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Evening star., 1928-12-21
WALDORF ASTORIA
HOTEL TO Be RAZED
Fifty-Story Office Building
Will Be Erected on Fifth
Avenue Site.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 21.-The
Waldorf-AStoria Hotel famous as 6
center of New York social life for two
generations. has been doomed to the
wrecking bar
Announcement of the sale of the
property and plans to erect 50-story
Office building on its site, at Fifth ave-
nue. and Thirty-third street, was made
by LuciuS NJ. Boomer, president of the
Waldorf Astoria Realty Corporation
The Bethlehem Engineering Corpora
tion is the purchaser. Demolition of the
structure is to begin next Summer.
The Walfdorf-Astoria originally was
two hotels which were welded into one
The original hotel, the Waldorf was
opened in 1893 on the site Of the man.
sion of William Waldorf Astor, who
erected it shortly before he went to
make his home in England and became
Lord Astor of Cliverden. Four years
later the home Of John Jacob AstOr,
adjoining on the ThirJy-fcUrth street
frontage, was replaced by the Astoria,
and the two hotels were joined under
the hypenated name.
Becomes Institution.
At the time of its opening the most
luxurious hotel in America, the Wal
dorf-Astoria soon became more than a
mere hotel; it was an institution and
its name a symbol for the ultra-tash-
ionable in the social life Of the metrop-
Oils.
Visiting royalty stopped at the Wal
dorf- Astoria, among the first being the
1nfanta Eulalia and other Spanish no.
bles on their way to the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. The King and Queen Of Bel
eyi1l ri t6oiY- 49, during
their visit to America after the World
War, and the Prince of Wales also has
been a guest
Peacock Alley" a name given to one
of the main floor corridors where fash
ionable women were wont to promenade
and display their flnery became known
throughout the country.
In addition to social leaders the hotel
became the meeting place of nationally
known finan 2iers and politicians SO that
the stories Of many Stupenduous busi-
ness deals and political coups. even
base ball deals, are interviewer with its
history.
B0Idt First Manager.
It's first manager was George C. Boldt,
whom Mr.. Aster brought from the Bell
vl1e in Philadelphia to take charge OF
the new hotel
Perhaps one OF the most Wloely
known hotel employees is Oscar Tschirky,
known throughout the world as oscar
of the Waldorf" ;" who entered its service
when it opened and has loog boon in
charge of the restaurants and dining
rooms.
Despite its auspici0us opening the
hotel il its early days was not COM
plete financial success. At one time it
housed only 30 guests, while more than
900 employees stood about to minister to
their needs, a circumstance which
caused people to refer to it as "Astor's
folly" sts
Because of the large rooms the re-
turn per cubic foot has been found less
than what is considered sufficient at
the location.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
RITES FOR PRINCESS.

LONDON, December 81 GP).-Many
friends of Princess Clara de Widen
berg Hatzfeidt, adopted daughter of
Coils P. Huntington of New York, at
tended a memorial mass in a Roman
Catholic church in Farm street today
The church and caSket were mass of
floral tributes to the widely known
American woman.
The burial service will be held at
Saint Edwards Roman Catholic Church.
Windsor, this afternoon, and interment
will follow.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
WOman's Screams
Save Bank $4,000
From Bandit Trio
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOTASULGA. Ala, December 81.
"A woman walked into the First
National Bank of Notasulga yester-
day and upon glancing up saw a
number of people lined against the
wall with their hands extended up
ward. and another group of three
men pointing pistols at them. She
screamed
A. 3. Hope, president. who with
Carl Hayes, cashier, emerged from
captivity in a vault few moments
later, aided by officers. quickly con-
graduated the woman. She had
saved $4,000 in currency in the
teller's cage, which was within grasp
Of the trio until they fled, fearing
her screams would attract police.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

