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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04
Nature

Very few people who own ferns
ever saw, or recognized, a fern seed.
yet they drop out OF the leaves in
showers. The seeds are so small
space than the head of a pin.
Leaf fish Of the Amazon Is so
called because Mother Fish hangs
her eggs by strings from leaves
floating in the river.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04
White House Comfortable

Mr.. Coolidge went up to his
fathers farm in Vermont for two
weeks vacation only after much
argument by his managers He had
let 1t be known that he found the
White House and its spacious
grounds .urAampered by nearby high
buildings, very comfortable and had
planned to stay H. Washington. His
advisers protested. A President out
Of town gets more publicity than a
President IN town.
The campaign plans for the Presi-
dent include a few radio" speeches.
a few timely letters and perhaps
three or four out-oftown speeches.
AS indicated by his speech Of ac-
ceptarce, the Presidents campaign
won't be an aggressive one. II will
be a quiet, dignifed affair. with the
Administration on the defensive.
pointing with pride" to its record.
Others Meet People
The Democratic ard Progressive
campaigns are just the opposite.
John ". Davis, the Democratic nom
inee, is taking his personality and
his charges against the Republican
Administration direct to the people
and probably will travel to the Pa
cific coast and back doing so.
Senator La Toilette. the Progress
slve candidate. accusing both major
parties, also is letting the country
hear and see him personally.
Managers for La Toilette and
Davis are not alarmed over the pos
sibility Of the country seeing their
candidates face to face. They have
no fear that the country may regard
their candidates-in the flesh--as I'M
impressive. duh speakers. Coolidge
managers would rather have their
man taken sight unseen"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04
Who was Dolly Varden7

VINO was Dolly Warden!
The coquettish daughter Of Ga
briel Warden, a locksmith. in Dick
ems "Barnaby Rudge." She is i'm
pulsive, soft-hearted and full of pref
~ strategies. Her dainty dress of
lowered dimity, cut short enough to
show her neat ankles and buckled
shoes, gave the name Dolly Warden
to a style of dress which came into
fashion soon after ''Barnaby
Ridge was published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

What do the authorizations NJ.
D, f. A. c. S. and B. S. signify?
NJ. D., Doctor of Medicine; F. r..
c. S., Fellow Of the American Col
iege of Surgery; B. s., Bachelor of
Science.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

How long after a man deserts
from the Army would he be free
from the liability Of arrest?
ia man deserts in time of peace
he can be arrested during three
years after the date Of desertion:
if he deserts in time of war. he is
always liable to arrest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

How did Labor day happen to be
made a holiday in the United
States?
In 1852 the Knights Of Labor held
their general assembly in New York
City during the month Of September,
and on the 9TH a great parade was
organized by the Central Labor
Union of that city. The next year a
parade was held on the first Mon
day in September, and In 1854, on
the resolution of George r. Lloyd.
one Of the Knights Of Labor, It was
decided that all future parades
should be held on that day, and that
the day should be known as Labor
day. Workingmen's organizations
all over the country then began an
agitation to induce the State Legis-
latures to declare the day a legal
holiday, and on March Is, 1887, Col
orado enacted a law to that effect.
and was followed by New Jersey,
New York and Massachusetts,. The
great majority Of the States have fol
lowed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04
PORCH
CAMPAIGN
IS PROBLEM
How to Keep Coolidge al
Home and Create Inter-
est Is Worry,
Times WASHINGTON bureau,
1922 Nffr Inrk 4 IL

XVII ASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Setting
IWI the stage so that the Coolidge
II campaign will be dignifed.
front porch affair. and yet putting
eonrgh color into it SO that the
President viii stay on the front
page Of newspapers, is quite a
problem for G. 0. P. managers.
The Republican Strategy" IS TO
keep the President in the White
House as much as possible. The
country viii get the impression that
he is rs busy as can be. attending
to the diff cult task Of guiding the
old ship OF State, his advisers be
lieVe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

To what college fraternity does
Loeb belong?
Newspaper accounts state that he
belongs to the Zeta Beta Tau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

How was Damascus steel made?
BY welding together small pieces
of iron and steel OF varying compost
lion and then working the composite
mass down. The inhomogenity of
the steel produced a figured effect
on a polished surface. This was
usually brought out still more
clearly by etching with acid, which
attacks the materials Of differen:
composition differently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

What is a genuine Stradivarius
violin worth?
It cannot be definitely determined
except by an appraiser. The amounts
paid for genuine violins of this make
nave varied from as little as 500 to
as much as SIS, 900
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

