Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1920 — Page 1
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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
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VOL. U iwuo!i R N6..ii72Jl CHAOS IN OOMr AS STRIKE SPREADS
Freight Traffic Paralyzed. Passenger Service Now Feels Effects of Walkout,
Entered as second-claas matter, at PosiotSce. I odianapolls. In4. Jssu^-d sis days a « eek.
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 10. 1920.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
! ; M o;?5(THREE CENTS
EXPRESS EMBARGO ORDERED
PRINT PAPER SHORTAGE Owing to the effect of the difficulties in railway freight transportation on the immediate supply of print paper. The News is forced to reduce the size of this edition. A result of this emergency is seen in the large reduction in theatrical and moving picture advertisement*. The same difficulties da to print paper will be encountered next week and all advertisements will be greatly reduced. The News regrets the necessity and hopes to resume editions of the normal
size in the near future.
TIEOP OP FREIGHT
UP TO THE MINUTE
Shippers and Traffic Men Meet to Plan for Auto Truck Transportation.
ROADS REFUSE ALL FREIGHT
Crowds Fiflht to Board Ferries, and Thousands of Commuters Are
Left Stranded.
NEW YORK, April 10.—Scenes such as seldom, if ever, have been witnessed occurred today at ferry terminals, as the railroad strike spread. With the tubes dosed to them, commuters pushed and shoved | their way through ferry gates, surging forward like a football' team on the defensive. Because of|
the tremendous crush, passengers Brothorhood Leaders Cite Deliv-, Chamber of Commerce to work out at times were permitted to board ery of 179 Cars of Cattle a P Un °f distribution by truck
MORE ENCOURAGING
Potato Famine Is Feared—Vege-
table and Fruit Shipments Lost —Strikers Make Demands.
With the movement of dead freight . in the yards of Indianapolis railroads practically at a standstill bej cause of the unauthorized strike of | yard switchmen, shippers and trafific officials today began conaidera|tion of plans for the relief of shipping conditions. Motor truck operaj tors held a meeting at noon at the
at Stockyards.
without paying fares. hours no team* or j
permitted on the j C J I’Tl.wX' 35000 TO 40-000 MEN OUT
I _____
.. M supply is reported fleeted. A supply was during the night by ratl_1» who were stoking yard
, jraa • noticeable decrease in the sis* of New York afur-
spapers. One announced trike of^rallroad^v^orker*
Railroad Official* Estimate That 500.000 in Other Industries Have Been Forced to Quit Work.
I Traction officials said that the interurban lines are handling an enormously increased amount of local shipments arAi plans are being considered for facilitating the handling
of the freight
A meeting of shippers, traffic and railroad officials and others interested has been called for the Riley room of the Claypool hotel Monday at * p. m.. when the transportation situation and plans for keeping freight moving will be discussed. All civic
papers
CHICAGO. April 10.—Federal in-
-'--t-rsrz.g I 3™
paper i Ptrike IS ended within forty-eight j mittee of local shippers to advise the
hours, was indicated ss probable •» j ™/ n , 3 b6r * hip and re '
the federal building today.
rrrt*.. .. r- j District-Attomey Clyne, following A summary of the situation thlaj # which had lasted since Tthe^subLmmituTjrthe" railroad **r\y last night, said the govem-
Freigbl Tied I p.
Manager*^ Association, refreight of all kinds virtually on ail roads entering Greater
ment had the power to cope with the situation brought about by the interruption* of food shipments. Mr. Clyne has received instruc-
Passenger service through
was delayed for a short time in the tiens from Attorney-General Palmer forenoon. A few ex press trains ve**! regarding the course to be pursued,
, r %T„. # Lr7T.4W*!h ... tom**
rlvin* and departing. Tb# Krie was j Railroad managers ^rill not treat hl Co h mmut«rs* service was disrupted with the “outlaw” unions and the on th *TjfrV:m "brought °L. th only io ;<»«»> contract* to be recognized are ent. of its suburbanites*during those with the established hrother1 o>loek r was r /*oni"»"**eiy** ied 'up. j hoods, it was announced at the head-
•f ,h ' c***" 1 x*"***™'
illy all flrsrnen havs quit on i
tGs F.rle, Mr Msntell said, add in ft that two of the road’s offlHals flf^sd J engines snd'oporsfed switches in the ♦
ygnls last night.
i A asocial ion here todav.
