Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1919 — Page 1
INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
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DirRctort of Street Railway Company Have Experts Look Into Arrangement
WISH ECOiOMY DETERMliEO
No Onaatlofi About Rata, Says Of* fleiat. Rtrt Raaaatiranco ia Daairad OR Faimado o# Maaauramofit.
HBHUSMBSMAYBE OSBIiimieAi
SOME AT BORDER FOR EXFERh MENTAL FURPOSEB.
SCANT WORD FROM FRONT
MARFA. To*,. AuFuat fll-Two foroaa of treepa. Clurania fedanOa oparatina far to tto aottib and Amorlcaa oavairr tMTth» north, are aeourtod the Conchoa np«r toffon of Mexice la an todeaeor to ^ar that SUtrtet of bandita wbo
peatod an espaditkm into the rcpabiie by eapturins and for rmtumR the two American
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An invesHEBtion to detamiina wftatbar buying atoctxie power of the Terre Haute, Indisnapolii A Eaatem Tractl^jn Company ia the moat aconomka! anmii|(»i»ent l^iat could be ihada by tiha Indii^polia Street Rail> way Company has been ordered by the board of dtreetora of the lattmr company, at the auEgeetion of memhere of tiie executive committee. Profaaaor G. A. Touns. head of the eMool of mechanloat enilneeriaa of Pardue tralTerslty, hae been employed aa an expert by the executwe committee, and be will be aaaiated by the head of the etoetrtoal department and the head of the experimental department in electrleai and mechanical enfineerina
Pretudo to Split?
in some quarters the inveaUaailon, which is to btoln at ontje, ia constraed as an effort on the part of an irteanent in the board of directors of the Indiarubpoils Street Railway Company to aever Uie relations between this company and the Terre Haute. Indianapolis A Eastern Traction Company, which has a large
FEEL 'EM. THUMP ’EM. SCRATCH 'EM. PLUG EM IF YOU LIKE. 15 TO 50 CTS. Better StiH, Taste ’Em, Whether You Buy or Not! Oh, Boy, They’re Sweet, and John Baase, Fanner, Did SeH Melons— He Cot a Place on Market—Fine Strir^ Bean Margin.
the market came from the Payne A Claziwon fium near Martlnaxllto The § aaady aotl of some parts of Morgan county is sgld to bo aoxereign for wmtemwlona. They are a IftOe ondersiae tton year becaose oi the into of rain, but what they lack to sise they make
yrey avtoUav^ Paris and Peterson Five power plant in Indianapolis serving InWMWn dsad bandits was the net re- terurban lines as well as the local In-
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MW rapid progcuee in the pursuit ^ the outiawe ia expected, yeeterday’s tAVfng been largely delayed by dlep^h of suppllM and forage to the
Amerteao eold^. Had Debt to Pay.
Mator-Oenerai Joseph T. Dlckman. cwmander pf the southern department, left last night for San Antonio after omnpletlag an tospection of the border a,»d fomillarising himself with the detnlle of the punitive expedition Before itoving the general said an effort would be made to pay the bandita the MJOO reBtotothf of the ransom money for the avtatoto though he did not say Just
hw this would bs dona
Rumors of further bandit captures and bombing of tmsdit stronghoida which mma clrculatkm at various times yes^day, provsd unfounded, but the poe^nfty of using bomtoi in wiping out 2** »?te dlecttseed with the arHvnl of aerial bombs for exp^mentai purposes, and an announcement that
diaoapoHs street railway. One of the aims of the Inveetigatton, as stated, is to determine whether eleetrlc power "is being measured to a fair manner and if the cost for same is mtr or unreiasonable ” Prico Ooclnred Low. The reference to measurement to a fair manner Is taken to indicate that some of the directors wish to be reassured on this poinL One of the director said the pribe of power, which is now about 1 cent and 1 mill, is cheap enough, but the question is whether the local company is getting a fair deal In the meaaurement and distribution "We wish to settle the question of whether the local company Is getting a i<iuare deal, and so we decided to employ experts from Purdue," said one of the dlrectora "The public is wtitiUed
to know "
Wish Lij^t on Own Plant. Ths resolution of the executive committee asks that the Investigation determine whether the "present uneconomi-
ll*^. .*®!dbt be used tf a bandit fowejoal operation of the power plant of the
considerable f i„dlanapoHs Street RaUway Company.
