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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-17
rPOsTPONEMENT SOUGHT
Fair Secretary Wants DirigibIe Here
on Opening Day.

E. J. Barker, secretary treasurer
of the, State board Of agriculture,
today telegraphed Curtis D. Wilbur,
Secretary of the Navy, urging him
to route the big dirigible over Indi-
annapolis Sept. Z, opening day of the
State fair. Barker pointed out that
thel day is being given over to OBJ
servance Of Labor day and that
James J. Davis. Secretary Of Labor,
is to be the principal speaker An
other wire was to be sent from Gov
ernor Jackson's Office.
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Coroner Opens Inquest in
Fatal Shooting at
Muncie.

.Bu United Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 17.-George
(Dutch) Anderson, Gerald Chapman s
pal, will be held for the Delaware
County grand jury-if he is ever
captured-it was indicated today by
Coroner Frank Kilgore, who opened
the inquest in the fatal shooting of
Ben and Mary Hance, the bandit
princes betrayers.
Anderson has been named by
every witness and by Hance as the
murderer while Charles zone ARM
Wolfe. held in Jail here. was named
only by Haice in his dying state
ment to Marshal Booher of Middle
town. 1t is expected that Wolfe will
be held gor grand jury action and
that a formal charge of murder will
be placed against him.
Guilt Denied
Attorneys for Wolfe asaid it was
not their client but big Turk, ("
another of Chapman's confederates,
who was with Anderson on the coun-
try road Friday afternoon. This,
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ESCAPE JAIL AS
SHERIFF MOTORS
Three Walk Out at Browns
town.

BV Times Special
BROWNSTOWN. Ind, Aug. IL
No trace had been found today OF
Clyde Haulk. 10, and Herman Hall.
10, of Crothersville, Ind, and Clar~
ence Stout Of Seymour. Ind, who
escaped Jail Sunday evening be-
tween 5 and 7. The men broke the
bars in their, cells and walked out
doors while Sheriff Snead and his
family were driving near Vallonia4
Clay Eberhardt, another prisoner
refused to join the men.
Haulk and Hall were held on theft
charges and Stout was charged with
forgery They had been in Jail sew
eral weeks. -
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One Cent Slash for Park
Board Contemplated, 1t Is
Said, to Bring Levy Down
to $1.O525, as Opposed to
S1.O55 in 1925.
BUILDING AND SMOKE
CODE TO BE TAKEN UP
County Auditor Announces
Approximate Valuation as
S650,234,470 = Wash
ington Township Appeal
Filed May Change Figures

With city council members
sharpening their axes to whack
the budget for 1926, especially
the levy Of the park depart
ment, it was indicated today
that the body's consideration OF
finances at its meeting tonight
would result in a tax levy Of
$1.O525, one-fourth cent lower
than in 1925.
Indications are that the council
will reduce the park boards levy
from 8 to 7 cents and that other
estimates will remain unchanged.
Mayor Shank has placed the rate at
$1.O625. The council may lower the
total, but the law prohibits the body
from increasing it.
Valuation Announced
At the same time County Auditor
Harry Dunn announced to city Of
ficials that the approximate assessed
valuation of Indianapolis is $780,
234,470 but that the definite valua-
ton is uncertain still State tax board
officials act on an appeal for re-as-
sesSment of Washington Township.
City officials have been using the
$3.50, O,2S4,470 figure in computing
1925 levies.
Dunn certified to the State tax
board an appeal Of 149 taxpayers
living in the city inside Washington
Township, which includes the North
Side above Maple Rd., asking that
the Washington Township tax, both
city and rural, be set aside and a
e-assessment ordered.
A 20 per cent blanket increase on
real estate and improvements for
Washington inside, ordered by the
Marion County board of review July
29, occasioned the rebellion.
Valuation Uncertain
lnlS appear, lieu Aug. 10 Will
Dunn, thus throws the total assessed
valuation of the city into uncertainty
until the State board takes action.
The 20 per cent increase formed
about $6,S5o,OOo of the total assess
ment given by Dunn to the city.
The north siders complained in
their petition that real estate in In
dianapons, Washington Township, is
''too high, and that rural Washing
ton is too low"
Figures by Dunn on the various
units Of the city: Washington, $44,-
O71,S5O; Perry, $685. Warren,
(Irvington), $12,5O6,8eO; Wayne, Qn-
dianapolis vest, $16.S91, 200, and
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FIRE NEAR BRIDGEPORT
Origin of $1,000 Barn Blaze to Be
PrObed.

