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ships anchored at Claremont. 1t has
been an almost impossible task to po-
lice the boats properly, as they have
been moored along water front
more than eight miles in length.
While the watchmen were inspecting
the ships in one location the river
thieves would be ravaging the equip
ment of the remote vessels.
Matters became so serious that
finally the fleet owners sent twenty
five skilled workmen to Claremont to
guard the ships and to dismantle all
the easily portable appurtenances and
send them to Alexandria on the ves-
sells hauled up the river to the ship
yards to be wrecked. One tug now
follows regular beat constantly
in patrolling the fleet, while adequate
fire prevention equipment is provided,
so that the fleet is fortified against
serious damage by destructive flames.
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formidable an array OF materials as
one would discover if he attempted to
peruse half dozen of the largest
mail order catalogues simultaneously.
1t includes 200, tons of scrap iron
and steel, 12.000.000 feet of cable wire.
100.000.000 feet of southern pine and
western fir lumber. 64,500 feet of
steamship smokestack, 1000 tons of
brass and copper. $500 miles Of gal
vanized pipe. ESQ steam pumps
5000 tons of water tanks. 5000 drill
presses. anviis and vices. 1.S00 steam
,winches. 1000 steam and air gauges.
800 tons of anchor chain. COO tons
of rope. lG2 1,400-horsepower engines.
6 turbine engines. 226 brass con-
densers. 452 water-tube boilers. H.
100000 bolts and washers of all kinds
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netized by the alternate locking or
release of a control button. The pom
derous ball Is used as a mechanical
maui for breaking up scrap iron and
junk metal so that it can be more
readily handled. Magnetic attraction
Is harnessed to elevate the ball to a
height of thirty-fiye or forty feet
above the pile of metal to be demol-
ished. The electric current Is then
cut off, so that the ball crashes under
gravity pressure into the mass OF
junk. The ball is then lifted again
by Magnetization and dropped as many
times as necessary to smash the metal
to the desired dimensions
Shortly after the wrecking actiyi-
ties at Alexandria were begun a fire
broke out on one of the wooden ships
that was docked in the shipyards
awaiting early destruction. Consid-
cradle damage was done by the
flames. so that the fleet owners have
now provided the ships with adequate
fire protection. Every night now the
water front is brilliantly illuminated
in the neighborhood of the ship moor
ings. while powerful searchlights play
on the vessels and food them with
light, so that watchmen on shore can
keep easy tab on their condition at
any time. Electric lights are kept
going aboard each ship, while lines of
fire hose link each boat with the
water supply on shore.
The hulls of the twenty-five ships
that have been dismantled have not
been burned, but instead have been
bauled down the Potomac river to an
anchorage below Mount Vernon. The
salvage experts will use the magnetic
method of extracting the 300 tons of
metal in each hull from the ashes
only as last resort. The hulls as
they stand today make excellent
scows and barges, and efforts are
being made to market them for such
purposes. They will be sold for less
than half the cost of similar scows Of
like size. Another possible disposi-
tion of the hulls will be as bulwarks
along the water front Of river recla-
nation projects. They would furnish
continuous frontage about ten
miles long and could be sunk by
weighing them with sand and thus
used as the basis for manmade land.
x n
IN this day and age most Of us con-
slider pirates as an extinct species
of sea rovers, but the experiences OF
the Western Marine and Salvage
Company have been to the effect that
nautical raiders as expert as the for
mer plunderers of the Spanish main
roam the peaceful Potomac. Alto
gether more than 100000 worth of
marine equipment. such as mariners
instruments. clocks, silyerware. linen,
brass, lead and zinc materials and
other readily portable articles have
been stolen from the feet of wooden
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and burn it in order that all metal
used in it's construction may be salv-
aged from the ashes by the use Of
powerful swinging magnets.
x X X
THUS the tragedy of the wooden
i fleet may be wiped out in smoke.
The stately trees of the western and
southern forests that were felled in
order that the ships might come into
being may be reduced to ashes. Their
cremation would spell the demise of
our wooden armada like the ghostly
vassels of idle fancy that are wont
to pass in the night. The burning of
the hulls, If practiced, will usher in
one of the most interesting and
spectacular of the junking opera
tions-the magnetic search through
the cold embers and ashes for all
metal material that is worth saving.
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Shocks by Wireless.

