Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1920 — Page 1

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•squire calls OFF ARRESTS OF MOTORISTS Protests Put End to ‘Spring Campaign,’ Justice Rainey Says. LEGAL STEPS AVERTED Squire T. R. Rainey’s “spring campaign” against motorists is at an end today. Heeding protests of officials of the Hoosier Motor club, citizens and republican politicians, who feared adverse political results from the jusice’s conduct, the Irvington Equire announced that there wouldn’t be any more wholesale arrests of motorists. “Von gave me fits about this a year ago, and now others are doing it.” said Justice Rainey to a reporter for The Times. The campaign was called oft just as steps were being taken to lay the matter before the state board of accounts and motorists were preparing to institute court action, challenging the right of the justice to compel citizens of Indianapolis in Center township to travel a distance of five miles or more to appear in his court for an alleged offense committed in a different township from the seat of the conrt. Squire J. P. Mullane, another Irvington justice, admitted today that he has had many speeders before him. bnt 'lalmed he was fining only violators In Irvington and that he was not conducting a campaign in the downtown district. MAW ANSWER TAIL-LIGHT CHARGE. Justice Rainey admitted that many motorists had appeared in his court In the last few days to answer charges of not having tail-lights on their automobiles. He couldn’t remember how many. One business man found the squire’s card on his machine, with a notice written on It to appear in the Irvington ■aourt. F The squire said that “very few” had been actually fined, and he can’t see tvhy people are “Jumping on him.” When a fine of $1 and costs has been issessed against a motorist the total costs iiave amounted to $12.50, of which the constable gets his bit, and $5 of it is credited to the office of Prosecutor Claris Adams. As* soon as the costs are paid the ®f> Isabanded over to the representative of office, and it, therefore, is diffBt to determine just how much the benefited by the trip which fjSny Indianapolis motorists have been I forced to make to Irvington. MOTORISTS LONG WARNED Ol- “TRAP.” The Hoosier Motor club long has warned motorists of “the Irvington speed trap.” WUllara E. Relley, candidate for the republican nomination for prosecuting kfitvpmey, has informed the Hoosier Motor that if he Is nominated and elected “unwarranted practice" will be I^^Babed. county commissioner- have r.ethem a protest against Squire RalTrey’s action. M. E. Noblett of the Hoosipr Motor club has pointed out that in many cases no warrant was served on motorists, constables simply leaving a card stuck in the windshield. As many as ten complaints against (Continued on Page Two.,

PRESIDENT MAY CALL CABINET Meeting of Official Family Tomorrow Predicted. WASHINGTON, March 25. -President Wilson may call a cabinet meeting tomorrow. it Is learned at the whitehouse. The president did not motor today, bnt sat in the whitehouse yai.i for some time. Battle for Oil Land Carried to Capital WASHINGTON, March 25—Officials :t.id legal experts from Texas and Oklaliome were swarming into Washington today, ready for the supreme court fight to decide which state has a right to possession of thousands of acres of valuable oil lands in the Red river valley. ( t Your Hafs Smaller , But Ifll Cost More CLEVELAND, March 25—Men's hats this year will shrink in slxe in proportion to the demand of women for summer furs, dealers here declared today. Men’s spring bats on display here are notable for their 6mall size ana heft in price. V ... ' That’s It, Pay ’Em More to Keep ’Em ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 25.—The n\y way to stop the steady exodus of faculty members from the university to industrial concerns is to make it financially worth while for them to remain in the teaching profession, according to President-elect M. L. Burton of the University of Michigan. This is the method which he plans to put into effect here. Dr. Burton said. He has appealed to the alunnii for aid. Wood Conceded 4,000 Lead in South Dakota SIOUX PALLS, S. D„ March 25—Gen. Leonard Wood is the victor in the republican primaries in South Dakota, today’s returns Indicated. Precincts that have not reported can not change the final result of the election, it was believed. Wood led Gov. Lowden by 4.000 votes. Senator Hiram Johnson was third in the primary contest, results show. James W. Gerard was the choice of the democrats. _ f Gotham Clocks Go Up Hour on Sunday NEW YORK, March 25.—Financial Institutions of New York will turn their clocks ahead one hour next Sunday in conformity with the city daylight saving ordinance.

