Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 111, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1922 — Page 1

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BASEBALL POOLS WREST MILLIIS 1 WEEKLY GAME Public Spends Vast Amounts Gambling With National Pastime. LARGER CITIES SUFFER New York, Philadelphia and Chicago Yield to Craze for Gain. A tremendous clean-up of millions of dollars in baseball pools Is going to be made during the 1922 world series. Tickets in thousands of these lotteries will be peddled throughout the country at from 25 cents to $5. The Indianapolis Times presents here the first of a series of stories ► • based on a survey by NEA Service into conditions in major and minor ieague cities. Hu .VF.4 Ferviee NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—Baseball pools based on the major league games levy their greatest to'! in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. A million dollars a week i° spent in New York alone by upward of 400.000 ramblers, according to estimates by pool agents. New York has probably 25.000 pools, . all except 100 or so being small private pools in offices, factories and cigar stores. There are four big j pools. Chicago spends about SIOO,OOO a week in some fifty professional pools During the last world series ticket sales in these pools totaled $450,000. police estimate. Philadelphia baseball gamblers spend at least $50,000 a week, accord ir.g to conservative estimates. Sales In Boston -weekly are placed at $15,000, in Pittsburgh at SIO,OOO Cleveland and Detroit are in the same class, surveys show. Tn Chicago, Police Chief Charles L. Fitzmorris says 200 arrests have been made during the past season. “We find it hard to get the ringleaders.” sal's the Chicago chief. “Only the small fry are caught, usually agents, while the ring of directors operating the pools on a national basis remain under cover.” Offer Commission Pool agents in New York work on 20 per cent commission. They say i they usually sell about SSOO worth of ' tickets a week each. They have regular routes through office buildings and retail districts. Employes act as agents In many factories. Most “exclusive” of these big New York pools Is the Forty-Second Street Pool.' Tickets sell for $5 a week, the buyer blindly picking a combination of three teams out of the 32 teams in the National, American and International Leagues and the American .Association. Highest combination score for the week draws a $5,000 prize, lowest score $2,500. Distribute Awards Some pools distribute daily awards, the capita! prize as high as SSOO. Philadelphia’s largest pool, known as the Sportsmen's Club, sells “blind” j tickets for 35 cents bearing combina- i tions of six teams out of twenty-four I m the National, American and Inter- j national Leagues. This pool, which has headquarters :n Camden, X. .1.. offered sl.*'oo in prizes on a particular day recently: . >SOO for highest score, $250 second j h'ghest, SIOO third highest. SSO fourth;j highest, and SIOO for lowest score. * Twenty-five pools operate in Boston. ] Some 20,000 tickets are sold weekly | for 50 cents and sl, and a few at 25 j cents on Eastern League teams. limit 1 IS POSTPONED Impeachment Proceedings Gd Over Until December on Party Vote. Hu United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.—Republic- ! an members of the House Judiciary Committee voted' today to postpone hearings on the impeachment, pro- | reedings instituted against Attorney General Daugherty, until the reopening of Congress in December. This action was taken less than an hour after it had been announced that j Samuel Untermyer, nationally known attorney, was to assist Representative ; Keller In an effort to carry out the j Impeachment of t.he attorney general, j The hearings were to have begun to-1 morrow. THE WEATHER _____ j Since Saturday morning showers! have occurred ti cm the upper Mialliss- j ippi valley wc-’i vr.rd to Wyoming and Colorado and in tho Gulf and South Atlantic region, while elsewhere tho weather has teen generally fair. Sunday brought cooler temperatures to the eastern and north central States and warmer weather over the northwest. This morning temperatures are I again falling in the latter region, while the change elsewhere has not been of any marked degree. New Orleans and Tampa enjoyed a maximum temperature of 74 degrees, while Helena. Montana, recorded tne I minimum reading of 44 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a m 45 XI a. m 67 7 a. m 47 12 (noon) ...... 70 8 a. m 55 1 p. nu. 72 9 a. m 80 2 p.m. 73 10 a. ...... 65

