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100000 Extra Votes
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In addition to the regular votes allowed on subscription payments, as shown in the voting schedule, we make the members the following offer:
 This offer is open now and closes Satur- day, November 3, at p. m.
 100000 EXTRA VOTES will be given to every member who sends or brings $2500 in subscriptions to the office of the club man. ager during this period.
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DISTRICT NO. 3
 Will include all territory in the following counties in Aabama: Lauderdale Colbert. Franklin, Marion Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Culnan, Marshall, Madison Jackson, Winston, Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan
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DISTRICT NO. |

Will include that part of Birmingham and east of Center street within the city limits Tarrant City and Irondae included in this district.
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DISTRICT NO. 2

Will include that part of Bmin gham west of Center street (not on) within the city limits. The city of Bessemer and Fairfield will also be included in this district.
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DISTRICT NO. s

Will include the following counties in Alabama: Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Bbb, Chiffon, Autaugs, Mont gcmery, Lowndes Dallas, Perry, Hale, Greene, Sum ter, Choctaw Marengo, Wilcox, also that part of Jefferson county not included in districts numbers one and two. All other territory not mentioned in any of the other four districts will be included in this district.
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DISTRICT NO. 4

Will include all territory in the following counties in Alabama: Blount, Etowah, Dekalb, Cherokee, Gle burnc Calhoun St. Clair, Talladega, Clay Randolph, Chambers Tallapoosa, Coosa Shelby, Lee and Elmore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
GATHERS AT
WHITEFIELD TRIAL
Mounted Police Beat Back Crowd of $4,000 at Courthouse
as Murder Case Opens at Cleveland.

he obtained a pistol. Then the two
started in Whiteield's automobile for
the police station. They never
arrived.
Three days later the policeman e
body was found with a bullet hole
through his neck, buried at the
stump OF an uprooted tree.
The defense today asked con
tinuanoe in order to locate Peter
Milan, friend of Whitef1eld, who they
said followed Griffin and his prisoner
on the fatal ride. They claimed he
would corroborate Whitef1eld's de
.fense that the killing shot was fired
from the patrolmah's own gun during
a tussle in the car.
Continuance Over1uled
Judge Phillips overruled the mo
ton and ordered examination of We
niremen for a jury started.
Marie Price, the FIT. Wayne Qnd.
school girl. whom Whitefeld took
with him on his flight to Madison
Wis, was expected to be called by
the prosecution.
Whiteheld deserted the girl when
he made a desperate break for lib
erty at Madison. after the pa had
been seized. The mulae4o was knally
captured at Detroit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
COAL CONTRACTS
ARE AWARDED BY
SCHOOL BOARD
Allied and State Street Com
panieS to Furnish 23,-
900 Tons,

Allied Coal Company and the State
Street Coal Company will supply coal
to the city schools. it was. announced
today by r. o. Johnson. business di.
rector.
The Allied Coal Company is to sup
ply 5000 tons of one and a quarter
inch screening at 1857 a ton The
State Street Coal Company is TO sup
ply 1900 tons OF lump coal passed
over one and Il quarter-inch screening
at s4.S5 a ton. In both cases the
coal will be delivered and stored at
school buildings without extra charge.
Bids were received for placing a new
roof on School No. Sc and new win
dows for School 27-afld referred to the
buildings and grounds committee.
Bids for lumber for Schools 20, %,
and 27 were referred to the purchasing
committee. These committees are ex-
pected to meet Tuesday.
A special meeting of the school
board will be held Tuesday at II
o'clock to receive bids on ashhaulins
contracts and for repairs on various
school buildings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
BRIDGE UNMARKED,
F|REMEN TESTIFY
Probe Into Death of Truck
Driver Under Way.

