Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1920 — Page 13
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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1920.
MW ADVERTISEMENT
FT. WAYNE NEWS DEMANDS A “SHOWDOWN ”
Goes to G. 0. P. Convention in Chicago as Delegate
WEEK’S CAMPAIGN REVIEWED!
NEW PUN FOII SaUNG fWIYTO BE TRIED
TENANTS ARE TO OWN ALL THE COMMON STOCK.
NEW TRIAL IS DENIED.
OWNERSHIP IN TEN YEARS
J. W. Feeler and Warren V McCray, j candidates for the Republican nomi- ] nation for Governor, have been busy i thin week invading: what has been re-j garded as each other's territory. Mr. ; Fealer has been visiting: points in the northern part of the state, where the ; McCray forces say they are particularly strongr. and Mr. McCray has been trying to break fnto Fesier strongholds In the southern part of the stata. Report* from independent source* indicate that Mr. Fesier has been making great gains everywhere he has j gone in the last few days, while Mr. j McCray has helped himself some on i account of his personal visits, hut ha* i not been able to disturb the Fesier! loyalty at Evansville and other cities. ; * While it ia conceded among political j observers that Edward C. Toner, the othgr candidate, may make a better Showing than has been calculated, the genera] belief seems to be that the real contest is between Mr. Fesier and Mr. McCray, and that Mr, Toner will not be able to bother either one of them seriously. ;
_ „ „ Tit is announced that the apartments Sensation of the Week. Here 1* Mr*. Manlev L. Foaaeen. a are to be sold on a basis of 12 per
The mystery created by the re-j deleyate-at-larjfe from Minnesota markable newspaper advertisement j to ^ Republican convention in
published in several Indiana papers ? _ .
this week on behalf of Mr. McCray. |'-' n,c *K°
ami purporting to be a denial by j
K«ntla.iMS eftlsena of “malicious prop ‘ '
The Maplewood Court Realty Com - } pany proposes to sell Maplewood {Court. 3T-47 Johnson avenue. Irvington. to the tenants by* forming a corporation in which the tenants own all the common stock. The plan has been successfully tried in New* York and Chicago, but this is its first trial
in Indianapolis.
Maplewood Court is made up of sixteen separate apartments or houses, joined together and heated from a ■ centra! plant. The rent is S4« to >45 ? a month, with heat provided.
Details Are Oatllned.
Under the plan there are to be a preferred stock issue at « per cent which will be a mortgage payable at the rate of !2.fib0 a y^ar or more, and a common stock issue. It is planned to sell one-sixteenth of the common
_ ^ . . .stock to each tenant and. at the time, women will plays most important • the stock is acquired, with the certifi
part in the national convention |
of the political parties this year, he occupies at the present rental rate. „ ... w . ® r I It is announced that the apartr
Affects Howwt aad Other Mine Officials ta Jail. PITTSBURG. Kas.. April IS.—Judge Curran, of the Crawford county district court, overruled a motion for a new trial in the cases of Alexander Howat, Thomas Harvey, August Dorchy and R. B. Foster, officials of tha United Mine Workers of America, sent to jail last Friday for contempt of court in refusing to teatify before the court of industrial relations. Phil H. Gallery, attorney for the miners, said he had not decided what the next step would be. further than that he would discuss the question of bond for the imprisoned officals with Judge Curran. He said fhat he would either take an appeal to the supreme court from Judge Curran’s decision today or would seek to release the men on habeas corpus.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED.
Addltfomal Olfte Bring Smelt Fwad to *040.5.1. Contributions amounting to >40.05, to be added to the benefit fund for Mrs. Lee Stringer, were received Thuraday at The News office and at police headquarters. The money came from the following employes of J. W.Jackson A. Sons, garment manufacturers. 22 East Georgia street, $30.05: "A Friend.” >5; Peter Brown. 2260 North Pennsylvania street, >1; Kinney Hiatt. 536 East Wabash street. >2; Martin Egan. >1; Sergeant Hagerman, >1. The fund now amounts to >646,55. The fund was opened by The News for Mrs. Stringer. widow of Lee Stringer, railroad detective, who was shot to death by one of a gang of colored thieves, who were stealing coal from a car in the Lake Erie * Western Ymilroad yards.
PARCEL POST BUSINESS STRIKES CRUMBLE
GROWS: STRIKE RESULT
MRS. MANLEY L. FOSSEEN.
Uganda” which the advertisement aays Is being prepared against Mr. Mcf'rmy. has proved to he the sensation of the week. The Ft. Wayne News, in It* editorial comment on this advertisement, speaks of the statement aa being “as malign In ita tendency as it ts vague in ita implied information," and calla for a “showdown” from the McCray interests regarding the meaning of the “remarkable'' contents of the gdvertiaement. "What ia this malicious propaganda that has been directed against Mr. | MeCrayf' the newspaper asks "And who is spreading it? It occurs to os j that there are other interests besides those of Mr. McCray to be con- { sidered and justice to all demands a {
Legion Officer Becomes Chief Aid to Dan Cupid
prompt mat tar.'
investigation of the whole
Another Adverttseso***.
Humor, which It is expected will be particularly appreciated by Patrick Lynch, clerk of the supreme and appellate court*, has been added to the campaign by another advertisement printed this week in the Martinsville Reported on behalf of Mr. Toner. After explaining that in the recent war Mr. Toner "turned his business over to his associates and employes, and enlinted in the American Red Cross, arriving In France almost as soon at the first American soldiers" end that Mr. Toner "served on the ng line both in Franc# and Italy, tti he was recalled to the Unittd
ftrfn unit
Ktates to speak on behalf of the War
Liberty loan and Red Cross
Savings,
campaigns." the' humorous part of the
advertisement is aa follows; "Mr. Renubtican. where were the
ether candidates for Governor during this war period, and what were they doing? Making more millions to add
to their already colossal fortunes."
