Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 200, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight. Low temperature about freezing. Friday cloudy.

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M’CRA Y IS OUT FOR M’CLURE AS SPEAKER; REPEAL OF PRIMARY Governor-Elecfs Open Demand Throws Consternation Into Ranks of Aspirants to Leadership of Lower House. SCHOOL TAX RATE BOOST REQUESTED Developments in pre-legislature affairs came rapidly today with continued activity on the part of Governor-elect Warren T. McCray. The principal developments are: Mr. McCray declared definitely and directly for the election of John F. McClure of Anderson as Speaker of the House. The Governor-elect let it be known that he will in his message to the legislature ask for the repeal of the direct primary law, at least so far as it applies to candidates for Governor and United States Senators. A proposal was placed before Mr. McCray by L. N. Hines, State superintendent of public instruction, that the common school tax rate be increased frcm 5.8 cents to 20 cents on each SIOO of assessed valuation.

While It was generally known that the j Governor-elect favored the election of i Mr. McClure as Speaker of the House, his open request today that Mr. McClure be elected as Speaker has thrown consternation Into the ranks of the supporters of other candidates for the speakership. DID N'OT HESITATE TO CONFIRM. Mr. McCray did not hesitate to confirm the report that he had told Jacob P. Miltenberger of Muncie. Mr. McClure’s most formidable opponent, that he favored the naming of Mr. McClure as Speaker. “The statement that I favor the election of Mr. McClure is correct,” Mr McCray said when asked as to the truth of | the report that he had expressed a pref-, erence. It was generally admitted following this declaration that there would be lit- ! tie chance of electing another man speaker of the House. Members of the Assembly took the attitude that if the | Governor takes on himself the power of ‘ appointing a speaker there is nothing that a mere legislator can do about it. The declaration of Sir. McCray establishes the fact that he Intends to countenance no opposition to anything he night the legislature to do. It Indicates that the Legislature will be a McCray Legislature, unless resentment toward Mr. McCray’s attitude becomes so strong that sufficient force to defeat his plans can be mustered. M’CRAV SUPPORTERS WISH TO SEE FIGHT. His declaration also establishes the fact that he feared the defeat of Mr.: McClure In h‘.s speakership contest unless some drastic action was taken. This action took the form of a public an i nouncement that he desired the election ict Mr. McClure. The prospects are that [when the mem'ters of the House assemble If u caucus next Wednesday night his [wish will be speedily granted, but even k e most ardent McCray supporters pro Hki to see a tight ahead. ■>:. McCray's attitude on the primary , well known. Having spent more {Key than any Other candidate in his ■b primary races, he is ready to abolish - B (Continued on Page Two.; GASOLINE WINS OVER WHITE MULE Man With Conflicting Auto Licenses Overhauled. "White mule” can't outrun police gasoline, and this being true. Motorpolice Dalton and Howerton capturel William Calvert. 10*4 Elm street, alleged bootlegger, yesterday, after an automobile race. The police received a call that a man had gtruck Mrs. Osin Kelly. 529 North Illinois street, and they arrived at that address In time to see a man drive away In an automobile. The police gave chase and captured the man at Capitol avenue and Michigan streets* He was charged with operating a blind tiger and assault and battery. In his automobile the police found eight gallons of “white mule" whisky. On the front of the automobile was license 31125, and on the rear was license 165608. Local Police Asked to Find Young Man An appeal to help locate Lanson Dickerson, 21, who is thought to have disappeared In Indianapolis some time between Dec. 14 and 20 waa received by Mayor Charles W. Jewett today from Charles A. Dickerson, New Athens, Ohio, the boy's father. The letter was turned over to the police. The father said he received a telegram from the son, then in Indianapolis on Dec. 14. asking for funds with which lo come home. Another young man named tValter Anderson, 20, was with him, the father said. The money was sent, but the telegraph company wired back that the boy could not be located. The father fears he has been the victim of foul play. Booze Terms Dealt in Criminal Court A number of defendants were sentenced in Criminal Court today on charges of operating a blind tlgei. Among them were Paul Jlmmaro who got thirty days in Jail and Emerson Baits, who was given forty days on the Indiana State Farm. Because of the failure of Earl Sellers to arpear for trial on a charge of operating a blind tiger. Judge James A. Collins forfeited a SI,OOO bond of Sellers With Edgar Coffman as surety. Fred Lewis, who appealed from the City Court on a charge o r operating a blind tiger, dismissed his appeal In the Criminal Court and he was remanded to the City Court. NAMES BL IF FT ON PROSEriTOR. HARTFORD CITT, Ind., Dec. 30.—• Theodore Harsh, Bluffton attorney, hns been named deputy prosecutor at Bluffton by W. A. Burns, Hartford City attorney, who becomes prosecutor for Wells and Blackford Counties Jan. 1. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours endiug 7 p. m., Dec. 31: Fair tonight; Friday clondv ; not much change in temperature. Lowest tonight, slightly above freezing. HOI'RLV TEMPERATURE. > 6 a. m 33 7 a. D 33 8 a. m 34 9 a. m 36 10 a. m 38 11 a. m 43 12 (noon) 44 1 p. m 44 2 p. m 44

