Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1920 — Page 12

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LEGIONNAIRES RESTORE QUIET IN KANSAS RIOT (Continued From Pa.ro One.) wagon, entered the grocery store of R. B. Wharton yesterday, he saw a negro robbing the cash register. The robber fled. Mltche'.l started after the black. After a short chass the negro turned, covered Mitchell with a shotgun and threatened to blow his head off if he didn't stop. Mitchell stopped. Returning to the store he stumbled across the lifeless body of Wharton. Mayor Wadman was called by Mitchell. The mayor immediately called for volunteers to search for the murderer. Mitchell could remember but little of the appearance of the negro except that he bad a mustache. Hundreds of white men and boys answered the mayor's call. Every negro with a mustache was forced to explain bis whereabouts at the time of the shooting of the grocer. Several times the posses called at the home of Noble Green, but each time his wife said he wss not at home. In the afternoon a shotgun was found bidden under some boards ou the public school grounds. It was identified as one which had been loaned to Green. Immediately a posse returned to the Green borne. Kntrance was forced. Green was found in bed with his eiothea on. He was taken to Jail and members of the posse and other curious persons crowded about the structure. There was some talk of a lynching, but no effort was made tnen to take the prisoner by force. Meanwhile several negroes assembled on the courthouse lawn a short distance away. Some were armed. Mitchell appealed to the crowd to wait. He said he was not sure of his identification of Green and wanted to make sure.

Assured that no effort would be made to remove Green, the crowd dispersed. Shortly after this the rioting broke out. Former doughboys were brought here and sworn In as special police. State troops were expected to arrive at noon. Itaiph Mitchell, one of the men who had Identified Green, appealed to the crowd to wait, saying he wasn't quite Bure that Green was the man. "Wait until tomorrow and then if 1 am satisfied he is the man I will help you lynch him." said Mitchell. The crowd then dispersed and during the night Green was spirited from the Jail and started for the State penitentiary at I.an.dng. Two men, a white boy and a negro were killed and four others injured, three probably fatally, when blacks and whites clashed in the streets. ARMED NEGROES APPEAR ON STREETS. Eight armed negroes appeared on the streets, and when officials attempted to disarm them, they opened fire. Lawrence Cleni.an, n high school boy. white, fell shot Through the lungs. Arthur Harper, a negro, was instantly killed The four men injured included three white men. They are said to have been seriously wounded. F. 8. McHenry, baker; A. W. Xiblaek, jeweler, and Fred Kelly, all white, were wounded. Norman Dickersons, negrofl received a scalp wound. In response to an appeal. 150 former doughboys, members of tbe American Legion post here, volunteered to patrol the city. Clennan, an onlooker, was deliberately shot down by Harper. Instantly a dozen guns barked and Harper dropped to the ground, his body riddled.

The sound of shots was the signal for reinforcements for both sides but after the first volleys the shooting developed Into casual fire. While the rioting was at its height local officials sent broadcast an appeal for help to quell the negroes. The blacks attempted to counter this by dispatching a runner to Coffeyvllle to appeal to negroes there for succor. Coffeyville officials ordered police to halt all negroes who attempted to leave town. Sentence Lightened by Days of Waiting After being in Jail eighty-seven days waiting trial on a charge of stealing a suit of clothes valued at SSO and then selling it. Ernest Ellis, a discharged soldier with two years' service in Fran-s and a year on the Mexican border, appeared In the Criminal Court today and etnered a plea of guilty. “I am guilty, sir,” said Ellis in answer to a question of Judge James A. Collins. After Ellis ha.l used the word "sir” in addressing the court. Judge Collins asked: “Ellis, how much service have you seen ?” Ellis looked surprised at the court being informed of his intiltary service. "No one told me that you were in tha Army, but the minute that you used thi word 'air' I knew you had had Army training," said Judge Collins. In fining Ellis $1 and costs and sentencing him to a day in jail, the court stated that be took into consideration that Ellis has been in Jail eighty-seven days waiting trial. Xmas Tree Peddler Sentenced to Farm George Smith, peddler, will spend the Christmas holidays on the farm, in compliance with a sentence of 100 days to the Indiana State Renal Farm, handed Ifim today In City Court on the charge of petit larceny. A fine of SIOO was alao imposed. Smith Is charged with stealing Christmas trees valued at $36.75 from a freight car on the Big Four railroad tracks. The theft was reported ten days ngo, and detectives who haTe been working ©n the case say Smith took the trees from tho car and peddled them about the city. William Moore, grocer, and one of Ids dirks identified Smith as the man who s*ld Christmas trees to them, in •pin *f Smith’s declaration that! he never Lad sold a Christmas tree in hts life. The trees were consigned to Frank Hartsoek.

