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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-15
BABY DIES IN CISTERN
Wabash Girl browns While Playing
- In Back Yard.
rimes SnecIaI

WABASH, Ind. May 15.-While
playing in the back yard of her home,
Velma Greathouse, 3. daughter Of
Charles Greathouse. fell into cistarn
and was drowned.
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LITTLE ROCK Ark May l5-Fre flood and tornado spread
death and destruction during the night
Springs
High winds which swept the city shortly after dusk leveg
number OF homes was followed by deuge water which
automobiles and small buildings about like cha
In the wake of the food which streets in the business
district into raging shortly after MIDNIGHT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-15
HARDING WILL LEAVE
FOR ALASKA JUNE 20
By United Press

Trip Has Been Definitely Settled,
White House Announces.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 15.-Presi-
dent Harding will leave Washington
for his Alaskan trip on June 20. it
was officially announced at the White
House today. The official spokesman
said it had been definitely settled"
that the President would make the
trip"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-15
FIVE TRAMPS KILLED
IN FREIGHT WRECK
Two Other Men Stealing Ride Were
Injured i'm Smash.
By United Press

By United Press
INDEPENDENCE. Kas.. May 10
Five tramps, riding on a freight train
near here, were killed today when six
teen cars went into ditch. Two other
men stealing a ride on the train were
injured, one seriously. The dead and
injured were taken to Mound Valley.
The names of the victims have not
been ascertained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-15

Toll of Hot Springs Cloudburst Is
Placed at II Lives With Property
Damage Totaling 81, 100000
Damage IN Southwest and Ir1diara
Damage in Southwest and

COLORADO TEXAS Nineteen persons dead
and seventy eight injured. Ten may die Prop
erty damage from cyclone unestimated.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.-Seventeen dead,
scores unaccounted for. Property damage estimated
at $1,500,000.
TERRE HAUTE, IND.-One dead bridges
washed out. Wabash near food stage.
lowlands flooded, but no danger; washout on Union
Traction line near Broad Ripple.
United Press
ST LOUIS No. May 15-Seyenteen known dead and an
number estimated between fifty one hundred
missing in the stormswep region Springs Ark
relief expedition dispatched from here today
oad officials feared washous along right way would
he train from reaching Hot Springs.
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Marquette Hotel Burns

Wealthy guests from eastern cities,
the vanguard of the tourists. remained
in their rooms in fear Of the fury of
the elements. The fire spread to the
Dixie cafe and the Oliver Finne Gro
Gerry Company and then licked its way
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Forecast

CHOWERS and cooler tonight
- is forecast, followed by clear
ing weather Wednesday.
, 1923-09-05

guarantee, and that Italian sha.l5 killed
several refugees from Asia Minor, who
were lodged in the school of police. This
sci 90, is situated in the So.c3iled fortress
of Corfu, which, h viewer, by virtue of
the treaty, is unarmed. the island being
unfortihed and only some old barracks
existing there.
Dublin, Aug. 1st.-53 Government cam
didates and 81 Republicans were elected
to the Dali in Mondays election, accord
ing to official returns given out at ll.3O
last night. 1t is now expected that the
Government will win 60 seats. while the
Republicans may get AZ when the full
results are known. Up to last night the
Independents had secured Is seats, La
hour IA and Farmers II,
Forest Hill. Sept. 1st.-Tild n, United
States, defeated Hawkes.. Australia, in
the second Davis challenge round test.
The Tilden Hawkes. encounter. though it
gave the United States a much needed
victory, was an anti climax to the John
ston- Anderson match. IIIden, bringing
the full battery Of his brilliant strokes
into play, overwhelmed Hawkes. almost
from the start. The iett.handed Austria
liam proved a hard and aggressive op-
ponent. but he was outcIa55ed. Iilden
won by Ga, 6 2 aud 81.
Shanghai, Sept. End. One hundred
thousand persons have persisted in Toxic
Yokohama. according to bulletins receiv-
ed here from Japan. In Toxic the arsen-
al exploded, destroying the arsenal and
adjoining printing bureau. There were
several thousand casualties here. At Ito,
on the Izu Peninsula, more than 500
houses were washed away by tidal waves.
Six hundred persons persisted when the
railway tunnel at Saska, the largest in
japan, collapsed. Tens of thousand of
visitors many of them foreigners, are in
the mountain resorts of the Hakone dis
Pet. They were panic stricken by the
~.,peatel quakes. Mount Hakone and
the town Of Atami were demolished with
, 1923-09-05

