Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 53, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1923 — Page 2

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BOOTLEGGERS USE MODERN METHODS TO GET NEW BUSINESS

Hundreds of Baby Peggy Pictures Arrive as Contest Nears Close

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MARYELLA JULIAN (UPPER LEFT), LEONE LOUISE METER (LOWER LEFT) AND AUDREY JEAN WILLIAMS.

As the quest for the "Indianapolis Baby Peggy" draws to a close, mothers are rushing pictures of their little daughters to the office of The Indianapolis Times. Among the several hundred entrants are: Leone Louise Meyer. 6L4. 434 Gladstone Ave.. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Meyer; Maryella Julian. 7, of 2353 Central Ave., daughter of Mrs. Marie Julian, and Audrey Jean Williams. 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams, 23 N. Addison St. Three Judges The contest will close at midnight Friday. No pictures will be accepted after that hour. Mrs. Judith Lowry of the Stuart Walker Company. Jean Marks of the Lyric theater and Edward W. Hunter of the Advertising Club of Indianapolis have accepted invitations to act as judges. Because of the large number of photographs submitted. The Times finds it impossible to print pictures of all entrants. Whether the picture

UNION COUNCIL ELECTS William G. Grant Hrads Governing Body of Carpenters. William G. Grant Is new president of the carpenters' district council. The Indianapolis council has jurisdiction in Marion. Hancock. Hamilton. Hen dricks, Morgan and Jackson Counties. Other officers: W. L. Spenny, vice president; Milton N. McCord, secretary; C. F. Manion, treasurer; Charles Gibbons, conductor; Frank Rucker, warden; Henry Gallimore, business agent, and Quirtn Schafer. Ernest Snell and Z. F. Carrigan, trustees. EMPLOYES WILL PICNIC Employes of the Daniels' Outlet store and their families will meet at the store, Washington and Delaware Sts. at 8:30 a. m. Sunday to go to Sycamore park, twenty miles east of Indianapolis, for their annual picnic. Ex-Congressman’s Brother Dead By United Preen HAMMOND. Ind.. July 12. —John T. Simpson, 84, brother of former Congressman Jerry (Sockless) Simpson, is dead. He was killed by a Southshore electric train.

AMUSEMENTS

Mat- Today 111 IQ AT and Sat. jVHjKA I A250 THE STUART WALKER CO. A VERY GOOD YOUNG MAN With Elizabeth Patterson This Comedy Deserve* Capacity Bn*iness—Hickman in Times.

“Louisville Lou” (The Vampin’ Lady) is stealing into every dance program and trotting away with all the X bouquets. Ted Lewis’ Columbia Record ol this BwHtt go-getter is the vampingest, coaxingest fox- IB y trot you ever heard. VS /CN “Beale Street M Mamma’’ K la the whiz-bang selection on the other side. At Columbia Dealers A-3592 75c -^fSiT rwlM fjjl frfot ltnnmfHr m fc I m." *N 'fr

has been published in The Times or not, it will be submitted to the judges. The latest Baby Peggy movie, “The Kid Reporter," is being presented this week as a Universal release at the Lyric. Youngest Screen Star Baby Peggy, whose other name is Montgomery, is the youngest screen star of them all. She is a full fledged star too. having as impressive a contract with the Universal company as any of the grown up actors. The development of Baby Peggy as a screen figure was due to chance. Julius Stem of the Century Comedy Company .advertised some two years ago for a child to appear

MOTION PICTURES

APOLLO W Jane Novak in “DIVORCE” Lloyd Hamilton Comedy “F. O. B.” VIRGIL MOORE’S APOLLO ORCHESTRA

g®SISSS3g M E. A T O. EL A Thomas H. Inre Production “SCARS OF JEALOUSY” A DRAMA OF THE OLD AND NEW SOUTH CIRCLE ORCHESTRA playinc, ‘Wedding Bells’"* l^ By JOSEF STRAUSS MODEST ALTSCHULER Musical Director. A GENUINE NOVELTY “WONDERS OF THE SEA” WEIRD AND BEAUTIFUL SCENES PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

RIALTO Starting Sunday, July 15 D. W. Griffith’s BIG SPECTACLE The Birth of a Nation The Supreme Picture of All Time Popular Prices

In pictures with Brownie, a clever dog screen a*ctor. Os three hundred applicants brought In by parents. Baby Peggy, who w'as then 2 years old, was chosen. At first she played a very modest part supporting Brownie in his comedies. Gradually her talent for mimicry made itself felt. She was a natural actress and was soon starred in her own pictures. The future of Baby Peggy as an enter-.ainer is assured by the plans which, have been made for her future productions. - There is to be a series of fairy tale stories, including. “Little Red Riding Hood," Jack and the Bean Stalk," and all the favorites.

AMUSEMENTS

ENGLISH’S ALL WEEK Grand Players “DADDIES” MATINEE SAT. and SUN., 25c, 35c, 50c; Each Night, 25c, 50c, 75c. Mats., 2:15; Nights. 8:15.

