Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Saturday. ably showers. Cooler Saturday.

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MAY ASK COURT TO DECIDE COAL BODY’S POWERS Many Watch for EleventhHour Effort to Dodge f State Price Fixing. LAWYERS IN MEETING Between 700 and *OO coal unite contesting: the action of the cool commlesion and affecting the entire State •f Indiana will be Bled In the Marion County courts tomorrow,! nocording to an announcement this afternoon, , Xt is understood that each retailer. Jobber and operator will file a separate case. A suit contesting the action of the Indiana State coal and food commission 'ln fixing a margin of $2.25 a ton for the handling of coal by the retail dealers was expected to be- filled in the interest of • retail coal dealers late this afternoon. or Saturday morning before Judge Harry Chamberlin of the Marion County Circuit Court. It was announced at the office cf County Clerk Richard V. Slpe that counsel had secured several hundred summons for witnesses and defendants In the contemplated action to be brought in behalf of the retail coal dealers. Up to 2 o’clock this afternoon no action had been filed, however, attaches of the court 6ald.

BBCHBACK SAYS TDLE LIMIT OOMKS SATURDAY. Under Indiana statutes any action contesting the orders of the commission must be filed within ten days after the making of a price order. Because of the delay caused In formally making the order, Jesse Eschbnch of the coal commission stated that the time limit expires Saturday night. Counsel for the retail dealers have been In ■conference for several days in an effort to determine what action should be taken In the courts to contest the $2.25 margin which the retailers claim Is too •mall. It la known that counsel for the coal operators are trying to decide If operators should go Into court to test the ’ validity of actions of the coal commission. It Is probable that the operators will file action In the Federal Court If counsel agrees to resort to the courts Instead of Ignoring the orders of the commission. It Is thought that if the coal operators Ignore the orders of the commission, that the State will be forced to resort to the eonrts to enforce obedience of the orders. DITHMER EXAMINATION CAUSES POSTPONEMENT. Due to a long examination of H. L. Dlthmer of the Polar Ice and Fne! Company by James Noel, counsel for tha coal commission, the hearings of other Indianapolis retailers, scheduled .far today, were continued until 0 o’clock tomorrow morning. Conditions concerning the coal Industry in Indianapolis, the matter of labor prices, prices of necessary commodities to sustain business organizations, the coal market, weather conditinns. and disc".issiqiißA>f mine prices and blnjVers -prices for eoainenvemito ' the above named company took up the entire morning. Retail coal dealers of Indianapolis operate about one-half of their business. according to Mr. Dlthmer, under contract obligations for shipments of coal. The remainder obtain coal on the open market whatever sources they may reach. Mr. Dlthmer stated that the prevailing prices of coal from Oct. 5 were sold on a level with other dealers and that his firm learned of the prices of otheT dealers by calling them over the phone and asking the price of coal nnd then fixed their own price according to the cost of doing business as near as possible to that of their competitors. TRIED TO OBSERVE STATE ORDERS, HE TESTIFTEB. Since the order of the commission the Polar Ice and Fuel Company had rereived six cars of mine-run coal at $4 a ton through the aid of the commission. Five cars of Brazil block had been rereived since the order, but was purrhased before the commission’s order was announced at $7.50 a ton. Since Oct. 6 Mr. Dlthmer stated that Ms company had tried to observe, wher(Continued on Page Nineteen.)

Mrs. Wilson’s Birthday WASHINGTON,. Oct. 15.—Today la the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the president. Because of the illness of the President, it was said at the White House, no celebration will be held. Mrs. Wilson is 48 years old. c WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity ’or the t#enty-four hours endin'* 7 p. m., Saturday, -Oct. tfl: Unsettled tonight nd Saturday; probably showers; cooler Saturday. _ HqjCBX-T TEMPERA TURK. 6 a. tn [... 62 7 a. tn 62 • a. m 66 ft a. m 70 10 a. m 72 11 a. ra 74 12 (noon) 76 1 p. m 70 2 p. m 80 Times Gives You t Leaque Covenant "Everywhere we go the people are asking for copies ot the League of Nations covenant.” This is the statement of Governor James M. Cox, urging the printing of a sufficient supply of copies to take care of the grat demand. , The Dally Times has arranged to distribute copies of the league covenant through the Information Bureau of this newspaper at Washington. Simply fill out the attached coupon and mall It, with 2 cent stamp for postage, to our Washington Bureau. (In filling out the coupon print name and address or be sure to write plalniy.

