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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-11-16
The Concublnes.

Bishop Evans Tyree said in Nash
vile address:
"How innocent are children's
minds A school teacher asked her
class one day what Solomon was
uoted for. She expected to be told
that he was noted for his wisdom, but
a little chap held up his hand and
said:
Kindness to animals
Kindness to animalsY said the
teacher, puzzled. How do you make
that out, my dearY
"'The Bible says explained the lit
tie boy, that Solomon kept a thousand
porcupines'"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-11-16
Girls and Dolls.

Give a little girl one doll and she
develops affection; give her ten and
she becomes almost entirely adnin-
lstrative.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-11-16

The man who said that two can live
as cheaply as one never had to reckon
with milliners and dressmakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
ARMY OFFICERS
TAKE PLANES TO
FLIER'S FUNERAL
Pay Final Tribute to ReSeNist
Who Lost Life Sunday
In Fall,

Two army alrplanes, manned by
officers from Schoen Field, flew today
to Bloomington for the funeral of
Ralph o. Huntington. Lieutenant in
the officers reserve corps. who was
killed in an airplane crash at Shelby.
Vile Sunday.
The funeral Of Joseph L. Jackson.
sergeant in the reserve corps, who fell
with Huntington will be held at the
resident, 2949 Park Ave, Wednesday
ct 2:30 p. m. Burial will be in Crown
HIN. Services Will be in charge OF
Raper Commandery, knights Templar
Jackson died late Monday at the
Deaconess Hospital without regaining
consciousness.
The crash was caused by the low
altitude at which the plane was fly
ing, according to Lieut.. ]. G.. Parker,
commandant at Schoen Field, who In
vestigated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
LEAGUE Of WOMEN
VOTERS MEETS IN
STATE CONVENTION
Reports From Thirteen Con-
greSSiOnaI Districts on
TOdayIS Program,

Two hundred delegates from
Leagues Of Women Voters in various
towns over the State attended the
formal opening Of the fourth annual
convention of the Indiana League of
Women Voters at the CLaypool this
afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Greenough OF In
dianapols. State president. presided.
Considerable interest was evidenced
in the reports from tho thir-
teen districts o. he league by
Mrs. Edward Kiefner. Evans
Bloomington; Mrs. w. 0. Wilson.
Jasper; Mrs. II. D. Long. North
Vernon: Mrs. Frank Brown, Clay
City; Mrs. Charles Edy, Connersville;
Mrs. Isaac Born, indianapolis; Mrs.
John Roush, Frankfort; Mrs. Ora
Thompson Ross. Rensselaer,; Mrs. d.
S. Coppock, Peru; Mrs. Maude
Littrell. Elkhart.
This morning a meeting Of the
board of directors was held and at
noon a luncheon for the directors was
given at the Lincoln.
International relations will be con-
sidered by the women at a mass meet
ing this evening when Miss Ruth Nor
gan, chairman OF the national COM
mittee of International Committee to
Prevent War, will be the principal
speaker She will be followed by Pro
fessor Robert Philips Of Purdue Uni
versity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
ARE HELD
=. ON CURB BY CHAINS
Safety Board Prohibits Turns
at Meridian and WASH
ington Streets.

Pedestrian traffic at Meridian and
Washington SITS. will be forcibly regu-
lated between 4:3O p. m. and p. m.
each day. beginning this afternoon,
Michael Glenn. traffic captain. an
nounced today
Posts 10 which chains are attached
have been erected on the southeast
and southwest corners OF Meridian
and Washington SITS During the
hours specified n bell will ring ten
seconds before traffic signals change
Policemen viii hold TO the chains and
prevent pedestrian movement until
the proper signal is given.
Glenn also announced a new system
OF signal lights for automobile traffic
has seen installed at Washington and
Illinois SITS. The lights Will cor
respond with those in the tower at
Meridian and Washington SITS and
drivers Will be expected to watch the
lights instead of the traffic policemen.
The board of safety has decided
there shall be no turns. either TO left
or right, at Meridian and Washington
SITS. between 1880 a. m. and .. m.
and between $50 and 6 p. m. Glenn
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
FIREMEN PRAISED
FOR SAVING LIVES
Safety Board and Chief
0'Brien Commend Squad
No, I,

