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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN.

While reading Claude G. Bowers
1.-THE Tragic Era or THE Revolu-
ton After Lincoln" I could not re-
frain from the very serious thought
that the author was answering the
question: What Price This Ma
ton"
Although not study of the ad-
ninistration of Lincoln, it throws
more light upon Lincoln's character
and his grave problems than any
book that has ever been written
on his life.
One can not be proud of this
revolution which followed the course
Of the bullet which fell Lincoln.
AS Bowers contends in his pref
ace: "The story of this revolution
is one of desperate enterprises, by
daring and INSCRIPTIONS men, some
Of whom had genius of high order
In these no American can take
pride. The evil that they did lives
after them. They changed the
course of history. and whether for
ultimate good or bad, is still on the
lap of the gods. The story carries
lessons that are well worth pom
dering."
1t is my opinion that the word
bordering" is not strong enough.
1t is an object lesson growing out of
the most terrible period in the his
tory of this country.
At times when l was reading of
the debauchery of state govern
ments in the administration of
Grant, when men of the lowest
types pushed themselves into Offices
as well as the state treasures and
fostered a movement to place The
Negro on an equal basis with the
Southern whites, I wonder what
any Russian would think of us on
reading this terrible but true &C
count of this country as it was at
the close of the Civil war.
Bowers has given to the world
the truth about Andrew Johnson,
his administration and his vindica-
ton and he has revealed the awful
truth of the weakness of Grant as
a President and a faithful expose
of the terrible conditions which OPP
Grated against decent government
in his DAY.
1t Is MelOdrama
THE Tragic Era" is more than
history. it really is theater of the
type melodrama because the entire
thing reaked with revolutionary
turmoil, with elemental passions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
FLEE FOR LIFE
AS FIRES RACE
IN FAR WEST
Vast Areas in Washington
and Oregon Have Been
Destroyed.

BIZ rfted Press
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. l2.-
Flames of several forest fires roared
over vast areas of Oregon and
Washington today, carrying terror
ana leaving destruction.
The worst fire in the Pacific
northwest is raging at Triangle lake,
western Lake county, Oregon where
every man, woman, child and crea-
ture fed before the menacing
flames.
Recruits are being sent from Spo-
kane to reinforce $50 men fighting
the confagration. which already
has spread over $4,000 acres.
Another fire burning along two
mile front swept down the Camas
valley between Roseburg and Goes
Bay today. More than 100 are fight
ing this blaze.
Still another fire was burning on
top of the mountain west of Rose
burg but has been brought under
control Fire in green timber near
the Freazle Logging Company's
works near Skamakawa. Wash,
forced the plant to close down.
A new f1are-up of the fire in Cole
vile national forest in Washington,
near the Canadian boundary is eX-
pected by fire wardens. Smaller
fires are reported from scattered
parts of the states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
FINE OF $3.50
TO Be IMPOSED
FOR Staying
Former Chinese War Lord
PenaIized Lightly for
Killing Prince.
BY MILES W. WAUGH
United Press stan Correspondent

TOXIC, Sept. 12.-For acciden-
tally killing a young member Of the
once-powerful house of Manchu,
which ruled over China for centu-
ries, Chang Tsung-Chang, deposed
var lord of Shantung province, will
have to pay a fine of approximately
$3.50. it appeared today as his trial
for murder neared its finish at Iita.
Evidence brought out in the trial
indicates that General Chang had
killed the young man, a cousin of
the fomer boy emperor Of China, by
accident, as he had claimed. The
prosecutor demanded Chang pay a
fine of 500 yen, or about $3.50.
Hsien Kai, the dashing young
Manchu prince, was found dead
from a bullet on Aug. 2 near Chang's
magnificent villa at the resort town
Of Beppu, island of Kiushiu.
Chang said the shooting was &C
cidental; that his pistol exploded
as he was examining 1t. Inc ponce
suspected Chang had killed the
young prince over one of Changs
many wives.
They we're informed the prince
hac been a frequent visitor at
Changs apartments and grown
overly fond of one of Chang's ia
vcrite helpmates.
General Chang always has been
partial to his harem, and according
to Shantung inhabitants, easily loses
his temper where his wives are in
volved.
Chang, as ruler of Shantung. had
as many as sixteen wives. whom he
took along on all his war expedi-
tons, travelling in private trains
built especially for him in European
countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
COED HOLDUP
WITNESS SAYS
Girl NOT SANE
Lawyer Husband GaiI
Point From Cashier
of Bank.