, While It Is generally conceded that Mr. McCray has a "cc'-—»—•
no one. until this adv out. has accused Mr? I
■y has a ‘ colossal” fortune, til this advertisement came
"itervice to ex-service men" is the motto of the American Legion. A national officer of the Legion lived up to tt'In an unexpected way Thursday. Late in the day, John G. Mitchell, member of a Legion post at Los Angelos. Cal., walked Into the office of Lemuel BoUev national adjutant. ’ I’m going to get married directly.” said Miller to .Mr. Bo!lee, "and I need some witnesses. Can you help me
outr
Mr. Holies hastily mustered two members of the office force. Miss Flora May Wingfield, hia secretary, and P, R, Monsen, of the organisation division. Miller and his bride-to-be Miss Ruth Frances Hood, of Francisville. Ind., her girl friend and the Legion party, including Mr. Bolles. went to the Second Presbyterian church, where the wedding ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. Louden A tfarrlman. associate pastor of the church, and himself an
win pay. it estimated, aowut » per cent, net to the buyer of the common stock. Ownership of the stock does not necessarily mean living in the apartment, it is said. Both the lease
and the stock are assignable. Adaws Decides on Ptam.
The realty company offered the property for sale through the Security Trust Company. After investigating the plan in Chicago and New York, Reily C. Adams, president of the company, decided to try the plan here. He said that in ten years under this plan the stockholders will -own the property free of any Incumbrances. During the ten years the tenants will be assured of no advance in rent and the control of the rent
will then rest in their hands.
PLEA FOR NEW GAS RATE.
Chamberlain to Preseat Seaate Committee Measure for Rev islea of
Procedure.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Material changes in army courts-martial procedure were recommended today by the senate military committee in reporting legislation growing out of . # . . _ithe Ansei.1-Crowder row.
!Ln?-2?f‘i.>t iin(nr Chamberlain (Dent., Ore.) as
an amendment to the pending army
Central Company Wishes to Provide “Off and On" Indoatrtal Service. Authority to provide to large industrial consumers' of natural only “off and on” service and at an increased cost, is requested in a petition the Central Indiana Gas Company, Muncle. filed with the public
service man. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left • ••rvice commission today. The peal 10 o’clock for Pittsburg on their j HHO" concerns Muncle. Hartford City,
honevmoon Fairmoont and Gas City. - I The company, which obtains its gas
from the W-st Virginia field, takes this step to conserve gas for domestic consumers, it avers. Service to industries is to be provided when there is a surplus over domestic service needs and to be cut off when there is
no surplus.
The company now charges 35 cents a 1,000 cubic feet of gas for the first 6,600.000 cubic feet after 100U)00 have been used and 30 cents a l.OuO fbr all over 5.100.000. It proposea to charge 60 cents for all over 100,000 feet. Rates applicable to domestic consumers remain as at fresint.
CHANGES PROPOSED FOR * ARMY COURTS-MARTIAL
colossal campaign fund In the state It hga been generally conceded that
who has not thought of calling
in question the patriotism of his op nonenta. There are some well Informed person* who had the impression that Governor James C\ Good-
i——itntii Up -V K,uiOpe for a
during H|
at (toekvllte. 1
Hr, Uarietoil B. McCulloch, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, and Samuel M. Ralston, formerly Governor, will go to Rockville tonight to participate in a Democratic rally. John it. Heller, manager of Dr, McCulloch's campaign, announces that the organisation is complete in every pan of the state, with a chairman in each county and precinct worker# in most of the townships. Dean Barnhart, editor of the Goshen Democrat, has organised a McCulloch-for-Governor Club in Elkhart county, and eimilar organ Hatton* are being mad* in the Thtr-
part* of the
teenth district and
state.
Merrill Moores, congressman from the Seventh dletrtet, is expected here from Waahtngton Monday to- begin hia campawn for renomination from thla district. There are Indications that Mr. Moores intend* to make a fight, and that he will appeal for continued support on the ground that he was right on public questions during Buffer at Ward Wee tin* Duffey, Mr. Moores’* opIn the contest, has been arsine* the campaign started, and
general's office with power to modify or annui all court-martial sentences. Other important modifications recommended include: Death .sentence* must be by a threefourth* instead of a two-thi#ds vote of the caurts. :vf/ ’' Court* must have members with legal experience and be composed of ©moera having at least two years' service. Defendants may have counsel military or civilian, of thoir own selec-
tion.
Civil rules of evidence shall apply and evidence gathered In preliminary ex parte investigation* shall not be admitted without consent of the defendant. Verdicts of acquittal may not be set aside Punishments may not be heavier than under civil procedure. Disciplinary punishments shall be preferred to court-martial. Junior officers as well as enlisted men be made subject to disciplinary punishment. Not more than two-third* of a soldlsr's pay may be. forfeited in fine.
FESIER WORKS RAPIDLY.
%i*>4a Noble ioaoty Towi»«t—Seeah*
to Women’* OrgastaaVtoa. (Special to The Indianapolis News)
KENDALLVILLE Ind.. April 16 — James \V, Fesier, of Indianapolis. Republican candidate fir the nomination for Governor, paid no attention to the rain yesterday while on a whirlwind tpur of Noble county. Ajc-
lain and
tepubltcan
•fid Yandea streets,! Wawaka. The party
FOR WOOD, HE SA¥S
Continued from Page One. remain in this state up to the day of the primary election.
TO SPEAK AT EVANSVILLE.
