Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 45

SCHOOL GIRL MISSING 26 DAYS

CITY DETERMINED 10 KEEP FOURTH FREEOFMISHAPS Program Infcludes Picnics, Races and Displays of \ Fireworks/ Marion County has no reason for not- having a safe and sane Fourth of July. Patriotic and civic organizations have provided entertainment enough to keep everybody happy, though “giant-crackerless.'' The national elimination balloon race at the Speedway is scheduled for 4 p. m., but there will be entertainment all day. Children are admitted free. Broad Ripple and Riverside amusement parks plan special events. Daylight fireworks will be shown at 3:SO p. m. at Riverside. A ballon ascension with five parachute drops is scheduled for 5:30 p. m.. and a night display of fireworks, 10:30 p. m Prizes for Swimmers. Broad Ripple is decorated in national colors. Many picnics have been arranged. Prizes will be given for the best swimmers among those lately taught by the Red Cros. At the Indianapolis Country Club golf and tennis tournaments, swimming and diving contests, a dinner dance and special music have been arranged. The club will permit no fireworks. Knights of Columbus will hold a celebration at Fairview Park. 1.-egion Plans Fireworks A fireworks display by the Admiral Dewey post of the American Legion Will be held at the fair ground at 7 p. m. This will Include a “Battle at Sea.’’ an artillery barrage, military engagement and a representation of Niagara Falls Entries from Indiana. Michigan. Ohio. Illinois and Kentucky will battle for the pushmobile championship In a race preceding the fireworks. The Hoosier Motor Speedway promises many thrills in Its dirt track 100-mile race, 2:30 p. m. Special traction service -will be provided. Automobile routes to the track are out Massachusetts Ave., or Maple read and Thirty-Eighth St. Many family picnics will be held at parka

JUNE ANTICS OFMERCURYVARIED Temperature Ranged From 97 to 48 —No Records. June was a versatile month from the weather standpoint, according to statistics issued today by J. H. Armington. weather bureau meteorlogist. Temperatures ranged from 97 degrees a minimum of 48 degrees on the 29th to a maximum of 97 degrees on the 22d. The greatest range for any one day was 26 degrees on the 16th when the mercury did a sudden slide down the tube after an extremely hot bit of weather. No new records were set for the month, however, the high temperature mark of 100 degrees set in 1895 and the low mark of 39 degrees recorded, in 1894 remaining unequaled. STOCK ISSUE PETITIONED Commission Hears Case of Interstate Public Service Company. Petitions of the Interstate Public Service Company to issue and sell securities totaling 1668,000, for improvements and retirement of debts, were heard today by the public service commission. The utility has asked authority to sell $457,000 of its 7 per cent prior lien stock for refunding, and another issue of $211,000. Harry Keid, president the company, and Carl Mote, attorney, presented the case. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 am.... 66 10 a m 78 7 a m 69 11 a . m 80 8 a- m 72 12 (noon) 81 8 a. m 77 1 p. m 81

Indianapolis Settlers of 1822 Celebrated the First Fourth With

By ARLOW R. PIFER. hundred and one years ago pioners in the little wil- ' derness settlement met late in June in the famous old tavern on W. Washington St., near Missouri St., and made arrangements for the first Fourth of July celebration ever held in Indianapolis. And as the story goes the more material enjoyment of the day was furnished by a deer killed by Robert Harding, pioneer farmer, and barbecued in a hole near a big elm on the Military Ground, ’ ’ now Military Park. A log table was set under the trees, and the entire population, feasted and listened to speeches. x - -

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You May Be Able to Help Find Her t , ~ * y ' . - - * § -. - FRANCES VINNIE WEBB Frances Webb, 16, Technical High School sophomore, who has been missing from her home, 420 N. Emerson Ave., since June 7, is five feet four inches tall and weighs about 116 pounds. She has a tush tooth in the right upper jaw which shows plainly when she laughs. When she left home she was wearing a light blue sport skirt with large yellow checks, light-weight white sleeveless sweater with purple trimming on bottom, w'hite waist with red trimming on collar and cuffs, light brown spring coat, no hat, tan sandal slippers and tan stockings.

Fight Extra Get a Pink! The Times will print a Pink extra Wednesday afternoon telling all about the Dempsev-Gibbons fight for the heavyweight championship. Times special writers and United Press experts, who have been on the ground for weeks will be on the job. The Pink will carry the fight details and result in 'complete form. In addition late baseball news, auto racing and the balloon contest will be covered thoroughly.

