Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1920 — Page 1

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GOVERNOR NOT SUFFERER BY OWN TAX LAW Records Show No Cash and No Automobile Paid For During Last Year. LITTLE OWNERS VICTIMS The Constitution “The general assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation; and shall prescribe * such regulations as shall secure a Just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and ■personal.’'—Constitution of Indiana. When James P. Goodrich, governor of Indiana, was advocating the .enactment of the present obnoxious tax law, then before the legislature, which he said was “the best ever;” he declared repeatedly that its enactment would have the effect of bringing forth for taxation sequestered intangible property which was not then on the J:ax duplicate. Since the enactment of the law the total valuations of no unit in Indiana have been noticeably swelled by the addition of any great amount of “intangibles.” A comparison of the returns for taxation made either for or by James P. Goodrich himself is interesting in this connection. They are to be found In the office of the assessor of Center township, Marion county. The personal property assessment sheet of James P. Goodrich, alleged to shorw the true cash value of his personal property on March 1, 1918, shows items as follows: Cash on hand, S3OO. Stock in company, incorporated outside of Indiana, S6OO. v Watch, $lO. Automobile, $l6O. The personal property assessment sheet of Jamas P. Goodrich, alleged to show the true cash value of his personal property on March 1, 1919, shows items as follows: Stock in MeUen Lumber Company of Wisconsin, $2,000. Watch, SSO. No amount of cash on hand as of this date is shown for 1919. No automobile is returned for taxation. RECORDS SHOW NO AUTOMOBILE OWNED IN 1919. In the office of the secretary of state there Is kept a record of licenses issued for the operation of automobiles In Indiana. Such licenses are issued on the sworn statement of someone as to the ownership of the automobile. This record does not show that James P. Goodrich owned an automobile in 1919. It does show T ANARUS, however, that state license No. 1 Was granted to Mrs. James P. Goodriih and that a license fee of sls was collected. There is no record In the office of the township assessor of the assessment of either Mrs. James P. Goodrich or of Cora F. Goodrich, which is the name of the wife of the governor.

Comparison of the two tax schedules might be indicative of a lot of things. It is, of course, possible that Mr. Goodrich invested all 'bis cash on hand on assessment day, 1819, in the stock listed among his personal holdings. It is, of course, possible that some time in the year Mr. Goodrich got rid of his $lO watch and purchased anew one of a value of SSO. It is likewise possible that the stock in the company incorporated outside of Indiana on which he was taxed in 1918 is not the stock returned for taxation in 1919. Likewise, it is possible- that the value of this stock increased in the year from SSOO to $2,000. Os course, Mr. Goodrich might have sold the automobile which was listed In 1918 at $l5O, possibly tn the belief that as governor of Indiana, capable and willing of touring the state with a convicted murderer paroled to act as his chauffeur, he needed a better car. POSSIBILITY OF AUTO OWNERSHIP ISO QUESTION. And, finally, it is entirely possible that 'the fine Packard which was licensed in 1919 Is really the property of Mrs. .Tames P. Goodrich. These facts are only presented here for consideration in connection with the .taxation problems that are now confronting the people of Indiana. In spite of all that has been said relative to the advantages of the new tax law in, making it less likely that intangible property would be secreted, it is today the complaipt of hundreds of small property owners in Indiana that their assessments have been raised to a point where, even under a lower rate, they are paying more taxes than they ever did. This, they complain, is contrary to the promises made to them when they were induced to accept the new law. It was •aid then that the bringing out of hiding of • intangible property would increase the taxing units valuation to such jan extent that the owner of small property would find his taxes reduced mateMslly, even though his assessment was Increased, owing to lower levy that would be made possible. Owners of real estate', improved or not improved, have been compaining loudly that they are bearing the burden of taxation under the new law as they did under the old law and that holders of intangibles, such as “cash on hand,” bonds, stocks, etc., are escaping their share of the taxes just as they did before the tax law was amended. Special effort to bring forth Intangibles was made in the last, hours of the legislature that passed the tax law. Among other things that was done was the insertion of a clause by which it. Was attempted to protect the tax dodgers who now listed their taxables against the collection of back taxes. It is now asserted by lawyers who have studied the tax law that as It stands today, this attempt to protect the tax dodgers has invalidated the lien on the real property for the 1919 taxes. This is known to be one oi the matters that are regarded as necessary of correction by the forthcoming session of the legislature. In the meanwhile, those who are familiar with the tax duplicates do not he.sitate to declare that there are innumerable instances still remaining in which intangibles have been sequestered, In spite of the new tax law. WEATHER,. Local FoteoMt —Bain, probably turning to snow tonight! lowest -temperature About 30 1 Saturday partly cloudy and colder, probably light snow flurries. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 0 a. m. 26 . 7 a- m 26 k 8 a. m 21 f> a. m - 10 a. 20 11 a. a., 30 18 (noon) 31 Sun sets today, 4:53; rises tomorrow 7 1 00; sets, 4s 54. On* rsarago May, highest temperature, cat 9m.

