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The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Bv LEWIS A. DE BIOIS


President, National Safety Council
f7 COMPARATIVELY recent
q complication which has
arisen in connection with
motor transportation is the rail-
road grade crossing. Fifteen mil
lion automobile owners and addi-
tional millions Of persons ride and
walk across railroad tracks daily.
But do they Gross crossings
cautiously"
In the five years ending this
June, approximately 10000 persons
have been killed and 10000 in
jured at grade crossings. The
latest figures available, show that
80 per cent Of the accidents at
these crossings involve the oceu
pants of automobiles.
In spite of the general belief of
the public that most grade cross
ing accidents are due to physical
hazards such as the obstructed
view of the railroad right of way,
an analysis has demonstrated that
10 per cent of the accidents occur
in broad daylight and SO per cent
at crossings where the view is
entirely open and unobstructed.
The majority of accidents occur,
according to the same authority,
at crossings with which the driver
is wholly familiar. Further analy-
sis shows that IA per cent of these
accidents are due to the driver col
liding with the side of moving
trains There might be some ex-
cuses for colliding with the for
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
BROOKS|DE FEAST
.OF LANTERNS TO
Be HELD TONIGHT
Prizes viii Be Given for
Best Decorated Homes
in Community,

Ten thousand lanterns were being
strung along Brookside Ave. from
Tenth St. to Jefferson Ave, and in
Spades Park, today. in preparation
for the Brookside Civic Leagues an
nual Feast Of Lanterns tonight.
The 800 members of the league
and their neighbors Joined in the
community celebration. Houses all
along the street were being dec
Grated.
Prizes will be given for the best
decorated homes. Judges will be
Edward o. Snethen, John F. White
and Walter Jarvis.
There viii be dancing on Jefferson
Ave, just paved, and in the park.
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Epply in
charge.
Judges for a cake contest will be
Mrs. W. ]. Marks a domestic science
teacher, v. C. Vanderbilt and o. c.
Hasse.
A newsboys' band will play.
Mrs. j. H. Schneider, secretary Of
sShe league, is chairman of the gen.
*$ral committee, with Mrs. William
Kunkel as her assistant. On the
decorating committee are A. Leroy
Portteus, president Of the league;
Mrs. H c. Banes and Mrs. C. A
James. The advertising committee
Includes K H Patton, Mrs. J. D.
Hoss and H. w. Painter.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Terms Agreed

Terms of the merger have been
agreed to by large stockholders in
each railroad. Following action OF
the board Of directors, the plan will
be submitted TO stockholders Of each
road some time this month.
Central figures in the mammoth
deal, which rivals those in the day Of
F. H Hartman and Jay Gould. are
like characters out OF fiction. Orris
P. and Mantis ]. Van Sweringeh are
from the school Of hard knocks.
Theirs Is a history OF self educa-
tion and of the ability to grab oppor-
tunity when 1t raped at the door.
After selling papers in Geneva
the two boys and their mother
moved to Cleveland some thirty
years ago. The boys went to work
as office boys. Their mother died
about that time.
From office boys they advanced tc
under-clerks in a real estate office
Their ethey saw the profit to be
realized from speculative invest
ment After manipulating witt
small lots they finally had oppor
tunity to purchase 1000 acres or
outskirts of Cleveland They did
this with borrowed capital.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL
INVITES ELDERS
Special Service for Old Folks
at Central Avenue Church,

Old folks. of indianapolis have been
invited Ito Sunset day" services of
the Central Avenue Methodist Sun
day School Sunday morning, Frank
C. Jordan, superintendent, an
nounced today.
Transportation to the church will
be provided for those who call Circle
5179s
Following song and prayer service
at 9:15 a. m, Mrs. o. M. Pittenger
and H. S. McMichael will lead in les
son study. AT 10 a. m there will be
more music, an address, Growing
Old Beautifully" by Col William H.
Brown; presentation Of silk flags to
the man and woman who have been
members of the church longest and
to the oldest man and woman pres
ent; presentation of flowers to all
over 10, orchestra music and prayer.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

no supporting cast, in the old play.
Looking for job He plays 1t
alone, for all the rest of US are
busy with our own acts"
md we read a lodge notice re-
questing members to attend a fu-
neral.
So we have come to the end of
the drama on your page, Rider.
The end of the climbing on the
road of disappointment, Of griefs
and of struggle.
Here the sum OF all living is
written. And the sum of living
is the friends that one has gath
cred on the way and who at the
end assemble to say a good word.
And here the curtain drops.
'T told you" said Rider, ION
this page is the whole drama. from
the beginning to the end. Here is
the real news of life"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
POSTER CONTEST
OPENS WITH S10O
AS GRAND PRIZE
Industrial Exposition Heads
Make Offer to
Artists.

