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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
YOUTH WHO TRIED
SUICIDE RECEIVERS
Harry Robertson Jr, Shoots
Self Over Heart,

Harry Robertson Jr., 70, was slowly
recovering today at the Methodist Hos
pital from a bullet wound inflicted
when he attempted TO take his own
life Tuesday. Physicians said his con
dition was still serious.
The young man is the son Of Harry
Robertson. manager OF the Varney
Electric Company. He recently came
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
A Puzzle
Day

4 third of twelve divide.
By just One-fifth of seven;
Then you viii soon decide
The answer is eleven.
Roman numerals, letters, etc, ma
De used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
POWELL PLEADS
FOR DRUG CURB
Legion to Fight Evil Official
Says at Banquet,

That the American Legion has be-
come actively interested In curbing
the drug evil was indicated in an ad-
dress Tuesday night by Garland W.
Powell, national legion director OF
Americanism, at a fathers and sons
banquet at the Central Christian
Church.
Every person interested in the ma
tons welfare is asked to assist the
legion I'm combating the drug evil.
"One in every seventy-three persons
in the United States is addicted to
drugs" Powell asserted. I'VE Will
become a nation of drug users within
twenty-five years unless the traffic is
checked. The habit has spread to
some high schools and grammar
schools. Some children depend on
their periodical sniff Of drugs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
To Peel Of FreckIed,
BlOtchy, Pin1pled Skins

As March winds, flying dust and dirt,
are apt to injure any complexion, this
information viii be of special value
right now. If you have any cutaneOUs
blemish, it's easy to remove the dis
dgurement with ordinary mercolized wax.
Applied nightly, the wax gradually re-
moves freckles. pimples, moth patches.
sallOwness, or any surface eruption. The
affected cuticle is absorbed, little each
day, until the clear, soft, young and
beautiful skin beneath IS brought wholly
TO view. Ask the druggist for one ounce
of mercOliZed wax, use like cold cream at
night, and remove in the morning with
soap and water-Advertiseme
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
rain
DECIDE This Sentence if
You Can.

We now come to the more difficult
feats ''mentalist." Kahne likes to
make a sentence do all kinds of aero
battles. He starts at both ends and
writes the letters upside down and
toward the center Of the sentence.
When he finishes the result looks like
the well-knOwn Greek. But by study
it can be decided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
Light in House Is Puzzle

When Mrs. David Bliss. 727 Concord
St. arrived home at II p. m. Tuesday.
she found a light on in the living
Police found all windows and doors
locked. Nothing had been disturbed. Po-
lice blamed a defective switch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
SESSIONS START APRIL
State Tax Board Announces Seized
ule of Hearings.

Sessions of the State tax board for
1928 will begin April l, it was announced
today. The board will appraise prop
erty over which it has original taxing
jurisdiction.
Hearings, later. follow; Telephone
companies. April 81: express. telegraph,
sleeping car and pipe lin companies,
April l0-l4, banks. trust companies,
building and loan associations and pub
lie utilities, April l7-2l electric and in
terurban railways. April 24-2s: steam
railroads and car equipment companies.
May lis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28

Perfection Butter Makes Riddles GrOw.-Adv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-28
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BY HARRY KAIINE