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HOT SOUP GOOD FOR CLASS BOYS X Two Teachers Rout High 'Cost and Fill Tummies at 2 Cents Per. By WALTER D. HICKMAN. H— ——TIN CAN has been tied to the high cost Indianapolis teachnwWßß vegetable soup for “pM W&jfA two small coppers JilL vgjjcgM iS the which has knocked out Jiw # old H < -- L - for ASr years to come. W Y _/ Forty pupils of “The Special School Jersey street, dally get big bowls of served In one of the school rooms Miss Addle Wright, started their little soup kitchen they were able to sell the soup for 1 cent a bowl. “About three years ago a boy came into my classroom,” said Mrs. Moler, who cooks the soup each day on a gasstove. “He was so weak from the want of food that he fainted dead away. “We discovered that he had had nothing to eat for about two days. Miss; Wright and myself decided that a boy can not put knowledge in his head when his stomach is empty. That started our soup kitchen.” Mrs. Moler goes to market and buys the vegetables and meat. Several of the boys come a little early in the morning, peel the potatoes, the onions and the like.

Merle, a long, lanky chap, comes each morning and volunteers to peel the onions for "teacher" and he has a tearful time of it. Mrs. Moler prepares the soup herself. No canned soup is served there but home-made soup having nearly 109 per cent nutrition. At noon Merle, Sammy, Jack and a few others wheel tte slteaming bowls of soup on a pretty service cart into the ’ school room of ■ ——,, Miss Wright. ' Each lad has a A white paper on r-A.,1 his desk and a ' ] J little mat for his I jlg hot bowl. Jack [_[j has the honor of—passing the little j mats. Silver jm- j spoons have been provided by the T. wfjff £ ronderful ability H- AT of these two teachers to manage While all are 1(\ eating soup the ] J boys are given Mi training, rather yXSffmnt uneonsiously on j their part, in good jj table manners. V And how those - 1 youngsters go after the soup. There is no limit to the \ number of bowls jKwSn each lad has, L-_SI (Sfez it either, and the absence of 2 cents is no barrier. The lads are proud to aid these teachers in cleaning up after lunch. Mrs. Moler presides over the dishpan, the lads dry the dishes and silverware until they shine. Then they all go out of doors and take some exercise which, added to the soup, makes every lad comfy In the “tummy” and eager to learn or do his industrial -work. Two-eent soup is aiding to make good citizens out of boys, many of whop have been handicaped by poverty and mismanaged homes. “It is an essential duty of a teacher to see that a child Is not hungry," said Mrs. Moler. “Education and an empty stomach will not mix.” Some time ago a rich woman of Oklahoma sent a check to Miss Wright for the soup fund. The question is: Are there others so inclined because the lads have big appetites and the price of potatoes is high. 2 DIE IN BATTLE WITH EGYPTIANS British Troops and Civilians Clash at Tantah. CAIRO, Jan. 23.—Two persons were killed and four injured in clashes between soldiers and civilians at Tantah, capital of Charbleth province, fifty-four miles northwest of Cairo, according to messages here today. The dead included one soldier and two sollders were wounded, it was said.

Winnipeg, Without Newspapers, Passes Wild and Gloomy Week

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. 23. —Today completed one week during which the more than 1,000,000 persons comprising the populations of the city of Winnipeg and the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been without daily newspapers. It has - been the gloomiest week within their remembrance, not even excepting the eariy days of the war.

