Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 138, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1920 — Page 1

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WILSON MAY ASK HARDING TO NAME MAN Desires to Know ‘Spokesman’ in ‘Association of Nations’ Statement. NOTE SENT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.— President Wilson may call upon Senator Harding to name “spokesmen” of the French people, who, the Republican candidate stated, had approached him and urged that the United States lead the way to an association of nations, it was learned at the White House today. Secretary Tumulty stated he had not Been the President and did not know what his plans were. However, others close to the White I House indicated that they expect the President to call on Senator Harding to name the “spokesmen." Prince De Bearn, French charge d’affaires, has informed the State Department that the French Foreign Office has denied sending any spokesman to Senator Harding relative to an association of nations. The charge d'affaires says he is satisfied no official spokesmen of France have voiced their approval to the candidate of “an association of nations.” Under-Secretary of State Davis made this announcement, but refused to state whether a formal announcement has been received from France on the Inquiry or in what manner the inquiry was made. READY TO CONSIDER INCIDENT CLOSED. It also has become known that Ambassador Jusserand has advised officials of this government that be has never discussed the association of nations with any member of the Senate. It was strongly indicated at the State Department that this Government is ready to consider the incident closed, so fsr as the question of diplomatic proprities goes, and that France is no longer considered a party to the controversy. Senator Harding's letter containing the official text of his statement, ft was generally admitted, absolves the French government of any breach of diplomatic proprieties. It was also admitted that the official ’’text differed from the report to which te President took exception. FRENCH SUPPORT LEAGUE OF NATIONS The President's reply to Senator Harding is now awaited with interest, and it Is generally predicted hero that the Chief Executive will frame a reply in an effort to Show that the French government is firmly in support of the League of Nations and does not desire an “Association of Nations.” Senator Harding's reply to President Wiison follows: "Dear Mr. President: “I have before me a press copy of your letter to me of this date, though I am not in receipt of the original copy. I am glad to make a prompt reply. “It is very gratifying that you hesitate to draw inferences without my assurance that I am correctly quoted. The quotation as reported In your letter 1* not exact. The note* of the stenographer reporting my remarks quote me as saying ‘France has sent her spokesmen to me informally, asking America In its new realization of the situation to lead the way for an association of nations.’ “I am sure that my words could not be construed to say that the French government has sent anybody to me. The thought I was trying to convey was that there had come to me those who spoke a sentiment which they represented to be very manifest among the French people, but nothing would suggest the French government having violated the proprieties of international relations. Official France would never seek to go over your high office as our chief executive to appeal to the American people, or any portion thereof. CANDIDATE SEES NO IMPROPRIETY. “I can see no impropriety in private citizens of France, or in Americans deeply friendly to France, expressing to me their understanding of sentiment in that friendly republic. “It is not important enough to discuss, perhaps, but I very respectfully urge that an Informal expression to me Is rather more than that to a private citizen. I hold a place as a member of the foreign relations committee of the tilted States Senate, which is charged with certain constitutional authority in dealing with foreign relations, and I am necessarily conscious that I am the nominee of the Republican party for President of our republic. “In the combination of these two positions it ought not be unseemly that some very devoted friends of anew and better relationship among nations, no (Continued on Page Seven.)

