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The Washington times., 1929-02-09
Game Little Jap Near
Long Sought Cue Crown

NEW YORK, Feb st begins to look if klnrey
atsuyama going visit that dear Japan again after
ALL The pntszed japanese STAR who he Will never
90 back to his native until he return in triumph
1872 bskline billiard went long way toward
realizing his lifelong ambition last night when he won his
third straight victory in the tournament here
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
GODFREY TO FIGHT

Godfrey, negro heavyweight of
Leiperville, Pa, and Jack Renault,
Canadian battler, have signed for a
10-round bout at Havana on March
8. under the auspices of Humbert
FugaZy, according to an announce
ment made public by the promoter
today.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
Bailey, Former Techite,
On Penn u. FrOsh Relay

Bob Bailey. member of Coach
c'Hap') Hardell's championship Tech
High track team of last season, has
clinched a berth on the freshman
mile relay team of the University
of Pennsylvania. He will carry the
baton in the Meadowbrook games
Tuesday in the Arena at Phila-
delphia.
Another member Of the Penn
Freshman four is Bill Mckniff,
!,nown To mack followers here.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
FRANK HOGAN EARLY

NEW YORK. Feb .. Frank
Hogan. Garga antuan catcher of the
New York Giants. will be the first
member of the team to arrive at
the training camp in San Antonio
He left here last night in solitary
a.ra niAur.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
Attendance Mark May Fall
In Sunday Soccer Games

With by far the important coming up tor
decision since playing of organized in Washington
the local attendance record 5000 stands in grave danger
of being ecpsed by least and possibly by OOO
the weather least bit kind tomorrow afternoon
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
DURABLE DUO

Both Nat Holman and Johnny
Backman professional basketball
stars, have PLAYED four games in
one day with four different teams.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
WALKER B D |. 7
UNLIKELY

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-That light
heavyweight title match between
Champion Tommy Loughran and
Mickey Walker, ambitious middle
weight titleholder, will be the open
ing attraction of Promoter Paddy
Harmon's new stadium here, ap-
peared highly improbable today.
Associates of Harmon scofted
at reports that negotiations for
the bout had been concluded
and that the date had been set
for March II. In the first
place, it was pointed out, March
II happens to fall on Sunday,
and in the second place no one
knows just how soon the giant
stadium will be ready for Occu-
Dancy.
Another bar to the fight at this
time is the fact that Walker hap
pens to be in the bad graces of the
National Boxing Association, of
which Illinois is a member. Paul
Prehn, president of the n. B. A,
and chairman of the Illinois com
mission, declared Walker IS under
suspension for failing to defend his
title within the time set by the
National Association,
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

He increased his hold on first
place by defeating Eric Hagen
iacher. the other dark horse in the
in the closest match Of
the week, 400 to SS5. in 13 innings.
The rOIy. poly son of Nippon is
the only undefeated player in
the tournament. Tied for sec
Ond place are Edouard HOre-
mans, of Belgium. the defending
champion, and Welker Cochran,
of Hollywood, Calf. Each has
won two games and lost one
Yesterday, Cochran handed
Felix Grange. pOrtly French
man and football of the
tourney, his, fourth straight de-
feat.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09
ONLY SCHOOL
UNREPRESENTEDBY
SELECTIONS
The Times 1929 Al-High Five
BY George A. Simpson

Eastern High alone unrepresented the Washington
Times 1929 District AlHgh basketball five. Tech leads
with players while Business Western and Central placed
one apiece
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

40, 2, 81. 6. II; total, s65. High run,
liz: average, 80 liz.
Standing OF the players in the lS,2
billiard tourney;
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

The five players named as The
Times choices are: Jimmy Thomp-
son, of Western, and Carl MacCar-
tee, of Tech, as forwards: Clyde
.Romig. of Central, as center. and
Jake Lewis, of Business, and Jake
Goldblatt, of Tech. as guards. They
are capable, have brains and can
shoot and pass accurately.
Some may question the selection
OF MacCartee, and Romig, but
Lewis, Goldblatt and Thompson
were the foremost three in the
series. Lewis rates as the most
valuable player to his team, al
though he little overshadows Gold
blatt in this quality. Thompson
the outstanding floor worker, was
the best handler and neatest
passer of any.
Lewis the best all-arOund
player, was an inspiratiOnal
leader, whose aggressiveness en-
cOuraged his allies to greater
deeds. He topped the individual
scorers, yet excelled on the de-
tense. GOIdblatt was used at
center and guard, but appeared
better at the latter position.
He had a peculiarity of chalk.
ing up points in the closing
moments to win games and
was exceptional on pivot and
block plays,
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

