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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-28

LOANS on farm lands and city
property. Low interest rate.
Loans promptly closed. See S. R.
Heys or H. B. Williams. Phones AZ
or So.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-28

PHONE 117-JOHN ". SILVER
BEST GRADE RED CEDAR, No.
l and No. 2 PINE SHINGLES 27-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-28

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson, Miss
Iris johnson and Miss Alice John
son, Of Lakeland, Fla, who have
been visiting Mrs. Johnson's parents
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-28

Miss Elizabeth Caller, Of De
Land, Fla, is visiting Mrs. C. p.
Davis at her home on South Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-28

Miss Bcrta VIII Clarke, Miss Ma
~ Clarke and Miss Kate Clarke, of
Plains, were among the out-of-town
shoppers in Americas today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
COUPLE MARRIED
IN MUNCIE Y. w.
Local Girl Shares Honor in
Novel Wedding,

An Indianapolis girl mas the honor
Of being the first to be married in
the Y. W. c. A. at Muncie. The
marriage of Miss Lillian Fern Fear,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Zoma Fear.
914 n. Olney St, and Hugh T.
Stauffer, Of Union City, took placo
there Saturday evening.
The Rev. J. B. Parsons of In
dianapolis. superintendent of the
White River conference of the United
Brethren Church, officiated. It was
at his suggestion that the ceremony,
v hich was a secret for every one but
the brides mother, take place in the
Y. W.
Mrs Stauffer. a graduate Of Tech
nical High School and a former
student at the Indiana Central Col
Iege and Mrs Louis ]. Bakers school.
has been teaching in Union City for
two years. Mr.. and Mrs Stauffer will
live in Union City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11

More arrests were made in 1922
than in 1921" Morgan said. Since
the conviction in the Gary liquor con
spiracy cases, this department has
received the heartiest cooperation
fror@1 State officials throughout In
diana and there is better under
standing everywhere about law en-
forcement."
The very statistics prepared by the
prohibition department show that In
diana is becoming wetter," Chambers
said. In 1922 there We're more
arrests. more suits filed. more stills,
fermenters, mash. spirits, malt liquor
and wine seized than the year before.
This does not look as if Indiana had
become a desert"
According t. the report, the Gary
liquor conspiracy cases in Federal
Court which resulted in the convic-
tion Of Roswell o. Johnson. mayor Of
Gary. and ether Lake County ana
Gary officials. had a wholesome eff
feet upon dcrelict officials throughout
Indiana"
The report stated that in Indiana
there has been increasing respect
aid confidence on the part Of the
public for the prohibition depart
ment."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
MEASLES BELIEVED
CHECKED IN CITY
Cases in June Run Far Below
May Daily Average,

A report for May issued today by
the board of health shows 3,044 cases
OF measles reported. an increase of
1000 cases over April of this year and
an increase Of $500 cases over May of
1922.
According to DIR. Herman G. Nor
gan, city sanitarian, the unusually
heavy wave OF measles which occurred
this spring is well under control, be
tween so and 75 cases a day being re
ported while in May the number run
as high as 200.
AThe number of cases OF smallpox.
Uhooping cough, mumps, diphtheria
and tuberculosis in May, this year, all
show a corresponding increase over
the number Of the same month last
year.
DR.. Morgan said the diseases run in
cycles, this being an unusually heavy
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
COMMUNITY CHILD GARDENS URGED

no buildingScan be afforded
mothers ought to get together
in a group Of six in a commun-
ity and in turn give one morn
y ing each week 20 the care Of
all the children in that group.
May a new day dawn for
motherhood and home life be
held more sacred, for the
future of the home is at stake
under esent conditions.
There is too much education of
the head and not enough of the
heart
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
EVERYBODY OUT FOR
BALL GAME TUESDAY
Biggest Crowd in Cya History Expected to Attend Riley
Hospital Benefit TusSIe Between Indians and MIler8.

