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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
OLD GLORY IS RESCUED
High Diver Removes Stranded Flag
From Pole.

After efforts Of the fire departments
s5-foot aerial ladder to untangle the
flag above the National American Lee
gion headquarters proved ineffective,
the banner was removed today by r.
w. Wolf, 1880 w. Washington ST. a
professional high diver. He is known
In fair and carnival circles as Dare
Devil Bob Wanamaker."
Two new iron poles will replace the
present wooden one, one for the ma.
tlonal emblem and one for the Lee
gion's flag. Wolf climbed eighty-f1ve
feet above the street to remove the
flag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
From
Far and Near

Senator Din. Washington, intro
duced resolution in Senate calling for
available information concerning oil
leases in nine nations.
Great public protest arose today in
Massachusetts against lnocculatlon of
school pupils with nti.diphtherla tox-
in, following illness Of fifty students
due to frozen serum.
Mickey Arnstein, wanted for alleged
wire tapping swindle and in connection
with SIS, 900. 900 bond theft. was arrest
cd in New York today after row with
policeman over parking rules.
Adolph De La Huerta. Mexican rebel
leader is planning to make a last stand
in Xucatan, following evacuation of
Vera Cruz,
Mss Esther Everett Lake, secretary
Of Box committee, will publish q book
containing fifteen best plans submitted
for s10O.o 900 prize.
Joseph c. Grew. United States min
lister to Switzerland, has notified
League Of Nations disarmament COM
mittee he cannot, promise United
States Will ratify international war
material treaty.
Worst heat wave of summer is
sweeping Argentine Republic and
Americans fan selves to clink Of ice
in cocktails.
Moscow newspaper in dashing head
line says: America is the country
where bribery is most hourishing," in
story of Teapot Dome oil scandal.
Dropping fifteen feet to snowy pave
ment. Mrs. Louise Allen, Chicago.
eluded police who wanted her on bad
check charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
DEMANDS
EXPOSE OF BANKS
IN TEAPOT DEAL
Auto Manufacturer Expresses
Confidence In Denby'S
Integrity as Official,
By United Press

By United Press
DETROIT. Feb. s.-Exposure Of the
international banking houses" who
conceived and financed the Teapot
Dome deal, was demanded by Henry
Ford in a statement issued last night.
Ford expressed confidence in Secre-
tary Denby's integrity. and declared
he believed President Coolidge and the
Senate would give every man a full
hearing and a fair opportunity for
self-defense.
But Ford insisted, "let the investI-
CATION proceed without personal or
partisan fear or favor until all the
facts are disclosed.
TT is not enough to know who are
the immediate persons concerned.
Let Probe Go Deeper
"Let the probe go deeper until the
international banking houses who
conceived and financed the deal are
exposed. for In the last analysis they
are the sources Of corruption in which
ether men are caught"
Ford suggested the committee
might also do well to look into the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
POST HEARS ARMSTRONG
Paul Coble Legionnaires Meet, Eighty
Five Strong.

Eighty-fve members of the Paul
Coble American Legion Post No. 26
were addressed by v. NJ. Armstrong
at the Indianapolis Athletic Club
Thursday night in the matter of con
solidation Of city posts into one unit.
The Coble post is composed Of doctors
and dentists.
Armstrong pointed out that the
stronger posts, such as the Coble post,
would not be expected to consolidate
insofar as the purpose of the consoli-
dalton Is for strengthening weaker
posts in an attempt to obtain a larger
membership.
Adjusted Compensation" week,
Feb. 1917, will be observed by local
posts. Speakers may be obtained from
Armstrong a. State headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
)RD BOOM REVIVES AS OIL OBSCURES POLITICAL HORIZON
McAdoo Forces in Murderous Fury at What Is. Termed Stab
In Back-Cooidge Stands by DENLY in
Teapot Scandal,
By LAWRENCE MARTIN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The Ford for President movement
showed signs of reviving today as the smell of oil grew heavier
on the political air.
There was talk among Ford's friends Of drafting him to run,
in spite of his announced support of President Coolidge.
This was but one manifestation of several, amid the oily reek
from Teapot Dome, of the squirmings of politicians who are
nightly concerned about the pubic's reaction of the evidence
which has connected men of both parties in some degree either with
the oil scandals themselves, or with the men who are principals
in the scandals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Woman School Board Head

