Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Unsettled; showers tonight and Wednesday. Not mu-jh change in temperature.

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JUDGES WON’T HOLD COURT IN DIRTY ROOMS Shut Doors Until County Janitors Are Ready to Clean Up. NOT FIRST COMPLAINT The expenditure of more than $1,300 of the taxpayers’ money for courthouse janitors and a custodian In August failed to render the of Superior Judges Linn Hay and Solon J. Carter and Probate Judge Mahlon Bash of the Marlon county probate court clean and sanitary enough in which to open court today. The three judges literally went on a “strike” and refused to open court until the dirt and- dust was removed. Judge Carter of superior court, room 3, Instructed his attaches not to open court until the court room was made a decent place in which to do business. The bailiff of that court in working the file cases dirtied bis hands to such an extent from the accumulated dust that be was compelled to wash them before he could turn over Important papers to attorneys. * . Judge Bash of the probate court on arrving at bis courtroom early tfhis morning was astonished to find It dirty and unkept. He posted a sign on the door which read: “This courtroom will not be opened until It is cleaned.” Judge Bash In discussing the condition of his courtroom, stated: “On coming here this morning I found my courtroom to be the dirtiest £ole I have ever seen.'’ Judge Hay of superior court, room 1. remained in his chambers this morn lug while the Janitors made a frantic effort to clean It. Judge Vincent Clifford of superior court, room 4, complained of the condition of his chambers. The bailiff of Judge Clifford’s court, on arriving at the courthouse this morning, Immediately grabbed a duster, an<. before the judge arrived had the courtroom in fairly good condition. JANITORS PAT NO ATTENTION. "The janitors appointed by the county commissioners will pay no attention to us judges and the ouly way I see to get service is for the judges to appoint their own janitors.” Judge Clifford Judge Carter instructed his baiUlff to wait on the board of county commissioners and “ask” them to appear in his chambers. . When the message was delivered to tne clerk of the board of commissioners not a single commissioner was P^? cnt - as soon as Commissioners Carlin Shank and Lewis George arrived they immediately went in post haste to the chambers of Judge Carter. It is understood th e o urt did not mince words in describing conidtions in the various courtrooms. Judges Hay. Carter and Clifford held a conference in the chamber? of .Tu pc Hay prior to the appearance of two of the commissioners before Judge Cartet. This is not the first time that the judges have complained of the dirty condition of their eourtrooms ns a Jury some time ago signed a written statement complaining of the unsanitary and dirty condition in a jury room used by superior court, room 3. There was a feeling around the court house that “somebody” would go to Jnil for contempt of court if conditions in courtrooms were not improved at . ... WJtile the three judges were holding an Indignation meeting tu the, chain bets of Judge Hay, Custodian Benjamin S. ward worker for Commissioner Carlin Shank, looked into the chamber* of the court but on seeing the counsel of war in progress immediately “beat It.” SIAM SPENT. The records show $1,300 has been spent for janitor service this summer while the courts have been In vacation. The records In the office of the roun.tv commissioners show that Custodian l?eiroe and fourteen janitors were paid a total of 672.50 for a period beginning July 15 and ending Aug. 1. Since that time two colored women have been added to the janitor's staff, and the rooms where they had full charge were In excellent condition today. The two women were appointed as soon as It was decided that women could vote In Indiana this fall. One of the women was asigned to the courtroom of Judge Bash this morning and after an hour's work the "judge stated that his courtroom was cleaner than It has been for years. It is thought that the negro janitors at the courthouse were so busy getting out a large republican registration last Saturday that they overlooked their duty to clean three of the conrt rooms. Drastic action is expected by the courts unless immediate steps are taken (Continued on Page Eight.) WEATHER < n -I Foreost for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m . ■Wednesday. Sept. 8: Increasuig cloudiness; becoming unsettled, showers tonight and Wednesday; nojypnch change In temperature. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 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Another Record Breaker Crowd Wends Fairward Harness Races, Judging Contests, Exhibits and All Sorts of Amusements on List.

