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The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21

city nall busy signing ordinances and
papers that had accumulated ducing
his absence.
Some of the things the mayor plans
to do Immediately;
Start working on the Butler Lake
project.
Make preliminary plans for track
elevation for the South Side
Take steps to make sure that the
indianapolis Clean BY Easter program
IS carried out.
Cabinet Meeting Called
The mayor ordered the regular
monthly cabinet meeting called for
Thursday morning to discuss these
things with the department heads.
The mayor reported Mrs. Shank had
been very seriously i'll with influenza
and was ordered home by the doctors,
cutting their vacation several days
short.
The mayor said that he had talked
to politicians from all sections Of the
country and never found a one, either
Democrat or Republican. who favored
denomination Of President Harding"
All were unanimous in their opinion
Mayor Shank said, that if the Re
publican party nominated Harding,
the Democrats would inevitably elect
the next President.
1T seems that Harding was the
kind of a man wanted after all the
excitement of the war when the coun-
try needed a rest, but now they want
a man to go to work again and will
start things moving" the mayor said
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
TRIED ON BRIBE CHARGE
CoIored Man Held After Testimony Of
Witnesses.

Floyd Underwood. colored, 81, Of
2130 Marttndale Ave, was to be tried
in city court today on a charge of
Offering a hib" and vagrancy. Dur
ing the trial Of three mon charged
with throwing a hand grenade at Pa
trolman Rubush Monday night, I'm
derwood was linked with men as a
prospective bondsman.
On direct examination 1t was said
Underwoo dhad approached the police
man with an offer Of "a piece Of
money" to make it easier on the boys.
and the arrest followed
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
bETCIIED BY NLACE3L RossN ARrIsT

> 'E-fsfs- 4 D St Ia ;, Az T = y ~ =.
Tense Mayor Roswell o. Johnson
Of Gary. one of the principal de
PENDANTS usually sits with the nu-
merous defense lawyers. taking d
keen interest in the proceedings.
Sheriff William NJ Olds and Prose
cutor u. NJ Kinder Of Lake County
are among the defendants. Tho wit
nesscs shown In the sketch-Charles
+. Mcpherson and Nike Boyle-are
among many who have made state
meuts against Gary and Lake
County officials.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
: IMEANEST' AGAIN ON JOB
Burning Overcoats With Cigarettes
Is Latest Pastime
he "mcauest man.

He's the ''mcauest man"
He frequents elevators of downtown
buildings. Today, his trail was picked
up at the courthouse.
His fdvorite pastme appears to be
burning holes in ovorcoats of elevator
passengers by touching the end of a
lighted cigarette to them.
Several complaints We're registered
by passengers on the courthouse ele-
YatOr.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
OFFICER Is TRANSFERRED
Naval Lieutenant in Charge of Re
cruting Is Changed Temporarily

Lieutenant Kessiug, i'm charge of
the naval recruiting station here. is
at the United States naval training
station at Hampton Roads, Va, ON
temporary duty, He is expected back
in a week or ten days.
Lieutenant c. l.. OHphaut, medical
officer here, has charge Of the station
during Lieutenant Kessing's absence.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
RALST0N TO SEE FROLIC
MCray Also Accepts Junior Cham
ber-'S Invitation.

United States Senator Samuel NJ.
Ralston and Governor McCray have
accepted invitations of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce to be present
at the Palace Theater on the opening
night of the Junior Chambers Circus
Frolic Monday They win occupy
gaIly decorated boxes.
The Junior Chamber has announced
a $40 cash prize for the boy who has
the best decorated bicycle in the
street parade Monday The parade
will be led by the Junior Chambers
"rube" band
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
SHANK HOME AGAIN:
GAINS EIGHT POUNDS
Mayor Busy at Desk Twenty Minutes After Return of Party
From Hot Springs,

business doomed arund the City
Hall today
Returning with the first day Of
spring sunshine, Mayor Shank arrived
home today at 1850 a. m. after a
three weeks vacation at Miami. Fla,
and Hot Springs. Ark. With him
were Mrs. Shank, and City Controller
and Mrs. Hogue.
Gained Eight Pounds
Never missed Il meal or bath. 70
WAS the mayors first comment after
he got off the train Never felt bet
ter i'm my life and I have gained eight
pounds.
tho mayor was back at his desk in the
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
MERCURY RISING.
BUT DROP COMING
Promise Cold Weather Is Over
Given by Observer