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When the gen-lemen who are engaged in building new roads In Marion county get ready to close a road they close it. The usual method Is to put up a barricade that stops the traveler and leaves him in total ignorance of the route to where he wishes to go. Eventually, by much inquiry, he finds a detour and detours. No one seems to care whether the detour is passable or not. As long as it leads in the general direction of the closed road and no contractor has It under his Immediate Jurisdiction is it presumed to carry traffic. This picture shows the condition of a detour north of Indianapolis.

Rhyming Robber Jingled to Jail NEW YORK, March 25—The alleged “rhyming robber,” James Smith, who Is said to have quoted poetry to a druggist while he rifled the cash register, was given poetic justice when Magistrate Sweetser pronounced the following lyric Judgment: “I hold you In five thousand bail Which means you go right baek to jail. But before you go Just let me say. This holdup game—lt doesn't pay.” In this poetic disposition of his case the prisoner promptly responded : “It’s all right, judge, I’m on my way. Your verdict means I'm going away.” L’ENVOI. And the magistrate replied: “You said it, boy; be on your way." I V ) Man, Found in Room, Victim of Gastritis Gastritis caused the death of Allen Millner, found dead In his room at 1021 Virginia avenue, Tuesday night, according to the verdict of Deputy Coroner George Christian today. Chicago Students Break Mail Jam CHICAGO, March 25.—Higher education, using football formations, broke up and attacked the mountain of delayed parcel post matter In the postoffice here. Chicago university students are helping at the postoffice. Meredith to Inquire Into Wheat Gracing WASHINGTON, March 25.—Secretary Meredith will conduct a hearing In Chicago April 2 to determine whether changes In the federal grades for wheat are desirable, the department of agriculture announced today. 31 Rescued When Car Ferry Founders MANITOWOC, Wis., March 25.—Losing its coarse in a heavy fog the Ann Arbor car ferry No. 4 laden with twenty-five freight cars, sunk In the harbor here today. Six passengers and the crew of twen-ty-five were rescued. Senator Fall Under Guard in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, March 25.—Senator Albert B. Fall, head of the senate committee Investigating Mexican affairs, was under special guard during the last three days of the committee’s recent visit to Los Angeles, following the receipt of a letter threatening his life, it became known today.

Exit Country ‘Greenhorn’ ONLY CITIES GROW ’EM NOW, SAYS HOTEL CLERK

THE "greenhorn” is a thing of the past. This is the verdict of local hotei clerks who for years have had a chance to study human nature. The automobile, the telephone, the movies, the war, magazines, the newspapers, schools and the social center have wiped out the so-called "hayseed’’ type. City folk for years have applied the term "hayseed" to the Inhabitants of country districts who spend most of their time down on the farm milking cows and feeding the chickens. “The ‘greenhorn’ or ‘hayseed’ type is a thing of the past.” said Don Bernauer, former soldier who saw service in France during the war, and for years a clerk at the Oneida hotel. WANT THE BEST AND ABLE TO PAY KOR IT. ‘‘Here is the name of a farmer from a nearby town," said Bernauer, ‘‘who motored to Indianapolis, not in a Ford, but in a Cadillac, to give bis family a chance to see ‘The Follies,’ and for his wife and daughter to do some early spring shopping. "And this man does not ask the price of a room, because he said he wanted good rooms with bath for the whole family.” Some of the biggest and most expensive cars that roll over the streets of Indianapolis are owned by men whom city folks sometimes class as ‘‘hayseeds.” Bernauer also U f the opinion that

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It was taken after nature had spent several days drying out the mud and It represents only a small part of the difficulties that beset the motorist who wishes to drive in Marion county. This particular detour is the road from Keystone avenue to MtllersviUe. It was the only road open until a temporary bridge was erected on the Fletcher road recently, and It Is now the only road oppn to Millersvtlle north of Fall creek. Some day the officials of Marlon county may realize that It isn't Just what it ought to be in the way of a road. But by that time most of the motorists of the county will have ceased trying to use it.

