Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1920 — Page 15
THE INDIAXAPOLTS NEWS, FRTDAA'. AFBIL 23, 1920.
AMERICAN LEGION ADJUTANTS AND NATIONAL OFFICERS IN CONFERENCE
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Adjutants of thirty-otie departmenU of the American Legion and national officers attending a three-day conference at Washington hotel. mander.
In the center of the front row are Lemuel S. Bolles, national adjutant, and Franklin D’Olier, national com-
GRAND JUDY MS UP RAY’S CASE SATURDAY
PROMPT INDICTMENT OF MUR-
DERER EXPECTED.
false Ray's wife was detective* today She charge of vagraacy.
’■■“—CONFERENCE RESUMED
BY LEGION ADIUTANTS
Goveraor la Teach.
J Governor Goodrich, who 1* In Chitcago. has kept In touch with the * trouble here and directed Harry B. j Smith, adjutant'general of Indiana. I to co-operate to the utmost with city
t.ffi' ials In putting doh n any disorder j BIRTHDAY PRESENT GIVEN TO that might arise. ■ ■■■ Although lodianapoha companies t MR. DOLIER.
INDIANAPOLIS AND VICINITY
of the state militia have been mustered out of service, a areat number
POLICE DISPERSE CROWDS 'u-T",?. 1 It
serve in a company to be raised if
necessary.
In event of any
serious propor-
The Marion county icrmriti jury will
he convened Saturday to Investigate the <^ae of William Ray colored, confessed murderer of Martha Huff age fourteen. Judge Jsmes A. Collins in criminal court, on the motion of Claris Adams, prosecuting attorney, directed the county jury-com- • mlasloners today.to draw a member; for the grand jury to take the placeof 8. h. Meil/ffcy, who resigned from i the jury Thursday because of illness, ' The najpe of fhartea A. Hold, a j psperhanger. was drawn from the Jury bo*. Claude Worley, special Investigator for the crUninai court, was sent to subpena Hold to report for
grand jury aervice Saturday. An Indictment charging Hay with
murder in the first degree, wm be returned by the grand jury some time
* , It is expected. IT the •«-
returned the negrb u 1 * 1 j An ordinance increasing the wages case wTll"*® sector Triai’ of employ** of the departments of nowing week. j the board of public w orks was today
M (presented to Gua Schmidt, president
Rrief Votes of the Day.
The choir chapter of the church of the Advent gave a card party at the Woman's Department Club this afternoon for the
benefit of the choir fund.
The Mar-Se-Laor Club will meet Monday night with Gordon Shaw. The new officers are Henry Stiles President; Fred Oakes, vice-president: Leroy Ward, secretary; Ar-
thur McCammon treasurer
LUNCHEON FOR DELEGATES Armesla* Dance Pantomime.
State adjutants of the American
HS2 <" conference tOe Hote, moned and brought here in accord-* Washington, resumed today discus-
ance with a prearranged schedule. MEASURE TO INCREASE CITY EMPLOYES'WAGES
PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT OF
COUNCIL BY LEMAUX.
WALKOUT LEADS TO ACTION
Ision of organization and administration matters, eligibility requirement land the Legion emblem. The delegates. as well as the Indiana state ‘officers, were guests of tJie Indiana- | polls Chamber of Commerce at
! luncheon.
I Franklin D'Olier. national commander, announced to the adjutants
that he had to return to Philadelphia C ~ W “ 8to, «
An Armenian dance pantomime to be staged by the pupils of Miss Mane CUmer's School of Dramatic Danang. will be given .for the benefit of Armenian orphan aid and will have the co-operation of the near east relief committee. The entertainment will be given in Hollenbeck hall at the T. W. C. a tentative date of May 4. having been
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selected. Mis* Mary Garin, who haa recently returned from New York, will have a prominent part in the production, which is to be staged with much detail. The Little Theater Society will provide the lighting effects and Mm. Helen Bailey and Mias Louise Douglae will execute the scenic back-
ground.
