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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
EUROPE MOVES TO
PUT PREPARATIONS
BURDEN ON i. S.
This Government Expected to
Be Called Into Inter
national Conference.
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN

Copyright, 1928 by United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept u.-High
government officials have been In
formed of an impending attempt by
European statesmen to put RESPONSE
bility on the United States for the sue
cess or failure of Preparations settle
ment negotiations now beginning
anew.
In anticipation Of developments in
London. Paris and Berlin. some at
tention is being given to the position
the United States will take II Europe
tries to make this government an
active and responsible partner in a
reparations settlement
If information reaching high quar-
ters In Washington is correct, the
United States win shortly be invited
into an international conference on
PREPARATIONS and war debts
This invitation Is dependent or the
success of covert negotiations par
ticipated in by Berlin, Paris and Lon
don, which. according to information
furnished Government officials days
ago. were to begin Sept. 10.
If these negotiations bring about an
accord among Germany, France, Great
Britain and Italy on main points Of a
separations agreement, the United
States is to be invited to take two
steps: a Provide financial assistance
for Germany; (2) modify war debt
claims against the allies.
II the United States Government
should decline it would be charged
with responsibility for indefinitely de-
laying a settlement Of the economic
problem which is keeping the world in
turmoil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
LUNCHEON Is PLANNED
Invitation Is Extended to Those Inter.
ested in Red Cross.

A conference and luncheon by In
diana chapters at the Claypool.
Wednesday, is open for all persons
interested in Red Cross work, local
Red Cross officers announced today.
Luncheon guests should register in
advance at Red Cross headquarters,
All Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Mrs
Cecilia P. Deubig of Washington
Cd. c. division will give a talk on the
Red Cross water-safety program Mrs.
Deubig was formerly swimming direc-
tor at the local Y. w c. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
SPARKS BLAMED
FOR 1,O57FIRE
Total Loss Is S951,0O0 in
Past Eight Months,

OF the 2,9S3 alarms answered by
the Indianapolis fire department, dur
ing the eight months ending Aug. Fl,
exactly 1857 were the result Of sparks
fallin gon roofs, according to Jacob E.
Riedel, chief of the division of fire
prevention. Total fire loss for that
period was more than $921,0O0, he
said.
Here are some Of the causes for
fires reported; Carelessness with
matches. carelessness with cigarettes,
smoking in bed and overheated gas
ranges.
Cooperation resulted in 2,993 wood
en- shingle roofs being replaced by fire
proof roofs so far this year, Chief
Riedel said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
DEEP SEA DIVERS
SEEK TO RECOVER
BOD|ESOF SAILORS
Battered HuIIS of u, S, De-
Stroyers Searched for 10
Missing Men.

nv 1 hffed PTe8S
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. H.
Deep sea divers prowled today
through the surf-battered hulks OF the
seven naval destroyers wrecked off
Point Arguella, graveyard of ships. "
for the bodies of sailors believed en-
tombed there.
A detachment of navy men along
shore and five tugs standing off the
dangerous rocky point are making
every effort to recover the bodies Of
twenty-five seamen reported dead or
missing in the wreck.
So far only three bodies have been
recovered.
Two bodies have been identified as
Fireman S. Van Shaak of the United
States destroyer Young and Fireman
r. A. Conroy of the Delphi.
The seven ships, best of the navy
hornets, are to be left to die on the
rocks.
Captain Watson who was in COM
mand of the miniature fleet when it
dashed upon the rocks in the Satur-
day night fog. is still in command. He
will continue to hold his position until
findings of the naval board of inquiry
fix responsibility for the disaster.
The general belief Of navy experts
is responsibility for the crash should
not be laid to human fallibility but
rather to unusual tidal conditions and
a radio jam.
Men on the naval compass station
at Point Arguella tell an interesting
story OF the disaster. Although they
were to have given the destroyer fleet
its position and thus have averted the
crash they were unaware that the
tragedy had occurred a short distance
away, until GREATNESS ranchers ar
rived at their tower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
REALTORS BOARD
PLANS FOR GUESTS
State Convention viii Open at
CIaypooI Wednesday,