Goes to Prison on Statutory Charge Walter Graves. charged with a statutory offense against his 15-yenr-old stepdaughter, was sentenced by Judge James A. Collins In Criminal Court to a year In the Indiana Reformatory today. Graves on the witness stand attempted to repudiate a former atatemenf snbl to have bn wede by blm Ir which he admitted his guilt. The wife of Graves admitted on the Riaiul that she had made a statement prior to the trial that she “would go through h—l to save her husband.” She denied the serious charge against her husband. Even the stepdaughter attempted to Shield her stepfather. i $10,500 Asked in Suits I Judgments aggregating $10,500 were fcsked in two suit* filed today In Superior , Court, Room 5, resulting from a Rliision of a truck owned by the SaniBry Milk Products Company, with an driven by Archie Smith. The occurred June 20 near Fortville. |Nk Ogle, who oils driving the truck, a party defendant Smith, owner and K^yVyt asks for sso>) niHTlfffti .l-v-a O. Smith. 43jUMtfc Mm, for SIO,OOO, •’V'£-i4nJurle*, It I* ld into a ditch.

S. Bend Woman Has 300-Year-Old Dress Special to The Times. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 17.—Three centuries is the age of a dress owned by Mrs. Philip Goetz of this city. Tho gown was worn by an ancestress, when the latter, as Miss Mary Ferry, was presented at the court of Queen Anne. It Is heavily embroidered with gold and silver and cost 1,500 pounds sterling. The famous Commodore Perry was one of the descendants of the gown’s original wearer.

BRYAN AGAINST REPEAL OF LAW Declares Excess Profits Taxing Should Continue. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 17.—Declaring Secretary Houston's recommendations for changes in the revenue law are ‘‘extremely disappointing and so unwise an undemocratic th:it one wonders what evil adviser imposed on him,” William J. Bryan, in the current, issue of his publication, the Commoner, urges that the txcess profits tax be not repealed. “Repeal of the excess profits lax would It* inexcusable—the profit lias already been collected by the profiteers. A rej eal would be an enormous gift to them while their victims would have to make up the deficit.” Bryan said. He vigorously opposed increasing the tax on lucomes under $3,00', declaring legislation decreasing the percentage tax on larger incomes “would be ■’n outrage that even a Republican Congress would hardly dare to perpetrate.’’ He suggested a constitutional amendment permitting a newly elected President to assume office on Jan. I following tiie election.

N. Y. YEGG FROLIC FATAL TO POLICE (Continued Krona Page One.) he died that there were three men anil • woman In the automobile he tried to half. The woman, he said, was sitting in front with the driver. Horton said when he emptied his revolver into tbe car he saw the woman drop. A general alarm was sent out by police today asking hospitals for prompt report on any woman seeking treatment for pistol woundH More than $1,000,000 in cash. Jewelry and bonds have been stolen by armed thugs in Greater New York during th* last six weeks, records show. In many of tbe robberies there have been no arrests. The slaying of Edwin W. Andrews, manufacturing Jeweler, in his eighth floor office on Fifth avenue, caused tbe Sterling Silver Manufacturers' Association to adopt resolutions condemning tho failure of police to cope with the crime wave, appealing to Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan for greater protection and calling on citizens to form vigilance committee*. Police believe the three masked men who looted Andrews's shop, killed the proprietor with a gun having a .Maxim silencer. Although there were a score of detectives in the fashionable avenue below, the highwaymen escaped unobserved