Fremen of Squad Company No. :
today were publicly praised by the
board of public safety for saving
Mrs. Anna Dushane. and her three
small children from their burning
homo last Friday, at 2021h East St.
On the recommendation of Fire
Chief O'Brlen. a letter of commenda-
ton will be written.
Patrolmen Thomas Kegrts and
Ralph D. Kelch were promoted to
trafficmen. Fireman Ralph Burgess
was promoted to chauffeur.
Ralph Staub, building inspector. re-
signed on the request OF Francis F.
Hamilton, building commissioner
William f. Wilson was appointed to
fiji the position.
Patrolman Andrew A. Rhodes re-
signed OF his own accord.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
LITTLE MOVING
IN IND|ANAPO
May I Exodus Fails to Take
Place in City,

While figures were being compared
and reports circulated all over the
country today concerning "interna-
tional moving Day" Indianapolis trans
fer men and rental agents went about
their general routine with only a
slight change for the better. Some
haulers say Indianapolis movers are
a whole month behind
A report from Chicago stated that
more than 100000 started their annual
migration. Apartment houses, for the
most part. suffered the loss of their
winter tenants.
Indianapolis real estate dealers say
although they are short in their sin
Gle and double house supply ana that
apartments are deserted for the cooler
homes in the warm months, Indian
apolis residents do not observe "mov-
Ing day as in other large cities. but
move as the epirit moves" -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
POOLROOM OWNER
GETS NEW CHANCE
Mayor Tells Man to Clean Up
Corner,

Il M going to take your case under
consideration and in the meantime go
back and see if you can run that place
right. III not revoke your license at
present Mayor Shank told Roscoe
Campbell, pool room owner at Blake
and New York St. in hearing today
Campbell and his manager, Fred
O'R6urke, recently were convicted in
city court on a charge Of allowing
minors IN the poolroom.
The mayor placed Campbell on his
honor to help cleanup the corner,
which he characterized as one of the
toughest In the city
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
BOYCOTT ON
/. SUGAR WINS
HOOVER OK.
Secretary Approves Action of
Women to Bring Down
Costs.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Secretary
OF Commerce Hoover today approved
the sugar boycott organized by Amer
ican women in many cities as the most
effective means Of breaking the sugar
gOuge-
THE women are on ths right track, -
said Hoover. The way to control
prices is through spontaneous control
of consumption"
Hoover's statement was made just
before the Cabinet meeting, at which
were to be considered appeals from
womens clubs, Governors, mayors and
others that President Harding official
" indorse the boycott movement, de-
signed to bring down prices
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Too Much Business Irks Postmaster General
Harry New at End of First Month in Office
Indianian Plans Drastic AC-
ton to Prevent Break
down in Service,
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer
vrAsHINGTON. May foo

M TAOt1ING1OAN, may - W
w much. business! ...,.,,.,.
That's what's troubling
Harry s. New. OF Indianapolis, post
master general, at the end of his
first month as head OF Uncle Sam 8
postal service.
New, it Is unofficially reported
here, is considering violating the
law IN order to maintain deliveries
and to prevent a demoralizing break
down in postal service.
The violation" will consist in
shifting certain appropriations for
maintenance Of the service which
are rIgidly fixed by law-by law
which New. az a Senator. supported,
New Is reported to have conferred
with President Harding with re-
gard to taking this action.
Volume of Mail Increases
With the volume of mail matter
increasing at an unprecedented rate.
New and his assistants are lying
- awake nights trying to devise ways
to make the department live within
the Congressional appropriation
limits.
Early in March. a blanket order
was sent to city postmssters to cut
delivery expense to the limit The
extent Of these cuts was left to the
discretion Of postmasters.
AS a result, many postmasterS
cut moro deeply than discreeuy. A
large percentage Of them sought to
retrench on parcel post deliveries.
In some towns. where two de-
lIveries a day had been made, one
delivery was ordered. In New York,
where six deliveries were cut to five,
% the operation was less painful
But the immediate effect was a
loud and nationwide yelp on the
part of the public. Tho reputation
for good mail service, which VIII
HAYS had built up, seemed to be
forgotten.
Mall service curtailed-with the
volume Of business admittedly In
creasing, why? Wherefore7 What's
the big idea? The public wanted to
know.
r. MS. Use Own Judgement
Quick admonition was sent to
postmasters that they were ex
pected to use some judgment in
effecting the currailments.
simultaneously. assurances were
handed to the press, for distribution
to the public, that service, not sur
plus. is the aim Of the postal
service and that the mails will be
delivered-eventually If not now.
A check made on postal business
for the nine months ending March
81, however, indicates gan increase
in the volume of business Of 1872
per cent, or about double the aver
age annual increase for tho past
forty years.
Wherefore, Secretary New Is
having his troubles. The more bust
ness. the more the expense and the
greater deficit he must report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
BOARD MEMBERS
ARE REAPPOINTED
Won Auken and Blessing Keep
Public Service Jobs,

