Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly. cloudy tonight and "Wednesday. Colder tonight.

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COURT LAXITY GIVES VIOLATORS FREEDOM AS APPEALS SLUMBER Records Show 76 Allowed Delay by Judge Collins in 1920 Dropped Fight When Called for Trial. DEFEATS PENALTIES FOR MONTHS It is the generally accepted viewpoint of court judgments in criminal cases that they are mandatory and the persons against whom they are directed are compelled to conform to them regardless of inclination or convenience. Such, however, is ofttimes not the case when a Criminal Court judge is lax in his treatment of convieted defendants who come before him with appeals from city court judgments. In the year 1920 there were seventy-six persons convicted in the city court who appealed their cases to the Criminal Court and later dismissed the appeals, thereby subjecting themselves to the judgment of the city court from which they first appealed.

The object of the appeal In most ot these cases was not to obtain a review of the city court decision, but merely to take advantage of the delay attendant upon appeals to avoid the Judgment of the city court as long as possible. If not completely. Judge James A. Collins assisted mail' of these defendants in avoiding tbe judgment of the city court for months by neglecting to bring these appealed cases to trial in his court. Released under a nominal bond these defendants were permitted to go about their own affairs in utter deflance of the Judgment of the city court while their appeals slumbered In tbe court presided over by Judge Collins. WIN DELAY FOR MONTHS. Eventually, when rearrest or other unfortunate occurrences brought about trial dates In tbe Criminal Court, many of these defendants promptly dismissed /* \ “It Is only a matter of a comparatively short time until all the criminals can be apprehended. The next and equally important step Is the securing of their conviction, and the seeing to it that they are sentenced in such a way that the department will not have the problem of dealing with the same criminal repeatedly.” —Alexander Taggart, president of the board of safety. V > their appeals and were, according to the law, femanded to the custody of the sheriff, some times months after having been, originally sentenced. By appealing and then delaying the retrial these defendants saved themselves from court sentences until it became convenient for them to comply with the sentences. Out of this practice of appealing cases for purposes of delay has grown an (Continued on I’age Four.) LIFE PRESSED OUT OF WORKER Brakeman’s Lantern, Extinguished, Gives Signal to Stop After Accident. W. M. Lyons, 3b, 41 North Hamilton avenue, was killed at 2 a. m. today, when he was crushed between two freight cars In the Hawthorne railroad yards. Lyons was a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad and was working in the yards at the time of the accident. J. W. Spaulding, 429 South Webster avenue, conductor, told the police that a drawbar on a coal car was down and that the train cr.ew connected the car with another freight car by using chains. Swith engine No. 8374 started to pull a cut of twenty cars when Lyons signaled the engineer. Then Lyons stepped between the cars which were fastened together with the chains and was crushed. C. Corrick, 1323 Southeastern avenue, who was on another train witnessed the accident and saw Lyons' lantern go out. He signaled the train a stop within fifteen feet, as It was moving slowly. The body was taken to the city morgue. Lyons was married. JURY REPORT IN TOMORROW Van Nuys Says Federal Body Needs Another Day. "Tomorrow sure,” was the answev made by Frederick Van Nuys, United States district attorney, on being asked when the long expected, oft delayed partial report of the Federal grand jury, which has been in session for more than a month, would be made. It seems almost certain the report will deal almost entirely with violations of the Volstead act With the liquor cases out of tbe way it is believed the grand Jury will turn Us attention to further Investigation of the charge that operators and miners conspired to limit production and distribution of bituminous coal. A considerable addition to the list of 123 miners and operators now awaiting trial is expected. Muscle Shoals Row at Showdown Stage WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—After two weeks of Intermittent debate the Senate reached the final stage today of its consideration of the Muscle Shoals (Ala.) nitrate plant bill. A showdown between the opponents and proponents of the proposed continuance of the plant under a Federal cor- i poratlon directed by the War Department was anticipated before the end of the day.