, which to In West Washington street, and is employed as a subordinate power
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No Information came from the expeditionary forces yesterday, except word brought hers by aviators that the pursuit still was bslnf ocmduotsd Reports
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plant "can by reasonable expenditures
be improved upon "
One of the directors said that the Investigation was not to be constnied as a reflection pn Robert L Todd as an electrical enginter Mr Todd to presi
__ finter Mr Todd to ni
ttmt the forces would bs wttbdrmwn aHS®"^ of the Indlanapolto Strjwt Railway M sm-ly date bad no foundation. Company, and alro of the Terre Haute. WMieral Ihckman saying the expedition Indianapolis A Eastern Traction Com-
rtmain in Mexios as long as they ***1*^ Rowing a hot trail was The ex^^ 'Maathm of the rescinding of the toc*«d for 'll
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MEXICANS TAKE UP SEARCH.
Cavslpyrnsn Trylnlg to Find Two Missing Amsrtcan Aviators. CALEXICO, Cal, August ft.-—Two hundrsd Mexican cavalrymen working under the direction of Colonel Htpollto Raranea are continuing a search in the northern part of Lower California for Ueutanants C H. Connelly and Clark B. Watarhowe, American army aviators who have mtosing several days The caralrjmen are reporting to Col Barsnea by messenger, and their reports are relayed to Mayor J W Abbott here They are scouring the country from the international line about twsnty-flve miles south, and after that district to thoroughly searched it ie plann^ to eend them Into the dtotrlct Iimnediately south if necessary American aviators sent from Rockwell Said to aid in the search are not srorktng from Calexico at present, because the landing field here to temporarily unfit for use. a ehortage of water having Prevented the completion of certain work on It A detachment of United States mvalry to reported to be at work farther west.
Cummings to Remain in Mexico.
WASHINGTON. August M-After having told William Cummings, the British charge de archives in Mexico City, that his presence in Mexico was deemed ‘ incompatible with the state In whtMi relations betA^een this government and that of Great Britain have stood ai^ do now stand." the Mexican forsicn office is understood to have relented and Mr Cummings expects to
remain in the Mexican capital DBIES HOLD BACK FMM CARRANZA PLAN
FUNITIVC EXPEDITION
OF DISCUSSION.
CAUSE
PETRSLEUM ALSO TO FORE
WASHINGTON. August JS.—The Mexican chamber of deputies in secret session yesterdST defeated a resolu-
utlve committee, which he inveetigatton and which
has charge of It, to composed of Dr Henry Jameson, chairman; Charles S
Becker and H C. Thomson
The following from the minutes of a meeting of the executive committee held Friday explains the purpose of the in-
vestigation
“In pursuance of the instructions given to the executive committee ol the board of directors of the Indtonapolta Street RaUway Comimny, at a regular meeting on the nmrteenth dav of August, 1P19, wherein they were authorised to conduct a survey and investigation covering the entire matter of power supply to the Indianapolis Street Railway Company by the T H. 1 A B , Company, sod also as to the Continued on Page Thirty-one.
ONE GOVERNOR SPEAKS OUTONIHE PLUMB PLAN
WEST VIRGINIA SAYS IT “IS NEITHER SANE NOR FAIR.”
‘NOT SOCIALISM. BUT CHAOS’
The ladlanapolto News Bareaa.
SS Wyatt Baildlns.
WASHINGTON. August 23-John J. CornwelL Governor of West Vlrerlnto, has sent the following communication to the federation of railway employes, concerning tne Plumb plan for nation-
alising the railroads
"Of course I regret that any of mv fellow-citlsens should disagree with or feel aggrieved with me because of my views upon any public question, but that can not deter me from having and exercising the same freedom of opinion that you hava When >ou asked for an eight-hour day 1 waa with you,
heart and soul.
For a Libtrmi Wage.
*T was then and am now, in favor of your securing not only a fair, but a liberal wage, but when you ask the farmers and the laborers in other lines of work to go In debt twenty billions of dollars through the medium of the federal government to buy the railroads and give them to you to operate for your benefit and to use as you please, you are making a proposition
that to neither sane nor toir.
"To me It to little short of smaxing that men possessing the intelligence of the trainmre I meet.- should be gulled Into making such unreasonable and outrageous demands If the people bought the railroads and gave them to you to run for your benefit, telephone and telegraph employes would
tion to appoint a committee to co-t demand the same thing of those prop-
erties. They have as much right to it
as you hava
operate with Preaident Carranxa. the senate and the supreme court In forming a policy on international questions and particularly the petroleum quesUon. according to advi^ reachMw Waahtogton today. The chamber also defeated another resolution for Interrogation of President Carranxa on reiatleaa between the United States
and Mexico.
