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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
FAILS
AS STAGE Star
Play to Discontinue Run at
End of Week.
BIZ Unitcd Press


NEW YORK, Oct. %. - Jack
DempseyS great personal popularity
failed to register at the box offices
when it came to putting over "The
Big Fight" a play which cc-starred
the former heavyweight champion
anG ri wife, Estelle Taylor.
PrC Icers of the play will dis
continue its run at the end of this
week in Hartford, Conn.
The big Fight" opened in Buff
falo, Aug. 30. 1t was brought to New
York from Philadelphia, and its
Broadway run was disappoint-
ment 20 the management, Sam
Harris and David Belasco.
A brief road tour, in hopes that
smaller cities would support the
show on the basis of pempsey's
popularity attracted too few Gus
toners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
MOTOR TRUCK
CONGRESS- WILL
OPEN TUESDAY
Thirty States Will Join in
Exposition, to Last
Four Days.

Thousands of representatives of
thirty state motor truck associations
will assemble here Tuesday for the
years premier motor truck event,
the Midwest Motor Truck Trans
portation congress, to be held for
four days in Manufacturers build
ing at the state fair gorund.
Exhibits of great Importance to
truck operators will include GLASSES,
completed jobs, new developments,
and the latest special equipment.
This congress will be the first ex-
elusive motor truck.
Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky
state motor truck associations are
sponsors Of the congress, which has
been Endorsed by similar organiza-
tons in Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin, the Dakotas and
Louisiana.
Aim at Standardization
Standardization and betterment
Of motor truck transportation is
the aim of the congress, which will
give manufacturers and. users and
opportunity to get together and ex-
change ideas.
All visitors to the congress have
been asked to obtain season passes
at the registration desk in the main
entrance of the Manufacturers
building.
Registration will begin Tuesday
morning and the formal welcome
will be extended at in the after
noon by John E. Frederick, presi-
dent of the state Chamber of Com
merce.
SchOrtemeier to Speak
An address will be made by Sec
rotary of State Frederick E,
Schortemeier, chairman of the re-
ciprocal committee of the National
Association of State Secretaries.
Dinner will be served at $3.50
Tuesday in the conference room,
when technical subjects will be dis
cussed.
Problems of acute interest to both
manufacturer and user will be dis
cussed at the general conferences,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,
the program outlines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
MINE WORKERS MEET

The annual meeting of the inter
national board of the United Mine
Workers of America began at 10
this morning in the organization Of
fees at Merchants Bank building.
Appealed cases will be acted upon
and routine business transacted, &C
cording to John L. Lewis, interna-
tional president, who arrived here
Sunday night.
Twenty-Five delegates from the
thirty-one districts of the miners
in the United States and Canada at
tended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
OFFICERS CLOSE CAMP
Reserves Spend Two Days at TT.
Harrison.

Following map-reading exercise
and compass demonstration Sun
day the contract camp for reserve
officers and civilians was closed at
F't. Benjamin Harrison.
The camp was opened Saturday
and the students were quartered
and messed at the officers club. A
demonstration of formal guard
mounting was made by the 18th in
fantry following pistol range firing
Brigadier General George H. ia
merson, post commandant, and
other officers spoke at the smoker
Saturday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
BILLY SUNDAY COMING
Evangelist Speaks Wednesday on
Prohibition at Cadle.

Billy Sunday, evangelist, will
speak at Cadle Tabernacle Wednes-
day evening on prohibition" under
the direction of a committee headed
by Charles F. McCampbell, it was
announced today.
j. Russell Paxton, Technical
high school, will lead community
singing and members of church
choirs of the city have been in
vited to join a voluntary choir for
the evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
BETH Ell zEDECK HOST
DIR. Elias MargOlis Guest OF
Directors of Temple.

