Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Moderate temperature.

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INDIANA STATE FAIR OPENS TO RECORD CROWD More Exhibits of All Kinds Than Ever Before Offered. HARNESS RACES TODAY The Indiana state fair opened today with one of the largest opening day crowds in its history. Hooslers began arriving in Indianapolis early yesterday and by late Snuday night practically every available room ir, tbe city was occupied by the fair visitors An unusually large number of farm ers were on hand today because of the judging of the pigs entered by (he boy's and girl's pig clubs of the state. More than 350 entries have been made by the pig clubs, and the judging of exhibits was to take place this afternoon. The 1920 fair sets a record in size and number of exhibits of all kinds, said officials of the state fair. It has been necessary to house many of ii“ exhibits in tents, so great has been the demand for space. The live stook show this year eclipses all other exhibits at previous fairs, it is said by live stock men. Seventy-five carloads of stock were brought to the fair last night by exhibitors from the Ohio staje fair, which closed has week at Columbus. HARNESS RACES ON THIS AFTERNOON The harness races which were to start at 1 o’clock were expected to be an attraction for a large number of horse racing enthusiasts. A feature in addition to the racing, which was added to the Monday amusement card, was the guard mount exhibit and dress parade by soldiers of the 20th and 26th I’nited States infantry and 7th field artillery, to be given on the race track. Nearly ail the participants in this feature, and in the battle of St. Mihiel. to be given this evening at 8:30 in the rave track inclosure, will be indiana soldiers, in command of Capt. E. S. Dollarhide. A miniature French village, tanks, ms chine guns. French "seventy-fives” and heavier guns, will be used in the sham battle atta'-k on the village. Members of the state hoard of agriculture and their families will be dinner guests tomorrow of the girls attending the school of home economics. This school is attended by about sev-enty-five girls from sixty Indiana coun ties and closes its second year Friday. The dinner tomorrow will be planned, cooked and served by pupils. GOING TO VISIT MANY DEPARTMENTS. During the fair the girls will visit every department of interest to farm women, and will hear lectures or. health and culinary demonstrations. „ Twenty-four amusement features are assembled on the midway, two circus (rains full of amusements having arrived last night. First aid stations will be kept nt tha fair in connection with the Red Cfuss exhibits of the Indianapolis chapter and the Lake division. Polities have entered the state fair and will occupy a principal part la each day's program. Both the democratic and republican state organization wiil conduct headquarters and each day speakers will pr esent the issues of (he campaign. Addresses were scheduled today Ht the republican tent by Dr. Samuel Blair of Chicago, who was to talk at 2 ands p. ra. on the league of nations. Tomorrow vyiil be Indiana Federated Farmers' day, and veterans of the Civil, Spanish-American and world wars will ■ be admitted to the grounds free, i Children also wil' be given free admission tomorrow. I special police protection hag been afforded at the fair grounds and In the rtty by .Terry Kinney, chief of police. A detail of forty policemen, in addition to special detectives in charge of ('apt. Alfred Kay, will be on duty nt the fair grounds, while tbe men on duty in the city will work in eight-hour shifts.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON DUTY AT FAIR Service of all kinds Is the purpose or the Democratic Women's Service league at its community hat at the state fair grounds. Bulletin service of current events, which are telephoned from The Times office by a special wire, is one of the big features of the hut. The latest news is posted in the hut as soon as It is received by The Times downtown. The hut, which is situated near the administration building, is made conspicuous by two gigantic pictures of Gov. James M. Cox and Franklin I). Roosevelt on the front of the tent. A clock which indicates that the candidates are men of the "hour" occupies a conspicuous position between the two. Underneath the pictures Is printed "The Democratic State Central Committee.” Pictures of all the county, state and national candidates decorate the interior of the hut, which is fitted up as a living room. All the latest magazines and numerous democratic publications are included in *fhe literature. There are telephones with direct switchboard connection. Pianos and phonographs provide music and each afternoon there will be special musical programs. An information bureau for persons requiring direction in the grounds also is being maintained at the booth. Persons desiring to register have the opportunity at the democratic booth. In addition service of any kind to visitors at the fair will be given by the public service committee. Each day hostesses will be In charge of the hut. The hut has been put in service by .Tames W. Mellen of the state central con: mittee, who has hud charge of all the arrangements for it. Mrs. J. P. Brennan, 2934 North Capitol avenue, has charge of the social features. Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch, women's state chairman; Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson, women’s county organization chairman, end Miss Julia Landers, state chairman of the women’s speakers' bureau, will act as hostesses during the week. I WEATHER for Indianapolis and vicinity the twenty-four hours endiug 7 p. m., ■pt. 7: Generally fair tonight and Tues■y; moderate temperature. 7H :* hourly temperature. ■ 6 a. m 54 7 a. m 54 H 8 a. m 58 Sc 9 a. m 69 10 a. m.. 88 , H 42 (n*on) 71