which the American Circus Corporation
was to take over control of the Miller
brothers show.
Announcement that the two COM
panies were to be merged was made
here last Monday by the Miller brothers
and Bert Bowers, who represented the
American Circus Corporation.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
CIRCUS MERGER PROJECT
DECLARED ABANDONED
Miller Bros. of 1O1 Ranch Decline
Terms Proposed by the Ameri-
can Corporation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PONCA CITY, Okla, December 2l.-
Negotiations for the merger of the Mil
Ter Bros. l01 Ranch snow with the
American Circus Corporation Of Peru,
Ind, were dropped here yesterday when
the Miller brothers refused to comply
with conditions requested by the In
diana corporation.
Leaders of the two companies met
here today to sign the contract by
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Cavalry. from Fort Riley, Kans., to
Governors Island, N. Y; Lieut.. Col.
James @. McIlroy, 18th Infantry, from
Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind, TO Chi
cago; Maj. Maxon 8. Lough. Infantry,
to Fort Lewis, Wash, and Maj. Thomas
er. Hawaii
Evening star., 1928-12-21
PATTEN WILL FILED.
Estate of Former Wheat King Is
Placed at S17,991, 900.

CHICAGO, December 81 GP.-The
will of James A. patten, filed for pro-
bate yesterday. reveals the estate of the
former wheat king" amounted to APP
proximately $17991 900. The estate
previously was estimated to have been
nearer $30000.000.
The will bequeathes S150,000 outright
to charity. $4,000 to Mr.. Patterns Sec
retary, $4,000 to each of two chauffeurs
and the residue to the widow, with the
Chicago Title & Trust Co. named trus-
tee. Two children, John L. Patten and
Agnes Patten Wilder, are to receive in
comes of $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
THREE STUDENTS DROWN.
Automobile Skids and Plunges Into
Drainage Ditch.

Drainage Ditch.
NUNCIA, Mich, December 81 P).-
Three Albion students drowned yester-
day when their automobile skidded and
plunged into a drainage ditch 3 miles
east of here.
The dead are Norman Campbell, 81,
Muskegon Heights; Stephen Leighton,
81. Teknosha, Mich.
The accident occurred. it is believed,
when the car went off the pavement in
a binding snowstorm and crashed
through the railing of bridge. The
automobile overturned, imprisoning the
occupants and holding them under
about feet of water.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Officers Assigned to Stations.

Officers recently detailed to the
General staff Corps have been as
signed to stations as follows: Col.
William K. Naylor, 18th Infantry, from
Fort Adams, r. l., to Governors Island,
N. Y; Lieut.. Col. Willis v. Morris, 9th
Evening star., 1928-12-21
DIRECTS RAIL TRAFFIC.
New Atlantic Coast Line Vice
President Began as Messenger.

WILMINGTON, N. c., December 81
CP).-C. Med. Davis, who 35 years ago
began his career as messenger boy
for the wilmington & Weldon Railroad.
was yesterday elected vice president
in charge of traffic for the Atlantic
Coast Line system.
He succeeds r. A. Brand, who has
reached the retirement age of 70, and
is therefore placed on the inactive list
under retirement regulations of the
company He was born at Hickory N.
c., and went to work at the age of IA.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
CITY Swimming
MEETS PLANNED
WarfIeigh Beach Contest
Set for Tonight.

Two swimming meets are sched-
uled by the city recreation depart
ment under the direction Of Henry
Long, supervisor.
The first meet will be held at 1880
tonight at Warfleigh Beach. The
program includes 100-yard free
style, 50-yard breast stroke, Junior
5o-yard free style and high and low
board fancy diving.
Players at this beach hold the
reputation of having the best water
basketball players in the city, it is
said, and closing the program will
be a game between two picked
teams.
The second meet, under Longs
direction, will be held at Rhodius
pool the evening of Aug. 81.
Program is as follows: 200-yard
free style, 1OO-yard free style, So
yard free style, 100-yard breast
stroke, 50-yard breast stroke and
fancy diving. A water polo game
will close the water events.
A bathing beauty contest of girls
who live in the vicinity of the Rho
dius playground also will be held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
MEET HELD ON
NEGRO GROUNDS
Crowd Sees Track and Field
Day Events.