Arrests Made. •
On« mgtt 1* under, grrest charged with shooting with intent to kill *nd • woman and sixteen other men are held on various charges, including drunkenness. dim r do rely conduct. * congregating and inciting riot, as a reault of the activities of potics and detective* in breaking ng several
l of the common council, to take before the council for consideration, by George Lemeux. chairman _ of the board of works. Tt.c virtual walkout of the seventy-five employea of the asphalt department because of dissatisfaction with their wages of from t® to 50 cents an hour, and the spread of this dissatisfaction to other departments under the board of
crowds that gathered laat night neat I works, led to the action.
bounty Jail, whers Hay was con-
charged with shooting to kill gave his name as and l»is address as
ortd, §44 r* ■*»» nlng from a crowd of men
Fail* j*-*.,-! I ea aa I * I d ngxt vvy.i~fcv.iai
Mr. Schmidt did not divulge the antoum of increase* proposed in tke draft of the ordinance presented by the board of works. He aaid. however. that the council would consider
to be at home for hi day, “In response to wa ve r* Fk ** tAT (* K
birthday Sune command of
Lonnie Lemar, age twenty-two, 217 North Richland street, was arrested Thursday night
my C. O." With this notice. thej on a charge of vagrancy when he was found adjutants bought a combination urn- by Ru ^ n ,^ n and Hynes, driving
the chassis of a Ford machine, which the detective* allege he had stolen. The engine numbers on the machine bad been removed with a chisel. The detectives described the chassis as being a 1917 model The front fenders were bent. A switch was attached at the side of the coil box and an oil can ft C. Frederichs: eligibility. Robert
A Adams: emblem. George H. Hen- I {^"^T^.Wear T^^nd Tne lSa
brella and cane, which was presented to Mr. D’Olier by Hugh W. Robertson,
of New York.
The discussion was under the direction of those in charge of the phases of the work at national headquarters, including the following: Organization. R. G. Creviston; administration.
pen ter is a ticket clerk at the Union Station. The appointments are effective May 1. Drunk. Threw Dishes, Alleged. Eugene L. Coridan. giving his address as 2855 North Illinois street, was arrested early today on charges of drunkenness and malicious destruction of property, after, it is alleged, he had started to wreck the interior of Blacker'? emh parlor. 46 West Ohio styeet. When Motor Policemen Finney and Lansing arrived at the place. Coridan. it is said, had driven the waiters into the rear rmrni and was preparing to break up the dishes. He told the police some one in the place struck him on the head with a blackjack. Committee on Tax Revision. A committee on the revision of federal taxes was appointed Thursday at the regular Thursday luncheon of the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men. at the Claypool hotel. Members of the committee are: A P. Stevenson, chairman: H. F. Pavey, vicechairman; J. G. Martin. Josejih A. Kebler and J. M. Caswell. Bond Men to Meet. The Indianapolis Bond Men s Club will hold its weekly meeting Saturday at 12:30 o’clock at the Columbia Club. The entertainment committee announces some special features on the program. Transportation Club Dinner. E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service commission, will speak before the Transportation Club at a dinner for members and guests at the - Hotel Severin Thursday. April 29. at 7 p. m. SPREADING OVER LOW LAND
LITERARY DIGEST POLE
TWO WEEKS - FIGURES FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE.
HEAR GOVERNOR COX.
EDWARDS FOR DEMOCRATS
nieic.
The afternoon session was scheduled to cover the work of the national legislative committee, national convention program and the membership drive, as well as a discussion of the United States public health service. by William S. Terriberry. and the federal board of vocational education, by R. T. Fisher. DISCUSSES POTATO PRICES
Mot
Tlghe Bays Retailer* Bhoulri
Charge Above 0 Cents.
Utfllfor*'not more' ‘cents
fair to every employe. This will re quir* some time, he said, and
vi 11 re 3* 1” .“LffT
that
ithe ordinance
; Vo1*!says war on “sub” did not
MIL ***** condltbin
necessities.
