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glasses at the bar. They would Sc
lect an untampered bottle of rum
and Mrs. Tipsy had to watch her
chance to place her evil drops IN
their guarded glasses.
The boat was named after the
captains first wife Susan and 1t
was an endless source Of trouble.
Mrs. Tipsy was wont to complain,
loud and long, that the boats name
should be changed to Edna, in hon.
or of her.
One night in the early spring of
1860, according TO South street fish,
ermen whose fathers told them, the
captain and his crew Of two Scandi-
navians made the Susan fast to a
market pier and tramped home to
the crimp house
WTET to their tough skins and
w weary of the ice which lin
gered in the spring waters, they en-
tered the barroom in the white
washed cellar Of the house and
came upon Mrs. Tipsy sitting on
the bar with an ale mug in each
hand.
Her customary drink was mix
ture Of rum. claret and hot gin
poured into mug She sat upon
the bar and cursed her husband.
Seamen, sitting at dirty tables,
shouted encouragement.
Hes got no respect for me, "
yelled Mrs. Tipsy. He calls the
filthy boat after his first wife.
She's dead and gone to he'll, rest
her soul. and it would mean no
slight to her If the sloop's name
was changed to mine. Be damned
if it would"
The captain, enraged by the
scene, knocked his helpmate from
the bar. She got up, screaming,
and pushed him against the stove.
scorching his oilskins.
Infatuated the captain took the
woman across his knees and pun
ished her severely. Then he pushed
her behind the bar. her rightful
place, and commanded drinks for
himself and his crew.
q
A treacherous lady, Mrs. TipSy
"A poured a little laudanum in
the captains second and third
glasses of rum. The customers left
and the captains men went up
stairs to bed.
Soon the captain slept in his
chair. Then Mrs. Tipsy took a
pistol from the cash drawer, went
upstairs and, pointing the pistol.
routed out the captains two sailors.
Come with me to the pier" or
dered Mrs. Tipsy, waving the gun.
I'm taking the boat to the grounds.
I'm captain now, you dirty houndsl"
Holding the gun, she conducted
the men aboard the boat and or
dered them TO cast of. The
trembling men, certain she had
killed her husband, obeyed every
order.
The boat, caught by the tide,
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GOV. LESLIE WINS
EGG SHOW CROWN
State Executive Has Best
Dozen at Purdue.

BIZ Times Special
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 5.-A
dozen white eggs entered by Gov
ernor Harry G. Leslie brought him
the sweepstakes championship in
the fourth annual Purdue university
egg show. The show was held in
connection with the 14th annual
All club roundup, which will close
tonight
Wayne Hause. IL, Martinsville,
won the sweepStake champion ship
for the entire show, with an entry
of a dozen brown eggs. Last year
he was division winner.
Competition in team demonstra-
ton work was to be concluded to-
day. Corn, poultry. cattle, and
sheep judging. which continued for
two days, was terminated late
Wednesday.
Winners of judging and demon
stration contests will be announced
at the annual boys and girls ban
quets tonight.
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FEDERAL TRIALS TO BE
DELAYED UNTIL FALL
Court Handicapped by Lack Of
Funds for Jury Fees.

There will be no civil jury trials
in federal courts until the fall term.
it was announced today by Judge
Robert G. Baltzell. who said the
situation was caused by lack of
funds to pay jury fees.
For a time, Baltzell said. it ap-
peared there would be no money
to pay criminal case jurors, but a
special arrangement was made to
meet the expense. This is taken
to mean there will be no delay in
trials Of the Anderson and Muncie
liquor conspiracy cases, and Of
Claude NJ. Worley. former Indian
apolis police chief, charged with in
come tax evasion.
Baltzell called attorneys in several
important civil cases before him this
morning and advised them of the
jury situation. and pointed out that
such cases could be tried by the
judge. II is expected this course
viii be pursued in several instances.
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down and shoot. A ten-foot ring,
like those we use in Ringer, Is
pretty large, you know.
But with a certain number Oh
marbles in the ring, in q certain
position, to take advantage OF
every break, there aren't many
choices.
Take a look at the picture here.
There are five mibs in the ring.
all in line. The player is shoot
ing from an angle. But it makes
a whale of a lot of difference
from what angle he shoots.
Remember that every marble,
when first placed in the ring, is
three inches from another nib.
But when an angle shot is tried,
the mihs are brought much closer
together.
Always shoot at an angle so
that If you miss one nib, you
have a good chance of hitting
another.
Down at the finals last June at
Ocean City, N. j., believe every
city champ there walked around
the ring a time or two before
knuckling down, looking for the
angle shots.
Next: I'm going to tell you
about putting the old English on
your shots.
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CITY STUDENT GIVEN
BACTERI0L0GY AWARD
University of Chicago Prize Won
by William Burrows.

