Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1923 — Page 2

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HERE ARE CITIZENS’ SUGGESTIONS TO REDUCE AUTO TOLL

Readers Contribute More Ideas in Times Contest for Practical Change in Traffic Regulations— Winner to Receive SSO. Interest in The Indianapolis Times safety contest is growing daily. This paper offers a prize of SSO to the reader sending in the suggestion that is voted the best and most practical solution of the traffic problem. The contest was started in the hope of bringing before motorists and pedestrians the necessity x of safety. It may be the best suggestion cannot be acted upon immediately, but it will give public officials something to guide them. Herewith are some suggestions by Times readers:

Arm Signals Urged To Guide Pedestrians Teach the drivers to use their arm signals more frequently. Not only for the auto driver, but the pedestrian as well. For instance, a driver going to stop at a crossing should give - the driver behind a stop signal and the pedestrian a wave to go ahead. In other words, let the other lellow know what you are going to do at all times. I regard the arm signals the greatest help for traffic. For twelve years I have driven trucks in the congested districts nearly every day. T. POTTAGE, 2023 Shelby St. Stop and Go on Silent Policemen Have silent policemen about as tall as a man, and have a STOP and GO sign on it that works automatically. It is a light that flashes STOP or GO every minute. If we had silent policemen in the main part of the city we could put more policemen in the outskirts of the city to catch speedera I think the speeders are mainly the cause of most accidents. The pedestrians should not be allowed to cross the street in the middle of the block. A driver has enough to do to watch other machines and street cars in the middle of the block. I think there should be a law passed by which all pedestrians should be made to walk to the right. A tag should be put on them if they disobey the law, and they should be fined a small sum. EMMA E. SNYDER, 3424 N. Chester St. Walkers Should Move In Traffic Direction At a crossing where traffic officers are stationed pedestrians should move in the same direction as traffic moves. Traffic, in the business district, should move directly east, west, south and north, the business district to be designated. Traffic going east should turn south when south-bound traffic Is moving. Traffic going west should turn north jrhen north-bound traffic is moving, providing they tire first In line of traffic moving either east or west. Traffic going south should turn west when south-bound traffic is moving. Autos, etc., should stop at least six feet behind cars, so as to allow pedestrians to get on and off cars with--out fear of being run down. Neither traffic nor pedestrians should move except when given the signal to do so. All traffic should stop promptly, ' except if at a crossing when ambulance or flie department is heard, traffic to get as close as possible to the curb. For night driving dimmers should be used in the city limits. Outside •of city dimmers should be used imr.ic.diately on sight of a car approaching from opposite direction. Keep to the right as far as possible. DR- W. LESCH.

Gong Is Favored "In Traffic Towers I believe we have a very good set 'of traffic rules in Indianapolis as far as they go, and I would not make •any change In them except on streets having no car lines, I would permit degree parking, and then I would Hidd to the. rules now in effect that ■ve have colored light in the towers to Kesignate traffic north, south, east Rind west as at present, and In addition w thereto have vari-colored lights to •designate rflove for pedestrians, automobiles. and street cars. This would prevent accidents to pedestrians going • north or south by automobiles from north or south making right turn to east or west, or vice versa. Also place a gong in traffic towers to be sounded from four to eight seconds prior to change in traffic, . thereby notifying every one that* a Change is to be made in traffic and direction, then by the sound of the gong and color of the lights dis- . i ’ayed every one would know exactly what move is to be made in time to .prevent accident and prepare to meet ' ali moves. Prevent speeding by revoking license. E. H. BROWN. 1330 N. La Salle 3t. Would Restrict Autos ' At Main Crossings To reduce the number of automobile acidents, stop all autos from driving down Washington St. between Capitol Ave. and Delaware St. Have them turn either north or south and go a square either way. Also, don't let them cross Washington St. going north or soufh on Illinois. Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts., for those are the main crossings. Especially Illinois and Pennsylvania Sts., on account of the avenue. Station a traffic sign at Capitol Ave. and one at Delaware St. MRS. CLARA JACOBS. 918 W. New York St. What Are Horns For? IS Query of Motorist Suggest that every automobile driver be required to blow his hortf upon approaching corners, and when he expects to turn or slow down make some sign as to what he intends to do. If he hasn’t a stop light, then he should use his hands. I drive down every morning from 2700 east and 800 north, and it is seldom I hear any horn but my own. What are horns on cars for, if not to use? R. C. BEVER, 503 Merchants Bank Bldg. , Ban Youthful Driver; Hold Parents Liable Do not allow children under the ege of 16 years to drive a car. Every dav you can see hoys and girls who