Births, Engagements, MRrrfaRes
Deaths and In Memoriam appear daily
an Last insids page last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

It might he argued that Teddy
Cappelli. Of Eastern, do erves the
cali over Ma"Cartee or Thompson
because he finished third IN the
scoring list Cappelli also took
more shots" at the Basket than
MacCartee or Thompson and was
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

Matsuyama can clinoh the tourna.
ment by winning his two final
matches. even though Horemans
and Cochran win all their con.
tests. One victory in two starts
will give the Japanese at least a
tie.
Matsuyamas excited countrymen
living here, who take their billiards
very seriously, declare that if he
wins they will send him home on
a battleship to receive the accIaim
of all Japan. And even the skeptics
who has picked him to finish last,
were willing to admit today that
he stands an excellent chance of
winning the $4,000 first prize and
gold medal
The diminutiVe youth from the
Orient has surmounted tremendous
physical handicaps. He weighs only
92 pounds and is less than 5 feet
in height. Looming only q inches
above the table, he Is great handi-
capped by his lack of reach and is
forced often to play shots the wrong
way. But his consummate skill and
unquenchable fighting spirit enable
him to triumph despite his physical
disadvantages.
Last night the mighty mite came
from behind TO win. overcoming 4
lead of 2O5 points, Hagenlacher ran
119 and 115 in the first two innings.
The Germans draw shots were per
feet and his judgment impeccable.
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

But the lion-hearted Japanese.
playing steadily, registered runs
ct 81 and 10 i'm the ninth and
teGfh innings and ended the
match in a blaze of glory with
an unfinished run Of So, when
the German apparently was on
the verge of victory. II was
sweet revenge for "Matsy," who
was nOsed out of the title by
Hagenlacher in Washington two
years ago by a twO-pOint mar.
gin.
Hagenlacher plays Grange this
afternoon and Horemans tackles
Jake Schaefer, jr., tonight.
The Matsuyama Hagenlacher score
by innings:
Matsuyama-1 ~, =, A., is. IS. 8, II
81. 1Ie, ., IS, So. total. 400 High run
10; average, so iO-ls
Hagsalachsr-1ls, lis, 21. Il, II. 5, .
The Washington times., 1929-02-09

Z Today there are only four
teams of players of foreign
birth, giving the homegrown
products a net increase Of eight
teams to the solitary Euro
pean addition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
Rockefeller
Is Baked BY
SbeakeaSieS

ATEW YORK, Dec. 1O-One
IN version of why John D.
Rockefeller Jr. failed in his at
tempt to build an opera house in
midtown New York, has been
barred, and it placed the blame on
some half a hundred SpeakeaSy
proprietors, who could not be
ousted from their quarters by all
the might and millions of the
Rockefellers.
Rocekefeller's project called for
the leasing of the three square
blocks bounded by Forty eighth,
and Fifty-f1rst streets and Fifth
and Sixth avenues.
The property owned by Colurn-
bia university, was turned over to
Rockefeller on an eighty-seven-year
lease, and then came the problem
of persuading tenants to move
so the demolition could start on
the site in preparation for the
opera center.
Il q
GONE of the tenants moved;
- others clutched their leases
and decided to stay. Among the
latter were several persons who
had leases on old brown stone
front houses with grilled doors,
which, as every New Yorker
knows, often are where some of
the city's best speakeasies are To-
Gated.
T. M. De Bevoise, Rockefeller
spokesman, made no reference to
the speakeasies when he an
nounced recently that the project
failed. He referred all inquiries
to Columbia university. A check
of the neighborhood, however,
showed that few of the speak
easies were planning to move from
the valuable locations they now
occupy.
IT was pointed out that for the
L. Rockefeller interests to ouSt re-
luctant tenants, litigation against
each individual would have to be
started. On the assumption that
the losing side would appeal, it
readily was seen how the opera
building could be delayed indefi-
nitely.
The speakeasy proprietors, of
course, attempted to convince Co.
lumbia university that they were
running legitimate businesses and
they often employed a dummy"
it was said, to negotiate leases
with university officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10