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‘One-Piece’ Passe — Fur Bath Suits Now NEW YORK, Sept. 6—Furs, which once on a time —in the days of “normaly”—were dedicated to the service of protection from winter's chilling blasts, have abandoned the cold storage vaults for the seashore, and promise to succeed one-piece bathing suits as seagoing costumes. Bare shins are due to give way to bear skins, as well as those of otter, mink, marten and 'beaver, if the fad introduced by a Manhattan furrier catches the fancy of society beach resorters. A dozen beautiful models demonstrated the for bathing suit at Long Beach this afternoon.

COMMISSION ASKS TO HAVE SUIT DROPPED Arguments Heard in Petition for Injunction in Goodrich Coal Case. ATTACK STATE CONTROL Motion to dismiss the suit brought by the American Coal Mining Company, seeking to enjoin the operation of the state coal commission created by the legislature nt the last special session, was filed in federal court today by James W. Noel, attorney for the commission. The preliminary hearing opened with argument on the petition for an injunction. The case was being hoard by Judge Francis E. Baker of Chicago and Judge Evan A. Evans of Baraboo, Wis.. both of the I’nited States circuit court, and Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger of the Wisconsin district court. A similar suit brought by the E. E. Heller Coal Company will not be beard at this time. CONTEND LAW VIOLATES FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Attorneys for the American company contended the provisions of the coal commission law are in violation of the federal constitution. The law provides for the absolute control of the coal industry by the state and for the licensing of coal dealers an<) mine operators. Charles Marti mi ale. one of the at torneys for the plaintiff, said that it would be shown that there is no monop oly of the coal industry lu Indiana ami no attempt to inflale price*. He declared that there are 20,000.000 tons of coal used in the state annually of which 11.000.000 tons are mined in Indiana. He declared that the gr*d will of a company which sells coal depends on its ability to handle it* product freely and to sell to whom it pleases. He demanded to know whether the state las the right to fix the price of any commodity whpr. there Is ro monopoly. He also demanded to know whether the state can select any particular commodity and require the owner to *ell in any quantities and at any price fixed by the state.

PLAN ROUNDUP OF SINN FEINERS Raids on Large Scale to Be Made, Bureau Reports. DUBLIN. Sept. 6. The Sinn Fein intelligence bureau announced today It Is in receipt of information that tbe government plans a great roundup of Sinn Feiners. Warrants are reported to have been drawn up for many Sinn Fein chieftains who are suspected of planning trouble in event of the death of Terrence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork. Raids on an unprerendented scale are contemplated by Dublin castle, according to the Sinn Fein. Owing to the premature announcement of the government's Intention to use Ulster volunteers to police Belfast, the execution of plan has been postponed indefinitely, it was learned here. LONDON. Sept. 0.- -Officials at Brixton Jail adopted a significant new policy this afternoon when they refused to give out any information about Terence MacSwiney, hunger striking'lord mayor of Cork, Ireland. An official bulletin was Issued at 2 o’clock showing that MacSwiney was still living, but prison officials said they could give no other Information until it had been passed upon first by the government. The official bulletin said: ‘‘.MacSwiney is much weaker.” It was reported that the government plans to hold up further information while taking precautionary measures in the event of MacSwiney's death. PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Sept. 6.—A reso lilt ion demanding the release of Terence MacSwiney. hunger striking lord mayor of Cork, Ireland, from Brixton jail, was adopted today by the Trades Union congress. The MacSwiney resolution recited that the Trades Union congress, representing 6,500,000 workers, view with horror and indignation the derision to allow the Cork lord mayor to die.”

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LABOR SHOULD HELP CONTROL, SAYS DANIELS Secretary of Navy Says Problem Is Only to Determine Extent. 15,000 ATTEND MEETING The whole secret of satisfied labor and capital is for capital to have and give to labor a good reason for everything it does, declared Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, in JHRpSpHHH hi * address nt (he Labor day celcbra hall today. llllflllj plan, the secretary f declared he has kept the navy department aIUI low the same prm- ' ciple. dSiEPHVS DAMICLS Labor no longer seeks to obtain merely a "living wage." the secretary said, but has come to *ee that It Is entitled to a fair share of the wealth Its collective bruin and brawn produces, and seeks to find just and or derly ways of reaching the new objective. The government at Washington Is responsible for the broader appreciation of the righta of both capital and labor, he said, citing the establishment of the eight-hour day and other reforms by governmental departments for the laboring men under their direction. JUSTIFIES INCREASES. Mr. Daniels justified the increases in wages granted to the railroud men under government control. The crowning achievement of labor secured lu recent years, he said, may be summed up in one sentence of eleven words: "Labor lias been lifted out of the classification of commodity.’’ At the same time labor should not forget that it is through the recognition by the makers and executors of the law that its condition has been improved, he warned. “I'niess labor has (he wisdom to use its power to stand against privilege and the pawns of privilege,” Mr. Daniels declared. "it Invites Its enemies to wipe out all that ha* been gained and reduce labor to the status of a commodity.

