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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-24

if l drank just water: Once when we
had been in town a little book telling
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was left in our car. / have
taken five bottles of the Vegetable
Compound now and l do all my house,
work and help with the milking and
taking care of chickens and garden.
Besides have a fine baby girl eight
months old, just the picture of health
and am feeling fine myself. Youmay
use this letter as testimonial ana
will answer any letters asking about
the Vegetable Compound. - Mrs.
OSCAR F. BoRGELIN, Route No. B,
Forest City, Iowa.
For sale by druggists everywhere.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-24
THIS WOMAN'S
REMARKABLE
RECOVERY
Entirely Due to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Forest City, Iowa. "My first child
lived only short time and | was sick

Tor a year aICer.
When / bent over
and raised myself
up againI couldal.
most scream with
pain in my back.
One day / was so
bad that / had to
leave my washing
and get ready to
go to the doctor.
He gave me medi-
cine but it did no
more good than
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-24
EIGHT ARE INJURED
IN PLANE CRASH

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Nov. "a
Eight persons were injured, one Sc
riously when an airplane in which
they we're riding ST. uck a tree and
crashed to the ground as it was max
ing forced landing here Sunday.
The engine had stopped. All we're
Kansas City and Excelsior. Springs.
Mo, residents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-24

You Know a Tonic Is Good
when it makes you eat like hungry
boy and brings back the color to your
cheeks. You can soon feel the
Strengthening. Invigorating Effect of
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
SOC.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
PET DOG STRAYS,
MAN KILLS SELF
Master Carries Out His Oft Re-
pedted Threat.

Chicago Edmond Van Vyncht
threatened many times in the last two
years to kill himself II his brown and
white spaniel, Spot" ever left him.
Recently he made good.
AS he and Mrs Van vyncht ate
lunch he demanded to know where
"Spot" was. Mrs. Van Vyncht did not
know. Spot" she thought, had just
wandered out to investigate the neigh
borhood and would be in soon.
IF he doesn't come back soon I'll
kill myself" Van Vyncht declared,
and added despondently, Maybe they
have got him in the pound 1 can't
bear to think of him being there"
Mary. a seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter, laughed and predicted that the dog
would be back. Then she went back
to her work at the Rock Island offices.
Half an hour later neighbors heard
the report of pistol A few moments
more and there was another But no
one investigated, and at 5 80 D. m. all
was quiet in the house when Mary re-
turned.
Mrs. Van vyncht, with her head
bleeding from bullet wound, met her
at the door,
"He killed himself" she said. Hes
back there. Spot didn't come i'm
The girl called the police. They
listened to the story of the mother,
but at first doubted it. Her husband,
she said, took his pistol out and said
he was going to shoot himself. She
tried to get the weapon from him and
in the struggle it was discharged. The
bullet grazed her forehead and lodged
In the ceiling. When she regained
consciousness she found her husbands
body, but was too dazed to call the
police.
While the investigation was in prog
ress Spot" walked in. He shifted the
body Of his master and whined, and
when the still form was carried out to
patrol wagon he followed to the
curb. He was sitting there, still and
forlorn. as the black wagon turned the
corner.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
Majority of Freed
Conuicfs Successful

Milwaukee, Exactly SO per cent Of
those who serve time in the penal
institutions and are discharged make
good" aRid F. e. Lyon, superintendent
of the Central Howard association,
Chicago speaking at the Summerfield
Methodist church.
During 1924 we placed 1884 men
and boys in industry who had been
discharged from corrective institutions
These earned $268,567.
The association Is carrying on re-
Mobilization work In eight states: Wis
consin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07

sum of 1900 francs which the bill
collector had had on the eve of his
disappearance was gone and examina-
ton disclosed that he had died of
mercury injection
Marseilles was aghast at the discov-
cry, but soon complaints began to pour
In to the police of other suspicious acts
on the part of Doctor Bougrat. He
was said to have robbed many Of his
patients after giving them drugs or in
jections which caused them to lose
consciousness. He was charged with
other cases of attempted murder. 1t
was wondered whether he was not re-
sponsible for other disappearance.
All France Aroused.
The eyes of all France turned to
Marsellles in horror with a realization
of the crimes which doctor, licensed
to issue burial certificates and with
drugs at his command, might commit
For all his responsibility it was
found that Doctor Bougrat had been in
serious financial difficulties since his
friendship with woman other than
his wife had forced him into all sorts
of extravaganza Hitherto unknown
escapades became known, curious de-
tails of his life were discovered. The
only explanation Of having dead man
In secret cupboard which he himself
had advanced was that Rumede had
committed suicide In his laboratory
and he had hid the body.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
Fish Caught in Garden
Eating Carrot Tops

