Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 262, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1921 — Page 3

HARDING WILL PROTECT U. S. IN DEALINGS Assurance Given His Negotiations Will Be Marked by America First Policy. CASES INVOLVED CITED * WASHINGTON, March 12.—Definite assurance that the Harding administration will insist on American rights. Is growing out of the war and peace settlement, was given In high official quarters today. This was the first authoritative statement of the policy of the Harding administration touching foreign affairs. It came from the highest possible source. The policy will be applied to all questions in which the United States now has a voice and in all other cases where it is believed American interests will be affected. Specific questions in which the new administration will maintain this policy are: The Mesopotamian oil question lu which the United States is insisting on equal rights. The controversy with Japan over the status of the island of Yap, in which this country opposed the Japanese mandate. The negotiations for disposition of former German cables which have been at virtual deadlock in Washington for weeks with the United States insisting upon an equitable division of these cables. The (fact that the Harding administration would uphold essential points of the Wilson administration's contentions in these matters has been predicted. Tne statement today, however, was the first formal assurance that this was to be the policy. It closely follows the development that the United States will be careful In dealing with the allies not to be put in a position of sympathizing with Germany. No decision has yet been reached on the invitation of the council of the League of Nations that the United States send a representative to the next meeting of the council when mandate forms for Mesopotamia and other enemy territory will be considered. GERMANS MAY RATIFY STAND ON WAR DEBT (Continued From Page One.) Premier Aristide Briand today. “We are not resolved to recede from the line we have chosen.” Replying to criticism that the military and economic penalties against Germany will prove ineffective, the premier said: “They will soon show their efficiency.” The results of the London conference were discussed at a Cabinet meeting this morning when the premier made a report to his colleagues. The outcome of the London conference is accepted as a big victory for France and for the French policy toward Germany. Stephen Lauzanne, editor of the Matin, pointed out that he amount gained from the seizure of German customs houses and the establishment of a customs frontier along the Rhine will not exceed 60,000.000 gold marks i512.5<>0.000) annually. He suggests that the allies extend their sanctions or penalties to include seizure of the coal mines in the Ruhr basin and the great Rhine.and forests which are the property of the German government. M. Lauzanne estimated that not only would the new duties Increase the French customs levy to 000.00n.000 gold marks annually, but said that "the moral effect of separating Germany from her richest province would be enormous.”

ALL PEACEFUL I\ OCCUPIED CITIES FRENCH MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, NEUSS, March 12.—Allied military leaders expressed gratification today over the success of their measures to force German obedience to the entente's indemnities decisions. There has been neither fighting nor friction with the townspeople of Dusseldorf, Duisburg and , Ruhrort, the three German cities that were occupied. The workers are pursuing their uneventful routine which was not interrupted by the entrance of allied troops. Shamrocks to Be Worn in Irish Relief Work St. Patrick and the festive celebrations about his natal day will be asked to help in the collection of funds In Indiana for Irish relibf. The Indiana committee, under the direction of J. F. Lucey, national director of the American committee for the relief In Ireland, is sending to all the workers in Indiana and in the State the suggestion of Inaugurating a tag day, using as tags green cardboard, cut in the shape of a shamrock, with some old Irish slogan printed on one side and the names of the local committee on the other. In all the Catholic churches in Indiana, tomorrow, in the dioceses of Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne, an appeal, already received by Bishop Chartrand of Indianapolis and Bishop Allerdlng of Ft. Wayne, will be ready, asking Catholics of whatever racial descent to give liberally to the Irish. City Buys Oil Close to Pre-War Quotation The high cost of motoring will not be quite so high for the city of Indianapolis for the next few months. City Purchasing Agent Dwight S. Ritter announced today. An agreement has been effected with a manufacturer of automobile lubricating oil whereby the city will buy from time to time as needed approximately one car load of oil at from 40 to 43 cents per gallon. In December the purchasing department received a quotation of from 70 to 75 cents from the same company, but was able to buy at from 50 to 53 cents elsewhere. The new price Is getting close to the pre-war figure, the purchasing agent stated. Rats Used Bankroll to Feather Nest INDIANA HARBOR, Ind.. March 11.— Mysterious robberies in Anthony MeQuilski’s soft drink parlor were solved recently when police found a rat nest made of $lO3 in bills. McQuilski had just placed $92 in a cigar box when he turned to make change for a customer. When he came back the money was gone. Policeman John Bergesha lined up everybody in the place and searched them. None had even S2O, however. Then a search was made of the entire store, its cellar and garret. The searchers were about to give up when a squeak from a rafter was heard. Twelve baby rats were nibbling at the edges of McQuilski’s $92 roll. They had eaten $1.67 worth before he rescued it. ANNOUNCES CARD CARTY. The Trubadore Club wIU give a public card party in Muslc'ana’ Hail tomorrow afternoon.