The senate passed a resolution InBtructiag the committee on foreign rations to Inveetigate the cause and character of the international crista
and to make recommendationa
The Itotptr ettuation conUnoed to be the pruH^tol topic of news in the Mex-
teen press yesterday and it
ithat SSTo vernore of Coahufla. Sinaloa and Mexteo. the tabor unions and the federal deputies had tendered their sup-
port to Preeide&t Carransa. To Pubtlkh Agre«|^ni.
tkmying that there was an agreement btowpea the Uhited States and Mexico. pmsBltthig the forces of either country to CToet Rie border to pursuit of touidits. Mextoaa ^wimepen said the agree-
between Generahi^teott
to published.
that
vxpomam nto end >tlt toag it did not ret frooi Its
Coal Miners Would Follow. ‘Then the coal mtoers would demand that the mines be purchased and given to theiaa. and they have as much right to make the demand as you hava Then the farm laborers, with even better right, would my*. ‘We prt>duce the food you live on—buy the farms and give them to u&* Then we have, not socialtom, but chaoa. They are trying to run things that way in Russia and we
know the result
"1 intend to try to present to the „ people of the state what this {dan said ^ meana Firet as to the shifting of the burden of taxation, or some four million dollars of it to West Virginia from the railroads on to the farmers and home owners If the Plumb plan was to go throu^ It would maks Cabell. Wayna McDowelL Mercer and Mingo counties unable to i>ay the debt they are ereating to build public roada It would
belief that . wovM be pttbMe ^teton to
OR ^9* Twtmy fiifm.
etop rretol building, building of schoolbousae and al^ public improvementa
Laboring Man Himaelf.
••I have been a laboring man myself— carried a dinner bucket—for M a day. My labor now to not regulated by eight ten or twelve hours but often sixteen and soDMtimes edghteen I am not now ai^ never expect to be a capitalist but [ am an Amsglcan. not a BolahevikL 1 stood for law and order and I am not somebody to buy property and
work an
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and give
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"Plog ’em If yoa Iflte" With no maaifsstatkm of mentot reoervatkm whatever. Jobs Basse, of Morgan county, who toought to the puhlie market today a truckload of homo grown watermeiona, was throwing down die bars to any sort of ted a prosportive buyer might ckoooe to
make.
Some folks who thought they knew a thiiig or two ahont watenndone thmnped ’«b. otiiers feJt ’em and stUl others scratched ’em. If fedks still Mkowed togas of sfcsptictom Basse blurted right ont; "Fteg ’em if yon like, livery one of ’em ganxwateed. Take your pick for 91 centa" Me was retailtog then from M cents tm to ifi, acooerding to sise and variety. The Tom Watson, a bH yellow of skin, was selling for U cents. The Monte Cristo. of duker green, was set forth as the ne tooe ultra of watermeiotutoia. Carved Monte Crieto. Baase kept a Monte Crteto cut in two, and wriOt hlB good Jackknife was carvtog out a mouthful for those wbo were dickering. "Don’t care whether you buy or not. Want you to taste 'em imyliow. Did you ever have a better one in your mouth r’ CM) boy. ain’t It the truth. "We can get » cents fmr those bigger mes to the imtch,’’ Baase said "1 Just thought I'd try selling ’em direct and see if the peo^ of Indianapolis really wanted ’em that way," Baase went on. "I’ve got a lot of relatives here in Indiana^to and i know how they feel about IL They like to get stuff direct from the farmer. . ’ The trouble here has been that it haa been hard for a farmer to get room In the past I've been crowded out by the retaUerii, and couldn’t get a place to selL LmIu as tf it will be better for us now I’m goiim to try it awhile anjhow. Last ytou- I offered $19 for standing room for my stuff and couldn't get Another truckload of watermelons on
LEGAL STAIUS FOR
up hi sweetnesa The tonnwx also fegwoght in a fine to* of Tiptop inekms and wm« selling them at firom $ cents up to S. aco^vm to atoe. Tiptop is no misnomer. The tori^ ers taBpt ooe cut open *uad bny«x could taste ’em tf they liked. Fat Margin on Beane. Jtom Wachstetter. of New Augusta, came in with a teucktoed Kentortcy Wondsar string beans, roost of which he sold to retailere at »J0 a bushel baskeL He said a basket wotod weigh about thirty pounda. The beans were rtoaUing at 30 cents a pound. If a bua^ of bsBuss weighed thirty pounds, the retsUer was paying about 12 cents a pound SeUtiv them at » c**Jto taller made a profit of about w per cent. Ifabasket weight twenty-five the retailer who bought a basket for lASO waa getttog a margin of about 42
par cenL
Live Chicken* 40 Cento a Pound. Live chickens from the farm were retailing at 40 cents a {Kmnd. Tomatore were sold by the farmer* *t from fH5 to $1 SO a basket of approximately a bueheL or eay fifty-five pound*. The standholders were selling them *t 6 cents a pound and in some places at three pounds for 10 cents. At le*st half the fanners were disposing of most of their stuff by wholesale. Some of them sold by wholeaale eariy in the morning and retailed whatever remained. Roasting ears were up a little as compared to Thursday They were sold by the farmers at from 20 to » cents a dosen ears, though the smaller and less select ears wore bunched in some places lor 15 cents s dosen Stsndholdere asked from 5 to to cents a dosen more than the farmer*
DEFECT SEEN IN PLAN TO ATTRACT FAiERS
SPACE ALLOTTED IS TAKEN BY AUTOS.