TIME hieroglyphics above repre-
sent sentence. Can you de
II code it? If you do, it will Ger
tainly help you to help yourself. To
morrow 1 will tell you what it says,
and how 1 formed it. The sentence
should not be first written correctly.
Being able to do this one should be a
natural result from a matering Of the
others. Now. get busy and then watch
tomorrow paper
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-22
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the Township Commit
tee of the Township of North Brunswick,
Middlesex County. New Jersey, for the
grading and paving of Mill Lane in the
Township Of North Brunswick, in the
County of Mlddlesex and State of New
Jersey. with a one course reinforced Port
land Cement concrete pavement, the estt-
mated amount of surface pavement re-
quired is 2773 square yards; and opened
and read in public at the Parsons School,
North Brunswick Township, on October
Goth. 1923 at s o'clock z. M. Standard
Time.
Drawings. specifications and forms of
bid contract and bond for the proposed
work prepared by Raymond F.. Wilson,
Township Engineer, and approved by the
State Highway Commission, have been
filed in the office of said Engineer at 46
Paterson Street; New Brunswick. N. j.
and at said State Highway Commission.
Trenton, N. j. and may be inspected by
prospective bidders during business hours.
Bidders will he furnished with a copy of
the Specifications and blue prints OF the
drawings by the Engineer on proper no.
tice and payment of cost of preparation.
Bids must be made on the standard pro-
posal forms in the manner designated
therein and required by the specifications,
must be enclosed in sealed envelopes.
bearing the name and address of bidder
and name of road on the outside. address,
ed to "Township Clerk, North Brunswick
Township and must be accompanied by
a Certificate of Surety and a certified
check for not less than ten (10) per cent.
of the amount bid, provided said check
shall not be less than $4,000 nor more
than $50. 900. 90 and be delivered at the
place and on the hour above named. The
tandard proposal form is attached TO
the specifications, copies of which will be
furnished on application to engineer.
By order of the Township Committee
of the Township of North Brunswick.
THOMAS PEARCE,
Observation-Disclosures Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-22
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
TRENTON

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN thai
sealed bids will be received by the State
Highway Commission of New Jersey fol
Bids will be received at the Assembly
Chamber, State House, Trenton, New Jer.
sey, on Monday. October goth. 1928. at the
hours named below, and will be opened
and read Immediately thereafter.
BIDS AT 1900 NOON STANDARD
TIME)
Construction of a concrete encased
plate girder bridge with concrete
abutments of one SO #. s in. span for
a 80 IT. 0 inches roadway and two
8 IT. 0 inches extensions, including
reinforced concrete approaches. tenn
porary bridge. excavation of new
channel and removal OF exlstlng
bridge over Bound Brook, M. p. 400,
State Highway Route No. Q, Section
No. 10, in the Borough of Middlesex
and the County of Mlddlesex.
BIDS AT 1910 P. NJ. STANDARD
For Is IT. widening of seven IS IT.
arch spans, two 65 IT. deck plate
girder spans and one 60 1t. BASQUE
span including all foundations,
of 140 it. on the west side and 300
It. on the east side including drain
age. paving. curbing. walks, retain
ing walls together with relocation OF
telephone, gas sewer lines and trolley
tracks over Raritan River NJ. P. 31.4.
Route No. 1, Section 10, in the NUM-
cipalitieS OF New BRUNSWICK ana
Highland Park, in the County OF
Drawings, specifications and form of bid,
contract and bond for the proposed work
are on file in the office of John l.. Vogei.
Bridge Engineer. 772 Broad Street, New
ark, New Jersey, and may be inspected
by prospective bidders. Plans will be fur
nished on a deposit of Ten Dollars
$4,000 upon application to Mr.. John IL.
Vogel. Bridge Engineer, 772 Broad Street.
Newark, New Jersey. Bids must be made
on the standard proposal form in the
manner designated therein and as re-
quired by the specifications for this work,
same to be enclosed in sealed special ad-
dressed envelopes. bearing the name and
address of the bidder and the work bid
upon on the outside, and must be ac-
companied by a certified check drawn to
the order of the Treasurer of the State
of New Jersey for not less than ten per
cent. (10%) of the amount of the bid,
provided that the said certified check
shall not be less than $4,000 nor more
than $40, 00O. 90 and be delivered at the
above place on or before the hour named.
Copies of the tanda proposal form and
special addressed envelope will be fur
nished on application to Mr.. John Il.
Vogel, Bridge Engineer, 772 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey. Bids not enclosed
in special addressed envelopes will be con-
sidered informal and will not be opened.
Each bidder must accompany his bid
with a certificate from a surety compan
duly authorized TO do business in this
state, stating that such surety company
will provide said bidder with a bond in
such sum as Is required in and in accord
ance with the provisions of the said spe-
cifcations conditioned for the faithful
performance of the provisions OF the con-
tract and specifications.
BY order of the State Highway Com
mission.
Chief Clerk.
2s73S-10-S-15-22
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-22
NOTICE

