Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1921 — Page 1

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RUSSIAN TRADE ARGUED HOTLY IN HOUSE QUIZ Demand on State Department for Information Paves Way in Committee. MASON ON SOVIET SIDE WASHINGTON. Feb. I.—Arguments for and against immediate resumption u. trade relations with Russia were heard today by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. A resolution introduced by Representative Dallinger, Massachusetts, was under consideration. It asks the State Department for information tb its possession concerning business conditions in Russia, its present production and the character of commodities it has for sale, together with the commodities it must purchase and its ability to pay for them. The State Department also is asked for information as to the kind of government in Russia and whether individual rights of life and property are being observed, whether property can be had by an individual owner or whether It is taken by the State without compensation and in due process of law. There is a further inquiry whether the present authorities in Russia are conducting in this and other foreign countries propaganda for the overturn of present forms of government and the overthrow of existing family life and of Christianity. Representative Mason of Illinois, a member of the committee, championed the canse of the Russian authorities, holding that this country should immediately Cfcopen trade relations with the present Russian authorities and cease interfering with the Russians in working out their own permanent form of government. Many witnesses were heard by tae committee. LIQUOR WITHDRA WALS EXCEED THOSE OF ’2O Washington, Feb. I. —withdrawals of liquor for nonbeverage purposes during 1920—the first year of national prohibition—were nearly three rimes as great as during 1919, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Williams today informed the House Appropriations Committee. In 1920 these withdrawals, representing •11 the liquor for which permits are Issued under the Volstead law, totaled 88,514,876 gallons, Williams said, while In 1919 the amount was only 14,445,161. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL CUT AND PASSED WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—The House today voted, 205 to 120, against Increasing appropriations for river and harbor work during the next fiscal year to 828.000.000. It then passed the rivers and harbors •pproprlatlon bill, carrying a lump sum of $15,250,000 for the maintenance and continuance of projects already stated. EMERGENCY TARIFF APPEARS DOOMED WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—The doom of the Fordney emergency tariff bill at this session of Congress seemed certain today. Tomorrow the Senate will vote on a cloture rule which would limit debate on the measure. A two-thirds vote la (Continued on Page Two.) BERGDOLL QUIZ TO BE PROPOSED Germans Seek to Forestall Further Alienation of U. S. Sentiment.

BERLIN, Feb. I.—An explanation of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll's entry Into Germany and his escapades since, will be demanded in an Interpellation prepared by members of the People’s party to be Introduced In the Reichstag today. Leaders of the party said the recent attempt at kidnapping Bergdoll carried with It the possibility of still further alienating American sentiment. It was reported here that Colonel Stone of the American Army appeared before the German commissary to apologize on behalf of General Allen for the part taken by soldiers In the attempted kidnapping. General Allen wjs said to have denied responsibility for the incident. Anew complexion has been put on the eases of Charles Nerf of Baltimore, and Frank Zimmer of Denver, who are in Jail at Eberbach in connexion with the attempt to seize Gergdoll by the admission of the American military authorities that the men were attached to the United States army of occupation on the Rhine. Neaf and Zimmer are still in Jail at Eberbach, but It war expected new steps will be Inaugurated looking to their release. Woman Who Hid SIOO in Old Shoe Now Out The Shoe Bank, first cousin to the “Lisle First National,” isn’t the safest place in the world in which to put money, according to a report made to the Indianapolis police today by Mrs. Carrie Downing of New Palestine, R. R. No. ?, Mrs. Downing came to Indianapolis last week on a shopping tour and among her purchases was a pair of shoes. She were the new shoes, leaving the old ones ti be sent to her. She got her old shoes all right, she told the police, but SIOO that she had concealed in the lining was missing. Bedford Man Dies Suddenly in Auto Special to The Times. BEDFORD. Ind.. Feb. I.—William Duncan, 50, of Lawrence County, surveyor, died suddenly today In his automobile west of the city from a sudden attack of heart trouble. In the car with him was Curtis MePlke. deputy sheriff. He is survived by a widow and two growu daughters.

