Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 8 July 1927 — Page 2

\

PAGE TWO

THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT

A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 8th Congressional District. The

only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.

m ' K Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice! at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1S79. ,

FORD PAPERS STOP FIGHTING JEWISH PEOPLE

PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEAR.

Room 613 Wysor Block—Telephones 2216 and GEORGE R. DALE, Owner and Publisher.

2540

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, July 8, 1927.

Finds Stories Published Are Untrue and Expresses Regret.

Jay County Next. The taxpayers of Jay county have begun to look into the gravel situation, with the result that petitions have been tiled with the county commissioners, requesting an investigation of alleged irregularities. In the campaign of 1924, in Delaware county the PostDemocrat exposed a rotten gravel steal and in the next election, because of these exposures, Delaware county went democratic, a I next January two democratic county commissioners will be occupying the places of the two republicans responsible for the gravel situation. But to go back to Jay County: During that memorable time when the Post-Democrat explained to an amazed public what was going on in select gravel circles, a representative of this newspaper visited other counties in this locality, with the idea in view of showing up Delaware county as the black sheep of the district. We first took a hitch at Madison county, and backed away holding our breath and our nose. We found it worse than Delaware county, and since Madison county seemed to be ignorant and happy, we did not disturb the pleasant dreams of the yeomanry by telling tales out of school. Our next trip was to Jay county where we took a preliminary look through the records in the auditor’s office. The more we looked, the less we thought of holding Jay county up as one ideal locality, where the merchandising of gravel had not been reduced to a science by political manipulation. We found enough in five minutes to convince us that it would never do to compare Jay county with Delaware county, if we expected to get anywhere in explaining that the situation in Delaware county was thoroughly bad, and that Jay county’s republican officials were candidates for wings and harps in the celestial beyond. It was apparent, in fact, that the gravel grafters of Delaware county, who were bad enough, in all conscience, were mere amateurs as compared 1 with their more highly educated republican colleagues in the neighboring county

of Jay.

We quit looking, then, for awful examples. The republicans were in power all over the state, and the word must have gone down the line to soak the taxpayers, and that the manipulation of gravel lifting and 'gihyel %i> r i^g contracts was the easiest route to separate the eas^ rparks^|rom easy money. * : Having had considerable, experience in digging up gravel scandals, the Post-Democrat is contemplating a tour of the state, in order to explain to the residents of each county just what has been done to them. Evidently the aggrieved citizens of Jay county, who are petitioning for relief, have begun to see through the republican fog and the r>v49f<sna*>. (yf "and ”

New York. July 8—The New York American, in a copyrighed article, says that Henry Ford has ordered his paper, the Dearborn Independent, to ‘discontinue permanently all articles hostile to the Jewish people,” has withdrawn from publication the pamphlet in which such items were being distributed, and in a signed statement has expressed deep regret for any

CAVANALL TRUCKING CO. In any business the main pillars or wheels which keep the business moving are, promptness, skillfulness, speed; and good equipment which faciliates the functioning of these three business upkeeps. The Cavanall Trucking Company has endeavored to broaden its sphere of business relations . by having the best of equipment jnd by doing the best grade of wlrk. They have the reputation of having although not the largest company in town, some of the most efficient workmen and equipment. They insure all loads against damage by any kind of accident and haul to

any place.

It is with pleasure that they invite you in to look over their equipment, talk over your future moving and hauling of all kinds, and get their prices and compare

them with others. We Thank You.

CAVANALL TRUCKING CO.

CHARGES MAY BE RESULT OF STORY BY STEPHENSON

Criminal Action Is Awaiting Check on Allegations; Are Looking for Evidence.

injury or hurt caused by the series. Never Again, He Says. Mr. Ford's statement, according! to the American, includes the announcement that “henceforth the Dearborn Independent will be conducted under such auspices that articles reflecting upon the Jews will never again appear in its columns.” “Let me add,” this version of the statement concludes, “that this statement is made on my own initiative and wholly in the interest of right and justice and in accordance with what I regard as my solemn duty as a man and as a cit-

izen.”

