Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight about 20 degrees.

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EX-MOEALS SQUAD COP CAUGHT WITH WOMEN FOLLOWING GUN PLAY George Winkler Suspended Marie Jenkins, 22, and Iris Ellis, 22, Facing Child Charges After Party.

. Following an all-night party, in which liquor Is said to have played a prominent part, a shooting affray "occurred at 2622 Sehurmann avenue at 5:40 o'clock today, which resulted in the arrest of two women and the suspension of Patrolman George Winkler, former sergeant of the morals squad, who was in the house with the two women. It was Winkler's revolver that did the shooting, but stories of who u-ed It differ. The party is said to have been held at .Take N'eubauer's place New Jersey and McCarty street, and Winkler Is said to i.ave taken the women home In a taxi. The trouble occurred, according to police reports of the affray, when John W. I'.llllngsley. 2018 avenue, owner of the property at 2622 Sehurmann aveiue, went to that house and is said to iare been attacked by Winkler. WINKLES BADLY BEATEN" WAN. Winkler was beaten badly, but the police reports of the af air are decidedly different than that told l*y the women after their arrest. The.women are Marie .Tenkina, 22. and Iris Ellis. 22. The former Is charged with neglect of her child and the latter with contributing to the neglect of a child and with shooting in the city limits. Billingsley is said to have been hit on the bead with a “blackjack.” The police receive* a complaint from Wesley Jenkins, ISIS West Ohio street, husband of Marie Jenkins, two days ago, demanding that his wife, who was staying at 2022 Sehurmann avenue. !>e arrested. The man said his wife lived there with another man. , Lieutenant Cox was ent • and called at the house Thursday night, lie was met by a man who said tis name was Edward Ellis and that he had just moved Into the house Monday, having lived at 1054 Laurel -street, and that he lived there with hit wife. Lieutenant Cox did not know the Jenkins woman and the man declared be had never heard of a woman by that name. He made a report to Chief of Police Jeremiah Kinney and yesterday the Jenkins appeared at police headquarters and made a second complaint. He was told to swear out affidavits against his wife and the “other man.” Another lieutenant went to the Sehurmann avenue address last night to investigate trgfffn but the place was dark

LABOR PLANS TO MEET MOVES IN LEGISLATION Anti-Strike Measures in Congress to Have Opposition of A. F. of L. WASHINGTON, Dec. lS.__rw e l o p. men’s o the next f°w weeks will furnish the answer as to what the American F~ieratii-n of Labor anil other big labor organizations will <!o to meet anti-strike legislation. th open shop drive of many big employers and wage reductions. Strikes will not be called, it was said. Moves so far include: Railroad Brotherhood heads are meeting here, and it is understood that now attacks on the Each-Cummins law may be launched. Congressmen and Senators friendly to labor have met with the Brotherhood heads and other labor leaders to discuss non-partisan defensive alliance to fight antistrike legislation and other moves hostile to labor. Tile fight against antistrike legislation wil. eoiue up today or M<*day. when Senator La Follette will move to reconsider passage of the Poindexter bill, making strikes that interfere with interstate or foreign commerce felonies punishable by heavy fines and imprisonment. Not only i the right of railroad employes Involved In the present fight, but the whole value of the I.a Follette seamen's act Is admitted to be at stake. The Poindexter bill, passed unnoticed on Thursday, while only thre" or four Senators were in their seats, extends Its antistrike provisions to the decks, wharves and ships used as agencies of foreign commerce. La Foliette is prepared, he said, to fight to protect the seamen's law as well rs to prevent the writing into statutes of Faeh a broad antistrike provision against workers In int rstate commerce. Joined with him an* many Senators who regard such legislation as unwise. Though the Senate adopted the antistrike provisions of the Cummins’ law. which later were rejected, sentiment on the subject has undergone a change. Germany Owes U. S. for Watching Rhine WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Germany is oiisiderably behind iu her payment for the upkeep of the American army of occupation on the Rhine, it was revealed by the War Department today. I'p to June 30, of this year, the cost of maintaining the American forces on the : Rhine has been 525T.06Ci.05-1.75. Under the terms of the armistice. Germany is j obliged to reimburse the United States for the upkeep of these troops, but to ; date has paid only $54.724.05* .78. leaving a net balance due the United States of j £222,340.425.57, according to War Depart j ment figure*. WEATHER i~~~~ ————————— ■ ——— Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m'. * Dec. 18: Fair tonight and Sur.la . not much change In temperature; lowest tonight about 20 degrees HOCRLY TEMPERATE UK. a. m 21 7 a. m 21 8 a. rn 22 8 a. m 22 10 a. 23 11 a m 24 12 (noon) 28 1 p. m 25

