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The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
CHILD CRYSF
HIS MOTHER, WHO
TOOK OWN LIFE
Patrick Howell VainIy Asks
for Parent-Fathe Un-
able to Explain Act,
Where is mother p"

w mere Is UlOLUtl
As Patrick Howell. 3. asked this
question today, he looked with tear
flled eyes at his father. Homer Howell.
1908 W Pearl St. Patrick is old
enough 70 know something has hap
pened. Ruby Howell. g. his sister,
smiled and played.
Neither child knew that their
mother, Mrs. Rosa Howell. 10, com
mitted suicide late Friday by drink
ing poison.
Howell. an ex-soldier. was unable TO
give any reason for his wife's act.
Patrick Jones OF 1906 W Maryland
St. Mrs Howell's father. said she
was suffering from nervous com
plant. She left no note.
Mrs Howell halted L. =. Fuson,
$50 Limestone Ave. at Bloomington
St. and White River Blvd. and
asked what time it was.
1T is 415," answered Fuson An
instant later he saw the woman raise
a bottle to her lips.
Fuson. who did not know Mrs.
Howell, stopped a passing automo-
bile, in which Raymond Underwood
252 Koehne St, and Paul Gibbaler,
270 Richland St, were riding The
three men took the unconscious
woman to the city hospital She
died five minutes after arriving
there.
Mrs. Howell was born in Dubois
County, Ind, and came to indianapolis
six years ago with her parents. She
was married four years ago. Howell
and his $vife lived on a farm in Davies
County for time They Returned tc
indianapolis last October living or
Harding st. until two weeks ago. How
ell Is employed at Kingan & Co
utoDt
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
ELIMINATION TEST
IN MARBLES OVER
Three New Sectional Champs
Win in Games Today,

Three new sectional marble cham
pions in The indianapolis Times city
marble tournament were proclaimed
today With these games the pre-.
liminaries have been completed and
the twelve sectional champs are
ready for the city tournament, the
winner Of which will play in the ma
uonal games at Atlantic City.
The three new sectional cham.
pions are:
Kenneth Williams, ., Of 1906 olive
St school NJ is.
Kenneth Smith. IA. of 4o6 S Dear
born ST. school no p.
Robert Neal IS. of 1880 Singleton
St. school No 81
Arrangements are now being made
for the city championship game, the
date Of which VIII be announced soon.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
OWSLEY SCORES
WAR Department
Condemns Government Atti-
tude on Emergency Officers.

Condemning Secretary Of War
Weeks, the War Department and Cen
eral Pershing for blocking passage Of
the emergency relief bill, Alvin
Owsley. national commander of the
American Legion. recommended to the
national executive committee here to-
day that the Legion refrain from any
thing but a formal endorsement of
military training camps conducted Icy
the government until given assurance
that equality off the battlefield would
be established as well as on.
The reference was to recent defeat
g the Bursum bill for relief Of dis
GDled emergency officers, giving them
equal status with regularly Army men.
A resolution opposing the KuKlux
Klan was expected to be offered dur
ing the committee meeting. which ad-
journs late Sunday.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19

Fletcher said he will shortly an
nounce the opening of offices where
1 shall continue. to a large extent.
the same occupation l have followed
all my hfe-the effort of analyzing
the financial situations or problems
which confront individuals and cor
porations in the handling of their
affairs. For any business which is
sound and entitled either TO additional
capital, investment. or some other
proper form OF financial assistance,
I purpose to secure it, through those
valued connections which I have
built up. here and elsewhere. in the
many years have devoted to
finance"
Reasons for Losses
Financing of the Midwest Engine
Company during the World War was
given by Fletcher as the principal
reason for his difficulties. Eighteen
months ago ne disposed of his con-
trolling interest in the bank.
In explaining this move, he said:
When, about eighteen months ago,
jeopardy through my having pledged
them in support of the Midwest En-
gine Company. the action which
then took was the proper one.
chose a group of men into whose
ownership l arranged that one OF my
assets. the controlling interest in the
Fletcher-American National Bank,
should pass.
Most Progressive Element
THE group of men which 1 selected
Is representative of the most pro
gressive and substantial element of
the State THESE MEN ARE
THOROUGHLY t UIPP ID TO
GUARD AND CONTINUE THE
PROGRESS OF THIS LARGE IN
STITUTION that corporately carries
the name Fletcher and the perpetu-
alton of the same and the continuation
Of its service mean more to me than
any other one thing"
Fletcher continued his statement by
praising the ability of the men who
succeed him and expressed his con-
fidence that the bank and the com
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The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
LOUISVILLE IS ALL
A-FLUTTER OVER
THAT DERBY RACE
Great Crowd - Largest List
of EntrieS-IdeaI Day
Lots of Gue88in',
BIZ Hited Financial
InTrIc,NrIT l. l.