Origion of fire which did $1,000
damage to a two-story barn owned
by Edgar Stout, r. R. A, Box IS,
Bridgeport, early Sunday was begun
today by fire officials.
Stout said he believed someone set
fire to the barn. His automobile
had been tampered with, he said.
Fire which damaged a barn owned
by C. w. Strider, 916 E. Sixteenth
st. Saturday about $50 was, believed
to be of incendary origion.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURE
'.Mo Art in Having TWo WiDes"

The bootlegging business
started failing some time ago.
Mrs. Schneider number. one,
failing to receive her customary
allowance, and aroused by her
husbands long absence. called
his club and found Schneider had
given a new address. She went
to the house and there found
her husband and his Second
wife, living as Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Edwards.
There are two children as the
result of the first union and one.
by the second.
Schneider is charged with
violating the dry law and with
bigamy
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AFTER HoLD-UP
Police Arrest Men and Women on
Gaming Charges.

One suspected hold-up man was
arrested and five women and ten
other men slated on gaming charges
after investigation of hold-up re-
ported Sunday by Charles Townsend,
25, Recreation Bowling Alleys. 222
w. Eleventh st.
Townsend said he won some
money in a crap game and at home
was held-up. The two men he said
were participants in the game. Dave
Hogan, said to be one of the bandits,
was charged with vagrancy. Lydia
Mason, 1920 Superior ST., was
charged with keeping a gambling
house.
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Bu United Press

BIZ United Press
T| hICAGO. Aug. 17.-There
IL is no particular art in
" having two wives, main
tanning separate establishments
and keeping them in ignorance
of each others existence. It's just
a matter of keeping ones mouth
shut and giving them enough
presents, Edward N. Schneider
explained to police today.
For three years Schneider
lived with his two wives in
separate parts of the city and,
in addition, conducted A success
>ful bootlegging business. He
gave his wives lots of presents
to alleviate their annoyance at
his long absences
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HOT WEATHER RETURNS
Week Opens With Temperature
Above Normal.

After enjoying comparatively cool
weather for some time, Indianapolis
today opened the week with temper
ature above normal, with good
chances Tor continued warm
weather, the United States weather
bureau announced.
Temperature was rs, or 6 degrees
above normal at a. m. Highest
temperature Sunday was SO at
D. m. No rain was reported over
Indiana Sunday, but predictions are
for, partly cloudy and unsettled con-
ditions tonight.
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PROGRAM FOR
GREATER CITY
WEEKATP PARK
Indianapolis to Celebrate
GroWth-May Become
Annual Event.
MANY ENTER PARADE
Mayor to Broadcast Virtues
of Municipality.

Indianapolis today prepared to
celebrate its growth from a strug-
Cling country town to a metropolis
of 100000, and to tell the Nation
NAT the city is ready to welcome
thousands of future citizens.
With details assigned to- compe;
tent committees, John F. Walker
and William T. Bailey, who have
been in charge Of the celebration Of
Greater Indianapolis Week, pre-
dicted the observance will be the
greatest in the city's history.
The, week may become an annual
event, similar to the Mardis Gras
of New Orleans, with crowds at
tending from all parts Of the country,
according to Walker.
Great Advertising
''It will be the greatest advertis-
ing movement ever undertaken by
the city at the lowest cost" Walker
said.
The official program for the week
will start at p. m. at Rhoddus Park
with a concert by the Police and
Firemen's band. Then there will be
a flag drill by children, supervised
by Mrs. Frank Kessler of the rec
reation department. Swimming and
diving contests are scheduled in the
worlds largest indoor pool at the
park.
The Enterprise Civic League will
direct the program and its presi-
dent, o. L. Williamson, will act as
temporary chairman. John W. Losh
will be permanent chairman and
Heydon W. Buchanan, a councilman,
will deliver the address of welcome.
James NJ Ogden, corporation coun-
sci, will explain the puBpose Of the
week and an address will be deliv-
cred by J. Stephen Fullen.
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PAINT TO HELP LIGHT
Hurne.Mansur Company PAYS for
Columbia Club Work.

