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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
BUTLER TO MEET
STRONG NET FOES
State Normal Here tuesday
At Wabash on Friday,

Tuesday evening Butler meets
State Normal at the Irvington gym.
State Normal has been in the habit
q making games very interesting on
small floors. Tho game should be
wen worth seeing.
The Normal team is composed Of
some we'll known basket ball stars
Burris, Washington High, was con
sidered next best to Fuzzy" Vandiver
two years ago. Tudor. former De
PAW star, is with the Normal team
Bratton and Conover. last year
regulars, are playing good ball.
Following the Normal game Butler
meets Wabash at Charlottesville next
Friday night. Many Of the local
students appear to be DESTROYS Of see
ing that contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
IOWA ONLY UNDEFEATED
FIVE IN CONFERENCE
Big Ten Teams Enter Final Stretch Of the Basketball
Season.


BIZ Jnted Press
CHICAGO. Feb. iowa was well
on the way to the Western Confer
ence basketball title today as the Big
Ten went into the final stretch of the
season.
The Hawkeyes have won seven
straight victories and remain Unde-
feated.
one big unset marked the last week
III conference play, the defeat Of the
strong Ohio State team by Purdue,
Three championship matches are on
the boards for tonight. Iowa meets
Ohio State, Minnesota clashes with
Michigan and Illinois and Indiana
play at Bloomington.
The tightest battle Of the week
should come Wednesday when Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. tied for second
place, fight it out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
AH-HA-AAA- The CHAMPION
MISSES A BILLIARD
BY BILLY EVANS

w YILLIE HOPPE. famous billiard
w star, is a champion. every inch
of him. He not only plays. but
looks the part
Titleholders Of the Hoppe species
do much to elevate the game Of bill
lizards. May he reign for a long, long
time.
Hoppe is one Of the most popular
champions in the history of all sports.
affable, always the gentleman, Hoppe
makes friends the moment he steps up
to the green table to start a match or
exhibition, His clean cut manner I'm
mediately wins you over.
when players are nearly equal in
ability. getting the breaks means
everything" remarked Hoppe to me
recently in discussing the coming
match for the championship with
Jake Schaefer.
While every champion in any
branch of sport sooner or later Is de-
throned. the defeat Of Hoppe by
Schaefer q year ago was a huge
surprise. The sympathy OF every
lover Of Billiards went to Hoppe in
defeat. The glad hand was extended
by just as many when he regained
his title by defeating Schaefer.
How come Schaefer happened to
beat you. WiIIie?" I asked
The old mental hazard turned the
trick he replied
Hoppe is one champion who always
tries TO give the fans a run for theil
money. He takes every exhibition
seriously. plays his very best and is
disappointed when he fails to do
something unusual, something the
fans really expect a champion TO
/ perform.
II Is really surprising what a little
thing will do with a champions game.
/ Recently l saw Hoppe perform in
/ Cleveland at the Cleveland Athletic
Club. After practicing for a few
minutes he came back and sat down
J beside me, saying:
The crowd IS going 10 see poor
/ billiards this afternoon. That table is
Just Ike asking a big league ball
player to perform on a skinned dia
mond The cushions are lIvelier than
the ball they used in the big league
/ last year"
Hoppe was right. It required a
/ flock Of innings to complete the aft
crnoon's play. In tho evening the
cushions we're changed and Hoppe
/ demonstrated why he Is champion by
running out his 800 points in two
| innings. getting 204 and an unfinished
.uu Of SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
STILESVILLEL
TO EMINENCE
FVe-Man Defense Proves
Turning Point,
By Times Special

By Times Special
ENIINENCE, Ind, Feb. 12.-The
Stilesville High School basketball
team fell before the locals Saturday
night in a game thriller. The final
score was Sc to %. The score at the
half was ITO in Sulesville's favor.
A five-man defense that never be
came efficient until the last five min
utes of the game was the factor that
sent the boys from Hendricks County
home in defeat. Gaining an early lead,
Coach Brewers outfit led %, when
Coach Felkins Of Eminence sent in
his ace. Richards, at center. He put
new life in the local boys and they
soon drew up to one point Of tie at
half time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