A week ago today the papers in thei two provinces were forced to suspend publication, the result of the controversy with Ft. Frances newsprint manufacturers ending in the latter refusing to ship paper here. NEED OF NEWSPAPERS AMPLY DEMONSTRATED. What it means for a good sized city to be without daily newspapers has been amply demonstrated here. Ordinarily, all Is life and gayety in the streets of Win-* nipeg at this season of the year, but over the city now there hangs a pall of dreariness. The first effect was the depriving of the citizens of authentic ’information of news of the day. As the result % the wildest rumors have been current throughout the city. Having no circulating medium of Intelligence, the great mass of the population is unable to discern wliat qnd what not to believe. Newspaper offices made an effort to meet this by posting bulletins in front of their offices, but this is wholly inadequate and reached comparatively few citizens. University students issue small “fly sheets” daily, but these fall so short

SAYS KAISER DECLINED TO DIE WITH MEN Martyrdom Offered to Save Monarchy, Declares Minister Gothein. COLD FEET DESCRIBED BERLIN, Jan. 23.—That the Pan-Ger-mans and conservatives when they saw the German cause was lost in 1918, wanted the former kaiser to sacrifice his .life at the head of his troops in battle in the hop*s of preserving the Hohenzolleru dynasty, was revealed today by former Minister of the Treasury George Gothein, who resigned from the German cabinet rather than sign the peace treaty. Herr Gothein is leader of the democratic party and is chairman of the national assembly commission which has been investigating responsibility for the war and its prolongation. The Gothein commission was really a parliamentary grand jury to bring indictments against German war criminals. The startling disclosure that the former kaiser was counselled to emulate the war kings of old and go Into the fray, sword in* h'and, at the head of his army, Is considered one of the most sensational revelations that have yet been made of the events that moved with such lightning-like rapidity around the former war lord in the closing days of the ■World conflict. FEARS CONSEQUENCES OF EXTRADITION. “I believe that the extradition and trial of the former kaiser would be a body blow to German republicanism,” said Herr Gothein. "The former emperor is personally disliked by the Pan-Ger-mans who call him ‘William the Timid,’ because he was not bold enough for their tastes during the war. The old conservatives disliked his theatrical manners, his fondness for making pompous speeches and the unsteadiness of his policies. They also disapproved of hts intimate relations with big Jewish Industrial magnates, scientists and artists and his frequent rude and crude treatment of others. Above all they will never forgive him for fleeing Into Holland. “They wanted him, in the interests of the dynasty, and knowing that the war had been lost, to sacrifice his life in battle. His failure to do this did the greatest injury to the monarchical idea and the Uohenzollern dynasty. Afterward they wished him voluntarily and heroically to offer himself for trial, as did former Crown Prince Ruppreeht of Bavaria, so they could make for him a martyr’s hat. MARYRDOM DESIRED FOR PROPAGANDA. “This, it was argued, would give the monarchical Idea glamour which’ would provide the monarchist party with propaganda for their agitations. The monarchists require the former kaiser’s martyrdom for their reactionary propaganda find his trial might furnish it. “I believe that, the former emperor's trial before an allied tribunal would lend support to the monarchist idea as against German republicanism.” “If the former kaiser returned voluntarily to Germany would your commission call him as a witness?” Herr Gothein wa6 asked.

“That is an academic question, as I do not expect the kaiser to rciturn," replied Herr Gotbein. “According to the constitution of the old empire the chancellor and not the kaiser was responsible for all of the actions, including military. If the kaiser was not responsible for them, then I (To not see how he could be made so now.” “When 1 was a member of rhe cabinet last spring the members took the viewpoint: ‘Nq ptiuisiio eii* aw.’ (Continued on Page Sixteen.) VOTES ALTERED WITNESSES SAY Anderson Election Officials Tell of Marks on Ballots. Special to The Times. ANDERSON, Ind., jRn. 23. Preparations are being made to bring Forrest Agnew, now in the state-prison, home at an early date, to be the principal witness in the case -on trial in circuit court In which Homer Klmberlin of the supreme court office at Indianapolis is accused of fraud in connection with the election in November, 1918". Special Judge Charles of MartoU has urged attorneys to speed up their witnesses in ordet that the case may be finished in ten days. Elecetion boards in the Twenty-fourth, Ninth and Fourteenth precincts were called to the stand yesterday to testify relative to alterations alleged to have been made In the ballots cast for superior judge between the election night and the time they were examined by the recount board. , In the Twenty-third, precinct the recount gave Lewis Kimberlin, republican candidate for superior judge, a gain of thirty votes. Tbe election board members testified that there was only one mutilated, ballot in the lot when the votes left their hands, whereas, they say, a number of ballots were marked when the recount board obtained them

