Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Little temperature change. Freezing tonight.

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TROUBLE ON DE AV’NGO’ SURE ENOUGH Furniss’ Desire to Become Minister to Haiti Draw Political Lines Taut. JEWETT SCENTS DANGER There is war on the avenue —war which promises to grow in intensity until it beats anything that traditional battle ground ever has seen—a war which some leaders of the Jewett-Lemoke wing of the Republican party have begun to fear may result in the complete loss of their control of the negro vote, the bal ance of power In Marion County. The conflict is one not of knives and guns and gallopin’ dominoes, as so many avenue combats have been, but one in which the weapons are political pulls *nd the fears and aspirations of the contending factions. Which is by way of preface to the statement that everybody in the administration group of the Republican party in Marion County from Mayor Jewett and County Treasurer Ralph I.emeke, down to the last colored precinct committeeman is involved. The generalissimo on the one hand is Dr. Sumner A. Kumiss, negro member of the city council. His able lieutenants are Rufe Page, king of the gamblers on Indiana avenue; William Lancaster, who also is famed for his gambling Joint: Irving Hardy. former member of the Indianapolis police force, who was appointed shortly after he served a term iu the penitentiary nnd for whose appointment the preceding city administration was roundly criticised, and Jesse Willis, former clerk in the city assessment bureau, who was discharged when caught in a gambling raid. I.IvVOERS OF OPPOSING FACTION. Henry Fleming, colored superintendent of ash collection; ’’Big .Tack” Jackson, publisher of a colored newspaper, and Joe Broyles, a colored employe in the secretary of State's office lead the opposing hosts. Rufe I’age, Insiders say. wants to ge f a monopoly on the gambling privileges, Lancaster wants to keep on gambling. Hardy wants to get back on the force and Willis wants to get in out of the cold. The causns belli is Pr. Sumner A. Furniss’ ardpnt desire to be appointed minister to Haiti by President Harding, and bis attempts to ’’get” Henry Fleming’s ash-collecting Job for one of his own followers. The war was opened by Pr. Furniss, those who have watched the fight develop assert. Pr. Furniss desired to hold the negro vote la the hollow of his hand. With the help of City Comptroller Robert 11. Brvsr.n, who desires the support of the doctor's faction In bis “shadow" race for the Republican nomination for mayor (“shadow” for the reason tfcat his candidacy is regarded as only an attempt to obtain a weapon with which he may trade in order to land the postmastership of Indianapolis), Pr. Furniss is said to have organized what is known to the elect as "The Precinct Committeemen.” BANQUET AT CITY HALL The organization is supposed to lnrltie all of the twentv-one negro Republican precinct committeemen of Indianapolis. In reality, it is said, only nine (Continued on Page Two.) IDENTIFIES SELF AS BEING ALIVE Man Tells Undertaker ‘That’s Not My Corpse.’ CHICAGO, Pec. 7—“ The rolice told my wife fthat you have the body of Alexander Adnmoviez here,” said a man at the Central Undertaking rooms, 422 South Clark street, Monday. “We have,” replied Louis Cohen, the proprietor. "Are you a friend? Would you like to see the body ?” "Well,’’ said the stranger, “I know Adamovicz. so you'll have to get another name for your dead man. Adamovicz Is iny name and I'm far from dead. The police had notified Mrs. Adamovicz that her husband had been kill'd In a fight at the saloon of Jake Abraham. 416 South Clark street. The dead man had an Identification card, which Adamovicz lost some time ago, in bis pocket. So the police got bnsy and identified the body as that of John Shannon, 426 South Clark street, formerly a laborer at Camp Grant. At the inquest held later George Burke and Leo Maloney, both of 535 South Clark street, were ordered held to the grand Jury on charges of manslaughter. They are said to have participated in a fight with Shannon. Chicago Police Seek Stolen Mail Pouches CHICAGO, Pec. 7.—Four pouches of registered maii, stolen from the platform of the Englewood Union Station while waiting to be put aboard the “Pixie Flyer,” on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, nre being sought by the police today, together with four men believed to have stolen them. Whether the pouches contained anything of value has not been determined. The bags contained mail for points In the South from Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Evansville, Ind., and other cities. Three of the bags, their sides slit and their contents missing, were found after being thrown from the automobile in which the robbers fled. JUDGE THORNTON TO SPEAK. Judge W. W. Thornton will address the annual meeting of the Indianapolis Bar Association at 8 o’clock tomorrow night, on “Impressions of Europe In 1920.” The meeting will be held in the library of the United States court. Following Judge Thornton's address officers will be elected. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis nnd vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m.. Pec. 8: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday: not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about HOURLY TEMPERATURE. (1 a. m 32 7 a. m 315 8 a. 51 9 a. m 34 , 10 a. m 33 11 r m... 35 j# (noon) 55 !. p. m 3 p. ill 35