Governor McCray today announced
reappointment Of Glenn Van Auken
of Auburn and Edgar M. Blessing
of Danville as members Of the pub
lie service commission, to serve for
four-year terms, beginning today.
Van Auken ca Democrat and Bless
ing a Republican.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
OHIO SUSPECT Is
NOT KING BENJAMIN

Scissors Grinder Resumes Trade Freed
of Any Suspicion.
By United Press
MARYSVILLE, o.. May 1.--Joseph
Kawalsld resumed his trade as a scts-
sors grinder today, freed Of the sus-
picion of being "King' Benjamin Pur-
nell, missing ruler Of the House Of
David.
Kawalsld was released from jail
after a photo of king" Benjamin re
vealed the prisoner resembled- him
only slightly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
EFFORT TO KILL STATE
PROHIBITION DROPPED
Action Carried to Federal Supreme
Court Dismissed.

Attempts to invaudate Ind1anas s
dry law in the United States Supreme
Court were halted today. when at
torneys for Harry Palmer of Vigo
County, asked for dismissal Of an
appeal. Action was based on conten-
ton that Indiana's 1917 prohibition
law automatically became void with
enactment of the eighteenth amend
ment. Mrs. Edward Franklin White.
deputy attorney general, said the case
had been decided against the de-
fendant. in two lower courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
CHIEF DEMANDS BAN
ON TONGUE WACGINC

Tongue Wagg4ng'' in the police de-
partment must STOP Chief Rikhoff or
dered today. The order was sent to
all captains and were read at roll
calls It followed instructions to the
same effect from Mayor Shank.
The order:
Recently there has been in this
department a great deal of talking
which has. nothing whatever to do
with police work.
"T want all religions. lodge and
secret order. and political talk stopped
among officers immediately. Also l
want ali propaganda about prem ftsoas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
GLENN B. RAJ LSTON is
DISCHARGED BY COURT

Updike Holds Possession Of Booze
Not Unlawful.
Holding mere possession Of hquor
is not unlawful, Judge Pro Tenn.
Ralph Updike in city court today dis
charged Glenn B. Ralston, 1928 N.
Talbot Ave, On trial on a blind tiger
charge.
Ralston was arrested by, Traffic
man Records. April %, near wabash
and Delaware Sts. Records testified
he found a flask of liquor in a pocket
of Ralston's automobile which he was
searching for a certificate, Of owner
ship.
Ralston was fined 50 for parking
overtime and 81 for failure to dis
play certificate Of title.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01

and demotions and general police
shakeups' stopped.
Such wholesale tongue-waggfng is
detrimental to the morale of this or
ganization. 1t is impossible for Of
f1cers to spend their time talking on
any OF these subjects and do eff
ciently the police duty for which they
are being paid by the taxpayers.
ANY ranking officer or patrolman
whom L find engaging in any of this
talk will be taken before the board
OF safety and / will recommend that
he be dismissed from the force. Rn
sure that all officers ta the depart
tAent aG@ acquainted wtth~this orr ker. "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
GRAIN PRICES BREAK
Approval of Combine Caases Wild
Scenes in Chicago Pit.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, May Amid wild
scenes in the pit grain prices broke
sharply on the Chicago Board Of
Trade today, chiefly as the result Of
Secretary of Commerce Hoover's ap-
proval Of a boycott on sugar.
Trade was active and the drop rap
Id, May wheat selling Off "A cents
from the days high at 1920 and still
dropping.
The decline was further induced by
heavy deliveries Of grains at all mar
kets; reports that some Of the recent
advances might be investigated, and
favorable crop reports
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01

