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THE WEATHER
Tonight, unsettled; probably
showers Tuesday.
vol. xxxm.
DE PALMA LEADING AT 400 MILES;
G. CHEVROLET, 2ND; R. THOMAS 3D
ENGINE MISHAP FORCES
K WILCOX OUT OF CLASSIC
DEPALMA AND
BOYER PUT UP
GREATCONTEST
Lead Race Most of Time, Al
though Rene Thomas Takes
/ Lead at One Stage.
SARLES GOES INTO WALL
BULLETIN.
At 400 miles DePalma was first;
Gaston Chevrolet, second; Rene
Thomas, third.
By EDDIE ASH.
Times Spo-ts Editor.
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEED
WAY. Mav 31.—With 350 miles of
the long grind completed. Ralph De-
Palma. driving a French Ballot car,
and Gaston Chevrolet, driving an In
dianapolis-made Monroe car. were
putting up a sensational battle for
the 500-mile sweepstakes race here
this afternoon
Rene Thomas, driving a Ballot, was
third: Jean Chassagne. driving a Ballot,
was tn fourth place, and Jo® Boyer, driv
ing a Fronten'tc. wa> speeding along in
fifth place
The 350 miles was run at an average
r t 90.T9-tni!®s an hour.
The crowd was estimated by speedway
*s£'.ein!s a* 125. m.
Boyer was forced into fifth place by the
necessity of taking on pas and oil.
He resumed the race at a terrific speed,
"desvorinrr to regain the .lead
BOYER DRIVES \
SENSATIONAL RACE.
Boyer drove on® of the mojt sense
races ever seen on the Indianapolis
track. . _
to 325 miles he had stopped hut
DePalma had stopped twice, changing
Gres on both
inner ti i k th--itad in the first lap anil
'••Id It for eights even nilir-x he Sen i>®
fqTm.) overtook him. leading unti he,was
forced to step'following the 130th mil®
Foyer's rime for the 2ff> miles was two
hours, eleven minutes thirteen seconds,
only a I'ttle slower than the record *f
up by DePalma in 1915.
HIICOX DROPS
Ot T OF RACE.
Indianapolis race fans were disap
pointed when “Howdy** Wilcox. Indian
apolis man. and winner of the 1319 race.
r as forced to drop out in the sixty-third
Inn because of engine trouble.
Lp to the end of the two hnndredth
lap there had been only one accident.
-A r t Klein, driving q Frontenac, turned
r In the fnrWh lap.
Neither he n nr his ra--hanician. Clyde
iatman. was hurt, but the ear was put
out of the ra^e.
Andre Boillot, driving a Peugeot, mi
the first to drop out. being forced out
in the sixteenth lap by engine trouble.
Jean Porporato. driving a Gregoire.
was ordered off the tra ,- k in the twenty
second lap. when it appeared he might
lose ronfrol of his ear.
Rescue Sarles, one of the Monroe rac
ing team, dropped out in the fifty-sixth
lap with a broken steering gear. *
The weather was ideal for speed with
a brisk wind tb® only handicap.
Under weather conditions that were
nearly perfect the twenty-three French
and American ears roared away at 10
a. m. A young fortune of $85.00 *i n priie
money was at the ®cd of t(je rainbow for
the winner.
A gay. colorful throng of persons,
variously estimated at from 75,000
to 100.000. saw Starter "Bill*' Estcrly
of Indianapolis, and Pacemaker Bar
ney Oldfield send the hooded drlrers
on the long, hot man-killing grind nC
500 miles.
The sky was overcast, wish a stiff
breere -d hint of possible showers
late in the day.
ttiert’i.s :h® gr®a! Indianapolis oval,
who have snCfered in p tt years from th®
searing beat on the brick course, viewed
the sky with undisguised relief. It
promised to be an easy day on tires and
death rides with poor tires on this In
dianapolis track.
The veteran, Ralph Mulford, pilot
ing his own Mulford Special. and
■lbui Porporato, a smiling Italian at
the wheel of a Gregoire, brought Joy
to their followers by qualifying at
the last moment and they roared
away with the rest.
"Howdy" Wilcox of Indianapolis and
Ralph DePalma. the only two American
en'rarfs who have ever won th*- great
olassi". received great orations as they
their i ar- around the oval to get th®
Kinks out of their motors, in spite of
th® fact they were “friendly enemies"
driving foreign ears.