WHAT OBSERVERS CAN TELL
Those who are keeping in touch with market conditions do not believe farmers are receiving the encouragement for direct selling to consumers on the public market that the public was led to expect from a recent announcemenL Slices at the curb on the south and west sides of Tomlinson Hall were set atode for farmers about ten days ago. In addition to the curb space on the south side of the courthouse square already used by them This morning coneiderable parts of the Tomlinson Hall curb spaces were occupied by passenger automobiles and some of the space at the curb south of the courthouse square was occupied by such automobiles Space Should Be Clear. It may be that there was ample space for all the farmers If they came early enough, but It to believed by those who favor special inducements to the farmers that the spaces set aside for them should be kept clear of {lassenger automobiles and peddlers’ wagons whether or not the room is all taken up by farmers early in the morning In this way the farmers would be free to occupy the spaces at any time of the observer today made the following comment , , "A situation obtained at the Washington street curb this morning about 8 o’clock, ahlch indicated how a Mllcy of encouragement could be carried out for the general benefit. A truckload of watermelons from Morgan county was backed up against the curb near the corner of Washington and Delaware It was in the safety sone and when traffic began to get heavy a policeman Informed the watermelon raiser that he would have to move The information was given In a kindly way The policeman suggested that some of the watermelons could be unloaded on the sldeaalk and the truck could be moved to the curb across the .street to the east No Place to Go. “At that time passenger automobiles were occupying some of the space supposed to be reserved for the farmers, both on Washington street and near Tomlinson hall Apparentaly there was nobodv from the market master's office keeping the space clear for farmers, or ready to make suggestions Farmebs a ho come In occasionally with their produce may not know how to proceed to obtain a desirable poettion, and the good offices of public officials could well be exercised to help solve the problem of high cost of distribution " "The present attitude,” said another observer, "seems to be about this: 'Ample space has been set aside for the farmers to use if they desire It If Continued on Pag* Thirty-one.
MONON TRAFFIC BREAKS
OFFICiALS SAY IT 18 HEAVIEST IN HISTORY OF ROAD.
FEWER TRAINS: MORE CARS
[Special to The Indianapolto News] LAFAYETTE. Ind., August 28,—Traffic on the Monon railroad to the heaviest in the road’s history, according to efficiato of the comi>any here Every available locomotive to to use and new freight crews are being prtesed into
service
Last Tuesday thirty-one engines were s«)t out of the roundhouse here to handle trains leaving this {mint. The railroad handled on that day 1,198 loaded cars end 68S emirtles. comitored with 1,877 loaded cars and 960 empties on the
corresponding dsy to 1818.
With two fewer trains than last year more car* were handled- Every station along the line reported Increased business The Mmton has pracUcaily aU its mileage to Indiana, running from ville to Chicago, with a branch
Monon to Michigan City.
EUMINATE MIDDLEMEN
200,000 WASHINGTON PERSONS FORM NEW SOCIETY.
FOLLOW INDIANAPOLIS LEAD
The Indianapolto News Bareaa, 88 Ryatt Building. WASHINGTON. August 23—A food buying and distributing organisation has been formed in Washington with a{»-, proxlmately 200,000 residents o'k the city represented at the first meeting of ths organization The move to part of a general tendency in the whole country, the first evidence of which waa shown in the formation of the housewives’ organization in Indianapolto. to put consumers in closer touch with producers and to eliminate the profits of the mid-
dle men
ECarh family represented in the leaguewill pay an annual fee of |6 which will entitle the family to all the benefits of the eixtensive buying system which it is planned to carry on This money will provide original capital for the scheme, although Washington bankers hav* informally pledged themsel\cs to lend the organization the balance of the money necessary to buy great quantities of foods which will be distributed at cost to members of the league
Senate Subcommittee Tentatively Accepts Amendment to the Food Control J^easure,
BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Profftsering in House end Room Roots Not Includsd in lb—Comlianion Acs Ar* Pisnnsd.