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WAR CLOUDS VANISH, FIUME VIEWS PEACE Municipal Council Accepts Government’s Terms and Citizens Rejoice. LONDON. Dec. 80.—The Italian government has published a decree granting amnesty to Gabriele d'Annunzio's forces at Flume, according to a Rome dispatch to the Evening News today. ROME, Dec. 30. —War clouds which have been hanging low ovei southern Europe for nearly two years, were rolled back today when Italy began to put into effect the treaty of Kapallo at Flume. The threat of an armed break between Italy and Jugo-Slnvia over Fiurne and other disputed territory on the Adriatic was at hand. But for a year It had been Intensified by Gabriele d’Annuuxio, the firebrand Italian poet, who seized Flume and a number of islands on the Dalmatian coast In bold defiance of the Italian government. D’Annunzio’s volunteers, not content with land seizures, even attacked Jugoslav frontier guards and on several occasions these clashes menaced the serenity of all southern Europe from the Mediterranean Sea to Roumania. TIRED OF TURMOIL. No longer doea the fiery Italian poet'a battle flag float over the governor's palace at Fiume. No more do the warcraft of d'Annunzio's navy steam slowly back and forth Inside the Flume harbor. Pence has come to Flume. And the people of Flume are Joyous and happy. They tired of the military Impositions of d'AnnunjdV# volunteers. Also thej hops to get enough t est now. The delegation from the Flume municipal council accepted all of the govern(Continued on Page Two.) Expected to Head County Board Again Indications are that Lewis George, president of the board of county commissioners, will be re-elected as the presiding officer of the board for 1921, at the organization meeting to be held Saturday. Joseph Hayes retires as a member of the board on Saturday and Harry D. Tutewllier. county commissioner-elect from the Second district, takes the seat vacated by Mr. Hayes. Postmen Will Get Holiday New Year’s City and rural mall carriers will have a full holiday on New Year’s day. Postmaster Robert E. Springsteen announced today. The postoffice will be dosed all day Jan. 1. but the collections snd evening deliveries to hotels and dispatch of outgoing malls will be made as on Sundays. All special delivery mall and perishable parcels received will be delivered. __ Asks $7,500 Damages in Alienation Suit Damages of $7,500 were asked today In a suit filed In Circuit Court by Vernon F. Rice against Frank E. Lang and Maude Lang for the reputed alienation of ! the affections of Mrs. Edna F. Itlce. Rice contends that he and Edna F. Rice were married on April 17. 1917, and when j he volunteered and enlisted in the navy j on June 19, 1918. be made arrangements ' for his wife to stay at the Lang home. ! On returning home Rice claims that his wife was persuaded “maliciously” by i the defendants to refuse to live with him. He claims that he has been deprived of | the companionship of bis wife. HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE. j PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 3©.—Arthur ' Powers of this city was arrested here : yesterday and taken to Muncie by Dei teetlve Miller. Powers Is charged with having pased a fraudulent check on Everett Flack, former resident, who was arrested a few days when he attempted 1 to have the check cashed.

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DENVER, Col., Dec. 30—Joshua Sykes, the “great Jehovah and King of Heaven and Earth,” will appear in Police Court today to answer to a charge of operating a confidence game. Sykes is said to have obtained $l5O from a former member of the "Temple of David," a religious cult of which Sykes Is the high potentatlve, by asserting that the end of the world was at hand and no one could have further use lor money. Many weird tales of religious fanaticism have been unearthed by police in connection with an Investigation of the “Temple” conducted here by Sykes, nnd Chief of Police Armstrong has filed complaint with the district attorney’s office charging the temple was “nothing but a breeding place for free love.” Affidavits filed by former followers ot Sykes charge that he has proclaimed himself the according to Mrs. Hattie Mathleson, who says she went through the "ordeal of fire" to become a

