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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
WIDOW GETS ALL
VAN CAMP ESTATE
Holdings Include S500,000
Personal Property,

The will of the late Cortland Van
Camp, president of the VanCamr
Hardware and Iron Company, ad-
nitted to probate today, leaves the
entire estate tc the widow. Mrs. Fan
ME A. VanCamp. 1854 N. Delaawre
st.
OF the three children named execu
tors, Samuel G.. VanCamp is dead
The other two, Raymond P. VanCamp
and Mrs. Ella VanCamp Martindale,
qualified under a $500, 900 bond fixed
by Probate Clerk John Weinprecnt.
The person estate is estimated at
$500, 900, according to Jackson Carter.
attorney for Mrs. Martindale. There
is a large amount of real estate, To-
Gated mostly in the South. Carter said,
the value of which has not been de-
termined. The will directed that Mr..
Van Camps watch be given his son,
Raymond P.
Cortland Van Camp Sr. died Aug. 7,
the third of his family to die since
Jan. /. Samuel G. Van Camp died a
month before his father. and Cortland
Jr., Samuels son, was drowned New
Years eve in Fall Creek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
COMMUNITY CHEST
URGES PAYMENT
Pledges Fall Off During Vaca-
ton Period,

An urgent appeal to all Community
Chest subscribers to prevent a tempo
rary shortage of funds by paying their
pledges Immediately is made by Fred
eric NJ. Ayres. treasurer.
Vacations are held responsible for
failure of hundreds of persons to send
in their checks when due.
ION the basis of pledges made last
fall. we have de1nitelys~promised to
thirty-six organizations amounts total
ing more than $4,000 every month. Z"
said Ayres. $50 far collections have
kept up with demands. but during
August there has been a decided fall
ing off. To date we have less than
half this amount in hand. With promp,
payment on the part Of those whose
pledges are due and with advance pay
ments from those who can make them.
we should be able to keep faith with
the thousands OF men. women and
children who look to our societies
for help"
Summer camps for undernourished
and under-priVledged children are
Threatened by shortage Of funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
For a City of Schools

upon thousands OF dollars for inn
provement Of highways, let's spend
some on public school buildings for
the children OF today and the children
of the future.
The names Of all those who signed
against our public school building
plans should be long remembered by
the many thousands of school children
and their parents. Let's build, build
and build. not for the child of today.
but to be ready for any number OF
thousands that may want to attend
our schools in years to come. Make 1t
a city OF schools, known far and near
as such. and that fact VIII become
wellknown If only the people will get
behind Mr.. Bert Gadd, who is honest
ly and earnestly trying to do what he
believes is best for our school system.
Give us school buildings that will
be credit to our city and a decent
and safe place for our children and
for the teachers in which to carry on
their art of teaching our children.
r. A. HUBBARD,
1853 Sunset Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

am glad to extend to you my ap-
probation for the effort you are max
ing to secure better and more school
buildings. The most any one can do
or most all OF us can do, Is doing only
little for the thousands Of children
who are required to attend classes in
fire-trap shacks, which are not as de-
cent or as safe a shack as the writer
attended when a boy thirty years ago
in a backwoods town. where they
made no effort to properly house the
school children.
Indianapolis is as we'll. II not better.
known than many other cities its size
and any number of more and better
public school buildings will only add
to the present fame of our mo Mean
City" Instead of spending thousands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
TEN DROWN AS
LAUNCH SINKS
Only One Body Recovered
After River Disaster,
By United Press

BIZ United Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 20.-Only
one body had been recovered early
today following the drowning of ten
persons who were in an outing launch
in the Mississippi River near South
st. Paul, Sunday night.
The launch went down mysterious
ly. Filled with men, women and chill
dren, it sank without warning. There
were no survivors.
Coroner A. H. Meeker, who Is in
vestigating the tragedy, said he be-
lieves it struck an obstruction just
beneath the waters surface. The cur
rent at the place is extremely swift.
The body recovered was that Of
Mrs. Paul Martinalli. 1t was pulled
out Of the river by John Mccoy, a
fisherman.
The dead include seven members of
the Martinalli family Frank and Rob-
ert Gaultiers and Margaret Mahn..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