INDIAN ADONIS IS LOVE THIEF , CHARGES BANKER Named as Co-respondent in Canadian Wilds of Mrs. James A. Stillman. NEW TORK. March 12.—Photographs and letters seized by armed raiders at Mrs. James A. Stillman's summer camp near Illman, Quebec, are expected to play an important part when the divorce suit of Mr. Stillman, multimillionaire president of the National City Bank, one of the biggest in America, comes to trial. Details of the spectacular raid upon Mrs. Stillman’s summer camp came to light today following the revelation that the banker had named a half breed Indian as co-respondent. This Indiana, who is described as a beautiful specimen of manhood, was attached to the entourage of the Stillman summer camp as a guide. One version of the report indicated that the raiding party was made up of armed men from this city. The defenders of the camp were residents of the nearby village, whom Mrs. Stillman employed, when she learned that her husband had employed a detective ngeucy to gather evidence for his divorce suit. The exact nature of the photos and leti ters is a secret and a matter of considerable speculation. Mrs. Stillman- was j known among her friends as an enthus- ; iastic amateur photographer and frei quently took her camera with her on j Junkets about the Canadian camp, i The camp lodge is situated in the heart ' of a dense wood and its front upproaeh is cross-cut by a small stream which the raiding party had to ford in its secret ! advance upon the place. Mrs. Stillman, it is understood, was not ! at the lodge at the time of the raid. The haifbreed Indian was said to have been j either at the lodge or in the village at the time of the raid. This Indian is ; expected to prove a picturesque figure |in the trial. According to the banker’s j allegations, the relations between Mrs. j Stillman and the halfbreed occupied a period of about three years. So far as ! known, Mrs. Stillman has not seen the I Indian during the past year. BOARD’S REPORT SHOWS LOSS AT GARBAGE PLANT (Continued From Face One.) been practically devoid of purchasers. The board has learned of but two sales, one of 3V* cents per pound and tbe other jat 3)4 cents per pound. The board has been compelled to store its grease product since August and had on hand l>ec. 31, 1920, 15ti,312 pounds, which is rated in the above statement at 3)4 cents per pound. Sale of this grease at any highei price, which may occur, uould proportionately reduce the deficit. The private collection of garbage best for by-products, grease and tankage, described in the report for 1919, has increased and has correspondingly de- ! creused the receipts of the garbage plant. The mixing of corncobs aud husks with the garbage also described in the report for 11110 was continued in 1921) and in greater quantity than ever. For about ten weeks it more than doubled the bulk of the garbage. Corncobs and husks are entirely nonproductive of by-products auil added $4,340 to the operating cost. GREASE PRODICTION t oil SIX \ EARS. 1 The following tabie shows the grease ! production for a period of six years: Founds. 1915 1,515,340 1910 1.070,320 1917 1,171,190 1918 473.005 1919 784,712 1920 711,351 When the plant was taken over by the city in M..y, 1919, private collectors began operation, resulting in a material de crease in the amount collected by the city. This seriously diminished the amount of grease recovered. For seven -mollis oi :ai-s. 4 1 3,005 pounds were pro duced, which is at the rate of but 810,00* pounds tor the year, while in the pre- | eetiiu„ year 1,171,000 pounds were proI dll* * While the loss of the garbage is not ! th-y utuj la- tor c-using the decrease, it is iesponsible for the bulk of it. The following years, 19ih and 1920, show a still further decrease iu the j amount of grease produced. In the light of the statement, “while the loss of the garbage is not the only factor, causing the decrease, it is re- | sponsible for the bulk of it,” it is interesting to note that iu 1915, 1916 aud 1917 when, according to the table, more than a million pounds of grease were being produced annually, the reduction plant was being operated by tile Indianapolis Reduction company, a private corporation in w hich former Governor James 1\ Goodrich was interested. GARBAGE COLLECTING EXPENSE NOT LISTED. The expense of collecting garbage does not appear in the sanitary board's re port for the reason that this is done by the board of public works at an additional co-st of about $75,1*09 per year. One of the things which the board's report does not explain centers in the fact that the private corporation waa not bothered by Independent collectors depriving them of garbage as the hoard claims the city has been aver since it took over the duty of garbage disposal. The board does not explain why it is that a private corporation was not hampered by Independent collectors getting the choi<-e garbage and yet the city, with all its powers to pass ordinances and enforce them with the police department, is not able to cope with the outside scavengers. It also Las been pointed out that had the sanitary board persisted it might have gotten the board of public works to compel citizens to separate their corn cobs and husks from the other garbage during the summer months under penalty of refusal by the garbage collection de pertinent to empty the back yard can. If this had been done the $4,346 Item of expense charged to corn husks and cobs undoubtedly might have been dispensed with. The report shows that the board had left in its construction fund on Jan. 1, 1920, $68,175.69; that receipts during the year, chiefly from temporary loans and the sale of bonds, amounted to $763,256.78, and that the total disbursements were $*516,403.01, leaving a balance of $155,929.46. The principal construction project of the board Is the aewage disposal plant at Sellers’ farm. Os this the report says: “Construction was delayed more than six months in 1920 by the impossibility of securifig transportation of materials, particularly cement. The came cause and inflated prices made it unwise to let additional contracts. In November prices began to fall, but have not yet become stable. The board believes that by March 1 conditions will permit It to proceed with extensive additional construction.” THEN GOES INTO FIRST CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS. The construction first proposed include? the following: A pumping station and preliminary treatment building. A building for an office, Jaboratory, electric controlling works and for a central heating plant. A conduit connecting with the Harding street west side intercepting sewer to convey the sewage to the main sanitary conduit now under construction and connecting by means of a cast iron syphon. A conduit to convey the sewage from j the pumping station to clarifiers and final | purification. Installation of pumps in pumping station. These pumps, six in number, have been purchased. They will elevate the sewage about forty feet for final treatment. Installation of screen filter equipment which will remove from the sewage great quantities of organic solids, suitable sot

