Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1920 — Page 1

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EDWARDS’ NAME ON BALLOT DUE TO ‘FRAME-UP’ New Jersey Wet Entered in Indiana Primary by G. O. P. Bipartisan Workers. MARSHALL TO CONTEST The petition filed with the secretary of state asking that the name of Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey be placed on the democratic presidential ballot in Indiana was wholly unauthorized by Gov. Edwards and bears many earmarks of having been the offspring of a “frame-up” between republicans who have been and are now endeavoring to interfere In the democratic political affairs of Indiana and certain democrats who have been induced to help them either through ignorance or personal greed. The petition was placed on file 1"' Ira 1.. Sawln, who rooms at 2955 North Illinois street, tinri i; practically unknown in Indianapolis. Mr. Sn win made the following statement concerning it: “The petition was not authorized by Mr. Edwards. Tt was gotten up within about twenty-four hours by local people who decided they wanted Edwards' name on the ballot. Some are practically unknown v men and others are prominent. The movement was purely local and was not made by any agent of Gov. Edwards or by any organization with which he ts connected. We are of the opinion that It Is valid, nevertheless. At least wo have been so advised." PETITION SIGNED IN DRY-BEER SALOON. Among the peculiarities of this unauthorized effort to make Mr. Edwards a candidate for the presidency in Tnd aua ere these facts:

1. That the petition* appeared thortly after Will H. Have, national republican chairman, arrived in In- > dlanapolis to apeak at the Columbia club at tbo first of a series of dinner* which had been announced for the purpose of hearing: "presidential aspirants." i. That the petitions were placed at the Stegemeier dry beer saloon, adjoining the property of the Indianapolis News, and much freqnented by the employes of the News, and a great part of the *SO names signed to it were gathered there. 3. That the first agency to give public notice of the petitions was the Indianapolis News, which paper appeared to have been fully advised of their circulation, the Intent of the circulators and the places at which they could be signed almost as soon as they were put In circulation. 4. That the names on the petitions are numbered with a lead pencil and encircled In a way that is almost peculiar to newspaper men, and indirates that the petitions were carefully checked by a newspaper man before they were submitted to the secretary of state. 5. That the filing of the petition with the secretary of state was carefully timed so as to synchronise with the edition time of the News and still give supporters of other candidates as lltttie time as possible In which to take action for thleir own favorites. fi. That another petition was placed at the Grand hotel, which is midway between republican state headquarters and the News office and the stationery of the Grand hotel was used in the preparation of the petition, showing without a doubt that the person who originated the movement had been in the Grand hotel, and might have been the same person who conferred there Ttaorsday afternoon with two republican state workers who rented a room there for that purpose. The peculiar conditions that made it flesirable for the republican bi-partisan in Indiana who were organised several months ago to inject EdVrords Into th° Indiana primary were fcronght about by the reluctance of Vice President Marshall and William O. McAdoo to seek instructed delegates from Indiana. Mr. Marshall first declared that M would not enter a primary as a candidate for th presidency. Will am G. XfcAdoo declared that he would not se<>k instructed delegates In any (date and Requested bis friends not to enter his Same in any primary contest. Petitions fbr both Mr Marshall and Mr. MeAdoo had been circulated In Indiana and there Was great glee among the republicans When it appeared that the two men would he entered in the primary and a fight tnade tgalnst Marshall in his home state StcADOO AND MARSHALL MEN IN UNDERSTANDING. In the Interests of party harmony and In deference to the wishes of Mr. McAdoo, his friends placed petitions for him in the hands of Walter Myers, an attorney, with the understanding that Mr. Myers would not file the petitions unless the Marshall supporters attempted to pledge the Indiana delegation to Marshall through the filing of a Marshall petition. Supporters of Mr. Marshall declared they would not file a petition unless It became necessary to do so in order to prevent any other candidate from pledging the delegation by default of other names on the ballot. The MeAdoo and Marshall supporters agreed to hold up petitions for each and to permit the Indiana delegates to go to the primaries uninstructed and were prepared to carry out that agreement when the Edwards petition was found by MeAdoo supporters to be on the files In the office of the secretary of State. After the Edwards petition was filed William L. Elder, representing .Mr. Marshall, appeared at the secretary of state’s office with a Marshall petition and went Into conference with MeAdoo supporters. It was agreed at this conference that the safest way to prevent Edwards from seizing the delegation was to file the Marshall petition with the understanding that in event the Edwards petition was later withdrawn the Marshall petition would also be withdrawn. Mr. Elder also declared that it was not Mr. Mar(C'oniinued on Rage Two.) ILL, GERARD CANCELS TOUR Democratic Presidential Candidate Stricken Suddenly. WATERTOWN, S. D., March C.—James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Germany and candidate for the demo- j cratle presidential nomination, was taken j suddenly ill at Aberdeen and left for ! New York today, canceling further speak- i lug engagements. J