Middletown, N Y.--Louis Bell
waded into his garden at Bloomburg
when 1t was covered with water as a
result of the Shawangunk XIII over
flowing and found 15-pound German
carp making breakfast Of carrot tops.
He killed the carp with spade.
Several farmers told Constable NIL
Ter that carp had done serious damage
by feeding on their lettuce and aspara-
gus beds The constable set a number
Of fish traps in the flooded section and
baited them with brussels sprouts,
which 10 said no carp could resist.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
JEKYLL AND HYDE J
MYSTERY FOUND
IN MARSEILLES
Bad Checks Lead to DiscOU-
cry of. Body in Doc
tors Cupboard.

Paris.-France succeeds in having
at regular intervals murders of such
dramatic mystery that one no longer
wonders at the sources of her romantic
detective tales Her fiction can never
rival facts. Today the mysterious dis
appearance on March IA Of one
Jacques Rumede, a bill collector Of
Marseilles, has been explained and
Paris is enjoying the cupboard muir
der"
No clew could be found by the police
last March, no explanation of the dis
appearance Of NJ Rumede was forth
coming. The mystery was solved by
chance when some question of fraud
ulent checks brought detectives to the
house of Dr. Pierre Bougrat, ply
sician, member of a socially prom
inent family. and chevalier Of the
Legion Of Honor.
Without any idea that they were
stumbling upon new Jekyll and Hyde
the police were going through the doc
tors papers, when they noticed q
strange odor. 1t came from the labora-
tory. Nothing could be found and a
gentle tapping of the walls failed to
reveal any hidden recess until sud
denly the detectives baton dislodged
tapestry and the wall behind 1t gave
hollow ring.
The section of wall was broken into
and long coffin-shaped cupboard dis
covered. Lying on the shelf, doubled
up and partly decomposed, was the
body of a man, Jacques Rumede. A
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
Coast League Asking Too
Much for Baseball Stars

When the majors paid 100000 for
Willie Kamm and $4,000 for Jimmy
O'Connell, they set a precedent that
bodies i'll for big-league prospects from
the coast.
Having had a taste Of the big money,
a fair offer is no longer tempting.
AS result Outfielders Waner and
valla Of San Francisco, and Hal
Rhyme, star shortstop, are in the Coast
league this year instead Of the majors,
A number of big league clubs would
like to acquire the services of these
three stars, but do not like to gamble
at the price demanded
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07

Summer is just one long vacation
to the family with a car. The long
evenings, the weekends, the holidays,
all afford an opportunity to the motor
list to go somewhere and rest, refresh,
and recreate body and mind.
It's easy to buy, easy to own, and
easy to drive a Hupmobile and Over
land. Let us show you.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07

send Us your Summer addres
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
Ambushed SniperS, Using
Shotguns, Wound Three
Women and Man.

Bu United Press
JOHNSTON CITY, ILL.,, Sept. 10
Three women and one man were
dangerously wounded by ambushed
snipers as they dashed from a burn
ing roadhouse near here early to-
day.
When the building burst into
flames from mysterious origin short
ly after a. m. guests started a
mad scramble to escape. Just as
they went through the door shots
rang out, from behind trees and from
under huge brush piles.
Shots issued from both revolvers
and shotguns. Jacob Stearns. Jack
sonville, suffered a revolver shot
wound in the left hip. Mrs. May
Maude Young, Herrin, was struck
by a blast Of buckshot from one of
the shotguns. Her condition is re-
garded critical.
Mrs. Bailey Martin wife of the
proprietor suffered buckshot
wounds. as did another woman,
whose name police were unable to
learn
Stearns and Mrs. Young were
rushed to hospital here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
PROSPECTS FOR
WARM SESSION
Conservation Group to Meet
on Saturday.

