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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
ACES WIFE HEARS VOICE
Message From Darling Pilot Is Re
ceived at Hospital.

Mrs. Harold Harris. wife Of Lieu
tenant Harris Army aviator, enjoyed
the unique distinction today Of being
the first patient at an indianapolis
hospital to receive a wireless tele-
phone message from an airp1ane.
81 am o. K I hope you are get
ting along all right. Have coura ge. -
was the message Mrs. Harris received
from her husband Monday as he cir
cled over St. Vincent Hospital in the
Darling bomber, going to- Daytonl
Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
DRIVER FREED OF CHARGE
r. A. Thompson Released After Fatal
Accident

r. A. Thompson. 533 Highland Ave,
whose car struck Mrs. Nancy Wood
ward, 1928 E. Eleventh ST., in front
of 1911 Brookside Ave-, few days ago,
was released from a charge of man
slaughter on Coroner Paul F. Robin
sons recommendation today. Mrs.
Woodward died from injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
Grain Company Receiver Named

hT IlHIoS NDFf3u
NOBLESVILLE. Ind, Nov. 20.-A
W. Stevenson of Sheridan has been
appointed receiver for the TIortonviIle
grain elevator.
The receivers bond was fixed by
rhe court at $4,000. Thomas c. Kies-
ter, who petitioned the court for re-
ceiYer, alleges that the company Is In
solvent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
Porters Band TO Play

The Pullman Porters band, or
chestra and chorus of Chicago will
give a concert Dect. at Caleb Mills
Hall. In this UNIQUE organization
every man is actively employed as a
porter by the Pullman Company OF
Chicago. Similar organizations have
been organized in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia. Memphis and Buffalo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
SPURLOCH DEATH DUE
TO PNEUMONIA, VERDICT
Two Held on Assault Charge Deny
knowledge of Fail.

Coroner Paul f. Robinson today an
nounced that death of Robert r. Spur
loch, proprietor of the Vendome Ho-
tel 5571a w. Washington ST., Nov. 5
at city hospital was due to pneumonia.
He was taken TO the hospital Oct II
after he had fallen down a stairway
at the hotel
John Collins and Charley Jones,
living at the hotel were held to the
grand Jury in city court Monday aft
ernoon after Mrs. Mary Walker, 405
E. Washington St. sister of Spurloch,
had filed a warrant charging them
with assault and battery.
Collins and Jones testified they did
not know Spurloch had been injured
until they were called from their
rooms after the accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
Crown Him
BIZ Times Special

DIV bMCo OptLtut
COLUMBUS. Ind. Nov. 20
The annual argument over the
title for Indiana's corn husking
championship is on.
The latest claimant for the title
is Homer Thayer of Bartholomew
County, working on the farm OF
l. T. Spaugh
During an eight-hour working
day Thayer claims he husked,
weighed and cribbed $50 bushels.
Thayer asks all other wicked
nubbin tossers to step to the
front.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20

" AT-pins, rolling pins and other
Iii make-shift weapons are stii
- the most popular feminine
means of defense. q glance through
the permit for possession Of firearms
shows with only sixteen Of the
"gentler sex in possession Of fire.
arms.
Many of the permits issued to men
for the protection of their property
sre found to be for the safety of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
WALTON SAYS HE
EXPECTED SOLONS
TO TURN HIM OUT
Senate Leader Declares The People of Oklahoma Wanted
the Governor Removed and We Carried
Out Their Mandate.'

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklar Nov. 2O-'The people of Okla
hOma wanted Governor Walton removed We carried out their
mandate
With this statement the House board of members which
cuted impeachment charges against Walton his assertion
he had received a fair trial.
Jack Walton whose meteoric reached its heights
against the Kukux Kan found guilty by the Senate
IL of 16 impeachment articles and office
Monday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
STOCKHOLDERS CHIEF
DENIES OHIO CHARGES
John A. Bushnell issues Statement in
DOIlings MIDDLE


