Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1916 — Page 26

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1916.'

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Cohtinued from Page One. •Thle morning at dawn we- attacked the •nemy’a second system of defenses. Our troops have broken into hostile positions on a front of four miles and have captured several strongly defended localities. Heavy fighting continues. A Reuter dispatch, which comes from the war correspondents’ headquarters, says that following a heavy bombardment of the Germans’ second defense line, the British Infantry attacked at dawn today and broke the second line over a front of MOO yards. The dispatch adds: “Latest reports state that we captured the villages of Longueval. Bazentin-Le-Grand and cleared the enemy out of Trones wood. The weather is cloudy and _ cool and favorable to our operations.’’ Accomplished With Small Loss. A subsequent dispatch from Reuter’s correspondent on the British front, saia that later reports tended to confirm the first accounts of the first success of the British attack. The German second line was carried with small loss, the correspondent said, and the Germans surrendered freely._ He reported that one regimental commander and his staff, three ar Ullery officers and 105 infantry*, officers and men had been brought into one camp. ' In addition to the villages previously reported^ captured, the’correspondent said Bazentin-Le-Petite had been taken by atorm. Fighting also was proceeding around Oviliers and virtually the entire village was in the hands of the British. Several German counter-attacks against the positions just won have been repulsed by the British, who are now consolidating their gains. The British troops are in high spirits over their succ esses. News of the British success was received In London with the greatest enthusiasm. It has given addeu weight to the request of the government to workmen to forego the August holidays so that the army may be kept well supplied with munitions. The supplies already on hand must be greater than was generally believed, else General Haig would not have been able to continue his offensive Without intermission. Second Phase of Offeneive. The Britisn advance apparently constitutes the second phase of the great Anglo-French offensive In the neighborhood of the Somme river, which began July 1 over a front of something more than twenty miles. The first phase of this offensive carried the British forward to and gave them possession of Contalmaison and Montauban, but the French on their, right moved their lines further

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The reported capture of Ixmgueva! and Buentin-Le-Grand Indicates that the British in today's assault advanced eastward or northward from Contalmaison or Montauban and that they apparently have brought their right wing on a par with the French left and are thrusting a salient between Peronne, the immediate French objective, and Bapaume. the point at which the British movement is reported to be directed. Longueval is about three and one-half miles east of Contalmaison and Bazen-ttn-Lc-Grand is midway between the two towns. ' ‘v . The heavy price that the allies are paying for their success on the western front is shown In the British casualty lists, issued in London last night. These lists give the names of 425 officers, ninety-nine of whom were killed. At last accounts the French were preparing to :rume their offensive south of the Somme, while the Germans were still Bring at the defenses of Verdun, i opinion is held in France, however, inuation of the Somme battle will compel the Germans to slacken their

make attacks were arrested promptly by the fire of our machine guns. “On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) the artillery'fightlng was very active In the Souville sector. Patrol engagements occurred in Chenois wood. On the remainder of the front there were no Important events.” Halt at River. The Russians have made no noticeable advance on any part of their front since they reached the Stokhod ri^er. where the struggle continues desperately. The right bank apparently now has been cleared of Germans, but it is not known here whether the crossings made by the Russians have given them a firm footing on the left bank. General von Bothmer, having received reinforcements, has succeeded in holding the Russians in Galicia, but with Delatyn in the hands of the Russians. a further advance is expected. Operations in the Caucasus are becoming more and more important. After suffering heavy losses in their counter-offen-sive, the Turks are now being preased back toward Baiburt and Erzingan. while in Persia the Russians have brought up reinforcements to meet the Turks who drove them from Kermanshah. The recent favorable turn of events for the Russians in Turkish Armenia, resulting in their recapture oft Mamakhatun, has been taken advantage of by Grand Duke Nicholas to press the Turks farther westward. The Russians are now op erating west of Mamakhatun and also are gaining ground in the Baiburt region, to the north along the Tchoruk. VERDUN ATTACK CONTINUED.

GUARDSMEN PATROL RIO GRANDE

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a Single Man Withdrawn for

Somme Battle, Berlin Says.

BERLIN, July 14 (by wireless to Sayville).—The offensive of the entente allies on the western front has not caused the withdrawal by the Germans of a single man or a single gun from the Verdun front, where the attack on the French fortress is being consistently and successfully pressed, says a statement issued today by the Overseas News Agency, summarizing newspaper comments on the

western front campaign. Keep First Object in Mind.

“The German success reported yesterday to have been won on the right bank of the Meuse near Ft. Souville and Laufee plateau is commented upon by the German newspapers as an event of remarkabla^importance," says the news agency summary. “This, the first enterprise attempted at Verdun since the beginning of the great enemy’ offensive, proves conclusively that the head of the German army, despite all hostile attacks on both the eastern and western fronts, has not lost sight of the original object

in view.

“No German soldier and no German cannon have been withdrawn from Verdun and the battle is continuing successfully with the initiative In German hands. If Germany’s enemies had hoped to seize the initiative by the attacks of their armies of millions of men and lay down a course of action for the Germans, they have been bitterly disappointed by the course of events. Think Losses Minor. After their brief successes won at the beginning of their offensive, the advances of hostile masses have up to this time been broken up by the heroic ressitance and tenacious endurance of the brave German defenders of the Somme. German headquarters remains the master of the course of operations. ’ The success won near Souville is worthy of mention as one of the means taken tu achieve the German end, as it shows the whole world the superiority of German arms,” the summary concludes, “and proves that Germany has reason for viewing the military situation with the same confidence as before.” SAYS FIRST ATTACK IS HELD.