Senator J«ha*oa to Deliver Address Monday Evening. , (Special to The Indianapolis Newel EVANSVILLE, Ind.. April 16.— Hiram W. Johifson, United States senator from California and a candidate for the Republican nomination for President, will make an address at the Soldiers and Sailors’ Memorial Coliseum here Monday evening, according to an announcement made today by George Haas, Jr„ of Mt. Vernon. assistant state campaign manager for Senator Johnson. Senator Johnson will arrive at Mt. Vernon Monday afternoon and will speak at the Courthouse there. A reception for Senator Johnson will be held at a local hotel on his arrival from Mt. Vernon. Senator Rorah, of Idaho, will speak in Evansville, April 30. in the interest of Senator Johnson's candidacy.
Gt KST OF KIW ANIS CLUB.
W arrew
G. Harding 1* Speaker
Meeting In EVkhnrt.
[Special to The Indianapolis New«i ELKHART, Ind.. April 16.—Warren
Iff* 1 ^*** Ti t ) ar * d * y n‘« ht !« , h7r'>t'. Wayne men. he visited this i a. Harding, of Ohio, candidate for the artt Republican meetingAlbion. Ltgonier. Cromwell and hu _ an nomination and \ a tides streets. < Wawaka The party traveled in *‘ e P u,> vcan presidential nomination, that a business man j automobiles. made an address before an audience rjMT is needed to rep-j During his two-hour stay here, Mr. in the Elks Home her* this afternolo^.
in the congress, no greater need God-given brain* s country than at Mr Duffey said,
of the elements has the security of the 0r *jd *nd dtetrggt
Sshoess and faith
, . government direc>nest citterns look with die-
During his two-hour stay here, Mr. Fesier met many Republican leaders of the county and spoke before the Noble County Women’s Club at the Presbyterian eWurch. He said that he was well pleased with the situation here as it pertains to his can-
didacy.
REFUSE ZONES FOR MARKET
Staadh elder*
« Safety Beard.
The board of safety has issued an order to Harry LIBeau. city market
.. .... _. v .. Bale* for fitaadkalders Issued By
’ort to wreck the nurseries of our 1st* are at grips
of the law.”
e'rt»'sh<ruld N devote U nvrT master, to require all outside standi to^e cowSStJSai holder* on the market to deposit congressional th<(ir rf , fuiM , , n r «f u8 *. 80nf( , that will
he marked off in the streets about the market, ^landholders who leave refuse about their stands after quitting the market will be excluded from the market for ten days The refuse tones will be kept clean by the street
cleaning department.
of the Democrattc III be removed from within the next two . id will be in Room
totel. ’
•# Editor* Meed*.
executive committee the Republtean Editorial of Indiana, met at lunchHotel Severin today as Frederick E. Schorte-
of the Republican
It tee, and discussed busiand polities. A feeling was expressed in regard
| ‘ of success in
on.
to a proposed reconstitution and by'On. the. extenIts work, the and new iegwtBi
■£h£MP rton; George Stout.
Leo K. Fesier. In- ‘ Redhey: J. F. t; J. A. Hamilton.
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campaign t et increased »r College, w
of the b
to provide
demands ere disboard of
_ at a meeting
offices of John H. HoTHihe Union Trust buiidlng A
scholarship
fund was sug-
INDIANAP0LIS SCHOOL NOTES
ARSENAL TECHNICAL.
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Keith Hoffmeyer won the prise in the content for the best tag to-be used in advertising the senior play. It has been announced in the June •emor roilroome that the snuer apoaeor* know of attractive positions tor boye who desire etn Ptoyment. either part time now or during The pupil? of physic* dasee* have been divided into groups and are taking trips to a local stove tactory. Credit is given in school work for a report on the operations involved in etootroptating C. E Teeter* and Charles Broeey. of the acseoce department are in charge of the trtpe
made an address before an audience in the Elks Home herw this afternolo He was accompanied here by V. VanFleet. his manager in Indiana, who formerly lived here. The meeting was under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club, which some time ago adopted a policy of sponsoring greeting to various candidates for the nomination for Governor of Indiana and for President. Mr. Harding is the second guest under that program. Warren T. McCray. Republican candidate for the nomination*for Governor,
ear the first guest.
William B. Mile, president of the Kiwanis Club; A. H. Beardsley, state senator; F. E. Berton. cashier of the First National Bank, and H. M. Hayes, secretary of the Kiwanis Club, were on the reception committee and preaided at a -reception held for Mr. Harding In tbe lobby of the Hotel Bucltlen. Mr. Harding was introduced to the afternoon audieffee by W. E. Wider, mayor. Mr. Beardsley today said: “I feel it a distinct honor to be asked to serve fit any capacity in the greeting to Senator Harding because he Is one of the moat prominent men in the country, but I wish it understood that I am still district chairman of the Leonard Wood campaign and still think him the beat man for the office and the man who will be elect-
ed by the people."
WOOD FILE! IN MARYLAND.
/ SHORTRIDGB.
Richard Sargent, property manager for
the sentor play, has appointed Paul Mc-
Mullen and Paul Barrett as hi* assistant' At the last meeting of the girls discus-
sion hour. Dona Walsh was the leader and Loren* Reger, the hostess. Tbe tome dsacussed was 1 The Importance of Etiquette.”
B. P Gabon, Wad of the music departha* announced that the examinations Shortridge pupito woiking for credit s music work, will be held from
May to May 29. loehtarre. and will cover piano, violin dannet. carnet, trombone. cello harp- saxophone, voice, harmony
and theosy.
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Jay roaaty Pioneer Dead. (Spemal to The Inthanapol!* News] ;
PORTLAND. Jnd.. April 16.—W. H. Andrews, age seventy-five, a pioneer
plana for the opening) resident of Ja> county and civil war
veteran, died Thursday, following a long illness; A widow and the following children survive: Lawrence, of Spokane. Wash.; Jesse, of West Point, Miss.; George, of Shelby. Mich.; Earl, of Eureka. Nev.: Mrs. V. E Wilhem. of Dayton. O.; Mrs Glenn Rowley, of Mears. Mich.; John, of Sterling. Til., find William and Harry Andrews, of
Fort Sand.