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Call for Statement of Funds Used in Present Campaign ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 19.—Treasurers of the Republican and Democratic national committees and chairman of the senatorial and congressional committees of both parties were notified today to present a full statement of all funds raised and expended in the present campaign to the United States Senate subcommittee on campaign expenditures by Oct. 2S. The committee, which adjourned here yesterday, after spending a day inquiring into charges that Democratic delegates to the Missouri State convention had had their expenses paid, reached this decision at a conference. The reports of the treasurers and the chairmen will be made public within a few days of election. The committee will resume Its regular session in the early part of November, according to Chairman Kenyon, when It will direct its attention to senatorial and congressional campaign activities. PARTY LEADERS ADMIT CLOSE STATE FIGHTS Several Senatorial Contests Classified in Doubtful Column. CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Party lines, worn and frayed from primary factional tugging, are near the parting point in nearly a dozen mid-Western States, political leaders here admitted today. Republican and Democratic leaders declared the “splits” In senatorial campaigns would not Influence the presidential vote. Senator Walsh today predicted the Democrats would have a majority of flve in the next Senate. Senator New expected to add Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, California, Kentucky, Arizona, Nevada and Maryland to the existing Republican majority. Both parties were dubious of the Oregon situation, where Senator George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, is fighting for reelection, opposed by J. E. Hanfleld, on personalities and party platform. Republicans conceded Senator A. B. Cummins was having “the fight of his life” for re-election in lowa. Opposed by labor because of the EschCummlns railroad bill. Democrats confidently looked for the unseating of Cummins by Claude R. Porter. NOISY TIME IN WISCONSIN. Wisconsin was furnishing the noisiest fireworks of the senatorial battles with Senator Irvine Lenroot, opposed by the faction of Senator Robert I.a Follette as an aftermath of the primary tussle. Aside from Paul Reinsch, Democratic nominee, Lenroot Is opposed by James Thompson, running os an independent and backed by the I-a Follette group. The primary la Illinois drove a wedge In Republican forces of Mayor William If. Thompson and Gov. Frank O. Lowden. . i William B McKinley, Republican senatorial nominee, and a Lowden man, was expected by Democrats to lose a number of ballots to W. A. Walker, because of the bitter primary campaign. Len Small, Thompson Republican enn(Continued on Page Two.) CONTINUE FIGHT ON RUSS FRONT Riga Peace Protocol Is Ignored by Battling Armies. LONDON, Oct. 19.—The armistice on the Russc-Pollsh battle front was to have gone Into effect at midnight last night, according to the peace protocol signed by the Russo-rolish envoys at Riga Inst week. Latest advices from Moscow reported that the Poles have begun anew offensive over a front of sixty miles and that the Russians are retiring to new positions tinder the blows of the Polish troops. The Russian communique which reported this fighting referred to military operations on Saturday and Sunday. BIG MEETING IS PLANNED FOR COX Governor to Be in Indianapolis Oct. 28. With the definite announcement that Governor James M. Cox will speak in Indianapolis Oct. 28 the Democratic State headquarters here was arranging for a monster meeting and demonstration. The details of the presidential candidate’s arrival have not been received and arrangements now being considered are therefore tentative. The Democrats have rented Tomlinson Hall for the evening, but it is believed no attempt will be made to hold a meeting there, because only a small part of the crowd would be accommodated. The meeting probably will be at tho monument or at University Park. The meeting will come near the end of the closing week of the campaign and Is expected to be the greatest political demonstration in Indianapolis in recent years. Dissolution Rights Asked by Grain Firm Dissolution rights are asked of the secretary of State by the McCardle-Black Company, grain dealers, located in the Board of Trade building. Stockholders and officers of the company are J. X, McCardle, Bert K. Black and Clyde McCardle. Escaped Prisoner to Be Returned to State Extradition papers for Samuel Goldstein, who escaped from the State Penitentiary following a sentence from flve to fourteen year* for robbery and who Is in the charge of James L. Mooney, chief of the Chicago detective bureau, have been signed by Governor Goodrich. Goldstein was charged with stealing $2,400 from the Miller-Parrot Baking Company at Bloomington and was later convicted in Vigo County. To Fight Extradition BERLIN, Oct. 19.—The Russian soviet commissars Sinojaw and Losaowski who were ordered deported because of the terroristic agitations at the Independent Socialist convention at Halle, have retained lawyers apd announced today they would fight thy Government order.