Shall Indianapolis have up-to-date
school buildingsy IL seems quite
strange that the people of Indianapo-
lis, the most beautiful city Of the
central west. should be confronted by
a question of fhis kind.
The question itself impels us to be-
lieve our school children have not
been and are not being properly
cared for, or In other words. they are
not being educated up to the standard.
either due to insufficient number Of
buildings or improperly constructed
buildings. Anyway it is a sad picture.
The first and paramount feature OF
our system OF education is properly
constructed buildings. for upon the
construction OF the buildings depends
the construction OF the child mind
from its perception until maturity,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
RABBI B|ENENFELD
RECEIVES THREATS
Mysterious Parties Intimate
Bomb Plot,

Rabbi Jacob BienenfeId, 1929 n.
Meridian. told police today he was
the victim of numerous telephone
calls threatening to place bombs
underneath his home. Sunday a
group of intoxicated men came to his
front door and demanded adrnittance,
he told police.
Rabbi Bienenfeld. who is the head
of the indianapolis Hebrew Congre-
CATION, told police he thought he was
being threatened because he refused
to sell sacramental wine to unknown
persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

were turned in every day" Clerks
In a department store said women
were always getting excited about
missing children aad always found
them sooner or later.
1t was the same wherever Mrs.
Mckenzie turned and 1t was not un-
til she got her husband. Peter Nc
Kenzie. that real man hunt for
the baby was started.
Police today had only one faint
clew
Mrs. Mckenzie remembered that
shortly before the baby had disap-
peared she had seen woman lean
ing over the carriage looking at
the child. The woEAan was shabbily
dressed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

Judge Cecil Tague of Brookville tele-
phoned local police to watch fcT two
men in a Nash car, bAsTing an Ohio
license.
Immediately after the shooting hun
dreds of men in southeastern Indiana
and southwestern Ohio began a search
for the murderers. Judge Tague told
The Times over long distance tele-
phone.
Slayers Young
One of the murderers was short and
the other tall and slim, Judge Tague
said. Both were between 25 and 80
years old. They had gone into the
woods during the night They were
not known around Brookville, the
judge said.
entered the woods FIVE shots were
heard by persons near the scene. 1t
is believed Van Camp fired two shots.
The sheriff apparently was shot
from ambush. Judge Tague said. AS
the murderers left the woods in the
auto, they waved to Albert Bittinger,
Pete Schultz and other farmers and
called good G-by."
The farmers had heard the shots,
but thought the sheriff had no, yet
reached the woods. They went into
the woods to Investigate. and found
the body, with three bullet WOUNDS.
Sheriff Van Camp was serving his
second two-year term. He had been
married two months.
Police Watch Roads
Squads of motor policemen, sent
cut from local police headquarter
were posted on all roads leading into
the city from the direction of Brook
vile.
The slayers went north from the
scene of the murder, local police were
informed.
The report OF the murder was re-
ceived here two hours after 1t oc-
Cured. This would have given the
slayers time TO enter the city before
police were notified, officers said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
WORK IS STARTED
ON INDIANAPOLIS
TIMES BUILDING
New Newspaper Plant Will Be
Modern in Every
Particular.