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and the house locked. lie reported this fact to Captain Thomas. At 4:45 o'clock this morning aa automobile stopped In from of the Sehurmann avenue house and the women and Wink- j er got out and entered the house. The : party turned on the lights and the phonograph was soon started. Billingsly was awakened and went to the house to investigate. He later told the police that he has suspected the place was a resort as automobiles stopped in front at all hours of the night and there (Continued on Page Two.) War Hero and Author Kills Self on Eve of Going Back to Wife Lieutenant Pat O’Brien Blantes Woman Friend of Mate for j Breaking Up Home. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—Lieut.' Pat O'Brien, one of the outstanding he- J roes of the war, was dead today by his | own hand, a “coward.” as he branded ntmself .before he sent a bullet crashing through his brain in a room of the Alexander Hotel here. O'Brien, who was 30 years old, was a veteran of five wars and gained distlnc tion in the world war as a member of the royal flying corps. He killed himsetf after an unsuccessful attempt to effect a reconciliation with Ids wlfev, known to the motion picture world as "Virginia Dare.” O'Brien's bride of a year was In another room of the hotel and heard the shot that snuffed out his life. Lieutenant O'Brien came here yesterday from Oakland, lie ; and his wife had been separated and had planned a reconciliation. He was to have returned to San Eran- i cisco last night to receive n distinguished decoration from the British government at the handß of the British consul there. The note written by O'Brien before be ended his life, about midnight, with a 45-calibre army automatic pistol, follows, in part:' “Only a coward would do what I am ; doing, but I guess 1 am one. With all my war record, 1 am just like the rest of the people In this world, a little bit of day. And to you, my svrewt HlUo > (Continued on Page Two.)

FEDERAL AGENTS SEE RUM CLEWS Capture of Two Men Believed to Lead to Booze Ring. It became known today that the two reputed booze runners captured at Greentown Thursday morning by Marshal F. M. Garrett and taken away from hhn by the sheriff of Howard County while he was bringing them to Indianapolis for delivery to Federal authorities have been wanted by the Government for some time, it is understood that the men, John K Conn and Elmer E. Kelley, have intimate knowledge of the operations of reputed whisky ring In Logansrfort. which the Federal grand Jury is thought to be investigating. The pair were rearrested by Deputy United States Marshal C. E. Whicker, in Logansport. late yesterday, and were to tie brought to this city to face a United States commissioner today. They are charged with transporting liquor, these charges growing out of their capture by Marshal Garrett, near Greentown, with rlnety-two quarts of seven year-old bonded whisky In an automobile. Following their seizure from Marshal Garrett by Sheriff Ora Butler and Prosecuting Attorney Lawrence Bock at Kokomo Thursday the prisoners were released under SSOO bond and returned to Logansport. Prosecutor Bock telephoned United States District Attorney Frederick Van Nuys last night that lie intends to carry through their prosecution in Kokomo even though the Government has taken fhetn over. The district attorney said he told Mr. Bock that the Government would cooperate iu the State case, set for next Monday, to the extent of seeing that the prisoners and a sample of the liquor are In Kokomo. However, this will not stop the Federal prosecution, the district attorney made it plain. Prosecutor liock has made no move to inforce the liquor law against parties said to have been Interested In the famous “Feast of Belshazzar” booze party at the Kokomo Country Club a few weeks ago so far as is known bene. The prosecutor made no move even after Mr. Van Nuys publicly announced that the Federal authorities were going Into the case for the express reason that the State authorities have fallen down on it. A dispatch from Logansport states that Elmer E. Kelley is under a suspended sentence of the Circuit Court there for violating the liquor laws. The records show he was convicted last April. Two of Logunsport's leading law firms have been engaged to defend Conn and Kelly In Kokomo and here, it is said. Much interest centered in the ownership of the Studobaker automobile which Conn and Kelley were driving when captured by Marshal Garrett. It bore license number 284962, which records In the Secretary of State's office show was Issued to George Gundrum of Logansport, It is said. The car still was in a garage at j Greentown under the marshal’s custody j today. It Is possible the Federal au- j thoritles will seize it under the law, which permits such procedure with con- i veynnees which have been used In the ; illi< It. transportation of liquor. Detroit Police Quit Girl Kidnaping idea DETROIT. Dec. 15. Police today abandoned the fheary that Mary Caldveil, j IS, had been kidnaped after Martin F 1 beck, conductor and Ilarrv Nixon, inoto* j man of a Toledo Interurban. told dete<!. ! tlves they were positive the young woman and a girl companion were passengers on their car to Toledo Wednesday night. The Caldwell girl disappeared leaving a note saying “I am being taken away by four men. In danger.”