Clear, crisp autumn weather brought to the state fair today another crowd with the proportions of a record breaker. A continuous line started filing through the gates at 8 o'clock this morning. The first day attendance record wai broken yesterday with 45,000 persons passing through the gates. The program today included continuation of stock judging, harness races, military drills, hippodrome show and the automobile show. Side shows, cold drink stands and “hot dog” venders lend atmosphere to the fair. Boy Scouts acted as guides and gave visitors assistance. Passenger airplanes circled over the grounds all day. Numerous new features have been added and the old ones have been made over to attract this year’s visitor. In addition to Indiana-made products a number of other states are exhibiting agricultural products. Exhibitions are so numerous that hundreds of tents have been erected for the overflow from the display buildings. Booths of concerns from all parts of the country flank both sides of every sidewalk and road in the grounds, and the visitor is able to be instructed in anything from a hand tractor to a washing machine. The Young Women's Christian association and the Women's Service League of the democratic party are maintaining service booths for visitors. ALL DAY LONG THE BANDS ARE PLAYING. All day long band concerts are given in the coliseum, where judging contests are held. The big hippodrome show at the Coliseum at night, which drew hundreds of persons last night, is one of the big features on the week’s program. The automobile show building, which is the second largest in the United States, drew many visitors during the day and evening. One hundred and seventeen exhibitors, representing well known cars from all parts of the country, make up the show. Passenger cars, roadsters, touring cars, electrics and trucks, ranging from ex-

COUNCIL MOVES ON MULES’ HOME South Side Market Ordinance Introduced. A move designed to compel the board of public works to find a borne for its 100 street cleaning and ash hauling mules other than their present nborle in the city barns at 1134 Shelby street, waj made in city council last night when an ordinance, establishing a city market it, the barns was introduced. The council plans to have the mules moved and the market established before winter so standbolders now stationed along the curb iu Fountain square may have purlers. President Gustave G. Schmidt said. The board of works Rtarted several weeks ago to find another place for the mules. With anew market officially estaiiHsheh in the barns the board wilt have to get busy and get results, tbe council men said. The new market, which is to be known as the Fountain Square market, will have tho same legal status as the downtown city market. Establishment of tbp new market paves tbe way for the creation of similar utilities iu other parts of the city. The council, without coratnenj, passed the 1921 appropriation ordnance and fixed the new city tax levy ut $1,061 on the SIOO of taxable property. Tbe total appropriation is $4.695.691.61. Authority for the city controller to n<“ gotiate a $600,000 temporary loan, payable Dec. 31. 1921. at not more than 64* per cent interest to apply on the city's debts from now until Jan. I. 1921. was granted. The loan is necessary because of the shortage of city taxes due to the mistake in the assessed valuation made between (Continued on Page Two.)

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Buddy and John, Ruth and Sarah started to school today. Nearly every Indianapolis household was the scene,'-of much confusion. As usual, some startling symptoms of painful sunburned backs yeeustomed to bathing suits developed when John and Henry attempted to get into a nice white shirt. In some instances shoes would not fit and the curly locks of Mary refused to be braided. It is estimated that approximately 44,000 boys and girls will be registered in the grade and high schools before the session's close today. Official figures will not be obtainable until later in the hut the enrollment this fall is expected to exceed that of last year in both the grades and the high schools. A few of tbe city kindergartens opened today, while the majority will open next Monday. Tho Arsenal Technical will begin on a full-day basis Wednesday, but

