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THE HOOSIER STATE'S COMPLETE NEWSPAPER. The ITS '--2iv hj- Call JHAla MM and try, Indianapolis MORNING, A 81. lii ISSUED EVERY DAV-BY STAR I Pally, by Per Week. TWft'R'E PVFUSHir-'G COjIrANT. I Mall, bv Zones.

75 to I1.M.7 us it WtV of L. trf -i Mth Congratulations ji.l^i'y^»t.V*ho«gr.Pb.r: UW5 CLASSIC AT AVERAGE SPEED OF 94.48 MILES AN HOUR NeW ReCOrd Closely By Hartz, Who Finishesin Sec- Set for Race Attendance Presence Request Program Will Be Given Tonight By Star-HatrieM. fepfc fen Jscutiy cotin- of. 'Main-'' kjii, unant- Injtructlni out of. patient labor the thoughtful llk'enees, dlmVin ishadpwx 'of'the gleajnlng I 'have of.

"Americans 7 na- president came riairie the raemorlil jhe brinK A of, filf 1 the coMjn rt)ie great, i 1 -'''-'n. e.rsj admirals and generals but "ft-was not these. to the h'6 4m'a4e' the' flay'h'tttoric It was the swell- for sun. to' claim this the Mgti- -biwyt Americans Jf cluster-, hiiif iBr'jinde th.e.. 1 many may Ifafa: rf-V! TONIGHT'S WON PROGRAM.

Olive' roprano; -Smith -tt ilia plitno: eoprano; 'Mrs. 1 'E. -L. tt the HolleVaj Hoonlpr Harhionlpta. "Count the "Sunrlee and Mrs.

i Hoosier -Harmonist? "Thy Blue at Holler's Hoosier "Life" Toolej- "In My HVnrt. on Ity' Day Is in My Schonber'r Old SoutJilind" Hollar's "Tour Have'-Told "Who Bs, th Vent Over Ton?" i -j' Hollpffc Hoosfer Harmonists But a Schotiberif "G6od-by. Shanghai" Hjirmonlstir Louta 331 UM" 'T(wr Little Hoostep 'SHooflftr SURFEIT 61 RACING THRILLS Report 135,000 Paid Admissions for Speedway Event Han- dredt of Fans Camp Before Gates Waiting for Dawn. ond Place, With Hearne, Third; DePalma, Fourth; Haibe, Fifth; Wonderlich, Fetterman, Vail, Alley and Thomas Completing in Order Named--Five Above 90 Cars Stay Through Grind. 7 DUESENBERG CARS COME IN FOR MONEY 500-Mile Race Winners.

With Ideal weather conditions prcynll- InR. the largest crowd in the history of the world's greatest motor race classic i journeyed out to the.Speedway yestcr- OM ar fln fl Driver. Tlnie of i 1--lwp1i Special (Murphy) 5:17:30.79 2--nncwnbefg offlolals there (Hearne) 5:22:28.08 4--inicsenbetff (OePalma) 5:31:04.05 J2 each. made. 1270.001) grow receipts les enberg 3:81:13.43 at the gate, be lde 8 the grand stand.

0 Dne enberB (Wotlderllch) 5:37:88.84 auto Infield and other charges. I which would bring the a re- ceipw up to the iMO.oon mark. A a DuedeitherK (Vail) of 5.HOO were admitted. Spcclnl (Alley) 5:37:36:13 1'nde Sam nUjo profited (Thomas) whtfch Jimmy Murphy finished winner. According wore paid at through the race.

His share of the In the form of war taxes will be i approximately MO.000. i A night long hundreds of the race camped before the. gatea of the (cn 91,400. Speedway or I I vk-lnlty and with the first streaks of dawn there 4 concerted rush for.artv»nt»sepus positions, as the gates swun'g 'open there was nn Inpourlng w'hich kept up In steady stream until'alter the race started, Terre Haute Couple First. Average O4.48 03.54 03.04 90,61 D0.58 8S.79 87.99 83.89 82.10 finished nice.

finished race. Aniihed race. First nerond, third, fourth, I), Hlvth, seventh, eighth, ninth, Nervei Prawn Taut by Long Hours of Waiting for Start of World's Leading, Sport Event, Feel Relief as Cars Swing Into Grinding Struggle. BY GUY BRENTON, "Ah-o-o-o-b-o-o-o-- Aw-w-w-w!" "Ah-o-o-o-Waw!" Ah-woo! Ah- the roar of exhausts, the whine of'heavy cord'tires on' hot brick paving VndJ.be screech of gears meshing In agony of ah eighty-five mile speed In their first lap after the pacemaker had them loose for the 600-mile grind I tenth International sweepstakes at the Speedway. And if was the sweet musls for which the crowd was Impatiently waiting.

From opening of the sarly in the mornjng until after 11) startlng.Jhour, the tream spectators'through; the entrance was 'continuous. People (n all sorts ar a one-way street for 1 the wa 1 crowded and ahreast with oalefl motor earn every size and carrying license platen from BY W. BkAIME FATTON, SlMV if f' Driving a superb race with fearlew courage 4 Ulmtny piloted his Special to victory Interna- i a Bwecpsiakes race at. the Indianapolis Motor Speedway The first to enter through a a i all existing records for the long grind by 94.48 mobile a were Mr. and Mrs.

