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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20
APPoNYI COMING TO U. S.

BUDAPEST, September 2O.-Count
Albert Apponyi. former Hungarian
premier, left yesterday for Paris on
his way to the United States. for a
lecture tour. He was accompanied
by his youngest daughter, who viii
act as his secretary
Count Apponyi's first addresses will
be delivered at New York University
He will then go. to Philadelphia to
speak before the Institute of Political
Science and later will lecture at
Toronto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20
ZEPPELIN NEAR READY.
Trial Trip May Be Made Before
Voyage From Germany.

BY the Associated Press.
FRTEDRICHSfIAFEN Germany,
September 20.-The Zeppelin airship
which is being built here for the
United States has progressed to the
point where it seems likely d trial
trip in Germany may be made Nov
ember j, but no information is
available here as to when the trip
TO America win be undertaken.
The German pilots in the employ
of the Zeppelin company will handle
the ship on her voyage across the
Atlantic, accompanied by three Amer
lean officers as guests, who will
send wireless reports to the Navy
Department in Washington. 1t has
not been decided which of the Ger
man pilots will man the machine,
but Leman and Won Schillings, who
were among the pilots engaged in
the attack on London during the
war, are available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20

pistol fire as other searchers Joined
in the chase, the two fugitives leaped
twenty-foot cliff E'he police leaped
after them and later they found Al
fred Askness. nineteen-year-old chauf-
feur, beneath a pile of lumber in the
basement of an apartment. He was
sailants.
Other officers found Edward Hal
lett, twenty-four, on the street. His
face was cut and bleeding, probably,
police believe, by jutting rocks as he
+ieaped from the park cliff. He also
was Identified hv MI .chman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20
DINNER FOR COMMITTEE.

The public order committee of the
Washington Board of Trade will meet
at dinner to be given at the Airing
ton Hotel at 6 is pm. September 20.
mittee and will preside at the dinner
meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-09-20
MONKEY BITE COST $3.50.
Show Company Confesses Judg.
ment in Favor of Boy.

The Johnny J. Jones Exposition Co.
and w. A Sigsbee today confessed judg-
ment in TIE District Supreme Court for
$3.50 in favor of Harry L. Mccormick,
jr, ten years old, who was bitten by a
monkey on the show grounds at 18th
and H streets northeast last April. The
boys father sued the showmen and the
owner of the monkey for $1,000 dam
ages. The judgment is said to be the
result of a compromise. Attorneys ].
s Easby-Smith and d. A. Pine appeared
for the boy, while the defendants We're
represented by Attorney James A
O'Shea.
To be dissipated is to use the first
half of your life to make the second
half miserable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Rp Times Special

Rr Times special
WASHINGTON. May 2S.-A great
paper and pulp mill in Alaska, After
years Of patient and intelligent effort.
the United States Bureau of Forestry
today feels confident that this long
sought goal IS about to he reached.
on May II the prospectus covering
the proposed sale and lease was sent
out and bids are 10 be opened July 81.
The successful bidder will get from
Uncle Sam.
(A) A lease on two areas totaling
$4,000 acres OF timber land compris-
ing what is known as Cascade Creek
unit, near Thomas Bay, adjacent 10
a water power site capable Of develop
ing sufficient power to operate a pulp
and paper mill with a daily capacity
Of 500 tons of pulp
OBJ The right to cut from this land
3,34O. 600 cords Of fir and spruce pulp
wood, under conditions set forth in
the lease, the price to he readiusted
every five years.
AT first the price Of wood will be
about as cents per cord. cord is
dpUul tIlF HudUlltN HtNutu ib make
a ton of paper.
For the wood thus sold, Uncle Sam
will receive allowing for future adj
3ustments, over S1,700,000, of which
one-fourth will go to Alaska for
schools and roads.
The lands lie in the extreme south
eastern part, only 235 miles north of
Prince Rupert, r. c.. and Immediately
adjacent to the navieahle waters of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Matter of Courses