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FREEDOM BEING SOUGHT FOR MRS. MYERS -|- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -I- -ICounsel for Slayer of Husband Files Petition to Obtain Bail

FATHER READY TO GIVE BOND FOR DAUGHTER Judge Pritchard Expresses Regret That He Can’t Fix Amount for Liberty. A petition to obtain bail for Mrs. Inda Myers, who shot and killed her husband, Frederick A. Myers. In their etudlo at 1806 North Alabama street, will he filed today before the Judge of the Criminal Court by M. L. Clawson, attorney for the defendant. A transcript of the evidence presented in the preliminary hearing In City Court yesterday and a record of the case has been prepared to be submitted before the court. Judge Walter Pritchard In City Court yesterday bound Ilr3. Myers over to the grand Jury without bail, declaring that it was uot in hlts jurisdiction to grunt her liberty on bond, but the Judge walked into the matron's office after tha hearing and shook hands with ’Mrs. Myers and expressed his regret that he did not have the power to set the amount o* bond for her release. Mrs. Mvcrs was forced to remain in the Marlon County jail during the night, although her father, Alonzo Snider, owns real estate unincumbered to the value of more than $50,00(1 iu Warren Township, Marion County, was ready to sign tIK lend. Attorney Clawson declared that other relatives and friends are also ready to sign the bond if bail Is grunted bv the Judge of Crlclnal Court. The funeral of Mr. Myers was held at the parlors of Bailey & Ivregelo, funeral directors, at 532 North Pennsylvania street at 10 o'clock this morniug. Burial was at a cemeterv ten miles north (Continued on Page Two.)

STIVENS SENT BACK TO JAIL Judge Carter Holds That Suspended Sentence Must Be Served. Although holding that a judge of the City Court does not have the legal authority to suspend a sentence. Judge So.on J. Carter of Superior Court. Room 1, today held that I’a-t Stiven* was originally legally sentenced to 180 day* on the Indiana State Farm and fined SSO on a charge of violating the State prohibition statute. Judge Carter held that an illegal act by a Judge, like suspending a sentence, does not invalidate a valid judgment of the court. The court ordered Stlvens remanded to the custody of the sheriff and he was returned to the juil after failing to obtain a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from serving the penal farm sentence. Judge Carter ruled that Stlvens'a sentence of 180 days began on Nov. 11, the (Continued on I’age Four.) BUSINESS MEN GREETED ON TOUR Dinner Given for Local Party at Anderson. By STAFF CORRESPONDENT. ANDERSON, Ind.. I>e.e. 7.—lndianapolis business men out on a courtesy tonr to renew personal friendships with the business elements of surrounding cities were greeted at a special luncheon here today when their special traction car arrived. The visitors were the. guests of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club at a luncheon served in the Grand Hotel. Short addresses were made by E. R. Stillson, president of the An derson Chamber of Commerce, and Nee. McCullough, vice president of the Chamber and a member of the Rotsrv Club. Don Prentta responded In behalf of the Indianapolis delegation. John It. Reynolds, secretary of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Joined the tourists here at noon. The “courtesy visitors” stopped at Fortville and Pendleton en route here, visiting trade acquaintances in those towns. This afternoon they will stop at Daleville and Yorktown, arriving in Muncie for a dinner to he given by the Muncie Chamber of Commerce this evening. Charles A. Bookwalter will speak for the Indianapolis men at the dinner. The special car will leave Muncie this evening at 8:30 o’clock for the return trip. AUTO QUITS ROAD; 2 DEAD. DAVENPORT, la., Dec. 7.—Emil Petersen, 31, nnd Mike Anderson, 43, were instantly killed Monday when their automobile failed to make a curve on the Hickory Grove road several miles from the city, and went over a thirty-foot embankment. Frank Moraveck, driver, escaped.

SAYS JURY OF WOMEN CAN’T TRY MRS. HA MON Reputed Slayer Seeks Sob Outlet, Oklahoma Prosecutor Declares.