AT Clichy-Levallois, a suburb of
"A Paris, some electricians received
severe shocks from touching a large
mass of stored telegraph wires not
connected with any system. An fn'
vestigation showed that the shocks
were caused by Hertzian waves sent
out from the great wireless station
on the Eiffel tower, a few miles distant.
By a curious accident the group OF
wires happened to present al the
conditions of height. distance ana po-
sition essential TO receiving comnu-
nieal KS from the ;iffei sta. --
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steel and metal at a load.

steel and metal at a load.
The electrified magnet is swung
backward and forward over the pile
of ashes and dying embers like a
pendulum. 1t attracts and holds all
the magnetic material. When the
magnet is loaded special crane is
used to carry it and it's burden to a
point directly above a storage pit A
switch is shut off, the magnet is i'm
mediately demagnetized and the mass
of scrap and. junk falls into the huge
bin. The process is repeated until
the mechanical magnetic searcher is
able to find no more salvage metal in
the ash heap.
Another wrecking Tool of great
effectiveness is known as a skull
cracker" A three-ton iron ball is so
arranged in a mechanical installation
that it can be magnetized or demag-
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proud ship designed to ride the wave:
SO rhythmically is the wooden hull
such a network of bolts and nuts
spikes and tie rods. that it cannot h..
sawed to pieces One plan under con
sdcration is to haul each hull ashore
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IN enormous electrified magnet would
used as the mechanical sleuth that
1bstracts the iron bolts, nuts and
washers from the ruins. The maget
is fiat-shaped. five feet in diameter
and capacitated to rescue six tons of
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transportation purposes. The United
States Shipping Board gave up pos
session of the fleet without warranty
or guarantee of the condition. capac-
ity, equipment, tonnage or correctness
of description of the different vessels.
The wrecking activities have now
been in progress for six months and
twenty-five Of the vessels have already
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to demolish the vessel and to save all
available parts and equipment
X X *
THE magnitude of this most extern
i sive ship junking enterprise is
reflected In the amounts of salvaged
material that the wreckers hope to
rescue. The list is almost as
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Alexandria Now Midst of Task Which Will Not Be Completed for Perhaps
Two More YeVes Which Cost Sold Junk
Selling Has Succeeded Dispo Materials Rapidly They
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

you could give your wife a gorgeous
string of pearls, but it would be very
easy to imagine the daughter of Jo-
seph Graves Hamilton wearing jewels
worth a kings ransom"
This time I was almost sure that
Sydney saw that waiter wink at me
but 1 could do nothing.
"They certainly are wonderful
imitation" he said.
"I know it." was Jacks complacent
reply. why the other evening you
ought to have seen the walters scram-
BILE when Leslie broke the string.
am quite sure that one Of them must
have decided that they were real
pearls, for when we counted up there
was one missing"
I grew hot and cold. Suppose Jack
should say something about counting
the string now. I wished I had not
worn them
To turn the conversation l asked,
perhaps a bit too eagerly, II am sure,
Sydney, that you have come over to
the baby's christening. I know when
you see him you win be glad to be the
godfather to the sweetest bit Of human
flesh that was ever given to a
woman"
At this moment it seemed to me that
a peculiar glance passed between sgd
ney and Jack, and Jack said gruff1y,
He is a nice little duffer. but you
know somebody left him on our door
step Just at the right moment when
Leslie's life hung in the balance. and
/ believe, in fact I know that she
must love him better than his own
mother"
That's quite true" I interrupted
FOR l am sure that under no circum-
stances could have given that baby
to another if had borne HIM"
you never know what you can do, I"
interrupted Jack curtly.
Yes. I do" 1 answered stubbornly
Il do not think very much Of mother
who would leave her child on a
strangers doorstep"
Perhaps the mother knew the cir
cumstances, Leslie said Sydney.
What circumstances2 Into Jack 8
voice had crept a tone Of truCulency.
why didn't the papers have the
story that Leslies life was despaired
Of BECAUSE she was mourning so over
losing her child, and wasn't It whis-
pered among her friends that It seemed
as though the only course to pursue
In bringing her back from deaths
door was to put baby in her arms7"
Copyright, 1923. NEA Service, Inc)
Next: Leslie continues her letter.
Who is Juniors father?
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out I have heard there was another feIlo~C
and that her mother let him come to ths,
house to see her. but don't know for sure.
Please advise me. r. E. H
Another case Of too much mother
in-law. This one could be scared Off
easily. think. I suggest that youz
hint to her that unless she stops her.
interference, you will fight any dfee
vorce suit with a suit for alienation,
Of your wtfe's affections. I have an
idea the threat would be effective -
Your wife did not play fair. but
apparently she would be happy with
you now if she had a chance. If gen
tie words do not win over your mother-
in-law. think you would be justified
in using threats Of damage suits toe
make her give her daughter at least
trial at happiness. You might re- I
mind her that you have much better
ground for suit than her daughter
has for a divorce suit CYou have.
unless you have not told me all youzi
StOryl L
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT,
CONTINUED