are not more than 11 or 12 years old driving cars. If there is a law to regulate such driving, let the police stop them and hold their parents responsible. ORA HORD.

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DEMY-GIBBONS FIGHTJN AGAIN (Continued From Page 1) $250,000, and he expressed his willingness to go on the $200,000 already paid him, and to take his chance of getting the rest of the $300,000 purse from the gate after the expenses of the show, including the purses for the preliminaries, the salaries of the ushers and the special policemen, had been paid. Promoters Finally* Agree The promoters for hours refused to listen to him, and after a lot of deliberations they finally agreed to accept his terms. After the agreement had been effected Kearns said he was actuated throughout by the desire to be “a good fellow” and a "sportsmar. ” He declared he felt he had done his part inasmuch as he had not declared the contract invalidated at midnight when the final payment nf his purse was not forthcoming, and when it was within his legal rights to declare the fight off. During the early morning conferences. George Stanton, Great Falls banker, and all the committee of financiers interested in the fight admitted they didn’t have one single cent with which to guarantee the final payment of the Dempsey purse. It was then Kearns made terms by which a settlement was reached. Kearns said today he was going to Shelby to look the situation over and have something to say about the sale of tickets on the final day. Champion Plays Hearts During all the excitement the champion was spending all his time at the training camp playing hearts with his sparring partners and a few friends who had jumped away from the financial frenzy of the town to keep him company. Kearns said he had signed the contract in good faith and had turned down several good offers for the champion on the national holiday, but he had signed a contract with persons he thought responsible, and was willing and ready to go through with it. Kearns also declared he had been unable to learn who was in charge of the Shelby ticket office and he was leaving this morning to watch the sale of the tickets. The manager of the champion said also he had reached an agreement with Eddie Kane, manager of the challenger, and they had agreed there would be a fight for the world’s heavyweight championship in Shelby,

INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Circulation Statement for June 1923 Total Distribution • 1,462,024 Daily Average Circulation 56,232 Daily Average Unpaid 586 DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID 55,646 Average Net Paid City Circulation for June. 1923 39,876 Average Net Paid City Circulation for June, 1922 36,826 GAIN 3,050 Average Net Paid City and Suburban for June, 1923 51,303 Average Net Paid City and Suburban for June, 1922 48,905 GAIN 2,398 Total Daily Average Net Paid for June, 1923 55,646 Total Daily Average Net Paid for June, 1922 53,913 GAIN 1,733 C. B. Julian, Manager of Circulation of the INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, being duly sworn, solemnly declares that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the circulation of that newspaper. C. B. JULIAN, Manager of Circulation. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of July, 1923. W. B. NICEWANGER. (SEAL) Notary Public. My commission expires January 29th, 1924. NOTE—The Indianapolis Time* does not engage in so-called circulation contests in which prizes are given to the persons bringing in the moßt money. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. | "Bought Because It’s Wanted.”