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efforts at Verdun, which now have been

in progress nearly five months, especially as the French estimate the Germans lost 12,000 men in coupler-attacks on Contal-

maison.

Attack French Line. The Germans made two attempts last night to storm French positions north of the Aisne, at a point south of Ville-au-Bole, but were checked by the French machine gun fire, the Paris war office announced today. On the Verdun front artillery: fighting continues In the Souville sector. There were patrol engagements in Chenois wood. The announcement follows: '‘North of the Aisne in the region south of Vllle-au-Bois and on the Vauclsrc plateau two attempts by the Germans to

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION

OF THE

OF PHILADELPHIA

RfiJHIL,*. Jill

On the 31st Day of Dec., 1915.

Located at Manchester, New Hamp-

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CHAR R. PECK, President. F. B. MARTIN, WM. B. BURPEE. LEWIS W. CROCKETT, Secretaries. 'he amount of Us capital Is $400,000 00 nie amount of ita capital paid up is 400,000 00

THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE

AS FOLLOWS:

Cash on hand and In the hands

of agents or other persons $169,936 7u Real estate unincumbered 66.400 W

Bonds owned by the company,

bearing interest, market value. 367 (HO ou Stocks 227.423 00

Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is >

Berlin Reports Fighting Is Continuing in Somme Region. BERLIN, July 14.—The text of the German statement follows: “Western theater: Orf both sides of the Somme, new and violent combats are in progress. The British early hi the morning attacked the sector of Mametz wood and Longueval, and they made repeated efforts In Trones woods, where yesterday evening the British already were sensibly hit by the rapid advance of our reserves. “After the first attempts of the enemy had been beaten back, the British engaged in new attacks. Black Troops Engaged. “The French after numerous failures In the last few days met with another setback yesterday when they attacked without success in the vicinity of Barleux and to the west of Estrees. Neither the French nor their black friends gained one yard of terrain. ’ East of the Meuse French attempts at reconauest failed. Near the fortress of Souville our curtain of fire impeded the attack. Near the Laufee works the attack was flatly repulsed. 0 “On the rest of the front numerous enemy patrols or stronger reconnoitering detachments were repulsad. German patrols brought in prisoners from Gulches, Beaulne and from a point west of Mar-

kirch.

Drive Back Russians. "Eastern theater, army of General von Linsingen: On the Stokhod a German counter-attack near Zarecz drove back the Russians, who had advanced. We took 160 prisoners and captured some machine guns. "German squadrons successfully repeated their attacks on the east bank of the Stokhod. “Army group of General Count von Bothmer: The enemy again entered our first line, but was ejected with considerable losses by a counter-attack.” REPORT RESISTANCE WEAKER.

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The picture of the national guardsmen patrolling the banks of the Rio Grande shows the danger to which the soldiers are exposed. They are constantly on the alert for any trouble that may arise. Bandit snipers frequently appear on the opposite bank.

SPEECH FITS BB

Accounts Describe Piercing of German

Second Line.

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, (via London), July 11—After their methodical day by day approaches to within striking distance of the second line of German defenses, and after having brought up materials and guns, the British were ready for another big attack and at 3:30 o’clock this morning the infantry was sent forward. The assault seems to assure the taking of the villages of Longueval and Basentln le Grand, the taking of Trones wood and the gaining of ground beyond Contalmaison, and the piercing of the second German line at

every point of attack.

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watching the artillery preparation at night, was able to see the British, as dawn came, in possession of a coveted ridge, where German shells were bursting In an effort on the part of the German gunners to prevent the attack from

proceeding further.

First accounts Indicate the German resistance is moth weaker than on the first line. The struggle was continuing in the Baxentin le Petite wood, where the Germans still held out. and in the wood be-

yond Longeuval.

PROPOSAL MADE PUBLIC.

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Total llabiutles $387,073 78 greatest amount in any one * , gross ......$M > ooo 00 t amount allowed to in any one block.... 100.000 w State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of I. the undersigned, auditor of state of “ state of Indiana, hereby certify that above is a correct copy of the statent of the condition of the above menon the 31st day of De1 shown by the original that the said original now on file in this office whereof. I hereunto aubmy name and affix mv Mai. this 5th day of “ — !R oer. .

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Relief for Interned British and Geiv man Civilians Sought. LONDON, July 14.-The proposals made In the recent British note to Germany regarding relief for interned civilians were given to The Associated Press today by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade. In substance as follows: “All persons above the age of fifty are to be repatriated by their respective countries. All persons between the ages of fortvfive and fifty who are unfit for military service, also are to be sent home. “Of the remainder Germany and Great Britain are to intern an equal number in a neutral country.” Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for a reply to be received from the German government MOUNTAIN PEAK BLOWN UP.

Austrians Buried in Wreckage, Rome Reports. ROME, July 14.—The summit of Castelletto, in the Tofana region, has been blown up by the Italians, the entire Austrian force there being buried in the wreckage, the war office announced today.

