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New Britain herald., 1923-12-07
CROOKEDNESS SEEN
 IN SPOILS SYSTEM
Dry Enforcement Agents Have
 Great Chance for Graft

Washington, Dec. 7.--EepcaI oI amendment of the Nolstead act is in cvitable. unless there is modified ton of the present system of appoint. ing enforcement officers. William Dudley Foulke. president of the Ma, tional Civil Cervice Reform League asserted last night before the forty third annual convention Of the leagu
 The administration Of the prOhibi ton service was described by MT Foulke as "a frightful vet profitable object lesson of the inherent vice. Of the spells system" which hc said was resulting in a serious public re- action against the Nolstead law He predicted. however that attempts tl repeal or amend the law during the present session of congress would not be successful.
 Cases in which prohibition agents and state directors had been con victed of corruption under both the democratic and the republican ad- ministrations were cited by The speaker as merely samples from the hulk"
 Chance for Bribery
 The posts or state director and en- fcrcement agent were the most Covct- cd of the patronage plums," he con- tinued, "because bribery rendered them very profitable. Appointments were made on the behests of senators and representatives who in their turn generally followed the demands of the state, county and local political or ganizations, and the worst mon with the strongest political backing se- sured the places"
 Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and Attorney General Daugherty were accused by Nr. Foulke of pursuing a policy of concoalmcnt" regarding violations of the law by their suhor- dinates the effect of which had been 10 lull the friends of the law and order into a false sense Of security. Now that the real condition is becom. ing known. he added. public conf- dence in Commissioner Haynes official statements has been utterly destroyed.
 Since the prohibition commis- sioner was appointed through the in- fuence Of the Anti-Saloon league" said Mr. Foulke, that league must accept its share of tho odium not only for the lack Of enforcement but for the concealment and false claim that the law was well enforced"
 The Civil Service Reform Ieague. the speaker said. would enter no compromise, but would resist all cur.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-07

rent proposals looking to partial classification of the prohibition force.
 We insist" he added, that any classification which leaves the seeds Of corruption still in the enforcement service is not reform but perpetua- ton Of iniquity and that the whole service must be classified and com petitiVe examinations held for all. The horrible corruption in the en- forcement unit warns us that we must leave no loopholes. We may well be defeated and get no classification at all but even that is far better than to classify part and thereby perpetuate the scandal"
 While Mr. FOulke's address was de voted principally to prohibition en- forcement. he took occasion to criti- cize Attorney General Daugherty and other administration officials who, he said. had sought to have key posi- lions in the government service ex- cepted from civil service require ments.
 Where key positions are given to partisans," he said. the other places fall like a TOW of dominos under po- litiCal control and the whole spells system with its paralyzing abuses is back again. II is not only the key positions that these office pcddlers 6esire: their ultimate aim is to get all places restored to the spells system"
 The SpOils system.
 Attorney General Daugherty was said by Mir. Foulke to be acting on the principle that the most juicy plnms Of office ought to he given. not for public purposes but to those who would best promote 10 the political
New Britain herald., 1923-12-07
MANY WOMEN VOTERS

Vienna. Dec. 7.-An analysis of the vote in this city Oct. 2S, shows that men cast 474,000 ballots and women a54.000. The figures are closely pro rortionato to sex population in Aus tria. The socialists polled 276,ooO mon and 295,000 women. while the Christian socialists pollcd l37,o00 men and a0i, ,O00 women.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-07

Among the opium producing coun- tries in the world are China Turkey, Persia and India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
TIMES TOURNEY
IN THIRD ROUND
Rivalry Battles Carded on
Park Diamonds Sunday,