By iHited Financial
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 19.-Thou.
sands throng the streets and Ioiter in
hotel lobbies. pool halls and cigar
stores. all discussing one question
who is going to take the Derby to-
day?
Twenty four entries were named on
the overnight list of starters for the
forty-ninth running Of the Kentucky
classic. No Withdrawals had been
made early this morning, but at least
three We're expected before posi- time,
leaving the largest starting field in
history The record of seventeen
established in 1880 seems certain this
morning to be surpassed.
While there were no outstanding
sure shot winners. the betting fav-
ored; Enchantment. General That
cher. 30 Mcmillan. Nassau and Vigil
(winner of the Preaknessl
Almost anything may happen in a
twentY-horse race. The Greentree
stables and the Whitney stables We're
popular favorites, partly because Of
the large number Of entries. Racing
luck and keen riding may we'll bring
either stable the victory
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
EVOLUTION FIGHT
CAUSES SPLIT: IN
ASSEMBLY RANKS
Bryan Opens Campaign
Against Darwin Theory in
Presbyterian Meet,
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

An ultimation of William Jennings
Bryan that his fight against the
brute doctrine Of evolution is more
important than anything else I can
do" and the expected report Of the
bills ami overtures committee on the
overture protesting against the
preaching of DR. Harry Emerson
F'osdick. Baptist minister, in the
First Presbyterian Church, New
York. today. was expected to bring
the doctrinal controversy to a crisis
in the 135th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church.
Coupled with Bryan's definite cam
paign 10 fight Darwin's brute" theory
was an announcement that DR.. Clar
ence Mccartney. moderator Of the
Philadelphia Presbytery, which sent
tn eoverture protesting against DR..
Fosdick's alleged heresy's views,
would discuss the case Sunday morn
ing at the Meridian Street NJ. E.
Church.
Greatest Menace"
Bryan. I'm n statement. denied the
right of a small faction to change the
entire basis of the Christian religion
without a referendum of the Chris
tian denominations.
II believe" Bryan said, that this
doctrine unsupported by any fact in
nature and directly autagonistic tC
the Bible. is the greatest menace tc
civilization. .~as welt~as to religion that
the world has known in 300 years.
This menace seems to me so great
that | feel 1t my duty to give what
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The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19

the international markets normal conditions in
samen of twenty miards July 1927 five mlerds
to July l, 1929; five miliards up July l. 1881.
There provisions for the of interest from July
1928 onward and for delivery of payments kind
of reparaon to be carried accordance with
rangements already made Then this important provision
After the paragraph which argued that the above figures
would strain the Of Germany the utmost added
Should others share this opinion the German
submit the whole reparaons problem international
commission unnuenced by political considerations suggested
by State Secretary Hughes"
In order insure between France and Ger
the proposed that all contentious
arising referred to arba
ton The note finally stipulated that evacuation of the Ruh
Continued OF
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE,
Former Premier of England.
Copyright 1923, By United Feature Syndicate

ONDON May 19.-The French and Belgian governments
- have slapped another opportunity in the face
To make slap esound we'll sting they accompanied
rejection offer by savage of fifteen
years Imprisonment the head of the greatest industrial
in the Ruhr, if not in Europe.
What for9
Because he ordered the works siren sound cease work
for day when French troops occupied the place
THERE'S A SWAGGER OF BRUTALITY ABOUT THAT
SENTENCE WHICH BETOKENS RECKLESSNESS. 1T
CAME AT A MOMENT WHEN THE GERMAN GOVERN
MENT HAD JUST MADE AN OFFER OF PEACE AND
WHEN THAT ALLY OF FRANCE WHO HAD MADE THE
DEEPEST SACRIFICE IN THE WAR kGnSAAE HER AND
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
SIXTY SIX BODIES
LIE IN ONE GRAVE
School Fire Victims Paid Tender Tribute by TownspeopIe
Al of 76 Dea Are Children,

