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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-13
FLETCHER's FIELD GOAL

FLETCHEH'S FIELD QUAIL
SERIES of this nature wouldn't
~ be complete without mentioning
lNl tho sensational field goal made by
t~~~-J Bob Fletcher in the lllinois-Ohio
State game I'm 1919.
The Buckeyes were headed for the Big
Ten title that fall. In fact victory over
the Zuppke platoon was all that was need
ed to assure the honors, IL being the final
fray of the campaign,
was a nip-and-tuck tussle. Late in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-13
WONDER WHAT BECAME Of

WONDER WHAT BECAME Of
Knee-Iength basketball pants?
Football nose guards?
Matty Matsuda?
Nah joining?
Natural compilations?
Cowboy Padgett? 81
Petticoats?
Prohibition?
Free lunch?
Duke Reilly?
The Mapleton Maids:
Tandem bicycles2
The town drunlsard?
Pictures in cigaret packages?
Roller polo?
N Dempsey's other nose?
foclne's fountain pen:
The Girl in Bluess
doesn't always pay to
advertise. Ask Clark Crit
fifth OF the Washington Sem
ators. lie knows. The club stock
holders cut Il 40 per cent dividend
the last two years, and were so
proud of it they spread the good
news. Now most Of the players.
including Manager Harris and
Goose" Goslin want big increases
in salaries. And why not? There
are other ways Of being tight"
besides being full Of prohibition
liquor.
Purdue will defeat Ohio State
tonight. just put that in your
pipe and smoke 1t. Piggy LAM
bert's teaiAs are hard to beat a
second time And don't ever
think that Cunningham will
make eight baskets tonight, as
he did at Columbus. Burn
that up in your cigaret.
1FTER using UP a gross or
lead pencils and reams of
paper, Professor Dickinson
has figured out the national rat
ing of college grid teams. Here's
the way the "prof's" system comes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-13
Former HOOsier Sold

Catcher Ernie Kruger, formerly
Of Indianapolis, was reported sold by
the Cincinnati Reds to the Min
neapolis team of the American Asso-
citation. Kruger went to the Reds
from Indianapolis about the middle
OF last season. Minneapolis always
has wanted Kruger because of his
ability to hit long drives to left field.
Minneapolis has a short left field
fence, and so has st. Paul, bitter
rival of the Millers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-13
l. EAGU { s
ON Fl r NJ
FOOTING
Minors Report Conditions
Sound-Krueger Reported
Obtained by MiIIers.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
. AVALON, Catalina Islands, Cal,
Jan. 13.-The condition of the minor
league baseball clubs was never bet
ter in the history of the game. an
opening report of the league officials
stated here Tuesday night.
Owners, managers, secretaries,
players and other officials repre-.
senting 1875 baseball clubs from all
parts OF the country, are here for
the twenty-fourth annual meeting
OF the National Association Of Pro-
fessional Baseball Clubs, the con-
trolling minor league organization.
New Purchase Ruling
A new ruling, expected to be put
into effect, will make 1t necessary
for all purchases to players by minor
league clubs to be handled through
the Office of the Association.
More than 100000 yearly is be.
ing spent by the clubs for new tai
ent, it was said.
A bitter battle may be waged when
Mike Sexton, president of the asso'
citation, is nominated for reelection
Al Tearney, president Of the West.
ern League, is considered as having
the best chance to win in the event
Sections post is fought over. Several
deals were made by the visiting mag.
mates.
Pitcher Homer Babcoclk. First Baseman
Luke Williams and Shortstop Dutch
Dickmar formerly of the MuskOgee Club
of the Western Association, were reported
sold TO the Augusta team of the South
Atlantic League.
Harold Haig adm Pitcher Claude Davenport
League were traded to the Houston Club
Of the Texas League for Pitcher Lefty
Swartz. aud another PLAYER not named.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-13

the DOPE
! vEDDER G RID.