That there were no signs warning
truck drivers of danger driving over
White River bridge on the Southport
road was testimony today at the coro-
ner's inquest of the death of Paul
Keefer, 22O4 Haines. Ave. who was
pinned under his truck in the river
Friday when the center section of the
bridge gave way.
Keefer was driving for the Acme
Gravel Company. His body waas found
Saturday.
w. Hubert Stevens. 1880 E. Washing
ton St., and John Hart, 1907 Tabor
ST., city firemen, testified they saw no
warning signs about the bride. Both
men assisted in search for the body.
]. ]. Griffith. county engineer, and
Sheriff Snider were to be called as
witnesses today.
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Rn United Preaa

By United Press
CLEVELAND, July ga crowd
estimated at $4,000 rushed to the
courthouse as the trial of John L.
Whiteheld started today.
Patrolmen and mounted police drove
back the mob that stormed the
doors.
Whiteheld. the mulatto prisoner,
was handcuffed to two deputy sheriffs
and surrounded by other deputies.
Accidental shooting will be the plea
OF Whitef1eld, who was the object
of most banning man-hunt by au
thor1ties Of many States Of the MID
die West and Northwest.
death Penalty Demanded
THE prosecution will demand the
death penalty" declared Prosecutor
Stanton as the trial opened. White
field goes to trial under new Ohio
law, which makes killing of a police
man on duty first degree murder with.
out any alternative.
Whitefeld is charged with the slay,
ing Of Patrolman Dennis Griffin. who
arrested him on May II for theft OF
spark plugs.
Griffin allowed the prisoner to go
into his house to say good-by9 to
his wife. where IL was learned later
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
POSSES HUNT q
ESCAPED MANIACS
Nineteen Desperate Criminal Madmen Recaptured After AZ
Make Wholesale Break From Illinois Hospital :

fence and enabled forty-two of their
number to escape.
Mitchell was captured just before
noon by an armed trusty.,
Ralph Dilday. guard who was badly
hacked by madman armed with q
butcher knife during the rush for ib-
erty, was in a dangerous condition at
the institution hospital.
James Denny. another guard. was
severely cut in the same fracas.
Several others received bites and
scratches.
Negro Is Killed
William Jackson, negro, murderer
from Chicago, was. shot down as
guards seized rifles and fired at the
fleeing mob.t His body was riddled
with bullets.
Chester streets were patrolled by
armed posses of several hundred
volunteers, police and institution
guards. Stores were locked. homes
6ren were kept indoors. as the hunt
progressed.
The maniacs captured fought
fCriously with hands. clubs and
stones. Their super.human strength
makes the combined efforts of dozen
man necessary to over-power one
The posses are attempting to com.
plete the round up without further
bloodshed.
Officials expressed the hope the
ltwenty-three still at large will be
scaptured by nightfaIl
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in the future would take care Of ad-
ditions and betterments. Metcalf said
he could not foresee the war, which
changed conditions.
Exhibit Presented
Metcaf then presented a bulky ex-
hibit, in which he intended to show
the additions and betterments the
company is planning.
Shank declared it has been areported
to him that Commissioners Oscar
Rats, John w. McCardle and Glenn
Van Auken have been entertained at
the country home of C. H Geist Of
Philadelphia, president of the water
company, as we'll as Commissioner
Edgar NJ. Blessing.
Captain Pope Investigates
Shank admitted he has had Police
Capt. Roy Pope, his personal detective,
in the East for a week investigating
this report. He said he had received
message from Pope saying he
thought the report could be verified,
but no definite evidence had been re-
ceIved
MCOaTuIe Sdld ne mas not Deen OUT
of the State for two years and was not
entertained by Geist.
Rats said he never was at Atlantic
City, where Gsist's summer home Is
| located, and denied he was entertained
by the water man.
Van Auken is hearing a rate case at
Washington. Ind, but friends said
they did not believe the report.
Shank will speak on the water fight
in the municipal theater at Garfield
Park tonight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
BU United PrcSs