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JEWELS TORN OFF SOCIETY WOMAN IN N, Y. Clime Wave Crests Self in Daring Robbery and Man Shooting. GUN PERMITS ISSUED

NEW YORK. Dec. 18.—With one more man shot by a bandit and a woman taxicab passenger robbed. New York's crime wave continued today. Mrs. Thomas Edgar, wife of a prominent physician, was held up while driving through Central Park in a taxicab. Two men stopped the cab and robbed Mrs. Edgar of all her valuables, tearing her diamond rings from her finger*. Her total loss was estimated at $2,0h0. In the other hold-up Carl Tledmnnn, an automobile salesman, was shot when he refused to submit to being robbed. The highwaymen escaped. Tledmann is In a hospital, where It is said he probably will not recover. Citizens are confronted by a statement by Mayor Hylan, In which he said a great criminal army wan preying on the whole country and that bank men sengers should be armed, hotel doors kept locked, the police notified when large sums of money were to be transferred and other precautions taken. The mayor Instructed the police department to Issue permits for firearms to every firm applying for them. Practically every jewelry store In the dty has posted armed guards at Us doors. The Women's Republican Club, through Mr*. James G. Wentz, president, wrote Mayor Hylan urging him to call cut the militia. Judge Itosalsk! from the bench suggested organization of a citizens vigilance committee. Governor Smith was awaiting receipt of a resolution of the sterling Sliver Manufacturers' Association asking better police protection. Meanwhile police were hunting the bandits who murdered Edwin W. Andrews. Jeweler, in his office, the men who held np four persons In the Astor Hotel and the slayers who shot an unidentified man five tiroes and left hit body lying In the street in Harlem. Lucille Brooks, John Ka'anagh and Nicholas Laresch are under arrest In connection with the killing of Police Lieutenant Horton, who tried to halt their automobile after n hold-up. Michael Laresch was held as a material witness. TAKE $5,000 FROM JEWELRY WINDOW ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 18.— Five bandits who held up William Mauch, Sr., and Ms son In their Jewelry store on South Broadway today, escaped with f5,4U0 in Jewel (Continued on Pace Two.)

HARDING SAYS FOREIGN IDEA IS TAKING WELL Feels Encouraged After Outlining International Policy Flan to Others. MARION, Ohio, Dec. is._”lt. I* all grist In the hopper.” Senator Harding said today, In discussing the conferences ;of the last two weeks. "We are trying to grind out a product that will be sustaining aud palatable to the American people.” Senator Harding announced that he • had formulated In tils own mind a plan , for an International policy which he believed possible of accomplishment. That i pan, he *aid, bad been placed before many of his conferees and he let it be seen that he was greatly encouraged over the approval they expressed. Such approval, he indicated, bad come from men of every shade of opinion and had been endorsed by thinkers as widely separated a* William J. Bryan and Senator A. B. Fall. lie let It be known that he awaited with the greatest Interest the comments of Senator Heed, Missouri, with whom lie discussed the plan today. The Missouri Senator Is an Irreconcilable of the (Continued on Page Two.)