The kidnapping evidently was care
fully planned. The abductors de-
scr1puon was given in detail by Edith
Alexanderson, II, one. of the boys
sisters with whom he was playing
when coaxed away. Gertrude, 7. an
other sister, also was able to tell
something Of the man, having seen
him several times.
Talked With Children
The man had stopped several times
during the past few days to talk with
Werner and his sisters as they played
in front of their fathers house. Re
peatedly he told them ne would get
them some rabbits. He took pains to
make friends with all three.
Yesterday he stopped again and in
formed the children that the bun
nies" were ready. You little girls go
and fetch a box for the bunnies," he
said. Werner and 1 will go down
the street and get them"
Edith and Gertrude went for the
box. The last they saw of their
brother he was marching away, hand
in hand with the man. When they
returned with the box, Werner was
nowhere to be seen.
Monday night radio fans in
many cities heard a descrip-
ton OF the lad and his abductor
coming through the ether Werner is
blonde. with a fair. ruddy complex
ion and a friendly manner. When he
vanished he wore a blue serge coat,
rompers. sailor hat, brown shoes and
stockings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01

with a demonstration despite govern
ment ban. They sped through the
city in motor cars, throwing cut leaf
let's OF literature. were fired upon and
withdrew.
MEXICO CITY, May IA thousand
organized laborers paraded the streets
Of Mexico City In celebration of May
day. Several demonstrations were
held in memory of the Martyrs" of
Mexican labor who died in the Chicago
clashes in 1887. A corner stone is to
be placed for a monument to those
who died.
DUBLIN. May Jim Larldn, Irish
labor leader, advised five thousand
persons who welcomed him back for
May day to seek peace. There's
been enough killing in Ireland" he
said. 'and any Irishman who takes it
upon himself to kill another Irishman
is unfit for he>community."
BERLIN, May 1.-Red flags were
waved at the Lustgarten, where 100,-
600 workers gathered in celebration of
May day. Columns of workers poured
into the place in an orderly manner
from ali .Jsctlons Of the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Woman Gives Clew

The first response to the wireless
call came from a woman who tele-
phone police she had seen a man and
a boy answering the description Of
Werner and his kidnaper, walking
through the south of Schenectady about
3:15 p. m.
The next clew came from w. Z.
Smith, who declared he saw a man
and a boy answering the descriptions
boarding downtown bound street car
few minutes after the KIDNAPPING.
Another clew led TO a boy. Harold
Buechef told police he saw a man
and a boy alight from a Schenectady
taxicab in front of the Union Station
They entered the station. but emerged
in a few minutes and got into the taxi
again. The theory is that the kid
naper rode on several different car
lines and made a number Of false
starts before leaving Schenectady in
order to throw police off his trail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
WAGE SCALE is BOOSTED
Bricklayers and Hood Carriers Sign
Working Agreements.

New wage agreements involving
slight increases went into effect today.
Agreements between representatives
Of the bricklayers and nod carriers
unions and contractors were signed
Monday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Postal Receipts Inctease

PostOffice receipts for April
amounted to s257, 7,497o4. an increase
Of $12, ,396,09 over those Of April 1923.
Postmaster Robert Fl. Bryson said
today. This was an increase Of 4.45
per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
ROBBED MOTHER, CHARGE
Claude Roush Alleged to Have Taken

Claude ROush Alleged to Have Taken
Furniture From Own Home.
Alleged theft of furniture valued at
$3.50 from his own home, resulted in
Claude Roush. 16, OF sos e. South St,
being slated for grand larceny today.
Robert Green. IT, of so E. LeGrande
Ave-, also was arrested on the same
charge, and Joe Frank. Gal Russell
ST., was charged with receiving stolen
goods.
Police allege the two boys stole the
furniture from Claude's mother, Mrs.
Grace Roush, and then sold it to
Frank
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Bylaw Changes Proposed

The bylaw committee of the Gyro
Club, Mark Rinehart, Russell Wilson,
]. G. Martin and c. Fred Davis, has
sent to members several proposed
amendments The changes will be
voted upon by the club May Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
KIDNAPER TRAILED BY RADIO
SKYearOd Son of Wireless CORPORATION Engineer Cured
From Home-No M olive for Abduction
Is Known to Father.
Is Known to Father,
By United Press


SCHENECTADY, N. Y. May. 1-Kidnaped bv a man who
ured m away by offering him rabbit
of E. F. w Aexanderson chief engineer of the Radio
Corporation of America being sought by wireless all the
eastern part of the United States today
Aexandrson said that knew he had no enemies
De has received no threats. demands for money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Laundry Is Missing

Police today were searching for a
thief who stole large bundle of laun-
dry from the porch of the home of
Mrs. L. ]. Woodruff, $50 E. Pratt ST..
Monday. The laundry was valued
at SEQ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
JURY CHARGES BIGAMY
Woman Alleged to Have Had Two
Husbands.

