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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13

ST, LOUIS, Sept. l2.--cash wheat: No. red. Si.i2; No. 3 red, s1.o791.1o; Sep tember si o5% ecem6sITi sIio sl .SS r. cssn; Ssn tember SS9sc; December 6s7sc. Oats: No. white. 42c; No. white. 40@4lc; Sep tember, 40 0A c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13

CINCINNATI. O., Sept. 12.--Hog ceipts, 4,2oo; 1O@15c lower; heavy, s99 g 50; packers and butchers ss 55; me diurn. So .55; stags. $495; pigs and lights . Cattle receipts. 800; good killing classes NEeady; common slow and 1nohanged'
 sheep receipts. 3,3oo; strong; lambs strong: closed Sl higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13

LOUISVILLE. Sept. 17.-Cattle receipts. 100; slow; hesyy steers steers 'Sgs '7Si t6i esSf cows, s2 @s .5c; feeders. ss@7.bo; stockers. HoS receipts. 1,7oo; 16c lower; 1s5 pounds and up, $9. 35: 120 to 165 pounds, ss 60; pigs. 12o pounds down, ST; throw
 sheep receipts, 500; steady; lambs. @11.5o d12; sheep, $S45.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13

TOLEDO. O., Sept. is.-wheat: Cash, $1 1.O51a 1.06iA. Glover seed: Cash, $lS. 25 bid; October, s14 4:25; December sls; ss siS.s5 March, SIS, 95 asked. Alslke: cash, s1o 55; October, s1O. .s6; December. 10 65c bid; March sl1. Timothy seed: sS. 90: October, s3:s5 bid; December. S3 90 March, $i.1o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-13

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 12.--wheat: No. hard, s1.o5@120; No. red, sl.lo9 iI2 Corn: No. 2 yellow, ssc; No. 2 mixed, s5c Oats: No. 2 white, 41@4sc; No. mixed. 40is O. 42c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
Quarters or Embarrassment Is
Motto of Guides at US. Capitol

WASHINGTON Aug. 21.-'Get your
quarters ready, ladies and gints, and
step right this way
It's the ballyho of the lands biggest
sideshow you hear, the ballho Of the
official guides" who ply their highly
lucrative graft at the United States
Capitol. 1t costs you 25 cents to
join one Of the parties Of sight-seers
constantly being shown through the
great building.
There are thirteen of these official
guides" appointed through political
pull and accountable to nobody but
themselves. Nobody knows how much
they make because there is no way to
find out, but the average per guide
has been estimated as high as $25 a
day.
A rising wave at indignation that
has brought about Hew condemnation
Of the system here promises to put
an end to 1t when Congress meets
again. An effort will be made in Con-
gress to have the soft jobs abolished
and the work done by salaried capitol
policemen.
OF course, you are free to roam
about the building at will during visit
ing hours, but the official guides
usually spot you and manage to make
it SO embarrassing that you are will
ing to pay 25 cents to join their
marty or n11yn AWAY In return for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
MAN CONFESSES
TO MURDER OF
HIS SON-|N-LAW
Other Members of Family In
yoIved in Georgia Kid
naping Plot
By United Press
4

By United Press
NOONAN, Ca, Aug. 21.-John w.
Mintern, father-in-law Of Willard Trou-
ten who was kidnapped. and killed on
the night of Aug 10. confessed to the
Staying. officials announced last night.
In his confession, Mintern took all
the blame for the Staying. He said
mistreatment of his daughter, Trou-
tens wife, said she had received at the
hands of her husband, preyed on his
mind until finally he called his sons,
and sons-in-law into conference. and
planned the killing 'as the best way
to settle the matter"
W. NJ Feltman, the confession
stated, was employed for SIS to decoy
Trouten from his home so the Winters
could kidnap him.
Minter said following the abduction,
L. L. Goodrum, a son-in-law, drove
the automobile to a woods. While his
sons and sons-in-law held Trouten.
Afinter said he fired five shots into the
victims body and it was then thrown
into a creek, where II was discovered
five days later.
Those implicated in the confession
against whom charges of murder were
filed include:
Ben, John, Jeff and Grady Mintern,
sons of the confessed killer; Goodrum,
B. F. Weldon and Claude Washington.
sons.in-law. and Feltman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21