BY BERTON BRALEY
I'm off of pork. I'm off of beef,
I'm off of all potatoes;
l lunch upon lettuce leaf.
I dine on stewed tomatoes.
But-gee. that tenderloin looks great,
guess perhaps I'll try it.
Just put a little on my plate,
It's awful hard TO diet.
CRITTERS 1 really shouldn't touch,
Still one or two won't harm me,
Scalloped potatoes they have such
Ability to charm ME.
That maybe I'll try Just a few;
They're fine, I can't deny it,
They're fattening, / know. but who
Can stand a rigid diet?
ICE cream and coffee-no. ali no.
I mustn't. well-I shouldn /:
Still as you seem to urge me so,
I'll take some-Sosh. who wouldn't?
In fact. with no more ifs and butts,
Though dictors may decry it,
I'll go .he route from soup to nuts:
Tomorrow I will diet.
(Copyright. 1928. NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

M iMFS Spectdt
WASHINGTON. May 2s-Clouds
which presage a storm in the sugar
industry are now gathering.
Official facts indicate a condition K
being reached which should result IN
a drastic cut in sugar prices and q
wonderful success for the sugar boy
cotters.
The sugar boycott is reducing con
sumption in this country he at least
80 per cent, according TO Government
figures
The reported shortage" in the Gu
ban sugar crop is rapidly disappear
ing before official facts. It is pos
sible the Cuban crop will be a recon /
breaker ana it is certain no serious
shortage viii be encountered
The Louisiana cane crop proved TO
be much larger than estimated
The beet sugar crop. which viii
reach the market in the next three
or four months, will be 10 to % per
cent larger than last year.
Demands from Europe viii be some
what satified by an increased produc
tiou Of European beet sugar. some es-
Inmates figuring the increase at . per
cent to 80 per cent more than last
year. The crop in India is wonder
fully successful World production Of
sugar Will be a record breaker.
The last official record showed l.
543.317 tons of sugar at Cuban and
United States ports.
The sugar conspirators have begun
to show fright kilograms of protest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

BIZ Times special
WTASHINGTON, May 2S.-Can
NJ rubber be probably grown
in the Western Hemisphere?
The answer to thai question is now
being sought by the United States
Department of Commerce.
At the present time nearly 95 per
cent of the worlds crude rubber is
produced in the Far East. The re-
mainder is grown in Brazil where.
instead Of being grown or rubber
plantations such as hav-- brought
wealth to sections of India. the prod.
uct is obtained from the wild" rub
Der trees of the Amazon region.
Experiments viii be conducted in
various parts Of North and South
America to determine which regions.
if any, may he developed as rubber
plantations. The investig2 tion is be
ing conducted by Prof. Harry Y.
Whitford, formerly of the Yale Uni
versity Tropical Forestry Depart
ment and J. J. Blandin. former head
Of rubber plantations of the Goodyear
Tire Company.
As executive in charge of iuvesti-
eating new sources Of rubber sup
ply, Professor Whiford viii not con-
fine his resea riches to the American
Continent. He intends to survey the
worlds possibilities.
Authorities on rubber declare that
the Philippines are capable of produc-
ing enough plantation rubber to sup
ply the entire needs Of the United
States. Up to the present. however
little capital has been devoted to the
Philippine RUBBER industry because -
inability to meet the competition -
the subsidized British plantations in
India.
As result Great Britain. today
controls over IS per cent Of the
worlds rubber supply. Dutch f1nan-
ciers control about 20 per cent Of
the total. leaving American interests
with less than : per cent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
TAXES TAKE
81 PER CENT
OF DOLLAR
Census Bureau Gathers Sta
tiStics From Every
City.
BY JOHN CARSON.
-rv-.,.-.- sect ,,o,.,-.-,,onI-,

N7ASHlNGToN. Nav 2S.-Taxes
w now take = cents out Of
every dollar spent in the
United States according 10 estimates
by Some authorities
If YOU spend S3o for a suit Of
clothes. $50 of the cost is charged
mp TO taxation. If your weekly gro
Gerry bill Is STA. charge S4.05 up to
taxes If Your monthly rent charge
Is $40, charge $lpho up 10 taxes.
This story Of taxation is being
gathered from every village. city
end state by the Census Bureau. In
dlces TO show why the country is cry
Ing out against the lax burden are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