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To the genius and generosity of a woman will be due an important and unique addition to the rank in this country of those great preparatory schools for boys—Eton, Rugby and Harrow, in England; Groton, St. Paul’s and St. Mark's in America —which wise men have credited with a significant influence on the progress of the Anglo-Saxon race. A wise man privileged to become a boy again could ask for nothing better than to become one of the first 300 pupils at the novel and fascinating Pope School for Boys, oeing built on a bluff overlooking the Farmington River at Old Farms, Avon, Conn., by Mrs. John Wallace Riddle —professionally known as Theodate Pop3, architect—as a memorial to her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Atmore Pope. Architecturally and educationally the Pope School for Boys, for the establishment and management of which Mrs. Riddle has incorporated the Alfred Atmore Pope Foundation, will be unlike any other great preparatory school. It will differ from Groton, St. Paul’s and St. Mark's, for instance, in giving its students the daily Interest of genuine country life in the shape of a little practical farming, forestry, dairying, carpentery and what not, in addition to a full allowance of the highest standard of academic work.

use as a fertilizer. Present tests show an extremely high nitrogen content Mechanically cleaned clarifiers to be used in connection with the screen filter plant. A central heating plant. The board at the meeting Friday afternoon decided to follow a set of recommendations for sewage disposal plant work to be started next Monday, as outlined by Charles 11. Hurd, consulting engineer, former engineer for the Indianj apolis Water Company. Mr. Hurd's recommendations are as ' follows: Referring to the building program for the present year which has been discussed in conference from time to time and inasmuch as it seems desirable to delay the letting of contracts for buildings aud heavy concrete structures for a period of at least thirty days, it has occurred to me in order to facilitate the completion of the entire plant that all work of general or contributory nature should be started at once. This would Include the completion of roads through out the plant, the revetment work and flood protection along Eagle Creek and the continuation of levy work along the . White river. Also the wrecking of the ■ old garbage plant which was destroyed by fire and the general clearing and the grounds preparatory to plant construction and the drilling of the second well at the pumping station site. 1 would recommend that this work with the exception oLAbe drilling and ; casing of the ueii, he done by your [ own forces under the supervision of a competent superintendent or foreman, | [and started not later than Monday. March 14. Unless delated by extremely | unfavorable weather this c-iitld be well , under way by the time the general contracts are let. The advantage of this. I think, is self-apparent. The general order of construction! j should lie as follows: 1. Resurface Hnd widen roadway from Kentucky avenue to the gravel plant iThe plant is on Seller.- farm. I 2 Grade and construct roadway through the plant grounds connecting Kentucky avenue with drive and with the , jumping station site ! 3. Completion of the Harding street roaii to the pumping station. 4. Dismantle old equipment and clear grounds of foundation and ruins at the old garbage plant site 5 Change the place of dumping rub-. bi-h to the sound end of the present till to be used in connection with White River levy, using excavation from trench from burying night soil in this work. 6. Revetment work In the east hank of Eagle Creek, using broken concrete from the wrecking of old garbage plant. 7 The straightening of Eagle Creek to conform with the general flood protection of this plant. ; 8 I.etting of the contract for new well for the pumping station. Mention of the ruins of the old garbage plant site recalls that when one third of the "$175,000” plant was destroyed by fire several months ago the sanitary board collected less than SIO,OOO Insurance on tt. Cnd-er the terms of a law passed bv the Stab- Leg slature this year the sanitary board will take over the duty of collecting ashes and garbage from the board of public works on or about May 31. A --ou ference with the board of works, the head* of the two collection departments j and Mayor Jewett will he held Monday, j Details of the transfer will be discussed, j It is understood th-e sanitary board in- | tends to motorize the garbage collection : department, now equipped with antiquated horse drawn 1:111k wagons. With the department motorized irs equipment would lie interchangeable with that of the ash collection department so that the two could lie worked together iu rush seasons. The new law provides for the transfer of all the equipment, employes and fiinda of the refuse collecting departments to the sanitary board. The employes hre j very much interested in knowing whether ! or not the hoard will reorganize the per- j sonnet. Board members have stated that there probably will be no changes made j until after the sanitary body has had control long enough to study the system. The board believes it can make the collections more economically than the board of works has done, It is said.