Market quotations for potatoes to-
«gMi«a hhaottaa * I St »- day showed a minimum retail price
Cantata Pratt Declare* Anterjca'a of 9 cents a pound and maximum
Gray admitted to the detectives 0r * t „ t coa.rtbatton w». In Get- <* uotat ‘°" s of 7 2 3 cent8 11 twoshots at tbs Hag Troop* Across. ‘ yt r Tig he says most of the potaH« said he saw a crowd of, »t-Amor. ‘n the hands of the jobbers of chasing the negro south In Me- W abhington, Apri! .a. Anw Indianapolis have been bought for atraat »«wfsrit the •isvstsA participation iii the anti-BubrrfSt- a hundred pounds, although some tracks -nd heiisvtna : Hne campaign did not shorten the have ranged a little higher in price, track* and, believing . * Contain vv V H * sa >' 8 the a'’»' ,able ^pply of pi>-
negro was about to get away, drew ’ a single «»>• aptain tattM , s j g
si. MUM tvsr h firwrt at his ta*s i Pratt said today before the senate ] but that wa v..- — - —.—-— -- , his revolver ai.d fired at htB *•«»• , investigating subcommittee holding out for a wholesale price of rested by Detective* Duncan and Simon* and Gray ha* been rooming at 21T Ncrtb »»'*' investigating subcommittee. , 0^^ while reports are that pro-< was charged with embezzling fare* on a Davidson street The greatest contribution the navy . ^ generally holding out for ; North Illinois street car. ing in !*n»aII groups it, the eve made to winning the war wa.* in Ret- J^ 8 S3cS ho thinks the entire* Inhlr ^ in K-l ,
tha-ltlng troops abroad, he added, ! supply of potatoes now in the city}* om ** ,niurr * ,n 1 *"
pound in Hie opinion of Clyarlea P. 'ighe. agent in charge of the bureau
wholesale price should be not more than 7^4 cents a pound. Investigation of potato prices by the federal bureau ts being made in connection with in-
SHORTEN WORLD CONPUeTfr* 1 "'*' 10 "* ** ,0 ,h ' pr " ! " of olh ' r
. tiinsii. uor Aawnif-rvcoii « * t Rubber and Insulated tire. Automotive Demonstration*.
Demonstrations of the efficiency of fuels and gasoline substitutes in operating a gasoline engine will be made next Fri day evening before the Indiana section of the Society of Automotive Engineer* at the Claypool hotel by C. F. Kettering, president of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company. The demonstrations will be aided by an optical indicator invented by Thoma* Midgley. Jr., which shows in magnified form what occurs inside the cylinders of the engine while it is in operation. Members of the society from Detroit. Chicago, Cincinnati and other cities are expected to
attend.
Guests of Eli Lilly A Cs.
A party of 100 students from the Louisville School of Pharmacy, headed by Prof. Robert Curry, dean of the sehpol. arrived in Indianapolis today to be the week-end guests of Eh Lilly A Co. The entertainment of the visitor* will include a banquet at the Hotel Severin tonight with a theater party at Keith s. This afternoon the pharmacist* inspected the laboratories at the Lilly plant. Saturday morning the guests will take interurban cars for the biological farms of the Lilly company, nineteen miles east of the city on the National road.
Street Car Conductor Fined.
Fred firuning. 2041 North Il^nois street, a street ear conductor formerly assistant postmaster at Seymour. Ind. was found guilty of emzezzlement by Judge Walter Pritchard, in city court, today, and fined $1 and costa and
sufficient to meet needs, ! sentenced to serve five days in jail. The jail some of the jobbers are sentence was suspended. Bruning was ar
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f White River Rising an Inch an Hoar in Daviess County. [Special to The Indianapolis Newsl WASHINGTON. Ind.. April 23.— White river is spreading over miles of river bottom land in Daviess county. particularly at the confluence of the east and west forks in the southern part of the county. Both forks are rising an inch an hour. The west fork rose eleven inches during the night. The river is higher than it has been at any time this year. Wheat in the bottom lands is endangered and oats and corn planting probably will be delayed. Wabash River Falling. [Special to The Indianapolis News] LAFAYETTE. Ind.. April 23.—Danger from floods in the Wabash river was reported passed in this region today, the river having fallen a foot since yesterday. The highest stage reached by the river was twenty-one and one-half feet. y OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED
E. A. Kahn Retained at Head of
Merrhanta’ Association.