Several hundred persons witnessed
the annual Negro track and field
day Monday at Douglass Fairgrounds
under the supervision Of Robert
Nipper of the city recreation de-
partment. Events were held for both
Junior and senior boys, and ribbons
were given as prizes in first, second
and third places.
Winners:
Senior 50-Yard Dash-M. Brown. North
and v, Butte Nickel and Wyoming. third.
Senior 440-Yard Dash-Davenport North
western, first: Cobb Military, second. and
Clay. Douglass. third.
western. first: NJ. Brown, Northwestern,
second. and G. Tompkins. Douglass. third.
Senior 100-Yard Dash-T; Briggs. North
western. first; v. Butts. Nickel and Wyom-
ing. second. and M. Brown northwestern
Senior sso-Yard Dash-A. Harris. Military,
hrst: F. Allen. Northwestern, second, ana
P. Williams. Military. thiTd 0o,u,..
first: Fergerson. Douglas, second. and a
Harris Military. third.
Senior Broad Jump. .wooten. Douglass
trst j. Ford Northwestern rj second ana
Senior Shot Put-Bright, Douglass, nrst
Rutledge. Military, second. and WinlocS,
Junior 5O-Yard Dash-C Brown. North
western. frst. Hampton, Military, second
and Floyd. Douglass. third.
Junior i00-Yard Dash-C. Brown, North
western, FIRST: A Hampton, Military, second,
Junior 220-Yard Dash-C. Brown. North
western first; F. Wilson, Northwestern,
second. and r. Howard, Douglass. third
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
BALL LEAGUES
NEAR CLOSE OF +.
ACTIVE SEASON
Competition Has Been Keen
on City Playground
Diamonds.

With the wind-up this week oe
the junior boys league and 1
girls league and the scheduled fin
ish next week of the senior boys
league in the playground Champion
ships, baseball on city Fairgrounds
is giving way to other activities.
Ringgold junior boys took the city
championship by defeating High
land, to 2, and Willard defeated
Brightwood and Nickel for the girls
championship.
Standing in Junior Boys League
No. for the season is Highland.
Spades, Willard, Brookside, School
No. A and Ellenberger.
Final standing in League No. 2 is
Ringgold, Riley, Garfield, Greer,
Rhodius and Finch.
The three leagues in the girls
section of the city playground base
ball were headed at the end of the
season by Nickel and Wyoming in
League No. l, Willard in League No,
2, and Brightwood in League No.
.3.
In the semi-finals, Willard
defeated Nickel is to 5 at
Spades playground; Nickel de-
feated Brightwood is to IA at
Willard, and Willard defeated
Brightwood % to at Camp
Sullivan.
Members of the girls city
championship team are Burnadette
Hunckler, catcher; Mildred Thixton,
first base; Thelma Bolen, pitcher
and captain; Maxine Martin, third
base; Danola Brown, right fields.
Grace Pardue, center field; Virginia
Smith,. second base; Martha OFT,
shortstop; Bernice Rufner, left
field, and Eva Sawyer, coach.
Members Of the junior boys city
championship team are; D. O'Con-
nor, right field; T. Genton, third
base; o. Sullivan, pitcher; M. Lynch,
first base; M. Sansone, shortstop;
D. O'Connor, second base; G. O'Con-
nor, catcher; r. Leech, left field;
Ballinger, center field
In the Senior Boys League Gar
field is leading League No. /; Haw-
thorne and Riley are tied for the
lead in League No. 2; Fall Creek
heads the list in League No. 8, and
Spades is first in League No. 4.
Standing in League No. l is Gar
field, Greer, Kansas and Meridian,
Nickel, Ringgold and Finch.
League No. 2: Hawthorne and
Riley (tied for flrsG, Indianola,
Camp Sullivan, Kingan and Rho
dius.
League No. 8: Fall Greek, School
No. Al, Highland and Oak Hill.
League No. 4: Spades, Christian,
Brightwood, Ellenberger, Willard
and Brookside.
Riley or Hawthorne play Spades
playground and Garfield plays Fall
Greek playground today in the semi
finals of the league championship.
Today's winners will play Wednes-
day morning at Willard Park,
starting the annual track and field
meet for the city championship.
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FIRST ROUND IN
SCOOTER DERBY
ENDS SATURDAY
Five More FroIiC CenterS
Hold Examinations for
Semi-FinaIS.

