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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
FILM |NDORSERS
ANNOUNCE SERIES
Of CHARITY FETES
Elaborate Program Arranged
for Benefit of County
Dependents,

More elaborate program than usual
will be presented between now and
Christmas by the Indiana Indorsers
of Photoplays, Of which Mrs. David
Ross is president.
Mrs. Walter Geisel is chairman of
the committee in charge of these
programs at various hospitals, san
itariums and orphanages in Marion
County. Mrs. d. Y. Byrkit is chair
man Of the automobile committee to
provide conveyances for those taking
part in programs and for the neces
sary paraphernalia.
"Nanook of the North" was shown
today at the public library Mrs.
Henry Sturgis was hostess in charge
Miss Emma Gardner, captain of
Troop %, Girl Scouts, was in charge
Of the ushers.
The following programs and host
esses. have been announced:
st. vincents Hospital, hostess. Mrs.
Fred L. Pettiiohn; Robert w. Long Hos
pital hostess Mrs. II A. Mcdonald;
Tuberculosis Hospital, hostess. Mrs. Robert
Kendall; city hospital hostess Mrs. Oscar
ONES Jutlcttd hOSpIldl HOoIt5S 4dTs. 1. " .
DcmmerIy. colored home for aged women.
hostess. Mrs. w. A Harrison: home for aged
women hostess Mrs william Birk; Co ored
lrphanage, hostess, Mrs. B. +. Schmidt
white orphanage hostess; Mrs. B. H. Moore ;
Sunnyside sanitauum. hostess. Mrs. J. ".
Ycstal; Guardian home. hostess Miss Caro-
Inc Goodhart Communal building. hostess
Mrs Wolf Sussm8n Little SISTERS of the
POOR. hostess, Mrs E L. Burnett poor farm
hostess Mrs. o. c. Lukenbill: colored and
white Y. w. c A. hostess. Mrs. NJ. e. hob
1ins; free kinderg arten, hostess, Mrs. Samuel
etcher; Foreign house. hostess Mr. Su5s-
nan; Shelby St. library. hostess. Mrs. J..
7rancis AXE, Prospect St. library. hostess,
Mrs. Charles H. Smith.
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W.C.T.U. MEETING SUNDAY
Program at Presbyterian Church
Is Announced.

meeting under auspices of the
West Washington Street w. c. t. U.
will be held Sunday evening at the
West Washington Street Presbyterian
Church at Miley Ave. and w. Wash
ington St. Mrs. r. Eblin will preside;
Mrs. ". w. Reedy, president of the
Central w. c. T. T.. will be the
speaker.
The program: Music by the billiard
Harker Orchestra. reading by Miss Avis
Rybolt athens by the church choir,
readings by Miss Fay Jones and Mrs
Ruth Nolan, solo bye billiard Harker,
Scripture lesson, Mrs. Lillian Sed-
wick, and benediction by the Rev IT.
Simpson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
SEVEN PERISH IN
FLAMES Of HOME
Two Mothers and Five Chill
dren Trapped in Blaze.

BIZ United Press
WALLACEBURG, Ont. Dec. s.
Trapped In the kitchen of a blazing
farm house two mothers and their
five children were burned to death last
night.
Nearly all the bodies were found in
the kitchen near the door, indicating
d desperate attempt to escape the
flames just before the roof fell in.
Mrs. Harry Babcock, Wallaceburg,
and her four children, and Mrs. Ram
sey, Port Huron, Mich, and her baby
son, were the victims. Mrs. Ramsey
is a sister of Mrs. BabcOck.
The fire is believed to have started
from the explosion of lamp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
WORK WINS OVER
LUCK IN CONTEST
Solve Proverbs and FIJI Your
Bank Account,

II you haven't all the proverb
pictures, you may get the first fifteen
without cost. After the fifteenth the
pictures you obtain will cost you 2
cents each. Address your request.
giving the number of the proverb
pictures, to Proverb Editor, The In
dianapolis Times.
Lucky person will not win the
proverb contest, but only those who
patiently work at each provorb picture
until they find the right proverb. That
is what makes the contest fair and
interesting. Stay in until the finish
and then send your complete list of
prOverb pictures to the Proverb
Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
IMPERSONATOR TO
ENTERTAIN SUNDAY
Big Meeting Ladies Day to
Be Observed.