WEATHER I Forecast for Indianapolis and vielnltv ! for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m.. Jmn. 12: Parti.' cloudy tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight with lowest temperature 20 to 25 degrees. HOURLY TEXPEBATI'BE. 7 a. m 34 8 a. m 33 9 a. m 32 10 a. m 33 11 a. m 33 12 (noon) 34 1 p. mo 4 • p. m■•••••••••••■••• 85

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JEWETT DEALS GRINS AT FIRE CREW PICKING Holds Ear-to-Ear Parleys With Some Applicants and Smiles Beam. 20S MEN TO BE CHOSEN Mayor Charles W. Jewett sat through a meeting of the board of public safety today in which sixty applicants for positions in the fire department were Interviewed. The mayor took personal charge of the examination at times and was observed to step Into adjoining rooms or the hall to discourse privately with various applicants. The applicants invariably left the mayor with a suilltifg face. Whether they get on the fire force or not will not be known until the board announces appointments, Mjbieh generally follows one week after applicants are Interviewed. A force of 20S men is to be added to the department bv July 1, when the twopiatoon sjstem will l>e Installed. The board has more than 100 applications on tile. The me.u will be added in snial, lots each week as the companies are converted to tbe new system. The new system was put in. operation for the first time last Snturday at Station No. 15, 2101 English avenue. The crew at the second house. Station No. 28, Maple Road between Central avenue and Ruckle street, will be converted next Saturday.

MANY NEW CHAUFFEURS ; ARE NEEDED. J n connection with the motorization of the fire department the board of safety !is faced with the necessity of finding a j large number of new chauffeurs. To find these men In the department A. I*. TagLgart, president, announced that the board ! next week will send lists of questions to j eTery fire station which every fireman will I be required to answer. The men who make the best grades In this mental examination will be required to go through actual tests in driving. Steve Szatkowskl, Oilver Hayworth ! and Charles Neal were the only applicants for fire department Jobs appointed today. They rank as substitute firemen. Charges of conduct unbecoming an of- . fleer and prejudicial conduct to good ■ order were filled against Fireman Wili liam Compton of Engine Company No. fi, by Chief John C. Loucks. on complaint I of Samuel Peak. 102 Richwine street. ! The nature of his offense, which is ln- ; volved in a Juvenile court matter, was not made public. Ilis trial was set for Jan. 23. 306 MORE FIRES IN 1020 THAN 1019. Chief Loucks reported that the fire department answered 10C more alarms dur- | ing the month of December than in the same period in 1010. Last month 313 ; bell and 68 still alarms were answered. Burning flues were responsible for 121 i and frame dwelling fires for IPS alarms. Mrs. Anna McCormick made formal apj plication for renewal of her leases on i city market stands Nos. 303 and 304. Last ! week the board announced that it would ' refuse tv renew the leases because tha , police had found liquor in the stands ■ several weeks ago. Mrs. McCormick’s ! husband, with whom it is said she does not live, was operating the stands at the time the liquor was found. The board said this made no difference. I’resii dent Taggart said he did not know why | Mrs. McCormick has made formal application for the renewal of the leases following the board's statement of a | v r eek ago. i The report of Bui'.ding Commissioner j Walter B. Stern for the week ending Jan. 8 showed seventy-nine permits ls- ; sued for buildings valued at $153,054. HOTEL ACCIDENT REPORT SLADE. | Elevator Inspector Doyle Paddock ; submitted a formal report on the eleva- | tor accident at the Hotel Washington last Thursday, in which three persons ; suffered minor injuries when a ear ! dropped sixteen stories, inspector I’ad- | dock reported that he made a thorough i inspection a short time after the aeci- : dent and found the brakes on the car so I loose that the car was allowed to slide ■ from five to ten feet on each stop. He said he a’.so found the safety (logs to be ;so worn that they would not stop the i car in an emergency. Thiß car was reI paired and is back in service. The other | car was found to have worn safety dogs I and these were ordered repaired, the iu- ! spector reported. I President Taggart reported that the | police are making satisfactory progress in curbing the activities of robbers, j thieves and hold-up men and added that the board wished to emphasize again the importance of citizens rendering assistance to the department. ! ‘‘People should feel free to c-II the I police department the minute they learn of any circumstance which seems to them to be suspicious or which might lead to the discovery of evidence of any nature.” jhe said. “There is a squad at police headquarters ready and eager to answer just such calls as these." In this connection It is recalled that Chief of Police Jerry Kinney lias not made a report on complaints that have been, given to the policy department recently by citizens.