Award of the Howard Taylor
Ricketts, prize for 1882 by the
University of Chicago, has been
made to William Burrows, 1885 Gen.
trail avenue, a graduate student in
the department of hygiene and bac-
teriology.
He is a candidate for a Phi. ID.
degree. Burrows holds a B. S. de-
gree from Purdue university and arr
NJ. S. degree from the University Of
Illinois.
The prize is given the student
who has the best record in research
work in pathology or bacteriology.
Burrows won by establishing the
fact that certain animo-acids ere
essential to formation of botulinum
toxin, poison that develops in pre-
served foods.
The award is a memorial to DR..
Howard Taylor Ricketts,, university
bacteriologist. who died a martyr
TO his work, and is made on May 3
annually, the anniversary of his
death. He discovered the germ Of
typhus fever. but paid with his
life for the achievement.
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MATTHIAS NAMED HEAD
OF FUND FELLOWSHIP
Succeeds Leach; Other Officers
Elected at Meeting.

A. c. Matthias of the local Office
OF the Standard Oil Company On
diana) today succeeded Eco w. Leach
as president of tile Employees Com
munity Fund Fellowship, a subsid-
iary organization of the Indianapolis
Community Fund.
He was elected at the fifth annual
meeting of the Fellowship Wednes-
day night at the Washington. w.
A. Myers of the Prest-O.Lite Com
pany was named first president.
Roland Schmedel Of the Indianapo-
lis News. second vice-president, and
William A. Stephenson was re-
named secretary.
The organization has member
ship Of 500 engaged In business IN
the city. All Of them are contribu-
tors 10 the fund.
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ARMY CUT UP TO HOUSE
Bill Proposes Reducing Personnel
by 2,156, End Camps.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Pro-
posals TO reduce the active per-
sonnet OF the army by 2,156 and
to do away, for a year at least.
with summer camps Of the reserve
officers training corps and the
citizens military training corps are
contained in the s386.983, 452 war
department appropriation bin laid
before the house today.
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sprinkle red pepper on bar towel
and snap it expertly in the bleary
eyes of the customers.
No ladies like Mrs. Tipsy or Gal
lus Mag exist today on the water
front. The women who work in
Fulton market are calm, efficient
and respectable.
There is one woman proprietor
of a speakeasy on South street, but
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ear into a jar of alcohol she kept
behind the bar. Before the estab-
lishment was closed by the Fourth
ward police, Margaret is said to
have collected twenty-seven souve-
Mrs. Some authorities say she kept
only seventeen of the trophies.
She also was adept at another
singular custom of the waterfront
bars. At closing time she would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-05
PRIESTHOOD HEALTH
ROUNDUP is STARTED
Parent Teacher Group Maps Plans
for Summer Campaign.

- $3.50 ~~~@~~@~F A%A01R AeNAAa
for Summer Campaign.
With twenty-one Marion county
schools outside Of Indianapolis en-
rolled, activity has started for the
annual summer health roundup OF
pre-school children, designed to in
sure they viii be in good condition
when they enter school next fall.
Warren township schools are en-
rolled 100 per cent in the project
according to Mrs. James L. Murray
president of the county council OF
Parent Teacher Associations.
Frederick Butler and Dorothy
Beatty are the healthiest children
in School 4, Center township, it was
revealed in examinations conducted
Wednesday.
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Stimson on Way Home

q"
ABOARD MOTORLINER vUIs-
CANA. May 5.-State Secretary
Henry L. Stimson. Mrs. Stimson
and their official party we're en-
route to New York today after the
secretary's visit to the world dis
armament conference at Geneva
and conversations with world
statesmen.
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BY JOSEPH MITCHELL


