Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 219, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Unsettled and colder. Probably rain tonight and Saturday.

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BOY BURGLAR IS CAUGHT IN ACT; PROVES CHESTY 17-Year-Old Culprit Laughs Over Series of Jobs on North Side. POLICE ‘GRILLING’ FAILS Fred Heede, 17, “boy burglar,” 'laughed and joked with police officers £ today. The youth seemed not to realize the seriousness of the crimes he freely admits be has committeed. Heede, whose father, William Heede, lives at -Hoi) Central avenue, was caught robbing the home of W. 6. Boyd, 4302 Park aTeuue, at 6:50 o’clock last night. Hours later, after being questioned by detectives In an effort to clear up a series of burglars which started three weeks ago. he was-looked in the cellroom. When searched the youth was found to hare an automatic pistol, a large caliber revolver and a flash light. Lieutenant Cox asked Heede if he was the fellow who had the revolvers aad had robbed a let of houses. "Yes,” smiled the tall, overgrown youth with a slight shrug of his stooped shoulders. Then he smiled. ANOTHER BOY GONE WRONG. “Why did you steal?” questioned the Lieutenant. “Another good boy gone wrong,” replied the boy, and then he laughed. Seldom have the police found a confessed criminal with a more “don't care” attitude than Heede. Records of the Juvenile court show that Heede was committed to White's Institute aa an “Incorrigible" Jan. 10, 1918, upon complaint of his father. The boy was released to his parents Feb. 15, 1919, after Juvenile court officials had Investigated and found conditions in the Heede home “good.” During the last three weeks burglaries have kept the residents north of ThirtySixth street near College avenue worried. Most of the robberies were committed when families were away from home. These people In turn have worried the police and detectives with their demands that steps be taken to halt the crime wave that swept over that part of the city. Heede, however, claims that “some crook got In on my territory and I didn't get into all those places.” _ Charles J. Kavanaugh, 4245 Park evehue, notified the police that the burglar was in the Boyd home. When the emergency squad, with Sergeant White and Detectives Coleman and Pressley, arrived the detectives went to the rear of the house and the sergeant entered through a rear window. Neighbors had surrounded the house. NEIGHBOR DRAWS DETECTIVE’S FIRE. Kavanugh jumped over a hedge into th* next yard and was mistaken for the burglar. A detective fired a shot which did not hit him, but stopped him. Meanwhile Sergeant White had covered the hoy burglar, who was In a hallway of the Boyd home. The yohth said he did not j know that neighbors had surrounded the house until he saw the big sergeant enter the hall with a revolver and arrest him. Then Heede said: “Well, you’ve got me," and he raised his hands. The police ere not satisfied with the confession made by Heede and believe he is guilty of having committed many more burglaries than he admitted. Heede said: “I am Just 17, and I am the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Heede, 4450 Central avenue. I left Indianapolis Feb. 12, IW-ft, and remained away from home. 1 returned to Indianapolis Nov. 3 and got a Job Nov. 7 on the farm of Walter Shearer east of the city and remained there until Dee. 23. I committed my first robbery Dec. 29, when I entered a residence near the Ft. Harrison lnterurban line northeast of the city and stole a green overcoat and some handkerchiefs. The first robbery I committed In Indianapolis was on Dec. 31, when I entered a residence on East Forty-Fourth street. The rear door was unlocked and I entered. I stole three tie pins, nine rings, a gold mesh bag, a bar pin and a lavalIlere. “On Jan. 1 I entered the residence which la the third house north of FortyFourth street on the east side of Park avenue, by using a key to the rear door. I ate a fruit cake and two oranges and stole a bank containing $3.50. GIVES DATES OF OTHER JOBS. “On Jan. 2 I entered a house on the west side of Broadway, five houses south of Forty-81xth street, and I took the pair of pants that I wore when arrested. I also took a pair of gauntlet gloves and a pair of shoes. On Jan. 11, I entered a house on East Thirty-Sixth street and stole the overcoat I wore when arrested. I also got the automatic pistol I had when arrested. On Jan. 17, I entered the home of Clyde C. Flnnefrock, 4110 Rnckle street, and stole some jewelry. On the same night I entered the home of C. W. Maibucher, 4125 Central avenue, viHH I took a revolver, some old coins and 70 cents in dimes. “I entered a house in the 4100 block on North Pennsylvania street and stole some candy and a silver lead pencil, but I don’t remember the date-.” Last night when Mr. and Mrs. George Grlbble 4233 Park avenne, returned home at 11:30 o’clock they found their house had been ransacked and a gold chain, two strings of beads, a silver pin, a rlneatone platinum pin and a four-leaf clover pearl pin missing. At 8 p. m.. Just half an hour before Heede was captured, James M. Pierson, 4330 Park avenne, discovered a man Standing at the side of his house. The. j man ran and Pierson found the window had been broken. Not Guilty, Answer to Murder Charge COLUMBUS, Tnd., Jan. 21.—J. Weber Smith today pleaded not guilty in the Bartholomew Circuit Court to a charge of first degree murder for the slaying of his reputed affinity. Miss Irma Ha no her. Trial was set for the February term of oourt. Ottawa Official Dies OTTAWA. Out., Jan. 21.—A. L. Sifton, Secretary of State, is dead today. He died of arterio sclerosis.