Prospects for a warm session Of
the State conservation commission
at it's regular monthly session Satur-
day morning, loomed today as
Statehouse corridors buzed over the
secret action of two of the commits
sioners last Friday when drastic
slashes in the salaries Of Richard
Lieber, conservation director and
two of his assistants, were ordered.
Rumors were that Dean Stanley
Coulter of Purdue University, one
Of the commissioners who was alb
sent at the Friday session, and E.
NJ. Wilson of Anderson, another COM
missioner would resign Saturday un.
less w. A. Guthrie, chairman and e
L. Gardner, secretary rescinded
their action. Wilson was present
at the secret meeting and voted
against the salary reductions, but
the order was declared legal with
the two votes Of Guthrie and Gard
ner.
Governor Jackson said he would
take no action on the slashes al
present. Lieber. who was with Jack
son at a Republican rally at Port
land Thursday, was silent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
REMUS is OUT
ON HIGH BOND
BootIegger Deluxe Secures
Freedom at st. Louis.

BN United Press
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1s.--George
Reinus. Cincinnati's bootlegger de
luxe today is free on $500 bona
in connection with the robbery of
the Jack Daniel distillery here two
years ago.
Remus was to return to Cincin.
natl and remain there until the
whisky theft case is called for trial
some time next fall.
Remus strenuously pleaded with
government officials here for a re.
duction in the size Of the bond, but
his please were of no avail. 1t final
ly was necessary to call In two pro.
fessional bondsmen to make the
$50,000 bail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
LIES between
train TRACKS
Man Lives After Cars Pass
Over Him.

Thomas Whitney, 81, Of 1901 Villa
Ave-, was alive today, despite the
fact that train Of fifteen cars, en-
gine and caboose passed over him as
he lay between the rails of the In
dianapohs Union Railway tracks
near Churchmann Ave.
y The forepart Of another locomo-
tive was over his body when he vas
discovered by the engine crew. He
was taken to the city hospital with
serious injuries about thu head. 1t
is thought he was struck by brake
tagging.
John Scha1er, 1901 Kentucky Ave.
switch tender, said he saw Whitney
lie down between the tracks IN front
of the train. M. c. Edwards,
Logansport. Ind, fi~ennen on a loco
motive following, saw Lindley and
the engine was stopped over the
mans body.
A son. Clinton Whitney, 1910
Churchmann Ave-, said his father
had suffered a nervous breakdown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
BEECH GROVE
CASE heard
Judge to Give Ruling on
Sept. rs.

Following oral arguments today in
Superior Court Three on an injunc-
ton suit filed by the Fletcher Saw
ings & Trust Company, receivers for
the Beech Grove Traction Com. Wy,
against the public service commits
sion. Judge Sidney S. Miller, said
he would make his ruling on Sept.
25.
The trust company charged that
the commissions order of Aug. Z
granting the South Side Motor
Coach Company right to operate
busses to Beech Grove should be de-
clared void Homer Elliott. and
John F. Robbins represented the
trust company and C. F. Schmidt.
who recently purchased the traction
company.
Elliott declared the traction COM
pany was not notified Of the second
hearing for bus permit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
EXPANSION OF
Lines STARTS
Act on Air Mail Bids in
Thirty Days.
81 United Press

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Sept. lex
pansion of the air mail service and
development of commercial aviation
in the United States were advancing
with seven league" strides today
as the Postoffice Department took
under consideration sixteen bids of
ten private companies for the op-
GRAFTON of eight new air mail lines.
Contracts for the operation OF the
new lines win be awarded in thirty
days.
Among the bids received was one
from the General Airways System.
Inc, of New York, for a route from
Chicago. through Indianapolis to
Birmingham, at cents an ounce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
Loosely Kept Liquor Raid Papers Dis
covered on Floor of Justices
Office by City Attorney.
USED BY PROHIBITION SQUADS
No Docket Kept by Official of Aft
davits Which He Issues.

search warrant factory" in which hundreds Of
rants for prohibition raids lie about the floor discovered
by William Bosson city attorney, and Indianapolis Times
reporter Tuesday office of Justice of the Peace Henry
Spher 3541 W. Michigan St.
Going to the Office to investigate the validity of warrant
issued for a raid Aug go the home of Andrew Gill; farm
hand the Bosson estate Bosson and the reporter e
dence that the justice of the peace Office for liquor
forcement officers in quest of search warrants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
Are You Sure They'll Let
You Vote In November?