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COX STRESSES IRISH BENEFIT UNDER LEAGUE Says Article 10 Clears Way for Independence of Island. INVADES LODGE’S STATE NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Governor Cox will make the final speech of the campaign on the night before election, Nov. 1, at Toledo, Ohio, it was announced today at Democratic headquarters. Following is his complete Itinerary after his appearance in New York next Saturday : Oct. 25—Charleston and Huntington, W. Va. Oct. 2(s—Ashland, Ky., afternoon; Cincinnati, night. Oct. 27—Dayton, Ohio. Oct. 2S—lndianapolis, Ind. Oct. 29 —Akron, Ohio. Oct. 30—Chicago. Nov. I—Toledo,1 —Toledo, Ohio. EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX IN MASSACHUSETTS, Oct. 19.—The way to Irish freedom is opened by article 10 of the League of Nations covenant and not blocked by It, as opponents of the league have contended, Governor James M. Cox declared at Worcester today In opening his campaign la New England. To support his statement, Cox said the provisions of article 10, against external aggression by one nation against another wipe out an obstncle that has stood In the way of Irish independence for hundreds of years—the contention that a free Ireland, because of its geographical relation to England, might menace that country. Governor Cox’s stop here was the first In the home State of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, whom he has been attacking. During the day he was to invade New Hampshire, the home State of Senator Moses, treaty irreconcilable. A night meeting was to b* held in Boston, Lodge's home city. In all his New England addresses, Cox was expected to stress the Irish Issue. SAYS ARTICLE 10 CLEARS THE WAY. “Let me remind you of this very significant thing," the Governor said. •'Many statesmen have contended throughout the years that Ireland would have been given her freedom long ago except that England, as some of the statesmen said, could not afford to establish a governmental entity so near her own gateway. But under article 10 ot the League of Nations covenant. England need have no fear whatever. “Nothing In tbe league can bo construed to mean that the league would be tinder obligations to Interfere tn any fight for freedom that Ireland may make. “My sympathies are aroused by tbe Irish cause and I believe the League of Nations has swept sway England's main argument for not granting Ireland frevdom. “Sena*>r Hnrdlng says tbl Is a domestic question that concer#* Great Britain only. My judgment is that it has become n world tragedy. “I call your attention to the fact that the British papers have been predicting Harding’s election and that three days after he expressed himself against the interests of the Irish people Balbriggan. Ireland, was burned to the ground by British soldiers. “Can it be possible the Senator’s views are being accepted as expressing the American mind? "It is becoming a war of extermination.” ,^Mi :

DOUBT SANITY OF FINANCIER Conspiracy to Defraud Rests Against Man Who ‘Thinks Only in Millions.’ PITTSBURGH. Oct 19.-Lakin C Taylor, financier, promoter and president of the Pittsburgh Tinplate A Steel Company, today Is nndergolnp mental observation at St. Francis hospital. Accompanied by counsel he appeared In Common Pleas Court late yesterday to plead to a charge of conspiracy to defraud and a plea of no defense was made by his attorney who told the court that Taylor is a victim of “financial paranoia” and “thinks only in millions." Judge John A. Evans ordered Taylor o the hospital for observation and when his eondit'on warrants a commission will legally determine his sanity. TAGGART PRAISES EX-SERVICE MEN Says He Would W r ritc Wishes Into Law. Thomas Taggart, who Is making his race for the United States Senate on his business record, declared In a statement Issued today that the country owes a big debt to the former service men and pledged himself to carry out their wishes as expressed by the soldiers organizations. “I want to say a word to the service men and women.” ho said, “not only of this State, but of the whole United States. “For they must all he treated alike. “I am a believer in economy and business administration In Government, and. if I am eleeted Senator, that is what I will fight for. “But there are certain debts that the country owes that it can never pay to the service men and in such matters the greatest economy Is to do the best you can at least to show appreciation “One of those debts that the country can never pay is due our ex-service men and women. “The most we ean ever do is to show our heart-felt appreciation. “For Congress to fall iu this would be false economy and bad business. “I realise what the ex-service men and women most desire as the resolutions of their various organizations express it, and if I am elected senator, I wiu do everything in my power to write those wishes Into law.” Arrest Fugitive Here Wanted in Richmond Lyle Lamb, 41.’! North Delaware street, was arrested today on a fugitive charge following Information from the sheriff of Wayne County, who said Lamb was wanted there on a charge of embezzling SIO,OOO. No further explanation of the charges was obtained by tho police other than Lamb's statement that he "sold a man aome stock and Le didn’t like It.”

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1920.

“Harding Political * Happy Holligan*” EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX, NASHUA, N. H., Oct. 19. Senator Harding’s constantly misunderstood attitude would seem to make him the “Happy Hooligan of American politics, scarcely fitted for the serious business of the presidency,” Governor James 51. Cox declared In a statement issued here today.