What are the measurements of
Harry Wills, the boxer?
Height, feet, 2 inches; weight,
210 pounds; reach, 741a inches; neck,
IT inches; foremarm, lax inches;
wrist, 81 inches biceps, 16 1-3 inch
es; chest tnormaD, 45 inches chest,
(expanded), 40 inches; waist, 32 inch
es; thigh. 23 inches; calf, 16 inches;
ankle, 9 inches; age, 80 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

What is the average age of a
crocodile?
About 100 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-04

Well, picnickers near Great Falls,
Ind, who didn't know cows liked to
eat food went back home for lunch.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-16
GOBIERNO MUNICIPAL DE
PENUELAs, P. R.
OFICINA DEL ALCALDE
MUNICIPAL
ANUNCIO
SEGUNDA BAL

PRoPosICIoNEs en- pliegos cerra-
dos para Ell suministro de TODD ell ma
terial y mano de obra necesaria para
La r~eparaci6n de la Casa-Alcaldia de
Peduelas, P. R., cuyo presupuesto de
gastos asciende a la cantidad de
MIL SEIsCIENToS CINCUENTA
%($1650-71) DoLARES II CENTA-
VoS Sc ~recibiran en- esta ofcina has
ia las diez de la mafana del dfa 10
de agosto de 1924.
Los licitadores que deseen copias
del citado proyecto podran obtenerlas
en- esta oicina, mediante un dep6sito
de ($10) diez d6lares que seran rein
tegrados a la devoluci6n de las mis-
mas.
La Junta de Subasta Sc reserva ell
derecho de rechazar cualquiera o to-
das las proposiciones y de adjudicar
Ell contrato sobre otras condolences
que las del precio solamente.
(frmado) Juan G.. GELPI,
Alcalde Municipal.
BTkKEHTT7 Advt,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-16
GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO
DEPARTMENT. DEL
INTERIOR
NEGOCIADO DE OBRAS
PUBLICAS
ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA
SUMINISTRO DE PIEDRA
ANUNCIo DE sUBAsTA
sUMINIsTRo DE PIEDRA
San Juan, P. R., Agosto II, 1924.

San Juan, P. R., Agosto IL, 1924.
Proposiciones en- pliegos cerrados
para la adjudication en- p1blica su-
basta de suministro, medida y en-
trega de mas o menos $40 metros
c0bicos de piedra caliza azul en- bio
que y 21O0 metros c1bicos de piedra
caliza azul triturada, para ser AGO.
piados en- la Carretera No. /, entire
las Paradas 81 v 261z, Sc recibiran
en- esta oficina hasta las 2 p. NJ.
del dia Is de Agosto, 1924, en- que
Sc abriran y leeran philharmonic.
Todos los datos n~ecesarios Sc da-
ran en- esta oicina donde Sc cue
tran de manifesto los documentos
que han de regir en- ell contrato y
podran recoger los licitadores los
modelos de Proposiciones que han de
presentar.
La administrator Sc reserve el
derecho de rechazar cualquier o to-
das las proposiciones y de adjudicar
ell contrato bajo otras considerscio-
mes distintas de las del precio.
GUILLERMO ESTEvES.
Comisionado.
Adv
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-16
NinOs Enfermizos Y Maihumorados

Los Mics que sufren de lombrices estan
enojados, inquietos, enfermizos. Hay, sin
embargo, otros sfntomas. 81 ell nino
esta palido, 0 ~jeroso, tiene NAL alientc y
no toma inter6s en- iugar, es cast SECURE
que los parasites estan acabando con SUI
vtalidad. Ell meior remedio contra las
lombrices es ell Whites Cream Vermifuge.
rs, ademas ell mas inofensivo para La
salud del nino. De ventG en- Las farmacias
y ~droguerfas.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
PROBE DROWNING STORY

WINSTON SALEM, N c., January
16.-Mrs. Lenoir Gertrude Hill, twen-
ty-siX, was drowned early last night
in the city reservoir under circum-
stances which led to the arrest of
Burton Charles. Ellen Boiling and
Robert Holt, all of this city, who
We're reported by police to have come
to the city and told of the woman
falling from bridge over the reser-
voir All of the men were intoXi-
Gated, according to the police.
The men will be held pending an
investigation.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