•‘Anil no sensible man who toils believes that all the Junkers live in Germany. "There are junkers In America in and out of politics who believe they wero bom booted and spurred to ride on the backs of their fellows. "We routed them in war, we will rout 1 thm in peace.” Mr. Daniels said he had little patience with those who harp upon the labor problem, "who speak about the impoesi j fdllty of capital and labor working hand ' In hand as something impractical and tjy possible of accomplishment. ' "That is not so," he said. "In fact, with a sense of Justice mid fairness predominating, it should be one of the easiest tilings In the world to tiring about. For leven years I, as secretary I "f the navy, have been direct employer of a body of men numbering from 7.Y<x*> In peace time to over _xio,ix>o during the l war. "We have been together through the most troublesome times this country has ever known. During all that time a strike has been an unheard of and lm i possible thing In a navy yard, i "We have not even had what yon might call a serious disagreement, and this lias j not been because we have paid Utopian wages or established socialistic Condi- [ tions. for we are bound by law to pay i the current rates of wages and the conditions in the navy yards are not greatly i different from those of great ruanufac- ! taring shipyards. "This good will has resulted from merely fair dealing and Just treatment, because we established the principle that no man should be debarred from bringing his ease directly to the secretary if he could uot obtain Justice elsewhere; because we have decided such matters ns have eoine up with a desire to be fair—fair to the government and fnlr to ourselves and I have found that the workI Ing man, when he is convinced the you want to be fair, Is equally fair In r- ! turn. j "We have tried to have a good reason j for everything we have done in regard to labor matters, and I have tried to make the reason dear in frank expinna- | tions to our employes. ".Sometimes they i)<> not agree with our reasoning, but I liuve found that so long as they are convinced of our Intent to be Just they arc willing to loyally abide by what is decided. "That Is tile whole secret of labor. The sooner our manufacturers find that out, the sooner we will reach a day when boards of arbitration will tie unnecessary, because every employer will be in such relation to his employes as to render outside arbiters entirely superfluous. WAR TAUGHT MANY THINGS. “1 believe the war has taught us much of this. I believe that a better day is dawning, and that better understanding in the future will result between the men and their employers, and you may be sure that so fnr as the navy or so far as I am concerned, nothing will lie left undone to spread this gospel or fair dealing and Just treatment as the cure for labor unrest so called. "The day when a 'full dinner pall* represented the highest aim and aspira tion of leaders of labor, Is no more," the speaker said. “It was the thought of those who in vented that slogan that, given a full stomach. the man of labor would be so well satisfied he would care for naught else, and would lapse into a state of unconcern as to public affairs, leaving the making and execution of laws to those who knew so little of the men they employed as to measure their 'citizenship by the capacity of their stomachs. In truth, it must be admitted that the failure of too many men, who earn their bread by the sweat of their faces, to use (he ballot, the only effective agency for securing better conditions for toilers, •seemed to Justify this unjust appraisement. “There was a time, not far in the past j either, when the men of labor themselves used the slogan “a living wage" to In- | dicate the goal to which labor aspires. Today that slogan is antiquated and has gone into Innocuous desuetude. ! “Men of skill and industry have come to see that they are entitled to their fair share of the wealth their brain and brawn produces, and they are seeking to find just and orderly ways to realize the pledge made by Jefferson in his first in. augural address, summing up the duty of those who toil: "Shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” “Nobody has since so tersely defined (Continued on rage Three.)

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INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920.

‘Grist for Hell ’ NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—“ Four hundred dance hallß in New York grind out grist for hell every night, ’’ declared the Rev. Dr. John B. Stratton, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, in a sermon against dancing. He declared that the action of the National Dancing Masters’ association in naming anew- dance, “The Wesleyan,” was an insult to Christianity.