fcopyrlsht. 1882 BY The Nev York Tels-
gram corpa
A T night the fishing boats
leave the Grand Banks,
sailing with live loads under
the cold sea moon.
Sturdy men with founder
scales clinging to their thick
canvas jackets sit on the bat
tened matches and speak kind
but hearty words for the soul
Of the last Of a line of savage
waterfront shrews, Mrs.
Edna Tipsy.
The story OF how the muscular
Mrs. Tipsy. who was passionately in
love with the bottle, was subdued by
her irritable husband. captain of
fishing boat, still is repeated by the
first men of Fulton Market. the gen.
item 1 who shuck CLAIMS. scale trout
and mack lean founders in smashed
ice
It is one OF the folktales of the
New York waterfront.
Mrs. Tipsy. whose real name mat
tiers even less nov than II did then,
was the proprietor of a crimp house.
or a boarding house from which
sailors we're shanehaied, at Is
Cherry street, next door to the site
Of low restaurant in which the
beef steak party is rlmored TO have
originated.
She also kept a founder stall in
Fulton Market and in the spring
mornings of 1880 her vigorous curses
often reached the pigeon rafters.
THE estimable lady was original
4 ~ called Mrs. Tip" because
she tiptoed behind seamen made
drowsy by rum and loud talk and
dropped laudanum in their half
filled glasses, making it easy for
them to be shanghaied by associ-
ates of her rufianly husband"
Later she was known as Mrs. TipSy
Her husband. the captain, owned
a small boat which brought fish
from Long Island sound into the
market. 1t was his principal occu-
patton, because he and his wife
were usually too tipsy to be efficient
at the shanghai process.
Seamen knew their habits and
never would drink from open
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TOJJEEN OF WATERFRONT DIVE WAS EDNA TTPSY


dirfted slowly into the bay, heading
for the Narrows and the sea.
Alarmed, the men pleaded with her
to allow them to drop anchor or
turn sails for the sound.
There's more fish in the sea, ="
she shouted.
When the sloop was OF Staten
Island and drifting rapidly Mrs.
Tipsy went below for paint with
which TO write her name on the bow.
Taking advantage Of the situation,
the frightened crew nailed a cover
on the companionway, imprisoning
the " o m a n below. Then they
dropped anchor. lowered a rowboat
and pulled as fast as their fright
ened muscles allowed for the Staten
Island shore.
I ATE next morning the captain
IL and the two men returned TO the
anchored boat. They said nothing
to the woman, who apparently had
gone to sleep, but turned the ship
back to the Fulton piers.
It was tied up. and the captain,
weak from anger and laudanum,
went below and dragged his wife to
the deck.
While she watched with terrified
eyes, he nailed stantlings to the
mast and fixed block and tackle to
the end of the timber. On the pier
were hundreds of fishermen and
marketmen. gazing at the grisly
procedure and certain the captain
was preparing to hang his wife.
They cheered Justify as the cap
tain tied the rope around the mid
die Of his struggling wife. He
hitched the rope into the pulley.
Then he ordered the men to take
the rope, and Mrs. TipSy, screaming
at the top of her hoarse voice, was
dropped head-hrst into the icy
water.
The willing crew dropped her in
and hauled her out twenty times.
Each time she was hauled out,
dripping and coughing, the ill-na-
tured captain leaned over the boats
side and spanked her vigorously with
an oar.
=
THERE have been other forward
l. females on the Manhattan
waterfront as deserving of tribute
as the wives whose vocabularies
made the Billingsgate fish stalls in
London notorious.
Predominant among these was
Gallus Mag, bouncer in the Hole-in-
the-Wall. a sailors resort which
flourished at Water and Dover
streets, in the Civil war period.
Gentle Margaret kept her skirts
up With suspenders, and it was her
custom to smite an unwanted
patron on the head with a club.
Then she would clutch his ear with
her teeth and drag him to the
door.
II the victim protested, she bit
his ear off. She would throw the
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EMPHATIC WET
VOTE IS CAST
BY DEMOCRATS
Eight Candidates Opposed
to Anti-Saloon League
Named for Congress.
G. o. P. TAKES DRY SIDE
Only Two Republicans on
November Ticket Are
Prohibition Foes.

