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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
Neck Broken When She
Slips Off Box Car on Belt
Railroad Tracks Near
Home Companion, Aged
g. Runs to Mother,
PARENT CAUTIONS CHILD
NOT TO LEAVE YARD
Wilma Baker, 4, Was Pet
With Young and 0Id-Fu-
neral VIII Be Held at 10
a, m, Wednesday at the
Home.

The name of sunny little Wilma
Baker, 4, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
James Baker, 1745 w. New York
St, today was added to the list Of
children killed in accidents.
Wilma died Sunday afternoon
shortly after she fell while attempt
ing to step from one box car 10 an
other. on the Belt Railroad tracks
near her home.
Just how the accident happened
was not known definitely.
According to one story, Wilma was
helped on to the cars by Jack Bald
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16

win, Z. of 1747
w. New York
St. But J a C k
s aid W linn a
climbed up by
herself.
What is known
is that hardly
five minutes af-
ter Mrs. Baker,
m o p pin g the
back porch. had
called o u t to
Wilma, playing
in the back yard,
not 10 leave, the
child was lying
between the box
cars and Jack
3 a | d " in was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
RELIEF DRIVER HELD
COllides With Car Driven by Frank
lin, Ind, Man.

George Thornberg, 518 Madison
Ave, employed by N. Clyde May
Transfer and Storage Co, couldn't
drive a f1ivver truck and enlisted
Jesse J. Britton, $50 E. Georgia St,
as a relief driver.
At McCarty and Madison SITS,
Britton Collided with a car driven
by John T. Graham of Franklin,
Ind. The truck overturned and
Thornberg had his right arm
broken.
Britton was arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
S35 Total of Safe Loot

Police were told today that thieves
entered the offices of the Superior
Sheet Metal Works, 3201 Roosevelt
Ave, during the weekend and
opened the safe and took $25 in
money and $40 in stamps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
GAS DEATHS ARE PROBED
Three AsphyXiated by Leaking Pipe
at Indiana HarbOr.

BIZ Times Special
INDIANA HARBOR, Ind, June
6.-Investigation was under way
today in the deaths of three men
asphyxiated Sunday morning by a
leak in a gas pipe in one of the
power plants of the Inland Steel
Company. The dead: Blanchard
Reed, South Chicago, 25; John
O'Brenovich, Indiana Harbor, %,
and Alex Faulkner. Gary, %.
Twenty-one others, including fifteen
Mexicans, were in a hospital suffer
ing from the fumes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
CONFIDENCE is LACKING
Woman Jumps From Street Car
at Crossing.

Mrs. Eliza Margin, 54, of 1S48
Trent ST., apparently did not have
confidence in the conductors signal
to the notorman that there were 40
trains coming, and jumped from a
Riverside street car today as it
r'ta rtAs4> to cross the Bait Railroad.
Fas bruised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
Wanted--PoIice at $50 Per

By United Press
CAPE MAY, N. j., June 16.-Resi-
dents here face a policeless town as
the city commissioners can not get
applicants fer patrolling duty on the
$50 a month salary offered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
BOYS WHIM KILLS TWO
Lad Turns in Alarm to See Fire En-
gines=AutOs Crash.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHELSEA, Mass, June 16.-De-
sire of John Smith II to watch the
fire engines go by" resulted in death
of two persons and injury Of five.
The lad turned in false alarm
and fire wagons hurried down the
street followed by an auto in which
a policeman was riding. Another
motor car turned into the path of
the police machine which swerved
into a crowd on the sidewalk. Many
of the pedestrians Were hurled
through a plate glass window.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
SAVES ARM POWER
AutOist Burns Gasoline to Keep
From Cranking.

Gasoline is cheaper than arm
power, according to William Lam
bert of St. Louis, Mo.
Police went to 344 Ogden St., and
found Lambert's auto parked with
the engine running. Lambert, who
was visiting nearby, saw them and
said he left the motor run because
he had no starter and did not want
to crank it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
kUTOIST HAS HEAD
Falls From Machine and Is Slated
on Drunk Charge.