of requirements that citizens do not bother to take them home. There has been a tremendous decrease in business everywhere. The mercantile houses, usually crowded by bargain hunters at this- time of year, are suffering great losses. “One section alone in my department store has a falling off 4>f $3,000 daily in receipts,” said the head of the concern. BUSINESS OROrS OFF TREMENDOUSLY. The same condition is true of nearly all other lines of business. The theaters are heavy losers. Even the street railways are badly affected, the lack of advertised attractions and geenral depression causing many persons to remain at home. The situation is astounding to the pub* lie. They can not understand how conditions can arise which permit a big city to be deprived of its news mediums. Op ttmists believe the dailies will get going again by Monday or Wednesday, but the management of the papers say they will not start until a plentiful supply of news print is assured.

- INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY ~23, 1920.

Sweetheart in Paris Writes to Trace Hoosier Governor Asked to Post Mile. Morgeaux on Whereabouts of Ex-Soldier. Suzanne Morgeaux, 3 Rhe de Jura, Paris, is trying to locate Glnsley Harold Rowlett, a former American soldier, who, she says, promised to marry her. In a letter to Gov. Goodrich she said that Rowlett lives at Kingman, Ind. Adjt. Gen. Harry K Smith was asked by the governor to attempt to locate the former soldier. Suzanne’s letter, with which she enclosed a stamp for reply, follows: “To the governor of Indiana: “To his honor: ‘‘Forgive the liberty I take to write to you. “ lam a French’■girl. I was engaged to one American living in your state. He had promised to married me. “He had leave Paris the 10th of September, 1919, for Brest, and sail for U. S. the 16th of the same month for Camp Dix, New Jersey. He had remain there almost one month for an operation. He had wrote to me from there ahd since the 20th of October he did not let me hear from him any mote. “T have special reason to know what did happen to him. “I should like to know if he is In life or not. It Is all I want to know. “Write me or make write to me and tell me hory much it will cost for know that. I will send the money in a hurry. Fils name is Glnsley Ilerold Rowlett. He was living In Kingman." POWHATAN TOW SHIP TOO LIGHT Steamer’s Captain Fears Gale Will Part Line. NEW YORK, .Tan. 23.—A wireless message from Capt. Randall of the disabled transport Powhatan, received here by way of Otter Cliff. Me., today, indicated further trouble may he expected unless a tow vessel with heavier gear than that now being used Is sent to her aid. The message sent following transfer of the 271 passengers to the Northern Pa cifle late last night said: “We must have a tow vessel with the gear heavier than ten inch manlla. the heaviest of the fleet now present, which will not hold if we get blow. Lady Laurier (£anndian government steamer) is not pulling full speed for fear of parting fen inch line now in use. (Signed) “RANDALL.” Another message telling of the safe transfer, hearing out earlier radios already received, was received by the army transport service at Hoboken from Capt. Lustie of the Northern Pacific. He said: “Complete transfer of passengers from Powhatan made at 10 p. rs. on 22d without mishap. Lady Laurier has tow line and Destroyer Sharkey and coast g lard cutter Oasippee also standing by. Western Comet left last night. Weather conditions good. Light northerly breeze blowing and smooth sen with slight swell. Am now proceeding to New York. Expected to arrive Ambrose light vessel 6 a. in., Saturday, Jan. 24.” Other messages received stated the transfer took four hours, starting at 8 p. m. The O'Leary, Sharkey and Ossippee used their searchlights while tb§ transfer was being made.