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, 1923-09-05

he loss Of six or seven thousand dead.
At Yokohama the fire started in the
Bund and spread through Bentpn and
Iszaki streets Wiping out the business
districts. The lofty buildings lining
the streets opposite the Toxic Cen.
trail Railway station in Toxic were barn
ed. The main building of the central
railroad station remains intact.
Shanghai, Sept. 2nd.--The light cr,i.
ser Despatch, the only foreign vessel AT
Shanghai, sailed at 1 o'clock this morn
ing for Yokohama, expecting to arrive
in Is hours. The Nichi was Il e only
newspaper in Toxic TO escape d~estruc-
ton. The japanese community here is
grief stricken. The most serious dam
age was done to the tract covering the
YamaOobate district including the Toxic
yards, FukagaWa. AkuSanta, Shinava.
NlhonbaSht and kanda, where hardly a
single structure was left standing and
thousands lack water and food. The
kalJo building in the Marunouchi district
collapsed with a thousand casualties.
Manila, Sept. End. New e~arthuuaka
shocks of moderate intensity were re-
cor ed on the Manila observatory seis-
mOgraph at S a m 10 10 a m here TO-DAY.
according to Father Sierra chief of he
observatory.
Athens, Sept. 2nd.-Grcccp has ad-
dressed an energetic protest to the Allies
against the bombardment by the Itai,ns
of Corfu and the resultant killing Of
refugees.
London. Sept. 2nd.-The lapse Of
another day finds no diminution in the
tension or gravity of the Greco-ItaIian
dispute. No further overt hostile act is
recorded, but a grave aspect of the stu
alton is the Italian determination, ez-
pressed beforehand to refuse to recog-
nize the status of the League of Nations
in rhe affair. or respect its decision.
The leading British writer's have found
consolidation, in commenting on the dis
puts, in the consideration that in 1914
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
TELL THIS AT
DINNER

II think it is a foolish fashion
that so many women indulge in.
that Of telling their age wrongly"
said the woman with prematurely
gray hair. 81 can honestly say
that I never practise it myself"
MOP" said her friend. with much
meaning in the monosylIable.
well" said the first speaker with
q smile-she was a woman with
a sense of humor-''the fact is,
don't have to. have q way Of
making myself out younger than
am, il wish to, without telling
a fib at ALL Really" inquired
the other curiously. "Tn what
way?" II put the burden of the
fib upon the questioner. You see,
when one of my dear friends--it
is always women who are curious
on this point-asks me how old
am I say: oh, I'm year or two
older than you. you know, my
dear--at least a year older. Let
me see now, how old are your
The Washington times., 1923-03-20

, peared in the fog. and grew
larger.
why, they're burning a flare
at the hfe-saving station" ex-
claimed the girl. Something Is
the matter. There must be
steamer in distress. Let's go out
on. the veranda, Harry. It's the
first time the life-savers have had
to do anything since we came
here. Perhaps they'll put out
one Of the boats"
4; They could see lights at the
station, and men with lanterns
hurrying about. The great whis-
tie sounded again, and it seemed
very close to the shore. Another
flare was burned, and in its light
they could see the boat, and the
men making ready to launch it.
Look, Marry! Look there"'
cried Alice suddenly.
The man looked. and saw tiny
points of light appearing in the
fog bank,
by Jove, it's a steamer
stuck on the BARI he exclaimed.
"Now watch those fellows get
busy"
She took his arm and they
left the veranda and walked down
the beach toward the station.
Like firemen' responding to an
alarm, the, life guards rushed
their boat into the surf and
pulled nightly for the guiding
lights.
The hospitality Of the beach
was taxed by two more boatloads
Of women, and then the lifeboat
came again with a mixed COM
pany - women, still hysterical,
and men making light jests.
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than storms to. keep me away,
Alice" said the man. looking
earnestly into her eyes. You
told me to come today; do you
think there's anything in the
world that could prevent it?"
well, Alice, what is my SEN
tence?" asked the man at last.
ooh, you know how. ! feel
about it," she said miserabIy.
"You know l don't really love
you, Harry Graham. II I take
you it will be because I respect
you and you have waited go
long"
The girl was silent for a while.
I'm afraid I'll never forget
Dick" she said after while.
You ought to know how it
would be IL he came back"
''I know all about it," replied
Graham, land I'm satisfied to
take you at that. The ocean is
a pretty safe thing to have be-
tween you. And know you,
Alice. When you say youll
marry me the bargain, is sealed,
and you'd die before you'd break
your word"
The girl stifled sob.
The quiet Of the evening was
broken by moaning roar, some
where out in the fog. The girl
seemed to welcome it as a
DIVERSION respite.
"What was that?" she inquired,
with a startled glance at the
window.
The man scowled
'I don't know" he said short
~. 'It sounded like ships
whistle" IT,.
Then, as they both faced the
window, a bright. spot of light ap-
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
A Fascinating Story in which the High
Lights Are Furnished by Crime,
Mystery, and Triumphant Love