Os the American entrants, the Dusen
I .erg stable, boasting such American vet
erans as Tommy Milton, Eddie Hearnc,
Eddie O'Donnell and Jimmy Murphy, had
the favor of the crowd. American hopes
were pinned on the Puesenherg, Fronte
nac and Monroe entries as the ones lo
give battle to the Peugeots.
,lee Foyer. In a Frotenae, won the
first prize money of the race, StOil.
by leading at the first lap. His team
mate, Art Klein, was second. The
time was 1:40.5.1, average, 89.53 miles
an hour.
Ralph DePalma. noted as a “bard luck'*
driver, ran into misfortune at th® start
by having to change a tire at the end of
the pacemaking lap. n. (
The American Frontenac made a
btave showing at the start, both Boyer
ard Klein taking the-turns high and fast
an-i show-ing heels to the fie! 1.
The remainder of the tieid was fairly
bun-bed.
” Boyer relinquished his lead after
Former Speed Winners
I Year. Average.
1911—Ray Harroun (Hv-raonl... 74.49
1 1212—Joe Dawson (National) 78.15
1913—Jules Goux (Peugeot).. 75.92
I 1914—Rene Thomas (Delage).... 82.47
i 1915—Ralph DePalma tMercedes) 89.84
I 1918—(390 miles) Dario Rests
(Peugeot) 84.05
J 1919—Howard Wilcox (Peugeot) 88.0
‘ Best average, DePalma. 1915.
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914. at-
Ind.. Daily Except Sunday. Postoffice. Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1879.
Millionaire's Son
in Flying Start
*5 A W i . J,u V
Li
JOE BOYER.
From the start of the 500 mile race.
Joe Boyer, driving a Frontenac, set the
pace for the other entries with a speed
closp to the record set tip by Ralph
DePalma in 1915. /**
Boyer's car was designed by Louis
Chevrolet of Indianapolis.
Boyer is th® son of a millionaire De
troit manufacturer.
H® entered the racing game at th® in
diana polls speedway in 191.5 as the
driver of Louis Chevrolet's Cornelian.
Bv airtue of his first pare. Boyer
pulled down \**veral thousand dollars In
lap prizes.
three laps and Jeane Chassagne, in a
Ballot. *prarg into the leafi. ll® uae
hotly fought by- Boyer’s tetvm-mnte.
Art Klein, and the pair roared around
neck and neck.
At the end of the first twenty-liv* mile*
Royer was again in 1 5® lead. |e aver
aged 90.21 miles an hour : ir Ilia: di
|un'*.
Jean Porporato. In a Grego.r*. was
waved off the track by officia’s on h’.s
twenty second lap. H® has lost much
time In th® pit* and as bis car continued
to act badly, the officials ruled him out
of the race.
FIRST CAR
TO St Ct l 18.
The first csr to succumb to the pace
killing grind was Andr® Boiilot's Peu
geot. He went out of the race on the
fifteenth lap. due to motor trouble.
At :be er.d of th® first fifty miles Rover
was holding his lead, with Kl*in second.
They were averaging 90 67 mile* an
hour.
Boyer, however, was overtaken by D*-
Palma after a hard drive.
DEPALMA GOER
INTO THE LEAD.
DePalma swept into the lead on the
thirty-fifth lap. buk the Judges made a
mistake and through the orroi Jo* Boyer,
driving an American Frontewao, was
credited with leading the field f<r half an
hour. Disonvering the mistake, the Judge
p’a-od DePalma in the lend ip the rating
The leader* were arerxging better
than ninety-mile* an bour, and if the
gruelling paee could be maintained it
serried certain that * new track
record would be •*(.
Ralph DePalma fought a game uphill
battle for the first century. Forced to
change a tire in the first iap. be drew into
the pits and changed in twelve seconds
and was off again. At the end of the first
100 miles he was In first place, driving
madly. Boyer was following him closely.
Art Kirin. Frontenar, who kept up
In the first hnlf dosen for thr century,
had a pi!l on the hundredth mile, due
to a broken steering rod. No one raa
hart, hat his rar was badly damnirrd
and was Ivrrsd to p out of the race.
*ndr Boitlot and I‘orporato also had
withdrawn, leaving twenty con
testants at this stage of thr race.