DR.. Elias Margolis of Emmanuel
Synagogue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y, to-
day was the guest of honor of the
board of directors of Temple Beth
Ell Zedeck.
DR.. Margolis is chairman of a
committee of the United Synagogue
of America which is endeayoring to
strengthen the religious and social
service activities of the organized
forces of conservative Judaism in
the United States and Canada.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
QUIZZES AL ON HIS
STAND ON POWER
Socialist Candidates Praises Smith
for Attack on Hoover.
BB United Press

BU United Press
READING Pa, Oct. 22.-Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate for
President, has asked Governor AL
fred E. Smith to explain more fully
his stand on the power question.
The query was in the form Of a
letter which praised Smith for his
vigorous attack on Hoover and the
Republican party for their stand on
Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam.
Thomas asked the Democratic
nominee whether as President he
would merely retain power sites
now owned by the Government or
whether he would attempt to deal
with the super power monopoly"
and if so, how. He read the letter
to a political audience here last
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
RONDTHALER RITES SET
Former Pastor Here to Be Buried
Tuesday Afternoon.

Funeral services for DR.. J. Albert
Rondthaler, 84fi former pastor of
the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
who died Saturday in Batavia, Ill,
will be held at 3 Tuesday afternoon
in Crown Hill chapel.
DR.. Rondthaler left Indianapolis
in 1894 to accept a pastorate in
Chicago. At the time of his death
he was connected with the Moose
heart school at Batavia. The widow,
two sons and two daughters sur
Vive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
SUCCEEDS M'NUTT
AS COMMITTEEMAN
McHale Named at Joint Legion
Session Sunday.

hCHhAC NdAhCu AZ JOAAlb LCblun
Session Sunday.
Frank M. McHale, state legion
commander, today succeeded Paul
V. McNutt of Bloomington as In
diana national executive committee
man of the American Legion.
McHale Of Logansport was named
Sunday at a joint meeting of old
and new legion commanders in the
War Memorial building. McNutt is
national commander elect.
Fred A. Wiecking, state COM
handkerchief, set $4,000 members as
an objective at the close of 1929.
P. z. Greenlee, Shelbyville, was con-
tinued as state adjutant. A drive
to swell the Indiana delegation at
the Louisville convention in 1929
will continue throughout the year,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
TEMPERATURE TO DROP
Rain and Cool Weather Predicted
for Tonight.

Rain and IL to IS degrees cooler
weather tonight will follow the COM
paratiVely mild weather of the
week lend J. H. Arlington, pre-
dicted today.
Today's temperature of So was IL
degrees above normal. The mer-
curry will read 40 to As degrees Tues
day morning and there likely will
be rain during the night, he said.
Tuesday, however, will be warm
and it will warm up somewhat by
night, he predicted.
The temperature average was 81,
3 degrees above normal, Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
MACFADDEN TO SPEAK
Publisher and Author on Program
of Rotary Club.

Bernarr Macfadden, author, pub
Usher and editor, will be in Indian
apolis Tuesday for two speeches.
The 60-year-old publisher of
Physical Culture magazine will
speak on How the Busy Man Can
Keep Fit at co." at the Rotary Club
luncheon at the Clalpool. In the
evening he will speak at the All
Souls Unitarian church on Main
tanning the Spirit of Youth" Mac
fadden will come here in a private
car, bringing with him his wife and
six children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
MOVIE SCHOOLS
VICTIMS CALLED
FOR JURY QUIZ
Stories of Blasted Hopes
and Lost Money to
Be Told.
BY STANLEY BAILEY
United Press staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 22.-Six
women, who claim to have been vic
timized by Hollywood movie
schools" were to appear before the
Los Angeles county grand jury to-
day and tell of the operations of
the institutions
The present investigation, one Of
many by local and state authori-
ties, was ordered by Ellis Eagan,
deputy district attorney.
The schools have existed for years
in and about Hollywood. The first
one sprung up, probably, when the
first studio opened it's doors and
the first extra applied for job.
Survive All Attacks
Since then they have been sub
ject of all manner Of attacks. Cam
paigners have knocked, the state
labor commission has probed and
writer's have fayed, but still the
schools make money.
They appeal to the yearning of
films, and that appeal brings in the
profits.
There is the case of Mrs Marga-
ret Russell of Hollywood, who re-
ported to Eagan that she had paid
$3.50 for course of instruction in
a school, after being promised q
position.
The course, she said, included only
a brief instruction in screen make
up, She did not even receive a d1-
ploma, she complained.
Useless Diplomas
Beautifully engraved certificates,
which are looked at with admiration
by printers and owners, if not by
casting directors, are a principal
stock in the trade of the schools.
OF course, all such institutions are
not Illegal in their operations, but
the studios pay little attention to
the diplomas, even though they may
not always look with actual disfavor
on the proof of the money spent TO
learn the art
Many devices are used by some OF
the schools to obtain their Sucker
lists" Boxes have been placed in
drug stores with invitations for let
tiers asking for screen tests. Camera
men go through the state, making
tests, and, it is claimed, If the
sucker" has money she is told she
has talent.
Talkie School Late
The Hollywood Filmograph,
small magazine, has been having a
particular war with such schools
for months and was named defend
ant in a $4,000 libel suit, later re-
ported dropped. A group OF the
schools was plaintiff.
The records of the alumni of
such schools, who came from all
social strata, with the poorer classes
predominating, are filled with stories
of hopes raised high and then
shattered.
A wealthy Indiana widow spent
$4,000 to become an actress. She
finally was starred in one produc-
ton and returned to oblivion.
With the coming of the talkies, a
new type of school appeared-that
which would teach actors and those
aspiring to the screen to talk for
reproduction, and they reaped small
fortunes, from those on the inside
as well as those looking in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
LEGAL ADVICE OFFERED
BALLOTERS AT POLLS
Sixty Attorneys Volunteer Services
for Election Day.