Pilots Tune Up Balloons for National Race From Speedway Wednesday

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July 4. between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons. Jack Kearns left for Shelby on an early train. We intended to look over our final arrangements there and see how the last-minute ticket sales were coming on. . These developments followed a night of harrowing announcements, counter-announcements, rumors, untruths and almost continuous conferences. It had become known earlier in the evening that the promoters had only a fraction of the amount necessary to pay Dempsey his last SIOO,OOO. Gambles $50,000. Earlier in the evening the best that Kearns would offer was "pay me $50,000 and I’ll gamble for the other $60,000 on the gate receipts.” The promoters then sadly Informed him they didn’t have $50,000, and furthermore didn’t have much prospect of raising that amount. George Stanton had a row with Kearns in one of the earlier conferences and he took no active part in the effort to find a way out of the maze of figures and offers. Stanton, a banker of Great Falls, previously had been active as chief promoter. There was the utmost confusion about the whole affair. The nerves of the promoters were on the ragged edge and Kearns himself didn’t feel any too good about sending his champion into the ring without being paid the amount promised. Wants to Be Good Sport “I want to be a good sport about it,” Kearns satid, “but I feel every one ought to understand my side of it.” The scenes around the hotel as the night wore into a weary @ dawn were peaceful. The town pretended not to be excited about the affair. Citizens took more interest in the Elks’ convention. But the lobby of the hotel was crowded with newspaper men gathered from all parts of the oountry. The fighters’ hangers-on dashed hither and thither, looking important. There must have been about 5,000 cigars smoked in the course of the evening and the butts and cigarette stubs were piled high. Conferee Besieged A conferee ’ would struggle out of the conference room arid immediaetly be besieged by the reporters. Then, with statements, the correspondents dashed off their wires <Sr the telegraph office to apprise the world of the situation. Then all of a sudden the conference room door would burst open and angry, weary would force their way out, announcing they would seek peace in sleep. But there was no sleep. As soon as Kearns got away from one group or reached a deadlock, someone else would buttonhole him and drag him off to another conference. As matters now stand the pro-

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LEFT TO RIGHT (ABOVE), LIEUT. JAMES B. JORDAN, LIEUT. C. M. BROWN, LIEUT. JOSEPH BAILEY, LIEUT. MAX MOYER. LIEUT. JOHN \V. SHOPTAW. LIEUT. ROBERT S. OLMSTEAD, CAPTAIN MILLER, CAPT. C. E. M’CULLOUGH. ALL OF THE ARMY; RALPH H. UPSON, CIVILIAN; LIEUT. R. H. BROWN, ARMY. BELOW (I.EFT TO RIGHT), LIEUT. THOMAS D. GUINN, LIEUT. COMMANDER J. B. NORTHTREE, LIEUT. J. B. LAWRENCE, LIEUT. F. P. CULBERT, LIEUT. F. ROTH, LIEUT. J. ANDERSON AND LIEUT. R. REICHELDERFER, ALL OF THE NAVY.

Pilots and aides today made final arrangements for the national balloon race which is to start from the Speedway at 4 p. m. Wednesday. Fourteen balloons will endeavor to win the right to compete In the international balloon race at Brussels, Belgium, in the fall. About 4 p. m today Inflation of the balloons was to begin. Throughput the night gas will enter the mammoth bags until each has consumed its capacity. Men, working In shifts, remained on duty throughout Monday night, watching the balloons. It re quires about ten men to handle one balloon. Gas All Ready. The balloons are placed in the Speedway Inclosure in two parallel rows. A main gas pipe is laid, between the two rows. Each balloon is connected to this pipe by a smaller pipe. The United States Army has entered three balloons. United States Navy four, besides seven ballbons entered by Independent pilots. A complete list of pilots and aides: Capt. Lester T. Miller, United States Army, Scott field, Belleville. 111., pilot; Lieut. Courtland M. Brown, Soott field, Belleville, IIL, aide. Lieut. Robert 8. Olmstead, United States Army, War Department, Washington, D. b„ pilot; John W. Shoptaw, War Department, aide. Lieut. James B. Jordon, United States Army, Scott field, Belleville, 111., moters would appear to be facing a certain loss of thousands of dollars In putting on the fight. The sale of tickets has been stopped and started so many times that no one appears to have a very definite idea of how many have been sold. Consequently, in view of the complete financial chaos prevailing, the conferences last night began to develop a willingness on the part of the promoters to let the match go by default. For the past week Kearns has been the object of criticism for insisting upon payment of the final SIOO,OOO before permitting Dempsey to go in the ring. But when the final conferences were reached Kearns appears to htfve been the aggressor in seeking a way out of the financial tangle and putting or. the fight the promoters appeared to be getting to the point where they figured calling the fight off would be the cheapest wny out tor them. Hurt in Fall From Car Jennie Clark, colored, age 50, suffered injuries to her leg when she fell from a north bound Columbia Ave. street car at Twenty-Fourth St. and Martindale Ave. Motorman Walter Winter, 1240 N. Warman Ave., and conductor Charles Perkins, 2216 N. Station St. were in charge of the car. To Open Auto Sales Agency Charles J. Russell, 1801 Ludlow Ave., today announced he will open a sales agency for the Gardner motor car at 3901 E. Washington St. soon. A service department will be operated.