CHICAGO, April 10.—In Chica-
Trala* Are CWaeeled’. On the Lackawanna passenger service was handled "pretty well." Mr. Manteil declared. jw The Central Railroad of New Jersey canceled four unimportant trains
of its moralng
* go, birthplace j union whkh I the “illegal”
' the “outlaw’
called the first of strikes, brotheiliood
| of out tons were
Four
I [n :^ p rJBr 1. S. Ageats laveaiigale. Agents of the department of Justice todey conferred with i. J. Manteil. representing the railroad managers’ organisation here, regarding the etrike. While Mr. Manteil would not comment on the conference. It was rsported that federal agents had been sent to New Jersey yards to Investigate causes for the walku No statement was obtainable at rtment Of Justice headquarters embargo on express matter was as the strike gained York, further tying up crippling paeaenger tervUnea. Reports were curpasaenger embargo might before*the day ended, ke grew to alarming proFrelght transportation etandaTir supply out of harbor workers. r the climax. Manhattan isolated from New Jersey of employes of the under the Hudson of commuters were to reach their places
ifbev Strikes laspeadtng. More then l»,Pd* repa employed at terminals and in the harbor on strike, according to estimates by union officials. Bach hour it a fresh crop of rumors of strikes impending. Railroad isle, working desperately in the of odds to relieve the situation, ted that conditions were "chaot-
not admit the
heads and railroad officials asserted the situation was slightly improved today. One sign regarded as encouraging was the delivery at the Stockyards of 179 cars of cattle, almost twice as many as have been moved on any one day since the
strike was called April 1.
Th# situation In New York attract-
ed special attention today. Aleu Retursing «o Work.
Reports from some points were received today of men returning to
^'^ZSSm i
were stationed
terminals and other
an embargo ta force on all rht traffic entering the city, the perishable food received was by ^ “me milk trains came mp the line* of the New Haven A Hartford and Central. Milk distributing were hours behind their lb axei tv I ja «
MORE WAR DEAD
aud Wa-
ae* Mok»* Eahuuaed.
April Ifi.-—Exhumation of of JETnited States marines who died outside the batIn this country during the started by the American
it, A total of ZOO flagnow are at Brest ■ to the United first shipment will be
April. About WO Anaer-
Truck Operator* Meet. The conference of truck operators at the Chamber of Commerce today took *up preliminary consideration of the application of the motor truck to the present emergency, as to distances that can be covered, rates that must be charged, and means of establishing relations with other motor truck lines In the state. These mat-; ters are to be determined finally at I another meeting of the food handling j interests of the city, including bro- 1 kers. jobbers, wholesalers and commis- j sion brokers with the truck operators, at the Chamber of Commerce Mon-
day noon.
This conference will take up the matters discussed by the truck owners today and will consider the entire transportation emergency. The business men st this conference also will attend the conference of shippers. railroad and traffic officials at the Claypool hotel Monday evening. The meeting today was called by Tom Snyder, secretary of the motor transport division of the Chamber of
Commerce.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis A Western frelghthouse has been lent for the occasion and beginning Monday freight will be received there and transported by motor truck to destinations within a radius of 100. miles. l.PM lieu Out. It Is Said. The strike, which started Friday afternoon, spread during the night until today all the switchmen
In Indianapolis wars
cept a few crews on the indianapo Union Railroad Company. Big Four cfficials reported that switching crews wera ready to take out fourteen engines in the afternoon. The normal number of crews on this road is fifty-
five.
t During the night the strikers held meetings to form an organisation. While the men say that more than
Mother - mebbe. lu> TEA WhilE IM ibl TOW* Ah HEAR WHAT 5 IH POLITIC*. \
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Ban on the Lowly Spud
“S O. a—Stay Off Spuds?” That slogan has been adopted by the Housewives League for a campaign against the high cost of potatoes. At a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce next Wednesday the members of the league will formulate plans to jolt the price of spuds. They will divide the city into zones and by the use of the telephone and neighbor-to-neighbor methods prevail on housewives to use substitutes I for potatoes until the price is brought ! down. The women also will round up a list of menus in which substitutes
for potatoes are used
Leonard Wood Stands Out as Leader of Forward-Look-ing Republican Forces.