WA^INGTON, August 23.--An aznendiiient to the food control set defining **unjust and unreasonable prices” was tentatively agreed on today by the senate agricultural subcommittee appomted to consider the anti-profiteering amendments suggested by Attomey-Ckmeral Palmer. Under the committee aroendmenL fed»eral district attorneys would be authorised to appoint fair price committeec and ail {>rices to exctes of thoee fixed bv the committee would be regarded a* unreaeonable The amendments aa adopted yesterdav by the honse, extending the food control aet^o include clothing and other necessities, and providing a penalty of 15,000 fine or two years’ ImMlsonment for profiteering, were received today bj the*xenate and referred to the agricultural committee, which plans speedy
action
Gasoline Not Covered.
Adoption late yestwday of the amendments to the Lever set ss rei»orted out by the agrricultural committee follow-d s five-hour debaUe to the house in nhich an unsuccessful effort waa made to hav* the {grovtoions extended to profiteering in house and room rent*. An amendment by Representative Strong, Republican, of Kansas, to includ* kerosene and gasoline was rejected by a close vote, and an amendment by Representative Newton, Republican, of Minneeota, to make ths act aimlicable to cotton was elimlnat*d on s point of order by Representative Blanton. Democrat, of Texaa The
which makes thoee roflteerlng in the sale les nkmeo in the act
liable to a fine of tS.OOO and imprisonment for two years was retained aa recommended by the committee While the food control act to betoi considered in the senate, the house wll continue with other me«uiures designed to reduce the cost of living Tne Hutchinson cold storage bill, modeled on the New Jersey act, to which President WUson directed attention in his recent address to the congress, will be rei>orted out of.coromlttee next week and taken up on the floor of the house
Iff
COLUMBUS OVERSTOCKED WITH SOUTHERN SHIPMENTS.
HOW THE PRICE STAYS UP
ISpectol to The Indianapolis Newal COLUMBUS Ind , August 23 —The watermelon situation in Columbus now is rather peculiar, not to say distressing, to the Bartholomew county growers. Growers are bringing fine melons here and offering them to grocers at 8 to 10 cents each, but the grocers are overstocked with high-priced southern melons, the farmers say, and will not buy the homegrown ones Southern melons retail here at from 60 cents to 85 cents The farmers are selling to the consumer for whatever they can get. John Houk, of near Columbus, brought a load of melons here this week and offered them to grocers at 10 cents each He could not sell them and finally took them to Oreensburg, where grocers bought them at 18 cents each
OBJECT TO INVESTIGATORS.
Petitioners at Hartford City Protest Against Fair Price Body. ISpeeial to The Indianapolis News] HARTFORD CITY, Ind, August 23. —^Three copies of a petition, protesting against the fair price committee, named recently by A G. Lupton, county food administrator, which have been in circulation at the two bocal paper mills for the last few day*, have been forwarded to the federal food authorities The petitioners set out that they did not feel that the men engaged in various lines of business should be named upon such a committee The members of the committee did not know, before their names were announced through the press, that they had been placed on the committee and since that time some of them have declined to act. feeling that it Continued on Page Thirty-one.
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OVERSEAS WORKER TO WED
Engagement of Mia* Mary Early
Holliday is Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holliday announce the engagement of their daugl)ter. Mary Early Holliday, to Dr. IL H Mitchell, of New York city, the marriaae to take place Saturday, August SaTat noon, at the Holliday country
home west of Broad Ripple.
viam Holliday was overseas for eighteen months to Y. M. C. A. canteen senice She waa at the front with the Rainbow division s part of the time, and march^ wi^ the lIBth field artillery to the welcome home day parade
In Indianaimlto.
Dr Mitchell was overssss as ssaltsry inspector with the <lst dtvtoion. with the rank of captain. The wedding will be quiet, attendsd only hy msmbers *C-6m
taro iMPBiefc
HyOFAGEDlMAN
MRS. ANNA LEIMBACH, AGE 75, VINCENNES MURDER VICTIM.