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Ruins of the old “Xotol” dam, which cau eed the flood, and a glimpse of the “El Rosario” silver mine, where many workmen were killed by the flood waters and falling buildings.

I The bursting of the great “Xotol" dain. In Mexico recently, sent a forty-foot wave j of water into the city of Pachuoa, capital of the state of lildalgo, Mexico, one of

RAIL PROBLEM MAY REVERT TO U. S. CONGRESS Interstate Commerce Committee Prepares Data to Deal With Situation. VARIOUS ANGLES SHOWN WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Members of the House and Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today were quietly gathering data on the railroads in belief, that the whole problem may come back to Congress at the special Besslon In thi spring. Charges and counter charges by railroad employes and managers, coupled with talk of further, rate raises, may bring congressional Investigations and legislation It Is feared here. Some of the angles of the railroad situation were: The White House had a telegram to President Wilson from seven labor organizations charging that the roads were trying to Inflate costs, that they were trying to wreck labor organizations and that they were being run for profit of big hankers rather than with a view of service to the public. CLAIMS ECONOMIES ARE PREVENTED. Against these charges are those of W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania linea that labor organizations, through agreements secured during the period of Federal control, are preventing economies of operation and that labor conditlona must be readjusted or the roads will face bankruptcy. Meanwhile figures put out by the railroads show they are not earning tne guarantee of fl per cent granted them by the transportation act, a condition which. If continued, would automatically result in higher rates. In addition there are three measures vitally affecting the roads already before Congresr. One Is the Townsend bill to allow the roads partial payment* of the money the government owes them under the guarantee clause of the transportation act. The treasury has held the half billion due the railroads must be paid In a lump sum. Thifjrnads say they need the money , (Continued on Page Nine.)

Resigns Labor Post to Serve at Geneva ROWLAND . MAH A NY. WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Rowland B. Mahany, Buffalo. N. Y., solicitor and acting Secretary of Labor, has resigned. He will sail Wednesday for Geneva, Switzerland, to sit as the American delegate on the international emigration commission which will function under ths League of Nations.

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the mining centers of the country. Part of the city was destroyed. M aes In and near the city were flooded. More than

PALMER FOES RENEW FIGHT TO FREE DEBS Wilson’s Denial of Clemency Fails to Check Demands in Senate Quiz. ASSAIL RAID METHODS WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Denial by President Wilson of a commutation of sentence for Eugene V. Debt. Socialist leader, did not discourage friends from appearing again before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to urge amnesty for him and others convicted of vlo.atlons of the espionage, draft and other war-time acts. Nor did the fact that It was Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer who recommended freedom for Debs deter witnesses from attacking the method# employed by the attorney general's office and the Department of Justice la conducting the so called ' red ralda." Tha raids were denounced today os “shameful yielding to hysteria" by Francis Fisher Kane, former district attorney at Philadelphia, before the committee. There was nothing In the socalled “red" agitation to show a movement for the overthrow of the American Government, Kane said. Kane resigned his office after he disagreed with Palmer us to how the agents of the Department of Justice should proceed against so-called “reds” In Philadelphia, he explained. ‘The wholesale raids of last January met with the results that might have been expected," Kane said. “Out of some 4,000 people arrested only a few hundred have been actually deported, and while the Government can be rightly blamed for needlessly breaking Into the peaceful lives of several thousand Innocent people, we do not have to bear the added shame of n large number of 111-consid-ered hlt-or-mlss deportations. “That we have been saved from this disgrace Is due to the courage of Assist(Continued on Page Nine.) SETBACK CUTS ‘TRIGGER’ JURY Eight Veniremen Excused in Gun Fight Case. WILLIAMSON, W. Va, Feb. I.—Jury Impaneling In the “trigger trial” rooelved a setback today when seven tentative Jurymen were excused, one because of relationship to one of the defendants, the other six because they had served on n petit jury within the last two years. This put the tentative panel at twelve and left eight more to be selected before peremptory challenging is begun. Witnesses for the State have been called for tomorrow. Probably the first will be Tom Felts, head of the BaldwlnFelts Detective Agency, whose brothers. Lee and Albert, were killed In the gun battle, together with five fellow detectives. Use Porcelain Coins DRESDEN, Germany, Feb. I.—Porcelain coins of small denomination have been put In circulation In Saxony, superseding paper money. The coins can be washed and made to look like new.