All persons concerned may take notice.
that the Subscriber, administrator, etc, of
Nicholas Cusati, deceased, intends to ex-
hibit his final account to the Orphans
Court for the County of Middlesex. on Fri
day. the ninth day of November. 1923, at
10 A. NJ. in the Term of September, 1928.
for settlement and allowance; the same
being first audited and stated by the Sur
rogate.
Dated, October g., 1923.
CHARLES r.. MERELLO,
Administrator
Observation-Disclosures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-22
R. R. CROSSING ACTION

The necessary machinery for the
installing of the lev trunk line
sewer on the west side of the Cen
trail railroad has been shipped to
this city by the contractor. Hommen
& Company of Detroit and is ex-
pected to reach here in about ten
days. According to City Engineer
Louis P. Booz, Jr., it is expected that
work will begin almost as soon as
the machinery arrives. There is a
possibility that the Hommen Com
pany will open an office in this city.
Information obtainab1e at this
time is to the effect that the rail-
road company will begin active
work on the grade crossing elimina-
ton in the early spring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-22

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 20
Louis Nixon of the Nixon Vibration
Works Is named defendant in a court
action for 5000 instituted by DR..
Robert C. Schiphouse of Elizabeth.
who alleges that this amount is still
due him for carrying on analytical
work in June, 1917.
George Algair of South River and
william Whitman of Sayreville are
suing John r. Dahlgreen of Sayre-
vile for $1,000 with Interest from
May, 1923 on a note.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
BLUE NOSE HAS
LOST EARLY
LEAD
Columbia HaIf-Mile Ahead OF
Canadian Boat in
Second Leg.

HALIFAX, N. s., Oct. 31.-Witf
the British colors waving from heI
main mast, the schooner Blue Nose
took the lead over the Columbia
the Yankee challenger in the sec
ond race of the international fisher
mans series today.
Columbia was leading Blue Nose
by one minute and twenty-four sec
onds at the first mark.
1t took the boats more than ar
hour to sail GA miles to the first
mark. Official time first mark
Columbia, 1O:29:2O: Blue Nose
1O:34:44. .s
The start was in a heavy rain
with a light northwest breeze. The
official starting time was: Blue
Nose. 9:oo:32; Columbia. 9:00:42.
An hour after the start the
~, ~oners were about on an even
basis. i
Columbia increased her lead to
half a mile when the racers had
covered half of the second leg. The
wind had dropped to six knots. In
nearly three hours of sailing the
boats had covered only twelve miles
of the forty.mile course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
CHANGES IN D. c.
TRAFFIC ARE
IMMINENT
Senator Ball Discusses With
President and Finds APP
prevail Of Revision.

Existing street traffic regulations
in the District Of Columbia should
be discarded and supplanted by an
entirely new code, Senator Ball Of
Delaware, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee, declared today.
following a conference with Presi-
dent Coolidge at which District at
fairs generally were discussed.
The Senator predicted q com lete
change in the present method Of
handling traffic in Washington
within the next six or eight months.
The present difficulties are such, he
contended. that a complete reorgani-
cation Of the code is needed.
From my personal observations"
he declared. 81 would say that the
present traffic regulations do not
need amending-they should be dis
carded."
Job for Experts.
Should the proper experts be
given the task, Senator Ball said
to enforce II readily could be set UP.
President Coolidge is in complete
agreement that there is a glaring
need for a material change in the
OI6IIIGl government HbcLhON VI
handling traffic.
The majority OF citizens who have
discussed the city's traffic problems
with the District Chairman have
expressed thorough dissatisfaction
with the present regulations, Ball
said, and this alone should be SUI.
ficient to warrant immediate action.
Discussing the housing situation
Senator Ball expressed the oninior
that there was an adequate mum
Der OF apartments in the city tc
accommodate the demand. Unfor
tunately. however, they are very
extensively built, and the rents &C
| cordtngly are high-out of the reach
or the average government worker. A
man earning $1.400. he said, car
not afford to pay 800 a month fol
an apartment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
RSk
. RESIGNATION
Of EBERT
Ex-Crown Prince Is Hopeful of
Being Allowed to Return to
His German Estate.
BY S. d. WEYER,
international News Service.