O. V. Stain shy, an inspector for the od and drug department of the state board of health, visited a number of
EMBEZZLING OF $11,000
EMPLOYED BY CLEVELAND GRAIN COMPANY.
WO,* ZZ ' ».n | Francisco reported approximately 100 striking yardmen had returned to work, hut that freight traffic throughout the state and at Portland, Ore., continued to be tied up.
Bmpresa Embargo la Kant. Aa express embargo was ordered at New York and reports were current that a passenger embargo might
follow.
While available figures indicate between *5,000 and 40.000 railroad men had joined the unauthorised strikes, railroad managers here estimated today that at ieaat 500,000 workers in other llnea had been forced out of employment by the freight tieup. In Chicago 50,000 packing house workers were Idle. Three thousand packers were idle at St. Louis. At Gary 11000 steel mill employes had
SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED
Maurice R. Maney. cashier of the Cleveland Grain Company, 606 Board of Trade building, was arrested Friday night by Detectives Dugan and
PRONG PIERCES LUNG.
the Indianapolis * m 'Mfiafija' mss
Woman Also Suffer* Broken Collarbone and Rib* fa Aecldeat. [Special to The Indianapolis News] DECATUR, Ind., April 10.—Miss Martha Fonner, age fifty-eight, received serious injuries late yesterday afternoon while assisting in getting a garden ready for planting at the farm of Willis A. Fonner, ner brother. three miles north of Decatur. In the work It was necessary to remove an old manure spreader from the garden. In nearing the gate, Miss Fonner was caught between the spreader and a tree, one of the prongs
broken in two places and three ribs
tion in city court today, and was held j 1
jrrand judge.
to the grand J* 11 ^**^ w - _Hoover.
acting judge.’ Bond was fixed at The arrest was made at the company's office following a complaint qaade by Edwin K. Shepperd, manager j of the concern. Mr. Shepperd was i not Aware of the alleged shortage in
until yesterday, de-
than 100
Railroad officiala by using oficials, clerks, ymrdmasters are getting rid ' of the perishable freight on their tracks, but ane not accepting freight from any ghippers in Indianapolis until further notice. They have been able so far to keep all passenger
trains moving on schedule.
Manny’s accounts __ _
tectives said, when he learned of It through officials of the bank at which the concern has its account.
Said to Have Admitted Guilt.
} Detectives say Maney is alleged to have taken sums ranging from *100 to $600 at intervals during the last year or two. by manipulating the company’s deposits at the bank. Maney admitted taking the money,
the detectives said.
Maney is twerrty-nine years old. is married and has been with the com
LEE AMICK WOUNDED STOMACH BY SHOTGUN.
:v ' ; *
SHOOTING IS ACCIDENTAL
sent home
55,000 In the
and
Youngstown it eel nflils were expected to be Idle before night. Many mines ia southern Illinois were reported closed as a result of the strike and it was said 20,000 miners were idle. Freight Bazbargee* la Effect. Railroads across the country, from eastern ports to the Pacific coast. Announced embargoes on freight shipments at various points. Brotherhood official* admitted that the seceding workers had gained strength outside Chicago. They asserted the strike soon would be broken in the Chicago district, and said with that accomplished it was simply a case of permitting the "strike fever to burn out" In other parts of the country. * A. F. Whitney, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. announced that a group of striking switchmen on the Burlington road hAd returned to work in Chicago Continued on Pago Two.
Faeteriee Sooa May Claae.