So that voters may have full in
formation as to their rights at their
rights at the polls, sixty local at
torneys have volunteered their serv-
ices to L. j. Reach, Marion county
Democratic chairman, and have
been assigned to voting places
throughout the county.
The attorneys urge voters to in
sist upon their rights at the polls
and to report promptly any denial
of that right.
Marion county voters are entitled
to an honest and clean election and
these sixty volunteer lawyers will
help them get it, Reach said.
organization of the list of in
spectors filed by the Republican
county chairman for the coming
election reveals several with GRIM
inal records"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
HOLD DEATH INQUEST
Impatient Attorney Slain in Elevator
Shaft.

By Untted Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-An in
quest will be held today into the
death last night of Blackburn Es-
terline, assistant United States
solicitor general, who was struck
by an elevator in the Department of
Justice building.
Esterline is believed to have be-
come impatient when the elevator
operator did not answer his sum-
mons promptly and peered down the
shaft. The cab was descending and
struck him on the head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
Auto Crank Hurts MOtOrist

BIZ UHtte0 Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. o.
w. G. Smith, suffered the loss of
three teeth and a badly manged
upper lip while cranking his auto
mobile when the crank flew up and
hit him in the face. The force Of
the blow knocked Smith to the
ground. A physician took seven
stitches in his injured lip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
Probe After Finding Of Bones

BW Times Special
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Oct. o.
Authorities today are making in
vestigation following finding of some
human bones, hair and traces of
quicklime by Frank Bicknen in an
old grave in the yard of his home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
PEACE TO BE TOPIC
Other Details of High School Dis
cussiOn Contest Announced.

cussiOn Contest Announced.
RB Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct a.
American Responsibility for World
Peace" will be the topic for the an
nal discussion league contest for
Indiana high schools, Mrs. Adela
Bittner of the Indiana university
extension division announces. The
contest is held under auspices of
the division Entries will close Feb.
"a. Local contests will be held up
to March IS, county to March %
and district, April 10 The final
will be held here April 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
OPEN CHURCH SERVICES
Evangelistic Meetings Start a
University Place Christian.

A series OF evangelistic meetings
to last several weeks were opened
by the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith,
pastor of the University Place Chris
tian church Sunday night. Floyd
Jones, director of music, and Vern
Racquet, chairman of the admins
tration committee, will assist with
the services.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
Mann to Send Mail hy zep

NEW YORK, oct. 22,--More than
1000 pieces of mail have been re-
ceived at the postoffice for mailing
with Graf Zeppelin on its return
fight. The fee is 81 for letters and
so cents for postcards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-22
FORMER PREMIER DIES

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Oct. ~. - Andrew
Fisher, Sc, former premier Of Aus
tralia, died today at his Hampstead
home. Death was due to a heart
attack brought on by influenza.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
HARRIS OUT OF GAME
Washington Senators Will Probably Open the Season Next Tuesday Without Their Pilot.