Thr leaders wore averaging more than
ninety-one miles an hour.
At 150 miles I>ePalma drew into the pits
for the second time. He ehanged three
tire-', t ink gas and oil and was away in
two minutes.
The early hours of the race were
marked with almost miraculous escapes
front Injuries. Art Kl*dn went out of the
race with a broken steering rod on a turn.
He had a bad spill.—but was uninjured.
Willie Haupt. ih a Meteor, lost a wheel,
but was tininjured. Itosroe Snrles went
(Continued on Page Two.)
His Car First to
Meet Hard Luck
ANDRE BOILLOT.
The first ear to succumb In the psee
killing grind at the speedway was An
dre Boillot's Peugeot. He had go out
of the race on the fifteenth Up due to
motor trouble.
Juliana Jlailß finite
SPEEDIEST CAR
DOESN’T ALWAYS
WIN—OLDFIELD
Barney Citer. Performance of
DePaima’s Mounts in
Previous Races.
LIKES LOCAL ENTRANTS
Bv BARNEY OLDFIELD.
Dun of Amerlemn Driver*.
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
May 31. —Cool, but not uncomfortable
weather—ideal racing conditions If not
interrupted by shower* - marked the ad
vent today of the International Motor
Sweepstakes, the biggest paid admission
sporting event In the world.
As I slowly circled therirack in (he
P*Mmakinz <nr f®. tb® -tart, th® stands
wore a !i• I batik of people, while pe<*
tators standing an I in automobile* lined
virtually the entlr® course
Every foot of th® two and a half mile
brick speedway had been scrubbed clean
last nlghr by an army of men working
by electric lights.
THEY'RE' HERE
FROM ALL OVER.
The great host had begun to gather
early in the morning, thousands of tour
ists arriving from nearby points and
driving direct to the speedway.
Then came the mighty army of motor
lsts who spent the night here.
They fairly choked the paved roads
leading from the city to the track.
The electri • road* and trains -ere al
ums' a continuous procession all m°rn
;ng between Indianapolis and the speed
way.
Receipt* from the race are estimated
at 8400.000 of which $50,000 will be di
\ ided in prize money for the firs' ten
to finish.
To this sum citizen* of Indianapolis
have added .LM.onn In the form of S2OO
to the leadpr in each iap.
ADDITION* MY ELI.
•'RI/F.S TO 8190 o*Mh
.V essory manufacturer* bnve added
trough more to make the total sritt
i, u<nev nenrly MOn.OOO.
Ralph Depsima and hi* Ballot car r*
nviln the favored entry in the betting,
but I am a great believer In past per
formances. and to me th® fa®t looms large
that, though DePalma has had the fast
ear car* in at least four of th® famous
Indinnapolla 500 mile races, h® has won
but once.
I.ouls Chevrolet's Frontenac Monroe
combination l hard hit by the illness of
Its captain.
i.or!s ha* been sick for several days
with the lumbago and almost had to
be Ilft®d into his car for the final prac
tice spin.
But he i* as gam® as he 1* daring
and insisted on driving.
Paris Hears French
Kill 1.200 Turks
PARIS. May 31. Twelve hundred
Turks wpre killed near Aintab in a bat
tle with the French, according to a dt*
patch to th® petit Journal from Revrut
today.
The French occupied Aintab. the re
port said.
Longshoremen May
End Strike This Week
NEW YORK. May 31. Members of the
International Longshoremen's association,
on strike sine® March, will vote this week
on returning to work pending adjust
ment of wages by the interstate commerce
commission, according to T. C. O'Connor,
president of the longshoremen's associa
tlon.
U. S. Supreme Court
to Meet Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Mh.v 31.—1n observ
ance of Memorial day. (he usual Monday
session of the United States supreme
court today was postponed until tomor
row.
Great interest attaches to the session
of the court as It is the last session but
one before the court adjourns for the
summer.
A flood of decisions is expected and
th®re is strong anticipation that u deci
sion as to the validity of the prohibition
law will be handed down.
Postal Salary Bill
to Pass Before June 5
WASHINGTON. May 31. Republican
leaders of the house today agreed ito
pass a bill Increislng the salaries of
all postal employpsj before the proposed
recess, June 5.