Elmer Maroney, 1929 Climber ST.,
had a real head" today.
He was riding with John Stuck,
Ais Irving st. Stuck turned a
corenr too fast and Maroney fell
out on his head.
He was taken to the hospital and
police slated him on a drunken
ness charge. Stuck was also ar
rested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
LOOK
OVERLARGE FIELD
OF DARK HORSES
Few Now Believe M'Adoo or
Smith Can Win Nom
inati0n,
BY ROBERT J. BENDER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

NEW YORK. June 16.-Arrival Of
the first delegates to the Democratic
national convention opening here
next Tuesday. discloses the out
standing question of the moment is
who will be nominated after Nc
Adoo and Smith are disposed OF"
1t develops that few Of the early
arrivals believe either McAdoo or
Smith can win the nomination and
all conversation hinges around the
dark horses"
This feeling Is expected 10 grow
with the arrival here Wednesday of
George Brennan of Illinois. Thomas
Taggart Of Indiana and Ed Moore OF
Ohio, who, for the moment, have
reached no conclusion as to the nomi-
nee and each of whom has his own
first choice
Taggart for RalstOn
Taggar: is for Senator Ralston and
appears likely to play the same game
that supporters OF Frank o. Low
den played at Cleveland. Every eff
lbIL Will D- liidtt " prevent Api illdl
nomination Of Ralston. but Indiana
and others will proceed to vote for
him just the same, in the hope that
his strength will grow.
The course of McAdoo's forces at
the convention is still undecided. Nc
Adoo probably will have in the
neighborhood Of 450 votes on the first
ballot-by far the greatest support,
with very few exceptions, any can
didate in a free-for.all convention
such as this one ever had to start
with.
In view,of this. combined with the
fact previously pointed out that Nc
Adoo must win quickly if at all, there
is much talk of McAdoo's attempting
to abrogate the two-thirds rule before
the convention.
At this writing it would appear
McAdoo could change the rule be-
cause there will be a majority Of
McAdoo men on the rules committee.
Should he do It, the need of merely
a majority to win instead of two
thirds would materially improve his
chances
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
Ten Thousand Students viii
Face Same Over-CroWded
Conditions This Fall as in
Past Except at Manual
Training,
LONG-DELAYED BUILDING
PROGRAM INSTITUTED
Shortridge Boosters Face In
definite Delay as Board
Passes Buck to Archi-
tectS and HaItS New Edi-
flee Proposed.

Ten thousand pupils will attend In
dianapolis high schools in September,
an increase of about 300 over enroll
ment of the school year just ended.
With the exception of Emmerich
Manual Training High School where
a much needed, long delayed i'm
provement program finally has been
instituted, the students will find the
same old overcrowded conditions ex-
listing.
After a long period of delay, hest
tation. backing ard filing, the pres
ent majority faction of the school
board composed Of Charles L. Barry.
Charles R. Yoke and Fred Bates
Johnson. has resumed some of the
plans for extension Of nigh school
facilities, exactly where it halted
them when it came into power in
January. But with the loss of time
due to the boards indecision it will
be a long time before any actual
work can be started.
For years high school conditions
have been growing steadily more
unsatisfactory from the standpoint
Of overcrowding. ------- ....-.--.-
Three Buildings Proposed
Last year the school board de-
cided to erect a colored high school
at Twelfth and Missouri SITS, a west
side high school at Belmont and w.
Washington st. and a new Short
ridge at Thirty-Fourth and Penn
sylvania St.
The move was opposed step by
step by Charles L. Barry. who
always had posed as an advocate of
a new Shortridge school until time
came to vote for it.
Architects were selected for pur.
chase of necessary ground.
Then the control of the board
changed. At the first meeting all
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
ENSIGN WILLIAM GEORGE
McCREA

THESE three officers died in
the explosion on board the
0 battleship Mississippi in the
harbor at San Pedro, Cal They
are Ensign William George Nc
Crea, Renevo, Pa; Lieut.. Thomas
Edward cellars, Granville, Ga,
senior officer in the Inflated No. 2
turret, and Ensign Marcus Erwin
Jr., Ashville, n c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-16
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Forecast

D ARTLY cloudy with prob
i able thunderstorms to-
night or Tuesday. Not much
change in temperature.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
WOMAN KILLED WHEN
AUTO SKIDS, HITS TREE

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 24.-Mrs.
Emma Bogner. of Canton, was killed
yesterday afternoon and three
others slightly injured when an
automobile in which they were rid
ing slSidded on the New York Post
road q few miles outside. of Albany
and struck q tree. Mrs. Bogner,
who was forty-nine years old, died
Q short time after being taken to a
hospital here.
In the car with Mrs. Bogner
were her husband. Frederick, his
brother. Theodore and Mrs. Theo.
dore Bogner. Theodore Rogner was
the owner and driver of the car.
Following an autopsy the corSner
rendered q verdict of death due to
Q fractured skull. In addition Mrs.
Bogner had four fractured ribs, a
punctured lung and a broken arm.
The others were scratched and
bruised. All were carried to the
hospital by q passing motorist
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
PERSH|NG'S PAY
To CONTINUE
IN.FQLL
Comptroller General Decides
Allowances Not Cut BY
Retirement
lNTERNAnnNAL NEWS REEI