RD United PrcSs
CHESTER, Ill, July 23.-With all
southern Illinois joining in a man
hunt. nineteen CT forty-two desperate
lunatics-some Of them killers-who
escaped in a wholesale jail break from
the Illinois State hospital for the
criminal insane, had been captured at
noon today.
These figures were given by DIR. o.
c. Stubblefield, superintendendent
who was badly beaten when he
joined guards in an attempt to break
up the escape.
The twenty-three madmen still at
large are thought to have made their
escape from the environs OF Chester,
and the drag-net was extended today
over all of southern Illinois.
Chief Of Police John Jannis captured
four Of the maniacs in a garage as
they were attempting to steal an auto
mobile.
Another was taken from a tres in
which he had spent the night.
Woman Makes Capture
Mrs. Thomas G.. Davis was respon-
sible for the capture of another. Seeing
him pass her home, she rushed out.
Thinking she was armed, the convict
halted and waited in the. darkness un-
til guards took him into custody.
An inmate from Chicago named Nit
chell was said to be the ring leader of
the break which occurred last night at
dusk when the entire body Of rs con-
victs at exercise in the bull pen rushed
unarmed guards. battered hole in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
COUNTY PROPERTY
SHOWS INCREASE
Gain in Valuation Placed at
S19l356143O.

Taxable property in MaPion~County
showed gain this year of s1e. $50, ,43o
over 1922. according to Leo X. Fes-
Ter. county auditor.
The figures were compiled from the
books Of township assessors. with the
exception OF those of Center Town
ship, which were based on estimates
by NJ. l.. Jefferson, assessor. as his
books were not yet complete.
Total valuations were given as s712,-
315, $50. OF this, $691. 95s. $50 was rep
resented by property In the city of
Indianapolis. Practically the entire
gain was made in India napolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
NEWSIES TO SEE
CIRCUS TUESDAY
Dog and Pony Show Open to
500 Times Carriers.
Don't crowd. boys!

Don't crowd. boys.
The circus tent IS large enough for
all OF you.
Five hundred newsboys and car
riers OF The Indianapolis Times will
be guests OF Gentry Brothers dog and
pony show and the James Patterson
wild animal circusl Tuesday night on
the show grounds in w. Washington
St.
This show Is especially built for chill
dren.
Mayor Shank. members of his Off
cial family. newspaper editors and rep
resentatives will be the guests of the
Gentrys and Patterson tonight at an
old-fashioned circus chicken dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
STREET HEARING ASKED

Property Owners Say Pavement Not
Up to Specifications.
Petition for a public hearing to
show that new pavement on Twenty
Ninth st. between Capitol Ave. and
Riverside park was not up to
specifications and should not be ac-
cepted was under consideration by
the board Of works today.
Property owners signed the
petition.
The street was paved by the Mans
field Engineering Company. Petition
ers charge the concrete base does not
contain the right mixture. Engin-
eers have removed three cores from
the paving for examination.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
FIRST SENTENCE UNDER
NEW LAW Is IMPOSED
Man Pleads Guilty to Having Still
Wife Discharged.

For the first time since enactment,
by the last Legislature. of a law MAX
ing possession Of a still for purposes
Of making intoxicating liquor felony,
prison sentence was imposed by
Judge James A. Collins in Criminal
Court today.
George w. Crabtree, 25. of 1929 La
fayette ST.. sentenced to one to five
years in the State Reformatory when
he entered plea of guilty. His wife.
Mrs. Eta Crabtree. was discharged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
I'LL HEALTH GIVEN
AS SUICIDE CAUSE
Man Heartbroken at Young
Wife'S Death,