OPEN PACT TALK IS STAVED OFF Conferees Succeed in Keeping Down Senate Debate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—8 i-partisan treaty conferees today had succeeded In staving off for the present the caltlng up of the treaty In the open senate, a move planned by the mild reservationlsts. By assuring the mild reservntionlsts that, “great progress” Is being made on article ten, the conferees won a promise to wait a little longer. Senator Lodge was asked to define “great progress” in more explicit terms. He said he was unable to do so. “I think,” said Lodge, "thnt It is going to work out all right. I hope so.” All conferees echoed Lodge's hopeful statement. While the conferees were spreading their optimism through the senate preparatory to another meeting this afternoon, Senator Frellnghnusen, New Jersey, was threatening to bolt to tlie Borah group If Lodge agrees to any fundamental change in the Lodge reservations. Frelinghuysen said “a considerable •number” would join him in a bolt from Lodge If the republican leader attempts to commit them on anything they regard as less mindful of American rights tn.an are the Lodge reservations. “I wish to state,” said Frelinghuysen, “that I will not be bound by any agreement made, tentative or otherwise, which in any way materially changes in substance the reservations adopted by a majority vote of the senate. There can be no compromise on Article 10. “If reservations sufficient to protect the sovereignty of our government are not contained in the resolution of ratification, I shall voto to reject the treaty in its entirety.” Retail Lumber Men Close "Convention Delegates to the thirty-second annual convention of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Indiana, which adjourned last night following the annual banquet at tbe Claypool hotel, were today returning to their homes. Walter H. Critn of Salem, Ind., was elected president to succeed Frank C. Cline of Vincennes, Ind. G. F. Osterhage of Vincennes “was elected vice president and C. D. Root of Crown Point was appointed secretary. Allies to Recognize Armenia as State LONDON, Jan. 23.—Tbe allies have decided to recognize the defacto independence of Armenia, it was announced today. Capital of the nation will be Erlvrin, 115 miles southwest of Tiflis. GERMAN VILLA SOLD. BERLIN, Jan. 23.—Gruncwald Villa, in an exclusive suburb of Berlin, has been bought by Americans, according to the Tageblatt. It formerly belonged to the late Robert von Mendelssohn, a Berlin banker. The price la said to have been 4,000,000 marks.

BARE GOODRICH AS COAL FIRM’S FORMER HEAD Was President of Calora Company That Is Alleged to - Have Overcharged State. RECORDS 4 YEARS OLD ’ Exposure by the state board of accounts of alleged overcharges by the Calora CYal Company and the Frankfort Ice and Coal Company for coal supplied state Institutions, brings out the fact that Gov. James P. Goodrich was at one time president of the Calora company. Reports on file in the office of the secretary of state for 1914 and 1915 give the name of James P. Goodrich as president of the company. The report- charges that the 14 per cent increase in wages of miners does not Justify an increase of 25 cents a ton for coal supplied to state institutions. The report says that the 14 per cent in labor costs would Justify an increase of only 22(4 cents per ton. The board of accounts report recalls the circumstances surrounding the letting of contracts for coal for state institutions. It. was originally announced that contracts for coal for state Institutions had been let to the Consumers Coal Com pany and to the Frankfort Iceland Coal Company. The report reveals the fact that the Frankfort company was simply selling to the state coni mined by the Calora company of which Gov. Goodrich was formerly president. CONTRACT RETAINED WITH FACTS IN DARK. When the fact that a brother of Gov. Goodrich, P. F. Goodrich, was a director in the Consumers Company was published, Maurice E. Shelton, state pur•chaslng agent, announced that the contract would be taken from the Consumers Company. The fact that the Frank fort company was acting as an agent for the Calora company Pnd the fact that Gov. Goodrich was formerly president of the Calora Coal Company were not revealed at that time, and the Frankfort company was permitted to retain Us contract.