False Ad Cause of Charges Against Man Charges of false advertising, growing out of a want advertisement that was printed In the Indianapolis News, caused the arrest of F. E. Brodt, whose business address is given as 1008 Odd Fellow building, and the case was continued until Dec. 21 In City Court today. Brodt also is charged with assault and battery in another affidavit In which Samuel M. Idelaon, 2806 North Talbott avenue, charges Brodt arrack him and that the trouble occurred In the latter's office In tbe Odd Fellow building Dec. 14 Idelson swore to both affidavit* nnd in the one charging false advertising said Brodt, caused to be published the following: “Employment manager, $3,500 a year and up. Will consider ambitions young roan if willing to learn. Phone North 7091. interview by appointment only." Idelson charged that Brodt “knew said advertisement to be false and misleading and deceptive, where In truth anu ir. fact said F. E. Broilt did, by rneons of said advertisement, unlawfully attempt to cause said affiant to enroll for the course of instruction In the American Correspondence School, and did not offer to him the position of employment manager as in said advertisement set forth, and furthermore did not have any such position at his disposal to so offer to affiant, nor did he offer same.”' Season for Quail Ends Next Monday Next Monday will be. the last day Hocsler hunters will be permitted to shoot qua!!, George N. Mannfelil, superintendent of the fish and game division of tho Department of Conservation announced today. The closed season begins Dec. 2i and lasts until Nov. 10. 1921. During this period It will be unlawful for any pe.rson to have quail In his possession. , Open season for hunting wild ducks and geese will close Dec. 31, Mr. Mannfeld announced. Rabbits may be shot until Jan. 10, 1921, when the open season for hunting bunnies closes. Stivens’ Absence Delays Hearing Special Judge Schuyler Haas today refused to hear the case of Pat Stivens, charged with operating a blind tiger, until Stivens is brought into City Court. The case was continued until Dec. 22. Stivens has twice been convicted of operating a blind tiger nnd Is at present serving a six-months sentence on the Indiana State Farm following the revoking of a suspended sentence about a week ago. ACCIDENTALLY KILLS WIFE. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 17.—Mr* Thomas Phelps, 26, farmer’s wife of Mt. Summit, was killed instantly when children, gathered about Phelps as he cleaned a revolver, Jostled hts elbow, discharging tbe weapon.

Couldn't Refuse When She Turned on ‘Eye Battery ’ Special to The Times. MUNCIE. Ind k Dee. 17.—A beautiful girl with “wonderful eyes,” who wore a gray squirrel coat and was accompanied by two rosy cheeked children. Is being sought today by merchants of Muucle, Anderson and other Indiana cities. She left a trail of bad checks amounting to hundreds—perhaps thousand*—of dollnrs ( according to victims who asserted they cashed checks without question under the gaze of the “hypnotic" eyes. The young womau gave the name vof Ituth Steele and had a deposit of M 95 at an Alexandria bank, it Is. for the benefit of Inquirers.

BOOZE, TAKEN AT GREENTOWN, BROUGHT HERE (Continued From Page One.)

bottled 1920, said liquor being In eight '-•i-tan —>cks found in Studebaker ear j No. 2C4852 in possession of E. E. Kelley ana J. fc>. Conn, claiming to be from Lognnsport, lad. “Found card In Kelley's pocket bearing following: ‘Pat Maloney’s bar, Dearborn street,’ also on botton of cord: 'Red Murphy,’ all In writing. i found pawn ticket for diamond ring hav- ■ lng received SIOO on same, also another pawn ticket for diamond scarf pin and links, having received S3O, also check for sl2 signed by Stodgill, the above all taken from me by Sheriff Ora Butler or Kokomo, but said Kelley wanted (meek when sheriff took them as be said it was bad check.” TELLS OF LOSS ■ OK PRISONERS j Yesterday morning, responding to the j district attorney’s telephonic orders to bring Kelley and Conn to Indianapolis, Garrett said he got as far as Kokomo nnd was waiting In the iuterurban sta- ! tieu for a south-bound car when the sheriff and the prosecutor walked in. He said they had been Informed by somebody in Greentown that be was on his way to Indianapolis. The sheriff demanded the prisoners and there wae nothing left for him to do but turn them over, he said. "I thought you said that nobody wa golne to take those prisoners away from you?" the district attorney inquired, referring to the marshal’s statement over the telephone yesterday that hs was “d—d tootin’ they won’t get away from me.” “Well, I was going to, but I can’t buck that Kokomo bunch, Mr. Van Nuys,” he ruefully replied. After the sheriff had taken the prisoners, Garrison said tha proscutor 6tated: “Say, If you would have gotten away with those men it would have cost me $.30.” “How’s that?” the marshal said he asked. “I get $25 for each man.” the prosecutor responded, he said. SHERIFF DEMANDS CAFTi RED LIQI OBS. The marshal aaid he returned to Greentown to take up his vigil over the booze and was glad be did, for last night the sheriff and the prosecutor drove into town, demanding that he turn it and the captured car over to them. “I refused to let them have the liquor of the car because I was advised by the Federal authorities to bring the liquor to them. The sheriff said I would get in trouble if I did not turn them over to him. I told him 1 could afford to go 1 to jail for sixty days in a go< and cauae. The sheriff said I would find my trou- ! bles were Just starting, that I real J could not have arrested the men a* I bail no business to go into his territory. He said he had the whole county up to the town of Greentown limits." Falling to get the booze from the marshal tbe sheriff went to tbe go rage of Claud Caster and demanded the car Caster refused and the Kokomo officials drove away, the marshal said. “I smelled liquor on the sheriff's t reath. He was half shot then,” the marshal added “I understand the business men nnd all the good citizens In Greentown are backing you up in this fight," the district attorney said. CITIZENS HACK TOWN MARSHAL "You bet they are,” the marshal responded and his two assistants nodded vigorous assent. “Last night when the h*riff and prosecutor were oTer you’d have thought we were having a rally. “What kind of a rally?" the district attorney asked. "A Republican rally,” the marshal re piled, and then reflecting that tbe dlstrl't attorney was a former Democratic State halrman. Judiciously added “That is, a Republican rally this year “ Tbe district attorney asked if the Greentown authorities have had nui h trouble getting cooperation from tbe county officials and the three men re piled that they had. ••When yve do get a case nnd turn It Mer to the Kokomo officer* nothing ever nines of it," Garrett said. "We had a robbery case months ngo and they let It drag nlong and nothing has ever been ; done about it.” He said that Prosecutor Bock wanted to come to the district attorney wlta him. "I expect he’s getting a little nervous and will be. down some time today,” lie said. “I’ll bet that sheriff wishes he could come too.” There was a discussion as to the marshal’s correct name, the district attorney bavli g received several version* of It. "Well." the marshal drawled, “they call me ‘Yes’ Up home, hilt 1 11 bet over In Kokomo they're calling ine several other things right now.”