Seek Golden Trail of Thieves Who Got Man’s SII,OOO Hoard PEORIA, 111., March 12.—Henry County officials and local police are keeping a sharp watch today for any one attempting to spend or change gold pieces, in the hope of picking up the trail of three men who early yesterday entered the home of Charles Henderson and escaped in an automobile with SII,(XX). Henderson, who Is 79, lives on his farm with only a housekeeper. He and the housekeeper were bound and gagged and were prisoners for eighteen hours before they worked themselves free. One thousand dollars of the farmer's hoard was In gold pieces, he told the police. La Toilette Blocks Esch Confirmation WASHINGTON, March 12.—Confirms tlon of the nomination of former Representative John J. Esch, Wisconsin, as a member of the interstate commerce commission, was again blocked In the Senate today by his political foe, Senator LaFolette, Wisconsin. Under Senate rutes the nomination went over until the next legislative day on an objection by LaFollette to Us Immediate consideration when it was favorably reported by the Interstate Commerce Committee. The nomination of Mark W. Potter, New York, as a member of the commission was confirmed. Relatives to Fight Again to Free Ross Relatives of Dr. Nelson Ross, Muncie, who is serving a life sentence in the State Prison for the murder of Daniel Linder, an Interurban conductor, several years ago, will appear again before the State board of pardons when it meets next week in an effort to obtain clemency. Dr. Ross’ case will be heard Thursday afternoon at 3 oclock. An organized effort will be made by relatives and friends of the murdered man to block all attempts to obtain freedom for Dr. Itoss.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 12,1921.

GUARDS AGAINST SLACKER ERRORS Legion to Watch for Names on List by Mistake. To protect men who may be wrongfully classed as draft evaders in the lists soon to be issued by the War Department and to make certain that none guilty of evading military service escapes, national headquarters of the American Legion today sent a bulletin to the 10,272 legion posts aud 2,292 units of the women's auxiliary in all parts of the world, directing them to place themselves at the disposal of the Department of Justice. •‘Despite the War Department's es forts, men who performed tb. ir duty well may be branded as cowards nnd slackers in the lists issued," F. W. Galbraith Jr„ national commander, declared “Fasts are instructed to scan the lists carefully before their publication is possible to make sure no ex-service m in’s reputation will be sullied by error. "On the other hand, lend every possible and immediate assistance to duly ■ onstituted authorities that no draft dodger or slacker will follow in the steps of Bergdoll. We want all men guilty of evasion of military duty behind the bars twenty-four hours after their names are announced." ONE DISAPPEARS AFTER AUTO JAM Police Investigate Accident in New Jersey Street. While the police investigated an accident at New Jersey and N'nrih streets at 11 :45 o'clock last night, a woman who was the most seriously injured "mysteriously disappeared.” The police had been told that her name was Frances Goine, 509 Taft avenue. August Beyer. 20, 2176 North Pennsylvania street, was driving his automobile south on New Jersey street, when sun denly a big black limousine traveling west on North street at a high rate of speed crashed into the smaller car amt turned It over. The big car failed to stop and went west to Alabama nnd north on that street. Witnesses failed to get the license number of the big oar. There were about five persona In the big machine, the police were told. other riersnns in Beyer's automobile besides Miss Colne were Fern Fastus, 501 North East street, and Alice May, 412 East Market street. All 'ere bruised, but not seriously Injured. Mist Colne is believed to have suffered a brokeu arm. j Chicago Cos. Leases Goshen Playhouses Special to The Times. GOSHEN, Ind . March 12—The Fitzpatrick MrElroy Company of Chicago, which a few days ago leased the Goshen Theater here for ten years at a total rental of about S96,CO*. closed a lease Friday with C I. nnd I>. M. Spohu fur the Lincoln, smaller playhouse, for a period of five years. The company has a circuit of forty theaters iu Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

