Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1922 — Page 2

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GOLDWAVEHITS SUCKER'S MECCA IN LJLOLE 11. T. Beggars Hard Hit by Arrest and Expose of Luxurious Life of Panhandler. POLICE ROUND UP SEVERAL ‘Diamond Dan' Recalls Old Days When the ‘Profession’ Was in Its Heyday. By WESTBROOK PKOLER Vnited Xeics Staff Correspondent XEW YORK. Sept. 21. —Somewhere, maybe. In this long-green land, the sun is shining on the crippled beggar and the straight-working street-corner pan handler, but there’s frost on the business in the sucker's mecca, the "grifter’s” paradise. New York. Fine business locations on the subway stairs and beats along Broadway which steady, industrious moochers built up and defended against competition in recent years, have been abandoned in the Inst few weeks. It is a toss-up whether the state of affairs which is now causing so much worry in the two beggars’ clubrooms, one in a saloon basement on Elizabeth St., the other in a speak-easy on Second Ave.. should Ire classed as police news or business troubles. The grief set in when the police recently snatched a captain of the industry and discovered that he was keeping his family in vulgar luxury at one of the good hotels and behaving himself in the dignified manner of a business man in the bosom of his family after his day’s work was done. This caused scandal because a beggar is expected to live in a hovel, subsist on scraps and crusts and get drunk at night on twenty-cent snorts of ten-cent stuff. The police rounded up some of the best beggars in New York and the charity organizations, which always have resented the competition of these independents, came out Monday with a statement which will just about murder the business. And' fall is coming on, too. Average S2O a Day Five thousand beggars of all kinds in New York have been collecting a daily average of SIOO,OOO or $36,000,000 a year, the statements of the various opposition organizations agreed. This is S2O a day for the average beggar and is considered too much. No fair figure was suggested, leaving the public to assume that the subway and street-corner casuals are utterly undeserving. For information on begging there is no authority like our famous old friend. Diamond Dan O'Rourke, the tremendous bowery saloon-keeper, yrho was there on the old line when the long-vanished plug hat saloon was a mere skull-cap and the flea bag hadn t a flea to justify the name. In the old generation —in the day when Roosevelt was commissioner in police headquarters just over there on Center St. —Diamond Dan’s back-room was known as a sort of pan handler’s rotary club. Tom Lee’s place at number nine. Bowery, not far away, was another headquarters and Lee spoiled the whole thing by importing several hundred workers from Hinky Dink's in Chicago, at his own expense, to work New York. "He brought on fit-throwers, doublejointers, sore-arm workers, cry-babies, gimps, paralytics and crutch-walkers and for a year you couldn’t hear anything along the old Bowery but ‘Cheyenne,’ said old Dan. This ‘Cheyenne’ was a kind of word thev made up out qf the word ’Chi,’ because they all came’from Hinky Dink's.^ Nothing New, Shys Dan “They have had some good workers In the business around here the last few years, but 1 don’t see that they've got anything new that the boys didn’t have in my day. There was a fellow ramed Papa Johnny in Lee’s crowd that invented the soap trick for making hls-eyes red around the lids. Just a little soap would do it and the inflammation would last all day and tears would roll down his face. Pop was a great worker. He used to say his wife and baby were lying dead out West somewhere and he’d flash a telegram to prove it. telling how his other little girl was all alone without any money. Jeez, how Papa mopped up! “Then they had a guy named Sticks, because he was an artist with the crutches. I was training Jim Jeffries for the Sharkey firfht at Coney Island, and about a week before the fight Jeff goes stale from over-training, so we take him up on Broadway to get him slushed up a little bit so he would have something to work off in that week. Some of us got pretty well bottled and as we came down FortySecond St. here comes this guy Sticks, on his crutches. “Jeff sees him and he says ‘Jeez. Dan/ he says. ‘That guy’s in tough shape and he hauled off and give this guy Sticks a pound, so you know this Sticks looked bad. So I offer to give him back his finn if he can beat Sticks down to Forty-First St. and hack. Well. Sticks threw down those stilts of his and the way he burned up his dogs you’d have thought Jeff was giving him the bat all the way. He wins, standing up. and Jeff says, ‘Jeez.’ he says, ‘l’ll never fall for one of them dam grifters again as long as I live.’ Jeff kept the stilts but they only cost thirty cents apiece at the supply house in those days. Keep Sores Fresh “Another thing they still do is to keep their sore arms in wet bandages at night. It takes a lot of pain and trouble to make a sore five or six inches long without getting bloodpoisoning. You’ve got to irritate it with iodine and coax it. And if you don’t want it to heal up again on you, the thing to do is keep it in damp rags when you aren’t usfng it. “But I’ve been seeing these new fellows and girls around town and I’ll say they’re as good as the oldtimers and most of them have got more sense because from what I hear they’ve all got bank books with them. “After all it ain’t what you make that counts, but what you eu\e. In my day they used to say your dough would catch cold if you didn’t keep it moving. In the days of my old place when they called me Diamond Dan there wasn’t a dime on the Bowery from Chatham Square to Cooper Union that ever got a chill.’’