pensive models to moderately priced ones, are in the exhibit. Nine makes of Indianapolis cars are represented. Although machines are said to be replacing horses an extensive show of fancy light and heavy horses is offered. In the stables there are Belgians, Percherons, light saddle and harness horses, with a few long-legged colts, all of which will contend for ribbons during the week, although many of them have several to their credit now. An exceptionally large show of ponies, Including Shetland ponies from Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin attracted much attention at the fair yesterday. One of the largest exhibits of hogs ever at the fair is being shown. SHOW INCLUDES ALL BREEDS. There are large numbers of Chinas, Chester Whites, Huron Jerseys, Spotted Poland Chinas, Hainpshires and Berkshires. including the pigs from the boys' and girls’ clubs in the state. The exhibit of cattle is. another interesting feature this year. Among the well-known breeds on exhibition are: Herefords. Shorthorns, Aberdeen-Angus, Polled Dtirhams, Jerseys, Guernseys, Aysshlres and HolsteinFrleslans. The free distribution of a entalogne of the live stock on exhibitions, showing the name of the animal, the name of the exhibitor and the class the animal has been entered in has made it possible to follow the judging contests with, moro ease. Hundreds of prise fowls are on exhibition In the poultry show, which Includes chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys of numerous breeds. Hundreds of snowy sheep contended for prises. One of the Interesting features of the Purdue exhibit is two miniature eightyacre farms, one showing the farm run on an inefficient basis and the other showing the same farm run on an efficient basis. Tbe dairy exhibit showing one purebred mature bull, two pure-bred cows (Continued on l’age Eight.)

SMITH INSISTS HE'S NOT DEAD Whitney E. Smith of Los Angeles, formerly of Portland. Ind., declared in a letter to The Times today (hat reports of his death are greatly ex aggeraied. His death was announced, according to the let.er. in the la 7 issue of the quarterly of Indiana university. “This is surely an exaggerntion of my present condition and T take pleasure In refuting some of the ideas that might he conveyed,” lie says relative to the announcement. “The report doubtless grew out of the fact that I am living in the city of the angeles In the golden state. “In 1913 I departed the earthly life, which I was leading in Pori land. Ind., and ascended to this haven. “You may be surprised to learn that there are many Hooaiers here v and the place is really very crowded, contrary to earthly reports, but there is still room for more.” Reported Detective Killers Put on Trial WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Sept. 7. Selection of a Jury to try twenty-font men, indicted on charges of killing seven private agency detectives at Motewan during a strike there was begun here today. A panel of 200 men has been sum rconed. All spectators have beet, ordered dls armed by the Judge. He has revoked licenses of West Virginians to carry weapons. Five of the agency's deteeilves will be tried Sept. 20 on charges of killing lour citizens.

half day sessions will be held xt Shertrldgo and Munual for the remainder of the week. The half-day schedule will apply all week to the grade schools. Shortridge anil Manual Training high schools and the Benjamin Harrison grade school may be closed during the week of the national G. A. R. encampment so the three buildings may be used by the visiting delegates. It was announced at the city school administration building today that there was no shortage in teachers in Indianapolis as therb was a sufficient supply to meet the big demand. It was explained at the superintendent's office that the full roster of teachers shows an improvement over last year as well as two years ago. Schools in various. Indiana cities for months feared they would lie unable to fill all the teaching vacancies but this does not apply to Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1920.

S-5 and Heroes Who Saved Crew

This remarkable photograph, taken by a passenger on the General Goethals, shows the Alanthus holding up the stern of the sunken United States submarine S-5 with cable*. The men in the Inserts, reading from left to right, are Chief Engineer W. R.