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GO OVER PLANS FOR INAUGURAL WITH HARDING Knox. McLean and Daugherty Principal Callers on Presi-dent-Elect. ALSO DISCUSS CABINET MARION, Ohio, Dec. 30. —Senator Harding's principal visitors today flipped over the 1921 calendar to Saturday, Mnrch 4. They discussed with the Presidentelect the program of the momentous day which will climax when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court administers the oath making him the leader and servant of the American people for four years. While Senator Philander C. Knox, chairman of the Senate Inaugural Committee; Edward B. McLean, chairman of the Washington inaugural committee, and Harry M. Daugherty, one of Senator Harding's closest advisers, came, ostensibly to arrange details of the inauguration, the Cabinet situation was by no means overlooked. It Is known on the highest authority that Senator Knox has been and is being considered most seriously for the post of Secretary of State. 1 ALREADY SERVED j *'OB THREE PRESIDENTS. j Already he has served In tbe Cabinet , under three Presidents McKinley. Roosevelt and Taft. It Is by no means certain that he would be averse to adding another service ribbon to his long ami honorable record. His Ideas on in ternational affairs. It is understood, havo matched closely with those of the President elect and It Is known that he already has written a peace resolution which met with approbation of Senator, Harding. Whether his place during the j inaugural ceremonies will he with the i Cabinet or the members of the Senate, It is certain that his counsel and advice will I receive the utmost consideration from the next President. Other Cabinet posts were vigorously • discussed by a swarm of visitors (luring j the day and the hopes and expectations j of many candidates were raised and lowered as often as the President's bat duri tng a ride down Pennsylvania avenue. ELEVEN VICTIMS OF ESCAPING GAS Rigid Investigation Begun by Coroner at Chicago in Asphyxiation Cases. CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—A "rigid’’ Investl- ' gntion Into the amount of pressure main- ; tatned within the last few day* by the i People's Gas Light and Coke Company Iwas begun today upon ordei of Coroner Peter Hoffman when a total of eleven deaths from asphyxiation, one a fosalble suicide, was discovered by the police. ! Five of tbe victims reshfert wßktn a ] radius of one mile and all but one were suffocated while asleep, j The bodies of Mrs. Giovanni Ileimonte, j her 20 year-old daughter, and a 12-year-old girl visitor at their home were first j discovered In their bed*. An untdentl > fled man and woman were later found at | a south side dwelling. Albert T. Tsylor, 29, of Memphis, Tenn., and an unidentified boy of about 19, were found side by side in their room at the home of Mrs. J. H. Walton on the south side. The next discoveries were Charles !R. Humberstone of Kalamazoo, Mich., who died at the home of a brother In , Berwyn, a suburb, and William O. West and 1,. I). Shepard, who were found in | their* room in the southwest side. Miss Jeanette Smith was found dead beside her kitchen stove. A piece of gaa hose and a note In Polish led the police I to believe this last death a suicide. 33 ‘Reds’ Slated for Deportation Jan. 15 BOSTON, Doc. 3f).--Th!rty-three alleged ; “reds ’ from various sections of the coun- ; try. in custody at Deer Island, Boston Hrrbor, will be deported Jan. 15, accord lng to a telegram received today from : Assistant Secretary of Labor Post. The telegram was read at tho habeas corpus j proceedings brought by Ephraim Kortz, jof Seattle, Wash., In Federal Court. Hertz's case was continued. Bandits Decide Not to Blow Bank Safe ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. 30. Five bandits today captured the town watchfean of New Hampton. Mo., hound nnd gagged him nnd took him to the Farmers' Bank to make sure that they would not i he Interfered with while they ransacked the vault. After wrangling for more j than an hour over the question of blowing the inner safe, they decided not to, and left In a motor car with a number !of Liberty bonds, the value of which will not be known until a check-up. Tafts Are in Bermuda HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 30.—W. H. Taft, former President of the United ; States, and Mrs. Taft arrived Wednes- ; day. They were greeted on the steamer i Port Victoria by the Governor, the i American consul and a committee or ! Americans. Mr. nnd Mrs. Taft will reI main In Bermuda two months.

member of the flock In order to save her sister from what she calls the “terrors of Jehovism.’’ Sykes Immerses disrobed women In a glass baptismal tank to make them faithful followers, telling them that Ills hands have healing powers and they have everlasting life and are no longer capable of sin, according to the charges. Other complaints charge that "Jehovah” bqs discarded his legal wife and has made Marie Frlede, a wealthy divorcee nnd faithful follower, “Queen of ; the Temple,” and that lie frowns on marriage and exhorts his followers to disregard all marriage vows. ; Charges of contributing to the de- ! llnquency of children arc (lending against Sykes in Juvenile Court, it being charged that he ordered his followers to cease work for seven months because the world was coming to an end, resulting in starvation to many children whose parents are! members of tbe i “Temple of David.” j

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920.

‘GOODRICH’S PAROLE CAME AS SURPRISE’ Clifford Capps, in U. S. Court, Discloses Stunt of Professional Bondsman.