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STAB GAMBLER DURING FIGHT AT POKER PARTY Harry Oshewitz, Seriously Wounded, Taken to City * Hospital. POLICE HOLD 6 PERSONS A* a climax to what is said to have been a poker game, Harry Oshewitz, 30, known to his friends as “Jew Harry,” was seriously wounded in a fight in Edward Spangler's apartments, 1001 (.j Indiana avenue, at 8:30 o’clock this morning. Five men and a woman are under arrest and two others are being sought by the police. Oshewitz is in the city hospital and his condition Is serious. He was stabbed in the left leg. left side, right arm, in the abdomen, twice in the back and had so many outs on his head that it was not possible to determine how serious they were. Oshewitz refused to say anything except that be had fallen down stairs. Tbe five men under arrest are: Edward Spangler, 28, in whoso apartment the game was played, held on charges of keeping a gambling house and gaming. His bond was fixed nt a low amount. Walter llrunswick. 31, Holer Hotel, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Everett (Shiner) Middnugh, 29. 710 North Capitol avenue; “Joey" Jacobs, 25, 710 North Capitol avenue, and Earl Leathers, 20, 220 North Illinois street, all charged with gaming. Mrs. Pearl Spangle was held on a technical charge of vagrancy, but was released on a low bond. She told detectives that she and Mrs. Leathers were asleep at the time of the light. Mrs. Leathers, who accompanied her husband to police headquarters, was not held. SAY BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE MEN. According to the story of the affair, gleaned from the various witnesses by Detectives Reynolds and Manning, Oshewitz bail been drinking. It se“ras that there has been bad blood between Oshewitz and Brunswick fr s.iinc time, and It Is alleged that during a dispute over some point In the game, Oshewitz attacked Brunswick with a stove poker. Brunswick was badly beaten. Witnesses said Brunswick retaliated by drawing his pocket knife and slushing Oshewitz. Brunswick claims he acted iu self-defense. Two other men being sought by detactives in connection with the affair are Woody Laffey and Clifford Carmody, better known ns “Scratch" Green. Tito properietor of a grocery under the apartment said the fighters Jarred the building until men hnndlsc Tell from the counters In his store. He told th” police the "parties” had been frequent recently. Spangler and Oshewitz were the only men found at the Indiana uvenus address. Oshewitz gave his address to (Continued on Page Ten.)

JAILBREAKER HELD IN TEXAS Walter C. Smith to Be Returned to Indianapolis. Walter C. Smith, a Federal prisoner, who escaped from the Marlon County Jail in the big delivery July 4, 1920, has been taken into custody by the police at Ranger, Texas, according to a telegram received by Judge Albert B. Anderson today. Judge Anderson Immediately turned over the telegram io Mark Storen, United States marshal. Mr. Storen will send a deputy to bring Smith back to Indianapolis. At the time of his escape Smith was held pending action of the Federal grand Juiy for alleged violation of the Federal narcotic laws. He had been arrested by revenue officers at Hammond. Extension Course Will Open Feb. 7 Classes for the second semester of the Indiana University extension division will open Feb. 7, nt Shortridge High School. A large number of courses will be offered. University credit is given to students who are able to meet the entrance requirements. Offices of the extension division are nt 102 North Senate avenue America to Recognize New Rule in Greece WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The United States will soon issue new letters of credence to Greece, It was learned nt the State Department today. This will constitute recognition of the new Greek government. This government takes the formal attitude, however, that there has been no Interruption In the Greek government. Democratic Club of Tenth Ward Active The annual election of officers of the Tenth Ward Democratic Club will be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening at McClain’s Hall. The club will give a card party tomorrow evening nt 8 o’clock, to which \ the public is Invited. The committee lr< charge Includes Mr. nnd Mrs. W. 1., McClain. Mrs. B. S. Gndd, Mr. and Mrs. M. I Reifel, Edward J. Sexton, Otto Ray and j J. P. Baker. An open meeting will be held in February, when civic matters will lie discussed and improvement matters relating to the south side will be taken up. A committee will be appointed to urge better service on the Lexington avenue car line.

Hiccough Cases Prevalent in City Cases if hiccoughs lasting from iwent.v-four to seventy-two hours are prevalent in the city, according to reports of physicians to I>r. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the board of public, health, the official stated today. The annoying malady is the nfu'-math of the widespread wave of respiratory infections which grips the city rs a result of the recent unsettled weather, Dr. Morgan said. So ter is know this has nothing to do wRh the rat campaign.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921.