The Detroit m«nutacturer was chicago _ Considerable fear lias quoted as being P ^ , fh been expressed at recent meetings that his journal baa been made the ^ do thet over specialization medium for resurrecting exploded will dange rou S to the medical fictions for giving currency to the fessj , b * t this ig not the be :r" sssts ".ra." J'" - “ "

PREDICTS RETURN TOFAVOROFOLD FAMILY DOCTOR

Dr. C. H. Mayo, Noted Surgeon, Says He Will Never

Become Obslete.

the nation’s most noted surgeons. The old time practitioner, who makes his rounds daily and pre scribes to the ordinary ills of the community, will never become ob

solete, Mayo says.

“Progress in medicine, as in oth-

er fields, moves in cycles,” he

details of these articles” Mr Fordl pointed out ‘ “ At intervals of eveFy details o t e e d . / 200 years or so specialization comes ;k quoted as d g. .. d ]to the fore and general practice and have forbidden their circulation the ral petitioner go into the without a moments hesitation. be-\^ ^ , We are now in the ?. au f e J aI ^J ull T y „. a ^ r ®_ 0 i 1 ! he J ir ;l midst of such a period.

“But I don’t think the outlook is particularly gloomy. There is and tor maukind • • * their

olence aM toterest! men tral „ ed in t ,,e r eal, the general

strated, as I learn, to be gross forg3ries, and for contending that the Jews have been engaged in a conspiracy to control the industries

and capital of the world.” Aware of Their Virtues.

‘‘Had I appreciated even the general nature, to sa?' nothing of the

tues of the Jewish people as aj whole, of what they and their ancestors have done for civilization, I

in the public

,,4

.

t ,care .of the ; sick, "but when ■ | Uttt$ comes there will be a reversal jrff the cycle, the general pyactitionjer will come into his ckvn again arid ithe specialist.will become the tecrli jnician. The general practitioner iwill care for the sick, will make the

Primp ifl Qfcjfp ^* a S nosis anf l ca ll * n tbe specialist vJl IIIIvJ 111 RJWtXijonly as he needs a tedhnician, eith er for operations or for work in a

Blames Dry Law For Increase In

'special, limited field.’

Terre Haute. In*. July 8 4 --9Weak

Henry Skins It Back. Henry Ford says he has quit fighting the Jews. He says if he had known what the Dearborn Independent was saying about the Jews he would never have stood for it. That proves what we have always contended: That Ford never read his own paper. The kluxers have now received their final blow.

Chief Chones says he is up a stump. He doesn’t know what to do w r ith the girls in the redlight. According to the Press he wants advice from the general public. The Presf suggests that its readers help solve the problem. We read the Press every day, therefore are eligible to make a suggestion. At first thought, we would say, that if the chiei is lost in a fog, and admits that he doesn’t know what tc do, get a new chief.

Councilman Friedley ripped ’em up the back in royal style at the council meeting Monday night, but it seems that his former associates in reform went back on him when the vote was taken. There’s one thing about Roy, and that k, that he is always ready to say his piece and stand by it, no matter how many members of the council oppose him. Ir every group of public officials one good conscientious objector is worth a wdiole lot to the community.

One moi • g this week Attorney Clarence Benadum herded into the circuit court a small army of law violators, all of whom., with, one exception, plead guilty to the various offenses with which they were charged, and were given suspended sentence by Judge Dearth. There are some w^hc seem to think that Judge Dearth, a candidate for re-elec-tion, has somewhat revised his original stern code of sending offenders to the penal farm. Well, Dearth is a gooc campaigner, and he has a big hill to climb. If he will now publicly admit that the Post-Democrat was right in charging jury irregularities and objecting to Jake Cavanaugh’s peculiar method of jury drawing he will have gone a long way ‘toward establishing in the minds of the people that he is sincerely regretful of some of his past acts on the bench.