By United Press
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex, Sept. IL.
The drama of a young lawyer de-
Tending his college sweetheart and
wife with the stern dignity of a
seasoned barrister brought hundreds
of farm people of this little German
community to the county court
chamber today
The trial, in which Otis Rogers
has pleaded temporary insanity for
Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers,
charged with robbing the Farmers
National bank of Buda. Tex, of
81 900. was brought here on change
Of venue from La Grange where
Mrs. Rogers once was sentenced to
fourteen years in prison. A reversal
was obtained on appeal and sec
ond trial ended in failure to obtain
a jury.
The affairs of the University OF
Texas ale distant from the knowl-
edge of most of the citizens near
New Braunfels and the twelve
jurors, farmers and ranchers, were
accepted by both sides as unbiased
and without previous knowledge OF
the days which followed the campus
romance of Becky and Otis"
Witnesses we're examined who
told the story of how Becky entered
the bank. forced a pistol against the
cashier. j. F.. JamiSon, took the
money from the vault and closed its
door on the employe after asking
him if there was sufficient air to
keep him alive until his release.
Rogers forced from Jamison a
confession that, from what he had
read and heard" he believed Becky
was unbalanced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
DENY ARAB HORRORS
Jewish Victims of Rioters
Not MutiIated.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
JERUSALEM, Sept. 12.-Charges
of mutilation of Jewish victims OF
the recent Arab attacks in Pales-
tine today were found to be with
out foundation by the special COM
mission, appointed by the British
high commissioner, it was an
nounced
The commission, made of three
British, three Arab and three Jewish
doctors, have exhumed and exam
ined several bodies at Hebron, where
the most serious massacre took place
and so far have discovered no signs
of mutilation.
A mnior outbreak was reported
from the suburb of Givath Saul to-
day, where a Jewish stone-crushing
plant was partly wrecked by Arab
villagers Tuesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
RAIL COMMISSION HAS
NO HIGHWAY POWER

Attorney General James M. Og-
den today approved an opinion writ
ten by Deputy Joseph Hutchinson
holding the public service commits
sion is without jurisdiction over
state highways.
The result of the decision, asked
for by Calvin Mcintosh of the pub
lie service commission, is likely to be
request for ruling by the courts.
The opinion involved the $4,000
bridge built near Evansville on State
Road Sc, which the state highway
commission has been unable to use
because of failure of the public serv-
ice commission to approve the man
ner in which the road is to cross
some railroad tracks.
The tracks belong to the Evans
Vile and Ohio River Electric Rail
way. The railway company will take
the case to court, according to
Mcintosh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
Best Sellers

The following is list of the
six best sellers in fiction in Bren-
tano's New York stores:
Fiction
"They STOPPED to Folly" Ellen Glas.
Cow. A brilliant and witty history Of
the shifting fashions in morals.
"Roper'S ROW" Warwick Deeping. A
new character novel by the author of
"Sorrell and Son." Knopf, $3.50.
"Ex-Wife," Anonymous. The story
of what happened to young woman
suddenly abandoned by her husband.
THE Galaxy" Susan Ertz. A por-
trait of a lady by the author of Ma
dame claire" Appleton, $3.50. .,
"All quiet on the western Front"
Erich Remarque. The great war novel.
Little Brown. $3.50.
The Omnibus of Crime, Dorothy
Savers monumental anthology of
crime and mystery stories. PaySon g.
Clarke. $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

