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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30
NOTICE 70 TIE PuaLlc

Howard A. Payne. formerly of Rob
ert NJ. Willis Barber Shop. and En-
gene Conover. who formerly had a
Barber Shop at Main ST. and Fast
Shore Railroad, win open a irst-cIass
shop. on or about Aug. 30th fSatur.
day.. in the new Risley Building. fac
ing the Fast Shore Railroad. Your
patronage is cordially invited
Our Motto: A particular shop for
particular people. Advertisement
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30

Two base hits. +. Brown, Wilson,
Smith, jacket, A. Brown. Three base
hit: jacket. Home runs: Peterson,
Culver. Base on balls: Michel 8,
GMyer 5. Struck out by Michel 6,
Gwyer 8. Umpire: Bonner.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30
Sundays Game.

Pleasantville swamped Vineland in
the LAST league game of the season at
the Jeffries ground, by the score 15-3-
Jacket, Peterson. Burns and Everham
left field. Everham's wallop in the
second with two men on the sacks
chased Thomas to the showers. The
hard hitting by ~Pleasantville continu'
ed through the entire game. fifteen
runs and twenty hits in all being col
lected. Everham toyed with VinelSnd
and was never in danger of losing his
game. The score:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30

The Dyspeptic Philosopher defines
fiattery as merely having someone else
tell US the nice things We have alwaHs
thought about ourselves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

The Central Barber Shop, 10 West
Washington Avenue, viii be open on
Monday (Labor Day. from 7 A. M.
to IL moor
-adv. A. }, MILLER. Prop.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30

P'ville .....042 304 110-15 20 2
vineland ...011 900 1908 II
Two base hits: t. Downey. R. Dow
ney, Smith, Jacket, Burns. Three base
hits: Jacket. Home runs: Everham,
Peterson. Struck out by Everham 6,
Thomas 2. Base. on balls: Everham 2,
Thomas 8, Ambrose 2. Umpire: Dun
can.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30

LEON HILTON Plumbing and Heat
ing 1E n Sd ST adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-08-30

VIM F. Mathis. Plumbing ana Heat
ing. 43 F West Jersey AFe-adv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
WOMAN SUESON
HAIR TREATMENT
Permanent Wave Became
'Bo0y' Says Plaintiff,

Alleging her once beautiful,
luxuriant and abundant hair. which
hung three feet" when unbound, is
now only two inches lon gas the
result of a permanent wave treat
ment, Mrs. Ruth Richardson, 35, Of
1858 N. Talbot Ave-, today filed
suit for $4,000 damages from the
William H. Block Company.
Mrs. Richardson says her hair
was ruined by careless application
Of an electro-steam appliance in
June, 1873.
Miss Y. Mae Morrison, manager
Of Blocit's hair dressing department,
said:
Our treatment did not such thing.
We have the best operators in the
country. Mrs. Richardson's hair just
got little too dry and broke off
some, like every ones hair will once
in a while under permanent wave
treatment. There was absolutely no
negligence or carlessness."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
FOUR INCHES.

to be rebuilt. The building was
not occupied then. ne said.
Where the, new building joins
the old, a brick fire wall was pro
vided in the specifications. In
stead a wooden partition covered
with composition sheetiag was
built. It is about ten by nine by
eleven feet.
The picture Of the truss work,
of which there Is much on the
attic floor. shows an apparent at
tempt to bolster the sagging
ceiling Of the second floor. Iron
rods run through the truss work
into the ceiling below. The sag
shown beneath the support is
about four inches. Some Of the
worst sags are not supported in
any manner. According to Pot
ter, Windsor J. Weaver. of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28

There was no change in the ordi-
nance or any other record after its
final passage" said Leo X. Fesler.
county auditor, at the time and
keeper of the records.
Bone of Contention
THE ordinance as finally passed
was drawn by County Attorney Ems
ley w. Johnson and Linton s. Cox.
attorney for the company. From the
time the ordinance was first intro
duced until its passage, there were
some changes, during the negoti-
ations, as the company absolutely
refused to buy unless it got the
switch"
Fesler said he did not reveal def
nitely whether the ordinance as
finally passed provided the company
should get the switch.
The county council has been in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
FRANKLIN GRADUATES 81
Ninetieth College commencement
Held Today.
BIZ Times SRectaI