The five artists submitting the
best designs for the official poster
for the second Indianapolis Indus
trial Expositino Oct. All at the
State fair ground under the auspices
of the Indianapolis Chamber Of
Commerce will receive prizes aggre-
eating 5000, accoring to announce
ment by a poster committee which
met at the Chamber of Commerce
Building today.
Beginning at once, the poster con-
test will end Sept. 6. The poster
committee consists of Howard T.
Griffith, chairman; George NJ. Book
stahler, Carl c. Gibbs, George T.
O'Connor and Anton Vonnegut.
First prize will be 500; second,
$50; third, $50; fourth, SIS; fifth, $40.
Any amateur or professional artist
in indianapolis will be eligible. The
designs must be made for two colors
and must include the wording Sec
ond Annual Industrial Exposition,
Exposition Building, State Fair
Grounds, October 4 to II, Auspices
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce"
The committee in charge of sale
of space received reports at noon
today from Claude S. Wallin, expo
sition manager, showing rapid
progress.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
WATSON IS SURPRISED
Senator Doesn't Understand Public
Interest in Morgan Row.

Expressing surprise that there
should be public interest in the con-
troyersy over proposed removal of
Bert Morgan as Federal prohibition
director in Indiana. Senator James
E. Watson left Indianapolis today
for York, H., to I'LL speaking en-
gagement.
Watson took stock Of the State
Republican situation, conferring
with party leaders.
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson
probably will not be promoted, to
Circuit Court Of Appeals at Chicago
until the next session of Congress,
Watson said.
That Charles G. Dawes. Republic
an candidate for Vice President, will
not run wild" in his campaign
speeches and embarrass politicians
was the gist of thes Senator's dis
course on that subject.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

Van SWeringenS Manipulate Organization of Fourth Larg
est Transportation System in East,

By United Press
NEW YORK. Aug. S.--The Van
Sweringen boys OF Cleveland, Ohio
one time newspaper peddlers in
Geneva, Ohio, today stand out as two
of the outstanding railroad manipu
lators of the generation.
By consolidation of the Mckee
Plate system with the Chesapeake &
Ohio, the Hooking Valley, Pere Mar
quette and the Erie, they have
reached the crest of their operations
which started with a tram car sys
tenn in a Cleveland real estate sub
division.
The merger. semi-officlally an
nounced. will mean a single system
with total assets of $500, 10000 and
total trackage Of 1887 miles. the
fourth largest railroad system in the
East
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

For each person on the road will
be concerned with his own bur-
den. So it goes, Rider.
And Rider said: "As I told you,
in this page of advertisements you
can read the whole story of hu-
man life
And we read:
MAN. young-19 years old,
wants work of any kind"
Another act in the drama Of
our page" said Rider. The strug-
gle. The brave actor. Here we
see a young man standing up
before the whole city to ask for
a chance to work, to make a liv-
ing-possibly for an ageing mother
or to keep a sister in school.
tell you this page is like a stage
to which the people come to do
their acts. Here stands our hero,
the star of his own drama, with
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
YOU CAN LESSEN
CROSSING WRECKS
Ten Thousand Killed in Tran-Auo Accidents During the
Last Five Years.

ward portion Of the locomotive but
when the collision occurs 40 or so
cars from the forward end of the
train it would seem that this
would resolve itself into an ex-
tremely reckless act.
He who hesitates is safe-at
grade crossings. Don't try to dis
prove this statement. It can't be
done. Accept it as the final con-
clusions of the sensible, conscien-
tious, safe individual.
When approaching railroad
crossing slow down! Look both
ways and be sure there is no train
approaching from either direction,
before crossing. Cross several
tracks only in second or low gear
to eliminate the danger Of stalling
your engine.
NEXT: What already has been
ACCOMPLISHED.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
NO TRACE OF TUCKER
Police Still Seek Alleged Slayer of
Two Women.