predominant, and with bloody bones
and bloody noses among the fight
ing factionalistS"
To me the striking accomplish
ment of Bowers in this book of SGT
pages, just published by Houghton-
AIif1in Company, selling for S., is
that he has reproduced painful facts
about the treacherous leaders OF
that period which have been splen-
didly overlooked by historians who
were afraid Of the awful truth.
And here we have the awful truth
of state houses in certain states
nearly becoming pig pens, with open
bars adjoining the assembly rooms,
with black legislators mingling with
a few whites and above all the sin
lister power of crooked politicians
who were bleeding the people and
misguiding the Negro.
When 1 read the terrible chaos
in our own country during this
period, I wondered what must have
happened in Russia with the fall of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as
stolen belong to:
Georgette Schmitt, $50 East st.
Clair street. Chevrolet touring,
from North and Noble streets.
Turner Thompson, 1927 Lexing-
ton avenue, Ford roadster, $3.50.
from Senate avenue and Washing
ton street.
James Newton, 215 East Thirty
sixth street. Ford coupe, 90-985,
from 1858 washington boulevard.
James E Carr, 938 Mcknight
building Minneapolis, Mimi, Ford
sedan, B-321-814 Minnesota, from
Capitol avenue and Ohio street.
w. j. Cagen, 1881 Hoyt avenue
Whippet roadster. 1881. from
Woodlawn avenue and Shelby street.
Mrs. H. L. Williams, 1919 North
New Jersey street. Ford coupe. TO-
033, from Delaware and Vermont
streets.
BACK HOME AGAIN
Stolen automobiles recovered by
police belong to:
Arthur P. Graf, 315 Dorman
street, Essex coach, in front of 125
South Meridian street.
Homer West, Noblesville, Ind,
Ford coupe. in front of 10 West
Maryland street.
DR.. 2. F. Jacobs. 342 South Temple
avenue, Chevrolet sedan, in Dear
born woods near Thirty-fourth
street.
Sheriff. Duckworth, r. R. /,
Bridgeport. Ind. Chevrolet touring,
in rear of 2109 West Eleventh street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
YEGGS OVERLOOK SIP

Battering open a safe door with
sledge hammer. yeggs took Sc from
the strongbox in Payne's Tire Serv-
ice Company, 856 Massachusetts,
avenue, but missed SIP in another
compartment Of the safe, Harry
Payne, 1858 College avenue, told po-
lice today.
Ten automobile tires also were
stolen, Payne said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

Tuesday night in her room. Coroner
G. H. Keever sad death was due to
heart disease.
Mrs. Phyllis Harvel, Negro, AL
Agnes street, was in the city hospi-
tai today in critical condition from
knife wounds in the throat while
police sought her husband, Levi, IL,
Negro. who is alleged to have
wounded here early today.
When Philip Gerini opened his
restaurant at 343 Massachusetts,
avenue early today he discovered
500 he hid in the kitchen Tuesday
was missing. he told police
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

Wednesday in superior court one by
Frank w. Witter. Arthur w. Brady.
receiver for the Union Traction
Company, was named defendant.
Witter charged he was injured
permanently and is confined at a
sanatorium. The same crossing was
the scene of the Sahara Grotto
crossing crash in which twenty per-
sons were killed two years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
CONSIDER
MEMORIAL

Sketches Of a stone colonnade, to
mark the entrance to Riverside
park and serve as memorial to
Thomas Taggart, former mayor,
were considered today by the park
board.
The coIonnade will supplant twen-
ty-one markers which were stolen
by vandals.
The memorial will be erected at
the Burdsal parkway entrance, &C
cording to Michael E. Foley, park
c commissioner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
CONFERENCE is HELD
Fifty NJ. E. Churches Unite in
Beech Grove Meeting.

Urging pastors and laymen of
fifty Methodist Episcopal churches
to build with the past for the flu
ture," DR.. Orien w. Fifer spoke at
a conference Wednesday evening of
the Indianapolis district in the
Beech Grove Methodist church.
Other speakers were DR.. E. w.
Dunlavy, pastor of the Roberts Park
church; DIR. j. B. ROsemurgy, of the
Irvington church; the Revf Elmer
Jones of the st. Pauls church and
DR.. Ernest N. Evans, executive Sec
rotary of the Indianapolis Church
Federation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
What Price This Nation Is AnSzCered
BY Claude G. BOu,erS i'm Tragic Era