Reardon, secretary Of the Camden and
Kershaw County Chamber of Com
merce. today.
Heroisms Come to Light
AS the first paroxysms Of grief
waned today. stories of great and sim
pie heroism came to light.
Two men who lie In the common
grave stood at the windows of the
burning school lowering women and
children as far as their arms would
reach and then dropping them to
safety below They stayed at their
posts until the collapse Of the floor
sent them to "A fiery death.
A young lad. also nameless, saved
seventeen by placing a flagpole against
the wall and shouted to those in the
hall to slide down.
Parents who escaped without their
children sought their way back into
the fire to find rneir loved ones. Some
of them perished with their children.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Lloyd George Scores France for Rejecting Peace

BELGIUM FROM RUIN WAS URGING THE FRENCH GOV
ERNN1ENT TO TREAT THAT OFFER AT LEAST AS A
STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSION
The to treat the German offense;
promugae penal which ourage every decency
throughout the world and refuse permit ally who has
been faithful in time of trouble for France and Belgium
the courtesy of discussion the of the
that vay concerned the interest of all the allies with
out exception
Russian arrogance in its crudes days furnished
ample of clumsy and shortghted nepttude. 1t point
Ld Robert Cecs observation in the House of Commons
very difficult to reconcile the French attitude with the
elton that the French government
What the German offer?
It proposed limit the total obligation of Germany cash
and kind thirty miard gold marks raised by
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
CHINESE BRIGANOS
DICTATE TERMS
Situation Looks Dark for
Foreign Hostages,
Bu United Press

Bu United Press
PEKIN, May 19.-The situation
arising out of capture Of foreign
citizens by Chinese bandits near Lin
Cheng two weeks ago was getting
darker today.
The government announced further
negotiations with the bandits looking
tc release of the captives seemed i'm
possible.
@The announcement declared the
SNsndits evidently have gained in
numerical strength and have de
manded not only the withdrawal of
government troops from the zone con
sidered bandit territory, but from all
Of Shantung.
Granting of such demands would
leave the bandits masters of the entire
situation.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
ASK INCREASE OF $4,000
City Wage Boosts Include Employee
I'm All Departments.

Increases asked by heads Of depart
ments for city employees at the pres
ent wage adjustment conferences
amount to nearly 10000. according to
an estimate by City Controller Joseph
l.. Hogue.
Increases on labor amount to about
$1,000 a year. Other increases amount
ing to $4,000 are asked for clerks
stenographers and department officials.
Highest increase for any one de
partment was asked by City Engineer
John L. Elliott, amounting to $4,000
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Turner's to Entertain

King Tut with the Turner'S" fs
the title of an operatic. historical
extravaganza to be given at $50 Fri
day in the Kellersaal of the Athena
cum, Michigan and New Jersey SITS.
One hundred people will take part.
Dancing will follow
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
PERHAPS HE'LL RETURN
Thief Takes Keys When He Robs
Meridian St. Apartment.

A burglar entered the apartment OF
John S. Morrison, 1925 N. Meridian ST.,
during the night and stole SIS watch.
81 and keys to the apartment out of
his trousers pockets, Morrison re-
ported to police.
Tools valued at $3.50 were stolen
from the home of Harry King. 441S
College Ave.
Alfred Peck, employed in the Stutz
salesrooms in Capitol Ave, reported
$23 was stolen from the pocket of his
trousers hanging in the dressing room.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Write This Address Down

A J. Sandlor, 1903 Lawnview Ave.
Cleveland. Ohio, left his automobile
in a garage and when he returned he
found sample case full of candy in
the seat. He notified police.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19

desperation It was feared the Gagged
tiger woman" might attempt her
own life
Later. after she had said she was
Clara Phillips. she frightened some
what, expressing hope she would be
dissolved of the crime upon her arrival
at Los Angeles. whittier she will be
taken.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Charged With Petit Larceny

Almyre Anderson. colored, 338 N.
Missouri ST., was charged with petit
larceny and vagrancy today after her
room mate, Bessie Stone, colored,
missed a dress.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Fire Damages Home $4,000

Fire at 5844 Central Ave. today re,
suited in damage of 1000. The
lower floor was occupied by Walter
School and the second floor by f.
T Meeks.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Laundry Stolen

A thief took bundle of laundry
from the hallway Of the Canterbury
apartment. Sixteenth St. and Central
Ave, Walter J. Leinback told police
today
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
966 PUPILS SELECT TECH
Record Breaking Freshman Glass Pre-
dicted for East Side School.

dicted for East Side School
Nine hundred and sixty pupils from
Indianapolis grade schools have
elected to start at Technical High
School next fall. This number will
be increased by the pupils from
schools near the city. Six hundred
seniors will leave Technical in June.
including both June classes. Present
enrolment Is over $500
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
LADS HOME is SOUGHT
Eoy Held at Detention Home While
Police Hunt for Relatives.