'GIVEN $9,000 FOR BEING PUT OUT OF HOTEL Indianapolis Woman Wins Suit Against The Morrison, Chicago. A sharp-eyed house detective In the , Morrison hotel, Chicago, overheard Caa- ■ slus C. Smiley, an official of the Diamond Match Company, call his wife “sweetheart" two years ago and the pair were I ousted from the hotel. Today Mrs. Smiley is SO,OOO richer as a result of a verdict for damages awarded against the hotel by a Chicago jury, according to n press>d(spatch. Mr. and Mrs. Smiley are making their home temporarily in a hotel here. They formerly lived in ai apartment at 8002 Fall Creek boulevaro. Mrs. Smiley Is the proprietors* of a smart millinery shop at 116 Monument Place. The Chicago sleuth was patrolling a corridor of the hotel when he heard Mr. Smiley addressing terms of endearment I to his wife with a fervor which he took to be entirely foreign to the wedded state. He listened a moment and then burst ; Into the room and ordered them to pack up and get out of the hotel. Mr. Smiley has a suit against the hotel which will be tried In Chicago Immediately and both Mr. and Mrs. Smiley } will remain in that city several days j longer. i The Smileys formerly lived at Greens--1 burg, Ind. Grandson of Nation’s Anthem Author Dead BALTIMORE, March 25 —John Rosa j Key, widely known art student, grandj *on of Francis Scott Key aud last dlj rect descendant of the author of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” Is dead at his borne here today following an attack of heart disease. Fast Train Wrecked, Ten Reported Hurt PITTSBURG, March 25.—Eight or ten persons were reported injured in the wreck of Pennsylvania train No. 30, the Keystone express, east-bound, at a point j fifteen miles east of Huntingdon. Pa., today. Two sleeping cars, one coach and the diner were derailed. House Asks Wilson About Coblenz Army WASHINGTON, March 25.—The bouse today called on President Wilson for a statement of the exact status'of the 17,000 American troops in Germany. In two minutes It unanimously passed the resolution of Representative Kahn of | California, chairman of the foreign afI fairs committee, asking that congress be | advised immediately tinder what condlI tlons and by whose direction the United i States forces can be used.

the war has been a great leveler in that the country boy fought, died and sacrificed by the side of his city 'brother on the fields of Prance, "The term ‘hayseed 1 is no longer used by the man of the city to apply to the chap living In the country,” says Bernauer. COUNTRY BOY SHOWED ’EM CP IN PARIS. ‘We were all ‘hayseeds' la Paris," said Bernauer, with a smile, “and many times the country boy, the ‘hayseed’ if you please, ran circles all around us so-called pavement residents,” said Bernauer. "Day after day, young men of the country, 'With college degrees to their credit, come to the city to see the shows and buy their clothes," he seid. "Nothing green about them. "They know what they want and they have the money In their pockets to pay for It. ‘‘They may not be an authority on billiards and pool playing, bat when it comes to an argument on raisin’ hogs and corn, they are in their elements. "And every time we city guys buy an order of pork at a restaurant we pay the farmer. "That is the story the hotel registers tell. "The ‘greenhorn* no longer comes from the country. “The ‘greenhorns’ exlßt only on paved streets in the big cities,” Bernauer concluded.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920.

STARTS SAVING COSTS MONDAY IN STREET WORK Repair Force Ordered to Cut Down 30 Per Cent During Summer. LOW FINANCES CAUSE With the streets of Indianapolis in worse condition than ever before the street repair department will start work Monday with instructions to reduce expenses during the summer 30 per cent. Tfae reduction on street repairs is inemded in the general program of cuftlng down expenses as a result of low finances, according to Robert H. Bryson, city controller, brought about by a mistake by courthouse officials In the valuation for taxation of Indianapolis property. In spite of the reduction In funds Mr. Meloy declared today that his department expected to do more work this year than ever before, especially on. unimproved streets. GRADING AND GRAVELING NEEDED IN OUTSKIRTS. Streets in the outlying districts are badly In need of grading and graveling, j he said, and it will be possible to do i more work along this line fluxing the I summer than ever before due n> the e | tablishment of the new city gravel : plant. From this plant mate-rial can be obtained at a cheaper cost, according to Meloy. The city asphalt plant Is to resume operations Monday and with the ma terlal produced the work of patching will start. Mayor Charles W. Jewett has already received many complaints concerning the conditions of streets. M. E. Noblet, secretary of the Hoosier Motor clnb, in a letter addressed to the mayor, asked that some steps be taken to rush repairs on North Meridian street. Mr. Noblat said that he believed enough damage to automobile tires would be done In the next three days to pay for repairing the street. NORTH MERIDIAN : PLANS CONSIDERED. Plans to resurface North Meridian street are now being prepared. Ths board of works passed a resolution for the pavement In two sections, and advertisement for contracts will he made soon. Melay today promised td patch the street Immediately. According to plans now In the city ! engineer’s office fifteen miles of Improved : streets will be laid this year at an estimated cost of $500,000 to property own era. The unstable market In building materials, however, hat caused many contractors to refuse to bid on street jobs Contracts have been let thus this : year for the permanent improvement of thirty-one streets.