Detroit Banker, Shot by Bandit, Dies Today DETROIT, Dec. 18. Alfred A. Jack son, 71, private banker, shot through both Cheeks tiy nil armed bandit Friday during an attempted hold-up of his offices, died early today. Capitol Is Damaged by Fire From Cigar WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Fire, caused by a lighted cigar left on a desk, caused s3<>o damage in the offices of the House ■ Committee on Postoffices and Postroads j at the Capitol today. Illinois Postoffice Is Robbed of $25,000 ! COLLINSVILLE, 111., Dec. 18.- Bandits early today blew the safe of the postoffice here and escaped with stamps estimated at $20,000 to 525.000. A passing I pedestrian, who heard the explosion, , summoned the police, but the bandits j made o. r s in an automobile at high speed. Postoffice Open 4 to 8 on Sunday The parcel post window at the postoffice will be kept open between the hours of 4 and 8 o'clock tomorrow aft ornoon to neconnnodato perrons who desire ,i> mall Christmas packages. Post-' master Robert E. Springsteen announced today. Three exlra tables and scales, manned by a dozen additional clerks have been installed in the main lobby of the Federal Building. It is expected that the equipment nnd force of clerks will be made much larger Monday when the real Christmas rush begtua. Mall should start today sos States on the North Atlantic coast, Maine and New Hampshire, as well ns Vermont, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska In order to arrive by Christmas, the postmaster stated.

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JEWETT ASKS 1-MAN CONTROL OP INSTITUTIONS County and City Buildings Would Be Consolidated by Plan. A pian to consolidate every county and city charitable, correctional and medical Institution under the management of one high grade Institutional manager and a board of trustees, was Indorsed by Mayor Jewett today. By the plan some of the present institutions would be disposed of and the Inmates housed In new buildings to be located on one large farm .where produce to support all the other places could bn raised. The mayor announced that he will seek to i have a bill authorizing this passed at the coming session of the Slate legislature. The proposal aa outlined by the mayor. Is similar t<> that under which Cleveland. <*.. operate* its Institutions. It has been found to be far more economical than the eld system of separate buying and separate management, he said Tha mayor stated that he believes hundreds of thousands of dollars can be wived by eliminating the expense of separate management for each of the county and city Institutions and the Installation of combined part-basing for all. Many of the evil* which have . cropped out In the management of the hospital*. JalL Insane asylum, poor Urm ■ and other at*** eottlrl be done (Continued v n I*g* Two,) 5 STEEL SAWS FOUND IN JAIL ‘Tip’ Leads to Discovery in Cots.

Believing that he lias prevented a daring Jnll delivery which was scheduled to be "pulled" at -1m Marlon County Jail on the night before Christmas. Sheriff Robert E. Miller stated t'dny that five steel saw* were found in the straw tick* of five of the prisoner*. •We had n tip that saws had been smuggled In and u *eftrch resulted In the discovery of five," PhertlT MLler said. "One of the saw* was found In the cot occupied by Norman Kennedy, who Is being held In jal! pending trial In Criminal Court. We have *ix defendants now- in Jsll charged with first degree murder ' Sheriff Miller stated that he believes that the jail delivery plot was discovered Just In time and announces that extra guard* will be put on duty at night. Sheriff Miller and an extra heavy guard appeared In court with a number of men who were recently Indicted to enter their plea*. The sheriff state* that "no changes" are being made at thl* time and every effort will be made to prevent a Jail delivery such ns wag staged on July 5, last. 20 ARE INDICTED BYGRANDJURY Result of Step to Round l T p Thieves. Approximately twenty Indictment.* and two discharges were returned by the Marlon County grand Jury today In Criminal Court. The jury recommended that Rob ert Chevalier, charged with forgery, be released from further prosecution, and that James Lasbley, charged with rob hnry, he released from jail, because of Insufficient evidence to warrant an In (llctment. Judge James A. Collins permitted the following Indictments to be made public: Inda Myers, first degree murder; Barbara Sprague and Sirs. Howard Hormond. Issuing fraudulent check; Fred Collier, Thurman T. Morrison and Nellie Prados, robbery; Frank Alice, Thurman] Morrison and Arthur Wright, robbery: Frank Clark, Arthur Wright, Fred Col(Contlnued on Page Nine.)