ARPMORH, Okla.. Dee. 7.—Existing laws of the State of Oklahoma will prevent a trial by twelve women jurors of Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, reputed slayer of Jake L. Hamon, multimillionaire Oklahome oil king, according to County Attorney Russell P. Brown today. Brown said “he would be glad" to try Mrs. Clara Hamon before twelve women, but that the State, laws interfered. The sensational interview held with the missing woman near Snn Antonio by Perry M. Boss, a newspaper correspondent. has caused the pursuit to be redoubled. Attorney Brown has wired San Antonio police to “use every known agency” - to apprehend Mrs. Hamon and to arrest Ross if necessary as a material witness to compel her delivery.

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WOMEN S WISH OF MOVING OUT MULES JOLTED President of Council Says ‘City Barns Are Long Way Off.’ Unmistakable Indications that the Jewett city administration will not be able to fulfill Its 3 year-old promise to build municipal yards and centralize therein all city barns, repair shops and equipment storage house* next year a* it lias expressed a hope to do, crorpod out in the regular meeting of the city council last night. Gustav G. .Schmidt, president of council, told a delegation representing the South Side Women's Club that "the municipal yards are a long way off." The statement was made in answer to the women during a discussion of plans to move the city street cleaning and ash hauling mules from the iyre>ent city barns at 1154 Shelby street. The women said they would like to see the yards built a once so they would have assurance the offensive animals would be out of the residential district. The board of works repeatedly has stated that it cannot move the mules from their present abode until the yards nre built. The yards cannot be built until the courtcll approves a bond issue to finance the construction. HOW STATEMENT IS CONSTRUED. Mr. Schmidt's statement is taken, by those who are familiar with plans of the council, to mean that the present attitude of the majority of the body is to oppose the establishment of the yards as being an unwarranted expenditure of public money because of current building conditions. The council was in a postponing mood. An ordinance providing for a 10 per cent increase in patrolmen’s salaries nnd a 5 per cent raise in the pay of higher officers, tip to nnd including the lieutenants of the police department, introduced by Councilman William B. I’eako and backed by Attorney Fred I’. Bonlfield nnd a delegation of patrolmen, was tabled until the first meeting in Marcn. Councilman Russell Willson, chairman of the special committee of the whole, considering the ordlnanc ratifying the contract to amend the franchise of the Citizens Gas Company, received extension of time for his report until the next regular meeting. Councilman I’eake likewise got more time for consideration by the finance committee of an ordinance ratifying a contract of the board of works with the local agent of the White Motor Truck Company for the purchase of two motor trucks for use in the ash hauling department. VOTES RAT FUND OF fl.ooo. After an appeal by Dr. Mark Ziegler, United States Public Health Service, that the campaign to exterminate rats the week of Dec. 13 receive the council's support, and nftor the board of public health had been called from its own meeting to tlie council chamber in a body to express its views on the matter, the council sus(Contlnued on I’ngo Nine.)

Mrs. Hamon, during her interview with Ross, offered to surrender if assured by Attorney Brown that she would be tried by twelve women Jurors. STATEMENT OF PROSECUTOR. “The attorney general of Oklahoma recently ruled that a special act of the Oklahoma Legislature would be necessary before women could serve on Juries,” Brown replied to the offer. “As far as I am concerned I would gladly accept only women as jurors, but the laws of Oklahoma interfere.” Asked why ho thought Mrs. Hamon wished women, the county attorney said: "She probfjbly feels that /Women would be useful f<4 the ready tlay for syin(tfontin ued on Part Nina.)

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920.

POET RENEWS FIUME DEMAND Delegation Makes Little Headway With D’Annunzio. MILAN, Italy. Dec. 7. -Gabriele rt’Annuntio, “dictator of Flume." In a conference with the parliamentary delegation from Rotno. renewed his demand that Italy annex Flume harbor und the hiuferlund, according to advice* reaching here today The treaty of ltappallo, recently negotiated between Italy and Jugoslavia. prohibit# Italy from carrying out such annexation The committee from tho Italian Chumber of Deputies ha* remained at Flume hoping for u conciliatory agreement with d'Aununzlo. Gabriele d'Annnnxlo's “war” against Italy whs to have opened Inst Friday, but the only hostilities reported consisted of some rifle firing against Italian warships which were out of range. In order to prevent the possibility of domestic strife the government troops blockading Flume were ordered not to attack d’Annunzio’s leglonalres.