The first Ladies Day of the sea
son will be observed Sunday at the
Big Meeting at English's. Edwin NJ
Whitney. impersonator. Will be the
main attraction.
Whitney will present Hit the Trail
Holiday. This is his fourth appear.
ance at the Big Meeting. In giving
Hit the Trail Holiday" Whitney will
impersonate fifteen characters with.
out using any makeup and without
leaving the stage.
The Irvington Masonic Double Mate
Ouartette viii sing. Community sing
ing will be lead by A. H GODDARD. The
Big Meeting Orchestra will begin a
thirty minute concert when the doors
open at p. m.
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FARMERS CONTINUE
MARKETING FIGHT

The fight for the cooperative mar
keting bill vetoed by Governor Nc
Cray early this year will be carried
to the Legislature in 1925.
The Federation went on record as
favoring equalization of taxes. read
justment of valuations, cooperative
marketing, rigid prohibition, appoint
ment of a Federal market reporter
at the local stockyards, President
Cooidge's first message with the ex-
ception Of his statement farmers are
prosperous and adopted a resolution
condemning tax exempt securities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
'SblOOd!

Happy Atherton, well-known
protagonist of fistic dUelling, who
lives at 764 Middle Dr., Woodruff
Place, with barred fists and bel
ligerent cOuntenance today Is
searching for someone, he knows
not whom.
Friday night Happy went to
take a final look at his trusty
and beloved fighting mittens be-
fore he went to bed for a couple
of yards Of sweet dreams about
adding more glory to the old
gloves. They were gone. Happy
has been on the war path ever
since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
HUSBAND BEATS
WIFE, THEN DIES
Police Are Called Just Before
Tragedy,

A suicide was being investigated by
police and Coroner Paul F. Robinson
today.
Vernon Rogers, 100 N. Delaware St,
died from effects Of poison shortly
after police arrested him in his home
His wife, Mary Rogers, called police
and told them her husband was drunk
and was beating her.
Motor Policemen Long and Schley
When they discovered
Rogers condition, they called an am
bulance. He died while being at
tended by an ambulance physician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Bu Tinted Ne4os


MOSSBACH, Germany, Dec. 8.--The
patriotism of Corliss Hoover Griffis,
young American ex-officer and Would
War veteran, so stirred his German
judges, sentencing him as the leader
of the plot to kidnap the draft evader
Bergdon, they decreed the light SEN
tence of enc year and nine months
Imprisonment, and a fine in marks
that equals less than fifty cents.
Griffis' honor is not sullied by the
sentence they imposed, the Judges in
timated. He has made an excellent
impression on the authorities. who I'M
derstand his desire to act against
Bergdoll
The three months Griffis has al
ready spent in prison awaiting trial
are deducted from his sentence, leav-
ing him a year and half to serve.
Eugene Nelson of Chicago who was
a member of the little band thai
planned the frontier dash, was SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
He automatically goes free. as he has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Oil Production Increases

Indiana produced 90 900 barrels OF
of in October and 81 900 barrels in
September. Theodore Kingsbury, gas
and oil inspector for the State con-
servation department, reported today.
Southwestern Indiana produced $4,000
barrels in October, while the north
eastern fields yielded $4,000 barrels in
the sam eperiod, he reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Auto Driver Held

Earnest Earl, SO, Of 2S42 KenSood
Ave, was under arrest today charged
with assault and battery, and Walter
Horonocker. Z. of % S. Euclid Ave. is
recovering from bruises about che
head and face. Police say an automo-
bile driven by Earl struck the boy as
he was crossing the street at Linwood
Ave, and z. Washington St. After
treatnssnt in the office of DR.. A. A.
Hollir sworth. 411s y. Washington
St.. he 1 . taken honae.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Meetings Here
Today