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TOM SIMS SAYS: fTalk about optimists, buggy makers , will hold a convention. > A sailor tells us the ; girls are losing their see legs. Approaching prosSIMS perity seems to be j perpetual motion. I Wall climbing was not a feature | of Sing Sing’s athletic meet. A brisk demand for ladies’ silver fox j , coats is causing a serious house cat ; I shortage. ! Some think our coast line Is three j ! miles too far inland. A rolling stone may gather no moss; | but one gathered a Pennsylvania I freight train. Our idea of a girl marrying for j money is she Isn’t worth it. The cook book tells you how and | i the bank book tells you what A boy tells us he is afraid his school has enough coal. It comes to him who waits; but don't i be a dumb waiter. LOCAL STRIKERS RASE PEACE ROPE ON JEWELL MOVE Union Official in New York Conferring With President of New York Central. Officials of tho Big Four Ra’lroad ; | here today said they would not confer with strikers or any one representing I them because they do not consider them employes or in any sense possessed of standing with the company. Notwithstanding this the strikers had hopes they would gain an aui dience. They were strengthened in j 'this belief by a telegram received by j ! Charles Hanrahan, head of the local | shoperaft federation, from B. M. A Jewell in New York City. Jewell wired he would confer this i afternoon with President A. H. j Smith of the New York Central. The j Eig Four is part of this system. . j Meanwhile the Big Four continued | to hire men to replace strikers, j ; Thirty-four were employed Saturday ! , and twenty-five this morning, bring- | i mg the force in Indianapolis to 106 | i per cent of pre-strike strength. H. R. Doty, chief clerk to the super- j inter.dent of motive power, said the 1 ! Indianapolis office Is supplying men j to several other points, notably the i Beech Grove shops where the con- | tract system still is in effect. The con- ! j tract system is a strike grievance. Doty made public a telegram from E. M. Costin. general manager of the | Big Four, directing that every one 1 concerned be assured rumors of a 1 i strike settlement on the system are i unfounded and that it be understood j men who left the company’s employ- j ment. can not get back their seniority ( rights. The Pennsylvania Railroad hired j fifty-nine men in Indianapolis Satur- ! day and Sunday, It was reported a; j headquarters of the Indiana general 1 ; division. This brought the local shop ! force to 112 per cent. ! At the fifty-six mines on the Penn- j , sylvania aystem in Indiana 638 cars ; jof coal were loaded Saturday and I production of from 700 to 750 cars was | expected today. ORDERS SIMS FOR CITY PORKS Board Authorizes Purchase of Six New Plots for Playgrounds. The board of park commissioners | I today authorized the sale of $120,000 j worth of bonds for the purchase of j j six plots of ground in different parts : of tho city. The purchases will be: A playground [ i near W. Michigan and King Sts.. | ; $20,832; plots at Central Ave. and I Maple Rond, and Illinois St. and i ' Maple Road., $11,950; let 174, Doug- | ! lass Park addition. $1,085; a play- | ground at Rader and Udell Sts., j I $4,500; ground northwest of tho \ Robert IV. Long Hospital, $78,998; plot, at Fall Creek and Illinois St., $1,500. The total appraised value of the ! properties .s $118,865. The large tract between the Long Hospital and White i River is to be converted into a ! teautiful park, as a continuation of a quadrangle in which will be the new Riley Memorial Hospital, the Long Hospital and the city hospital. SUES FOR SIO,OOO George 11. Mitchell Wants Damages From Irvington Hardware Cos. Suit for SIO,OOO damages was i brought in Superior Court, room 1, to-1 day by George 11. Mitchell against the Irvington Hardware Company for alleged injuries received when Mitchell was riding a bicycle on University Ave. and was struck by a truck belonging to the company. EX-PREACHER ESCAPES Numerous Charges Against Fugitive ' From Oklahoma Prison. By United Press McALESTBR. Okla., Sept. 18 —Rev. J. C. Trotter, former pastor of the Methodist Church at Haileyville, near here, held on charges of embezzlement, j misappropriation of storm relief funds j and wife desertion, escaped from jail 1 today.