Declaring utterly false" statements
Of the attorney general Of Ohio ques-
tioning his integrity, John A. Bushnell
chairman of the Dollings Stockholders
Protective Committee. Columbus, Ohio
today made public a letter to stock
holders.
For the benefit Of all Dollings stock
holders who have placed their conf
dence In me and in this protective com
mittee, rather than be drawn into an
extended denial of the implications
conveyed by this letter. l now brand
rs utterly false and groundless, with
out exception or qualification, the en-
tire campaign Of insinuation and in
nuendo waged against me by the at
torney general of Ohio in connection
with the work Of the stockholders
protective committee" Bushnell said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
Edward Gaumer De MoIay Leader

New master counselor of the Order
of. De Molay Is Edward Gaumer, 1860
N, Capitol Ave. who has-held six diff
ferent offices in the order. Marshall
Dafoe has been elected senior coun-
selor; Adrian Pierce, Junior counselor;
ROBERT HUI Crimson, scribe, and Will
liam 'Shreve, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
NEGRO CUTS CONDUCTOR
Argument Over Transfer Leads to
Attack-POlice Have Clew.

Libert Riggle, SO N. Gladstone ST..
is back on duty today as conductor
of a Brightwood ar after receiving
a cut on the left cheek Monday night
at the hands of a negro to whose
identity police believe they have a
clew
Riggle, according to police, was cut
as three. negroes left the car at the
end of the line, one of them striking
out with a knife as he passed Rig
gle Argument over condition of
transfers the negroes presented was
said to have been the cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
WAR VOLUNTEER, 81,
ANSWERS FINAL CALL
Burial Wednesday for A. C. Weaver
at BROWNSVILLE.

Following funeral services al
Brownsville, Ind, Wednesday after
noon, A. c. Weaver 81, veteran of the
Civil War who died Sunday at his
home, 919 n. Pennsylvania ST., will
be buried in Brownsburg cemetery.
He had been i'll about a year.
While a student at Northwestern
University. Mr.. Weaver enlisted in the
51st Indiana Volunteers with which
he served three and a half years. He
was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Surviving: Two sons, H. w. Weaver
of Greentown, Ind, and U. r. Weaver
of Indianapolis, and a daughter, Mrs.
Grace Wood of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
ALLEGED ABDUCTOR HELD
Statement Of Girls Involves Francis
COnlin, %.

Francis Conlin, %, Concord Apis,
was arrested on a criminal charge to-
day after Alice and Fern Pottorf, IA
and IS, respect vely, 400 Agnes St,
d, according to police. that he was
one of the men who abducted them in
an automobile late Saturday. The
second man is sought.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES
Leroy Angus Smith Was Flag Bearer
for Volunteer Infantry.
BIZ Times Spe i0I

BIZ TimoS Spe i0l
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Nov. 19.-
Leroy Augustus Swift, flag bearer for
Company K, 155th Regiment Second
Volunteer Infantry during the Civil
War, is dead at his home In this city,
his death being caused by com
plication of diseases incident to adj
vanced age.
He was a prominent dgure in the
lumber industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
CRACK THE WHIP GAME
FATAL TO SMALL BOY
Lad Dies From Injuries Received
When Thrown at Play.

BU Times Special
COLUMBUS. Ind. Nov. 90
Thrown" while acting as the cracker
IN a crack-the-whip game a week ago,
Charles Johnson. 9-year- old son of. Mr.
and Mrs, Addison Johnson of Hope,
died Monday from peritonitis. At the
time Of the accident the boy laughed
after being picked up from the gutter,
where he fell. but soon became Sc
riously ill.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20

as the result of
being struck by
a street C r
Monday.
r o Y C e w a S
crossing Wash
ington St. be-
tween Him o is
St. and Capitol
Ave, and had
just passed in
front of a west
bound Riverside
street ear in
charge Of Motor
n -.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
Gone, but Not Forgotten

An automobile reported stolen be-
longs to:
Bert Holbrook, 1881 Bellefountaine
St. taken from Ohio and Meridian
90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
BACK HOME AGAIN

An automobile reported found by
police belongs to:
c. c. Gray, 628 N. Gray ST., found
at w. Walnut ST., and White River.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
DODGING CITY CAR
MAY CAUSE DEATH
OF HARRY ROYCE
Steps Back Into Path of An
other-Condition Is
Critical.

Suffering from fractureds skull,
Harry H. Royce. SIS, Stubbins Hotel,
is in a critical condition at the city
hospital today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
AGED TEACHER SUCCUMBS
Was Instructor of Sunday School
Class for Fifty Years.