COMMISSION RECEDES STEP Coal Hauling Charges for Wagon Mines to Be Fixed at Conference. The special coal and food commission receded another step from its original position today, when It announced that a change in hauling charges for operators of wagon mines will be made at a conference to be held as soon as Governor Goodrich returns from New York. The meeting is the second which has been postponed, due to absences of the Governor from his office during the present coal bearings. Meantime complaints from hundreds of citizens of the State and institutions of the State are being received by the Goodrich coal elan together with appeals for aid, which the commission Is endeavoring to fill. The hearing for wagon mine operators was held this morning behind closed doors In the office of Chairman Jesse Esehbach, who conducted the hearing, assisted by Ed Farmer, accountant. COAL COMPANIES’ REPRESENTATIVES HEARD. Thomas Hyatt, of the Hyatt, Pool & Zlck Company of Colemout; Thomas Gregory of the Gregory Coal Company of Terre Haute, and representatives of the Rein Is Company of Terre Haute were heard. The wagon mine operators agreed they could operate their business on tbe prices fixed by the commission under one provision that the hauling price allowed them be Increased from 50 cents per load to 75 cents per lond. Union drivers aud help In their yards force them to pay high wages, stated a Terre Haute operator, thereby adding to the costs per ton of coal. One operator said that he caused a wagon to be loaded and told hla son to put it on the scales, but the unton men wouldn’t allow It, as one of the men being paid $7.50 a day was hired for that purpose. A few block mines, now under the wrong classification, will be re classified In the meeting of the coal commission. ONE COMPANY SELLS AT PRICE FIXICD. The Bemis Coal Company has been selling coal to the Rader Company of this city at $4.75 a ton. said Mr. Esehbach, and the Rader Company is reported to be selling the coal at the price fixed by tbs commission. A Terre Hants operator stated that railroad crew* had the habit of “apettiug” ears In tl> wrong place, and when naked to move the ear t the unloading track would always do so for a “hand out," In some cases the operator claimed It was done for cigars and money. No more hearing* are scheduled for the commission at the present time Accountants arc working on a mass of (Continued oo Page Two.) SAYS BANK MEN DENY CREDIT Sec. Meredith States Farmers Face Big Losses This Year. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-Secretary of Agriculture Meredith today charged farmers are being denied credit by bankers in favor of luxury producers. He made the charge In a speech at ; the opening session of the annual con- : vention of the American Bankers Association. More than 3.000 hankers from all sections of the United States heard Meredith. Farmers of tho country will lose $2,500,(U0,000 if forced to market their crops at present prices, Meredith warned. ’’The only point at issue," he said, “la this: Shall the farmer whose primary interests are involved be afforded such credit by local banks as will enable him to market his crop in an orderly fashion." Meredith declared the average price of all crops on Oct. 1 was 14 per cent lower than tho same day, 1919. "In the spring of 1920, when they were planning their operations for the present season tbe farmers were confronted with a very difficult situation," he said. ‘There was a shortage of farm labor estimated at 33 per cent; the cost of everything the farmers had to buy was exceedingly high and there was uncer(Ccntinued on I’age Seven.) PRGHI DIRECTOR EXPLAINS TAX Quotes Regulations Affecting Home Beverages. Questions nrlslng concerning regulations governing the manufacture of nonintoxicants used exclusively iu the home are explained In a statement today being prepared by Charles J. Orblson, Federal prohibition dlrectoT, for agents and others concerned. "Cider made tn tho home is not subject to tax under the internal revenue laws,” the statement purports, “but j grape and other fruit juices, not including cider, if fermented to the point where they contain one-half of 1 per cent or more of alcohol by volume, even though not intoxicating, and regardless of regulations to the contrary quoted In sections of the national prolilbtiion act, are subject to tax under tho revenue act of 1918 as wine. “All persons producing fruit juice other than cider containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume are required to register In accordance with the regulations.” “Subject to the limitations indicated, the head of a family who has properly registered may make 200 gallons exclusively for family use without payment of tax thereon. “If ho makes more than 200 gallons, he must give a bond and pay tax on the excess. "If such excess amount is intoxicating, double tlie ordinary tax la due, as provided for by sections of tho national prohibition act.” Medicine Man Is Dead GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 10.— George G. Stehefoe, 88, known from coast to coast for sixty years as a medicine manufacturer and maker of household remedies, died suddenly at his bom* this morning.