Helps Smooth Difficulties Confronting Immigrant Girls

By MARIAK HALE Esther Schacht is working on a new degree, a D. D. D.—Doctor of Domestic Difficulties. “Since I’ve been with the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society I’ve bad so many family difficulties to smooth out, and have picked up no much practical psychology, that when I start to write a thesis it will fill a five-foot shelf," she laughed. This very- youthful person conceals an unusual ability for business and an Instinct for helpfulness behind her smiles. When the boats land at Ell's Island she is there to offer assistance and aid to those who need it. “It’S' very pleasant to help some aged mother find her son in this country, or to reunite a wife and husband who have been separated,’’ she says, “but sometiaa#s it is sad to see the case of the girl who comes to join her sweetheart after an absence of years. “Perhaps quite unconsciously he has absorbed the ideas of a now country, and its standard of femininity, while cherishing in his heart the love for the girUhe left behind. “He cornea- to the boat to welcome the girl he thought he cared for and learns what cruel things years are. and how tricky memory may become when corrupted by imagination. "At the boat he sees a queerly

Northwestern U. Hangs Blame for Athletic Defeats on Fair Co-eds

By RODNEY BUTCHER. Vnited yews Staff Correspondent CHICAGO. Sept. 21— So many Northwestern University athletes have muffed the ball when the vision of a favorite co-ed's fair features obscured the vision, and so many more have lost precious training ■ sleep through late dancing and petting parties, Jhat college authorities are going to separate the Northwestern boys and girls just as strictly as was done in ancient Roman baths. Blame for Northwestern's defeats of recent years has been hung right on the beautiful co-eds. Northwestern undergraduates admit their co-eds are beautiful, as well as distracting. But no matter how beautiful the girls and how tall, handsome and Sheik-like the men, these are features of college life that cannot be held cut to prospective entrants this year. Northwestern is out to fegain its former glory on the field, and' the pleasure of the Individual will he subordinated to the interests Qf_ the university. Life will be stem and earnest. Music, dancing, moonlight, love add ukeleles are being shown out the back gate of the campus. Petting, necking, mugging, puppysnuggling, fussing or whatever it is, will be eliminated from the curriculum. Such is the edict of the faculty, announced with great glee by the coaches, and welcomed with what is claimed to be enthusiasm by the co--eds. Boys and girls alike will enter a Spartan regime and mold them : selves to the standards set by old Lycurgus. Last June, when the agitation started, the girls held a mass meeting ami pledged themselves to remain aloof from the boys, and to hide their charms under a bushel basket or something. Far be it from them to he the Delilahs of the college" Samsons or the Cleopatras of the college Antonys. Vamp stuff is out, and in its place when the girls return will

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Ena, 16, and Frederick, 14, children of H. Spencer, famed British aviator, hist for an afternoon's sport took a 3,000-foot parachute Jump from a ballon. They landed safely a mile and a half away.

dressed girj, who belongs to the land he left behind.' She doesn’t fit into his yfe new at all. And sometimes Romance won’t stand the strain." “What can be done?" I asked. “We just take the girl, give her a home, and help her to find w'ork. The first thing you know she’s self-sup-porting and has new friends, and probably another romance. > “Sometimes whole boatloads of ’picture.brides' come in—the other day I met 200 of them. They had been selected on the merits of their photographs and had been woeed by correspondence. "Thirteen of them were unclaimed —and we took them under our protection.” “Do you think the other 187 will be happy, married to strangers?” I asked. “They usually are,” she replied. "You see, they come over intending to be good wives and to make happV homes. That’s the foundation for a happy marriage. They are industrious, know how to keep house and cook and sew, and they know nothing about delicatessen stores or ready-made clothes. They don't expect marriage to be a long holiday. “It's the girls who want all the pleasures and none of the responsibilities who find themselves later in the divorce courts,” she concluded.