Allen, and Gen. Pershing deferred
decision. Marshal Petain was quoted
as having said: I'VE have got them
on the run-let us make the defeat
more decisive"
Marshal Foch. according to Gen.
Allen, then dismissed his conferees
and made his own decision The re-
suit was the armies did not advance
on Berlin.
Gen. Allen said part of his infor-
nation was received from Sir Will
liam Robinson, who commanded the
British army of occupation.
There is little piece of unwrit-
ten history" said Gen. Allen. my
troops at the time of the armistice
were farther into Germany than any
others"
Evening star., 1924-01-16
Foch Stopped Invasion of Berlin
Before Arnistice, Gen. Allen Reveals
Claims Allied Commander Feared Gigantic Task of
Holding Territory Bet,Ueen Capital of Ger
many and the Rhine.

made mistake in not going to Ber-
lin," said Gen. Allen, referring to a
conversation with the French mar
shall in Paris. Marshal Foch said
to me: If we had, neither our army
nor your. army would yet be demobfl-
ized.' He took out a map and show
ed me the Rhine and all the terri
tory between there and Berlin.
There would be a big responsibility
he said, in holding Hanover and all
those cities There was the answer
from the responsible agent why we
did not go to Berlin
Before deciding tho question of
whether Berlin would be taken, Gen.
Allen said. the French marshal con-
ferred with Gen. Pershing. Field
Marshal Hatg and Marshal Petain.
Pctnin Urged Advance.
Field Marshal Haig took the atti-
tude that there had been sufficient
sacrifices of men and that the Ger
mans already were routed, said Gen.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 16.-Marshal
Ferdinand Foch personally saved
Berlin from invasion before the
armistics& in 1918. it was revealed
last night iby Maj. Gen. Henry T.
Allen. former commander of the
American army OF occupation.
Speaking at a dinner of the
Peekskill Military Academy alumni.
Gen. Allen said responsibility for
stopping the American and allied
armies rested solely on the French
marshal. Foch's reason for not TAX
ing Berlin, Gen. Allen said. was that
it would have been a gigantic task
to hold the vast territory, which in
cluded Hanover and other large
cities.
II said to Marshal Foch that We
Evening star., 1924-01-16
THREE DIE SUDDENLY.

GREENSBORO. Ga, January 16.-
Three men dropped dead from heart
disease within 4 six-mile radius of
Greensboro within twenty-four hours
ended last night.
Will English of Veazy. sixty. fell
dead as he climbed down from a
load of wood he was hauling from
the woods near his home.
DR.. j. Tate Gordon, Baptist minis
ter, sixty-fve, dropped dead in the
home of Il. l.. Leach, where he was
making a call.
George Nixon. also an aged man,
fell dead at his home near Green's
fell dead at his home, near Green's
was the verdict of Coroner Alex
Veasy in all three cases.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
Fifty-Eighth Bone
Break Suffered.
By Photographer

BY the Associated Press.
COVINGTON, KY, January 16.-
Arthur Gamble, photographer. is
at Covington hospital recovering
from what is said to have been the
fifty-eighth fracture of a bone he
had suffered, due to slight acci-
dents.
Gamble is a sufferer from an af-
fection of the bones which makes
them easy to break, and when he
tripped on a rug in his studio and
fell last Sunday his left leg was
broken at the knee.
Evening star., 1924-01-16
U. S. SKATERS ARRIVE
FOR OLYMPIC CONTESTS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHAMONIX, France January 16.-
The American Olympic skating team
arrived here today, anxious TO begin
practice. Richard Donovan and
Charles Jewtraw insisted upon going
to the rink Immediately.
The Americans expressed astonish-
ment at the size of the rink, the
width of which is equal to the length
Of the regulation hockey rink in
Evening star., 1924-01-16
Finds a Missouri Pearl.
From the Kansas City Times.

Once more a river in Missouri has
given up a fortune. This time ii was
q mussel shell taken out of the Grand
River near Trenton and which
brought Harve Hall. it's discoverer.
check for $500. Hall was fishing
and ran out of bait. lie saw q mus
sci shell and opened it tn use the
muSsel. The pearl was one of the
finest ever fouRd N t'.is section.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

America. Three hockey matches may
be staged on the icy expanse at the
same time
Joe Moore is slowly recovering from
seasickness which he suffered during
the nine days of the transatlantic
passage.
Evening star., 1924-01-16

You will uotiCv. perhaps. that it
never IS ne"eS>prN to quote a prece-
dent tc back hp Il ju.t and common
sense decision.
Evening star., 1924-08-03