DU I tWtto DHtCtut
FRANKLIN, Ind, May 2S.-Nine-
tieth commencement of Franklin Col
lege was held today with fifty-two
students receiving degrees. Degrees
of bachelor of arts were conferred
on forty-four students Eight re-
ceived degrees of bachelor of science.
81, Honorary degrees Of doctor Of laws
were awarded DR.. Arnold Bennett
Hall, head of department of political
science of University of Wisconsin,
and DR.. William G. Spencer. presi-
dent Hillsdale College, Hillsdale,
Mich.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28

contracting firm Of George a.
Weaver & Son. which built the
wing. said the horizontal iron
Supports run through the ceiling
were too small.
AS the council had complained,
the concrete forming the attic
floor was found soft Scraping
with the shoe would dig it up.
Mortar in the brick walls could be
dug out with pencil or finger. In
some Of the cells, inmates have
nearly dug out bricks with their
fingers.
Il wouldn't sleep under that
sagging floor one night for $780,"
said James f. Edwards, member
Of the council.
The county grand jury made an
investigation Of the wing Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
FAIRBANKS-MORSE & co.
PURCHASED LAND LAST FALL
Leo K. Fesler, County Auditor, Says
There Was No Alteration Of Papers
Since Deal Was Closed - Buyer
Paid $15O,OOO.

Charging that official county records of the sale of the old
workhouse ground Twentrs ST. and Northwestern Ave
FabankMore and Company have been changed Cassius
Hoge president of the county council said he lay the
case before the grand jury for investigation The grand jury
session. due illness baiif Hoge said he
would go before it at the earliest opportunity.
The company bought the land approxma ely eighteen
last fall for $15000O the county bargaining to keep
small plot According to HOge the ordinance passed at
that time by the county council showed acres but now it
has been discovered the county entitled keep only 5 acres
The disputed strip of land contains the railroad to the
property which bone of during negotiations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28

but their report has not been
made public.
Il don't live in that wing. You
bet I don't" said DR.. Potter.
It's too dangerous. But the
patients have to live there. be-
cause there is no place else for
them"
The Weaver firm also construct
ed the new mems building at the
county poor farm, not yet accept
ed by the county. Investigation
has shown the mortar soft in the
walls there, and faulty cOnstruc-
ton. The council has recommend
ed the poor farm addition be re-
jected, torn down and rebuilt. It
cost $4,000 and the contractor
has been paid all but $4,000. The
improvements at Julietta, of
which the new mems wing is
half, cost $13S.000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
CHANCE FOR FAIR
WEATHER FRIDAY
Bureau Head Says Favorable
Area May Shift,

There is a chance for fair weather
in Indianapolis Memorial day, ac-
cording to J. H. Armington, Weather
Bureau head.
But he isn't making any definite
predictions one way or the other.
Unsettled conditions make it i'm
practical to forecast for Friday at
the present time, he says. The high
and low pressure areas over the
country and the storm in the South
indicate continuance of present un-
settled conditions.
Here Is the encouraging thing:
There is a fair weather area in the
Friday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Stores Close

Retail stores Of Indianapolis
will close all day Memorial day.
This announcement was made
today by w. E. Balch, manager
of the Merchants Association.
Balch said:
I'm order that the day may
be properly observed, the stores
that are members of the Mer-
chants Assocition will remain
closed all day Friday, May so.
''Other stores in the down
town rStail district have also
announced their intentions Of
remaining closed all day on
Memorial day."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
FIRE AND POLICE
CHIEFS BOTH ILL
0'Brien Has Appendicitis
Rikhoff Is Poisoned,

The Indianapolis fire and police
chiefs were in bed this afternoon.
Fire Chief John J. O'Brien was
resting well after an operation for
appendicitis at St Vincent Hospital
Monday night. Physicians said a
crisis may develop in twenty-four
hours.
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff
suffered a slight attack of ptomaine
poisoning and had to leave his Of
fee.
Board Of Safety named Harry
Johnson. assistant fire chief, to be
acting chief during O'Brien's illness.
Battalion Chief Fred Kennedy was
named acting assistant chief and
Capt. George Townsend acting bat
TALON chief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
UNFAIR EXCHANGE MADE
Tramp Takes Clothing and Leaves
Sanitary Equipment.