FOOD news for the trap
shooters, hunters and those
interested in firearms in
any way. Prospects are excellent
for the repeal of the Excise Tax
on sporting arms and ammuni-
ton. The House has passed the
tax bill which carries with it
repeal of the wartime tax and 1t is
expected that the Senate will con-
cur.
If there are no bitches the
tax measure will reach the
President by the latter part Of
February and should become q
law by the hrst Of March.
The excise tax Of 10 per cent
will cease just as soon as the
President afsixes. his signature to
the ~-bill.
The tax has been paid by the
consumers since 1919. The tax
is collected from the manufacturer,
but it goes on down the line,
and it is the man who finally buys
who pays.
Recently ammunition raised in
price, but it is said this would
have occurred even if there had
been no tax. The increase was
necessary because of advance in
price of lead and other commodi-
ties.
However, if the tax comes of
prices should be just that much
LAYER. 1t Is now up to the Sen
It is to be hoped that there
NE some trapshooters up there
along with the craps shooters.
UST what kind OF a defense
has that illinois University
basketball team? Mime
sofa scored only two field goals
in che entire game the other night.
The old expression, "stonewall,"
doesn't describe it adequately.
Somebody will have to think OF
something new.
Might call 1t a barrow de-
fense," or, as hard to pierce as
movie stars conceit, or as tough
as Moon Misunderstanding like
that, anyway. A stone wall is not
impregnable enough!
Evening star., 1926-11-16

Continued from First Page.)
believes the members should be the
best Judges, in the end, of what should
be done with the surplus.
This viewpoint of the President was
taken by those about him to mean
that after he has made known his
wishes regarding the disposal of the
Treasury surplus. and after the treas
ury Department has supplied the facts
and figures, he will be willing to
abide by the final judgment OF the
WAYS and means committee.
The Presidents argument against
permanent revision of the tax law
at this time is that there is no rea-
son to suppose, because the Treasury
is enjoying a large surplus now, that
1T will be so fortunate next year or
the year after. Therefore. the Presi-
dents contends that If a deficit in the
Treasury is to be avoided, the revenue
act should remain intact for the time
being.
If Congress approves the Coolidge
plan Secretary Mellon now believes
that Is per cent. instead of 10 or 1o12
as formerly suggested, can be Topped
off the levies.
ME. MGllOn y new SStIfildte IL OoSCu
on continued Improvement in the
Treasury's surplus. prospects. the
figure having risen to 100000, 900.
When President Coolidge made his
original suggestion, calling for 10
per cent allowance, he based his cal
culations on an estimate that the
Treasury would have $200,000.000 on
hand at the end of the current fiscal
year. Seeing $50.000,000 more in pros
pect. the secretary shortly afterward
figured that a credit of 1919 per cent
was possible. but since then. another
$50.0O0.O 900 has come into view, bring
ing another 21a per cent boost.
80 Per Cent Reductions.
The latest estimate would mean
that taxpayers, making returns next
year on this years incomes, could be
granted 80 per cent reductions on
their first two quarterly installments.
Meanwhile. sentiment in congress
sional circles discloses no sign of
crystallizing for or against the admin.
istration's credit proposal. and it re-
mains clear that the Treasury Of
f1cials would not he overwhelmed with
disappointment if it should fail to
survive clash of conflicting ideas
already in evidence in the Capitol Of
flee buildings.
In that event. the Treasury's
original plan to apply the surplus to
the public debt and thereby indirectly
relieve all taxpayers by cutting down
the annual interest requirements
would be effected, although Secretary
Mellon regards the $4,000 900 reduc-
ton already in prospect, regardless Of
the surplus, as being sufficient for this
purpose.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
SOUTH JOINS WEST
TOPLAN FARM AID
First Such Meeting Seeking
to Help Cotton and Grain
Growers in Crisis.
By the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, November 16.-The cot
ton n-growing South and the grain
producing Middle West got together
today for a two-day session through
the medium Of representatives or
farmer organiza tions of Ia States. SIX
of them Southern. to formulate joint
demands for congressional relief for
agriculture.
It was the first time that the two
great agricultural sections ever had
reached the point of sitting together,
and the move. sought for months by
the grain producers, finally was In
fuenced largely by the condition In
which the South finds itself through
a heavy reproduction of cotton,
which has sent prices tumbling.
Governmental favoritism was term
ed the cause Of the farmers predica-
ment In a speech prepared for de-
livery by Thaddeus Caraway, United
States Senator for Arkansas, one OF
the four speakers on today's program
The others were: Frank 0. Lowden,
former Governor of Illinois; DR.. B. w.
kilgore Of Raleigh, N. c., chairman
of the board of the American Cotton
Growers Exchange, and A. d. Wal
No6Ni Va AhCihphASt ehIeoA NY
for the Tennessee Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association.
Caraway Attacks Tariff.
The meeting was called to order by
William Hirth Of Columbia. Mo-. farm
paper publisher and nationally
known leader m agricultural orga MIA
tions.
There is no mystery as to the cause
Of the collapse of agriculture, said
Senator Caraway. Every one who
thinks knows the cause. Had there
been collapse in industry. in trans
portation. in commerce and In agri-
culture from 1920 until today we
might have thought 1t due to world
conditions. If prosperity had come to
agriculture as it came to industry,
transportation and to commerce. we
could have ascribed 1t to world condi-
tions.
But when prosperity came to COM
merce. to industry. to transportation.
and bankruptcy to agriculture. we
likewise knew the cause. When pros
perity comes to one section and re-
mains in that section, and poverty
reigns supreme in another section of
the country, we also know the cause.
BIames Special Legislation.
I'VE know it to be due to legislation
to governmental favoritism.' He
cited the tariff particularly.
"An amazing spectacle. however. is
presented to agriculture, said the
Senator. whenever it seeks to have
extended to it the same opportunities
and by the same means that has
brought prosperity to other callings
and to other sections 1t is met by the
declaration that 1t seeks special IA
Vors.
Suggest to these other interests,
however, that they look to the same
law of supply and demand and we are
met with the declaration that we wish
to destroy American industry"
Mr.. Waldauer assailed President
Coolidge's cotton committee, headed by
Eugene Meyer, as working with an
indefinite plan while the South faces
disaster. which, progressively, will
make itself felt throughout the coun-
try.
He urged that the South and the
Middle West join hands in working
for a permanent American policy.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
Sapphires From East.