By Times Special
NOBLESVILLE. Ind. Nov. 20
Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, "a, widow of
Jesse Stevens. died Monday night from
the effects of injuries sustained by a
fall a week ago.
She is survived by the following
children: Richard and Edgar Stevens
of Anderson and Mrs. Hattie Meade
of Elwood. She was a teacher of a
Sunday school class at Victory Chapel.
near this city, for fifty years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20

Scientists declare the temperature
of the star, Betelgeuse, is approx
mately $4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20

Latitude and longitude were first
determined by Hipoarchuss of Nice
about 162 B. @.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
FOUR KILLED DURING
ST. LOUIS SAFETY WEEK
Total Accident Death Toll In Mound
City Reaches 129.

By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.-Four persons
were killed in automobile accidents in
the first thirty hours of local Safety
Week. All four were pedestrians.
The total auto deaths for st. Louis
this year IS 1923, six more than were
killed in the corresponding period
last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
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The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Eat Slowly Eat Slowly ard
Eat Slowly
That Advice Is Needed by Fifty Milio
at Least.

Digestion depends upon good chewing. Ninety per
the diseases that kill Americans destroying their good looks
please observe that lade-are based upon INDIGESTION
Man is two things A THINKING machine and DIGEST
ING machine
The thinking the work done the outward appearance the
beauty, strength, all depend DIGESTION.
Unfortunately for the dgestng machine hidden away
inside where cannot it. makes itself known in
thousand miserable ways in suffering in asthma in BAD
COMPILATIONS in sluggshness Of mind and body.
But don't actually SEE the that ourselves
Of hyng into the grave many years before need CO.
and making lives miserable and incomplete the way
the grave.
Whatever the teeth do NOT do must be done in your
stomach and inesnes It takes intelligence 70 see that II
Nature gives mouth filled with sharp powerful teeth and
the great muscles of them it il because our
food NEEDS THOROUGH CHEWING.
Remainder that you only CHEW food in your mouth
preparing it for the stomach making easy stomach
and the intestinal tract to digest it. In the mouth you also
mix the food with the savay product absolutely necessary
to its digestion The food must remain in mouth long
enough to be mixed with the saliva.
The inside Of from the mouth down the stomach
and beyond into the complicated twisting turning Of the
digestive factory negects It's work the parts and the
whole body must suffer and be overworked.
We may hurry through food, hurry neglect the
chewing but hurry and help the processes
beyond the swallowing the that all on the
assumption that USE OUR TEETH thoroughly thus in
surfing good DIGESTION and good HEALTH.
Ladies' fast eating ruins your looks Slow eating thor
ough chewing is the first beauty secret"
Men, fast eating ruins your machinery lowers your vitality
dinnishes your success shortens life.
EAT SLOWLY, chev thoroughly, TEETH WELL USED
ARE WORTH MORE THAN DOZEN DOCTORS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31

; then he hated constant commo-
ton in the house-and his first
wife never allowed 1t.
Only a word. yet it was like a
thrust Of premonition through
her heart. She was hurt and Of
Tended and it was days before
they were quite friendly again.
But the next time things didn't
go just right the name of the
first wife came UP again. And
though he saw hts mistake after
ward and spent weeks and dollars
trying to make 1t up" something
had been taken from her con-
fidence and some of the whole
heartedness out of her love.
She remained eQuable under his
erraticisms. deaf to outbursts Of
irritability. always WILING to sac
rifice herself to please.
But when, just q year and q
day after their marriage he again
mentioned the first wife. she
packed her bag ana stOrEned home
to her fathers house to live. And
1t wasn't long afterward that she
filed suit for divorce. with the
statement that she just couldn't
It seems rather a small matter
when it's talked over calmly and
impersonally. doesn't it? Yet it's
the way of woman. Her heritage
of the centuries is the desire to
be THE woman in her mans
life. First it was all of his pro-
lection she wished-now 1t IL all
of his love, to the exclusion even
t. -
Abuse, neglect. hardship at his
hands she will stand. but not
thought Of another woman.
And rather believe the man
likes her to be so. Anyway. the
husband I've written about is
making the most astonishing eff
fort to win his wife back and he
doesn't seem to remember that
he ever had a first wife!
copyright. 1928, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
STATUARY IS
NIGHTMARE
TO TOWN
nR @ H T o N, England
II Brighton IL about to make