FEEUNG IS RUNNING HIGH
[Speotal to The ladiacapolis Nows] VINCENNES. Ind.. August 2S.-The
body of Mrs. Anna Leimbach, a«K sev-enty-five^ was found today under some brush to the rear of a negro pul^ school here. The head had been beaten into a pull), the murder being the most
brutal to occur here to years. Policemen and county officers are in-
vestigating to both the city and county to find the murderer. Feeling to running high. and. to the event arrests are
made, violence may be attempted. Mrs Ijetmbaeh left the home of her
son to visit her daughter about 10 o’clock last night and that was the last time she was seen until her body waa found. The authorities beiieve a negro committed the crime, but tbe only clew to tiie identity of the slayer l§ a Dsqk*
Farmers Are Left Out. The proposal te Include kerosene and gasoline was made by Eei>«>esentative Strong, Republican, Kansas, who said ths price* of these products had increased 300 pec cent in the last two years, but his ftmendiifient was rejected by a close vote. The effort to Include raw cotton was DLtnered by Representative Newton, Republican, Minnesota. Attempts to bring farmers and farm organisations within tbe Jurisdiction of ths amendment also were blocked. Recommendations of Attorney-General Palmer to Include retailers doing a busi ness of less than $100,000 under the profiteering section so that the department of Justice might "go after the lit tie ones were written into the measure Debate consisted largely in attacks and defense of the administration. Republlcaas asserting that the Democrats "with masterly inactivity.” had avoided any discussion or remedies for the high cost of living, and Democratic members charging the Republicans had been busy "playing politics.'' Wood Attacks Wilson. Representative Will R. Wood, of Indiana. asserted that the President did not need to wait for amendment to the old food control bill to stop profiteering, that he has had the power since August 10. 1917. "If politics has been injected into this very serious question, the Republicans were not the flfat to do that In this hall,’’ said he "The firet gentleman to inject politics into this question of the high cost of living was the President when he delivered hto 8{)eech here two weeks ago, and I dare say it was Impressed on every one who heard him that what he said with reference to the high cost of living being attributable to the failure to ratify the Continued on Page Thirty-one.
OLD UNDMARK PASSES
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Shantung Rights for China Instoad of Japan in Amond* mont Adopted by 9 to 8.
STEP NOT LIKaY TO STAND
FIIP-FIDPS AT ELGIN AND ESIMS INiUliy
DURANT TURNS OVER THREE TIMES AT TREACHEROUS TURN.
MILTON LEADS AT 99 MILES
ELGIN, 111, August Jl-rilff DuranL of San Francisco, winner of the Santa Monica road race, turned over three time* with hto Chevrolet machine while 8|)eedtng around one of the treacherous turns. In the Engtn nMid race of 801 miles this afternoon and escaped serleus Injury Hto car was wrecked however, and he withdrew from the race Tom Milton, driving a Duesenberg, took the lead In thq twelfth lap-approx-imately ninety-nine milea Milton had covered the distance to 1 16 SL A1 Cotey withdrew from the race because of a broken connection rod The average was 74 08 miles an hour. Ralph Mulford, in a Duefienberg, waa in second place and Tom AUe>. In a Bender Special. was third
NEAR FlINE STAGE
FIVE CARS ARRIVE AND 100 ARE NEEDED.
CANNERS FACING SHUTi)0WN
General Opinion Ssnsts WMt Not Alter Psoi—Report Within Wook Expoctod.
The*
TEST CASE ID DECIDE
ATTORNEY-QENERAL TO USE OHIO FARMERS’ COMPANY.
$85)389.92 IN ALL INVOLVED
Ele Stansbury, attorney-general of Indiana. will file in one of the Marion county courts. {>os8ibly next week, a complaint against the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, of Leroy. O, alleging that it owes the state of Indiana $42,223 37 unpaid taxes, accumulating since 1877 The suit will be a test case to determine a situation precipitated when Jesse B Bschbach, chief examiner for the state board of accounts, June 19 turned over to Governor Gkiodrich similar charges against the Ohio company and eighteen other foreign insurance companies doing business in Indiana and offering evidence that twentyeight others also owe back taxea The nineteen companies are alleged to owe the state a total of $58,647 75 and the twenty-eight $2*,7ffl7. Conferences Have Been Held. Since that time attorneys for the insurance companies and the state officials have been conferring and it has been arranged to make a test case out of the Ohio farmers' charge, which is the largest, and out of possibly one or two others James B Bingham, formerly at-torn*}-general of Indiana heads counsel for the insurance comi>anie8 and Mr. Stansbury and U S Lesh, assistant attorney-general, will head counsel for the state. The back taxes are alleged to be due the state under the retaliatory tax law of 1877, which provided that Indiana may tmpose on foreign Insurance coni{)anite doing business to Indiana a tax equivalent to the amount the companies’ home states Impose on Indiana comiianies doing business to those
states
No Attempt to hn|}ose Tax.