Continued from Page One. cials, so that they may see things from the viewpoint of the utility. “One of the.things that utility engineers and experts use as a means of increasing values to support high rates is the theory that land may have a special value by reason of its special fitness for the use to which it is devoted by the utility, and many of the commissions have adopted this theory. Our own public service commission in the Richmond water case allowed a value for water right on top of the value it allowed for the real estate owned by the water company upon which its water was located; and in the Princeton water case it allowed a special value to land over and above the value of the surrounding real estate because of the special suitability of the land to the purposes of the water company." Lake Michigan “Pipeline.” After enumerating some of the numerous “water rights” which it says It owns, the company advances In its inventory the proposition that if there were no water in this basin Indianapolis would have to depend on Lake Michigan for its water supply and that water would have to be brought from Lake Michigan to this city by pipeline. Therefore, the company says, the commission in placing a valuation on the company’s property should give the company credit for whatever sum would be required to pay for the construction, maintenance and operation of a pipeline from Lake Michigan to this city. The inventory falls to sav what kind of predicament the city would be in if Lake Michigan were to go dry suddenly. It would be necessary, in that event, perhaps, to extend the imaginary pipeline on and on and oh to Lake Superior, or to Lake Winnipeg, or even to the Yukon river, and the company could, under its theory, capitalize every additional imaginary mile of this imaginary pipeline and issue new bonds against it, the interest on which would have, to be paid out of the water rates charged by the company for service to the people of Indianapolis. Mr. Pickens also had in his Lafayette address a paragraph that seems to fit this particular proposition with as much nicety as if it was made for it. “To Add Intangible Value.” “Utility companies have used all the ingenuity of high class, engineers and skilful lawyers to devise every possible method to add intangible value to the tangible assets, in order to secure valuations which will support the earnings they are getting,” he said. “One element, the most fertile they have been able to devise, i® that which they call ’going value,’ and they certainly have been ‘going some’ in this phase of valuation.” The Lake Michigan imaginary pipeline which plays so prominent a part in the inventory, nnd which, the company appears to regard seriously, recalls the famous theory advanced on one occasion a few years ago by C. C. Perry, of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, when he ought to demonstrate that a 500candie power street lamp was a 2,000carrdle power lamp. His company had the city street lighting contract it that time, and there was complaint that some of the street lights were not up to sUndard. Instead of being 2,000-candle power, it was said that they were only 500-candle power. “Oh, that’s all right,” Perry said. “Suppose they ar© 500-candle power; that means 2,000-candle power. There is S00candle power to the east. 500 to the west, 500 to the north and 500 to thV south. That makes 2,000, doesn’t it?" Pipeline in Same Class. The Lake Michigan-to-Indianapolis imaginary- pipeline as an element in the valuation of the water company’s property is regarded as being in the same class, as far as reason is concerned, as Perry's 2,000-candle power theory. Here is what the water company says In its inventory about the ethereal pipeline: “Each of the above named rights supplements the others, and together they make a unit which places the city of Indianapolis In a position whereby it is enabled to-have the dominant use of the water supply of all the White river water shed above Indianapolis. Furthermore. It is manifest, without an extensive geological survey, that this White river water shed is the only sufficiently potential water supply, present and prospective, for the city of Indianapolis unless water Xrom Lake Michigan shall be brought to the city of Indianapolis by a pipeline n'Ts an accepted fact that the underground water supply from deep walls In this locality would be inadequate, inasmuch as the level of the deep well water of Indianapolis has fallen fifteen feet in the last fifteen years. It is also manifest that none of the northern Indiana lakes would furnish an adequate quantitv of water for the city of Indianapolis on account of the limited water shed of every one of these northern Indiana lakes and like objections apply to the Wabash river as a supply for Indianapolis. “The Foregoing Facte——” “The foregoing facts, together with the alternate of a pipeline supply from Lake Michigan, form a basis of establishing a value of the above water rights and topographical good will of the Indianapolis Water Company. The cost of such suitable pipeline system from Lake Michigan to the cltv of Indianapolis, together with the cost of operating such pipeline system, are susceptible to mathematical calculations which will give a basis for determining such values. In this connection it must be assumed that Lake Michigan water would not be sufficiently pure to be turned Into the distribution system at Indianapolis before being purified and filtered by passing through the filtration plant. “In this connection, as an example of analogy, the new water supply system of the city of Los Angeles. Cal., is interesting and illustrative upon the matter of coet, or at least it affords a basis of approximation of the probable coet of such Lake

Michigan water supply system for Indianapolis, which is the only alternative for the present supply, If the present wrater supply has been pre-empted.” If the pipeline theory, advanced -by the company, were taken into consideration by the commission in the ratemaking case, it would mean that the estimated "fair value” of the property of the water company would be boosted to jyst that extent, and the company would be permitted to charge rates that would earn a fair return on that kind of imaginary valuation. Pickens’ Speech Fits Again. Again the speech of Pickens at Lafayette contains a paragraph which applies exactly to this theory. He said: "When the lawmakers, the courts and the commissioners began to juggle the word ’value,’ It was not long until they found a utility had one value for sale or purchase which they called exchange value,' another based upon its cost of construction which they called historical value, another based on cost of reproduction which they called reproductiori value, and still another based upon everything in general and nothing in particular, which they have called ‘fair value’ for rate making purposes. " ‘Fair value' does not mean original cost of construction, nor the market value of the stocks and bonds, nor the present cost of reproduction, nor the value based on its earning power which would be its exchange value, nor does it mean all these things together. It rather is an indefinable thing, evolved by the commissions out of all these elements, and every other material surrounding condition, In an effort to determine what is fair under all the circumstances between the investors in the utility and the public which is served by it. The use of the word value in this connection Is unfortunate. It is misleading and has been the cause of much confusion.” The company also tells In its inventory of its ownership of the canal from Broad Ripple to West Washington street, and intimates that this is a valuable piece of property on which a high appraisement should be placed. And there is in the speech of Mr. Pickens a paragraph that is peculiarly applicable to that subject. He said: "Take the plant of the Indianapolis Water Company. The old Indiana central canal is used in part for taking water from the river and carrying It to the filter beds and in part for operating a water power pumping station at Washington street and the river. If this company’s plant were being constructed today such a canal would never be thought of. The interest on the Investment would more than overbalance the difference between the cost of water power and steam power, and the intake of water from the river for domestic use would be placed far above the head of the canal beyond the danger of contamination.”