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Indianapolis to Be Second Boston? Will the future Indianapolis be a second Boston? Children are reading travel books, poetry and books on natural history, chiefly, according to records of the Prospect branch library, while twothirds of the books read by adult patrons are Action. * More adults are reading books on European history than before the war, Mrs. Mille Drane, branch librarian, said today. Five hundred more books were Sorrowed during February of this year than during the same month a year ago. CITY FINANCE CRISIS LOOMS OVER TAX LAW May Be Forced to Ask Funds Front State at Proposed Special Session. A financial crisis which the city government of Indianapolis is approaching as a result of the tax muddle caused officials at the city hall today to say that it appears inevitable that they must go before the state legislature with a request for relief in case that body is called into special session by Gov. Goodrich. “Running n city without money," and “It's a good thing our credit's good,” were phrases used by the officials in Informal discussions of the city’s plight. Ordinarily the city would be receiving large sums of money from the county treasurer In advance settlement of the spring installments of taxes at this time. But the suits which have tied the enforcement of the tax law in Marion county up In the courts prevent tax collection. To meet current expenses the city must soon seek a larger temporary loan than ever before, if was predicted. The principal difficulty of the city lies In the fact that the budgets of all departments are based upon the estimated receipts for the year of $3,300,000. This estimate was made last September when the tax levy was fixed. Subsequent discovery of a mistake of nearly $100,000,000 in the assessed valuation of taxable* in which the city is interested and re valuations under orders of the state board of tax eomlsstoners have pared the amount the city may reasonably expect to receive this year to $3,500,000. officials said. Heads of departments are confronted with the immediate necessity of cutting their hudgets to the bone, and then some, City Purchasing Agent Dwight S. Ritter declared. He indicated that some general action along this line may be expected soon. His department already is figuring upon possible cuts which may have to be made in various street repair and construction materials.

NOW PHANTOM GUNMAN’ SPHERE Ball Player Tells Police He Was Target. A phantom gunman made his appearance at the postofflce today aod attempted to end the baseball career of Steve C. Ferrel, 314 North East street, according to a report to the police. An emergency call was received t police headquarters from Illinois ind Maryland streets, where Ferrel Is employed as a barber In the Grand hotel building and follows the “hot stove league” wheu not playing baseball. On arriving the police squad, led by Sergt. Huston, was met by Ferrel, who informed them lie had Jnst .been shot in the leg by an unidentified man at the Federal building. A close examination failed to disclose any wounds, but Ferrel insisted that he was shot and the police hurried to the postoffice to look for the would-be assas sin. Nobody around the Federal building had heard any shots fired and no trace could be found of the gunman. Ferrel informed the police that he was a ball player and was leaving for Florida on a spring training trip next week with the Indianapolis club. He described the man who was supposed to have shot him as a stranger with a little revolver. Fer rel was finally convinced that he bad not been shot when taken to police head quarters, but he insisted that someone had tried "to get” btm.

STEAMER AFIRE 1,000 MILES OUT Bushrod’s Wireless Received at Naval Station. NEW YORK, March The United States shipping hoard steamer Biislirod is afire about 1.000 miles off New York, according to On intercepted wireless message received at Otter Cliffs, Me., naval radio station here reported this afternoon. The message said: "Unknown ship K I C B reported in distress, bunkers afire, at 38.18 north lati ture. 08.13 west longitude." “K I C B” is the wireless call for the Bushrod, a stenmer of 4.500 tons, which left Norfolk fur Nantes, France, March 1.

Says United States of Russia Will Grow From Present Chaos

BERLIN, March 6. —The United States of Russia—a federation similar to the United States of America —is the future form that Russia will take, according to a prediction made today by Count Pahlen, former governor of Vilna, who was president of West Russia in 1919. He added that there will be a central government like that at Washington, but that it will take a long time for the new state to work out and stabilize its existence.