BRITISH MINE FIGHT ENTERS WORD CONTEST Government Must Meet Labor and Irish Questions in Decisive Action. PARLIAMENT CONVENES LONDON, Oct. 19.——The way to renewed negotiations In the nation-wldo British coal strike was opened today In Parliament by 'William Brace, labor member of Parliament. LONDON, Oct. 19. —The struggle between British miners and the government developed Into a propaganda battle today. The government began use of publicity bureaus developed during tbe war. Tho miners bombarded the public with stnteme. *s Issued through their own publicity department aud that of the labor party. The British Parliament went directly to the coal strike problem when It convened for the fall session. Sir Robert Horne, president of the Board of Trade, put the case before Parliament iu a apeech, reviewing negotiations with miners’ leaders on their wage demands. t Premier Lloyd George was not scheduled to speak, but he was present, ready to Intervene the moment labor members showed their bsuds. Labor leaders were to hare opportunity to present their case when Horne had concluded. Horne began speaking at 3:30 p. m, The first cold weather of the year ■truck England today, emphasizing tbe possibilities of suffering due to the strike. Lloyd George was said to have promised mayors of London boroughs that he would propose a solution for unemployment at the first opportunity. The weather and the riots of yesterday in Whitehall and Downing street were expected to force the question to the front In connection with tbe coal strike. London papers agreed the Downing street riots were the work of hoodlums —not the unemployed men bent on a quiet demonstration. The looting of two Jewelry shops In the Strand and the baggage room of tho Military Club showed the motives of the hoodlums, characterized as I.antbury’s lambs, an allusion to George I.ansbury, former representative In Parliament from the east end. The parliament building and all other government structures were under heavy police guard, as a result of the outbreak Monday afternoon. Mounted police patrolled Downing (Continued on Page Two.)

MORALS OFFICER FACES CHARGE Unbecoming Conduct Rests , Against Sergeant C. J. Russell. Charges of conduct unbecoming an officer have been filed against Sergeant Char.’rs J. Russell. bead of on* of the pfrlice morals squids, minutes of the board of public safety meeting disclose. The charges were filed by Mr. and hire. J. 11. Reese. 823 North Revllle avenue. Sergeant Russell will be given a hearing next Tueeday. Chief of Police Jerry Kinney said that the sergeant led his squad Into the wrong house on a raid. Mrs. Reese declines to make public at this time the nature of the complaint of her husband and herself against the officer. President A. L. Taggart being tbe only member present, there was no meeting of the board Tuesday. The report of Building Commissioner Walter B. Stern for tbe week ending Oct. 18, showed 198 building permits, with valuation of $311,043 Issued. WOMAN MAKES LEAGUE APPEAL Says Pact Means Freedom of All Women. A strong appeal for tho Leange of Nations was made by slr. Edna Christian at tbe League of Nations headquarters at noon today. “The League of Nations means freedom for women, not only of the United States, but of every country,” declared Mrs. Christ!" n. She sai l tho American peoplo can not isolate themselves from contact with the world as the Republicans are proposing. “Our great lesson in humanity was taught to us by President Wiison,” she said. The mention of President Wilson’s name by Mrs. Christian brought euthusiatlc applause. She related her experiences in the warstricken sections of Europe, pointing out how much the League of Nations means to the people of those territories. Mrs. Christian said the next war will not be a long one, for such deadly Inventions will have been perfected then that everybody will be killed within n few months of the first shot, and she urged tout the league be adopted In order to prevent such a happening. In discussing legislation passed by the Democratic Congress 3lrs. Christian pointed out that a child labor act was passed Immediately after the election of President Wilson in 1912 w hich was the same measure which had been promised by tho Republicans for more than seven years. Report Opposition to Obregron in Mexico VERA CRUZ, Oct. 19. —Armed opposition to the Mexican government lias arisen In the .State of Puebla, where revolutionists have eongregated in two towns, according to dispatches from that district received here today. Three thousand men nnder leadership , of an ex-Carranza general were reported I to have armed themselves, swearing to • do everything possible to prevent Gen- ; oral Obrogon from assuming the presl- j dency. Produce Dead Girl’s Appeal at Inquest KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 19.—The dress worn by Miss Florence Barton tho bight of her death from a bullet while motoring on a suburban road with Howard U. Winter, her fiance, figured lu the testimony at today’s resumption of the Inquest into the tragedy. H. H. Barton, brother of the young society girl, testified he believed the marks surrounding the hole In the dross made by the bullet to be blood and not powder mark*. *

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Fourflushes in City Court in Attempt to Protect Administration’s Pets