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Says ‘Small Son’ Was His Age—and Bald! NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Asking annulment of his marriage to Mrs. Eugenia F. Thompson, Dr. Charles R. Hancock told the court he had believed her when she said she was about his own age—3o. She told him. he said, that she had a “small son’’, out West, where she had divorced her first husband. The doctor said when he met the “small son" he found he was his own age and bald-headed. BRITISH FEAR REVOLT FROM MINERS CRISIS Reds Believed Back of Move, but Union iJeaders Deny This. MEN GO OUT SATURDAY LONDON, Oct. 15.—The/general strike throughout the British coal fields will go Into effect tomorrow, when more than 1,000.000 men will lay down their tools, the Federation of Miners officially announced this afternoon. The following statement was issued: “In view of the Government’s unsatisfactory reply the executive conjplttee ha* telegraphed all coal mining districts for work to cease tomorrow."

With strike notices expiring tomorrow and strong evidence that a majority of miner* are bent on walking out, redoubled efforts will he made to fortify the country against Its severest strike test. The first strike measure adopted by the government became effective today, when authorities at Newport, one of the most Important export centers, forbade further shipping of coal. While a strike will be expensive for the nation, the miners themselves will lose five million pounds weekly In wages. Apparently all efforts at settlement have failed. Miners rejeefed every proposal submitted by colliery owners and the government. The government has placed an embargo on the exportation of coal. Lloyd George told the miners’ leaders that the government had made every proposal possible. The entire coal controversy hat een- | tered around nationalization. Although apparen’ly submerged while ballots were taken on the wage question, it again has bobbed to the surface. The controversy haa raged now for more than eighteen mouths; beginning early in 1919, when the miners demanded nationalization of the Industry, wage Increases and shorter hours. STRIKE MA Y BOOST U. S. COAL PRICE WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.—Attempts to boost declining American coal prices are expected by government officials In ease British miners carry out their threat to strike. The excuse for the boosts would be the cry of a world cool shortage. George H. Cushing, director of the American Wholesale Coal Association, to<Continued on I’age Two.)

FAVOR MAKING STREET WIDER Board embers Would Defer Action on Jog Till , LaterWidening of Sixteenth street from Roosevelt avenue to Faii creek so as to provide a broad thoroughfare clear across the north side from the east to west corporation lines la favored by the majority of the board of public works, George Lemaux, president, announced today. Mr. Lemanx also stated that he and Board Member " l "tss R. Riley favor the postponing • ' action looking to the elimination or the Jog In Illinois street at Sixteenth street at the present time because the widening 'of Sixteenth street will change conditions so that different actios than that now contemplated may have to be taken. A resolution for cutting off the northwest corner of the intersection and another for cutting off the southeast corner, will come before the board for final action Monday. Property owners have protested against both plans. Widening of the street ’would remove one of the principal objections to the establishment of a crosstown car line therein, other officials point out. Mr. Lemanx said he believes the proposed car line in Virginia avenue. South street and Kentucky ■ avenue should be started before winter. Dr. Ilenry Jameson of the company promised the board to investigate the advisability of establishing the new line. Ben F. Hoefgen, 2625 Manfcer avenue, and Will McCarthy, 1087 Willow Drive, accompanied by Councilman Jacob P. Brown, protested to the board against the construction of a combination sanitary and storm sewer oper/ng into Bean creek to serve the Yoke addition. They said the sewer would further pollute Bean creek. Assistant City Engineer John Elliott said a sanitary sewer emptying into White River, two miles distant, can not be built for almost two years. The storm-sanitary sewer was proposed because the Parker Tlrs and Rubber Company hod agreed to pay more than its legal share of the Improvement. Bids for sewer in Moreland avenue and Tibbs avenue were received as follows: Sheehan Construction Company, $5.87 per lineal foot, and Columbia Construction Company, $5.64.

The following compilations show the increases in taxes which the citizens of Marlon County 4 will be compelled to pay under the present Republican administration. These examples are taken at random from the tax duplicate and are indicative of the tremendous burden of taxation that follows the extravagance and waste of tho "good government" administration. - INDIANAPOLIS, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. J l4?ayablej irayablelPyable | 1918 1918 f 1919 1920 1921 Name and description. | value. tax. | value. ta'x. | tax. John S. & Susa it S. Booth, 401 Wood- I croft $450 $11.98 $1,680 $27.89 $44.35 Clara G. Hosier, 120 Hatherleigh 450 11.96 1J)20 31.87 60.69 Mary A. Campbell. 178 Warfieigh.loo , 2.66 300 4.98 792 Henry F. Campbell. 37 Sbovera .. 400 10 64 960 15.94 25.34 Charles V. Denny, 514 Carter’s oth I 250 6.60 *BO 12.96 20.59 Carl C. Diets, et al. ( 64 Warrington i 400 10.64 1.440 23.90 38.02 Cbas. W. Dili, 152 Ardmore 500 13.30 2,400 39.85 3.3 John J. Dugan, 88 Northern Heig-its 800 13.30 2,400 39.84 63.36 John I- Duvall, 19 Hartman’s College ave.. 800 7.98 900 14.94 23 76 Herbert H. Glossbrenner, 666 Warflaig ... 100 2.06 420 6.97 11.00 Lena H. (Irumme, 36 Bowers’ E. Meridian Heights - 430 ) 11.44 2.400 39.84 63.36 John A. Gayer, 2*o Noethcsoft 300 T. 98 1,020 16-93 26,93