WOULD SADDLE HIGHER COST ON GAS CONSUMER Gas Company Makes ‘Suggestion’ of Surcharge After 2,000 Feet. i A “suggestion” that the gas consum er of Indianapolis pay a surcharge on ail gas consumed in excess of 2.000 feet ' a month ha* been made to the public service commission In response to tne soliticious request of that body made | to the ga* company several days ago. j The “suggestions'' were today iu the personal possession of E. I. Lewis, chairman of the commission and one of the •mew who was instrumental tn tbe Citizens Gas Company, and Mr. i Lewis was not ready to make them public. Investigation discloses (list tho “sug gestlon” that only 2,000 feet of gas a month be furnished to consumers at the ©lucent rate, means that practically every gas consumer in Indianapolis will be charged a higher rate than 60 cents ; when the commission spproves it. I The purpose of tho present movement to tamper with the ga* rate fixed by ' statute in Indiana Is ostensibly to curtail tbe use of gas in heating fixtures, sold by the gas company on the installment plan, and in homes equipped with ga* grates, in order to save It for cooking. The “Suggestion” of on more than 2.0(a) feci of gas a mouth means a practical Increase In tho cost of gas a thousand to those who use it for cooking only, as the 2.00f> cubic feet limit is so low few consumers will use less than that amount, even In cooking for two or three person*. HEARING FRIDAY. The suggestion* of the f'ttlzens Gas Company, showing estimates of consumption and earnings, based on n rate for the domestic consumer of 60 cents a thousand cubic feet per month for the first 2.000 fort consumed and a higher rote for gas consumed iu excess of that amount, during the winter months, for the purpose of conserving the supply of gas, will be taken tip n hearing before members of the public service commission Frlds.v nflornoon at 1 :30. TO DISCUBB EMERGENCY. There also wilt be taken up at that lime the question of an emergency os to the gas supply for the winter months, and n suggestion that, has been made that the industries supplied with gas by the company have their supply curtailed If necessary to furnish gas to domestic consumers- in other words, that the domestic consumer be given preference. RATIONING IK SUGGESTED. A suggestion also has been made that a rationing system be put. Into effect .by furnishing full pressure only between <1 a. m. and 8 u. rn . 11:30 a. tn. and 1 p. tn., : and 5 p. tn. nnd 7 p. m., beginning with the first steady cold weather. The hearing Friday afternoon will he to afford any one interested an nity to present his views, and will be before Chairman K. I. Lewis and Commissioners Fred Bates Johnon nnd Glenn Van An ken. This, it is announced, will be the final hearing in the case. It is said by gas company officials that of the domes!ie consumers of gas, about 64,000 in number, about 20,000 use 2,000 cubic feet or less per month, ns an average. , However, it is well krown that this consumption increases tn the winter ut.d under tho proposed surcharge plan, I lie consumption of more than 2,000 feet of gas In any one month would involve a penalty regardless of how much less gas had been used by the consumer other months. II REDS SAID TO HAVE INFORMED SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 7—Detailed confessions of a plot to wreek tho Diamond special of the Illinois Central, kill all wreck survivors nnd murder farmers nnd others attempting to give an alarm, have been obtained from eleven to twenty reported communists, arrested here Sunday night In connection wi'h the plot, it was claimed today. The reputed confessions involve other members of communist groups. Inspector l’uul of the immigration department claimed. Evidence against those under nrreet was submitted to a federal and state grand jury and copies of the confessions will be forwarded to Secretary of State Colby , officials said today.

Grace and Assistant Engineer R. McWilliams. These two men, equipped only with a hand drill, worked for hours until, after they had bored eighteen holes, a plate came free, and then, one by one, the rescued crew emerged from the death dungeon.