| SCHOOL NOTES MANUAL. The following pupils received top ten scholarship rewards: House I—Kathryn Tacoma. Sarah Axelrod, Margaret Pearcy, Mildred Whitted, Lucy Court, Lillian Goben. Lucille Barbee. Lenore McCoy, Wanda Lyday, Carolyn Iticheson, George Gloasbre.mer. liar old Christie, Howard Murphy, Arthur Mills. Alonzo Martin, William Mitchell, George Anderson, Lewis Wldes and .Hardee Kord. House ll—Joyce Stevens, Rosa Koor, Winifred Bostic, Elizabeth Davey, Daisy Harmenlng Marie Ziegler, Grace Drift meyer, Alberta Bemd, Francis Mulbarger, Walton Scott, Raymond Amt, Paul Ilnbbe, Paul Adam, Lester Budd, PcstelU Vaughn, Raymond Dumaake, William Uehst'nn, Donald Mitchell and Joseph Kiovsky. House III —Adele Wiefenbach, Marie Gulley, Lora McGee, Marie Tacoma, Mar faret Thompson, Bornlce Gaskins, Doretta legcr, Marian Basey, Ethel Beerman, Hnrrlet Buchanan, Louise Martin, Pauline Iteber, Herbert Wampner, Irwin Baum baugh, Alfred Kafert, Wilfred Rafert, Waldo Zimmerman, Chavotis Gardner, Herbert Pasch, Lewis Levi, Nigel Holmes and Wealey Wilson. Some of these students were awarded medals by E. H. K. McComb at auditorium exercises Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The graduates of the Janu ary '2l class named 'in the above list received their pupils by mail. The January ’22 class has elected the following class officers: President, Harry Beiersdorfer; vice president, Mary John son; secretary, Jean Gregg; treasurer, Harold Huff. Try-outs for the June class play were held in room 37 during roll call Thursday. The building was emptied., In the fire drill Friday, in one minute gnd fifty-five seconds. The committee in charge of the drive for books at Manual is Miss Wheeler, Miss Heury and Mr. Money. The business English 111 class Is ad. verttsing the operetta. The publicity committee chairman is Helen Zimmerman. The Science Club held a meeting Wednesday In the science lecture hal. Mr. Van Dorn gave a demonstration. The Itoines Cluh entertained the members of the State basket-ball squad at a luncheon Friday. The group pictures of the January 21 class are ready for distribution at Bretzinan’s. Post-graduates should call for their pictures as soon as possible. Pupils of Mr. Holloway’s business English class will appear in the various milrooms at session period Monday. The students will sell tickets for the operetta. All boys who intend to go out eithei for baseball or track are to meet In the auditorium at roll call Monday. Miss Perkins will attend each rehc rsal of the operetta “Swords and Scissors' 1 in order that she may direct the expression of the parts. This operetta will be presented the afternoon of March 21 and the evenings of March 21, 22 and 23. The “Odd Number" met in room 15 at the close of school Thursday. Tickets for the State basket-ball meet will go on zale Monday. Any student who so desires will be excused from school to attend the tournament.

Replacement Parts Sales Make City’s Motorcycle Contract Desirable One The motorcycle monopoly enjoyed In the city administration by the Merz Motor Company is a pleasant and profitable monopoly—for the Merz company, as is shown by the city’s records of purchase of replacement parts in the years 1919 and 1920. , _ Records for the year 1918 are not immediately available, but are said to be proportionately the same as for the other two years. Records of purchases of replacement parts for the motorcycles used by the city of Indianapolis, all of which were purchased from the Merz company, show that it is not always the initial price charged for an article that brings a profitable business to the vender.

In 191!) the city paid the Merz Company $328.31 for replacement parts on five motorcycles, an average of *65.66 apiece. In 1920 the city paid the Merz Company $583.52 for replacement parts in thirteen motorcycles, eight of which were in service only a little more than half the year. 1 NSt RES LINE OF FRO I IT MILE SALES. Thus, it will lie seen that in selling to the city, the Merz Company insured for itself a line of continuous sales on a very profitable basis. Just how much profit there is In replacement farts Is no generally known outside ttie Industry, tint it is known that the percentage of profit on parts is generally s, great that agents can afford to gUe discounts varying from 25 per cent to 10 per cent to "the trade.” / When the Merz Company succeeded, in January of this year, !u selling five more motorcycles to the city regard h-as of a lower bid made liy Donald T. Fope, there was an agreement between the purchasing agent nnd the Merz Company that hereafter the Merz Company would grant the city a 20 tier cent discount on the parts it buys. This discount was one of the Inducements offered by Pope in the low bid which was turned down nnd it "as met by the Merz Company in Its effort to retain the lucrative business It had enjoyed from the city. Heretofore the Merz Company has charged the city full list price for farts and to offset the discount it will have the added advantage of more machines In service for which to supply parts. Figured ou the cost of replacements for 1918, the Merz Company should double its charges to the city for parts in 1921, even though it gives tlie city the 20 per cent discount. NONE SO FAR FOR FRESENT TEAR. To date no bills have been paid by the city for replacement parts in 1921. Representatives of the Merz Com miny insisted at the time their higher bid was accepted by the city that there was "im money" in selling to the uiunl dpallty. But they nevertheless did ali they could to prevent any other dealer from breaking their monopoly, and in the records of purchases es replacements is the answer. Motorcycles might easily be sold to the city nt cost, provided the Contract carried with it an agreement to buy replacement parts from the vendor. Records show that the upkeep of the motorcycles sold by the Merz Company is no small Item. The cost of parts is merely a fraction of it. for tlie city does its own repair "ork and the labor costs are not included in tlie $911.83 paid the Merz Company for parts in two years.

