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BROOKSIDE FEAST OF LANTERNS TO BE MIGHT Prizes Will Be Given for Best Decorated Homes in Community. Ten thousand lanterns were being strung along Brookside Ave. from Tenth St. to Jefferson Ave., and In Spades Park, today, in preparation for the Brookside Civic League’s annual Feast of Lanterns tonight. The 300 members of the league and their neighbors joined in the community celebration. Houses all along the street were being decorated. * Prizes will be given for the bestdecorated homes. Judges will be Edward O. Snethen, John F. White and Walter Jarvis. There will be dancing on Jefferson Ave., just paved, and in the park, with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Epply in charge. Judges for a cake contest will be Mrs. W. J. Marks, a domestic science teacher, T. C. Vanderbilt and O. C. Hawse A newsboys’ band will play. Mrs. J. H. Schneider, secretary of ■Abe league, is chairman of the genHfal committee, -with Mrs. William rCunkel as her assistant. On the decorating committee are A. Leroy Portteus, president of the league; Mrs. H. C. Banes and Mrs. C. A. James. The advertising committee tncludes K. H. Patton. Mrs. J. D. Hoss and H. W. Painter. Dillon Returns to Farm Thomas Dillon. Twelfth ward Republican leader, under six months’ sentence to the Indiana State farm, on charges of operating a gambling house, is back at the farm today, after a twenty-day parole granted by Governor Emmett F. Branch. Dillon was allowed to be at the bedside of his wife, who is seriously ill. SUMMER COMPLAINT makes little headway with children whose careful mothers protect them from stomach and bowel disorders, hot weather cramps, weakening diarrhoea -with CHAMBERLAIN’S COLIC and DIARRHOEA REMEDY Quick in action - satisfying in results

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Drama of Life Told on Classified Ad Pages

By ALFRED SEGAL IONALDE. RIDER, who is classified advertising man- , 1 ager of The Times, anked us: “Which is the best story In the paper every day?” And we answered: “That depends on personal taste for news. One reader might say the Franks trial is the best. Another might say the speedsr court.” “The best story,” said Rider, “is on the classified advertising pages. There any day you may find the whole epic of life, in the want ads, the death notices, the personals and the ‘lost’ column. Birth, life, death, disappointment, grief, ambition. hope—the whole drama is there.” ... So we turned to Rider’s page in the paper and read: “WANTED: A baby buggy.” And we said: “Here a life begins. The first act of your drama. Rider. The life makes a bow upon the stage.” And then we read: “FOR SALE: Baby buggy. Bargain, $12.” And we said: ’This means a child has learned to walk. It Is stepping out into the world. Before it Is a long road rough and steep. We ourselves are on that road and there seems no end to It.” • • • And we read: “LOST —Airedale female; name “Boots’; child’s pet. Phone So and So.” * • • The first grief of a life. Rider. The child asks the people of the city to help him find his dog. Today he loses his dog: tomorrow other griefs and pains. Then he will be grown up and there will be none to help him hear his losses and his griefs, and he will go it alone up the steep road, his shoulders bent under the load.

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For each person on the road will be concerned with his own burden. So it goes, Rider. And Rider said: “As I told you, In this page of advertisements you can read the whole story of human life.” * * And we read: “MAN, young—l 9 >years old, wants work of any kind.” “Another act in the ' drama of our page,” said Rider. The struggle. The brave actor. Here we se.e a young man standing up before the whole city to ask for a chance to work, to make a liv-ing-—possibly for an ageing mother or to keep a sister In school. I tell you this page is like a stage to which the people come to do their acts. Here stands our hero, the star of his own drama, with

FORMER NEWSBOYS PLAN RAIL MERGER Van Sweringens Manipulate Organization of Fourth Largest Transportation System in. East,

Bu United <Prrss NEW YORK, Aug. B.—The Van Sweringen boys of Cleveland, Ohio, erne time newspaper peddlers in Geneva, Ohio, today stand out as two of the outstanding railroad manipu lators of the generation. By consolidation of the Nicked Plate system with the Chesapeeke & Ohio, the' Hocking Valley, Pere Mar quette and the Erie, they have reached the crest of their operations which started with a tram car sys tern in a Cleveland real estate sub division. The merger, semi-offietally announced, will mean a single system with total assets of $1,500,000,000 and total trackage of 14.357 miles, the fourth largest railroad system in the East. Terms Agreed Terms of the merger have been agreed to by large stockholders in each railroad. Following action of the board of directors, the plan will be submitted to stockholders of each road some time this month. Central figures in the mammoth deal, which rivals those in the day of E. H. Harriman and Jay Gould, are like characters out of fiction. Orris P. and Mantis J. Van Rweringeh are from the school of hard knocks. Theirs is a history of self education and of the ability to grab opportunity when It rapped at the door. After selling papers In Geneva, the two boys and their mother mooted to Cleveland some thirty years ago. The boys went to work as office boys. Their mother died about that time. From office boys they advanced to under-clerks in a real estate office. Ther ethey saw the profit to be realized from speculative investment. After manipulating with small lots they finally had opportunity to purchase 2,000 acres on outskirts of Cleveland. They did this with borrowed capital. Became Wealthy Seeing the need of a tram system in the sub-division, they appealed to the Cleveland Traction Company and were met with a few laughs.