Greenville. S. C.. April 5 R-It looks now as if the Washington Senators will open the season next Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox without Bucky Harris. their youthful pilot, in the lineup.
 Harris admitted here yesterday that his injured foot is bothering him to such an extent that he is not certain he will find it well enough to start the regular grind April 10 in Washington. The in jury sustained several weeks ago in Florida while sliding into a bag, has healed enough to permit Bucky to walk comfortably. but he has dis covered he can neither get on his toes nor run without suffering in tense pain.
 Reeves and Hayes have been tried out at second, but Harris is not yet sure who will get tho call if he is unable 10 play. Both arc rockies, although Reeves played several games near the close of last season.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
Phantoms had caught them on an of

Phantoms had caught them on an of night.
 On the very next evening the Phantoms tackled the All-Stars, which had in their lineup the entire High school team. The Cassidy coached men were long favorites at the start and they made a good fight right up to the end, but the Phantoms took commanding lead in the final period and turned back the much larger team by a great display of shooting. Still the basketball world refused to believe. and the excuse was made that the All-Stars were suffering from dissension and were out of practice.
 But the Lions, whom the Phan- toms met in the final game of the tournament. were different propo- sition. They were in top form. They had polished off the strong Bows club and the Co. H quintet and they were admitted to have a much better chance of taking the city title than the Phantoms had But the Phan- toms took the floor with all the con- fldence in the world. had a one-point advantage at the half and then, after discourag;ng third period when it seemed that the youngsters had fi- nally "cracked,' came back to tie the score in the last minute and 10 win the city championship in a bit ter overtime period.
 The Future
 Today the Phantoms stand s,l- preme. Their three successive tour nament victories show their caliber, and their critics are silonced. Man agcr Buchas is assured that the same team will he ready to take the floor next year. and if the boys arc not physically ruined by playing too many games there is no limit 1o the heights to which they may rise. The example of the Hartford Dixies Shines before them. and the Phau- toms have an opportunity 10 follow in'he footsteps of that famous team.
 AS for the players. none had play ed any basketball other than in gym classes at the Boys club before the team was organized. Cohen, the speedy captain and forward. was a member of tine State Trade school squad this year but spent most of his tlfne With his Phantoms. Yankouitz,
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05

a very small player for . guard. played very few games with the
 Lions. The other guard, Levin, and
 the center. Ikowitz. have stuck to
 the Phantoms since they learned to
 play the game. None of these four is more than 16 years old. Crane. the other forward. is IT and has had .
 great season for a boy playing for the first time. Hewett, IS, has justi- fled his request to join the team and
 in the final game for the title he played all but a portion of the first
 quarter Every player has world of time to develop further and achieve greater fame.
 The second team consists of Tru-
 han, Carr, Harry Baldesari. Victor Baylock, George Baylock, and Der 1 koNitz. This continuation has won 2 ?
 out of A games in two years but was eliminated in the first round of the intermed ediate class play for the city title.
 The tournament through which these youngsters hattled their way to fame was a success in every way. Almost every game brought turn over in the advance dope" and this created unusual interest If these journeys arc made annual affairs by Superintendent Dwight Skinner and Physical Director Raynard Ander- son of the Boys club. an even larger entry list and hotter play is predicted for next year.
 And the Phantoms-? Certainly
 they will be taken more seriously than they wore this time just before their remarkable achievement.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
LOCAL CLUBS TO PLAY

one Of tho most interesting soccer games Of the present year will he staged at c:3e o'clock tomorrow afternoon when two local clubs. the swedish American and the Germania A. C.. will oppose each other at Will low Brook park. The contest is sure 10 draw out every lover of the sport in the city.
 The Swedish American club open cd the season by defeating the Scandinavian Workers of Hartford in . regular league game. Other SOC cer clubs from Hartford and South Manchester have been invited to witness the game.
 W. Faulkner of Hartford Consid- cred one of the best referees in the state will offlciate at the contest.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
SpecdbOys to Start
 Practice Saturday