Eaters State Race far Delegratlaa ta
Natlaaal Caavrattaa.
BALTIMORE, April !«.—An end came to Jockeying over whether a fight should be made for the Republican delegation to the national convention from this state, when Leonard Wood s papers were filed with the secretary of state at Annapolis. The were filed by John Phillip lidate for the Republican on for the congress in the Third district and identified with the
organisation force*.
Earlier in the day Senator Hiram
Johnson’s papers were taken to Annapolis, but were not filed. Dr. William L. Robins, of Washington, took the papers to the state CapitoL but before be reached the office of the secretary of state, was called by Representative Ellston. of California, a friend of Senator Johnson. Alter the telephone conversation. Dr. Robins left Annapolis without filing. Before leaving be inquired as to the limit for filing and was told midnight Saturday.
Wood Eaters Vermont Primary. MONTPELIER. VL, April If The
name of Leonard Wood will appear on the ballots at the state primary May 27 as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President, as a reault of a petition filed in his behalf with the secretary of state. The
^eUUoa bore 566 signatures.
Continued from Page One. due to switchmen'* strikes in various cities, conditions here were more encouraging today. Some coal was being received, and many of the factories were bringing raw materials to their plants in motor trucks. Although thbre was a gasoline famine yesterday and the night before, gasoline was being sold in restricted quantities today by most dealers, supplies having been brought In by truck. The prospect that store* of factories in Muneie. Marion. Hartford City and other near-by cities would have to shut down next week because of inability of the Indiana General Service Company’s plant here to supply them with electric power, is thought to have vanished. The power plant now has preference in coal shipments. Muneie dealers are almost out of sugar, and some other food staples are running low.
GASOLINE RESTRICTIONS.
Standard OH Caakpany Ctasea All Except One Seatk Bead Station. (Special to The Indianapolis News! SpUTH BEND. Ind.. April 16 —Gasoline restrictions were placed in effect here today by the Standard Oil Company, every filling station in the city operated by the company with one exception being closed until further notice. Officials of the company say this move was made necessary on account of the diminishing supply. Motor truck* and doctors’ automobiles will be filled, but there will be no gasoline sold on Sunday by the company. Railroad switchmen's strikes are given as the direct cause of the shutdown. - The Gafill jOil Company, an independent concern, has announced that It has about ten days' supply on hand now. and does not anticipate a shortage that will he acute. Company officials here estimate a supply of at least 80.000 gallons on hand. The Sinclair company also says it has a sufficient supply of gasoline on hand to operate all filling stations. BREAKING IN NEW CREW. Big Four Employs Iftexperteaced Switchmen at Aaderooa. (Special to The Indianapolis Newal ANDERSON. Ind., April 16.—A new •witching crew went to work in the Big Four railroad yards here today. It was said that the crew was made up of inexperienced men who will be broken into the service and that the railroad intends employing thirty new men for, local yard switchmen. None of the switchmen who quit work last Sunday has returned to work. The striking yardmen held another meeting today. Both the Big Four and Pennsylvania railroads employ nine crews In their local yards.
IN EAST AND WEST
Continued from Page One., men, said "the men had better go back while the going is good.’* Improvement Gradual. A gradual improvement in the transportation situation was reported by the railroads. Passenger service showed the greatest improvement, due largely to the continued successful use of volunteer crews. More than 66.000 commuters were carried on the "volunteer” trains yesterday. It was said at the New York Central offices that freight service was so much improved that the embargo has been lifted east of Buffalo and north of Yonkers on the New' York Central and north of Newburg on the West Shore railroad. The Central Railroad of New' Jersey. hard hit by the strike, made most optimistic reports. •On the New York. New Haven ft Hartford sudden walkouts” were reported. No freight was moving on the road. Freight on the I^ehigh Valley was at a standstill, but passenger service was improving. The Pennsylvania, Lackawanna. Erie. Baltimore ft Ohio and Long Island announced Improvement in passenger service, but freight service was crippled and train movements were uncertain. The number of college students and business men who volunteered their services increased greatly today. Two young women applied for positions as firemen on the Long Island railway. They admitted they did not have the strength to fire an engine, but they were hired by the traffic manager on i?'. OUnd ” the y ha< l t? 1 ® right
NOT TU OPPOSE RULING AGAINST PRIMARY VOTE
MRS. A. H. BEARDSLEY GIVES VIEW ON BOARD ACTION.
Head of American Wire Lines Dies at Baltimore
PREFERENCE FOR PRESIDENT
YARDMEN REMAIN OUT.