The extent to which members of the present administration will go in their efforts to avoid prosecuting bootleggers, gamblers and other administration pets was fairly well defined yesterday when Ralph Spaan, deputy prosecutor, interrupted the City Couri long enough to seek to annoy employes of The Times. Mr. Spaan explained that he was acting under "Instructions.” An alleged "forthwith subpoena” for the managing editor of The Times was placed in the hands of a lieutenant of police who was instructed to serve it. Service was acknowledged by R. A. Butler, editor of The Times, who appeared before Judge Pritchard at 3 o’clock. Mr. Spaan attempted to ask questions concerning publications In The Times of Monday regarding open violations of law in Indianapolis. In response to a demand that he be confronted with the charges against him, if there were any, or the exact reason glveu for his being haled into the court under the apparent custody of an officer, assurances were given slr. Butler by Judge Pritchard: First—lnst no charges were pending against ULm and the alleged subpoena was not Issued lu any pending cause. Second—That ho whs under no legal obligation to answer any questions. Thereupon Mr. Spaan, In a loud voice “explained” that “an Invitation” had been Issued to Mr. Butler to -appear In police court “so that I might state in open court that I stand ready to file affidavits against any bootleggers or any one else you care to file against.”

Shoot Craps in Open on Courthouse Lawn There was an open-air craps game on the lawn of the Marion County courthouse at 9:80 o’clock this morning. Any person could stand in the rooms on the north side of the courthouse and look out of the windows and watch the craps shooters roll the dice. Two men started the game and three others joined them. Finally they all returned to t£e market stands and proceeded with their regular work, the ‘‘special" police of the courthouse not having molested them during the craps game and of course there were no members of the city police department closer to the scene than police headquarters, more than a block distant.

POLITICAL ACTS OF M’CRAY ARE THORN IN SIDE N— . Letters Show Deception of Newton County People by Candidate. By Staff Correspondent. RENSSELAER. Ind., Oct. 19.—Warren :T. McCray secretly employed a Bayard Taylor to survey ’’what was given out and declared to be n line on which a railroad would probably be built, extending from the direction of Chicago through Kentland and in the direction of Terre Haute.” and “said employment was made and said work of surveying was done for the purpose of Influencing the voter* of Newton County to vote against the removal of the county seat of said county from Kentland and the said McCray paid all of the expends of eald survey," according to a finding of facta made by Judge C. w. Hanley of the Jasper Circuit Court. In the case of Bayard Taylor vs. Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway Company, Carrol C. Kent and Warren T. McCray, Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana. The full story of how McCray, in May, 1902, attempted to delude the citizens of ; Newton County into voting to make Kentland. his home, the county seat, through the belief that he was Inducing a railroad to come through Kentland, Is told In the transcript of the above-named (Continued on Page Three.) TO ASK PRIORITY IN GAS SERVICE Citizens Company Would Protect Domestic Users. The amendment to the franchise of tbe Citizens Gas Company, fixing the priority of service In times of gas shortage probably will be presented so the board of directors of the company today, Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby announced. The amendment provides that the company shall notify the board of works whenever It becomes evident that the pressure will not be 'sufficient to supply all consumers, whereupon the board shall notify the public through the three leading newspapers that gas will be provided during the shortage period for the use of cooking, water heating and lighting only, with industrial consumers having the next preference. Use of gas for house heating during shortages will be prohibited unless the consumer Is absolutely without other means of keeping the homo comfortable. Following acceptance of the amendment by th" gas directors, the board of works will sign, the mayor will approve and tbe city council will receive the measure for ratification. Tho amendment Is expected to reach the council at a special meeting some time this week. Police Dragging Canal for Negro Boy’s Body I'be police today were dragging the i canal at Fourteenth street for the body j of an unidentified colored boy about 7 j years old, who was drowned there at 71 o’clock this morning. According to witnesses, the boy; started to walk across a ten-inch pipe over the canal when he slipped and fell into the water. U. S. Tanker Aground SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.—The Shipping Board oil tanker Diliwyn, en route from San Francisco to European ports, is ashore near T'amplco, Mexico, I according to a mossage received her-. Three steamers were reported stand- ’ lng by to give Sid. CHOSEN .VS SECRET!BY, DELPHI, Ind., Oct. 19.—-The Rev. Jesse Bogue. former pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bringhurst. has been appointed executive secretary to Bishop K. D. Leete of Indianapolis, resident bishop of tfcft Jwliana area of the denomination, , .