A final meeting OF the executive
committee Of the Indianapolis Real
Estate Board was held today to com
pete arrangements for the tenth an
nual convention of the Indiana Real
Estate Association openeing Wednes-
daw evening with Registration of
delegates at the Claypool convention
headquarters.
Indianapolis realtors and their
wives are asked to register during
the afternoon.
Among the candidates boosted for
president Of the Indiana association
are d. c. Johnson, former secretary
of the Terre Haute Real Estate Board,
and Albert Schaaf of FIT. Wayne.
About 500 realtors will attend the
convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
81 AMERICAN DEAD
LISTED IN MESSAGE
Consul Dckover at Kobe Sends Report to State Depart
ment at Washington on Quake Casualties,

lott, Mr.. Firth, Mrs. L. H. jerks.
Mrs. jerks. Mr.. Kempson, Miss Graf
tan, Mr.. Kirsechoffer, Mrs George
Komer Miss Jennie Kuyper T. ].
Lafflin. Carl Lewis, Miss Lynch, Mr..
and Mrs. Markell. c. Nazons, Capt.
Mitchell Mcdonald, Mrs. Maurice
Mendelson. Miss Merritt. I. Morrison,
Edwin Muller. Mr.. Patterson. Mr..
Perritt Mr. burlington, two children
and governess, J. Read, Jack Read.
Mrs Reich. A. Roberts. Miss Cathe-
rine Robinson, r. II. P. Robertson,
Mrs Harry Root and son, Mr. Root
DIR. Smith. Mr.. Svendenski. Mrs
Thompson, Miss Tolsteri, Mr.. L. Wei
Mrs. Wierman and daughter. Miss
Winstanley, Gerald Xavier, Miss
Shieler Xavier. NJ. Xavier. v
Zembsch. Mrs. L. Zembsch.''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
CITY ASKS RATE BOOST
Hammond Municipal Plant Requests
10 Per Cent. Water Rate Raise

The Hammond City Water Works
a municipality owned plant, today
flied a petition with the public service
commission for an in crease of 100
commission for an increase of 100
Rates sought in the petition are
S12 for one-story houses, and $24 and
$50 for two and three-story houses
respectively.
The reason set forth in the petition
for the higher rate demand is that
the city has just completed a new
100000 filtration system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
ALLEN EX-0FFICIALS MAY
HAVE VIOLATED LAW
Board of Accounts Report Irregular
tiles in Accepting Contracts.

BIZ Times Special
ABBOTT, ex-sheriff; Dean Ellison, ex
assistant highway superintendent; A
J. Pembroke. ex-president of the
county council and o. E. Garman, ex
member of the council accepted con
tracts for public work and sold
supplies to the county, according to
a report made public by the State
board of accounts.
In the opinion of the examiners
the official may have violated the law
providing that an officer shall not be
interested directly or indirectly in
public contracts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
ORPHANS FLEE AT NIGHT
FREEDOM Is Brief, However, as Police
Find Fugitives.

Freedom was short lived for Anvil
Krona, II. and Merle Spoon. II. in
mates of the Indianapolis Orphans
Home, 4100 e. Washington St.. who
were found by Sergeant O'Connor and
night riders squad at Rural and Tenth
SITS at midnight. They were returned
to the home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
LOST, BOY MOVES HERE
Parent Returns Son to st. Louis After
an Extended Search.

Unable to find his home in st. Louis,
Omer Meyer. Is. decided he would
come to Indianapolis with Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Pierce, 419 Spring Ave. His
father arrived today to take him home
after police located the missing youth
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Missouri Legislator Killed

BIZ United Press
ST LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 11-Willian
MCGEE, horseshoer and Democratic
member of the Lower House of the
Missouri Legislature, died today from
wounds received when gangsters fired
on him and Elmer Malone at a street
corner Sunday night. Malone was
instantly killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
WOMAN FATALLY INJURED
WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO
Condition of Husband Serious as Re-
suit of Muncie NIishap.

By United Press
MUNCIE, Ind. Sept. 11.-Mrs.
Blanche Alexander was fatally in
jured and her husband. Clarence
Alexander, was injured seriously on
Monday evening when struck by an
automobile driven by Frank Gibson, a
neighbor. The man and woman were
walking along a road in the out
skirts of the city when the Gibson car
turned the corner and struck them.
Gibson explained that the lights
from an approaching car blinded him
and he did not see the couple. The
woman died later at hospital and
her husbands condition is grave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Sept. II. - The
names Of fifty-one Americans reported
killed in the Japanese earthquake were
sent the State Department today by
Consul Dickover at Kobe.
Dlckover's message follows;
Following Americans have been re-
ported killed:
Miss FORTS Rabbit, Mrs. Joseph
Cogha Brigel Mrs Brunell, +. l.. Ell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
HACKLEMAN DIRECTS
UNDERWRITERS MEET
Local Insurance Man Presides at tn
Agents Convention.