Imgrovement at Lafayette. (Speeiel to The Indianapolis News] LAFAYETTE, Ind.. April 16.— Shipping conditions In Lafayette were considerably improved today and the Lafayette stockyards reopened after being closed a week. Live stock* is being shipped out of the city. The coal situation, however, remains serious and at a meeting of pow r er consumers today it was decided to operate the larger plants On halftime schedule. The factories will remain closed in the morning and operate in the afternoons. The Monon railroad shops will he included in this program as the scarcity of coal is being felt at that establrshment. Carloads of coal are being diverted from various points along the road to take care of the shop demands. ft Little t'kanae at Terre Haute. {Special to The Indianapolis News) TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. April 16.— Switchman formerly employed by the Chicago ft Eastern Illinois railroad in the local yards did not return to work today in response to a notice of the management posted Thursday. No change has occurred in the situation as it relates to the other roads, the Chicago. Terre Haute ft Southeastern men alone remaining at work in a body. Practically 100 coal mines are shut down on account of car shortage in the Indiana field
Gaakea Factories Lay Off Mem. (Special to Tt»e Indianapolis News] GOSHEN, Ind., April 16.—Several Goshen factories, among them the Art Novelty Company, were • forced to lay off large numbers of employes today as a result, of the railroad switchmen’s strike. No Goshen factory ia able to ship its products, and ware rooms are filled to overflowing. All packing departments are closed. There ia a general shortage of coal here. Shortage etf Coml and Gaeoitae. (Special to The Indianapolis Mews] WINCHESTER. Ind.. April 16.—On Thursday only one garage here could sell gasoline because of the shortage produced by the railroad strike, but a supply was brought in later by truck. Garage men are supplying gasoline only to physicians and rural mail carriers. No coal has been obtainable here for the last week, and the natural gas supply la low. > Hartford City Factories Lew. (Special to The indianapoha Newt) HARTFORD CITY. I#td, April 16.— The effect of the railroad switchmen's strike became more apparent here todav. when factories began to run short of raw material and coal. Garage owners have announced that until conditions change no gasoline will be sold for use in pleasure cars, and that trucks, tractors and doctors' automobiles will be favpred, Gaeetlae Rank at Aiexaadrta. f Special to The Indianapoba News] . ALEXANDRIA. Ind. April !«.—A rush on gasoline filling stations in Alexandria occurred yesterday when a report started that the supply of gasoline was about exhausted, as no new supplies had arrived because of the switchmen's strike. Garage owners estimated they sold 56,660 gallons of gasoline in two hours. Sixty Return at Germing. CORNING. N. Y.. April 16.—Sixty yardmen employed here by the New York Central, who struck Tuesday, returned to their work today unconditionally. The action followed an ultimatum sent by the local branches of the Brotherhood of Railv.ay Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors that the strikers must resume their jobs within six hours orj the brotherhood men would fill their places. The Erie yardmen continue •a strike.
a Return Movement at Coinmbas When Demand* are Rejected. COLUMBUS, O., April 16.—Refusal of the railroad managers to recognize the striking yardmen here, following official presentation of a set of demands, left the Columbus rail strike situation unchanged today, no movement of striking switchmen back to tsoik being reported. The demands presented by the Columbus Yardmen’s Association asked the and with rai 1Ji. nag^ a statement, reaffirmed their decision not to deal with any other organization than the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The railroad officials further declared tha? they rqgard the striking switchmen as no longer in the service of the companies and will refuse to deal with them as strikers. Big Four railway officials have declared the strikers "permanently out of the service” and are proceeding to fill up the Banks by advertising for switchmen to take the places of the strikers. The Hockinq Valley and Toledo ft Ohio Central lines were further handicapped today by refusal of yardnraaters and assistants to perform switchmen’s duties. This, it was said, would not interfere with passenger service, general yardmasters and*trainmasters Doing the work. Yardmasters on otherjinfes are keeping passenger service about normal.
ULTIMATUMS POSTED. Cleveland Men Have Forty-eight Hour* to Return to Work. CLEVELAND. April 16.—Notices were posted in the yards or mailed to striking switchmen and yardmen of four Cleveland railroad terminals today that unless the strikers returned to work within forty-eight hours the raiiroAd managers would replace them with new men in an effort to break the walkout. Similar action was expected by the other railroads. Officials of Cleveland railroads reported conditions today unchanged. The New York Central reported that fifty-one out of a normal total of fifty-four crew's are working in the Collinwood yards and the switching of 1,006 cars of freight, east and westbound. in the twenty-four hours end-
ing at midnight.
Pennsylvania railroad officials re-
{Special to The Indianapolis News) ELKHART, Ind. April 16.—Mrs. A. H. Beardsley, of this city, president of the Indiana League of Women.Voter*. issued a statement today regarding the position of the league on the question of women being permitted to vote in the Indiana primaries May 4. The statement follows: Text of Statement. "The recent ruling of the state board of election commissioners is ad- j verse to our cause; in other words, j their interpretation on the election law holds strictly to the letter of the j law, while ignoring its spirit. This' ruling is to be regretted eince women are anxious to help nominate, aa well as elect officials. We believe that the last legislature. In passing the presidential suffrage law. meant that Indiana women should have a square deal in the primaries, as wett as in the election. Tn view of the recent action of the board of election commissioners. It -would, aeem that the apparent interest of party leaders in the new women voters have declined appreciably at this particular period when their interests are at stake- Should th^ privilege of entering the primaries' be extended to us by the political party committees, through the election board, without an extended struggle on our part, we would gladly avail ourselves of the privilege, as far as it meets the requirements. It is our belief, however, that the privilege In this case would be somewhat incomplete, since the list of presidential candidates filed in Indiana is small in comparison to the number of candidates expected to run for office. (Ideation of straggle. ’’Since the federal suffrage amendment will not be fully ratified until after our May primaries. It is a question whether a struggle to express ourselves in the primaries for a very incomplete list of presidential candidates would avail us anything. This is purely my personal opinion and in no way expresses board action.”
Seeks to Compel Action. (Special to The Indianapolis News) RICHMOND. Iqd., April 16.—Miss Esther Griffin White, of Richmond, chairman of Republican women in Wayne county, filed an action in the Wayne circuit court today in an effort to compel the board of county election commissioners to place her name on the Republican ballot as a candidate for delegate to the Republican state convention from the Third ward in this city. Acting on a ruling by the state election board that women could not be candidates for any office, or for delegates to party conventions, the county board of election commissioners declined to recognize the petition filed in behalf or Mice White as a candidate for delegate. The county election commissioners are enjoined from printing the ballots until the question is heard in court.
ported a volunteer crew of ninety ® nc ® which listened to John F, Mc-
Namee, editor of the Firemen’s Journal, the principal speaker. He told the men that with the appointment of the railway labor board and In view of the existing contracts between railroads and the brotherhoods that the men would be serving their own interests to stand with the bro-
men working today, none of the old
men returning.