Some ''knight Of the road" is
wearing a complete new outfit Of
clothing today, but is minus his
sanitary equipment, police believe.
The outfit of clothing was reported
missing from the Yankuner Broth
ers Department Store, 2344 Station
St, police found a raincoat contain
ing a quantity of salt, sugar, soap,
and a tooth paste and tooth brush
left behind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28

special session two days. In addi-
ton to demanding the workhouse
ground sale investigation, a letter
was sent TO the State board of ac-
counts, asking that an investigation
of construction of the new west
wing at Julietta. costing $138, 600,
and the new mems building at the
poor farm, costing $3.50 900, be made
at once.
Buildings Criticised
The Julietta building is about to
fall down, councilmen said, while ths
new building at the poor farm, not
yet completed, should be torn down
and reconstructed, they said, it is so
poorly built. The contracting firm
Of George A. Weaver & Son built
both buildings.
County Commissioners John Kit
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28

r. ICCORDING to a letter sent
IA to the State board Of ac-
counts by the county coun-
ell. the west wing Of the county
insane asylum at Julietta, in use
one year, is apt to collapse at
any time on the prisoner inmates.
The rev building is made Of
brick, with cement floors and
slate roof. Investigation by
Times reporter verified complaint
that the attic floor of concrete,
which is also the ceiling Of the
second story. is sagging from six
to ten inches in places.
Dr. Benjamin S. Potter, superin-
tendent, showed the reporter whore
the whole ceilings Of two second
story rooms had collapsed, he said,
shortly after being put in. and had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
TOLL Of TORNADO
PLACED At 40
May Be Increased When
Communication Is Restored,
BIZ Cnited Press

BIZ United Press
NEW ORLEANS, May 2S.-The
known death list of forty resulting
from the tornado which struck Mis-
sissippl. Alabama and other sections
of the South Monday night and Tues
day is expected to be increased when
wire communication is restored with
outlying districts still cut off from
the outside world.
The tornado was followed by a
rain storm which caused small riv-
ers and creeks to rise to unprece-
dented levels, heavily damaging
crops.
Considerable livestock was lost in
the high waters.
Red Cross relief are already en-
route to the storm area.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
CHARGES STAND
AGAINST BISHOP
Tribunal 0VerruIeS Motion of
Browns Attorney,
By United Press

By United Press
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 2S.-The
tribunal Of Protestant Episcopals sit
ting here in the heresy trial of
Bishop William NJ. Brown today
unanimously voted to over-rule the
motion for dismissal of the charges
against the aged churchman.
Browns counsel yesterday moved
that the heresy charges be dismissed
on the grounds that the tribunal was
without jurisdiction in the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
KLAN MEETING IS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Pageant and Review viii Be
Staged at Playground,

A Ku-Klux Klan meeting, open to
the public, will be held at the State
Playground Thursday night and
Friday.
The celebration for the recent
Klan victory in the Republican
primary and State convention will
take the form of a pageant and
Klan review in which 1000 robed
men and women will participate.
Fireworks, band and drum corps
music, and special carnival stunts
will complete the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
PROHIBITION QUIZ
To Be CONDUCTED
House Committee to Deter
mine if Law Is Failure.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 2s.-An of
fetal investigation of the success
or failure" Of prohibition was or
dered today by the House committee
on the alcoholic liquor traffic in its
first meeting since 1919.
A subcommittee was appointed to
conduct the inquiry. with authority
to delve into every phase of the pro-
hibition problem.
The subcommittee was instructed,
among other things. whefaler or not
thdk consumption of liqu& had in
creased and just to what kxtent the
eighteenth amendment was bel1g en-
foreed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
'RO0MER' PULLS GAG
Gets S6 While Woman Goes After
Water.