workers if they lost your regis
tratiOn blank or failed to file it
with the city clerk.
So, if you want TO be abso-
lutely certain that you are prop
erly registered, go TO the city
clerks office at police head
quarters, Alabama and Pearl
Sts.
The city clerk hopes voters
will register at once because, only
101 900 were registered in the
primary and there are at least
100000 voters. If $4,000 persons
try to get registered in the last
few days before Oct. 5, heavy
burden will be placed upon the
clerks office because the regis
trations must be properly copied
i'm books for each precinct. Only
twenty-five persons have regis
tered at the city clerks office
since Sept. 5, when the registra-
tratiOn period began.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
BIGAMY CHARGE DENIE
Woman Declares She Was Divorced
-Four Mates Alleged.

Mrs. Emma Young. 25, of 436 w
Norwood ST., today denied in the city
prison that she is bigamist, as is
charged in a warrant filed by A. ".
Wood, who charges he is one of her
four husbands. He alleges she is
not divorced from any of them.
Mrs. Young said she married
Charles Bilderback in 1916 and was
divorced from him in Mt. Vernon.
Then she married A. V. Wood the
complainant, in 1921. Last March
she said his attorney, who gave his
name as Holt, called her to his Of.
flee and after she signed several pa.
pers told her she was a free woman.
Two weeks later she married Charles
E. Young. her present husband, with
whom she is now living. Wood could
not be reached.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
TURK TROOPS
In READINESS
10000 Stand by to Strike
on MoSuI Frontier.

BV United Press
LONDON, Sept. 16.-Forty thou.
sand Turkish troops. according to
an observer just arrived from Iraq.
are waiting behind the provisional
Mosul frontier ready to advance II
the League OF Nations council gives
an adverse decision in Mosul boun-
dary dispute.
This informant declared that Brit
ish airmen are keeping a sharp
watch on the Turkish forces.
The foreign office was without
fresh advices beyond material upon
which IT based its protest to the
league against alleged Turkish de.
portations Of Christians in the Mosul
region.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
HEARST is CRUSHED
Smiths Protege Beats HyIan for
Gotham Mayoralty Nomination.

CHhtH ETOteSe DedIS hyIdn f0r
Gotham Mayoralty Nomination.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Governor
"Al' Smith today stood victorious
in the bitterest battle Of his public
career. having reduced to shreds
the political influence in this State
of William Randolph Hearst. the
publisher.
The end of Hearst's domination
over New York City's politics came
when Mayor John F. Hylan, whom
Hearst had supported for eight
years. suffered crushing defeat a.
the hands Of State Senator Jimmy
Walker. Tammany Hall candidate
and a protege of Smith. Walkers
majority was 95,543.
Frank Waterman, fountain pen
manufacturer, won the Republican
mayorality nomination.
There will be a ticket independent
Of the ''Tammany Hall Street Car
owned Albany crowd in the election.
the Evening Journal, published by
Hearst, said editorially in comment
ing upon Hylan's defeat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
SEVEN TO BE DROPPED
Cut in State MotOr-police Force to
Be Made Oct. 1.

Seven men will be dropped from
the State motorpolice payroll Oct. /,
because of shortage of funds. Chief
Robert T. Humes announced today
after a conference with Secretary of
State Frederick E. Schortemeier.
Thirty-seven men will remain.
Seniority and traffic conditions were
considered in cutting the force,
Humes said.
Those who will be dropped are:
Carl Losey and William Boyer, In.
dianapolis; Everett Stages. Fowler;
Merle Remley. Waynetown; Law
renee Shields. Brownstown; Charles
Smith. Brookville. and Calvin Jack.
son, Lafayette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
LAVAN RESIGNS
AS X. C. PILOT

BIZ United Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Sept. 16.-
DR.. John Lavan, player-manager of
the Kansas City team Of the Amer
lean Association, rendered his resig-
nation to George Muehlebach, owner
of the club, it was announced today.
The resignation was accepted.
Lavan. who is a physician, re-
signed to accept a position with the
city health department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
SEWER CASE is SET
Special Judge Fixes Sept. % for
Argument.