Electroplaters. Meeting. Deni-
son.
University Women. Luncheon.
Meeting. Spink-Arms.
Indianapolis Alumni Associ-
aation. Delta Tau Delta. Ban
~quet. SEVERN.
Fifth Indiana History Confer
ence. Meeting. Banquet. Clay
pool.
Indiana Transfer and Ware
house Association. Meeting. Ban
quet Claypool.
Indiana Farm Federation Blu
reau. Meeting Claypool.
Concert. Wagnerian Opera
Company. Murat Theater.
Society of Indiana Pioneers.
Meeting. Dinner. DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, speaker.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Lunch
con. Lincoln.
Beta. Luncheon. Board of
Trade.
Old Colony Club. Ball. Sew
erin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
THE QUESTION is
WILL GAMMA SING?
Wife of Harold Mccormick Rumored in Cast of Grand
Onnra Cnn1nanM
Opera Company,

to pull the expensive organization
out Of bad financial straits and to
make possible the engagement Of the
company In New York around the
Christmas holidays. The McCor-
micks have denied the loan
1t Is known that Gamma Walska has
rehearsed The Marriage of Figaro
with the company in Detroit. No def
mite reason has been given for chang.
ing the opera bill tonight to one that
Walska is familiar. It is known that
she Is ambitious to sing the role in
New York.
Nelson TrowbridGe, manager Of the
Murat, stated that the theater man
agement had nothing to do whatso-
everwith this change or were respon-
sible for it nor did they authorize or
encourage it."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08

VIII Gamma WaIska, wife of Har-
old Mccormick and prima donna
sing under an assumed name at the
Murat with the Wagnerian Opera
Company in The Marriage Of Fl
CARO- tonight?
This question was being asked to-
day following the sudden change of
the night opera bill at the Murat
from "Waukuere" to The Marriage
Of Figaro"
1t has been published this week
that Gamma Walska advanced the
Wagnerian Opera Company $4,000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08

New Rule Effective

One of the first arrests made since
establishment Of the rule requiring
traffic officers to patrol a block near
their corner, while not directing traffic,
was that Of Orville La Toilette, Is.
of 1855 s. Illinois st. He was in city
prison today charged with vagrancy
and held on $4,000 bond. Arrest was
made by Officer Viles, who said the
boy has been held before for bicycle
theftS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
TWO OTHERS OF
ALLEGED BANDIT
GANG ARRESTED
Third Man Escapes After
Running Revolver
Duel
By UHited Press

BIZ UHited Press
VINCENNES, Ind, Dec. S.-Roy
Graham and Denver Meeks, two more
alleged members Of the Bicknen band
Of sixteen bandits which is said TO be
responsible for the Coal City and
Spencer Bank robberies and other acts
OF banditry in Southern Indiana, We're
arrested at Bicknen Friday night and
brought TO the Jail here.
Royal Dodds, a third man wanted.
escaped after running revolver 1uel.
He is expected to be arrested today.
Graham and Meeks are charged
with completely in the Coal City Bank
hOld-up on Oct. 6.
Prosecutor Young said today he mad
obtained a confession from prisoner
n the county Jail to the robbery Of
he Coal City Bank
The S4,40O obtained in the Coal City
robbery was split among five men, ac-
cording to Young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Girl Injured by Auto

Josephine Rice, 9. 615 S. California
ST., suffered a sprained left ankle and
slight cut on the head today when
she was struck by an automobile
driven by r. E. Ayres, 1901 E. Ray.
mond ST., at Merrill and California
Sts., today, according to police. Ayres
was charged with assault and battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
WOMAN'S HEADLESS BODY
Is FOUND IN DITCH
Wealthy Milwaukee Husband Held
Pending Investigation.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Dec S.-The
headIess body of Mrs. Ora Tompkins,
wife OF Ray Tompkins, wealthy Mil
waukee business man, was found in
a shallow ditch in a ravine twenty-five
miles north of here today.
The head is still missing.
Tompkins is held by police pending
investigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08