Directors of the Merchants’ Association in their annual meeting today at the association headquarters in The News building, re-elected officers as follows: E. A. Kahn. Peo-
^ president;
The results of the nation-wide presidential preference poll being taken by the Literary Digest, with the first week's figures added to the second. show Leonard Wood in the lead for the Republican nomination week as he was last week. Herbert j Hoover stands second and Hiram Johnson third, close to Hoover. On the Democratic side Governor Edward I. Edwards, of New Jersey, stands first, William G. McAdoo second, and President Wilson third. However, the number of Democratic votes received by Hoover. 9.974, is greater than the total for Edwards, which is 7,568. Not counting the Democratic votes for Hoover. Johnson wmuld stand next to Wood. First and Second Choice. The Digest poll shows 32.351 for Wood, and 22.609 for Johnson. It also shows Johnson received 5,584 Democratic votes and Wood 2.993. With the Democratic votes deducted in each case, the Wood lead over Johnson is 12,328. Wood also received a greater second choice vote than any other candidate. Johnson standing next. The total of first and second choice for Wood is 51,804 and the total first and second for Johnson is 38,989, a majority for Wood of 12,813. Summary of Poll. The general summary of the Digest poll Is as follows:
i£vansvtjle Democrats Go Ob Special
Tractloa Car to Headersoa. Ky. [Special to The Indianapolis News] EVANSVILLE. Ind.. April 23.—Spe-
cial traction cars on the Evansville and Henderson Traction line left today for Henderson, Ky.. having been chartered by the local Democrats, who went to Henderson to hear an address by James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio. George Relchman, Democratic county chairman of Vanderburg county, was in charge of the delegation. Gov. Cox. who has been making a tour of Kentucky in the Interest of his candidacy for the Democratic noml-
CAMUTO
FESLER. M*CRAY AND TONER HOPPING OVER STATE.
DEMOCRATS NOT SO BUSY
nation for President, o'clock this afternoon.
spoke at 1
DEM. Bryan . .. Clark . . . Cox Edwards . Marshall McAdoo . Palmer .. Wilson . . REP Coolidre . Hardin* . Hoover .. Hushes . Johnson . Lowden . Taft Wood ... Debs. Soc Others ..
pie'.* Outfitting MUI
W. B. Wheelock, L. S. Ayres & Co., vice-president; E. G. Hereth. Baldwin Piano Company, secretary; F. D.
3885 1655 5649 7568
2798 2909 2974 3447
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6740 1169 6491
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3014 1331 4733 4709 600 5613 101O 5342
2644 10432
22908
5922 99
22609
6449 3400
. 6050
7081 6272
12453
9861 6668
32351 19453
2058
102
10994
495 934
9260
670
5584
720 714
2993
368
2502
238 44 478 1768 21 298 30 352!
1772 8394 9974 4438 13568 4959 2171 25280
180
2432
633 180 438 1091 70 829 129 797
377 1104 3674 814 3457 770 515 4078 1510 1116
Johnson and Hoover.
In California Johnson and Hoover are the contestants' in the primary
.. Adam*. 2917
street; Albert Braha
street. 3c
In* troops abroad, he added
, W fc f should sell 'for not more than 9 cents] Mrs. Barbara Hartenetem. a widow. 724 mllll make to irimlVsl Sim.M * Pound. even^thpugh soum were j Pwpe( . l 8lre€t was injum j aboul the hips
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2-*l ! Js»f‘sSA.«» rsss* retan^ | _: b “ .s-““ir.
Unified telephone service at Terre
is ordered
=§«t*
failed to send enough anti-submarine vessel* abroad immediately at thei
iri b n r ^V^ w ^VY. f ' t h ^ !hf. I TERRE HAUTE PHONE RULING and they were not available until the) commandering act was pawed In ; t service Ordered and NewARate
as soon as war was declared. Captain Pratt testified, adding that be would;
have sent all of them abroad at once.! Haute as soon as possible
i.'... v». *■ Fhairmnn Hale had previously I by the public service commission in a
Last Mat ket developed that this number of United
North | Slate* destroyers was not in the
(taker, , Bruce.
IUthanu 1 tated 'many requests for legislation. “If the sub situation was serious as it was pointed out why didn’t the British admiralty send some or all of the III destroyers they had with the grand fleet out to fight the U-boats?*’ asked Captain Pratt. They were pretty wise old birds. They knew what the conditions were. Our officer* always thought they should have used some of those 111 destroy-
er*.’*
“I assume
w nr
zone, until March. 1918.1 HHM I Admiral Sims never sent a “clean iihUL eui ” he added, which neeessi-
I»d.
tfetotrl*
dues-
’*,K; ftb * i
re- '
n Hale,
to
the wit ■ a
nM a. ’ ^ not nue unin isz*. *no asse detec* The hearing was adjourned until I ^reauljt _ jaatyaas
. ***«!•« "We came to believe A hey were a to return iU |, w l<K% apprehensive.’* said ■
■ W. Jewett. Claris
as she was trying to get out of the way of the police emergency machine, which was responding to a call at Meridian and Mainland streets. Mrs. Harteiwtein fell in the path of the machine, but Harry McGlenn. driver, stopped the car in time to avoid
striking her.