COAL MID IN EVANSVILLE. VET BINS ARE EMPTY Abundance of Fuel Stands in Miles of Cars Within Sight of City. GONDOLAS NEED REPAIRING Coal Found Idle in Railroad Yards Comes From Kentucky Mines. From Kentucky | By Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. IS.—Al- ' though there are producing coal mines i w thin the city limits, Evansvillo coal ! bins are empty. Yet on sidings within a radius of j five miles of Evansville are miles and miles of coal cars filled to overflowing. Two hundred and fifty cars of coal, containing 12,500 ton 9, or 312,500 bushels—enough coal to supply hundreds of families —are shunted out on sidings in the Howell yards of the L. St N., the Harwood years of the I. C. and C. & E. I. yards. At the Howell yards, a survey Saturday showed more than fifty cars. They have been standing in the yards and down the line toward Henderson for three and four days, it was said. Awaiting Repairs Many of the cars were marked "bad order” and the coal wil not be moved until the cars are repaired. None of the cars in the yards was i marked to show where it was billed. ' Men about tho yards stated that the shipments were for northern points. In the I. C. Harwood yards north i of the city, sixty cars were counted. ' They were billed to Indianapolis, Chicago and points north. 300 at I. C. Friday in the I. C. yards more! than 300 cars were stored. Most of j [ these cars were moved Friday night. ; Sixty of them were consigned to L Evansville dealers. The remainder were sent on to Indianapolis Chicago and Danville. Yardmasters in the I. C. yards said the road was moving coal without much difficulty. The C. & E. I. yards are the most congested. One hundred forty cars j were on sidings Saturday. Guards ; were stationed at every entrance, and : it was with difficulty that a check could be made. Seventy-five of the cars are billed j to Danville, 111. Fifty are billed to i Chicago and the* remainder are billed to Indianapolis and other northern cities. All of the coal found in the three ' ! yards was from Kentucky mines, and I in addition to the cars held for several days in the Howell yards, many . of the cars at the C. & E. I. had been j ;on the sidings since Sept. 8. 10, 11 | and 13. according to the markings on j I the cars.

NEW AGREEMENT FREES STRIKERS Citations Against Two Men Accused of Violence Dismissed. Motions seeking citations of two striking railroad shopmen for contempt of court wero dismissed in Federal Court today by counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad In view of | the agreement between strikers and ! railroads reached recently. No date I for the hearing of Pennsylvania RailI road motions for citation for contempt has been set. They were post- , poned, being scheduled for today, j The strikers, Martin Blume and Leo 'Holies of Garrett, were alleged to i ' have stopped a street car and threat- i I ened to kill and cursed strikebreakers j j riding on the car. Judge Baker said he would come to j Indianapolis Monday necessary to sit j In strike cases. THREE PERSONS KILLED Illinois Traction Car Hits Automobilo Near St. Louis. By T'nitrd Press ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Sept. 18. —Three persons were killed, two seriously In- j jared and one slightly hurt when the j Peoria St.. Louis Illinois traction train hit an automobile at Center Crossing, twenty miles east of St. Louis today. NEW ROLLER DELIVERED Ten-Ton Road Machine Bought by County Commissioners. Delivery of anew ten-ton steam roller for use on county roads was made today by order of the county commissioners. Four old rollers belonging to the county were traded in for $1,600 on the price of the new machine, bought for $4,000.

Flapper Signs Armistice, Will Give Up Some of Prerogatives

The flapper laid down her arms today and surrendered to Police Chief Rikhoff. She went even farther; she approved the new, strict dancing regulations the chief has announced. She agreed that the ban on cheek-to-cheek dancing and the “stranglehcid” were needed and she decided it would not ije so bad to go back to the waltz and two-step, as Rikhoff proposed. “Best thing that ''could happen,” said Miss Marjorie Sherman, 1332 Roache St. "I like the old-fashioned dances,” waa comment of Miss Nellie King, 1136 N. Gale St. “These regulations were needed.”