Clifford H. Capps, convicted blind tiger operator, disclosed to Judge Albert B. Anderson In Federal Court yesterday that he had been paroled by Governor Goodrich without knowing that a jvetltlon for nts release was in existence. The interesting disclosure of how a professional bondsman promised to “fix” a case for him, subsequently failed, and how he later was released on a parole that was wholly a surprise to him, was made to the court In the course of an examination pertaining to the seizure of automobiles in which liquor was transported illegally. An automobile In which Capps was transporting six gallons of liquor he said he had bought from a negro on Indiana avenue to take with him on a fishing expedition, was seized by Federal prohibition agents after the local poiloe had captured him. The Indiana Investment and Securities Company, represented by Attorney Charles Remster, claimed the car on the ground that It held an Interest In It through Having purchased negotiable paper from the nuto sales agency from which Capps purchased it. Capps had not finished paying for it. During the bearing on the Indiana Investment and Securities Company's claim Capps was put on the witness stand He told of buying the liquor and

Harding's Cabinet Reported Complete With Hays on List (Copyright. 1980. by the l ulled Frees.) By RAYMOND CLATTER. MARION Ohio, Dec. 30.—The first Cabinet slate has been virtually completed by Tree! dent-el Set Herding, It was learned here today. This tentative slate Is uaderstood to be as follows: Secretary of State—Charles t. Hughes, New York. Secretary of Treasury—Charles G. Dawes, Illinois. secretary of War—A. T. Ilert, Kentucky. Secretary of Nary—John W. Weeks. Massachusetts. Attorney General— Harry M. Daugherty. Ohio. Tostmaster General —Will H. Hay., Indiana. Secretary of Interior—George Sutherland, l-'tab. Secretary of Agrteultura—Henry C. Wallace, lowa. secretary of Commerce —Charles Warren, Michigan. Secretary of Labar—Herbert lloa*ar, California, Gserge U. ChrUMaa, Jr., of Marian, is understood have bean decided on as secretary to the Tresideat. Harding, of course. It reserving the right throughout to change his mind If lie deems it wise, and it is possible he will be obliged to shift his men to other post* than three now In mind for tbera. Now names may have to be snbetltuted for thoee now on the list. Among those In reserve are Charles D. Hllles, Now York, and George M. Reynolds. Chicago, for treasurer; Congressman Julius Kalin, l ailfornla, for war; former Congressman J. J. Esch, Wisconsin, and J. Hampton Moore. TennsylvonU. for commerce; Governor Campbell. Arizona, for interior; Albert J. Iteveridge. Indiana, for labor. Most of the first line men under consideration are targets for crlttelsm for one citiarter or another and these Influences, In some Instances, may cause Harding to change his mind before Inauguration day. Announcement of the completed Cabinet is not expected much before March, hot the Secretaries of State and Treasury may be made known nllhin two necks. Family of Seven Is Wiped Out by Flames FAIRFIELD, Conn., Dec. 30. A family of seven whs wiped out by fire here today. The victims were Felix Yackimovltch, 54, his three sons and three daughters. The children were: Henry. 3; George, 4; John, C; Alice, 9; Anna, 18, nnd Nora. 10 months. Officers to Observe Open House Saturday Open house will be observed Saturday at tho Courthouse by Paul F. Robinson, who was re-elected coroner: John J. Griffith, re-elected county surveyor; George Snider, sheriff-elect, and Harry D. Tutewller, county commissioner-elect. There will he music and refreshments for all those attending the affair. An orchestra will be placed In the lobby of the Courthouse on the first floor, and the refreshment stand will he In the sheriff’s office. 5 Planes Take Off in West for Panama SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 30.—The Navy seaplane flight front San Diego to the Canal Zone got under way at 8:25 today, when twelve pUneg of the F-5 type took off at North Island Navy air station. They were to make a rendezvous at sea off San Piegn and there take off a second time for. the South. A second stop was to be' made on the coast of Mexico. The flight was to have started at about daylight hut was delayed by heavy fog which hung around I’olnt Lorna. A squadron of supply ships and tenders tlready had been stationed along tho break Mexican coast to caro for the planes. Unidentified Man Attacks Kokomo Girl Special to The Times. KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 30.—Miss Geneva Lofollette, 15, was attacked by an unidentified man at a late hour Wednesday night while she was returning to her home here from a moving picture show. Her assailant was frightened away by the nppearance of an automobile, the glare of the lights causing him to flee. The girl was found unconscious In the snow and, while badly frightened, she was uninjured. The police have made no arrests.