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Continued from Page One. ports of similar occurrences in the tropics. >11 Flesh Eaters. "There are no 'man eaters’ in the sense of implying exclusive or common addiction to a diet of human flesh. The sharks as a whole are promiscuous flesh-eaters, living principally on live fish, but ready to eat any animal ipatter, dead or alive. Under stress of hunger they become quite bold, and while It is impossible to make a positive statement to that effect, it is probable that a few individuals, temporarily deprived of their ordinary food, have been driven by stress of circumstances to attack prey which ordinarily they would avoid. “While the recent tragedies are appalling from their nature and Inspire unusual fear and horror by reason of their unexpectedness and the ferocity of the attacks, they are few In number compared with the vast army of bathers. Resolution in House. "If the experience of a long series of years is of any value the probability of a recurrence of these attacks is remote and there appears to be no reason for a feeling of panic among those at our seaside resorts. "If, however, any warning is necessaryin addition to the general publicity which has been given to these tragedies, it may be stated that for the time being bathers should keep In shallow water, inside the breakers, and away from inlets and channels.” A resolution was introduced in the house today by Representative Bacharach. of New Jersey, authorizing the department of commerce to co-operate with state authorities in an effort to exterminate the sharks and appropriating $5,000 for the purpose. Cutter to Visit Waters. Assistant Secretary Newton said the coast guard first would undertake to establish whether there actually were large schools of sharks menacing the Jersey coast or whether only a few particularly voracious fish that had made their wav north alone A cutter probably will be ordered Immediately to the waters where sharks have been seen with a view to baiting and destroying the fish if there seem to be only a few. Mr. Newton declared that he believed it would be of little value to attempt a patrol of motor boats around the resorts if it developed that the sharks are present In large numbers.

to the surface not mOre than 300 feet from where Stillwell was attacked. They pulled the body ashore and summoned the county physician. . Here’s AnotHer One. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N. Y„ July 14.—A 250-pound shark, eight and one-half feet long, was captured and killed here today. The big fish became entangled in a fishing net and was killed after a struggle. The shark was of the blue nose variety, with a white belly.

CLAUDE M. WORLEY ACTS FOR THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. f INDICTMENT BY GRAND JURY

David R. Masterson, otherwise known as Bat, was arrested this afternon at Muncie by Claude M. Worley, special investigator for the criminal court and prosecuting attorney’s office, on a capias charging perjury in connection with happenings growing out of the investigation of graft in Muncie. The indictment against Masterson was returned by the Marlon county grand Jury early today and Worley immediately left for Muncie. He arrested Masterson there and was to bring him to Indianapolis late this afternoon. Judge James A. Collins fixed Masterson’s bond at $10,000. Affidavit Is S^t Out The affidavit, which Masterson is al leged to have prepared in Indianapolis, June 17, is set out in full in the indictment. The affidavit, in substance, charges that Wilbur Ryman, special deputy prosecuting attorney In connection with the so-called Muncie graft cases, told Masterson to get evidence aga$nst Mayor Rollin H. Bunch. Gene Williams, deputy prosecuting attorney, and Chief of Police McIlvaine on the charge of conspiracy to dynamite Ryman’s home, March 29, 1916. Ryman, it is charged in the affidavit, promised him $250 for this work. The affidavit further alleges that the indictment of Bunch, Williams and Mcllvaine was procured by false testimony given by Masterson before the Delaware county grand jury. Denial of Allegations. The indictment against Masterson sets forth that Ryman did not tell Masterson he would pay him $250 if he obtained the evidence referred to in the affidavit, and also that he 411d not pay Masterson $185, as is alleged in the affidavit. Before making the affidavit set out in the indictment, it is said that Masterson was in Muncie and frequently met Bunch, Williams and Mcllvaine, and that Masterson well knew at the time he made the affidavit that the matters set out therein were false.

STRENGTHENS CASE

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BOY’S BODY RECOVERED.