Smith entered appearances as repre-
senting the indianapolis Federation
of Civic Clubs, Utilities Service Inc,
land other cities and towns" The
list Of these communities has dwin-
died until only the town of Macy
remains.
Deny Representation
Today, communications from Off
cials of Westfield and Bloomingdale
were read, denying that these law
yers represented them.
David Watson of the insult coun-
sci presented circular letter from
Smith soliciting permission to rep
resent the trustees of Valley Mills.
Smith acknowledged the letter, but
took exception to the Watson allie
cation that he was opposing the
merger "for revenue only"
Smith later left the hearing and
remained away. Pond and Smiley
Chambers, representing the city of
Indianapolis, were the only attor-
neys remaining in the opposition
chairs. The city, as such, has taken
no stand in the matter and Smiley
is merely on hand to listen in," it
was said.
Figures Analysed
Remainder of the morning SeS-
sion was devoted to analysis of the
commission figure in the case by
Harry Boggs, consulting accountant.
He listed 1928 revenues Of the COM
bined properties as $10,737,O67, of
which 1883 per cent was derived
from electric light and power.
His figures showed constant de-
cline in .interurban revenues since
1925.
Chairman John w. McCardle of
the commission was absent and
Commissioner Howell Ellis, who is
presiding. conducted the question
ing. He phrased one question for
the benefit of Commissioner CAL
vim Mcintosh to get Bogg's opin-
ion on who pays bond discounts.
Boggs pointed out that it is a fixed
charge and must be deducted from
possible dividends of the stock
holders and that the money comes
from the rate payers.
Mcintosh accepted the challenge
and brought from Boggs the admis-
sion that rate increases will be
asked when dividends cease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
READY TO FIGHT
ROOT FORMULA
Borah, Johnson and Moses
Against World Court.
BN United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Formid-
able opposition is preparing to con-
test adoption of the Root world
court formula when President Hoo
yer sends the proposition to the
senate for ratification.
The old irreconcilabIe group which
fought against the League of Ma
tions treaty in the senate still con-
trolls the senate foreign relations
committee and most of its members
have expressed themselves publicly
or privately against adoption Of he
Root scheme.
Included in the group are Chair
man Borah of the committee, Sena-
tor Hiram johnson Rep., CALI and
Senator Moses (Rep., N. HI. Both
Borah and Johnson declined to
comment on the signing of the for
mula Monday at Geneva, but ex-
pressed themselves ready to fight
out the issue as soon as the tariff
bill is out of the way.
Moses declared himself formally
against acceptance of the Root pro-
posal.
It is considered possible the Presi-
dent may not send the new reserva-
ton to the senate until the next Ses-
sion to congress, beginning in De-
cember, 1890.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10

She fumbled at the knot. The
knot bucked and dumped three
times on the sidewalk. A pasSerby
helped her gather them in from
the sidewalk, one, two, three times.
She looked at the window, then
walked on, as the window looked
at her and said:
Egyptian diamonds. Closing
out sale. Any ring 40 cents"
IT'S tinsel time.
Il Christmas trees pretend they
grow from buildings on Monu-
ment Circle.
Sitting beneath one of them Is
Charles Bennef1eld, Merrill and
Missouri streets. Bennefield sits
on the sidewalk and his hands bob
a black velour hat up and down.
His head booS in unison with the
hat. He mutters for aims. He is
blind,
Six nickelS and a dime are in
the hat. Forty cents!
Forty cents thatN go to help
ing my son and his four children.
He's out O. work" he explains.
But on West Ohio street is the
chalked doorway Egyptian dia-
monds. Any ring 40 cents"
IT'S tinsel- time.
l. Shoppers bump each other,
grab Yuletide cards out of hands,
crab at saleSwcmen, eat hurried
luncheons, look worried over
whether Aunt Lucy'll like this
tablecover."
The cash register in a drug store
at Illinois and Washington street
clangS.
A fur-collared, be-spatted man
waits impatiently for his cigars.
Three of those 20-cent cigars.
That'll be sixty. And sixty out of
a dollar. Here's your change and
your cigars, Mister, 10, 20, 80, 40
cents"
While on Ohio street are "Egyp-
tian diamonds" and a woman
knots her money in kerchiefs and
peers at a window that says, ANY
ring 40 cents"
You see. it's tinsel time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
OFFICIALS REVOKE
PAROLE OF BUCK