Various finterpreiations by auditors of state of the Hoosier law results to little or no attempt to impose the tax, Otto L. Klauss, auditor of state, however, enforced the law strictly and was backed by the state board of accounts then under Gilbert H Hendren State
toard of accounts examiners
“Indianapolis houiewlves add housewives In many other imrte of the state were scouting for sugar today They were much put out because they could not get enough for canning and presei^lng Numerous grocers were out. and wholevaiers were out, too Temporary and limited relief will come from five cars that reached the outskirts of I^ianapolls this morning, three from I'edners to whoiesaJeni. and two from war department supSy to Stanley Wyckoff, f^eral food dlitributor for Indiana The three cars to wholesalers should be in the hands of retailers of indtanapoUs Monday and to retailers of pther part* of the sUte Tuesday or Wednesday The two car* eonsignsd to Mr Wyckoff will be apportioned to the canneries, which tore oegglng for sugar to prevent a shut-down and heavy
loss of food {u-oducts
On* Hundrtd Car* Needed. The fl\e can are hardiv more than
a drop in the bucket Mf. Wyckoff sa}s Indiana needs 100 cars of sugar, and if he does not get something more than promises by Monday he wlirgo to New York city and stay there until the sugar equalization board comes torough with a fair share few Indiana The canneries of Indianapolis alone will need 1,000,000 pounds In the next thirty
days
Mr Wyckoff sent the following telegram to the sugar equalization board "Mayor of Logansport Ind. called me over phone Reports not a pound of sugar for consumer In Logansport Large canning plants will close here on Monday unless Atlanta shipments'arrive Must have immediate relief Bitter feeling over the state on account of report out of Illinois that sugar to'
News Barees.
~ 88 «>a*t BailgiBS. WASHINGTON, August 23.—^In kasping with an mgnemmt to report ths psfics trsfitT iNRHnptly, the cotojiiittse on foreigi) rslatioiu today began voting on proposed amendments and reservations to the
treaty.
By a vote of S to a Senator MoCuaber, RepublteaB, North Dakota, vottogr with the Democrats, jth* committee struck out the word "Japaa'* whwever it appeared to the Shantung award section and substituted the word "Chtoa." thus expressing the dtwvpproval of the sws^ of the treaty. Senator* Shields, Hitchcock and ^ttman, D^oorau, were not {>res*nt when the vote was taken, but by agreement their vote* were recorded In the negaUve. Chalr«»w» I^»^ made the motion that wouM give China instead of Japan the German rights in the Chinese provtoce.
Reversal Expsoled.
Not too much significance should be attached to the action of the committee, No senator believes the senate wUl sustain the action which, should It stand, would send the trtevty back to the pomco conference, as It is amenda-
tory to character.
It haa been well understood gll along that the Republican membership of the committee with the exception of Senator McCumber, represented the so-called "last ditchers" on the Republican side, or the group that would like to wreck the entire treaty. All the canvasses so far made indicate that about twenty Republicans will vote with Mr. McCuin-“ ber against amendments, or reservations that would send the treaty hack. Today’s vote on Shantung may therefore be regarded as more of a protest than anything else As such It will undoubtedly have tbe support of the country, and It may help to Induce Japan to return the Shantung territory
to China
The action was taken without extended debate shortly after the committee began its work The Shantung amendment to expected by leaders on both sides tO' develop greater strength than any other on the senate floor. Democratic leaders say they have the votes to defeat it but the Republicans predict that It will be adopted.
information Asked.
The committee also instructed Chairman Lodge to request President Wilson to 8end~th« senate ths treaty between the United States end Poland signed June iS St Versailles and such Information as he has regarding the treaties now under negotiation with Austria,
Bulgaria and Turkey.
After the meeting Chairman Lodge said he did not know to what extent the request for more information might interfere with the plans of leaders for quick action on the Veraailtea treaty and declined to predict when the committee would be able to report to the senate He aaid" that while there was a movement in the committee for a report next week, he never expressed any opinion as to whether action then would be {ioseible The committee, the chairman said, was making every effort to reach a report as soon as practicable.
but had been hampered because it had Oeen compelled to get tnformatlon hers and there, that should hav* been in its
hands offlclaily weeks ago
plentiful and selling in twenty-five I)ound lota to consumers Advise quick "
Complaint From Anderson.
The mayor of Anderson complained to Mr Wyckoff that housewives of that city can not get sugar to can and pre-
serve grapes and other fruits
Of the sugar being received by Indianapolto wholesalers, Mr Wyckoff says 80 {>er cent goes out to retailers in other parts of the state Mr Wyckoff to trying to have cars shipped from the east direct to other Jobbing centers of Indiana, which are out, and that to one of the reasons for hts proposed trip to
New York ~
He estimates that Indiana needs 25,000 000 {>ound8 of sugar for August It to the canning season and consumption is large The month to well toward the end now, yet only about 10,000,000 |K>unds
have been received Attempt to Hide Car.
Besides the five cart reaching Indianapolto one came Friday to an Indtona{>oIte Jobber Mr. Wyckoff says the Jobber tried to keep the railroad from giving information to him as to the arrival of the sugar Mr Wyckoff called on United States District Attorney Slack, who toaued an order directing the railroad to give the information desired Information as to shipment and arrival of cars to used by the sugar distributer for the better api>ortlonroent of avail-
able amounts
The canneries .are still running hand-to-mouth fashion so far aa sugar to concerned, and are constantly confronted with the danger of having to shut down unless more sugar cornea Traveling salesmen coming in from Continued on Page Thirty-one.