Two coats Of white paint, being
umbia Club Bldg, will assist tenants
In the rear Of the Hume-Mansur
Bldg. to obtain more light, accord
ing to officials Of the Hume -Mansur
Building Company, which is paying
for the paint.
The new Columbia Club structure
adjoins the Hume Mansur Bldg. and
light will be reflected from the white
walls into office windows.
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U. S. PLAYS ITS TRUMP
Grand Jury Inquiry Started of New
Orleans Oasis"
Bv United Press

NEW ORLEANS, La. Aug H.
With but slight headway made in
the six-day drive by enforcement
agents the Government today played
it's trump .card-that of grand jury
investigation-in an effort to dry up
the most f1ourishing oasis in the
southern desert"
New Orleans still is decidedly wet.
A million dollars worth Of seizures
and wholesale arrests, the net re-
suit of week of intensive raids.
have made no appreciable decrease
in the supply of bootleg liquor. The
price too, remains the same.
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Guilt Denied
EXPLORER COMING BACK
Andrews Has Made Important Dis
coveries London Hears.

BU United Press
LONDON, Aug. 17.-Roy Chap
man Andrews, American explorer, Is
on his way out Of Mongolia to an
nounce important prehistoric dis
coveries, according to the Daily
Telegraph's Peking correspondent.
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MRS. MORGAN BURIED

Wife of Famous Financier Receives
Only Simple Recognition.
Bv United Press
GLEN COVE, L. l., Aug. IL
Mrs. j. P. Morgan was buried to,
day with ceremony which in it's
simplicity might have marked the
passing of the humblest citizen of
Glen Cove.
Wife of the millionaire whose
worldwide financial operations have
made him an international figure,
Mrs. Morgan received only simple
recognition st the grave.
Services were conducted in the
little church of St. John. near-here.
Only few relatives and trends were
present
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TWO LEAVE POOR FARM
Police Asked to Look for Girls
Who Are Roaming.

Two girls" just couldn't restrain
their desire to roam, police were told
today officers were asked to look
for Elizabeth Farrar, 75, and Emily
Madra, so, inmates, who disappeared
from the Marion County poor farm,
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SLEEPER KILLED BY CAR
Unidentified Youth Struck Near Lo-
ganspOrt.

BU Untted Press
LoGANSPORT. Ind, Aug. IL
Attempts were being made today to
establish the identity of youth
about 10 killed by an interurban car
near here early Sunday.
The youth had gone to sleep on
the tracks when the car hit him.
He died without regaining con.
sciousness after being brought to a
hospital here.
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THREE PERISH IN FIRE
Waitress and Two Firemen Killed
AS Burning Roof Crashes

Bu United Press y
LONG BRANCH. n. j., Aug. IL
Three persons. including two fire.
men, were deadthere today and five
other victims We're in hospitals,
following a fire which destroyed the
annex 'of the Atlantic hotel Sun
day morning
Raymond Dir%an and Wilbur Lloyd
volunteer firemen and Leona Allen,
of New York, a waitress, lost the.i
lives when the blazing roof col
lapsed.
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IN SCHOOL roo SOON
Five Boys Said to Have Entered
Building; viii Be in Court.

Five boys, ranging in age from IL
to IA, will be called into juvenile
court because they went to school
too early this year. They are said
to have broken into School 35. Cap
itol Ave. and Twenty Eighth st. on
Sunday No damage was done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-17
TRACTOR KILLS MAN
Upsets on Steep Hillside; Fatally
Injuries Farmer.
Bu times Special

Bu ItmeS SDectdt
BROWNSTOWN, Ind, Aug. IL
Cecil Cross, 26, was killed today
when a tractor he was driving upset
on a steep hillside near here. He
was the son of ]. B. Cross, super.
intendent Of the Jackson County In
firmary. The widow and one child
survive.
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KILL THREE

WaynetOwn Woman Dies At NObles-
vile Hospital
Three persons were killed in week
end auto accidents in Indiana, re-
ports showed today.
Mrs. Joseph Schlosser. 70. died
in a hospital at Noblesville from in
juries received in an auto collision
near Waynetown.
Jennette Engleman. 8, was run
over and killed at Petersburg by an
auto driven by Ruth Abbott, county
truant officer.
George Rice, 3S. fell from a truck
at Terre Haute and died from his
INJURIES.
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By United Press

y WtItU 7 Ttc6
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
3,O0Omile itinerary of the Navy
dirigible Shenandoah from Lake
hurst over the Middle West during
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III DIE, 1880 INJURED
More Lives Lost Celebrating Fourth
Than i'm Battle of Lexington.