The sapphire, which Is of such a
beautiful blue. comes from Burma
Ceylon. Borneo and Australia. 1t is
also found in Europe in the Rhine
Valley, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The star sapphire, which
is rather lighter in color. comes from
Brazil, as does also the white sap.
phire. A perfect white sapphire is
clearer in color and gives a longer
flash of light than does a diamond
but the flash has not the same amount
of fire and color as the diamond flash
has. The sapphire is mentioned in
the Bible. but it is thought to be the
lapis lazuli that is meant, and not
the sapphire we know.
Evening star., 1926-11-16

|SST|LL GROWING
$2,466.42 Given Here To-
ward Total of $780, 900
Needed for Relief Work.

relief fund. continue to come in to
The Star following the announcement
Yesterday by the Red Cross that
almost three times the original
estimated sum is needed for the I'M
mediate relief of the stricken farmers
and townsmen of Charles and Prince
Georges Counties, Md. which were
struck one week ago by twister
which was accompanied by winds OF
tornado velocity.
A careful survey Of the area by G.
B. Gwin of the National Red Cross
in company with a committee of La
Plata and Charles County business
men, during the week end. revealed
damage and resulting immediate need
that had not been considered in the
first estimate of $4,000, and the new
estimate was placed conservatively
at $50, 900. Residents of Washington
and it's suburbs, through The Star,
have contributed 81 ,466.42 since the
relief fund was established by this
paper Immediately after the disaster
a week ago.
Money to Go for Material.
In the meantime La Plata and
other hamlets of Charles and Prince
Georges counties are endeavoring to
swell their own fund, which had
neared the $1,000 mark, in order to
meet the added demands shown by
the survey.
Mr.. Gwin has returned again to La.
Plata to cooperate with the resi-
dents of that town and to direct farm
ers in the reconstruction Of their de-
molished properties. twenty-five
farms. including the homes and their
stocked barns. were destroyed. thus
cutting off entirely all revenue OF
the distressed farmers.
The Red Cross said yesterday that
all the money contributed would be
used for the immediate need in the
reconstruction work. Under the di-
rection Of Mr.. Gwin residents are
being mobilized to furnish labor for
this work so that no funds will be
used except for actual material that
Is required.
Victims Are Recovering.
While contributions come in and re-
construction work carries on, La
Plata's children in the hospital con-
tinue in their own personal rebuild
ing" program. Providence Hospital
announced this morning that the most
seriously injured children were i'm
proving slowly but steadily. These
include Maria Murphy, Albert Hyde.
Benjamin Miles and Louis Swami. All
the others are convalescent.
Samuel Berry, at Children's Hos
pital whose arm Is amputated and
whose skull is fractured. was also inn
proving and gaining strength. His
recovery is expected now, that hos
pital said today.
Raymond Maddox. at Emergency.
and Katherine Watts, colered, are also
rapidly nearing recovery, it was an
nOunced
Contributions received to date are as
Evening star., 1926-11-16