* The increases, averaging -about 20 per
cent, will be based on a long investiga
tion of the joint committee on rclatf
sifleation of thp postal workers, which is
expected to be ready tonight.
They are to bring the bill under sus
pension of rn!e> which would require a
two-thirds majority for its passage.
s
Diamonds Must Be
Common in Chicago
CHICAGO. May 31. —Diamonds val
end at SIOO,OOO lay In a giltto’' her®
nearly all S.it’irday night.
Thor Aldredson. carpenter. was
prompted by curiosity to. pick up the
package. He took it !• • *,i i
covered it -ontained Jium'uji fitriu’t*
rings, ear-rlrgs. arm Imnls and
bracelets and lavollieres.
James Simpson, wife of tile
vice Atesident of Marshall Field 4
Cos.. Itait the package while motoring
Saturjhy afternoon, she said.
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1920.
As They Wheeled Away in Gruelling 500-Mile Classic
DETAILED STORY
OF THE RACE
25 Miles
Boyer, Frontenac. first; Klein, Kronte
nnr. second; < hnsttngne. Ballot®- third;
Joe ThoAias, Monroe, fourth. Haupt. Me
t"or, fifth. Time, 10:37.31. Average. 90.21
miles an hour.
50 Miles
Boyer, Frontenac. first; Klein. Front*
nac. second ('has*agn®. Ballot, third;
Gaston Chevrolet, fourth; Rene Thomas,
fifth. Time. 33:05.30. Average, 90 67
miles an hour
The track record for this distance was '
92.14 mile* an hour, established by lie !
I’atma In a Packard in 1919
75 Miles
Royer. Frontenac. first; Chaasagne.
Ballot, second, Klein. Frontenac. third;
Gaston Chevrolet. Monroe, fourth; Rene
Thomas, fifth Time, 19.59 M Average.)
90.61 tulles an hour
DePalma. in 1919, established a track
record for 92.12 for seventy-fire mile*
'IOO Miles
DePalma. Boillot. first : Rover, Front® |
nnr, second; Chassagne. Ballot, third;!
Gaston Chevrolet. Monroe, fourth; Klein, i
Frontenac, fifth; Thomas, Ballot, sixth;
Louis Chevrolet. Monroe, v-venrh ; Wll
eo*. Peugeot, eighth; Milton, Duesen- ;
berg, ninth. Hill. Frontenac. tenth Time
1:05 40 65. Average. 9136 mile* nti hour
DePalma’* record for 100 miles on the
track was an average of 02.70 tniies an
hour, established last rear.
150 Milts
DePalma. Bsllot. first; Rover, Kronte
nac. second; Chassagne. R,allot, third;!
Gaston Chevrolet, Mon-00. fourth; How. >
ard Wilcox. Peugeot, fifth. Time. 1:39.43; |
average, 90.25 miles an hour.
200 Miles
Hover. Frontenac, fieri ; Rene Thom is,
Railof. second; DePalma. Ballot, third:
G. Chevrolet, Monro®, fourth; < hassugne.
Pallet, fifth Time, 2:11:13.61; average.
91.11 miles an hour
250 Miles
Boyor, Frontenac. first : G. Chevrolet,
Monro®, second R*ne Thomas. Ballot,
thirl: DePalma. Rnllot, toijgfb: Chas J
sngn*. Ballot, fifth. Time.
erage. 91.22 miles an hour.
Seventeen car* were still in the race as *
the half way station was reached. < Royer ,
was leading by two laps. -■* *
Nervy Driver Battles for Lead
\
RALPH DEPALMA.
After the first few miles the race be- by DePalma with frantic cheers
came a "horse race" between ttalph De-
Palma and Joe Boyer,?with the two
drivers alternating In the lead.
DePalma traveled a large part of the
time in second place, pursuing his ad
vantage every lime Boyer was forced to
drop back.
crowd greeted ev buret of speed
( With cheers from a crowd of 125,000
persons twenty-three drivers today
; started the long grind in th- 500-mile
international sweepstakes rare for prize*
aggregating .*Ss.noo.
The picture shows the start of the race
FACTS ON 500-MILE CLASSIC
Race started at 10 a. m.
Distance. 200 laps of miles each.
Number of starters, 23.
Nations represented—France, Kngland, Italy and United• States.
Total prize money—sSs,ooo.