Lester Stillwell Wat Killed by a Shark at Matawan, N. J., Wednesday. MATAWAN. N. J.. July 14.-The body of Lestern Stillwell, killed by a maneating shark Wednesday, was recovered from the waters of Matawan creek early today. The body was mangled. Harry van Clls. an engineer on the Jersey Central railroad, and William B. Clayton. Jr., who had been patrolling the bank of the creek, saw the body rise

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Continued from Page One. of today was urged strongly by Secretary Baker. Justice Is a Bachelor. The new justice was born at Lisbon, O., September 18, 1867; graduated from Western Reserve university in 1877 and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1878. Up to the time of his appointment as district Judge, in 1914, he practiced law in the courts of Ohio, having a large and varied practice. He is a bachelor. He has devoted most of the leisure ot his life to reading. Life-Long Democrat In politics he has been a lifelong Democrat. and ran against Mark Hanna for the United States senate in 1903. A sketch of his life, given out at the White House today, says: "He has been conspicuous in progressive movements in Ohio, and In the nation at large," and "probably the most gifted orator in Ohio.” Since becoming district Judge in Cleveland he has taken especial interest in the naturalization and Americanization of foreign-born citizens. ' Particular attention is direct^ in the White House sketch to tne iact’that despite his services as general counsel for a railroad before going on ti# bench, Judge Clarke in his campaigns for the senate advocated a 2-cent railroad passenger rate law. “ Classed as Progressiv

In Cleveland, Judge Clarke fd* a long time was associated in politics ialth Tom Johnson and Secretary Baker. He has been classed as a Progressive Democrat and has taken part In severaf reform movements. The appointment of Judge Clarke following the resignation of Mr.b Hughes leaves New York state without iRepresentation in the supreme court. Justice Pitney, however, comes from New, Jersey, which is of the same district. Tile political complexion of the court is not changed, a majority remaining Republican. The President confidently expects that Judge Clarke will be confirmed during the present session of the congress in order that he may begin the study of cases pending before the supreme court before the convening of the court in the fall.

Evans ahd Hathaway in conversai Flatter Later Made Collections.

"While I was operating my ‘tiger,’ Lloyd Yount installed a slot machine there and made the collections from it. He gave me 40 per cent, of the profits. Later

Luther Flatter made the collections."

On cross examination. Schell said he was not acquainted with Mayor Bunch. Gene Williams or the other men indicted with them, but once had met Chief William A. Mcllvaine. He said he “took no chances" of being arrested for running his “tiger," because he kept the door locked that led to It and had a lookout on the outside of the door who would not let anvbody down that was not "right”. He gave the first $10 for the "campaign fund”

to Hathaway himself, he said.

Witness said he had a government liquor license for his place. A week or two after the election he also gave money personally to Hathaway, he said, and at least twice after that he handed his contribution to Hathaway. Charles Keyes, the clerk, sometimes handed the money in

the Avelope to Hathaway.

"Once I closed my place for two or three weeks after I had been called to police headquarters and had been told I must quit running.” Schell continued. "Pretty soon I opened up again and ran the place until I sold out about two months later. I was ordered to close by the police on the

Sunday after election.” Refuted to Sign Paper.

Schell said that on the day the indictments were returned against the city officials he had a conversation with Alfred Davis, the Democratic county chairman; Bert Needham, of the law firm now assisting in the prosecution of Mayor Bunch; Mayor Ro’lin Bunch and Herbert S. Maddy, the latter then president of the board of police commtsaioners. This conversation was in the office of Davis. "They had a paper there that they read over to me and wanted me to sign.’’ said Schell, "but I would not sign It. I understfnd Mr. Needham was acting as attor-

ney for Mayor Bunch.”

Schell said he could not remember what he told these men In the conversation because, as he was not under oath he had no intention of telling them the truth. He said he could not remember whether he told them that when he was before the grand Jury he had used nobody’s name save Roy Hathaway's. On re-direct examination, Schell admitted that he was called to the police station and told he must cease operating his "tiger.” He was not arrested and

