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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
FOOD PRICES IN
CITY UNCHANGED
Federal Bureau Gives An
nuaI Report,
BIZ Inited Preas


WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
Retail food prices in Indianapolis
remained unchanged during the
month of Oct. IS to Nov. Is, bureau
of labor statistics reported today
Forty seven cities showed increases
from 1 to per cent Two cities,
Cleveland, Ohio and Los Angeles,
Cal, showed small decreases, and
Portland, Ore. like Indianapolis
registered no change. Indianapolis
was one of fifty-one cities which
showed decreases in food costs for
the year ending Nov Is Though the
Indianapolis decrease was less than
five tenths OF 1 per cent, number
of cities including Cincinnati, Pitts
bugh, Boston and Seattle showed de-
creases Of 8 per cent and over. In
twenty-five cities the Nov. Is prices
were higher than one year ago, the
increase of 5 per cent for Houston,
Tex, topping the list. Most Of the
other cities showing increases ars
In the South as compared with costs
in 1928.
The Nov. IS prices IN Indianapolis
showed an increase Of A per cent.
In other cities the scale Of this
eleven-year period ran from 50 per
cent for Washington to 81 per cent
for Salt Lake City. Average for the
whole country was approximately
43 per cent, just under the Indian
apolis figure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
SWANSON TO BE
SEN AT THE OHIO

The Wages Of Virtue featuring
Gloria swanson. VIII be the at
traction AT the Ohio Christmas week.
The bill also includes a Hal Roach
comedy Hot Heels. a Pathe News
weekly and music by Lester HUFF at
the organ. and by the Charlie Davis
orchestra with Cy Milders, soloist.
Swanson's chief support is from
Ben Lyon. who was released by
Associated First National Pictures
Inc. for this production. Others in
the cast are: Norman Trevor. Ivan
Linow. Armand Cortez. Adrienne
d'Ambricourt. Paul Panzer and Joe
Moore.
The story Of The Wages OF
Virtue" has TO do with Carmelita. "a
young Italian girl. who falls in love
with Luigi. a strong man In a
travelling side-show. who has saved
her life. When Luigi kills a man in
a jealous fit he enlists In the Foreign
Legion to escape justice. Believing
that Luigi murdered to save her,
Carme!ta follows him TO Alglers,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
INDIANA FARMERS
REALIZE PROFITS
ON SMALL GRAINS
Three Million Bu8heI In
crease in Wheat Crop
Reported,

Indiana farmers realized more on
small grains this year than In 1873,
according, to Sears -Roebuck agricuI-
tural foundation, which reports that
the national increase in grain values
amount to $3.50, 100000. oats alone
were responsible for a gain Of $l3,-
600 900. while wheat brought farm
ers Of this State an added $4,000 600
last year, the report states. This
compensates in a measure for the
$33, 500. 900 corn loss suffered by In
diana farmers this year.
The 5000. 0O0-bushel increase in
Indiana wheat crop this year
brought the value up to $4,000 600
as compared with 100000 600 OF 1928.
The oat crop Of this State this year
is up to IS. 500 600 bushels as com.
pared TO 48,500, 900 the year before
with the result that farmers will
have taken in $30000,000 on this
crop as compared with SIT 900, 600
the year before.
The WELD per acre on corn in In
diana, the report states. dropped to
twenty three ushels per acre as re-
suit Of unfavorable weather. The
wet days on tho other hand. We're q
great help to the wheat and oats
production, the former rising TO 17.9
bushels per acre as compared with
1915 the year before. and the latter
to $40 from Is IN 1928. The profit
per bushcl OF wheat this year was
eight cents where Q loss Of twenty
five cents q bushei was taken last
year and a two cent profit in oats
for the twenty.four.cent loss Of the
preceding year.
The increased yield per acre Of
small grain and the increased price
per bushel on all grains had aided
materially in restoring the farmer to
a better financial basis, report CON
cludes The higher grain prices have
resulted In higher live stock prices
and this has brought new vitality
TO agriculture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
STATE ABANDONS
4,864SEPARATE
ROOM SCHOOLS
Consolidated Buildings Are
Fast Taking Their
Place.