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Confesses Robberies FRED HEEDE. SCHWAB DENIES HUGE PERSONAL EXPENSE CLAIM Flatly Refutes Accusation That Ship Board Paid $260,000 in Month. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, flatly denied today that the sum of $200,000, his personal expenses for October, 1918, had been charged against the Shipping Board while he was head of th© Emergency Fleet Corporation. Appearing as u witness before the House committee Investigating the Shipping Board, Schwab made a sweeping denial of the charges, which were made by Col. Eugene Abadle, former general controller of th© board. Schwab, under cross-examntatlon, admitted that the voucher for $200,000 was paid to him by the Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation, but that ’’no part of it was charged to ship construction.” Abadie said on tike stand that If he had heard what Schwab had to say before giving his own testimony regarding tlie alleged voucher he would not have made the charges at all. “I got no money whatever from the Government,” Schwab declared. “I have put my very life Into this cans* (war work) and when I think of this suspicion that hR3 been cast upon me, my regret Is so deep that 1 hardly know how to express myself. ’ “Do you want us to understand that yon received no money at all while you were chairman of the Emergency Fleet Corporation ?” “Why, 1 didn’t even get that dollar a year,” he replied. Discussing Abadle’s charge that the huge sum for Schwab’s alleged personal (Continued on Cage Sixieeu.)

ROBBERS VISIT ST. PAUL STORES Value of Loot Estimated at $5,000. Fpec'al to The Tim©.'. GREENSBURG. Ind., Jan. 21.—Robbers broke into four safes In as many different business places at St. Paul, ten miles west of here, last night, making away with loot estimated at $5,000. Entering through a rear glass door at the office of the St. Paul Hardware Company, the thieves broke the combination to a’ safe belonging to the Building and Loan Association, taking away notes approximating a value of $4,000 end several hundred dollars in cash. The amount is covered by insurance, it Is said. Kappe's Jewelry store was entered and tbe cash register wns rifled. A safe at the office of the St. Pant Elevator Company was opened, but it contained nothing of value. A safe at the office of the Ft. Paul Lumber Company was also broken open, but no effort was made to disturb the contents. From the character of the work done by the robbers, It is believed local talent had part in it. No clew Las been discovered. Boy Held for Theft of Violin and Case On an affidavit sworn out bv Emma Roach, 4447 Manlove avenue, Clifford Tate 18, of 4450 Manlove avenue, today wus arrrested on charge of grand larceny and entering a house to commit a felony. Tate is accnsed of stealing n violin and case worth SSO. Detectives McClure and Dalton said tbe youth took them to a shed in the State Fair Grounds where be bad concealed the Instrument. Negro Stretches Hemp MOBILE. Ala., Jan. 21.—Robert Edwards. negro, was hanged In the Mobile County Jail this morning. Edwards was one of three negroes convicted of killing Ram Block, a grocer.

HARDING ON WAY TO PLAYGROUND OF U. S.

ON PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING'S TRAIN, Jan. 21— The click of anew Cabinet combination which, it is understood, was discussed by President-elect Harding today, was as insistent as the click of the car wheels. The resignation of W. .P. G. Harding as governor of the Federal Reserve board, it is said, may enable the President-elect to place two candidates now urged for Secretary of the Treasury by Placing Gen. Charles G. Dawes at the head of the Federal Reserve board. Some of Mr. Harding's advisers pointed out the way would be open to appoint Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. It Is also possible that such a combination might mako a placa in ths Cabinet for Frank O. Uowian.