The room renting scheme revived
recently by theft ring, was oper-
ated successfully Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Gregg, 319 z. Sixteenth
St., told police man asked to rent
room. He complained of a head
ache and asked to be allowed to
battle his face. While she went
after water he is alleged to have
taken S6 from a drawer.
L. A Baker, manager of the A &
p. store at 4044 z. Washington ST.,
reports a revolver valued at isis
taksn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Cty.S Honor

Hotels, restaurants, taxi
drivers, BARRIERS, news vendors
and merchants in all lines COM
ing in contact with visitors to
the Speedway races have an
opportunity to further build
goodwill for indianapolis by
seeing that these visitors have
no just cause for complaint
in regard to treatment received
while guests in our city.
The 300 leading business
firms. representing practically
all lines of business, confidently
expect your cooperation in
maintaining the city's reputa-
ton as the City of the Square
Deal
Better Business Bureau,
G. F. Olwin, Mgr.
203 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Lincoln 1851.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28


Immediate police action to stop
Three Weeks" moving picture at
Mister Smiths Theater, 80 N. ILL.,
nois St, was demanded by the Rev.
c. H. Winders. secretary of the In
dtanapolis Church Federation, and
E. S. Shumaker, superintendent Of
the Indiana AntI-Saloon League, to-
day.
They called at police headquarters
just after Chief Herman Rikhoff had
gone home i'll. Captains Paulsel and
Schubert detailed Lieut.. Harley
Jones and squad to see the first
show this afternoon, make a report,
and, if deemed necessary, make ar
rests.
Saying the theater managers had
mentioned making cuts in the
film, the Rev. Winders said, "The
only cut that will do any good is to
cut it out entirely"
The film recently ran two weeks
at another downtown theater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
JAPS AUTHORIZE
SOLEMN PROTEST
Cabinet Sends instruction to
Hanihari,
BIZ U4ited Press

~ C4tt6Q PTeSS
TOXIC, May 28-The cabinet to-
day decided to instruct Ambassador
Hanihara in Washington to lodge a
solemn protest" with the United
States Government because of adop-
ton Of the immigration law with the
Japanese exclusion clause and deeply
regretting its passage despite ia
pans protestations."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
viii Not Attend St, Paul
Convention, Alleging 1t Is
Dominated by Commun-
iStSy Foes to Real Pro-
greSSiveiSm.
DEMOCRATS AND G. 0, P,
BOTH WARNED, HOWEVER
Predicts New Third Party in
Statement and Political
Circles Take 1t 10 Mean
He viii Be Candidate and
Head Ticket,

By United Press
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette in a state
ment today declared unless one or
both of the old political parties shall
purge itself Of evil influences" and
name truly progressive candidates.
an Independent presidential ticket
and platform will be offered to the
voters.
This was taken in political circles
here to mean that. at a conference Of
progressives of AZ parties in CIeve-
land July 4. Senator La Toilette will
take the field for a nationwide fight.
Attacks Communists
Senator La FoIlette's statement,
which took the form of a letter ad-
dressed to Attorney General H. L.
Ekern of Wisconsin, dealt largely
with an attack on the so-called third
party, which holds its convention in
St. Paul June II. He made the posi-
tive declaration that he Will have
nothing to do with this convention,
giving as his reason the participa-
ton of communist organizations.
In my Judgment" he said, the
June II convention will not com
mand The support Of farmers, work
ers or other progressives because
those who have had charge of the
arrangements for this convention
have committed the fatal error of.
making the communists an integral
part of their organization.
The communists have admittedly
entered into this political movement
to divide and confuse the prog
ressive movement and create a chaos
favorable to their ultimate aims
Their real purpose is to es-
tablish a soviet form Of government.
for the one We now have and pro-
pose this change through the revo-
luton with a class dictatorship
Their pretense that the communists
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
CREW, COMPANY BLAMED
Commissioner Indicates Both Re
sponsible for Roanoke Crash.

sponsible for Roanoke Crash.
Crew of the special train which
crashed into the Wabash Valley
Flyer on the Indiana Service Corpo-
ration's line at Roanoke, May 10, and
officials Of the company will be held
jointly responsible. 1t was indicated
today by Samuel R. Artman, mem
Der of the public service commits
sion. who concluded hearing on the
crash at FIT. Wayne Tuesday. Five
persons were killed in the wreck.
1t is a generally known fact that
the special did not give the flyer five
minutes to clear, Artman said today.
''It was brought aut," he also said,
that the crews were in habit of vio-
lating the f1ve-minute rule and Off
GERS of the company apparently ac-
quiesced."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Fear Drives Him to Jail