Followers of the independent ball
teams of the city are offered a rare
program Sunday when the clubs in the
annual Times tourney for the city
Independent championship play their
third-round games.
There is a tie to be played off be-
tween the Riversides and Mapleton
Maroons as these rival mines went
thirteen innings to a draw last Sun
day
The play-off will occur on Riverside
diamond No. tomorrow at 1890 and
the winner win meet the Donlan Bull
dogs at $50 on diamond No. 2 or dia-
mond No. l. Umpire Murphy viii
officiate in both games because I'm
pire Schuyler, who was to handle the
first contest, can not be present.
The other games tomorrow, all at
$50 periods, follow:
Christamores and Collegiate Stars River
side diamond No. 10. Umpire Mattern Off
ciating.
Y. P. C.s and Arsenals, Brookside No. 2.
Umpire Eoffke officiating.
Spades and Militar1es, Riverside No. 8.
Umpire Hook officiating.
The following teams had not paid their
umpire fees up to noon today: Arsenals,
Spades Militaries, Christamores Collegiate
Stars. Umpires must he paid before start
of games.
Teams must stick to their Iine-ups on
file at Times Players who have played
with teams already eliminated are barred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
BOARDLETSFOUR
PAVING CONTRACTS
Leaks in Roof of City Hall
Inspected,

Four paving contracts were award
ed by the board of works Friday,
records showed today.
They were:
Forty-Seventh St. from Central Ave TO
Broadway. Indiana Asphalt Paving Com
pany. $4.65 a hneal foot total. s6,743.25.
Ridgeview Dr., from Washington St. to
Pleasant Run Pkwy. Union Asphalt Con
struction Company. 1870 a lneal foot; to-
tai, $S,s211s.
shriver Ave, from Twenty Sixth St. TO
Thirtieth st. Roscoe Butner Company, S4 IL
a hneal foot total S16699.s "a.
Thirty-Third ST., from Northwestern Ave.
to the canal. Indiana Asphalt Paving Com
pany, s4.S4 nneal foot; total. $36, $3.50 .65.
Members of the board took to the
roof" of city hall to inspect leaks.
Water from recent rains has caused
loosening of plaster and other damage.
The board adopted resolutions for
paving of Pershing Ave. from McCarry
to Morris SITS. on an engineers esti-
mate of $24,116, and paving of Adams
st. from Twenty First ST. to Massa-
chusetts Ave. on an estimate of
$6,514.40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
POLICE BATTLE
WITH BANDITS
One Wounded in Chicago Rob-
berry Attempt,
By United Press

By JHlF6Q PTeSS
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Eddie Ander-
son was wounded and two other
alleged bandits are in Jail today as
the result of a gun battle with police
while trying to loot the home of David
r. Forgan, president of the National
City Bank Of Chicago, on the Gold
Coast"
Police discovered five men at
tempting to break into the Forgan
home which is next door to residence
Of James Patten, the wheat king, and
Edward Hines, Michigan lumber man.
Bullets flew about the palatial houses
for fifteen or twenty minutes before
the three robbers were captured and
two escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
DOUBLES TEAMS
IN FINAL ROUND
OF TITLE PLAY
SagaIowsky and Lott Take
Junior Championship
Meet Ends Today.
BIZ United Y etCs
CHEC TN1TT

CHESTNUT HILLS. Mass, Aug.
25.-William Tilden and his South
African partner, Brian l. c. Norton,
were to play the a1l-American com
bination of r. n. Williams and Wat
son Washburn for the American
tennis doubles championship today
in the climatic bout OF long and
closely fought tournament.
Tilden and Norton advanced to the
final round Friday by defeating Wal
lace F. Johnson and Manuel Alfonso.
The score was TO, SIS, Sc, 60.
Williams and Tilden, although not
playing together, are members of the
American team which is to defend the
Davis cup next week.
Junior Doubles Champs
George Lott Jr. of Chicago and
Julius Sagalowsky, an Indianapolis
youth, captured the championship in
the national junior doubles tourna.
ment by taking the final match from
E. G.. Chandler of Berkeley. Cal, and
Edwardy Murphy of Portland, Ore.
The score was 6-2, SO and 60.
Lott and Sagalowsky were far be.
yond the class of their opponents
from the home grounds of great ten
mis- players on the West coast. They
were always forcing their game and
compelled the Westerners to make
many errors.
The National boys doubles cham
pionship went to Malcolm Hill and A
E. Johnson of Waban, Mass, who
defeated H. Langue and D. Pare, OF
Cincinnati and Chicago, respectively
6-1, 6-1.
Women's Singlks
Mrs. Molla Mallory, late American
women's singles champion, and Miss
Kitty McKane best Of the British
women's team which recently met de-
feat in two series of matches in New
York, were to meet today in the Long
wood singles championship match.
Tilden and Mrs. Mallory were &c
face ]. B. Hawkes. OF the Australian
Davis cup team and Miss M'Kane In
the final round today of the mixed
doubles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
WEEKLY BULLETIN
SHOWS ROADS IN
GOOD CONDITION
Motorists Warned to Beware
Heavy Blasting Just
North of Bedford,