Whitcomb Riley Hospital for ChIE
dren Judge Kenesaw Mountain Ian
dis and Admiral w. S. Benson will
be special guests
Mayor Shank has issued a procla.
niation-declartne the afternoon q half
holiday and urging everybody In the
city to be present
Not one cent of the receipts will
be used in defraying expenses Of the
game. Both gate receipts and CON
cession charges will be contributed
10 the Riley fund and every one who
expects to see the game must pay.
Even the balls arc being furnished
free by the club owners.
In case Of rain the game will be
played Wednesday.
Harry B. Smith, adjutant general,
is planning a short parade to precede
the game. Clubs and civic organiza-
tons will participate.
Harper j. Ransburg, general chair
man for the day, expressed confidence
that the greatest baseball crowd in
the history of the city would attend.
a. T. Baker, chairman of tho ticket
committee, reported satisfactory sales.
Mrs. G. A. James, chairman OF the
committee on women's activities ap-
pointed a special committee to act as
chaperons for the young boys and
girls who will have charge Of CON
cessions and a number Of other
special features. Members are Mrs.
Curtis A Hodges. Mrs. J. b. Hoss,
Mrs. David Ross, Mrs. Brandt c..
Downey.
Rotary and Kiwanis Club members
will be hosts Of dozens Of boys for
whom they have bought tickets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
MISSING MOTHER
HINTS At SUICIDE.
Woman Disappears Sister
Finds Note.
Sister

Mrs. Grace Birch, 1925 Williams ST.,
expressed the belief TO police today
that her sister, Mrs. Hazel Hollran. rs.
who has been living with her since
Mrs. HOllran's separation from her
husband nine months ago. may have
met harm following the finding OF a
note.
The note said: ST cannot stand it
any longer. Don't look for me. hope
nobody can find me. I'm going to end
it all. Take care OF Robert"
Mrs Birch said when she returned
to her home at 11:SO a. N. today she
went to her sisters room, found the
note and called police.
Mrs. Hollran is the wife Of James
Hollran. who is now in Chicago. and
the mother of a 4-year-old son. Robert
Police are investigating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11

peat what they learned in the
morning.
Many a mother is misjudged
because her children roam the
streets and look neglected.
Why are our prisons filled
with criminals? Because as
boys and girls they got the
wrong start in life. The first
few years are the most i'm
portant to child character and
right thought.
Therefore, we need child
gardens to help the mother. II
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
.SOVIET-BnTAIN
BREAK IS AVERTED
ConciIiatoy Tone of Russian
Note SmoothS Out Diff
CuItieS.

By United Press
LONDON. June u.-Danger of a
By United Press
break between Russia and Great
Britain has been definitely averted
by the conciIiatory tone of a note
from the Soviet government delivered
to the foreign office today.
The Russian note requests a con-
ference at which difficulties between
the two countries may be Strengthened
out.
Russia accepts Britain's figures
regarding compensation for the seiz-
ure of fishing vessels, and agrees to
withdraw Soviet agents wherever 1t Is
proved they have INDUCED in any
anit-British propaganda.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado
and Georgia Swept by
High Waters,
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED
Property Damage Placed at
MiIIionS-Bridgea and Rail-
roads Washed Out,
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO, June II. -F Four
persons were drowned, thou
.nds were made homeless and
millions of dollars of property
damage caused by food waters
which swept Kansas, Oklahoma
and parts of Colorado and
Georgia today.
Scores of Kansas towns were
inundated and thousands of
acres of wheat ready for
harvest ruined by the high
waters, caused by days of tor
rental rains. Virtually every
stream and river in the State
had overrun its banks.
Arkansas City and Winfield Kan,
worst stricken of the towns, reported
losses Of $4,000. 900 and $1.OCo,OOo, re
spectiveIy. Two unidentified bodies
were taken from the food stream At
Arkansas City. Wesley Brown.
Southwestern College student, was
drowned at Winfield.
Latest reports indicated the Hood
waters had passed the crest. Thou
sands Of homeless at Winfield and
Arkansas City were being cared for in
temporary shelters. Oklahoma low
lands were in a flooded condition ard
large property losses were reported in
scattered sections. Lowland homes in
Tulsa, Okla. were flooded and
families forced TO fee to higher
grounds.
Floods which followed a cIoudburst
Aear Loveland, Col, caused consider
BE property damage. Richard Foote,
IS, was drowned in the Redstone river
Bridges and highways =. between
Loveland and Estes Park, noted sum
mer resort. were washed away. Many
families marooned in the IoYlands
were rescued by men in rowboats.
A cloudburst which struck Macon,
Ca, flooded lowland homes and
adjacent farmlands, causing huge
property losses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
LOCAL OFFICERS
IN FUGITIVE HUNT
Alleged Murderer Breaks Jail
at Bedford.

