The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 1

In The Star Each Morning TWO CENTS Get the on the More About Tealtiring: Billie Burke Read the Second Episode In The Big Snnday Star VOL 13 NO 361 The Indianapolis Star THE HOME PAPER A CITY HOMES WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 31 1916 Resta Wins Race: Driver LeCain Near Death COLONEL URGES 0 TICKETS USTOWAKEUP MIGHTY SCARCE AND TO PREPARE KICKS NUMEROUS inish of Motor Race Winner and His Wife UPPER PAR IO RESTA STOPPING OR THE ONEY TIME DURING HIS TO DEC TIRES AND GASOLINE CENTER RESTA SPEEDING OVER THE TAPE TO VICTORY LOWER MRS DARIO RESTA A SISTER THE LATE SPKNCK WISHART AND RESTA PHOTOGRAPHED JUST ATER INISHING Plea for Universal Training Based Upon Universal Service Made by Roosevelt in Memorial Day Speech TARGET OR KNIE HURLED IN PARADE AT KANSAS CITY Weapon Strikes Rear of Auto mobile and Intended Victim Knows Nothing of Attack Speaker lays Pacificists KANSAS CITY Mo May 30 Universal training based upon uni versal service was urged upon the youth of the nation by Theodore lloosevelt in his Memorial day ad dress delivered here today The colonel declared that those who as serted that there is no possibility of I the United States ever being attacked are either ignorant or forgetful of the multitude of examples which show how international conflicts arise I The address was tlm principal event of Kansas City's program' for the observ pn of Memorial day The ceremonies included a review by (Joi Roosevelt of 3000 Poy Scouts and a parade through the downtown district rom the time he arrived at the Union Station mAil he arose In Convention Hall the colonel's time was taken1 up completely Knife Drops to Pavement An open pocket knlfu was thrown at I the former President as his automobile turned into Twenty third street in the parade The knife struck the rear of the ear and later was found in the street Roosevelt was not told of the occurrence and 710 report ias made to the police until later The eolonrl was standing find bowing when the incident look place' 3 fis back was turned and he knew nothingf the attack at the time When told of the affair' later he regarded the matter as entirely trivial A man who gave the name of Edward McDaniel and said he was from Tulsa Okla was arrested here I when according to the police ho tried I to force his way into the Roosevelt suite I at the Muehlebach Hotel i Seats Reserved for Veterans ive thousand seats had been reserved I jn the convention hall for members of! the A It and the Confederate veterans Wiat they might hear the colonel Before the main speech he gave two short talks I before noon one to a group of children I who greeted him in the lobby of his hotel and the other from the hotel balcony to hundreds grouped in the streets In I both of these talks Roosevelt urged pre paredness Col Roosevelt made his appeal going and to the! spirit which burned in the early sixties''In the hearts of the blue and the gray I this war we shall see a new I Europe energetically developing means Iif meeting new the speaker declared New Statesmanship Needed under these circumstances we take tefuge formulae dug out of the past instead of developing these principles so ns to meet the future we shad be ns foolish as If we were to arm our sol diers with tbntlocks and send them out Hgalnst machine guns The time fur flintlock theories of statesmanship is passed Col Roosevelt urged the nation to beware of false prophets when as pro fessional pacificists had declared a fewyears ago that there would be no more war He also made a plea for full in dustrial preparedness am told that we enjov peace with he said speaking ol the repub lic to the south Kightven vears ago avp had a war with Spain The number of Americans killed Mexico during this peace surpassed the number of Ameri cans killed bv Spam in the Avar with Spam and when this war was through it was through whereas peace continues to rage with unabated violence along the Mexican at Mercy of Invaders Coming to the question of an invasion oi American shores bv a foreign force he declared that if an army half the size of that which attacked the Dardanelles should invade this country America would be at its mercy such an invasion took said lie ''against it we would pit an nrmv of ill tramed men an army of about one third the size of the invading army un 1 rained baolv armed and without the necessary artillery and we would send CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 COLUMN 1 WEATHER ORECAST fair" orecast for Indiana fd AV nesdny and Thurs Thursday proba bly fair orecast for Indian apolis and vicinity foi Today: air it wit ijg tq tuTC 1 LZXi HOC V'TcL 1 In Indianapolis Today