the CZar-in that modern day of
machine guns, radio, poison gas,
tractors, airplanes and the like.
To me the most tragic figure of
this period was Andrew Johnson,
the man who inherited because of
his position the troubled duties left
unfinished by President Lincoln.
I remember when I was in school,
many, many years ago, that the his
tory professor passed over the ad-
ministration of johnson as "a weak
thing"
Bowers gives us the true greatness
and vision of this man who faced a
contemplate conspiracy of impeach-
ment and who lived long enough to
be indicated
Men, whose names still ring to-
day on the lips of the spellbinders
of party leaders as great and true
men, are made to kiss the dust of
treachery, treason. self1shness,
thievery, bribery and about every
other crime on the books. including
murder, wholesale at that. Bowers
is right.
1t is not a pleasant duty of Bow
ers to relate the Sordid experiences
that our nation went through. to
emerge from this chaotic state. 1t
is not pleasant reading, but Bowers
has his authorities, his facts, the
words and actions of all leaders, in
Guiding the false and the true, that
contributed to this melodrama of
hate and passion.
Just a Thought
I would not be surprised that
some of the descendants who now
are basking under the fame of
alleged ancestors who figured in this
period will blush and in some in
stances may wish that they could
change their names.
THE Tragic Era" is an indict-
ment, not partisan. but seemingly
just, truthful and full of many
lessons. I know that rebelled at
times, but Bowers logic and his
facts caused me to surrender and
yield to the awful truth.
I believe that if certain portions
of this book were read by speakers,
those who desire to be honest, on
the Fourth of July and on Decora-
ton day, we would have a better
understanding Of what price this
republic.
And at the same time we would
be more fit in fighting the selfish
problems, the bigotry. the federal
and state Hobbies and the false paid
leaders Of today
Here is melodrama. History, yes.
Facts, yes. All revealed in such a
fascinating and interesting way that
it will hold the hot attention of a
follower of Elinor Glyn. And that's
going some.
1t will cause many a reader to
adjust his entire conception OF this
period of American history.
e n
indianapolis theaters today offer:
Rae Samr-'- at the Lyric; Speed
way" at the Palace; words and
Music" at the Apollo; 1.-THE Cocoa
nuts, at the Ohio; Fast Life" at
the Circle; Dark Streets" at the
Indiana; THE Merry Whirl," at the
(@1N til
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGE
Union Traction Is Defendant in
Crossing Crash Suit.

Suit for $4,000 damages as a re-
suit of an auto-interurban crash at
Emerson avenue and Twenty first
street September, 1928. was filed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
Bodied Hair Is With Us
to Stay BeauticianS Say
Men waited

| Men waited a
long time to get
! revenge for Deli
labs prank on
Samson's W a V Y
locks, but they
made a permanent
job of it, in the
opinion of two of
a thousand bar
berS and beauti-
clans a t t e n d ing
the sixteenth con-
vention of the
Journeymen Bar
bers and Beauti-
clans information
al Union of Amer
lea, at the Athe-
naeum.
Bobbed hair is
here to stay, Miss
Lilyan Moscowitz,
Brooklyn, N. Y,
chairman of the
convention &C M
mittee of beauty
workers, said to-
day.
| With Mrs. Lima
Becker, ST. Louis,
Mis- s Moscowitz
discussed feminine
beauty tendencies
in New York and
the mid -western
city. They are the
only female dele
gates ever to at
tend a convention
of the organiza-
ton.
| Eyebrow tWeez-
ers still are an
essential part of
milady's b e au t Y
kit and perma-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
GETS TERM AT FARM
Thomas Richardson, II, Must Serve
Year for Burglary, Grand Larceny.

Year Tor Burglary, Grand LARGELY.
Criminal Judge James A. Collins
today sentenced Thomas Richard
son, II, son of Harry Richardson of
near Beach Grove, to one year at
the Indiana State Farm on burglary
and grand larceny charges.
The youth is alleged to have
broken into the home of Mrs. Larte
Hylton, $3.50 ulian avenue, June Is,
and stolen jewelry valued at 5000
and a typewriter. Kenneth Mehurin,
an alleged companion to the youth,
is serving a prison sentence melted
him recently on similar charge by
Collins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

social
permanent beauticians
that curling rather than from the scalp
is painless
other The fall
powder
lead alta
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
NEW CHINA IS SHOWN

Special Exhibition on Display at
L. S. AyreS Store.
Special exhibition of Black knight
china is on display in the new
auditorium of L. S. Ayres q co. 81
A. Soules. of New York, represef:
tative of Black Knight china, To-Day
gave Instructions on modern TRENDS
in table service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12
Corporate Trust
Shares
SAFETY plus
HIGH RETURN