If the movement of freight Is
stopped by reason of the strike many I pany about seven years,
days some manufacturers will be j forced to stop operations, because of a lack of raw material. In a short time, in the opinion of Harry B. McNeely, secretary of the freight and
mber of
MR OF ROOSEVELT
traffic division of
Commerce.
"Lack of raw materia) force manufacturers to cl “especially as many were
obtain the necessary supplies
of car ;
from day to day because
shortly he said, able to
only
short-
MARKETS AND IN STATE HIT BY STRIKE
BUTCHERS AND GROCERS AT MUNCIE HAVE DIFFICULTY.
MORE FREIGHT CONGESTION
age and tack of production. Any way. the congestion resulting from their Inability to ship their product would
shortly force a shutdown.”
In the opinion of a railroad official one of the first and most serious difficulties that Indianapolis industries may have to face because of the inability to move freight, will be a
shortage of coal.
Officials of the Indianapolis stockyards said that receipts probably will be cut down at the stock yards during the strike, but that there is no danger of the stockyards being forced to shut down, as was th* case In Chicago. They say that from 5.000 to 5.*00 hogs can be received daily by motor track and this number could be increased during an emergency period. The same trucks, they say »:hat bring in the hogs could also distribute the meat to nearby towns. The refrigerators of local packers sre said to be filled with dressed cattle and several packers have cattle on the hoof waiting to be slaughtered. Receipts may be cut down considerably. they say. because of the inability to- ship but there is no danger under any circumstancea that Indianapolis will be short of meat,
or the stockyards closed.
Freight by Interwrtan.
Interurban officials say that the strike has caused an enormous increase in local freight received in Indianapolis and from Indianapolis shippers for outside points. Several requests have been received from Indianapolis shippers for long hauls to Toledo and other points not Usually served by traction freight. Traction officials are studying the freight problem, but have not announced any changes in schedule or method in handling freight. j They will do all in their power to
relieve the situation.
SAYS HE MEETS NATION S NEED FOR LEADERSHIP.
ISjwouU to The IndiarvapoUs New*]
MUNCIE. Ind„ April 1©.—Markets in this category are 5 and business in Muncie are being af-
... fected seriously by continued strikes. S IFW ■‘l. ves of the rema/nder of r * Hro * <l yardmen in Chicago and Indianapolis Yardmen’s Association, a desire that their w W 5® l **?. , ?., bu ? chers and'composed of engine foremen, helpers
Demands of the newly organised
France.
marines were killed ttle aones and these by army units when to remove these dead next
STRIKE AGAIN st Sontk Bead After F*rtyir Armistice.
j r n r U’X,rr ^ r .nrc
shipments over the Chesapeake A ! surgent strike.” were formally pre-
BEND. Ind., April 10.—Unan agreement with employers 400 teamsters again went on strike today, following an armistice an increase from 55 to 70 cents an hour and a closed shop. Fred li Fetch, representing the United States department of labor, will remain here ic an effort to get a settlement.
Ohio railroad to Chicago. No perishables are being sent from here to Chi- ‘ cago. It is feared there will be a meat shortage In Muncie within a few days unless supplies from the Chicago packers can be had more readilv. Coal supplies also are low but all factories still are operating. No disposition has been shown on the part of Muncie railway workers to sym-
pathize with the strikers. Strike Broken at Lafayette. [Special to The laduuxapoks New, ]
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. April 10.—The switchmen's strike in Lafayette wat/ broken today when all the yard crews reported for work. The Big Four and Wabash crews were the only ones
Continued on Page Two.
sented today- to sxrnirfntsnikiaTs of the railroads affected. The men, however, insisted that they were not on strike, but merely had quit work because they did not receive sufficient wages. Frank J. Peters, president, asserted that practically all employes eligible to membership had joined the association. Many men paid *2.50 each during the day as their initiation fee. Dues are 50 cents a month, it was
said.
Under the name of the Indianapolis Yardmen’s Association the following communication was delivered by committees to officials of railroads: “We hereby submit to you the demands of tbe above named association. consisting of yardmea employed in the Indianapolis terminal: Namely. Continued on Page Two.