Work was started today on the new
S125,000 Indianapolis Times Building
214223 W. Maryland st. The struc-
ture will be ready for occupancy jan
20. 1t will house a modern newspaper
plant. complete in every detail.
The general contract has been let
to the William P. Jungclaus Company
Hayes Brothers have been awarded
the plumbing contract. The electrical
contract has not yet been leu.
The building will be 671z feet by
-12G feet. 1t will be two stories nigh
with a full basement having a four
teen-foot ceiling and windows on all
four sides. assuring an abundance Of
light. 1t will be of steel, brick and
concrete construction.
The front will be finished with brick
and stone.
First Floor Plan
The first floor of terrazza construc-
tion, will have a four-foot elevation
from the sidewalk level entrance. The
floor will be occupied by the business
office, including circulation and ad-
vertising departments, with mailing
rooms in the rear.
The second floor will be occupied by
the editorial department, the United
Press office, the composing room. en-
craving department and stereotyping
room.
The mechanical part of the building
will be Of factory construction with
metal sash, giving plenty Of light and
air. Every effort will be made TO as
sure pleasant working conditions. All
metal pots and gas-using machines
will have connections with a modern
ventilating system. 1t will be equipped
with numerous toilet rooms, a
rest room for women and shower baths
for mechanics.
COnduits Hidden
All plumbing and electrical conduits
will be hidden in concrete. The en-
tire building will be lighted with the
Holophane system. which will make
1t one of the best lighted structures
In the city.
Presses will be In the basement and
connected with the upper floor by a
large freight elevator. Automatic
paper carriers will deliver papers
ITOfn the DdSeineHL 10 the IldlhilS
rooms. A hydra ulic drop will deliver
finished plates from the stereotyping
department to the presses.
In addition to a modern sextuple
press, the press room is built so that
one-quad press may be replaced with
unit type octuple press the last
word in newspaper printing presses.
Provision for NewsbOys
Connecting with the mailing room
will be a large room, equipped with
toilets and a drinking fountain, for
newsboys.
Arrangements will be made to take
care OF various wires necessary to the
operation of a modern newspaper.
Cables of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, the Uniteo Press
and the United Financial Will enter
| the building. A universal telephone
| system will be installed so that tele-
phones may be connected at any point
in the building.
There will be thoroughfares on all
| four sides of the building. insuring
rapid movement of circulation trucks.
w. Earl Russ is the architect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Not as Good as Swine Pen

taken either from a physiological or
physical standpoint.
That education is expensive we do
not deny. The parents are not opposed
to the expense. but they are opposed
to their children being housed in how
els not as good as the average farm
ers swine pens.
Let every parent, every person
and every society join hands and
fight to the finish not only for build
ings but for beautiful school buildings
that are beftting our city and as
monuments to our intelligence. As
parents we SHOULD commend The In
dianapolis Times for the firm stand
II has taken in this fight.
w. D. BUTLER,
Formerly a teacher.)
1902 T. Vermont st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
MINE CONFERENCE
IS OPENED WITH
WAGE DISCUSSION
Lewis Determined to Settle
Pay Question Before
Going Further,
BV United Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 20
Mine union leaders in conferences here
today decided to make the demand for
wage increases in the anthracite field
the first order of business in their
meetings with operators to agree on
a new contract.
The union men, led by John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers. will endeavor to force
settlement of the wage question be.
fore taking up the check-off and other
disputed points.
A twenty per cent increase for coal
cutters and straight 81 day raise
for laborers is demanded.
AS the conference prepared to
open, miners stood on this position:
Recognition of the United Mine
Workers in the contract, official in
PRODUCTION Of the check-off system of
collecting union dues from the miners
pay. a 20 per cent increase in wages,
an eight-hour day and a board of
arbitration to settle remaining differ
ences."
The operators insisted:
The check-off is Illegal under the
laws Of the State Of Pennsylvania
and we cannot recognize the union in
this way. We are willing to submit
the other questions to arbitration"
Miners representatives expressed
hope the argument might be narrowed
down after a few days to subjects
which had been left over until after
Sept. 1. the day set for suspension of
work. In this case, a walkout might
be postponed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

BIZ Jnffed Prcss
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-~Ameri-
can recognition OF the Obregon gov
ernment and resumption of diplomatic
relations between the United States
ard Mexico win be recommended to
President Coolidge and Secretary Of
State Hughes by the American COM
missloners in the recent so.called
recognition conference" at Mexico
City, it was learned authoritatively
today.
The two commissioners, Charles 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
BABY Is KIDNAPPED FROM BUGGY

William Funston and Captain II
Ayres Of the bureau Of missing per-
sons warned the kidnaper that a
charge of murder would be placed
in event the baby died away from
its parent.
Mrs. Mckenzie told story of the
heartlessness of New York in con-
nection with the kidnapping.
When she discovered the baby's
perambulator empty, she said she
Immediately ran screaming for aid.
She asked q passing man to mind
her other child, while she called
policeman. The man said he was,
busy. When she found a policeman.
he told her to inquire at the police
station where lots Of missing kids
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
BIZ United Press