Berlin Woman Raises Her 21 Children in Three Rooms BERLIN. March 25.—Germany’s man power is increasing. Frau Navoczny, 38, has had twenty-seven children. Twenty-one are living, including three sets of triplets and four of twins. The family live In three rooms, using eight beds. They.eat meals la three relays.

40 NEWS ITEMS ON PAGE ONE Times Setting Record as Compact Yet Complete Newspaper. Forty Individual news stories were published on the front page of the regular home edition of The Indiana Dally Times yesterday. Inside pages were correspondingly newsy, while at the same time Bhowlng careful editing to save space. Vhls Is one way in which The Times Is meeting the newsprint shortage Extent of the shortage Is shown by the fact that newsprint, formerly selling at 2 cento per pound. Is now 11 and 12 cents on the open market —when any can be found there. The Times Is sure of its paper supply, but many smaller papers are not. The big city pnpers must do their share Ln saving paper, else the small papers will die. The Times, ln spite of the extreme shortage that has prevailed for mouths, has been publishing dally more separate news stories than any other Indiana newspaper. Yesterday's paper carried 103 news stories, exclusive of. routine news, such as society, sports, markets, city briefs, etc. Not only editorially, but mechanically, has The Times adjusted Itself to meet the paper crisis. Six mohtbs ago The Times, recognizing the Increasing seriousness of the paper situation, adopted the most compact makeup and headline style of any riewspaper ln the United State#, gaining thereby more than a column of rending matter to the page. The result Is that today The Times Is publishing the most comprehensive paper ln Indiana, carrying all the news of the world, and especially of Indianapolis, In terse and attractive form and finding room, besides, for new, high grade features of Interest to all the family. Fire Damages Hotel at Asheville, N. C. ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 25.—The northwest wing of the Manor, one of the most prominent resort hotels located here, wag damaged by fir* this morning, entailing a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. The furnishings of forty rooms were destroyed. Many guests fled partly clad, but there were no casualties.

Thief Leaves Man on Train Pantless ST. LOUIS, Max oh 26.—Robbers on on Illinois t'entfol tvuln from Memphis left Dolling Arthur Johnson, editor of the Lumber World Review', Chicago, ln an awful plight this morning. While Johnson slept the robbers took his pants. tn answer to Johnson’s frantic telegrams sent on sluod a squad of police and railroad officials met the train at Union station prepared to aid the pantless editor. Meantime it train brakeumii had offered temporary relief In the shape of a pair of grimy overalls. The stolen trousers contained $25.

j PRICES CHEER NEWS. Hogs down, 25@50c. Cheaper pork, mebbe. Tomatoes, $2 crate lower, down to $4.50. GLOOM NEWS. Potatoes up 20c 100 lbs to $6.40. Maple syfup selling at $3.25 gallon and supply limited accounted of difficulty In getting labor on farms. PRICE OF COAL TO CLIMB HERE, DEALERS SAY First Increase Due After April 1, With Additional Raises Promised Later. Coal prices are due for a big jump in Indiana. According to dealers there will be an increase of approximately 25 per cent immediately after April 1 and they say this increase may reach 50 per cent before next winter. Federal control of fuel prices comes to an end the first of the month. This, It Is claimed, will result in an instant increase In prices at the mines. They look for the 27 per cent Increase In wages recommended for miners to go through. This they claim will add materlaUy to the prices to be asked by operators. OTHER INCREASES TO BE “TACKED ON.” | Furthermore, according to. operators, !several other Items of Increased cost In | operations are to be tacked'on to the i retail price. j A conference between operators and mlnerf to negotiate a working contract 1 will probably be held next Monday or Tuesday In New York. John Lewis, prealosnt of the United Mine Workers of America, yesterday asked operators for t. conference on the April agreement. The date for the Joint meeting has not yet been set, but It la probable that D will pecur next week. All official# of the United Mine Workers were out of the city. William Green, secretary-treasurer of the miners’ organization. Isft the city for Washington yesterday, where he will Join other officials. IMPORTANT MATTERS IT TO CONFERENCE. Whlie here Mr. Green aald that a conference must be held to bring about a new working agreement. He said the findings of the federal coal commission left unsettled many important points which must be thrashed out between operators and miner*, outside of the question of wage increase. Retail dealers In Indianapolis are all speculating on what price Increase# will I be, according to O. A. Polost, vice preal (Continued on Page Two.)