During the past twenty-five years
1853 one-room schools have been
abandoned In Indiana and the pupils
placed in consolidated school build
ings. recent reports Of the State
department Of public instruction
show. This number represents 1851
per cent Of the total schools Of In
diana for the twenty-five pc
Rod.
The report on the growth IN con
solicitation as prepared by the State
department shows that during the
past year 357 one-room schools We're
abandoned and eight re-opened.
making a total decrease Of 348 for
the year.
IN 1900 there were 1921 schools IN
Indiana Of the one-room type. In
1928 there were 3.452 buildings of
such type.
Randolph County ranks first in the
per cent OF consolidation. with S9.11
per cent OF abandoned schools in
1924. Out OF 8 total OF 113 schools,
Randolph County now has only one
single-room school. having consou-
dated three during the past year.
Wabash County ranks second,
with 97.35 per cent. This county has
three out Of lie schools that are
still OF the one-rOoIn variety.
Wayne county IS third in the list.
having three single-room schools out
OF a possible sixty-eight. making a
percent OF $3.50.
Other counties which hank high
are: Marion. 1924; Montgomery.
1892; Tippecanoe. $3.50: Miami,
90 so; Hancock. 1885; Benton, 1919
and Carroll. $3.50.
Wayne county led the state in
1928, but the reopening OF one Of
the abandoned schools caused this
county 10 drop from first to third
rank.
Dubois county has the largest per
cent Of One-Toom schools. being only
s.14 percent consolidated. Martin.
Perry and Orange counties also have
a very large percentage of one
room schools.
Lawrence county led the state IN
the number of one-room schools
consolidated during the school year,
1e23-24. In this county. twenty one
room schools were abandoned. Allen
county ranked second with thirteen
abandonments and Harrison third
with twelve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
HOXIE TO GIVE
THRILLS AT ISIS

THE Western Wallop." to he
shown at the Isis the first half OF
next week. is another Jack Iloxie
melodrama containing everything in
the line Of action and thrills that
Hoxie'q name implies In The cast
are Margaret Lands. Gordon Rus
sell. Charles Bnniey Duke Lee. Jo-
eeph Glrard and others. Subsidiary
films viii be Grantland Rice Sport.
light. Grid Iron" and q Universal
comedy entitled Horse Play"
Edmund Lowe is elevated 20 star
dom iu Honor Among Men" which
viii bee the Offering Thursday and
the rest OF the week. The picture Is
based on the late Richard Harding
Davis story, The Kings Jackal."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
LEGION POST ELECTS
Raymond Order Chosen Commander
for 1925.

RAYMOND Grider Will head Indian
apolis Post. American Legion. dur
Ing the coming year. lie was elect
cd at meeting at the SEVERN
Thursday night. Other officers. Eu-
gene Barnhill. senior vice comman-
der Malcolm Lucas. alnior vice com
mauder: Clarence r. Martin. ad1u-
tant. John a. Royse. finance officer,
the Rev. Charles Gibbons. chaplain
Mabel West. historian; George Gill
service officer; John George, ser
gcaut-at-arms, John Murray and \.
H. Swain. executive committeeben.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
MOTHER SEEKS ESTATE
Fights for Children's Share of $780,.
100000 Gould Fortune.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Mrs. viz.
erna Sinclair Gould wept on the
witness stand Friday as she declared
George J. Gould was father of her
three children, born before her mar
riage to the late financier.
Tearfully. she admitted that two
OF the children, George and GUM
erva, were born in 1915 and 1916,
before the death Of Mrs. Edith King
don Gould. George Gould's first wife.
The three children were named
beneffciaries in George Goulds will
and their rights in connection with
an accounting of the $50 600 900 es-
tate of Jay Gould, their grandfather,
are in question.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20

gum with his soap. he hit upon
the idea OF selling gum alone.
Then he decided to begin making
his own.
From the start, he was a firm
believer in advertising. In 1902
he dumped his accumulated profits
Of 100000 into an advertising
campaign in New YOrk-and lost
every cent.
Next time he called ON Gotham
he threw out $250.000 Profits
commenced rolling in right away.
Since then he has spent close TO
S50,000.000 advertising his gum in
q score OF languages.
He owns q baseball team-the
Chicago Cubs. He owns Catalina
Island, an amusement resort. of
southern California He IS a d.
rector Of banks. corporations and
railroads galore.
lie always keeps a box OF gum
on his desk. lie chews It con
tinually.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20