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Meet Liriodendron Tulipifera, Nominee for New State Job! The liriodeaiiron tulipifera will be the Indiana State (lower If a bill introduced In the Senate today by Senator Joseph E. Henley of Bloomington is passed. The bill contains an Interpretation of the name, declaring that It means the flowers of the tulip tree

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921.

200 persons were killed. President Obregon sent a check for $15,000 to aid the victims.

SENATE TO BE CONVENED FOR HARDING MAR. 4 Wilson Will Call Special Session to Confirm Cabinet Appointments. BRIEF SITTING LIKELY WASHING TON, Feb. I.—President Wilson will call a special session of the Senate March 4 to confirm Cabinet noml nations. It was announced at the White ! House today. The session Is a means of facilitating the executive start of the new Administration. The special session request was sent to Senator Lodge, Republican Senate leader, by* President-elect Harding. Senator Lodge turned over the request to Kena tor Underwood, Democrat, who had . resident Wilson act upon It when he visited the White House. It Is a customary procedure for the Senate to meet on Inaugural day to confirm Cabinet appointments and such others as the Incoming President cares to announce at that time. So far as is known, the session March 4 will be perfunctory. Vice President Marshall will swear In his successor, Calvin Coolidge; the Harding appointments will be confirmed anil It Is then likely that the session will adjourn. It Is the Intention of President-elect Hording to call a special session of the Sixty-Seventh Congress within four or five weeks after Inauguration. TRACK ELEVATION FIGHT DEFEATED Hay Dissolves Res raining Order. The action of Judge Linn D. Hay, Superior Court, room 2, today, in dissolving a restraining order against a number of railroads and the Mead Construction Company, prevents further delay in completion of the track elevation program. The restraining order was obtained by the Gates Realty Company. The restraining order wa*. first granted by the Circuit Court and the caße was transferred to Judge Hay's court. The defendants were the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Union Railway Company and the Mead Company. The Gates company objected to tho construction of cement pillars on which the truck elevation was to be placed ut Davidson avenue. Woman Hit by Auto; Skull Is Fractured Mrs. Maggie Browning, 34, of 842 Michael street, was struck by an auto at Wyoming and West streets this afternoon driven by Joe Ilerbrecht, 424 West McCarty street. Mrs. Browning’s skull was fractured and she was sent to the city hospital, where It was said her condition was serious. According to witnesses Ilerbrecht tried to pass a stockyards car on the left hand side and ran Into Mrs. Browning, who was waiting to board the car. His auto was wrecked. Sergeant Sheehan and squad investigated. . t

PARIS, Feb. I.—A war romance between pretty 19-year-old Suzanne Bailly and an American Army officer was shattered today when a Paris Judge sentenced Suzanne to the girls’ reformatory for theft. Some time ago a wealthy American woman, whose name the police declined to give, was robbed of two capes In a Paris hotel. One was black velvet wlt’a a fur collar, and the other was satin. Their combined value w r as SI,OOO. Hotel employes were questioned without avail. A week ago Suzanne, an assistant cashier, was arrested, on