The west Russia regime was created! during the Violent fighting that raged between the northern frontier of Poland and Petrograd during 191!), but it collapsed after a short existence. Its sympathies were said to be pro-boishevist and it had the assistance of large forces of German troops that were then in Courland. "SOVIET TOO FIRMLY ENTRENCHED NOW." “I am convinced (be soviet government is too strongly entrenched to be overthrown now,” said Count I’ahlen. "There was an opportunity for that Inst summer, but it was lost. The new Russian government appears to be a stable unit, but T think that it will eventually evolve, into a real representative institution. "Some parts of Russia will develop faster in a political ;?er.se than others. These districts as autonomous states will

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BIG AUTO SHOW NEXT WEEK TO BESTATEPRIDE Most Beautiful and Comprehensive Yet, Say Officials of Event. ENTERTAINMENT ON TAP Indiana's most beautiful and comprehensive automobile show. That’s what officials of the Indianspo- | li Automobile Trade association claim | for their twentieth exposition, which will open in the Manufacturers' building at the state fair grounds Monday evening at V o'clock. Certainly, the us- ■ tociation men say. It will eclipse anything Indianapolis ever has seen. Considerably more thau $1,000,000 worth of motor cars, motor trucks, tractors, airplanes and accessories are arranged in orderly fashion In artistic ; setting. ALL SET FOR EXHIBITORS. Manager Orman announced that the doors will be locked at 3 o’clock tomor- : row afternoon and will not be opened again until time for the public opening. He said exhibitors should make haste to put the finishing touches upon their displays. The Manufacturers' building is the largest structure of its kind in ludiana. There are 85,000 square feet of space upon one level. This makes It possible for a show to be given complete iu oue budding and on one floor. In many cities it is necessary to travel across town to attend both the passenger car and truck shows. In others it is necessary to show the different classes of vehicles on different floors of a small building. EXPOSITION RESULT OF YEARS OF EFFORT. The twentieth show is the logical outgrowth of the earnest, persistent efforts which tbc Indianapolis Automobile Trade association has exerted year after year, In reality it is a monument to the dauntless spirit of the men in the automotive Industry of Indianapolis. The first automobile show was held in the old Gyelorama building, which stood at Illinois and Market streets, where the Traction Termtnal building Is now located. That was In J 902. It was given by the Fist Tire club, out of which the Hoosler Motor club and the Indianapolis Automobile Trade association grew. There were Dot enough automobiles in Indianapolis to till up the show space, small though it was in comparison with the huge building of today, and the motor men had to call upon the bicycle dealers to fill up the empty apots. Th principal attraction of that first show was a stunt designed to demonstrate that automobiles actually could climb hills. Prophetic Incident that, as prophetic, perhaps, as ore of the big features of the twentieth show. It is a common prediction that airplanes will be as numerous as automobiles twenty years from now. For the first time at any motor exposition an airplane will be made Part of the Indianapolis show. BICYCLES HELP OUT IN 190S. In 1902 it was necessary to ndd bicycles to the exhibits to make the show com Plete Ip J 920 >f | s necessary to turn <1 own ramy tbfirtCNl ' %d'“*b t fbelf re quests for space in after all the space had been taken. There Will bo 135 exhibit! In all. There is no comparison between the cost of the twentieth show and any of Its predecessors. Year after year the as soclation has struggled upward, each year spending more money on Its ex bibitions. Many times lhere were serious setbacks. One year a flood interfered. Another year it was a windstorm which swept away the tents housing the exhibits. Time after time it rained all show week. In spite of this the dauntI Continued on Page Twelve.)

FIRE MAY COST LIFE OF GIRL, 5 Little One Burned When Left Alone in Home. Elizabeth Lewis, 5-yenr old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cort Lewis, 10.32 West Market street, was burned, perhaps fatally, when her clothing caught tire when she was left alone in her home this morning. The child ran screaming into tbp street. Mrs. Alieno Watson. living across from the Lewis home, was the first to reach lien*. She began to tear the flaming clothing off her. Elizabeth was rushed to the City hosrdtai. where It is said her injuries are serious. She was burned badly about the head and body. Grace Lewis, her mother, told the po lice she had left the girl in the house only a few fainutes before to go to nearby store. It Is heliorer the child either played with the stove or got too close to It and hex clothing ignited.

