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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28

lots Of money in it. People don't
lose their thirsts simply because
other people pass a law"
'Bootlegging?" 1 suggested.
"Brigha boy" he said. "Other
things, too
His eyes We're almost hidden be
tween their lids now; yet I knew
that their pupils studied me inten.ly.
How far would you travel with
a man who could toss you a bunch
like that on the tablet" He pointed
at the wad Of bills. II need a man
like you. a man that can look AMI
talk and act like a gentleman 1
got ideas, but I amt always ablt to
put them over. You see, 1 know
my own limits. 1t doesn't matter
how much of a front I wear, it don't
fool the people that I want to fool. =
understood him. MY face is my
fortune. Is that it?" 1 laughed.
He nodded. You can make it
your fortune. 1t hasn't made much
Of a one for you yet. Any one can
and used to good things and all
that, but where's it got your"
Here is your apartment, accept
ing charity" 1 replied.
He waved a disclaiming hand.
Not charity-business," he correct
ed me-
Thank you" said L I'm glad
you put it on a business basis. How
much do you think the food I ate
was worth?"
What you mean?" he asked.
II mean what 1 told you a while
ago; I'm a gentleman" said, mot
a bootlegger or a crook
His thin lips curled in a sheer. ct
suppose it's better to be a gentle
man and starve than a wise guy and
get rich"
Il think so,' I told him.
There's still other ways of max
ing money" he said. For instance,
you could run to the police, give
them my address, and tell them what
I've told you"
You know that I won't" I replied.
VIII this cover the cost of what
ate?"
1 admit that it was ungracious,
even to a confessed criminal. But
after all, he had insulted me. I
placed 50 upon the table-how pitiful
the amount was when laid beside
his huge wad of bills-picked up
my hat from the chair on which it
had been dropped at my entrance,
nodded to him and started for the
door.
wait a minute" he said when
you think this over. you'll change
your mind. You'll want to find me-
won't be here. This place is rented
for the night. Just go to Weinberg
and tell him you want me. That's
the kind of a man ammo hard
feelings"
None here. either I told him.
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myself: This baby's about due for
the mcrgue.
l felt myself color Il do look
pretty badly" 1 admitted. And on
top of what Weinberg had been tell
ing you about me. it was easy to
guess that I wasn't millionaire"
His eyes, hard blue, narrowed
You see things, don't you? Tumbled
right off to Weinberg wishing me UP
about you, ell? Wen, I knew right
off that you we're no boob. 1 thought
you were the lad need I'd; now |
know it. Like a little dough?"
I laughed. Odd. how :. few ounces
of food change the whole world.
What do you think?" 1 countered.
I'd say that you were ready to do
anything to make a stake" he said.
Almost anything" l amended.
"Fussy?" he asked.
I'm q. gentleman" I told him
The words sounded grandiloquent,
absurd.
Yes, 1 suspected as much" said
my host, Starvation hurts a gentle
mans insides just like it does an
ordinary roughneck don't it? Are
you proud?'
Suppose you explain" I sug-
gested.
Make it snappy, eh? All right,
will. 1 take it you have no friends
in particular. You woundnt be
starving if you had. Am 1 right?"
Go on" I said.
'If you got a chance to make
money, real money, important
money you'd jump at it. Am I
right?"
Go on some more. You interest
me-" smiled.
There's i lot of money lying
around this town waiting for a good
man to pick it up" he said.
Show it to me-" I suggested.
Suppose 1 do? Have you got
nerve enough to grab .it?" he de-
manded.
1 reached for another cigarette,
then drew back my hand empty.
The conversation had taken a turn
that mystified me- I was not sure
that I wished to place myself un-
der further obligation to my host.
Il don't think I understand" r
told him.
He put his hand into a pocket and
it. I don't think that
ever in my life 1 had seen so much
actual cash as he placed on a table
beside him. Certainly there must
have been fifteen or twenty thousand
dollar bills, and as many more of
lesser denominations ranging from
fifty to five hundred.
Understand those?" he pointed
to the wad of bills.
I managed to lift my eyes from
the money and looked at him.
GO on 1 said again.
I'm in business" he said slowly.
Its a new business. and there's
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.eezing was not preferable to star