III health was given today by Ralph
Briggs, 1924 Prospect ST, as the req
son-~his wife, Mrs. Louise Briggs, 19,
took poison July is, causing her death
at city hospital at $50 a. m. today.
Briggs. a road contractor, was heart
broken. Their home had been happy
for three years he said He was re-
called from Chicago the night his wife
took the poison and had bee n at her
bedside every minute nurses would
permit him,
Mrs. Arthur d. Smith. Mrs. Briggs
mother, lives at the Briggs home.
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Before they were presented the
petitions were loaded on a truck at
the City Hall and paraded through
the streets The truck bore signs
reading. "Remonstrance against in
creased water rates" and Help In
dianapolis.'
The petitions were carried into the
House of Representatives, where the
hearing was going on, by two police
men preceded by John F. Walker,
superintendent Of street cleaning,
who represented Mayor Shank. Shank
was not present He decided at the
last minute not to go. Walker gave
a brief written statement to Com
missioner Oscar Rats, presiding, and
then walked out without addressing
the commission otherwise. The hear
ing was not interrupted.
Presents Statement
Walkers statement:
Gentlemen of the Commission:
On behalf OF the Mayor of the city of
indianapolis and $4,000 citizens of this
city who have signed these petitions
and on behalf of practically every
other citizen of this city who would
have signed this petition ahd the op-
portunity been presented to them. 1
present this petition to this honor
able board. requesting that the rates
for~water by the Indianapolis Water
Company be decreased rather than in
creased.
1.-The entire citizenship of this no
mean city is deeply stirred over this
vital question now before this board
and are eanest with their request
that this board lower the rates for
water"
Fire Protection Explained
Leonard Metcalf consulting en-
gineer for the company. continued on
the stand, reciting details of the fire
protection system of the city.
Thirty per cent Of the cost Of trans
mission mains should be charged to
twenty per cent of the valuation Of
structures should be segregated for
the same purpose.
In an exhibit presented to the COM
mission. he said $2,653. 900 worth Of
the company's property IS used for
this purpose.
Increase in Rental Asked
A fair annual charge of 1re pre-
vention. Metoalf testified, would be
$3.50 900. He said the company is re-
ceiving only $254.445. The company
Is asking that the rental for fire hy-
drants be increased from $50 to $40
a year.
The company, the witness testified,
probably will add, in the near future,
4 400 hydrants. Recommendations Of
underwriters asking for 1900 more
hydrants were introduced in evidence
Taylor e. Gronfnger, corporation
counsel for the city. declared the evi-
dence in the hearing before the State
Insurance department: in which the
city is asking for a higher insurance
rating does not indicate 1900 more
hydrants are necessary.
High Valuation Used
Groninger in his cross-examinatlon
brought out that the income from
fire hydrants with the addition Of the
proposed 1,400 will be increased to
S33S 900 annually, without CORE
spending increase in investment.
These figures are based on the present
rate of $50 a year. Groninger also
pointed out that in computing costs
Metcalf used the commissions prop
erty valuation, which the city con-
tends is high.
Groninger recalled testimony given
by Metcalf in a water hearing before
toI ~
calf said the income Of the company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
TO TALK ON TRICK TEXTS
Gyro Club Members VIII Discuss the
Unmentionables Tuesday.

No regular program has been
arranged for the weekly luncheon OF
the Gyro Club ct the Lincoln Tues
day. Briant 1Sando. secretary. issues
the following subjects to be discussed
by all members:
Roll Your Own, why are Chick
ems Two Weeks Old, " Weak In Their
Knees?" How Do You Unshrink
Woolen Underwear? I Have Four
Good Suits That are Too Tight"
From What Part OF a Cow Does a
Swiss Steak Conner" What Makes
Popcorn Pop?' WHO Is the Author
of Dante's 'Inferno'?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
GreenfleId Woman Missing

Minnie c. Bal, &c. is missing from
her home in Greenfield. according to
police She weighs 14o pounds, Is
five and onehalf feet tall, has light
complexion, brown hair and blue eyes
1t was asked that any information
concerning her be directed to Marshell
w. Winslow, mayor OF Greenfield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
MEXICO HONORS
MURDERED BANDIT
Full Military Tribute Is Ac-
corded Francisco Villa,

By United Press
MEXICO CITY, July 23.-Mexico
paid last honors to one OF It's most
picturesque figures Saturday night
when hundreds attended the funeral
of Francisco Villa, reformed bandit.
who was murdered Friday in an am
bush.
Full military honors were accorded
the slain general. The town of
Parral returned to a state Of nor
malcy from the excitement into which
the assassination had thrown it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE
Bedford Man Fatally Is Injured in
Crash.