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FARMERS DOWN BILL TO CHANGE JURY CHOOSING House Fight Precipitated When Barker Brings in Minority Report. CLASS ACTION CHARGED Representative R. U. Barker, Posey County launched the House into a lengthy debate today when he returned a minority report from Judiciary A Committee, signed solely by himself on House bill No. 53, providing anew method of Selecting grand and petit Jurors. Representative Barker, who disapproved of the proposed act, was supported by the farmer members of the House and won his fight. The bill was dnbbed, during the debate, as designed to keep farmers off of juries. Denial was vigorously entered by supporters of the majority report, which favored passage of the measure. The bill would change the present method of selecting Jurors by district to selection of jurors In accordance to population. Representative Charles W. Harlan, Kosciusko County, asked Representative Chester A. Davis, Jay County, chairman of Judiciary A Committee, If there was a widespread demand for the passage of the bilL Mr. Davis replied there was not. TEST OF FARMERS’ ORGANIZATION. A call to see “what sort of au organization the farmers have” was made when the farmer members were asked to support the minority report. It was charged by the farmers that the bill would result In a majority of the citizens of cities being selected for Jury service to the exclusion of the rural inhabitants. This argument was refuted by Lake end Marlon County representative*. Representative Albert E. Shugart, Grant County, in his maiden speech In the House, declared the farmer was opposed to the bill. Attempts to choke debate on the report were checked when effor.s to move the previous question were made. Representative Oscar A. Ahlgren, Lake County, denounced what he termed were organized efforts on the part of farmers to enact class legislation. As the debate wore on It resolved Itself Into au argument between rnral and urban members of the House, rather than on the report of the committee. Representative Claude A. Smith, Gibson County, took the gavel when the previous question was put. The minority report was adopted by a vote of 94 to 18, Efforts of Representative Clinton S. Givan of Marion County to have a written protest entered tn the Journal against class action by farmers were unsuccessful when th© acting Speuker ruled out of order a motion to table It. Representative Glvan’s motion rend as follows: “I protest against the attempt to organize the farmers against any measnre on the mere ground that they are farmers.” QUESTION OF FAITH RAISED. Another argument ensued oa the report of Judiciary A Committee on House Bill No. 05, which provides for the assessment of valuations on real estate each year Instead of once every four years. The report recommended Indefinite postponement and Representative William R. Jinnett, Rush County, author of the bill, (Continued on Page (Sixteen.)

HEAR JAMESON AGAIN MONDAY Board Members Seek Reason for Transfer Charge. The board of public works will have a second conference Monday with Dr. Henry Jameson, president of the board of directors, and James P. Tretton, superintendent of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, regarding a charge for transfers from ear to ear on the same line. On complaint that only one out of five East Michigan street cars ran to the end of the line and that passengers going to the end had to pay 1 cent for each transfer, the board called Dr. Jameson before it Wednesday morning. Dr. Jameson said :he thought the practice was due to a misunderstanding on the part of conductors and that he would take the matter up with company officials at once. The board received from tho board of public safety a letter transmitting recommendations of Fire Chief John C, Loncks that two public utilities be made to comply with the fire prevention ordinance by removing wires. The letter referred to n Merchants Heat and Light Company high tension line ucross Fciofo street between Court and Market streets and acres* Market street at Bird street, and a cable of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company across Bird street Just south of Market street. Assassination Try on Turk Chief Fails LONDON, Jan. 21.—An attempt was made to assassinate Mustapha Kemnl Pasha, chief of the Turkish nationalists. In Anatolia, but it failed, said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Smyrna. The attack was made by a Turkish army lieutenant. Three shots were fired, but ell missed. The lieutenant was arrested. Congressman Is Dead SAVANNAH, Miss., Jan. 21.—Congressman Charles F. Hooher, Democrat, died here today after a year’s illness. He was serving his eighth term in Congress from the Fourth district.

Harding was speeding across Kentucky and Tennessee today on his way to St. Augustine, Fla., where he begins a six weeks’ retreat tomorrow. The first two weeks will be passed on Senator Frelinghysen's houseboat. He will stop at St. Augustine most of the time thereafter. Harding left Marlon shortly after midnight and passed through Cincinnati early today, traveling in the private car “Superb,” which carried him on several of his campaign trips. Harry M. Daugherty accompanied him. * Mrs. Harding remained in Marion to finish moving the furniture out of the house there. The place is to be rented to a Marion acquaintance. Tomorrow or Sunday she leaves for Washington to take her silver and linen out of the Washington home. She will then go to New York on a shopping trip, probably joining Urn I’rosidaut-olact at BW AujjuaUu* Wt **> .1

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INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921.