appropriation bills are displaced until
after March 4. This can easily be
done by dozen Senators. in spite Of
the wrath of the Vice President. and
I see no reason why 1t should not be
favored by a majority of the old Sen
ate"
Sees Effects of Veto.
If farm legislation Is passed and
then vetoed. he said. it would be the
issue of the national election.
'Since about a million farmers have
lost their property or their homes
during the last six years and the vast
ma jority of them are now facing dis
aster. the most speedy and drastic
action is demanded.
Anybody who thinks this battle
can he won by whistling Yankee
Doodle needs the attention of a psy.
chopathic specialist"
Evening star., 1926-11-16
REED TO RESUME PROBE
IN INDIANA, SAYS ADAMS
Vincennes Publisher Does Not Re-
veal Source of Information About
Political Inquiry.
By the Associated Press

EVANSVILLE. Ind, November IS
Thomas II. Adams, Vincennes pub
Usher, whose charges of alleged 20.
litical corruption in Indiana brought
about grand jury investigation in
indianapolis and an inquiry by the
senatorial campaign funds committee
said last night that Senator James A.
Reed. Democrat, Missouri. chairman n
of the Senate committee, may resume
the hearings here within two or three
weeks.
He did not give the source of his
information leading to that belief, did
not indicate whether he had com.
municated directly with the Missouri
Senator and gave no intimation of
the specific matters which would be
presented at such a session.
While here Adams volunteered to
appear before the Vanderburgh Coun-
ty grand jury with evidence of alleged
local graft and corruption, and his
offer was accepted promptly by Judge
Charles Book. He will appear before
the next session of the grand jury,
December 49,
Evening star., 1926-11-16
NAVY MEDICAL CORPS
PROMOTIONS GRANTED
President Approves Bestowal Of
Higher Rank on 4S, Effective
as Vacancies Occur.

do WdCduClSS VCCuT.
President Coolidge yesterday ap-
proved the promotion Of 48 officers of
the Navy Medical Corps-14 to the
rank of captain and "a to the rank Of
commander, to take effect as soon as
vacancies occur in the respective
grades.
Those promoted to captain are:
Comdrs. Ralph Walter Plummer,
Samuel Sayre Rotlman, Robert Gra-
ham Heiner, John Bodwoin Mears.
George Simpson Hathaway, Frank
Este Sellers, Edward Henry Herbert
Old. Edward C1endenning White.
ThurlOw Weed Reed. Edgar Lyons
Woods. John Brooks Kaufman. James
Plummer Haynes. Thomas Wrightson
Itaison and James Morgan Minter.
Those promoted to comma nder are:
Edwin Lee Jones. Edward Victor
Valz, William Henry Short, Harry Rob
ert Hormesch. Gordon Dyer Hale.
Alexander Bayly HAYWARD, Lawrence
Maurice Schmidt. Sanky Bacon. Regi-
nald Buchanan Henry. Chandler
White Smith. George Albert Riker,
Walter Andrew Bloedorn. George Ru.
ben Williamson Smith. William Ed
ward Eton. Jasper Victor Howard,
Lester AeSile frdtt, Harry EQu1lla
Jenkins. John Joseph OMalley, Stan
ley Douglas Hart, Willard James Rid
dick, Chester Mcintyre George. Lu-
ther Sheldon, jr.; Richard Henry
Laning, Robert Francis Jones, Robert
Gaylord Davis, John Thomas Borden,
Carroll Roger Baker: Daniel Hunt,
Claude William Carr, John Francis
Riordan, Frank Haldane Haigler.
Frederick Ceres, Walter Clark Espach
and Jesse Brunden Helm.
Evening star., 1926-11-16