G. 0. P. FORCED TO NEW MOVE BY DEMOCRATS Statement Issued to Offset Stand of Covenant Republicans. SIGNED BY 31 LEADERS By ED L. KEEN, United Press Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Republican national leaders are elated over the statement of thirty-one prominent advocates of International cooperation to promote peace, supporting Senator Hardlug for the presidency. The statement was signed by Ellhu Root, Gecrge Wlckersha® and other prominent Republicans, whose position hitherto has been regarded as lukewarm toward Harding. In the Democratic camp it was held the Republicans had published the statement as a necessary offset against recent declarations of other prominent Republicans of their Intention to snpport Cox for the presidency. Also, it was regarded by them as a further Illustration of the difficulty of understanding Harding’s attitude on the League of Nations, Inasmuch as Johnson and Borah are supporting him for reasons exactly opposite to those ascribed by the “thirty-one.”

The statement, whose authorship Is attributed In some quarters to Ellhu Root, who hitherto has taken no part In the Republican campaign, numbered among Its other signers: Lyman Abbott, Herbert Hoover, Paul Cravath. Charles E. Hughes, A. L. Lowell, president of Harvard University; Jacob O. Schunnan. former, president of Cornell University; Henry W. Taft, brother of former President Taft; Henry L. Stlmson, William Allen White, Raymond Wilbur, president of Leland Sanford University; Oscar Htranss and Charles A. Richmond, president of Union College, Schnectady, N. Y. It was understood some signatures were not attached until a message was received from Senator Harding that he stood by his speech of Aug. 23. Much emphasis was placed In the state, ment on this speech, particularly the following paragraph: "I would take and combine all that •!* good end excise all that Is bad from both organizations (the court ami the league). This statement Is broad enough to Include the suggestion thst If the league, which has heretofore riveted our considerations and apprehensions, 'haa been so entwined and Interwoven Into the peace of Europe that Its good must be per*erved In order to stabilise the peace of that continent, then It can be amended or revised so that we may tUI have a remnant of the world's aspirations In 1918 bullded Into the world’s highest conception of helpful cooperation In the ultimate realisation." Commenting on the statement of the thirty-one. Chairman George White of the Democratic nations] committee said today: "The same newspapers which carry this pronouncement report a speech by Senator Hiram Johnson, In which he said of tha nardlng attitude: ’He has put league behind him. Ho ui|| neither Interprets Hona nor reservations, but rejection,' "Eflcb of these Interpretations support Ms view with quotations from speeches of Senator Harding, who has been most generous In saying something on all sides of the Issue."

Offers $25,000 Prize for Proof League Will Entangle U. S. NEW YORK. Oct. 15—A prise of $25,000 was offered today by the organization of pro-league independents, of which Professor Irving Fisher of Yale. University Is chairman, to the first person "who shall prove to the satisfaction of a Jury of twelve citizens that the League of Nations would abridge the sovereignty of America and force our soldiers to fight in foreign wars if the United States should Join th league.” Professor Fisher announced that "tin* competition is open to Senator Harding, Senator Johnson. Senator Bornh, Senator Lodge, Chairman Hays of the Republican national committee or any one else. The Jury shall be appointed Jointly by Chairmen Hays and White of the Republican and Democratic national committees, all to be Republicans if Hays so desires, and if the decision is not unanimous. half the prize be awarded on a majority vote. Suitcase Valued at $399 Reported Stolen Mrs. Minnie Bruner of Wabash reporter! to the police tba theft of a suitcase at the Vnlnn Station last night, containing one black evening dress valued a£ S6O, two black satin dresses, one worth $95 and the other $77, a blue serge dress valued a< SB2, a necklace of pearl beads worth fc.ls, an ivory toilet set worth $25 and -silk underwear valued at $25. Trainman’s Leg Is Crushed by Wheels Carl Reed, 17, Miller Park, Lynchburg, Va., a brakeman on a Monon freight train, suffered a crushed leg In an accident when he fell from a moving freight train at Sixty-first street and the Monon railroad. It Is believed Reed was a sleep when the accident occurred. He was taken to the City hospital. SAYS EAR JEWELS ARE OONK.j Daisy Simpson, 932 Massachusetts avenue, reported• to the police that a pair of diamond earrings valued at $l5O and sls In money were stolen from her horde this morning.

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Gossiped About Him , Pastor Asks Divorce GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 15. The Rev. Vincent C. Webb, pastor of the Lowell (Mich.) Baptist Church, ha* begun suit for divorce from Hazel 11. He charges she is too gossipy, told stories about him to his congregation and caused him to resign his congregation at Alto. I When she resumed her stories at Lowell he decided It was the end. They have three children.