JEWETT’S MAN FOR MAYOR IS • STILL IN DARK 1 Several Named, but Machine Looks for One to Draw ‘Anti’ Support. JOHNSON IS OBSTACLE Alhnuogh the names of Thomas D. Stevenson, city attorney; A. L. Taggart and Felix M. McWhlrter, members of the board of public safety, still were being freely discussed as probable heirs of j the support of Mayor Charles W. Jewett i and his faction in the Republican race I for nomination for mayor, it was grant ed today that the real ''administration'' candidate has not yet even been meu- > tinned. None of the three treats the publicity being given them by administration leaders with anything but levity. Behind the scenes the administration was wondering what to do with Dr. Herman O. Morgan, secretary of the ! board of public health, who has been , going about seeking th>* support of He publican political workers on the ground that he has the Indorsement of the lndlunapoils News. OPENS WAY FOB ANTI CANDIDATES. The announced withdrawal of George Lemaux, president of the board of public works, from the race opened the way ! for an anti administration candidate to make a stronger fight than ever, If the udmlnistratior. Is not wise enough to select a candidate who Is acceptable to the “anti” faction. Mr. Letnaux's announcement followed a meeting of administration leaders in the office of City Chairman Ralph A. Leiucke, at which, administration men say, it was prac- I tb-ally decided that Irving W. Lemaux. i son of the board of w orks president, ! should receive their support for the city chairmanship at the reorganization meet ing at the Courthouse Saturday after ' noon. Mr. Lemaux declined to disclose bis j real reason for withdrawing from the ! race, asserting that “at this time” be “had nothing further to say'’ than that j he was not going to enter the race and thanked al! his friends who had asked : him to get into It. The administration people were highly ! elated over Lemaux's withdraw n!, since I he had given them no end of worry as a ‘ prospective < aml Ida te. is CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS. While the administration hoped by its , Indorsement of the younger Lontanx for j city chairman to hasten the dropping; out of his father, politician* generally ■ looked upon the move also ns a con fesslon of weakness. Irving W Lemaux is known to be acceptable to certain i members of the “null'’ movement nnd It ■ is thought tlie administration hoped to j bring back Into Its camp some of the numerous prqginot committeemen who have Jumped off of the "band wagon” with the announced intention of staying off until there is anew d'-a! Meanwhile the election of Irving W. Lemaux next Saturday is anything but a certainty. Several weeks ago the administration made overture.* to Kinsley ( \V. Johnson, who has been considered a strong possibility ever since city chairmanship talk began. This was cons Id cred another attempt to bring the "antis” back into camp, since Mr. Johnson, while j not generally termed an “antt" leader, is known not to be considered an enemy by thnt increasingly powerful group. Tinadministration subsequently withdrew this offer, it is understood, and ever Irving Leins ux is not now ''ertnln thnt lie will have the support of tile Jewett element. Mr. Johnson still remains a force to be contended with, since a section of the precinct committeemen say they will be (Continued on I’age Ten.)

Runners Relay ‘All Well’ Ahead of Naval Airmen, Approaching Civilization

MATTICE, Ontario, Jan. 11.—The American ballonists arrived here this afternoon. MATTICE, Ontario, Jan. 11.—“ Ail well. Overjoyed at prospect of speedy 1 return.” This is the first word from the American Navy balloonists, Lieutenants Ivloor, Hinton and Farrell, since they left Moose Factory. It was delivered verbally here today by Earl Trowse, one of the three Indian runners who brought first word that the Americans had arrived at Skunk Island, twenty miles from here, on the trip from Moose Factory to Mattice. Trowse did not come in contact with the Americans himself. The word was given to the first runner relayed verbally to the second and by him to Trowse. Trowse said the airmen were in good spirits. Their arrival was expected hour r ly today. The trail for the final dash to Mattice was reported in fair condition. The runners estimated it would take eight hours to cu-er the twenty miles. LETTER TELLS OF SUFFERING By LIEUTENANT A. L. KLOOR. (In a Letter Written to llis Parents at Crowley, La*) Copyright, 1021, by the United Press. MOOSE FACTORY, Canada, Dec. 21, 1020: Dear Dad and Mother—By the time this letter reaches you your worries will probably tie over, for the captain will have informed you of my safety. I can only tell you the trend of the story now and explain all in a long letter next time 1 write. I took a balloon out on Monday, Dec. 13, and carried two passengers, Lieut. Farrell and Lieut. Hinton, who was the pilot that flew the NC-4 across the Atlantic with Read. A fierce storm hit us that night and finally we were forced to land next lay lon account of low ballast. We found we had flown miles out of -civilized country and north over fields, lakes and forests covered with snow and ice. We had to land Tuesday at 1:30 p. in. We did not know where we were. We had