WHILE COOLIDGE

| Sjg

(Continued From Page One) the Congressional program, the

President develops no program for his party, and it is becoming apparent that the majority in the next Congress will be as lacking in

leadership as it was in the Sixty-

1 While President Cooliclge is in j J^ve Presidential, aspirations^ the Black Hills flirting with trout, I Cojolidge supporters are not worhis political advisers and managers because o any fear such resoin Washington are worrying over lutmus will interfere with his re the third-term question, certain tOi 110111111 * 111 ^ 1 the bedeial patron

be one of the outstanding issues of a S e machine,

,1'esolutions are to be introduced, but by Republicans. The resolutions will be supported by Demojerats, of course, because they have always been against a third term, ibut it will also be supported by anti-Coiolidge Republicans, not merely the Wisconsin and other insurgents, but by other members oi the House and Senate who favor Speaker Longworth, former Governor Lowden, Dr. Nichola Murray Butler and other Republicans who

The

the campaign in the event the Federal patronage machine forces his re-nom'ination, as now appears certain. It is certain that resolutions will be introduced in both houses of Congress opposing a third term, and defining such a term as any period extending beyond eight years, and Cboridge backers are fearful the resolutions will be passed. "While Democrats, following the wise counsel of Thomas Jefferson, are opposed to more than eight years in the Presidency for any

but because of the

prominence it would help to give the issue when the real test comes in the Presidential election itself.

HARDESTY’S GROCERY

man, it is not hv them that the urday.

Hlsewhere in this issue appears the second announcement of the Rardestry Grocery & Meat Market corner o. Riga end Jackson streets. Readers of the Pust-Dej-ocrat should not fail to remember this up-to-date grocery and meat market when they do their marketing,. -3at-

He said the matter of edjp

'ng before - the Terre Haute Rotary ;*‘ Ui giic -r

Club at its noon luncheon here Tues! cpang ’ ng ' noticeably. He said ^nai Jay, Henry A. Roberts of Indi-! the youn S doctors n ° w go through anapolis. state sales agent, blamed { ^ years’tram]ng above their pre-

the prohibition law to a large ex-

tent for the great increase in the

number of inmates of penal insti-

.utions.

“Only a few days ago.” he said, ‘the average number of inmates of he Indiana reformatory was around right hundred, and today it is 1,)41. During the same length of time inmates of the Indiana state farm increased from 408 to 1,273, whilej he increase of the Indiana state! prison for the same period went j

from 900 to 1,816.

‘‘This double, and in some cases j triple, increase of the inmates inj mr state penal institutions has been made to a great extent since :he late world war. It is also noticeible that this enormous increase' nas been made since bootleggers in dvery county in Indiana have become more numerous than book agents. A few years ago, when Inliana was under local option, 1, like nany others, believing in tempermce, voted “dry,” thinking like the Iry advocates did, that if the state was free of saloons, our penal in.•ititutions would soon be all but mipty. But the facts in results are lifferent. Something else has hap-

pened!”

o

Folerance Urged As Aid To Indiana

Newcastle. Ind., July 8.—Pointing :o the comercial and industrial development of Indiana, Arthur L. jilliom, attorney general, in an address before the Rotary Club here declared Indiana could overcome much unfavorable advertising by practicing tolerance, good will and ^letting the world know that thitj Rate has laws to enable every one ;o follow the opportunities which ire here. Law and government, he said, should not pretend to build a wall around the state and make Inliana stagnant with no eye to the future. What we need to do, he declared, is to have the reputation of being a state where there is law seeking to enable any one to follow the opportunities guaranteel under ;he constitution, where tolerance is good will, where preachers breach, judges judge and physicians determine what is medicine.

TAX FERRET LOSES MOVE

Kokomo, Ind.. July 8.—Icon

Mount of Tipton, special judge in a tax ferret case, yesterday overrul-

ed a motion of Ferdinand P. Vanri reduct * on

Deveer, tax ferret, for a new trial of tlie case in which VanDeveer was Ordered to restore to the Howard county treasury $21,693.87 paid him as fees and also to pay $2,000 for the cost of court proceedings.

VanDeveer c;ave notice he would appeal to the appellate court. An explorer says ilrat African

elepliauts have no enemy ex- ept

man. . The average healthy man Las

about four quarts of blood in his

bedj'. _

medical carefer.