Here's where a notorious crimi'
nal was executed" says one Of the
guides as he pilots his flock to the
door of the Supreme Court chamber
and grins as he waits for the look of
surprise and wonder to cross their
faces. Yes" he grins again, This
name was John Barleycorn; guess
you have heard tell of him"
You are advised to visit the I'll
berry at night, to see the wonders
of the illumination.
The glowing descriptions of the
great historical paintings hanging in
the rotunda and OF the classic deco
rations Of the Presidents room all
sound pretty well; but there is some
thing about them that makes you
think Of sing-song schoolboy re-
peating lesson from memory. Dates,
names and facts pertaining to some
of the greatest events In the Nations
history are droned out like the speak
er was in a hurry to get through-and
grab another party Of sightseers at rs
cents a head.
For tourists who come in the rub
berneck wagons, the guides have a
special rate Of 15 cents, this being col
lected from the company as IL Is in
lcluded in the price OF tho rubberneck
wagon ticket.
The new agitation against the time
honored graft started the other day
when a little school girl from Kansas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
By United Preas


BROOKVILLE, Ind, Aug. 21.-A re
ward of $1,000 was offered by Frank
lin County citizens today for the cap
ture of the two auto bandits who
killed Sheriff William Van Camp yes
terday when he attempted to arrest
them in a woods eight miles east Of
this city.
Offer of the reward came after
twenty four hours of fruItless search
by posses OF hundreds OF citizens in
southeastern Indiana and southwest
ern Ohio.
Search continued throughout the
night.
Funeral services Of the dead sheriff
win be held at 2 p, M Thursday in
the Methodist Church.
Early yesterday Glen Luse, a farm.
err, discovered the men in the woods
They were sitting on the running
board of their auto and informed Luse
they were on the way to Piqua, Ohio.
Suspecting them to be automobile
thieves he called the sheriff.
Farmers heard the shots, five in
number, before they We're aware Van
Camp had entered the woods. They
rushed to the scene and found Van
Camp dying with three bullet holes
through his body.
Every effort is being made to locate
the murderers who escaped and who,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
AGAINST
MILITARY SCOUTS
Chief of Staff Pronomcea
Boys Wonderful

NEW YORK. Aug. 91--Gen. 5Una
J. Pershins. chief Of STAFF, War De-
partment, on tho oocaSton Of the
thirteenth annual meeting Cd the
National Council Boy Scouts c&
America. spent a morning with nern-
bers Of his staH inspecting tbs Boy
Scout camps In ths Palisades Int
state Park. and pronounced thsAz
wonderful" The WORK you are
doing" he afterward told the Ma
tonal Council members at q lunoh-
con address, should appeal 20 verey
citizen. II would be an education 70
many men to inspect Boy Scout
camps and witness the work being
done by them"
General Pershing Also went en-
phaticslly on record in favor Of the
non-military program OF scouting for
boys Of scout age, declaring with
earnestness: II would not Introduce
military training into the Boy Scout
movement If I could. I believe the
work you are doing is perhaps more
broadening than that which would
be given under a military regime, In
any event. you are teaching boys the
right thing-to be good citizens. Any
man who is a good citizen will make
a good soldier in time OF peril"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
EuphraSia DonneIly Gives
Her Views Upon Water
Sport,