BEGS IN TEARS FOR BROTHER’S FREEDOM Mrs. Walsh Appears Before Board of Pardons in Nelson Case

With tears streaming down her cheeks ns she pleaded with the board of pardons for her brother's freedom, weighing her words against the statements of A. O. Pursely, prosecutor of Wells County, of Hartford City, Mrs. Lena Walsh of Muncie again today asked for the freedom of Dt. Nelson Ross, who I* confined in the Indiana State prison for the murder of Daniel Linder, a conductor on an interurbun car, on Aug. 5, 1909. Dr. Ross was sentenced from the Delaware Circuit Court in 1919 and several efforts have been made since then to obtain a parole. Each time the board baa refused to extend clemency and with each refusal the efforts of the family have been doubled, to obtain his release.

BRITAIN TO GET IRISH PEACE PLAN Premier Expected to Hear Sinn Fein Proposals. LONDON. Dee. 7. —Arthur Henderson, bearer of a truce flag, was to present Sinn Fein peace proposals to the British government today. Henderson, a British labor lender, came direct from Ireland where be talked with Sinn Fein leaders. Other important intermediaries hastened back and forth with peace messnges. No flat declaration that -n truce impends was made by authorities on either side, but the atmosphere was clearer than in months. Henderson expected to see Lloyd George today and It was believed the premier would arrange a meeting. Tho. premier in Commons last night reiterated his cautious assertion that he was willing to discuss with any authorized and responsible persons any questions that Would bring peace to Ireland. At the same time there were indications that fighting will continue to the hour of tho armistice, if It comes. The government continued to raid and arrest. Sinn Fein terrorists continued their campaign of ambush. Dark View Taken of Treaty WithAmerica TOKIO, Dec. 7.—Attacks on the Russian concessions granted Washington D. Vanderlip, representing American cupltal. occupied much space in local papers today. The Japanese foreign office recently indicated that it would not recognize the concessions. The leading Toklo dally, Nichl Nichl, comments editorially in most pessimistic tone on the Washington negotiations for anew treaty between the United States and Japan,

SAYS FARMERS SHOULD GET AID IN MARKETING Federal Reserve Governor Cautions Against Bills for Temporary Relief. DEFENDS RATE SYSTEM Caution In advocating masures which j may seem to bold temporary relief from | difficulties surrounding financial read - : justment was urged by W. P. G. Hard- I lng, Governor of the Federal Reserve : Board. In an address before the national j convention of the American Farm Bu j realu Federation this afternoon. "1 am a firm believer In the policy of gradual and orderly methods of marketing our great agricultural staples.” Governor Harding sold. “All will agree that agriculture is a basic and fundamental Industry.” Mr. Harding said. “For upon Its fruits depend the lives of those engaged in ail other industries. The farmer is n ,'.cat consumer of manufactured products and anything that affect* his buying power is aoon reflected in the business of the merchants and manufacturer. Conversely the depression in manufu •tilling an t other lines of business is reflected in th • reduced demand for farm products.' “I cannot conceive of any one questioning the fact thut farming as a bus! ness must l> remunerative or production will languish. It is highly desirable that the effort* of the fanner be supported nnd stimulated In every prop-r way and that he be sided in preserving the full measure of hi* harvest and that he he elded In preserving the full measure if hi* harvest and that he be given an opportunity of marketing his product on terms sufficiently profitable to warrant hi* staying in the business of farming." Iu defending the Federal it serve Board. Governor Harding said: “The board cannot with propriety <-*■ teblish rates with n view of putting prices up or putting them f10w.,. Iu :h“ 't-t"r-nilnntlon of Federal Reserve l ank discount rates must Iw given to general conditions an dt<> current rates, and In tho rate revisions which the itonrl has approved from time to time, the view has always tieei taken that discount ' rates should not be pegged or fixed nr Mtrarlly. for there are always certain basic conditions related to tha demand for and the supply of credit in this country nnd throughout the world which jnnst tc taken Into n -count, and the for tnn! establishment of a Feilt -il Res* no hank rate I* merely au Interpretation of these conditions." Farmers were urged to stand squarely against the proposal to repeal the excess profit* tax and substitute anew sale* tax to make up tho deficit in the j Federal revenue in a speech by U. C, | McKenzie es Walton. N V.. chairman of i tho committee on tnxstlort of the AiueriI can Farm Bureau Federation at this morning's session. Mr. McKenzie asserted that the movement is being f.-stored by “big business ’ which Is making an effort to slillt the (Continued on Uage Four.) Eats Drop in Muncie Special to Th Tlms MUNCIE. 1 iul., I'<u*. 7.—A locsl res taurant today announced a 25 to 30 p-r cent reduction In prices* Small steaks which formerly cost 50 cents are now selling at 35 cents.

