connell in
Stengers Place.
BIZ UniIed NetCs
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-John Nc
Graw is bound away for the summer
heat of Havana, there TO train off
some of his equatorial fullness in
preparation for the training Of the
rockies and regulars IN the regular
training camp OF the Giants IN Texas.
He will specialize on golf. McGraw
said before leaving that he intends to
start off Jimmy O'Connell. his So
called SIS, 900 outfelder. in Casey
Stengel's old post, center field, when
the season begins.
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fifty fish of the above combined species TO
be held in possession by any one after fish
ing two days or more.
8. Fishing without a license limited TO
ones own ouuty
Z. No licenses needed by persons under
Is years of age, resident owners of lands and
their tenants, honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors and marines of the Civil War, and
the wife of a man who has a license TO
fish.
S. Making Indiana laws relating to shoot
ing of ducks and other migratory birds con-
form to the regulations of the Federal Gov
eminent.
@. Establishing a closed season on rab-
bits from Jan. 10 to Oct. 1, with a provisO
that the bona hde owners of lands or their
tenants may kill them at any time when
found doing damage to their property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
DRUGGISTS CONVENTION
FOR REGULATION BILL
ReXall Dealers Approve Measures
Before Assembly.

Bills in the Legislature compelling
all soft drink parlors to be licensed by
the city in which they operate and
giving the city councils control over
these stores, and a bill making the
entrance requirements to Indiana
pharmacists school more strict were
favored today by the delegates Of the
Rexall drug stores Of Indiana, in SEES
sion at the Claypool Hotel.
officers Of the Rexall Club are:
Logan ]. Schritchfield. Lowell. presi-
dent; Harry Weinland, Brazil, vice
president; Albert S. Phillips, Hobart,
vice president, and w. e. Lolly,
Knightstown, secretary-treasurer.
The meeting will close with a ban
quet and ball in the CIaypoOl Hotel
tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
DIME STARTS SAVINGS
IN MANY HOMES HERE

Welfare Association DepOrits Show
Large Increase.
The lowly dime is building a fort
ress against poverty in many Indian
apolis homes, according to a report
made to the Community Chest today
by Mrs. Mary Il. Ball, secretary OF
the Dime Savings and Loan Associ.
alton.
During the first three weeks in
January, savings have increased from
$3.SSO.40 to $4,220.3 a record % pei
cent higher than that for the same
period in 1922.
The deposits represent savings OF
families with small incomes. No In
terest is paid. A dime may start an
account. Association officials advise
transferring the account to a CONNER
cial bank when it reaches $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
BLANFORO Is QUIET

BV United Press
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, ian. pa
The small mining town of Blanford,
north of here, which figured in a
threatened race riot last Saturday,
was minus its hegro population to-
day. they having moved out on the
eve Of their expulsion.
The negroes were given until
Wednesday to move out Of the mining
district, following a series Of attacks
alleged to nave been committed by ne
grces during the past month. The
latest attack was made upon a IL
ycar-old white girl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
EMELINE WACHSTETTER
RITES SET FOR FRIDAY
Long Activity in Civic Affairs Ended
by Death.

Private funeral services for Eme-
line D. Wachstetter, who died Tues
day afternoon, will be held at her late
home, 2404 Broadway. ut 10 a. m. Fri.
day. Burial win be In Crown Hill.
Mrs. Wachstetter was a life long
resident Of indianapolis, and active I'm
various civic affairs. She vas a mem
Der Of the Ladies' Society Of the In
dianapolis Athletic Club.
Nine children. Emma l., Flora l.,
Carrie i. and Charles II. Wachstetter,
Mrs. James Doeppers, and Mrs.
Phillip Prick. all Of Indianapolis;
Edith d. Wachstetter, Cleveland; Law
renee A. Wachstetter. Atlantic City,
and Albert j. Wachstetter. Corners
Vile, survive.
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SAFE GUARD
YOUR CHILDREN
A Grateful Mother Relates How
Mentho-Laxene Saved One
Of Her Children
While Another Passed Away With Pneumonia Before
She Knew About This Splendid Cough and
Cold Remedy.