fined

Tells About Slot Machines. Herbert Smith, mechanician for Luther Flatter when the latter succeeded Lloyd Yount in the management of the slot machine business, testified as to the location of these machines throughout the city. Smith, who was formerly a league baseball player, was arrested and placed In Jail for a part of a day at the instigation of Judge Frank Ellis, when Smith, on being summoned to appear before the grand jury in 1915, refused to testify. He relented, however, and corroborated the testimony of others in regard to where and how slot devices were operated here. Smith said that when the grand" jury went into session in March, 1915, he and assistants took the machines out at nighj. on order of Flatter, and stored them in houses about town. Smith said he sometimes made collections from the machines for Flatter, giving 40 per cent, of the receipts to the proprietors of the places where the machines were kept, and the remainder to Flatter. On cross-examination It was brought out that he had been employed here and elsewhere by the state’s star witness, Bob Crabbs, as a tobacco clerk. Visited “House of 1,000 Scandles.” Chase Spurgeon, son of Dr. W. A. Spurgeon, who is president of the state board of medical examination and registration, said he is assistant purchasing agent for the Muncie Gear Company. He was acquainted with Bob Crabbs’s “House of a Thousand Scandals,” visiting this "tiger,” gambling resort and alleged graft plotting headquarters frequently. He confirmed the story of previous witnesses as to the character of the place and told of the drink’ng and gambling that was carried on there, within half a block of police headquarters. Spurgeon said he had “shot craps” there with Xene Y. Smith, police commissioner, one of the codefendants with Mayor Bunch in the conspiracy cases. Commissioner Smith lost once while the witness was present, said Spurgeon. Smith is an appointee of Mayor Bunch. Spurgeon said he also had purchased beer there. ”Th3 only time I ever saw Mayor Bunch near there,” said Spurgeon, "was one evening when I met him on the stairway that leads to a hall connecting with the Crabbs, ’tiger.’ ” Drayman Tells of Hauling Boxes. Sam Clark, a drayman, testified thjrt during March, 1915, that being the time tl.e grand Jury was meeting, he hauled to Royerton, a village five miles north of Muncie, fourteen boxes which were then in two uptown alleys. These boxes are supposed to have contained the slot machines that were hurried out of town at the instigation of Lloyd Yount and shipped from Royerton to Yount’s father’s home in Portland. He did not know the name of the man who paid him for his services. „ ,, Charles Brown, a fprmer constable, said that one evening he had a conversation in constable John Day’s office with Gene Williams who said to him. "Charlie, there are a lot of penny slot machines in toWn that have got to! be brought in. People who have boys in school are complaining about their boys spending their money in these machines that was intended for school stationery.” Continuing, witness said: "It was a snowy night and I didn’t want to go then but Gene gave me the money for a livery rig and I went out to Harry Michael’s (Williams’s brother-in-law), drug store, where I got one and to the grocery of a man named Gill and got two, which I brought in. Didn’t Disturb Nickel Machines. "When I got back with the machines. Gene said, Ts that all you got? and told me to ‘get busy’ and get the rest of them, so the next day constable Palmer and I got four or five more. I said to Gene, T see a lot of nickel machines around, why not pull thepi, too?’ and Gene replied ’We don’t want the nickel machines.' "The penny machines were just in groceries. The child that invested his penny always got a stick of gum and the machine paid as high as 5 cents for a penny. At that time I had seen the nickel machines in the ’madhouse,’ Charlie Benadum’s drug store and Jake Jenkins’s place.” _ At this point the state offered in evi dence copies of the government liquor licenses held by numerous "blind tiger" operators here during the “dry" period, more than forty in number. The court overruled the vigorous objection of the defense to the Introduction of this evidence and Mr. Thompson read each certificate in detail. The business of the license holder time after time was given in the license as “retail liquor dealer.” Two local lodges were shown to have government liquor permits, as were certain women keepers of resorts. Sheriff Telle of Raids. Jesse G. White, sheriff of Delaware county, who had charge of the raids on "blind tigers.” made by 100 citizens acting as deputy sheriffs under his direction, in August. 1914. this afternoon told of a number of resorts raided by himself personally and of other places raided by his deputies, and described the piling up of scores of cases of confiscated liquor in tho jail vard, where it was placed under guard. This display in the jail yard was described at the time as "Jesse White's mountain of beer.” Cooley Failed to Remember. Lloyd Cooley in his testimony yesterday denied that when Ryman served him with the subpena in Anderson he called Ryman a vile name, and said If he did so he did not remember about It “I don’t remember,” was his answer repeatedly to Mr. O'Neill’s questions. He failed to remember threatening Ryman by saying ‘TU smash your d face.” "I might have done it and forgotten about it” the witness said. "Ryman said he would get Sheriff Black after me— wanted him to serve the subpena on me, too. 1 had the subpena in my pocket then. I did not hit Ryman then and I did not f to hit him that I remember of. ‘The reason I didn’t come to the courtroom after I returned to Muncie from An-

derson was because Gene Williams had told me I’d get Into trouble if I did.” Said He Had Been Threatened. "The reason I did not testify in the Williams trial, and the only reason that I did not repsond to the subpena, was because I was In fear, due to the threats made against me by Mayor Bunch and Gene Williams.” Cooley said he could not remember the date of his arrest last month on a charge of contempt of court. The defendant's lawyers made much of Cooley’s failure to remember recent dates and his apparently clear memory of events happening two years ago. Part of his testimony at his own hearing before Judge Fred Gause for contempt was read where it seemed to conflict with evidence given by him in the present trial Cooley said he even failed to remem-