The Pony Express was established in
1860 to provide for more rapid service.
the mail being carried overland on
horseback under direction Of the Cen
trail Overland California and Pixies
Peak Express Company. The first
Pony Express left on April 3, 1850.
St. Joseph and San Francisco, be
tween which places the schedule al
lowed eight days The quickest trip
was made for the delivery Of President
Lincoln's inaugural address. the dis
lance between St. Joseph, Mo, and
Sacramento, Cal, about 1.400 miles,
being covered in seven days and
seventeen hours. The regular Pony
Express service was discontinued on
the completion of the line of the Pa
ciffc Telegraph Company in October,
1851. The service was often inter
rupted by Indian hostilities and was
extremely hazardous.
In what year did Sarah Bern
hardt have her leg amputated?
In 1918.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

ATEW YORK. May 28.-Legends
~ Of walters who made fortunes
in tips grew up around
Delmonico's, the latest famous
restaurant to close its doors.
Tips came in cash and in Wall St.
information, and many waiter re-
tired to a life of ease. Not only
walters reaped a harvest during
almost a century Of Delmonicos his
tory. A doorman named Jimmy
Hebron was reported some years ago
to have made $1,000 600.
Bapusta Ravera for thirty-six
years a waiter and familiar TO patrons
as "Crispi." was the veteran among
the mourners who saw the famous
place close the other day.
THE old days are gone" he la
mented THE walters worked hard
then-champagne parties, when we
had to stay up all night-but we made
lots of money. Now happiness has
been killed in America"
Like Sherry's, which until a few
years ago was diagonally across
Fifth Ave. and Forty-Fcurth St, Del
monicos will he replaced by a bank
and office building.
John Delmonico in 1928 started a
wine and cake shop that later be
came restaurant at % William St
In 1892 Delmonicos moved to rs
Broad St, in 1886 to Broadway and
Morris St. in 1855 to Broadway and
Chambers. in 1861 to Fifth Ave. and
Hath, in 1876 up the avenue to
Twenty Sixth and in 1879 to Fifth
Ave. and Forty-Fourth St
Hobo Hall. classic tavern at $50
Rowery, where Weary WillieI and
brethren find bed and "mulligan"
while in New York. has a new coat
of wallpaper.
Notices used to he scrawled on the
walls. Now some tidy person, care
full of the wallpaper, has pinned up
little printed slips.
One says: we go to work. To
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Priests Are Guests

The Rev. Joseph Duffy, the Rev.
John Geran and the Rev Jerome 4.
Pfau of Indianapolis. recently or
dained into the priesthood by the Ri
Rev Joseph Chartrand, bishop Of the
diocese of Indianapolis, at the new
abbey church at St Meinards semi
nary, were guests Sunday night at a
banquet and reception at the Catholic
Community Center, 124 w. Georgia St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Gary's Trail Blazers

The first steel produced in the
United States was probably made in
Connecticut in 1928 by Samuel Higley
and Joseph Dewey. Crucible steel was
first successfully produced i'm the
United States in 1882 at the works of
William and John II Garrard at Gin
cinnat, o. Bessemer steel was first
made in this country in September,
1864 by William F. Durfee, at an ex-
perimental plant at Wyandotte, Mich,
and open-hearth steel IN 1864 by the
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company,
at Trenton, n. theological Survey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Tell Your Oil Troubles to Marines
Parent-Teaoher Assocaations

1t IS to further a much-needed spArit
Of cooperation that parent-teacher AZ
sociations are formed, When school
teachers and parents get together reg
ularly in semi-social way, the friend
lest feeling is fostered, and in add
ton, current school questions can he
brought up and discussed in a forum
representing THE poins of view of
both home and school-Bureau of
Education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Not q Permanent Job

Ransom Lewis, postmaster at Gale
donna. Ala. a fourth class office, claims
to be the oldest postmaster in the
United States He is 90 years old, and
has served as postmaster for thirty
nine years.
If Mr.. Lewis is ever dismissed from
his office, he is going to say, II knew
the job was not permanent anyway. -
Post Office Department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

stairway had not fallen when l was
tn there
Before they threw me out I helped
lrtle May Rush get through a win
dow. There were no coverings on
any Of those windows and we all
might have got out that way. Blu,
who could control themselves TN the
face Of those horrible famese"
Miss Stephens covered her fac
v,h her hands as she told how she
had reserved seats near the stage for
the school children.
II thought they could see better
there" she whispered and they
died."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Death for CannibaIs