where she becomes the proprietress
Of a. cafe in a garrison town.
Carnelita refuses to believe that
Luigi IS untrue to her until She
meets Marvin a young American re-
cruit. Tie falls i'm love with her and
incurs the hatred Of Luigi who has
him jailed. Caunelita brides the
jaiier and Marvin IS released
Luigi decides 20 fight the boy. nut
Boule veteran Of the regiment
prevents it, Carmelita sees Luigi s.
treaChery and realizes that she loves
Marvin. When Luigi hears Of il he
approaches Marvin and they engage
in "a scuffle ia which Luigi is stabbed
IN The back. Marvin and Carrnel!ta
flee into the desert
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
ANNUAL BOYS DINNER
Street Newsies and Messengers to Be
Feted Tuesday Evening.

Annual dinner for street newsboys
and telegraph messengers will be
given by J. J. Appel, vice president
OF Gregory and Appel, realtors.
Tuesday at p. m, at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Governor Elect Ed Jackson, Mayor
Shank. James VI. Ogden, president Of
the y" circulation managers OF the
three Indianapolis papers, and the
managers of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies will be
guests. Many entertaining features
are planned.
Y. VI. c. A. officials estimate the
total attendance Of these boys at the
~ this year has exceeded 10000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
PHONES REALLY SHOT
Company BIames Air Gun of Dead
Eye Dick, Jr.

.)ead-Eye Dick. 10. or thereabouts.
trains his trusty air rife on a
sparrow enjoying summer sunshine
ON a telephone cable. The BB shot
embeds itself in the cable Just below
the sparrow. Along comes winter
and your telephone goes out of com
mission.
Air gunnery by youngsters Is re
sponslble for a lot of the telephone
trouble OF the past two days. In
diana Bell Telephone Company Of
nciaIs said today The shots make
small holes in the cables. then heavy
rains and freezing weather come
along and out go the telephones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Salesman Dies in Crash

PALMYRA. \. Y. Dec 20-John
Fabian. representative IN this sec
tion Of a Minneapolis Implement
factory. was almost instantly killed
Friday night when the automobile
he was driving was struck by an
castbound repair car of the
Rochester & Syracuse Railroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20

He was expelled from school SO
often that by the time he was il
his folks finally quit trying 10
mollify his teachers.
That year he ran away to New
York. There he sold papers.
Then he went out on the road
as salesman for his father. In 1891
he came to Chicago. Business was
dull. 50 to stimulate his soap
sales, he began offering premiums
with each order.
While giving away chewing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
REVIVAL IS CONTINUED
Cadle Tabernacle EvangeIists to Stay
to Dec. 30.

Evangelistic services at CadIe
tabernacle held by F. +. and 3. B.
Bosworth. will be continued until
Dec %, according to announcement
today.
The Bosworth brothers will open
services at St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan.
II
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
EXTRA CAR SERVICE
Street Railway Accommodates Christ
mas Shoppers,

Extra street car service for Christ
mas shoppers was provided today by
the indianapolis Street Railway
Company. Rush hour schedules
were In effect all day. Same service
will be provided Wednesday from II
a. m. to $50 p m.
r. H. pflumm. assistant superin-
tendent, reported that cold weather
caused many persons to leave their
automobiles home. adding to the
problem Of handling the street car
load.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Drug Store Is Robbed

Burglars took $333S from the
Thomas Mullin drug store, Twenty
eighth and Illinois SITS. during the
night. Police were called by James
Baker. 2s43 Boulevard PI, a passel-
by, who saw the rear door open
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Well Licked

Please, could you change this
here stamp. Tain't no manner O.
use to no one. Fathers licked it,
mothers licked It. aunt's licked it,
we've all licked it. and t won't stay
on whow."-Columbia Jester.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20

attraction there wifi be n short
length comedy featuring our
Gang" entitled Fast Company"
Music win be provided by the Grand
Cremona. The usual news weekly
will also he shown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20