Divorce Check . Sought in Bill A bill designed to curb divorce in Indiana will be Introduced within a few days by Senator John S. Alldredge of Anderson. By its adoption u year would elapse between the period of filing a suit for divorce and the trla - ., instead of sixty days, as ot present. “I believe that 50 per cent of divorce cases arise from domestic flareups for which the principals are heartily sorry afterward,” said the Senator in dlscusing his measure. "If they are obliged to wait a year after filing th> suit a good many reconciliations could be effected. “Something must be done to stop the Interminable string entering our divorce courts and an lnforeed period of waiting will be a decided step In tlmt direction."

PAROLE RECORD OF GOODRICH AT HEAD OF LIST Executive Clemency Granted 1,262 During Term of Late Governor. Executive clemency was extended 1,202 persons by James I*. Goodrich during the four years he served as Governor of Indiana, according to the report made by him to the Indiana General Ass nibly. The Indiana law requires that the Governor shnll inak- a full and complete report to the Legislature in regard to pardons, paroles or other forms of clemency extended during his term. Paroles of prisoners In State penal institutions head the list in the report. 997 , having been issued. While the former : Governor was commonly referred to as ! the "pardoning Governor, ’ yet his parole record outdistanced his pardon record by 930 cases, only sixty-seven prisoners bnv- : lug received final pardons at fils hands. I Commutations of sentences rank next ito paroles. The report shows that 147 I > ommntations weer Issued by Mr. (Joud- ; rich. * i’etitions for remissions of fines were granted In fifty-one cases, according to : the report The remission:, of tines list 1 was given a final impetus on the iaot ! day of the former Governor's term, when. Just preceding the inauguration of Governor McCray, the tires of five of I the marebers of the Delaware County I grand Jury were remitted. The grand | Jury had requested the resignation of Judge William A. Thompson of the ClrI r-iilt Court and the judge retaliated by I lining the member* of the Jury each C-’.Vj for contempt of court. 11l SICS REPORT ALSO ATTACHED. The report of Lieutenant Governor Ed : gar I). Bush, who was acting Governor from Oct. 4 to 27, inclusive, 1917. while Governor Goodrich was In a hospital following the automobile accident, In which he was Injured seriously, Is attached to the Governor's report. During the time Mr. Bush was acting Governor he Issued four pardons, fifteen paroles, remitted the fines of thirty-three persons, commuted sentences of three [persona and transferred five prisoners from one institution to another. Tho report allows that one constitutional pardon was Issued where the prisoner wjb in the custody of the authorities of other Institution*. Prisoners released from the various State institutions were ns follows: Indiana State Prison, six; Indiana Reformatory, seven; State Farm, forty-two; county jail, one; boys' school, two; woman's prison, three. Reasons for release of many of the prisoners were tabulated by the Lieutenant Governor as follows: To support families, twenty-four; account of ill health, two; furnished employment, thirteen.

‘God Was With Us,’ Writes Lost Flier Copyright, 1921, by the United Press. CROWLEY, La., Jan. 11.—" God was with us nnd saved us from death" after three (lays of “hell and misery,” Lieut. Louis Kloor declared In a letter to his parents here, In which he described the wanderings and the rescue ot the American balloonists In the frozen Canadian wilderness. The letter was written at Moose Factory, Ontario, Dec. 21. In it Kloor told the clearest and most vivid story of the adventure that has been told since the aviators disappeared over the Icy wastes of northern Ontario. Kloor described how the balloon, after leaving Rockaway, was struck by a storm anil swept rapidly northward "over Helds, lakes and forests covered with snow and ice.” When they landed the airmen did not know where they were, he wrote. Their food was exhausted. They had no' charts, only a compass. “We were wet and cold and hivigry,” he wrote. “It was hell uud misery.”