This contract called for the supplying of $86,600 worth of coal to eleven state institutions. This was the same amount as was used by the same institutions dur- !>■•• ' year. The contract was let June 21, 1919. At ’"in : .a- same time Mr. Phelton made the statement that the state, by buying coal from companies operating mines, eliminated jobbers’ profits and therefore was able to obtain coal cheaper. Tilts statement was made despite the fact that the Frankfort company was acting as a Jobber for a mining company of which Gov. Goodrich formerly was president. GOVERNOR’S FORMER ASSOCIATES FAVORED. The contract, which was to have gone to the Consumers company but which was taken away from it when the personnel of this: company was published, was given to the Aetna Coal Company. The directors of the Aetna company are Martin B. Lowish, U. G. Wiley and Herbert IJ. (Confirmed on l*ge Sixteen.) ENGINEERS TO HEAR EXPERTS Indiana Society Holds Fortieth Anniversary Session in City. Speakers of national prominence are included on tne program for the fortieth annual meeting of the Indiana Engineering society which is in session at the Claypool hotel today and will extend over tomorrow. The openirfg address was delivered this morning by Prof. G. A. Young, Purdue university, president of the Indiana Engineering society. W. J. Titus, engineer of bridges, Indiana state high commission, Indianapolis, offered a report of the committee on civil engineering. Other speakers included Prof. H. A. Thomas, Rose Polytechnic, Terre Hante, Ind.; \V. K. Eldridge, Indianapolis; C. D. Franks, Indianapolis, and R. C. Yoeman, Indianapolis. An open discussion on the license law for engineers closed the morning session. PROF. NEWELL TO MAKE HIS TALK. It was announced last night that Prof. 11. C. Newell, Illinois university, president of the American Association of Engineers, will address the society on a project to establish a national department of public workß, as provided for in the Joues-Reavls bill now before congress. Newell's visit to Washington had been expected to prevent him from attending the session. The annual dinner of tha society will be held this evening at 7 o’clock in the Florentine room of the Claypool. Judge Raymond Springer, Confiersvlile, president American legion, will speak on “Americanization and the Legion,” after the dinner and W. J. Strong, president of the Chicago chapter, American Association o£ Engineers, will talk on “Advertising for the Engineer.” EX-SERVICE MEN RECOUNT EXPERIENCES. One of the interesting features on this afternoon program was a series of talks by Indiana engineers who were In the military service during the war. Among those who took part in the discussion were Lieut. Col. W. S. Boyle, Indianapolis; Lieut. Col. Albert Smith, Lafayette; Mnj. E. ?. Mehon, MaJ. A. P. Melton, Capt. Hugh Holman, Capt. L. O. Knowlton. Funeral of E. Routier to Be Held Tomorrow The funeral services for Edmond Routier, 55, of 32 North Brookville avenue, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Routier died suddenly at his home Thursday. The coroner said that death was due to acute dilation of the stomach. Routier has been a draftsman employed by the contracting firm of Schiegel & Roehm. Recruits Now Can Go to New Naval Station Word was received today from the navy department by Lieut. Thomas E. Orr, in charge of the navy recruiting station here, that anew training station has been ordered opened at Gulfport, Miss. This will give recruits a chance to choose the new station as a preparatory training station -before being nsstgrfed to a “sea-going” ship. It is alsojj/n----nounced that an ex-service bluejacket, whether he is a regular or reserve, can still choose any receiving ship ha desires upon re-enlistment

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‘ICE STORM’ SWEEPS STATE; TRAINS LATE; WIRES DOWN

NON-SKID COPS CITY’S LATEST \ ..... V Policemen and firemen are introducing anew accessory to the footgear of Indianapolis citizens. The “skid chains” shown on the fireman’s boots in the picture have saved him many a fall. Many policemen, particularly are patrolling outlying districts In the city, are wearing home-made" Bkid chains. One policeman already has suffered a broken ankle in a fall on the icy sidewalk. The inventor of the non-skid chains declares that they will be made so that they can be worn on walking shoes. With chains on your shoes you needn’t care whether your neighbors sprinkle ashes on their frozen pavements or not. The nonskid boots came in mighty handy today when every street and sidewalk was covered with a glassy coating of ice.

TELLS CONGRESS TOCUTEXPENSE Smoot Asserts U. S. Must Begin to Practice Economy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—-Leaders in both house and senate were becoming more insistent today in their demands for economy and ruthless slicing of appropriations. Senator Smoot (Utah), a leader in the senate and a member of the appropriations committee, declared that economy is a necessity if the government is goiug* to make both ends meet. In an interview he suggested that a special commission of technical experts be put solely at the command of congress and directed to go into every government department on a search for ways to economize. Senator Smoot declared that revenues for the current fiscal year are going to fall short of estimates. He believed they would - not exceed $4,500,000,000, owing to reduced profits of large industrial concerns. “We have been counting on a continuation of a big excess profits return, but business concerns are not making what they were during the war,” Sinoot said. “Those excess profits taxes arf not going to keep up and 1 think you will see quite a drop.” Tries to Sell Horse for S4O; Cops Get Him “Wanta buy a good horse for $40?” When Leslie Mitchell led np a fine looking member of the equine family and asked Jack . Lewis, 220 North Blake street, that question the police were called. Lewis thought the price unusually low. When Motor Policemen Dean and Drinkut took Mitchell to headquarters he is said to have admitted the horse belonged to the Coburn Warehouse Com pany. He was taking a team to the blacksmith shop when he decided he needed some money for narcotics, he is alleged to have told the police. The ether horse was found in a livery stable, where it had been taken by a man who found it tied behind a billboard at Pearl and Missouri streets. Mitchell is charged with grand larceny. FRENCH DENY TOULON RIOTS. PARIS, Jan. 23.—Emphatic denial of reports from Berlin that “riots and mutinies have broken , out among French naval forces and troops at Toulon" is made by the French war office.