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no supporting cast, In the old play., ‘Looking for Job.’ He plays it alone,, for all the rest of us are busy with our own acts.” • • • .And we read a lodge notice requesting members to attend a fu*neral. So we have come to the end of the drama on your page. Rider. The end of the climbing on the road of disappointment, of griefs and of stiuggle. Here the sum of all living is written. And the sum of living Is the friends that one has gathered on the way and who at the end assemble to say a good word. And here the curtain drops. • • * "I told you,” said Rider, “on this page is the whole drama, from the beginning to the end. Here is the real news of life.”

That was where the Van Sweringen railroad control started. The two boys built their own tram system. The sub-division and the tram system proved profitable and within a few years the Van Sweringens were wealthy. This wealth was added to, land in 1916 the Van Sweringens I first became known in the railroad circles through the purchase of the Nickel Plate system. Then they visualized the merger which would give two Eastern outj lets —New York and Newport News [—to such cities as Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Peoria, Toledo and Detroit. Both under 45 years of age, they apparently have made good their visualization. WATSON IS ‘SURPRISED’ Senator Doesn’t Understand Public Interest in Morgan Row. Expressing surprise that there should be public interest in the controversy over proposed repioval of Bert Morgan as Federal prohibition director in Indiana, Senator James E. Watson left Indianapolis today for York, 111., to fill a speaking engagement. Watson took stock of the State Republican situation, conferring with party leaders. Federal Jutlge A. B. Anderson probably will not he promoted to Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago until the next session of Congress, Watson said. That Charles G. Dawes, Republican candidate for Vice President, will not “run wild" In his campaign speeches and embarrass politicians was the gist of the* Senator’s discourse on that subject. GATLING RELATED HERE Grandson of Inventor Marries for Third Time. * TV recent marriage in New York of Addison Oatjing, grandson of Dr. Richard J Gatling, teven.’or of the famous Catling gun, to Mlsg Helen Ryan calls to mind the fact that the famous inventor lived here and is buried In Crown Hill cemetery. His great-aunt,* Mrs. Zereloa Wallace, was grandmother of Superior Judge James M. Leathers and greatgrandmother of Walter B. Grover, realtor, 1304 N. Pennsylvania St. The younger Gatling was married and divorced twice before. The latest venture, like the second, was with a film star. Comer Stone I old By Timet Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. Thousands attended the corner stone laying of the new $250,000 Masonic Temple here Thursday. Arthur B. Robinson, former judge Indianapolis, gave the address and an exhibition drill was given by the Raper of Indianapolis. -my ” = ” Rheumatism is gone - ” “nPHERE are thousands of you X men and women, just ljke I once was—slaves to rheumatism, muscle pains, joint pains, and horrible stiffness. I had / vis \ the • wrong I v lid ® a about I v/tj rheumatism \ ' / * < ? r y ears - i \ wKilisiiilfcr/ didn’t realize \ that i nc re a *- Vi V/ ‘ n bloodcells had the effect of completely knocking out rheumatic impurities from the system. That is why I began using S. S. S.f Today I have the strength I used to have years ago t I don’t use my crutches any more.” S. S. S. makes people talk about themselves the way it builds up their strength. Start S. S. S. today for that rheumatism. You’ll feel the difference shortly. a S S. S. 1 told at all good druj stores in two sizes. Tbs larger size is more economical. Worlds Best oloodMedidne

SUNOAYSCHOOL INVITES ELDERS . * Special Service for Old Folks at Central Avenue Church, Old folks of Indihnapolis have been invited "Sunset day” services of the Central Avenue Methodist Sunday School Sunday morning, Frank C. Jordan, superintendent, announced today. Transportation to the church will be provided for those who call Circle 61791 Following song and prayer service at 9:15 a. m., Mrs. O. M. Pittenger atjd H. S. McMlchael will lead in lesson study. At 10 a. m there will he more music, an address, “Growing Old Beautifully,” by Col William 11. Brown; presentation of silk flags to the man and woman who have been members of the church longest and to tile oldest man and woman present; presentation of flowers to all over 70, orchestra music and prayer. SCOUTS TO BREAK CAMP Awards Made at City’s largest Court of Honor Boy Scouts were preparing toda\ to break camp at their reservation near Ft. Harrison Saturday morning. The last camp of the season will open Aug. 18. The largest court of honor in Indianapolis scouting was held at the camp Thursday night. Award: A1 bert Coffin, Donald Trimble, Adolph Herltz, Thomas Murray. William Ferris, R. D. Brown, John Binford Gerald Wilburn and Robert Highley man, life and star; George Reilly, Fred Shugert and George Miller eagle rank, and Marion Hadley, and Charles Richardson, service pins. Wetzel Stays In Jail By Cttilrd Brett COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. B.—Carl Wetzel, boilermaker of Indianapolis, Is in Jail following refusal of Sheriff Arbuckle to accept a $2,500 bond signed by professional bondsmen of Indianapolis. Wetze lis charged with an attempt to crack a safe in the office of the Standard OJI Company here.