Eight Big Ten teams will get into
action Saturday with a good chance
the standings OF the teams Will be
changed as a result. Chicago will play
at Ohio State, Minnesota at Indiana.
Michigan at Northwestern and Iul-
nois at Purdue.
Funk Of Iowa is the outstanding
scorer of the week with 70 points. SO
on free throws Barnes OF Chicago is
second.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
PASSAIC NET TEAM IS
SWAMPED BY CHALLENGES
Eastern Team Has Record of 1O4 WinS-Bothehem Squad
Anxious for Battle,

ment early next month and probably
will come through for the State cham
piCnship tournament at Princeton
ohout the middle Of March.
Coach Blood has received proffers
Of jobs from many schools and col
leges, but is clinging TO his position
in Passaic. The latest victim OF his
team was Hackensack High. which
succumbed Saturday. 20 TO IS. This
was the one hundred and fourth vic
tory In succession. In all those games
no opponent scored more than thirty
nine points against Passaic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
Bouts at Bloomington

d. 7 FUFEd NWtJtNF
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. r.
Two knockouts occurred in a boxing
show staged here Saturday night by
Promoter Ed Findlay Of Indianapolis.
Bobbie Lee of Indianapolis. stoppeIM
Jimmy Thomas Of Cincinnati IN fouy
rounds and Charlie Winters Of
Bloomington put the skids under
Young Terry in three rounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 12.-When the
gridiron hosts swing into action for
the 1928 campaign. major leaguers Of
the football world in the North and
East will find themselves Involuntary
bracing themselves against the attack
of powerful elevens that will go thun-
dering up from he South to engage
them in warfare.
Heretofore the invasion of the
squads from Dixie has met with varied
success, but has been sufficiently
noteworthy to make the leading col
leges Of the country seek return dates
with the best Of the Southern institu-
tons.
Advancement of football in the
South has been so material in recent
years that the big universities of
other sections have found a real dan
ger in the annual pilgrimages of the
various teams to their domains.
The feat of Centre College In 1921,
when 1t beat Harvard at Cam
bridge, attracted attention to the
wonder team" while the strong fight
put up 10y NTtIl SD ! ECls AuUuiIl anu
others. and the victory Of Alabama
over the University Of Pennsylvania
in 1922 also put the thin red line"
from Tuscaloosa on the map.
a survey of the tentative schedules
for 1928 reveals the fact that many
Dixie teams VIII invade the North for
games that should rank among the
hest Of the season
There IS a touch of color 70 these
clashes between the greatest teams
of the country and the cream or the
Southern grids. Bitter rivalry Of 1861.
that swept through the war lines Of
Lee and Grant. has been laid to rest,
but from it has grown a modern form
of athletic competition that knows no
bounds.
While the South offered stern OPP
position last season, Alabama was the
only eleven to put over a big win.
Alabama's defeat of Pennsylvania
after that team had defeated the
Navy, was one of the upsets of the
season.
This year the South feels confident
that it VIII turn the North and East
back several times. In fact. is hope
full of getting an even split in the in
tersectional games scheduled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
Independent Basketball!

The St George five was defeated by the
Olive Branch Seconds. IS to "a. on SATURDAY
night Hare starred Tor the winners while
Coons was best for the losers For games
with the St. George team call Drexel 9027
and ask for Gus.
defeated the Tigers f. A: C. team. - to l6.
Ed Salter starred for the winners with
twenty-seven points Lee Roberts made
call DrexeI 1928, ring /. and ask for KEEP,
The Mapletons chaI1ed M 2 couple wins
feater,- 43 to g. and the Marion Ramblers
Eent down by the count Of % to Il. The
Mapleton Maids were defeated by the
Hoosier A C. girls, % TO g.
The Cropsey Celts wagntt a game, for next
Friday afternoon at $50 The Cells play 9I,
Drexel s433. and ask for Purity. The Celts
have a gym.
The Bows Club Bulldogs won from the
The Boys Club team claims the city cham
pionship in the 12-13-year-olds class Teams
desiring games call Main 1892 and ask for
Caldwell.
The 7 P. C. basket 1--WE with Johnny Rice
in the lineup defeated the ferndales, 22 to
20. in a thriller at the Ferndale gym. Rice's
speed was the deciding factor that put the
Y P. c. team out in front
The BeIefontaine .Triangles desire games
with teams playing In the 15-16-year-old
class. For games call Harrison 1910 and
ask for Tom. A game Is wanted for Tues
day night.
The Phantom Five desires games with
teams having access to gyms The Phau-
toms play IN the 15-16-yesr-olds class. Call
Harrison 1867.
Ths Ferndale Triangles found the Hermes
easy Esnd won 40 to Q. The losers were
out-ckssed from the start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tor Brewer. Mil-
hon for Shuler, Richard for Shake. Field
gOals-MannOn 3, Alexander 3, Richard 3.
Bunk I Million 4 Brewer 3. Wise ., Boyd
1. Tudor / Foul goals-WisP. 6 ont Of II ;
Alexander. ont of Q. Referee-Dic'l Mil
Ter, indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12
SEVEN BATTLES
SCHEDULED WITH
NORTHERN TEAMS
Crack AggregatiOnS of South
Secure Dates With Lead
erS of College World,
Nmth.Snuth Big Ones