Full Week of Christmas Events to Be Observed; Many Lists Announced

Indianapolis will begin its Christmas celebration tomorrow. The singing of tlie "Messiah" at Tomlinson Hall by the Community Chorus In the afternoon will be. the first of a series of public celebrations which will continue until Christmas and afterward. This event will be followed by the Old Melodies Concert ,nt the Murat Theater tomorrow night for the benefit of the Elks' Christmas fund. The singing of the "Messiah" has become a Chritsmaß Institution, having been presented to the public as a gift by the city for several years. The chorus la made up of .’>oo trained voices and four soloists of note. This year Miss Alice P Axtell, soprano; Miss Lucy S, Hart man, eontTalto; Gustav* Holmqntst, bari-

WOMAN FACING MURDER COURT WITHOUT BAIL Two Sons of F. A. Myers, Slain by Wife, in Custody of Policewoman. FUSS OVER BOYS HALTED Holding that Byron and Arthur Myers, sons of Frederick A. Myers, photographer, who was shot fatally by his wife, Inda Myers, should remain in the temI pantry custody of Harry Hildebrand and I his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hildebrand, a I policewoman, until Mrs. Myers Is tried i In Criminal Court on a charge of first I degree tfturder, Judge Solon J. Carter of i Superior Court, Room 3. today entered an order which will quiet for a while (be litigation over the custody of the ‘ boys. ' Judge Carter stated that he desired j the two boys kept away from the influences of the murder trial and of attorneys until it is necessary 4or thfn to appear as witnesses. Judge Carter i called the Hildebrands to his office and gave them specific ' Instructions regard--1 ing the care of the lad*. The court took thl* action shortly after the Marlon County grand Jury I returned an indictment against Mr* Inda Myers In Criminal Court, charging her with first degree murder. Judge James A Collin* made an entry to the effect that the court will fix no hall. Mrs. Myers U in jnll and was not present in Superior Court when her intervening petition for the custody of the two boy* was up for hearing. FILED ACTION TO OFFSET MOTHER. Mr*. Myers petition was filed as an action opposing the effort* of Mr*. I>. J McGrath of Chicago, who was divorced from Frederick Myers a few years ago. to have the dlvoro* decree modified so as to permit her to have the custody of her two sons. “A* long a* Mr*. Myers is under in d'.ctment on a charge of first degree murder this court will never give hr the custody of the two boys,” said Judge Carter. “As It is, with Mr*. Myers In Jail, she hasn't even the custody of herself. Tho boys tuu*C be kept In the Jurisdiction of the court pending the outcome of the murder trial. The question of whether Mrs Myer*. who Is the stepmother. or Mr* McGrath, the mother of the boy*, should he given the custody "f (the boys, will go over until the murder i trial of Mrs. Myer* t* settled. Future event* might adjust the custody of the : children " D. J. McGrath t>ok the stand and it* rifled that his home In Chicago Is open to the sons of his wifc. Mrs. McGrath admitted that a divorce was granted t** Mr. Myer* on the grounds of adultery, but stated tbiil she did Dot know what th® word "adultery” •* a ' ter the divorce w* granted. She claimed that she loved her chlldfea and wished (u care for them. ATTEMPTS TO PIT IN PETITION. At the beginning of the hearing. Attorney Aruthnr It. Robinson, one of Mr*. Myers' attorneys, attempted to Introduce n petition sign and by "nbout -MX) neigh hor*" of Mr* Myers, taking thal she b* granted the custody of the children. Deputy Prosecutor William P. Evans | was In court In the Interest of the State and objected to the filing of the petition !ns It might prejudice the Jury at the t ine of tbs bearing of the murder case. Mr Evans was sustained by Judge Car ter. Mr. Evan* al*o successfully blocked i all evidence touching on the murder which the attorneys for Mr* Myers sought to Introduce. Attorney Frank Bruce represented Mrs. McGrath and Attorney* Robinson and M. L. Clawson appeared for .Mrs. Myer*. Judge Carter was informed that Judge Mnhlon Hash of the Probate Court would appoint a trust company as trustee of , fund* which will be awarded to the boys aa the result of the final disposition of the Myer* estate and the life insurance lof the lute Mr. Myer*. TRUCK ROAD TAX LAW HELD VOID Judge Collins Rules Act Unconstitutional. Tho law passed at the last regular session of thp legislature providing a road tax on trucks, was declared unconstitutional today by Judge James A. Collins In Criminal Court, The court ruled the law was unconstitutional bemuse the title did not state nil of Its contents. The <as was that against W. S. Frye, a local tranufer innn. The law was declared unconstitutional by the City Court, where Frye was first tried, but the State Appealed to Criminal Court. The law provided a tax of $6 70 per ton capacity on trucks In addition to other taxes. The Indiana Transfer and Warehousemen’s Association assisted in the action to have tho law declared unconstitutional. Freighter Grounds LONDON, Dec. 18.—The American freight steamship Edgar F. Luckenbaeh, 6,061 tons, went ashore today half a mile south of St. Catherine's Point. Asslstanee has been sent and It was expected that Rhe would be refloated before night. The Edgar F. Luckenbaeh was bound j from New York for Rotterdam She car- , rled a crew of about forty-five men j