With the exception of a few traffic
detours. necessitated by road con
struction work, and a temporary
blockade caused by finishing work. on
the .Putnamville Gap on the National
Rd., about thirty-five miles west,
roads leaving Indianapolis are in ex-
ceptfonaIly good condition, according
to the weekly traffic bulletin issued
today by John D. Williams, director
of the State highway commission. All
a few points maintenance work and
bridge construction have made it nee
essary to shunt traffic.
Condition of State roads radiating
from Indianapolis:
No. 1 New Albany indianapolis, South
Bend Michigan Linel-Closed from Croth-
ersville TO 3 Il miles north of CrotheTsville
Seymour Crothersville traffic take Dudley
town detour Detour from Scottsburg TO q
point five miles north around CONSTRUCTION.
Closed from Carmel to Just south of Ko-
komo, and from Lakesville to three miles
No. 8 National Road. Terre Haute. Indi-
annapolis. Rfchmond) -Detour on angling
road northwest out of Mt Meridian through
Greencastle and back to road at Manhattan.
TINS gap VIII be opened Sept l eliminating
carefully East bound traffic detour at
Twenty-Third St. south and east to West
vile. Ohio West bound traffic detour at
westville Ohio and enter Richmond at Twen-
ty-Thtrd ST.
No Is indianapolis. Logansport. Michi-
gan City)-Closed from 1 u miles south Of
Logansport and through Royal Center. ac-
count state construction. and batws''i L.
porte and Michigan City Closed one mile
saJIth Of Boyleston to one mile north of
%&EIeston. Detour marked
TO. 20 bedford. Bloomington. Martins
w. n lie IL. u n1r~ in
tween Marttnsville and Centerton Look out
for heavy blasting Just north of Bedford
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
PRISONERS PAST
SUBJECT OF QUIZ
Man; Caught in Chase, Ad-
mitS Greenfield Robbery.

Pictures Of William Var Alta, II.
alias Everett Edward Jones, of New
York City and McConnellsviIle Ohio,
were broadcast today in en- in
vestigation into the youths past.
After a chase starting on e. Wash
ington St. Motorcycle Policeman
Harry Brooks arrested Van Alta on
an E. Michigan car at Noble ST.,
Friday night. He was identified by
Mrs. Louis Schwab, 310S e. Wash
ington St, as the youth who covered
her with revolver while she was
seated on porch in the rear of her
home. When she called to her
daughter, ran.
At police headquarters, Van Alta
told conflicting stories, but admitted
to Detectives Barnaby and Marren,
pennies and a womans wrist watch
were obtained In q home he entered
in Greenfield, Ind. earlier in the day,
officers said. He said his parents
were dead and a part Of his life was
spent in Ohio correctional institute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
CURIOUS FOLLOW
LUIS FIRPO AS
He GOES HIKING
South American Says He'll
Get Dempsey With Right
Secret Training Planned,
By United Press

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 25.-
Followed by a large crowd. Luis Fir
DO, South American giant, was out to-
day on the boardwalk for his meander
of four miles.
Ffrpo was much interested in re
ports from the Dempsey training
camp that Jack Burke. one Of the
champions sparring partners, had
been finding Dempsey wide open for
right handed punches.
"Ill get him the same way" Firpo
said with a large scowl. He added I'm
good enough to take care of myself,
when it was recalled that some critics
said he would be wide open to Demp-
sey's punches.
Firpo was to box this afternoon
with Jeff Clarke, a new sparring part
ner, who has just joined the camp He
viii also continue to do a lot of work
in secret, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
WOMAN SPEEDER
WASHES SHIRTS
Chicago Court Sends Girl to
Prison.