Big Four and Baltimore ft Ohio officials reported their men still out and freight movement practically
tied up.
Lake Front Lodge No. 260, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, representing 500 yardmen employed in the local yards of the Pennsylvania lines, at a meeting today voted unanimously /to remain on strike. The vote leaves the ranks of the Cleveland strikers unbroken except 300 men who returned to the Erie railroad and ^he New York Central lines. AWAIT LABOR BOARD ACTION. Detroit Railroad Official* Aaaoaace No Outage la Sltaatloa. DETROIT. April 16.—The railroad strike situation in Detroit and Michigan remained unchanged today as far as surface indications showed. Company officials who yesterday believed an early end of the strike w\s in sight, contented themselves today with the statement that the only hope of a return to normal conditions appeared to rest with action by the rtabor board in Washington. A pessimistic view of the situation throughout the state is taken by John L. Lovett, manager of the Michigan Manufacturers’ Association. "It is a matter of a very few days,” he said, "before not only Detroit but every city in the state will have to shut down ‘tighter than a drum.’ ” •
WASHINGTON MEN BACK.
Petesaae and Eeklagton Yards Employe* Ead Their Strike. WASHINGTON. April 16.—Employes at the Potomac yards here, known as the “freight gateway to the south, who went on strike yesterday Jor the second time within four days, returned to work today after conferences with union leaders. Switching crews at the Eckington yards of the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad, who walked out yesterday, also returned to work. Movement of freight through the Potomac yards was resumed when the day shift reported for duty. Six of the strikers answered summons to appear before a federal grand jury, but were released after District Attorney Laskey had been informed that the strike had ended.
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be<en played, and now it was only a
question of endurance. Resolution* Adopted.
The resolutions adopted ' at the meeting Thursday evening follow: Where aa. Our brotherhood* have bees ka successful aa any human agency could be in protecting and advancing our industrial
and economic interest*; and.
Where aa. They have completed arrangement* for an early concluaion of our wage
demands: and.
Whereas. Our best interests require that they be given our undivided support in tbe
present wage negotiation*; and.
Whereas. Any other course during the ensi* created by the present illegal switchmen s strike would materially reduce their efficiency in properly caring for our in-
terests; therefore, be it
Resolved. That we pledge our moat loyal support to our brotherhoods and their offi-
cials: and. be it further
Resolved. That we demonstrate said loyalty by urging any and all members of aaid brotherhood* now on strike, and like- °‘ her •inkers, to return at once to H™ r allegiance to said brotherhoods and to the fwltdimen’s Union, and to report at the earliest possible moment for work in their regular positions with their respective em-
ploying companies.
Many strikers wers in the audi-
THEODORE N. VAIL.
MB MATE
TELL HOW PROPERTY WAS FOUND IN DEMAREE HOME?
CONSPIRACY CASE HEARING
[Special to The Indianapoha New#] RUSHVILLE, Ind., April 16—Several witnesses called by the state today in the Rush circuit court tn the trial of Boas Demaree, accused of conspiracy in connection with a aeries of robberies In Rush and Decatur counties, told of the identification of stolen property found at the Demaree
home.
Mrs. D. H. Dean and daughter told of a visit to the Demares home and said that they found clothing, silverware and other property taken from their home last August. Dr. D. H. Dean said that Jesse Demaree, who recently pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy, was wearing one of
hie coats when arrested.
Mrs. Jesse Demaree, one of the prfnclpal witnesses for the state, was on the stand eleven hours, being dismissed yesterday. She told of stolen property being brought to her
Willie Demaree
age fifteen, Boaz Demaree
inquiries ai>oui me insuiuuon in persons in other states. Tbe "ui versity” is said to confer degreea doctor of philosophy and master
Imprevemext at PtttsbargPITTSBURG. Pa., April 16.—Passenger traffic in the Pittsburg district showed additional improvement today, the Pennsylvania and Baltimore ft Ohio reporting almost normal operation. and t|i* Pittsburg ft Lake Erie declaring that more trains were operated than on any day since the strikffof yardmen was called. Two Kokomo Plants Close. [Special to Tbe Indianapolis News J KOKOMO. Ind., April 16—Two factories of this city were compelled to close yesterday because of the shortage of material and fuel. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company plant, one of the largest factories of Kokomo and the wire mill, a branch of the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company, are abut down.
therhoods
Mea Who Signed Reeolntlen. The following names appsared as signers of the resolution as prepared for publication: B. B. James, general chairman Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Big Four railroad; J. E. Wood, genernl chairman Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Big Four; F. W. Parrish local chairman B. of L. E.. Big Four: C. C. Livingston. local chairman B. of L. E.. Big Four: F. H. Lutx local chairman B. of L. E.. Big Four: Hugo Pfenning, general chairman B. of L. E.. Pennsylvania lines west: John F. O’Brien, local chairman B. of L. E., Pennsylvania lines west: A. J. Keistner. local chairman Belt railroad. Indianapolis. Service* Volunteered. Members of the retail coal dealers’ division of the commercial credit, audit and correct weights bureau offered their services as volunteer switchmen or switch tenders to the railroad lines in a resolution, adopted at a meeting Thursday evening. The resolution set out the possible serious consequences of the strike to Indianapolis, and continued: Whereas. Tbe coal dealers do not beheve that any such conditions can be tolerated or permitted eo that the supremacy or control of a small group of men may be established by one or the other faction tn that group: be it therefore Beeolvea. by the commercial credit, audit and correct weights bureau, in meeting assembled, representing 60 per cent, of the coal tonnage in Indianapolis, that ita members do hereby offer their personal services to the railroads of Indianapoba in the capacity of switchmen, switch tenders or in any other manner in which their service# may be used by the railroads to the end that the present deplorable conditions may be immediately relieved. Volunteer AM Declined!. Official* of the Big Four and of the Pennaylvania expressed gratification at the offer of volunteer service, but said that they expect to continue to handle the situation without volun-
teer help.