BERLIN, Oct. 81 Socialists
party leaders meeting here today de.
manded the resignation Of President
Ebert and the socialist ministers in
the Stresemann government.
The socialists adopted resolution
protesting against the death. sem
tence imposed upon young COM
munist who took part in the rtoting
at Hamburg last week.
The three-day general strike pro.
claimed by the communists in Sax.
ony in retaliation for expressive
measures taken by the Berlin gov
eminent has fizzled out. Dresden
reported that the trade unions re-
fused to support the movement. =
It is learned authoritatively that
the German ex-crown prince is
making desperate efforts through
emissaies to secure the German
governments permission to return
to his German estates to live as
forts have failed owing TO the
German governments fear that Will
helms return at this time might ag-
gravate the internal situation. The
negotiations are continuing, how
ever. 1t Is reported that he already
has obtained consent of the Dutch
government to leave Holland.
(Note-An Amsterdam dispat IN
to International News Service sew.
eral days ago said it was officially
denied that the former crown prince
had sought and obtained permission
to return to Germany
It is understood that the ex-
crown prince is hopeful Of success
and already has bought a high
powered motor car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
Ford Not To Accept
Nomination, His
Aid Asserts
INTERNATIONAL. NEWa REEI

SAVANNAH, Ca, Oct. S1.-s
B. d. Fuller, secretary of the
Ford Presidential Club, has re-
ceiyed letter from ii. NJ.
Cordell, secretary to Henry
Ford, relative to the candidacy
OF Ford FOR President. Cofdell
refers Fuller 70 magazine arti-
cles as expres ing Forts views
On the Presidency. The latter
concludes:
This. may be summed up as
determination not to accept
any nomination whatever. He
feels he will be able to. accom-
plish much more through his
present and projected activi-
ties"
The Ford-for-President Club
is preparing to write Ford
again expressing the belize that
his candidacy for President is
essential at this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31

Let Europe Alone, Says Mccormick
Doug And Mary Sue
Magazine On Libel
Charge

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.--
Douglas Fairbanks, motion pic
ture actor, and his wife, Mary
Pielxford, announce that they
have telegraphed instructions to
their attorneys in New York
to file q libel suit Immediately
against an Eastern film maya
zine which recently printed a
report that Americas sweet
heart and her famous husband
had quarreled over another
woman"
Evelyn Brent, formerly lead
ing lady in Fairbanks company,
whose name was said to have
been involved in the alleged
libeIous article, will join Miss
Pickford and Fairbanks in the
libel suit, according to her hus-
band. b. p. Finenlan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31

g. Says Comptroller Gen.
pral Acted Over His
Protest.
LILLIAN K. HUTCHINSON

Lnternational News Service.
Senatorial investigation of
81. United States Veterans Blu
4 which has been concerned for
- most part with the activities of
Der Director Charles R. Forbes,
harply down to recent events
t1sz1s Fhen Brig. Gen. Frank T.
49, he present director of the
u. took the stand to tell Of
lures in connection with the
- DElshment of a veterans hos
aal at Livermore, Cal.
Plans Never Used.
After testifying that Matthew
O'Brfen, of San Francisco, had re-
cslved $4,000 from the Government
for q set Of construction plans
witch were never used, General
ines declared that o'Brien had re-
dyed check for an additional
tl13.193 from J. R. McCarl, the
Comptroller General of the United
States, on October %, although Of
ffcials Of the Veterans Bureau dis
approved and. opposed the second
claim. $3.50
do you mean claim for 500 900
Vas paid O'Brien in addition to his
original payment merely for re-
viking these plans to get them into
the limits of the contract?" Reed
continued.
Yes SIR"
And the Comptroller paid this
claim over your protest without due
notice to you?"
Yes SIR" Hines replied.
Says McCaFI Broke Rules.
Hines charged the Comptroller Gen.
efai with violating the rule among
Cove nment departments in the pay.
merit of claims.
fil es testified that O'Brien's con
tr4Af fixed his compensation at 6
per cent Of the cost of construction
WHICH was to be limited to 81 1 81 600
E further testified that O'Briens
tpkl4 fnal plan. when submitted to con
uacEors, was So incorrect that the
lowest bid was $z,174, 900 and that
re erchitect was paid, in part, upon
the latter sum.
Paid On $2.OOO, 900 Basis.
9On mean that O'Brtens' com
mission was based on a contract IN
which he agreed the plan would bt
K0r hospital not to cost more thar
k1.1ei .00O." Senator Reed of Penn
YgyivaniaS asked.
Then O'Brien prepared such plan.
that the lowest bid was S2.174 .OOC
end, although he exceeded the con
he was paid fee on the basi,
u Inis larger sum-"
That Is right" Hines replied.
Ines said he first learned of tn,
ga HftonAl payments on October 26
na he Immediately wrote tn,
Comptroller General a letter de
8ding an explanation.
Writes McCarI.
disapproved this claim and
Q.Iised you this architect had bee,
pal@ In full" Hines said in hi
letter, ''even though the plans an,
lifications which he drew u,
zee not in accord with his con
8 nfinned on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
HAL IS
DIVORCE.
PLAY
Protest by Chaplain elI,
Causes Withdrawal Of Mari
Inova's Unknown Woman. !