no charts, only a compass, three carrier Pigeons and no food; our food had all been eaten in the air, for we flew twen-ty-five hours before landiug. We were wet and cold and hungry. Our flying suits were so heavy we had to cast them off and walk in our thin uniforms. I had on my light summer underwear, ns always, it was hell and misery. We could only walk for about two hours at a time and build a fire to keep our feet from freezing, then start walking again. At night we could not sleep, regardless of how hot our fire was, it snowed so hard and the ground was so wet. Snow water was all we had to drink. We lived or. two carrier pigeons, which luckily I did not send back with linkages. The misery lasted for three •days—lost and no signs of hope or habitation in sight. Your boy, LOUIS. The letter was postmarked Mattice, Ontario, Jan. 3,

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PRIMARY LAW CHANGES HIT MAJOR BERTHS XT - ‘ ! Senator Beardsley Prepares Measure Affecting County and City Plan. jM’CRAY IDEA REFLECTED I A bill which is said to carry out the ideas of Governor Warren T. McCray In the abolishment of the primary law as It applies to principal offices has been prepared by Senator A. 11. Beardsley, Elkhart. j The bill provides for an optional prl- ■ marv for the nomination of county and i cltv officials to be held only In cases where a majority of the precinct commit tec men vote for the holding of a primary. The principal sections of the hill are Section 1 and Section 29, the former providing for the election of delegates, and the latter containing the Optional provisions. , , . Section 1 reads: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of tho State ot Indiana. That each ioliticat party in the State which cast, at the general election immediately preceding the time or holding u primary, as provided herein, 10 per centum or more of the total vote cast at such election shall, pursuant to this act, elect precinct committeemen, ( delegates' to a county convention for ; the nomination of candidates for county | officer, delegates to a congressional district convention for the nomination oi a candidate for Congress, and delegates to n State convention for the nomination |of all State offices by a primary: I’rovided. That the delegates elected to nominate candidates for State offices shall also nominate candidates for presidential electors and United States Senators, and shall select delegates to the national convention In the manner prescribed by the regularly adopted rules of such convention. Iu determining whether a political ! party Is subject to the provisions of this act, the vote received for its candidate for seertary of State at the preceding election Rhall be taken as its vote at such election. The total vote cast nt such election shall be considered ! to be' the aggregate vote cast for all i candidates for secretary of State at such I election.” SECTION 29 ON OPTIONAL PROVISIONS. Sc-tion 29 reads: "ill any* case w here the precinct committeemen of any political party entitled to operate under this act, for any city, county. Joint legislative or Joint judicial district shall convene at the call of the city chairman of said party if for a city, at the call of the j county chairman of said party for the ' county, or nt the call of the district | chairman of said party If for a Joint legj lslative or Joint Judicial district when said Joint legislative or Joint Judicial district comprises counties all In tbe (Continued on Page Nine.) TAXATION AND PRIMARY DEAL IN FRONT RANK Governor McCray's Recommendations Contain Two Matters of Interest.

SENATE RACE AT ISSUE Governor Warren T. McCray, who took the oath of office yesterday surrounded by an overwhelming majority of Republican legislators, made only two outstanding recommendations in his first message to the Assembly. One has to deal with the tax situation, which has kept the State in a ferment ever since James I*. Goodrich became Governor four years ago, and the other calls for the repeal of the Statewide primary law. Both are important matters and on their ultimate disposition depends the success of the McCray administration. McCray occupies a peculiar position. He probably enjoys the confidence of the people to a greater degree than any other Governor of recent years. He is strong)}’ entrenched, as his act in naming the Speaker of the House of Representatives testified, but politicians will watch the course of his two major recommendations with more than the usual interest. He upholds the principles of the Good rich tax—lt will always bear the name of its originator—just as he did in his pre-election campaign. He admits that the Johnson home rule bill, adopted as a matter of political expediency in the special session last summer, is a failure, and he recommends to nil intents and purposes that final jurisdiction in tax levies and bond issues lie vested again In the State board of tax commissioners. HOLDS TAX LAW FAULT ITS ADMINISTRATION. It was this feature of the tax law that nearly caused the undoing of Goodrich, yet McCray is following in the identical footsteps of his predecessor. IDs recommendations to the Legislature are couched in different terms, but will achieve the same objective in a different manner. McCray believes that the fundamental trouble with the Goodrich law was its administration. To that cud lie has set (Continued on Cage Nine.) Davis Directs Mayor of Cork Be Deported WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. —Acting Secretary of State. Davis today asked Secretary of Labor Wilson to deport Dorvni O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, declaring the State Department would not waive the passport regulation in the case. O’Callnghan came to Newport News ns a stowaway in violation of United States laws. Wilson paroled him on his own t (‘cognizance, hut the State Department, which enforces passport regulations, ruled he should be deported. NEW YORK, Jan. It—After n consultation between Lord Mayor O’Cnllagban of Cork and his counsel, Michael Francis Doyle of Philadelphia and Judge J. H. Lawless of Norfolk, Va., it was decided to contest the legal right of the state Department to issue any order ot deportation in O’Cailaghan's case and to take all steps necessary to “protect the lord mayor’* right*."