President Receives Roper’s Resignation WASHINGTON. March 6. President Wilson today received tho resignation of Daniel G. Roper ns commissioner of Internal revenue. Ho will accept It aud is understood to have asked Secretary of Treasury Houston to recommend a successor. Roper will retire on April 1. It has frequently been reported In Washington that he will become manager of the MeAdoo presidential boom.

retain virtually the’ same political rights as the American states, but they will eventually he part of the whole Just as tlie states in America each represent an integral part of (be union.” BU.TIf STATES WIM, HE COMPELLED TO .JOIN. "Do you believe the R.altie states will join the Russian federation?” Count Pahleu was asked. He replied: “They will be compelled to join because they control the seacoast. Otherwise it would be Just as If tlie original thirteen American colonies had attempted to secede, cutting off the balance of America from the Atlantic coast. "Lrnine (the premier of soviet Russia) recognizes Russia's eccnontle dependence upon the trade routes of Latvia and llsthouia and is promising tlieyi local (Continued ou Page Ten.)

INDIANAPOUS, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920.

TEACHERS DEMAND MORE PAY -I- -|. -I- -|- -|- -|. _ -[- -|- -|- -|- -|. .|. -i- -|- -|- -|- -|- -|- -I- -|- -i- ' -]- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I* -I- “ Daniels Declares U. S. Will Need 30 Ships by Next Year

MEN BEHIND AUTO SHOW | l.t I { -V, t i f l JP) h - f . "ST" / Z i I W XL h & ~-j \ 1 , /tit Top—R. V. Law, president; H. N. Cartinhour, vice president. ..c? Lower—A. W. Hutchison, secra- V tary; H, C. Lathrop, treasurer. Under the direction of the Indianapolis | The automobile association Is a llveAutotnoblle Trade association the twen wire organization which Includes vlrtieth annual motor car exhibit wilt be tuaily every recognized dealer 4n cars held at the fair grounds March 8 to 13. j and motor car equipment In the city.

LEMCKE MUST PAY BACK FEES Responsible for Illegal Tax i Charges, Says Eschbach. No change has occurred in the attitude of the state board of accounts! toward the collection of illegal fees by county treasurers, said Jess-- Eschbach, chief examiner of tfbe state board of accounts, todav when his attention was called to the fact that Ralph leuncke, Marlon county treasurer, is collecting delinquent tax fees illegally. "The former ruling of this board s'lil stands.” he said “It applies to every one alike.” Mr. Eschbach said that examiner* from his department are now checking up the books of tlic office of tbc county treasurer and that all fees for delinquent tax** collected in violation of the law will be charged hack to the treasurer. He said that be had turned over to his examiners ail the Information In his possession concerning the treasurer’s office and that he had given them Instructions to examine Into the collection of delinquent tax fees. The attitude of the board of accounts referred to hy Mr. Eschbach was expressed In a statement made by him on Sept. 22. 1919. Mr. Eschbach ruled that no fees should he collected that were not actually earned under the law and he set out the fees to which the Irons urer is entitled. Tie declared that no fees for serving notices can legally be collected unless notices arc actually sprved on taxpayers. Mr. I.emeke, from the day he took over the treasurers office, has been assessing arbitrary “costs" against delinquent taxpayers In addition to the penalty prescribed hy law.

FOUR ESCAPE JOLIET PRISON Illinois Police Trail Convicts Toward Chicago. CHICAGO, March 6.—Four prisoners escaped from the state penitentiary at Joliet, 111., early today, according to word received by the police here. The escaped convicts are Frank Stockley, Charles Martin, John Anderson and Harry Jones. The two last named are negroes. ' They are believed to have headed for Chicago. Coronor’s Cocktails Take 4 More Lives ST. PAUL. March ft. Tlitce were added to the list, of wood alcohol victims here today. Herman Schmidt, James Nugent and James S. Martin died from drinking the poison, and Dennis Igoe was blinded. Eleven deaths and one blindness have re suited from wood alcohol in three days here. WEATHER,) I.oral Forecast—Fair nod colder tonight and Sunday ; lowest temperature expected tonight, 10 to 15 degrees above xero. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. (• a. in II • a. m 10 8 a. m 13 0 a. ni 15 10 a. m it It a. in.. 15 13 (noon) 17 1 p. m 1!) 3 p. in IB Sun sets today. 5:t2; rises tomorrow. 6:10; rets, 5:1:1. One year ago today, highest temperature, 35; lowest, 3L