( I cannot prove it, that Bell and
Norman. Vaille are the men, and
it was they who blackmailed Lady
Tallboisas she was them
You OWNED the truth, though
not all of it, said Goodenough,
'tand you chose to throw down
the challenge to Vaille-and his
font, was a little above your
ger0uS for them and they con.
sidered they had no choice but to
destroy you. They struck at YOU
through your wife, and they have
come within an ace Of winning.
Hence the affair of the Knayth
necklace--hen the fact that your
flat is in ashes, and they are at
this moment probably cohgratu-
lating themselves on success"
He smiled grfmly at Philip.
II confess, I did not foresee
this" he added. that house Isl
death-trap. 1t is old and dry;
few cans of petrol among the
stores of paper in the basement
and there you are. did not
think they would choose such
crude means. Those men are my
enemies no less than yours. But
! only arrived in London this eve
ming.
You remember the warning /
sent you. Mottisfont? ] sailed for
the States. and on the voyage
news of this infamous poisoning
charge reached us by wireless.
returned from the Azores. for
was well able to Judge what the
thing meant. It was necessary for
me to see you as soon as pos
sible. did not wish to enter the
house. guessing it might be
watched. But I made my way
into this building, where I have
been many times before. I should
have got across to your quarters
by the rope-of which I should
have made a better job than Won
did. At climbing have not nv
equal In the two hemispheres. a
vulgar accomplishment but q, use
ful one. Then came the fire
and what you have been pleased
to call the rescue. Thus we come
up to date and Il have put the
facts in your hands
There is one you have left
out. the greatest one OF alll's
cried Philip. 'sT see clearly that
you know everything that is to
be known about those two r1lf.
fians-and Will know ii. too,
Where are they, Goodeno1Igh9
This trap into which my wife has
fallen was set by them. Where
are tlley?" IA gust Of fierce i'm.
patience shook him. sFIow long
am to seek tIaem?''
(TO Be- Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
By Joseph Ivers Lawrence.

10y OUCSpA tyGTS Lawrence
~ RAaAM sat tilted back in
his chair looking at pic
~ ture of a girl which stood
in a small silver frame upon his
desk.
Tomorrow" he said softly
and smiled a little. "To-nor-
row!,
An office boy entered the room
and handed him. a letter bearing
foreign stamp and postmark.
He frowned slightly tore open
the envelope and spread the let
ter out on his desk.
Dear Old Harry:
Just a line after all these
months, to tell you I'm coming
home. sail by the Altonia
next Saturday, so I'll be with
you soon after you read this.
believe the ship docks on the
25th. I've tried to be happy
over here, but it's no use; I've
got to see Broadway again, and
you and the boys. And then
guess you know-I never
thought I'd see Alice again, bat
I've simply got to--if only once
more. Please don't tell her. T
haven't made my plans yet.
Don't bother about meeting me
at the pier. I'll blow in on you
\ soon enough. Love to you and
the bunch. Yours,
DICK.
Graham laid the letter aside
without q smile. and sat for a
long time in deep thought.
He'll be here day after to-
morrow" he said at last: land
she promised to tell me ton1or-
row. mustn't slip a cog by any
chance. And no one must hear
of it. Thank fortune he told me
not to tell herr
It had rained all day, and when
the rain ceased, toward evening,
a thick fog set in. The people
of the Summer colony at Myrtle
Beach stayed indoors and lighted
fires
A station wagon spla shed
through the watery sand and
drew up at the Buckley cottage.
From it emerged"a young man in
raincoat. with light luggage.
He mounted the steps OF the
veranda and was welcomed by g.
pretty girl.
I'D given you up, Harry" she
said. Il didn't think you would
make such a trip in this wretched
Storm
1T would have taken more
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
WHENDID 1T HAPPEN?