nR @ H T o N. England
81 Brighton II about to make a
determined effort to rid itself
Of the worst five statues on earth.
They are the five stone figures
which once adorned the roof Of
that London curiosity, the late
Barney Barnato'a house in Park
lane. ..''s-
There was rejoicing in London
twenty-six years ago when the late
Sid Edward Sassoon presented
them to Brighton. The town coun-
ell promptly planted them in Vic
toria Park. and Immediately re-
pented 1t. They looked even worse
in the park than on Mr.. Barnato's
roof, where thsir distance from the
observer hid some Of their ugli-
ness.
They are labeled Morning"
Evening" Truth" Fidelity
and Welcome" but Henry La
bouchere used to say that they
represented the petrified share
holders in Mr.. Barnato's COM
panies.
Welcome" is not, strictly speak
ing, a statue; 1t is a sort of funeral
urn. It was meant apparently to
greet those who rang the Barnato
front door bell. Evening" who
now faces east, is a bearded Cru
sader with 4 radiant sun at his
side. Morning" who faces north,
is a Crusader with a gigantic sword
and q smashed face which suggests
that he came off second best in his
last fight. Truth" and Fidelity"
are decently draped female figures
Of the antimacassar age.
Brighton residents have prayer
nightly since 1897 that they would
wake some morning and find the
pedestals empty. The freedom of
been presented to anybody who re-
moved them at midnight and
drowned them in the sea. The
town council tried long ago to rid
itself of them, but feared legal diff
ficulties, and almost resigned itself
to wait for wind and rain to wear
them away.
The council has just discovered
that there are no legal difficulties.
The general purpose committee
will therefore submit at the next
council meeting a resolution re-
questing the parks committee to
remove the statues and leave the
pedestals in the park.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Reference to First Wife Like
Knife-Thrlst to Second
Bride, Says Lucy Lowell
By Lucy Lowell.

" HEY met at a country club
one evening when the stars
were bright and summer
was working it's witchery.
He was a widower of forty and
she a girl in her early twenties.
But the years that stood between
them didn't matter much. for the
language of love is the same to
two-score that It IL to one.
So he came a-wooing at her
fathers home and they were very
very happy.
OF course their interests were
not at all the same. He was
somewhat reserved and settled in
his opinions and ambitions. as
becomes a man who approaches
middle-age.
And she SKINNED the fluff
from life and loved it-matinees.
dances, tennis. a good time for
every hour OF the day.
But there was no clash. II he
was forced to break an engage
ment to attend a business con-
ference she smiled. And If she
left him to sit alone In q corner
while she danced with the boys
she had known all her life. he
smiled.
1t all was very pleasant and
satisfactory. and no one knew 1t
better than they did.
So they were married and he
opened the pretty house that had
been closed since his first wife
friends and family and their own
high hopes.
Time ran along and brought
developments. The bride dis
covered that her husband was
given to short answers and irri-
tation after a hard day in town.
But her temper was even, and
she didn't mind.
There was the night they al
most quarreled-after she had
moved the furniture in the liv.
ing-room and he fell over some
thing and hurt his foot. He said
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
n RUDENCE ii the first thing
to desert the wretched.

n RUDENCE Ii the first thing
to desert the wretched.
Il
Elegance 10 not an ornament
worthy Of q man.
Blind zeal only does harm.
The seal Of truth is simplicity.
The more one approaches great
men the more one finds that they
are men.
In this world a man is worth
only what he wishes 20 be worth.
Liberality consists less in Civ
ing much than In giving suitably.
Often that which has come
latest on the scene seems to have
accomplished the whole matter.
When men speak III Of you. live
so that nobody will believe them.
Reforms are generally most
unpopular where most me- d.
Sneers are poor. weapons at the
best.
There IL nothing q man Of good
sense breads in g. wife so much
az her having more sense than
himself.
He 10 no wise man who will quit
a certainty for an uncertainty.
To save time 10 to lengthen life.
Tomorrow's victory shall crown
the conflict of today.
Talking comes by nature,
silence by wisdom.
Love rules without a sword
and binds without a cord.
Generally those who boast Of
contentment have least Of 1t.
Copyright, 1853. by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
THE PROSPERITY TRAIN