1t was getting warmer today, but
the government weather bureau gave
information indicating It would not be
wise TO remove the heavies yet, even
though this was the first day Of spring.
The coolest temperature Of today
was al - m when it was 81 de
sreos- BY . a. m. it had climbed to
a with prospects of going much high
er. The weather bureau said it prob
ably viii turn cooler tomorrow. but
no extreme cold weather is in sight.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
DESERTED CAR is FOUND
Auto Standing on Bridge Taken to
Police Headquarters

An automobile parked in the mid
die of the Washington St bridge over
White River. was found at 4. m
by the police and taken to headquar-
ters. The certificate of title showed
the car was the property of Aronld
Draper, 1905 St Paul St. The auto
mobile had not been reported stolen
In the car was found a mank hat.
coat. a lap robe and a brick
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
ALLEGED THIEF is HELD
POstOffice Inspectors Trace Movements
of Prisoner.

Postoffce inspectors today investi-
gated activities of George r. Brown,
alleged thief. of Cincinnati Ohio
Rrown was bound over to the Federal
grand Jury under $500 bond at a
hearing before Charles w Moores
United States commissioner. lie was
charged with stealing a parcel post
package.
He was arrested several days ago
at a pawnshop on Indiana Ave
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
BOY FOUND
WORKING At
BABY FARM
CrueItieS Alleged by Police
Following Raid Made
Today,

Pohcewomen raiding g the
baby farm" conducted by Mrs.
Anna Fehlinger, So, at 500 S.
Harding St., found Earl Smith,
5, doing the washing for himself
and three other infant boarders.
his hands cracked and bleeding.
it was learned today.
Babies taken to board and no
question asked" was the motto
of the landlady, policewomen
said.
Three other babies were found
at the farm" All slept with
Mrs. Fehlinger in one bed. the
policewomen said.
CIueIties Charged
"A woman nit me with a poker
said Earl after he was safe in the
custody Of the officers. -She made
me- get up before diyught and go to
the grocery. and carry big buckets
OF coal from the cellar"
Five men, drop-forge workers. also
lived at the house. Ten persons were
eooped in FIVE small rooms.
The three other babies seized in the
raid were Ruby Brown. three months.
Bobby Leach. three months and Rich
aEd Holloway. twenty-one months.
They were sent to the Indiqnapolis
Orphan Home.
Parents Of the children were not
10 he found. except the mother Of
Richard Holloway. who was given her
child She said her name was Mrs.
Myrtle Holloway. 495 W. High ST.
Detroit, Mich. and that the chHd's
father was in Panama
Saw Advertisements in Paper
Mrs Holloway placed her baby ID
the farm because residents Of a fiat
at 2o1s Z Washington St. where She
was visiting a Mrs. Riley" objected
to a child. She saw the advertisement
run by Mrs. FehInser. she said.
The two older children were very
unhappy there. as they are unusually
bright and intelligent" said Miss
Meta Davis. who with Mrs. Margaret
Hildebrandt conducted the raid.
They cIapped their hands and
screamed when we told them they
were going away. They We're uckled
to death"
Boy Tells Weird Tales
Weird tales were told by the oldest.
Earl, the rolicewomen said He had
been TO Cleveland. New York. ST.
Louis and elsewhere. he said.
Earl said he had an aunt Twins on
Indianapolis Ave. he thought His
clothes We're very poor. Miss Davis
said. His mother left him there TWO
weeks ago.
Explanation Of Bobby Leach-S en-
trance into the baby farm" was
given by Mrs. FehHnger, who said
she charged 81 week for each child
His mother abandoned him when he
was two weeks old in Chicago.
Where Ruby Brown. the fourth
child, came from, no one seemed to
know
Mrs. Fehlnser has a bad record. d"
uollcewomeu charge
Juvenile authorities were undecided
rs to what charge TO place against
Mrs. FehHnger. Records Of the State
Board Of Charities show no trace of
Mrs. Fehlincer as q licensed keeper
of dependent children. as required by
law. police say.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21