Sunday Services in City Churches Unity Methodist—The Rev. Clarence J. Rerun, paator, will talk ut the morning at 4 “ on “The Ladder.” There will be no evening service owing to the Gipsy Smith meeting at the Tabernacle. Eastern Heights Christinn—The Rev. , , * State missionary superintendent for Indiana, wilt apeak at 10:30 a. m. and will assist In raising funds for the new building site. Grace M. E. Church— The Rev. C. E. ■ •t! 1 *;,,," breach In :lie morning on Hell and at night the congregations will unite with the Gipsy Smith tabernacle meeting. Brook side Park U. B.—The Rev. J. B. Parsons, pastor, will talk In the morning on “Real Rewards ’ and In the evening on Well Doing Will Mean Well Doing.’ Matthews Evangelical Lutheran—--Ihe Rev. L. C. S. Faekler, pastor, will talk in the morning on “ePter’s Lesson Ad monitions” and in the evening on “Christ In the Hands of the Soldiers.” Hall Place Metihodist Episcopal—The Rev. Horace A. Sprague, pastor, will talk on “The First Step In Christian Disciplines!)!]'; the Servant.” There will be no service In the evening. The church will Join in the union service at the Gipsey Smith tabernacle. Tile Bible class, conducted by Rabbi Feuerllcht, will meet In the vestry roern of the Temple at 2:30 o'clock Monday. Central Unlversallst—The Rev. Edwin Cunningham will talk In the morning on “How to Live a Simple Life.” Second Church of Christ Scientist— Lecture by Bliss Knapp, C. S. 8., oi Brookline, Mass., nt Murat theater Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Sixth Christian—Bible school will be conducted at 9:30 o’clock. The Rev. J. Ray Fife will conduct the morning service ut 10:43 o'clock. There will he no evening service owing to the Gipsy Smith meeting. Brlghtwood M. F.. —Epworth League will entertain with a “missionary” banquet Tuesday evening In the dining room of the church. Miss Vivian Bley Is In charge of the program. Mr. Lue, a native of China, will talk on conditions In China. BLACKFORD BARN BURNS. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., March 12. Fire of unknown origin was the cause of loss estimated at $3,000 to a barn filled with hay and implements on the Albert Parson farm, northeast of this city last night. The barn was completely destroyed.

ERIE RESTORES LABORERS’ PAY Opens Way to Submit Wage Cuts to U. S. Board. NEW YORK. March 12 —The Erie Railroad today issued a general order re- ; storing wages of common laborers, which ! were reduced Jan. 31, 1921. The order | also restored the six-day week rate of laiaried employes, who were put on fiveday rate a few weeks ago. This Includes ; every one on the monthly pay roll, from j the president down. The matter of wages now wilLlie sub--1 mltted formally to the United States Labor Board, which recently criticized the Erie for cutting wages without its consent. When high labor costs, high rates for money and high prices for materials have been reduced railroad fares and freight rates should go down, I’resident F. D i Underwood of the Erie declared. | “The Interstate Commerce Commission ! Is exercising a constant and intelligent supervision over the accounts of railways . and when in their opinion a reduction in rates'-and fares is equitable there is no doubt It " iil be put into effect. "The people of the country were never so securely protected against overly high rates tliau they are at present.” HAZLETON, Fa. March 12—The Le- ! high Valley posted notices today of wage i cuts affecting all employes except rnetni bets of the four big brotherhoods, ef- | fectlve April 16. The amount of reductions is to be fixed later. W.W. Husband Named Immigration Chief WASHINGTON, March 12.—President Harding sent the following nominations to the Senate today: Commissioner General of Immigration, William Walter Husband, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. ! Fou'tli Assistant Postmaster General. Harry Wilton Rillany. Maryland. Solictor of the Internal Aevenue Bureau, Carl A. Mapes, Michigan, j United States Attorney for tie Western ; District of Missouri, Charles C. Madison, j Kansas City. | Collector of Internal Revenue for the , District of lowa, lairs Bladine, Cedar ! Falls, lowa. Religious Speaker at Y. M. C. A. Sunday E. T. Albertson, State super'ntendent of Sunday schools, will address the regular Sunday afternoon meeting tomorrow at the Y. M. C. A. Ills subject will be “Will You Play?” Paul Birchfidd will have charge of the music and Dick Cox will give a moving picture exhibit. Boys are requested 1 6 | attend. * Bestow Honors on Cardinal Dougherty ROME, March 12.—High honors are being paid to Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, who was elevated to the Holy See last Monday. Announcement was made today at the Vatican that Pope Benedict XV has appointed the new American cardinal to four congregations of the Holy See, among them the important congregation of the propaganda.

Withered Mother True to Clara Smith Hamon Consoles Daughter in Court , Blaming Love Triangle on Slain Man.