General John y. Pershing is to
receive his full active pay and al.
lowances while on the retired list
Of the army.
Comptroller General McCarl has
just handed down a decision sweep,
ing aside all doubt as to his right
to receive this pay, which amounts
approximately to $22, 1000. ,-,
Pershing's salary, while on the
active list as. general Of the army
was $1S,500, and his allowance for
expenses amounted 20 about $1,000
making his total yearly stipend ap'
proximately $4,000. r
II Pershing had been reduced to
his net retirement pay, which BY
law is fixed 10 per cent Of hts
salary at the time of his retirement
with no allowances, he would have
received as "a, retired, officer abo Il
1000 or less than 40 per cent al
his pay as general of the army.
Secretary of War Weeks was
anxious to avoid this sharp slash
in Pershing's pay. The LAWYERS
Of the Advocate Generals office
decided that Pershing was. entitled
to his full active pay, hut grave
doubt was expressed as to whethey
Comptroller General McCarl would
approve this ruling. 3
The issue was referred To the
Comptroller General September I
and final decision in favor 81
Pershing was announced by the
War Department today.
General Pershing ia being con
graduated by his fellow officers to
day on the outcome.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
HIT
BY VIOLENT
STORM
City's Streets Covered by Foot
Of Water When Neva
OverfIoWs

MOSCOW. Sept. 24.--A violent
hurricane swept Leningrad formerly
Petrograd) with heavy property
damage, according to advices today
from that city.
The River Neva overlooked its
banks from the heavy rains which
accompanied the storm and flooded
the city's streets to a depth of
nearly a foot.
Vasiliev and Golodai islands in
the Neva are under ten feet Of
water.
In some places shore batteries
were fired to warn the residents of
low-lying sections of the threatened
inundation.
Heavy damage was done by the
storm along small streams flowing
into the Neva., So far. however, no
official advices have been received
as to casualties.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
THIIRST0N
IS('HO|CE
Of SOX
0rlffs Hope to Make Clean
Sweep of Chicago
Series
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

CHICAGO. Sept. 24Bucky
Harris and his gang Of fighting
Criffs, with the 1924 American
League pennant almost in their
grasp, close their campaign in the
West here today.
Sixteen times have the Griff-
men conquered Johnny Evers' clan
this season, and they hope to run
the total up to seventeen with
one last victory today. The White
Sox have proved themselves the
weakest Of all the Griffs' rivals
this season.
Decision by Saturday.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary, veteran
coming champions.
southpaw with the hinky-dinky de.
livery, win climb the hill for the
He has had but two days rest.
but he travelled only seven frames
to beat the Browns on Sunday and
II expected to be strong today.
Hollis Thurston, who triumphed
over the Yankees the last time they
were here, viii probably oppose the
Griffs today. He is a capable
twirler, but usually has his troubles
winning from Harris and his gang.
The Gfiffs leave Immediately after
the game for Boston. being due
there tomorrow night. They have
four games to play with the Red
Sox before returning home to pre-.
pare for the world series.
The pennant is likely to be de.
cided automatically by Saturday
night.
It has become quite chilly here,
which pleases Trainer Martin. He
says a few days of cool weather
such as Chicago is having and
Boston will probably have will be
just enough to put the athletes on
edge for the world series.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
BORIS
ALIVE |. \ AND
WELL
Report. Of Assassination Of
Bulgarian Monarch De-
'.,s, olaFed a Hoax

LONDON, sept. 24.-Reports
that King Boris Of Bulgaria was
assassiiated are untrue, arising
from q hoax PUT over on the
Serbian press. according to . Gem
trail News dispatch circulated here
this. afternoon. Boris il safe at
his. summer home in Varna, it
said.
Even the Bulgarian newspapers
were taken in, said the dispatch.
They printed full accounts of the
alleged crime, claiming that a
servant stabbed the King to the
heart and shot three ministers
who, were comforting with him.
Proclaim Siege State.
Though confirmation was lacking
that King Boris had been assassi-
mated, dispatches from CONSTANT
nople declared that a state Of siege
had been proclaimed throughout Bull
garta.
Fierce encounters were reported
between the Macedonian autonom-
lists, siding with the existing govern
ment and the federalists.
Guerilla warfare and an epidemic
Of assassinations have developed in
the Bulgarian civil war, following
the defeat Of the Macedonian rebels
at Petritsch, according to advices
from Berlin.
Alexander Boujenoff, federalist
leader and member of the Bulgarian
parliament, was reported slain from
ambush. Communistic tendencies
have been shown by the federalists.
The Bulgarian minister Of the In
terror told newspaper correspondents
that extreme measures would be
necessary to quell the red revolt.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
UMBRELLA PIERcES BRAIN
OF BOY SKATER At SHORE