1 an Hts im( vas 5 hours 17 minutes 80.79 seconds. The A Plnder of Terre. a Ind In 1915 by Ralph DePlIma In who iichlevfid this dlstinrtion for intt i consecutive time, taking their ac- time being 5 hours 34 ininutes 4 4 6 5 or an average.of Icustomed position at thrllllnjt I 1 89.B2 nillPS an hour. field turn nmj within nn hour was on Murphy break former record, Are speed narking space within seeing dis-; a (0 fln)gh bc tfered the old mark. Harry In a DueteabeTf, course I second and averaged 93.54 miles an hour; Bdlu in a French and W.

N. a all 1,1 sprlngileld. Hallol. took third with an average of 93.04; Ralph fourth, were the first to tnke their seats lii l.j a Duesenberg, i an average of 90.61; Ora Halbe was fifth, In a a dozen or more The most desirable parking within track oval HI 1 by motoring parties. with i the grand litiml at 7 o'clock.

They ha'l arrived the night before to see the race a i were not going to miss a single tn( informed the Duesenberg, i an average of the lead In 7 4 lap made anil (lid not regain it i the. 122d Hal lil le1 ln ne ot Scores of arrivals Monday night had camped alo'ng the road and- in vacant lota, near the I card lumlies anil drinks. u.rioiiK. ptan'l WHS one a i (if i a bottle, cooling i sftv( from MlBh home nt lo IPR 10 of automotive So rant Grand xtsn.Ia the pallilofk began i lhf OW(1 pour ln a after nn i 75th lap. won in lap prizes, which and JSfith.

Diiray in officially announcing that had won all the laps. The re- tabulation diyide the lap prizes among the three drivers. None Injured In Race. There were a few mishaps and narrow escapes on the course, but no one to be peopled noon after 9 o'clock, pre-1 sontlng a sen of colored here and there with a i It was announced, had been sold. 1 1 einfi vii I.UUIBC, uui IIO ona i included radio set valued at was Injured In of'the remarkable Nearly every a in the Union wss parllotilarlv striking spirts null -( vivid prMen ted at Irack and the fall dslenatlon.

confident from green, dayzllng oranse or yellow, or more somber purple or plum, Under a brilliant sun the groundu were I wou carry off the honors, was sur DePaol.i won I in lap prizes and Ouray, J50. Makes Three SJops at Pits. Murphy, who had won the note drat a their own J) P''y lon in t' hf qu tests by nhowlns miserably hot and those In the grand stands and paddock exposed to the sun prisingly large. No less a a dozen automobiles bearing the California 11- welcomed every means band for pro-) cense tag were a i before in 1 1 speed. A field of twenty-seven the starter and twenty, cara were, on i the track when the winner flashed uh- der the wire amid the cheera of a crowd estimated at 135,000.

greatest speed for four laps (ten opposltton I took the lead on the first turn 1 0 American-built creations, the course lie made thr-e ajop, at the! TMTM Eddie Hearne being grounds. Early comera saw (hem In their tents In the midtt of. the after- breakfast Can Three AbraMt. Trains of street-curs poured out lection. Men unbuttoned their collars! ror )i to one of the Spfcdway em- w4c; eager buyers of improvised i ye who had bee.n on at thn "i pi In.

i i i ttie only contender. The Ballot 5nft( eg na ould attach motor a 'tcrown. Wotnen shielded i heads from the rnys i newspapers. 'Eager for Start. Vat men In the thinnest summer suits of--WOH, The, gtar-Hatfleld last iileKt expressed their (jiiUflcatloh.

over inced In broadcasting results of'the autottoblle. race at the.Wdfariapolla SJeedwajr.yejiterday^ Informailon received ih Indianapolis tho oift via WOK-were' heard clearly distinctly throughout Indiana, well as In many places considerably farth'er away. Radio enthusiaste'ln IfidlRnapolls who did not yesterday surprised to hear the roar of the racing cars as they sailed the broadcast- Ing station constructed' by'The SUr- HSt.fleld.st'uaio. at-the. trauk, especially for "the of 1,600 Shortly after 8 o'clock lii the morning -lirst message was sent' olH from anifounclng the.

music 'be from the band of pieces bkfld' marclted J61rH.4^e, track, The StariHCtfleld 'ctfrVTiNueb ON PAOB TEN. fashioned absorbent gaskets out of allk! Spepdway. the tlrsl car moving I hsndherc.hlefs.for Their Kecks unrl guz-i position Monday Mnii nt this'sates. Speedway-avenue, designated lemonade In desperate hop, were prepared i a I keeping comforfafle. I.Htla shrimps! menl, but others, who had expected to A chewed cigars nervously arid fidgeted.