VAh HAD DOUBLE ‘LOAD,’COPS SAY Weapon Taken From Constable Accused as Drunk. Val Alexander, 49. negro, republican political worker. Is In again. He was arrested ln a dry beer saloon at 866 Massachusetts avenue early today by Sergl. Clifford Klcbter. Val la charged with being drunk and carrying concealed weapons. He was peevish when he reached head qunrfera and told the turnkeys he would “get” their jobs. He said he had been picked ont of a group of ten men, all of whom he declared should have been arrested. Alexander claims he la a constable for J. B. Muilnne’s Justice of the peace court, 5448 East Washington street. A few months ago he was arrested for shooting a Mexican during a quarrel In an Indiana avenue dry beer saloon and was bound over to the grand Jury. Val gave his address as 1223 Alvord street. Carfare Up to 3 Cents in Scotland By .MILTON BUONNEK. European Manager of the Newspaper Enterprise Association. EDINBURGH. March 25.—Apologists for the high fares demanded ln America by the street car companies would probably point with glee to the fact that In- this c|ty one of the first things that happened nftcr the city took over the tramways was a raise ln fares. Yes It was. The city raised the minimum fare from 2 cents to 3 cents. The average fare is 3 cents; one line charges the 6-cent maximum. Michigan Cancels Election Holiday LANSING, Mich., March 25.—State capltol employes will not enjoy the oldfashioned election vacation on April 5, It became known here today. The present law permits voting by mall and this eliminates the necessity of a vacation, the secretary of stats pointed out.

Asks for Wilson’s Thirjd Term Stand WASHINGTON, March 25.—President Wilson should announce Immediately that he is not a candidate for a third term, Representative Humphreys, Mississippi, declared in the house today. Humphreys asserted that under no conidtions should Wilson consider asking for re-election and advocated passage of a constitutional amendment limiting presidential eligibility to one term. Try It at 5 Per Cent LANSING, Mich., March 25.—State highway bonds to the amount of $3,000,000 were advertised today at 5 per cent interest. These bonds were offered recently at per cent, but found no takers.

SubscriDtioT, Rates- I By Carrier. Week. Indianapolis, 10; Subscription Kates, j Elsewhere, 12c. By Mall. 60c Per Month.

WANT TAGGART KEPT ON BALLOT BY COMMITTEE Democrats All Over State Insist on Right to Vtote for Him as Senator. DECISION UP SATURDAY’ The democratic state committee will be called on to replace the name of Thomas Taggart on the primary ticket as a candidate for the United States senate, regardless of the fact that he once' withdrew from the nomination. When the’ state committee meets here Saturday to fill the vacancy It will bp urged by democrats from all over Indiana to Ignore Mr. Taggart’s letter of declination and rename him because: 1. Mr. Taggart Is the undoubted choice of the entire democratic party and a great part of the republican party for the senatorshlp. 2. There Is a grave question as to the legality of bis withdrawal from the primary. In which his name was placed by a petition signed by thousands of democrats who insist that the primary law gives them the right to nominate him. 8. Because no other man has been snggested for the pUu-e whose popularity Is anything equal to that of Mr. Taggart or for whom there Is any such a demand. . The wholly unauthorized and 111-advised statements that have been made relative to the selection of bis successor by certain democrats whose wishes are said to have overridden their desiretlon have made It appear that the party Is unable to prodoce a candidate, a-'O only the nomination of Mr. Taggart will counteract such a grave political mistake. Advocate# of the naming of Mr. Taggart point out that while his declination wns for personal reasons and a true expression of his feelings, neither he nor the party can afford to let It stand. INSIST COMMITTEE CAN RESTORE NAME. They aay that the committee can place his name on the ballot and the whole party can vote for him at the primary for the purpose of showing to him that the party demand for him is too great to be Ignored and Is absolute evidence that he can be elected whether he gives any thought to the campaign or not. Mr. Taggart’s withdrawal was made because he felt that the condition of his health would not permit him to make an active campaign for the aenatorshlp and he felt that accepting the nomination would carry with It the obligation to make a vigorous fight for the place. His friends are now asking the state committee to rename him as an assurance to him that the people of Indiana want the chance to vote for him for senator and the democrats are anxlons to have him as the candidate whether he can make an active canvass for the place or not. In other words, they desire to assure Mr.‘Taggart that they want his candidacy without any obligation on him to fight for election and believe he can be elected whether he participates in the campaign or not. NOMINATION OFFERED TO NONE. SAYS SALLEE. A. C. Salee, state chairman, issued a statement early today concerning the selection of a senatorial candidate by the state committee, as follows: "The state committee has never tendered the place on the ticket made vacant by the withdrawal of Mr. Taggart to any one. "All reports to the contrary are untrue. "It is the intention of the committee to make this selection In a deliberative session and every democrat who aspires to the nomination may rest assured that he will get proper consideration and a square deal.” While Mr. Sallee would not comment on the statement, It was generally believed that It was prompted by the pernicious activity of a republican newspaper In printing repeated lnterpiews with Ed G. Hoffman, national committeeman, In which It was stated that the committee either would or had ’ten(Continued on Page Two.)