Only two more days of prelimi-
nary races remain in the Times
Capitol Dairy scooter derby.
Winners in five Fairgrounds were
named Thursday, and races at six
Fairgrounds are scheduled for to-
day.
Thursday winners of first, second
and third, in the order named, were:
MUNICIPAL GARDENS
Junior Boys-Vanard Whtis, 1901 N
Eaush ST Roy Dppgger' 1924 n HMa oaSf
Senior Boys-George Cummings. 1925
Sharon St: Thomas Smith. 1926 n. Mount
St.. and Harvey ogden. 1855 Montcalm st.
Girls-Juanita Ragsdale. 1920 N. Mount
St.. Doris Davis. 1925 N. Mount. St, and
Vivian Mackey. 1913 W. Riverside DR..
OAK HILL
Junior Boys-James West 202l Fern
way Ave: George Clark. 1925 Bloyd St..
and Harold McAuley. 2037 Roosevelt Ave.
Senior BoyszzHerbert CofIman, 1903
man Ave. and James Weaver. 2o22 Caro-
No girls raced.
ORCHARD SCHOOL
Junior Boys-Fred Rash, 427 w. Forty
tieth St.. and Carl Ryan. 4234 Byram St.
Senior Boys-Albert Rash. 427 W. Forty
ssd Jess 81 DuS S9hn 44 Envy ft Bysfm T
last two named tied for second.
GTEsEslIs Psz z22 42Sg sunset 6ntsb Ays
and Betty Thomas. 1855 Rookwood Ave.
MORRIS SQUARE
Junior Boys-La wrence Peterson, 2i59
Wheeler St: Albert Moreland, 2I77 Park
er ave. There as no third place.
Senior R0VG-F .InCECnn
Oxford St: lloyd Lewis. 2l39 N. oxford
St.. and Madison Gibens. 1902 E. Twenty
Girls-Caroline Peterson. PISA Wheeler
ST. and Eunice KoTsiey. 22i4 Rural st.
MEII1EL AND WYOMING
Junior Boys-Thomas lEulhern. s3s
Nickel ST.; Michael Higgins; zoos Church
St. and William Durham. $50 S. Senate
Senior Boys-Nathan Socks. e22 s.
Capitol Ave. and Abraham Arousti. 1880 S.
Giris-Dorothy Hahn, s42 Nickel st.;
Mary Mahern, 1913 Nickel St.. and Mary
HAYDEN. 1872 S. Senate Ave.
Races will be held today at River
side, RAIDER and Udell. Rhodius,
Riley, Ringgold and South Side
Turner'S Fairgrounds. Saturday
races are scheduled at Spades, Will
lard, and Schools No. 20, No. % and
No. A.
All races start after 10 o'clock each
morning and are conducted by
Lewis Skinner and Henry Long of
the city recreation department, and
instructors of the Fairgrounds.
When all preliminary races have
been completed five districts will be
announced in which semi-finals will
be held. Each Of the Fairgrounds
will be assigned to a district, and
races will be held each day start
ing Monday, Aug. q, with District
No. l.
District No. will be the last
semi-fnal race to be held on Fri
day, Aug. 81.
The three winners in each of the
three classes in each of the play
ground preliminary races will enter
the semi-flnals. Three winners from
each of the three classes will be
selected to race in the finals.
The $500 cash prize money will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
TWO CONCERTS
CLOSE SEASON
Last Programs Will Be
Played Aug. 19, %.