Woman's Calm Eyes Gaze On Corpse Cover Mrs. Peete Not Perturbed by Exhibit of Canvass *Casket’ in Court. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 21.—A faint but obnoxious odor permeated the courtroom of Judge Willis today when a heavy, soiled canvass was unrolled and spread before a jury which is weighing the fate of Mrs. Lofie Louise I’eete, charged with the murder of Jacob G. Denton, wealthy broker. The canvass j had held the supposed body of Denton : while It reposed for three months In a wooden vault covered with dirt In the : basement of his home. Spectators, law- ; yers and Jurors craned their necks, j There was a distinct buzz and many i gasps. The display of the molded canvass bad no perceptible effect on Mrs. Peete. She gazed at It calmly without even a flicker of an eye. The canvass “casket” was Introduced In the evidence by the prosecution when Earl Platt, undertaker, was on the witues stand describing how the body was “prepared” by the murderer' for its secret tomb. i District Attorney Woolwtn© announced ] before the opening of the session his Id- ; tendon to use first as witnesses those who j were familiar with Denton’s life and appearance and who had Identified the body found in a secret basement crypt In his palatial home as that of th© rich mining man. When Woolwine outlined his accusations against Mrs Peete, dwelling par ticulariy on the allegation that she had masqueraded a Denton's wife and bought SOOO worth of gowns at a Los Angelos department store after the mnr- j der, the defendant folded her arms and sat back in her chair in a co’d spirit of defiance. After Woolwtn© had flayed Mrs. Peete, Frank W. Stoddard, first witness for ttie prosecution, made detailed maps of Denton’s home and was grilled at great length by Public Defender Aitgakr re gar ding certain diagrams of the “murder mansion.” It was the apparent idea of th© de- 1 sense to try to show It would have been Impossible for a woman of Mrs. Peete's j frail stature to carry a heavy body like that of Deuton down the stairway in the Denton home ns has been charged.

EX-PASTOR HELD IN MAIL ROBBERY SIOO,OOO in Currency Found in Attic, Police Say. MT. VERNON, IIL, Jan. 21— Following sharply on th© announcement that $70,000 of tha $107,000 loot obtained In the robbery of registered mall pouches near the postofflce here last Friday had been recovered, police today announced that Guy Kyle, former minister and prominent business man of this city, has been arrested on suspicion of being the “brains” of a gang of robbers which has caused the "epidemic” of mail looting of tlie past mouth. A wooden box containing SIOO,OOO In currency, chiefly banknotes of S2O and SSO denomination*, was found hidden In the attic of th© former minister's residence, the police stated The money, they believe, is part of the loot obtained Jan. 14. CITY WILL OFFER PAVING LINK BILL Seeks to Improve Highway and Street Connections. A bill to make possible the paving of stretches of unimproved highway within the city limits between paved streets and paved country roads, where such paving has been held np heretofore because the cost would exceed 50 per cent of th© assessed valuation of property fronting if, was agreed on by th© board of public works and the county commissioners at a conference held at the city hall today. The hit!, which was prepared by Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby, will be sent to the present session of the General Assembly. Besides th© commissioners and board of works members, Mr. Ashby, Mayor Charles W. Jewett and County Auditor Leo K. Fesler attended the conference. For several years thsre have existed In Indianapolis a number of stretches of unimproved street between the end of paved sections and the beginning of paved country roads. This existed on some of the main automobile arteries and has been considered as an eyesore, not only to citizens of Indianapolis but of others who motor into the city. Because the cost of paving exceeded half the valuation of property in the section, however, the board of works legally was prevented from doing anything. Mr. Ashby’s bill will provide that wherever a condition exists in a section of main highway only, the board of works may go ahead with the paving after submitting the plans to the commissioners for approval and collect the excess of the cost over 50 per cent of the assessed valuation of the property half from the city and half from the county. POST-NUPTIAL PACT BINDING Court Orders Payment to Bride Who Went Home. RT. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 21—William H. Vanderbergh, Minneapolis, must pay Evelyn Vanderbergh of London, England, S3OO due on a post-nuptial agreement, the State Supreme Court of which Vnnderbergh’s father was once chief. Justice, decided today. Vanderbergh, now past (50, married th© English girl in 1913. His young bride refused to live In Minneapolis and ho refused to live in England. She returned to Loudon in 1915 and a post nuptial agreement was reached in 1919 by which Vanderbergh was to pay her $2,000 annually. She charged he had paid only $1,700 and sued for the balance.