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. For
the first time in history of the city
a woman is serving as president of
the school board.
She is Mrs. B. B. White, prominent
in political and civic circles. In
October, 1921. she was the first woman
in Vigo County called to jury service
for q criminal trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
I'm the FUNK League

BIZ Times Special
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. s.-The
"Midwinter FUNK League" has been
awarded" another star athlete. He
is Pitcher Joe Heckle of Syracuse Uni
versity.
Heckle failed to "get over the hills
in recent xams. He probably viii
Join the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Building life Pending

Upon return of Charles E. CONN.
chairman of the Chamber of Com.
merce building committee. who is out
Of the city. a letter sent by a commit
tee of the Scottish Rite. offering to
sell their present building at 70 8.
Pennsylvania st. to the Chamber, Will
be considered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
POST GIVES INSURANCE
Hilton Z. Brown Legion Members Get
Policies Tonight.

Hilton u. Brown Post, American
Legion, is providing a $1,000 accident
insurance policy for each paid-up
member in 1924, Commander Kenneth
Jeffries announced today.
Those who have paid will be given
their policies at the SEVERN at 8 to-
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Prayer for the defeat of the Hick-
ey bill to create a second Federal
Court district in lad ana. taking
practically all of the northern part
Of the State out Of Judge A. B. An
derson's hands was offered at the
meeting of the Mary E. Balch w. c.
7. u. Thursday.
The union. meeting at the home OF
Mrs. Ebert Moore. 1882 w. Thirty
Third ST., also prayed that the nov
ments for international peace start
ed by Woodrow Wilson might go on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

possibility Of a connection between OF
interests and our attitude toward the
Mexican difficulty"
IF the investigation goes deep
enough" the manufacturer said. more
than our rights in the naval oil re-
serves will be recovered-we may also
gain a knowledge of what inspires
weakness in public Office
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Weaken Nations Defense

THE dangerous element In this mat
ter" Ford said. 'ie not alone the
greed and weakness Of individuals.
but their readiness to weaken the
country's defenses by giving up the
Nays fuel to private exploitation"
Ford's statement was prompted by
a request from friends and support
ers OF Secretary DENLY to Join them
in demanding a fair deal" for the
Cabinet official.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Wiss Esther Everett Lake, secretary
Of Box committee, will publish q book
containing fifteen best plans submitted
for 500. 900 prize.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Adolph De La Huerta. Mexican rebel
leader is planning to make a last stand
in Yucatan, following evacuation of
Vera Cruz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Worst heat wave of summer is
sweeping Argentine Republic and
Americans fan selves to clink OF ice
in cocktails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Moscow newspaper in dashing head
line says: America is the country
where bribery is most flourishing," IN
story of Teapot Dome oil scandal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Senator Din. Washington, intro
duced resolution in Senate calling for
available information concerning oil
leases in nine nations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Dropping fifteen feet to snowy pave
ment. Mrs. Louise Allen, Chicago.
eluded police who wanted her on bad
check charge.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
IRISH MUSIC FOR
 .KOOk00S' MEETING Organ Grinder Entatains for Members of NishBhirt Brethren