Prizes to winners—sloo per mile, $50,000. divided among first ten to
finish, as follows; $20,000, SIO,OOO, $5,000. $3,500, $3,000, $2,200, SI,BOO,
$1,600, $1,500 and T-1,400.
Lap prizes SIOO per lap, $20,000, awarded by the Indianapolis busi
ness men and manufacturers to leaders during the race.
Accessory prizes $15,000 awarded by manufacturers of automobile
accesories to winners using their prodtirf.
Former winners- Ray Harround. Marracn. 1911; Joe Dawson, Na
tional, 1912: Jules Gotix, Peugeot. 1913; Rene Thomas. Deiage. 1914;
.Ralph DePalma. Mercedes, 1915; Darto Resta. Peugeot, 1916; Howard
p.VHcox, Peugeot, 1919.
Present record Established by Ralph DePalma in 1918. Time,
5 33:5.151; average. 89.94 miles per hour.
Area of speedway—32B acres
Seating capacity 60.000 spectators
Capacity of parking space—lo,ooo cars
Total estimated capacity—2oo.ooo spectators.
Greatest previous attendance—llo.ooo spectators in 1914
Capital invested $1,500,000.
300 Miles
Def’airnj). Bnillot. first ; Boyer. Kronte
nne. second, G. Chevrolet, Monroe, third
Rene Thomas, Ballot, fourth: Chassagne
Ballot, fifth. Time 3:18:36.4,5. Average
90.63.
350 Miles
DePalma. Ballot, first; Gnston Cher
roles, Monroe, second: Rene /Thomas
Railof. third; Jean Chassagne. Ballot
fourth; Boyer. Frontenac. fifth. Time
3:51:18.40; average, 90.79 ml!** an bour
375 Miles
DePalma first : Gaston Chevrolet, sec
ond ; R. Thomas. third: Chassagne
fourth; Royer, fifth. Time, 4:07:50.92
average, 90.7S miles per hour.
DePnlma was always a favorite on the
local track, due to the courage displayed
whep bad luck followed him as it has
done so often in Indianapolis.
Rene Thomas also djas putting up a
hard, race, taking tjU'lead fop a short
time, but being o'-fi-jaken by DePalma'
anfl then by Boyer,
„ . . IBy Carrier, Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 12c.
Subscription Rates. | By Ma „ 50c Per Month; $5.00 Per Year.
with Ramey Oldfield, veteran race driver.i
who set the pace tn a yellow Maruion
touring car. dropping to one side and Joe
Boyer, in a Frontenac. plunging into the
lead.
The picture was snapped just as the
starting flag was waved.
BODY FOUND IN
HOTEL BASEMENT
Coroner Investigates Identity
and Cause of Death.
The hmly of an unidentified man was
found today In the basement of the
Vneida hotel. '214 South lUUlois street
Coroner Robinson is inves igating to
l®arn (be*cause of death and the identity
of the body.
Fremont Ceste. 531 Miami street, Hamil
ton. <4.. went to the washroom of the
hotel and opened the door leading to a
vacant room adjoining.
He discovered the body and notified the
police.
Bicycle Officers Brooks anti Bernauer
Investigated.
The dead man was about 50. weighed
ISO pounds.
H® was s'x feet In height and wore
dark gray ciolhes
Tiie body was taken to the undertaking
parlors of Royster & Askins. 837 North
Illinois street.
BASEBALL
AMERICA N ASSOC lATTON.
Toledo 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-2 10 0
Columbus 0 20000 1 0 o—3 8 2
Batteries—Snyder and Murphy; Barger
and Hartley.
St. Paul 12000 00 0 0 3 5 3
Minneapolis... 0 1 0 0 5 50 2 • 13 18 3
Batteries Williams and McMeehan,
James and Owens.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
- Morning Games
St. Louis 02 0 1 1 0 0 1 o—s 11 0
Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0--4 10 0
Batteries —Sherdell, Jacobs and Clem
ons: Ponder, Meador, Cooper. Watson
and Schmidt.
(Ten innings.)
Cincinnati ..010000010 0 2 10 2
Chicago 00 I (100 ! 0H 3 0 1
Fisher and Wingo; Alexan
der and Killlfer.