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Tho prosecutor then suggested that the "witness” meet him in his office when court adjourned. Mr Butler stated to the court that he presumed the prosecutor could prepare affidavits and the officers charged with enforcement of the law could swear to them without the assistance of citizens, but that if such was not posssible, citizens could doubtless do so. Later, in Mr. Spaan’s office, the attention of the deputy prosecutor was called to the fact that there is a grand Jury in session in Marion County empowered by the statutes to investigate law violations, that every person connected with the Times is subject to subpoena by that grand Jury and stands ready to answer such questions as may be put to him touching law violations within his knowledge. Mr. Spaan was also informed that neither he nor his chief, Mr. Adams, could bluff, scare or coerce anyone connected with the Times by such wholly illegal proceedings as had Just been attempted. The police officer who served the subpoena tendered the use of a police department automobile for the trip to Police Court, the Times editor was not sworn when requested to take the witness stand and Mr. Spaan. who evidenced no surprise over hla refusal to be questioned under these conditions admitted that he was only acting under instructions. In the corridors of the police station It was said that Mr. Spaan had earlier In the day been called to the courthouse for a conference with Claris Adams, prosecutor.

ROBBERS GET S2O,OOOINCASH Chicago Policeman Late and Bank Messenger Takes Chance. CHICAGO, Oct. 19. —Three bandits ob- | tained $20,000 in cash and $50,000 In i negotiable papers when thev held up Carl Maurer, a bank messenger, here today. Maurer had Just left the State Commercial and Savings Bank, a suburban institution. taking the money to a downtown bank when he was held up. A policeman usually accompanied the ’ messenger, but the officer was late and Maurer decided to go alone. ! No trace of the robbers was found and Maurer was not able to give a good description of them. REPORT WOMAN BURIED ALIVE I NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Oct. 19. —The Somerset County authorities today t>cgnn investigating a grewsome report that a woman had been burled alive by her husband after a quarrel at their home near Manville. The originator of the report, Michael Cueuk, Is being detained by the police until the investigation is made. Cueuk told the police the proprietor of a bonrdlng house at ManTllle, where he had been living, quarreled with his wife, and, after beating her severely, trussed her hands and feet and buried her alive. The authorities refuse to reveal the j name of the boarding house proprietor until they investigate the I story. OL’ FRONT PORCH CREAKS ITS LAST Harding to Rest Most of Time From Now On. 31ARION, 0.. Oct. 19 —With his front i porch campaign definitely behind him, Senator Warren G. Harding today in- i dulged in the most restful period he has i had in a month. The front porch delegation which the j Senator played host to yesterday was the i Inst scheduled of the campaign and from now on no pilgrimages will be made to Marion, according to plans. Senator Harding was to spend most of today working on speeches which he will deliver Wednesday and Thursday on ; what is expected to be his last real campaign trip. Senator Harding will spend the closing days of the campaign lu Ohio, It was definitely announced at his headquarters j here. The Senator will speak up to and in- | eluding the Saturday before election. Engagements were announced for a night speech In Cleveland Oct. 27, in Gray’s Armory; at Akron the night of Oct. 2(5 at the armory; at Cincinnati the n'ght of Oct. 29 at the Masonic Ilall, and in Columbus the night, of Oct. 30 at the Fair Grounds Coliseum. Senator Harding's schedule for the last days of October have been left vacant so far. It Is probable, however, ho will spend them quietly here in Marlon, with occasional engagements at Ohio points. At Harding headquarters it was said the French incident was a closed book. Senator Harding’s reply to President Wilson, saying he had been approached by spokesmen for the sentiment of France, instead of the French government, was accepted as closing the incident. Two Charged With Stealing- Lavalliere Oakley Johnson and Raymond Renfro were bound over to the grand jury in I city court today on charges of bur- ! glary. The two men are charged with enter- j lng tho home of Le Roy Crull, 34591 Guildford avenue, Oct. 12, and to lpve 1 stolen a. valuable diamond lavaUiere,

