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Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
BLOODY RIOTS,
SOVIET THREAT
MARK HOLIDAY
Infantry and Machine
Gunners Guard Home
of Chancellor
CUNO WOULD QUIT
MObs Take Advantage of
Anniversary Celebra-
ton; Disobey Order

by United Press Leased Wire
BERLIN, Aug. 11.-Chancel-
lor Cuno sis prepared to hand
over the reins of government to
another regime, if anybody
wishes to assume the task of
organizing new cabinet,' a
member of the government told
the United Press today.
The official mentioned the
possibility of "big coalition
to succeed TIE present cabinet.
Early change in the govern
ment was considered today eX-
tremely probable. It was be-
Jieved that President Ebert in
his midnight conference with
Cuno and other officials made
it plain to the chancellor that
change is inevitable if the so.
cialists carry out their program
to refuse support.
Socialist leaders met at noon
to consider a definite decision
on their attitude toward the
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
ILLINOIS GUARD
CALLED TO END
STRIKE RIOTS

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. H.
Ten companies of Illinois National
Guard troops were today ordered
to Hillsboro to prevent further
strike disorders at the American
Zine company plant here.
Two deputy sheriffs and strik
er were wounded in clash at the
plant Tuesday. Three hundred of
600 employees are striking to force
union recognition.
The troops were ordered out by
Governor Len Small upon receipt
of an urgent call from the citizens
of Hillsboro. The first of the mill
tary units reached the scene at 8
a. m.
Wednesday night was quiet at
the plant but the request for
troops said renewal of violence
was feared.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
EXPLODING FILM
BURNS THEATER

Los ANGELES, August 1l.-An
exploding film roll started fire
in the Sunbeam theatre in the
southeastern residential 1striet
last night, completely burning the
building after it had driven 600
patrons into the street.
Eddie Wilcox, film operator, was
painfully burned in trying to beat
out the flames.
A confectionery store, millinery
shop, cigar stand and rooming
house We're destroyed with the
theatre, with total damage of
$50,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
WIDOW BEGINS
PACKING UP TO
LEAVE MANSION
Mrs. Harding Goes Back
to Make Way for
COOlidges
PLANS UNCERTAIN
Has Definite Program for
Life Work; Will Rest
For Some Time
PLANS UNCERTAIN
By LAWRENCE MARTIN
United Precs Staff Core -pondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Fac-
ing lonely years with courage and
calmness. Mrs. Warren G. Harding
today prepared to gather up the
broken threads of her life and to
weave them into a new design.
Mrs. Harding's special train ar
rived in Washington from Marion
at 9:20 a. m. She re-cntered the
empty White House today to col
lect personal belongings every one
of them certain to remind her of
the husband she left in that quiet
Marion cemetery yesterday. But
just as there was neither hvsteria
nor self pity in her demeanor dur
ing the ordeals of Mr.. Harding S
illness, death and burial, so there
will be no heroics about her final
days in the White House
Mrs. Harding, always most
practical, capable woman, for all
her feminine charm, approaches her
new life Just as she has in the past
faced difficult tasks or trying sit
uations; with Il determination to
make herself mistress of the situa-
tion rather then let it master her.
The best way to meet life now,
the life without the one to whose
comfort and well being sheI min
istered constantly, is to be active,
she believes. and now that she has
laid the dead to rest she intends to
devote herself to the living.
Moving First Task
Her first task is to remove her
BELONGINGS from the White House
so that President and Mrs. Coolidge
may move in. s~erapidlv as pos
sible she will have her household
effects and other belongings Grated
and removed.
George B. Christian Jr., her late
husband s secretary and Harry
Barker, the secret service man as
signed to her when she entered the
White House will remain with her
to help until the work of removal
is finished. She has not definitely
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Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
Becalmed Movie
Stars Live
On Fish
BY United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
SAN PEDRO, Cal. August
11.-Ten motion picture actors
and actresses, who were taken
off the bcca,med sailing vessel
Speedway and brought ashore
here last night, related a story
of Ieversion to primitive meth
DDS of gathering food when
their larder became exhausted.
Fish caught over the side
were their sole means of sub
sistence for two days, accord
ing to the stars, VINO passed
eight days filming scenes off
SantaCruz Island.
The vesse., which had no
auxiliary power, was slowly
drifting to sea after three wind
les days. Studio officials,
alarmed at the company's pro-
longed absence, sent out a
speedbcat which brought the
actors in. The situation was
rapidly becoming serious be-
cause of q water shortage.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
Too Much Lumber
Causes High
Prices
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
SAN PEDRO, Aug. 11.-Con-
gestion of lumber on the
wharves here is one of the reas.
ons building materials are high
in Southern California.
The congestion is a serious
proposition. More than 9,0O0,-
900 feet of lumber Is piled up,
using every foot of available
space and the end is not yet
in sight.
1t is declared there will be a
wholesale withdrawal Of lum-
bcr carriers from the trade
within the next few weeks X
some immediate solution to the
congestion is not found. Gov
crnment statistics show that
San Pedro Is now the greatest
lumber and oil port in the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
Santa Barbara
Fire Checked
ny United Press Leased Wire