Than in Battle of Lexington.
Bu United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-More lives
were losct in celebrating last Fourth,
of July than in the battle of Lex
ington, according to statistics COM
piled by the American Museau of
Safety.
One hundred and eleven persons,
mostly children, were killed, and
1000 injured, according to this re-
port, which Shows that sparklers
and fJe crockers were responsible
for most, of the casualties.
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TAKES A LIFE

w EBOuIuH ADC
Burns to Death.
Bv United Press
PAWTUCKET, r. L, Aug. IL
Albert Holland, IA years old, is dead
because he couldn't take dare"
Two youthful companions ''bar1-
tied him to climb tower of the
New England Power Company.
Young Holland started up the
tower, but after reaching a height
of about thirty feet touched a liva
wire which burned him to death.
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Many Floats Entered

Nearly 1900 floats have been en-
tered and sergt. Eugene Shine has
obtained ten bands and five drum
corps for the parade Wednesday
afternoon.
Following the parade there will be
a celebration at Broad Ripple Park.
six beeves, eight, hogs, 5000 buns
and 500 gallons of coffee are listed
among the refreshments at a free
barbecue.
Mayor Shank will journey to Gin
cinnati and will broadcast the vir-
tues Of Indianapolis over WLW
radio station. A large loud speaker.
built for the Broadcast Listeners
Association, will amplify the may
or's voice to a crowd near Week
headquarters at 27 N. Pennsylvania
st. at p. m.
Club Shown City
Under the guidance of Miss Thel-
ma Burton, chosen as Miss Greater
Indianapolis by popular vote, ma
tional officers of the rercator Club
today were conducted for an automo-
bile trip over the city.
Motion pictures Of a number Of
local industries will be exhibited this
week. They will be at the Colonial
theater today, the Circle Tuesday;
Ohio Theater, Wednesday; Palace,
Thursday; Apollo. Friday, and Lyric,
Saturday.
Two powerful searchlights from
Fit. Benjamin Harrison will illum1-
nate Pennsylvania ST., from Ohio to
Washington Sts,, during the dance,
and entertainment Friday night.
AS Indianapolis citizens celebrate
Ahe growth of the city, their particl-
Spation will be broadcast nationally
through news reel motion pictures.
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Home Edition

This week is Greater In
i dianapolis Week. Every
citizen of the city should CO.
operate in the movement.
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Forecast

I'd ARTLY cloudy and some Z
i what unsettled tonight and
Tuesday; not much change IN
temperature.
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Friendly Enemies
Now Mates

When the ]. j. C. and Southpaw
football teams meet Sunday after
noon in the city grid title battle at
Washington Park, two veteran pig.
skin rivals will take part in the
contest.
1t will be the first time Chunk
Helvie and Frank BulD Skinner
ever have been teammates, though
they have played against each other
numerous times. The independent
championship tilt will find them both
on the same side of the line of
scrimmage. wearing j. ]. c. jerseys.
Both men have played on most of
the leading elevens of the State dur
ing different seasons, but never at
the same time on any one club. The
best Of friends in private life, Chunk
and Bull have been determined OPP
ponents on the gridiron.
Sunday afternoon the fans will see
Skinner. husky guard, doing his
darndest" to make "hole" for Hell
vie. a back field man, to plunge
through. instead of trying to plug
up the hole as in times past.
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Although the meeting is primarily
for the Big Ten athletic heads,
coaches and athletic directors from
all sections of the country took adj
vantage of the opportunity to ar
range intersectional contests next
year.
Football, monarch of all college
sports, drew chief attention of course
and in view of the fact that many
coaches believe college football will
face q serious test next autumn
against the inroads of professional
ism, it is likely that some of the old
precedents and prejudices will be
thrust into the discard and games OF
the greatest possible interest will be
arranged.
Some leaders, Of the Big Ten have
expressed opposition to the booking
of intersectional games, preferring
to have the conference teams meet
their natural rivals and settle the
championship in clear cut fashion.
Others, however, believe that big
intersectional games will draw great
er national interest and will do much
to uphold the prestige of college
football.
Prominent among the noncon'
ference football mentors in at
tendance are Jesse Hawley. Dart
mouth; Andy Smith, California;
Knute Rockne, Notre Dame; Lou
Young, Pennsylvania; Glenn War
ner, Stanford, and Clark Shaughn
essy, Tulane. Representatives of
the Missouri Valley conference also
have been invited and several are
expected.
The Big Ten athletic directors
opened their sessions this afternoon
and will continue all day Friday.
Wrestling coaches will arrange their
schedules Friday afternoon and foot
ball, baseball, basketball, swimming,
track and other sports will have
their programs arranged Saturday.
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C. a M p | s
CHANG D
Indians Probably viii Go to
BiIoxi-Suspended Sen
tenCe NettIeS Bush.
Bu Times Special