MAKES SPEECH AT CHICAGO
[ Special to The Indianapolis New*] CHICAGO, April 10.—*T am supporting Leonard Wood for the RepubItcan presidential nomination, not because he was my brother’s friend, but because he is my brother's type.” said Mrs. Corrine Roosevelt Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt, in an address before a large audience at the Lane Technical High School last /algfci. f “If I wer* to support my brother’s friend I would have to include thousands of admirable men of all kinds— progressives, soldiers, boxer*, literary men and scientists,” she said. “Leonard Wood and my brother had in common more characteristics than any other two men I have ever known. Just as I Would have supported Theodore Roosevelt if he were alive, I am now supporting Leonard Wood. He is like Theodore Roosevelt in character, courage, commno sense and stability—in equipment for the position—and has the experience and th# highest type of patriotism to a degree that no other man I know has. ^In respect to the other Republican candidjates now in the field, there are an unusual number of able men, and therefore I coneider it even more of a compliment than it would otherwise b* for Leonard Wbod to receive the Republican nomination, and I would consider it nothing short of a calamity to have any one of them elected preferably to Leonard Wood, fine as they are. i America Faring Cri.i.. "America is now in a crisis in its history. We need s man who has shown himself to be able to face crises, both in this country and other countries. The man who was able to change Cuba from a sore spot on the face of the earth, not only a sore spot but a country accustomed to slavery, to one of the most sanitary, cleanest and beat-governed places on th* earth, is nothing short of a miracle. ‘The United State* is not a sore spot.’ but it is a spot at the moment of the most unsettled condition imaginable, for the long absentee government of the country by the present administration has bad its effect and there ia a feeling of flux over the whole nation. “We want, and need, a strong hand to co-ordinate again the splendid spirit of nationalism and pafriotisrr for which the United States has always stood. We want the men who have had the clearest vision of what was necessary for this country, and who now have the clearest visionary conception of what the country needs Continued on Page Seven.
SAYS VITAL CLAUSE OF THE TREATY WAS VIOLATED.
REPLY TO GREAT BRITAIN
PARIS. April 10.—The note sent yesterday by Premier Millerand to ihe British government in reply tc the British note with regard to the action of France in sending
Mvrexxxft vx* litre* tiiii vxcrxxxax* «*. *»«*«« i v* storage houses in Indianapolis today to discover the amotfnt of potatoes actually in storage, following a report that there were large quantities in Indianapolis warehouses. Only nine barrels ami twenty bags of potatoes were found, however. In five storage houses, said to be practically the only ones handling potatoes in the city. Three of these had no potatoes in
storage.
UNCLE SAM WLLS1EP IN AT THE PROPER W
WILL NOT PERMIT PARALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SENATE TERM EXPIRATIONS
Congressional Campaign Committees Organized for Getting Control of Lower Branch.
MAY BE TEST OF STRENGTH
first of all. that no doubt can be felt of the loyalty of Us attitude. The allies have been constantly informed of Us policy. The. French government has always opposed the entry of supplementary German troops into the Ruhr region and has added that the cuthorization for such an entry must have a counterpart In the occupation of Frankfort and
, Darmstadt.
“On April 3 its representatives in all the allied capitals informed the governments to which they were accredited (at the same time a copy being sent to the allied representatives In Paris) that Marshal Foch’s measures could no longer be post-
poned.
[Special to The Indianapolis News] JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., April 10. —Lee Amick, age twenty-four, was seriously injured when accidentally shot in the stomach with a shotgun last night while participating in a charivari of Ruth, tys sister, and! Russell Amick, her hiisband, at the \ home of Mr. and Mrs. William Amick, his parents, living at Otisco. Several young men In the party had shotguns and it has not been determined who fired the shot. ^ Amick served during the world war with the First division and saw service in France. He is in a local hospital. Russell Amick and Ruth Amick were married Thursday night. Russell Amick is a distant relative of
the wounded man. .