Agents Convention.
Ward H. Hackleman of Indianapo-
lis presided at meeting of one thou
sand members Of the National Agents
Association Of the Massachusetts Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, open
ing today at Swampscott, Mass. Mr..
Hackleman, president Of the associa-
ton, is manager of the local branch.
which has offices at 704 Fletcher
Trust building.
George K. Jones, associate general
agent of the local offices, will talk at
the meeting, which ends Friday.
Others attending from Indianapolis:
Claude G. Jones, Jr., Lee B. Smith,
Malcolm M. Moore. Richard H and
John F. Habbe and George c. Schwier
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Alleged Fugitive Is Held

Carl F. Schmidt, So, Room 512. Lin
den Hotel, was arrested Monday on
a charge of being a fugitive from
justice. Detectives say he is wanted
at Kansas City, Mo-, for vehicle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Youths Suspected of Theft

Two youths. II and 16, are held to-
day in connection with the theft Of
auto accessories, amounting in value
to $3.50, police declared today, They
are being held under $1,000 vagrancy
bonds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Second False Alarm

For the second consecutive night po-
ice and the downtown apparatus of
fire department made a run to the
city hospital, only to find that the
alarm was false.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
dip" Gets S11 From Purse

A pickpocket slipped 81 from the
purse of Miss Violet Kinaman, 1907
Broadway, as she was shopping in
downtown store, according to police
reports today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Basket Floor Wanted

The Eagle A basketball team has
been organized and would like to OBJ
tain a floor for the season. Call Cir
Gle 1873
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11
Spo.Iight Gone From Ca

A spotlight valued at IS was taken
from an automobile parked under the
elevation on s. Delaware St., owned
by John Brosnan. 81 N. Pennsylvania
ST., Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-11

Louis Nildey, 124S Haugh ST..
served in Japan from 1902-1906 in
the Marine Corps. He Is familiar
with the area devastated by the re-
cent earthquake. The above pic
lures were brought back by Nildey
upon his return from the Far East.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
More Musical Drums.

TT is a well known fact that percus-
sion instruments as class give in
harmonic overtones and 80 are nhusi-
cally defective. A special type OF
drum used in India is a remarkable
exception to that rule. for it gives
harmonic overtones that have the
same relation OF pitch to the funda.
mental tones as is found in stringed
instruments.
The drumhead produces five such
ilarmonies. inclusive of the funda-
mental tone. The first. second and
third harmonics are especially well
sustained in intensity and give fine
musical effect. The result is attained
through the use on the drumhead OF
a symmetrically distributed load that
decreases in density from the center
outward. The load consists Of flexi-
BILE composition Of finely divided me-
tallic iron. A second membrane in
the form of ring Is superimposed
around the edge of the drumhead
The fundamental pitch and the octave
are derived from the modes OF vibra-
ton of the membrane. The center
load improves the musical effect by
increasing the energy of vibration
and thus prolonging the duration OF
the tones.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
go SOUTH" CRIES RING LARDNER,
AS OLD SOL is SLOWING DOWN

here today. Several clerks and pas
sers by was killed and windows was
broke in office buildings and banks
for blocks around. The police are
working on the theory that the deed
was the work of the same guy that
done the same thing yrs. ago when
Wall Street was in the frozen north,
so thay's no use looking for him.
DALLAS. Tex, July 2.-Most of the
homes on Lake Short drive, the mil
lionaires row of Dallas, has been
closed for the summer and there own
ers has moved to there summer cot
tages in Yuma and Oklahoma City.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July ia
radio reed. today from New York stat
ed that over a dozen lives was lost
in the blizzard that ragged all through
this section last night and this morn
ing. If the estimate is correct this
leaves about 11S survivors in the erst
vile metropolis of the U. s.
BELLEAIR, Fla, August Ito
days session of the United States
Senate was adjourned at 4 o'clock
this T.. M. on aCCt VI tiOupiC VAIN
the heating plant in the new Capitol
bldg. here. Several Senators stood
1t for q couple hrs. with there furs
on but the sneezing finely became so
terrific that nobody could tell IL you
was saying / pass or I call it or 1t
will cost you five bucks more.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. August Ia
Hotels and boarding houses in this
old town is filled to capacity with
red d-blooded swedes and other visitors
who is here to enjoy the winter
sports. Toboganing, skiing and Ice
boating on the smooth surface of the
Cumberland is amongst the fractions.
Added zest was give to the occasion
this A. NJ. when policemans engaged
in a pistol duel with a couple polar
bears. Nobody was hurt though one
of the policemans was accidentally
killed by a stray snow ball.
Il !. " *
GAN ANTONIO. Tex. October a.
y The big world serious of 1925
Evening star., 1923-05-27