AUTOS SMASH; LOCAL BOY IS KILLED; 4 HURT Head-on Wreck Occurs Four Miles West of Centerville. NO BLAME IS PLACED Special to The Times. I RICHMOND. Ind., Sept. (5. One res! dent of Indianapolis was killed and four others badly injured In a head on collision between two automobiles four miles west of Centerville on the National road near Jackson's hill, Sunday morning. Dale Jones, 16. 349 West Twenty ninth street, Indianapolis was killed instantly. The injured are: Fred Jones, 40, father of Dale, badly bruised and cut. Mrs. Thomas Cooper, aged 6s, 2204 College avenue, skull fractured, shoulder dislocated and badly cut about the face. Mrs. A. W. Hastings, 40, 3533 Balsam avenue, Indianapolis, badly cut and bruised. Harold Hastings, son of Mrs. Hastings. badly bruised. All of the injured except Harold Hastings are in the Reid Memorial hospital, I Richmond. TWO TRIED TO TASS. The accident occurred when the two i drivers tried to pass an auto belonging ' to David Ilanulgan, a retired farmer of Centerville, who hud turned east into th: i national road from a side road. Hannigau had stopped his ear, but | started when the two automobiles p- --’ preaching each other from opposite dt 1 lections were only a short distance from him. Harold Hastings, driving east, with : hit mother and Mrs. Cooper, unaware of • tho approaching west-bound car. with Dale Jones nt the steering wheel, and with his view obstructed by rain on the windshield, tried to go around Hanoi gun, who had given the road to Jones. Seeing that he would either sideswipe i tlte Hanuigan auto or crash into tho | Jenee car, Hastings tried to steer bej tween lb- two. ] The autos collided with mch forec ; that Jones was hurled head first through the windshield on the concrete road, a j piece of glast penetrating the brain and raualrig Instant death. Ruth antos were burled to the side of the road, overturning and pinning down #ev -ral of the occupants, both maclruc* being badly wrecked. Lr.a C-M.-per .la* the -vdu nt i C .“- fr Br, - XV railroad conductor and Mrs. Hestinty j U the wife of s conductor on the Monnn. Hamid Hastings la also employed by the Motion. The party was on Its way to Williamsj burg, nine miles north of here, to spend I Sunday and celebrate Labor day with ; Mrs. Omar Fierce, n relative. Jones and his son were returning to I Indianapolis, from a visit with relative* j at I,you, Ind. Attendants nt the hospital stated last night that the Indications were that all of toe injured would recover, with the exception of Mrs. Cooper, whose injuries are of a itch n nature that some time must elapse before it can be definitely known how serious they are. Coroner Bond states this hU Investigations so far have disclosed nothing that would hold cither driver responsible for the accident. MILADY DOESN’T FAIL TO REGISTER At Broad Ripple More Turn Out Than Men. In 182 of the 177 voting precincts in Indianapolis and Marlon county a total of 33,460 men and 24.400 women registered on the first dsy of registration for the fall election, uceording to the official figures compiled by Leo K. Fealer, county auditor. I The largest registration reported so far ■ ia in the seventh precinct of the second ward, where 559 men and 571 women registered The following totals illustrate this truth about women registering. In the Fourth precinct of the Ninth ward, 339 men and 246 women. In the third of tho Seventh Ward, 249 men and 220 women. In the Eighth of the Third Ward, 242 men and 117 women. In the Eighth of the Ninth ward, 303 men and 183 women. In the Second of tile Thirteenth ward, i 261 men and 162 women. In the Second of the Second Ward, | 336 men and 304 women. In Broad Ripple, 361 men and 397 women. In the Third precinct of Washington township, 564 nten and 477 women. “In the north section of the city,' said Mr. Fesl-r, “where there are many club women, the women registered most heavily, and this showj the advantage and splendid work done as the result of the women being organized end realizing the importance of registering ” Mr. Fesler predicts tbe total registration for Ihe county will be between 75,000 and 80,000. s Registration headquarters at. the. I courthouse will be open all day to re- | celve the official registration books, and | the exact total probably will be made | public Tuesday or Wednesday. Tho outstanding fact of the first reglsj (.ration day is that the women of Ma- ! tion county registered by the thoiisanas. Lloyd George Says He Can Not Interfere LUCERNE, Sept. 5. Before returning ! to London today, Premier Lloyd George ! replied to the appeal of Mayor Hylan of 1 New York for Lord Mayor MacSwiuey’s release. j He said he was unable to interfere ; with the course of justice. Auto Theft Thwarted by Man's Appearance W. H. flutton, 833 South West street, prevented three men from stealing an automobile truck from the Massey & Harris Farm Machinery Company yesterday. The men had broken into the eompanys’ garage In the rear of 35.1 South Missouri street and had taken the truck into tbe alley when Hatton appeared and they ram ...