SCATTERED RAINS FOURTHFORECAST Weather Man Not So Generous as on Memorial Day. The weather man. who was so generous on Memorial Day, couldn't promise quite so much for the Fourth of July today. The forcecast, by J.' H. Armington, Government meteorologist: “Indications are for partly cloudy weather with a possibility of widely scattered thunder showers Wednesday and probably Thursday in the Ohio valley and lakes region. The winds will be gentle to moderate and mostly south or southwest or -west at 5,010 feet." MOVE FOR NEW POLICE JOB KILLED BY BOARD Assistant Chief Will Not Be Named at Present. Following the board of public safety meeting today it was reported that the movement to e.-eate the position of assistant police chief had been dropped because Chief Herman F. Rlkhoff objected. An ordinance creating the job was to have been introduced at the council meeting Monday evening, but this was delayed when persons behind the move decided to let the board of safety recommend It. v The hoard did not discuss the matter in its public meeting today, as had been expected.

INDIANAPOLIS ‘BABY PEGGY’ WILL BE GIVEN SSO IN TIMES CONTEST

Parents Are Urged to Send In Daughters' Photographs at Once, WHO is the Indianapolis Baby Peggy? It is worth SSO to the Indianapolis child who most resembles the youthful baby star. Times, on connection with the Lyric Theater, where new Baby Peggy movies are to be shown, starts today to find the “Indianapolis Baby Peggy.” Mothers and fathers who have a daughter who they believe resemble Baby Peggy are asked to mall a photograph of their daughter to the Baby Peggy Contest Editor of The Times. * Or. the back of each picture write the name of the miss, her age, address and names of her parents. Seven Years Age Limit No child over 7 years of age is eligible. Baby Peggy is 4 years of age The picture submitted does not have to be in any character that Baby Peggy’ has acted on the screen. Just send in the picture Three Judges to be named later will make the decision. The Judges after making the decision will give the winner, the one most resembling Baby Peggy, SSO in cash. The contest is for girls, not boys. Contestants dq not have to be named Peggy'. Blondes may enter as well as brunettes. The limitations are age, not over 7 years, and sex. Mail pictures at once. Exact date of closing of the contest will be announced soon. Here’s Your Chance " Your Afffighter may be the beet likeness to this cute little dear of a movie funmaker. Your child may be only two years old, but she may have the looks of Baby Peggy. Baby Peggy is appearing in Century comedies which are being distribute/! by Universal. The Lyric has booked her latest, “The Kid Reporter." It will be exhibited soon at the Lyric.

What I Was Doing at 20 -By— State Auditor Robert Bracken,

I JUST had completed a course of study at Butler College and was settling down to enjoy the occupation of barrel-stave making. It paid $1.26 a flay. I didn’t know how useful that early experience would be. I was promoted to bookkeeper, got a line on the business from several angles and finally started a barrel-stave factory of my own In Arkansas. BALLOONIST EXPERIMENTS A theory that radio “heaven” exists about three miles above the earth will be experimented by Ralph Upson in his balloon In the National balloon race Wednesday. The theory is that the elements are free from static at a high distance from the earth. The opposite from radio “heaven” Is thought to be abo>w the three-mile limit. Here it is thought radio waves do not penetrate. Upson expects to go up three and a half miles. Thk experiments are conducted for the General Electric Company. Thieves Overlook Chassis An automobile belonging to Mrs. C. J Mitch el was stripped of four tires while the car was parked In the rear of her residence, 229 W. TwentyFirst St.*

Although by terms of the “New Purchase,” the territory was left to the Indians until 1821, settlers early began to drift to the swamp lands of White River, and the town was two years old in 1822. Its population of 500, extending along Washington St., wholly south of it, to about a block east of ,West St., was less than two blocks wide except at the river. Each cabin was hidden dense woods. During 1821, it is recorded that only three persons escaped sickness in a serious plague of chills and fever. However, the results were not disastrous, accounting for the willingness of citizens to celebrate the Fourth, 1822. t Early on the morning of the Fourth the pioneers began to

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TITLE FIGHT ON AGAIN

MAN IS KILLED PIGKINGGHERRIES Joseph Funk Falls From Fruit s' Tre, Injuries received by Joseph Funk, 66, of 3030 W. Michigan St., June 27. when he fell from a cherry tree at hia home caused his death today at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Mr. Funk had lived In Indianapolis for many years. For thirty years he was in charge of the bakery at the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane., Mrs Funk and two daughters, Marie and Mrs. George Sauer, all of this city, survive. Coroner Robinson investigated. Mr. Funk was the second person to die from and the third injured in falls from cherry trees within a week. Columbus Boy Shipwrecked By Timet Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jjuly 3.—Shipwrecked, Injured, and marooned thirty hours on an island, was the experience of George Boone, a “gob” In the United States Navy, son of Leven Boonn of this city. Boone/told of his experiences in a letter to his mother. Pocketbook Stolen