Kids stealing away from school to
go swimmin'," despite parental OBJ
lection. are tempted by something
more fundamental than the desire to
have a good time. They are following
the urge OF a natural law impelling
the human animal to spend at least
part of his time In the water
That's the theory Of Euphrasia Don
nelly, II, swimming star of the Hoo
sier Athletic Club, who believes there
is an important tip in this knowl-
edge for mothers who attempt to stifle
in the breast Of the child the long.
ing to get about in the water. Miss
Donnelly will compete in the national
| amateur swimming meet at Broad
Ripple pool Thursday, Friday and
Saturday under auspices of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. She Is the girl
hope Of LOCAL swimming enthusiasts.
Miss 'Donnelly has been swimming
since childhood. first taking part in
races at the age of II.
Some folk. whose acquaintanceship
with water is limited to the bathtub,
appear to think that man is a land
lubber," according to Miss Donnelly,
forgetting that primitive man swan as
matter of instinct, in the same man.
ner that a young dog, thrown into the
water and faced with the necessity
for self-praservation, discovered that
swimming is natural function.
1T is my opinion" says Miss Don.
RELY that people who do not make it
practice to go swimming regularly
miss something In their lives that they
are never quite able to lay a finger
on. 1 believe on the other hand, that
people who spend part OF their time
in the water get certain satisfaction
out Of living that would not exist
otherwise.
ut is necessary, of course, in the
case of young children. to protect
them from their own ignorance of
danger. particularly since civilization
has had a tendency to stifie some of
the natural instincts OF man.
"The Indians, apparently, consid-
cred swimming a part of everyday
life. Almost every one has heard how
they took their young sons and threw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
SEVEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Train Searched Three Times in Hunt
for Murderers.

A police emergency squad, acting
on tip" received by Captain
Fletcher stopped c., I. & w. fast
freight train at keystone Ave and
the c., I. & w. tracks and searched
for two mon supposed to be those who
killed Sheriff William Van Camp of
Franklin County early Monday.
Railroad Detective Schlagemn told
Sergeant Dever he had been on the
train from Hamilton, o., and that a
search of the train at ConnersWlle,
Ind, revealed six men who were
taken into custody and that at Rush
vile one man was taken OF
Detectives received a report that a
Nash touring car bearing an Ohio H.
cense plate, such as that in which
the murderers escaped, stopped before
an apartment at Walnut St and Park
Ave today. Inspector Mullin dis
patched mon to investigate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
NAMES OF HEIRS LEARNED
Family OF Traskovich to Get $4,000
Kronen From Court.

Under the seal of the consulate
general at Chicago Of the kingdom
Of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes, :"
County Clerk Albert H. Losche to-
day learned the names Of the heirs OF
Dancho Traskovich. who died here
several years ago, leaving an estate
of 5000.
Dancho's heirs, who will receive
$4,000 kronen, are Mrs. Djurdja Tras-
kovich, mother.
Mrs. Anna AndreJick. sister.
Mrs. Ljuba Zivich, sister.
Mrs Draga LaZich, sister.
They all live in Dobrotin, 'over
there somewhere" Losche said.
The heirs will get $377.77 only,
due to the defalcation OF Richard v.
Sipe, ex-county clerk Of trust funds
two years ago. 1t will be paid when
Probate Judge Mahlon q. Bash re-
turns from his vacation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
four Hours Of FrueSs Search by Posses of Hundreds
in Southeastern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio

according to police, drove north in
their touring car. When the men
left the woods they waved good-by to
some farmers.
According to persons who saw the
suspects one Of the assailants is
about thirty years old, was dark com
plexioned and was wearing a dark
suit and cap. The other is about
twenty-three and was wearing light
trousers, shirt and a brown cap.
The older is short and the other tall
and slender. They were travelling in
a five-passenger Nash touring car.
1t was found that automobile license
number S306 Ohio, which was said to
have been on the car driven by the
murderers. was issued to Edward
Luthman, 364 Xenia Ave, Dayton, for
a hearse.
1t was also reported the automobile
carrying the murderers was reported
found abandoned by pursuers of the
slayers near West Elktown, O.. seven
teen miles southeast of Richmond,
Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
COUNTY EXPENSES
S1,1O5,7O HIGHER
FeSIer'S Budget Shows Need
of S2,954,597 in 1924.

County expenses for 1924 will be
&2,954.5o7.5o. according to the annual
budget prepared by County Auditor
Leo K Fesler, to be submitted to the
county council Sept. and 8. The
amount is an increase Of $1.105 $50
over 1923.
Fesler predicted a decrease Of
possibly 5 cents on the 500 valuation.
or Fl cents instead Of 20 cents, de-
spite the increase in expenses. This
will be accomplished, he thought.
through sources OF county income
other than taxes. Chief among the
other resources are possible S400, 600
balance. fees from offices. balance
from bond funds, interest, and tax
alton on personal property of corpora
tons.
Necrly all county offices and instl-
tutions are asking increased allow
ances, and the national election will
cost the county sos 900 next year.
County offices will cost S315, Az
more and SS91.300 additional is asked
for payment of principal and interest
on bonded debt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
BRAZILIAN DOCTOR
STUDIES AMERICAN
HEALTH METHODS
Child Hygiene Is Subject Of
Research by Physician
From San PauIo,