It’s Sfeßiy EJHjsi ■ loVbmCm. ' ! f ITO 11 P. M. rl ELSIE PILCER & DUDLEY DOIJLGAS Aftftlftt4*fl by BERNIE GREEN “CONCENTRATION” William I’harle* Jo Jo Yoflng & Wheeler Dooley Bachelor* of Music ~, „ | “An Oddity GEO. RAE in Beesre & IJupee Laugh* FEATURING and UP-SI DE-DOWN Songs" A MODERN DIANA A COMEDY OF THE DAY —Photo Feature — JOHNNY HINES IN “LUCK” IT’S A SCREAM!

i vDin where ™ e LTnIU CROWDS GO RENEE SISTERS In a Spectacular Danee Revue “CHIC SUPREME” Famous European Clowns GAUDSMITH BROS. And Their 4-Footed Friends Morrisey & Young Dewey and Rogers Fernando De Page Rial & Lindstrom Harry Bewley & Cos. I BABY PEGGY COMEDY, “THE KID REPORTER" i iii■i.ii in ii ■ iii*i ii Dancing In the Lyric Ballroom Afternoon and Evonlng

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

'Reliable’ Peddlers, Who Sell ' Good Stuff,* Crowding Out Others—Sales Letter s Sent Out With Price Lists on Choicest Liquors, C A. R&ncla,u, author of the following article, is a member of this paper's Washington staff. He was assigned several weeks ago to And out how prohibition is being enforced and to report the liquor situation g enerally. without trying to prove anything, other than to present the facts. This is the second' of a series of six articles. By C. A. RANDAU IN this rapid age, about the only thing that has not been speeded up is time —an hour is still sixty minutes, and a year is still twelve months. But, hold—moonshiners are tampering with time. Illicit whisky is being ‘‘aged in wood” for five years in as many hours. So, at least, are reports which have reached Treasury Department chemists charged with testing liquor seized by prohibition agents. Efforts are being made to ‘‘age” whisky by means of electricity, and experiments are meeting with some success.

In the meantime, the most effective means found for cheating time in the manufacture of whisky is by resorting to aeration. Pumping air into whisky in an open container causes rapid oxidation, and produces much the same result as that obtained by Aging. The fact alcohol evaporates very rapidly militates against, the popularity of this method, and its use is chiefly confined to a few “highclass" bootleggers who have the ar tlstic urge and refuse to sell alcohol and water as whisky/ Some Bootleggers “Reliable" As in every other occupation, there are "reUable" men and “unreliable” scoundrels now engaged in bootleg ging. And as in other business, the reliable bootleggers—the men who sell good stuff—are crowding the others out. Prohibition enforcement officials and others in touch with the situs tlon have estimated there are 100,000 bootleggers in the United States. This is necessarily a guess, hut ft Is an Intelligent guess baaed on the num-

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ber of arrests, the east with which liquor is obtained, revelations accompanying trials of bootleg ringleaders. I had been instructed to investigate the ease with which liquor could be purchased irt a number of large cities I was told to have tests made to determine whether or not Ihe stuff gen erally on sale was or was t*ot poison. I found very shortly I could buy liquor by the bottle or the case with no difficulty whatever In such cities as Washington, New York, Newark and Detroit. In Cleveland I was able to establish a bootlegger contact only through an acquaintance, and ths same was true In Cincinnati. Four “Grbod Whisky" Os the nine bottles of liquor I purchased or from which I obtained samples sufficient for testing purposes, four passed muster as “good whisky." All of the others were i lassed as "new stuff.” made with grain alcohol, water and various

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chemicals to give the proper color and taste—but none of them contained any dangerous elements such as ether or wood alcohol, Perhaps the most surprising of my experiences was the openness with which bootlegging is conducted. Instead of encountering mysterious codes and signal systems, I found customers as a rule telephone to their bootlegger and order what they want without calling a bottie of whisky by a code number or name, but by specifying the particular brand of whiskey in plain English, Likewise bootleggers in soliciting business, frequently carry their stocks with them and are prepared to make delivery on the spot. At other times they bring or mall to prospective buyers detailed price lists. Send Sales letter. One such price list was given me In a New York office. It had been sent through the mail and was followed up by a salesman, who came to book the order. With the prices came j ‘.his “sales letter:*’ •‘The enclosed list of unusually fine Scotch, Irish and Rye whiskies, together with the three highest quality I vintage champagnes and a large and i rare assortment of the most popular j liquers is now available to our cusi tomers at prices which, when the , quality of the liquors is considered, j will be found quite reasonable. “As we urge every one to take ad vantage of this opportunity to Jay in | a stock of their favorite brands, as it Is doubtful when a chance like this will present Itself In the future. “We make deliveries to anywhere within fifty miles of New York.” Then followed prices on nine brands of whisky, from “Wm. Grant's 10year old Scotch” at SBB a case, to j "Hermitage Rye" at $lO5 a case. There were five kinds of wine from I “Peninsula Sherry—very old vintage” -at SSO a ease, to "Muram’s Cordon ■ Rouge 1911 Champagne” at slls I a,-*’ case. Among the eleven kinds

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of liquers were Benedictine at i $12.50 per bottle, Cointreau "Triple Sef” at sll-50 per bottle, and “Hennessy’s Cognac” at sll. On June 27, twelve days after their announced retirement, the firm was still taking orders. Apparently they had merely adopted the "fire sale-* methods so long familiar in dry goods and clothing lines. The bootlegging in the building where I obtained this price list is handled by the same man who con-

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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923

ducts the cigar stand in the corridor on the first floor. One day a rival “agent” started soliciting In the building, but a prospect who was fully satisfied with the service he was getting from cigar salesman notified the latter of the competitor’s presence. Posthaste, the cigar counter was Intrusted to a passerby and the trespassing bootlegger was hunted down and ejected from the building on threat of arrest if he ever again entered the premises.