ny th'tSu i'feSs Leased Wire
SANTA BARBARA, Cal. August
l1.-With the Santa Ynez river
section apparently saved from the
flames which have been sweeping
the Santa Barbara national forest
reserve for the last week, fire
fighters shifted fronts today to
prevent the still .smouldcring fire
from penetrating into the Hitherto
untouched northwest region.
SO far it is impossible to check
up the total damage of the flames.
Mckinley and Santa Cruz noun
tains have been burned over with
destruction of much valuable tim
her, and 10000 acres in the Man
2ana forest reserve have been
wiped out.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
SOME FARMERETTE

EUGENE, Ore, Aug. 1l.-Resi-
dents of Fall Creek, near here, are
commenting upon the work of a
woman school teacher who recently
moved, raked and pitched 10 tons
OF hay into a barn to aid widow
neighbor. The farmerette, who asked
that her name be withheld, hand
led the crop when male help was
scarce, with Fall Creek men all in
the logging camps.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
By CARL D. GROAT,
United Press staff Correaponde

BERLIN, August 11.--An in
famtry company, with macEine guns
was dispatched to guard the resid
ence OF Chancellor Cuno today, the
fourth anniversary of the establish
inent of the German republic, when
bloody clashes between workers and
police were reported from Ham
burg, Bremen, Leipsig, Kiel, Lue
beck and Aachen. ,..
one worker was killed and many
injured in fighting with The police
at Hamburg, while two were killed
at Ratibor.
The tramp of the troops down
the almost deserted Wihelmstrasso
IN the early morning called up mem
ories of previous uprising, and be-
spoke the government S manifest
uneaSiness.
But this time it is from The pro-
letariat that trouble and possible
revolt is feared.
Threat off a soviet republic III
Germany was heard from the lips
of communist deputy in the reich
stag Yesterday, and Presi1ent Ebeft
Immediately issued Il proclamation
warning radicals under paragraph
As of the constitution to refrain
from circulating handbills or post
ors, holding meetings or making
speeches calculated to cndanger
public order. II is tantamount to
q mild state of siege for the en-
tire country.
Riot Against Government
Morning found the order disobey-
cd by demonstrators taking adyant-
age of constitution day. anniv-
ersary Of the adoption of the Wei
mar constitution, which made Ger
many republic in fact as well as
in name, to express their disap'
proval of the present government
and the food aud money shortage
The threat of monarchist up
rising, which has given no little
concern of late, was almost for
gotten today and the Cmo govern
ment took steps to prevent trouble
from the other direction, the left.
There was a midnight conferences
called by Ebert at the president 3
palace in the Wilhelmstrasse TO
which Chancellor Cuno and other
government leaders were hidden.
They met behind locked iron gates
= where soldiers paced, rifles on
shoulders and ugly. Squat machine
guns pointed their noses toward
the wide sweep of street from which
trouble, if the communists started
it, would have to come.
Red Agitation Lead
Red agitators held meeting de-
spite the presidential ban, demand
ing the arming Of workers as a
foundation for peasants and
laborers government. .u .qe
1t is admitted the country faces
bitter and dangerous crisis, po-
liticallv and economically. Work
ers, receiving what amounts to
mere pittanee, are clamoring for
Cuno's resignation.
Socialists are meeting to decide
whether to support the commun-
lists, who are determined to force
through the rechstag Monday a
vote of lack of confidence in, the
government. The socialist decision
will seal the fate of the Cuno min
istry which now iapgs by thread
The socialists who hold the bal
ance of power, may decide to leave
the government dangling in this
precarious position, or to plunge 1t
Continued on page 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
'FerociOus' Dog
Asleep on Job
ny United Press Leased Wire