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Babies in
Brazil don't have grade A milk left at
their doors in the morning. nor even
grade B, unless B happened to stand
for Bad. In fact, that is about the
only kind there is. and it is increasing
Iy recognized that pasteurization of
the milk supply for children in the
big cities is the first and most urgent
ster to be taken toward bringing down
the high infant mortality rate that
prevails in Brazil. according to DR..
Octavio Gonzaga, public health officer
of the State Of San Paulo, Brazil, who
has been in this country on Rookie
Teller Foundation fellowship for a
years study of American methods in
child hygiene.
He has spent this time till now ex-
clusively in the study of pediatrtcs
and child care at Harvard University
and the Children's and Infants Hos
pital of Boston. and in New York and
Philadelphia. AS part OF the field
work assigned to him he has been
making a study this summer of the
methods OF the American Child Health
Association, a national organization
working for the advancement of stand
ards Of health care for children of all
ages throughout the Nation. under the
presidency Of Herbert Hoover. The
headquarters of this association are
70 ~ r$0v,
and it's administrative offices at $40
Seventh Ave, New York City. In
September he Will go to the Federal
Bureau OF Education in Washington,
and for the succeeding two months
10 the School OF Hygiene Of Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore.
DR.. Gonzaga has been especially in
terested in American methods for
treatment Of infantile paralysis. and
the development in the United States
Of the various phases Of social work,
especially hospital social service He
is eager to apply in his own country
the ideas in nutriuonal work for phys
ically sub-nornal children. and for
safeguarding baby health through
standard testing Of the milk supply,
which he has seen in operation here,
Babies in San Paulo now are dying
at the rate of 800 to 400 in every
thousand children born. This may be
compared with the average rate OF
eighty in the United States during
1922. The city Of San Paulo has e.
population of 500. 900 while the state
has 10000 A special problem in
child health conditions in the city Is
constituted by the families of italian
immigrants who have no public
health nurses in Brazil, and no school
nurses. There are school physicians,
hut only one on average for every
10 900 children.
The infant death rate in Brazil,
high as 1t is, is by no means the
highest among South American coun-
tries The annual loss OF baby life
Is lower only in the Argentine; in all
other countries of the southern con-
tinent. notably Peru, It Is even
higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
OFFICER REPORTS
POOR TREATMENT
OF SICK IN JAIL
Lack of Medical Attention in
City Prison Charged by
Schubert,

Prisoners sick or wounded in city
prison are suffering from lack Of
medical attention, Captain Edward
Schubert reported to the board of pub
,lic safety today.
Prisoners are treated by the turn
key or matron with little scientific
medical attention. the report adds.
The board Immediately ordered the
police surgeon to purchase all sup
plies needed.
The board also instructed Police
Chief Rikhoff to investigate a com
plant of twenty-e!ght property own
ers along keystone Ave. in the VI
Cinity Of Bethel and Churchlnan SITS.
that speeding is prevalent there.
w. T. Bailey, assistant city attor-
ney, was instructed to investigate
city ordinances referring to keeping
Of dogs in the city. Thirty residents
in the vicinity of Park Ave. and Tenth
St. are protesting against a veteri.
nary hospital owned by r. II. Boyd
44G E. Tenth St The crying Of dogs
during the night disturbs the peace.
the complaint stated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
MERCHANTS LOSE
INTEREST |NORDER

Mayor Shank. week ago. ordered
the city market and streets around it
kept clear OF refuse.
Observers noticed today tnat the
effect Of the "ultimatum' had begun
TO wear off and that waste material
once more was strewn over the place
In the market, few changes in pro-
duce or prices since Saturday were
found. Eggs still retailed at 80 cents
a dozen. although SHAREHOLDERS said
the freshest eggs now are sold whole
sale at the same price, due to scar
city. The retail purchaser refuses to
pay more, one standholder said.
Okra appeared on the market. Al
Though it is raised in Indiana. 1t is
originally a product of the southern
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
BROOKHART READY
WITH HIS DEFENSE