tone, all of Chicago, and John Hoffman, tenor, of New York, will compose the group of soloists. OLD MELODIES CONCERT ARTIBTB. A group of local artists will lend their talent in (lie Old Melodies Concert. The soloists will Include Mias Kathleen Butnliaugh. Leland Lytle. Miss Norma Mueller, Miss As,aes Ilodgin, De Witt Talbert, vocalists ; Otis Igleman, violinist, and Harold Stockton, whistler. The Lincoln Quartette, composed of Miss Florence Parkin, Mrs. Mary Traub Busch, T. A. Nealls nnd Harry Calland; the Harmony Trio, consisting of A1 Hofmeister, Henry Wollenwsber nnd Siiqrale Henderson, and (Continued on Rn** Eight.)

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Author, Named Jury Commissioner , to Heed Service Call

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MEREDITH NICHOLSON, The naming of u prominent Hoosler j author and a prominent bualneas man of Indianapolis to serve a* Jury commissioner* for next year, has been announced j by Judge Harry (>. Chamberlin of the Marlon County Circuit Court. Meredith Nicholson, author, and Edwin A. Hendrickson, secretary and treasurer of the Indianapolis Saddlery Company, have answered the call of ' service'' and have j accepted the appointments. The Jury commissioners draw for (ha Criminal, Circuit and Superior Court* Judge Chamberlin stated that • It was hi* de*!re to appoint men of the “highest type” as Jnry commissioner*. Mr Nlcholoon and Mr. Hendrickson will assume their duties on Jan. 1. and will decide whether the name* of woman voter* who are freeholders and householders, will be put Into the Jury box. At present the Jurv box doe* not contain the name* of women. The present Jury commissioners are Charlea Holtman and Joseph Buchanan. WOULD HAVE ALL TEACHERS U. S. CITIZENS Committees Preparing Educational Measures for Legislature Submits Report. Effort* will be made to have nil opposition to bill* for relief of the educational aysto roof Indiana disposed of before the General Assembly meets Jan. ; 6. It was stated today at the meeting of committees which have charge of [■reparation of educational measures. A third m<-vtlng of these committees has i been H*t for Dee. 31. when all bills are ; ex pee teal to be ready for presentation. Reports of the twelve commutes appointed at the first meeting held some time ago, were submitted today. The ‘ report* Included recommendations on } bills relating to vocational education, ; county unit, school inspection, State nM for all schools, county schools, organization of State board, local board and trustee*, teacher's welfare, illiteracy, lliyslenl and health education, Americanization, school lunches.

V. S. CITIZENSHIP AN ESSENTIAL. j One of the distinctive features of (-he i committee report on welfare, physical j education and Americanization, Is the proposal that all teachers and employes 1 of the public school system of (he State jbe naturalised citizens of the United States. A proposal was also made that all teachers and other employes he re- ! qulrcd to tak<j> an oath of nl.cglanec to the United States. Recommendation also was made by this committee that physical education ;be required in nil schools, and that suitable recreational facilities he provided In ali cities and towns, to provide reerea- ! tton for school children outside of school I hours. A local and State supervisor of physical education also would bo required by the proposed bill recommended by this committee. The committee offered a resolution, which was adopted by the entire body, supporting the recommendation of the School Lunch Association, favoring leglrlntlon empowering trusties nnd commissioners to provide school lunches if they so desire. MEDICAL INSPECTION. Following the report of the committee recommending medical inspection of ail children, n motion was adopted instructing the committee to confer with Dr. ! J. N. Hurty, secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health on this I>lU. It is understood that a hill similar to that recommended by the teachers is being prepared by tho board of health, for presentation Zu the Assembly. A move was launched also to include medical In ; speetton of all teachers as well as pupils, 1 In this bill. The committee on vocational education, ; beaded by Z. M. Smith, chairman, pre- i Rented for the approval of the teachers, a ! bill which would provide amendment of I tho present vocational education law, j which would provide ei 1-eent levy on j each SIOO of taxable property to const!- j tute a lund for the purpose of carrying j out the provisions of the vocational ed- j ueation act. The bill as submitted by j the committee provided for a levy of J three-fourths of 1 cent on each SIOO of taxable property, but was changed on vote of the body, to provide for a 1-eent levy. The bill as prepared provides that all funds now remaining or which shall remain at the end of each fiscal year shall be placed in the hands of a committee | consisting of the fltate Superintendent, I tho State vocational education director, ; chairman of the vocational committee. | and the Treasurer of State, for invest- j merit to provide funds for carrying out. j the provlsious of the act. This bill, the committee reported. is now ready for presentation to the Leg's- j lature. The vocational committee also reported that bills are now being prepared on the following subjects: A vocational levy, employment of teachers (or twelve months, including township supervisors of home economics work, and (Continued QB Page Nine.)