NOrth-SOuth Big Ones
Georgia Tech VS.. NOtre Dame at
South Bend.
Georgia Tech VS.. Penn State at State
College, Pa.
Georgia vs.. Yale at New Haven.
Vanderbilt vs.. Michigan at Ann
ArbOr.
Centre VS.. Pennsylvania at Philadel-
phia.
Alabama vs.. Syracuse at Syracuse.
North Carolina vs.. Yale at New
Haven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

The Phantom Five desires games with
teams having access to gyms. The Phan-
toms play IN the 15-16-yesr-olds class. Call
Harrison 1867.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

The Bellefontaine Triangles desire games
with teams playing I'm the 15-16-year- old
class. For games call Harrison 1910 and
ask for Tom. A game is wanted for Tues
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

The Ferudale Triangles found the Hermes
easy Esnd won 40 to o. The losers were
out-ch ssed from the start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

The 7 P c. basket FIVE with Johnny Rice
in the lineup defeated the ferndales, % to
20. in thriller at the Ferndale gym Rice's
speed was the deciding factor that put the
Y. p. G. team out in front
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-12

Chuck Virgins got himself some
prominence in Brooklyn Saturday
night. He substituted for Floyd John
son, heavyweight, against Jim Tracey
Of Australia and knocked out the big
fellow from across the sea in the tenth
round. Wonder where Chuck got the
kfck7
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
American Farmer Was
fCOn1r1de OF MuSSOIir1i

ANN HARBOR, Mich, March G.
If Benito Mussolini, Italian premier,
has no more stick-to-n-iveness as a
statesman than he once had as a
ditch-digger, his eclipse is near.
Henry Albertini, owner of a small
fruit farnIpn the outskirts of this
city, seat of8the University of MicAi-
gan, says 50. And Albertini, Syiss,
knows all about Mussolini's ditch
digging ability.
For once he worked shoulder to
shoulder with the present Fascist
head at that lowly vocation!
"That was in April Of 19O9," re-
late AlberHni, "in Zurich, Switzer-
land.
mo one had ever heard of the
present premier. He was one of us
five workmen, Socialists, out of
jobs, broke and hungry.
Leaving my companions one
afternoon I found job digging a
basement.
"The next morning we started
Mussolini just as eagerly as
any of US. In day or so he began
to soldier on the job.
His appetite had lost the tinge
of hunger. He tried to dictate where
and how each of US should labor. He
grew arrogant and domineering.
Even then he evidenced an over
developed sense of vanity and his
penchant for copying the pose of Ma
poleon-one hand showed in at the
breast of his coat and the other
crooked behind his back. Benito did
more posing than work.
"Mussolini always has impressed
me as being very much of an egotist.
'In 1911 he requested | get him
the commission to translate into
Italian a history of the French revo-
luton, written by Prince Peter
Kropotkin, the Russian anarchist. |
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
TRAIN Wrecked ON
TRESTLE.. ALL ESCAPE
Freight on Pelham and Havana
Railroad Takes Plunge
All Are Saved

CAIRO. March 6.-Engineer J. It.
Stevens, Conductor Donald Williams
and two negro members of a Pelham
q Havana railroad freight crew mi
raculously escaped death shortly be-
fore noon yesterday when the engine
and six cars of a freight train plung-
ed through Turkey creek trestle, five
miles south of Carlo. Stevens and
Williams suffered sprained backs,
and Jim Moore, negro brakeman,
suffered a sprained arm and wrench
ed back.
Byron Butler, negro fireman, was
only slightly bruised.
One train had just passed over
the trestle but the engine of the Sec
ond train led the way for three gon-
dolas and three box cars to follow.
All were loaded with fertilizer. The
wreck is the worst in the history of
the P. & H., the short line road from
here to Havana, Fla. The trestle is
so completely demolished that it
will be necessary to build new one
and detour is being constructed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
GEORGIA LEADS IN
FERTILIZER PLANTS
Census Reports Give State Total
Of 1873 Manufactures In
1921