MeetinK of IndhnupoIU board of Indora rr of Junior Motion Picture Palin room laypool Hotel 10 a rn ifth drill I niiei wRy Chib coinpanv for training camp ederal Ball Park Hfteruoon Meeting to organize training arnp com pany Marion Club Luncheon Rotary Club Riley room Clay pool Hotel 12 15 in Baseball Indianapolis vk Louisville Washington Park Annual commencement Indian School for the Blind Pennsylvania and North streets evening Loud Wail Goes Up When incom ing body Decorators Make Debut show up The na the coming Republic! national turn (han ever before All ihe seal Louisiana anti Georgia are in contest but hl tie bearing on the national situation no matter how they are decided our seats Oklahoma are in contest and on the outcome depends the national com mitteemans!) ip Scat toeing district con tests from Texas South Carolina Ala bama and the Distnet ot Columbia are to INDIANA MORE ORTUNATE THAN SOME OTHER STATES records that were so conspicuous by tneir absence during the first week ot the preconvention activities began to show in evidence today Elbow CHICAGO May 3 0 Signs of the I approach of a national political con vention that promises to shatter all ing Delegations ind It Impos sible to Obtain Admittance Cards to Convention Hotel the political center con tracted materially as delegates and interested partV workers from all parts the country trooped into the loop and took possession ot their reservations Southern delegates began to as did soniP from the tir West tioiuil commitlee begins us work con nection with contests Tlufrsdav and the warrmg cliques in a tew districts in are busy niuKing preparations appearance before the govern of Hie party airbanks Bankers Profit by Ar riving Morrow of Ken tucky to Second Nomina tion of Hoosier 1 III kJL ggh lllK it 14 Kill 1 1 i A J' A V' Cx Slip JO kW a rt 4 i i a CagLf 'JT1 jf a from I I IC KAJ) i Ns c7 Decorators appeared in the lobby of the hotel today and before evening it began to look like a convention was to be held soon Lycry incoming trum brought its additions of party big to the gathering crowd The matter of admis sion tickets is giving the meuibers and othcers of tlie national committee and the various state chairmen much concern The doniand is still excessive and Insist ent and those who are responsible fem the distribution of tickets are beginning to realize that the day for a showdown is at hand and (hy are shakiiigdn tiwlr shoes The point has been reached where thelimit is in sight and the man who 1 rh to get a ticket quickly realizes what an impossibility it is The little lithographed ticket (Pin nut be obtained fur love or money I lilies Reynolds and others con nected with Lite national committee are in the depths of despair they all hut weep when any cue approaches them and mentions tickets May Cause Revolution There was a hint this evening that this matter of convention pickets might cause a revolution in the subcommittee of the national committee when it holds its final meeting tomorrow tu perfect convention arrangements Thn senti ment in the national commitlee against the Chicago arrangeinmils rommiitce is very hitter and it was iniimiled that the national subcommit tee might oj dr a redistribution of the tickets Chicago has hogged the ticket supply wailed one disgusted member of the national com CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 COLUMN All Leaving Germany'Given Lemon Ruh to Efface Skin Maps WARNMEUNDE Germany May 30 The last impression of a traveler leav ing Germany nowadays is likely to be that of a rub" a measure in tended to bring to light or efface as the case may be such maps and military in formation us may have been Intrusted to the skim According to the German frontier pur vey ollicers the practice has been com mon enough but recently great vigilance Ht all points has discouraged such a method of getting Information out of the country The purpose of the lemon rub is to de velop tlie drawing or writing upon the skin or tu remove the chemical which through the action of another agent would bucume visible Lemon Juice or its principal constituent citric acid will do this without injuring the skin or causing pain At a certain frontier point the name of which was not given 127 persons detained and treated to the lemon rub in March and one of the oDlcers sidd that a number of long term imprRonmtnis had resulted He also explained that while the actual spying was being dune by men the Information obtained was In most rases carried out of the country by vauiAiL ORMER LOCAL MAN WILL HEAD RAILROAD Edgar Calvin Slated for Presi dency of Union Pacific Began Career as Telegraph Operator in 1875 OMAHA Neb May According to the Omaha Evening Edgar