Pay Of SO week was received by
William Lascaster, colored, at a time
when he was a city employe for
furnishing protection" Tor the alleged
negro gambling house. known as The
Golden Vest at 522i2 Indiana Ave.
Lancaster declared in Criminal Court
-Ojay.
Lancaster said Archie tJokerJ
founs. colored. convicted i'm Criminal
Court several weeks ago Of operating
the place offered him $50 a week il
he would see police did not molest
Il
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
LoaferS Come Out

County Surveyor John J. Griffith
put away his formudehyde can today.
Courthouse basement loafers, whom
he was wont to drive out by spraying
seats with the disinfectant, celebrated
the advent Of spring by moving TO the
curb outside.
Four colored men ON the curb
Joined in close h2rmony quartet. as
the suns rays unlimbered their vocal
chords. the while cooking wary eyes
toward persons whom they suspected
Of desiring TO employ them.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
Keen HeaVleS On

CHICAGO-Spring is here, but don't
take off the heavies yet, Henry j.
Cox, weather bureau official warned.
Cox said that while spring had arrived
ladylike and demure she is tickle, and
storms may be expected.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
Mayor johnson Looked On as
He Was Whipped and
CIubbedl Ukenan Says,
J. G. HARRIS is INVOLVED
Lawyer Asserts His Life Was
Threatened by Police Of
fCerS, Who Robbed Him,

a story Of having been beaten
into insensibility, threatened
with death and thrown into Jail
without a hearing by Gary and
Lake county officials, was told in
Federal Court today by Philip
Ukman, a witness in the booze
conspiracy case involving sixty
three defendants, including pub
lie officials Of Lake county.
Ukman, an attorney, said he had
been assisting Federal officers in OBJ
tanning evidence in the case. He said
cr the evening of Sept. 10, 1922, four
Gary police of1icers-Janes Mccarthy,
James Connolly. Nathan Potts. Louis
Christopher - and two newspaper
men. appeared at his office. forcibly
removed him TO Gary police head
quarters. and took all the papers in
his possession pertaining to the in
vestigation
TIG-eatened to Arrest Morgan
At police headquarters. he testified.
he was met by William NJ. Dunn,
Judge Of the Gary city court; Blaz
Lucas an attorney and a defendant,
and numerous others. The witness
said he asked permission to call Bert
C. Morgan prohibition director for In
diana who was at Gary. He said he
was told he could not call Morgan
and that if Morgan visited Gary police
headquarters he would be arrested.
He said Christopher told him he
was representing Mayor Roswell 0,
Johnson. a defendant. and that Chris
topher insisted he sign a statement
saying he and Federal prohibition Of
6c-rs had been collecting money in
Lake County to aid the prohibition
cause. The prohibition officers re.
ferred to were George Winkler and
oscar Holman. the witness testified.
Jkman said he refused to sign
such a statement. He said police of
ficers told him they would hang him"
II he did not sign. He said Dwight NJ.
Kinder prosecutor of Lake Coun-
". and a defendant, then ap-
peared and insisted he sign.
Rushed to Jail
At this point Ukeman said, the
word was spread that Morgan was
coming 10 headquarters and he was
rushed to the Jail and locked up. He
said he remained in Jail an hour.
Then Potts appeared and took him
into a room in the Jail he said. He
said Potts tried to set him to sign
the statement and that he again re-
fused. He was again placed in cell,
he said. where he remained three or
four hours.
At about 3 a. m. he said, he was
taken to the city hall. There, he said,
he found Johnson. Lucas. Dunn and
numerous others. He said they were
drinking and Johnson offered him
drink. which ne refused. He said
Mayor Johnson asked what the Gov
ernment had against him. He said
he refused to answer Potts then
threatened to kill him if he did not
sign a statement, the witness said.
Upon refusing TO sign. he said, his
Continued on Page l0)
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
Motorists Cloud Air