New light on Hie character nnd reputation of Ir. Ross previous to the act for which he is now serving time, was given the board of pardons by Mr. I’urseiy. He told tho board he was making no recommendations, but added that he was appearing only at the request of Marion Linder, brother of the murdered man, to give the pardon officials the facts in (he case. Mr. Pursely told the board he had Investigated the case fully and had conferred with Harry Long of Muncie, who wns prosecutor at the time Pr. Ross was convicted. Pr. Long told him, Mr. Pursely said, that “Pr. Ross had brought ruin to more young girls nnd hao (Continued on l’ngo Four.)

3,000 Nominations Sent to Senate by President Wilson Army and Navy Promotions and Consular Appointments Comprise Most of List. WASHINGTON, Pec. 7.—President Wilson today sent to the Senate nearly three thousand nominations. Among the more important nominations were: Norman 11. Davis of New York City, to be under Secretary of State. Edward Capps of Princeton, N. J., to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece. Vansandt Voord Mere-Smith of Oyster Buy, N. Y., to be third assistant Secretary of State. The President sent to the Senate the nominations of three interstate commerce commissioners and six members of the United States Shipping Board which had been previously announced. The President again sent the appointment of John Skelton Williams to be comptroller of currency. The nominations include more than 1,500 army nnd navy promotions and a large number of consular appointments. Motorcycle Rider Run Down by Truck Daniel V. Brannon, 36, of .4408 East New York street, suffered a broken right leg today when the motorcycle he was riding was run down by an automobile truck driven by Edward W. Payne, Rural Route M. 2. Brannun and Payne were both going west ou New York street nnd the accident occurred when Payne turned his machine south on Dearborn street. Brannan was removed to the City Hospital.

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15 DAYS LEFT With only fifteen shopping days remaining until Christmas, thousands of persons are heeding the advice of Indianapolis retail merchants to shop early, instead of delaying until the last few days before Christmas. It has been announced that no stores that are members of the Merchants’ Association will remain open in the evenings. Ail will observe the regular evening closing schedules. “Do your Christmas shopping now” is the advice of merchants, who point out that the morning Is an ideal time of day to shop. V / SAFE IS CARTED AWAY ON TRUCK Special to The Times. WINCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 7.—Robbers early today looted the postoffice and the office <>? the American Express Company at Barker, eleven miles west of acre. They escaped on a motor truck with the safe from the postoffice containing >1,509 worth of stamps, some cash and also some money from the express office. The meney was taken from a money drawer at the express office. The robbery was the boldest In Randolph County for years. H. IV Houser, po>-tinnster, said tracks in the rear of the postoffice Indicated that at least four men were In the party. The truck • took a westerly course toward Muncie. Roth rfflces are ltt the business section of the town and are about a block apart. To Aid Girl’s Mind With Monkey Gland CHICAGO. Dec. 7. -An attempt to restore to Mary Kolwlzskl, 19. of Joliet, 111., her mental and physical faculties, lost f-.r seventeen years, will be made at the American Hospital here tomorrow, when physl etnns will transplant the thyroid gland of u monkey to tho body of the girl. A truant officer found the girl, who was neither able to read, talk or walk, secreted in a cellar In her home at Joliet, last September. Dampier Again Goes to Trial on Monday The case of John Dampier, who was tried last wetk on s charge of receiving stolen automobiles und which resulted In n disagreed Jury, will be retried beginning next Monday. Attorney James M Leathers will preside on a change of venue from Judge James A. Collins. Judge T. J. Moll of Superior Court, room 5, was asked to hear the ease, but declined. Harahan Named New Head of C.&O.Road NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—William J. llnrnlmn of New York today wa elected president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, succeeding the late George W. Stephens. Harahan was a director of that linro and the Hocking Valley Railroad. He was born In Nashville, Tenn., in 1807. W. E. Brown of Wichita. Kan., lias been named to fill a vacancy on the board of tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa l'e Railroad. Juvenile Court Gets Manslaughter Case Walter Good, who today gave Ms age as 15, wna transferred from the Jurisdiction of the Criminal Court to the Juvenile Court, where ho will lie tried on a charge of manslaughter, growing out of the death of hts boy chum, Joseph Edwards. Aug. 3, 1920. Good Is charged with discharging a revolver at Edwards while playing wild West. Both are colored. The case was transferred because of Good s ngo. Argentine Delegate Quits League City GENEVA, Dec. 7.—Honorlo Pueyrredon, foreign minister of Argentina and bead of the Argentine delegation to the League of Nations assembly meeting, announced today that lie would leave for Paris tonight, following Argentina’s severance of relations with the league. Tho other members of the South American republic delegation will leave Thursday. The assembly adopted a committee report appealing to nil nations for funds for a campaign against typhus In Poland nnd elsewhere in eastern Europe. The Red Cross was asked to cooperate. Paradise for Boozers. TACOMA, Dec. 7.—Alaska is the real paradise of bootleggers, with little evidence that the eighteenth amendment to ihe Constitution has become law, according to Donald A. McDonald, Federal prohibition director.