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Aug. H..
The stock of the German police dog
took a decided slump here when
Otto Oliver announced that a bur
glar entered his house under the
nose of his "ferocious dog, which
slept peacefully on during the ram
sacking,
Oliver got rid of the German po-
lice dog and bought an English bull
dog A lion is the next thing in
order, he says.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
DAVIS CUP SERIES

CHICAGO, Aug. 1l.-Australian
and Japanese tennis teams met in
an attempt to break the tie in
their Davis cup series here today,
j. O, Anderson and j. B. Hawkes.,
Australia, will oppose Zenzo Shimi.
zu and Masansuke Kukuda, Japa-
nese in a doubles match.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
DETECTIVES SEEK
MOVIE ASPIRANT
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, August H.
Jack PrcndergaSt, "a, son Of Judge
Thomas f. Prendergast of San Fran
cisco, is the object of an extensive
private detective search here today.
Young Prendergast, who is well
connected socially in the northern
city, told his parents he intended
"to make good in motion pictures
or die in the attempt"
He disappeared from his residence
IN HOLLYWOOD three weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
QUICK PLANE WORK

VALLEJO, Cal, Aug. 11.-Rec-
ord time was made by navy mec-
hanics here recently when they as
sembled seven planes shipped to
Mare Island from San Diego, put
ting the machines together in seven
hours, or one an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
IL Cents In Texas City
BY United Press Leased Wire

DALLAS, Texas, August IL
Gasoline was sold at II cents q
gallon here today by the Magnolia
Petroleum company. Other large
companies were expected to follow
with price cuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11
WHEAT HIGHER

CHICAGO, August ll,.--Grain
prices closed irregular on the Chi
cago Board of Trade today. Wheat
closed higher while other grains
showed declines.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-11

WASHINGTON. August il.--
Weather outlook for period August
i3 TO lS, inclusiyei Pacific coast
states; Generally fair weather With
normal temperatures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-04
ACCIDENT BLAMED
ON LOOSE BRAKES
City Truck Injuries Five at
Playground,

Defective brakes today were blamed
for an accident which resulted in in
jury Of five children at the newly
opened Finch playground, Spann and
Fletcher Aves., late Tuesday. A city
truck backed into and overturned a
slide on which the children were
playing.
Edwin Martin, employe of the city
recreation department, admitted, ac
cording to police who tested the
brakes, that they were loose and that
be had reported the condition to the
recreation department.
The only one of the children whose
injuries were serious was Murzy Hol.
hngsworth, Jr., s. of 1928 Spann Ave-,
whose LETT hip was broken. Others In
jured were Jack Hollingsworth, Z,
brother of Murzy; Helen Alice Smell. 3,
and Maxine Smell, s. Of 1705 Fletcher
Ave, and Joseph Kafader. 8. Of 1904
Spann Ave.
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
WILL Be INCLUDED
ON VETS PROGRAM
Committee Named for CadIe
Tabernacle Arrangements
Other Plans Made.

appointment Of a special committee
to be in charge Of the memorial serv.
ices Sunday afternoon at Cadle Taber.
nacle. July Is, as part of the Rain
bow Division Veterans Association
convention, was made today by Sam
uel D. Miller. general chairman OF the
citizens committee.
Judge Solon j. Carter is chairman.
Other members of the committee are
Charles W. Jewett. Clarence Mich.
olas, Aaron -wolfson, Eph Inman and
Byrant w. Gillespie.
Special speakers win be obtained for
the memorial service, although Gen.
Henri Gouard. ''the Lion of the Ar.
gonne," famous French soldier, will
be the principal speaker. Others will
include Father Francis p. Duffey.
who served as the chaplain of the
165th New York infantry Of the Rain.
bow Division.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade has
appropriated $500 to the entertain.
ment fund of the convention. Other
civic organizations are expected to
contribute. A. NJ. GIossprenner Is
chairman Of the finance committee,
and A. L. Rigsbee, who served as
treasurer for the Welcome Home day
celebration, Is treasurer.
Members Of the Ladies' Auxiliary
are planning TO entertain any women
who may attend the convention. Mrs.
Scion j. Carter is president, Mrs. B.
F. Whitaker. vice president: Mrs. NJ.
L. Moon, secretary. and Mrs. George
Lacey, treasurer of the auxiliary.
Tickets for the boxing show to be
given at Washington park Friday
night have been placed on sale at the
convention headquarters, 1011 Lemcke
building, H. e. Cook. secretary an
nounced today. Requests for reduced
rates continue to come, Indicating a.
large attendance.
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have interpreted the original. Amendments
can correct anything the trainers overlooked.
The Declaration of independence was the
father of the Constitution of the United States.
We began getting our independence back
on July 4, 1776. The job isn't finished yet
For one thing, we have free speech-except
when it is needed most.
But you cast your mind eye out over the
troubled world and you wouldn't trade places
with the people of any other country
Fourth of July has changed a lot in the
way we observe it. Fireworks have been
banned in most communities. That saves many
lives 1t indicates that in at least this one way
WEI becoming more sensible.
Wouldn't you like to come back 147
years, from now, in the year 207O, and see
what S doing on the Fourth in Indianapolisl
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BOND INTEREST Up
TOC|TY COUNCIL.
Special Meeting May BE
Called for Appropriation,