This probably will be changed he pointed out, through more diversified education in the lower grades and doctors will be graduated at ages younger than now. This will give a constant supply of

practitioners, he believes.

o

CRUISER TANGLE SETTLEMENT IS DEEMED CERTAIN

Concerted Effort by Powers

Seen in Visit of Jap and British Ambassadors.

Washington, July S.—Quiet assurance was evident yesterday at the State Department that the cruiser problem at the Geneva naval limitation conference wquld be untangled with satisfaction to the three participating powers. With the definite aligning of Japan in support of the American proposal for a cruiser total tonnage far under the British recommendation of 600,000 tons, officials were more confident that an acceptable compromise would be worked out. The concerted effort being made by the powers at national capitals as well as at Geneva to find a common meeting ground, evidenced Wednesday with the call of Ambassador Howard of Great Britain upon Secretary Kellogg, as emphasized yesterday when the secretary received the Japanese ambassador, Baron Matsudaira. The department again yesterday declined to throw further light on Sir Esme’s visit, and if the Japanese ambassador amplified informally to the secretary the strong declaration made by the Japanese chief of delegation in Geneva Wednesday against British cruiser tonnage proposals, the department did not find it expedient

to reveal the fact.

Jap Support Was Expected.

No authorized comment whatever on the developments of Wednesday at Geneva was available at the State Department. It was evident, however, that the Washington government has known all along that the Japanese would lend vigorous support to the American urgency for an agreement on cruiser tonnage that would mean in fact

of naval expenditure.

Nevertheless, it was maintained that conduct of the negotiations at Geneva has been left to Ambassador Gibson and his colleagues subject only to the limiting instructions with which they were provided originally or have been furnished with since the conference be-

gan.

o

Michigan City, Ind., July 7.— David C. Stephenson, former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader, now serving a life sentence in prison here for murder, through his attorney issued a statement last night declaring that he had told all he knew about Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis, recently indicted, but said he had said nothing about any one connected with the prison. His statement referred to conferences with Will H. Remy, prosecutor of Marion county, Indiana, the last of which was held Tuesday. Criminal action based on information given by D. C. Stephenson, life prisoner at the Indiana state prison, to prosecuting officials of Marion county in an interview with the prisoner at the institution Tuesday, may not be expected for several days, John W. Holtzman, one of the special assistant prosecuting attorneys who attended the conference, declared Tuesday. Whatever action follows any revelations that mhy have been made by Stephenson in his four-hour conference with the prosecuting officials will await a checking process, which will reveal the truth of the statements, and a plan of action to be fallowed by the prosecutors in running down the evidence given

by the prisoner.

The checking process must await the return to Indianapolis of William H. Remy, prosecuting attorney of Marion county, and William H. Sheaffer, grand jury deputy prosecutor, for conference with Mr. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson, the other special assistants appointed several months ago to help the prosecutor investigate political and official misdeeds of which .Stephenson is said to have

had knowledge

While those of the interviewing party who are in the city were reluctant to divulge any information given them by Stephenson at the prison, they intimated that sufficthatjtifiht information was given to prb[ofi^i.t^he investigation that has beeii udider way since last October into the' charges made by Stephenson, that hq could produce evidence which would involve others in law

violations.

Several Matters Deduced.

Several matters were deduced from the information given by the special assistant prosecutors.\ In

eluded in these ■were:

Slip

information that he said wouM involve possibly officials other than chose in the city of Indianapolis. This information, he said, is to be produced “at the proper time.” 2. Sufficient evidence was given by Stephenson to warrant a continuance of the investigation unlertaken outside grand jury cireles, which already has resulted in he arrest of four officials of the

crity of Indianapolis.

3. The investigation will be in the hands of the special investigators md will not be placed with the Marion county grand jury. This will be done under an act of the 1927 Legislature that permits the prosecutor to file affidavits regardless of whether the grand jury is in

session.