HOUSTON READY TO DEFEND HIS STAND Report Shows $42,023,641 in Federal Money Out on Export Loans.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—On the eve or a hot battle In Congress over farm credits, for which a demand has arisen from the producing regions. Secretary of Treasury Houston today stood ready to defend his course in suspending the export loan operations of the war finance corporation. As both houses prepored .today to rush through a resolution “directing” Secretary Houston to revive the war finance corporation's export functions, Houston laid before Congress the annual report of the corporation’s work last year, showing among other Items $42,023,641 iu Government funds already outstanding on export loans. As chairman of the corporation, Secretary Houston revealed that the sum of export loans remaining due Is nearly

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WILSON SUGGESTS WAY OF OBTAINING WORLDLEADERSHIP Says Example Within Our Own Borders and Stand for Right and Justice Will Make Democracy Prevail. PRESIDENT DOES NOT READ MESSAGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. —President Wilson today called on congress to enact a program of legislation which he said would put the United States in the forefront of a movement to make the spiritual power of democracy prevail throughout the world. In his final regular message to congress, which was sent to the two houses today by messenger, the President said there are two ways in which the United States can lead in establishing the doctrine of “right makes might.” in the world. These ways, he said, are: First, by offering the example within her own borders of the will and power of democracy to make and enforce laws which are unquestionably just and which are equal in their administration. Second, by standing for-right and justice as toward individual nations. t The President declared that the display of an “immediate disposition on the part of the Congress to remedy any injustices or evils that may have shown themselves in our own national life will afford the most effectual offset to the forces of chaos and tyranny which are playing so disastrous a part in the fortunes of free peoples in more than one part of the world.”

BLANKET WAGE BOOST DENIED Judge Alschuler Refuses Packers’ Demands, but Grants Some Advances. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Requests for k blanket increase in wages of from $1 to $2 a day by employes of packing companies were denied today by Judge Samuel Alschuler, arbiter in the dispute between packers and employes over wages. Judge Alschuler. however, granted some temporary Increases to certain classes of workers which wilt amount to about $5,000,000 additional wages which packers will have to pay this year. Judge Alschuler granted all employes coining under the classification of "genera! plant workers,” a temporary increase of 5 per cent up to $25 retroactive to July 5, 1920, and ending Dec. 5. This award will really amount to a bonus to about 125,000 employes in Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, East Bt. Louis and Sioux City. The award will give each employe under that classification an average of about $1.25 a week, attorneys for the packers estimated, over the period for which the Increase was made effective. Each man will receive between $25 and $31.50 as his share of the award. A minimum wage of 61 cents an hour, effective Dec. 6, was set for special classes of workers in the yards such as electricians. and sheet workers. A minimum wage of 57 ! -j cents for machinery movers was set. BUCKNER CASE TO BE TRIED DEC. 20 Change of Venue Granted to Shelbyville Court. The case of William Buckner, on© of seven men indicted on a charge of the murder of Adam Naparlu, former city health Inspector, who was fatally shot while a delivery of ‘‘white mule” was being made on Aug. 14. today was taken on a change of venue to Shelbyville. After Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court granted the change. Judge Alonzo Blair of the Circuit Court there informed Deputy Prosecutor William Evans that he would assume Jurisdiction in the case and would set it for trial on Dec. 20. Judge Collins at the time of granting the change stated that the case should be tried at once because six other defendants are being held in Jail. Attorney Frank McCray, counsel for Buckner, stated that Prosecutor Claris Adams refused to compromise the case on a manslaughter charge Instead of a murder charge. Others who were Indicted and are watting trial on a charge of murder are Edgar Harrison, John Montgomery, Mike McGuire. Henry Lee, Lawrence Allen and Harold Kauffman. FLAMES FOIL Ar.EI) CRIPPLE. MISHAWAKA, Ind., Dec. 7—Although her crippled- grandfather struggled to her assistance, Georgia Hakes, 2, burned to death when she pulled at a tablecloth in her home near here and upset a lamp. Her clothing burst into flames and before the aged cripple could extinguish them she had been badly burned and hail inhaled the fire. She died within a few hours.