NEW YORK - Spring motorists
raised such clouds of carbon mo-
roxide that public health commission
named "a committe 10 study means
OF purifying the spring zephyr.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21

jiEuant at wild shrieks or Indian
war whoops, no fences or other
civihzing impediments. The environ
ment is ideal for Indians There
are giant trees. a river and real
tents.
The boys have rs neighbors Mr..
ana Mrs. s. Small. Seattle. Wash
They are on their way home from
Tampa. Fla. whore they spent the
winter Their small Pomeraniau
dog, Goldie. also is in the outfit.
'Fordlng it across the country
is the only way to travel 1t beats
the railroads. It is cleaner and the
best thing i'm the world for your
health, said Small
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
SEVEN FRENCH KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Freight Is DeraiIed Near B0cIium
in Ruhr.

BIZ THitcd Press
BERLIN. March 2i.-Seven French
trainmen were killed today when
freight was derailed near BOChum.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21

IT'S a new stunt which en-
bodies three distinct ideas
IL in one feature - coloring.
history and verse.
Each Tinted Travel is a sketch
of some noted scene in a foreign
land. The Eiffel Tower Shown
abOve). the Vatican. London
Bridge and other interesting
places will be visited
Artist Redner's sketches are
made so you can color them.
Then a verse by Hal Cochran
tells all about the pictures.
Tinted Travels will appear in
the Indianapolis Times starting
TO day.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
Home Edition

TULL services OF United Press,
L United News, United Finan-
cial, NEA and Scripps Alliance.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-03-21
Forecast

INCREASING cloudiness, with
L rain probably late tonight or
Thursday. Warmer tonight. Cold
er Thursday.
Evening star., 1923-09-14

Builds You Up-Fnther Johns Medicine
Best food tonic for all the family
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
NEW BRIDLE PATH
SOON TO BE READY
Will Connect Potomac and Rock
Creek Park Roads When
Completed.

Tho proposed bride path in the val
ley of Rock creek. extending from the
path in Potomac Park near the foot
of New HAMPSHIRE avenue to the path
through Rock Creek Park beginning
at the street bridge, will be COM
pleted in few weeks. AS designed,
it will cross the creek at two points
on bridges yet to be constructed.
Starting at the west end of Potomac
Park. it will follow a line on the left
(east) bank of the creek to point
just above where the Chesapeake ard
Ohio canal enters that stream, short
distance south of the NJ street bridge.
There it will cross a low bridge to
the right. or Georgetown. side of the
creek and continue close along the
waterside to the + street bridge. At
that point another bridge will be pro-
vided to connect the new path with
tho existing brirGle path that extends
20 and over the high embankment at
Massachusetts avenue, and then into
Rock Creek Park to it's northern
boundary near Kalmia street.
The short stretch of road between
the NJ and the street bridges is
already finished and ready for use
It is somewhat heavy in bad weather,
but at other flIres it offers easy go
ing. The only ar frances and exits to
il at present are by the dirt road on
the moth side of the Chesapeake and
Ohio "aTal at gath street and by the
dirt road on the west side of the +
street bridge opposite the Washington
lailroad and Electric Company car
barn. From the latter point it is easy
to get into the older birdie path on
the other side Of the creek which
trayerses the valley into Rock Creek
Park,
Evening star., 1923-09-14
WASHINGTON SKETCHES
He's CoLored."