A special meeting of city council
to consider appropriation of $500 for
the payment Of interest on park board
bonds probably will be held this week.
Iplmediate action is necessary, Joseph
l.. Hogue. city controller, said.
An appropriation ordinance cover
ing the amount was killed by the
council Monday night, by a vote Of
6 to 8. Councilmen opposing the or
dinance based their action on what
they termed unwise expenditure of
park board funds.
Park board bonds will begin to
mature Jan. 1, Newton J. Mcclure,
attorney for the board, said The
first installlment will amount to
$4,000. Bond holders probably will
ask the courts to mandate the coun-
ell to make the appropriation If 1t is
not made voluntarily, Lloyd D. Clay
combe, city councilman, said.
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CITY CELEBRATES
AS ADJUSTMENTS
HOLD PUBLIC EYE
Threatening Skies Fail to
Dampen Enthusiasm of
Holiday Throng,

Firecrackers popped as Indianapolis
celebrated the Fourth rain or shine to-
day.
Only picnickers had their enthusi-
asm daInpened by wet weather.
The program today was safe and
sane The national balloon race at the
Speedway was the big feature. A 100
mile automobile race was scheduled to
be run at the Hoosier Speedway.
The State Playground had scheduled
another big feature with fireworks
display, .pushmobiIe race, dancing
pageant, and band music.
Unless rain interferes, the Indian
apolis Military Band will play in Uni
Military Band will play at p. m
in Douglass Park.
The Marimba Band will be at Gar
field Park and the municipal stock
company at Brookside Park All anna
teur baseball diamonds have been re-
served for games. A record number
Of picnic permits were issued, accord
mig to P. Walter Jarvis. superintend-
ent Of parks and recreation.
A band concert will be given from
. to 5 p. m. at Riverside Amusement
Park. Daylight fireworks at $40 p.
M, balloon ascension. and five
parachute drops at $40 p. M. and
fireworks at 1880 p. m, are other
feature Of the program there.
At Broad Ripple Park, swimming
contests, band concerts and fireworks
were scheduled.
A Knights of Columbus picnic will
be held at Fairview. The Indianapolis
caledonian Club held picnic at
Orchard Acres. north Of Broad Ripple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-04
EXPERIMENT MAY
COST BOYS SIGHT
Explosion Results When Lad
.IinkerS With Chemicals.

As the result Of experimenting with
chemicals to bring about an exploding
solution, Ernest Quick. IA. son of Mrs.
Ella Quick. PASS N Capitol Ave, may
lose his sight. He was seriously burned
about the face, eyes, head and hands
late Tuesday and taken to st. Vim
cents Hospital
According to his mother, the boy re-
ceived a chemical set last Christmas
and when she left home on an errand
he was tinkering with the outfit. The
boy suffered for period of over
thirty minutes without aid after he
was burned before she returned and
rushed him to the hospital.
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AIR RACE ON
DESPITE RAIN