IL t0tf t1N ~ tt'f
7HICAGO, Dec. 20.-NIlham
II Wrigley Jr.'s millions have
Y not made him any happier.
Merely piling up a bank ac-
count has not given me a thrill,
declares the chewing gum maSnatea
who last year paid an income tax
of more than 100000.
IT was just as happy before I
made my first million as was
after I had IL never have
worked for money. always have
worked for the doing Of the thing.
Just plugging along for dimes
and dollars does not mean much.
Accomplishment is what counts.
Life is a battle. When You quit
fighting the kick is gone"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Ran Away

Born in Philadelphia. tho eldest
Of nine children. Wrigley grew up
as the average boy, but with more
than the average boys energy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Warning Heard Here

The warning rattle has been
heard IN Indiana for the past two
years" Dr. King says. Instead
Of decreasing, il is growing more
audible. It IS not unreasonable to
assume that following these repeated
warnings. black smallpox. the dis
ease in a more fatal and virulent
form, viii strike somewhere in the
State and it will then be our turn
TO pay the penalty for ignoring its
warning"
Twenty-Five counties in the State,
including Marion County, have re
ported mild smallpox" in the past
month. With cold weather the dis
ease Will spread. When the strike
comes It will find the people unpTe-
pared and unprotected.
Vaccination will prevent small
pox and will protect against the dis
ease. The board of health urges uni
versal vaccination with all the en-
phasis demanded by the present sit
uation in the State"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
CHRISTMASFILMS
FEATURE STARS
Continued From Page 81

Men Bashful?" the Fox news week
Is. musical advertisement by Emil
Saidel and his orchestra and organ
selections by Earl Gordon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
DDS Blood!
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
MARION, Ind, Dec. 20
Patrolman Charles Truax shot
the hero, heroine and q villain
here.
His revolver was accidently
discharged while he was adjust
ing it. The bullet plowed
through 300 pages Of a book Of
popular fiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
WARNING ISSUED
UPON SMALLPOX;
RATTLE HEARD
Vaccination Urged as Pre-
yentatiye by State Board
of Health.
BZZ u z

PzZ-z-z-Z-Zz.
Rattlesnake.
And then YOU jump about three
times your length to dodge the dead
" fangs. The rattlcsnake Is il com
parative gentleman He warns be-
fore he strikes. So says Or. VIII
liam +. King, State health commits
siOner.
But
Daily we are ignoring the rattle
Of much more deadly foe, says DR..
King.
Smallpox,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-20
Most Dreaded Disease

Smallpox" says DR.. King in the
State health boards monthly bulle-
tin, as perhaps the most loathsome
and most feared of our dangerous
communicable diseases. and ike the
rattlesnake. smallpox never strikes
without first having given warning
and an opportunity 70 escape the
menace and the terror Of the disease
Small pox has been giving warn
ing in the United States for the last
three years, DR.. King points out
In Kansas City in 1929 after a pre-
liminary warning Of about 100 cases
of so-caIled mild smallpox" the
disease finally struck. taking a toll
of more than 100 lives. Southern
Michigan lost more than 80 lives
after the warning Of mild small
pox" had been given. Minneapolis IS
paying the penalty just now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27
STAY AWAY.
BY ADRIAN JAkIRA

ooNG the october rhe Painter and Decorator the Off
-
a Away
Niagara
conditions Stay Cleveland Chicago
Fla "Say
time
Florida
acdg these the worker the unemployment stricken
either Zeppelin
"a there
home until his will
them conditions
But there another solving the
Abolish which
unemployed.
readily
Mars neither there need for him Stay
The who profits the the
made the unemployed whom they
within
OF maintaining the unemployed thus them
unemployed What needed is the will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27
In the Enemy Press
COARSE MALICE
(The ottawa Journal, canada)