MINISTRY VIEWS SHARPLY DIVIDED I MacSwiney Hunger Strike Hurries Lloyd Geofge Home. LONDON, Sept. 7.—Sharp divisions of opinion in the British ministry over the government's policy toward Terence MacSwiney, the hunger-striking lord mayor of Cork, and -other matters led Premier Lloyd George to abandon his plan to stay In Switzerland until Sept. 15 and to hurry back home, it was learned today. MacSwiney wns said to be suffering intense agony. The Rev. Father Dominic, personal spiritual advisor to the stricken lord mayor, emerging from the prison after an all-night vigil, said: ABLE TO SPEAK A PEW WORDS. “AlacSwioey verier, bnt is'a bit to ! speak a few words. “He i* suffering sharp pairs about the legs and heart and abdomen.” It ia reported that some of thq premier’s colleagues criticised him for taking his vacation so far away from home in the face of the Irish crisis and the threatened national coal strike, which is scheduled to begin on Kept. 25. But the premier has not been Idle while | at Lucerne, although his activities there dealt with international affairs rather than domestic problems. One result of the premier's canvass of the international situation at Lucerne is the appointment of anew British ambassador to France, according to information secured from semi-official circles. Lord Derby, the British ambassador to Paris, is returning to and it Is understood be will be succeeded by Lord Murdlnge. permanent secretary to th foreign office. It 1* significant that Lord Hnrdtngn was tbo Into King Edward's representative In effecting tbe entente cordlnle between Great Britain, France and Russia. Premier Lloyd George's arrival home may bo followed bv flip release of MacSwiney and other Irish hunger strikers if guarantees are given by the Sinn Fein that the murder of policemen In Ireland cease, according to a dtspafch from the correspondent of the Daily News who traveled from Lucerne with the premier. The correspondent credited Premier Lloyd George as saving that such a proposal waa under consideration. LABOR DISCUSSES MACSWINEY CASE PORTSMOUTH. England. Sept. 7. Formation of a general staff for labor Is one of the main proposals before tbe annnal trades union congress, which convened here yesterday. The whole country Is watching the meeting with tho keenest interest, on account ,of the forthcoming national coaj strike, but the opening session was taken up mainly with political discussions, dealing chiefly with tho refusal of the government to release Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork. ON TRAIN WHICH KILLS DAUGHTER Big Four Crossing Scene of Double Tragedy. Special to The Times. NEWCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 7.—Miss Merle Adamson, 27, duitghter of L. K. Adamson, 1439 West Twenty-seventh street, Indianapolis, and Donald Byrd, 32, of Frankfort", wero killed Monday when a west-bound Big Four passenger train ’struck the automobile in which they were riding two miles west of here. Miss Adamson was a stenographer in the offices of the Luke Erie & Western railway, Indianapolis, and with her mother and Byrd had spent the week-end at Modoc, Randolph county, visiting relatives. When the party was preparing to start back to Indianapolis Mrs. Adamson dccided to take tho train and Miss Adam sbn and Byrd assured her they would meet the train iu Indianapolis. Mrs. Adamson was a passenger on the train which struck the automobile. She had n premonition of the'impending tragedy and Just before the automobile was hit remarked to fellow passenger that she felt concerned over the safety of her daughter, who was driving home In the machine. The engineer stated he sounded a warning for the crossing and that the automobile suddenly came on the track iu front of the engine. The train ran a quarter of a mile before it could be stopped after the accident. Byrd was prominent nt Frankfort, his home town. He served as a lieutenant 111 the field artillery during the world wir. k