On June II of this year Buck was
given temporary parole when
prison officials, Fuller and Governor
Leslie interested themselves in an
injury which he had received in a
football game against the Cover
nor's alma mater, Purdue.
He was brought to Indianapolis
and an operation was performed at
the Robert Long hospital to relieve
a slight bone pressure on his brain.
The operation was a success med
ically. Governor Leslie extended
Bucks temporary parole to enable
him to accept a job in the state
highway department and gave him
a chance to make good.
He was fair worker in the
drafting department until recently.
He began coming to work late. I
understand some Of his fellow en-
ployes loaned him money which he
didn't pay back. Since then, I un-
derstand, the money has been paid
back by Fuller" william Titus, chief
engineer of the highway depart
ment, asserted
Buck was sentenced at Vincennes,
Feb. OF this year, for forging small
checks on several storekeepers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
TROOPS AVERT RIOT
Striking Miners Are Dis
perSed by Armed Guards.

BU United Press
TAYLORVILLE, Ill, Dec. 10.-A
mine strike denomination which
threatened to grow serious was
broken up today at the Peabody
mine No. 7, in sKincaid, near here,
by national guardsmen, who went
on guard Monday night with ma
chine guns and bayonets.
One man was placed under mill
tary arrest. Union miners at four
Peabody workings in this vicinity
refused to go to work this morning
because of the presence of troops.
Nationalists out on general strike
attempted to march on the Kincaid
mine, but were dispersed by the
troops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10

Efforts of medical science and
Governor Harry G. Leslie to reform
a self-adrnitted forger have failed,
it was revealed today, when revoca-
ton Of temporary parole given to
Howard Buck, former university
football star, was announced by
state officials.
Buck was returned to the state
reformatory at Pendleton several
weeks ago to complete a two-to-
fourteen-year sentence on forgery
charged, it was learned.
His recommitment to the penal
institution followed his failure to
keep steadily at work at g. job pro-
vided him in the drafting division
OF the state highway department,
statehouse officials say.
He is said to have left his job
two weeks ago, to go to an Ohio
city, where he married a young
woman. He was detained there, re-
turned to Indianapolis, and then
sent to Pendleton,
Bert Fuller, Indianapolis insur-
ance man and sponsor for Buck,
requested that ne be returned TO
the reformatory when he failed to
fulfil conditions Of his parole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
FOG TO REMAIN
FOR 36 HOURS
No Change in Temperature
Is Predicted.

Dense smog that enveloped Indi-
annapolis this morning probably will
not lift before Thursday, j. H.
Arnington, meteorologist, forecast
today.
Weather conditions throughout
the Mississippi valley, from Texas to
Minnesota, are unsettled. he said,
and the blanket of mist that covers
this area is moving so slowly that no
relief can be expected for thirty-six
hours.
There will be no change in tenn
perature tonight, said Arlington.
Thermometers probably will reg
lister 35 as the lowest in Indian
apoliS.
The slnog today, so thick at 7
a. m. that lights could not be dis
tinguished a block distant, cleared
somewhat as the morning wore on,
but will return again tonight, ac-
cording to the United States wealth.
er bureau here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10

While they tried to fight
their way against the intense
heat Of the infammable sets
and the film, merchants from
nearby stores and people from
apartments took the lightly
clad women and girls, who
had run from the building in
their ballet costumes, into
their places for shelter. The
day was cold.
Joseph E. Flynn of the Pathe
company and his secretary, Mrs.
Frances Walsh, were in Flynn's Of
flee on the second floor Of the build
ing when the explosions began. They
escaped 10 a balcony and were res
cued by fremen.
Throws Money in Safe
Morgan Bauer, controller of the
Pathe company, was in his first
floor office making up pay envelopes
to pay off the ballet at the end Of
the recording. He swept the money
into the safe, banged the door shut
and fed, with the fire following al
most at his heels.
S. j. Cuppen, delegation Of the
motion picture operators union,
made the identifications of four
men, the first to be identified. They
were all motion picture operators.
Girls who lost their lives were mem-
berS of the ballet.
The explosion came Just as a
stage in rear studio had been pre-
pared for the recording of film
by Eddie Elkins and his fourteen
muSicionS.
In room above, thirty women of
the ensemble were gathered, in their
filmy and scant costumes, awaiting
their call for a ballet.
Ready for Filming
u uoG do Vic lCCOl OlIlB Wdo W UC~
gin there was a sudden fash-the
first of the explosions. Those in the
studio began to make for the exits,
but six more explosions followed in
rapid order, cutting off escape for
many.
The second explosion brought the
first fatality. Then the others took
their toll.
Flames spurted from behind
around and through the big blac
velvet drop which had been set
the rear of the stage.
Women screamed as they fed
their filmy costumes. The Sc
was one Of intense confusion.
Of the dead, five we're men a.
four were women. Their bodies we
brought from the building and v
on the curb while ambulances
fire apparatus came scream
through the streets from all nes
by stations.
The fire was out by noon and
squads were searching the ruins,
fearing more bodies would be found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
SUICIDE IS VERDICT
Coroner Holds CIippinger
Took Own Life.