La PORTE, Ind, May 2S.-Karl
Deyo, 33, Detroit, Mich, is in Jail
today after constant fears of being
arrested for two minor robberies
committed recently made him give
himself up to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
SHOOTING IS MYSTERY
Police Find Man With Bullet
Wound in Shoulder,

Police say mystery is attached to
a shooting affray at 922 E, Market
ST., where the emergency squad
found John Buckner, colored, of 2t65
Northwestern Ave, with a bullet
wound in the left shoulder.
He was taken to the city hospital
detention ward and placed under
vagrancy bond.
Police say Buckner told them he
heard two, shots and felt the bullet
strike him. He said he saw no one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
AUTO DENTS TRACKS
Interurbans Stop While Curve Is
Strengthened Out.
BIZ United Press

By Uittted Fro8S
BRAZIL, Ind, May 2S.-Traffic
on the Terre Haute, indianapolis &
Eastern Traction lines was held up
early today while a section crew re-
moved a curve placed in the tracks
overnight by an auto.
An auto driven by William Baugh.
Terre Haute, collided with another
auto and knocked the tracks two
feet out Of line. In1 Rrban cars
ware unable to negotiSss tho curve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
BRAKE TESTS ORDERED
Board of Safety Sees Hazard in
School Vacation.

Brake tests for motorists will be
started in the city within the next
few days, the board of safety decided
today.
Number of school children on the
streets with school out calls for ex-
ira precautions, officials say. Tests
were conducted last fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Girls Condition Is Improved

The condition of Mabel Fox, IA, of
523 E. North ST., is slightly improved
today at city hospital, attaches say.
Because she was reprimanded. about
the way she was wearing dress
she is said to have become despon-i
dent and took a small quantity of
Advocating noisos1 noIica aax
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Hotels Take on Annual Pre-
Race Appearance While
Authorities of Track and
City Arrange for Success
of Big Event,
REFEREE HENRY FORD
DUE IN CITY TONIGHT
Six More Cars May Attempt
to Qualify TOday-TWen-
ty Ready to Start Grind
New Attendance Record
Depends Upon Weather.,
By BLYTHE Q. HENDRICKS

By BLYTHE Q. HENDRICKS
All Indianapolis buzzed with ac-
tivity today in anticipation of the
annual 50O-n1ile race at the Indian
apoIis Motor Speedway Friday.
At the track the twenty drivers
who, like the wise trimmed lamp
virgins OF Biblical lore. knew their
oil and did their qualifying early,
took things easy and put the last
finishing touches to their cars. The
unfortunate five or six who still
must take their qualifying runs,
worked in haste to complete their
jobs.
In the city the advance guard of
the hosts Of visitors who will be
here race day began TO make their
appearance in constantly increasing
numbers and hotel Hobbies began to
take on their annual pre-race ap-
pearsnce.
Road Work Progresses
Work of preparing the roads lead
ing to the track was being carried
on despite adverse weather.
Advance indications were that the
greatest crowd in Speedway history
viii puck the grounds to capacity
when the starting bomb goes hurt
ling into the air.
Last year the attendance almost
reached the 10000 mark, and with
favorable weather the number will be
even greater this year, Speedway
officials predict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Home Edition

nj EN- who have made good
Nl are writing articles of ad-
vice to June graduates for The
Times. Watch this series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
THREE WEEKS IS
WINDERS' TARGET
Police Promise to View Film
at Mister Smiths.
BULLETIN

Lieutenant Jones ordered the
showing Of Three Weeks"
stopped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Notes From Speedway

The field will contain twenty-six
starters at the most, in all prob
ability the number will be one or two
less.
Thursday evening a testimonial
smoker in honor of James A. Allison,
Carl Fisher and Arthur Newly, foun-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-28
Forecast

UNSETTLED tonight and
u Thursday with probably
showers. Not much change in
temperature anticipated in this
vicinity.