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GOV. COX INSISTS FIGHT IS AGAINST REACTION N *>

BEST EVIDENCE NOT SOUGHT, IS MOORE’S VIEW Senate Committee Could Get First-Hand Information, Says Witness. CHICAGO QUIZ RENEWED CHICAGO, Sept. 7. —The senate committee Investigating Gov. Cox's “slush fund” charges is “not seeking (lie best evidence it could get.” E. H. Moore, Cox’s personal representative, charged today on the witness stand before the committee. Moore said the committee could get first-hand evidence from many men proving his charge the republicans were preparing to raise a fund of $10,000,000. while his evidence would be second-hand. With considerable heat Moore told the committee that if it wanted evidence It should call the men “who are In the confidence of the republican leaders; I am not." Moor* said he came to Chicago at Gov. Cox’s request to furnish “leads” to the committee. "Has Gov. Cox any evidence In addition to what you bring?" asked Senator Kenyon. “I don’t know, but I think not,” said Moore. COMMITTEE OX WAYS AND MEANS. “I will give you the evidence to show that before last January a plan was i perfected by the republicans to raise $16,000,000. “In pursuance of that plan a ways and means committee was formed, headed by Col. William BoyeegThompson.” Moore was interrupted and asked to tell specifically about Cox's charges that $500,000 was raised in\.Oblo “In the twinkling of at; eye.” He said Fred Miller, Columbus, had charge of fund raising in Ohio. Ways and means committees named In cities and counties were largely "scenery," Moore said. The real work, he declared, was done by paid money raisers under direction of Harry M. Blair, assistant treasurer of the republican national committee. PROCESSIONAL MONEY RAISERS Moore named C. W. Lee and TTenrv Owens, Chicago, ns two of seven regional directors, who, he said, was in charge of the professional money raisers. John Kelly, Ohio, and Carl Fritsche, Michigan, and Charles K. Mavlty, West Virginia, were “state directors” of Blairs’ organisation getting large salaries, Moore testified. To the public these men are camouflaged ns executive secretaries of state of ways and means, he testified. In addition there was a field force of “tnoppers up” who got the “cripples’ on the prospect list. \ A. I’rotnman, Cleveland, and Ed ward Silver, Youngstown, 0., were named by Moore s raoppera up. Ways and means committees, Moore said, under Thompson, began to function last winter and raised "a large amount" prior to the republican eonven'ion In June Chester Chamltn. Colorado Spring*, alone raised $103,000 prior to the convention, be declared. “Have you evidence of that?” asked Kenyou. "I’m very posttve he did It,” said Moore. MINERS FAIL TO RESPOND TO CALL About 100,000 Remain Idle in Pennsylvania Districts. WILKEBBARRE, Tn., Sept. 7. -District*: 1, 7 nnd 1* of the Mine Workers of America failed to respond 1n a wholehearted manner today to the call of union leaders to break the Insurgent strike and go l ack to the mines. About 100,000 mine workers remained in Idleness* and production was only about 30 per cent normal. Districts 7 and 9 followed the insurgents’ lead and kept their lines intact. Here and there a colliery was able to get started but as a geueral proposition the strike iu these districts remained unbroken. Ih District 1 the situation was brighter for tbe union leaders. Several big collieries operated with a man force that was almost normal. In the Wyoming 'valley, the Lehigh valley company wns working about SO per cent normal and the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre started three collieries that have been idD since Sept. 1. Little Journeys to the Mayors Office The dally inquiry for Mayor Charles IV. Jewett at tho executive chambers tn the city bail, made by a Times reporter, at 11:35 o’clock this morning, elicited the information that the mayor was not in and would not be in for a day or two, having gone out of town. Is Recovering From Carbolic Acid Swig Allen Campbell, 25, of 439 North Pennsylvania street, today is recovering from carbolic acid drunk last night at his borne. The police sent Campbell to the City hospital but were unable to learn his reason for attempting suicide, ’ Fear More Rioting in Brooklyn Strike NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Further violence in the, Brooklyn traction ajrlke was feared today. * Yesterday afternoon a car was attacked by strikers. A riot followed iu which one striker was shot in "the Wp, many persons injured by stones, more than thirty shots fired and thirteen strikers arrested ou n charge of rioting. Kidnaped American Escapes Mexicans MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7. Thg American. Gardner, kidnaped by Zamora, escaped from the bandit yesterday, following a fight between the latter and government troops, the foreign office announced 'today. Zamora was said W> have escaped with only twenty met*.

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Twelve Men Named by Moore Are Called CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Twelve men, designated by Edmund H. Moore, as professional money getters of the republican party, were subpoenaed to appear at the senatorial slush fund bearing just before the investigating committee resumed its sessions here today. Those subpoenaed are: Charles McNeider, Mason City, la.; C. W. McClure, Atlanta, Ga.; C. K. Mavity, Mason City, la.; C. W. Lee, Chicago; Henry E. Owens, Chicago; Fj%d W. L’pham, Chicago, who is treasurer of the republican national committee and already has testified; H. C. McEldowney, Pittsburg; A. B. Paxton, Wheeling, W. Va.; Frank A. Itefley, Columbus, O.; Charles Fritsche, Detroit; Reeve Schley, New York City, and C. C. Brainerd, Washington, D. C.