Solicitors at Rate of $4 Per Day Pass Goodrich Petitions in City Republicans of Indiana who have become interested in opposing the “Goodrich for president” movement in Indiana are discovering that the Goodrich managers have completed an excellent organization for the purpose of creating a “spontaneous demand” for Goodrich. They learned today that the Goodrtch#

petitions to place the governor’s name on the preferential ballot are being circulated in the city by men employed at $4 a day for that purpose as well as by men who are receiving pay from state Jobs. They have learned that practically every statehouse officer and department head has been asked to circulate the petitions and that the long list of persons whom Goodrich has favored by granting paroles and pardons for their friends have not been overlooked. COFFIN-DOD S ON GARAGE FAVORED. An example of how thorough-' is the organization was furnished by the fact, that a large number of these petitions was sent to a special messenger to the garage in Easf Market, street which is now being operated by George V. Coffin, former chief of police, and Ote Dodson, former sheriff of Marlon ,county. The petitions at this place are being signed by callers loafers of the old Ooffin-Dodson machine under the direction of the two ex-officials. Petition* axe being circulated In the

Ask for Naval Plane to Rescue Ice-Bound Crew Sydney O. Neff Marooned Six Miles Off Chicago Harbor —Two Reach Shore. CHICAGO, Jan. 23.—Officials of the Great Lakes life saving station here appealed today to the naval training station to send a hydroplane to the relief of six members of the crew of the lake steamer Sydney O. Neff, imprisoned by ice six miles off the Chicago harbor. Two members of the crew made .heir way over precarious footing afforded by floating cakes of ice to the four-mile crib. They reported food and fuel stocks aboard the vessel were in no danger, but said the ice was slowly squeezing in and the boat might be crushed. The vessel already has been raised four* feet above the water line It showed when imprisoned Monday night, they reported. Life saving officials said there was open water near the boat where a hydroplnne could “light." An attempt will be made to remove the members of the crew still aboard the vessel by use of the Hydroplane, in case their position is critical, they said. Two could be carried each trip. The wind will have to shift, blowing the ice cakes off shore, before the vessel can be freed. Mine Union Heads Back at Their Desks Officials of tbe United Mine Workers of America were today at their desks here at the national headquarters after spending some time in Washington, D. C., appearing before the president’s coal commission, which is making a complete investigation of the coal situation. Fifty Scales Seized in City Market Fifty scales were confiscated by inspectors from the weights and measures department at the city market yesterday. Edward McGuff reported that only three complaints of short weight has been received by the department this year.

courthouse and at the city hall, both by cogs in the Goodrich machine and the paid solicitors. One of the latter, who operated In the courthouse corridors, yesterday said: “About one out of every ten men I approach puts his name on the petitions. The rest ask what it is and when I tell them it’s a Goodrich for president petition they look at me like I was crazy and say ‘Nothin’ Doin’. “You bet your life I would not be circulating these things if - Robison and Moorman wasn't paying $4 a day to get it done.” The anti-Goodrich people were considerably encouraged yesterday when a report reached them that five of the congressional delegation at Washington had refused absolutely to sign the petition at the request of H. C. Stillwell, who was sent there to get their signatures. The antis continue to circulate Wood petitions with great success and expect to add additional impetus to their movement next week, when they hope to open headquarters for the whole state in this city. A