Verdict of suicide in the death
Thursday Of Gilbert B. Clippinger,
40, of 3619 North Pennsylvania
street, was returned today by
Coroner G.. H. Keever.
Clippinger opened the window of
his investments office on the
eleventh floor of the Fletcher
Savings and Trust Company build
ing, and plunged seven stories to
death on a sub roof above the
fourth story, DR.. Keever determined.
No probable motive for the suicide
was found by the coroner. Clip
pinger was Indiana and Kentucky
representative for Dillon, Reed 81
Co., national investment firm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
UTILITY ATTORNEYS
ATTACK STAND OF
OPPOSING COUNSEL
Letters Read Into Record of insult Merger
Project, Denying Representation;
Harmon Is Among Missing

Position of opposition counsel in
the $70,0 100000 insult utilities merger
hearing was attacked by utility at
torneys today.
Harvey Harmon, former public
service commissioner and leading
opposition lawyer, has not been on
hand at all this week and his CO.
counsel, Oscar L. Pond, stated to-
day that he went to his home at
Princeton Friday and hasn't been
heard from since.
Harmon, Pond and Oscar L.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
APPOINTED AS ENVOY
Castle to Be Special Ambassador to
Japan During Farley.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Nomi-
nation of William R. Castle Jr. as
sistant secretary of state, to be
special ambassador to Japan for the
period of the arms conference in
London, was announced by PreSi-
dent Hoover today.
The Toxic post has been vacant
since the res ignation of Ambassa-
dor Charles MacVsagh, year ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
JAIL FOR COMM MUNlSTS
Youthful Reds Get S2,500 Fines !;
Five-Year Terms.

2 2 nfItd FFtNS
ST. CLAIRVILLE, O., Dec. 10. -
Sentences of five years imprison-
ment at hard labor and fines of
S2,50o each today were imposed
upon two of the three communists
convicted here Nov. 90 Of criminal
Syndicalism.
The two we're Tom Johnson of
Cleveland and Charles Gwynn of
Lansing. o. Miss Lii Andrews, l9,
Cleveland. the third members of the
trio, was sentenced to an indeter-
inmate sentence in the Marysville re-
formatory. the sentence not to ex-
ceed ten years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
And Why Not?
BIZ United Press
JnNDON I

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Dec. 10.-Shang-
hai's photographers think that
Douglas Fairbanks should
stand on his head when they
take pictures of him.
A Daily Mail dispatch from
the Chinese city said that
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
arrived there Monday from
Hong Kong and were welcomed
warmly by Chinese admirers.
Photographers asked the ath-
letic actor to stand on his head
for a photograph.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
imperialism Attacked

30 United Press
LONDON, Dec. 10.-The Man.
chester Guardian, commenting edi-
torially today on the present Amer
lean position in Haiti, said:
THE disturbances in Haiti repre-
sent only the latest outburst against
the United States least successful
experiment in imperialism. Obvi-
ously it is desirable that the date
for American withdrawal should be
fixed and proclaimed as soon as
possible"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-10
AGED RAILROAD MAIL
CLERK DIES AT HOME
Retired Postal Employe Wrote Vol
ume of Poetry.

hetlred Postal Employe Wrote Vol
ume of Poetry.
Funeral services will be held at
1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Flan-
ner & Buchanan mortuary for
Peter E. Grimes, SO, who died Mon
day at his home, 1884 Broadway.
Mr.. Grimes was for forty-two
years connected with railway mail
and United States mail service here.
Following his retirement he began
writing poetry, and published a VOL
ume, "Silence and Snow"
Surviving him are the widow,
Mrs. Anna Grimes: two daughters,
Mrs. Iona Stark and Mrs. Dorothy
Rayle, indianapolis, and two sons,
Edward Grimes, this city, and James
Z. Grimes, Cleveland, 0.