ELEVENTH HOUR G. 0. P. EFFORTS FUTILE-WHITE No Stopping Stampede to Gov. Cox Now, Declares Democratic Chief. NUMBERS GROW DAILY Special to The Tlmew. NEW YORK. Oct 15.—Declaring that a Republican and Independent stampede to Governor Cox has already begun, George White, chairman of the Democratic national committee, today announced toac eleventh hour plans of the Republicans would fall to check It, He said he had heard of a Republican plan to have Senator Harding auggeat a Cabinet In advance of the election, but predicted the country would vote on the candidates themselves to the benefit of Governor Cox. The statement follow*: The Republican campaign la in disorder. The party ranks hare broken. Those who for years Lave affiliated with the party because they had believed that 1t stood for high principles are deserting It. The independents who have often supported it are turning to Governor Cos. In close council and amid deep secrecy the Harding campaign managers are seeking frantically to work out eleventh hour \plans to regain their loat ground. I have heard that one of these plans contemplates the announcement by Mr Hording of a cabinet in advance of the balloting. It la to contain names of distinguished men who are seemingly discharging their party obligations at the expense of their convictions and conscience*. If.the plan is carried out Us pose will be to impress a disgusted nation with the fact that a weak President would surround Miner If With strong men. It would be a confession of Inefficiency unparalleled in the hletory of American campaign*. But Mr Harding and not a proposed Cabinet is running for President, and the public will compare him with Governor Cox to an in- , -evitable choice. The Constitution <loew not provide for a Cabinet, but it doe# charge a I*reeidet t with dutie# which only a man of mind and conscience and action can discharge. This dlscrtptlon doe# not fit Warren G, Harding. While the Republican manager# are conferring the Senate haa slipped from their grasp, and thsy are soon to know that they have lost the national race. The reasons fer thla condition are three in number. 1. True American* ere determined that the I-eagne of Nations can be saved only through the election of Governor Can. * 8. The country ha# come to know Senator Herding aa, at beat, a wobbler on the great lssnee, and, at worst, by his own statement, a sworn enemy of any league. g. Americans will not oymtenance the Republican plan—a separate peace with Germany. -y The list of Republicans like Herbert Parsons and Hamilton Holt, who will vote for Governor Cox, Is growing every day since, at lies Mclnos, Senator Harding said: "1 do not want tc clarify these obligations. I want to turn my back on them. 1 stand for re.loctlon." These words smashed the deceitful strategy of a campaign which proposed to fool everybody until after election and began a movement which ha# become a stampede.

CITY ALL SET TO GREET HARDING Indianapolis was prepared today to receive Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate for the presidency, who will speak at Tomlinson hall tonight. Senator Harding vras due at 2 o’clock this afternoon. lie was to be met. by a reception committee at Union station and to bo escorted nofth in Meridian street to Washington street, west in Washington street to Illinois street, and south in Illinois street to the Hotel Severtn. A public reception nt the hotel was scheduled to start nt 8 o’clock, when Senator and Mrs. Harding were to be greeted by their Indiana friends. The doors of Tomlinson Hall will be opened at 6:45 o’clock. From 6:45 until 8 o’clock the crowd will be entertained with singing and band music. Mis - Dorothy Cunningham will act as temporary chairman of the meeting. Introducing Senator Harry S. New, who will net as permanent chairman. Arrangements have been made for an overflow meeting In Monument Circle, to be addressed by Warren T. McCray, Republican candidate for Governor, Senator James E. Watson nud Senator Harding. Accompanying Senator Harding in Indiana were Governor James P. Goodrich, Senator James K. Watson and other Indiana Republicans. Senator Harding entered Indiana at Jeffersonville and made other stops at New Albany, Scottsburg, Seymour, Columbus and Franklit), Senator Harding’s party will spend the night In Indianapolis, lenving tomorrow for St. Louis, where the Senator will make the last speech of his present tour.

SAYS WIFE IS MODERN PRINCESS IN TOWER

ORFORD, N. H., Oct. 15.—Pretty Josephine (Saladlna) McLean, 20, is a presentday counterpart of the princess of the fairy In stories who, because she dared accept attentions of a peasant lover, was Imprisoned in the tower of her father’s castle. The girl’s father, Joseph Saladina, former builder and real estate operator in Brooklyn, left his big farm here on a business trip recently. I On his return he found that bis daughter had married Allan James McLean,