Search for Robert Tucker, colored,
1924 Yandes St, who seriously
wounded his wife and killed two
elderly aunts Wednesday, according
to- police, continued today
Police in other cities were asked
to watch for Tucker, who left the
scene of the shooting driving a Ford
sedan.
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff
exonerated Patrolman Fred Braug
ton. who left Tucker shortly before
the shooting. declaring that he was
not to blame.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Wetzel Stays in Jail

BY United Press
COLUMBUS. Ind. Aug. S.-Carl
Wetzel. boilermaker Of Indianapolis.
Is in jail following refusal of Sheriff
Arbuckle to accept a $4,000 bond
signed by professional bondsmen OF
Indianapolis. Wetze lis charged with
an attempt to crack safe in the
office OF tho Standard Oh Company
here.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

That was where the Van Sweringen
railroad control started. The two
boys built their own tram system.
The subdivision and the tram sys-
tenn proved profitable and within a
few years the Van Swerngens We're
wealthy. This wealth was added to,
and in 1916 the Van Sweringens
first became known in the railroad
circles through the purchase OF the
Nickel Plate system.
Then they visualized the merger
which would give two Eastern out.
lets-New York and Newport News
to such cities as Chicago. Cleve-
land. st. Louis. Peoria, Toledo and
Detroit.
Both under IS years Of age. they
apparently have made good their
INSTALLATION.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
SCOUTS TO BREAK CAMP
Awards Made at C:ty's Largest
Court of Honor

Boy Scouts We're preparing today
to break camp at their reservation
near FIT. Harrison Saturday morn
ing. The last camp Of the season
will open Aug. Is.
The largest court Of honor in In
dianapolis scouting was held at the
camp Thursday night. Award: Al
bert Coffin, Donald Trimble, Adolpt
Hertz, Thomas Murray. William
Ferris. r. D. Brown, John Binford
Gerald Wilburn and Robert Highley
man, life and star; George Reilly,
Fred Shugert and George Miller
eagle rank, and Marion Hadley. and
Charles Richardson. service pins.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08


n 7ONALDE. RIDER, who is
ID classified advertising man.
ager of The Times, asked
US:
Which is the best story in the
paper every day?''
And we answered: THAT depends
on personal taste for news. One
reader might say the Franks trial
is the best Another might say
the speedsr court"
THE best story said Rider. 'is
on the classified advertising pages.
There any day you may find the
whole epic of life, in the want ads,
the death notices, the personals
and the lost column. Birth, life,
death. disappointment, grief. ambi-
ton. hope-the whole drama is
there"
So we turned to Riders page in
the paper and read:
WANTED: A baby buggy"
And we said: Here a life be-
gins. The first act of your drama.
Rider. The life makes a bow upon
the stage"
And then we read:
FOR SALE: Baby buggy. Bar
gain. S12."
And we said: This means a
child has learned to walk It Is
stepping out into the world. Be
fore It is a long road. rough and
steep. We ourselves are on that
road and there seems no end
to it."
And we read: "LOST-Airedale
female; name Boots; child's pet.
Phone So and So"
The first grief of a life, Rider
The child asks the people of the
city to help him find his dog. To
day he loses his dog: tomorrow
other griefs and pains. Then he
will be grown up and there will
be none to help him bear his
losses and his griefs. and he will
go it alone up the steep road, his
shoulders bent under the load.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
GATLING RELATED HERE
Grandson of Inventor Mar7.ies for
Third Time. ~

The recent marriage in New York
Of Addison Gauing, grandson Of DIR.
Richard J. Gatung, inventor OF the
famous Gatline gun. to Miss Helen
Ryan calls TO mind the TACT that
the famous inventor lived here and
is buried in Crown Hill cemetery.
His great-aunts Mrs. Zereloa Wal
lace, was grandmother Of Superior
Judge James M. Leathers and great
grandmother Of Walter B. Grover,
realtor, 1904 N. Pennsylvania st. The
younger Gatling was married and
divorced twice before. The latest
venture. like the second, was with
a film star
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Burial at Former Home