Beads" echoed Sydney. Il surely
thought. at the time Leslie wore them
above her wedding dress and now.
that they were real pearls"
The waiter looked at me from be-
hind Jack s. chair and / was sure that
ne sardonically dropped one OF his
yields I felt myself grow red and
then pale and was glad that Jack ex-
claimed Great heavens, sgd, you
wouldn't expect 10 have my wife wear
thousands and thousands OF dollars
worth Of pearls, would you? We are
poor people, sgd sometimes so hard
up that l don't know where to get
the next dollar 70 do something that
/ want to do very much"
mo. old follow. I had no idea that
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

a guest party given by the Phi Gamma
Rho sorority.
Miss Lora Frances Lackey enter
tained Thursday night with a mask
dance frolie at her home, 3042 Mo
PhersOn Ave. The rooms were ar
ranged with Halloween decorations
and formed an attractive background
for the thirty costumed guests
Catherine Merrill Post No. Q will
meet tonight in Morrison Hall at $50.
The first Of a series Of three card
parties win be given tonight by the
women Of st. GATHERINGS Church in
their hall, Tabor and Shelby SITS The
next two affairs Will be Nov. and IA.
A regular meeting OF the Bethel
Club will be held Sunday afternoon at
the Communal building. II w. Morris
st. A special election will be held
at this meeting to fill two vacancies
on the board OF directors. Plans Will
also be made for dance at Thanks.
giving Dnacing will follow the meet.
ing.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

The man who showers he girl he
loves with gifts he cannot afford,
just to win her, and then makes her
get along with hardly the bare needs
of life after marriage is cheating. The
girl who processes deep devotion to
a man, because she is discontended at
home, or because she Is tired of work
ing and wants luxuries is cheating.
Perhaps the man thinks he will be
promoted, so that he can afford the
presents. Perhaps the girl has an
band, If he gives her all the beautiful
things she Graves. Nevertheless,
they are cheats; they are obtaining
love under false pretenses.
DiSiIIuSioned Husband
Dear Miss Lee: I am 20 and have been
told me that she was 18 when we we're mar
ried didn't know her real age until three
She has a stepfather and did not get
along at home. She ran away and met
want her mother to know 1t. After three
months, I got her to write to her mother.
In a week or so. she got message that her
found out IL was frame-up.
We were living in Texas Her mother
tried to annul the marriage and couldn't.
so l came to indianapolis and took my wife
back. We were very happy az long rs she
did not get one OF the heart-breakng letters
from her mother. Then she would get home
sick I got tired Of that, sold my business
and came to indianapolis. We lived here
two years.
Her mother still kept causing trc- bic so
I went to Arkansas and have been living
there since. Ny mother-in-law kept writing
my wife to come home on q visit so let
her come June 10. 7 got letter from her
every day for a month. They were real
sweet letters.
Aug. 13 she sued me for divorces. came
to Indianapolis and got her TO drop the suit.
She tells me now she Is going to sue again.
I love her better than I do myself and can
not make up my mind to give her up.
buy her goodlooking clothes and she
has plenty OF spending money. She has
averaged hat and a pair of shoes each
month. I bought her 81 90 diamond ring.
but I still have it. have offered her every
inducement in the world, but still she holds
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

Here are a few from the piles Of
letters that came In today. From Mrs.
Dewey Bryant, sig Elm St. Green
castle, Ind:
Baked Ham. Brown Gravy
-, Mashed Potatoes, Escalloged Corn
Custard Pie ''9'-- '-'D coffee 5ss' or Tea
Miss Florence Egleston, 1925 Belle
fontaine St, sends this:
Roast Pork Loin. Dressing. Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Cabbage slaw with Pimentoes Olives
Cranberry Sauce Baked Sweet Potatoes
Mine Pie Coffee or Tea
Mrs. Laura Metzger. 1898 College
Ave-, suggests:
Turnips Cooked With Country Sausage
Mashed Potatoes Cottage Cheese
Homemade sauer Kraut
Homemade Apple Butter
Soft Ginger Bread
Pumpkin Pie With Whipped Cream
Coffee or Tea
Mrs. Gladys and Miss Rose Barone.
521S Burgess Ave. got around the
every day and company dinner" by
splitting the chances. Miss Rose ar
ranging the following:
Cream OF Tomato Soup
Fried POrterhOUse Steak
Mashed Potatoes. Gravy
Head Lettuce with Salad Dressing
Cresmed Peas
Hot Rolls Strawberry Preserves
Apple Pie with Ice Cream Coffee
Mrs. Gladys BarOne suggests the
following Thanksgiving dinner:
Oyster Cocktail with Tomato Sauce
Celery
Roast Turkey AMI Dressing
Mashed Potatoes. Gravy
Buttered Asparagus Cranberry Sauce
Head Lettuce Salad Dressing
Pumpkin Pie Hot Mince Pie
Cream Cheese Coffee
Salted Nuts
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
STOP ITCHING SKIN
Zemo the Clean, Antiseptic.
Liquid, Gives Prompt Relief