placing It in the car. He said he was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to serve thirty days in Jail. While his trial was pending, he testified, Kinney IXlatt, professional bondsman, now barred from furnishing bail for City Court defendants, came to him and talked with him about a lawyer. He said he had intended getting a Senator Clark because he knew him, but that Kinney Iliatt told him: “Oh, you don’t want him. You want to got out of this thing, don’t you? Weli, then I’ll get you a man who will fix It up for you.” Later a lawyer came and Capps said he gave him SIOO to fix things so he would get out of the trouble without serving any time or paying a fine of more than SSO. Judge Anderson asked who the lawyer was Capps replied that he wasn't sure of the name, hut thought it was ' a lawyer named Dalton. Further Inquiry by the court brought an admission from Capps that the lawyer failed to "fix" things for him because he had to pay the fine and start serving the sentence/ He said he had served twenty-five of the thirty days In Jail when he was paroled by Governor Goodrich. The parole came as a surprise to him, he told Judge Anderson, because he didn’t even know a petition for hln release had been circulated or that any one was active In his behalf.

Tilt Dance Lid New Year’s Eve in Indianapolis Powers That Be Decide Midnight Curfew May Be Infringed Upon. The New Year's dancing lid will be tilted Just a little In ludlanapolls. This decision was reached today in a conference between Chief of Police Jerry Kinney and Lieutenant of Policewomen Clara Burnsides. It was agreed that tho devotees of Terpsichore should he allowed to dance the old year out and tbe new I year In without the rigid enforcement i of the midnight curfew. The police ! authorities agree that dancing eoubl he oontintied until 1 a. m. or “111110 after.” The decision to allow the dancers to acclaim the advent of 1921 while gltding to the strains of a Jazz hand came after they were swamped under requests for permission to dance after tbe midnight hour. The permits which are Issued by the women's police department, will grant the right to dance only until midnight, hut the verbal information will be glrsn that the entertainment can, he continued wet it a later hour. Some of the “hopo" wers planned for ail night nnd those in charge are asking the police for permission to take out two permits, one for Friday evening, and tho other for Saturday morning. In this manner the dance can he continued until daylight. JURORS DRAWN FOR NEW SESSION New Commissioners to Take Up Duties After Friday. At 10 o'clock Friday morning. Charles Holtuian nnd Joseph Buchanan, present ! Jury commissioners, will tender the keys of the Jury box to Meredith Nicholson, well-known Hoosler author, ami Edwin ; A. Hendrickson, secretary and treasurer 1 of the Indianapolis Hadillery Company, who have been appointed by Judge llsrry Chamberlin of the circuit court for 1921. The following have been drawn ns members of the Marlon County grand jury for the Junimry term: August Jacobs, 751 South Delnware street; Jacob Jaeqmirt, 2245 Central avenue; Benjamin F. Williamson, R. R. F ; Peter Hussey, H 47 West Twenty-Ninth street; Charles C. Spliker, Cumberland, Ind., and George Wlttenmeler, Decatur Township. The petit Jury for the Criminal Court ns drawn consists of Walter .-ipahr, Warren Township; William A. Kngelkon, (K)00 Brondwny; Henry C. Gresh, 0107 Bellefontalne; Louis U. Flynn, 5*119 Carrollton avenue; Solomon Shifrln, Warren Township; Arthur V. Wlllsle, Acton, Ind.: W. D. Watts, New Augusta pike; Robert Wood, New Augusta, R. It. A.; J. Frank Iluse, 1120 West Thirty Fifth street; Edgar G. Grimes, 0112 Ashland ave.nue; Jacob A. Mlckiey. Wayne Township, and Christian H. Schaekel, Warren Township. * These two juries were drawn by the present commissioners. Chinese Troops in Mutiny Deal Terror ; SHANGHAI, Dec. 30. Chinese troops at Yoctiow, rebelling against their /offlcers, have terrorized the vicinity for two days with looting and incendiarism. Tho mutiny was said to have been due to delay In pay. McAdoo, With Family, Off to Pacific Coast NEW YOKK, Dec. 30.—William G. McAdoo, his wife and three children, wil. leave tonight for the Pacific coast, where they will pass a month’s vacation. The family will stay at Beverly Hills, near Los Angeles. Proposed Conference at Nice Abandoned PARIS, Dec. 30.—The proposed interallied conference at Nice at the beginning of the new year has been abandoned, it was definitely learned today. There will be a meeting of the premiers early in the new year, hut not on the ambitious scale as proposed for Nice. City Market Booze Case Js Continued The case of Ernest M. McCormick, who was arrested last Friday on a charge of 1 operating a blind tiger at his stand In the city market, was continued in City .Court yesterday until Jan. 0. Next Tuesday McCormick will appear before the Board of Public Safety to show cause why his market licenses shall not be permanently revoked.