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. "a
Francis o'Kane. twelve years old
25 st. GATHERINGS place, stumbled
while roller skating, striking his
head on the pavement. He died an
hour later In the Atlantic City Hos
pital. The lad was carrying an
umbrella, which broke when he fell
and the steel frame entered his
head over the right eye, causing a
brain puncture. An officer took him
to the hospital in passing ma
chine.
An immediate operation failed tc
save his life.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24

Both are in jail here and have,
according to States Attorney John
A. Garrett, admitted their guilt
and signed confessions.
The formalities Of preliminary
hearings will probably be gone
through with in the police court
here within the next few DAYS.
The offenses charged are not bail.
able. The death penalty could be
imposed in case of conviction. al.
though the law also provides i'm.
prisonment.
According to the girls story, re.
lated to States Attorney Garrett,
the first offenses against her were
committed by Poole and her brother
when she was but twelve wears
Of age.
Several weeks ago. she explained.
she went TO visit her brother IN
CONTINUED on Pass Z. Column a
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
GERMAN GOODS TO BE
TAXED BY FRENCH GOVT

The French government will I'm
pose a tax Of 26 per cent on the
value of all goods imported from
Germany, beginning October 1, Com
mercial Attache Butler at Paris
cabled the Department Of Commerce
today.
The tax will be applied to the
French reparations account with
Germany as provided IN the Dawes
plan. Great Britain has imposed q
similar tax
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
LAFGLETTE
SWING To
COAST
Progressive Chief Maps Out
Series Of Addresses for
Both West and East
BY KENNETH W CLARK.
IntsrnatlsnaI News servioe.


Enthused BY reports u the prog
ress Of his campaign. Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette, Independent
candidate for the Presidency, to-
day was mapping out q speaking
itinerary which will carry him from
New England to the Pacific coast
next month. Appeals from man
ayers in the middle and far West
for him to invade this territory
have determined La Toilette to
make the nationwide swing.
La Follette's chances for victory
in the agricultural States Of the
Mississippi valley AND on the west
coast are excellent his son and
closest adviser, Robert, jr., an
nounced.
Two Routes Considered.
Two routes are under considera-
ton for La FoIlette's swing around
the circuit.
The first would take him to New
York again for his third speech,
and then into New England, where
La Toilette believes he has a
chance to poll heavily in the in
dustrial centers, and cut into the
vote which nominally is Demo-
cratic.
Under the second plan, La Fol-
lette would strike Immediately into
the Middle West. probably first
stumping in Ohio and Indiana be-
fore going into Chicago and one
or two other Of the larger cities in
Illinois.
From Chicago. there is some con.
troversy among La Follette's man.
ayers whether he should 60 imme-
diately to the Northwest, or stop
for five or six days speaking in
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska
and Oklahoma, all regarded as fer
tile territory by Progressive man.
ayers.
Whatever final course is decided
upon, 1t was declared that La Fol
lette, before the close Of the cam
paign, would make speeches in at
least two or three of these States.
probably in st. Louis. Kansas City.
and Lincoln.
Journey to Coast.
La Palette plans to Journey to
the coast by the Northern route,
through Wisconsin Michigan, Min
nesota, the Dakotas, Montana,
Wyoming. Oregon, and Washington.
About a week win be spent along
the Pacific.
II the New England trip is for.
salxen at the start, La Toilette viii
stump this territory after the West.
ern trip, and probably include New
York State, New Jersey, md Penn.
sylvania on the same itinerary.
It is tentatively planned for La
Toilette to close his campaign in
Cleveland on the Saturday before
election in the hall where. he re-
ceived the Endorsement Of the Con.
ference for Progressive Political
Action.
II his work can be sufficiently
cleared up, La Toilette intends to
leave Washington within ten days,
or two weeks at the latest. He
does not plan to return until after
election.
Arrangements have been made for
La Toilette to make the entire trip
in q private car.
While Ia Toilette % on the
Coast. his running mate, Burton X.
Wheeler, win be speaking IN the
eonthwest and South -
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
FLED WHEN
SHE SAW
HIGHT As
DROSS
Sits ListIess in Cell and Tells
Reporter Drab Story OF
Double Crime
b international News Service.