EIGHT BILLS GO OVER WHEEL IN LOWER BRANCH Only One Fight Interrupts Smooth Flow Through Legislative Mill. ARGUE BANDIT PENALTY Eight bills were passed and one bill was postponed lor further consideration as a special order of business by the House of Representatives today. Law-making machinery worked smoothly and there was only a slight semblance of a fight on one of the bills, that which provided life Imprisonment for persons found guilty of automobile banditry. Correction in registration lists may be made wttHout obtaining a writ of maudumus from courts, by the provisions of a bill introduced by Representative Clinton H. Givau of Marlon County and passed by the House, 83 to 0. The bill, according to the author, Is designed to remedy a situation that appeared in Marlon and other counties In the last general election, when It was necessary to obtain a mandate from the courts to correct mistakes made In registration lists. The argument which developed over the taxing of dogs when the bill was jon second reading was revived when Representative Chestnr Davis' bill wa< j called down for third reading and I passage. The measure would provide a j kennel tax of $lO for breeders of flue i dogs and a $1 tax on curs." FEARS GREATER | KILLING OF SHEEP, i Opposition was voiced by Itepresenta- | tive Raymond E. Willis of Steuben j County, who declared the lowering of the i tax from $3 to $1 would result In the j killing of more sheep because of the | promiscuous breeding of "curs.” j The measure wus passed by a vote \ of 59 to 35. j House Bill No. 54—Frovldlng that any lone who commits theft and uses an auto j mobile In escaping shall be guilty of automobile banditry and shall be punj lshed. by Imprisonment in the State Prison for life, brought an argument on the floor. It was the second bill relating to the present crime wave to' come before the House, a bill making robbery or burglary the use of a deadly weapon punishable by life Imprisonment and making the violator Ineligible for pardon being passed last week, j Objections to the banditry bill were made on the ground that because of the extreme penalties provided It wruld be ! Impossible to obtain convictions. Representative Harry L. Hutnrichhouser of Marshall County moved tostrike out the * enacting clsuae, but his motion was jtsbled ob motion of Representative James I B. Filbert of Owen, Greene and Sullivan I counties. I The bill was then made a speelul order of business for 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon. NEW FERRET LAW rAKSEB EASILY. The Osborn bill, prohibiting oosi.-niou or harboring ferrets without a per nit from the Department of Conservation, was passed. 9>to 5. It Is designed to re- ■ place the present ferret law. which Is i salil to be practically inoperative. A (Continued on Page Nine.) BRYSON FAILS TO MAKE REPORT Law Calls for Publication of Receipts and Expenditures in Limited Time.

Anew law, passed by the State Legislature at Its special session last summer, which provide* that within thirty days after the expiration of each calendar year the city comptroller shall publish a report of the receipts and expenditures of the city by funds and appropriations, has been violated by City Comptroller Robert H. Bryson. The report, under the law, should have been published on or before Monday. Mr. Bryson said today be did not understand that he was supposed to make such publication and that lie would nut have the report ready for several days. “We got our report out lust year In February,” ho said, and added that his predecessor had not had his available until in the fall of his lust year lu office, lie said he had always sent his report to the city council and thnt that was what he intended to do this year. Section 3 of the new law on legal advestlsing, found on page 67 of the acts of 1920, however, reads ns follows: Within thirty (30) days after the expiration of each calendar year, it shall be the duty of fthe clerk (or controller) of each civil city and town in the State of Indiana to publish, in conformity with this act, an annual report of receipts and expenditures of said city or town, showing the same by funds and appropriations, as is now provided for by boards of county commissioners. Efforts to obtain a statement from the comptroller upon the balance in each fund at the end of 1920 were made several times during January without success. The comptroller stated In reply to such requests that his books had not been balanced. Grand Jury Report Possible Tomorrow The Marlon County grand Jury resumed its hearings today, when Randell M. Ball was accepted as a Juror to till a vacancy caused by the resignation of one member. Indications are that n report will be made tomorrow or Thursday.

the day before she was to board a liner for New York. The girl readily confessed the theft. She said she became engaged to an American lieutenant more than a year ago. He sent her money to go to the United States, but she had been reading American and English fashion magazines mvd concluded her clothes were not good enough. She hoarded her savings for several weeks, but became sick and was forced to spend ail her money for a doctor. Then she stole the two capes. When the police searched her rooms they found she bad cut the capes up into two skirts and a; jacket.