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REPORT SHOWS DOGS IN POUND ARE NEGLECTED Humane Society Sees Canines Without Food and Suffer From Cold. CITY TO BE GIVEN FACTS Another doleful chapter In the tumultuous history of the city dog pound will be written In a report on the state of affairs said to have been discovered by representatives of the Indianapolis Humane Society on Christmas day, which George Williams, executive secretary of the board of public safety, has requested the representatives to prepare. The report will l>e submitted to the heard of public safety and Mayor Charles W. Jewett for action, it la said. It will disclose these facts, It Is said: When I he. representatives of the Humane Society went to the pound on Christmas day to see how the canln* prisoners were faring they found that Joseph McGinty, keeper of the pound, had left at noon tbe day before, and that water and food bad been placed in the pc ns, but because McGinty and his two assistants hail failed to take proper precautions the fires In the stoves which heat the antiquated pound had gone out aud both th* water and fool were frozen. The dogs were suffering from the cold. McGinty did not show np until Monday noon and when the Humane Society workers took him to task he cursed them, it Is said A. L. Taggart, president of the hoard of public safety, said that a report ot the Incident had not reached him, but that if It was shown that tbe dogs did not have a good Christmas dinner the board “will see to it that they get a double dinner on New Y’ear’s." Mayor Jewett said be had heard nothing of the Incident, but would investigate it when It Is called to bis attention. Affairs at the pound have received much public attention throughout the Jewett administration. Two years ago Humane Society workers, noting upon reports which had reached them, found that the dogs were kept in ill-smelling, badly ventilated pen it, fed rotten meat and stale water. Such a protest was made that the hoard of safety agreed to let the Humane Society exercise a sort of advisory supervision of the pound. The society recommended that the pound lie cleaned up and that arrangements he made by which owners of impounded dogs might recover them. It was disclosed that the pound was not listed in the telephone book and that citizens had no way of getting In touch with the poundkeeper when their dogs were seized Dozens of valuable dog*, wh mo owners would gladly hare paid the Impounding fee and annual dog tax if they could have located their pets, were put to death. SPECIAL TELETHON E THEN INSTALLED. The board of safety had a special telephone Installed In the pound and made the change* recommended. To see that food and kennela did not become as had ns before, the society appointed a vlsttI log committee, which hns been railin'* at the pound every day for several months. This committee makes an effort to find the owners of all the good dogs Impounded and saves some from death by arranging for their sale to out-of-town dog-lovers. Pound affair* sllped along In uneventful quiet until last fall when McGinty appeared before the board of safety at a weekly meeting nnd announced that things were getting beyond his control. He said the dogs tore holes in the wire netting inclosuro and escaped while he was out on the pound wagon trying to catch others. To add to his troubles, the pound motor truck was out of order. Th>* hoarfl adjusted hi* difficulties, sent him back to work and nothing more wss heard of him until the present Incident. .lewish Women Back HooverJlelief Work At a special infecting o fthe executive committee of the Council of Jewish Women, the Hoover European relief work was Indorsed nnd (duns laid by the organization to cooperate in the collection of the food in Marion County. Mrs, Meyer Kfroymson, president of the cotu.cil. has been appointed chairman of the organization that will be in charge of the mile square, comprising the downtown business section, and hns named Mrs. Wolf Sussinan as her first vice president. They started work immediately on an organization. “The Council of Jewls Women stands first for humanitarian work and civic enterprise and Mr. Hoover’s work has a strong appeal to us." said Mrs. Efroymson. in accepting the appointment. "We are glad to get back of the cause. Wilson Vetoes Plan to Defer Clayton Act WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—President Wilson today vetoed the resolution deferring for one year enforcement of those provisions of the Clayton act which require railroads to divest themselves of their interests in corporations nnd companies manufacturing and selling railroad equipment. AUTO CRASH CAUSES SLIT. Damages of $10,009 w-ere asked today in a suit filed in Superior Court, Room 3, in the interest of Joseph A. Coy, Jr., by his next friend. Joseph A. Coy, against tlie National Refining Company. Th* complaint states that young Coy was seriously injured Sept. C, 1020, when a truck of the refining company struck another car, causing it to strike him.