ARDMORE, Okla., March 12—“ He loved me,” says Mrs. Jake Hamon. “He loved me,” says the other woman In the Hamon triangle. There are heartbreaks for both women as the trial of Clara Smith Hamon proceeds. There is still another woman in the drama—a withered little woman with a gentle face wrinkled with care and a tragic look In her tired eyes. She is Clara Smith Hamon’s mother. She is used to heartbreaks, as all mothers are. She sits beside her daughter In the courtroom, sometimes holding her hand, sometimes gently soothing her os she weeps. She left the bedside of her aged husband, who is dying In El Paso, Texas, from tuberculosis. It was “father's wish” that she should attend the trial. She has reared five children and burled two others. With her wrinkled hands clasped motionless In her lap, she told of her girl, Clara. It wag the story of mother love defying all the world with its faith. “Clara always was a good girl at

G. A. R. AT SEA ON CONCLAVE Place and Date of 1921 Encampment Undecided. Members of the national committee of the Grand Army of the Republic are at sea regarding the place and date of the 1921 annual encampment, according to M. D. Butler, adjutant-general of the organization. The 1920 encampment was held in Indianapolis in September. It was thought, Mr. Butler stated, that the date had been definitely settled, and that Portland, Maine, would be the place for the meeting. However, when the national committee requested the Eastern Passenger Association for reduced rates, their request was refused, thus eliminating Portland as a possibility. No other invitations have been extended to the committee, Mr. Butler said, although it is understood that several large cities of the Middle West are negotiating for the honor of entertaining the old veterans. When several invitations have been received by the committee, it will hold a meeting, either in Indianapolis or Chicago, and will definitely decide the place aud date of the encampment. AUTO BUGS TO JAZZ TONIGHT Shindig and Fun Scheduled by Show. The final touch in the process of wiping out the tracks left by Old Man Gloom during the business depression of the past few months will be accomplished at the automobile show tonight when “Fun Night,” the annual grand and glorious occasion of the motor men, is on the program. All week the men in charge of the show and the salesmen in the exhibit booths have been talking optimism and good cheer. Tonight they are -going to net ft. Anybody who doesn't want to act it, too, had better not be caught within the confines of the Manufacturers’ Building at the State Fair Grounds. He is liable to be caught, decorated with a mask and a gay paper hat and made to laugh in spite of himself, says John Orman. veteran show manager. After having put over what is believed to hax - e been the best motor exposition Indiana has ever had, judging from the angle not only of attendance and the amount of business done hut from the view-point of the healthy Influence It has exerted upon business in genera], the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association will give the 10.000 people who are expeeted to crowd their way Into the building throughout today the time of tlielr lives. Folks young and old never forget from year to year that one of the biggest features of fun night at nn automobile show is the dancing. The jolly informality of the occasion is of a nature not found at any other function Allan A. ltynn. chairman of the board of directors of the Stutz Motor Car Company, with headquarters in New York City, visited the show iate Friday and complimented the directors of the auto trade association upon what they have done not only for the motor Industry, but for all lines of business by courageously inverting more money than ever before in such a gorgeous display. He ndvised business men to “wipe from their slates the chalk marks of the last few months and prepare to write new figures.” The Indianapolis Exchange Club, 125 members strong, came to the show in a body Friday night and gained a name for themselves ns •'pep-makers.” The Indiana section of the Society of Automotixe Engineers gave a dinner at the Independent Athletic Club last evening in honor of- automotive engineers from Chicago, Detroit. Cleveland and Buffalo. The engineers attended the show before the dinner. It is estimated that the official attendance figures for the week will go beyond 50.000. BE CAREFUL, BOYS. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 12. The house Friday passed the senate bill which would make bribery of baseball players a felony punishable by imprisonment from two to five years. The player accepting a bribe also would be liable under provisions of the bill. The measure now goes to the Governor.

home,” shp said. “We were Just poor folk. She went to work at 16 and helped out at home with her wages. “She would come home every night and study or practice her piano lessons. We always felt Clara would make something of herself. She was so ambitious and never minded hard work. “I Just couldn’t believe it about her and this man when I heard things.” Her hands moved and her mouth trembled. “It wasn’t until five years later that we got to know the truth. It nearly killed us—father and me. “Maybe I was to blame, I told myself, but I bad done all I could to bring her up to know right from wrong, but girls in their love don’t think. I begged her to leave him, but she wouldn’t listen. She loved him and just couldn't understand, I guess. “It was him who was bad. He wronged my girl; he wronged his wife and children. If she was guilty of murder I Just couldn’t live on—but she Isn't guilty. If she was bad—but she isn’t. She’s come back to us. She's my little girl again, my Clara as she used tt be.”