Two band concerts by the IN
dianapolis Military Band, under the
direction of w. S. Mitchell, will
close the concert season in city play
grounds.
The first concert will be held at
$3.50 p. m. Sunday at Christian
Park. Arrangements are being
made to handle a large crowd, and
the park board is transferring hun
dreds Of benches to the grounds for
the event, according to Jesse p. Nc
Clure, city recreation director. Chill
dren will be handled by Miss Doro-
thy Heaty and Miss Frances Marley,
instructors.
The last concert by the band will
be in University Park at 1880 p. m.
Thursday. Because of the down.
town location of the park, recreation
officials are planning to handle one
of the largest crowds of the season.
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Box Houses

Empty cigar and fruit boxes
have been utilized by children
at School No. 20 playground for
one of the most interesting
handicraft activities in the
city this summer.
Miss Jean VeStal and Miss
Hermine Ernsting, instructors,
aided the children in their
work.
The wooden boxes took shape
in doll house furniture, and
odds and ends of cloth were
fashioned into upholstering
and draps for windows and
the doll houses.
The boys became skilled in
cutting pieces for airplanes.
An entire fleet of planes soon
will be assembled for an air
derby.
The girls have dressed the
dolls and hold style shows and
parties daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17

The recreation department at
Brookside playground has arranged
a two-week program of daily events
for the children. The first events
started last Monday and will con-
tinue through next week.
Monday of this week children
held their Times-Capitol Dairy
Scooter races. Bubble blowing was
arranged for Tuesday, and miss
ing letter" contest was conducted
Wednesday.
Interest was at a high pitch
Thursday for the pushmobile races.
Thrills we're scattered through the
contests, and the fastest runners
were not always the winners.
School days were brought back
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arrange 14Day FrOlic
Schedule at BrOOkSide

with a spelling bee today, and
newspaper contest" is scheduled
for Saturday.
Next week opens with necktie
race in the afternoon, and a sack
race will be staged Tuesday after
noon. A cracker race will be held
Wednesday and a three-legged race
Thursday. Friday will be devoted
to pole vault contest, and Satur-
day will close the schedule with
foot and one-legged race. Senior
and junior children will enter a
trapeze contest sometime next week.
Mrs. Minnie Blodget and Mrs.
Delma Ensey, matrons are conduct
ing the programs with the assist
ance of Miss Nellie Blume, and Miss
jeanette Riggin, instructors.
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county
Executives of the Marion County
tuberculosis Association, who have
emphasized this summer a demon
stration at Bridgeport, to show par
ents how malnourished children
may be nursed back to normal
health, expressed themselves jubi-
liant today over the results already
shown in the second group admit
ted to the camp.
Twenty-Five girls were in the
camp during the month Of July, and
these registered an average gain in
weight of As pounds. During Au-
gust, twenty-five boys have been in
the camp, and gains already are re-
ported.
The beginning Of the associations
experiment this year was on small
scale, because of lack of funds. Pub
lic-spirited citizens and civic groups
helped the association make posi-
BILE one building on an eighty-acre
tract along White Lick Creek, pur-
chased several years ago for this
purpose by the funds derived from
Christmas Seals. The camp already
has justified the efforts and money
put forth, associations officials feel.
An appeal was made by them to-
day to all parents in indianapolis
and Marion County to study the
health system put into effect this
summer and apply the same princi-
pies to undernourished children in
homes. In this way only can the
largest results of the demonstration
be obtained, according to Fred A.
Sims, president of the associations
board.
Sims outlined today the theories
under which the camp has been
operated.
ITO justify its existence the health
camp should provide a certain type
of service in general as follows:
1.-The selection of candidates
should be based upon the physical
need of the child, which implies that
each child shall receive a careful
medical examination. Well children,
acutely sick children, including open
cases Of tuberculosis and those who
need constant bed rest should be
excluded.
Long before the camp opens
physical defects should be corrected.
Unfavorable conditions in the home,
too, should be improved if possible
against the time when the child
shall return.
Camp equipment and personnel
should be adequate.
Camp routine should regulate
activity, which means long sleep, rest
periods and supervised play to guard
against over-eXertion.
Special attention must be paid
to the quality and quantity of food
served and that good dietary habits
be developed.
1.-THE camp should be training
school. Healthful living is achieved
largely through training. The dura-
ton of the stay at camp should be
long enough to make the necessary
educational impression, and while
group discipline may be necessary,
self-discipline should be one of the
lessons taught. Opportunity should
also be created to teach the parents
"If, after meetinf these require
ments, the camp serves also to focus
attention on child health generally
and to demonstrate that under-pa1
children profit by scientific man.
agement; if the camp serves to Gre
ate a demand for the larger pre-
ventorium program, accepted and
supported by the taxpayer, the
health association is amply JUS
titled"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
$50 Children to Appear
i'm Playground Pageant