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, SEPT. 18, 1922

Cheerful By United Press MONTREAL, Sept. 18.—War between Turkey and Great Britain would mean the alienation of 75,000,000 Moslems in India, Srinivasi Sastri, member of tho council of State of India who is on a visit to the dominion, declared today. CITY HU HEAR ORDERS ADS CUT FROM TEXTBOOKS E. U. Graff Intimates Commercial Feature Was Added to Approved Form. Orders to detach the two page* of advertisements appearing In the art text books used in the Indianapolis public schools were sent to all principals today by E. U. GraiT, superintendent of schools. Graft’s letter referred to the advertising matter as “added to the drawing books as adopted." No member of the board of school commissioners knew advertising appeared in the text books, used in the Indianapolis public schools, each said today. Marked disapproval of the scheme was expressed, along with the conviction that the situation should be investigated a* once. It probably will be discussed and an investigation launched tomorrow at the school board meeting, members said. Dr. Marie Haslep, chairman or the committee on education, said* “I think that the publication of advertising in school books is absolutely wrong and j should be stopped immediately. The books should be taken out of the schools.” Holds Firms to Blame Dr. /laslep held the firms partially 1 to blame is not constructing the mem- ' bers of the board before taking any j action. This attitude also was taken by W. D. Allison, another school commissioner. “It is a matter for the hoard to look into immediately,” Bert S. Gadd, commisloner, said. Gadd said he did riot know advertising was appearing in the books until he read of it in the newspapers. Some of the board members recalled that a rule existed which provided no j advertising matter be placed before the school children which did not first | pass tho board. Last year, all advertising was removed from the teachers' bulletin and the practice of sending out advertising through the supply room was ah*.fished. "We have been confronted for year* by many insidious attempts to inject advertising into the schools,” Charles 11 Barry, president of the board, said. He knew nothing of the matter un- j til yesterday, he said. Miss Florence H. Fitch, one of the ! editors cf the art book bearing the advertisements. recommended the art books be used he said.

LOCAL PUGILIST'S ESCAPE HALTER ; Chuck Wiggins Captured With Two Others~Has Pardon Request Pending. "Chuck” Wiggins, Indianapolis pugilist serving a six-month sentence : at tho State penal farm at Greencastle upon conviction of a charge of contributing to the delinquincy of a minor, was one of three prisoners, who escaped and recaptured. Herschel Neal of Greencastle, and Sherman Brant, of Crawfordswille, were the others. Two petitions for parote of Wiggins have been before the State board of j pardons, the last petition having been I carried over for the meeting of the ! pardon board last week. Former reports from Wiggins reach- ' log Adolph Seidenstickor, member of 1 the pardon board, were to the effect | that Wiggins was considered one of j the “trusties.” What effect the atI tempted escape will have on the pardon board's recommendations will be determined when the raport of the case is made public by the Governor. SHOWS CITY’S WINNER News Reel Tort rays Miss Indianapolis at Atlantic City. In the Rathe News on view at the Circle Theater, an excellent picture of Miss Thelma Blossom appears. As “Miss Indianapolis” at the recent National Beauty Tournament, selected in a competition under tho direction of The Times, Miss Blossom won two of the three grand awards and returned home with two large silver trophies. When the picture was flashed on the screen last night, it received an enthusiastic “hand." It will bo shown at tlie Circle all week.

I “Dancing has been too extreme," i agreed Miss Dorothea Vamtz, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Butler College. “The waltz and two-step are coming back gradually, I think." “It all depends on the way the dances are danced,” said Miss Mary | Evelyn Riley, Kappa Alpha Theta, Butler. “No regulations have been j needed at dances I have attended. Dancing teachers dancing could and should be regulated. “However,” said Miss Mae E. Berry of the Propylaeum studio, “I do not believe the two-step will come back. Undoubtedly we shall have an occasional waits."

Scenes at 111-Fated Mine Before Removing Final Rock Barricade By yEA Herr ire JACKSON, Cal., Sept. IS.—One day Tony Giorrza took a vow to please his wife, who feared. “This will be my last day in the mine,” said he. That was the day disaster came to the Argonaut, and Tony was one of the miners entombed. Today Mrs. T ony Giorrza and five little ones waited, hoping that Tony might return and make their farm-life dream ccme true.