Manager of Monon Retires From Job Special to The Times. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Pec. 17.—11 C. May has tendered his resignation as gen oral manager of the Monon Railroad and has already retired from office. Mr, May. who Is a graduate of Purdue, came to the Monon In 1910 as superintendent of motive power. He had previously served as master mechanic of the • & O. and the L. & N Itallrouds He was Federal manager of flip Monon during the war and became general manager this year. May was called to Chicago last Monday as a witness In the coroner's Inquiry Into the death of Mrs. Minnie V. Reynolds, a wealthy widow, whose body was found In her gas-filled apartment. The Jury held that the woman committed aulcide and at the hearing testimony was Introduced to show that Mrs. Reynolds wus also known as Mrs. May and It was shown that her bills were sent to Mr. May for payment. May testified that be was merely a good friend of Mrs. Reynolds Monday Night Is Set as Xmas for Newsies Monday night will be Christmas for the downtown newsboys nnd mes-en-gers M the Y. M. C. A. The boys who call and those who speed with to all ports of the city, will gather at a Christmas banquet, at the Y at 7 o'clock Monday evening, given by Sol Schlosa of Schloss Bros. Clothing Store. A program of talks and entertainments la being arranged by a special committee. Gets 2 Days in Jail for Theft of Hair . Rena McMlllin, 24, Buffalo, was fined $1 nnd costs and sentenced to serve two days 1n jail by Judge Walter Pritchard in City Court today, when she pleaded guilty to stealing a hair switch from c 5 and 10-cent store. She was en route from Buffalo to Madison nnd was arrested by operatives of the Quigley-Hyland detective agency. Gets $5,00 Damages A Jury in Superior Court, Room 4, today awarded Albert Hoffman, an electrician, $5,010 damages in a suit against the Merchants' Heat and Right Company. Hoffman alleged be wns seriously btir.u-.. vhlle wiring the home of Wilt Ham Rlchteuberg, 4321 Park avenue. The Indianapolis Right and lleat Company was a party to the suit, but the cause was dismissed insofar as this latter company was concerned.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920.