freezing was not preferable to star
walton.
But why starve or freezs when
there was an easy alternative? That
is, the alternative would be easy II
I were in full possession Of my
faculties. But if I became hun
CRY to the point of starvation again,
my faculties would be impaired. my
will be gone. could see myself
begging of passers-by, even, pos
sibly rummaging in refuse-pails for
a bone or a crust, like any famished
dog.
The alternative, OF swift End
simple self-destruction, was innnitely
preferable to such degradation.
would eat again-already my sto6A
ach cried for more food so long ~
gone hungry-then walk to the
waterfront and rid society Of one OF :
its unfit.
Continued in Our Next Isstel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
SAFETY
CONGRESS CITES
TOLL MINERS PAY
Nearly 1000 Lives Lost
Since First of Year,
He Says,
BIZ Times SpeciaL

By Times Special
PRINCETON, Ind, June 2S.-No
other coal producing country in the
world has as high a death and in
jury rate among coal miners as the
United States, according to John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, who
spoke here today at the annual first
aid meeting for Indiana, under
auspices of the Joseph A. Holmes
Association. Lewis urged greater
interest by the Government in pro-
tecting miners against accidents.
Mine workers pay a terrible toll
in life and limb in service for
society" Lewis said. "A recent re-
port of the United States Bureau of
Mines reveals a total of 993 lives
lost the first four months in 1924
In April alone an average of nine
men were killed every working day,
making total of 234 men killed
during the mi nth. This record is
appalling.
THE fatality rate for April was
6.44 deaths for every million tons
produced. The death rate for the
four-months period was 500 per mil
lion tons. This represents a marked
increase over the same period in
1923, which was 4.0S per million
tons. Five major explosions oc-
CURED during this period.
These facts reveal a most
startling condition of affairs within
the mining industry and indicate
the necessity for a more intensive
campaign of mine safety educational
work. No civilized country in the
world has such a high death and
injury rate among its miners. This
great number of fatalities has oc-
CURED despite the fact the industry
was operating at substantially less
than half time.
Congress should. promptly in
crease its appropriations in order
that the Bureau of Mines may ex-
tend its scientific researches and en-
large the scope of it's mine safety
work.
state Legislatures. should hasten
the enactment of additional laws de-
signed to protect more adequately
human life even though the cost of
production be increased by such
safeguards"
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

[T HE man unquestionably was
not a gentleman. His clothing
III was too garish, his jewelry
too blatant. His speech, too, was
coarse and sloven, and he used
phrases that betokened an I'M
familiarity with polite speech. His
apartment, moreover, was fur
nished badly. The pictures on the
walls clashed violently with the fur
nishings. l would have set him
down Immediately as a parvenu, pos
sibly one of the recent species, of
profiteers, but for a furtiveness of
manner. Moreover, I had first. seen
him in a pawnshop.
Why had he followed me? What
was he? Well, I could wait for the
answer. And SO, forcing myself to
be slow, to chew each morsel care
fully. I waited for him to direct the
conversation, for 1 said practically
nothing. He delivered a monologue,
based for the most part on places he
had visited, events, mostly of a sport
ing nature, which he had witnessed.
I began to think that he was proba-
bly, a gambler, perhaps a follower of
the race-track.
Then, having decided that 1 had
eaten all that it was well for me to
take at this time, followed his ex-
ample and walked with him into the
next room.
Smoker" he asked
Perhaps 1 had suffered almost as
much through the abstinence from
tobacco as through the lack of food.
Certainly his question aroused men,
cries of sufferiugs that had seemed
unbearable. With the first dizzying
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"W no said l amt millionaire
ne demanded.
II beg your pardon" said I, mar,
veiing at the queer vanity of him.
Its all right" ne said. Il sup
rose, having seen me talking to
Weinberg you thought l was
busted"
II didn't think anything about
it, 1 replied.
He laughed in a peculiarly harsh,
joyless tone. II guess you We're be
yondy thinking about anything. l
tocksa look at you, and say to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
MASONIC BODIES PICNIC
Meet at Pratfer Temple for Trip to
Northern Beach.