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YOU CAN LESSEN CROSSING WRECKS Ten Thousand Killed in Train-Auto Accidents During the Last Five Years,

By LEWIS A. DE BLOIS President, National Safety Council COMPARATIVELY recent A. complication which has arisen in connection, with motor transportation is the railroad grade crossing. Fifteen million automobile owners and additional milUons of persons ride and walk across railroad tracks daily. But do they crossings cautiously?” In the five years ending this June, approximately 10,000 persona have been killed and 30,000 Injured at grade crossings. The latest figures available, show that 80 per cent of the at these crossings involve the occupants of automobiles. In spite of the general belief of the public that most grade crossing accidents are due to physical hazards such as the obstructed view of the railroad right of way, an analysis has demonstrated that 70 per cent of the accidents occur in broad daylight and 63 per cent at crossings where the view is entirely open and unobstructed. The majority of accidents occur, according to the same authority, at crossings with which the driver is wholly familiar. Further analysis shows that 14 per cent of these accidents are due to the driver colliding with the side of moving trains. There might be some excuse, for colliding with the forNO TRACE OF TUCKER Police Still Seek Alleged Slayer of Two Women. Search for Robert Tucker, colored, 2224 Yandes St., who seriously wounded his wife and killed two elderly aunts Wednesday, according to police, continued today. Police in other cities were asked to watch for Tucker, who left the scene of the shooting driving a Ford sedan. Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff exonerated Patrolman Fred Braugton, who left Tucker shortly before the shooting, declaring that he was not to blame.

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ward portion of the locomotive but when the collision occurs 40 or 60 cars from the forward end of the train it would seem that this would resolve Itself into an extremely reckless act. He who hesitates is safe—at grade crossings. Don’t try to disprove this statement. It can’t be done. Accept it as the final conclusions of the sensible, conscientious, safe individual. When approaching a railroad crossing slow down! Look both ways and be sure there is no train approaching from either direction, before crossing. Cross several tracks only in second or low gear to eliminate the danger of stalling your engine. NEXT: What already has been accomplished. CA'LL TO ‘ARMS’ AGAIN Civil War Veterans Leave Saturday uojsoa joi Approximately 500 Civil war veterans leave Saturday morning to attend the fifty-eighth national convention of the G. A. R. at 3oston, Aug. 10 to Aug. 15. Because the average age of the i veter Mis is more than 80, railroads have Arranged - ndiaanpolis will send more than 100 veterans. Honeymoon In Jail By United Brest EVANSVILLE. Ind., Aug. B.—Herbert Blackwell and his bride of three days today are spending their honeymoon in Jail. They were found guilty of stealing a woman’s coat from a department store and were sequenced to thirty days. Paul D. Frame Promoted Paul D. Frame, assistant to Haven R. Packard, will become acting membership secretary of Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Sept. 1, when Jgackard leaves to becoi.'.e secretary of East Chicago Chamber of Commerce.

POSTER CONTEST OPENS WITH SI AS GRAND PRIZE Industrial Exposition Heads Make Offer to * Artists, The five artists submitting the best designs for the official poster for the second Indianapolis Industrial Expositino Oct. 4-11 at the State fair ground under the auspices of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will receive prizes aggregating S2OO, accoring to announcement by a poster committee which met at the Chamber of Commerce Building today. Beginning at once, the poster contest will end Sept. 6. The poster commtttee consists of Howard T. Griffith, chairman: George M. Bock stahler, Carl C. Gibbs, George T. O’Connor and Anton Vonnegut. First prize will be $100; second, SSO; third, $25; fourth, sls: fifth, $lO. Any amateur or professional artist in Indianapolis will be eligible. The designs must be made for two colors and must Include the wording “Second Annual Industrial Exposition, Exposition Building, State Fair Grounds, October 4 to 11, Auspices Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.” The committee in charge of sale of space received reports at noon today from Claude S. Wallin, exposition manager, showing rapid progress. Burial at Former Home Funeral services of William J. Imes, 82, of 1112 Udell St., who died Thursday, will be held at 7 tonight at the residence, with the Scottish Rite in charge. Burial in Weston cemetery, Rensselaer, Ind., his former home. He came here fourteen years ago. Baptists in Session By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 8— Indianapolis speakers are being heard at the 102nd annual convention of the Flat Rock Baptist Association in session here.

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