What Bombing Did to Battleship Indiana

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ILLINOIS MAN BOARD’S CHOICE (Continued From Page One.) lection of u vocational educational director. It was for tho purpose of avoiding political squabbles that Mr. Hines selected a man from outside Indiana PROMINENT IN VOCATIONAL WORK. Mr. YVreldt was recommended to Mr. Hlne* by the Federal board of vocational education and by a number of leading educators of the country who wore ai - quainted with bla work. He formerly was connected with a number of t roinlnent Chicago clubs as director of vocational work. Oscar H Williams, supervisor of teachers' training work In Indiana was directed by the State board to make an other Inspection of the university at Valparaiso. A former Inspection of the school by Mr. Williams resulted In a report of unsatisfactory condition* existing there and the president of the school, I>. It Hodgdon, took exception to the re port. He requested that a committee from the State hoard Inspect the school, but Instead, the pres! tent was Invited by the board to come to Indianapolis and make a statement In defense nf hi* Institution. Following hi* statement today, tbe board directed Mr Williams to twiko a second Inspection of the school. Date of adoption of school bonks was changed by the board from Jan. 4 to Tuesday. Feb. 1. The board also voted to reject all bid* for Junior high school textbooks.

About fifty agents representing as many school book publishing houses of ; the country were present at to-dav'* I meeting of the board. Bids for textbooks for high and grade s-hools were opened by the board In the presence of the agents. TWO Issl Kl> - LIFE LICENSES. Rife cerrifloites were granted by (lie ! board to two Indianapolis teachers Emma Dlngworth (Sister Angelica) nnd Retb Wilson, both teachers of the common branches. A statement Issued by Superintendent Illnes. following the selection of Mr. Wreldt as vocational director, states that the superintendent has endeavored to : act “openly and frankly with all con jcerned." ! “It has been said that an nfr of mysi tery has been thrown shout this proposition from the beginning,” the statement r<*ui!s. “My recti rd a and corre. spoiulen are open to the Inspection of any one desiring to follow up the mat. j ter. 1 have trb and to respect the author ' lty and wl-hes if rliose with w hom fmu associated and remember that this apI potntment Is not to serve inj own whlui j but to serve the people of Indiana who pa r the bills. • Finally I ask the hearty cooperation | of nil those Interested In making vocational education a success In Indiana." i The salary of the vocational education director Ir not to exceed $5,000. A meeting of the special committee npi pointed at the last meeting of the board i to Investigate charges against the au--1 perlntendent of the Peru schools was held Thursday afternoon In the office of the State superintendent. Th I’eru school man wns charged with forward • ing false grades to a higher school in i Illinois relating to the mi trance of an j Amboy boy Into the school. Defeat Forecasted for Anti-Strike Bill | WASHINGTON, lire. 17. Defeat or | the Poindext- r anti-strike bill when the . Senate reconsiders the vote by which It [ was passed at yesterday's session was 1 predicted today by Senators opposed I to it. i Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Johnson of California, nnd Senator Ra Foli lotto of Wisconsin, three republicans who have led the opposition to the bill Blnce Senator I’olndexter of Washington, also a Republican, sponsored It last session, nre behind the move to compel the reconsideration of its passage. It Is understood they do not anticipate any serious opposition to their move. Man Fined SSOO in South Bend Bond Case 8 pedal to The Times. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 17.—John Cook of Kalamazoo, Mich., who received part of the $250,0 0 In Liberty bonds stolen from the Studebaker Corporation here last spring, has been fined SSOO. Reo M. Kennett, who confessed, recently, tn the St. Joseph Superior Court | here, to picking up the bond package which had been accidentally dropped, j is serving a sentence of from one to | fourteen years, as Is also George W. Good, who admitted receiving part of the bonds and taking them to Kalamazoo for disposal. Good turned part of the securities over to Cook, who was nrresled after visiting a Kalamazoo lawyer for advice about selling them. ‘Orderly’ Yarn Fails Apparently realizing the high regaril that Judge James A. Collins of Criminal ! Court has for soldiers who saw service In France, Elmer Brock, a negro, charged with burglary, told the court that he wns a "private orderly" to General Pershing during the "Invasion” of Mexico. As Brock fulled to give the court, any proof of such distinguished service. Judge Collins sent him back to Jull pending an Investigation.