Masonic bodies meeting in Prather
Masonic Temple. Forty-Second st.
and College Ave. neld picnic this
afternoon at Northern Beach this
afternoon.
Leaving the Temple at 1870 m.
the picnickers headed by band and
a troop of entertainers planned to
go to the Beach in a body.
Prizes were offered for athletic
events and stunts.
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seemed to be no help but to be opea
ated upon, and Of course that wou&
cost us a great deal. My husba 8
heard about Lydia E. PinkhapS
Vegetable Compound at the factds
and one night he stopped at the drug
store and bought me bottle OF ita
I had begun to think there was nj
help for me, but I took three bottles
of it and now feel like myself ono
more. The price for three bottle&
wasn't so much. I cannot prai
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coz
pound enough. Mrs. Dora Osborn
490 Sherman Ave, South Bend, II
Women troubled with female wed
ness should give Lydia E. PinkhanI
Vegetable Compound a fair trial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
ORPHAN BOYS FAVORED
Meridian Heights Women Raise
Fund for Camp Trip.

More than $40 was raised by
group of Meridian Heights women,
Of which Mrs. G. G. Greer is chair
man, to send Boy Scout Troop 81 of
Indianapolis Orphans Home to
summer camp. The Rotary Club
will assist in raising funds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
Printing Plant to Be Enlarged

The Cornelius Realty Company
was incorporated Friday to enlarge
the building of the Cornelius Print
ing Company, Washington and Ia
coma SITS, publishers of the Amer
lean Legion Weekly. Capital is
$50, 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
Medical Exams July $40

Sixty-three Indiana University
medical students have applied for
the State medical examination July
$40. A total of eighty will take the
EXAMINATION. Four will tale the
sophoS pre- examination. -
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down pains. / was
so sore l could
hardly drag my
self around and
not able to
do a bit Of house.
work. My hus-
band worked all
day in the shop
then came
home and helped
me at night. i
had female veal
noSa anI %hol
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HAD TO LET
HOUSEWORK 60
So Ill Husband had todothe Work.
Completely Restored to Health
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
IllIIIIUIIIIIII.IIIIIIIIIl

81 was all rundown, tired out, and
had pains in my back and bearing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
HOOSie1 Briefs

EV7 ASHINGTON has three
Nv candidates for the hard
IL est workingman in town"
Lok ChUey, laundryman, tolls
fourteen hours a day. City At
torney John Spencer gets up at
5 to work in his bakery and then
works until six in the evening
in his law office. Homer Nc
Cafferty, proprietor of the Man
haitian cafe, reports at 11:30 in
the morning and works straight
through to the next morning.
Judge Robert H. Murray, Marion,
granted a divorce to Hannah Relfe,
St, and restored her maiden name.
L. Link, president of the Rush
County National Bank at Rushville
is the oldest voluntary crop re
porter in the United States, &C.
cording to THE Official Record
published by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
20 FIR. SHORT talked short
wi to Mrs. Short, did he
LII not" Attorney Claude
C. Ball asked the mother of Mrs.
Short in her divorce suit at
Muncie.
Lightning entered the window of
the home of Emmanuel Ruch, Elk
hart, wrecking everything in its
path but did not injure a single
member Of the family who were all
in the house.
Indiana's gas supply hasn't all
been used up in the big political
conventions. w. H. Miers, farmer
near Bloomington, has struck one of
the best gas wells in the history of
the section.
n 1HARPSVILLE'S hopes for
ID a high school gymnasium
IL and a community gathering
place went glimmering when the
State board of tax commissioners
at Indianapolis turned down the
request of Trustee o. P. Nash for
1900.
Albery Morrell, Clayton, has pre-
sented 500 volumes of Shakespeare
to Franklin College library.
Mrs. Anna Christner, long past the
aapper age, has gone the bobbed hair
one better, and goes bare
foot at Silver Lake. BEST cure in
the world for everything" she says.
Raymond Drake. II. adopted son
of William Drake, near West Terre
Haute, was smothered to death in
a slack pile of coal at the foot of
his foster fathers mine, on which he
had been playing.
Decatur police chief. Joe Reynolds.
didn't say anything as long as boys
just shot birds. When shots went
wild and broke windows he warned
the parents of the youths.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEtTIN HERE TO-DAY
John Ainsley, man of education
and breeding, whose war wounds
left him unfit for manual labor. re-
turns hungry to his shabby lodging
house. To pay his landlady the
weeks rent for his room-one dollar
he is compelled to pawn an ivory
miniature of his mother AT the
pawrshop he is puzzled at the sight of
csperous-looking. fur-collared
man dicltering with the broker.
After leaving the shop, Ainsley
hurrlcs to a little restaurant to get
food. He is stopped in the entrance
by the fur-collared individual. is
taken to the mans home and is re-
vived with hot soup. AS ne eats,
Alnsley tries to take stock of his
host and his surroundings.
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inhalation of the cigarette he gave
me, 1 felt my own man once more.
1 had been the sport of circum-
stance, bit of flotsam on the city's
tide. Suddenly I felt master of my
own destiny.
Drink? Cocktail? Highball? Cham.
pagne?" he asked.
I shook my head. Never touch
it," said. And thought in these
days no one but millionaires had
such a variety"
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1TIR. SHORT talked short
MI to Mrs. Short, did he
III not" Attorney Claude
c. Ball asked the mother of Mrs.
Short in her divorce suit at
Muncie.
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Indiana's gas supply hasn't all
been used up in the big political
conventions. w. H. Miers, farmer,
near Bloomington, has struck one of
the best gas wells in the history of
the section.
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Lightning entered the window of
the home of Emmanuel Ruch, Elk
hart, wrecking everything in its
path but did not injure a single
member Of the family who were all
in the house.
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Decatur police chief. Joe Reynolds.
didn't say anything as long as boys
just shot birds. When shots went
wild and broke windows he warned
the parents of the youths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
Troubled With Eczema For Years Cuticura Healed