Calvin vice president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line will be ebnted president of the Union Pacific Railroad when the directors meet Wednesday Mr Calvin will succeed A Jh Mohlc who recently announce! his resignation to take plae July 1 according to the re port "rr assistant to Mohler said that in absence of olflclal information It was logical that Mr Galvin would succeed Mr Mohler Galvin was hm in Indianapolis in 1858 and began his railroad er ns a tele graph operator for the1 Indianapolis Cin cinnati Lafayette Hullroad in 1875 In tils later career he has been identi fied with the Pacific tiio Union and the Southern Pacific Two years ago ho became vice president and general manager uf the Oregon Short Line 4 Die 18 Hurt When Awning alls During Preparedness Parade I DALLAS Tex May our persons were killed and eighteen injured lute this afternoon when the wnodmi awning over the sidewalk of a building on Main strcT collapsed The killed and injund were part of a throng watching a pr vpa edness parade The crowd watching the parade had surged forward at the approach of a hand Persons standing on the awning which was suspcndcdlng by chains over the sidewalk crowded near the edge and under this Increased weight the striicline fell taking with it a ton of brick torn from the wall behind on the crowd on the sidewalk BROTHER SPRINGrTc'E HAS BEEN KILLED IN ACTION LONDON May 81 Lieut Gerald Spring Rice tliu younger brother of the nmbnssadnr to the United Staten Sir Arthur KprJng Rlee has ben killed in action He was 62 years old DRIVER OR PEUGEOT VICTOR AT AVERAGE 084 MILES AN HOUR D'Alene in Duescnberg Second Mulford in Pen geot Th i rd Two Acciden Is i Thrills for Crowd Es iimated at 83000 4 JOthrr ntuiR of ilD rare vil! be found (in piiges I iiitil 15 of lids issue! BY A BLAKELY Driving eoiiHlstcii! llioiigh slow men as roinpn red tn hist year's nicni orable event Dario Res (a the i lng lish Ituliuii pilot slipped his Peugeot past the finish a winner in the Sixth Animal I run 1 1 mu 1 Sweep stakes 30() Mile Race on the Huliau apolls Motor Speedway yesterday by olio nilniile 11 fty sot un a nd set enty sevcii ime li ii ml hs seconds drove Die distance in 3 3 1 17 5 1 a speed of 8105 milt's an hour Wil bur leu i' I ii a Duesenbii rg was second in 3 3 I 5 2 8 Tho rare was marred by 1 wn acci dents one of which probably will cost the life of lack liis car a Delage turned over mi the north turn ami injured his mechanic and one spectator Tom Pre mier dashed into the wall on the south turn and bofli ho and his inoch anirian were carried to the hospil al with bruised bod ins and a few broken bones although imt seriously injured Ralph Mulfurd In Ids cninn and Imibhed third and for a liitm ihrcHtemd lu IhU IIiQ ul (rem IL? WHS mio of Hiy Llnwu who was abhi io luurugu eighty jiiIL an i im ollmrs all falling below that mtrk losef tlacns t'Hk 'fourth plire lu Iris Hu I ma i while PaiJicy Tdfjt ld and his 1 adage seme I flflh Uiij tu (he delight or Car lu v's friends Itick' nhLclu dilviug fur I (ndersofj ivcih sixth hi a Mlxw II Aii rHun driving fur Wilcox kuV nth in ids Premier Johnson In a f'rawfurd was Mghth Cha ndl In ml Crawford ninth and Hailm In an Mtewig tenth Thrills Are ew After flic brut: fifty jjiileH In u'cj hnd thrills criftahh) of (ho two eeld Two ut lliu fiiurlii 1 1 ou I hr 1 1 in early rtfiges and Resta took a lead al titty inilr which he never rel I i Isl md By bls victory Resta wins the first prize of $I2U(m) and also lire 1 hren IroplihH wlm were hung up nl thu 10') 20ti mid 230 mlh Jly ltdiiig the fit Id through out he guina ein pot a ry lOiiseHSlun of the Rriiiy N'rnphy a nd I Remy Grand Ihas sitrd the Prefit Li tn and the Wheeh SelH hlor Him The wliimT tinlshed his iit hip at im ch( I ma 'd speed of Plxty tnlh jin hour simply j'ly rldiug In ahead of D'Alene who gmncfl consistently during the hr iter stage I Um event lie was given a rous ing emonst rn i ion when Im passed i Im grand stand mter completing an extra Lxl raordlnn good lurk kept Resta la I hr lead winhi the lornl jj nd era 1 1 1 all lljids ol nilshalune Im winner mailo bill one stop at the l72 3 mlln post and look on tlicS and guH Trouble ruvo hrm a char Jald unl bls rmiMistent driving under such conditions iiiuiIq him the win mr Rickenbacher Sets Pace I Im rare started off al a irisL clip with Eddie Rickenbaeher setting the pacy in his white Maxwell AV hen pacmnul ar How They inished Av Miles Car and Driver nuHr 1 t'ciigrui (KeMa) 105 2 tircv nherg 1 Icne) 3325 3 Peugeot (Mulford) 825 I Su ii boa in Ch riM inc ns) 71 15 5 Dcliigd (()lilll hl) Max well I 7831 (Anderson) 7885 8 ji i ford ih iison 7 115 9 Cm ford nd I 7 I 8 1 )it ew in' ILilhe) 