More than 500 members Of the In
dianapolis Athletic Club will obtain
their first views of the interior Of
their new club home. now under con-
struction at Meridian and Vermont
St. when they will be the guests of
mittee Of sixty.
Final plans for escOrting the mem
bership through the building and for
their entertainment were made to
day at a meeting Of the committee
Of sixty with its officers. Carl II.
Wallerich. chairman; Carl J. Prinz-
Members of the committee, accord.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
NORMAL CENTENNIAL ENDS
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec. 81
The centennial celebration of the es-
Establishment Of teachers training in
the United States ended with a giant
pageant at the Indiana State Normal
School here Friday.
A feature was an address by Ben
iamin j. Burris, State superintend-
ent of public instruction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
Man Alleged to Have Killed Brother
in-Law During Quarrel.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Ihifed Press
VINCENNES, Ind. Dec. 8.-Ches
ter Williams of Oaktown, is held in
county Jail here today charged with
the murder of his brother-in-law. Dan
Latshaw, during a quarrel Friday
night.
Williams shot LatshaW through
the heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen belong
to:
G. l.. Jones, Twenty-f1rst st. and
De Quincy St, from 1885 Station st.
Albert Jackson, 1872 +. Washing
ton ST., from New Jersey and Michi-
gan SITS.
Arthur Lying Connersville. Ind,
from Capitol Ave. and Michigan st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
BUZZ SAW DEALS DEATH

b Z nlted PfeSS
WINAMAC, Ind, Dec. S.-While his
parents looked on helpless to aid him,
Otto Neidner, &c. farmer, was cut
from head to knee by buzz saw. He
died instantly He left family.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
SHRINE INITIATION
IS SEEN BY 5000
Murat Temple Raises 1923
for Harding Memorial.

At the final shrine ceremonial Of
the year l44 candidates were inflated
at the Murat Temple Friday night.
The ceremonial was the largest in the
history of the indianapolis shrine
There was All 5 attendance of about
5000.
Those at the ceremonial gave $82S.46
to the Harding memorial and $1,562.9O
for the Christmas basket distribu
ton.
Delegations were present from
mort States east of the Rocky Noun.
tains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
COOLIDGES ATTITUDE ON
BONUS DISLIKED BY BALL
State Legion Command Pleased With
Stand on Remedial Legislation.

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec Sc. Arthur
Ball, State commander of the Amer
lean Legion, today stated that the
stand of President Coolidge, indorsiug
remedial legislation for the disabled
veteran, was coincidal with his own
views.
Commander Ball, however, regret.
ted the President's attitude son the
soldiers bonus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
MORAY SEES NO
REASON TO RESIGN
CONTINUED From Page y

Of Noel is the one to which McCray
referred in his statement.
Text Of statement:
I consider the refusal Of Governor
AicCray to reply TO my letter. de
livered to him. requesting his written
statement concerning an early and
speedy trial on the eight indictments,
consisting of 1872 counts. in the Ma
rion County court. sufficient reason
for calling the State committee at the
earliest date possible to take definite
action looking TO the welfare of the
Republican party
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Friendship Abused

I consider the meeting necessary
because this nan besmirched the
good name of the State of Indiana,
prostituted the great Office of Gov
ernor, abused sacred ties of friend
ship and injured the great party that
sponsored his election.
This has ceased to be a political
question. Every citizen Of Indiana
with patriotism and state pride must
certainly deeply resent and deplore
the manner and extent TO which our
states name is being disgraced I'D
.ionally.
I am credibly informed that our
Governors conduct is being made the
subject of jests on the vaudeville
stage and at many other places of
public gathering
II the Legislature IS, convened for
impeachment purposes. have been
advised one member Of the Legisla
lure declared, many of the legislators
might feel it their duty to seek to
carry the impeachment proceedings
further and remove from Office any
appointee of the present Governor
who has participated in the opera
tons which have made the name OF
Indiana a by-wOrd throughout the
r-uifed States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS SOUGHT

Arrest OF additional suspects in the
investigation Of the Spencer bank rob
berry will be made within the next two
or three days. Harry Webster. super
intendent OF the protective division Of
the Indiana Bankers Association, de-
calred today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
RULES GOVERNING CONTEST

Prizes will be awarded for the best and appropriate
Of
de o
submitted proerb Where
submitted will
one enbe u
Each plainly published
each
The last pi vi re Jan
be
on OF 10
EnToy Of
MIR o
Americ n
The J
poh and
GEORGE Suck o
will be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Kidnaper Is Sought.