There is one safe, dependable treat.
ment that relieves itching torture and
that cleanses and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for a $50 or 81
bottle OF Zemo ana apply IL as d.
rected. Soon you viii fnd that irrtI
tations, Pimples, Blackheads, EozemS.s
Blotches, Ringworm and similar skin.
troubles will disappear.
zemo, the penetrating, satisfying.
liquid, ig all that is nesded, for II.
banishes most skin eruptions, makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy,
Zemo Soap, 25o-Zemo Ointment, 300.
advertisement.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
Mrs. Thomas H. Fitz, 1912 Lowell
Ave, suggests:

Mrs. Thomas H. Fitz, 1912 Lowell
Ave, suggests:
Fruit Cocktail
Roast Pig With Sage Stuffing
Mashed Irish Potatoes Gravy
Candied Sweet Potatoes With Toasted
GMarshmallows 81.
June Peas
Creamed 53re,1I Asparasus Tips on Toast Celery
Frozen Fruit Salad -.
Apple Pie with whipped Cream Coffee
From Mrs. E. F. Leonard, 511 N.
Pine St, comes the following:
Baked Chicken Stuffed with Dressing made
from Corn Bread and Biscuits
Drowned Mashed Potatoes
Baked Baked Beans Candied Sweet Potatoes
celery Hot Biscuits Coffee
Apple Tarts with Whipped Cream
Fred Schmadtall, head chef of the
Lincoln, and Gustave Vellimo, Of the
Claypool, viii act as judges for the
American menu contest.
On second thought. that is. after
you recover from the shock Of the
foreign sound Of these names as I had
to do, It's better thus. Their familiar
ity with foreign dishes will enable
them to recognize strictly American
foods more easily than any OF US.
Nest ce pas?
The contest will close Saturday. All
menus must be in by Saturday morn
ing at s o'clock. Address them to the
Menu Editor Of the Indianapolis
Times. BY the way, don't send in
more than one menu. Only one from
the number you send in will be pre-
sented to the judges anyhow.
The winner OF the $40 prize will be-
announced the first OF the week.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
Peggy Wood Comes
for Limited Stay

On Tuesday night at English's.
Peggy Wood viii open a two-day en-
gagement. just three performances.
in THE Clinging Vine" II was highly
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
H0DGIN SERIOUSLY ILL
Engagements of Health Board Head
Are Cancelled.

DR.. E. E. Hodgin, president of the
city board of health, is seriously i'll
at his home, 2645 College Ave. All
official engagements Of DIR. Hodgin
have been cancelled, it was said at
the city hall today.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
Martha Lee eSays--
Little Deceptions Show
Love Cheats Methods

The full of and would be Mortified
very idea of playing in crooked game yet
the biggest game of all Love To Love
to cheat at life itself
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
How About Wearing Patent Leathers Every Day in the
4 Week? That's the Problem Although Menu Is
a Menu Nest Ce PaS2
Rv POLLY HOLMES

would terrible
the
- and patent leather shoes week
And that's something
American il t
we'd n
Well the domestic scientists a
be
would O'
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02


Tho attractions on view today in
clude: Matinee Musicale recital at
the Murat at p. m; Sally, at Eng
ush's: La France and Byron. at the
Lyric; stock burlesque, at the Proad-
way; Wine. Woman and Song" at
the Capitol: The Eleventh Hour, q"
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
Eric Phillips Presents
a Great Balancing Act