go plain gowns, plain coiffures and lips and cheeks untouched by lipsticks or rouge pot The girls have promised to hang the ringing raspben-y on the ears of tho cake-eater and the lounge-lizard as well as the athletes, so that athletics won’t be regarded as a punishment, and will go in much stronger for sports themselves. Within the Law “My wife was hit by a trolley and I want to sue the company," said the client. "Wen," said the lawyer, adjusting his gold-rimmed glasses, "under the rule of stare decisis as laid down In the Weemick case, reported in thirtyfour Missouri, it is doubtful whether quo warranto will lie, although there is obiter in the—” “She’s all black and blue and it hurts,” said the client. “ —obiter in the Epstein case.” continued tho lawyer, “which appears to hold contra despite the strong dissent the Rafferty J. It’s a pretty question.” “The trolley was on the wrong side of the road,” said the client. “Tho amendments of 1887 limit tho application of certiorari to torts, quasi contracts and causes elusdem generis. For example, suppose A is seized in fee tail of a messuage with remainder over to B. C enters A's close under color of title not amounting to quare clausum frogit and as ports B's hereditaments. Quare, does hourtesy attach?” “My wife was hit by a trolley —” nogan the client again. “You have an exc ilent case,” said the lawyer. “We shall start suit at once. My retainer is $35. Thank you.”—Life. Silk Blouses Blouses of silk matelasse, bound in satin or moire ribbon, fastened low with a tight band about the hips i,re the fad of the moment.

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DR. LYNCH GIVEN DECORATION MUCH COVETED ABROAD v * _ American Minister Is Awarded Order of Northern Star by Swedish Government. FIVE MONTHS IN EUROPE Labors to Further Movement of International Friendship Through Churches. NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—Dr. Fredrick Lynch, educational secretary of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, has just returned from a five months’ ministry in Europe, bringing with hirr. the much-coveted decoration of the Order of the Northern Star. K : ng Oscar II of Sweden conferred this decoration upon Dr. Lynch for his services in behalf of Christian unity and international friendship. Dr. Lynch went to Sweden last May at the invitation of Archbishop Soderblom of that country, to lecture at Upsala University under the Glaus Pitri Foundation, and also to serve as exchange professor for the AmericanScandinavian Foundation. In addition to speaking" at the university, he preached in eight Swedish churches, his sermons in English being translated by hn interpreter as they were delivered. He repeated his T'psala lectures at Copenhagen and Christiania.

He was decorated at Helsingborg, King Oscar’s sutnrner .residence, where he spent several days. The Order of the Northern Star is reserved for professional men and Is one of the most highly prized decorations In Europe.' Dr. Lynch spent some time at Copenhagen, where he helped conduct the meetings of the international committee of the World Alliance. These lasted a week during August and were attended by more than two hundred delegates, representing twenty-five countries. Commenting upon this gathering Dr. Lynch said: “Both in the spirit of harmony and In what it accomplished this was the most successful international meeting I ever attended.” In Berlin Three Weeks During a stay of three weeks in Berlin Dr. Lynch had the cooperation of several eminent university and church men in a canvass of the opinion of the education and religious leaders of Germany on important public questions. The canvass was conducted by a questionnaire addressed to fifty prominent men. "Unquestionably," said Dr. Lynch,” the great majority of the Intelligentsia in Germany favor a monarchical form of government. Nevertheless they are supporting the Republic because they prefer it to socialism at one extreme and Prussian militarism at the other.” Tn Dr. Lynch's opinion the status of Europe as a whole, as regards re llgion and ethics and public and private morals, Is lower than before the war. The religious and moral revival so confidently predicted and hoped for during the war has never materialized. NINE STOWAWAYS IN CAKE ON SHIP Engineer Discovers Hiding Place Electric Lighted and Ventilated in Bunkers. By United News BOSTON. Sept. 21.—Many have been the methods of concealment tried by transatlantic stowaways, but the White Star Liner Cretic, docking from Mediterranean ports, brought the strangest story of all. Chief Engineer llancon Tudor of the Cretic tells the story. Chief Tudor dropped through a coal hole into one of the lowor bunkers to look over the coal supply. Expecting to land on the coal pile ho felt himself sliding through a few feet of coal and to his surprise dropped into an eiectricJighted and fan-ventilated cave, in which were nine men. The cave was built of box-boards and had been constructed before the bunker was filled, the coal being | poured on top of it. A tunnel had been run to the open air and a "home-made” eflectric fan pumped air Into it. The nine men had a largo quantity of preserved food, mattresses, playing cards and several stools. The stowaways had tapped a cable passing through the coal bunker and run their wires into the cave and attached several electric light sockets and bulbs. Twenty stowaways were discovered before the vessel sailed from Naples, nine more were found on the trip up the Mediterranean and the remaining nine were discovered in their cave when Tudor crashed in on them. Ship officers agreed that the nine men had hit upon the latest method of "beating their way” across the Atlantic.