‘KILLED BOY TO SA YE SOUL ’

CHICAGO, Jan. 21—Frank Piano today went on trial before a Jury in Judge Fitch’s Criminal Court for the killing of his !8 year-old son, “to save the boy's soul." On March 24, 1920, the elder Piano went out to look for Frank Jr., and found him with a band of other youths loafing on a corner near the Plano home. The father called the boy to one side and, without preliminary scolding drew a revolver from his pocket and fired again and again Into the boy's body.

FREE TEXTBOOK MEASURE SENT TO GRAVEYARD Senate Kills Bill by Adopting Report Favoring Postponement. ARMISTICE DAY VOTED The bill providing for the supplying of free text books to pupils in the public schools was killed In the Senate today when that body adopted a report of the Committee on Education recommending indefinite postponement. The bill, which was Introduced by Senator William A. Arnold of Salem, had the backing of a number of labor organizations The bill Introduced by Senator Robert L. Moorhead of Indianapolis providing for the observance of Nov. 11 as Armls'lce day whs passed by a vote of 43 to 0. Senator Moorhead explulued that the bill does not make Nov. 11 a legal holiday, but provides that the Governor Issue a proclamation and that the day be observed In the public schools. Senator William A. McCullough's MU fixing penalties for crimes by violence was reported favorably out of committee The bill makes entering a bank or trust company s crime punishable by life Imprisonment; makes any one guilty of killing a per son In such an attempt guilty of first degree murder, with the doath penalty; fixes similar penalties for any person assisting in such crimes and provides life imprisonment for burglary. VEHICLE TAKING BILL POSTPONED. Tlio Committee on Criminal Code reported out the Alldredge bill fixing penalties for vehicle taking with recommendations that It be Indefinitely postponed. It was explained that the bilk conflicted with tbe lisrtxfcll bill fixing heavier penalties and that the committee favored the latter. The report was adopted. The Hartnell bill already had ben reported favorably. The entire question of the changing of the Senate rules was reopened when Senator A. II Beardsley of Elkhart Introduced a resolution providing that his propos'd changes b put into effect. The resolution followed the adoption Thursday of the recommendation of the Commutes on Rules that the 1919 rules b© re-adopted. Seuator Beardsley proposed that no bills be Introduced after the first thirty dßvs of the session without the consent of a majority, and that a short explanation of tlie contents of each bill be required on its Introduction. FORKIGN LANGUAGE QUESTION IP AGAIN. The question of the teaching of German and other languages in th* schools came before the Senate again with the introduction of a bill by Senator William E. Bowers of New Haven. The bill provides that nil subjects in parochial schools be taught in English, but it also provides that th© schools “may teach such subjects as the advancement of the pupils may require." Senator Don P. Strode of Kokomo lntrodneed a resolution congratulating Andrew Gordon of Eureka, Kan., the only surviving member of the ItidtunaconstVUitlon.il convention of 1850, on his one hundredth birthday. Th© resolution was adopted by the Senate and House. Mr. Gbrdon represented Howard and Cass counties in tho convention. Eight bills ware Introduced sod referred to committees as follows: Bowers-—Amending law prohibiting the teaching of German. Education. Decker -Amending law concerning proceeding* In civil actions. Judiciary A. liny*—Creating ami defining fourth Judicial circuit. Organization of four s. Nichols Amending law providing for the election and qualifications of Justices of the peace. Elections. Swain- Amending law concerning sales for taxes nod mortgages. Banks. Van Orman—Compelling display of barriers and of detour signs where roads are blocked. Beardsley—Amending lnw concerning cemeteries in counties. Judiciary B Beardsley—Amending luw regulating cemeteries In cities. Cities and Towns.

JAIL INMATES HEALTH GUARD Bartholomew County Prisoners Adopt Rules. Special to Th© Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 21. The prisoners In the Bartholomew County Jail I have formed a health and sanitation orj gnnlzation for their us© In the Jail. J. i Webber Smith, charged with the murder of Miss Irma Handier, Is chnirman of ! the organization and Harry Jones, under j sentence to the Indiana State penal j farm, is secretary. The organization has ! made certain rules regarding tho coni duct of the prisoners. One of the rules provides that each prisoner must walk three miles each day tn the corridors of th© Jail. Twentyfour and one-half times around the vorrtdors constitutes a mile and the prisoners check each other on the number of laps I made. Tlie rules prohibit spitting on the floors and walls of the jail and the throwing of matches and cigarette stubs on the floor. Violation of oily of the rules Is followed by speedy punishment by the members, says Sheriff John W. Phillips, who praises tho organization. Hogan Appeal Is Up in Criminal Court Tommie Hogan, who was fined SIOO and sentenced to thirty days on the State Farm on a Mind tiger charge in the city court and then appealed to Criminal Court, today was on trial before a Jury in Criminal Court. Idiosyncrasy? Yes KEARNEY, Neb., .Tan. 21.—Although John Haydanger makes a practice of sleeping in hnystaeks, he is by no means destitute. Farmers pulled him out of a stack near here early today. At a hospital, where he was taken because his feet were frozen, attendants found S7OO In good treasury notes in his pockets.