Largp Attendance Assured.
More than 1.900 tickets have been sold for the concert by the music department of
j - , t , , , Shortruize High School tonight in Caleb ; ruling issued today authorizing the t p e benefit ol the French war Citizens' Independent Telephone Com- orphans and the Junior Red Cross Edward pany of Terre Haute to buy th< C«n- ^ tral Union Telephone Company prop- j ^ ^ ha* nm S rateiT for*thelarged £2^* &£»££ for some time.
Succeeds C. R. Thfoekusertun.
T. Carpenter has been appointed awust-
the Louisville &
with headquarter® in
Indianapolis, to succeed C R. Throckmorton who has been transferred to St. Louis as assistant city passenger agent. Mr Car
they were apprehensive
of th* German fleet coming out and wanted to be ready to meet it,’* skid
Chairuiai
The new single line busine** rate is $6 a month; two-party line. 15: sin-
f^sV'four^party^iaf“eight-party ru- an i traveling agent of
3SS*:*7 & «Sir. k ** sv,u ' -* return on a new aggregate valuation estimated tentatively at f 1,899.069. Commisaioner F. B. Johnson dissented from one part of the order, although concurring in the principal part and faVoring the consolidation. He asserted that the order permits the refunding at « per cent, of »802.409 of refunding and extension bonds now outstanding at 5 per cent, and not due until 1938. and asserts that
Of the
2.6?Sfr' Johnson^nd*2.308°for Hoov^
Lilly Hardware Company, treasurer, and W. E. Balch. manager. Election of directors at a meeting Thursday night of the Association at the Indianapolis Club resulted as follows: Mr. Wheelock. Mr. Kahn. James W. Lilly, of the Lilly Hardware Company, and Paul H. Krauss. of the Paul H. Krauss Company. Other members of the board whose terms do not expire until next year are George A. Gay. Pettis Dry Goods Company; A. L. Block, L. Strauss & Co.; Mr. Hereth; E. J. Gausepohl, E. J. Gausepohl & Co., and Robert Lieber, H. Lieber Company. Many men whe attended the organization meeting of the association in 1898 were present. In addition to election of directors the program included a
dinner and bowling.
Boy Die* of Blood Poisoning. Blood poisoning, said by physicians to have been caused by the pricking of a pimple with a sewing needle, caused the death last night at the Deaconess Hospital of Robert Oakerson. age thirteen, of Knightstown. The’boy was admitted to the hospital
a few days ago.
er. In the state of Washington, which has Senator Poindexter as a candidate for the Republican nomination, Hoover is first. Wood second and Johnsron third. Poindexter’s vote is not separately recorded in the Digest. It is to be borne in mind that of Hoover’s total of 22,908, 9,974 are Democratic votes, and many are votes of other parties or independents. While the Digest poll does not show it in detail, it is probable that Wood’s
Republican vbte ceeds Hoover’s.
in Washington eJ
Monday when Captain Pratt will re- eompany^ P*yt»g year more
mum* his testimony.
interest for sixteen years.
RETAIL DRUGGISTS WARNED OHLER AS REPRESENTATIVE
IN TECHNICAL SENIORS’ PLAY
I «w »f «aaar s«b*ttiat<-K *ta ; Xaa»ed by Farmer* »• l ook After 'Strap* 1* Irged by W yrk»«. j *«*■«•«* «* Stackyard*.
P. C. Ohler. of Indianapolis, has been chosen as representative of the In-
Retail druggists must become ac-
rrr^. ,h ^ or 15»
* o. . x»-. , V «» *-• . iciations to took after interests of Manlej Wyekolf, fair price commis- s nipmeiit* following the proposal sioner for Indiana, who spoke at a , made to the Indianapolis stockyards, meeting of the Druggists' Assoeia- according to a letter sent by the fedUon at the Chamber of Commerce to- : eration to the Indianapolis Live Stock
day (Exchange.
Mr. Wyrkoff said that the sugar i, The oommunicalion followed a con-
skortage show ed no signs of being re- f ft '. r * tK 't <
Heved. and that an even greater : ’" r,t < h th . e exchange, atwhich^ the fed scarcity was expected. At current! craGo" » s prices, which proiqibiy wi!i go higk- I to Drivent er. the use of susar as l« the past in j jjj p^J^TTn TriUng *? the ex-
of «ie
preparing sirup* can not easily be
change could take action.