BEDFORD, Ind. July 23.-Robert
L. Turpin was fatally injured here
today when the automobile in which
he was riding was struck by south
bound Monon train. He suffered a
broken neck and internal injuries and
died in the city hospital a short time
after the accident. He was an en-
ploye of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
SISTER SEES DROWNING
F1ance Makes Vain Attempt to Res
cue Girl.

Mrs. Louis Thomas, 29 s. West St.,
witnessed the drowning of her sister,
Miss Rebecca Ellen Wilkins of Smith
vile, seven miles south of Blooming
ton, In the Adams quarry lake, Sun
day, according to a dispatch today.
Miss Wilkins was swimming with Ho-
bart Todd, to whom she was to be
married within a week. Todd made
vain attempt to rescue her.
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Escapes

Esther Stanley, %, escaped
from the Indiana Woman s.
State Prison this morning,
according to the police. She
is 5 feet tall, weighs ga
pounds, has light, bobbed
hair, blue eyes and wore a
blue and white striped prison
uniform and heavy black
shoes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
Taxes Reconsidered

The State board of tax commits
sioners today began reconsideration
Of county tax assessments made
earlier this year. Representatives OF
Benton, Upton. Clinton, Hancock,
Rush, and Delaware Counties ap-
peared. Other counties to appear to-
day were Marion, Howard, Johnson
and Shelby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
FALLS OFF WAGON; HURT
Elmer VoIton Dragged by Horses;
Liquor Found on Victim.

Elmer Volton, 81. Of 241 Detroit St.
is at the city hospital in a serious
condition from injuries received when
he fell from aNwagon he was driving.
on Virginia Ave. Saturday night. Pos
lice investigated and witnesses told
them Volton appeared intoxicated. A
half pint of liquor was found. He was
dragged some distance and the horses,
frightened by his shouts, ran away.
When the horses were stopped. the
wagon had been demolished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
Woman to Be Buried in East

Last Rites for Mrs. Theodosia Eliza
beth Whitney. who died at her home,
915 W. Thirty Fifth ST.. were held
today. The body will be taken to
Woburn, Mass. for burial Mrs. Whit
ney was the wife OF the Rev A. B.
Whitney.
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Work to Be Started ON Bridge

Work will begin in a few days on
a new reinforced arch bridge over
Deer Creek in Putnamt County, the
State highway commission announced
today. The structure in a triple-span
type, each span being seventy-five
feet long. Present Indications are
that National Road traffic will be
able to use the bridge by Aug. Is,
John D. Williams, director Of the
commission. said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
AMUNDSEN ABANDONS
HIS FLIGHT TO POLE

Arctic Explorer VIII Take First Boat
Back to United States.
By United Press
NOME, Alaska, July 2S.-Raold
Amundsen. famous Arctic explorer, is
at Wainwright and will take the first
boat for Nome, en- route TO the United
States by way OF Seattle, according
to private advices from the explorer.
The message indicated Amundsen
had abandoned, for the time being,
his proposed airplane fight across the
polar wastes from Wainwright to
Spitzenbergen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
FARMERS DISCUSS PRICES
Directors of Indiana Farm Bureau
In Session.

Directors Of the Indiana Farm
Bureau Federation today opened a
two-day meeting. Cooperative market
ing of grain and the present. price of
hogs, cattle, wheat and grain, were
being discussed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-23
BLOOMINGTON Burglars sougt,t

Bloomington police today asked local
policemen to watch for burglars who
entered the home of T. 7. Karsell Of
Bloomington, Ind. Sunday night. Kar-
sell reported missing diamond sap
phire set valued at $500, a watch, sew
eral suits of clothes and S35 in cash.
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Broken Back Causes Death

George w. Lines, R. R. A, Danville,
Ind. was killed as result Of fall
from a hay wagon. July 81, in which
he suffered broken back, Coroner
Paul F. Robinson's inquest showed to-
day. Lines died in the Long Hospital
here.