Hopes to Win Essay Prize

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Blanche Clayton, Grade 7-B, School 9, is writing ner cms/ an "Why Indianapolis Is a Great City to Live and Grow In.”

More thun 15,000 school children today wrote essays on the subject, "Why Indianapolis Is a Great City to Live and Grow In," each anxious to win one of the coveted prizes. Pupils In the upper.grades of the Indianapolis schools 7 entered the contest, conducted through' the Indiana Daily Times by the board of arrangements for the June convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. Prizes of $25, $lO and $5 will be given by the convention board for the three best asßavs submitted. Blanche Clayton, grade 78, school No. 9, la one <f the many contestants and she

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“GET NOMINATION AT ANY COST,” CAMPAIGN CRY OF WOOD HERE * Testimonials of Indorsement Bought at $2.50 Each, While Wires and-Mails Clogged With ‘News’ Like Medicine Ads. \ / “Get the nomination at any cost” This word has been passed down the line in the Leonard Wood organization, and his Indiana managers, at. least, have taken those who are financing the campaign at their word. The latest publicity plan resorted to is that of obtaining paid “testimonials.”

U. S. WAR BILL 16 BILLION That’s What Fighting Department Paid Out, Lord Says. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Actual expenditures by the war department on account of the war with Germany totaled $16,000,000,000, according to Gen. W. M. Lord, chief of the finance division of the war department, in testifying today before the house military affairs committee. Chicagoans Won’t Buy Cheaper Meat CHICAGO, March 2k—“Cheap meat week” means nothing In the lives of Chicago meat consumers. The federal campaign inaugurated here this week to induce buying of chucks, rounds and soup bones hasn't had any effect on the better cuts of meats. $500,000 Goods Stolen From Freight Cars CLEVELAND, 0., March 26.—Arrest of a score of merchant* and railroad workers here was expected today by the police in connection with the theft of merchandise valued at $500,000 from freight cars. About $50,000 worth of goods have teen recovered. Four men were arrested yesterday. Colored War Veteran to WedJWMte Nurse BOSTON, March 25.—Thomas S. Fletcher, 28, colored, world war veteran, native of Cambridge, Md., will be married to Miss Jessie Mae McLean, 22, of Everett, a white nurse, Fletcher said today. Miss McLean was born In Glass Bay, Nova Beotia. Attempts to Force V Suffrage DOVER, Del., March 25.—The bipartisan combination of the Delaware legislature today planned to force a vote on the woman suffrage constitutional amendment tomorrow. If the combination is successful It Is feared ratification is doomed to failure. Immediate Gasoline Price Probe Favored WASHINGTON. March 25 —An immediate investigation of the high price of gasoline and'other oils by the federal trade commission is proptded in a resolution favorably reported by the houre jndlclary 'committee todsy. Action on the resolution is urged In order that congress may act on the oU situation at this session. OHIO BACKS UP COX. COLUMBUS, 0., March 25.—A “Cox-for-presldent” movement was today definitely organized after a two-day discussion of plans by state democratic leaders, friends of Gov. Cox.

is hopeful of landing one of the prizes. The prize essays probably will be announced next week by the committee in charge. Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson is chairman of the committee, W. C. Bobbs and E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools, are members, and they will judge the essays. In addition /to the cash prizes a diploma will be Swarded the writer of the i best essay for each grade. The purpose of the contest isr to make Indianapolis, the home city of the school-, children bera| "the best appreciated city j In the country.’'