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Geor-
.gia led the ur ~ in the number of
establishments engaged in the manu-
tacture of fertilizers during 1921,
according to reports made to the bu-
reau of census, department of COM
merce, this state having total of
1873 manufactures.
A considerable decrease is shown
in the activities of fertilizer estab
lishments, according to the report,
when they are compared with those
for 1919. The total value Of prod
ucts reported amounted to $780,
374,800 as compared with $281 ,143,-
600 for 1919 and $153, 3,196,1O0 for
1914, decrease of 36 per cent from
1919, but an increase of 18 per cent
for the seven year period 1914 to
1921 Of the 588 establishments re-
ported in the United States, 81 were
located in North Carolina, so in
South Carolina, AZ in Virginia, IA
each in Alabama and Maryland, 28
in Pennsylvania, % in Ohio, 19 in
New Jersey, 7 n Florida, II ~ I'LL
nois, II in Calis)!l;l IL III Indiana,
10 in Tennessee, . in Maine, 8 in
Mississippi, seven III Louisiana, 6 in
Delaware, ea:n in Come c.icut ard
Massachusetts, each III Kansas, New
York AMI Washington, 3 ea3h in Ar
kansas, Ken,u>y, Missouri and Texas,
2 in N3brasl0. AMI cac in (vi .ra-
do, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Oregon, Vermont, West Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin.
Approximately 62 per cent of the
total value of the products in 1921
was reported by the South Central
and the South Atlantic states; 73
per cent of the total was reported by
these states in 1919, and 70 per cent
in 1914. The North Central, Mid
die Atlantic and New England states
reported 35 per cent in 1921; 25 pei
cent in 1919 and % per cent in
1914. The Mountain and Pacific
Continued on Page Two.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
HARVEY GOING AT TER
AUTO TAX DODGERS
If You Haven't A 1928 Tag Bet
ter Leave The Old Bus
AT Home

If YOU haven't got a 1928 auto
tax tag, you'd better leave the old bus
in the garage. That is, unless you
don't mind paying a fine for the priv
ilege of violating the state auto tag
tax law.
The few motorists who managed to
escape paying tag taxes during 1922
won't find the game so easy this year,
says Sheriff Lucius Harvey. 81 have
to pay my tag tax,' said the sheriff
today, land you can just bet every
body else will have to do that very
thing"
The only condition upon which the
sheriff will pass automobiles still
using 1922 tags is the possession of a
money order receipt showing the cash
has already been remitted to the sec
retary of state. Check stubs won't
satisfy he sheriff, and if you rely on
them you'll probably get into trouble.
"I'm going to make special effort
during March and April" said Sheriff
Harvey today, "to appreherd all vio-
ators of the automobile tax laws.
This is my duty as much as the en-
forcement of prohibition, and the
man who operates his car without a
current tag violates the state law,
Just does another who sells or dis
tills liquor. Automobile tag taxes
were due Jan. /, and it is improbable
anyone could have entirely forgotten
the duty of securing tag during the
three months that have elapsed since
that date.
81 hope l don't make anybody
mad" concluded the sheriff, "but it
is my plain duty to enforce this auto
tag law, and I'm going to do it.
Therefore | urge all motorists who
have neglected to pay this tax to do
so before they again bring their cars
upon the streets of Americus or OPP
crate them upon the roads of Sum
ter county. l don't intend to single
out any one community in which this
tax is to be collected. I'm going all
over the county to see that the coun-
try resident and the town motorist
pay their taxes alike"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
GET INDUSTRIES FOR
NORTH GEORGIA CITIES.

ATLANTA March 6..With a view
toward a general discussion Of plans
through which the different muniei-
palities of the state may cooperate
with the Georgia Railway and Power
company in a concentrated effort to
induce industries to locate in North
Georgia cities, a dinner meeting is
planned for Saturday, March II, at
the Capitol City club to which that
company is inviting Representatives
from each city served BY the or
ganization.
Newspaper editors and MAJORS are
being especially urged to attend the
dinner, together with any other rep
the mayors may name.
Governor Thomas w. Hardwiek Is
being invited to deliver the princisH
pal speech.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
GRAND MASTER HAL Is
MEMBERS OF LODGE
Order About To Appear To
Plead For Freeing of Detec.
tive Before Commission