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ORDER IS EFFECTIVE FROM MIDNIGHT OF DEC. 19 FOR 71 DAYS Service Board’s Ruling on Plea for Increased Revenues Also Directs Improvement of Traction Freight Terminals. Persons who ride on street cars in Indianapolis must pay 1 cent for each transfer issued after midnight Sunday night, the public service commission ordered today, "1 he order will be in effect seventy-one days from that time. Ihe commission issued the order as a result of the petition of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company for permission to charge 2 cents for transfers. The commission also directs in its order that within the next month he company fake up for consideration the matter of remedying the inadequacies of interurban freight terminals in the city of Indianapolis, anS that on or before Feb. 1, 1921, it submit plans for adequate freight terminal facilities to be carried out by itself or by the interurban companies in the early part of 1921.

Runs Booze From Jersey Into Hands of City Policeman Shelburn (Ind.) Man Claims Auto That Yielded *224 Quarts — Fined. After successfully running the gauntlet of prohibition enforcement officers In every State from New Jersey to Indiana. Jesse McGronklin came to grief on the last lap of a trip from Perth Amboy, N. J., to his home in Shelburn, Ind., with a cargo of liquor. He came Into the police station today and admitted ownership of the automobile which was seized yesterday by the police after it had been in collision with another car at Vermont street and Indiana avenue. When the machine was taken In custody the police found it contained 224 quarts of liquor He said he paid B'J a quart for the liquor at Perth Amboy. .McGronklin. after surrendering. was fined by City Judge Pritchard SIOO and costs and was sentenced to ninety da) * cr. the Indiana State Farm. McGronklin is married and has five children. He said that he had owned the automobile three months. WAR VETERANS ENFORCE ORDER Armed Guard Prevents Recurrence of Rioting in Independence. Kas.

INDEPENDENCE, Kan.. Dec. 18.— Rigid enforcement of near martial law by war veterans prevented race, riot* here np to an early hour today. The mayor ordered all places of business and amuse- j (rent closed and ordere.d all civilian* without permits off the streets after dark. Two companies of the National Guard were sent here from Lawrence. Omn Small, guardsman, was shot la | the breast by buckshot when a shotgun , carried by another guard was deciders- ! tally discharged. Noble Green, the negro accused of I killing U. U. Wharton, a grocer, which started the trouble between the whites and blacks, was spirited out of the town early today. In a Jail In one of the adjoining counties With troops on the scene and the negro away, the authorities anticipated no further trouble. REPORT SEVEN MEN DROWNED Boat Carrying West Virginia Workers in Armor Plate Plant Sinks in Kanawha. SPRING HILL. W. Va., Dee 18.— , Seven men were reported drowned at noon today when n row Pont carrying eighteen workers from the armor plate plnnt of South Charleston, sank while crossing the Kanawha river. The men resided In Dunbar, opposite this place, and were going home for the half holiday. Rescue boats saved eleven of the men. LEWIS RETAINED AS MINERS’ HEAD Unofficial Returns Show Landslide for President.