August Sale Prices represent
the lou ebb of furniture
pricing. Generous reduc-
tions have been made on
the very last low furniture
quotations. Values are more
remarkable perhaps than
you expect.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Lowest Prices in Years
Distinguish This Sale

Karpen Overstufed Groups priced now
from $175 to $1,000
Cane Panel Karpen Groups priced now
from $157. so to $3.50
Solid Mahogany Spinet Desks priced now
from $26.75 to $265
Single Karpen Overstufed Chairs priced now -
from $59.75 to $3.50
Mahogany Secretaries priced now
from $3.50 to $3.50
1O.piece Dining Groups priced now
from $50 to $3.50
Bedroom Groups priced now
from $50 to $1,000
Mahogany Poster Beds priced now
from $34.75 to $145
3.Piece Davenport Bed Groups and Mattress
from $14S to $500
9x12 Size Wilton Rugs priced
from SIS to $138.75
Attractive Tea Wagons priced
from $3.50 to 500
Individual Character Chairs priced now
from $3.50 to $3.50
Cedar Chests priced now
from $1O.75 to SIS
Evening star., 1924-08-03

Enormous, varied and good-looking are
the displays of fine furniture featured
in this Sale. 1t all has the character
that is typical of this House, yet
shows an Advance over previous
years in all-around beauty, practica
bility and nearness to the require
ments of our patrons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
PUP CHASESRAT
And GRASS CUT
Which Is Pegler's Way Of
Saying They're Get,
ting Ready
by wEsTBRoOK PEGLER


NEW YORK, April 1.-THE motor
lawn-mowers go puff-puffing across
the outfield, shipping the tops off the
spring shoots Of grass, and the big
steel rollers clank along the skinned
zone of the inner acres at the Yankee
Stadium and the Polo Grounds, packing
down the clay SO that the spikes Of the
players will bite and hold. Painters
dangle in swaying cradles before the
high sign boards in the distance, evolv-
ing huge portraits of garters and hats
and cigarettes. Ed Barrow's big New
Soundland pup having chewed his rope
and escaped from the Yankees dugout,
comes stumblingsinto the sunlight, and
with a below like that OF an officious
cop orders a big gray rat off the prem
ises. The rat wants to know who says
SO and the pupils name is Homer,
in honor of Babe Ruth, presumably
goes Hopping after him through the
fresh red clay which Phil .Schenk, the
kneading into the
crack around theinew rubber plate with
his fingers.
Hey" Mr.. Schenk inquiries Of all
Manhattan and the Bronx with his own
loud-speaker, who let that mutt loose
AGAIN." .e.s
Thousands of chairs, as green and
fresh as the grass,Ale forward against
Inc WallS Oh Inc kkGlO Uo4c5S OEyAuk Out
in the sun and breeze, and the painters
hurry along the aisles, touching UP the
numbers on the seats with white paint,
for the YankS are coming-the Yanks
and Giants. And Sunday the hoorah
begins all over again with the exhibi-
ton game between the opulent cham
pions, including Babe Ruth, himself,
and the Respondent Dodgers OF Brook
lynn. This Is not the real opening of
the season, Of course, but It will be
the first baseball occasion OF the year
in New -ork and will satisfy q wide
spread eagerness to hear once more
the first boom OF q new white ball In
a new yellow glove.
Get Away Tuesday
Tuesday is the real opening day when
the Giants will resume their practice
OF abusing the Dodgers in games which
figure in the averages. All winter long
men have been patching. painting and
ervations, these safety zones in a big
city in which q dollar-ten buys the
right to. rear up, shake fist at a IA
nous athlete and yell, "Oh, you great
big palooka; you couldn't hit a cripple
with taxi cab"
spots by the Struggling cleats Of the
football teams in 5the fall has been
patched and seeded and inlaid with new
pieces from the lighthouses. The Yam
KEGS entire infield has been showed
back ten feet toward center field and
the foul lines have thus been revised
so that Ruth will have to drop his
right field homers fair into the bleach
ers, this year, with no benefit from the
angle of the grandstand which trapped
and pocketed some of his shorter blows
last summer.
There is q popular notion that the cry
at this time OF the year Is play ball"
Like some other popular notions, this
ono is wrong. WHAT the umpire really
says and will say no later than D. m.
Sunday is Hi, men; let's co." But 1t
over.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12

would add tone to any aggregation, and
Joe Judge not only is fielding well
around first base, but promises to hit
better this year than last.
Outfield Looks Good
The outfield, Harris believes, will i'm
prove steadily as the season goes along.
While Memo Leibold, the veteran, prob
ably will be started in right field, Har-
ris may turn to George Fisher as the
regular guardian of that pasture be-
fore the race is a month old. The
polished his fielding consid-
erably when farmed out to New Haven
last year, and is formidable at bat If
Fisher does go to the field, he may be
kept in the game against both left and
hitters. Harris looks for
a big year for Sam Rice and Goose
Goslin, especially the former, and fig
ures that once the right field question
is settled he will have a well balanced
club
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
HAVE BALL CLUB
BUT NO FIELD
Newark To Play In City Park,
Owners Claim