BRYAN WON’T TELL WHAT HE - PLANS TO DO Not Discussing Candidates Ngr Campaign, He Says to Interviewer. L BUT HE’S FOR ANY DRY By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, International New’s Service Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—William Jennings Bryan may yot throw himself Into the national campaign. In an Interview by telephone today he specifics Uy Insisted that it should not be set down in black and white that he would not tako part In the presidential campaign between now and Nov. 2. "I really haven’t anything to say," came the voice of the great Commoner over the telephone In response to the query If he cared to aay anything on the political situation. “I am not discussing the presidential candidates nor the national campaign." "May I aak If you expect to come out with an announcement of your views later —ssy between now and the election?" the correspondent asked. "I’m discussing the present,” the fighting Democrat from Nebraska parried. “Let's not discuss the future.” "Would you care to discuss the killing of natives In Haytl or our policy In that Island?" "I am not discussing any phase of national politics,” Mr. Bryan repeated. AND HR PARRIES ANOTHER QUESTION. "And you don't expect to announce your view# on thie subject between now and two weeks from next Tuesday?" ’’You want me to plodge myself as to what I will do between now and election day?” came the answer over the wire, accompanied by what sounded very much like a Bryanesqu# chuckle. "Well, i don’t want to do that. I eald I ‘am not discussing the presidential candidates.’ “ ‘I am’ 1* present tense "The future we will let alone." Nor would the Democrat from Nebraska. and thrice his party'* presidential nominee, budge an lota from hi* resolve. "While 1 am not discussing presidential candidates,” Mr. Bryan went on, "1 will aay this: The election of dry Senators and members of Congress Is very Important. "Wherever a dry is running against t wet for the Senate or the House of Representatives, I am for the dry regard less of party. The election of a wet Congress would be such a disaster to the country that I think the dry# should take no chances on this subject." AND THAT’S ALL HE WOULD SAY. Further than that the former chief oil the Democratic hosts would say not. He would not, positively and absolutely not, discuss what he might or might not do between now and the first Tuesday after the first Monday In November. Which fact has already act the politicians here guessing. The question asked here Is. “Has William Jennings Bryan at last been wu over to Governor Cox ? Wilt he Uke the slump between now amhAuK* 2 for the i>etn<. ratlc candidate, a* roi• mer President WyiUtu Howard Taft and others, who at first differed frone* .Senator Harding, have chine out for the candidate of ths U. O. P.?’’ Only William Jennings Bryan hlmtelf is able to answer ahd he is not yet in a mood to do so. ‘Marooned’ for Two Hours Between Floors Miss Harriett Deer of the Rauch Clgftr Company probably will chose to "taka the stairs" of the Fedeul building hereafter. When descending from the offices of the Department of Internal Revenue by way of the elevator the power suddenly "went dead” and the elevator was suspended between the second and third Boors for two hours. Assailants of Girl Denied a New Trial A motion aaktng for anew trial for Joseph Dugen, Joseph Lyon. Henry Middleton and Lawrence Nichols, who wer# sentenced from two to twenty-one years on a charge of assaulting a girl, was overruled today by Judge James A. Cellini of the Criminal Court. A petition asking for a change of venue from Judge Collins in the caso of Charles Mlddaugh, charged with operating a blind tiger, was filed at noon. Charles M'ldaugh t a brother of’Ev erett (KbGi.-: i Mldd.'iugh, former gambler nnd po’itloiij henchman of the Jewett administratin'!.

Court Stay Asked in Heat Contract Fight A petition for an injunction to restrain tho Eastern Rock Island Plow Company acd the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company from Interfering with tho Merchants Heat and Light Company in furnishing current to the plow company, according to a contract which does not expire until Jnn. 19, 1925, today was filed in Superior Court, room 2. The Merchants Heat and Light Company claims that the two defendants caused the electric wires of the plaintiff company to be disconnected with the plow company and that the defendant light and heat company Is furnishing the plow company with electric current. Blames Insane Marine WASHINGTON, Oct. lfl.-An Insane marine was responsible for some of the "indiscriminate killings” of natives during the American occupation of Haiti, Secretary of the Navy Daniels snld today. Daniels nlso said another marine who has since left the marine corps was responsible for reported outrages against the Haitians. This man left the service before the department discovered hla record. Hardinjar’s Sister Quits WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Carolyn Vot.aw, sister of Senator Harding, has resigned as a member of the woman’s bureau of the police department of the District of Columbia.

! mechanic at the village garage In Fulrlee, Vt. Young McLean declared today that hla w fe is being detained in her father’s b, tune through fear. ’’he bridegroom said he would Invoke the law to get her away. He .displayed letters frojji his ’‘Josie” to back up his statements. Saladina refused to permit reporters to see his daughter. ■'McLean is not good enough for my pfraghtei,” he said.