John L. I.ewis has been re-elected international president of the United Mine Workers of America hv a large majority on the face of unofficial returns from every district in the country, according to an announcement made at the international headquarters here today. "Mr. Lewis has administered a crushing defeat to Robert 11. Marlin of Washington, the candidate of the opposition,” the announcement said. It was said at headquarters that the majority for Lewis would reach landslide proportions- The same returns indicated a very large majority for Philip Murray, candidate for re-election as international vice president, over Alexander Howat of Kansas, the announcement indicated. The election was looked upon as a contest between the radical element, as represented by Harlan and Howat, and the conservative clement x..'presented by Lewis and Murray. Sister of Boston Woman Aiso Missing BOSTON, Dec. 19. —Mystery surrounding (he disappearance of Miss Maud M. Daniels, missing Christian Science secretary, wgk deepened today, whon a telegram ffom Denver stated that Mary Daniels, sister of the missing girl, who lias been sick, had vanished from Colorado. Mary Daniels has been living In Colorado for the last six months. She went there to establish a Government land claim. S

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The readjustment of charges to interurban companies suggested by the city in connection with the street car cans is deemed of such importance, according to the order, that the commission will take additional time to make au analysis and that a special technical investigation may be made by engineering experts. I The commission finds, however, that ! Present rates are not sufficient to maintain the service and solvency of the company. that they are insufficient to obi tain financjui credit to make Improvement* and that any increase in interurban charges would not mat unnecessary the adoption of a charge for transfers. FINDS PARAMOUNT NEED IS FOR CREDIT. The commission Is taking Into consideration. the order recites, additional expense.*, including a tax boost of $108,247.29. The paramount need of the company at this time is for credit, the order states. The commission goes on to recite its activities in reorganizing the company and providing for its betterment. It points out tliat despite a better financial condition of the company the city is making demands that cannot be carried out without additional revenue. The commission points out that It does not feel Justified In providing a return of less than 7 per cent on the company’* Investment. It gives the valuation of the property of the company at $15,000.000, fixed charges at $999,350, and points out that si:ii).ooo more will be needed tinder the reorganization orders *g the commission. The commission, while admitting that PTices are coming down, deehffes the future holds as great an emergency as tho past. The commission declares that conditions ar<- such it is not safe to forecast the revenue of the company even out month ahead. "The evidence submitted by petitioner Is that the company does not expect l(Contiaued on Cage Two.)

FIRE DESTROYS VV. WALNUT ST. HOUSE; SPREADS Discovered in Attic and Soon Threatens to Break Out of Control. Thf fire* ww under control at 2 o’clock. Tho loss to tho houses and fa ml tore in estimated at SIO,OOO. Tho principal Ham, age was done to the buildings at 20, it and 24 West Walnnt street. Fire, wlUch started in the attic of a double bouse at 24 West Walnut street, hail practically destroyed the building and had spread to a frame dwelliug at 20 West Walnut street at 2 o'clock. The flames were discovered by James Love, who lived In half of the doubit destroyed, while lie was asssting his wif®, clean house By the time the alarm w*A, turned in the roof had fallen In. The fire Inter communicated to thoi residence occupied bv Mrs. L. C. Verarg, 702 North Meridian street. Mrs. Otto Barnnett, who lives in tIM house at 24 West Walnut street, assists® by her colored maid, staged a thrilling | rescue of her two children, Vivian, S. and; Donald. 1, when she dashed into the blazing structure after them. Mrs. Barnnett; and her maid carried the children, whoso 1 clothes were already burning, tp safety ! amid a shower of sparks and fire brands j from the burning building. The fire eonitnued to gain headway and soon ranched the roofs of houses t 70fi and 788 North Meridian street. The former is occupied by Mrs. Mary Ray. When Motor Policeman Hudson reached the house si 20 West Market street a! woman screamed to him to "Save dearie.”} “Where is dearie?” shouted the ot|s* j cer. "In there," frantically screamed woman, pointing to a downstairs rvotft. “The officer broke in the window and found a lap dog cowering there. In an adjoining room, however, he found four small children nearly overcome by the smoke, which he rescued in preference to "Dearie." SIOO Fine, 30 Days on Tiger Charge Wilson Rarhnrt, DOD-i Ft. Wayne avenue. was found guilty by City Judge Walter Pritchard today on a charge of operating a blind tiger and was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to the Indian n State Farm for thirty days. Barhart wjs arrested last night when the police raided his home and found three quarts of "white mule” and empty Jugs and bottles that showed that he had. had more liquor In his possession.

Gasoline Stolen; Water Put in Tanks Special to The Times. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec. IS.— Aaron Coblentz, farmer residing near Onoka, found his fifry-gallon gasoline tank filled with water. Robbers hod drained the tank and replaced the gasoline with water. The thieves made no attempt to steal an auto that was iu the garage. No clew has been found.