^ w .w O’Neill showed by the questions and answers in the contempt case that Cooley then had given as reasons for not testifying in the Williams trial that both he and his wife were 111; the purpose being to discredit Cooley’s statement in this trial that he feared to testify because of threats against him by Bunch and Williams. Denies He Aeked Bunch to Take Him. Mr. O’Neill in his cross examination of Cooley gave an inkling of the defense’s intention to show that Cooley was taken out of town by Mayor Bunch at Cooley’s own desire and suggestion. In answer to the question as to whether he had not communicated by telephone with Mayor Bunch for the purpose of inducing Bunbh to take him away before the Williams’s trial, Cooley said he had not said anything of the kind to the mayor. “Before I went away with Bunch,” said Cooley, "I told my father and mother that If it were not for the fact that they were blowing up houses in Muncie and knocking people down and I knew GenT ind Doc nad lots of sympathizers. I wouldn't go away, but would stay and tesUfy. Gene had said to me that If I testified he couldn’t be responsible for what happened Cooley denied that when Ryman served the subpena In Anderson he said to Ryman: "You blew up your own house." Cooley said that when in the automobile with Bunch, Just before the flight to Marion, on his way to Chicago, he regarded himself as the virtual prisoner of Bunch, as the automobile was kept running and he could not get out and as Bunch had told the witness he would take him to Ohio before he would let the officers get him. Where the Whieky Came From. Before Lloyd Cooley left the stand, late yesterday afternoon, where he had been testifying since the previous day, he was asked whether, while he had offices with Gene Williams, he had ever seen any whisky there. “Yes, sir,” said Cooley. “Explain the circumstances.” “Well, one day Gene took a bottle of whisky out of the drawer and said: ‘Lloyd, would you like to have this bottle of whisky?’ and 1 said, ‘Yes.’ Then he said, T got that from that brother-in-law of mine, Harry Michaels (owner of a south side drug store), and I’ll tell you how It came about. You see, he has been using a slot machine at his place that was not the kind that we allow, and he refused to take It out and put in our machine, so I have been sending a fellow around to his place every night for > week to buy a bottle of whisky. 1 gave the fellow a dollar watch so he could tell the exact time he got the whisky each day. Then I got the goods *>n Harry and now he has come across ana he’s going to put in our machine.’ ” „ , Another witness. Lloyd Yount, testified to this same incident earlier in this trial, and said that Williams actually caused Michaels to be arrested by Constable Dick Maddux, and brought Into the lustice court of John Day, but that Michaels was not prosecuted and that his old machine was bought from him. It was not brought out who bought It. Yount said his machine was then put In the drug store. Cooley then left the stand and gave way to his father-in-law, C. W. Blesstnger. This witness recounted some of the circumstances of the flight of his son-in-law and daughter to Chicago to avoid testifying against Gene Williams, and said that Mayor Bunch had told him, just before this, that he was going out to the home of Cooley’s father and give Lloyd some money to get out of town. “Mayor Bunch also told me he wanted to get Lloyd away because if Lloyd remained here and testified he would ’get Into it’ Just like Bob Crabbs did.” said Blessinger. Samuel E. Reagle. a young tailor, who recently married the sister of Mrs. Lloyd Cooley, told of seeing Williams, Just before the latter’s trial, hurriedly leaving the Blessinger home one night, the inference being that Williams was endeavoring to find Cooley. Madeline Cooley'* Testimony. Miss Madeline Cooley, a sister of Lloyd Cooley, proved an Interesting witness because she was with her brothef on his trip from Indianapolis to Muncie by way of Anderson when he was found in Anderson by Wilbur Ryman, special proa ecutor, and subpenaed to testify in the Williams case. She also corroborated the story of the appearance at her home of Mayor Bunch in his automobile the night that Bunch took Mr. and Mrs. Cooley to Marion, from which place the Cooleys left for Chicago, where they went Into hiding during part of the Williams trial. Miss Cooley told of her mother and herself meeting Lloyd and his wife in Indiana polls on June 6, of this year; of their going by train as far as Anderson, where they took supper and where they met Ryman with subpena, and of their Journey in Gene Williams’s automobile from Anderson to the home of her parents, north of Muncie, that night. She denied that her brother had struck or attempted to strike Wilbur Ryman in Anderson. Her testimony was merely corroborative of that of her brother and his wife. Miss Cooley teaches school in Hamilton town-

ship.

J. P. Baxia, a farmer, living north of Muncie, was put on the stand for the pur-< pose of proving that at the time the grar ‘ jury which Indicted Gene Williams, Mayi Junch and other officers was about to

Jury

Bum , _

into session early In March. 1915, and w

1 go hile

it was in session Gene Williams, then deputy prosecuting attorney, had frequent conferences with Walter Dillon, a young farmer, who was a member of the

grand Jury.

Dillon Wa* a Grand Juror. Dillon is the grand Juror who, according to the testimony of Robert Crabb*. Gene had succeeded In bribing to tell him about all happenings in the grand jury room that related to the alleged graft

cases. It was to bribe

to Crabbs, that he a— ..

Bunch made out a list of "tiger” operators to be assessed $5 each. Craobs said that $100 was raised by that means, and that he and Williams visited Dillon’s residence in the country where Gene, after walking down the road with Dillon on the Sunday afternoon before the grand Jury began its sessions on March 8, reported to Crabbs

that he had "fixed Dillon for $60.”

Baxia lives across the road from Dillon, and only a few rods distant He corroborated Crabbs’ story about Genes visit to Dillon on the Sunday before the grand Jury convened and of Williams and Dillon’s walking down the road together. Baxia said that he had known Gene since the latter was a year or two old, a* Williams had lived near him and had taught

school in the neighborhood.

Conferred In the Barn.

“After Gene and Dillon had walked down the road a little ways they turned Into Dillon’s barn lot and I could not see them any further,” testified Baxia. "When Gene drove up I saw him through the window of my house and I went out on the porch to get a better view of him. I could explain why I was so Interested If you would let me. I had heard of the proposed grand Jury Investigation of some of the public officers, before the grand Jury met. I had learned that the prosecutor’s office was one to be Investigated. There were three men in the automobile the first time Gene drove up that Sunday afternoon. I did not recognize the others, but one of them was about the size of Gene. Gene drove a dark car. The next evening. Monday, the day the grand jury went into session. Gene came out to Dillon’s again and he cams often after that He was back the latter part of the week and I saw him

each time he came.”

The defense attempted to discredit Baxla’s teatlmonv by showing that he could not have recognized Williams at the distance from him at which Baxia savs he observed him, but Baxia clung to his story. The defense also endeavored to show that Baxia had a grudge against Williams growing out of a raid on the Baxia berry patch by Williams when the latter was a schoolboy in the neighborhood, but Baxia denied this. Baxia was asked for purposes of impeaching hia testimony, whether It was not true that he had once offered two men whose names were given $50 each for their votes, but the court ruled this out and Baxia was not

permitted to answer.