Funeral services of William j.
lines, 80, of 1112 Udell ST., who died
Thursday, will be held at tonight
at the residence, with the Scottish
Rite in charge. Burial in Weston
cemetery, Rensselaer,, Ind, his for.
mer home. He came here fourteen
years ago.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Honeymoon In Jail

By United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug 8.-Her-
bert Blackwell and his bride OF three
days today are spending their hon
eymoon in Jail. They were found
guilty of stealing woman's coat
from a department store and were
sentenced to thirty days.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Corner Stone Laid

BN Times NDeCfnE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Aug. g.
Thousands attended the corner stone
laying of the new s2500 Masonic
Temple here Thursday. Arthur B.
Robinson, former judge Indianapo-
lis, gave the address and an ex-
hibition drill was given by the Raper
Commandery Of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Paul D. Frame Promoted

Paul .. Frame, assistant to Haven
r. Packard, will become acting mem
bership secretary of Indianapolis
Chamber Of Commerce Sept. 1, when
Packard leaves to become secretary
of East Chicago Chamber of Com
merce
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
CALL TO ARMS AGAIN

Civil War Veterans Leave Saturday
'uolsoa 1oI
Approximately 500 Civil war vet
Grams leave Saturday morning to at
tend the ffty-eighth national conven-
ton of the G. A. R. at Boston, Aug
10 to Aug. Is.
Because the average age of the
veterans is more than so, railroads
have arranged liberal~stop-overs In
diaanpolis will send more than 100
veterans.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Baptists in Session

By Times Special
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug. s.
Indianapolis speakers are being
heard at the 1O2nd annual conven-
ton of the Flat Rock Baptist Asso-
citation in session here.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Dillon Returns to Farm

Thomas Dillon. Twelfth ward Re-
publican leader. under six months
sentence to the Indiana State farm,
on charges of operating a gambling
house, is back at the farm today,
after a twenty-day parole granted
by Governor Emmett F. Branch. Dill
lon was allowed to be at the bedside
Of his wife, who Is seriously i'll.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08
Became Wealthy

Seeing the need of a tram system
in the subdivision, they appealed to
the Cleveland Traction Company
and were met with a few laughs.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

A very simple. and efficient accelera~
tor with a smooth and positive action.
Operates Independent of hand control
Foot rest can be attached without cut
ting large hole in mat Large rubber
covered pedal Whole device is nickel
plated. An excellent nF
Value at ..............JO%
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-08

BY ALFRED SEGAL
7ONALDE. RIDER, who is
I'D classified advertising man.
IL ager of The Times, asked
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27

ditions of the old army this cam
paign was notable, and men who
were stationed on the plains &C
years ago are likely to tell YOU
if you ask them-that there never
was such a journey since the
Greeks marched to the sea. An
army officer once told me that 49,
900 troops were hurrying over the
country to capture or kill these
few people who had left the fever
stricken south, and in the face of
every obstacle were steadily march
ing northward."
Of the generalship of Little
Wolf it is only necessary to say.
that he had but four hard fights,
and in these he was never worsted,
and that he lost but a half dozen
men. Is there parallel to this
military feat in history? | can re-
call none. All honor to the North
ern Cheyennes.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27
YOUTH ATE TICK:
GETS BLACK FEVER:
ANTI Vo xxTxrxr xnaxr

Harold Prenovost, OF Billings.
has just returned from the Nor.
thern Pacific hospital ar GiendIyc,
recovered from an attack of spot
ted fever that had it's inception
when he ate black tick, either I'm
his lunch or with gooseber1ies he
was picking near Forsyth month
ago.
Prenovost, section employe.
laid his noon lunch under some
bushes while he was working. He
thinks one of the ticks got into
"a cold beef sandwich and that he
ate 1t.
Shortly after he became i'll. The
symptoms puzzled physicians who
examined him. So PrenoYost was
sent to the hospital with his ALL
ment diagnosed as possible ty-
phoid. BY the time the sick man
got there, his symptoms had de-
veioped more fully and he was
asked to open his shirt. His body
was covered by n mass of red
spots.
The tick which inocuIated Prem
ovost was of the black variety.
The fatalities in black tick fever
cases are about "a per cent. In
the Bitter Root tick cases the
death rate Is 81 per cent.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27
FLINT ARROW HEAD is.
FOUND EMBEDDED in
MOUNTAIN GOAT SKULL