BENTON HARBOR SCENE OF BIG BOXING MATCH Little Michigan City Packed as Heavyweight Leaders Go Into Action. CHAMP HUGE FAVORITE By L. R. BLANCHARD. United Press Staff Correspondent. RINGSIDE, BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept. 6.—Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met Billy Miske of St. Paul here today, determined on this third bout to put his challenger away. It was Dempsey’s first appearance as a champion, and he met a man who has stood against him for sixteen rounds. Five hours before the preliminaries were to begin the arena was bare. Workmen strung the ropes, wrapping them carefully with wet cloths. The ring floor was bare, but laborers were smoothing the boards and preparing to stretch the canvass covering. Tho sky was still overcast after a night of rain, but the sun tried to break through. It appeared that fair weather, after all, was to favor the champion's first appearance. Political signs and "no gambling” orders in flaring colors hid thJ wooden fences. Wiro entanglements separated the various sections. Gates were used to admit spectators to the ringside section. Michigan's state constabulary, helraeted and putteed, policed the grounds. The fighters’ quarters asserted they had rested well last night. They breakfasted lightly, took short, brisk walks and retired to their camps to 101 l around in loose clothing until called to the ring. Michigan’s b-.x'ng commission visited both camps • bortly before 10 o'clock. Doctors Martin of St. Joseph. Mich., and Tabor of Benton Harbor, examined the fighters and found them in flawless condition. Dempsey appeared a trifle gaunt, but the big dinner promised him for 11 o'clock was expected to remedy that. The tight fans piled into the cily by boat and train, but exorbitant rent and food prices seemed to have cut into the attendance. Labor unions put on their parade an hour early to permit some of their men to see tbe fight. Many union men drove to the assembly place near Dempsey's quarters in automobiles. At 11 a m. the sun still endeavored to break through bank* of clouds, but with only partial success. Tiers of benches about the ring were unpleasantly damp and the sand floor of the stockade was mushy. The city's power plant went out of commission shortly after the storm started last night and tho usual night beforethe fight guyetles were conducted under pale gas and candle lights. Except for its affect on automobile fans, rain was not expected to Interfere with the attendance. The arena can be covered with a huge canvas bought for such an emergency. “na of Ibe most poputar beta last night o rifle Ati lwi th# *jHrt w* ra ilk'i&iw- In geerot; but "there wT* op*n a.fTrtty by those who wanted to bci tpc gnu would shine. Deiupsey <-*ntinned to be the big favour* in betting. There was little open posting of cash but there was a constant buzz of money talk In the Utter strewn and lithographed room serving a* fight headquarters. The H*at gale was announced late Friday evening, ns SHO.dOo with rosy prediction ■ by Pmirotcr Fitzsimmons (tint the general admission <al© today would bring In a total of $150,000. The fighters followed practically identical programs In the last day before the fight. Miske climbed Into the ring Sun day for two round* of boxing with Jack (Continue.l on Page Eleven.) HARDING SAYS HE HAS NO PROMISES G. O, P. Nominee Addresses Employers and Workers. MARION. O, Sept. 6 The American economic system, wish Us equality of opportunity for all, was described by Senator Warren G. Hnrdlug today as tbe best In the world—“the Judgment of the ages”—and he sounded a warning to both capital and labor not to endanger tho system by abuses and strife. The republican candidate made a labor address, hi* first of the campaign, to several thousand persons at Lincoln park. His audience was composed mainly of workers and employers. Senator Harding reminded labor that never have wage* been so high as nt present and he warned that the present settle can be maintained only If labor gives a full day's work for a full day's pay. The menace of the present day, he said, Is Insufficient production. Unionism, collective bargaining and the right, of workers to quit their employment were Indorsed by the candidate. lie deplored the tendency toward strktng. however, and after declaring that compulsory arbitration was not feasible, asserted that “volitional arbitration” is practical and should be followed In the settlement of disputes. To those who entpe expecting to. hear what he was going to do for labor, Senator Harding declared he bad no promises. “The menace of the present day Is inefficient production. 1 ntn not advocating the driving, slavish toil which saps men's energies, but I do advocate honest, efficient return for proper pay.” The principal cause of unrest. Senator Harding said, was the drifting apart of employer and employe. The old relationship Is gone. Turning to the settlement of Industrial disputes, he said: “As an eminent labor leader lias said: ‘All strikes sooner or later are settled around a table; why not get together around a table before the strike begins.* ” HEAD OF MINERS IN WASHINGTON Believed Lewis Will Discuss Strike of 100,000. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers’ Union, arrrlved here today presumably to discuss with officials the ‘‘vacation” strike of nearly 1(H),000 nnuthracite coal miners. Lewis refused to talk. Director Hugh L. Kerwln of the conciliation bureau of the labor department today said there will be no developments here in connection with the strike until toomrrow when it is seen whether the miners will call off thetr “vacation.’ If the “vacation” is called off it is believed the president or Secretary Wilson may ask the mine operators to convene their wage scale committee and hear the complaint of tbe miners to the 17 per cent wage increase granted by tho commission. Lewis, it is believed, may try to get ■ome such assurance from officials here.