children. Several members of the
G.. A. r. will depict the Spirit of
Yesterday" and members of the
De Molay fraternity will represent
the Spirit of Today"
The last part is 1.-THE Spirit OF
New America" and immigrants
from most of the foreign countries
have parts taken by children from
Municipal Gardens, Spades, Will
lard, Ringgold, Brightwood, India
nola and Morris Square recreation
centers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
VAUDEVILLE ARRANGED
Orchard School Prepares Program
for Tuesday.

Orchard school playground will
hold a vaudeville program at 7:3O
p. m. Tuesday, under the direction
of Miss Clementine Casmire, Fred
Grossart and Miss Katherine
Mooreland, instructors and matron.
Among the features of the eve
ning's entertainment will be a mock
wedding, chorus Of girls and dane
ing and readings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
PLAN VOCATION SHOW

A vocational pageant will be
given 9dnesday night at Willard
playground in connection with the
annual field day and track meet
Athletic events will be held in the
afternoon and the pageant will
open the evening program at 7, just
before the swimming meet Miss
Emma Holy, instructor, will be III
charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
ASSOCIATION TO PICNIC
Southeastern Indiana Residents to
Hold Reunion.

Southeastern Indiana Association
will picnic at Brookside Park Sun
day. All former residents of Jack
son, Jennings, Scott, Washington,
Jefferson and Clark Counties are in
vited. Attendance of 1000 is ex-
pected. There will be a program Of
speeches, music and other entertain
ment. officers of the association
are j. R. Williams, president; w. o.
Mitchell, president pro tenn; j.
Claude Thompson, secretary and
treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
SHELBY ST. FUN CENTER
HAS UNUSUAL RECORD
Reports Largest Attendance of
Youngest Children at FrOIic Lots.

One of the smallest Fairgrounds
in the city has had the largest at
tendance of children of the lowest
ages this year, according to Miss
Lola Pfiefer, supervisor.
Shelby st. recreation center, I'M
der Mrs. May Matthews, has had an
average attendance of more than
thirty-fve children, whose ages
range from II months to IL years.
The playground recently held a
masked party, and the smallest to
the largest came in costume. A
picnic dinner was served after a
program of entertainment by the
children.
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Offer Home Run Award
Pioneer Meeting Saturday

81 Tunes HpecldT
BROOKVILLE, Ind, Aug. IT,
The Pioneer Association of Union,
Franklin and Butler Counties will
hold its fourth annual meeting at
Appleton's Grove here Saturday.
Earl Crawford of Milton and Judge
Will Sparks of Rushville will speak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
GIVE PAGEANT TONIGHT
Fifty Children to Appear in Festival
at Fall Greek.

1.-THE Pageant Of Seasons" will be
held tonight at Fall Greek play
grounds with about fifty children
participating. All four seasons will
be represented by boys and girls of
the playground in costume, which
we're made by tn matrons and in
structors.