Washington, D. c., pilot John w.
Shoptaw, War Department. aid.
Second-W. T. Van Orman, Akron,
Ohio, pilot; Herbert Thadden, Akron,
Ohio.
Third-H. E. Honeywell, Price Rd..
Clayton. Mo. pilot; j. P. Mccullough
st. Louis. Mo.
Fourth-Capt C. E. Mccullough, Air
Service, o. r. c., Baltimore, Md,
pilot; B. r. Bond, Air Service, Aber-
deem, Md.
Fifth-Lieut J. B. Lawrence. N. S.
N, Hampton Roads, Va, pilot; Lieut.
F. w. Reicheldorger. Navy Depart
ment. Washington, D. c.
Sixth-Jack Boettner, Akron, Ohio,
pilot; Jack Yolton. Akron, Ohio.
Seventh-Ralph Upson, Detroit,
Continued on Page q
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In circus setting-hotel tents. hot
dog vendors, concessionaries, pen
nants. flags, milling, excited crowds
the pre-fight scene was set.
Over at Great Falls, Jack Dempsey
arose early and parked himself in
the splendor- of the private car which
Is bringing him from his training
camp.
About half a mile out from the dirt
streets Tommy Gibbons rolled out Of
bed and busted himself doing nothing
while he waited for the tap of a little
iron bell which is to send him into
the ring that will make or break him.
For three years he has been waiting
for this chance and now he IS conf
dent he viii be successful.
1t win be a wide-open fight.
Rules Agreed Upon
Jack Kearns and Eddie Kane, man.
ayers Of the two heavyweights. met
with the Shelby boxing commission
and agreed upon a set of rules that
will permit either one of the fighters
to hit any time anywhere above the
belt.
The rabbit punch, the kidney punch
and other questionable blows will be
permitted.
This gives the rugged Dempsey a
decided advantage because he always
does his most effective work in the
clinches and at close quarters.
Upon insistence of Eddie Kane,
builders Of the arena changed the
ring and made it twenty-one feet in
side the ropes. instead of eighteen
feet This will give Tommy more
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-04
COMPANY
JOINS IN SEARCH
FOR MISSING GIRL
Times Story Brings CIeWS to
Whereabouts of Frances
Webb.

Twenty-seven days have passed
since Frances Winnie Webb, 16. of
420 N. Emerson Ave. disappeared.
Mrs. Len S. Webb, through The Times
Tuesday, began to bring results to-
day.
Some important clews, have been OBJ
tained, and these are being investi-
gated by detectives. The mother Of
the girl was much encouraged when
told OF the, clews and expressed a
feeling that through the help of the
public her daughter would be re-
turned.
Insurance Company Helps
Leo L. Black, agent for the
Prudential Life Insurance Company,
today offered the service Of eighty
six field agents in searching for Miss
Webb. These men visit homes In In
dianapolis and suburban cities and
each will be given cards with a
picture and description of the missing
girl.
Black said that il Miss Webb is not
found in a few days the cards will be
sent to agents of the Prudential Life
insurance Company in every part Of
the United States.
Girl in Red Auto
One of the most important clews
was furnished by Mrs. John Kent.
1919 z. Thirty-Third ST. She told
Webb she had seen a girl answering
the description of his daughter
Mrs. Kent told startling story.
She had gone in an automobile to
Fifty Second ST.. east of College Ave,
to put for sale" signs on some prop
erty she owns, one morning In the
second week in June, shortly after
Miss Webb disappeared. Mrs. Kent
told Webb the girl was asleep in a
large red automobile. Three roughly
dressed men were in the car. When
Mrs. Kent's car approached the red
car was driven away rapidly.
Strange Telephone Call
Webb stated he received telephone
call telling him that a week ago
girl apsweringsthe description of Fran
ces went to the home Of Theodore 8.
Saylor. 2705 N. Gale ST., and requested
to use a telephone. She called up some
one living in Denny ST., and then re-
quested the persons present at the
Saylor home not to say anything about
her using the telephone. The girl then
left the Gale st. house and has not
been seen since.
Harry Jesse, newspaper man. re-
ported to Webb he had on several oc-
casions seen girl answering the de-
scr1ption Of Miss Webb. in the 1900
block in Udell St
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George winkler, Federal prohibition
group chief for Indiana. And citizens
are responsible for rs per cent of the
Increased drought, they said.
Three years ago it was almost i'm
possible to get clews to liquor
violations from citizens, said Winkler
Since Jan. l, 1928, I have received
about 100 signed letters telling of
neighborhood booze peddlers. upon
which arrests have been made, he