RACE OUTBREAK IS SUPPRESSED Troops Aid in Restoring Quiel After Street Fighting at Springfield, O. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 12. Springfield Is quiet after hours of rioting, Troops from nearby towns arrived early this morning and are cooperating with civil authorities in maintaining order, National Guard companies from London and Columbus were the first to arrive. Other companies came in later and still more are on the way. Race feeling has been high since tb assault of an 11-year-oid white girl by a negro Monday night. Police have been watching the situation with care, but ii was not until 1 o’clock this morning that street fighting commenced. A call for State troops was made by local authorities wh"n a negro shot Policeman Joseph Ryan. Although shot three times, Ryan is expected to recover. Five negroes are said to have been shot. Shots are said to have been exchanged between officers and negroes who stood behind trees and buildings, firing in the dark and making use of nearby street lights. Before the police broke up the rioting the crowd had threatened to storm the Jail and city halL Soon after the trouble started Mayor Westcott ordered poolroom and soft drink places closed, directed citizens not to carry firearms and decreed that all business houses remain closed until 0 o’clock this evening. In an effort to get out of harm's way, many negroes climbed trees, while others. It Is said, left the city by lnterurban cars, autos and on foot. Machine gun companies have mounted machine guns around the city JaiL Every precaution is being taken to prevent the large Saturday afternoon and night crowds from causing more troubles PARTING KISS PLAYS PART IN HAMON TRIAL (Continued From Page One.) not recall whether the bills contracted by Clara before Jake died had been paid by the Hamon estate. “The defendant was planning a trip to California shortly before Hamon was shot,” said Foster. IV. B. Nichols, former chief of police of Ardmore, now residing in Oklahoma City, was the next witness for the State, Nichols said he was in Ramon's office for an hour and ten minutes. He said Hamon, Kelly Roach and himself drank whisky. •Hamon had three drinks," said Nichols. “He left the room sober when he left his office. “After Ilamon left, Roach and I left the office.” ' Nichols identified the bullet he picked up from the floor of the hospital. This bullet, he said, was taken from Hamon, NICHOLS RELATES CONVERSATION. The day after Hamon was shot Nichols said he heard Frank Ketch say to the defendant, Clara: ' You have to get out of here. Mrs, Hamon is coming from Chicago. No more disgrace to the Hamon family—get out and get out quick!” “The defendant remonstrated and then asked for her gun, after she said Hamon had accidentally shot himseif. “Ketch said to her: ‘You'll never get the gun.’ “Clara then said, Til leave this evening,’ and Ketch answered, ‘Be sure you do Mrs. Hamon is coming tonight.' ” Nichols testified chiefly concerning the story told by Dr. Hardy yesterday, who stated that Hamon, before he died, said Clara shot him while he was lying on the bed nnd while she caressed his hair. He corroborated the doctor’s statements, Nicholas stood up well under cross* examination.

DEFENDANT TRIED TO j GET AIRPLANE FOR TRIP. E. W. Sallls, chauffeur who drove Clara from Dallas on her wild flight toward the : Mexican border, was called to the stand after Nichols. He said that the defendant tried to get an airplane at Dallas, but when she failed she hired him for the trip, for which she paid him $l3O and SIOO Up. “She rode In the front eeat with me,” he said. “At one time I noticed she had two pistols on her lap. She told me she had shot a man.” Attorney General Freellng, brought out the point while examining Saliis, that Walter Scott, one of the defense's attorneys, and the defendant had called on the chauffeur reeentty for a statement. In eross-examinaUon McLean asked the witness if he ever had been convicted of a felony or charged with a crime. Saliis made denial. “You didn't give the defendant a atat*. inent because she didn't offer you any money,” exclaimed McLean. Saliis said he had sold a statement of. the Clara flight to a newspaper. HAMON TOLD MINISTER BOTH EQUALLY GUILTY. The Rev. T. J. Irwin, First Presbyw teriau Church of Lawton, Hamon’s min lster, was called to the stand. He said Jake Hamon told him the foh* lowing before he died: ”1 have been living in adultery with Clara Smith. I am sorry. We were both equally guilty.” McLean fought hard to keep the Sea; Irwin's testimony out. Excerpts from the sermon that Irwin preached over Jake Hamon's body In which he said if Jake Hamon didn’t f;o to heaven, he didn't want to go, wore read. At the time of the sermon it was believed Hamon's death was accidental! McLean read the following from the sermon: “■Why God permitted this accident I do not know. If Jake Hamon is not kafe in the hands of his Master, then I am lost.” Mr. Irwin said he knew Hamon had accepted Christ before he died and that his sins had been washed away. “Hamon told me he prayed to be rw- „ lieved of his sins,” said Irwin. “He said he repented for his life with Clara Smith. “I know his sins were forgiven.” Court was adjourned at noon until • e. m., Monday, following Irwin's testimony. Praises Calling of Americanism Rally Special to The Times. GREENSBURG, Ind., March 12.—Frank Donnell, president of the Rotary Club, today wired F. W Galbraith, Jr., national commander of the American Legion, congratulating him on his move in arranging for the Americanism meeting to be held In New York April 1 a* a protest against tha Von March meeting held recently and against foreign propaganda generally in this country. Oriental Club Hears Lew Shank Tomorrow Samuel Lewis Shank will speak at an open meeting at the Oriental Club tomorrow afternoon. He will speak before Olive Branch, Rebekah Lodge No. 10, at the lodge's hall in East Ohio street, at 9:15 o’clock tonight at 2438 Martindale avenue, and at 3012 Hovey street Monday evening and at Eleventh and Brook streets Tuesday evtning. ,

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