DANIELS SWINGS INTO POLITICS Fayette County Hears Secretary’s Attack. Special to The Times. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 7.—Advocating forward movement rather than the reactionary tendencies of the republican candidate for the presidency, Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, made the first political speech of his Indiana tour here last night. “When Charles Evans Hughes began his ill-fated campaign for the presidency i in 1916, he pitched it on the astonishing reactionary demand that ’the whole program of democratic accomplishment must bo wiped from the slate. That was a large order and it proved his undoing,” Mr. Daniels said. "Equally inapt and equally fatal Is the fatuous policy which Warren Gamaliel Harding propounds.” He pointed out that as to domestic questions Harding has not made the same mistake as that made by Hughes, but that "he has made a greater blunder by irrevocably committing himself to the same destructive policy as to international affairs.” “in a recent interview with newspaper men in Marion, 0., he promised a complete reversal of our international policy,” Mr. Daniels said. , “Being asked concerning the PolishRusstau situation, Mr. HardLng'said: “ ’There will be complete reversal of our foreign policy if there is a change | of administration.’ “Further inquiry for something more specific was met with this: •“Yon will have to excuse me from going into details at present, but I think tbe republican party will expect the republican administration to make a sweeping change of foreign policy if it is the winner.’ HOW DOES THIS FIT TOGETHER? “In this same interview he said he did not know anything about foreign policy, although he was a member of the foreign relations committee: and the only ones knowing anything about foreign policy were the president and the secretary of state. “The opposition to the president's foreign policy grows almost entirely out of hostility to him, born out of rage because bo has outgeneraled republican leadership In every movement for eight yearr. “It is either personal hostility, as is unfortunately the case in some Instance, or political hostility, which is very largely the case; so that opposition to what he has done in regard to the treaty of peace, embracing the leag'ue of nations, is made a pretext for a supposed necessity of reversing the foreign policy of the country. “When the president announced his determination to go to tho great conference of the allies in person is wns a novel step, but there was no objection to such a choice of methods of dealing with the governments of the world as allies as by the constitution and precedents ha has exclusive power to negotiate peace treaties in the highest and widest sense of the grant. “It can be seen now how expedient it was to have America represented in as plenary a way as Great Britain, or France, or Italy, or Jsfpan was These countries were represented by the heads of tlielr governments, and the heads of governments of thoYe countries represent the entire power of the country. “With us the premiership of the secretary of state is a fiction in terms, and lie derives his power only from the president. No great objection wus raised to this step until the Immense stature of America’s chief caused uneasiness among the senate ©ligarehyy, and they began the sapping and mining of his every act by seeking to delimit his (Continued on Page Two.) HARDING LEAVES FOR MINNESOTA First Speech to Be Made Away From ‘Porch’. MARION, 0.. Sept. 7.—Senator Warren G. Harding left Marion today for Minnesota where tomorrow he will deliver an agricultural speech at the Minnesota state fair. It is the first departure from the front porch program and the candidate's first speech of the campaign outside of Ohio. The senator's special train pulled out of Marion at 7:30 a. m. Aboard it were Senator and Mrs. Harding, George Christian, Senator Harding’s secretary, and Mrs. Christian; “Jimmy” Sioan, secret service operative; members of the Harding headquarters staff, stenographers and newspaper correspondents. Only one speech is planned on the trip, that being tbe one at the fair tomorrow. WON’T STOP IN CHICAGO Senator Harding's train will arrive in Chicago at 2p. m. The senator will leave the train at the Dearborn street station. After a short stop in Chicago, the nominee will go to Ft. Sheridan to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. The party will pick up the train again at Deerfield station, north of Chicago, at (i p. m. and proceed to St. l’aul, arriving there at 9:15 a. m. tomorrow. The senator will speak at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon and leave at 11 p. m. to return to Marlon, where he has two front porch speeches to deliver this week, to a Detroit delegation Friday aAd a northern Indiana delegation SaturdfcA