meath an Inscribed slab in the floor.
A mist of. rainbow light from the
stained-glass windows flooded the
nave and captured and held the beau
ty OF heaped-up blooms In its crystal
chalice. Unknown, but treasured
there with the names that England
is pleased to write upon the tablets
of her heart, so lies her hero amid
solemn hush and breathless still
ness that memorial tablets on the
walls and statues in the aisles rem
der yet more still.
In France. the noblest avenue in
the world. spacious and level. and
walled in gracious trees, the Avenue
des Champs Elysees terminates in the
Arc de Triomphe, monument orig
lnally planned to commemorate Ma
poleon's dreamed of victory over Rus
sia that ended in one OF the most
stupendous disasters in all history.
What superb setting it has, a sort
of elimination for many of the mag
nificeht boulevards of Paris. 1t is
the hub in the chariot wheel Of the
city's conquest of beauty. Since the
significance. has been dedicated to q
new use. 1t is the home OF the un-
known. and. therefore. shrine for
the loyal hearts OF France.
Under the lofty. central arch is
heaped a mound of flowers that grows
higher as the day wears away. for the
simplest peasant and the richest
noble drop there their garnered Of
ferings where their unknown hero
sleeps. His was gay courage. and
his a happy resting place. for the
avenues are bright with sunshine and
with laughter and life streams past
his triumphal home In an endless
procession.
After seeing these two shrines. the
writer thought on that foreign shore
of yet another shrine back in the
homeland. and it somehow seemed
most appropriate of all, for the un-
inscribed white marble tomb stands
like a sentinel above the placid Poto-
mac guarding with its immaculate
youth the halls of democracy be-
| meath their rounded dome. White
marbled memory is all about him. for
the sweep of the amphitheater Is to
the rear, while Lincolns shining
| temple rises below him on the bank
| of the wide. slow river. and wash
| ihgton's towering shaft lifts it's sran-
ite simplicity directly in his path.
| Pilgrims bear flowers to this un-
known hero, but they know that the
sun and the wind and the blowing
trees weave sarlands OF natchless
perfection to make glad his resting
place And the words OF the song
they sing above him assure him that:
While the light lasts we shall remember.
And In the darkness we shall not forget.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

opens here tomorrow between the
San Antonio giants and the San Diego
Yankees. champions of the National
and American league respy. It looks
like Art Nehf would pitch the 1st.
game for Mgr. McGraw vile Mgr.
Higgins is libel to start Joe Bush
who don't mind cold weather and the
predictions is that the mercury will
hover down around the so mark.
TORONTO. Ontario. Sept. 12.-
Old Doc Cook Ia frozen arrived here
today on his way to the north pole
which is now located about 10 miles
north of this city.
CHERBouRG, France, Aug. O.
The boat lines running between here
and America has suspended traffic till
next June when it is expected that
the ice in the ocean will begin break
ing up.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. July 6.--A cpl
demic Of seal lions has broke out in
this neighborhood and several men
and women of both sexes has been
severely bit by these troublesome
pests.
n X X II
ST%HoSE is the kind of items we
l. will be reading and personly /
would advice all folks who dislike
the cold to take the bull by the
horns and move south bag and bag
gage, that is everybody except those
, lucky folks that lives in Great Neck
where we don't depend on the sun.
being all warm hearted or hot headed
RING w. LARDNER.
Great Neck, Long Island, May IS.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