PARIS. May 28.-Canibalism in
western and central Africa is punish
able by death under a decree just
promulgated by the French govern
ment. Cases formerly were dealt
with according to local native customs.
Sentences frequently were mild.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

BATTERSEA. England. May %
Eighty years of continuous service
in church choirs ended with the re-
cent death OF Joseph Kenniughan, 81.
For many years he was soloist in
Salisbury Cathedral. He had sung at
every Handel Festival since 1869.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Arms Sore. Glad Now

PARIS. May 28.-Former soldiers
are glad now that they were fnocu-
lated with anti-tvphoid serum during
the war. Since an epidemic broke
out in Paris. three times as many
women rs men have contracted the
disease, medical authorities report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

Twenty-Five States now require the
physical examination of every child
applying for an employment certifi-
cate. One State, Virginia. is said to
have advanced in this respect to a
stage beyond that Of the other States,
in that it now requires the examina-
ton of every working child at regular
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Tnearth Old Relics

GENEVA, May 2S.-Two human
skeletons, pieces of earthenware of
he Gallo-Roman period and a por-
ton of sculpture from a triumphal
arch have been unearthed by work
men dismantlins old houses here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

those i'm Broadway's lobster palaces
Priccs-even for hquor-aren't
unreasonable. she wants American
TO know.
we get 40 to 40 cents for whis.
ky and cocktails" she quotes.
Egg drings bring 81 cents and
a bottle of beer 35 cents"
Nayme declares she's strong for
the Isthmus.
Down here there's plenty to
see, plenty to do, plenty to eat
and plenty to drink. And the beau
Try Of it all is that Panama is a for
oieu cline but flies the Stars and
SUipes."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

ROME, May 28.-Compulsory teacbss
Ing of French in italian schools hsv g.
been abolished by Premier Nussonnf.
Instead. each pupil must be taught one
of several languages. English is In
cluded in the list.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Cardinal Sees PLAY

BRUSSELS, May 2S.-CardinaI Mer-
cier recently paid his first visit 10 the
theater He accompanied his clergy
to a private performance of the mir
acle play, Gmbour. starring Nine.
Guilhort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Sugar Boycott Brewing Storms
Ahead for Gamblers in Industry

are being sent President Harding and
Secretary of Commerce Hoover in
which New York boycott. One teIe-
gram warned Hoover he was in
danger Of violating the law in sup
porting a boycott
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Paper and Pulp Mill in Alaska
Urged Through Forestry Bureau

Thomas Bay. II is expected that con
struction will be begun Immediately
upon acceptance Of a bid ard that
the development of the water power
plant will be carried on simultane-
OuSly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Just Ask Operator

LONDON, May 2S.-"Heno oper-
ator, will you please give me the
weather forecast for tomorrow
That's the way it's being done here
now providing patrons call after
5 y. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

STRANGERS Y VISITORS by the of thousands pour
WITHIN ing into indianapolis. They come from
OUR GATES Y of the United States and of
them from foreign countries These
judge indianapolis by the they get
than hundred thousand will the homes after
Speedway express opinions indianapolis
It of great value the that these opinions be favorable
There great temptation occasion of this kind
advantage of visitors particularly in the Of prices Indian
apois has been particularly free of this kind of prOteerpg This
part the public spirited merchants
and others who have things sell The few exceptions have
taken of by the Better Business Bureau
that the good reputation of indianapolis
and that visitors take back with them nothing but favorable
reports
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Kaiser Gets II Again

Wilhelm must pay income tax to the
Dutch State as well as TO the MUM
cips4ity Of Doom, authorities have
deCreed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Fifty GrandchiIhrnn

LONDON. May 2S.-Fifty grand.
children were present at the birthday
party of a 90-year-old woman in Blyth,
Northumberland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
THAT
INDIAN
SUIT
= AWYERS are smacking their lips at the
$75000000O which the Sioux Indians, by
court action, demand from Uncle Sam as
DAMAGES for seized lands