BU Ontted PTe60
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Miss Eliza
beth Stark. pretty and 81, the first
woman sentenced to the Bridewel1 for
reckless driving, spent the first hours
of her f1ve-day sentence washing po'
icemen's shirts today.
Miss Stark was arrested while driv-
ing forty miles an hour while intox-
icated. In the machine with her was
man giving his name as Samuel S.
Saxton, a contractor. A jug of liquor
and bottle Of wine were in the seat
between the couple.
She was hysterical when sentenced
to the House of Correction. At Bride
well Jewels. furs and fashionable
clothing were taken from her and she
was given a plain prison dress.
Then she was sent to the laundry
Miss Stark was sentenced in connec.
ton with a move by police to Jail all
speeders to stop traffic deaths which
have totalsd 430 this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
TENNIS ENTRIES
CLOSE SUNDAY
Park Player Tourney to Start
Monday Morning.

Entries for the municipal tennis
tourney for park court players must
be in by p. m. Sunday. The entries
are being received by Roth and Foust.
who are handling the meet.
The entries can be mailed to 513S
Broadway. or called in to Humboldt
1871. Pairings will be made Sunday
night. There is an entrance fee of 81.
"A large number Of park players will
compete in the meet, fifty entries
having been received. The tourney
will start at the Brookside courts at
10 a. m. Monday.
Nearly every performer who has
made a name for himself in the i'm
promptu competition of the parks is
on the list A splendid feature is the
arrangements being made to allow
those who cannot get away from work
TO play at the hour selected by
themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
BIC ROUND WITH
SAINTS NEXT ON
INDIANS SLATE
Series May Have important
Bearing on Pennant-FinaI
With MiIIers Today,

BIZ Times Special
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 25.-The In
dams came out of it, Friday and
they had such good luck In the third
battle with the Millers that they felt
capable of repeating today and there
by obtaining an even break on the
series.
Sunday the Trfbesmen move to st.
Paul, where five battles important to
the league leadership Of the league
impend. The Indians face a. big round
with the Saints, who were only one
half game back of theA leading K c.
Blues today.
Saints Are Fearful
In previous series with the Saints
this season the Hoosiers offered stiff
opposition and it is said st. Paul fans
fear them. The Tribe emerged from
It's batting slump Friday and for that
reason the KeDeyites are doing little
worrying.
Carmen Hill took the mound against
the Millers Friday and hurled his
team to a 11-to-7 victory. Eddie
Brown was hurt in batting practice
end did not play, and there is fear
felt he will be out of the game in
definitely. One finger was badly
torn.
Tribe Gets Two Homers
Old Doc Ayers started on the mound
for Minneapolis and the Indians took
liking to his curves Griffin finished
for the locals. Christenbury and
Kruger crashed homers.
Christenbury, Rehg, and Sticking
starred in the Tribe attack. The
Millers obtained more hits than the
Indians. but failed TO get TO Hill early
enough to come from behind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
MAJOR HOMERs YESTERDAY

Cy Williams. Phils. 1-32: Brewer. Cleve-
land. la: McManus, Browns. Id; Fri
berg. Cubs. Ill: Smith, Cards, IA.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
Big League Liners

frankie Frisch singled with the
bases filed in the fourteenth inning
and drove in the run that gave the
Giants a win over the Cards Friday.
Senior Luque. the CubanOla, let the
Brooklyn Robins down with four
little hits, and the Reds won.
Five runs scored in the fourth in
ming on two singles. an error, double
and some passes enabled the Pirates
to beat the Braves Friday.
Two hits and an error gave the
Athletics three runs in the first in
ming. and a victory over the White
Sox.
Cy Williams tlIirty-second homer,
which tied Babe Ruth, allowed the
Pills to beat the Cubs Friday.
Washington smacked five Cleve-
land pitchers all over the lot and
won in decisive manner
The Browns beat the Red Sox Fri
day and made clean sweep Of the
series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
Alleged Code yiolators Held

Roy Forbes, 114S s. Ewing ST.;
Clyde Underwood, 1885 S. Sherman
Dr., and Timothy Harris, 1147 S.
Ewing St.. are charged with violat-
ing the city building code in warrants
filed by Francis F. Hamilton, city
building commissioner. George B.
Young, 1341 N. Keystone Ave, ar
rested Wednesday night, failed to ap-
pear for trial In city court, were re-
arrested today and held on 500 bond
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
HORSESHOE SEMI-FINALS
City Experts Pitch at Riverside
Courts Sunday, Sept, 2.