Indianapolis authorities were among
police throughout the State today on
the 10, kout 70: Morgan Patterson. IS,
alleged murderer, who escaped from
Jail at Bedford, Ind, Saturday night.
Patterson is charged with shooting
Marshal William Sutherland, 6S, of
Mitchell, Ind, several weeks ago.
The prisoner had been given corri-
dor privileges. He enlarged an air
hole in the ceiling and escaped up a
rope lowered by a confederate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
CHURCH TROUBLES AIRED
Judge Orders Peace Until July ]
After Argument.

Peace viii be kept in the congrega-
ton of the New Liberty Baptist
Church (colored). Pratt and West
SITS, until July 7, "or else" City
Judge Delbert 0. Wilmeth said today.
Edward Robinson, 525 w. Thir-
teenth ST.. was charged with drawing
deadly weapons by the Rev. Alex Can
trell, 1856 Highland Place. The min
lister was one of eight members who
were ousted by the trustees in a Sc
cret meeting two weeks ago, he said.
An argument over the alleged ex-
pulsion caused the charge to be filed.
Robinson told the judge Cantrell
picked up q chair as a weapon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Bv MRS. G. TUsEMICHEL,


T WAS glad to see in The
l. Times your request for read
ers to let you know what they
are thinking about to help
make a better Indianapolis.
I am the mother of four
strong and healthy boys and
two girls, the oldest II and the
youngest 8. What it costs in
patience, self-denial and sacri-
flee nobody knows but God and
myself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
5 GERMANS DIE IN
DORTMUND CLASH
Germans Charged With Being
on Streets After Dark.
BIZ United Press

bU Z NEttU AFIo9I
DORTMUND, June 11.-Five Ger
mans were shot and killed by French
troops during the night for violation
Of the State Of siege provision FORBID
ding civilians to be on the streets after
dark.
The killings followed closely assassi-
nation Of two French officers by three
German civilians.
The acting mayor of the town and
the head Of the civil police have been
arrested. Dortmund is swarming
with French troops in an ugly mood,
A French account of the incident
last night is the Germans who were
killed refused to halt at the command
Of a patrol.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
JAIL RELEASE is ASKED
Hearing Continued on Habeas Corpus
Proceedings.

Habeas corpus hearings of LEMON
Barber, 81, coIored, 1890 Kappes ST.,
was continued IN Superior Court to-
day until Thursday. Barber has been
confined in Jail June 6 on a telegram
from Cordele, Ga, authorities that
he was wanted in connection with a
death.
Barber insists he knows nothing Of
the death, but believes an effort is
being made to get him back on &C
count of a 500 debt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11

What I think is the greatest
need Of the hour is community
child gardens for the mothers
of large families, where they
could send their children in
the mornings to get the right
start in life, and learn to make
little things, play games and
learn songs Then, while the
children are gone, mother
could do her work in peace,
and in the afternoon she could
enjoy her time with her chill
dren, because they could re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS
Girl Receivers at City Hospital From
Effects of Poison.

81 don't care go much about living
but 1 don't like to be halfway between
life and death" declared Miss Buella
Burks. ii, as she recovered at the city
hospital today from poison taken at
the home of her aunt. Mrs. Buella
Stringley, 1851 oliver Ave.
Miss Burk said she took the poison
because she was tired of working and
living in i'll health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
RAIN AND COOLER
WEATHER PROMISED
Thermometer Drops to Sc at A. NJ.
Today.