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20 ARE HELD IN PLOT TO WRECK AND ROB TRAIN Foreign Radicals’ Conspiracy in Illinois Nipped in Bud. CROOK OUTFITS FOUND SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Sept. 6.—Twenty foreign radicals, suspected of conspiring to wreck the Diamond Special, star train of the Illinois Central railroad, were held here today by federal authorities following a scries of raids by local and federal Investigators. The reported plot to wreck the train was said by police to have been outlined to them by John Kona, a Lithuanian. According to his story, the party was to have gone to Blssell, 111., near where they were to have overcome the railway signal tower man and thrown the switch so the train would go into the ditch. Further details of the plot, authorities claimed, provided for the blowing of the train safe .with compressed gasoline, cutting of telegraph and telephone wires and stationing of members of the party at farm bouses to shoot to kill any who attempted to Interfere. The reported plot was tipped off to federal investigators* last week and the raids followed. Four other men besides Kona are said to have confessed. A search of the places where the raids occurred uncovered counterfeiting outfits, dynamite, automatic pistols and machine gun rlfes. Property said to have been stolen from Springfield stores was found. Its Talue was estimated at SIO,OOO. None of the arrested men speak English. They are Poles and Lithuanians and are said to be communists and members of the I. W. W. Only seven of the arrested men are connected, the police say, with the plot to wreck the Diamond Special, but the others are held pending investigation and the police are confluent there will be sufficient evidence presented against the men to warrant prosecution on many charges and deportation for some of them. The men Involved in the conspiracy, according to the police, had held meetings in Lincoln park and at their homes where they discussed every detail of their plot. They bad even made two tyips to the proposed scene of their crime, police say. The proposed spot where the train was to be wrecked has a deep ravine on either side. In case a train was wrecked there there is little question that the entire train would have plunged down an embankment. Th© reported plot originatly was timed for State Fair week Sut according to the confession, the fact that many poor people would be killed caused its postponement. Dies From Injuries Received in Wreck Earl Oelfendxnner, t(C>9 North Capltol avenue, di-d at the Methodist hospital today as a result of injuries received when an automobile lu which he wa* riding was struck by a street car nt Parkway boulevard and Eighteenth streets Attg. 111.

Child Is Dead After Falling in Hot Water Arthur William Tangeman. 3. son or Arthur W. Tangeman. 2756 Central avenue, died today as a result of scald* suffered when he fell Into a bucket of hot water at his home last night. Tbe boy and his sister were playing i In the room whero the water was standing, the boy walking backwards, falling Into tbe bucket. STOCKDALE SAY S HE IS NOT GUILTY Charged With Embezzling $lO,000 From Air Brake Cos. A pica of not guilty was entered today when the September term opened In the criminal court by John Stockdale, charged with embezzlement of SIO,O(X> from an air brake appliance company. Attorney Joseph Roach, counsel for Ktockdale, entered n plea of not guilty for his client and intimated that he would take other legal steps in his behalf. Stockdale was in court as he was released on bond several days ago under the condition that he personally appear for arraignment day. Attorney Clancy, representing the air brake appliance company, insisted that the case against Stockdale be set for trial at once, but the court stated that. October 23 was she first open date on the Jury calendar. Many pleas of not guilty were entered today by defendants vfho have been indieted this summer. Among those pleading not guilty were Manna Mnrny, embezzlement; William Hedgepath and Dotiald Morgan, grand larceny; Minor Johnson, burglary; Frank Patterson and William Johnson, conspiracy; Bernie Nealy and Oliver Petrie, grand larceny; Edward Rist., rape; J. Hall, grand larceny; James Forrest and Ralph Rlchwlne, robbery; Charles Smith, burglary, and Curl Hill, grand larceny. .Judge James A. Collins has Instructed the grand jury to resume its investigations Tuesday. Those pleading guilty today were Ralph Chavis, grand larceny; William Moore, petit larceny; John Tate and John Conden, grand larceny. The court ordered the bond of Raymond Castle, charged with grand larceny, fer/eited when he failed to appear. Most of Courthouse Offices Are Closed Because of Labor day most of the offices at the courthouse were closed today. Judge James A. Collins formally opened court by calling a large arraignment calendar, but the superior, probate and Juvenile courts will not open until Tuesday. Housewives’ League Opens New Market Following thr lead of south side women. the members of the Marlon Conuty Housewives' league in North Indianapolis have opened n producer-to-eonsunicr uiutkot at Eugene street and Barnes avenue. The market, which is situated on a vacant lot, was opened Saturday. It will be conducted every Tuesday, Thursday and Satwday.