Only the human beanpoles without, blood enough to abnorb the heat ap- a Speedway by Ooux never threatened the leaders and broke down, as did the driven by "Howdy 1 1 Wllron. The Bnglish Bentley, driven up more br Dou llls Haffk 8 a of spent the in addition to I valuable trophies, "inning smoothly the finish, but the of Htrauss Oo. and l( lk 1 to Msny Slept in Open, i the downtown ftlleil in special lap Kqulpment antl will brinff Mur' phy'K i in the open In Whct-li-p -Srhebk-r cup. which CLEO SKWNER, 17 YEARS OLD, StXTH Boy Goet Down in Spring Lake While on Picnic Party. I ON PAOE FOUR.

In Indiaimpolii Today. Tintltl -tearhrr It THIS; YEAB. May old. 2863 Paris avenue. May Burnell, 12 years oJd, Clermpnt.

May. 12--N'ed Koundtree, lii yean old; 60S North senate avnu'e. Jl--Howard Fletcher, 17 years 'old, street. May Jf--Xoble Mllits, old, 'Mars Mill. Skinner.

17 years 17115 "West Morris street. 6 17-year old son of Mar- Uti was drowned ye-stjrdjrj- while in Spring lake, about a mile west of Gten Val- the Dandy frail, tt was the sixth drowning this year. Wiy wAr-'wItJi a SeveraL members of tbe oji-th? north 1iut xnd Cecil jjidlow, IS years 1243'jHliUt' Mreet, had-withdrawn to According 10 jwrne'dUUncff from 600. the Woy, e.yldeiJy ww. with TM, All were Inwardly ate'wlng with i nejs for the-' clash of machines a promissd excitwnent and As the su'n grew hotter airt hotter the approach of the starting hour of humanity In the grand jsttinda broke into an ebb and flow of i iriotlon with the swaying of fans.

The beginning i with the first italute 0u 9:46 and con- jtln'ulng un'll Irt o'clock. helgbtenedJLhe expectancy 'of tire crowd. j' Twenty-seven oands combined, and fteaded by a color detachment from the Indianapolis reiTUltlng station of the marines- carrying the gold-fringed Slars Ptrlpee, paraded 'up and back the from the south turn, past tho grand stands and paddock. At ttl i Vlatlom flag passed bared and.hun- dreds faced it In, he posture of at- 'tentlon. Bind Claimed Attention.

band men, l.W' In number, COAL MINE QWNERS WITH PLOT 1U ttUUjt r.KH^c, liulf fi-nl high rnntalns silver 81 JK.HOII, rechecklng tin fnun'l a a i with any of the leaders. Retailer, to Tell Hoover of New Speed King Live, in From an Indianapolis standpoint it was a great victory for this city In that eight of winning cars were error" had been manufactured well'as half ol the Murphy The chassii Is the same used by Murphy ta win French Grand Prix, a Dueaenberg, but carried a Miller motor In this race. All ot the "Duesies" the event were manufactured here and these cars FOR RICKENBACKER carried off the lion's -share of places by winning second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth, positions. JIMMY MURPHY IN 1916 WAS MECHANIC Attempt to Double War- Time Profits. WASHI.VflTO.V.

May m--Dedaring thflt coal who are here In preparation for a conference i Secretary Hoover tomorrow on coal a preliminary meeting a and agreed upon a a minimum of a representatlveji of retail dealcn 1 Lot Angelet, Is 27 and Unmarried. JImtn.v Murphy battered In the door to the h.ill a with a resounding yesterday when he achieved his i Tom Alley. Is nets and mide here. A terrific first twenty-flve Wllcs-pf CONTINUED'! ONE DRIVER KILLED, utretched out thirty-six, lines, made music In-a volume that could be heard all orer the, grounds. by the drum majtor of the crack iSjfiiue universiiy The 27-year-old Callfornlan won it on track with which he became familiar bituminous eoa! operators i (he view i of preventing an advance In prices during the strike.

"Our 1 Mr. Ferguson to- tilght. "Is hawd upon the fact thst st the checltered flag that meant victory above Ihe flying figure of his fornstr.me--f«".*, chanlc, Jimmy Murphy, Murphy Is unmarried and lives In I-os Angeles. Cal. rise to racing fame From a "m.echanlo organization two other majors as The oriental lions In the I parade Included the Wilbur Wright band, Purdtin t'nlversfty ftidlsnspoifj VUllary.

(nslty Concert, Military, the Ms'ter IhdUnnpolid, 0. O. 0. South normal wltiiout calltnj mm. -f jivttrtMK- "nd other' of the pkiilc parts CONTINUIO ON TEN.

Call for $1.75. unt yg 1 h'e slmpjy romped of thin tonnage contracted away with winner's sh.are^.qf. Isle May Tile pro- I the Inilianspolla race Snd hi I'jrlcen mean. of IM)'. with an American (ier cent "over cortrrct prlcon of conl i power plant Miller the mines and are much higher a the mounted In a Duesenherg chassis', maximum price charged during the war I power plant waa a California product- the chassis wafrmadi 3 Trom the.fen.ce;:by?a,'m.ch!i.pre:««tt mtttr-.