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Cupid Follows to Poor Farm , Couple Wed , Gain Home Special to Tho Times. EVANSVILLE. Ind , Dec. 17.--Onco upon i lime, down in ventucky, J. J Collier knew Christine Norris and loved h<-r, but poverty kept them apart At tho age of 67 a v *ar and a half ago—Collier entered the Henderson County p..,,r farm, er r Cory don, Ky. Three months ngo, Christine Norris, (57, went there, too. Together on Sundays, they walked to church, and romance blossomed again. Then cams n longer walk eight miles, to Henderson. A squire married them and they *ef off on ih'-ir honeymoon the walk back to the poor farm But that home w;.i n closed to then: today by order of County Judge XI U. Farmer, of Henderson. A r 'ltl\e of the groom offered the newlyweds a temporary home near Henderson. V ALL PHONES TO BE AUTOM ATICS (Continued From Pate One.) The plans now provide that eventually after the manual office* become obsolete or worn out new machine vltehlng offices will be installed and ludi v ipoll* | will eventually become a full automatic or machine switching system. "The plans als > require certain changes In pre lx or oi'fbe name*. Tho nanu sos the North. Woodruff and Prospect office* will be changed to Raudoiph, Webster und Dreiel. respectively. Th.. numbers of the uut nnitic sjstem wi.l later be changed from five figures to four figures with an of ! <* naans a* a prefix. Telephone officials remind us that It U cinder to remember a telephone number wtih an office name nnd four figure* than n number of five ilgurcs. MERGER WILL COVER PERIOD OK MONTHS. “Changes Involved In the merging of the two systems will take place gradually ■ver a period of several month* In such a manner as to result in a minimum Interference to tile set vie- The unification v ill be iTc ted In three step*. The first! step will take place in January. 1921, with 1 tlie issuance of u new Bell directory At that time tbe name of the North office will be changed to Randolph, Woodruff to Webster and Prospect to Drexel und number* rontnlnlng on* nnd twu figures! will he changed to numbers containing: four figures and numbers having three . figures w ill bavo uu Initial zero added i to make It a four-figure number Each subscriber whose number is changed will j be notified by letter from the telephone company fully explaining the situation. I The new directory which will be Issued 1 In January for the manna! subscribers i will show the first two letters of the pre fix In heavy type. This will Involve no j Lange, jiowevr. In making calls from manual telephone from the present prnctl e ' The next two steps Involving certain j ehunge.i in the automatic system and 1 final merger of ilie two plant* will take place later In the year. Mr. Wampler stated that It ivns the plan of the compuny to work out the merging of the two system with the least possible inconvenience to the company's patrons and that It will be the policy of the company to keep the people of Indianapolis fully Informed ns to the telephone situation. New County Farm Agent in Hospital H. I'. Ackerson, who was to succeed i Ralph M. Gilbert as Marlon County agri cultural agent, is confined to the Methodist Hospital. Mr. Ackerson, who lives at Westfield, was to take charge of his offiivt last Wednesday, but was unable because of sudden illness. Mr. Ackerson will assume his office as soon ns his health permits. The office hits been practically closed for the Inst six months.

Blind Tigrr Keeper Given Term on Farm Rufus Toran, negro, proprietor of n dry beer saloon at 4-17 Indiana avenue, was convicted of operating a blind tiger, i today. In City Court, and Judge Walter Pritchard fined him ?100 nnd costs and | sentenced him to serve thirty days on 1 the Indiana State Farm. Toran, according to the testimony of Sergeant White, had nineteen pints and six quarts of bonded whisky in a trunk at his place, and also a half gallon of “white mule" whisky hidden In an upstairs room. Asks SIO,OOO iii Suit Judgment of SIO,(KK) today was asked In Superior Court, Room It. by Remind 1,. Helton against Ills landlord, August Warweg for reputed carelessness in not covering up nil opening over a cistern on a lot owned by Warweg. Helton claims that he rented property from Warweg near Woodlawn avenue and South East street and Ids son, Lemuel R. Helton, Jr., 8, while playing with Ills little sister, fell Into the cistern and was drowned on Nov. 20 laat.

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BACK DANCE BAN AT SHORTRIDGE (Continued From Page One.)