II had a very severe case of ec- xema. It atarted in aimnlea that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
BAPTIST WOMEN
 SELECT EUFAULA
Officers Reelected At COnven
 ton In Opelika

OPELIKA, Ala, Nov. 21.-(Spe- cial. 1.-The thirty first annual conven- ton of the Alabama Baptist Woman's Missionary union came to close yes terday, after a most successful session, Eufaula was selected as the next meet ing place and practically all of the same officers were reelected for the ensuing year.
 The work of the morning session was devoted 10 the hearing of reports; first on hospitals, the one at Birmingham, and the Baptist hospital at Selma, with brief discussions.
 At the II o'clock hour, the body was addressed on the 1925 program of Southern Baptists by Miss Kathleen Mallory of Birmingham.
 Mrs. w. H. Sanford of Montgomery was reelected as president for the en- suing year. The other officers selected are as follows: Vice president, Mrs. T. W. Hannon, Montgomery. District vice presidents. northern, Mrs. w. H. Simpson, Albany; northeastern, Mrs. 0. NJ. Reynolds, Anniston eastern, Mrs. Grady Broadhead, Clanton; western, Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald, Birmingham 1; southeastern, Mrs. L. l.. Conner, Enter prise; southwestern, Mrs. I. J. Nestle, Pine Hill; corresponding secretary treasurer, Mrs. Ida Stallworth, Mont gomery; recording secretary, Mrs. John Altsheler, Montgomery assistant re- cording secretary, Mrs. W. B. Ott, Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
F BUCKS KILLED IN BELLAMY HUNT
Over 200 Persons Attend Chase As AllisOn's
 Guests
(State Capital Bureau.)