ASK RES1RAINING ORDER AGAINST PRESSMEN BODY

TWENTY-TWO EMPLOYER* TAKE ACTION IN CIRCUIT COURT.

WOULD PREVENT A STRIKE

■ Application for a temporary restraining order against the officers and members of Indianapolis Printing Pressmen's Union No. 17 and Indianapolis Assistants’ Union No. 39, prohibiting them from going on strike because of a disagreement . a established in 1916 should have gone into effect, was made before Judge Louis B. Ewbank, of the circuit court, this afternoon by the Union Employing Printers’ Association. Twenty-two employers of union pressmen and assistants are members of the Union Employing. Printers' Association, which Is represented in this case by Charles J. Orbison.- Including the officers of the pressmen’s and assistants’ union, there are IS defendants to.the suit.

Defendants to the Suit

F|ank Mckugh, Thomas A. Riley, James Tague, William Hamar and John D. Kennedy, defendants to the suit represent the unions Involved, It Is alleged. In the matter of adjusting the wage scale between the members of the unions and the employers of union pressmen and a»> slst&nts F. J. Kreig, W. S. Spring, G. E. Crippen and R. D. Rarhes made up the committee representing the employ-

ers.'

Previously to a hearing in December, 1916, it Is alleged, an agreement was reached on a contract except as to the scale of wages, which was to be inserted in the contract when agreed on and binding from the time the arbitration committee should announce its finding. Edward W. Felt was selected as the deciding member of the arbitration commit-

tee.

It Is alleged that December 28, 1916, tha arbitration committee handed down its finding with a new wage scale providing for an increase of $1.30 on the week for pressmen and $1.66 on the week for pressfeeders and assistants. It is alleged that the unions contended that the increase in wages should take effect as of April l 1916, Instead of December 28, 1916., This question was submitted to Felt. It Is declared, and he decided that the new wage scale should bs in effect from December 38, 1916. Payment of the ne^ scale was made and accepted by the members of the unions. It is alleged. Another Decision, Is Alleged. On January 29, 1916, Felt, however, it Is allSgqd, without the knowledge bf the employers, handed down another- decision in which he held that the new wage scale should take effect as of October 3, 1915. It Is alleged that the unions mat July 7 and voted that in case the award* of Felt was not complied with by July 16, the decision would be enforced by strike. ' - It is further alleged that the plaintiffs can not employ other than union preesmen and presa feeders, and that if the employes strike they can not operate their plants and that the continuation of the businesses of the plaintiffs depends on the employes continuing at work. The unions, it is charged, by threatening to strike, are threatening to break the contract which provides fpr arbitration of such questions as are at issue. Damages

in the sum of $10,000

plaintiffs.

are asked by the

RESIDENTS OF AUSTRALIA ON TOUR OF THEJJNITED STATES

Mr. and Mrs. Hanry Fishsr Visit lr» Indianapolis—Making Motor Trip From Frisco to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fisher, ot Sydney, Australia, visited in Indianapolis today, having reached th^ Hotel English on thsir way from San Francisco to New York in an Indianapolis-made automobile. Mr. Fisher is a wealthy cocoanut dealer, and has extensive plantations In Australia. "Because of the war In Europe we ars unable to spend our vacation in touring there as we had planned some years ago,” he said. “We had heard of the American slogan, ’See America First.’ and wa decided to tour the country from west to east and then east to west. We are traveling by slow stages, as we are in no hurry to return to Australia. “At the present time Australia Is In a state of depression due to the great European conflict. Members of our own family are at the front, and the country is spending 1.000,000 pounds a week in financing the war. Australia is a small country, but we have already sent more than 300,000 men to battle.” Mr. Fisher was born in St. l/ouis. When a small boy he went to Nsw York, and more than twenty years ago went to S "We > feel in Australia that America is doing more for the allies by staying out of the war than if she were taxing an active part. We understand that the munition plants In America are working overtime to supply the allies with ammunition. For this

ful”

For this we feel very grate-

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION

OF THE]

TwiiitoS"ISl On the 31st Day of Dec., 1915.

Located

at 910 Michigan Chicago. Illinois.

Avenue.

H. C. B. ALEXANDER, President. MANTON MAVERICK. Secretary. The amount of Us capital is $100,600 OS The amount of ita capital paid up is * <* THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARB

AS FOLLOWS:

Cash on hand and in the hands « of agents or other persons...,..* 8,992 7$ Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbmnc© US,460 OS Debts otherwise secured 2,608 61 Debts for premiums ............... 14*718 3$ All other securities 3,627 00

Total asset* admitted.

.$*•**»«•• •* •<

$37,188 67

LIABILITIES: All other claims against the company •••♦.»•.•«•♦•»••*$ 4,510 54 Amount necessary to reinsure outsunding risks 73,931 W Total liabilities $ 78,411 64 The greatest amount in any on# risk I M 00 w The greatest amount allowed by the rules of the company to be Insured on one life... 6,000 on State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. , _ I the undersigned, auditor of state of the state of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct <x>py of the statement of the condition of the above Tnentioned company on the Slat day of December. 1915. as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement ts now on fll« in this office. In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my (SEAL) official seal, this 6th day of April, 1916.DALE J. CRITTENBKRGER, Auditor of Stats