From Roses vague and uncertain
story, police started a search for the
girls kidnaper. They felt certain
they knew the man.
Rose, who was known in the suburb
Of Mt. Clare as the little mother" be-
cause she was the official story tel
Ter to children of the neighborhood.
disappeared last Sunday evening while
on An errand to corner store. The
mystery Of her disappearance caused
city wide search day and night.
In the room where the girl was
kept prisoner they found several
bottles Of drug which kept Rose
asleep most Of the time. Other occu-
pants Of the small house knew nothing
Of her presence.
Does Not Remember Much
Il don't remember much after I
went to the store" Rose said today
from her bed in the hospital
Il was starting home when a man
met me in that vacant lot, took my
groceries and said he was going 30
take me for a nice ride. I didn
want to go, but he pinched my arm
and told me to be quiet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
Resignation Only Solution

The only hope I can see for
peedy termination of the present
.lisgraceful situation is for Governor
McCray to. resign and take with him
everyone whose conduct and mode OF
thought agrees with his. AS a mat.
ter or loyalty to their chief undoubt-
eddy their designations would follow
his
In connection with his statement.
WaIb sent letter to each member Of
the State committee. He Tentatively
set the date for the State committee
meeting as Dec. IT, subject to the Goa
venience Of members of the committee.
In connection with Walb's state
ment to the effect State employees close
to McCray also should resign, it was
recalled that three McCray appointces
recently called on Walb and the sub
committee to intercede for the Coz
ernor, They were Fred Robinson.
State purchasing agent; Eben H. Wo'
colt, State bank commissioner, and
Eph z Daley. member Of the indus
trial board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
GIRL VICTIM Of
INSANE KIDNAPER
RETURNS HOME
12-Year-OId Little Mother
Held Prisoner Five Days
in Attic Bedroom,
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO Dec S-l}ose Berth,
12-year old victim Of demented kid
naper, rested her tired and abused
body in d nosr ital today following
five days of Imprisonment in a tiny
attic bedroom.
From her bed at the hospital, Rose
told what she remembered of her ex-
perience, relating how a strange man
took me for long street car ride and
then took me to dirty room where
I slept most of the time"
Rose was returned to her parents
hist night by her kidna.J> The
man called neighbors of the Borths
ty telephone and told them to meet
the girl at the car line. Police &C
companied the girls parents and
friends as she alighted at the des1g-
mated corner. She was weakened by
her experiences, her hair was dis
heveled and her face was pincned
from lack Of pourishment for FIVE
days and nights.
Evening star., 1923-06-03
The Future of Motion Pictures

MOTION pictures are about to enter
A'A into the third and greatest phase
of their development. according to
many observers. They have come to
the time when the writer's OF the
world are going to discuss pictures
as one of the mediums of expression
for their art-on par with the stage
and the printed page.
The first phase of the picture in
motion-the penny -the-slot ma
chine-passed quickly and was re-
placed by the film, which usually had
a weak story but included plenty OF
running and pie throwing. Movement
was the principal thing. Then came
the second period, that of technical
development, the creation of great
studios, the experiments with light
ing and scenery. the development of
the use of colors. Of atmosphere.
Early in this period Adolph luxor
saw that the future of pictures would
not be bright unless artists were Sc
cured to do the acting. He began
the present-day period of pictures
when he induced Sarah Bernhard to
play Queen Elizabeth" This was
the first movie with a great name
attached to it, Now the stars of the
screen are often better known than
the stars of the stage and the art OF
acting before the camera has pro-
gressed to the point where 1t Is ad-
mittedly profession requ1ring
ability of a high order. In fact, the
screen has it's geniuses.
Motion pictures have jumped from
a toy to the amusement of the masses
in a little more than a decade. This
industry has developed technically
and artistically, and has induced a
number of famous writers to con-
tribute directly for the screen. but
admittedly has failed to attract the
sympathetic cooperation of the lead
ing authors of the world as a whole.
1t is this lack which the$Authors'
League of America Uncorporated)
hopes to supply at the international
congress on motion picture arts.
which Is to be held at the Waldorf
Astoria, New York. on June and 8.
The congress is to be held in CO.
opertion with Adolph Zukor and
Jesse l. Lasky of the Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation, with repre-
sentatives Of all the other leading