Waiting until tho boy was prostrate, the elder Piano slowly walked away. Frank died a few hours later at the county hospital. “I feared my son would end his life at the end of a rope,” the father told the police. "Because of that 1 shot him. He was always unruly, disobedient and never would work. Bad company led him astray.” ‘The old man was right,” young Piano told county boJBiuU attendants Jus* before ho died. .

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It Is One Thing to Capture Man and Another to Get Court to Act

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This is a picture of Edward Stevens, alleged safe-blower, who forfeited a bond of $5,000 in the Criminal Court after Claris Adams, then prosecuting attorney, had petitioned the court to reduce the bond and release Stevens on his own recognizance on one felony charge. Stevens Is, presumably, much wanted by the Criminal Court, although there has been no particular announcement to that effect. The local police department Is anxious to arrest him again, although its members realize that a man with sufficient Influence to have hia bond reduced on petition of tho pronscuting attorney Is a hard man to keep even after he Is under arrest.

OUTBREAK PUTS PROFITEERS OF VIENNA ON RUN Hundreds Flee to Country When Mobs Parade With Replicas of Gallows. VIENNA, Jan. 21.—Mobs such as formed during the revolution In the streets of Pnria gathered here today, sending hundreds of frightened profiteers to the country. Shouting threats, singing martial airs and rumbling menacingly the mob followed wagons on which had been erected great replicas of gailows. Police officer.', augmented by recruits from th© former Austrian army, made no attempt to interfere with the marchers. Tbe latter attempted no violence. Meanwhile labor organizations have Rcrved an ultimatum on the government, giving It three days in which to reduce the price of necessities. From the temper of the crowds which marched through tbe streets, the lubor threat may be followed by action, it was believed possible assaults would be made on stores and proTlglon Bouses where goods would ba confiscated. The flight of profiteers left many stores closed. Windows and doors were barricaded, lending Mill further an air of desolation to what formerly was one of tbe gayest cities of the world. Authorities hollered they wonld be able to suppress any outbreak, the police remaining loyal. Although one strike of government employes was broken last week there were further danger signs and the government reiterated its statements that lack of help from the eutente must result In the collapse of the government. Vienna became more than ever a city of contrasts. While thousands of persons paraded the streets with their grewsome talisman, hundreds were wining and dining in something like th© old splendor. Those with money spent It recklessly and smart dining places were filled with men careless of their kronen, accompanied by handsomely gowned and Jeweled women. TEN ARE KILLED IN RED FIGHTING MILAN, Jan. 21.—Ten persons were killed and fifty wounded in a clash between Communists and non-Communlsts at Castellummnre 1)1 Stabla, near Naples, according to Information received from Naples today. Order has been restored by troops. Communists had gained control of the municipal administration, raising the red flag over the municipal building. A crowd attempted to haul down the banner. A battle followed. In which hand grenades were used by the Communist defenders. Castellammare PI Rtabia is on the Bay of Noples and contains a large shipyard. The population ft about 27,000. LONDON HEARS ORDER PREVAILS LONDON, Jan. 21.—The widespread strikes in Austria, called to begin Thursday, did not materialize and order prevails in the republic, says a dispatch from Vienna. Indiana Affected by Grain RatejChanges WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—The Interstate Commerce Commission today ordered cancelled certain schedules for a proposed cancellation of Joint rates on grain and grain products in carloads from points on tho Toledo, St. Louis A Western Railroad, eyist of Cayuga, Ind., In connection with the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago &,St. Louis Railroad.