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The Wood campaign thus far has resembled, to a great extent, a patent medicine advertising campaign. The testimonials read something like this: “Mr. Adolphus Jones, a street car conductor, living on Yandes street, has indorsed the nomination of Gen. Wood. ‘I think Gen. Wood would make a goal president.’ Mr. Jones said.” The reason for the numerous “testimonials” has now been revealed. They are being paid for at the rate of $2.50 apiece. FIXED SI M PAID FOR “INTERVIEWS.” The word has gone ont from Wood headquarters that whoever brings in an ‘lnterview" approving the candidacy of Gen. Wood will be paid the sum of S2JH). The Wood publicity department, with the exception of Its activities In obtaining “testimonials," is operating like a press association. Every day it telegraphs to republican newspapers and some democratic newspapers long press messages with all charges prepaid. Just like regular new*. One republican editor said he had repeatedly written Wood headquarters asking that the service be discontinued because the messages were making extra work for his office boy in emptying tto> waste basket, but received no reply and the messages continued to arrive with such frequency that the office boy asked for a “raise.” But the telegraphic publicity is not the only type of publicity that the Wood headquarters is getting out. POSTAL AND EXPRESS CHANNELS CLOGGED. The postal system Is swamped with “stories” sent by mail and the express companies are increasing the number at employes because of the “boiler plate” publicity being sent out. Borne of the republican newspapers have arranged with the junkman to call weekly for the purpose of hauling away a wagon load of old metal on each trip. William Procter and others In his class are drawing heavily on their bank accounts and, as said before, the organization is taking them at their word. The natural question is: “What do Mr. Procter and the numerous other wealthy backers of the general expect to get out of It?” They are not in the habit of spending their money if they do not believe a successful expenditure will bring a return In the Investment. 2 BOUND OVER AS BURGLARS One Y r outh Admits School Theft, Implicating Other. Edtfsrd Moore. 19, and Allen Morris, 22, accused as burglars, will tell their story to a grand Jury. They were bound over in city conrt this morning on $5,000 bonds. In s courtroom confession Moore admitted robbing the schoolhouse at Lexington and State avenuee. He Implicated Morris. Morris denies be took part in any robberies. A number of coal office thefts are charged to the boys. Detective Rademacher said Morris now is under indictment for a S3OO robbery in Beech Grove. Two other young men are held on vagrancy charges in connection with the Investigation. Moore lives at Shelby street) Morris at 2166 Barth avenue. American Navy to Aid in Honolulu Fete BAN DIEGO, Cal., March 25.—Twentyone warships of the American navy set sail from here today for nonolulu where they will participate In the Hawaiian * mission centennial celebration. The fleet will meet seven warships Balling from Ban Francisco when 1,500 miles at sea. —— Hops Two Miles to Find a Can Opener BAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Henry Damson, trnck gardener, fell off a roof, landing with one foot In a milk can. Unable to find a can qpener he hopped two miles to a plumber who did it. Charge Theft of Two Cars in Cincinnati Don C. Vestal, 34, 809 North Delaware street, was taken into custody this afternoon charged with vagrancy and being a fugitive. He Is said to have confessed to Patrolman Elsenhut and Detectives Hines and Rugenstein that he stole two automobiles in Cincinnati and brought them to Indianapolis. Vestal conducts a second-hand auto busluess. Cincinnati police have been notified. Storm Downs Wires in Northern Indiana A violent windstorm swept the district near Rochester, Ind„ this afternoon, according to telephone company officials. Telephone communication with Rochester was edi off. - ii Hotel Here Named for Col . Roosevelt Have you beard of it? The Hotel Roosevelt. Hotel Roosevelt is located at Ohio street and North Capitol avenue. It formerly was the Metropole, and before that the Imperial. The names Roosevelt and Metropole both are being used pow, until the public learns to call it ’’The Roosevelt.” I*. i v