’NOT HER BLIZZARD SMITES GOTHAM Streets Blocked by Snow Driven by 65-Mile Wind. NEW YORK, March 6.—After a brief taste of spring weather. New York awoko today to find itself in the grip of another blizzard with many streets completely ' blocked by high drifts of snow that were j piled up by a elxty-five-niile-an-hour wind. I This latest blizzard, which bore down upon the city from the west, was ber- | aided by nearly an inch and a half of : rain before the precipitation turned to | sleet and bail and finally to snow. Traffic was completely paralyzed throughout the whole metropolitan area 1 and some of the suburban railway lines i reported the worst conditions of the win- ; ter. Heavy damage was done by the high wind throughout the city. The wind blew a terrific velocity off th.> Atlantic coast and special precautions were taken by life saving stations to aid vessels In distress. The thermometer dropped from 48 to SO degrees above zero within a few hours. BOSTON, March 6. -An all-night rainstorm over snow-bodnd northern New England threw train and trolley schedules out of gear, disrupted telephone and telegraph service, caused streams to overflow their banks and made rivers of streets iu cities and towns, flooding cellars. The local forecast predicted clearing tonight followed by a cold wave with northwest gules diminishing Sunday. Papers May Print All of Court News CHICAGO, March o.—Newspapers have the right to publish all court testimony, whether It is true or untrue, according to a . ruling handed down in a libel suit ogalust a Chicago newspaper by Circuit Judge Oscar H. Torrison. The ruling was given in instructions to the Jury hearing tho case. Pennsylvania Floods Force Many to Flee I’HILADELI’HI A, March fl.—Flood conditions prevailed throughout eastern Pennsylvania today, despite tho sudden cold wave which followed yesterday's and last night's rain. Practically every river and stream in the region was out of its banks. Hundreds of families bnve been driven from their homes and factories and power plants have been put out of commission.

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MORE, HE ADDS, UNLESS LEAGUE ADOPTED SOON Must Be Ready for Any Emergency, Secretary Tells House Committee. ‘IS NO MIDDLE GROUND’ WASHINGTON, March 6.—Appearing today before the house naval affairs committee, Secretary of Navy Daniels declared that our navy “is weak in the types of ships which the world war proved were essential in fleet efficiency,'' and he urged the adoption of the building program for next year calling for thirty ships The cost of the building program as recommended by Secretary Daniels as being necessary because of the delay on peace treaty action and the unsettled condition of the world war was placed at $195,300,000. “In the unsettled condition of the world today,” he said, “our navy must be prepared for any emergency. "We have only two courses to pnrsue; wc must have a league of nations by which every nation will help preserve the peace of the world without competitive navy building, or we must have incomparably the biggest navy In the world. There Is no middle ground.” DELAY W ILL ADD TO I. 8. NEEDS, Unless there Is a league of nations *'< n or if the United States finally decides to stand outside the league, Seccretary Daniels said he would be constrained to recommend a building program railing for the construction of sixty-nine ships. "I had hoped,” said the secretary, “to apfear today with a final recommendation as to the building program for the navy, but as the peace treaty has not been upon there are uncertainties in the situation. If the covenant had been ratified our duty'would have been plain With the league lu operation It would not have been ne-cssary to impose upon the taxpayers. in view of the present burdens, the money necessary for building more ships. UROGRAM OUTLINED BY SKCRETAP.'. “The building program for the next fiscal year, as presented to you, Is: "Battleships, two. ‘’Battle cruisers, one. “Ncont cruisers, ton. “ five. “Fleet submarines, sir. “Airplane curriers, twe. "Aircraft tenders, two. "Destroyer tender, one. "Submarine tender, 1. “I am not recommending additional dreadnoughts, battle cruisers and scout cruisers, though these ships are the backbone of navgl efficiency. “Had v tbe peace treaty been settled, with the possibility of armaments being curtailed and regulated as originally sug gested by your committee in 1*96, I would have submitted a program today which (Continued on Tnge Tea.)