To the strains of two oidtims melo- dies, C wit, The Irish washwoman" and "st. Patrick's Day." the local Ku klux klan gathered, IS strong, in Q. U. A. NJ. hall in Hungerford Court last night and listened to an address on klan work and organization given by Calvin H. Johnston. whose mail address is Post Road, Darien.
 The music was not furnished by the Kan members and was not 8 sched- nled part of the meeting, but was furnished by an organ grinder just outside the hall whose arm was lirn- bered Up every time he showed signs ef weakening by silver coins from the crowd.
 Johnston. from his opening remarks Is an organizer for the klan and lsst nights meeting was for the purpose of laying definite plans for perfectins a local branch. His talk was not of the fiery type, the only signs of excite ment shown by his audience being when he ascended the platform 10 open the meeting. after all the vin- dows and shutters of the hall were carefully examined, both inside and out.
 Precautions were taken against esyesdroppers, men being stationed in the resr of the building and another attendant of the meeting coming out of the hall and walking about out side st frequent intervals.
 Tn starting his talk, Johnston said that if would be unnecessary for him to talk about the aims of the islan ss they had been gone into at the last meeting. but that the meeting was for the purpose of mapping out plans for organizing in New Britain. He was talking about the. organization and the remarkable growth of the kian in ether sections of the country w.ien the strains of the music made if impos- sibie to hear further remarks from the press gallery. which was very poorly locsted-on the outside.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
Priest Papers His House
 With Cancelled Stamps

Burbank, Cali, May 9.-Perhaps the most patiently papered house in the country Is that of the Rev A. Buc- ci, . retired priest, who has hung two rooms of his home here with 14s,242 cancelled postage stamps.
 More than 30 years were required in collecting the stamps, according to Father Bucci, and practically every nation in the world is represented in the geometrical designs of the wall borders and in the color schemes em- ployed oh walls and ceilings.
 On one of the ceiling is a design of the Stars and Stripes, with Italian stamps forming the blue field and American two-centers supplying the red-stripes. The brown staff uphold ing the banner consists of Canadian stamps, while the white stripes of the flarge are formed by the strips of bare ceiling remaining after Father Bucci completed his "paperhanging."
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
ADOPT COLOR PLAN
 FOR TRAFFIC SIGNS
All Cities Cooperating, Motor
 Vehicle Department Reports

Hartford. May s.-The state motor vehicle department is giving circula- ton to small, printed notices, issued by the State Police association, notify ing motor vehicle operators that the following colors for traffic signs have been adopted by the police depart ments in all the cities Of Connecticut:
 No parking signs-Yellow back ground with black letters.
 Restricted parking signs - Red background with white letters.
 One-way street signs-Green back ground with yellow letters.
 Through traffic route signs-Yellow background with black letters and ar- row with the route number.
 The following traffic rules also have been made uniform for all cities of the state:
 Where a traffic officer is stationed at a street intersection all vehicles wishing to turn to the left at that point must pass in front of the off cer.
 When traffic officer sets the sign against traffic, that traffic shall not start until the officer gives 1t the sign to go."
 It is believed that the lessening of confusion made possible by this uni- formity will help to reduce the &C., cident rate, which has scared higher for the first four months of 1924 than for the corresponding period of any year since the department was es- tablished. Other states report pro- portionate increases. Accidents caus-
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
DR. BUTLER COMES
 OUT FOR THE VETS
AToEedly for And-Dry Plank in
 (. 0.P. Platform

New York, May s.-Declaring that tho republican party will lose Ii inn portant states In the coming presi- dental election if 1t does not make a declaration on the wet and dry ques- ton. pr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, has como out squarely for the adoption of an anti prohibition plank in the G. O. P. 1924 platform.
 The only way to get back to sound constitutional government is to root out the chief causes of the existing lawlessness," pr. Butler said. This can be accomplished only by a decla- ration of prohibition in the national platform"
 The university head declared that the republicans stood in danger of losing Massachusetts. Connecticut, New Hampshire. Rhode Island. New York. Pennsylvania, NeY Jersey. Delaware, Wisconsin, Indiana and Montana if the issue were ignored. Dr. Butler, who Is . delegate to the 'Sfepttea adti0adi COhtcuttUu Cleveland next month, launched a vigorous attack upon the volstead act, the eighteenth amendment and prohibition before . meeting of Mis- souri society members in New York 10 days ago. His speech caused a storm of comment nationwide, in which adherents of both sides took active part. In more than 10000 let ters and 5000 telegrams, Dr. Butler said. the proportion of those com- mending his utterances as against those opposing them was In the pro- portion of 200 to 1.
 Tho university prsadent said he had received word from governors of states and republican party leaders throughout the country assuring him of their support and of their belief that the c. o. P. must take ooKni- sance of the situation, adding:
 They have called my attention to the danger to the party if 1t falls to satisfy public opinion or if 1t allows itself to bs allied even in appearance with the activities of the Anti Saloon league"
 pr. Butler said he had made his speech as . duty as . private citi- zen and not as . party leader" and added:
 T did N because was convinced that the 18th amendment and the Volstead act had set the saloons free from such regulation as had previous " existed and had multiplied the plaess where liquor may bs had while driving them ont of sight.s
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