THREE OVERCOME BY GAS. Two Mea Carry Bedford Maa Front Tank aad Fall liaeoaaeleaa. [Special to Tbe Indianapolis News] BEDFORD, Ind. April 10.—Theodore Bell, proprietor of a local cleaning establishment here, was overcome by gas fumes yesterday while working in a chemical tank at me place of business. Oscar Treenar and Ralph Carter entered the tank and carried Mr. Bell to the open air where they fell unconscious. All three men were in a serious condition for a time. SENTENCED FOR SALE OE CIGARETTES TO MINORS THREE DRUGGISTS AND TWO CLERKS FOUND GUILTY.
Violation ef Treaty. “Furthermore the French government recalled that the matter concerned the violation of one of the Continued on Page Seven.
WASHINGTON, April 10 (by the Associated Press).—Should the stVike of railroad employes threaten a paralysis of transportation the federal government would have to Intervene. it was said today by high administration officials. The strike is not regarded as having reached that stage, however, and government officers who are keeping in close touch with the situation arc of the opinion that the authorized leaders of the unions will be able to control without government interference. Some officials said they would not be surprised If the rapidly spreading strikes resulted In a show down between the union officers and those leading the strike. Officials declared that this was as good a time as any for the test of strength. Gompers to Cleveland. President Gompers. of the American Federation of Labor, who has been in New York, left there last night for Cleveland, headquarters of the brotherhood of trainmen. Federation officials would not discuss the strike nor the purpos^ of Mr. Gompera’s trip, but it was understood that the labor chief was »to confer with brotherhood officials on the general situation. President Wilson Is being kept advised as to developments. He still is at work on the appointment of the railroad labor board, but White House officials said it was difficult to find the right men to represent the public who would give up their business to devote their time to the board's work. No reports of any curtailment of mail service had been received today by the postoffice department from the division superintendents over the country. Lee Favor* lavestlgatloa.
Cleveland replying »to the latter’s message informing Mr. Lee that the senate had ordered an inveatigatiorf of the Chicago yardmen's strike. Sent, at or Cummins asked for addresses of Chicago leaders, .said the hearing would begin next Tuesday and that witnesses would be subpenaed by
wi r*?*
Mr. Lee’s reply stated the Chicago strike was started by John Urunau. president of the insurgent organization, because of a personal grievance which had no connection at the start with the question. ”1 welcome the
investigation,” ^
The ladlaaapolia News Boreas.
*# Wjrett BaiMing.
WASHINGTON, April 10,—Only one real issue baa thus far been developed in the preconvention con test within the Republican party, and it is whether the forward looking forces or the backward looking force* shall contio! t*’* Chicago convention. No amount of camouflage can obscure, this issue. Men who were influential in the party just prior to the smashup in 1912 have made definite plans for naming the candidate for President and for dictating the important planks
of the platform.
These men believe the political machine should always dominate. They wish a man In the Whit* House who will be responsive to any and all demands of the machine, the party organization. They would like to be In position to say to the next President:
We
whatever we want
put you there. You
done.”
must do
OM Crowd Plan Challenge.
That was "the good old way.” The program of th# old crowd, the elder statesmen, the reactionaries, or whatever may be regarded aa the proper designation, ia challenged by a large force of Republicans who take the position that if the interests of good
government are properly to be served the party’s national convention should be free from boss control: they ssy
party’s
free. frolHHBHJBHPHHPHN It should be, in fact, a people's' convention; they declare that th# nom tnee of the convention for President should not bs beholden to any cabal: that the voters should, to the largest extent possible under existing laws, express their preference among the
candidates.
The issue is not new but it has bsen raised in & more direct way this year than ever before. Leonard Wood stands out as the leader of the forward looking forces within the party that would trample down the ©id If^dltions, That is ‘the reason the old reactionary machine crowd is opposing hi-1 so strenuously. Refused te Llatea to PI**. Wood brought the trouble on himself when he *ald in effect: "I BhaiJ let my name go before the people wherever there is a presidential preference primary law.” ’ If Wood and his friends had acquiesced in the favorite son scheme and he had kept out of th* primaries in Ohio, Illinois and a few other “prrservea” states, hs would have been a good fellow. As it is, he Is assailed
T welcome
Mr. Lee wired.