While with his father on a pack
trip into the Beartooth lake region
recently, Bill Grcenough of Deer
Lodge, found mountain goat
skull with a red flint arrow head
lodged In the forehead. The trophy
which was bIeached and cracked
with unnumbered years of expos
ure to the sun and snow was taken
to Red Lodge and placed on dis
play, creating no small amount of
interest and speculation.
1T is the first time in all my IS
years or more of riding in this part
of Montana" said Ben Greenough,
the boys father, that / ever saw
a goat skull bearing an arrow head,
although on numerous occasions /
have seen the remains OF buffalo
and other animals bearing that ex-
PLANTATION OF their death. The
goats are so wary that they were
extremely difficult to hunt even
with rifles; IT must have been a
clever Indian that drew that bow
From the smooth, apparently
partially healed condition of the
skull at the arrows point Of entry,
Ii appears that the hardy animal
was only wounded by the dart and
made his escape. How long ago
this little drama was eSscted can
only be conjectured; the once hard
horns are bIeached and porous,
their sharp tip is weather blunt.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27
|MONANA COUNTY
AND (ISTRICT FAIR
DATE ARRANGED
INTEREST," 10 EXHIBITS BEING
ARRANQD FOR COMMUNITY
AM STATE SHOWS
beiknap ln9ns Scheduled to Stage
First Exh1ti of Season ON Re
servation dunds; Others In Many
Sections tdFolIow.

hkricuitof 4ccmmunftfes in ev-
CRY socuoh oIVontana are prepar-
ing ior tnoir spual fairs and har-
vest festivals 9TH the first touch
Oh isn WeAtnerQ the air. Good
crops IN practiyly every part of
me slato aimosupsure the success
vi inc various cotty events, which
are ucpohuent upp the farmer at
.ohuAhce In iaA measure for
eiloir patronage, Us pointed out.
some unusually Interesting exhib-
Its of farm produd ranging from
small tent shows totuge gatherings
VI Samples from all tctfons of Mon
tana at the state faiht Ha,ena are
planned.
The first fair date NMontana this
year announced is tina of the Rel
KNAPP Indians who will\old a three
day exposition on the ReIkuan In
dian reservation Augus6e0 al and
September 1. Other Mdtana fairs
and harvest festivals, th( dates for
which have been announdd, are as
follows:
Beaverhead County Air and
Roundup, Dillon, SeptembeM & a
Believer Community Fax Gear
Carter County Fair. Ekalah Sep
TENDER 8. 3, 10.
Golden Valley County Fair. wye
gate. September IL.
Huntley Project Fair. Osbdne.
September IS.
Midland Empire Fair, Billinxs.
September Is to 10.
Eighth Annual Boys and Girs
Club Fair, Great Falls, September is
Chotean County Community Fair.
Fort Benton, September 10 and 20.
Montana State Fair, Helena. Sep
| TENDER 20 to 81.
| Winifred Harvest Festival, Wini-
fred, September 81.
Annual Project Fair. williams,
October 4.
Lake County Fair. Poison, octo-
Der 8, 10, IL.
North Central Montana Corn and
Livestock Show, Great Falls, Octo-
Der %, 20, 80.
North Montana Corn and Seed
Show, Wolf Point, November IL, IS,
Ia.
| Hill County fair. Havre, Oct. ., 10
and IL.
Residents OF the southern section
of the state are also considerably in
terested in the Northwestern Wyo-
ming which is being held at Powell
Wyo., this week.
Montana farmers have received no.
tice that the Spokane, Wash, Inter
state Fair and Livestock Show will be
held at Spokane, September /, to 6.
Dates for the International Hay
and Grain Show. held annually in
Chicago. have been set this year as
November 29 to December 6.
Other fairs and festivals in differ
ent sections of Montana are now In
preparation, many of the dates still
pending.