parents born in the New World
was Virginia Dare. whose birth
occurred in August, 1887, on
Roanoke Island, Va.
2-Glenn Curtiss flew from Al.
bany TO New York City May 2y,
1910.
S-"Confessions Of Jean Jacques
Rousseau" were published III 1882.
four years after Rousseau's death
4-Gengl1is Khan, the Mongol.
ian conqueror, overran Central
Asia from 1918 to 1921.
5--St. Jerome, early Christian
father and translator Of the
Scriptures, lived from $40 to 40.
Copyright, 1929, by King Features
syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
FRIENDLY FOG, A DOUBLE LOVE STORY

What shall we do with SO
many people?%; said Alice to
Graham.
Another boat came ashore and
more men leaped out upon the
beach.
Great heavens! Who is that?'
cried Graham suddenly, leaning
forward and staring at a tall
young man in the crowd.
The girl stifled a cry. sRayed
against the. men and caught hts
arm. ss
cts Dick!' she gasped. IT'S
Dick Temple!''
And then the young man saw
them and ran toward them.
Hello, Alice! Hello. Harry,
Graham" he cried. isn't this
a bully way to land on your ma
tive soil? I had to come back,
Alice. Couldn't stand it any
longer. 1 saw that the old tub
couldn't make Hoboken before
tomorrow, and 1 couldn't have
got to you before tomorrow night;
so I had her come ashore at
your door.'
Alice seemed scarcely to hear
what he said, but both her hands
were in his, and she gazed at
him as if he had saved her life
from a stormy ocean.
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
WHO SAID IT
|. AND WHERE?
I'm al human things, disgust Dor.

I'm al human things, disgust Dor
ders on the most lively pleas
ures,'
Declared the great Roman.
Cicero. in his speech ION Ora.
tory" Man. is quickly surfeited
with. pleasures, and at hines even
feels disgust for those he has
pursued with great zests 49,
BRUSHING Ike the MORN"
Is a figure Milton uses in
Paradise Lost" The rosy hue
that announces the rising of the
sun is hardly more beautiful than
uaiden's blush.
"Man should be even better than
he seems" 49,
Most men think they do well to
be as good as they seem. But
Aubrey de. We're in his sonnet on
"Misspent Time" wants men to
be even better than people think
they are
Copyright. 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
BY Ann Isle.
Whose Present Serial Has scored
Il Big Popular Success.

5 n sf
YoNSs delighted at this in.
Quiry, whichs included him
on SUCH "a friendly basis Of
equality, touched his cap respect
fully to Ralph Lacy and then
spoke out sturdy like the Zine
man he Isl: -
q say that Jennings would be-.
wise to do as you suggest, sir.
III be- glad 20 so in and move any
Of his traps he says. And tonight
he can sleep in orr garage, whore
I'm thinking no enemies whatso-
ever win be looking for him. and
then tomorrow. as bright and
early as ever you say, sir. we can
start him Off for the new life
that's going to put some flesh on
his bones and hope back into his
heart, sir,
Suddenly whatever there was.
Of evil kindled in. poor, gaunt.
half-dead Jennings.
I'll thank you to leave me and
my life and the ordering Of it to
your betters. he, spat out. And
your betters is this here lady and
Mr.. Lacy arid-me. aiilst no
common crook. was q forger
not second-story man like you,
George Lyons. z
In one terrible swirl Of emo
ton realized that I'd always
dreaded just such moment as
this. There had never been a
chance that Lyons could forever
escape the trail Of his past.
All my sympathy was with.
poor Lyons. standing with bowed
head. shamed. after all my efforts
to. help him to stand as a man
among men. tried for the salient
word. I stretched on my hand
to Lyons, and as Jennings fin
ished his cruel TRADE 4 parted
my lips to say something any-
thing. But Ralph Lucy was ahead
Of me. His voice rang out.
jennings don't act like the
yellow cur you're going to stop
being. What q 1nan was doesn't
count. Were going to give you
"a chance to prove that. Lyons
has buried his past about SIX feet
deep under the corldng things
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
WHEN Al GIRL MARRIES
AN ABsoRBING. sToRY on EARLY WEDDED LIFE