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NEW DIPLOMATS TO RUN GANTLET OF BOOTLEGGERS Cost of Scotch Whisky by Case Takes Away Interest of Europeans. By Vnited Press • WASHINGTON, Sept. ’ 21.—When the diplomatic representatives of the newly recognized countries of Esthonia, Lithuania and Lativia arrive in Washington in the near future, they will find a warm welcome, not only from Government, officials, but from those who like their “diplomacy” -In case lots. The forty-seven diplomats in this

What 1 Have Learned # in 47 Years Practice

I HAVE been watching the results of constipation for 47 years, since I began the practice of medicine back in 1875. I am now 83 years old, and though from time to time the medical profession makes some wonderfully interesting experiments and tests, the fundamentals of causes and relief in this particular ailment are unchanged. But the people take greater interest today in their health, in diet, exercise and the drinking of water. Constipation, however, will occur from time to time no matter how one tries to avoid it. Os next importance, then, is how to treat it when it comes. I believe in getting as close to nature as possible, hence my remedy for constipation, known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is a mild vegetable compound. It is made of Egyptian senna and pepsin with agreeable aromatics. Children will not willingly take bitter things. Syrup Pepsin is pleasanttasting, and youngsters love it. It does not gripe. Thousands of mothers have written me to that effect. Over 10 million bottles of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepin are now sold every year, and it is the most widely bought family laxative in the world. I say family laxative because all in the family can use it with safety. It is mild enough for the infant in arms, effective in the most chronic constipation

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city smile when they think of what the new envoys are up against. One ot the chief indoor sports of the Nation’s capital for three years past has been “Let’s go see Ambassador So-and-So or Minister Blank.” The ambassadors didn’t mind so long as diplomacy flowed only from a bottle. But when-the veterans at the game learned that Scotch is laid down at the embassy’s door from London at sl3 a case and gin at a trifle over sls, not to speak of other nectars, the demand became for “diplomacy by the case.” Became Appalling Nightmare. From then on, “career” here became an appalling nightmare to these harassed diplomats. Wits have been worked overtime to devise excuses from import - nate demands. Diplomats from the nature of things are obliging persons, but such demands laid them-open to harsh criticism as “bootleggers” by Uncle Sam, if acceeded to. Little by little, however, they have gotten from under and the voracious

of an adult. The formula is on every package. Recently there has been anew wave of drastic physics. Calomel, a mercurial that, salivates and loosens teeth, has been revived; salt waters and powders that draw needed constituents from tile blood; coal tar disguised in candy form that causes skin eruptions. In a practice of 47 years I have never seen any reason for their use when a medicine like Syrup Pepsin will empty the bowels just as promptly, more cleanly and gently, without griping, and without shock to the system. * Keep free from constipation! It lowers your strength 28 per cent, hardens the arteries and brings on premature old age. Do not let a day go by without a bowel movement. Do not sit and hope but go to a druggist and get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It is a generous-size bottle. Take a teaspooniul that night and by morning you will be well. The cost is only about, a cent a dose. JJse Syrup Pepsin for yourself and members of the family in constipation, biliousness, sour and crampy stomach, piles, indigestion, loss of appetite or sleep, and to break up fevers and colds. Always have a bottle in the house, and observe these three rules of health: Keep the head cool, the feet warm, the bowels open. Mf<h

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seekers of cases are finding the gams harder to work. So these wise men who have been through the milk, shake their heads and smile when they think of what awaits these bright new envoys. UNTERMYER CAN'T SERVE New York Attorney Unavailable In Daugherty Impeachment. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2L Announcement that he will be unable to act as chief prosecutor in the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty, because of the postponement of hearings, was made by Sam Untermyer, noted New York lawyer, in a telegram to Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota, author of the impeachment lesolution. The telegram assured Keller, however, that he would give such assistance as he could “from a distance” and suggested that Keller get some oi.her attorney as chief counsel.

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I REPEAT MY FREE OFFER SIO,OOO worth of trial bottles of Syrup Pepsin free Ts<ul year I agreed to spend SIO,OOO cash for free samples of my Syrup Pepsin , and send them free and postage paid to all uho asked. A tremendous mail was the result. But there must be many uho did not vriie. I would like to get their address this time. So I now renew my offer, in remembrance of r#v approaching BZlh birthday, and trill again devote SIO,OOO to free samples. I am anxious to see one in every American home. Write for yours today. Simply give me your address. Send it to Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 515 Washington St., Moniicello, Illinois. Mine is truly a free gift; it costs the public nothing. '