INFLUENZA
return
si®!
continued.
Difficulties experienced by ice j Jfd!FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER
that many probably would have to! —— curtail their normal t «efcwaader ladlrted By Madei7- •«*«••»*«»-1 j..., .
, , [Special to The Indianapolis News! nppDCfiCC ANMRSON. iniL. April 23.—An in- _ , dictment. charging murder in the , ] first degree, was returned by the <> .T, f * r Madison county grand jury today * ■» “ws*- • against George Schwander. age
D«.h S in tor* tj—“’n ^ and. pneumonia dropped to. n j K tjt Q f March 30 at El wood, and ,1 from the February total of 2.4*8. that his motive was robbery. Araccording to H. M. Wright, state i thur Yeley. a young man of Eiwood. board of health statistician. ■ who had been held as a witness for The diseases t< ok the heaviest toll i the grand jury, was released foiiow- , of the winter season in February, ing the grand jury’s * report, the when the figure was 1.478 higher jury finding that Yeley had nothing than for the preceding month. The to do with the tragedy. Schwander ncrmal March influenza and pneu- ! is held in the Madiaoi
mcnia death total is about 450. I wit
March Deaths
mm
M.
county jail
Wood’s vote in Washington thus far is 1,447, Johnson's 980 and Hoover's
1,924.
State* in Group*. The Digest-poll divides the states into groups—the New England, the middle Atlantic, the cast north central, west north centrai, south Atlantic. east south central, west south central, mountain states and Pacific coast states. It shows that Leonard Wood is at the top In every group except the south Atlantic, east south central and Pacific coast. The vote recorded for the southern states is light, and Hoover leads in Hjose states, presumably with Democratic votes. Hoover also leads in fhe Pacific coast states. Ohio Reault*. The Ohio results s^iow Harding not far in the lead of Wood. Harding's vote is 9.520 and Wood’s 8,079. Ohio is Harding's home state and a primary election is to be held there next Tuesday. In New Jersey W'ood and Johnson are competing. The Digest poll shows 5,303 for Wood, and 8,486 for Johmson. The Hoover vote in New Jersey is 3.328. The figures given for Indiana are small still. They show W’ood first. Johnson second and Hoover third. In nearly all instances Lowden and Harding stand much below Wood and Johnson. The New York totals give "Wood 12,037; Johnson. 9.262: Hoover. 7.373; Lowden. 1,107, and Harding. 1,323,
SMEI CAR COMPANY'S SUPPLY OF COAL IS LOW
OFFICIALS UNABLE TO OBTAIN USUAL TONNAGE.
KNIGHTSTOWN PLANT OUT
offtthey
Indianapolis street railway cials are worrying about how are going to obtain coal. “We normally carry a forty to sixty days’ supply of coal,” said Dr. Henry Jameson, chairman of the company’s board of directors, today, “and we have been struggling vainly ever since the first of the year to reach the smaller figure.” Robert I. Todd, president of the company, said that the greatest accumulation the company has had this year was about twenty days’ supply. “We are slipping back al] the time, in spite of all we can do,” he added. “Now we have scarcely more than ten days' supply on hand. First it was the coal strike, and *iow it is the switchmen's strike.” The company obtains most of Its coal from the Terre Haute and Lin-
ton fields.
The Knightstown municipal water department has appealed to the public service commission to help It obtain coal. The supply ran out Thursday night. The commission conferred with railroad officials in an effort to get coal to the utility. Failure to obtain coal is laid to the switchmen’s strike. DIXIE BEE LINE BODY TO PUSH RIVER BRIDGE PLANS
Interstate Committee Will Work For tke. Building of Kfracture* Over
Okio and Wklte Rivers. [Special to The Indianapolis Newsl
EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 23.—Following the meeting of the Interstate Good Roads Congress and the Dixie, Bee Line Association yesterday, the Dixie Bee Line vice-presidents from the counties in Indiana. Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee held a meeting last night, and decided that the Dixie Bee Line road will be built as originally designated, running from Danville, III., to Adams, Tenn., where it will connect with the Dixie highway. Resolutions also were passed providing for the, appointment of a committee of fourteen, representing Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, to urge the construction of a bridge across the Ohio river at Evansville and another across White river at Hazleton.