known him and provd him over
and over. He's their friend And
mine. too, I'm proud 70 say
A Word for Jennings.
As he finished b laid his hand
for u moment ON Lyons shoulder.
And Lyons straigbtened up. threw
back his shoulders and lifted his
head. !.
friends like you helping ne.
I'm my own man for all time.
And thank you kindly, sir. FOR
standing by. But Jennings u sick
He didn't mean no harm. and he
didn't do any. seeing q how ne
got you to come out and ter me
that you amt nistrusting me Tor
what was. 50 he done me good
turn. And guess hen never spin
the beans again any more. Now
/ I'll hike m and set his traps and
as soon as you say the word wen
be moving, sir. Z
As he went into the shack Ralph
! Lacy stood staring after him
There goes mang. he said.
81
yves. SIR, cried Jennings. With
unexpected show Of spirit. And
seeing how he took the yellow
trick tried to play on him and
how went for to knife him with
them 1 thought didn't know, hi
say he's got me for his friend TN
cash in. Now let me do what /
can for you and the lady And II
you can manage to think I amt .
rattlesnalxe. III take It kindly.
And I'm much obliged for your
lighting on me and making me see
what was up. to- s.
s'Teil us about Dick Vests
shadow, demanded Ralph Lacy.
wen forget this interiuds ).
HE always came alone after the
first time. He talked big like
racetrack man. He bIuffed along
sat first. always saying his chief
would come next time. But
never say his chief him you can
West again. z
You never saw anyone but the
little man after that?y / asked
tirnorously. slxirting any use of u
name for him who was undoubted-
~ Dad Lee.
''I'd not lie to you, now, ma, am.
replied the man earnestly. at
dealt with the little rat-terrier ce
man for months. Nervous he
was as time went on. More and
more he acted scairt. And money
got tighter and tighter. He didn't
have much to give me. never
saw the red-mouthed man again.
think the little rat-terrier,s the
main guy"
His words puzzled me. The idea
they suggested was astounding
But the most naystifving thing of
all was Ralph Lacy's evident de-
light as he repeated:
$50. you think the little man Is
the moving spirit in these plans?"
While we were waiting for
LYONS to arrive with Jennings
possessions, the man himself went,
on telling US of how ':ths little
rat terrier came to meet him
at appointed spots ana drilled
him for information concerning
everything that went on in .Tiinss
office building. The mail had been
almost impossible to watch. But
Jennings had kept careful track
Of the elevators and had been on
the alert for new visitors who
looked foreign.
fTO be continued toriorrosFl 81
The Washington times., 1923-03-20

1.--When did Cardinal Newman
write Lead, Kindly Light?"
2.-When was New Hampshire
first settled?
3.--When was the American
political party, known as the
Greenback Party, formed?
4.-When did the original Ilu
Klux Khan come into prominence?
5.-When was the original ku
Klux Khan suppressed by Act Of
Congress?
ANSWERS to these. queries. will
be printed tomorrow
ANSWERS ST..
To Yesterdays Questions. -
THE first child OF English
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
All Hail! The Spring Equinox

& BOUT 10: 80 a. M tomorrow Eastern standard time,
A the sun crosses the equator coming northward when
spring smiles upon our hemisphere The increasing
The Washington times., 1923-03-20
Hiis Day III History,

Kossuth, the leader Of the Hungarian revolution of
I848 which failed and forced him exile He 70
ceived ovation his visit 70 this country 1851.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-13

mFni hY eperiai aft 81 PsGliamenl,
sinl Is aaasaRiqa tie salts ahaari
thf AlafeaIe Tom New RpTk 0n June
rs sna aaeiaFgs as seer a. ~ lands ~
aibamplaH he vail gahf steps %
Riafn ms easf tff0re ihC courts NJ
ERE'anl, To Is aH Eioh ana sand
hurst man, Mas an acquaintance ~
klas Ge0rEe NhfR lhe kiRE Nas she
runor Of Males sHd expects % leaEs
40 stone HnlWrRfa IN has effort a.
RfYfAi his return ~ Bombay
Mhils touring IN the orient TeeaY
srins fFam wounds, cal, Collins par-
chased fer his ianesf a necklace
foARE a,aaA pounds TaEing 8,aeo
pe Is IN cash. he went from Som
fag "a Canada 20 become commander
"a Camp NaleaTiieT ami an investment
in the gaase neck OH fifld IN Texas
he SAYS, vas his nRaaihg for hf was
swlRdled ana lost % much thai he
eomld not meet the drafts from Ram
"a aRnlY uPan his debt