The opening act on the new bill
at the Palace deserves more than mere
mention. The act in question in the
balancing turn Of Eric Phillips and
company. Among the many splendid
stunts introduced is ladder balanc-
ing act. One Of the men balances a
ladder on his head, then a man and
woman calmly mounts the ladder un-
til the two human beings are bal
anced on the ladder. Here is a stunt
done in splendid showmanship 1t
had every one on the edge OF their
seats. A real act None better in its
class.
Shelia Terry. dancer. is present
ing. with the aid OF two men and a
maid, sort Of a musical version OF
Which One Shall I Marry2" The
chief fault with It IS that 1t does not
give Miss Terry enough SOLO" oppor-
tuhfty. She is clever on her toes. Act
nicely mounted.
Judson Cole offers some magic
stunts while he engages in police con
versation inten Ted TO make people
laugh. Flashes From Songland" in
PRODUCES number OF singers In op-
cratic numbers. Merrett and Mann
belong to the nut" variety OF vaude-
vile entertainers. The movie feature
is THE Drivin' Fool"
At the Palace today Saturday and
Sunday. Reviewed by Walter d.
Hiclman.)
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
Ohios $4,000 Organ Dedicated Sunday;
Phillips Presents Good Balancing Act

The Ohio Theater's concert organ,
built at a cost of $4,000, will be in
augurated with dedicatory recital
at IL o'clock Sunday morning at the
Ohio Theater, to which the public is
invited.
The organ is one of the largest in
the State and was designed and con-
structed oy Mari & Cotton. Frank
Muckenstrum, 1852 N. Mount St., as,
sembled and installed the organ.
Lester HUFF, formerly organist az
the Alhambra and Apollo Theaters,
Will be the organist for the Ohio, be.
ginning Sunday.
AT the Ohio, Huff win play the
picture" that is, he will prepare u
special score for each of the featured
photoplays shown at the theater, and
viii also direct the new Ohio Theat0r
Orchestra, which is now being as
sembled Each week Huff will also
present a solo. Many of his solos
will be his original conceptions and
compositions.
The Marr & Cotton organ is a th rec
manual, electric action organ. s
The console OF the organ will be IN
the center OF the orchestra pit and
a small baby spotlight will be thrown
on HUFF as he plays the instrument.
The organ embodies all the grandeur
of a symphony orchestra and all the
delicacy of a violin solo. Every mu-
sical combination known to man will
be possible on the organ.
Among the tonal colors of the organ
are the families Of flutes and diapa-
sons. providing adequate foundation
tones with all the percussion instru-
ments, the bass drums. tympani and
cymbals, operated by the pedals
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

successful IN New York and recently
concluded its Chicago engagement.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02
The Florence heats the
floor 5 or 6 feet from
the stove

AIRTIGHT FLORENCE soft coal slack
and all the smoke gases No filing Of the hne
with SCOT No dirt inside outside the house 1t will burn hard
all the which from the hard coal base
will burn wood and sawdust dry It will produce oneha
less ashes than any other earth with any kind Of fuel and
leave cinkers halfconsumed fuel
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

at the Apollo; Enemies Of Women" ,"
at the Ohio; Where the North Be
gins" at the Circle; "a Lady's Name, -
at the Isis; "The Three Musketeers, "
at the Rlalto; The Common Law. q"
at Mister Smiths, and Fritzie Ridge
way, at Keith's.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-11-02

atIrs Donald Smith. 4I44 college
Ave. VIII bs the hostess tonight for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-09
LEAGUE CHAIRMAN
TOGIVE RESPONSE
! Women Voters Institute at
Cincinnati Next Week,

Mrs. Elizabeth Claypool Earl, chair
man Of the committee on Inter
national Cooperation to Prevent War,
Indiana League of Women Voters,
viii make the response for Indiana 81
tho luncheon which will open the In
stitute on International Affairs in
Cincinnati next Monday.
The League of Women Voters of
West Virginia has Joined the Leagues
Of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, in
arranging for the Institute Monday
and Tuesday.
Women's organizations throughout
the State, including the State Fedora
ton of Clubs, the ". C, T. u, the
War Mothers. the Gold Star Mothers,
the Women's Auxiliaries to the
American Legion and similar or
CARNATIONS, the Parent Teachers As
ISOLATION, the Local Council Of Wo-
men, various business and profes-
siona women's clubs, and local and
district Leagues of Women Voters are
invited to send representatives to the
institute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-09
BABY CLINICS REPORT
Infant Mortality Rate Reduced From
80 to 1871 Per Cent.

Nurses Of the child hygiene divi-
sion of the Indianapolis board of
health made 1t.125 visits to homes
cared for 3,044 babies under 1 yea
old. and attended 63S children under
years Of age for the year ending
Oct 81. Paul Kirby. director. reported
today.
A total of 35S clinics with an at-
tendance of 1852 was held. with
conferences once a week.
Four dental clinics which were held
examined and treated 657 children
The infant mortality rate last year
was 1871 compared to so In 1919
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-09

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