U. S. Dry Officers Prepare to Prevent Tilting of Lid On Booze New Year’s Eve

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Prohibition Commissioner Kramer is determined there shall be no tilting of the Volstead cover on New Y'ear’s Eve. Federal prohibition officials are prepared to halt any attempt to turn the celebration of the Now Year Into an orgy of imbibatlon, such as used t occur In the days before Volstead, Kramer warned. Even Just one little sip will constitute a violation. Approximately 1,409 Federal prohibition agents will be on the alert tomorrownight, Kramer said. Furthermore, they will be assisted by thousands of police nnd local officials In all tsrroa auu cities If tlie law Is carried out. “Our agents know there always has been a tendency to celebrate Now Year’s Vlih quantities of liquor," Kramer said. “Consequently, they can be depended upon to take every precaution to see thit the law is obeyed. I feel sure there will be few violations If our agents have their way. No spwlal instructions have

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GROCERIES GET ATTENTION IN EARLY JIOURS Coal Office Safe Battered— Filling Station Visited by Y'eggs. MANY HOMES LOOTED Following the lull In tbe crime wave during tue last few days, the hold-up men and burglars got busy last night aud early today and a series or robberies resulted. Minnie I.eltz reported to the police that a burglar had entered her house at 1318 Wlnthrop avenue some time last night and took Jewels valued at SIOO from her bedroom. Entrance was gained through a cellar door which had been left unlocked. Ten flashlights and seventeen pairs of gloves, valued at $35, are reported to have been stolen from a small showcase last night which la fastened to a wall near the entrance of the Hoffman Sporting Goods store, 245 Massachusetts avenue. CHRONOLOGY OF CRIME 5:80 A. M. —A roughly dressed man walked into tbe grocery of Arthur Marcy, 920 North Alabama street, covered the proprietor with a revolver, removed sl2 from the cash register and walked out. Marcy telephoned the police, hut the hold-up man had disappeared. Marcy said he thought the man was a customer until he covered him with the revolver and ordered him to hold up his hands. 5:o A. M. —Franke Steele, 1523 East Michigan street, a taxi driver for the Blue Cab Company, stopped his car at the Western Oil Refining Company’s filling station, Meridian aud Twenty-Fifth streeta, and discovered a,,window broken. : He notified the police, who investigated, and found a burglar had broken the glass from the side door but, failing ! to turn the lock, had smashed the wiu- ! dow, unfastened the window catch and entered. The place was ransacked, but Frank Moore, the cashier, who arrived while the police were investigating, said nothing was missing, as,no money had been left In the cash drawer. The window through which the burglar | entered Is the same one through which ! the two “yegg" men entered when tho> ; blew the safe in the filling station las:. May. One of these men escaped from : the Marion County Jail last July and the (Continued on Page Two.) KEPT IT FOR MEDICINAL USE Man Defeats Tiger Charge in Speed Trial. Clarence B. Lynch. 42, of 2203 Green Brier Lane, set anew record for the speed with which he secured a hearing ! on blind tiger charges in city court today. He was released, however, when no evidence of sale was presented. Following a raid on his home he told Lieutenant Houston he wanted an immediate trial. The lieutenant toid Prosecutor Ralph Spann and he called the case as soon ns Lynch had been "slated’’ at the turnkey’s office. The court appointed J. Burdette Little, who will be city prosecutor after Jan. 1, to defend Lynch when the latter declared he had no money with which to employ legal counsel. Lieutenant Houston told of searching the house at Green Brier Lane, and of finding a jug partly filled with “white mule" whisky, a pint bottle almost full of the same liquor, two empty whisky bottles and a pint bottle of half “white mule” and, half elderberry wine. He admitted there was no evidence of sale. "I always managed to keep a little liquor In the house for medicinal purposes." explained Lynch, who had admitted that ho was formerly in the saloon business. When Lynch was discharged, he asked the court for possession of the wine, but after smelling it Judge Pritehard decided that Its strength warranted it being turned over to the Government authorities. Fish Market Man Gets Booze Term and Fine Pave Miller, 52, of 1701 Ashland avenue, who was charged with operating a hilnd tiger, and who is said to be a standholder in the city fish market, was slued $209 and costs and sentenced to s'rve sixty days on the Indiana State Farm by Judge Pritchard In City Court Wednesday. lie appealed. Miller declared that his wife is in a serious condition at home and asked that the judge lie lenient. Judge Pritchard slid the best he could do under the circumstances, this being Miller's second conviction, was to give him the minimum, S2OO and costs and sixty days. He is charged with having eighteen quarts of liquor In his automobile when he was arrested, Dec. 17.

been sent out from here, bft that would j he unnecessary." Prohibition officials now are uneov- | erlng all sorts of schemes to get liquor. J New ones are invented every day to get j around the regulations governing the | withdrawn! of liquor from bonded ware- j houses. Paul Meyer, acting Commis- | ■loner of luternal Revenue, today told of j Investigations made by the prohibition ! officials. “The Volstead law," explained Mayerri “makes It legal to buy and sell certain I kinds of alcoholic beverages to be used ; by religious organizations for sacra/ mental purposes. / "In several Western States, including California, we disco.ered that one faith was being imposed upon by some unscrupulous persons who organized ten- : member congregations. I “Now reports are coming that ten- j i men congregations are gradually becom-1 | ing extinct."