81 TRIES SUICIDE jfi AFTER OUIRREI J Mrs. Dorris Arbuckle Fails i W > **TW‘ S j Attempt to Reconcile T Husband.

| The pictures above show "gas ! tank” rescue workers at the shaft of ( the Argonaut mine at Jackson, Cal., : whore forty-seven miners have been ! entombed, and inset is Dr. D. H. 1 Duschak of the United States Bureau j of Mines, with an instrument which 'is used to detect death. It was the j “report” of this instrument that gave new hope that the entombed men were still living. At the left is a rescue worker with “Dickey,” hero canary of the AVorld War. who is being used to test gas conditions in the mine. ASSIGNMENTS OF MISTERS MADE State Conference of Methodist Church at Greensburg Closes Today. By United Press GREENSBURG, Ind., Sept. 18.— The Indiana conference of the Methodist Church closes today with the assignment of 345 ministers to their charges for the ensuing year. This last and most important work of the conference has been occupying Bishop I.eet.e and his assistants for several days. The bishop stated that an unexpected hitch in the routine had necessitated a rearrangement of the assignments. The program of redistrieting the State, cutting down the number from eight to six or less, was laid over until the next convention. While generally recognized to be needed. Bishop Leete stated it would be impossible to go through with these plana this

TRIES SUICIDE AFTEROUAUREL Mrs. Dorris Arbuckle Fails in Attempt to Reconcile Husband. Mrs. Dorris Arbuckle, 2D, of 534 Arbor St., was at the city hospital today recovering from an attempt to commit suicide by taking poison. A separation from her husband, Fred Arbuckle, 2037 Bellefontalne St., caused the woman to go to the Griffey I Printing Company, 340 N. Delaware | St., where ho is employed, and seek a reconciliation. Tie refused and she took strychnine tablets. Going to the corner of Delaware and New York Sts., she fell to the street. Arbuckle told the police this is the third time she has attempted to kill herself and each time, by the attempt, has forced a reconciliation.

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Barge rat playing in the display window of a downtown furniture store attracting a large number of people. —I. M- G. A policeman wearing civilian clothes park his car in a safety zone and walk diagonally across a street intersection.—A. B. C. A man walking down the street carrying a large bundle of hay on his back and a quart pail of ice cream in his hand.—E. M. G. Poster in an interurban car which said that commuters' rates on fortyride books had been reduced to .0165 cents a mile. —K. K. M. Automobile coupe of well-known make bearing a truck lioenae.—H. K,

Mntered as Second-class Matter at Postoffice. Indiatiapolls Published Daily Except Sunday.

REACH MINE PRISONERS BY END OF DAY Rescuers Hope to Break Way to Entombed Men by Sunset—Believe Life Still Exists in Argonaut. GOVERNMENT FORCE TAKES CHARGE Canary Birds Serve as Guides, Detecting Presence of Carbon Gas, While Electric Lights Guide Footsteps of Teams. By United Press JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 18—Argonaut mine officiaLs said today they hoped to know the fate of the forty-seven men imprisoned for twenty-one days “by sunset.” friends of the unfortunate miners began arriving at the mouth ; °f the Kennedy shaft, where operations centered, soon after day ! break. The last barrier was pierced about 7 o’clock. It was pointed out that the exploration party would be forced i To proceed slowly and in addition much of its work would require j descending ladders through “man ways,” carefully feeling each step of the way. A strong air draft rushing through the Argonaut mine proved i that it was clear ot eave-ins and hopes were felt for speedy progress ! of the search. V hen the flash came that the last rock had been cleared away ! the work of the miners was finished. They were replaced at once by Byron 0. Pickard of the government mine rescue bureau.