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GOV. COX OUTLINES LABOR PROGRAM IN MINNEAPOLIS TALK Free Speech, Free Press, Progressive Federal Laws , Collective Bargaining and Other Measures Pledged . LEAGUE WOULD PUT END TO WASTE MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6c —Gov. James M. Cox, in an address before the state fair here today outlined in detail the labor program which he will follow if elected to the presidency. He made a series of pledges which, summarized, are:

Checking of profiteering by forcing the operation again of the law of supply and demand and eliminating “artificial control.” Improved transportation and marketing facilities. Federal laws limiting the time of food products in cold storage. Labor should have the right to organize and through representatives of their own choosing, negotiate collective bargaining. Public opinion must settle industrial disputes, and the force of government must not be used to give an advantage to either capital or labor, but only to protect life and property and to maintain law. The government not be made SAY LITHUANIAN TROOPS JOIN REDS Poles Appeal to League of Nations to Stop Them. WARSAW, Sept. 5 (Via London, Sept. 6.)—Lithuanian troops have Joined the Russians in attacking the Poles, it was declared today by Polish government officials.

Announcement was made that Poland is sending a note to the league of nations protesting against the crossing of tbe Curzon line of demarcation by Lithuanian troops. Gen. Pierre Makhroff, chief of staff to Gen. Wrangel, has arrived from Sebastopol to urge on the Polish government a prolongation of the Ilusso-Polish peace conference at Riga. Gen. Pilsudskt, the Polish commander In chief, has gone to the southern front. Late advices from that front Indicate that Gen. Budenny’s red cavalry army was not annihilated as reported last week. It was defeated, but since then has been reinforced. Stephen Norblin, noted painter, Is author of an appeal printed in the Polish press for an immediate agreement with ; soviet Russia. He asks the Poles not to attempt to assist a Russian counter revo- ! iutlon. . APPROPRIATION TO PASS TONIGHT Although Holiday, City Council Must Meet. The annual appropriation ordinance and the city tax levy are to be passed upon by the city council in regular meeting tonight. The meeting must l>e held, despite the fact that this Is a legal holiday, because the law provides that the budget and levy shall lie passed at the first regular meeting in September, and the first regular meeting must, by law, fall upon the first Monday night. City Controller Robert H. Rryson. Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby and Robert E. Tracy, director of tbe bureau of municipal research of the Chamber of | Comtnemrce spent almost all day Saturday making changes in the appropriation ordinance as recommended by Mr. Tracy at the public hearing before the council Friday night. These changes were matters of form, none of the total amounts originally agreed upon when the controller first announced the budget being altered. The proposed tax levy, which the council Is expected to fix, totals $1,061 on the SIOO. Man Dies at Terminal; Believed Identified A man about 80 years old died suddenly at the Terminal station today. He Is believed to be T. H. Montague of Carbondale, 111. The body was taken to the city morgue. Effort to Settle Brooklyn Strike NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—William D. Mohan, president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrical Railway Employes was to confer with Mayor Il.vlan today ir. an effort to effect a settlement of the strike of B. R. T. employes which has practically, tied up all elevated surface and subway lines lu Brooklyn for the pnst week. Man Brought Here on Auto Theft Charge Rex Stacy, 21, of 921 Oliver avenue, was brought to this city early today to answer a charge of grand larceny. He was arrested at Terre Haute. Stacy, the police allege, sold, In Terre Haute, an automobile which had been stolen July. 13, from Elmer R. Tutrow of Hartford City, the ear having been parked at Illinois and Market streets. The police say that Stacy was convicted of vehicle taking and served a sentence on the penal farm, and another similar case was continued indefinitely. r Arrested on Charge of Shooting to Kill Mike Mlceli, 23. of 1417 South New Jersey street, today is charged with shooting with intent to kill Antonio Pralll, 35, of 620 East Georgia street. Pralli Is at the City hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the shoulder. Micell alleged that Pralli was intimate with his aunt and he went to Traill's home, it is said, Sunday and opened tire with an automatic pistol, shooting five times. Mlceli escaped following the shooting, but was arrested later. FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Hall ICvaus, 935 North Meridian street, is facing a charge of manslaughter today following the death at St. Francis hospital of Josephine Weber, 925 Arbor avenue, from bichloride of mercury poisoning. Evans, In a statement to the police, denied buying the poison for the woman. . .