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CLARIS ADAMS NEGLECTS DUTY TO ELECTIONEER Frosecutor Stumps for G. O. P. While Lawbreakers Flourish in Indianapolis. JEWETT’S AWAY ALSO Instead of remaining in Indianapolis and conducting a grand jury investigation into the illicit sale of whisky in this city as well as the unrestricted gambling in progress, Claris Adams, county prosecutor, today was out of the city campaigning for the Republicans. When inquiry was made at his office it was announced that “Mr. Adams was out of the city on a lecture tour.” Yesterday afternoon the same answer was given. No one would volunteer any information regarding n grand jury probe of the exposure made in the Times yesterday. Judge James A. Collins of Criminal Court failed to Instruct the grand Jury regarding its duty to make an investigation Into the whisky traffic. No statement could be obtained from Mayor Jewett for the reason that he could not be found. He was not at his office yesterday and has not been there today. Employes in his office said they did not know where he was and efforts on their part to find mm were unsuccessful. EDITOR CALLED TO CITY COURT. With the single exception of an attempt to annoy members of the staff of the Times through illegal processes of law, the Republican administration officials took no steps yesterday to bring to account the open violators of the law whose activities were exposed in the Times of Monday. A conference was had in the courthouse shortly after noon, but the subject of the conference appears to have been how the officials could prevent further revelations of their neglect of duty, rather than how they could proceed to the enforcement of the law. Following this conference an attempt was made through the City Court to compel a membor of the Times staff to take over the duties of the officials and prosecute the law violators. When this attempt failed the officials whose duty It is to make arrests continued their efforts to re-elect the ring candidates and bootleggers, gamblers and prostitutes were unmolested. A statement that amounts to an admission of inability to enforce the laws of Indiana against bootlegging, gambling and prostitution was made yesterday by Jerry Kinney, chief of police, following the publication in the Times of incidents of law violation observed last week. WHAT CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO SAY. Mr. Kinney e^lld: The officers have been instructed to make arrests in all cases of law violations, regardless of who it is. This means giving special attention to cases of bootlegging, gambling and. resort - Tbe captains have been in-) etructecl to have any complaint immediately Investigated. In some gambling houses walls, partitions, and , trick doors have been so cleverly con- \ structed that It is almost impossible \ for officers to get sufficient evidence ' to convict unless someone gets on the Inside, and then makes a complaint and is used as a witness. Mr. Kinney did not explain what, If anything, the police department Bad done to prevent law violations in tho places he admits knowing hove been so "cleverly constructed” for that purpose. The police department, of course, has the right of search, and in the City Court places have been established as gambling houses through the introduction of evidence showing that they hav* been fitted for that purpose and are frequented by known common gamblers. However, such proceedings hare not beeu had since tho approach of the election and Chief Kinney’s statement show* that no efforts have been made along that line recently. LEAVES ANOTHER MATTER UNEXPLAINED. The chief also failed to explain .why he had ceased stationing a policeman at the well-known gambling den conducted by Rnfe Page, an administration negro,. It was said at the time that the policeman who was stationed there waa removed; that instruction had been issued for his removal by Mayor Jewett, to whom Page had appealed because of the alleged “discrimination” against his gambling house. Members of the Indianapolis school board have expressed their belief that a thorough investigation should be made of the practice of a bootlegger in storing his supply of liquor at Shortridg* High School. Such law violations were denounced as outrageous, one commissioner suggested a hearing on the subject before (Continued on Page Eight.)

OPEN LETTER To James A. Collins, Judge of the Criminal Court. To Claris Adams, prosecutor of Marion County. To CUi rles W. Jewett, mayor of Indianapolis, To Jeremiah Kinney, Aief of police. To Charles Orblson, prohibition officer, * To the Marion County grand jury: Twenty-four hours have elapsed since the Times publicly called your attention separately and severally to the lack of law enforcement in Indianapolis. Bootlegger Wilson has not yet beeu brought, to account for selling whisky from Shortridge High School. Stegemeler Bros, have not yet been brought to account for making their saloon a gambling place and permitting bootlegging on the premises. Frank Lewis is none the worse off for his attempts to reopen the notorious roadhouse known as the Bungalow. No one has been annoyed as a result of the disappearance of the Haag's whisky. None of the women who openly plied their nefarious trade in the Court street district has been placed under restraint. Rnfe Fage has not been disturbed in the operation of his North Senate avenue gambling den. Bootlegger Moss has not been deprived of the privilege of violating the liquor laws by selling white mule. , Taxicab drivers who act as "gobetweens” for whisky peddlers and loose women are still free to disregard the law Os course, it is your duty to take up these violations of law which have been called specifically to your attention. Os course, you have the authority to bring these law violators to the bar of Justice. But do you DABB do your duty}