The Spccdboys baseball team which last year was a member of the senior city league, will hold it's first practice Saturday afternoon at Walnut Hill park. All of last years veterans including Erickson. Os- borne. Richtmycr, Milcwski. Ditsch. l.. Bacon, H. Bacon and Sheehan. arc asked to report.
 The team is to be strengthened this year by the addition of Al An- derson of the Rangers. also Rowen and Henderson. an outfielder and a pitcher. The team will play on Sum- days this season. Games are wanted with the Bluejays. Maple Ends and West Ends of Bristol or other teams of like calibre. Any candidates wishing to try out for the teams may do so by handing their names to Manager D. Lynch or H. Bacon.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
Mccormack Puts Cat
 On His Coat of Arms

London, April 1. R)-Count John Mccormack, the 1rish-American tenor, has registered his armorial bearings at the College of Hcralds in London.
 Now that the singer has been raised to the papal pccrage. his full title is Count John Mccormack. Gentleman. Knight Commander of the Orders of St. Gregory and St. Sylvester"
 The armorial bearings consist of three harps on the shield. In the crest a sleek black cat. which has patently come straight from a milk jug. is the feature along with the motto. "F'elis DemlIta Mitis," which authorities say. may le freely rem dered as any cat will purr if you stroke it.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-05
MINOR LEAGUERS
 BEAT B|G TEAMS
Yankees, Robins and Cardinals
 Fall Before Little Fellows

New York, April Ri-Annual educational tours of major league baseball clubs through the minors are developing into give and take affairs in which the little fellows are giving baseball's best some ter rife punishment.
 The New York Yankees, Brook Elyn Robins and St. Louis Cardinals were defeated by minor league op- position yesterday. while the Pitts burgh Pirates and Chicago White SoX had to go into extra innings 10 win and the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds spent part of the afternoon trying to get even so that they could finally move on to vic tory.
 The Yankees bowed to Nashville. II to 10. in 10 innings Ruth hit his second home run in two days. It was not a novelty. however. for tho game produced three other cir cult smasles. The winning Nolun- toers outhit the worlds champions.
 Frankie Frisch went from the sublime 10 the ridiculous with four hits and two errors. His errors hurt tho Cardinals more than his hits helped. St. Louis fell before Evans vile Of the Thrce-Eyo league, II 10 7.
 Atlanta doNncd Brooklyn to B with Eobby's aces, Dazzy Narce and Jess Petty doing the pitching for the Robins
 In a gamc Of tight pitching. The Fhllies stopped the Athletics 3 10 ., in tn" Philadelphia series. the contest producing only ten safeties, equally divided. Ty Cobb cracked ont two. Bill rietrick, the rcform- cd lnhelder, saved the day for Shot tons crew with catch worthy of 3 regular outhelder.
 The Giants continued to ovt11,t the Washington Senators and were helped to victory. 9 to [. by wobhly fielding on the part of the Amerl- can leagers, Jahn blasted 3 home run as 3 suggestion that the New York club did 2. smart thing when it drafted him
 ChlcaEo's White Sox came through with three runs in the tenth inning 10 win, , 10 ?. from Louisville. The SoS made no headway against the aged Nick Cullor. Still good enough as a pitcher to have a. horse named for him. Old Nick allowed no hits in his five innings job,
 The Dallas Steers could gather but three hits from Van Glider and Sullivan. the Detroit Tigers winning 10 0, Paul EasterlinE's home run helped. A few more may win him an outfleld place.
 Rogers Hornshy hit the ball hard to assist the Braves in winning 7 10 game from Chattanooga, and a crowded eighth inning when the Reds scored four runs sent Cincin- nati home in front Of Indianapolis, 10 }.
 The Pirates had to go ii innings to stop San Antonio. 10 10 6. The Texans did their counting early. scoring all their runs in the first two innings.
 Cleveland took advantage Of good pitching 10 take 3 game from the Montgomery Lions, to 1.
 Rain at Tulsa, possibly brought on by the St. Louis Browns terrif,; hitting the day before, made base ball out of the question.