BV United Press
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-Search
Kenzie. who can be recognized "be-
cause her feeble health causes her
to cry frequently" has extended to
every city and village within 1000
miles of New York today. Radio
was called into broadcast a descrip-
ton of the infant and the woman
believed to have kidnapped her.
More than one hundred detec-
tives, thousands of patrolnen, taxi
cab and truck drivers and plain citi-
zens were joining in the hunt for
the sickly child. Every newspaper
in New York featured statement
from the physicians who had at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
SORRY BULLET MISSED

Mrs. Katherine West Answers Order
To "Stick EN- Up"
II wish I had hit him." said Mrs.
Katherine West, Apartment 4. 91s N.
Pennsylvania ST., today. recounting
her experience with a burglar Sun
day night.
Il was preparing for bed. II heard
the voice of a negro command me to
stick EN- up
II happened to have a revolver on
the dressing table. With Zone hand
I turned the lights and with the
other I grabbed the revolver and
fired"
The only damage was to a window
sill Of a neighboring apartment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
MARK FINDS EASY MARKS
Kansas City Citizens Eagerly Buy
German Paper.
By United Netos

By United Netos
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug 20.-At
the present quotation Of the German
mark the people of Berlin are report.
ing going to market with great wheel
barrows loaded with marks to do their
days trading.
Yet it took but one 1.000-mark note
in the hands of a glib salesman to
draw larg eenough crowd to block
traffic in one of the main sections OF
this city for many minutes.
Men stopped to pay nickel for a
1,000-mark note, some to keep it as
an oddity. while others have hopes OF
future gains. Police forced the sales,
man out of business after he had sold
more than half a million marks
which netted him a profit Of S25, he
said. for his hours work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

Divorced from William H. Reed
81. city golf champion, last May oa
the ground she was a 'golt widow,
Mrs. Mary l.. Zaiser. 80. of 3945
College Ave, returned to Indian
apolis from a honeymoon in the
Bermudas with Edward w Zaiser,
43, president of the American
Finance Company. to find that
Reed valued her love at 100000.
Reed filed suit Saturday. alleging
alienation of his former wife's af-
fections. Zaiser is a member OF
the Highland Golf and Country
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20

tended the infant outlining the diet
necessary to keep 1t alive.
The baby disappeared from her
perambulator in front Of a down
town shop Saturday while her
mother, Mrs. Ella Mckenzie, was
shopping. The mother was frantic
with grief today after two sleepless
nights waiting in a police station for
news of her child.
81 know my baby will die" she
said "She has been kept alive only
by the most careful treatment and
special diet and in the hands of any
person heartless enough to kidnap
her she cannot get the care she
must have every hour of the day"
Meantime, Captain OF Detectives
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Children Entitled to Best

The children Of this city certainly
are entitled to the best educational
facilities.
From my viewpoint the taxpayers
money is sometimes used extraya-
gantly in poor investments. II in
vested in good schools our city snould
reap a harvest of good, loyal citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
FIGURE 1T OUT YOURSELF
If Judge Gets 0ne-Third Less Than
He Pays-What's the Use?

T. J. Moll, Judge of Superior Court
room s, has leased his home at POPS
Park Ave-, and moved to Apartment
No. 4. 293S N. Meridian st. The
change from eleven rooms to three
was not very profitable. the judge
said. as he receives one-third less rent
from the house than he pays for the
apartment, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
NEEDLE IN A HAY-STACK'
Farmer Asks Police to Look for Cow
at StOclyards.

w. H Evans. r. r. 2. Greencastle.
Ind, asked police today to watch the
stockyards for a cow stolen from his.
farm Sunday night. according to
police.
Some job" commented police when
they read market reports showing
hundreds of cattle received at the
stockyards daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
SUSPECTS MURDER SHERIFF
Reader Says Some of Buildings in Use in Indianapolis Are
Worse Than Hog gPenS-OpponentS Of Bond Plan Are
Censured on Eve of Hearing,