Black as the ace of spades. Whites
oux more beautifully because of that
dusky back ground.
He's a descendant of slaves. His
forebears came to this country in
ships from faraway tropical climes
They came from the land of the WOO
doo,' OF devil worship" OF supersti-
tion. They toiled as chattels in south
ern fields. They had toiled in the
north also, but thee need was not so
great for them there, and they slowly
settled in the south. They were men
and women, boys and girls, bought
and paid for. the property of other
men and women, who by some lucky
accident had been born with skin that
was white. and not black. Today
their descendants read and write,
study and phlosophize, debate and
struggle upward in a way that is a
tribute TO America and Americanism
The veneer of civilization has taken"
with excellent effect.
There are bad ones-plenty of them.
There are also bad "whites"-thou-
Sc ads of them.
1Aay feel their handicap. They may
not aunt IL, DuI Lney DO. But
where is III rre an American citizen
with more pluck than that man with
brown or black SIX ~ho rears his
family in decency, educate hiS chill
dren, sanctifies his home. attenua ..'a
church, pays his debts. keeps his
peace and lives his life with a smile :?
Cynics TO the contrary notwith-
standing, there are sections in Wash
ington-whole sections of residences
where lawns are trimmed neatly
hn nfAts
houses are fresh looking, where bril-
liant plants bedeck the afound-the-
house area, where clean curtains
twinkle In starchy whitensS through
the windows, and where there are as
few disturbances as in any given spot
in white" Washington-Where cal
ored citizens live.
Bigots to the discard, there are coll
ored professional men here who know
their business. There are educators
who can teach knowledge to the
Young (although they have not white
Skins). There are physicians whose
bodies are not white, but who can
heal sthe sick with skill. There are
many who are respected by white
nlen who know them.
The point of these sketches is to
give glimpse OF the elements of citi-
zenship, the fragments of civilization,
the segments OF society in the broad
term which are found daily within the
gates of the Capital city.
And here is one type of the Amari-
can citizen who is not white:
\ laborer. \ menial servant Who
is faithful in his work. Who has u
home and wife and children whom
he loves as truly as any white man
loves his own. Who goes through his
course on this sphere without the
malice he we'll might hold against
prosecutors. Who sends his children
10 school, SO that they may be more
than laborers. Who has never seen
the inside OF police station. and who
does not shoot craps or drink gin.
(And, despite all denials, cynicisms
and latrinitaI equivocations, there are
scores and hundreds and thousands of
this type of citizens here, and a keen,
sincere observer with his eyes open
can verify this fact in a day.)
\ "nigger." That's all. But that's
enough. He doesn't necessarily have
TO be ashamed of that fact
And the type just outlined is not.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
NEGLECTED RED LIGHT.

Harry NJ. Bralove, a contractor
and constructor. constructing an
apartment house in wisconsin avenue
northwest, charged with leaving
building material and debris in the
roadway without a red light at night,
pleaded guilty in the District of Column
bia branch of Police Court yesterday
and was fined $40 by Judge McNIahon.
Mr.. Bralove testified that he was
out of the city on the date charged in
the information, August 6, the day
of President Harding's funeral. and
that the watchman in charge of the
building had forgotten to place the
danger light on the material in the
street. Inc ponce , oI the ., seTenth ven n pre-
curing a red-light from the station house
which was placed on the obstructing
material.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
The Shining Man.

A man may be so truly good he,
makes folks melancholy; they say,
Wed like him if he would betray
some fault or folly. If he would
only beat his wife or come home
stewed and beeryl But there's no
blemish on his life, and so he makes
us weary. Our wives are always
pointing out this shining gent and
crying, oh, emulate that moral
scout, of righteousness undyingP
He shames his blushing fellowmen,
who go their way unheeding: if he
would only swipe hen, or be run
in for speedingl" We should ad-
mire the spotless jay who shuns all
mortal sinrfing; alas, its not the hu-
man way, nor was since the begin
ming. And when a man of snowy
fame for rectitude unspottedx pulls
off by chance some sinful game how
sorely he is Swattedl The gossips
all unite to break this decent man
and godly; "We always knew he.
was a fake" MEN mutter, smiling
broadly. And so we shining wights
must tread with ceaseless circufn-
spection, and wear our halos over.
head without the least detection.
For if we stumble as we wend half
bricks will bruise our noses, and
we won't have a single friend to
throw a bunch OF roses.
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.
Builds You Up-Fnther Johns Medicine
Best food tonic for all the family
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