NO ACIN YET TAKEN IN iUUETTA AFFAIRS
OR. HYDE CONTINUES TO HOLD OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
SHANK OFFERS A DEFENSE
Ihe Marion county commissioners re-
mained inactive today In regard to the affairs of the Julietta Asylum for the Insane, which have figured to public discussion lately on account of alleged unsatisfactory conditions at the county Institution. However, It was believed at the courthouse that action will soon be taken by the commlseioneni for bet-
tering the situathH) at the asylum Joseph G. Hayes, county commis-
sioner, to atandlng {MXt on his demand
order from thr commlasionera
for an
went tasking lor the resignation of Dr Loren
tbrragh the book* of the state Inaur- 1 A. Hyde, superintendent ol the asylum department and dug up back I Carlin Shank, county commiastoner.
otTtbo basis of the retaliatory I who to friendly to Dr. Hyde, said much * * ** ^ of the criticism of Dr, Hyde waa un-
wariianted. and h* believed he had conducted the institution in an economical
and creditable manner.
However, the belief to growing, even among the frienda of Dr Hyde, that definite ste{>s must be taken at once.
tory
law to the extent of nearly $100,000, Some coHectloQS wee* made by Mr. Hendren, hut the worit waa unfiniahed when^he left the bemrd Mr. EachbaCh continued the work and got out the
charges against the companiea The companies argue that inasmuch
Dsclarsd “Essential.” Besides the Polish traaty and the Information about the others under negotiation, the committee voted to ask for copies of the protocol regarding the Rhine occuitation signed by the big five powers and Germany June R These things, the chairman said, he consld'absoiutely eeaential" to intelligent discussion of the treaty provisions The motion to ask the additional information was made after the point had been discussed at some length by Senator Williams, Democrat Mississippi, and to understood to have been a^eed to without objection Requests for a hearing for representatives of the Hungarian-Americans and of the African race were granted, but no dates set for them to api>ear The committee took under advisement a request from British subjects In Scotland that they be permitted to present their claims for self-determination Without taking up any other prepqsed amendmenis to the treaty with Germany the committee then adjourned
until Monday
In case the senate committee makes good its {tromtoe to report the treaty of P5»ace without further delay President Wilson will cancel the arrangement* for a si>eakinf tour of the country. Senators who communicated with the President today learned of hto desire to abandon the proposed trip and they also gained the information that he is not disposed to attach large importanoe to any action on the treaty by the committee It la his opinion, It to said, that the real test most be and will be in the senate, that the ratification resolution that firill prevail will be agreed on after the treaty reaches the floor of the senate. ^ Early Report the Idea. The ^committee to banning to vote on the treaty today, worked with the hope of reporting the document to the senate before the end of next week. A public hearing today was canceled as a result of the changed program Except for a hearing of the Egyptian case Monday, the committee plans to work on the treaty without toterruption until next Friday and mmnbers on both sides predict that by that time a report will be ready. Both Republioan and Democratic leaders predict that the committee will adopt several amendments to the body of the treaty, in addition to the Shantung proposal, but the Democrats assert ahat all of them will be voted down in
the aenate
Amendments pro{)oaed cover a wide range Senator Fall (Republican). New Mexico, wishes to have no American representation on the various reconatnictton commissions dealing with Europesn matters. Smstor Knox (Republican), Pennsylvania, proposes that tee peace terms and the league of nations covenant be separated and the latter reserved for latM’ conridemtton, Senator Borah (Republieait), Idaho, would defeat the league vovensat entirely by simply stril^f It out of the treaty Amendments slao are to be offered to the economie and labor
sections. —
Final Action Far Off.
Once In the senate, the treaty Is expected to be under debate lor weeks before final aetton. and committee members pointed out that a supplemental report might be filed should it be warranted by any hearings held |fter com-
mittee actl<m has been taken.
Developments point with toersaMng certainty to the complete coiiapas of the effort to pass a oomptimise reaolB< Uon along the lines of Prssidwt. Wll
stm'a aumfeattoo for from th# ratiftoatlon
an ieadera declared prsaeamt!
ajTthe 'taxeir'werB not collected and the! for &e aake of l^e wtolfare_of_^h#
state did not tmpooe the taxes by dl- mate* of the institution, to establish roe* application tee taxes ought not to i mors harmonious conditions Iti ths ataa- - - • fffYlg*li
of PresHWM^ wilreMMnniJlensiiaW
I Itself.
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