and Antiseptio. too. u not emily checks q
cough and cold. but destroys the germs
and rids the system Of congestion, fnflam-
nation, catarrhal poisons, phleSm and
other bad sscretiOns, It stops the snees-
ing and snufflinQ, the tickling Of throat
and whee1inRf It checks the formation Of
cold and cataFrh secretions, which often
cause severe hesdAchs. opens and clears
TIE nasal passages, sootheS and heals tina
raw membranea, and stops the nerve
spasms' that causes coughing. Il Sf-
fords great relief In whOopinS cough TOO.
reducing the severity of the "E~trsnxlin.
choking spells"
II everybody could experience
the benefits of Mentho- Laxena
Just once, there would rot be much
Of any other cough med inc sold.
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Additional Sports
Yea PrOfS!
BIZ Inifed Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The scho-
lastic average of football men at
Northwestern University is
higher than the average grade.
This was announced following
compilation of the mid-year
grades. The general average for
all students was IL and the foot
ball eleven showed an average of
2.O2. The difference is approx
mAtely 10 per cent, according to
the method Of rating at North
western.
Basketball men also out
ranked the average.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
WALKER VS.. MCGUIRE

DW IWITTN NFEN
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 24-Nickey
Walker. welterweight champion, and
frankie Mcclure Of Philadelphia Will
battle in an eight-rounder to no de
cision here on Feb. u. Carl Tremaine
of Cleveland fights Young Montreal
on the same card.
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Charity
BIZ United Press
DIJTT A nET

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 24.-
Two highwaymen held up Daniel
KEENAN,, 2S. early today and after
robbing him of 81 insisted he
take a small diamond ring in
return, according to police re-
ports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-24
101ST BIRTHDAY

RAVENNA, Ohio, Jan. 24.-First
Congregational Church here has just
celebrated its 101st anniversary with
a church membership Of sos and g.
Sunday school enrolment Of 419.
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THREE DIE; TEN HURT
IN IDAHO MINE FIRE
Blaze Located and Under Control
Damage to Pit Slight.
BIZ United Press

DIT UWIIbU FTtbd
MULLANE, Idaho, Jan. 24.-Ffre
which broke out early yesterday In
the Morning mine, taking a toll of
three lives and severely tnjuring ten,
was located today. Masked miners
working to extinguish the blaze were
expected to have 1t under control
within a few hours. The damage to
the mine will be small.
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Mrs. Kathryn Schmidt, lac Proctor St.
18th Ward. Pittsburgh. Pa. writes under
date Of Dec. II, 1915 Il can highly
recommend MenthO-Laxene. One bottle
cured my child, 8 years of age, Of an
ugly Bronchial cough. thAt<>he contracted
with a cold last October. l was terribly
distressed and 1 had one DOCtors pre-
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different medicines of the resdy-made
kind. but everything failed to check the
dreadful coughing Then it was ! tried
your Mentho-Laxsns, which / think IL
great and would not be without g bottle
of it on hand. l am deeply sorry, / did
not know of 1t sooner. It would have
saved me many . doctor bill and 'perhsps
the life of my younger child which had
from q cold just two months ago. You
may publish my note II you wish. for /
think every mother should know what q
safeguard she May have to keep her chill
dren we'll, in this wonderful, homs-mAds
cough syrup. MENTHO-LAXENE."
Mentho-Laxens gives marvellous results
to children with acute colds and stubborn
cough and equally marvellous results to
very aged people whose cases have become
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tons of various kinds.
Concentrated Essence
Mentho-Laxene is an Essence, powerful
iy concentrated pure medicines, (e0oSs
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You just mix 1t with home-mads sugar
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ant to taste.
And the saving amounts to about s0.es.
for a pint Is equal to 10 % II botSIaa "a
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each.
Double ACTING"
Mentho-Laxene works SifferentIy, Aoaf
1T is mildly lax&Hyss sonse to tia ayxfvn.