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General Electric
United States Steel
American Tobacco
InternatI Harvester
Otis Elevator
Ingersoll- Rand
du Pont
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American Radiator
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Illinois Central
Union Pacific
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Pennsylvania
Atchison
HIGH RETURN - 1860
average each year for the
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inclusive) on the average
price 70 rthis period (as-
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this period. Return for
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annual rate of more than
20o6 on present market
prices.
Complete Details
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Rae Samv-'- at the Lyric; Speed
way" at the Palace; words and
Music" at the Apollo; 1.-THE Cocoa
nuts, at the Ohio; Fast Life" at
the Circle; Dark Streets" at the
Indiana: THE Merry Whirl," at the
Mutual, and movies at the Colonial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12

to you is perfect salts
faction assured. IF you
find a Defiance Tire un-
satisfactory in any way,
we will repair or replace
it. A Defiance Tire must
be everything you ex-
pect it to be.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-04
DROVE POISON
OUT OF SYSTEM
Constipation Troubled Alabar
Lady Until She Had Taken "
Black raught.

East Florence. AlA-Fur twu
years, T suffered with pains tn my
back and head" writes Mrz y. IL.
Sloan. 126 Royal Avenue. this city.
II felt dull all the time. and vas
not able to do anything.
Il was constipate6 most uf thu
time. MY complexion was bad and
+ had no appetite
IAN old lady advised r1T father
to give me Black-DrnuEhE Am
quick as she told him. ne got ~ frr
me. I took Black-Draught three
times q day for three weeks. and Z
began to feel like a different PR
son.. I developed a good appetite.
the poison left my system. and Ak
felt fine.
"I thought my trouble came from
constipation. and UNIV Ecun AH th@
cause was removed. II gUt al right
"Since that time. X have tired CD
keep q box OF Black-Dranght f. u8
house, as I find IL corrects bilious
ness and relieves SICK headarhe. II
Is our family medicine"
Constipation dams up pcisrnE i1
the bowels. causing Their bad e.
fects I'd he felt I'm other parts uf tho
body. AT the first sign CIR rnflEtA-
patton. take mAaam
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-04
MORE TROOPS
GO TO SONORA
Picked Soldiers To Siam
Out 'Cristeros' in
Final Drive

MEXICO CITY. May 40
Fifteen thousand soldiers. fhn
flower az the Mexican Army. Mrn
TO be sent at once 70 the four
states affected by the so-eailed re-
ligious rebellion and a campaign 81
humiliation begun against fhn.
insurgents or "cristerrS' ms
are called.
IA statement issued hy PrczidnrW
Emilio P0rtes Oil said the addi-
tiCnal troops would be sent M. nIirn
from Sonora 70 Join 5000 men un-
der General Saturnino Cedillo al
ready operating there. General
Gales. In Hermosiilo. capital az
Sonora. personally will supcrlntrnd
movements of men out cf the state
The presidents statement char
actcrized the insurgents aS -rrilM-
ious fanatics" and aS remnants nf
the ridiculous Mexican nriEtn-
crazy" which passed from poHnr
with the Madero revolution IN 1910.
The president said two months
would be sufficient fer tire m
paiRn-
The states principally affected
arr Halisc0. GuanaJuntn. MArhum-
can and CuIima-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-04
SOUND MOVIES
Get BIG HOUSE
Vitaphone And Movietone at
San Benito For First Time
Meets With Approval

SAN BENITO, May 4.-SOund
moving pictures. transmitted by
means Of the Vitaphone and Movie
tone equipment. were seen and
heard by a capacity house at the
Rivoli theater here Friday, at the
initial showing to the public OF
this equipment.
The new equipment was tried out
At n preview before a small group
Thursday night. when Manager Ed
Brady of the theater invited some
friends to hear the equipment and
express their opinion Of ii. The
opinion was unanimous that the
new equipment adds greatly to the
theater. and that it will prove a
considerable feature in Valley enter
tainment.
The theater. which was closed for
a time while the new equipment
was being installed. opened with
several features. and the main pic
ture, "Syncopation." in which a ma
tionally famous orchestra was fea-
tured along with the story. Fea-
lures signed UP for the near future
are in "Old Arizona" the first all
talking outdoor picture. and others
of equal quality and note.
Mr.. Brady was receiving the con-
gratulations OF his friends Saturday
for the Improvements to the theater
here.