MEN RETURN TO WORK.
Strike
Prediction Made That Gary
Will Ead Friday.
(Special to The Indianapolis New*] GARY, Ind., April li.—More than fifty of the 206 striking switchmen in £his city returned to work Thursday afternoon and. It was believed that practically all of the etrlkers will be at work soon. ' .
Strenuous TIbmu.
(Birmingham Age-HeraM)
"A pessimist says Hfe is a
wells.
ef fare-
• That's the way I feel about it,” replied the impecunious ctliien. "I no sooner get my hands on a dollar than it’s time to tell it
good hr.”
home.
her son, told of seeing
carry articles from the attic at hie home and he also said he saw Mrs. Boax Demaree and hia mother burn
shoes and dresses.
Fred J. Lloyd, a Greensburg wholesale produce dealer, said that on April 20, 1019, he bought some chicken* of Ed Demaree, a brother of Boaz Demaree, and that the defendant collected for them later In the day. The witness said they were identified by Libby Hamilton, of Greensburg, as his chickens. Mr. Hamilton was the next witness and confirmed what Mr.
Lloyd said.
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INFORMATION IS DESIRED. ‘*^jaiver■!ty ,, ' la Indlaaapolla Draws
Attention of State Board.
The state board of education desires information concerning the "Central
University of Indianapolis.’’
O. H. Williams, state supervisor of teacher training courses, told the board yesterday that he has received inquiries about the institution from
' “uni-
of
philosophy and masteP of
arts for correspondence courses. Its advertisements are sgld to have ap-
peared in southern papers.
The headquarters of the "university” are believed to be “somewhere
in Irvington.*
Articles of Incorporation. Article* of incorporation and notices have been filed with the secretary of state aa
folows:
Arens Novelty Coriipany. Indianapolis, filed final certificate of disaolution. Tenants' Protective Association. Indianapolis; safeguarding tenants: directors, Walter R. Beard. Henry B. Miller. James F. Ryan. Elmer J. Murphy. Charles Bartley. Whippo Coal and Mining Company. Terre
R. Shafer. Hiatt Manifold Company. Indianapolis, filed preliminary certificate of disaolution. Spring Valley Coal Company, Linton, increased ita capital stock from $26,000 to $160,000. Perry Farmers Telephone Company. Sellersburg: capital, $100: to maintain a telephone system: directors, Ardora Dietz, Benjamin Earl, William Creamer. Benton Accessories Company. South Bend; capital. $126,000; manufacturing; directors, Frank Bierwagen, George Allen. Frank L. Sharrer. National Farmers Tire and Rubber Company. Nobleevilto: capital, $6,000: automobile tires and accessories: difactors. A 8. Bardich, H. B. Randolph, Ernest E. Cloe. Charles A. Murphy. F. E. Heylmann. The Independent Christian Spiritualist Association of Indiana. South Bend; chantable. religious and educational: directors. Frank Ftlley. Charles Franks. Charles F. Shafer. Leonard Tractor Company, a Delaware corporation, qualified to do business tn this state: $100,000 of its capital stock is represented in Indiana: agricultural implement*: Howard M. Leonard. Gary, ia named as agent. Thurman Realty Company. Thurman, increased its capital stock from $26,000 to $100,000. Madison Cigar Company. El wood: capita!. $50,000: cigars and tobaccos: derectors. Joseph I. Parnee, Jeanette Parnes. Herman F Wilkie. Gillette’s custom canning kitchen: Auburn Junction; capital. flO'.OOO; the canning of fruits and vegetables: directors, Charles A. Gillette. Etta X. Gillette. James B. Jomeroy. Indiana Furniture Company. Ft. Wayne increased ita capital stock from $26 000 to $200,000. Bvansvilto Plumbing Company. Evansville, filed final certificate of* dissolution. Beaeire ft Co.. Inc., Indianapoha. increased it* capital stock from $300,000 to $500,000. B. H. Painter Remedy Company. Munae; capita], $15,006; medicines and medical compounds;, directors. B. H. Painter. Harry W. Michael. Joseph C. Blakely. Adams County Equity Exchange. Decatur; capital. $50,000: farm produce: directors. Grant Owenh Martin Gerke. John H. Blakey.
PLANT 100 SHADE TREES.
PagUe and Patrons ef ffymera School
Beaattfylng 014 Coal Wine. [Special to The Indianapolis New/]
SULLIVAN. Ind., April 16.—The site of an abandoned coal mine near the school building in the town of Hymera will become a beautiful grove if shade trees which the school pupil*
and patron* set out grow.
With the assistance of H. S. Benson, county agent, and E. A. Marr&tta. township trustee, the patrons and pupils apt out 100 hard and soft maple, ash. walnut, beech and sycamore tree*. Years ago the mine was operated by the White Ash Coal Com-
pany.
FOX’S K.0FC. WQFK PRAISED Draghbeys Who Served In Siberia
Cons mend Indiana pells Man.
NEW YORK, April 16—American soldiers who have been stationed ta. Siberia have written a letter to William J. Mulligan, chairman of the
MODOIO.M
[AL
HEXD OF AMERICAN TELE* PHONE AND TELEORAPH CO.
PROMOTED USE OF PHONE
iger, tn 1878, of the first Amer-
Bell Telephone Company. line from Boston to
‘ aft “Vail s
from
ridiculed
some who indulged
the ridicule lived to see Mr. Vail
NEW YORK. April 16 —Theodore H. Vail, chairman of the board of directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, died early today at Johns Hopkins Hoapital, Baltimore. Mr. Vail was seventy-five years
old.