disagreeable but interesting tribute to the work
done by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in pro-
noting goodwill is the peculiar malignity with which the
revolutionary press has followed him. The Chicago
DAILY WORKER, the official organ of the Workers
Party of America for example has been unable to keep
its tongue off him. Since his visit to this continent
announced has referred him in sixteen is
Sues on some occasions publishing two attacks on the
same day, and its utterances have been merked by
Of personal calumny which in many instances
defes quotation This and bitterness, II is to
be observed increased the Princes popularity became
more and apparent The Toronto Worker, the
Communist weekly which time got into trouble
by the founess of its language in commenting Arm
istice Day. expressed its annoyance because
1.-THE wastre and idler spawn of the British King
is allowed, invited to defle the land Of Coolidge
and democracy with his presence"
Such persistent pursuit must have reason These
DEVILS disciples abhor international goodwill and thrive
on hatred and discomfort They eagerly expect
between the United States and Japan, and hope for
conflict between the British Empire and the United
States just they prefer that times should be hard
and the aborng classes in distress and penury and
exaspeaed by any prospect Of the return of prosperity
Il is clear that His Royal Higness this visit has
the liking of the American peopleas IL incidentally has
exploded the absourd legend of his bad horsemanshp
and alarm and anger speak In the revng
One question raised by the Toronto outburst Il would
be pity dignity this sheet by holding IL to
the letter Of law against sediton None the less this
is vulgar abuse which IL would be dangerous to utter
against any private citizen The eminence OF the object
of this insult protects the who ems it, and that
seems pity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27
~ W. r. ~ = ByTL O
By T. J. O'FIaherty

involved in these escapades. The pol
icy of staying within the existing
unions applies with equal force to
Ireland and to Germany or America.
In fact the opportunity to get the
Irish Transport Workers Union into
the hands Of the radicals, looked very
bright but for the stupidity criminal
tactics of a few ego-maniacs, who only
tolerate the cooperation Of syco-
phantic poodles, who are always
ready to fawn on those in power.
n CCORDING to report appeaxfng
n in one of the Irish papers, m
educational society called the James
Connolly Workers Republican Club
is formed in Dublin. Since the Com
munist Party of Ireland was liquid
ated shortly after James Larkin's re-
turn to Ireland there has been no
communist propaganda put forth In
that country. The official organs of
the Irish Transport Workers Union
and Larkin's dual union, the Work.
ers' Union of Ireland, are chiefly de-
voted to shooting mud at each other.
The only hope in the present dilemma
of Irish labor is that left wing
under constructive and revolutionary
Communist leadership will develop
out of the muddle into which the lead
ers have led it into. The Red Trade
Union International has shown the
wav
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27
The Daily Worker is the Organ Of Our Party

DAILY WORKER. The DAILY
WORKER is not only the organ Of
the American comrades, but the or
gan Of our Party. Therefore our
members must become subscribers
not only themselves, but they must
secure subs from their shop-mates
and friends. We are all In POSI-
tion to buiId-up our mighty organ,
If we realize the services II offers
to the awakening of the cIass-con-
seriousness Of the workers Of Amer
lea.
Wherever you are, In the shop,
in the restaurant, try to get a sub
for The DAILY WORKER. We
must support The DAILY WORK.
Err just as much as we do the
Empros.
Our adherence to our principles
and to our Party must be proved,
by our energies and activities, be-
coming real builders Of powerful
daily.
The capitalists having colossal
daily organs at their disposition,
poison the minds Of our fellow
workers, and lead them against
their own interests. They keep
them ignorant, because then. the
workers serve their interests be-
cause they thus perpetuate the sys-
tenn OF exploitation.
When The DAILY WORKER In
crease it's cirouIaton--when we,
the class conscious workers will
devote our time and energy for II,
then the number Of the mIlItantsyrv
the trade unions, will also be doub-
led, and then the workers will Oct
rid Of the reactIonary leadership Of
Gompers and Co., who sell the or
ganized workers Of this country to
the capitalist parties and the capI-
itaIlst government, who use the
workers as war material for their
lmperlallstlo plans.
Forward comrades. Let US In
crease the circulation Of our daily.
Long live our Workers (commun-
ist) Party and les official organ, The
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27

doing this right along in Indiana and not alone
using horses but army trucks and other parapher-
MALTA"
The governor gave the use of the state fair
grounds to the khan and two of Smalls meetings
In Vernon and Williamson were organized by the
notorious Glenn Young who urged his hearers to
vote the republican ticket straight. The miners
of Williamson county who have experienced the
terrorist methods of Young and his bloody murder
fends will be interested to know that Len Small,
backed by Frank Harrington, Honest John
Walker, John Fitzpatrick and the other labor fax
ers is supported by one of the Fascist organiza-
lions of the United States