Hoosier Democrats found them
selves on the wet side OF the pro-
hibition question today, after
nominating eight congressional can
didates frankly unfavorable to the
Anti-Saloon League, and only four
who carried its Endorsement
Party lines were defined more
clearly on this question than had
been anticipated. with Republicans
showing just as positive a dry
leaning. Only two OF the G.. o. p.
congressional noninees-those in
districts so wet that a dry didn't
have a chance-were listed as hsv-
ing wet" leanings.
In virtually every district. except
the Eighth, voters had the oppor-
tunity Of choosing between wet and
dry candidates. IN the Eighth, all
aspirants had campaigned on anti
prohibition platforms. This district
and the First-Lake county-where
nine vets entered the race against
one dry, we're the only sections
where Republicans selected candi-
dates opposed by the Anti-Saloon
League.
Booze Is Main Issue
Democrats selected moist candi-
dates in the First, Second. Third,
Fourth, Filth, Sixth, Eighth and
Tenth districts.
The election was the first since
enactment of prohibition that the
liquor issue was made predominant.
Observers believed prohibition
would be stressed by the Demo-
cratic nominees in the fall cam
paign, thus forcing the issue upon
party leaders who have been hesi-
tant to express their views for fear
Of antagonizing the dry element Of
the party.
Strength of the wet vote in the
party, as revealed in the primary,
is virtually certain to precipitate
bitter battle in the state conven-
ton over the question o. inserting
a wet plank in the platform.
Dry Is Ousted
Evidence of the force behind the
wet vote was seen clearly in the
Sixth and Fourth districts. In the
former, the prohibition element
in Vigo and Vermillion counties
combined to nominate Mrs. Virginia
Jenckes and force the retirement of
CORTLAND Gillen. incumbent, who
voted against the Beck-Linthicum
resolution.
In the Fourth district. a record
vote was cast to nominate James
I. Farley, wet candidate, who was
runner-up for the nomination in
1880.
Opposition of Republicans TO a
wet candidate was shown in the
Fourth district, where. despite the
efforts of the strong Allen county
organization, David Hogg was NOM
mated overwhelmingly over DR..
Harry o. Jones, Berne.
Hogg, congressman since 1924.
obtained a majority of more than
II 900 votes.
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Retired Admiral Is Dead

bU LHtIfH FFfSs
RYE, n. Y, May 5.-Rear Adj
miral Colby Mitchell Chester.
U. S. N, retired, former commander
in chief Of the south Atlantic
squadron, died Wednesday night at
the home of his son, Arthur p.
Chester. here. He wass aB and
served IN the Civil war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-05
Angle Shots
Marbles Brought Closer
Together If You Pick
Right Spot.
BY JOHN JEFFRIES
NationaI Marble Champion

THERE are dozens of different
l. points around a ten-foot mar
BILE ring at which to kr1uckle
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Official TabuIatiOnS

Official Republican primary re-
turns. unoficially tabulated, from
l5s Marion county precincts show:
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Republicans

With majority OF returns tabu-
lated unofncially, Republican races
stood as follows:
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Oficial Democratic primary re-
turns. unofficially tabulated, from
173 Marion county precincts, show:
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GRADING ELIMINATION
is PRAISED BY PREXY
University of Chicago Head Talks
to Alumni Group Here.

University of Chicago Head talks
to Alumni Group Here.
Elimination of grading and re-
paired class attendance at the Uni
versity of Chicago has proven an
unqualified success, DR.. Robert M.
Hutchins, president, told Indian
apolis alumni Wednesday night.
Not only the students, but the
professors, as well. like the new
plan, he said.
It,has resulted in increased fresh
men enrolment. even more regular
class attendance, and higher schol-
arship, he asserted.
Under the plan. students may at
tend classes, or play golf or do
something else, if they prefer, the
only requirement being ability TO
pass final examinations.
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With majority of precincts tabu-
lated unofficially today, Democratic
races stood as follows:
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JOINT SENATOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE

marion and johnson Counties)
Cox Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
Hatfield Observation-Disclosures. 5.2i6
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Yantis Toastie Shon Robbed

Breaking open a safe in the YAM
It's Toastie shop at 1901 North
Meridian street, Wednesday night.
yeggmen scooped $247 from the cash
box, police were informed.
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CONGRESS
STATE SENATOR
(Four to Be Nominated)
JOINT SENATOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE

marion and Johnson Counties)
Probst Observation-Disclosures. 1883
Webb Observation-Disclosures. "a. AS
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JUDGE CIRCUIT COURT
.-s~ sssss-
sssss
PROSECUTOR
STATE SENATOR