An S-year-old boy, with light hair,
blue eyes, torn white waist and ragged
black trousers, who says his name is
Nathan Brown. 1885 Silver Ave, was
held at the Detention Home today.
The boy was taken t. the matron's
office at police headquarters Friday.
After much questioning he gave his
name and address and Sergeant Hett
took him in an automobile to the Sil.
yer Ave. addressA The boy was not
known there.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Doubt Had Pevaiied

Although the prisoner here had dis
played a fierce temper that made ap-
proach dangerous, it had not been de
termined that she was actually the
tiger woman" Of California.
Her companions. man and. wom-
an. the former detained on suspicion
of being Jesse Carson. wanted in Los
Angeles. had denied she was Clara
But when. the detectives arrived at
Amaphala, Honduras, and a group Of
reporters went to the cell in which the
strange woman prisoner was kept,
&c startled all by bursting into a dra-
atIo confession that she was the
woman who was convicted Of WELD
ing a hammer with deathly effect
upon the friend she suspected Of steal
ing her husbands affections.
High Spirits Gone
The high spirits that had kept her
head up through the ordeals to which
she was subjected here fell from her
like a garment.
AS she broke down and told her
story, her eyes grew blank, then wild.
She showed symptoms Of dangerous
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
TIGER WOMAN
IN HONDURAS
ADMITS NAME
Clara Phillips, Alleged Ham
mer Slayer Makes Dra-
- matte Confession,
BY HERMAN ROBLETO
fCOpyriGht, 1928. bp United Press
TEGUCIALPA. Honduras,

IEGU CIALPA Honduras,
May ia sensational cOnfes-
sion that she is Clara Phillips,
hammer murderess" sought
throughout the western world
since her escape from a Los An
geles Jail several months ago,
was made today by the woman
who has been held here on sus-
picion.
American detectives arrived TO iden-
tify the prisoner. simultaneously
with their arrival. the woman. who
previously had maintained silence. at
tacking any one who sought 10 learn
her secret, broke down and confessed
she is the woman who was convicted
Of beating to death Mrs. Alberta
Meadows
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-19
Home Edition

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Forecast

7 nsettled, with probably
~ thunder showers tonight.
Sunday partly cloudy; cooler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
LOCKWOOD HERE
WITH CAR
TODAY
Holder of Worlds Endurance
Drive at Leary Show
room.

Soiled and grimed-his face pulled
and swollen-eyes blood-shot and
glassy-Harold Daredevil Lockwood
drew up to the corner Of Charles
and Baltimore streets in Baltimore
at 1885 p. M, November 8, and turn
ed the switch key Of his motor, COM
plotting the most amazing endurance
driving run ever made in the history
of the attomotive business.
His speedometer registered 3,O66.O6
miles. His faithful little car was
plastered with mud and dirt-show-
ing every evidence of the terrific
grind that both the intrepid driver
and car had been through.
Lockwood, who was brought to
Baltimore and Washington by Her.
bert M. Hartman, president of the
Baltimore Maxwell distributors and
II. B. Leary, jr., Of Washington,
who paid him $4,000 to test the easy
riding qualities of the car by driv-
ing It without stop for five days
and nights, was completely ex-
hausted.
He said that only the fact that
he was under the observation OF
the Maryland State Police ever
since Sunday morning kept him
going. AS he was lifted from the
car by Herbert Hartman, III. r.
Leary, jr. and his manager, ". L.
Pope, Lockwood sagged to the
pavement with his legs trembling
like a man In the last stages of
the palsy. Miss Ruth Campbell,
the faithful little nurse who rode
with him on an average of eighteen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
A j I 0 THRILLS
MOVIE COW
BOY
Tom Mix Credits His Motor
With Plenty Of
Action.