Showers. which will mar the open
ing days of the State open golf and
the city tennis tournament. will be
on the weather menu today and Tues
day, according to ]. II. Arlington.
weather bureau meteorological.
There will be little change in
temperature Arlington said. The
thermometer dropped to Sc degrees
above zero at a. m. today, the low
mark for the past twentyfour hours.
After that 1t began 10 move upward
slowly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Girl Wins SIS Prize

Description of a shrine of American
literature-the home of James Whit
comb Riley on Lockerbie st. as one of
the oountry's historic buildings pre-
served by the protection Of paint and
varnish--won Miss Marguerite L.
Keeney, 6108 Marion Rd., prize Of SIS.
The contest was conducted by the Save
the Surface Campaign, a cooperative
organization of paint. varnish and al
lied products.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
W0RKH0USE TO BE SOLD
Commissioners Will Advertise Auction
of Property.

Sale of eighteen and a fraction
acres in the old workhouse grounds at
Twenty First St, and Northwestern
Ave, at public auction will be adver-
tised mis- week by the county commits
sioners. The county council has decid-
ed that $15O,O00 is the minimum price
to be accepted. while the Fairbanks
Morse Company. at whose request the
sale was ordered, has stated through
a representative that $4,000 will be
about all the company can bid.
The company is situated across the
street from the land, and proposes to
build an addition that will cover the
space.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR
Mrs. Joseph Burkhart Hurt After
DOdging Automobile.

When she stepped in front Of a
street car at Pine and Washington
SITS, to avoid being struck by an au-
tomobile, Mrs. Joseph Burkhart, So, Of
927 E. Maryland St, was slightly hurt
today.
The automobile was driven into a
safety zone where Mrs. Burkhart was
waiting for a car The driver did not
stop and his identity was not learned
by the police. Mrs. Burkhart was
taken home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
PETITION FOR DIVORCE
COMES THROUGH MAIL
"Please Answer at Once" Is Request
Of Woman.
BIZ Times Special

KOKOMO. Ind. June 1.-Judge
John Marshall has an opportunity to
go into the divorce mail order busi-
ness. Mister Judge OF Kokomo,"
was the address on q letter received
by him from a Chicago woman who
said she married a KokOmo man three
years ago, but had never lived with
him. She casually petiuOned for a
divorce. The ending was please an
swer at once"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Prayers Urged
in Pest Fight
Bu United EefrS

BIZ United Netos
COLUMBIA, S. c., June IL
Declaring it was his belief the
boil weeVil and other pests had
been sent "as a judgment on our
people not only for their sins.
but as a means of bringing them
back to Him." Governor Mcleod
called on the people of South
Carolina Sunday to join in ask
ing divine aid in the battle
against cotton's most deadly en-
emy.
In a proclamation issued Thurs
day the Governor designated
Sunday as day Of fasting and
prayer 10 God for deliverance
from the ravages of the boil
weevil."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
JOyride?

BIZ Times Special
BLUFFTON, Ind, June IL
Billie Gitlin, II. son Of Alex Git
lin, took ten playmates out for q
joy ride Pulling levers until he
struck the right one he got the
car in motion. A railroad cross
ing, with a freight train standing
across the highway, was in their
path.
Billie didn't know how to stop.
He tried the lever again. The
car lurched, and started back
wards. Another shift Of gears
brought the car to a stop. The
joy riders mothers who had
raced to the scene breathed
easier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
HELP! COPS ARE PUZZLED
Ancient History Brought Up in
Search for Man Lost so Years.
Lost-Sixty years ago a man.

Lost-SiXty years ago man.
police today were asked to search
for an uncle of Mrs. Jeanie Alexandra
Harrap. who in a letter from Shell
den st. Bishops Rd., Baywater. Lon
don, told officers her uncle had been
missing for three score years.
She said his name was Cox, and
he disappeared from Royton. Eleven
towns, Shropshire. England, along
about 1868.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
THREE AUTOS COLLIDE
Drivers All Escape Injury in Triple
Accident.

A coupe and a sedan were dam
aged today in a three-cornered acci-
dent at Washington and New Jersey
SITS. No one was injured.
James Slough, 230S Roosevelt Ave,
turning the coupe around on Wash
irgton ST., struck the rear wheel Of
q truck driven by Walter Everett,
655 Massachusetts Ave. The truck
knocked the sedan, driven3by Chris
tan Olsen, $3.50 E. North ST., on IN }
sidewalk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11

Final arrangements were being
whipped into shape today for the
"all velvet" game AT the Washington
bail park Tuesday when the In3ia1-
arolis and Minneapolis baseball teams
play for tho benefit Of the James
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
LINER BALTIC DAMAGED
Ship Puts Back Into Liverpool After
Hitting Submerged Obstacle.