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pilot; Lieut. Max F. Moyer, Akron, Ohio. Lieut. J. B. Lawrence, U. S. N., Hampton Roads, Va., pilot; Lieut. F. W. Relchelderfer, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Lieut. F. B. Culbert, U. 8 N.. naval air station, Hampton Roads, Va, pilot; Lieut. T. D. Quinn, U. 8. N., Hampton Roads, Va Lieut. L. J. Roth, U. S. N., naval air station, Lakehurst. N. J.. pilot; Lieut. T. B. Null. Lakehurst. N. J. Lieut. Com. J. P. Norfleet, Lakehurst, N. J., pilot; Lieut. J. B. Anderson, naval air station, Lakehurst, N. J.. pilot; Lieut. J. B. Anderson, naval air station, Lakehurst. N. J. Upson Enters Ralph Upeon, Detroit, Mich., pilot; C. B. Andrus, Due West. B. C.. aide. Roy F. Donaldson, Springfield, 111., pilot; P. A. Erlach. Springfield, 111. Warren Rasor, Brookville, Ohio, pilot; H. H. Rasor, BrookviUe. Ohio.

FROM FAR AND NEAR

Passengers and crew of the steamship Advance were saved by tugboats when the steamer went ashore on Shut-In Island in a dense fog Monday. Forty persons were Injured, several •probably fatally, when a two-car train on Niagara Falls high speed line ran Into an open switch near Buffalo, Monday. Frank Wetzer, Bandusky. Ohio, grocer, was fined $1 per bottle when officers took 1,000 bottles of beer from his barn. Mrs. Peter Trieola, 35. mother of six children, was shot and killed by assassins as she walked with her husband in Chicago heights Tuesday. Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of former President Wilson, has joined the staff of a New York advertising firm. Lieut. Gov. Comings. Ia Follette republican, has announced his candidacy for Governor of Wisconsin. Manuel Quezon, president of Philippine senate, has charged Governor General Wood with unduly Interfering In domestic affairs of tho island. A farmer-labor bank will be opened in Des Moines. Sept, 1, stockholders announce. Record price of 9,600 pounds was paid In London Monday by Abraham A. Wolf Rosenbach, Philadelphia, for a mazarine Bible. The directorate of the Darmstadter

BALLOON RACE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY JULY FOURTH AUSPICES INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE See the Inflation of the Watch the Spectacular Fourteen Big Gas Bags Start of the Big, Race 4 * „.V' ; Free parking* space for automobiles inside the grounds. Children under 12 admitted free if properly chaperoned. General Admission $1 Reserved Seats sl, $1.50, $2 ‘ SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROM TRACTION STATION I