half of the total outstanding loans Nov. 30 last. His report emphasized the reasons for suspending the export finance features, pointing out that exports have increased steadily, giving the United States top heavy favorable trade balance. TELLS HOW IT CAN CONTINUE. The secretary made It plain that if the war finance corporation continued to make loans in aid of exports, it could do so only by calling on the treasury to redeem securities of the United States in which tho capital furnished by the United States is invested or by selling bonds of the War finance corporation to the public. These bonds, Houston observed. although noit guaranteed bv the government, nevertheless (Continued on

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Wilson did not mention the peace treaty nor the League of Nations In his message, but submitted the following program to carry out the aims he outlined : 1. Immediate passage of the budget bill. 2. Strictest economy in Government appropriations. 3. Immediate revision of tax laws. 4. Adequate provision for disabled soldiers and sailors. 5. A Government loan to Armenia. 6. Granting of independence to the Philippines. In addition the President repeated recommendations he made in previous messages urging encouragement for the manufacture of dye stuffs and related chemicals In controlling cold storage and Federal licenses for all corporations engaged in interstate commerce as a means of reducing tho cost of living. The text of President Wilson’s message follower When I addressed myself to performing the duty laid upon the President by the Constitution to present to you an annual report on the state of the union I found myself dominated by an immortal sentence of Abraham Lincoln's, “Let us hlTre faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it.” A sentence immortal because it embodies in a form of utter simplicity and purity the essential state of the Nation, the faith in which it was conceived and the faith in which It has grown to glory and. powc r. With that faith and the birth of 'a nation founded upon it came the hope into the world that anew order would prevail throughout the affairs of mankind. an order in which reason and right would take precedence of covetousness and force, and I believe that I express the wish and purpose of every thoughtful American when I say that this sentence marks for us, in the plainest manner, the part we should play alike in the arrangements of our domestic affairs and in our exercise of Influence upon the affairs of the world. By this faith, and by this faith alone, can the world be lifted out of its present confusion and despair. It was this faith which prevailed over the wicked force of Germany. Yon will remember that the beginning of the end of the war was when the German people found themselves face to face with the conscience of the world and realized that right was everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their government was attempting to perpetrate. I think therefore that It is true to say that this was the faith which won the war. Certainly this is the faith with which our gallant men went into the field and out upon the sens to make sure of victory. This is the mission upon which democracy came into the world. Democracy is an assertion of the right of the individual to live and to be treated Justly as against any attempt on the part of any combination of individuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows In the matter of right or privilege, and I think we all realize that the day has come when democracy is being put upon its final test. The old world is just now suffering from a wanton rejection of the principle of democracy and a substitution of the principle of autocracy as asserted in the name but without the authority and sanction of the multitude. This is the time of all others when democracy should prove its purity and Its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to maiu this spirit prevail. There nre two ways in which I||) United States can assist to accomplish this great object: First, by offering the example within her own borders of the will and power of (Continued on I’age Four.) Is Your Child Physically Fit? If noC, it is your first duty to find out what is the matter with him. Do you know how to proceed to this end ? We offer you the best information in the world in a specially prepared Red Cross bulletin on THE SCHOOL CHILD'S HEALTH. It tells you how to test his eyes, his hearing—how to overcome flat fee*, to regulate his appetite, how to forestall tuberculosis, what to do when he gets contagious diseases. Stop right now. Take stock of you* child's condition. Use this booklet as ia guide. (In filling out the coupon, print name and address, or be sure to write plainly.) ' Frederic J. llaskln. Ilirector, The Indiana Pally Times Information Bureau, Washington, V. C. I enclose herewith 2 cents in stamps for return postage on a free copy of “The School Child's Health.” Name Street City State