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Mother of Lingenfelter Victim Denies Rumor of ‘Financial Settlement’

A public denial that she accepted a proffered financial settlement or In any way agreed to recommend that Roy Lingenfelter, the man who confessed assaulting more little girls than he could remember, be allowed to enlist in the navy rather than face trial, was made today by Mrs. Margaret Maple, Langley avenue. Mrs. Maple said that following an attack which was made! on her little girl by Lingenfelter, two rfbinen and an attorney called on her and sought to obtain from her a written statement to the effect that she would be satisfied If LlngefelW was not prosecuted, but enlisted Hi the navy. "I refused to sign any papers and 1 told the grand Jury all about what happened,” she said. RUMOR FOLLOWS RELEASE OF YOUTH. "I want these facts known because there Is a rumor going the rounds that I signed a paper asking that Lingenfelter be released,” said Mrs. Maple. The rumor to which she referred is one that was put Into circulation in a vain effort to counteract the storm of criticism that followed the release by officials of Msrlou County of Lingenfelter on the grounds that there was not sufficient evidence to convict him. An idea of the kind of evidence that tb® officials brushed aside ns insufficient to support an lndlctmsnt may be obtained from the story of Llngenfeiter’s attack on Mrs. Maple’* little daughter

FAILURE OF U. S. SUGAR CONTROL IS LAID TO G. 0. P. Congressional Action Cost Nation $150,000,000, Says Capital Report. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14—In refusing to authorize Government purchase and control of the Cuban sugar crop, notwithstanding the Administration's urgent request for such action, the Kepn bican Congress decreed chaos for the sugar situation of 1920, and cost the American people more than $150,000,000! On the approximately 2,500.000 ton* of Cuban sugar Imported for the current year, Cuban planters. In an unstnbillzcd, falsely stimulated, overbid competitive market, have netted an average price of 101# cents per pound. Lest summer, before this crop was put upon sale, Cuban sugar, which constitute* the greater part of our National supply, was being purchased by ofir Government, then acting through the Bug.*r Equalization Board, under the Food Control law of 1917, at 5.90 cents per pound. 4* late as October, 11*9, three-fourths the inti re Cuban crop was still purchasable by our Government, could It hove ae.-epted the offering for 9% and 7 cents per pound. Figuring upon this crop alone by th*e figures from most cautloki* estimate, the National bill of damage from Republican willful refusal and neglect Is $150,000,000 for the period. CUBAN SUGAR PRICKS REGULATE ALL OTHERS. Rut the price of Cuban sugar necessarily rules In largo degree the price of all other sugars. The tbtal damage to American consumers, therefore, on this account Is incalcuably great. in 1018-19 the Sugar Equalization Board, becked with authority to maintain a license system for the prevention of speculation, bought millions of tons >f Cuban sugar at prices around (I cents Per pound, thug saving the country from haroshtp and pnsnrlng distribution at ™>fall rate* of 10 and 11 cents per pound, while the world's crop was far shorter than In 1920. A like groat saving and convenience, conforming to Democratic policy, could certainly have been achieved for the season of 1919-20. Yet the Republican Congress stnbborply prevented it, and. to cripple and haras* the administration' while attempting to bring tha whole past course of food control Into disrepute, threw millions upon millions of wealth Into the (Continued on I’age Fifteen.) THIS CITY HIGH IN BUILDING RANK

Only 12 Others Outstripped Us—Gain Over 1919. Only twelve other American cities started building operations of greater value than did Indianapolis during she month of September, according to the American Contractor. Indianapolis showed a gain of 43 per cent, jumping from $1,179,460 In 1919, to $1,696,314 this year. Among cities of larger population than Indianapolis, but with less building, were Minneapolis, Kansas City, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Seattle. Boston Transcript tj 5c on Saturdays BOSTON, Oct. 15. —The Boston E - -- nlng Transcript announced Thursday that beginning Oct. 16 tho price of its B at, irday edition would be 5 cents. All edition* have sold for 3 cents for nearly forty years. Faces Forgery Charge Special to The Times. FRANKFORT, Ind., Oct. 15,—0. 11. Morrison Is iu jail here charged with forgery. Ho was arrested Thursday night after it liad become known that he was short In his accounts as manager of the local branch of the Claypool-Lacey Music j Company. M. L. Claypool of Crnwfordsville, who 1 is assisting in auditing the books, says a shortage of $15,000 is a conservative estimate.

"1 am the law in my house and my daughter must obey me. ‘‘She married without asking a*. "She never can see that man again. "I believe In the unwritten law which gives me the right to say who my daugtater shall marry.” Saladijna added that his daughter was free to/lenve his house If she saw fit. Buk a girl lu the background answering. the description of hat L Mi

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os It was told to them and repeated by Mr*. Maple: Late In she afternoon of Aug. 13, Mrs, Maple sent her 8-year-old daughter to a grocery for some milk, and while the child was ota her errand she was stopped by Llngonfelter, who was on a motorcycle. “According to the child, Lingenfelter offered her some pennies and when she refused he asked her to help him search for a piece of wire, and she did,” said Mrs. Maple. HELD CHILD ON KNEE, NEIGHBOR WOMAN SAYS. "A neighbor woman told me that a strange man was In the alley and had my daughter on his knee. “The police were called and after a search Lingenfelter was found and brought to my house. “Lingenfelter at first denied to the police that he was the man who was with a little girl on Noble street, but finally eald, ‘Maybe I was. I don’t know. Sometimes when thes£ spells come on me I fael like killing myself,' ’’ stated Mrs. Maple. * "Sometime following Lingenfelter’* arrest after he was with my little girl In an alley," said Mrs. Maple, "two women called at my home to as* me to sign a petition asking that Lingenfelter be allowed to Join the navy. “I refused to do it and one of them began to cry and asked me if ‘there waa any way to settle this thing out of court, (Continued on Page Twelve.)