MOUNT. VERNON. ILL.,, Sept.
24.-A cOrOner's jury, sitting i'm
q double inquest into the deaths
Of MILFORD Sweetin and Mrs. ATna
Hight at Ina near here, today
officially closed the investigation
into Jefferson county's poison plot
by holding Mrs. SWeetin and her
love mate" Reverend Lawrence
NJ. Hight. jockey pastor, ON
charges Of murder.
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
By SONIA LEE.
Copyright, 1894, by International
News Eervice.)

2
L News Eervice1
SALEM, H., Sept. Pain q
little cell in the county jan here
\ today Elsie Sweetin, the woman
who killed for love, began her self
questioning; began 70 weigh her
love. q
The Reverend Lawrence M.
Hight, sjockey-pastor, for whom
l'she administered arsenic to Will
ford, the husband who had pIodded
and worked to give her home,
has been held in the balance
and found wanting.
Dead Love, Her Cross.
Y She sits listlessly in the dark
cell, q dark-skinned, dark-hairOd
woman, eyes of hazy blue, shifting
lrestleesly. the flat chest heaving.
The lips, drawn within the mouth,
are released and there is the trace
lot q burned out fire In. her face.
Not the killing is her cross. but
the love so suddenly dead. It died
so quickly, in the heeting moment
when she knew her pastor-lover
was dross-counterfeft. And now
this woman, this apex Of the tri.
angle. sits and probes within, as
colorless, as meaningless as q
blank sheet Of paper.
Found Wilford Cold.
Il wanted love-" she begins her
tale, another Eve seeking a new
Eden.
"And MILFORD Sweetin didn't give
me the kind wanted. He waA q
| glacier. cold; no words of affection.
Il married him when / was six.
teen. My family was terribly poor,
Father had left mother when 1
was only a few months old. He
went to Colorado and forgot my
brother Earl and me. We went to
Ewing, a little town near the farm
where / was born and mother took
in washing.
II was two when she marrieds
again. And there were lots of
children--six-but / was always
alone. Mother didn't have much
time for me. went up to the
eighth grade, but when / was
twelve I had to go to work. / was
q nurse maid, washed the dirty
pots and pans Of people who
couldn't afford to have their hands
.dirtied. ~.
"welI--nobody cared very much
Tor me. And then I met Wilford
and i married him.
Sought Religion. N
| Il loved him and he loved me.
The children came, and they were
dear, but there was something
missing out of my life. had been
religious and again Issought to re-
gain that deep communion with
God. ff5
About a year ago Hight came
| to town." sr
Her story breaks, She gasps.
Her eyes widen, as IL with fear.
She says softly: er
"Sweetin is In this cell. He hears,
me-" m
And then her Odyssey OF bore.
dom, the story Of q life grown
stale, is resumed.
God, what a life. Sweetin made
good money-$40 or $50 a week.
He worked in the mines and he'd
come home and go to bed. I
wasn't happy.
"And SO Hight came. He was
our preacher, and he told me later
that he loved me the moment he
saw me. He won my confidence
from the start-and later my heart.
II gave him pure heart and /
got back sinful one. was a
good woman and now am bad.
Began At Revival
"It was several months before
really got to know him. Then one
night there was a revival meeting
and many Of my nelghborB were
going. told Wilford I was going
too The preacher paine a taxa
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
V1ANT1AW
!. NENEC/

Here are few of the new wants ap.
pearing In today's classified section
BRIEF CASE lost containing sheet
music. Reward offered.
TELEPHONE OPERATORS wanted
during world series baseball
games.
NEAR LINCOLN PARK, price,
$3.50 for semi-detached 7-room
OAK DINING ROOM SUITE for
sale; reasonable.
WATCH lost: brooch attached. Re-
ward offered.
COOK ana general houseworlEer
wanted.
q ST. N. W., furnished front room
for rent to gentleman.
ATTRACTIVE HOMES in good
Southeast section. Price, S3,SbO
DRY GOODS q NOTION STORE
for sale at a bargain.
BUILDING MATERIALS for sale
at reasonable pricsA
ron YURTHER DETAILS TURN m
xn CLASSIFIED aDQKI0Ne
The Washington times., 1924-09-24
Girl Concerts Story
May Hang 2 Men
,srecial 70 The Waahinrton TImea

ROCKVILLE, Nd. Sept. 24As result of the conversion
of Irene Meett foureenyearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Meet Of Buck Lodge Montgomery county through
the offices of Salvation Army worker while she was visiting
brother in Johnstown Pa Leton S. Poole member of a
prominent Buck Lodge family and the girls brother Ralph
Melet aged twenty-five are under arrest here both being
charged with capital Offenses.