Interest every club woman In the State In tho movement." Mrs Ovid Sutler Jameson felt that perhaps the matter was a Uttle overdone and slightly misunderstood by people who are not dancers, for she enid, "Many who are dancing In the modern close-faced fathlon do it merely because it is the style and have no more feeling concerning th lr dancing partner than if he or she were a wooden doll, but it 1* not a good thlug and there Is no doubt that tbe club women should look Into the matter and find whether there are city ordinance* or laws concerning the public dance." Mrs. Felix T. McWfclrter said that the young people were not to be ce> sored too strongly: that the older f'dk. the parents should shoulder the responsibility for the present mode of dancing and immoral dressing of the young women. "My i ensure Is with the mother who permits her daughter to attend a dance improperly dressed* The average man i* so opposed to the modern style of dance and dancing frock that they object seriously to their children being a part of the general wave, but the mother is oft times swept off her feet by her sophisticated daughter, who says all the girl* do R and If I can't be like tbe rest I won’t go.’ and bursts Into a flood of tear* because her mother doesu't understand. She usually wins In the end. It Isn’t fair to our boys and elrl*. for the boy* are to blame as well as the girls, for the natural feminine Instinct I* to please the boys The hope of America's future 11,-s In the American .tome and the w-man Is the h- me, therefore our girl* of today must be trained In a bigger and better *ens fur their responsibilities. • It Isn't fair that tho Shortridge principal should ’buck' this thing alone. It Is my hope that every club woman In Indianapolis will respond with serlomroes* which will cause the movement to spread to the women over the StHte who depend on our women In this city for their lead along such affair*.” Various women expressed themselvps ns being deeply Interested in the affair, having young people in their homes of high school and college ugi\ If. was decided by the body that a committee of Inquiry be appointed to see the mayor, board of safety and other officials regarding the ordinance* concerning dancing. Tho committee will begin Investigation at onee. Mrs. Olive Belden Lewis, representing tbe League at Women Voters, urged that the club women join the organization "which." she stated, "Is not a political organization but a banding of women of all parties for tho purpose of putting • over legislation that, the women desire. It's aim Is to work for measures, not for candidates Not to influence elections but to work for greater nnd more permanent thing*. Good citizenship 1* tbe keynote of the league’* plank. We ned the backing of the club women so that we can do bigger, better work." Mrs. WUmer Chrlstlnu gave reports from tho State Teachers' Association meeting and from the legislative council meeting held recently. Contributions toward the Fountloro y Home and the Child Welfare Work was mode by the Federation nnd the fund toward the May Wright Sewall Memorial was left to the discretion of the board.

Glass Workers’ Wage Conference Slated Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 17. Another meeting of representatives of the hand window glass workmen nnd manufacturer* will be held In Cleveland on Vfnn. 18 In an effort to fix the wage scale for the second period run, to start about the middle of January. A meeting held this week ended In a disagreement. The men ure asking for an Increase of 12 per cent. The manufacturers Insist on a decrease of 25 per cent. ISSUES FINANCE WARNING. | WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—1f the value ! of Government bonds Is not to drop lower j and the rate of interest on Treasury certificates Is not to mount higher, there I must be a decided retrenchment in Govj eminent expenditures and appropriations, Senator Warren, Republican, of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, declared in the Senate today.

Farmers Plowing Snow-Covered Sod SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 3?.—For the first time In history St. Joseph County farmers today are plowing for corn nnd oats while two Inches of snow covers the ground. This Is a record for the State, according to County Agent E. C. Bird. On the big Notre Dame University farm three tractors are plowing./ The soil Is “mellow" and has been frozen.

Preparedness Act Prevents Robbery HILLSBORO. Cal., Dec. 17.—Before A. K. McComber left for New York, be had the doors of his cellar sealed with four Inches of concrete. Burglars attempted to break in, but after several hours abandoned the idea.

GIVES 5 DAYS FOR FILING TEST SUIT (Continued From Page One.) to agree to a cancellation. By this action they hold the Yawger company, through the receiver, responsible for the building of the bridge. The muddle on this Important piece of bridge and road construction resulted from tbe action of the State, board of accounts holding tbe Yawger contract illegal and void. The county attorney held the contract legal and binding. Then the county auditor refused to advance any money to the receiver of the construction company because tbe State Board of Accounts held the contract void. The commissioners have failed to sell the bonds at 5 per cent. In the meantime, the work of building the bridge has not started. Tbe receiver desires to go into court and test the validity of his contract. The county commissioners and Attorney Walker have agreed that a friendly suit should be brought tc determine the question, but County Attorney Hendrickson hs failed so far to file the suit. Attorney Walker states that if Mr. Hendrickson does not act within the next five days be will file a suit in one of the courts asking for damages, the cancellation of the Yawger contract ami will make Auditor Fesier and Jesse Esohbach, chief examiner of the State Board of Accounts, party defendants on the ground that they havo cast doubt on the validity of the contract by their actions. In the meantime all parties are sitting tight and waiting for the other fellow to make the first move. It is estimated that If the contract is cancelled It will coat the county from $30,00*) to $40,000. Record Oil at 1,650 Ft. Hit in Gibson County Special to The Times. PRINCETON, lad.. Dec. 17.—The largest oil well ever drilled In Gibson County was completed Tuesday night on the Vlerling heirs' lease, one mile from the Pike County line southwest of Oatsville. The depth of file well Is 1,650 feet and the oil is flowing Into a pond xvhiie construction of tanks is being rushed. Expert oil men estimate the well as a five-hundred-harrel-a-day producer. The well was drilled by the Central and Coast Oil Company on a lease formerly held by the Alabama Oil Company, the latter having abandoned the well after Raving drilled several hundred feet. The Central and Coast Company tried the “dry hole" as n venture and In a few days brought In the gusher. Princeton oil is selling nt $3.37 a barrel The Vlerling heirs, who are scattered over the country, are being Informed that royalties are In prospect for them.