A complication of cardiac and kidney troubles caused Mr. Vail's death. He was taken to Baltimore from Jekyll island. Georgia, last Sunday In his private car. His death was not unexpected to the hoapital physicians. Theodore Newton Vail was the head of the largest telephone eyetem ia the world. He was not only Its nominal head but also wae from the first the genius that promoted the popular use of the telephone, the first man to establish long distance communication _by telephone, and. vken past seventy he w'ss still the head of a system that numbered 6,000,000 telephone subscribers and represented aa
investment of >1,500,000,000. Take* Up Bell laveatiea.
Mr. Vail was thirty-on# years old when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and he was filling the responsible post of general superintendent of the railway mail service. Still earlier, however, he had been a telegraph operator, and. interested in the possibilities of electrical communication, he had visions that Bell's "toy” would some day be a great factor in eAmerlcan life. Bell and his associates had equal faith in Mr. Vail’s organizing genius, and he was easily induced to resign his government post to become the general
manat
ican
The first
Providence was side show.” but
in the ridH_ _
telephone, not only from Boston to Providence, but also frone Nsw York to San Francisco, in Hi3. thirty-five years later. Further, in Oetber tn that year, they found that it was possible to send the human voice more than half way around the world, aa was done by'wireless telephone from the government station at Arlington. Va., the words being recorded simultaneously at Honolulu and the Eiffel
tower in Paris.
Max of Powerful Physique. Mr. Vail was a man of remarkable physique. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighed about 380 pounds. He Was born in Carroll county. Ohio, July 16, 1845. of Quaker ancestry. His father, Davia Vail, removed from Ohio to Morristown, N. J., when the son was four years old, and became associated with a brother. Stephen Vail, who had founded the Speedwell iron works, near Morristown, wher* they built much of the machinery for the first trans-Atlantic steamship. Alfred Vail, another brother, was on® of those associated with Samuel Morse in the invention and promotion of the telegraph. Theodore Vail waa educated at the old academy at Morristown. and for a time studied medicine, but becoming Interested In the telegraph, he learned to operate tha key and went west In 1868 as an operator for the Union Pacific railroad at Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Through the friendship of General Grenville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the Union Pacific, Vail, tn the next year, was appointed a clerk in the railway mail service, and here hia ability to systematise and organise was soon felt. At that time the railway mail service was in an undeveloped stage, and Vail prepared special studies on the question of distribution and dispatching of the mail, which brought him quick recognition from the authorities at Washington. It was Just after he had been promoted to the general supertntendeney. Gee* to New A. T. and T. C. In 1885 he resigned from the original'company and becajne the first president of the newly formed American Telephone and Telegraph Cornpany, which at first mad* a specialty of only long-distance communication, but which, in 1600, acquired the property of the American Bell Telephone Company and aleo negotiated combinations with the principal competing telephone companies throughout
the country.
In the meantime. In I860, Mr. Vail retired from the telephone business. He bought a larftfc farm at Lyndonville. vt., and interested himself in agriculture. In 1893 he made a trip to South America. From tn# Argentine republic he obtained a concession near Cordoba, built an electric power station, bought a horss-car line in Buenos Aires, converted it into a trolley line, formed a company and equipped it with the best cars from the United States, bought out all competing lines and gave the city a complete modern service. The company was composed largely of British capitalists, and for some time Mr. Vail had his headquarters in London. When he retired from these activities in 1604, he returned to Vermont. but three years later he was again called on to enter the telephone field as president of the American Telephone and Telegrapn Company. Mr. Vail retired as president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company last June and became chair-
man.
Phone and Telegraph Merger* •One of the most ambitious projscts which he then planned waa a merger of the Western Union Telegraph Company with the telephone company, and in 1810 when the^telephone interests succeeded in controlling the Western Union, Mr. Vail became president of both. He resigned as president of the Western Union, how. ever, when, April 15. 1814, the telephone company disposed of its inter, sets In the Western Union because of threatened action by the government against the combination of these com-
peting utilities.
Mr. Vail played as hard a* he worked. He waa fond of good music, books a?yi pictures, and the outdoor life. He had one of the finest libraries in Vermont. The house on his 3,660acr# farm at Lydonville, although beautiful, was a home rather than a palace. In It he had built a >40,000 pipe organ and once every year he tr ade the practice of bringing up from New York some of the finest musicians to give a concert, to which he
inlles farm
school.
Invited the country people for around. He algo established a
AGAINST MOVIE STARS.
ments of
m F. Foa. who di-
rected the K. of C. welfare work
among the troop# In Si be m inl>i—ThtiiiM>pi»l
the troop* In Siberia
Mr. Fo* 1* an Indlanapoiie man. and a member of the supreme board of directors of the Knights of Columbus. The eoldier* expressed their gratitude for the work don# by the K. of C, eec-
vetarie*
Stale ef Nevada’s Salt Aakx AaaaU
meat at Dlverce.
M1NDEN. Nev.. April 1ft—In the interest of the state of Nevada a euit asking that the decree of divorce granted March 8, 1626. by District Judge Langan to Gladys Ift Moore, more familiarly known aa Mary Pick ford, from Owen E. Moore, be set aside, was to be filed in the district court here this afternoon fey Leonard B. Fowler, attorney-general. The complaint ia baaed on allegations of fraud, connivance end collusion between Moore, hia wife and Douglas Fairbanks, to whom the former Mrs. Moore was married a short time aft-
er her divorce was granted.
Fatrbenke ia brought into tbe case through alienation that there was
himaelf
nam J. asumgan. ensirman or me conspiracy between himself and his Knights of Columbus committee on present wife to defeat that provision war work, praising the accomplish- of th* California law which requires
Mrs. Moore get a divorce in Nevada. In that respect tt is alleged in the complaint mat an engagement and
»nt to wed existed between Moore and Fairbanks prior to
ibruery 1ft 1836. the date on which
‘■Moore came to Nevada.