NEWARK, N. J., April 1.-THE
Newark ball club, member of the Inter
national league, is believed to be still
homeless with the opening of the sea-
son only a short time off. The wooden
park owned by Harry Sinclair, the oil
millionaire, and inherited under a lease
from the Newark Federal league team,
was destroyed by fire last year. During
the winter the club tentatively changed
hands and the old owners made no pro-
vision for a playing field. Now they
have received the franchise back, owing
to the collapse of the sale.
Bernard Moan, business manager and
part owner, insists that the club has
received permission to play its weekday
games in a park owned by the city of
Newark, but the city authorities are
understood to oppose the leasing of the
stadium. Moan says the Sunday games
will be played on a lot adjacent to the
old Harrison park, which burned down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
SLIDIN' IN

some tough training periods on the
handball court.
Flip Neun has gone to st. Paul.
Announcement to this effect was
made Friday. The Tigers sent him
to club that was badly i'm need OF q
first sacker and it is likely that flip
pant Flip will shine brilliantly there.
Neun climbed little faster in the
baseball world than is good for a
young player. A couple more years
i'm the Southern without big leage
recognition would have rounded out
q fine type of player in Neun. His
return to the BarOns last season was
more or less a failure from the local
standpoint for he played not nearly
so well as the year before.
The Saints, however, with Beck ant
,.,oenig alternately performing at frs
base, will find fitting berth for Fir
and it is likely that it will be the ,FliI
OF old, who starred on the Baron nine
In his first year here, that will play
the sack this season. 1t seems to be 6
happy medium for Neun and one il
which he should thrive.
Alabama's big day was wrecked by
rain. 1t is probable that many
thousands Of people would have
fIOcked to Tuscaloosa Friday to see
the Indians perform against
the Alabama CrimSOnS had not rain
prevented. However plans are being
made for "a" day and with suit
able weather conditions this should
be a big success. The Indians passed
ON through Friday northbOund and
fans who watched them perform i'm
years past did not get n chance to
see Joe SeweII, Riggs Stephenson
and Luke Sewell in action. Jupiter
Pluvius is reigning with an iron hand
this week and nothing in the way OF
out-of door athletics is escaping his
wrath
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
.ATALLA SHOOT
WON BY NELSON
Members Brave Rain To
Keep In Form At
The Traps

ALFALFA, Ala, April 11.-(speciaL)
The regular weekly shoot OF the Alfalfa
Gun club was held in a downpour Of
RAIN. but this fact only seemed TO
sharpen the eye OF some members. O.
T. Nelson smashed his entire string for
q perfect score. He was pushed all the
way. by Jim Wood until Jim's twenty
second bird took on extra wabble and
twisted away unbroken.
The local boys are proud of their rep
utation of never falling to hold the
weekly shoot rain or shine. and no mat
ter what the weather, some OF the faith
full turn UP to shoot their string.
Work on the new club house and
grounds Is proceeding at a rapid rate,
and everything 10 expected to be in
readiness to hold the initial shoot about
the Both instant.
Scores follow:
y -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
ants Will Haze Hard Time Winning Fourth Pnnan Heyer Says
NATIONAL LOOP BOSS
EXPECTS CLOSE RACE
Reds And Pirates Look Stronger And Cubs Will
Show Improvement, He Thinks

(By Leased Wire to The Age-Herald.)
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE New
York Giants are stronger than they
were at the close of last season, but all
the other clubs in the National league
are stronger, too, even the Phillies and
Dodgers. Therefore, the fight will be
closer and the Giants twill have very
hard time winning their fourth league
pennant
This was the formal benediction of
John Heydler, president of the National
league, pronounced Friday as sort of
'let 'er go" signal. Heydler, for the
National league, and Ban johnson, for
the American, always make these state
ments as a preliminary formality just
before the season begins.
As usual, the statement rambled on at