MARSHALL TO DEEie 1 OPENING ADDRESS
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE STATE CONVENTION PLANS.
Gruaa* and Insurgent*.
"I protest against any recognition of Grunau or his insurgent organization, because the old brotherhoods will carry out the terms of agreements made by their constitutional committees who are co-operating to the fullest extent with operating of- ! ficials with whom they have schedule relations. Any recognition of this [insurgent organization will probably jeopardize the influence of legitimate organizations over the large majority of our membership who are loyal
to the governm«ff>
LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC
TWO OTHERS RECEIVE FINES
Three druggists, two drug clerks and two other men were found guilty of charges of contributing to the delinquency of minor children, by Judge Frank J. Lahr in juvenile court today, when evidence was presented showing the druggista and clerks had sold cigarette* to small boys, while the two other men had sent boys to drug stores to buy cigarettes for them. Judge Lahr fined each of the men $5 and costs, and sentenced each to the State Farm for six months, suspending the farm sentences on condition that the defendants pay their fines and not repeat the offense with which they
were charged.
The men convicted were Edgar Rowson. a druggist at 1102 North.Illinois street; Ted Phflpott. a druggist at Illinois and North streets; Joe Heider, a druggist at 902 North Illinois street; Roy Smith, a drug clerk at 1102 North Illinois street; Herman Hammer, a clerk at SOI North Illinois street; Theodore Finkler and Otto Imcas. The last two were accused of sending boys to buy cigarettes. Chester Jackson, charged with a similar offense, failed to appear in court and a warrant was to be issued
for his arrest.
At a meeting today of the Democratic state convention committee. including Mayor Benjamin Boss#, of Evansville. Democratic state chairman; Edward G. Hoffman, of Ft. wayne. Indiana member of the Democratic national committee; A. C. Saliee. chairman of the Seventh district, and Walter S. Chambers, of Newcastle. chairman of the Sixth district, announcement was made that Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-President of the United States, had accepted an invitation to make the opening address at the convention as the temporary chairman. The convention will be
held May 19 and 20.
The committee decided to invite Samuel- M. Ralston, of Indianapolis, formerly Governor of Indiana, to act as permanent chairman, and Claude Bowers, of Ft. Wayne, to act as secretary. Both Mr. Ralston and Mr. Bowers will b* expected to make ad-
dresses.
John D. Shea Appointed.
John D. Shea, of Indianapolis, was chosen sergeant-at-arms of the convention. Mr. Shea has had charge of the convention arrangements in pre-
vious years.
The convention committee conference was held at the Claypool hotel, which probably will he chosen as the place for the state committee headquarters. The state headquarters are now at the Denison hotel, but will have to be changed, as that hotel is
soon to be closed.
Thomas Taggart, who will be the Democratic nominee for United States senator, arrived here from French Lick and held conferences with the
other Democratic leaders. Prospect* Please Leader*.
Mr. Taggart. Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Bosse all expressed much pleasure on account of the Democratic prospects this year. They look on the present
own political
lemy of ITs
t and their organ!-
tVisse* d'tvA *av***
iple
zutlons will further the ’one big •* o* t IA ^ n AivekA Ia> 0 Vijs f%A*niet |>1 (0
union’ idea that is the basic pri
back of this Illegal action.” EGG PRICES DOWN.