The difficulty of getting iron dur ing the war compelled Japan to in- crease its foundrfes from 20 to 250.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

wild animal in the United States and Canada.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
SNAKES SOLD BY THE FOOT
 TO EUROPEAN MENAGERIES
Reptiles are Creapest Things on Zoo Price List and Are Priced Ac-
 cording to Length.

Berlin, May s.-Mary, the largest and most popular pet at the Berlin zoo, who died some weeks ago from eating too many peanuts, may not be replaced for some time, the park management has decided, because of the costsinyolyed.
 Inquiries made of animal trainers since Mary passed away has revealed that an elephant today is worth from $1,So0 to $5,00o, according to age, sex, size and health, and the manager has closed up Mary's old home and posted a sign on the front gate reading: "Untenanted. Elephant house may be used as an aviary in the summer"
 A perfectly good hippopotamus in the European market today is worth between s3,0o0 and 5000 Indian rhinoceros may be had for approxi- mately sS,0oo. fob. at the animal farm. All wild animal buyers take into careful consideration the ques- tion of freight rates, because of the weight and investment involved.
 A splendid tiger may be bought these days for $1,ooO to $1.5o0, according to the supply and demand, while lions. fresh from the South African jungles, may be had singly or by the dozen for from $550 to $soO each, according to size, disposition and appetite. Wildcats are cheaper, but the wilder they are the more they cost. Snakes are the cheapest things on the zoo price list, and are sold generally by the running foot. for the little fellows. and by the yard for the big ones. ,ae,.,...
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
TO BE BUSY WEEK
Two Conventions At New London
 During Time of Regatta

New London, May s.-with two conventions. the annual aYis-Hsrvsrd regatta, and the annual yacht races under the auspices of the Eastern Yacht club. the week of June IS promises to be one of the busiest of the summer season to which this city is looking forward. The Harvard clsss Of 1904 convenes st the Gris- void hotel on the 18th, i7th and 18th and on June 1Tth, 18th snd 1sth the Connecticut ststs phsr- nscsuticsl association holds It's sn- nusl convention st the Eastern Point hostelry.
 The Tsls-Hsryzrd races eorns on the afternoon of the 10th and on the morning Of the sfst the annual New London-to-Msrblehesd yacht races riIl ret under vsy. Tn the afternoon the Fev London te Bermud. classic r1I stsrt- On the fourth leg of the cruise, the yachts entered in the New Dondon-MsrbIehead rscs, together with those craft inst follow tbs yachts will return tc this city July ii to remain for several days.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

ed the deaths of more people in the United States and Canada in the last year than typhoid fever, measles. diphtheria, dysentery and whooping cough combined, according to a state- ment just issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Go. Automobile fatali. ties led all other causes in the roll of death. There has been an increase of more than 50 per cent in deaths from this cause in the last five years.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
UNIVERSITY TRIES NEW
 METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
Students Seeking A Bachelor Degree To Be Experimentcd On As
 An Honor Group.