A pocketbook containing $5 was stolen from the home of Mrs. Nellie Miller. 1087 S. Harding St., while she was away, she told police today-

Dempsey-Gibbons Championship Bout at Shelby Appears Sure Go, By HENRY L. FARRELL, United Preit Staff Corretpondent GREAT FALLS. Mont., July 3.—Taking a gambler’s and a sportsman’s chance, Jack Kearns, in the wee hours of this morning agreed to send Jack Dempsey into the ring against Tommy Gibbons July 4. Earlier reports declared the fight had been definitely called off by George Stanton, Great Falls banker and one of the~|>romoters. Kearns is taking a “stud game” chance he will be able to obtain the $300,000 purse guaranteed him in his contract. After a. whole night spent In conferences, during which Kearns made overtures after overtures to compromise and help the promoters out of their difficulties, It was Anally agreed Kearns should accept the $200,000 already paid him on behalf of the champion and gamble on the gate receipts to make the additional SIOO,OOO. Throughout the conferences, during which efforts were made to learn the real responsible authorities for the light. Kearns offered proposition he knew of to make the fight good. He suggested a postponement of a month: he offered to Aght for (Continued on Page 2)

follow the forest trails to Military Ground. There was a sermon, prayer, talks on the Revolution, reading of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington’s farewell address. Asa historian puts it, “speeches and addresses were far better than if original material had been used.” The deer killed bj* Harding was barbecued, and the population enjoyed a feast such as, it is recorded, “would have cost many dollars at Delmonicos. ” There were other good things to eat, as-saddles of venison were selling 25 to 50 cents each, wild turkeys at 10 and cents each, and wild pigeons at 25 cents a bushel l • The celebration ended with a ball at the home of a lead-

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DEPOSED OFFICIAL ‘FORCED’ TO QUIT Man Charges Secretary Work Threatened Him, 3y United Prem , WASHINGTON, July 3.—Secretary of Interior Work today waa charged by Arthur M. Davis, deposed director of reclamation service, as having sought to Induce him to eliminate references to compulsion in his resignation by offering him the po t of consulting engineer “oa a promotion.” When he refused. Davis said, Work made threats which DaVis believes were aimed at destroying his professional reputation, f “When he said I resigned he was speaking the literal truth, but with evident intent to deceive. He knows my resignation was forced," Davis declaredHOUSEWIVES BACK FIGHT Approval of Aght against Increased water rates waa expressed by the executive committee of the Housewives' League in a letter received by Taylor E. Gronlnger, corporation counsel, today. The committee Is composed of Mrs. W. H. Hart, Mrs. Emma Fesler, Mrs. M. Muench and Mrs. Thomas M. Gardner.

Parents Appeal to Public for Help in Search'for Frances Vinnie Webb, 16, Who Left Her Home on. N, Emerson Ave, June 7. LITTLE NEPHEW WANTS AUNT BACK FOR BIRTHDAY Prayers Offered for Return of Technical High Student —Brother Gets Cooperation of Police in Cincinnati, By RUBY WEIL “Frances, let’s forget everything. Come back home.” A mother's heart cried out today to her daughter who has been missing for twenty-six days. Mrs. Len S.-Webb, 420 N. Emerson Ave., hopes that somewhere out in the world, wherever the girl, Frances Vinnie, 16, is, she will see the appeal. “Come home and let’s celebrate the baby’s birthday.” The father, a traveling salesman, added his plea.

“The baby” is Marvin E. Hamilton Jr., 515 E. DeQuincy St., the son of Frances’ sister. He will be 2 years old July 16. “Frances idolized him,” the girl s father said today'. “Now he asks about her. We want his birthday to be happy. Mine was not. June 28; nor was my wife’s, June 10. Frances was gone and we were not thinking of birthdays.” Mother Breaks Down While police and private detectives bend every effort to find the girl, who left home June 7, her mother stays at home, praying that her daughter will realize how gladly her family’s" arms and hearts will open to her. | Sometimes the mother breaks dow'n i under the strain. One time was when f. minister left after offering a prayer for the girl s return. Frances' younger sister, Ruth, 15, is waiting, too- Frequently she asks for Frances and wishes she would come home. In Cincinnati, a brother, Paul, 18, a newspaper man, has enlisted co-operation of the police. He returned to Cincinnati last w’eek, after coming here to help in the search. Frances’ father rushed home from Chicago as soon as he learned of her disappearance. He has devoted all his time since in the search, and intends to stay in Indianapolis until the girl is found. For the first few days after Fran- . ces left, her parents thought that, in , a moment of pique, she had decided ; to stay away for several days. But, i as time went on, they knew they were j mistaken. The girl was traced to the home of a friend on E. Washing- j ton St. She left there when she j learned her mother had been notified. | The trail was followed to another residence. which was searched. Frances j was reported to have been seen in the ‘ neighborhood. Then the trail was lost. Girl Sands Letter The parents' anxiety was relieved slightly by a letter they received bearing an Indianapolis postmark June 22. In Frances 1 handwriting, the letter tore evidence of having been dictated by a more mature mind. Today Webb appealed to the public to join him in the search. He said that the name of any one giving him information would be withheld. He asked that persons who believe they have seen Frances. or who have any information regarding her, call him at Irvington 2963, write him at 420 N. Emerson Ave., or to call the city Editor of The Times, Main 3500. An anxious mother and father are praying and hoping. And a little baby boy is wondering when his adored auntie will come to see him again.