By United Press
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 21.-Fi-
uanciers and former Cabinet officials
will be called to testify or sign deposit
tons f former Secretary of Agricul-
ture E. T. Meredith's SO-cent libel suit
against Senator Smith w. Brookhart
comes TO trial, Brookhart intimated
today.
The entire story of the alleged de
fation" of the farmer in 1920 will be
dragged into court when Brookhart
seeks to prove his charges that Mere
dith sat in the Wall Street game and
helped produce the greatest panic in
farm prices in history of agriculture. ;"
Brookhart's reply to Merediths
statement announcing the suit will be
made in speech before the American
Legion at Jewell. Ia, Friday.
And it's going to be a good one"
the Senator. said OF the speech.
Meredith, who is a Bimidji, Mimi.
refused TO make any further comment,
but declared he would issue another
statement within b few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
Playing Hockey to Go Swimmin' Only
Answer to Natural Urge, Says Mermaid

that nature had put there to guide
them in the water came 70 their res
cue. and their bodies moved through
the water with perfect ease.
Naturally such a system would be
considered barbarous in the twentieth
century. and might prove disastrous.
But / do not believe the same in
stincts still lay dormant in children
and should be cultivated rather than
stifled."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
Nebraska Governor Starts
War on High Coal Prices

By United Prose-
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 21.--Gov-
ernor Charles w. Bryan, a brother
Of William jennings Bryan, today
notified coal dealers that unless
their prices are lowered he will
furnish coal to the public at sS.25
O ton.
Bryan also directed his ultimat-
UNI at the municipal coal yard
which expects to sell coal. costing
$3.50 in carload lots. at $3.50. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
SMITH TO SPEAK SUNDAY
English Evangelist to Preach at Cadle
Tabernacle at p. M.

Gypsy Smith, English evangelist,
will speak at Cadle Tabernacle at 3
p. m. Sunday. c. c. Gohn, chairman
Of the committee in charge of the
evangelist's former visit. will pre-
side.
The meeting is under auspices Of the
Church Federation Of Indianapolis.
Smith is visiting friends here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21

Great quantities of coal are be-
ing stored throughout the country
and an investigator reveals a
movement by operators to force
a strike to make possible exorbi-
tant prices, the Governor asserted.
I'VE expect to protect the people
from the coal monopoly" he said,
aiding that he is negotiating for
purchase of coal to furnish to any
municipality that wants 1t. The
fuel viii be sold by the state direct
to tha nuhlfc at sS.26 whenever
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
Collection TraiIers Wanted

Bids on sixteen two and and one
halg ton trailers for collection of gar
bage and ashes Will be received by
the city sanitary board up to 10 a. m.
Sept. IS. Estimated costs of the
trailers is $500 each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
NEW AWAITS REPL(
Has Not Heard From Blessing on
Job Offer.
By Times Special

By Times Special
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-Post-
master General New today said he
has not yet received reply from E.
NJ. Blessing, Indiana public service
commissioner. who has been offered a
post as solicitor of the Postoffice De-
partment. Assistant Solicitor H. j.
Donnelly has filed the position since
Judge John H Edwards resigned sew
eral months ago to become solicitor
in the Interior Department under Sec
rotary Work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
Hearing ON Zone Amendments

Public hearing on two coming or
dinance amendments were to be held
by the city plan commission this after
noon. The amendments would classify
the southwest corner Of sherman Dr.,
and Prospect ST., as business, and a
strip Of territory along Bluff Rd., and
Southern Ave-. as residential, with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
SPEED CAUSES WRECK
Commission Reports on Crash Near
CrawfOrdsviTle.

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-Exces-
sive speed III rounding a curve near
Charlottesville. Ind. coupled with
slightly uneven track. diminished coal
and water supply, and the absence of
swash plates to prevent surging of
the water were responsible for the de-
railment OF a freight train July 10.
resulting in the death of four en-
ployes. the Interstate Commerce Com
mission declared today in a report
on the investigation.