10 PCT. CUT IN PAPERS URGED National Board Addresses Resolution to Publishers. NEW YORK, March 6.—Publishers of all classes of newspapers throughout the country are urged In a resolution adopted here today by the board of directors aud paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ association, to make Immediately a reduction of 10 per cent in consumption of newsprint. The resolution follows: "Resolved, That publishers of all classes of newspapers, dadly and weekly, be urged to make immediately a reduction of 10 per cent in consumption of newsprint and to request all advertisers, both local and foreign, to reduce their space per cent during the present emergency. "In case advertisers will not co-oper-ate to the extent of the suggested reduction publishers are urged to raise their advertising rates sufficiently to bring about the mentioned percentage of reduction. "Reports of committees In charge of the campaign on co-operation aud conservation in the use of newsprint Indicate that an Important savings nas been effected and that a majority of the news- i papers have put into effect practical economies and arc cutting size and number of editions, eliminating wastage, increasing selling prices and raising advertising rates, but the increased demands for advertising space have to an extent interfered with the decrease ,in the n-c of newsprint compared with 1919 which Is required to meet the pre. tn -.t i tton and to bring consumption of news- ; print within the limits of present mill production capacity. The genernl sentiment of the publishers attending the meeting was that the situation while serious* does not justify government action or (he passage of any of (Continued on Page Ten.)

Mary Pickford Says She*B Not Going to Marry Fairbanks Got Divorce From Owen Moore Because She Wanted to Be Free Again. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—“ The rumors that have been circulated that I intend to marry Douglas Fairbanks are absurd. Such a thought has never entered my head,” declared Mary Pickford today in the first interview obtained since her divorce from Owen Moore last Tuesday. “Some people think my recent divorce was secured to permit me to marry again,” she declared. “This is not so. Is it necessary to marry again simply because a person is divorced ? I don’t think so. I merely wanted to be free. Mr. Moore and I have been separated for three years or more. I have wanted a divorce for many years, but it was simply to avoid such a situation I have found myself In today that I had put it off so long. “I sought a divorce because I wanted to be free. Mr. Moors is a charming man and most genial—but there are many instances when even two genial persons can not agree. I went to Minden three weeks ago with mother. NERVOUS AND COULDN’T WORK. “I bad not planned to secure a divorce at that time. I was nervous and unable to work at the studio and I wanted a rest. A friend of mine recommended Wally Springs, a quiet and healthful little place near Minden and high up In the mountains. While I was there I was Informed that Mr. Moore was not so far away, working on a location. Then I determined It wgs the opportune time. I had no knowledge before hand that Mr. Moore would not contest the case, so I immediately secured a country lawyer and filed my complaint. “Mr. Moore certainly did not receive any sum of money from me with the request that, he refuse to contest the suit. Such a thought had never entered my mind, for I knew Mr. Moore was a gentleman, one who would not permit such a thought to enter his mind, but after the decree was granted to me I regarded is as a sacred matter, of no interest to any one bnt myself. Therefore. mother and I made pIaDS to avoid publicity. We did try to elude intervieweis. -I felt that though my career and my work In the films are the interest of the public, my personal affairs were not. t SORRY IF SHE HAS OFFENDED. “I now realize ray mistake. I have learned now that I do not belong to myself. If 1 have done anything to offend the public, I am so sorry. My life work is to make people happy, to fill their hearts with gladness through my appearance In picture stories. 1 want to continue this good work and I will do so aa long aa the public demands it , “In the future years, when my feeble efforts have failed to bring cheer to mtlllons of picture lorers whom I humbly try to please, then and only' then will I retire from my work. I no longer must depend upon the films for my living. 1 have earned enough to keep myself and my mother and it is not Leceasary for me tq work for financial gains. I will work in the future only for the pleasure I receive from it and for the smiles my beloved admirers reap from my pictures. Other than this I have no plana for the future.”

EMBARGO PUT ON SHIPMENTS Order Follows Strike of 3,000 Express Employes. CHICAGO. March 6.—A general embargo was declared today by the American Railway Express Company on all express freight in Chicago, both incoming and outgoing. This action was taken as the result of a strike of 3.000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, called early today. Though the strike was branded as “Illegal" by officials of the grand lodge of the organization. It has within five hours completely paralyzed express shipments here. Among other cities affected by the strike, and at which embargoes may be declared, are Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, Elkhart, Moline and Davenport. The strike la for higher wages. Among express shipments which it will delay, according to the union heads, are newspapers. perishable goods, dairy products and live stock. SAYS LODGE WILL ‘OUTLAW’ STRIKERS WASHINGTON. March *?.—Organizations of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks In Chicago, which ordered their members to strike this morning, will be “outlawed” from the grand lodge. It was declared today by the president, J. J. Forrester. "The strike,” be said, “is unauthorized and illegal and steps will be taken to expel these people as soon as the facts are officially brought to the attention of the grand lodge.”