Los Angeles, May "A radical de- parture from existing methods of university instruction will be tried out on a number of selected students, to be known as the "honor group" it is announced by Dr. R. B. Won Klein Smid, president of the University of Southern California. The "honor group" must have at least junior standing toward a bachelors degree, must have a good record of scholar ship in all studies and the endorse ment of the faculty.
 The object of the experiment is the encouragement of origiality and ini- titative.
 "The students in this group" ex- plained Dr. von Klein-Smid, "are to be given as large a measure of free dom as possible. Instead of compul- sorry attendance, they may be free to complete their work in many ways. They may be relieved largely from
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
Psychic Frauds Under the
 German Authorities Ban

Berlin, May 9.-The German Min- istry of Public Welfare has ordered state and municipal authorities, ea- pecialy physicians in public service. to give special attention to all adver- tisements of demonstrations of hypno- sis. magnetism and suggestion. and to report them promptly to the police who have been instructed to prohibit exhibitions and lectures of a doubtful character.
 The writ says much damage has re- gently been done by questionable demonstrations of this nature. and that the government has decided to end them.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

the ordinary obligation of attendance and examination. and may use what ever means seems most likely to assist them in the field of study"
 The president pointed ont that trained Individuality, originality and initiative wereamong the greatest as- sets of the modern world.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
Cherry Blossom Season
 In Japan to Be Failure

Tokio, May s--Cherry blossom time in Tokio. with reputation as one of the most beautiful sights in the world will be comparatively drab season this year. The great fire of last Sep tember is the reason.
 Before the disaster there were about 90.000 cherry trees in Tokio. Fully third of these were destroyed in the fire and many more were so badly damaged that it will be years before their former glory returns. The central and eastern wards Of the city, the once famous cherry districts, will be dreary this spring.
 Tokio's cherry season comes the latter part of April.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
NORWAY LEADS WHALING

Christiania, May s.-Norway is now the leading country in the world as regards the whaling trade. with 80 companies employing 1000 workers. According to the latest report the whaling industry during the past sea- son yielded products valued at 3oo,- 000,0 crowns.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
REMARKABLE MIRAGEs

Tokio. May s.-Two remarkable mirases are reported from the north western coast of Japan. A mirrored picture of a mountain appeared re- gently at q village in Toyama prefec- ture. and at practically the same hour q mirage of an avenue of pines was visible from . nearby village.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

More than 15o,ooo miles of motion picture films are produced in the United States every year.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-09

This county bss 1s national parks vith . total sres of 11.sTz square fnllss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
KraSsin Makes Them Mad

Leonid Krassin, Soviet ambassador to France, has
a habit of getting under the skins of bourgeois
editors and one of the most susceptible to his tricks
is our blatant and vulgar contemporary, the Chi
cago Tribune
The Communist diplomat declared in inter
view to French journalists that the Soviet govern
ment would not undertake to pay to the big CAPT
talists of France the money loaned by them to the
car and which was used to crush the Russian
workers and peasants and keep them in slavery.
In fact a goodly portion of the money ex-
pended specifically in drowning in a sea of blood
the revolution of 1905.
Krassin said however, that the Soviet govern
ment is willing to consider payment of loans made
to Russia by small investors.
To the Chicago Tribune this is most outrageous
breach of the ethics of diplomacy. Here is a Rus
sian ambassador actually trying to widen the gulf
between the French people who invested small
sums in Russian loans during the czarist regime
and the big plutes who invested millions In addi-
ton, is it not a reputation of national debts?
asks the indignant Trib
When a capitalist paper grows frantic ever Rus
sias refusal to pay blood money to the bloated
robbers who participated in the murder of the
Russian workers by proxy it is treading on thin
ice. France, the country where Krassin is playing
his anticapitalist pranks has practically refused
to pay the United States several billions OF dollars,
yet there is no question raised to the right of
France to be considered member Of the family of
nations.
What angers the Tribune is not Soviet Russia's
refusal to recognize the cars debts but the per-
sistence with which the workers government holds
true to the principles which it is based its
championing of the oppressed of all lands and its
utter hostility to the capitalist bloodsuckers.
Soviet Russia stands like beacon light to the
subject classes Of the world, guiding them on the
road to their emancipation. Between Soviet Rus
sia the symbol of proletarian rule and the robber
capitalist nations there at best be only truce
between battles.
That is why Krassin makes the Trib editorial
writer's bile travel in the direction of his brain