Pilgrim Stamps to Appear Here Soon Anew Issue of postage stamps to be known as Pilgrim Tercentenary Comj ruemorativo Postage Stamps, xvlll be on sale at the Indianapolis postoffice soon, i Postmaster Robert E. Spriugsteeu an- ! non need today, ! The stamps •rnmemorate the landing ,of the Pilgrims nt Provlncotown nnd ' Plymouth. Muss., In December, 1(129. The ! issue consists of I-ccnt, 2-cent nnd 5 cent j denominations. The 1-cent stamp will be | green, bearing s picture of the Mayj flower; the 2-eeut will be red with an j illustration of the "Landing of the Ptl--1 trims," and the 5 cent will be blue with ! a picture entitled, "Signing of tbe Compact.” I 5100,000 Blaze Foils Tipton Bucket Gang Special to The Times. TIPTON, Ind., Dec. 17. —Fire wiped out the business section of the town of Kempton today, with losses amounting to sHXifttK). Flames which started in the Morley Woods poolroom spread to nearby business buildings. A bucket brigade was unable to cope with the flames, but fire companies which came from Tipton and Frankfort saved nearby dwellings by tho use of chemicals. ASKS $15,000; GETS WSO. MARION. Ind., Dec. 17.—After being in session all the night the jury In the case of Della McGulgsn of Marlon against the I nlon Traction Company of Indiana, s -it for $15,000 for alleged personal injuries, awarded the plaintiff SOSO.

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FIGHT TO GET IN COURTROOM! Clevelanders Attend Mtnrdm) Trial of Judge. CLEVELAND, Dec. IT.—Pollttehros of high and low degree and men and women of social prominence fought with thj usual assortment of spectators for goats at the second degree murder trial today of Judge William McGannon, chief Justice of the Municipal Courts here. Prosecutor R. A. Baskin opened his case with the statement to the Jury that he would present evidence proving Judge McGannon shot Harold Kagy, garage proprietor, on May 8, after a quarrel during which, he charged, the judge was heard to cry out "Where’s your money? I won’t stand for that.” - The shooting followed almost Immediately on the heels of these words, ha said. Attorney William H. Boyd, for the defense, told the jury he xvould produce thirteen witnesses to prove that McGanwas not at the scene of the shooting. Prosecutor Baskin injected the first dramatic moment by placing on the stand as the first witness for the State, John 3V. Joyce, who was tried and acquitted of ".he charge of killing Kagy. Matters were reversed at the Joyce trial when McGannon appeared as the chief witness for the State.

Lewis and Harlan in Neck and Neck Race Special to The Times. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 17.—Alex Hi.wat of Kiinsas is leading Philip Murray by a big majority in the race for vice presidency o? the United Mine Workers, according to unofficial returns from tbe Eleventh Union District today. The contest between John I. Lewis and Robert Harlan for the presidency is so close no estimate can be made on their standinsr. It was stated. Interest in the close district race overshadows the international contest. The first five locals reporting gave Lewis 340, Harlin, 302; Howat, 521; Murray, 215. Seven Men Arrested on ‘Tiger^Charges Rpeelal to The Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 17.—Proprietors of seven soft drink parlors In this city are under arrest on charges of having Intoxicating liquors In their possession for selling purposes. The men are charged with having in their possession and selling a preparation containing 41 per cent alcohol, produced by a Cincinnati company, and bitters containing 18 per cent alcohol. Asks Release on Habeas Corpus Writ Petition for a writ of habeas corpus to permit her to gain her freedom from the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane was filed In Superior Court. Room 4, today by Ilonora Courtney. The plaintiff declares she Is of sound mind. She states she has been confined In the institution since June. 1911.

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