Attorneys who handling the estimate will
take from five years fight upward through
They refer appeals Of and the final
States Supreme With money involved ten
years is a conservative estimate
If the Indians happen this they might
for the total of lands by
conquerors How much About $3000O0O0OO00
tional wealth.
When the Indians had America, it wasn't worth dime
square mile Now the whole country national wealth. is
$300OO0OOOOOO, 100000 square mile
The difference figures represents improve
by the white like esate-worthe in it.
self value altogether activity place on
by If the white and his civilization
the odtme Indian could they'd be glad large
chunks for a cask of brandy peck of beads again
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

This name was given to mail
service established between St. Jo-
seph. No. and San Francisco, Cal. in
1850 At this time there were three
transcontinental mail lines, but the
greater part of the mail between the
East and far West was sent by way
OF Panama, in about twenty-five days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Questions
-Questions --
ASK THE TIMES
ANSWERS

ton of fact or Information nv wiring
70 the Indianapolis bureau, 1922 New
York Ave. Washington D. c., enclosing
cents IN stamps Medical. legal, and
love and marriage advice cannot be
gwen. nor can extended research be un-
dertaken, or papers. speeches. etc. be
prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be
answered. but all letters are confidential.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
TOM SIMS SAYS:
" USBANDS and mosquitoes sell
= dom take vacations
-4A t@ For the Iova IF Milo +Lo

:: :: :: :: =: :.
Irish getting things straight. -
China, poor China she almost has -. = 20
government y@S#
The sad thing about spending vaca- y 49, ~
tions is spending money ~
Turkey is trying slip up on Inn ON|
Greece again
Stop listening to idle and your vacation
If Henry Ford running for President going long
way very little gas
Stay away from China and give the bandits vacation.
An ideal business combination doctor and lawyer with
their offices near bootleg joint.
Nothing looks adder these days than coal dealer wondering
if winter really has gone.
Women kncerbockers indicate for
men only.
Getting out in the fine but keep your teeth -
in the open too long.
You can't keep good good weed down
Quit wearing high collars and give your neck vacation
Being showed under with keep cool
Diamonds beautiful chiefly because you can't get them
Quit looking the dresses and give your eyes
It is spring and the farmers feeling their oats
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

make money To buy food. To get
strength. To go to work"
Another: Poverty makes rags.
Rags make money Money makes
hanks. Banks make loans. Loans
make poyerty."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28

COXWOLD. England. May ga
calf born to COW owned by r. F.
Barker has two heads and three ears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
Ina Mae Stephens, Girl Principal of Burned
School Where 70 Died, Urges Rigid Safety La7eY
South Carolina Aroused
Over Tragedy-TragjC
Story Told,
BIZ NEA Serrice

BIZ NEA StFClCf
"OLUMBIA, B. c., May Is
~ The voice Of woman,
whose face is young but whose
eyes are very old, as if they had
looked upon lifetime's agony
and sadness, is the voice that
moves South Carolina.
Watch the schools : says the
voice. Save our childrenn
A governor listens. And the ma
chinery Of the State moves to prevent
another such schoolroom tragedy as
the fire which recently sacrificed
seventy.six lives in the village school
house at Cleveland.
The voice of Ina Mae stephens,
principal of that school, and a sur
vivor of the disaster of doors that
were shut because they would only
open inward, sounds to South Caro-
lima like a dead chorus Of the voices
of all her pupils who persisted in the
commencement fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
What is the most progressive
State of Africa?

Probably Basutoland. The inhab b.
itants. under British guidance and
missionary tutelage, have forged ahead
to the generally recognized position
of the most enlightened group of
South African natives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-28
What Uncle Sam Says:

intervals dullnS the years Wnen ne
is especially susceptible to the strains
Of industry. In eighteen States there
is still no legal provision Of any kind
for examination-Chil Bureau.
Tell Your Oil Troubles to Marines
An oil well with an estimated pro
duction Of 1000 barrels per day has
been brought in on the Teapot Dome
Naval Oil Reserve in Wyoming in the
section where a detachment of the
United States Marines were used last
year to stop trespassing. The we'll
was brought in on May IS and al
lowed to flow uncontrolled for seven
hours during which time connections
were installed. 1t is located near
the "trespass we'll" given that name
because the Mutual Oil Company
started drilling IL and operations were
not stopped until Marines We're sent
to the standardization Department.