H. E. Honeywell, Price Rd.. Clayton, Mo„ pilot; J. P. McCullough, St. Louis, Mo. W. T. Van Orman, Akron, Ohio, pilot; Herbert Thedden, Akron, Ohio. Jack Boettner, Akron, Ohio, pilot; Jack Yolton, Akron, Ohio. Capt. C. E. McCullough, air service O. R. C.. Baltlm e, Md.. pilot; B. R. Bond, air service Aberdeen, Md. Air Cliief Arrives MaJ. Gen. Mason M. Patrick of Washington, D. C., chief of the Army nir service, arrived at noon today. He will be the guest of the Chamber of Commerce. Admiral W. A. Moffet of the United States Navy notified the Chamber of Commerce Monday that he would endeavor to attend. A. B. Lambert of St. Louis. Mo., millionaire sportsman and balloonist, who in to act as referee and chief official, and F. P. Lahm of Washington, D C.. chairman of the contest commute of the National Aeronautic As-

National Bank. Berlin, recommends a dividend of 200 per cent at the next general meeting. Arthur William Marchmont, novelist, died at his home in Bath, England. Monday r.lght. Edwin A. Norris, Alliance Ohio, midshipman who violated regulations by getting married, will be permitted to resign from the service. After leaping from the twelfth story of the Masonic Temple In New York, Mario Cfidel was disappointed to find himself alive. Fire destroyed the pickle plant of Joseph Volght, Norfolk, Va., while the proprietor was serving a term In jail. Loss is $60,000. Mrs. Ida Taft, cousin of Chief Justice Taft, was run over by an auto and seriously injured Monday In Topeka. Kas. Tabulation shows there are 871 Indian tribee in the United States, a total population of 340,917. I. P. Barnard, Louisville, has been chosen as chief of staff of the United Confederate Veterans. / William B. Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford motor plant, has been appointed general manager of Detroit’s municipal street railway system. More than 100.000 acres of public lands in Western States was thrown open Monday for homesteads for exservice men.

sociation and representative of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, arrived today. International Rules Lahm, aided by B. Russell Shaw of Washington, will have supervision over rules governing the race and will decide anv questions concerning qualifications of pilots and their aides. The rules will be the same as those which will govern the international rfrom Belgium in August, in which the three winners of the race Wednesday will be entitled to enter. B. Russell Shaw, member of the j cc-itest committee, declared Indianapo- | lls was fortunate since, as the event starts at the Speedway, the spectators in the stands will have an unrivaled opportunity to witness all the proceedings leading up to the taking off. 30,000 Expected Police Chief Herman Rlkhoff assured Blaine McGrath, Chamber of Commerce promoter of the race, that an adequate number of police would be provided to patrol roads leading to the Speedway. No automobiles will be permitted to park along the roads outside the Speedway grounds, though ample parking space will be provided inside the grounds. It is expected 80,000 will attend. Advance ticket sale has been heavy. Gates to the Speedway grounds will open 8 a. m. Inflation of the balloons will be completed by 2 p. m.

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CHICAGO MAYOR URGES PURCHASE OF STREET CARS Dever Says Municipal Ownership Only Means for Adequate Service. By United Xetce CHICAGO, July 3.—Chicago would soon become the largest city in America owning and operating its own traction system, under the plans of Mayor William E. Dever. The mayor, In e message to the city council, urged purchase of the surface and elevated lines “at the earliest possible date.” He hopes to operate the lines as successfully as has been done on the Detroit plan, thus far the outstanding instance of successful municipal ownership of car lines. Th 6 municipal ownership plan is the only means of ending “inhuman overcrowding and inadequate service” now prevailing, the mayor believes. SNETHEN URGES INTEREST IN AFFAIRS OF CITY Civic Club Official Tells of Water Rate and Smoke Fights. Edward O. Snethen, president of tho Federation of community civic ,clubs, addressed the Gyro Club at Its weekly luncheon at the Lincoln today on "A Vision for Service.” Snethen emphasized the service that a citizen can give his city. He pointed to the manner in which many residents are trying to help the city keep the water rates down. Snethen also praised citizens for Interest in the proposed smoke abatement. Snethen expects to visit all civic clubs of the city to emphaslzd importance of the smoke measure. Best-kept homes in Cleethorpes, England, this summer will receiv* prizes from the local council.