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OTTO G. FIFIELD IS SELECTED HEAD OF HO USE WAYS-MEANS Senator Estes Duncan, Cloverdale, Is Named Chairman of Finance Committee in Upper Legislative Body. DECKS ARE CLEARED FOR MEASURES The Indiana Assembly got under way this morning when the committee assignments were announced in both houses and the rolls were called for the introduction of bills. In the Senate, Senator Estes Duncan, Cloverdale, drew what is regarded commonly as the prize position when Lieutenant Governor Emmet F. Branch announced that he had been made chairman of the Finance Committee. Senator Roscoe Kiper of Boonville was made chairman of Judiciary A and Senator Cecil C. Tague of Brookville was named chairman of Judiciary B. Both houses adjourned shortly after noon until 10 o’clock tomorrrw morning.

SIOO,OOO ASKED FOR EXPENSES OF ASSEMBLY Representative Fifield Introduces Specific Appropriation Bill in House. BILL TO PROTECT PRESS With the way cleared for action In the following the announcement of the committee appointments Otto G. Fifield, the newly named chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the specific appropriation bill calling for the appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the expenses of the Seventy-Second session. The specific appropriation bill for the last general session came to a like amount while SIO,OOO was appropriated for the first Goodrich special session and $20,000 for the session last summer. What promised to become a flood of b)lla In both houses was stopped shortly after noon when the Senate and House adjourned. None of the committees will meet this afternoon, a# their rooms have not been assigned. A joint resolution calling for the second passage of sixteen constitutional amendments was introduced In the Senate today by Senator William K. English of Indianapolis. WiIAT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS PROVIDE. The amendments provide, briefly, the following: The term of office or salary of a public official shall not be extended or increased during his term. The term of all elective county officers snail be extended to four years. The superintendent of public Instruction and the clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed Instead of elected. The term of all State officers shall be extended to four years. That cities, towns and counties shall be classified for the purpose of registration. That an income tax shall be- legal. Property shall be classified for taxation. A budget system shall be legal. The Governor may veto sections of appropriation bills. The Constitution shall be amended by a majority vote on referendum instead of a majority of all votes cast at the last general election. Providing that women shall have the right to vote (this amendment was Introduced before Federal suffrage became effective.) Aliens must tie completely naturalized before they may vote. A change iu the enumeration,pf voters for the purpose of legislative apportionment. The admission of negroes into the (Continued on Page Nine.)

RESERVE SEATS FOR LUNCHEON Cities of State to Be Represented at Hoover Meeting. In anticipation of the coming of Herbert Hoover to speak at an invisible guest luncheo liln the Riley room at the Claypool Hotel, at noon, Jan. 17, local organizations are making plans for luncheons at which will be served the typical ration given to the starving children of Central Europe, the receipts to be turned into the Hoover fund. At Emerson School Miss Kate Mason, principal, has arranged for such a luncheon each day this week. Reservations received at Hoover fund headquarters include many frem different parts of the State. Seats were bought by the Rotary Club of Seymour and Newcastle. citizens of Tell City. Valparaiso and Spencer, and Rush County Chapter of the Red Cross. Indianapolis reservations include Mr. and Mrs. Caleb S. Denny, Mayor end Mrs. Charles Jewett, Mr. and Mrs. Harper .1. RansburMr. and Mrs. T. C. Day. Mr and Mrs. J. I. Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Block, Air. and Mrs. Louis Hollweg. Mr. and Mrs. Niles C. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs Albert Rosenthal, Mr. and Airs, George I. Mr and Mrs. Leo Rappaport, Mr. and .Mrs. Samuel Ranh, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kahn, William Fortune, Mrs. John N. Carey, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Grover. 11. 11. Hornbrook, J. K. Killy, Goldstein Brothers, Vonnegut Hardware Company, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spaan, Indianapolis Saddlery Company. Two Perish in Fire in Cleveland Hotel CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 11. —Andrew Wurniel, a waiter, and Clarence Berg were burned to death anil a dozen persons were injured in a fire which destroyed the Chestnut Hotel here today. The loss by fire was estimated at $50,000. Four men and women were seriously hurt when they leaped from second and third-floor windows before firemen could spread fire nets.