COX AND LEAGUE I CHEERED IN‘CITY OF FRONT PORCH’ * Nominee Forced to Leave His Train at Harding’s Home Town. MARION, Ohio, Oct. 15.—Governor Cox carried his League of Nations appeal within sound of Senator Harding's front porch. The Rnpubllcan candidate, however, | waa not at homo to attend the meeting, j A large crowd was at the station to j meet the Democratic nominee. As the train pulled in a band struck, ; “Hall, hall, the gang's all "'here." Hurrahs for “Jimmie” went up from several part* of the crowd, and one man shouted, “Hurrah for Harding.” The Governor had intended to apeak j from the rear platform, but when In-; formed that a stand bad been erected neer the station, he left the train and walked at the head oftte crowd to the prearranged meeting place. Ths crowd sent up a great ehout when the cand-idate mounted the stand and frequently applauded hla speech. “The Issue ts y " he declared, “whether *we are to keep the pledge given to the soldiers. There is not another question ithat can rise to the height or importance of the one I have given you. “I am her* to speek the pride I feel i at the presence here of all classes of your citizenship. I want to especially thank the hoys in overalls.” RECALLS OHIO FIGHT FOR PROGRESSIVE LAW ■.'ho Governor told the it. w.l they had fought together for progressive measurqg in Ohio and declared, "the same forces who opposed us then sre opposed to ns now In our fight for anew order in our domestic affairs us well as for humanity and the clvlllxaflon of the world.” When a man in the audience was questioning the candidate, he said : "Let me tell you something, my boy, no man Is going to be arrested for asking me a quest!An." Turning to the crowd the Governor *ald: "As for that boy, he’s helping our meeting. I don’t want anybody to treu l ble him." Governor Cox then told of an instance | in which he was questioned on the Irish j question in St. Paul. A policeman started : to put the man out, he said, but he said to the policeman: “This meeting is being held in America, not in Siberia." The crowd cheered. DOESN’T MENTION HARDING BY NAME The Governor’s first direct reference to Senator Harding was made when he | discussed the objection to the league ‘ that under It American soldiers would ! be sent to Europe every time there was Ia war. j He said: ! "The candidate of the senatorial oligarchy himself admitted In his Des Moines speech the league bad no authority to declare war." , “A rffnn who preaches that we have no Interest in onr neighbor," the Governor continued, "preaches the creed of Cain. I preach the creed of Christ.” The Governor did not mention Senator Harding by name. j Other towns-on his schedule were Dela- ! ware. Upper Sandusky, Carey, Fostoria and Bowling Green, and he sandwiched \ln six or eight additional speeches at places not on the regualr schedule. After his address at Detroit, he will | come back Into Ohio, speaking at San- j duaky, Elyria and Cleveland tomorrow.

Jennings Resigns as Detroit Boss DETROIT, Oct. 15.—Hughie Jennlnga, for years manager of the Detroit Tigers, has resigned. In a letter written to Fraifk Navln, principal stockholders of the Detroit American Lengue Baseball Cliift, today Jennings tendered Ills resignation, effective Oct. 15, 1920, sayiug: “I take this step with considerable regret. Our relatlbns from the date of my coming to Detroit and continuing through all these years have been most cordial and pleasant. However, I have studied the baseball situation in Detroit and feel that a change would be beneficial to you and the Detroit Baseball Club, and perhaps to myself. "I will watgh with a great deal of pleasure tho work of your club and/will always be pulling for Its success. Tours very truly, HUGH JENNINGS.’’ Prominent among those ruihored as Jennings' successor are Tyros Cobb, star •outfielder of the Detroit team, and Clar ence Rowland, formerly of the Chicago White Sox. • % 3,000 on Vacation tfUSKOGER, Okla.,' Oct. 15.—Union mine headquarters here today announced that 8,000 miners employed In the McAlester, Henrietta and Tulsa fields had gone on a “vacation” until their demands for increased wages had been met by the Fperntors. ,The diggers are seeking an advance of 2S per cent. Union, officials sent telegrams to local unions ordering the men bank to wort;. i