the bell cord, stop the Prosperity
Special, and go down the track
to- discover the danger
They agreed that they might
Be gone two weeks, two months
or two years-they didn't know
AFTER an investigation they
finally decided that nothing was
fundamentally wrong
THAT the same old elements
of prosperity-the four seasons,
rain, sunshine and natural re-
sources existed while they were
on and while they were OFF the
train
THAT the only change was one.
They simply had thought
prosperity temporarily out Of
Then when they found that
nothing was really wrong they
agreed to climb back on the train
and start her going again
THAT 81 the way business
cycles are created
cit is silly and II II expenaivS-
''The curef Just b careful
what you say before you know
what you are talking about
"A vagrant idea 10 dangerous
"A lightning bugs glow h a
prairie fire compared TO most
mems knowledge Of econoEnics--
But we are learning the wis
dom OF silence and work"
The Washington times., 1923-08-31

1.-THE u. s. A. Prosperity Train
was moving along satisfactorily
People were working and
spending
Business was good
Down the aisle came Ben
Jones. manufactures, and he
dropped in the seat to chat Dick
Harley, jobber-
How's business. Dick?" said
Ben
TITS o. K, Ben, but I think
We are moving too fast
Why?' asked Ben
Don't know said Dick, Just
have a feeling that something's
'.Ben left him and dropped In
another seat TO chat Harry Hicks,
merchant
{. Hello. Harry! You know old
man Harley2-cagey old top.
Just chatting him. He says busi-
ness q good but he il afraid
something Ii going to happen
WHAT? asks Harry
He don't know answered
Ben, he's Just nervous'-
and 90 the story spread from
one 70 another through the
1T became the one topic of
conversation
.Ard it al started because old
man Dick Harley got nervous
and didn't know why
Soon the crowd agreed to pull
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
..Thers's nothing either good or bad but thinking

There's nothing either good or bad but thinking
makes it So"
That has been quoted million times discussed approved
and denied often There things NATURALLY good,
There are things NATURALLY bad. spart from such
- cheat, disease, earthquake fire.
But this certain: there nothing bad tat everlasting
discussion CANT MAXI r. WORSE
10 ten man you are worrying about his recovery i to
help along his death.
30 say How wel you are looking how much better, =
gives strength 70 the BRAIN energy 70 the heart .
70 ss How badly yOu look Is 20 deprsss the brain send
shock . tie heart lowering circulation and vitality Al
with health with business Think wen e IT, Be cheerful
about it. look the best side and especially don't 60 around
scattering gloom Business ives when ths mind Is free
A mind worried Is never free
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
TODAY'S SAFETY TALK
Prepared By the National Safety Council.

Sometimes the sidewalk isn't
wide enough for him and he
walks in the streets.
He exposes himself to any pass
ing vehicle and probably owes his
life to the alertness Of some mo-
torist who could not have been
held legally responsible II he had
struck him.
The jay walker may seem to
bear a charmed life, but some
day he 10 sure to meet 4 Joy
rider.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
The Solid North

~ YESVILLE - This village
claims the highest priced
- votes in Ohio. At the re-
cent primaries approximately
twenty-five pevsons voted, there
being only one ticket in the field
with no contests. Officials, how
ever, were on duty ct six pre-.
cincts throughout the lay. The
count was completed in a few
minutes after the polls closed
The average price per vote waI
SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31

A JAY WALKER is a menace
~ to his own safety.
He keeps the motorist in
constant suspense and causes the
hair Of the motorman to turn
gray before it's time.
He crosses street intersections
diagonally.
He crosses streets In the mid
die of the block
He pops up in the street when
he 10 least expected.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Don't Scare Others ]
Scare Yourself
Don't
Lewis L. Clarke's Parable.

Often women children and st in the evening telling
ghost stories until they afraid to bed
unable to sleep after they do CO.
Many business and others in this country doing
the thing telling themselves ghost stories about troubles
to come frightening themselves frightening Others and ur
ing business which for its health needs only to be WELL
LOOKED AFTER with confidence and courage
BY way Of dscowagng this ghost story habit Lewis L.
Clarke president Of the American Exchange National Bank in
New York sends his deposors the following parable Of
rrJC DDOcDEDTrv rr AIM