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Kidnapers, Facing Life Penalty, Cower in Cell in Fear of Mob Attack

LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. I.—When Arthur J. Carr and Floyd Carr, kidnapers of Mrs. Gladys Wltherell, beautiful young Hollywood matron-, are sentenced by Superior Judge Sidney N. Reeve at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning and Immediately rushed to San Quentin prison, there wsJl be written the final chapter in a crime of such a sensational character that It has stirred the whole nation. The Carrs, who are cousins, entered pleas of guilty to a charge of kidnaping and attempted extortion. One of them desired time before going to prison to attend to some property matters and Judge Reeve agreed to delay passing sentence. The term faced by the Carrs Is from ten years to life Imprisonment and It Is

THUGS HOLD UP 20 IN BANK AND CAPTURE $30,000 Seven in Chicago Gang Hold Employes Helpless as Place Is Looted. MAKE EASY GETAWAY CHICAGO. Feb I—While twenty men and women employes stood helplessly by, seven youthful bandits entered the Kenwood Trust and Savings Bank, on the south side, at the opening hour today, and escaped with between $30,000 and $50,000 In cash. Revolvers In hand, the bandits rounded up the employes In a corner and quickly accomplished their looting. They escaped In an automobile. No trace of the car has been found by the police. Early estimates placing ths loot at between SIO,OOO and $15,000 were discredited by Eugene E. Ford, vice president of the bank, who said that the loss would be more than $30,000. A complete check has not yet been made. SAYS HARDING OFFERS LABOR POST TO DAVIS BULLETIN. MOOSEHEART. 111., Feb. I. Jamea-<r Davis, general director of the Loyal Order of Moose, has been offered the post of Secretary of Labor by President-elect Harding, according to a statement, made today by J. N. Ward, general dictator of the order. REFUSES O. K. ON GERMAN STUDY State Board of Education Rejects Resolution. The State board of education today refused to sanction restoration of tho German language In the schools of the State when It voted down a resolution submitted by L. C. Ward, superintendent of the Ft. Wayne schools, to place ttie board on record In favor of the teaching of German as an elective study in high schools. The bllls*to restore tho study of German eve being fathered by the Allen County delegation. Textbooks were adopted by the board as follows: Spelling, Iroquois Publishing Compnny, Syracuse, N. V.; geography, Ginn A Cos., Chicago; grammar, Robins & Row, Chicago; physiology, Robbs-Merrill Publishing Company, liullunapolis; history, Longman, Green & Cos., New York and Chicago; domestic science, Little, Brown A (Jo., Chicago. All bids for Industrial arts textbooks were rejected.

Auto Driver Faces Drunkenness Charge Fred Meyers. 29, 1125 North La Salle street, was arrested on the chargo of drunkenness anil operating a motor vehicle while under the Influence of liquor last night after an automobile which he was driving struck a team of horses hitched to a gravel wagon driven by Milton Walters, 2100 North Rural street. The horses were knocked down. Pete Eptha, 30, 602>< 1 East Washington street. Is in the city hospital suffering from a broken leg. Eptha several weeks ago broke his leg In an accident in a Chicago factory. The fracture was mending and he was walking with crutches. While in the Troy restaurant, 253 East Washington street, his crutch slipped and he fell, breaking the leg in the same place as the old injury. Turk Leader Schemes to Regain Territory CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. I.—Mustapha Kemal, leader of the Turkish Nationalists, will endeavor to negotiate with the allies for a return of Turkish territory If the present Cabinet will resign, it was announced. Meantime Kemal has ordered his troops to cease hostilities against French and British troops, pending the London conference, at which he will have representatives, at least In the role of observers.

Widow at Age of 14 Bpeciai to The Times. PRINCETON, Ind., Feb. I.—Corrine Villines Wilder was a widow today at the age of 14. Her husband. Gettls Wilde, 19. died after an operation for appendicitis. Wilder was a grocery clerk at Oaaland City when he met Miss Villines, who was sent to Oakland College by her grandparents from Clay. Ky. An elopement was prevented by college authorities. Later, Wilder gained consent of the grandparents and the couple was married Dec. 31.

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predicted that the maximum will be Imposed. While large crowds thronged the vicinity of the county Jail there were ample forces of police reserves and deputy sheriffs to prevent any lynching attempt. Guards patrolled the outside of the Jail. KIDNAPERS COWER IN INNER CELL. The Carrs were In a state bordering physical collapse as they cowered In an Inner cell. A constant watch was kept over them. They were scorned and Jeered by the other Jail Inmates. Although still suffering from the hardships of her long and trying ordeal since she was abducted from her home early last Tuesday evening and taken to a (Continued on Page Eleven.)