BELLAMY, Ala, Nov. 21.-Twelve bucks had been brought to camp at the close of the first day of the an- nual deer hunt in the game preserve of E. F. Allison which began Friday morning and will continue through Sat urday. More than 200 persons, rep resenting citizens in all walks of life in Alabama and adjoining states rested in homes in Sumter county tonight pre- paratory to the second days drive against wild deer. The hunt is the largest held by Mir. Allison since it was started as an annual event ten years ago. However, the result of the first day was not as favorable as that of other years due to the excessive dry weather which prevented any efficient work of the deer hounds. Last year more than 15 were killed the first day and the preceding year the bag total went above 25.
 J. c. Greenwood and J. G. Horn of Bellamy killed the finest specimens brought to the camp. Woodsmen said MT. Greenwood's buck was 15 years old
 Following the hunt MT. Allison en- tertained his guests at his annual bar becue at Buckhorn camp. John A. Rogers, chairman of the state highway commission, was toastmaster. Addresses were delivered by MT. Rogers, R. B Evins of Birmingham; Ed Cottrell of Birmingham, Chief State Game Warden Cliff Williams of Meridian, Miss; w. B. Folmar of Troy, Judge J. J. May field of Montgomery, Percy Coleman of Demopolis and Mir. Allison.
 A move to make B. F. Allison of Bellamy, governor of Alabama, was punctured by MT. Allison at his annual hunt Friday when he annonced that he would not under any circumstances be a candidate.
 Mir. Allison's statement was made after Percy Coleman of Demopolis, in an address, had urged him to run. MT. Allison said he believed he could serve the state better in other ways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
RAIL CONDUCTOR DENIES KIDNAPPING OF. GADSDEN MAN
Hopwood Case Expected To Reach Jury By
 Noon Saturday
(GadSien Bureau.)

GADSDEN, Ala, Nov. 21.-Argu- ments by attorneys will begin Satur- day in the case of John Hopwood, N. c. and St., l.. railroad conductor, on trial on the charge of Kidnapping J: Nadler in connection with the visit of a band of hooded men to the Nadler home last June. It is expected the jury will get the case by Saturday noon. Hopwood went on the stand Friday afternoon and denied that he was a member of the band, declaring he was at his home at Guntersville at the time of the alleged outrage.
 He refused to try on the hat picked up in front of the Nader home where the latter struggled against his captors and which is said to bear Hopwood' s name. Damaging testimony against the defendant was given by Sheriff Leath who said Hopwood came to him shortly before the Kidnapping and asked him, "how about few of the boys taking Nadler out and giving him scare" Police Chief Littlefield testified to a similar conversation with the defend ant. Much of Friday afternoon was taken up by character witnesses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
She'll Shocked War Veteran
 Sentenced To Hang Nou. 28
Officers Of Rainbow Division To Seek Commu-
 tation For Slayer Of Two

Major McEwen, in his appeal for Bailey, declared that the second murder which he committed was one which it should never have been possible for him to commit. He called attention to the fact that after Bailey had killed one prisoner, and received life sentence, he was turned loose" among convicts again without examination being made as to his mental condition. Major Nc Ewen stated that hospital records at the veterans bureau at Birmingham showed that Bailey suffered from shell concussion overseas, and that he would furnish the pardon board with a copy of the mans hospital record.
 When Bailey enlisted in the Second Alabama infantry, he was an escape from a Tennessee reform school, Major McEwen stated. After serving on the border with tho Second Alabama, he was transferred to the One Hundred and Sixty seventh infantry and served under Captain Thompson in France. Captain Thompson told the pardon board that Bailey had "a brilliant com bat record second to none." He voiced the sentiment that it would be a blot on the state of Alabama for Bailey to be executed. Emphasis was laid by those supporting the petition for Bailey on his mental condition, he being de- scribed as having only the mentality of a child.
 The petition was taken under ad- visement by the pardon board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
SHEFFIELD RULES |CITY INSPECTION OF MILK, MEAT
Only Slaughter House Products Can Be Sold
 In Future
Muscle Shoals Bureau.)

SHEFFIELD, Ala, Nov. 21.-The movement for meat and milk inspection in Sheffield came to a successful close today when the city commission adopted an ordinance providing for inspection of meat products and milk offered for sale in the city and governing the pre- paration and distribution of these prod ucts within the police jurisdiction.
 The ordinance gave authority to the health officer to appoint a meat and milk inspector and whatever assistance he may deemed necessary to carry on the work. The city commission also agreed that a slaughter house of modern type should be.> DTovided for the kill ing and storing OF meat and should be operated in accordance with the rules of the inspector and that no meats can be sold within its jurisdiction other than those killed in the slaughter house conforming with the rules as laid down by the city fathers.
 This is regarded as one of the most progressive moves so far made by the new city commission, and is the term ination of a movement which has ex- tended over a long period to give the citizens of Sheffield this much needed health protection.