PERFUME AID USED BY WOMAN RAFFLES

CHICAGO, Jan. 21. —A handsome woman Raffles who lulls her victims to sleep with the fumes of an exotic perfume and robs them Is being sought in Chicago today as a result of the story told by Miss Ruth O'Shea, IS-year-old university student. Miss O’Shea, according to her story, was drugged by the mysterious woman and robbed of SBO. Miss O’Shea was found unconscious two blocks from her home. It was thought first she was the victim of an accident. Not until she recovered consciousness did the cause of her condition become known. According to the story told by Miss O’Shea, she was accosted by tbe woman on a street car while returning from a visit to her cousin who is ill In a hospital. After talking of various subjects the woman, who appeared refined and was well dressed, brought np the subject of perfume, declaring ah* vu passionately fend t rare eoent*,

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Stevens is accused of robbing a gasoline filling station last April. He is also accused of taking a quantity of nitroglycerine into a hotel room in this city. Tbe Marlon County grand Jury in dieted him last May. The judge of the Criminal Court let the case sleep until last week, when he called it for trial only to learn that Stevens had fled. No explanation has yet been made as to why the way to freedom was made so conspicuously easy for Stevens. The description of him as furnished by the police is as follows: nelgbt 0 feet 114 Inches; eyes, violet blue; age, 37 years; weight. 207; bair, chestnut, slightly gray; complexion, medium dark; scar burn, large, above left wrist.

Others Go Off to Prison, But Meyer Is Held Embezzler, With Chance to Go Free, Awaiting Court Orders. Howard W. Meyer, 20, sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory on a charge of embezzling $1,388 from the L. C. Thiele Furnace Company, 107 South Meridian street, was not taken to the reformatory today with other prisoners. Meyer is being held in Jail on special orders Issued by Judge James A. Collins of Criminal Court. Sheriff Georg© Snider stated that he was acting under the Instructions of Judge Collins in holding Meyer. Judge Collins stated that he issued his Instructions on receipt of a letter from Mr. Thiele, who stated that friends would pay SSOO of the amount embezzled and that Meyer soon would come tnto possession of a trust fund of SBOO. “The letter suggested leniency if complete restitution could be made and Attorney Ralph Rpaan Is wlatlng to hear from Meyer’s father,” said Judge Collins. “Os course, I wllll take some steps of leniency If complete restitution is made, and leniency means a suspension of sentence. Meyer is a young man and in less than tnree months’ time embezzled $1,388 from the firm.” The court stated that if steps were not taken to make good the loss, Meyer would have to servo his term. When Judge Collins Instructed Sheriff Snider to hold Meyer in Jail the court held in his nand the letter which he stated he received from Mr. Thiele. BARRETT SEEKS TO OPEN CASE New Trial Asked in Divorce Suit. gpecla! to Th© Times. SHELBYVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 21.—Fiftytwo paragraphs are contained In the nio- | Mon for anew trial which was filed in i Shelby Circuit Court Thursday by Cyrus iC. Barrett, wealthy Indianapolis resl- [ dent., defendant In the complaint for a j divorce filed In Marion County by Ethel 1 S. Barrett, hearing of which was held In the Shellvy Circuit Court during the October term. Judgment given following the hearing of the case Included all rnony for the plaintiff In the sum of $7,000 and attorney's fees for $750. It is set out In the motion the alimony granted Is too large and the attorney's fees are excessive. It Is also charged the decision of tho court was not sustained by sufficient evidence and is con. trary to law. Reputed errors of the court in permitting evidence to be introduced over objections are set forth. The parties in the suit forme.rly were residents of Knlghtstown. A charge in the cross-complaint filed by Mr. Barrett stated that he was forced to move to Indianapolis on account of attention received by his wife from several men of Knlghtstown. He also asserted she crltl cised his religion and prevented him from worshiping In the way to which he was accustomed. , Hearing on the motion will be givan soon In the court here. Bandits Grab $25,000 PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 21.—Hold-up men today obtained jewelry, cash and bonds estimated at $25,000 In a daring daylight robbery of the jewelry store of R. A. Chaplan here.

When Miss O'Shea left the car the woman got off also, explaining that her home was two blocks away. Continuing the conversation about perfume, the woman suggested that Miss O’Shea sniff the fragrance of her handkerchief. A second later, Miss O’Shea said, she felt her legs giving way and she lost consciousness. When found by passersby, Miss O'Shea was uninjured but ner money and Jewels were gone. KLONDIKE PIONEER. DEAD. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 21. Isaiah Cortright, 69, one of the Klondike hunters during the gold craze, is dead here of pneumonia. Early In life one lung collapsed following an attack of pneumonia. He went through years of hardship in the Klondike in that condition. Many years ago Mr. Cortright held the offices of county clock aadcavftty recorder boro.