Ice Cream Soda Cheaper Now at the Drug Store Fountain Owners Revise Scale of Prices for Taxed Soft Drinks. A new goals of prices went into effect at soda fountains la Indianapolis drug stores today. It'g a scale that everybody will approve of, too, for now Mr. and Mrs. Indianapolis and little Indianapolis can walk up to the fountain and plank down 15 cents, receiving therefor one perfectly good Ice cream soda of any flavor that may be desired. Heretofore It has been necessary to riddle, past all hope of recognition, a fourth nickel to obtain that delicacy. Here's what has happened, according to John A. Hook, president and general manager of the Hook Drug Company, and member of the Indianapolis Drug Association: Druggists have decided to absorb the war tax charged by the Government on certain soft drinks. But the law says the consumer must pay the tax. so the cost of the soda Is put at 13 cents, which the druggist gets, plus 2 cents, w T hieh goes to Uncle Sam, and the purchaser Is charged only 15 cents. Instead of 17 cents as formerly. The new scale of prices applies to sundaes, malted xnllk drinks rfnd others upon which the war tax Is charged. “The decision to lower the cost of t9xed drinks was made at a meeting of the Indianapolis Drug Association at the Clumber of Commerce last Friday," Mr. Hook said, “and it is being done simply to satisfy the public demand for lower prices, not because a decrease in our expenses warants a reduction at this time. Asa matter of fact sugar, and ice cream, which dropped 10 cents on the gallon today, are the only two items which we are now able to obtain cheaper than formerly. And this reduction has been more than offset by the high prices of syrups, paper cups and other items necessary in the preparation and serving of fountain drinks.” SEEKS REOPENING OF PEASE CASE Juvenile Court Investigator Prepares Data. Announcement was made today that John Engelke, investigator 'of the juvenile court, Is making a certified copy of the facts concerning the omissions in the appeal record of Charles Pease, a local contractor, who was sentenced to ninety days on the Indiana State Farm when found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a girl. The Appellate Court reversed the finding of the juvenile court because the appeal record did not contain the name of the attesting officer to the affidavit which was filed against Pease. At first Attorney General U. S. I.esli announced It would he useless to attempt to reopen the case in the Appellate Court, but (he repeated requests of Judge Frank I.ahr of the Juvenile court as well as public criticism, has resulted in the at- ; toruey general agreeing to file a motion In the Appellate Court asking that the Pease case be reopened. Mr. Engelke said the data he Is collecting will be a part of the petition asking for a reopening of the case in order j to make a correction in the transcript of the record.

Groom Kisses J. P. Miss Alice J. O’Neill, Justice of the peace of Greenwich, Conn. Miss Alice J. O’Neill, first woman Justice of the peace of Greenwich, Conn., wondered what would happen at the first marriage she performed, for It has been the custom of Greenwich justices to kiss ; the brides. Should she unhold precedent and kiss the groom? The first groom decided the question for her by gallantly kissing her—hand. He was W. Ogdpn of Brookland, Md., and he did it right before his bride, who was Miss Sallie George of 'n HHI. Va.