Many stories have been printed in
the past several years relative to the
invasion of the automobile into the
wild and woolly West, that terri
tory where all real he-men rode buck
ing bronchos and toted six-shooters,
which they used with inerrant ac.
curracy and split-second speed. The
horse was the king of transportation
in the good old days" when ranch.
ers owned thousands of acres and
cantered merrily over their holdings
and whose cow punchers bestrode
their wild-eyed, daredevil cayuSes
during the picturesque periods OF
roundup" and the nearly forgotten
rodeos.
Today, however. the auto has Just
about caused the extinction OF our
equine friends and only In some Of
the most isolated parts of the coun-
try are horses used to any appreci-
able extent.
Those who follow the motion pic.
lures and those VINO do not are
equally familiar with the name and
fame of Tom Mix, portrayer Of West
ern coWpuncher heroes and charac.
tiers Of the virile out-of-door type.
Down at Melville, where Mix shoots
most of his pictures. he has q
goodly number Of ''punchers' and
actors who engage in festive combat
with the untamed horse-spirit. Mix
10 rated as the best exponent Of the
gentle" art Of sitting at ease on a
horse who thinks himself almost
human, and starts to prove It, rear
ing upward on his hind legs with
the subsequent thrill Of returning
suddenly to earth-stifflegged. Nix
himself win tell you that the kick
Of riding q ''bucker' Is hardly COM
parable with anything you might
Though during his work-a-day
moments Mix uses horses as q mat
ter Of course and necessity, he has
discovered that during his recrea-
tional days between pictures that an
automobile will do as much in a
thrill-giving way as any cayuse
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
MURPHY NTERS.
Bis SPEEDWAY
BATTLE
Demon Driver to Compete in
Kansas City Speed
Event.

Jimmy Murphy will be in Kansas
CITY for the championship race
scheduled for October IA. according
to a. message received at the office
Of Cliff Durant. With the return Of
Murphy for the last two champion
ship events OF the year, the Kansas
City race and the annual Thanksgiv-
ing Day classic at Los Angeles, 1t is
likely to mean that Murphy will
again win the title this year.
When Murphy went abroad he
expected to relinquish all claim to
the championship and forfeit all the
points won during the early part of
the season, but the drivers have
petitioned the contest board Of the
A. A. A. to NestoFe Murphy's points
on the grounds that the Altoona,
Pa, race, which he missed, was not
scheduled when the champion went
abroad and the Fres>o event was a
limited event in which but twelve
cars could start This action on the
part Of the drivers has put Murphy
back in the running and IL ne wins
the two final races of the year he
win be crowned the king of the
speedway again this year, as he
will have almost 100 points over the
scores Of Eddie Hearne and Tommy
Milton.
Murphy will drive the same Du.
rant Special that he piloted at In
dianapolis last May when he ap-
pears at Los Angeles and Kansas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
"Czar" Of MotorSorn.

American automobile manufacture
ers are looking for man as chief
arbitrator Of the automobile indus
try. The plan is to have q Gar
Of the industry, In much the same
manner as Will Hays is functioning
in the moving picture industry, and
Judge KeNesaw M. Lands In pro.
fessional baseball
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10

a-going. Just recently. in fact. Tom
purchased a Dusenberg Straight
Eight. This, he declares. gives him
as much thrill and pleasure driving
through country territory with ease
and great power, as any old-time
Spanish vacquero ever derived from
his dilatory migrations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
Preparatorx to- cold Weather.

Before any anti-freezing solution
is used 1t is well to wash the cool
ing system out thoroughly with
pound of baking soda dissolved In
the water before it is poured in che
radiator. Leave this in the radia-
tor for few hours while the en-
CINE is being run and it will clean
out the radiator. If there are any
small leaks they will show up, and
should then be repaired imme-
diately to prevent the leaking Of
the antifreezing solution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
Inefficlencz d CI,eap PIugs.

Use only the best spark plugs
in the engine. The porcelain VI
the cheap plugs viii seldom be able
to stand the great heat Of the com
bustion and VIII crack and short
circuit. With proper care good
spark plug will easily give 10000
miles OF service. Al cheap one may
not give q hundred.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
Consumption Of Cylinder on.

Always keep careful track Of
your OIL consumption. as 1t means
better efficiency Of your engine. IL
you find you are using an excessive
amount, It indicates that there is
an extensive leak or that the en-
CINE is sucking it up into the COM
bustion space.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
American Cars Abroad.

Passenger automobiles which sen
for a few hundred dollars In the
United States, cost more than
double the sum when sold to a
purchaser in & foreign country.
This Is because Of the great dis.
lance the car must be shipped
and the care with which It must
be packed and transported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-10
To I'm cd ..sIIon,, 80.

Branding unnecessary danger
signs ana stop signals used cor
advertising purposes along public
highways as dangerous, many III.
tomobile clubs affiliated with the
A. al. A.. with the cooperation 0f
the State Highway Departments. are
campaigning for their removal.