A contest is on. between the Republican candidates for the nomination for Governor to see which of the three can visit the most cities and towns In Indiana and to come into personal contact with the most pao pie. The reverse is true among the four Democratic candidates, who are doing some visiting, but are spending most of the time at their homes* It is generally felt that there is not much use for the Democratic candidates to exert themselves unduly or to spend much money, as it seem'* likely that Dr. Carieton B. McCulloch, of Indianapolis, wilt be the nominee J. W. Feeler, of Indianapolis, candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, spent the day In Shelby county, and has planned to attend a meeting of colored voter* at the Bethel M. E. church tonight. He will go to Tipton Saturday and Wtll make an address in Frankfort in the eve ning. Warren T. McCray, of Kentland, visited points in Lawrence county today ana was to speak at Bedford this evening. Edward C. Toner, of Anderson, will speak tonight at
Terre Ha .
Report* From the Field. Reports still indicate that Mr. Fesler is making considerable gains. There are also indications that Mr. Toner is gaining some, principally from the McCray strength. I he McCray workers are becoming more active than ever and express positive assurance tha< McCray will win the primarleSj Reports from Lake county are to the effect that the Fesler sentiment has been growing In Lake county. Lawrence Lyons, manager of Mr. McCray « campaign, has gone to Lake county tn take personal direction of the McCray interests there, it is said. Ralph B Bradford, treasurer of Lake county, has notified Fesler headquarters that conditions in that county are looking
good for Mr. Fesler.
According to word from the Fifth district, Parke county is safely for Mr. Fesler, and Fesler enthusiasts are predicting he will carry every county in the district with the exception of one, where they say he is making good progress. Homer D. Elliott, of Martinsville, says Mr. Fesler will carry the Second district. Mr. Fesler was born at Morgantown, near Martinsville. Lee Herr, of Tell City, says Mr. Fesler i* making large gains in
the Third district.
Moores ou Autl-Lyncklug Bill. While Merrill Moores, who is seek-
ing renomination foF congressman from the Seventh district, was speaking Thursday night to an audience of colored voters at the Bethel M. E. church on the anti-lynching bill pending before the congress, announcement was made that a crowd was collecting near the jail. Mr. Moores left the meeting and went to the jail where he offered his serv-
ices to Sheriff Miller.
Luke W. Duffey, who is seeking the Republican nomination for congressman from this district, has announced a platform which includes the follow ing: Better Americanism, a national budget system, reduction in war taxes by extending the paying period, extension of foreign and domeajlc commerce and the creation of_a greater
merchant marine, equal suffrage, jus'
This' com rn ft t eV]' ba eked * bV £ he” o - | ^
ELIZABETH NUNUST. The June seniors of Arsenal Technical Schools will present their class play at the Murat theater at afternoon and night performances next Monday. The play is “Prunella,*’ a three-act comedy by Laurence Houseman and Granville Barker. Miss Florence Farman, who has successfully coached eight of the senior plays given by Arsenal Technical Schools, will have charge of this production. The music which is set to the *tory will be under the direc-
LAURENCE NEIDLINOER.
The Otis
tfon of Miss Elizabeth Kaltz. pupils who provide musif are Igleman and Genieve Hughe!. The members of the cast include Elizabeth Nunlist. leading lady; Laurence Xeidlinger. leading man: Trent McMath. James EudelL, Clarence Gale, Edna Koss. Dorothy Wilson. Mary Lukene, Katherine Whailon. Ineva Reilly. Doris Reidy. Otto Mardt. Irma Pike. Dorothy Fellows. Thelma Morgan. Frank Trust. Mathew Parson. Frazier Pott*. Howard Bates, Albert Zimmerman and Norman
Thayer.
AMENDMENT VALIDITY UP.
J. Frank Hasty Oae of Couasel la
Obi* Case la 8tipreme Court. WASHINGTON. April 23.—Argu-
ment on the validity of the Ohio constitutional amendment providing for the submission of federal constitutional amendments to the voters of that state were heard today by the supreme court of the United States The case is an appeal from state supreme court decrees sustaining the amendment. George S. Hawke, of Cln-
anly. former Governor
rued that the ■
and J. Ffmnk Hanl
of Indiana, argued that the amendment conflict<?u with Article 4 of the federal Constitution which provides that federal amendments shall be ratified by the legislatures and that a state was without authority to provide % different method of ratifi-
es tion. .