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SAY IMMEDIATE INCREASE AND BONUS NEEDED Committees Tell Superintendent Graff They Will Insist on New Scale. SET CONTRACTS JUNE 1 Teachers of Indianapolis, through committees of the Federation of Public School Teachers, today asked the school city to grant Immediate relief from the burden of low salaries and to make readjustments In the salary schedule proposed for teachers for the school year of 1920-21. The requests included S3OO aa additional pay, or bonus, in addition to the amounts received in the present year’s contracts. The four points in the teachers’ demands are that: 1. All teacher:, who have taught eight years or more shall receive the maximum salary for the year 1920lffi. 2. All teachers who taught less than eight years shall receive the salary according to the years of service In accordance with the salary schedule. 3. Contracts shall be given to teachers for the year 1920-1921 by •June 1, 1920, or that teachers shall have the positive assurance of their salary schedule for the year 19201921. I. An additional S3OO for the year 1919-1920 be given each teacher in the Indianapolis public school by the dose of the present school year. Superintendent E. U. Graff, who repreI sen ted the school city In the conference, agreed to the first two requests made j by the teachers with slight modification, it Is understood. He told them that the S3OO additional pay, or bonus, for this j year, could not be granted because of the financial condition of the school city, and agreed that contracts for next year would be tendered to the teachers on April 1, Instead of in July or August, aa i in many fonder years. ! TO INSIST UPON ! RELIEF THIS YEAR. The conference was satisfactory in ; spirit, both to Mr. Graff and the teachers’ committees, but the teachers will insist that the school city find some way to obtain money so that relief can be granted them during the present school year, Representing the federation were Jfiss Elsa Huebner, chairman, and the executlve committee of the federation; the salary committee, of which Miss Grace Tnrner is chairman, and the Judiciary committee, of which Homer L. Knight i is chalrmap. The average salary of the grade school teachers of Indianapolis is $1,087 for ten months, no pay being given during the two months’ vacation, according to information presented at the conference. The highest salary to teachers in the grades, excepting principals, is SL3Ok ; and the lowest Is S6OO. There are 845 grade school teachers In the city, 354 of whom receive less than $1,050' for ten months* teaching. The salary schedule adopted last yes* by the board of school commissioners was made in good faith, but has proved | inequal to the advance in the cost of living, the teachers said. It was pointed out that only 206 ; teachers receive $1,300 a year, the'hlgbest salary of a grade teacher. The maximum is $1,600 a year. Os the 845 teachers there are 171 who have taught eight years or more, for whom the maximum Is asked GRAFF FIGURES ON MAXIMUM OF SI,BOO. Superintendent Graff, -it is understood, told the teachers that he would make the maximum salary $1„S00 per year, and that the salary schedule already adopted for next year is null and void. In telling the teachers that next year’s contracts would be delivered on April L Supt. Graff said he wanted the teachers to agree that there would be no resignations except ou thirty days’ notice. This the teachers agreed to. Explaining the financial condition of the schools, the superintendent told ths teachers that the school city is facing a deficit of $125,000 for the present year. If the proposed special session of the legislature Is called he said the school city might ask for financial relief from that body. The representatives oof tbs teachers were not satisfied with the explanation of the finances of the city, feeling, they said, that they had borna a heavy burden in the low salaries, and that unless immediate relief Is granted many teachers will be in serious financial straits during the summer vacation.

j DEMANDS BELIEVED i TO BE UNANIMOUS. : Although the representatives of the | federation met and were received in cori dial spirit, it is understood that the federation represents the unanimous demands of the teachers and will vigor- | ously Insist upon relief measures. Superintendent Graff, after the con ferenee, said that he was quite In accord with the request of the teachers that contracts be sent out for signatures earlier this year than last In regard to the possibility of a bonus, the super, ntendent said: “I simply made he saemen ha here was no money for such a purpose." He said hat the conference was marked by the spirit of trying to arrive at better things for the Indianapolis schools. PAY TOO LOW , RMRAL TEACHERS SAY Rural school teachers of three Indiana counties—one northern county, one central and one southern—in answering a questionnaire sent out from the office of the state superintendent of public ln(Continued on rage. Five.) COMER NAMED NEW SENATOR Former Governor of Alabama to Succeed Bankhead. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. March 6.—Former Governor B. B. Comer has been named by Gov. Ktlby to succeed United States Senator John H. Bankhead, deceased. • Mrs. R. B. Comer, wife of rhe newly appointed senator from Alabama, died at the family home a 1 : Birmingham today.