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oppressive in maintaining the laws of the land. The right of free speech, free press, orderlyl assembly, guaranteed by the constitution, must not be infringed. The federal government should investigate nation-wide strikes and make a pubde unprejudiced finding of the facts in dispute. Enactment of progressive federal labor i.’iUß, including legislation to cbnser.e child life and welfare. More extenisve Americanization work with insistence upon full co-operation by employers. Increased pty for postal employes. Uox devoted his address to agriculture, the league of nations and labor. Ten paved highways can be built entirely across th* United States for the same expenditure necessary to bulla ferry-eight battleships, he said. 'ihis number will he necessary within the next generation if the league is not operative, the governor asserted. BATTLESHIP COST MEASURED IN ACRES. “A practical farm statistician has figured out that the cost of one battleship would reclaim 2,000,000 acres of good iand, an area greater than many of the prosperous states of the Union,” Cox said. “This reclamation work would provide work for 1,000,000 men. "But waste and extravagance must continue until ty the ratification of the treaty of peace we and the other countries of the world know definitely where we staud. "Disarmament can come only tchcn th© nations of the world enter into solemn r-act to that -nd. as provided by the league of nations.” Turning to agriculture, Cox said a definite policy of reclamation should be adopted and that farm life should be made more attractive by better school and more entertainment facilities. “It is necessary,” he said, "to provide not only a ready market for the produce of the farm by increasing transportation facilities, hut it is essential that that market be maintained by the natural law of supply and demand, eliminating features which created an artificial control, reducing the income of the producer, while at the same rime increasing ehe cost to the consumer. . „ LABOR DAT MILE ROST ON ROAD OF PROGRESS. “Labor day has come to be as one of the mile posts oh the road of progress. “But for progressivisxn Labor day could not have been. “Reactionism would not recognize It.” "They consist primarily of the holders of privilege, privilege conferred by law. “The privileged few are asissted by those who by deliberate misconduct or rfflseducatton permit the elimination of the majority rule. "s}pecigl privileges are aided by the extreme radicals, who propose things that are either unworkable or advanced ahead of their time. “By misguided advocacy of inappropriate things they deceive many earnest citizens who desert from progressivism. “A progressive looks for the next step, with his plan leading to additional steps. “We declare our adhersence to too fundamental progressive principles of social. economic and industrial justice and advance a purpose to resume the great work of translating these principles into effective laws. “Action already begun was Interrupted when the war claimed all the national energies for the single task of victory. “Victory having come we must establish a legal peace and on an humanitarian base.” SAY LEADS WILL KEEP COMMITTEE BUSY CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—By he time th© senate investigation into campaign n* penditurcs is resumed here tomorrows* there will be enough leads available to keep the committee busy for a week and to convince Us members that Gov. Cox's charges concerning a $15,000,000 republican ‘‘slush fund” were not overdrawn, democratic leaders here said today. Subpoenas are expected to go out as soon as the committee meets for men named here by Gov. Cox in charging that the republicans had assessed Chicago coal men for $S0.00() toward the “slush fund.” Cox said that at a meeting last summer attended by both republicans and democrats this quota was fixed. Tlie democrats demurred, he said. “If Will Hays, republican national committee chairman, does not remember this," Cox said, “Robert H. Zollar, E. E. Fyke, or any of a number of others he named might refresh his recollection.” GOES FISHING IN MICHIGAN E. 11. Moore, said to be one of the principal witnesses when the Inquiry is resumed, is absent. He went to Michigan. Cox, asked about Moore's mission, said he had “gone fishing,” adding that this could be construed broadly. Cox said there was considerable to find out in Mtcbigan in regard to campaign fund*. Democrats here declared that Cox's charges have resulted in a flood of evidence, some of it important, being poured into headquarters from all parts of the country. At republican headqurrters it was stated that “there is noth.ng to be said” concerning Cox’s repeated charges. Republican politicians predicted that Moore's leads which he claims will bare a trail to a great secret republican money raising organization will end in a “blind alley.”

OPEN LETTER

TO SAMUEL ASHBY, Corporation Counsel. Dear Sam —Before E. 1. Lewis of the public service commission went away on the second lap of his summer vacation he said he preferred not to write an order in the street ear company's case until he had consulted with you. Since he has returned he has not writen the order. In the Interests of tbe thousands of people of this 'y?lly who have to ride the street cars, jfegShj.. nlease hold that conference i v i a g V