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The Lieutenant Governor announced that he would regard both judiciary committees with impartiality e.nd would treat them alike in referring Mils to them for consideration. Senator Charles A. Balnum of Vincennes was made chairman of the Congressional Apportionment Committee, which is considered a very Important post in view of the fact that the congressional districts undoubtedly will be realigned during tlie present session. Otto G. Fifield of Crown Point, trne to predictions, was named chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. He had been chairman of tho Legislative Visiting Committee and was generally conceded to be the logical choice for tho Important House chairmanship'. Judiciary A. Committee chairmanship went to Chester A. Davis of Jay County, and Claude Smith of Gibson County was named head of Judiciary B Committee. Raymond E. Willis of De Kalb County was named chairman of the Legislative Apportionment Committee. THE REV. MK. HYDE OFFERS PRAYER. Tbe Senate got under way at 10:55 o'clock this morning with a prayer offered by the Rev. M. B. Hyde, pastor of the M. E. church at French Ltcki Tho roll ,a’l disclosed forty-six Senate’a presert. Lieutenant Governor Branch then announc'd his committee appointment*, arefac’ng his announcement with the remark that he had worked hard to please everybody but “knew that some of the Senators v.ould be disappointed. "I have been working for days on these,” ho snid. "nnd believed they were ail eoinpl -ted when I retired this morning at 2 o’clock. Ilowver, when I arose I went back to work on them.” On she roll call for the introduction of memorials, petitions and remonstrances. Senator Steele introduced a petition from the citizens of North Judson asking the Assembly to impose a censorship on motion pictures depicting crime scenes. Senator William E. English, Marlon County, moved that the Secretary of State be instructed to provide certified copies of the sixteen constitutional amendments pending. The motion carried unanimously. RECESS TAKEN IN LOWER HOUSE. Recess was taken In the lower branch of the Legislature at 19:15 until 11 o'clock for the completion of the committee appointments by Speaker McClure. Mr. McClure Indicated there would be some disappointments on the committee list, when he said to the Representatives : “You may prepare your mind for it, that there may be some disappointments when the committee list is read." A motion was introduced in the House (Continued on Page Two.)

TODAY In CONGRESS

SENATE. Finance Committee to conclude hearings on emergency tariff bill. Immigration Committee continues hearings. Territorial Committee to discuss Philippine Judicial code. Vote expected on resolution on stopping recruiting for the Army as an economic measure. Lafollette motion to reconsider Poindexter anti-strike bill may be called up. HOUSE. Continued consideration of executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bill. Secretary Daniels outlines views on disarmament before Naval Affairs Committee. Representatives of women's peace party urge disarmament steps before Military Affairs Committee. Ways and Means Committee continues hearings on revision of pottery and glassware tariff schedules. Subcommittee of Appropriations Committee consider Army, Navy, deficiency, rivers and harbors appropriation bills. Foreign Affairs Committee considers lesolution of Representative French, Idaho, to consolidate European relief agencies. Interstate Commerce Commission open* hearings on Dill to protect property rights of American women who marry aliens. Postoffice Committee hears representatives of postal service on proposed reclassification of Government employes. Agriculture Committee continue hearings on bill to prevent speculation in cotton and grain futures. Immigration Committee hears witnesses from Eilis Island as to need of more physicians to examine immigrants. Merchant Alarine Committee considers legislation for establishment of more fish hatcheries. Public Land Committee considers resolution of Representative Raker, California, ordering the attorney general to institute suits to recover oil lands granted the Southern Pacific Railroad. Committee on Expenditures in the Shipping Board resumes investigation of charges of waste and extravagance in board's operations. Judiciary Committee holds hearing on bill to graut suffrage to District of Columbia. Education Committee considers SmlthTowner bill to grant Federal aid to States for maternity work. Patents Committee consider* several minor bills.