(2s5 Precincts)
-Four to BE Nominated)
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Nail hard we're the men-ano women
on the View York waterfront in vester-
Years. but msiloved with human I'M
pulses we're thew. Some live in police
records. some In church records and
some onlv IN folklore. Then. too. some
stiI i've in the flesh. joseph Mitchell.
star writer. has gathered some Of their
stories Here Is his first.
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CONGRESS

Eleventh Districtl
t59 Precinets)
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
Ace Hudkins Gets
Sound TrOuncing

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a up
Lee Ramage, California heavy
weight champion, cody and delib-
erately battered Ace Hudkins, Ne
braska Wildcat" through 10 rounds
in Olympic auditorium last night
to gain the decision and upset the
predictions.
Ramage won seven rounds and
Hudkins three. At the close of the
fight Hudkins' left eye was cut, his
lips bleeding and his face cut, but
he was still game and defiant.
1t was an expensive defeat for
Hudkins. just before the fight ne
was offered a $4,000 guarantee to
meet Kink Levinsky in Chicago,
but held off to see what sort of a
showing he made.
Ramage fought at la0 pounds
and Hudkins at ITS.
Other results:
Frank Rowsey, It's, technically
knocked out Joe Peregrina. 172, in
two, Huerta Evans, 126, decisioned
Johnny Jones, 1873. in six; Kenney
LaSalle, 1856, technically knocked
out Bobby Sorio, 1874, in one; Man
uel Da villa, 1853, technically
knocked out Nish Kekorian, l60, In
one.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
No. 438-C
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the District Court of the United
States, Southern District of Cali
fornia, Southern Division.
In the Matter of zURCHER BROS.
CO., INC, California Corpora
ton, Bankrupt
TO The CREDITORS OF Eur
cher Bros, Co., Inc. a California
Corporation, of the County of I'M
perial, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 18th day of February, 1882,
Zurcher Bros. Co., Inc, Califor-
mia Corporation, was duly adjudi-
Gated bankrupt, and that tine first
meeting of their creditors will be
held at the office of the under
signed Referee, Rooms 1914 Bank
of Italy Building, Sixth and Main
Streets, El Centre, California, on
the 5th day of March, 1882, at
900 A. M, at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupt, sell all personal prop
erty and transact such other busi-
ness as may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated: February oath, 1882
r. B. WHITELAW,
24t1 Referee in Bankruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
State of California, Department of
Public Works, Division of High
ways.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived by the Department of Public
Works, Division of Highways, at the
office of the District Engineer,
Room I'LL Associated Realty Build
ing, Los Angeles, California, until
2 o'clock P. M. on February "a,
1882, at which time they will be
publicly opened and read, for per-
forming work as follows:
Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego
and Imperial Counties: Applying
Diesel oil to roadside vegetation
over distance of about thirty-two
1922 miles.
Plans may be seen, and forms of
proposal, bonds, contract and speci-
| fications may be obtained at the
above address.
No bid will be received unless it
is made on a proposal form fur
nished by the District Engineer.
Each bid must be accompanied by
cash or certified or cashiers
check made payable to the Director
of Public Works, for an amount
equal to at least ten Q0) per cent
Of the amount bid, such guaranty
to be forfeited should the bidder to
whom the contract is awarded fail
to enter into the contract.
The Department of Public Works
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
In accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 397, Statutes of 1881,
the Department of Public Works
has aScertained the general prevail
ing rate of per diem wages appli-
cable to the work to be done to
be as follows:
Classification Per diem wage
Common Laborer .........................$4 90
skilled Laborer ............................ 500
Truck Driver 500 or Less ...... $50
Truck Driver lover $4,000 .......... 500
Mechanic Trouble Shooter. TOO
Any classification omitted herein,
not less than $500. Overtime one
and one-half Q13) times the above
rates; Sundays and holidays, double
the above rates.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS, DIVISION OF
HIGHWAYS.
C. H. PURCELL,
State Highway Engineer.
BY S. V. CORTELYOU,
District Engineer, Dist, VII.
February 8, 1889, 1868