Special Judge James M. Berry
hill. named to hear an appeal from
approximately 200 property owners
living in southeastern indianapolis
filed in Circuit Court on assessments
for the new Bean Creek and
Pleasant Run sewer system, today
set Sept. 2S for arguments.
Property owners charge the board
Of works assessed their real estate
too high.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
CHARGES ARE DISMISSED
Market Man, Arrested Sept. 4, Re
leased in Court.

Charges of obstructing the side
walk, and selling from a regular sta
ton, against B. w. Pidgeon, Dan
vile, Ind, were dismissed by City
Judge Delbert o. Wilmeth today.
Pidgeon was arrested Sept. at
city market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
$4,000 SPEEDWAY FIRE
Frame Grandstand at Hoosier Track
Destroyed by Blaze.

Frame grandstand at the Hoosier
Motor Speedway, Thirty Eighth ST.
and Pendleton Pike was dest toyed
by fire early today. Elmer Culbert-
son and Croel Conder, contractors
and owners. estimated their loss at
$4,000.
Origin Of the fire is unknown.
Lack Of water connections hampered
the f1remen in fighting the flames.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16

"OU must be registered to
v vote in the coming city
election.
Ii you voted in the primary
last spring and have not moved
since, you are properly regis
tered.
If you did not vote in the
primary, or have moved, you
must register and you only have
UNTIL OCTOBER TO DO 1T.
The city clerk supplies Of
ficial blanks upon which to reg
ister. These may be obtained
from numerous Republican and
Democratic workers, who will see
that you are signed up without
charge. You may register free
of charge at Republican city
headquarters, 234 X. of p. Bldg,
or Democratic city headquarters,
sos National City Bank Bldg.
There is nothing in the law
which would punish political
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
DELEGATES SAIL FOR U. S.
French Debt Funding Commission
Seeks Lenient Terms.
Rn Enitcd Preaa

BU Jnfffn FTfSS
PARIS. Sept. 16.-France's debt
funding delegates were to leave to-
day for America, seeking what
Finance Minister Caillaux calls
gentleman's settlement of Frances
obligations to the United States.
With the lenient British tentative
debt arrangement in mind. the dele
gates will strike for easy terms from
America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
ESCAPE IS MIRACULOUS
Gas Blast Wrecks Ferry, Destroys
Truck; Driver Unhurt.
BIZ Tnited Press

Bu United Press
VINCENNES, Ind. Sept. 16.-
Herschel Henderson. a truck driver.
escaped death when a truck con.
tanning $50 gallons of gasoline. ex-
ploded es It was being driven on to
a Wabash River ferry.
The blast wrecked the ferryboat
and destroyed the truck, but Hen.
derson was unhurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
DAY TO BE OBSERVED
Federal Judge Will Speak on "Con-
stitutiOn" at City Hall.

Hundreds OF Indianapolis citizens
are expected to assemble at city
hall Thursday noon to participate in
observance of Constitution Day,
proclaimed by Mayor Shank.
Federal Judge Robert c. Baltzell
will deliver the principal address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
CONSTITUTION SUBJECT
Kiwanis Club Speakers Emphasize
Fundamental Law.

hlwanls CluD Speakers Emphasize
Fundamental Law.
The United States Constitution
was emphasized today at the XII
wants Club luncheon at the Clay.
pool. Harry E. Yockey. president,
spoke on the Constitution" and
the Rev. Jesse P. Bogue. pastor
North NJ. E. Church. on High
lights in American History" The
local club is cooperating with other
Kiwanis clubs in observing Consti-
tuition Week.
This afternoon and Thursday
morning more than fifty members
will go to FIT Wayne, Ind. for a
two-day convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE,
Newcastle Man Placed on Insane
Hospital Board.

Robert H McIntire Of Newcastle.
was appointed as a trustee of the
Eastern Hospital for the Insane to.
day by Governor Jackson. McIntire
will succeed Albert R. Jones OF
Hagerstown, who resigned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-16
JOHNSON IS INDoRsED
School Board Member Gets Backing
of Committee.

Fred Bates Johnson, school board
member has the Endorsement of the
8itizens' school committee, as a can
q date for reelection this fall, Henry
Il. Dithmer. chairman. announced to-
1Ry.
MThe committee already has in
used Mrs. John w. Moore, 1875
y wney Ave. and Edward W.
~ Srris. 3510 Washington Blvd.