The City Horseshoe Association will
play the semi finals Of the city cham
pionship series at Riverside Park,
Sunday, Sept. 2, and not Sunday, Aug.
Is, as announced last week The
eight high men in the semi-f1nals VIII
play in the finals Sunday, sept. 3.
Notice as TO the place OF holding
finals will be announced later.
Last Sundays tournament ct Brook
side Park was well attended, many
leading pitchers of the city and county
participating
Tomorrow. there will be several
gcod matches at Brookside PARK, one
o: which viii be staged between
Happy" Schulmeyer and Magnet
Bertels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
SIX CAUGHT I'm THE CORN
One Arrested rs Bottles of Beer
Are Discovered

Eugene Rasdall, %, colored, S3s
Adelaide St, was arrested on blind
tiger charges Friday night by Sheriff
George Snider and deputies who
found Rasdall, two other colored men
and three colored women collecting
roasting ears in a field west of the
Speedway. Six bottles of beer were
found in Rasdalls automobile. The
two other men escaped through the
corn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
One in Hospital. One in Jan

Following a back yard argument
Friday night, John Grigsby, 1880
Hazel St. was taken to the city hos
pital with cut on his head and r. E.
Fisher, 2042 Hazel ST., was arrested
charged with assault and battery.
Fisher is said to have hit Grigsby
with a pop bottle, after accusing him
of causing domestic trouble in Fish
er's family. according to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
EIGHT "speeders" Arrested

Eight motorists are under arrest
today charged with speeding. They
are: George Mccain, &c, OF SIS N
East ST.; Otis Gulley, %. of 1881 Col
lege Ave; Walter DIETRICH, "a, OF
1919 Wade ST.; Wallace Reese, 80,
Seventy Seventh st. and Central Ave
J. E. Sanders, 81. 1017 w. Michigan
St.; Lee Buchanan, 40. sol e. Mar.
ket ST.; Elmer Stiner. SO, of 2s4s
Brookside Ave. and B. 7. Hurlbert,
%, of SIS, N. East st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
INDEPENDENT AND
AMATEUR BALL

All Mapleton Maroon players are request
ed to be at Riverside diamond No. not
later than IL o'clock Sunday.
The Keystones will try to even the score
on the Turner Beech Grove team Sunday at
Beech Grove in the fourth game Of Ave
game series. The probable batteries will be
Motifs and Hartman for the Beech Grove
outfit and Kline and Aufderheide for the
Keystones.
The Lincoln A. As will play the Pennsy
Grays at Pennsy Park Sunday at 3 p. m.
There will be an admission OF % cents. The
batteries for the Grays will be Day and
Martin and for the Lincolns. Henson. Meyers
and Bell
All 'Christamores are requested to report
at Riverside diamond No. 10 at . D. M.
Sunday They will play the Collegiates in
the third round of The Times tourney The
following men report: Ellis, Baldwin Wool
gar, Snowfall. Medick. Francis. Meehan.
Peterson, Anderson. Calvert. Carr and Cald-
we'll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
RED-HoT AMATEUR TILTS
Twin Bills at Washington Park and
at Pennsy Field.

Two redhot amateur baseball
games were expected this afternoon
in the double-header at Washington
Park. At 2 o'clock the Prest O. Lites
and Fairbanks Morse teams were to
clash for the championship OF the
Commercial loop and Immediately fol-
lowing the Real Silks, champs OF the
Industrial loop, were to meet the
Brookside ODD Fellows. last year.
city title holders and winners OF the
Fraternal League pennant
At Pennsy Park First Baptist was
to meet Sahara Grotto and Morris St.
M. E. was to meet Centenary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-25
COSTUMERS NAME HEAD
New Organization Will Establish
Headquarters In Kansas City

S H. HARRISON of Kansas City,
Mo-, today took up his duties as
PRESIDENT of the new National Cos.
tuners Association.
He was elected at the Hotel Wash
ington Friday. Other officers: G. H.
Hooker, Haverhill, Mass. Harry K.
lands, Indianapolis; II. A. Crockett,
Providence, r. I. and d. M. Yostl.
Cleveland, O., vice presidents, and
John Hansen, Salt Lake City, Utah.
secretary-treasurer.
Headquarters will be at Kansas
City. Next years meeting will be
at Chicago.