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PEACE ASSURED ONLY THROUGH PACT—M’ADOO Opens Indiana Tour at • Elkhart—To Be Here Saturday. STRESSES WAR . DEBTS By Staff Correspondent. EN ROUTE WITH WILLIAM GIBBS JIcADOO IN INDIANA, Oct. 15.—Peace with a guarantee of security such aa will enable all people again to devote themselves to productive enterprises under conditions of safety cannot be had unless the great powers, including the United States, are associated together under the provisions of the League of Nations. William Gibbs McAdoo declared in a speech at Elkhart today, opening his Indiana tour In behalf of the candidacy of .Tames M. Cox. Mr. McAdoo Is making a two-day tour which will carry him Into South Bend, Laporte, Indianapolis, Frankfort and other cities. The Indianapolis address will be znada In Tomlinson Hall at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. WORLD NATIONAL DEBT NOW ENORMOUS. / Mr. McAdoo In his address at Elkhart spoke of the effect reduction and limitation of armaments will have on world finance. “The national debt of the chief belligerents of the late war, including the United States, is now estimated $238,500,000.000. a sum so stupendous that It is difficult for the human mind to grasp it,” he aald. “At a moderate rate of interest, 5 per cenfT and with o sinking fund of 1 per cent per annum, the annual service of this debt la $1010,000,000. “This colossal annual charge will sorely tax the resources of every belligerent In the late war. “Even the United States, with all’of it* resources and with lesa debt per capita than any great nation of the world, Is carrying a tremendous burden of war debt, the full weight of which our taxpayers are now beginning to feel. “Our national budget Is approximately $5,000,000,000 per annum.” Mr. McAdoo referred to this aa * striking proof of war's wastefulness. He said he did not see how people could blindly and fatuously oppose the league while they are groaning under the burden of taxation, the result of war. WAYS BIG ARMAMENTS KEEP TAXES HIGH. “The only way a reduction In taxation can be effected Is to get rid of the expenditures required for unnecessary military armaments," he said. “The nations of Europe owe the American people more that} ten billion dollar* for money loaned to aid In prosecuting the war against the central powers. “In a recent speech. Senator Harding Intimated that he would rather see this ten billion dollar debt cancelled or forgiven our foreign debtors than allow them to work It out through exchanges of goods and commodities. "The Democratic party la opposed to ' such a policy. | "It Is for peace through the League of Nations and for the prevention of war by ?very possible peaceful means. ' “It lk against universal conscription in peace time. “It Is against the policy of huge armies and navies when we can get rid of them by Joining a League of Nations. “Thie issue between the Democratic party and the Republican party is sharp nnd unmistakable, and every man and woman who votes In November must understand that a vote for the Republican party Is a vote against the League of Nations. / "If the United States Joint the League of Nations, thereby giving It greater j power for human service, we may confidently expect cessation of wars, redactions of armaments, an end to conscription and a constant Improvement in the condition of the human race through enormous increases In the product! vs power, .wealth, prosperity and , of peoples every where. ”

WOMEN TO HELP WELCOME M’ADOO Seven women were added to the rece^ ! tioji committee that will meet Mr. ant Mrs. McAdco when tbey arrirve in j dinnapolls. They are Mrs. John R. Wilson, Mrs. P. H. Blue, Mrs. W. H. Coleman, Mrs. iJvhj Downing Johnson. Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, Mrs. John E. Hollette and Mrs. WoodUarn Masson. 1 The committee, both men and women, will n.?et at the Indiana Democratic Club | at 2 o'clock. Man and Woman Held tor BoozeJ'eddling: Sadie Stanliou. alias Sadie Hogan, and EII StaniHou. West Washington street, were arrested last night, charged vlth operating a blind tiger. According to the police, two half pints of “white mule,” twenty empty half pint bottles and four one-gallon Jugs whick contained "mule'’ were found in their room. Ask Aid of Coppers in Hunt for Two Sons Ed Lewis, 923 Harrison street, has asked the police to locate his two boys, Herschel, 14, and Charles, 14, who started to school at Washington and Rural streets Thursday morning and failed to return. $90,000 Blow in Texas HOUSTON, Texas, Oot. 15.—Loss of between $90,000 and SIOO,OOO was caused at Wlnnsboro, Wood County, today by a violent wind and rain storm reaching tha proportions of n baby cyclone, according to reports reaching here.

OPEN LETTER TO CLAUDE WORLEY, Investigator for the Prosecutor, Sir—You have heretofore been of service to the State of Indiana in the presentation of evidence to the Marlon County grand Jury, There is evidence to be obtained In Indianapolis of more violations of law right now than at any time since you became attached to the criminal court. * These violations are of immense Importance to the people of this county, Insomuch as they show how the enforcement of law has been weakened steadily since you assumed your position. Are you willing to go before the Marlon County grand Jury and tell ill you know about the release of Roy Llncenfc ltej_ the man who confessed assaulting more little girls than he could remember? Dare you?* *