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COUNTY UNIT ROAD CHANGE IS DEFEATED Cann Bill for Amendments Postponed Indefinitely by Senate. JUGGLING IS . CHARGED An attempt to make radical amendments to the county unit road law was defeated in the Senate today when consideration of the Cann bill was postponed indefinitely by a vote of 34 to 13. The bill, as originally Introduced, provided that counties should pay 50 per I cent of the cost of the county unit roads, that townships should pay 25 per cent j and that abutting property owners | should pay the remaining 25 per cent. | Under the present law the entire cost of | the highway is borne by the counties. The bill also provided that roads should I be built on petition of 200 property own- ! or instead of fifty and that a majority ! of owners of abutting property might, by remonstrance, prevent the construction of I roads. 0 When the bill was called up for sec- | ond reading it was amended by Senator Howard A. Cann of Frankfort to . provide that counties shall pay 75 per ; cent of the cost of roads, that property ! owners pay 10 per cent and that townships pay 15 per cent. The motion for indefinite postponement was made by Senator Joseph A(. i Cravens of Madison. SAYS PROVISIONS CONFISCATORY. p Senator Cravens, In connection with h! motion, declared the provisions of the ; bill would be confiscatory, as many farmers would not be able to pay the price of construct'ng roads. Senatoi I James H. Humphreys of Linton declared i the bill was unfair and would meafr the elimination of certain roads in the northern part of the State. He said the road* 1 are for the use of the general public and should be paid for by the general pub- | lie. Senator C. Leroy Leonard of Silvex i Lake declared the proposed amendments would make the county unit law inoperai tlve. Senator Cann pointed out that the bill i corrects some of the errors in the county unit law brought about by reputed iuggllng. He declared that If any laws he is interested in are juggled as they are going through the various stages ol passage he will see that the guilty per- ■ sons are punished. The general appropriation bill was returned to the Senate from printers without the amendments recommended by the Finance Committee and was ordered j reprinted. The bill was to come up for second reading today, but now will lay ovel , until tomorrow. An attempt was made by Senator J, Fred Masters of Indianapolis to bring about the amendment of a bill providing that the State board of health shall test all medicines sold as cures for tuberculosis. Senator Masters, in a minority committee report, sought to make ths provision that the board of health bt given the power to supervise the manufacture and sale of all patent medicine* and that it be unlawful to print any untrue statement on the wrappers or packages or in advertisements concerning th# j Qualities of the medicine. The motion i was lost. DEPUTY SHERIFFS’ MOVE RETORTED. The bill introduced by Senator Oscar Ratts providing that counties may emI ploy as many deputy sheriffs as they see I fit and that such deputies shall be paid 1 °ut of county funds instead of out of th funds of the sheriff was reported without (Continued on Page Nine.)

PUTS BLAME ON JONES NOW Bernauer, in Later Statement, Says His Companion Shot Eaids. The grand Jury today continued ita investigation of the murder of Sam Eaids, a Syrian confectionery proprietor, who was shot and killed at 10:30 o’clock the night of Oct. 23. Charles Bernauer. 21. who the police alleged shot Eaids, now charges that it vi as a "frame-up by Charles Joneg and Chari* s Newgeut,” two alleged automobile thieves, to put the blame for the murder on him. He hud up until yesterday remained silent, only saying that ”1 will tell my story in court,” but In the afternoon he asserted he would prove an alibi and show that he was In the company of a young woman at the time of the shooting. Later Bernauer made a statement to Detectives Manning and Reynolds In which he admitted taking 1-art In the hold-up, but charged that Jones fired the shot that killed Eaids. Bernauer related a story telling of stealing an automobile Oct. 23, to hold up a man on East Washington street, but the place was closed. He said Jones and Newgent were with him. They deserted the car In the west part of the city and he says Jones and he planned to rob Eaids, who was reputed to w r ear a belt containing $4,000 to $5,000, but, according to Bernauer, Eaids ducked back of a counter and Jones fired three shots at him while Bernauer robbed the cash register. Later, Bernauer said, he visited Jones in a flat on Massachusetts avenue and gave him sl4 of the money which he says was half of the cash obtained. but Bernauer said Jones claimed he had been “double crossed.” Bernauer said he ran through alleys after the hold-up, leaving Jones near th Union Depot, and then going to the Broadway Hotel. General Makes Shoes BELGRADE, Feb. I.—Boris Melnlkoff, formerly a general in the Russian army In the Czarist regime, has opened a shoe, maker's shop in Belgrade. He Is a refugee from Russia. 300 Wounded in Clash ROME, Feb. I.—Three hundred mutinous Montenegro soldiers were wounded In sharp fighting at Hodgorltza, accord, ing to the Messagero's correspondent there. LOGANSPORf GAMBLERS FINED. LOGONSPORT, Feb. I.—Nineteen de. fondants consisting of fifteen negroes anq four white men paid fines of $5 and cost* in police court here on charges et gambling. KOKOMO WOMAN IS DEAD. KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. I.—-Mrs. 01ivt% Coate, 70, wife of M. W. Coate, promfaett hardware merchant, la dead.