awltckuie*’* Strike tke Cnu*e ■ Wyrkoff Issues Warning. The wholesale price of eggs In Indianapolis dropped 1 cent a dozen today as the result of the freight embargo caused by the switchmen’s strike. Large quantities of eggs that were being shipped to the east have been unloaded on the local market. In addition, eggs gathered In central Indiana and usualiy shipped east were unloaded on this foarket. A further drop is predicted If the embargo continues. Stanley Wyckoff. fair price commissioner for Indiana, today issued a warning against abnormally raising prices of foodstuffs because of the embargo and threatened shortages. "Margins of profit fixed Cor Indiana some time ago, stiil hold iood," said Mr. Wyckoff, “and if we discover that any person is exceeding these margins we will give the evidence in the esse to the federal grand jury, which is now in sssion.” ^ NEW PIM OF GENERAL ELECTRIC IS DEDICATED
Herbert C. Hoovef stands for the principle for which Wood is fighting. So it is that the bosses are not sparing in their denunciation of him. Some persons would classify Senator Hiram Johnson, of Caiffornfa. as a forward looking man, but in this contest his interests and the intereats of the reactionaries are identical. The single purpose is to prevent the
nomination of Wood. In Event of ControL
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, and Senator Harding, of Ohio, are. aa is well known, supported by the old crowd. Whether that crowd would be willing to take either one of them in the event it should control at Chi-
cago is a question. .
As the preconvention campaign progresses the single issue, that of whether the convention shall bh bosscontrolled. Is likely to stand out
clearer and clearer.
AH the Indicationa now are that Wood will enter the convention far in the lead as to the number of votes assured him on the first ballot. It looks now a* if he would have 350 votes at the outset. The business of Continued on Page Eleven.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
DOTTED STATES WEATHER BUREAU Indianapolis. April 10. 1990.
ApnlTO. 1*10. I April ib" lIV-jT" 2 »• “ ♦ ** f 7 »• m *« 19 m 02 ! IS m. H
9 p. m.
60 ! 2 p. Si. *. ■
7 s. m. 12 m. ... 2 p. m.
-Barometer—
ao.<*7 30.07 SO 05
5,000
VISITORS PRESENT EVENT IN DECATUR.
MANY FROM ‘FT. WAYNE
[Special to The Indianapolis New*) DECATUR. Ind . April 10.—The new
plant of the General Electric Company here was dedicated today and about 5,000 visitors, including officers
Republican troubles as being'propi- 1 prominent in the organization, were
tious for the Democrats, provided
they form an efficient organization and place good tickets before the voters. They expressed their confidence that both these things will be ac-
complished.
, An extraordinary effort will be / made by the Democratic state leaders to establish a Democratic organization in Indianapolis which will have the confidence not only of all local Democrats, but of-the citizenship in general. Reginald Sullivan has been mentioned a* a possible choice for
county ehaiman.
County “Drive” Completed. Edward C. Toner, of Anderson, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, has completed his Continued on Pago Two.
here for the exercises.
The Ft. Wayne plant of the company closed at 11:30 o’olock so that employes could attend th# event here. The visitors from Ft. Wayne,came in 200 automobiles and were met by about 200 machines from this city. After a parade over the principal streets of the city the visitors *r*re
supplied by
^ *l®0y from Schnectady. N. Y. and Ft. Wayne. The Decatur plant will be in operation by May 1 and will employ between 400 and 500 persona The new building is a one-story brick and glass structure. 200 feet wide and *00 Feet long. aLter the company exfe** long. Later the company ex-
veatually will snip'
persona
taken to the company plane The\ft-
ernoon program was sup member* of ^he company
—Local Forecast— Local forecast ter Indianapolis end Thantty for the twenty-four hour* ending 7 p. m . April 11: Increasing cloudiness tonight, becoming unsettled, with probably showerSunday; rising temperature. Forecast for Indiana: Cloudy tonight amt Sunday; probably rain Sunday. Rising temperature. Forecast for Illinois: iocreaaing ciotskness and somewhat wanner tonight, followed by showers Sunday or Sunday right. Warmer in south part goods}. Forecast for Kentucky: Fair and gams what wanner tonight. Sunday cloudy, probably followed by rain. Forecast for Ohio: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; Sunday unsettled, probably followed by rain to west pari Sunday afternoon or right \
Amount of’ proa pita ton for iweoty-leur hours ceding 7 a. m.. none; total amount ef procipitatton since January 1. 1920. 7JM; deficiency etnoe ‘January 1. 1920. 3.90.
—Weather in Other Citiea—
Tbe following table akows the state ef ih<-_weather in other due* at 7 a. m.:
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