Boston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4 0 1
Philadelphia (Li) 0 0 0 o o 1 0 Ik r,
Batteries Oeseher and Howdy; Smith
Weinert and Withrow.
New York, O 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 I—2 11 2
Brooklyn ‘ 030200 0 0* in 1
Batteries- Dougins. Hubbell and Sny
der; Grimes anil Miller ,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 o—s S 0
Cleveland 20001 2.2 2 * -9 17 t
Batteries—Daus and Stanage; Myers
and O'Neill.
Washington.... 000003 0 0 3—6 7 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 I—7 13 2
Batteries -Shaw and Picinich : Mogridge
and Hannah.
Philadelphia... 000 00 J 0 ftp 1 5 1
Boston 00 0 1 2 00 0 * 3 fi o
Batteries- Niylor and Perkins; Pen
nock and Walker. -I"rapines— Hildebrand
and Evans.
CAFE TIME IS EXTENDED.
i TJ RIS, May 31.—Cases and restaurants
of Mtris may remain open unril 1 a. ni,
1 aftat Aneiorrow. according to la decrgfe
ste**! at
HOME EDITION
2 CENTS PER COPY
FRAUD CHARGED
TO STOCK BROKER
Walter Collins Accused of
Selling Stolen Papers.
Waiter C. Collins, 47. of 1-549 North
Meridian street, is under arrest (oday
charged with being a fuglrive from
justice.
Collins, the police say. is under iu
diriment at Decatur. 111., following the
’ alleged sal® of snm® stoc k rn th® Mer
chants Wholesale Gtjteerv Company <*f
Louisville. Ky which is said to have
been stolen two years ago.
i The arrest was made by Detectives
Giles and Coleman on information fur
| nished by th® Quigley Hyland detective
agency of this city and the Standard
d®te tlv® agency of Louisville. Ky.
! Collin* is new engaged in selling stork
| for a farm implement company and has
office $ -In ih® K of I*. building -*
) The detectives say Collin* as f ormer’y
j engaged In se'ling *to< k for the
i Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company,
! but left the employ of that company two
: years ago
After he had gone eight stock certtfi
! cates signed by the president and secre
tary of the company are said to have been
. missing.
The*c certificates did not have the
owner's name written in or specify the
! number of shares.
Six months ago new certificates of
stocks were issued and the old ones re
< ailed.
Among the old was one certificate from
Decatur, which the company did not
have listed, but which was made good
( by the company.
Then another certifictye of twenty five
shares, worth $25 a share, appeared at
Decatur. It is alleged, and the grand
jury investigation resulted.
§IOO,OOO Fire Started
From Cigar Stub
MOXONGAHEI.A. TANARUS.. May 31.
Horn** of fifty famlllf% in (iillfttin, a
mining town near hon* today, are in
ruinfi, nirppt by said to havo
•tarter! from a lighted ri*ar.
The lo** i* estimated at SIOO,OOO.
30 Lose Lives When
River Leaves Banks
LOUTH. England. May 31. At least
j thirty pc-sons lost their lives in the over
flow of the River T.u.l. caused by n cloud
i burst. Twenty-seven bodies bad been re
covered today and several more persons
: are still missing This was a big increase
| ever previous estimates of fatalities.
Lor-don Store Cots
Prices of Necessities
LONDON. May 31—Zlfrtdges, one of
the largest stores in London, today an
! nounced a general reduction of 10 per
cent in prices of necessities with the ex
eeption of groceries on which a 5 per
cent reduction will be made.
Local Favorite
Forced Out Early
HOWARD WILCOX.
Forced by engine trouble to leave the
ra'e in tha sixty-third lap. after a spec
tacular race in which he rapidly gained
on the leaders, attaining fifth place. How
ard (Howdy 1 Wilcox was cheered'-by the
large crowd, thousands of wbUp "had
hoped to see hi;fi win. ' .
Wilcox,, drivjng the same won
the race last year.
NO. 17.
AUTOS WAIT AT
GATE IN TRIPLE
LINE OF 2 MILES
All Roads Leading to Speed
way Jammed as Early as
5 O’clock.
RUSH AT CITY STATIONS
One of the largest crowds in the
history of the speedway race poured
through the dowjitown district as
early as 5 o'clock this morning bound
for the Union station and traction
terminal in eager anticipation of get
ting a place of vantage at the speed
way.