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TWO WOUNDED IN GUN DUEL* AT DRUGSTORE Prisoner, Attempting to Flee, Lets Go at Officer, Who Returns Fire. FAILED TO SEARCH MAN Deputy Sheriff Robert M. Mcßroom’a failure to search a prisoner after he had made an arrest last night resulted in a gun duel In which the prisoner, Cecil E. Hamm, 38, Limestone avenue and New York street, probably was fatally shot, and the deputy sheriff received a bullet wound In his left forearm. The shooting occussed at 10 o’clock In Arthur Darby's drug Btore, 2901 West Washing v lon street. Mcßroom charges that Hamm followed his daughter, Bernice, 17, and Edith Coster, 70 North Addison avenue, after they left a picture show'. PRISONER SHOT ABOVE LUNG. The deputy sheriff arrested Hamm and took him to the drug store, where tbe police were notified that he was holding a prisoner. Mcßroom had neglected to search the prisoner alter arresting him. “I am going out,” said Hanun and started for the door at the same time firing a shot at the deputy sheriff, the bullet striking Mcßroom In the left fore arm. Mcßroom returned the fire and shot twice at the escaping prisoner. One of the bullets hit Hamm above the lung. Physicians at the city hospital today said Hamm’s condition was serious. After Hamm was shot he yelled “you got me” and ran from the drug store, throwing the short-barreled, bulldog style revolver away. Hamm is held on the charge of shooting with latent to kill. ACCOSTS GIRLS AND IS REJECTED. He told the police that he had accosted the young women and when they refused to talk to him he followed them. He admitted that Mcßroom showed his badge when he arrested him, but did not search him, and that he saw his ; chance to escape when the officer released his hold on him. The men were within six feet of each other when they fired the shots. Sergeant Johnson and the emergency squad investigated and Hamm’s wife told them that her husband was in the habit of leaving home at about midnight each night and that she knew he carried a revolver, but did not know where I he went after he left home. TERMS OF TWO TO EXPIRE WITH YEAR fetansbury and Seidensticker to Quit State Office. When the year 1921 steps in at midnight Friday night two State officials are going to step out of office and retire once more to private life. They are Ele Stansbury, attorney general, and Adolph Seidensticker, member of the State Board of Pardons. E. A. Dausman, Judge of tiie Appellate Court, and Ira C. Batman, Judge of the Appellate Court, will succeed themselves for another term. M. B. Lairy, Judge of the Supremo Court, will retire from office Jan. 3 In favor of Julius C. Travis, who was elected Nov. 2. Mr. I.airy will enter the practice of law at Lafayette whis his term expires. Mr. Stansbury will be succeeded by U. S. Lesh of Huntington, who is now deputy attorney general. Mr. Lesn’s force of assistants was announced some time ago. No successor has been named by - Governor Goodrich for Mr. Seidensticker, whose term on the board of pardons expires. Cardinal Improves BALTIMORE. Md., Dec. 30.—The improvement In the condition of Cardinal Gibbons, who is ill at the home of Robert Shriver at T’nton Mills, Md., continued today. He said the prelate enjoyed another refreshing sleep last night. TRACTION SETTLES WITH HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Dee. 30,-The Union Traction Company has made a settlement of $1,400 with Charles Hltesrnan. a farmer living south of the city, who was injured several weeks ago In * fall from a car. Do You Always Remember Your Wife’s Birthday? Likewise that of your mother-in-law, i your aunt, and your grandmother? Tho day you ought to start milking out your Income tax return? The day you ought to have your car greased? And tbs many other days In the dim future when there is something Important to be dons if you can only think of it at the time? If you have any difficulty in remembering these future days, get a calendar and mark them. Hang the calendar where you can see it. And, In order that it may be a pleasure as well as jJ utility, let it be the free Navy calenduf which you can get from our Washin/jfton Information Bureau. (Note—A quantity of mail Intend** for this bureau was damaged or destroyed by tire in a mail enr at DeshlesF Ohio on Dec. 19. This fact will explain why anany newspaper readers wilif fail to receive answers to their querlertf f. J. H.) Fill out tlie coupon, and/ enclose 2 cents In stamps for returiyfpostage. (In filling ..ut the oonjtein print name and address or be sure t/ write plainly.) Jr a I'redcrlc J. Hnsl/ln, The Indiana X)tily Times Informatiim Bureau, Washington, /(>. C. I enclsse herewith 2 cents in stamps /or return postage on a free copy o fc the calendar for 1921. X/eme r / Street i City