4. Stephenson refused to reveal he whereabouts of the “documentary evidence,” which he says he has and which he claims will prove his charges of wrongdoing on the part of certain state, county and city officials. This information, or documentary evidence, he says still is intact and can also be produced ‘‘at the proper time.” 5. Another conference will be leld with Stephenson at the prison whenever Stephenson deems it the ‘‘proper time” to reveal more facts. -o—

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

In the matter of the passage of a certain ordianace by the Common Council of the City of Muncie,, Delaware County, Indiana, authorizing a temporary loan. Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, that a public hearing will be held by the Common Council in the council chamber in the City Hall. Muncie, Indiana, July .18, 1927, at 7:30 P. M. on an ordinance making a special appropriation of $61,200.00 to the Department of Finance for the repayment of temporary loan $60,000 and interest thereon from July 20, 1927, appropriated by the ordinance 'authorizing the making of said loan passed by the common council; July 6, 1927. Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. After the special appropriation has been decided upon by the Council, ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such special appropriation may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further and final action thereon by filing a petition therefor with the county auditor not later than ten days from date of final action of said council and the State Tax Board will fix a date of hearing in this city. MAYNEL W. DALBY, City Clerk. July 8 & 15.

In early Europe, silk was obtained from wild silkworms that fed on

oak and cypress trees.

A London hospital engages in t ’e manufacture of surgical catgut

foi use in sewing wounds,

one spinner could spin 120 threads, Tne spinning-jenny, with which was invented by a poor English i In -t ie sixth century B. C. two weaver about 1750. armies nee stopped fighting and! Almost all books published.in [made peace because an-eclipse of Finland have paper covers. the sun occurred.

The Old Bus!

The paint may be scraped off here and there and probably the mudguards bear the dents of careless parking or even more careless fellow * • , parkers. # j- % \ The engine may miss now and then and shifting gears may not be the smooth easy matter it once was, but the old bus is still a good old friend. It has served you well. Down to the office; quick, pleasant shopping trips; cool, refreshing evening drives through the country; week-end journeys to see the folks back home, wonderful vacations—all this and more the old bus has given you. You know all this of course, but did you ever stop to think how much the oft-discussed business of advertising has had to do with the fun you

have had out of the old bus?

of many things that made your car run Didn’t advertising help you plan your

Didn’t advertising tell you easier and more economically?

pleasure trips?

And when you are through with the old bus, won’t advertising help you dispose of it advantageously and enable you to 1 select the new one more

intelligently ?

And that’s just the motor-car department of life. Advertising means quite a lot to you, doesn’t it? Life would be full of detours without it.

“f* *1' ^ '’J* ^ •M*

f * - . * * * * : ■' Y x ,«

> / ;* i? r ' : • i ■■ > V r. !'• , v ‘ v READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY AND FOLLOW THE STRAIGHT ROAD TO SATISFACTION AND ECONOMY.

Rail Highways Are Safe Safety in Operation—Safety for Passengers and for Employes—is an ideal condition for 'which the Railroads of America annually are spending scores of millions of dollars. The tremendous reduction in the number of accidents and fatalities in the past few years proves that the expenditures have been wise and profitable. There are no uncharted sections oh the plain rail highways that form unbroken bands of steel to link up the widely scattered parts of this country. The line of travel is marked adequately and efficiently. All that modern invention and ingenuity can provide, in the way of automatic signaling systems, and safety devices of all kinds, has rendered train travel safe and sure. The flash of light that is a directing beacon to the knowing eye, and the silent automatic signal, furnished along heavily-traveled tracks, are only two items among thei innumerable measures taken to protect and safeguard trains and their precious human loads. \ In no other cause is' the interest of Railroad officials moire clearly and successfully revealed than in the unending fight against danger and accidents, and the steady striving for Safety.of. Service. Thet Chesapeake and Ohio is conscious of its indebtedness to itstpatrons to safeguard their well being while they are our guests. Our facilities are offered with the confidence that the public will have no cause for disappointment. ■ i W, J. Harahan, ^ President* CHESAPEAKE aid OHIO RAILWAY

The More You Tell, The More YouSell*