PREsIDENT-"Liste In" COM
edy, at $50 pm.
X EI II HS-Howard and Clark,
vaudeville, at 2:i5 and Sis pm.
COSMOS. C. Mack, vaudeville, at
3:15, $50 and 9:15 pm.
STRAND-"A Game OF Hearts,
vaudeville, at 2:45. $40 and $40 pm.
GAYET'Y - Wine, Women and
Song" burlesaue, at 2:f5 and s:15
pm.
RIALTO-'The Green Goddess .
George Arliss. photoplay. at II am.
L, 3, s. and Q pm.
COLUMBIA-Gioria Swanson, in
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" at 1926.
1926. 2:15, AIS. 6. 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN Lafay-
cite. in "Trilby," at IL am. 1, ., 8.
and pm.
PALACE-Buster Keaton. in Three
Ages, at 1890 am. /, 2:4o. 4:35.
6:15. and $3.50 pm.
CENTRAL-"The Spoilers" II am.
and IL pm.
ORANDALL'S-"Ten and Sam
at 11:20 am, 12:40, 2, ago, $40. g..
7:20 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
Studio, large and beautiful.

for refined private dances and clubs; ca
pacity, 100 couples; rented by night treason
able). For reservation see TCBERNILLEs
I'LL Conn ave. Phone North e407. ..
TR0F. AND Mrs. ARCHER'S STUDIO, 1129
10th NV. Glass Monday and Friday, TO II
pm. Private lessons by appointment. Phona
IEEanklin S56I. Established 1900. 2u'.ss
Evening star., 1923-09-14
FORFEITURE OF coLLArERAI,

by agreement between Assistant
Corporation Counsel Frank w. Madi-
gan and Attorneys Hardison & How.
ard, representing the ten ,pusbca ,,
men arrested Monday for mol,t,,
sales in the congested dIst ric. ~ =
uowneown, there was a forfeit az 90
OF the $40 collateral put up when tbsy
were arrested, while three other de,
Fsenaants: se charged with the same of.
law g. VIII stand trial in test of the
attorneys "iseu py the
Evening star., 1923-09-14
RITES FOR MRS. BROWN.
Funeral Services for Mother of
CAPTAIN of Police.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah F..
Brown, mother of Capt. 4. W. Brown
of the metropolitan police depart
ment, commanding the first precinct.
who died Tuesday at her home, 304O
o street northwest, was held yes
terday afternoon from the family
home Rev. c. B. Austin, pastor of
the West Washington Baptist Church,
officiated The interment was in Glen
wood cemetery.
Mrs. Brown was a native of Han
over. Pa, and was the widow or
Charles q Brown. Capt. Brown is
the only surviving member of the
family. Mrs. Brown was seventy
eight years old.
Evening star., 1923-09-14
BAND CnMcERT

BY the United States Soldiers
/, Home Band, at Soldiers Home,
today. $50 o'clock, John s. Zim-
5 hermann, bandmaster.
March, "Rien2i". Wagner
overture. Daughter of the
Regiment" Denizetti
Duet Tor cornet and trombone,
"A Night In Venice"
Lucantonl-Lampe
Messrs. Bernard and Sguee.
Gems from the musical come
dy, THE BIushlng Bride"
Romberg
Fox trot, You've Got To Kiss
Mama Every Night" Conrad
waltz suite, Gold and Sill
Yer ..'...., .s..9.., Lehar
Finale, Our Governor"
Zimmerman
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1923-09-14
EXCURSIONS.
DANCING.

CATHERINE BALLB, 7i9 9th ST. NV.
Frsnk. $780, We teach you the latest steps
Reduced rates Sent. Private ard class lessons.
GI,ovER's. e1s 22nd Nw.-PRIvATE LES-
sons any time. 75c. Course, six lessons, ST.
Guar. results Fine environment. w. 1129.
STAFFORD PEMBERTON
Partner to Mae Murray. Gertrude Hoffman
Stage, Ballroom. Buck and Childrens Dancing
STUDIO, 1850 5ILTMoRE. COL. SSs Sso2