Bigamy is charged nan indictment
returned today by the grand jury
against Goldie Harper, "alias Eten-
burn, alias Wilson, alias Ryan" 546
r. Market st.
The jurors charge that on March 2,
1921. she married Wesley Wilson In
Morgan County. Then, it is alleged,
she married Homer Etenburn, 211 N.
East St., on Marah 4, 1s2a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Three Cars Reported Stolen.

Three automobiles were missing to-
day. Owners of the cars which were
stolen Monday We're: John A. Rust,
EEion City, Ind; William r. Black.
burn. 2243 n. Meridian St, ana Base
klezmer, 2202 Martindale Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
Two Fined for Shooting Ducks

On pleas of guilty to shooting three
mallard ducks in violation of the mi
gratory bird act. Henry Elberts and
James o. German, both of Evansville,
each were fined SO and costs in Fed
eral Court today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
RAIL STRIKE ORDER
MAY BE PERMANENT
Court VIII Rule Tuesday on Injunc.
ton Against ShOpcrafts.

CHICAGO, May 1.-Judge James II.
Wilkerson will hear arguments tOmor-
row in United STAGES District Court
on motion Of Federal prosecutors to
make permanent the temporary in
junction restraining railroad shop.
crafts union from carrying out their
strike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
0AAE HELENA RUBINSTEI
By MARIAN HALE


IS A WOMAN at % should
a be laying the founda-
lions for beauty at 90" says
.adame Helena Rubinstein,
famous international beauty ex-
pert
cts easy enough to hold on
to prolong ones youthful lowell
ness, but almost impossible to re-
create it, once it has departed"
IL in her youth a girl win learn
the scientific care OF her complexion
and figure she can keep away the
wrinkles, skin blsnishes and avotrdu-
pois that conspire to lure away her
loveliness-
"a woman need not look mora than
an interesting 80 until she is so if she
will give herself daily, faithful care
Fat and 40 need never occur.
''Ugliness IS a sin because It is IN.
necessary. Beauty is a virtue beca use
il is natural and is every woman's s
right Not to crave beauty is un-
natural Not to acquire il is stupid"
n n ADAAIE RUBINSTEIN is the
NE dean Of all beauty doctors and
for more than a quarter Of a
century she has been listening to
women's prayers-''Make me beauti-
full"
She has studied medicine as well az
beauty culture with Europe's most
famous specialists She has Travelled
in all parts of the world and learned
from women Of all cImes. She main
tains beauty salons in London, Paris,
Australia and India as we'll as IN New
York
Her European clients have included
~any members Of nobility. The IN
rtunate Russian Empress and the
queen Of Roumanla and other first la
dies have taken treatments from her.
Her treatments are scientific appli-
cations of common sense and techni-
cal knowledge. She doesn't believe in
beauty lotions that cover up defects,
but rather in a program that brings
10 light every blemish and corrects it
so that concealment is unnecessary.
B 9 g inning Wednesday,
Madame Rubinstein begins in
The indianapolis Times a course
of ten lessons in beauty culture
which viii enable you to keep
your years at bay. She will take
up the complexion first and tell
you how to correct the most COM
mon Ills and give yourself beauty
treatments at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-01
TRUCK CRUSHED ON LIFT
Elmer Sch&rntz Slightly Injured When
Machinery Fails to Stop.

Machinery Fails to Stop.
When Elmer Schamtz. 23, Of Locker
bic St, started to drive a light truck
of an elevator on the second floor Of
the Losey-Nash Motor Company. 400
~. Capitol Ave, today, the elevator
continued upward The truck with
Schamtz In it was pinned between the
.skoor Of the elevator and the ceiling.
~ Other employees pried the truck
loose and extricated Schamtz. He was
slightly hurt The truck was de
molished-