that the entire surplus be applied to
retirement of the debt.
Mr. Mellon replied he didn't feel 1t
would be fair to take the surplus Gre
ated largely by income tax payers
and apply it on reduction of the ex-
else taxes, including the automobile
and admission dues. 1t would be diff
ficult also. he said, to give the smaller
taxpayers greater credit because their
payments now were so small. This
plan, he added, also would be preju-
licial to the other taxpayers.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
VIOLINIST, 13, APPEARS.
David Dawson Gives Concert at
University of Virginia.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UNIVERSITY, Va, November TO-
David Dawson. the 13-year-old vio-
linist of Charlottesville, made a sue
Cessful appearance as a concert ar
tist before an enthusiastic audience
in Cahell Hall last night. The re-
cital was sponsored by the McIntire
School of Music of the University OF
Virginia.
Three movements Of the Nardini
Sonata in ID aior." two move
ments from Mendelssohn Concerto
in F. Minor" and shorter compositions
of chopin. Wienawski. Gluck and
Huhay were on the program of this
schoolboy musician. who Is being in
structed by members Of the school Of
music of the university.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
FORMER CONVICT SUES
OFFICIALS OF PRISON
Asks $1,736,5OO of Warden and
Directors on Charges Which In
clude False Imprisonment.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 16.-
Two suits, seeking damages totaling
$1.736 500. were filed in United States
District Court late yesterday naming
p. E. Thomas, warden of the Ohio
penitentiary; members of the board of
c1emency and three bonding com
panies as defendants. The suits were
brought by II. E. l.. MaXey. former
convict at the penitentiary. who was
sentenced from Mahoning County on
charge of obtaining money on false
pretenses. Maxey is now in New York.
In one suit, Maxey charges that
Warden Thomas "willfully and ma
liciously" attempted to injure the
plaintiffs reputation by writing let
ters to two persons concerning the
plaintiffs character and record.
He seeks $1.300,000 from Warden
Thomas alone.
In the other suit. filed against
Thomas. the board of clemency and
three bonding compa MES, charges
false imprisonment.
He seeks a total of $436.500 in this
action.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
APPLE CROP GROWS.
West Virginia Production 9 1-2
Times That of Last Year.
recisl Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
MARTINSBURG. W. "a. Noven,.
ber 16.--West Virginia's apple crop
this year exceeu.d early estimates
and is over two and half times as
large as the 1925 crop, according to
n report made public today by the
State commissioner of agriculture and
the United States Bureau OF Agricul-
tural Economics. The report also
shows heavy production in the State
of pears and grapes. No heavy
freezes have occurred to destroy late
varieties of apples. and orchardistS
have been able to harvest their crop
in good condition where they desired
to harvest it. the report adds.
The present apple estimate Is for
1O,S75.000 bushels. as compared with
last years production of 4.1S5. 900
bushels and the past fiVe-year aver
age of 5.11O.0OO bushels.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
Alternative Proposals Asked.

At a round-t table discussion of taxes
Yesterday with newspaper men, Mr..
Mellon frankly called for alternative
proposals to the plan to give credit
on next years income levies as a
means of returning to the taxpayers
the prospective surplus.
Some suggested that the credit be
given on the excise and corporation
taxes alone; other that the surplus be
divided in greater proportion among
the individual income tax payers. so
that those who pay small levies would
get greater credit, and some proposed
Evening star., 1926-11-16
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Evening star., 1926-11-16
BROOKHART URGES
FARM RELIEF FIGHT
Advocates Holding Up Appro-
priations to Force Calling
Special Session. .
BY the Associated Press.


r WASHINGTON. Iowa. Novembkr is.
-SenatOr-elect Smith w. Broo4hart
Yesterday advocated a special session
of Congress next Summer to complete
enactment of special farm relieG leg-
islation, which he believes should he
started i'm the session opening next
month.
Farm relief. he declared. should pre-
cede the appropriations In ConH less.
Appropriation measures. he said. xould
60 over until the extra session.
"I want to congratulate the faifners
Of Iowa upon their emphatic vic ory.
because 1t Vas their victory. ans not
mine" Col. BrOokhart said. Tho vic
tory is not due to any st 'i"t Rarty
alignment, and those who arose above
party demands to support the Sarm
program are entitled to the greatest
credit.
Makes Survey of SituatiOn.s
"a survey of the situation stows
that the farm bloc has the balance
of power in both houses of the snew
Congress. 1t also shows the aSmin-
istration still in opposition to an2 ad-
equate farm bill.
Being opposed to farrl rElief.
there is no chance that the President
will call an extra session unless the
Evening star., 1926-11-16
DIAZ INAUGURATED
HEAD OF NICARAGUA
Inaugural Address .Assails Mexican
Influence aud Bespeaks Friend
ship for United States.
Bv the Associated Press.

BV me ASEOF1ateu PTesS.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. November
16.-In the presence of Congress, the
diplomatic corps. government officials
and naval officers of the United
States, Adolfo DiaZ was inaugurated
President of Nicaragua Sunday.
The President, in his address. OK
pressed hope for the continual frie nd
ship and good offices of the United
States. He deplored what he termed
Mexican interference in efforts ito
force on Nicaragua. Mexican influ
ence."
Adolfo DaZ was President of Mica
ragua 1911-1917. He was elected by an
extraordinary session Of Congress
November II. to serve as President,
succeeding Gen. Emiliano Chamorro,
resigned