ATLANTA, March Elm conform
/ 1ty with the tenets of the fraternity
that Freemasonry stands for the, en-.
Fforeement of law and forbids inter
ference in civil, political and relig-
ious affairs, Joe !. ri Bowdoin, grand
master of Masons in Georgia, Mon.
day arrested the charter of Lebanon
lodge, No. 655, of Atlanta, which had
ordered its members to appear as a
body before the state prison commits
sion and apply for pardon for w. l..
Payne, former Atlanta detective, now
serving a sentence for bribery.
Hearing of the application for par
don for Payne was postponed on
Monday by the state prison commits
sion, until Tuesday afternoon ats
o'clock. The postponement was on
request of Solicitor General John A.
Boykin,
The plea for pardon for the former
officer was filed by Lebanon Masonic
lodge, No. 655, of which Payne was
a member and before which he was
tried for conduct unbecoming a
Mason ,and exonerated. The rep
resentatives of the lodge failed 0
apepar before the board Monday.
The arresting of the charter, for
alleged un-Masonic conduct, suspends
all the officers and members of the
lodge and prevents any operation of
Lebanon lodge until the next annual
communication of the grand lodge of
Georgia, at Macon, October 80, when
the grand lodge will take final action.
All books, funds and parapher-
MALTA of the lodge have been taken
into custody for the grand lodge of
Georgia by Acting Grand Marshal
Sam Johnson, of Atlanta, who exc
cuted the order Monday morning,
shortly before the members of the
lodge had gathered, preparatory to
attending the proposed hearing be-
fore the state prison commission.
During the term of suspension, no
member of Lebanon lodge can visit
any other Masonic body.
! In issuing the grand masters or
der for the charters arrest. Masonic
officials pointed out that one of the
first instructions given to the master
of lodge is that he shall agree ito
be peaceful citizen and cheerfully
to conform to the laws of the coun-
try in which he resides, and that
he shall pledge mot to be concern
ed in plots and conspiracies against
the government, but patiently tc
submit to the law and the constituted
authorities"
1t was also stated that ''every ap
plicant who receives the first de
gree of Fremasonry is charged to
be a quiet and peaceful citizen, true
to the government and just to hi
country; that he is not to counte
nance disloyalty or rebellion, but
patiently submit to legal authorit!
and conform with cheerfulness tx
the government of the country ii
which he lives.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-06
IN BLACK HOODED MOB
BASTROP ATROCITIES
IN SUMMER OF 1922
Present Voluminous Evidence
More Notes Of Warning Are
Laid To Ku Klux
KLANsMEN AMONG JURORS
Results OF Inquiry Not Looked
For Before Final Report Is
Made

BASTROP, March 6.-Attornev
General Coco appeared before the
Morehouse parish grand jury this
morning to submit evidence obtained
at the recent hearing into the black
hooded mob atrocities.
The testimony was voluminous
and is said to include additional evil
dence obtained since the hearing
closed. Most of the evidence related
to kidnapping FIVE Mer Rouge citizens
Augusta "a and the murder of Watt
Daniel and T. r. Richard, whose bod
les were found in lake.
Other testimony related to a dozen
more cases of flogginng and deporta-
tions and notes of warning, all Of
which had been charged to the Ku
Klux Klan.
Coco is expected to eluciaate oral.
ly on some of the evidence submits
ted, and will be followed by mum.
Der of witnesses.
The state will ask about fifty in-
dictments ranging fro massault and
battery to murder.
Estimates of the number of klans-.
men on the jury chosen yesterday
run as high as six but this feature
did not seem to be regarded as Of
Importance since the attorney gca.
eral had stated that he would be wiil-'
ing to place the evidence before
jury composed entirely Of klansmen
if they would only discharge their
duty as sworn officils Of the court.
B. u. Hood, one of the jurymen,
was called as a witness at the open
hearing but when he took the stand
and was questioned concerning his
knowledge of the kidnapping Of DAM
iel and Richard it developed he was
at work in a distant part Of the par
ish the day it occurred and knew
nothing of it until the next day.
Nothing concerning its inquiry IS
expected from the jury until it makes
it's final report to the court. Criminal
cases Of a routine character which It
is believed it will be ready to report
within a week or ten days.
The state will present a brief OF
the transcript of the testimony taken
at the open hearing andit was hlnted
today that it might call one or two
witnesses who testified then in order
to clear up for the jury several lea
lures of the case.