Attorney-General Price, of Ohio, and Lawrence Maxwell, of Cincinnati. contended that the federal (institution did not require a state to have any particular form of legislature and that the people of a commonwealth had the power to abolish their general assemblies and to take into tfietr own hands all matters of
legislation.
ciatlon. will make an effort to bring the bridge plans before the various Governors, and will appeal personally to the legislatures of the three states and to the federal government. The two bridges are considered important links in the highway, and would afford uninterrupted traffic
from Chicago to Nashville.
Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville, and president of the Dixie Bee Line Association, said that Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, had ansured him that he was in favor of the
bridge project.
Mayor Bosse was unanimously reelected president of the Dixie Bee Line* Association. Other officers reelected are as follows: Mason J. Niblack. of Vincennes, vice-president; John C. Keller, of Evansville, secretary, and W. A. Koch, treasurer. TO ADJUST EXPRESS CLAIMS It. R. Inman to Represent Bnslae**
(,’aaeera* of fitate.
B. R. Inman, manager of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, will leave Sunday morning for New York city for the purpose of adjusting claims a number of business concerns of the state have against the old
Adams Express Company.
Mr. Inman*said that if there are any other business concerns that have claims against the company to be adjusted and who desire him to try to .settle the claims at this time he will do so. Mr. Inman will be in the office* of the State. Chamber of Commerce, No, 816. Merchants Bank building, un-
til 5 p. m.. Saturday. Tketf XI Founder’* Day.
The Theta Xi fraternity, an engineering school Greek letter organization. will hold its annual Founder’s day celebration at the Atheiueum
11RR J&nv™ o". , *£ cinnati. who started the proceedings. Douis and elsewhere are expected.
Approximately 150 persons, including many prominent engineers, will at-
tend. a
lafrtagrmeat «ul« Ftied. Ail injunction and damages are asked in a suit for alleged Infringement of trade-mark filed in the federal court by John W. Zlmmerer. of Ft. Thoma*. Ky,. against Carl C. Beatty, of Ft. Wayne. The plaintiff allege* that the defendant haa been making use of the trade-mark “FireFly Strain.” adopted by the plaintiff t© * designate chicken* and eggs ho
•ells. ' '
military training, an optional soldter*' bonus and the pooling of the war risk Insurance board, the health bureau and the vocational education department, government aid for housing problems by the enactment of a me* sure akin to the federal land hank bill to standardize the loan market on American homes, an antl-lynching law and other constructive measures. William R. Higgins, of Indianapolia has been chosen- as manager for the campaign of Mr. Moores, and he *0111 be at Mr. Moores’s office in the
People's Bank building. Factory Meetings for Fesler.
Several noon meetings were held at factories today on behalf of Mr. Fesler. William McMaster spoke at the Keyless Lock Company plant. Judge James A. Collins will speak tonight for Mr. Fesler at Seventeenth street and Roosevelt avenue. Mr, McMaster will speak at 548 South West street, and Harry E. Yockey at Southeastern avenue and Trowbridge street. A reception to colored candidates will be given on the evening of April 29 at the Ebenezer Baptist church. California and North streets under the auspices of the young people’s congress. Among the speakers will h« the Rev. C. 8. W'illlams, the Rev. Floyd Morris. Dr. Jame* R. Norrell
and Silas Pritchett.
CAR OF POTATOES FOUND.
Wyrkoff Took Art to* to 8 rise a *4 Sell
thr Skfpmeut.
Following a message from Stanley
Wyckoff. fair price commissioner for Indiana, concerning a carload of potatoes. found by Big Four officials, and consigned by a Minneapolis firm to itself in this City, the company telegraphed that the potatoes were to be offered for sate at once in thi* city.
According to the information sup-
plied Mr, Wyckoff the carload was consigned here apparently for the purpose of holding the consignment
were Increased, and he
notified the firm to telegraph him dis-
rpose
until prices were
position of the conaignment on pen ally of having It seized and placed m the market at current price*.
F. It. I.ong Dies of lain He*. Fred Robert long. 1248 Ashland avenue operator of a railroad turntable at the Big Four shops in Bright - wood, died Thumbsy at th* Deacon - ef* Hospital as a result of a fracture skull. Dr Daut F. Bo bin ton who lavevt (gated th-' case « was iffjkPSd whan h* fi*B turntable pet.