The crowd continued to fill th* streets
> and stations almost until the time for
the start of the race, whru suddenly ilia
1 usiness section become aL.pi*: deserted.
THOUSANDS GO OUT
ON SHUTTLE TRAINS.
Beginning at 5 o’clock 144 -ars leav
ing the traction station began a con
•intious procession to the speedway via
'he Ben Hur and regular speedway
routes, one leaving the station every iu:n
uie.
The traction '.titicn was so crowded
that polic® were k*vt busy preventing
throng from c.ositg tiie tracks en
tering the station.
Trains over tbr Big l-'our route began
leaving the Union -'ati >n shortly after
7 o'clock and continued running every
twelve minutes until noon.
The first Rig Four train leasing for
the speedway, which was supposed to
carry only speedway employes, carried
more than 7‘>o ticket passengers.
For more -han a block and a half up
South Illinois street the crowd jammed
and. although the trains carried 1.500
passengers each, it was not until aftef
9 o'clock that it began to decrease.
Twenty-one ticket agents were kept
busy at the terminal station, while five
ticket booths were strung along the en
trance to the Union station.
AUTOS IN TRIPLE
LINE FOR TWO MILES.
A triple line of automobiles was wait
ing at the speedway when the gates
opened at 6:30 o'clock.
The line stretched for two miles along
th' UrawfordsvtHe road.
Another long line of cars jammed to
roads to the westward.
Hotels long had been filled to over
flowing and many persons .slept in their
cars near Sneedwav (Tty.
Other* w ho arrived in . Indianapolis hsy
special train spent t,he night on the
trains. w-Kich were set' in the yards for
that purpose.
All roads leading to the Speedway were
packed with automobiles as early as 5
o'clock.
Traffic officers in the downtown dis
tricts said Indianapolis drivers gave
them more trouble than the visitors.
WIRELESS CALL IS
SENT FOR POLICE
Message Indicates Trouble
Aboard British Merchant.
BALTIMORE. May 31.—Wireless mes
sages picked up by vessels, including
the battleship Pennsylvania, which is
anchored in Annapolis roads, ask that a
squad of police and physicians be sent
to meet the British steamship Tregantle.
The message* were relayed to this city
and indicate that serious trouble has oc
curred aboard the ship, but efforts to
get into communication with the Tre
gantle proved unavailing.
Thp Tregantle is due in port today to
load a cargo of merchandise for South
Vinerican points.
A police boat with reserves and physi
cians has been dispatched to meet the
Tregantle off quarantine.
‘Outlaw’ Switchmen
Fail in Walkout
CHICAGO. May 31.—Efforts of the lead
ers of the "outlaw" switchmen's strike
to bring about another general walkout
on all roads entering Chicago failed to
day. *
The atterunt was led by John Gcnnaa,
lender of the switchmen's strike, in an
effort to force the railroad labor board to
recognize the "outlaw" rail unions.
It was reported that only 350 men re
sponded to the new strike call, the only
Toads affected being the Chicago Junc
tion, Alton and Soo lines.
Mrs. Grace Carpenter
Named Chairman
Mrs. .Grace A. Carpenter .of Elkhart
has been appointed chairman of the Thir--
tcenth district democratic women's or
ganization by Alice Foster McCulloch,
state chairman, of Ft. Wayne. *
Mrs. Carpenter succeeds Mrs. Emallne
Stockley of South Bend, who resigned
because of Illness.
Last of Supply Bills
Reported Jto House
WASHINGTON. May 31. The general
deficiency appropriation bill, last of the
supply bills to be brought out at a
session of congress carrying a total of
k10P.4N2.51t> Lii new appropriations and in
was reported today to
the house by the appropriations commit
tee.
It probably will be passed by the house
and senate before Saturday.
Vanderlip Says War
With Japan Unlikely
SAX FRANCISCO. May 31.—The La
ment-Vanderlip party of bankers and ed
ucators, who returned yesterday frpm
their mission to Japan, will leave Thurs
day for New York, it was announced to
day.
War with Japan is unthinkable, said
Frank A. Vatxwrllp.
Developing in Japan side by side with
a military csstc which has heretofore
ruled her destiny with an Iron hand is a
thriving democracy which ptiMage*
peace and much good for the huniyids of_
millions of people iu the orientcAe de
clared.