FRANCE TO STOP BRITISH ATTACK ON KENISL ARMY Bouillon Dispatched to Camp at Smyrna With Plea to Turkish Leader. BULLETIN By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.—All native Americans in Smyrna are safe, but the fourteen natural zed Americans who have been missing since the fire started in the city are still unaccounted for, according to a cable message received by the Navy Department today from Capt. A. J. Hepburn, commanding United States destroyers at Smyrna. By United Press PARIS. Sept. 18.—France moved to-1 day to prevent the threatened clash j btween British troops and the army j of Mustapha Kemal. It was authoritatively stated that the French government had decided to dispatch Franklin Bouillon to Hemal's Smyrna camp in an attempt j to induce the Turks’ leaders not to j invade the Dardanelles' neutral zone and to forego his reported plan of attacking Constantinople. France may intervene on the side of the British if Kemal actually invades the neutral zone, but otherwise action by France is considered remote. England's request for military assistance has met with a cool reception in the press. TURKS APPLY TORCH leaving Smyrna Mass of Kuins Victors Burn Vurla. I By United Press ATHENS, Sept. 18.—The Turks, after leaving Smyrna a mass of ruins, are applying the torch in surrounding towns, according to word received here today. Vurla, twenty-five miles from illfated Smyrna, is reported in flames. The extent of the damage was not revealed. CALLS ON LEAGUE Nansen, in Behalf of Norway. Makes Appeal to Nations. By United Press GENEVA, Sept. IS.—Demands that the League of Nations intervene in tho Greco-Turk war were made today in a resolution presented by Nansen. [ representative to the council fromj Norway.

A country flapper, wearing a pink dust cap and apron and carrying her Sunday clothes in a market basket, arrive in Indianapolis Friday.—W. R, A man and his wife walk into a confectionery store and ask the price of oil cans.—L. M. J. What odd or unusual sight or incident did you see today? Write it down and send it to the Times | “I Spied Editor.” The conductor of an E. Michigan ! street car stop, leave the car, help a I blind man across the street and ask j vhim if he didn’t think it looked like I rain.—A. S. A fellow taking a friend Jjtfo a soda shop to ehow him a pretty Br id

Forecast Unsettled, with showers tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight.

TWO CENTS

The rescue men had been at the surface ready to go as soon as the word came. Four teams, each containing four men headed by a captain, entered tile Argonaut. Each man wore oxygen respirating apparatus. Rodney D. Hecock, United States i Bureau of Mines, headed the first | team to crawl through the narrow opening into the Argonant mine. R. J. Johnson, headed the second | team which followed close behind, j The rescue workers went forward inIto the Argonaut carrying canary J birds, and lighted candies. The birds acted as detectors of carbon monoxide and the candles tested the amount of oxygen in the air. To light their way the man carried flash lights in addition to thf, regular carbide lanters on their helmets. While the first two teams. Known as group A, went into the burning mine group B waited at the 3,6Gu-foot level of the Kennedy mine ready to relieve the first men at the end of two hours when the oxygen tanks would be exhausted. CITY CLAMPS LID ONALLCpLINC Poolrooms and Dry Beer Saloons Warned in Letter by Groninger. Poolrooms and dry beer saloons will violate the law if they permit card playing for money, checks or the “privilege” of playing for use of the cards and table. Corporation Counsel Taylor Groninger advised Mayor Shank today. Shank asked for the opinion when five poolroom owners asked that police be directed to lift the lid on card playing. “It is to be hoped that poolroom operators and keepers of dry drink places will avoid even the appearance of gaming.” wrote Groninger. “Our memories must be short, indeed, if we do not recall what happened to tho saloons that became ‘the nurseries of vice and crime,’ and continually violated the law. History will repeat Itself with the dry drink places unless the keeper is law abiding.” . EX-KAISER WILL WED Willehlm's Engagement to Princess Shoninach Officially Announced, By United Press BERLIN. Sept. 18.—Former Kaiser Wilhem is engaged to marry the 1 Princess Shonmach, it was officially j announced today. The wedding is planned for November,

dispenser. He was greatly embarrassed when he discovered that a negro girl had replaced his blond.—* M. L. K. Sign on poultry house which rsadt “We dress our own chickens free." —G. M. L. Colored woman using her foot to scrape a wad of chew.ng gum from ! the heel of her little son’s shoe. —M. B. j The former candidate for sheriff of j Shelby county wearing last winter's | velour hat on a hot summer’s day. —G. E. M. I An attorney moving his office to a Washington street building, carrying office furniture at 6 a. m. Saturday from his old office to his new office,—H. C. V