Use of public for buildings to relieve ntoerabe hous
conditions in Indianapolis schools is not extravaganza
poor investment in the opinion of mother who
who ndorng The Times fight for bet
educational facilities here.
The State board of tax commissioners will begin hearing
Wednesday upon Of persons
against the $4,000 bond finance buildings and ad
ditions a eight schools.
Herewith letters typical of those being received by The
Times:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
COOLIDGE ASKED TO
RECOGNIZE MEXICO
United States Commissioners Confer With Secretary
Hughes on ReSumng Relations,

Warren and John Barton Payne.
arrived here from Mexico City and
went into conference with Secretary
Hughes. After the conference at the
State departments. Hughes and the
commissioners were expected to go to
the White House and confer with the
President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
Councilman Berndt Proposes
Dimming on Signal
of Driver,
TO BE OFFERED TONIGHT
Drivers With Non-Dimming
Globes Must Stop
for Others,

An ordinance striking at glaring au-
tomobile headlights will be introduced
in city council tonight by Councilman
Theodore Berndt. The measure will
provide that motorists must dim or ex-
tinguish their lights on signal OF
either driver.
The ordinance will supplement the
State law on headlights
Automobiles wired with bright lights
only. or having lights connected with
the motor must stop and put out
their lights, the ordinance provides.
Fine of not less than S5 or more than
$50 is provided for violation on first
offense. and not more than $50 on Sec
end offense.
$1,000 Appropriation Asked
An ordinance appropriating $1,000
TO nav the citys share In the phone
rate war also was ready for intro
duction today. Eleven other cities
affected by the rates are expected to
vote money.
Indications of opposition to the
smoke ordinance. as finally approved
ON CIVIC OEEdfll1dlIOlS anu NAAC She~A4 :
her of Commerce, were evident today.
Councilman Buchanan said it would
be carefully considered before any
action. He said efforts to pass it
under suspension Of rules would be de-
feated. Friends Of the measure
planned to introduce 1t.
Newsies Measure Up
The measure exempting newsboys
from the city ordinance prohibiting
crying Of wares on streets was ex-
pected to be passed with little oppo-
sltion.
Councilman Wises measure requir-
ing property woners to trim trese and
hedges at street intersections is in a
legal tangle which may kill the
measure. 1t is up for consideration
tonight.
An ordinance being drafted by Coun
Gilman Claycombe, increasing vehicle
license fees, will not be ready tonight
Claycombe said.
An ordinance making substitute
fremen regular firemen after one year
of probation service will be introduced
by John King, president Of the coun
Gil A similar provision is already IN
effect on the police force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
80 Cents!

By United Press
DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 20.
Il. T. Meredith. secretary of
agriculture in Woodrow Wilson's
Cabinet, announced through at
torneys today he will sue Sena-
tor Smith w. Brookhart for 80
cents libel and damages.
Brookhart charged recently in
a speech that Meredith partici-
pated in the deflation of farm
prices and the former secretary
is determined TO make the jun
ior Iowa Senator submit his
proof" the attorneys said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
BLIND, COMMITS SUICIDE
Evansville Man Hangs Himself to At
tic Rafter.
Bp United Press

BV United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 20.-Clif-
ford Barton, %, was dead today, a VIC
tim Of dependency.
Friends and relatives believe his
blindness caused him to hang himself
to an attic rafter last night while his
parents were away.
Since he was stricken with typhoid
fever four years ago. he continually
complained that his life was unbear.
able, relatives said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
WILL POLICE PERMIT IT?
Gyro Club to Have "Some Disturb
ance," Secretary Indicates.

"An ex-vaudeville star will yodel,
sing and otherwise disturb the ozone;
he admits that he's the dukes cuticle,
no foolin'; and good for a four-bagger
any-day." announced Briant Sando,
secretary. today, in speaking Of the
program for the Gyro Club luncheon
at the Lincoln Tuesday.
Gustav E. Hoppe is booster for the
meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-20
DanviIle RObber Sought

Detectives searched today for man
received by Inspector Of Detectives
John Mullins, from officer Vial at
Danville. Ind, is wanted there for the
robbery Of the home of Ora A. Porter.
where S25 was taken.