+ ( 4 =
NEW YORK, Oct. 81. Follow
ing 4 protest made ~ Father John
b KeiIg chaplain of the Catholic
Writer'S GuiId, to Edward AZ
bee, director Of the B. F. Keith
theatrical interests, q sketch by
George Middleton called ''The I'm
known Woman" in which Nine.
ALA Nazimova appeared Monday
afternoon and evening at the Pal
ace Theater, was withdrawn yes
terday.
Nine Nazimova was to have ap-
peared in the play all week and
was booked by the Keith office for
four additional weeks in Washing
ton, Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Plea for Divorces.
The play is a plea for more
humane" divorce laws. The piece
deals with a man who wishes to
grant his wife a divorce so that
she may marry the man she loves
and involves his temporary associa-
ton with another woman In order
that she may appear in the court
records as 1.-The unknown" core
spondent.
Both Mr.. Middleton and Nine.
Nazimova were surprised that the
sketch, which has been playing for
eight weeks on the Orpheum circuit,
was withdrawn.
"Mr. Albee's only objection to 1t
was its subject matter" said Nine.
Nazimova today. "Mr. Albee told
me he had not seen the sketch him
self, but had heard of it from
others. He did not say who made
the protest which caused him to
act"
One striking effect OF the with
drawal Of the act was to make
Nine. Nazimova probably the high.
est paid star in the history Of
vaudeville. She was to have pre-.
sented the play for five weeks in
this and other cities at $4,000 a
week. She actually performed
twice, and, so 1t was said today,
received the full contract price,
900. In other words, for her
got $500 a performance.
The Keith office issued the fol-
lowing statement:
Keith Office Statement.
Following a conference between
Nine. NaZimoVa and the Keith Of
ficials yesterday it was amicahIy
arranged to withdraw the sketch
The Unknown Woman"Afrom the
current bill at the Palace Theater.
Nine. Nazimova, always a charm
ing actress and held in high es-
TEEN by the Keith patrons and
management, graciously acceeded to
their wishes. Nine. Nazimova's
artistic and strong dramatic rep
resentation was in no way involved
sketch itself"
Father Kelly. who has a. wide
acquaintance amorg theatrical man
ayers, and is an assistant at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Broadway and Seventy.first street.
as we'll as chaplain of the Catholic
Writer'S Guilds, declined to dis
cuss his part in the affair for pub
location, saying his position in the
church prevent ed him from doing
so.
IT cannot UHdF rstand why the
management took so long to find
out that THE Unknown Lady"
was an undesirable SKETCH said
Middleton. 1T has been playing
for eight weeks In vaudeville where,
under the tlGD of "Collusion' II
aroused wide discussion but was
not interfere5 with. The title was
changed in New York at the, man
agement's request and II they did
not know Of the nature OF the play
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-31
Scrapping Contract Given.

The Navy Department announced
today that the battleship Montana.
which issto be scrapped under the
arms conference treaty, has been
awarded to Learner & Rosenthal,
of Oakland, Cal, for $47,110.