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CANDIDATE IS TALKING ONLY IN PLAIN ENGLISH Takes No Cognizance of Charge That His Campaign Lacks Dignity. ENTERS THE DAKOTAS EN ROUTE WITH GOV. COX, Grand Forks, X. D., Sept. 7.—Well pleased with the response in Minnesota to his attach on “reactionary leadership of the republican party,” Gov. Cox entered the Da. kotas today, determined to continue tb# use of Roosevelt methods. His first address was at Grand Forks. The democratic nominee, taking no cognizance of charges that he is conducting an undignified campaign, insists upon talking to people in plain English. Gov. Cox, convinced that his fight i# one of progress against reaction, Is making his appeal to this section of the country in language highly reminiscent of the “T. R.” type of campaign out hero. He reiterates on every occasion the story of his fight in Ohio for constitutional reform in which he says, as leader of- the progressive element, ha was opposed at every turn by Warren G. Hording. DIRECTS ATTENTION TO STORAGE REGULATION. Taking advantage of the failure of th# republican congress to act on the cold storage regulation recommended more than a year ago by President Wilson md sponsored by Senator Kenyon of lowa, a progressive republican. Gov. Cox is directing attention to the food i producing sections of the northwest | to the need of snch a law and to the antagonism of the forces of reaction in 1 the senate to its nassage. He says the manipulation of cold ! storage facilities by profiteers in foodstuffs nullifies the law of supply and I demand and operates to the disadvantfcge of both producer and consumer. Gov. Cox Is not overlooking the fact that North Dakota is the home of Senator Gronna, who, as chairman of tin* senate committee on agriculture, made a long but vain fight against the opposition of republican leaders to obtain conI sideration of the Kenyon-Kendrick ! packer bills, by which the meat packing ! Industry would be under federal supervision and the “big five” packers divorced i from control of the stockyards nj frlgerator car service. ! NONPARTISAN LEAGUE EFFORT. ! This legislation has been indorsed and , urged by the nonpartisan league, which has Just asserted Its strength in this ' Bt ate by nominating its candidate for tbe | United States senate. Dr. E. F. Ladd, ! president of the etato agricultural college. Co-operative buying and selling by farmers was advocated by Gov. Cox in his first speech in North Dakota hers today. The governor warned that measures must be taken to stop the trend from the farm to the city or within te-i years the United States will have to be importing foodstuff. New anti trust laws stating Just bow far labor and co-operative farm organizations may go in their work should be passed, he said. “The senatorial oligarchy formed a conspiracy to hoid civilisation up by Itt heels, in its fight against the treaty,” the governor said. Cox said Harding's appeal to put the good features of the league of nations Into a revived Hague tribunal was Ilka trying to hitch tip a Ford automobile and a North Dakota ox. The response to his declaration in St. Paul in favor of self-determination for subject races -with nationalist aspirations and bis promise that the cause of Ireland would be aided through the broad guarantees of article 11 of the league of nations covenant, encouraged Gov. Cox to n restatement of that principle in bis speeches here. NOT PILLOW FIGHT, SAYS GOVERNOR. Noticing an editorial spying hi* cam paign was getting too rough. Cox told Minneapolis crowds last night that the republicans have started “squealing” under his attack. “This fight will not be a pink tea affair or a rillow fight and I Intend to make things much warmer during the last month of the campaign,” he said. “They did not hesitate to Jump on a sick man when he was down.” Cox said referring to tbe president. Cox was closely watchmg the resumption of the senate campaign expendlturea committee in Chicago today and charged the republicans pnt several hundred paid ‘‘money diggers” into the field, including sixty traveling representatives. An unusual feature of the governor’# stump campaign is that he apparently welcomes hecklers, the fear of many speakers. In respons* to a heckler last sight, the candidate declared for self-determi-nation, saying it was one of the mats principles of tht league of nations. First Woman to Hold Clinton County Office Special to The Times. FRANKFORT, Ind., Sept. 7.—Mollie E. Whiteman, living ten miles northeast of here, has the honor of being the first woman in Clinton county to hold a public office. She was appointed trustee of Warren township, Saturday, to succeed her husband, Roy Whiteman. Mr. Whiteman resigned because ho wished to teach school this winter nnd under the state law he could not teach and hold the office of trustee at the same time.

OPEN LETTER TO CARLIN SHANK, County Commissioner. Dear Sir —This is the season when every other county Is giving special attention to the condition 4 of Its gravel roads. Has Marlon county any money left in its repair fund or has it all been expended for gasoline and oil and chauffeurs ? if there is any money on hand to be expended for the purposes for which it was taken from the taxpayers, would it be 'asking too much to .use n little of it In bettering those few roads to Noblesvllle that are jy>t closed for the convenience of contractors? L