BH Times Special
CHICAGO, Dec. Sin addition to
working on the Bush case at the fin
al days session of the American
Association, Owner Smith and Sec
rotary Clauer Of the Indianapolis
team today endeavored to complete
arrangements for the the 1925 train
ing camp of the Tribesmen.
Representatives of Biloxi, Miss, a
gulf resort, talked to the Indian Off
Gals Wednesday, and it is said it is
practically certain the Hoosiers will
train in that southern city next
spring.
The Indians gave up their Florida
camp at Plant City several weeks
ago when they were informed the
new hotel venture there had met
with a long delay.
Another Boom Started
Biloxi boosters are starting boom
and they have an idea a baseball
club will give them help in their
efforts to advertise the gulf city in
the North.
Manager Bush is here at thea A.
meeting awaiting word of the
progress in the efforts Of his club
officials to get his suspended SEN
tence lifted. He is ION probation"
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SURPRISE
BAT TIE s
IN w : S 7
BaIlerino Knocked Out and
Rosenberg 0utpointed in
Coast Scraps.
BIZ Times Speolat

Bb Itmes SDeCtdG
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.-Mike
Ballerino, Bayonne IN. j. boxer.
lost his junior lightweight crown
here when a technical knockout was
scored on him by Tod Morgan, Seat
tie. Ballerino was punished badly
and his seconds threw in a towel in
the tenth round.
Morgan had the advantage in
reach and his hard punches kept
Ballerino dizzy. The eastern lad
was knocked down twice before his
seconds acted to save him further
punishment. Morgan weighed 12S
and Ballerino 1924.
In San Francisco on Wednesday
Charlie PhiD Rosenberg. worlds
bantam champion, was shaded by
California Joe" Lynch in ten rounds.
The title was not at stake. Rosen-
berg weighed 1211s and Lynch 122.
1t was a hard scrap. with Lynch
having two rounds, Rosenberg one
and seven were even.
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GRID AWARDS
TWenty-0ne Butler Football
Players Get Letters.

The faculty athletic committee at
Butler today approved Athletic
Director Pages recommendation to
give varsity sweaters with the
regulation varsity letter to twenty.
one members of the football squad.
Twelve of the twenty-one are seniors
and will receive the royal blue coat
sweater with service stripes.
Captain Reichel Strole, Nipper,
Paul, Kilgore, Helton, Hensel, Wood
ling, Konold, and Cecil, are entitled
to four service stripes, while Reach
and Mulholland, who are also seniors,
will receive three service stripes.
Captain-elect Black, Northam, Hitch,
Puett and Fletcher are the, juniors on the
squad, and they will receive the regular
award for their class. which is q white
t ter in T royal Blqe The sophomore
receive the royal blue slipover sweater
with the white letter. These nine men
will form the nucleus of the squad for
next year.
Coach Page will have thirteen other men
who were on the squad this year. and who
will receive royal blue sweaters without
Green, Brown. Wakefield. Smith, G. Cecil,
league. Cottrell and Meek. Several OF
these men should come through in good
shape next season.
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B NJ
DEFEA S
SCHAEFER
Horemans Takes Billiard
Title Despite World Rec
ord Run by Young Jake.
BIZ United Press

Blu United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Europe today
had its first billiard championship
since 1906.
Edouard Horemans, the Belgian
cue wizard, took the 1872 billiard
balkline championship from the
United States Wednesday night
when he defeated young Schaefer by
score OF 1900 to 1,495 for the
three 50O-point blocks.
Schaefer played brilliantly during
the last 500-block, but the Belgian's
lead during the first 1000 points was
too great for him to overcome.
AS the final block started the score
was 1000 to 913 in Horemans' favor.
In the Belgian's first three turns
at the table he made 100, 1876 and 80.
Schaefer seemed sadly off form and
made only a total of 50 in four
efforts. Up until the eighth frame,
Young Jake's chances appeared
almost hopeless.
Then he cut loose and in the
greatest exhibition of billiards ever
seen ran up world record string
of 432. Horemans. however, went
out in the next inning with an un-
finished run of "A.
The new champion is SO years old,
was born in Antwerp. Belgium. and
played his first game of billiards at
the age OF Is.