7dO5 I (glnn (Alley) 7325 other rars ordered DarkDrh iog for llcndcj sonx Di ing for ilrov (Signed) IIOVM RD AMMON Referee 'I hr itlnnc ni iil aerags given Hl nt niiduighL last night rruTM several posilions as pie viousiy published Smith dropped emt nt Um ond of the hist i oil in! al Inp 1 li nhar I nr shot Into the ad and bygood drh big gained a long lead wlihln the tiral mllrs Ills 1lmtJ for (he first lap showed a speed of U0 LT mlh a an hour and Im funs Buttled hack see record breaking rnce 0 kept up lim dizzy pace Lip after Jnp and at tu Uhl htul lapped several curs ami was lengths abend of uia nearnsl rivals I I is limo for Uni twenty miDs showed a speed UI2U miles mi hour Im I'itllfhli iictj Ilia me a ruddy slm 1 1 red llio went il vo milu post Inf Rh rib i' Imp rimntintorcvl Iroiihli! (cinl a oiil benring pul him out of tin nifiu Dm I'Ilcq hh piii'oina kwr Was oeenpiod 1 1 med in ly by John AillJn in a l'ciircl win) I ia I hv ru 1 1 1 1 1 sec the hadt John cut ilnwn Hie nn elghty eluhl jidlo lip ami led Resta who wm3 lu llilrd pla( until III I rnl peat was nearly mtchuil Al Him point lie find in ftlop'for tiro clmnge and Resta took Um lead und nyvi rrltmiulshed jt Aitken Is Halted Whe A 1 1 1 nXa over tlm lead he was nxeiaging 88 H2'x utiles an hour RosLv pas'n the Imlf cn nlrtry mark fie lirst t'l'cm with nn average of RS1J Aitken iiinilo a quick I elm nge Ji ml starlet! out slier Um lender lie lor him Lo tfpeed up iitij until ho went nil in Urn I7fth mile wttH keeping Resta Japping tlm at a sp approximately 87 miles an hour The lo al di iv gained comh lently on the holer until a broken valve "loppr him and ended his chance lor first nlaeo waa only nnr tnlniifi! mill fm ly Uircc und cum Ing last At (hat pnlni llm speed was 871 I niilcti an lust short of (Im recnr'l HR XL Thm tlm dip brj'tin Tlm niriik showed llm speed slowed down miles an pour ms agabu i XU 22 in tlm H)I5 rai Al 22 Hilles the aV rstge was 8523 While (he forme? iiiiukUaB Kl'alS A 2 10 iiill' the speed i lopped to y(pi) ami at 25k ndh was 8168 Tlm former ma nl I IjIh pol nt 1 XI) 77 As Um linlshlng' linn drew iiQiuar llm Hum ilroppud bisH ad of hirrensing as hi Umj J915 uVfiil Al 275 miles (he avettiga was 831)3 miles as against tlm former eeord of 8TU8 I ho lutlsh fuiiml Resta In front with an uverjge of 8105 At that poloL tsl year In the 500 itiIle race Um ili i waa averaging U02 miles nn hour' Tlm record this year however did b'fit tin 3 tU I irmrk of 8298 Resta Utrm jor ho 00 rnl It He (nrimd llm 200 jnlh 4 in 218:03:63 Um 25o In 255:17:53 end Um 3oa miles in 334 37:51 All Credit Due Resta OcHpIto tho fact tiled the race wus slower than List year hn be dlsUnrtlv understood that this was not the fault of CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 COLUMN 6 OUR ARE INJURED ON TRACK LECAIN HOVERING NEAR DEATH Delage Driver Suffers Two ractures of Skull Broken Jaw and Internal Hurls Local Man Run Over Outside of Grounds BY EVERETT WATKINS PvrO drivers and tlrnli mechanicians in the mad race for gold and glory sitff6 i(jd Injuries in yesimday a I Speedway classic when their cars howling along nt eighty miles an hour became uncontrollable and turned turtle One of the speed kings Jack LeCain driver of a Pelage is expected to die lie is hovering between hfo am! death si Iho M'dhodist Hospital where Im was rushed niter his Injuib which iitchido two fractures of the skull a frrirtiirnd jaw and nn abdominal injury had been dressed at the emergency hospital on the Speedway grounds LeCain Is making a gaino fight to da frat death but attending jriiysicia ns rn teitain little hope for his recovery Only Llm fart that the f'prrd way emergency hospital holds the unusual record of all num victims r'welvM thrre nlivn In the last six years having survived gives the surgeons encouragement such as it is he second most seriously injured was Tom Rooney driver of lTmmr Special who suffered a fractured thigh a dislo cated shuuld' and from contusions on the body His recovery is assured James McCallister mechanician for Rooney suffered drum contusions on his arms legs und but he soon will re rovr Robert Moore mechanician for Lo Uain finch minor injuries that he was able to walk from the grounds un aided A fifth person to" suffer Injury nt the Speedway grounds was rank Mrffey an automobile salesman living at North Illinois si reel Indianapolis whose ft ankle was broken by being run over bya motor truck Maft'ey was in the road near the Speedway when he was knocked down and run over by the truck lie was taken tu the Speedway emer gency hospital where his fracture was CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 COLUMN 6 i A 1 V' I JACK LECAIN a I S' M' i A.