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KEEPS JUSTICE TIED AND BLIND IN MANY CASES Delay in Bringing Reputed Criminals to Trial Has Frequent Illustrations. STEVENS NOT ONLY ONE Hera are a few more illustrations of the fact that In Marion County it is one thing to hale a man to the bar ot justice and quite a different thing to keep him there until justice is served. Ray Vernon and Clarence Winkler were indicted for grand larceny by a grand Jury that reported to Judge James A. Collius June 12, 1920. Their indictment grew out of th© complaint of R. K. Siebert that the two men had robbed him of $76 In a craps game played with crooked dice in a room at the Colonial Hotel. Siebert also complained that after robbing him the men beat him when be complained of tha crookedness of the gam©. On July 30 the two men were are raignecl before Judge Collins and Prosecutor Claris Adam* nollled tbe charge against Winkler. Judge Collins heard the evidence and Judicially decided that Vernon was guilty of grand larceny. Then Collins entered upon the Criminal Court docket, “Judgment and sentence withheld.” When the year 1920 ended the “Judgment and sentence” of this craps shooter who was convicted of robbing his victim by the ÜBe of doctored dice was Btill reposing under the sheltering arm of Judge Collius, who kept him out of Jail by withholding Judgment and sentence. RAY BRYDON, indicted three time* by the Marlon County grand jury. Is another of the favored defendants who has not yet been called upon to answer the (Continued on Pag© Nine.) GRAIN DEALERS NAME OFFICERS Monon Rail Head Sounds Note of Optimism. H. W. Reiman of Shelhyvllle was reelected president of the Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association; John H. Morrow of Wabash was elected vice president and P. E. Goodrich of Winchester and G. G. Davis of Tipton were elected to membership on the board of managers at the closing session of the annual meeting of the association toikj. At the Claypool Hotel?. One of the principal speakers at tbs session was H. R. Kurrle, president of tho Monon railroad, Chicago, whose subject was “Railroads, Their Present Condition and Future Prospects,” and who spoke optimistically of future business conditions. He said the situation Is economically sound and that be could not see anything ahead, but the greatest peosperlty this country has ever enjoyed, that no one could say definitely Just when it would come, possibly la March or May or August. Among the subjects on today’s prograa were ’’Future Trading. Pro and Con,” “Are Side Line Proflta'ble; If So, What Are to be Recommended to the Grain Dealers?” “Is Cooperative Buying and Selling Economically Sound and Should Our Members Organize for That Purpose, Either by Groups or Otherwise?”* “Auditing the Books of Members,” and tbe reports of committees. Speed Regulators Fined for Speeding Edward Watterman, 1507 English aremi©, and Clarence C. Poole, 331 South State avenue, deputy constables In T. R. Rainey's justice court, Irvington, were each fined $lO and costs by Judge Walter Tritchard in city court today on charges of speeding. They were arrested yesterday on affidavits sworn out by George W. Sbeek, 230 East Ohio street, after Sheek had been fined In Justice Rainey’s court on a charge of violating the motor speed laws. The deputies, who had arrested Sheet, fell Into a trap arranged by him. He hud induced them to drive his csr at a speed greater than they had charged >'!■ with. Sheek explained to Judge PritchaM that ho had not acted In a spirit of r# venge, nor did he countenance law vlo4 lntlongs ( saying he was looking to the' public Interest. Watterman and Poole appealed, bond* being set at S2O.

TODAY In CONGRESS

SENATE. Republicans caucus to choose Senate 1 chaplain. Manufactures Committee continues hear, ings on Calder coal regulation bUI. Senate continues discussion of Johnson's minimum wage bill. Meeting of Joint Senate Bad Honsei Committee on Naval Bases for the Paclflo Coast. HOUSE. Henry White, peace delegate, give*. Naval Affairs Committee his views ondisarmament. Attorney General Palmer testifies before! Agriculture Committee on purchase of! Argentine sugar. Representatives of farm organisational urge Bunking and Currency Committee to! use property and securities held by alien! property custodian to exteud credits to! Europe. Ways and Means Committee begins! hearings on tariffs on agricultural prod-j ucts. Charles Pies, former director general of the Fleet Corporation, answer*! charges of fraud and extravagance in Shipping Board before Walsh commit-! tee. Rivers and Harbors Committee considers appropriations for next year. Interstate Commerce Committee eon slders bill to authorize part payment ofj guaranty fends due railroads. Public Buildiugs and Grounds Com-! mlttee considers legislation for the construction of Government hospitals. Military Affairs and Sub-committee re-j suraes Investigation of War Department's! real estate holdings. Appropriation Bub-committee Army, Navy, deficiency, rivers and harbors and dlpiotaaUa and consul**: 4pik*s prUtten-MUa. ~