BV InIffd Pres8 ,r,-..-
Star liner Baltic, which left for New
York Saturday and struck sub
merged obstacle when two hours out,
arrived here safely today The vessel
put back under her own steam. The
damage is believed slight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
WELCOME IS ARRANGED
Mayor Shank VIII Receive Delegates
to France.

Elaborate plans are being made at
the city hall for a ceremony June 16
when Mayor Shank will officially well
come back to the city a number of
young women who recently were sent
on a good will trip to France.
The welcoming address will be de-
livered by Mayor Shank. According
to tentative plans. the city hall will
be decorated and the delegation official
ly received by the mayor at front en-
trance to the building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
MYSTERY Is NOT CLEARED
Son Says r. w. Stegemeier Is ''Rest-
ing Easy" and Is Normal.

Richard w. Stegemeier Jr., whose
father, well-known restaurant pro-
prietor and capitalist was found wan
dering fifteen miles north of the city
Friday after being missing since Tues
day evening. today said he considered
1t one ones affair where his father
had been.
Stegemeier Sr., IS resting easy and
Is in perfectly normal aonditionA the
son said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
SHERIFF HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM ARREST
BIuftOn Officer Displays Too Much
Speed at Niles.

By Times Special
BLUFFTON Ind. June 11.-Sherif
Noah Frauhiger narrowly escaped ar
rest on a charge Of speeding at Niles,
while returning from Michigan City
where he had taken a prisoner. Stop
ped by officers when he was stepping
on 'er" a bit on a rural boulevard
which he thought outside the city lin
its, he was preparing to pay his fine.
When he told his identity he was re-
leased.
A couple whom he was giving lift
disappeared, fearing they too would
be fined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Or. Wfcks Addresses Grads.
Ru Tifres EpecidI

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June Ii
'-Use your powers and faculties and
they will grow in strength; fail to use
them and they will dwindle, grow
weaker and weaker until you become
a spineless creature who cannot stand
Zone" DIR. Frank S. G. Wicks, pastor
q the All Souls Unitarian Church, In
dianapolis. told graduates of the State
Normal School in a baccalaureate ad-
dress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Opposing Leaders Use Same Figures to Prove Prohibition
Enforcement Is and Is Not Becoming More
Effective in Indiana.
U. S. STATEMENT TELLS OF INCREASING RESPECT
Bert C. Morgan Declares Large Number of Arrests Is Ev
denCe of Laws Force miey N Chambers Says
Weakness and Adverse Sentiment Shown.
Effective in Indiana,

Prohibition enforcement becoming effective day
Indiana according Bert c. Morgan Federal prohibition drec
tor for Indiana,
Indiana becoming weer and wetter according to Smiley
Chambers secretary of the Indiana division of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment.
These contradictory opinions based the set Of
statistics comparative given
the Federal prohibition department at WASHINGTON D. c. today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Former Loca, Minister Dies

Word has been received here Of the
death of the Rev. Archibald H. Brad
shaw. So. formerly Of Indianapolis.
Friday night at his home in Easton.
Pa. The widow servives. The funeral
will be held Tuesday at 7, =too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
DON'T RISK
YOUR HEALTH

Wet feet develops colds, flu.
pneumonia, etc. Don't tramp
over the city looking for some
thing you WANT.
Phone a WANT" ad to THE
TIMES, Main $500. and have
your message delivered into
nearly 0,0OO homes in Indian
apolis. If your WANT can be
filed, a TIMES Want Ad will
do the trick quickly. Phone
your ad low for tomorrow's
issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-11
Entitled to Rest

"As for myself, T am not a candi-
date and do not expect to be one. l
have a mighty good job as Governor
Of New York State and when I am
through with that. think I will be en-
titled to a rest"
Plans for a dinner here tomorrow at
which Smith was to have been the
guest of prominent Democratic poll
ticians were abandoned today and the
Governor viii leave tonight for
French Lick.