out a pile O. good money gittin' my
furnicher mended."
.Zack was sober, cold. shivery sober,
balancing himself on one bare foot.
and feeling with the other for his
breeches leg.
wait. Zack, wait" Selma stopped
him. You better wear dem raggedy
pants. Cause Bulls liable to tear
yo' Sunday breeches.
Say he is?" Old Reliable collapsed
in a chair and begged: "Seliny, go
out dere an straighten dis squabble
wild Bull"
Not me- Me an Bull done had It
once dis mornin'. Bull say to me dat
you was hidin' in dis house, an |
'sists dat you amt. Den he say all
all right. he got plenty time to walt
aroun', an watch dis hole till de
rabbit comes out. l never said no
mo-, cause Bulls a niger what I'm
skeered of Don't you member one
time when Bull picked up dat big
Evening star., 1923-05-27

HDATs nice:" Selma sneered.
Il Oats nice. Now scramble
into yo' Sunday clo'es an so pacify
Mrs watson; she's all het up over
de way you come in her back yard
last night an Initiated her calf"
INFLATED her calf? Who? Me?"
Nobody 'cept you, you an Uncle
ELI bofe. Leastwise dat's what you
holler up to Mrs. Watson at her win
der. Who's dat? Mrs. Watson say.
It's me- you ply back. What you
doin' in my yard dis time O. night"
Amt doin' nothin'. ma'am,' you say.
Me an Brother Mundy is ies 'nitiatin'
dis calf Two fool niggers kept
prankin wild her calf. ontil all three
of you drapped into dat glass house
whar she keeps her flowers. Dress
up. Zack. an go 'splain yo'self to Mrs.
Watson
"'Splain myself? Lawd Gawd, Sc
liny, dat white oomans deef an red
headed besides
AN Zack, lissen. After you 'scapes
away from Mrs. Watson. eff you's
able to travel-I say ef you's able
you better 'quire kinder keerful, an
find out how Alec Beasleys gittin'
long
ALEC? What all Alec?"
"Didn't nobody tell you? Alec got
his head split last night; an Zack, ef
Alec Beasley die. dey sho will hang
you"
"whoe Me? What got to do wild
it,"
"Notf1in' much" Selma casually in
formed him. ''Only dis: Alec say he
met up wild you bout daylight dis
mornih', down on yo' all fours in the
middle o. de street, jet a bawlin' an
| a cryin'. What's de matter. Uncle
zackg Alec 'quires. an you say, Alec.
don't you see dot deep ditch pes be-
front me? i can't git across
| "lAt dat time den Alec low he
| couldn't see nary ditch, an you 'sist
dere twas. an you done already fell
in ev'y ditch twixt here an town. an
broke yo' lef hir leg in TO- places.
| Den Alec p'inted to de ditch an
proved 1t warn't nothin' 'cept de long
black shadder from telegraph pole.
/ But YOU balked like a mule on yo' all
| fours. an fused to hear any kind O.
argument aginst dat ditch. After
while Alec got tired 'sputin,' an led
YOU across de streak o shadder, wild
you hansin' back an yellin'. After
| Alec hauled you far as my gate. ne
propped you aginst de fence, SO ne
could take bofe hands an open de
latch. OATS when you snatched OFT a
picket an damned him. When Alec
come to hisseif agin you was gone
an he crawled in here to sit his head
tied up. Alec got powerful pervoked
an you sho is goin' to have bad luck
wid Alec. He's been mighty onrest.
less lately, cause Alec Beasley ain't
kilt nary nigger fer nigh on to three
years, an he's bleeged to keep In
practice"
Evening star., 1923-05-27

SGT Ugh! Ugh" Zack moaned. "se-
~ llny, what make you tell me
all dis bad news. when ! got sech
misry in my head?'
bad news" the woman whispered
ominously, II amt come to nothin'
yet. 1 was ies workin' round to de
unpleasant part. an breaking 1t gen.
tile. Zack, you needn't worry bout
trouble wild Mrs. Watson. neither wild
Alec Beasley."
Oats nicel' Old Reliable bright
ened and sat up straight. rs you al
ready fixed EN- fer me?"
mo, defr case don't 'quire no fixin'.
Sh Big Bull. de boilermaker. is
rampin' up an down our sidewalk.
wild a piece o. gas pipe, waitin' fer
you. Bulls already tended to Uncle
ELL"
"'Tended to Eli?"
"Sholy, an dem hosspittle doctors
say he done it complete. Dey say eff
he don't have nary backset, Uncle