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NEAR-CRASHES FREQUENT DUE TO SLICK RAILS Interurbans and Trains Ar< Delayed—Trolley Wires -a Reported Down. MORE RAIN DUE TONIGHT Indianapolis and Indiana was to* day gripped by a disagreeable “ic storm.” Citizens skidded to work this moriv ing. Because of the- slippery condition of the rails a number of crashes be* t ween early morning street cars were narrowly averted. Thoughtfulness of the crews of tvn ears at. Massachusetts avenue and Alabama street saTed many passengers from possible injury. A north-bound car on Massachusetts avenue split a switch Just as an in-bound Central swung into the avenue. The tail end of the north-bound ear rammed the side of the Central avenue car but both were stopped. Instantly. Had either car advanced a foot further both would have been hurled from the tracks. ICE CLOGS RAILWAY SWITCHES. The ice became lodged in the switches, making it difficult to throw them. Early cars on some lines coupled up in order to make their way. John W. Armington. head of the weather bureau here, said icy conditions prevailed throughout the state. He predicted rain tonight, changing Into snow by morning, with a drop of eight degrees in temperature. Reports to The Times from all parts of the state Indicated conidtions similar to those which prevailed in Indianapolis. Traction ahd steam railroad service was delayed. Telegraph and telephones wire* were reported In bid condition. SNOW AND RAININ NORTHERN INDIANA. Ia northern and central Indiana th weather reports showed snow, sleet and rain. At Gary, South Bend and Ft Wayne, there was heavy snowfall; at Elkhart It was sleeting, and raining at Muncle. Trolley wires were down on some lnterurban systems. On • the line from Indianapolis to Frankfort the trolley was on the ground and threatened to delay service for some time. On the “red Hue” from Indianapolis to Greenahnrg, service was crippled. ICE QUICKLY COVERS WALKS. During the forenoon a sleety rain ! fell, covering the streets and sidewalks | with a thin coating of ice as the rain | quickly froze. In spite of the fact that ! the government thermometer registered 28 degrees. At 0 a. m. today the thermometor registered 28 degrees and began to rise slightly along toward the noon hour. A gradual rise was promised for the afternoon. The weather man said the temperature in the clouds was higher than on the ground level, and that the precipitation left the clouds as rain. The temperature at the ground level has been below freezing for a number of days, and. as the rain was near a freezing temperature it froze almost as soon as it hit the colder surfaces. •Tames P. Tretton. superintendent of the Indianapolis street railway, said that atlhough ice on the trolley wires hampered proper contact and slowed traffic somewhat, he did not anticipate serious difficulty in maintaining good service. It was practically Impossible to maintain schedules on any line, however. Automobile drivers were forced to exercise the greatest caution In traveling the* city’s streets. Several neir-aceidents, due to skidding, especially of light cars, ever# narrowly averted. AUTOMOBILE ROADS IN BAD SHAPE,

Automobile leading into and orrt of the state were in a dangerous condition. The Jackson highway to Chicago was reported “ley and slippery.” with several inches of snow drifted in places. The road was reported rough to Lebanon; narrow over Sugar creek near Mechanicsburg and careful driving is necessary; drifts have been cleared In Tippecanoe county, but going is heavy in places beyond to Rensselaer; fair t# good remainder of route, bnt with some bad places between Crown Point and Hammond. The Jackson highway to Louisville i* Icy and slippery entire distance. A detour at Marlon county line to Greenwood is necessary. Rough places are reported between Edinburg and Columbus, with a fair surface through Jackson county. The road Is rough the remainder of the way with bad places from Underwood to Memphis, where heavy traffic is barred. The route through Washington county li fair to good, but rough places from SaFredericksburg. Reports on other highways were as follows: “National Road to Richmond—Surface mostly icy and slippery; poor road Cumberland to Greenfield; rough Greenfield to Dublin; deep ruts in places between Indianapolis and Knightstown; 'poor and rough Cambridge City to Richmond. “National Road to Terre Haute—Surface mostly icy and slippery; rough Putnamville to Brazil, detour west of Brazil; fair through Vigo county. “Dixie Highway to South Bend—lcy and slippery southern stretches decreasing northward; 4 to 8 inches snow on highway, deepest northern part, drifted between Plymouth and South Bend; track good through Hamilton county; new road Plymouth to Lapaz; general condition for travel’ fair Marshall and St. Joseph counties. “Dixie Highway to Louisville—Surface j icy and slippery southward through Lawrence county and rough beyond through Washington county, travel conditions fair to good, Indianapolis to Martinsville; bridge out one-half mile south of Dolan and another out five miles north of Bloomington; detour one and one-balf 1 miles northeast of Martinsville at Ham- i mond’s hill. “Highway to Anderson-Marion, Hunt* j ington-FT. Wayne—Several Inches snow 1 over route; generally icy and very slippery, except in Allen county, where snow* has been graded out;’ traffic difficult) southward because of Ice and some drift*] lng.” Tourists to See Battlefields by Air ' PARIS, Jan. 23.—The Compagnie Gen- ; erale Transaerienne announced today it, is arranging airplane excursions from li Paris to all French battlefields for theJ benefit £ American tourist* M