LAST TRIBUTE PAID TO ‘RAINBOW IDOL’

The Rainbow Idol was burled today. But her spirit lives on in the hearts of men who saw service in the Rainbow Division —me i to whom she sang while near the front lines In France. Many of those same men gathered today to pay tribute to Mrs. Ruth Charlotte Bush Weber, who died Sunday as a result of exposure to the Huns’ gas. Those who could not be there In person were there in spirit, as was evidenced in the many messages which came pouring Into the home. 647 Highland drive. The Rev. Virgil E. Rorer, pastor of the Meridian Street M. E. Church, spoke at the residence on the beauties of service of Mrs. Weber's life. An escort of soldiers from Ft. Har-

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ing citizen at Washington St. and the canal. With the exception of noisy brawls and fistic arguments causfed by frequent visits to the taverns, the day ended uneventfully. For thirty or more years after the first celebration, the day was observed in a stereotyped way by Sunday school parades and patriotic programs. It was not until after the Civil War that Hoosiers turned the day into one of generalpicnicking. And when you pack baskets with good things to eat, hunt out the old fishing pole, slip your bathing suit under the back seat find crank up the old car to find a quiet place to spend the day, think of the pioneers of 1822 who spent their day listening to patriotio speeches.

Forecast PARTLY cloudy' tonight and Wednesday. Probably scattered thunder showers.

TWO CENTS

HUNT TRIAL JURY UNABLE TO AGREE ’ AFTERJ9 HOURS Word Sent to Judge Gause No Verdict Could Be Reached —Deliberation Goes On, Nineteen hours of deliberation found the Criminal Court jury in whose hands rest the fate of Edwin A. Hunt. 3939 Washington Blvd., hopelessly deadlocked this afternoon. The jury was locked up Monday night after hearing evidence in Hunt's six-day trial on charges A conspiring with Richard V. Sipe, ex-county clerk, and Will H. Latta, attorney, to embezzle SIO,OOO in trust funds held by Sipe In 1921. Shortly before 10 a. m. today the Jury sent word by the bailiff to Judge Gause that It did not believe a verdict could be reached. The court said he would let the jurymen deliberate further, merely sending back word that the message was received. Hunt was tried on an indictment charging that he conspired with Richard V. Sipe. then clerk, and Will H. Latta, attorney, to embazzle SIO,OOO. Sipe was brought from the State prison, where he is serving two years on his plea of guilty to a shortage of $143,000 to testify that he gave Hunt a SIO,OOO check and $31,000 in stock certificates. Hunt denied Sipe's testimony, and said he borrowed the noney in a legal way. The case went to the jury at 5:30 p. m. Monday. Practically the entire day was used by Prosecutor William P. Evans and Attorneys Wiltsle and Kane for the defense in argument to the jury. FIRE CRACKER BURNS BOY Walter Keaton Is Second Victim oil Explosives This Year. ® Walter Keaton, 8, son of Mrs. Ida' O. Keaton. 3012 Hovey St.. Is suffering from burns on his right hip caused by a firecracker. This Is the second fireworks accident reported this year.

rison accompanied the body to the Union Station, from where it was taken to Iventland, Ind., for burial in Fair Lawn cemetery. Six ex-service men of the Rainbow Division acted as pallbearers. They were Judge Sidney S. Miller, Gilbert Inman. H. Virgil Moore, John Ale, James Connies and E. P. Cook. Six women, members of the American Women’s Overseas League, which was organized by Mrs. Weber after her retume from overseas, acted as honorary pallbearers. They were Miss Grace Hawk. Miss Mary Siebenthall. Miss Ruth Null. Miss Helen Courtenay. Mrs. Mary Winks Russell and Mrs. Edward Erickson. Relatives, friends, neighbors and prominent men of the city were there to honor one of America’s heroes.