Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Probably showers tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight. Cooler Sunday afternoon.

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SOVIET PACT ENDS POLISH WAR, THIRD TRIUMPH IN WEEK Conclusion of Peace Follows Trade Treaty With Britain and Defeat of Kronstadt Revolt. ►BOLSHEVISTS GET OFF FOR' $15,000,000 RIGA, March 19. —The peace treaty between soviet Russia and Poland was signed here at 9:30 o'clock last night. Ukrania is a party to the treaty and the -Ukranian representatives put their signatures on it. The signing of the Polish treaty of peace ends a state of war that had existed for a year and was the third triumph of the Russian soviet government within a week. A few days earlier the government put down the anti-Bolshevist rising at Kronstadt and signed a commercial agreement with Great Britain.

The Russians, according to the treaty terms, will pay Poland thirty million gold rubles ($15,000,000). Soviet Russia has a year in which to pay this sum. The final session of the peace conference began at 8:50 o'clock. The hall was decorated with Hags and it was strange to note that there were several pictures of former Russian czars on the walls. Dr. Joffe, head of the Russian delegation, and M. Dombski, head of the Polish delegation, were conspicuous figures at the head of the table. After the signatures had been affixed Dr. Joffe took occasion to speak of the present status of soviet Russia. “The soviet government at Moscow is getting stronger every day," said Dr. Joffe. “That is evident from the public developments. They are open for the whole world to see.” The full text of the treaty was read during the ceremonies. After the signatures had been put on the document, Dr. Joffe and M. Dombski leached across the table and cordially shook hands. ASK MELLON TO CHANGE RULING ‘Drys’ Seek Reversal of Palmer Opinion ‘Liberalizing’ Volstead Law. WASHINGTON, March 19.—Formal protest of “dry" leaders, asking reversal of the opinion former Attorney General Palmer gave “liberalizing'’ the Volstead law, was before Secretary of Treasury Mellon today. The protest of the “drys” was submitted by Dr. Wilbur Crafts, head of the International reform bureau: Dr. Clarence True Wilson and the Rev. Deets Pickett. Secretary Mellon promised the protestants that their request would be “considered." He gave no assurance, however, that he would ask the Attorney General tot a reconsideration of the question. The Secretary, it was said, will not ask the Attorney General to reconsider the ruling unless errors of law which are palpably wrong are discovered, which would Justify resubmission of the whole matter again to the Department of Justice. Attorney General Daugherty said emphatically that the Palmer opinion will stand unless the Treasury formally requests consideration.

‘B. L. T.,’ CHICAGO HUMORIST, DIES Bert Lester Taylor Famous for ‘Line-o-Type.’ CHICAGO, March 19. —Best Lester Taylor, known as "B. L. T.” nationally famous humorist, died at 3:30 o'clock this morning at his home here, after an illness of two weeks from bronchial pneumonia. Taylor’s column, the ‘‘Line-o-Type,” which he Inaugurated in the Chicago Tribune in 1901. became one of the bestknown humorous columns in tne American newspa]>er field. Besides this column, Taylor, under the signature of ”B. L. T.,’* wrote several books of humorous verse and prose. *‘B. L. T." was born in Gresham, Mass., In 1566, and was educated at the college of the City of New York. Before coming to the Chicago Tribune, he was editor of newspapers in Greenville, X. H., and Duluth, Minn. In ISBS he married Miss Emma Bonner of Providence, K. I. The widow and two daughters survive. Daugherty Begins Debs Case Review WASHINGTON, March 19.—Attorney General Daugherty today began a review of the case of Eugene V. Debs. Socialist leader, now Imprisoned in the Atlanta prison for violating the war-time espionage act. The Attorney General received from the pardon attorney of the Department of Justice the entire Debs record, with the view of completing his examination of the case within a few days. The review whs requested by President Harding. Obregon Prohibits Foreign Labor’s Entry WASHINGTON, March 19.—President Obregon has issued an executive degree prohibiting the entry of foreign labor into Mexico during the continuance of the present scarcity of employment, the State Department was advised today. Unemployment is reported as being acute in the oil districts. Persons who have sufficient implements and capital to engage in agricultural pursuits are exempted from the ruling. Comet of 9th Degree Sighted at Capetown CAMBRIDGE. Mass., March 19.—A new comet of the ninth magnitude has been discovered by Reid, the Belgian astronomer at ("ape Town. South Africa, according to a telegram received at Harvard today from M. Lecolnte of Brussels, Belgium.

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A. T. HERT. WASHINGTON, March 19.—A. T. Hert, Republican national committeeman from Kentucky, has declined two positions offered him by President Harding, it was announced at the White House today. The President first offered Hert an ambassadorship, and when this was declined he offered him a place on the executive commission to reorganize the executive bra nch. Hert stated it would be impossible for him to accept either appointment and thanked the I’resideut for the offers.

SCANDAL AND WEALTH MIX IN STILLMAN SUIT Wall Street Thick With Rumors in Relation to Sensational Divorce Case. NEW YORK, March 19.—The battle of lawyers In America's most sensational divorce case—tha Stillman suit—continued today while the principals remained silent and obscured themselves as much as possible In the background. It was reported, but without confirmation. that a Supreme Court Justice of the Ninth district had signed a stay of proceedings in connection with Mrs. James A. Stillman's motion for alimony of $120,000 annually and $25,000 counsel fees. This would mean that Mr. Stillman’s attorneys had moved quickly to prevent his examination on Mrs. Stillman's charges of infidelity before the divorce case comes to trial. STAY REPORTED FILED IN PI'TNAM COtNTY. The stay was reported to nave been filed in Putnam County, where Mr. Stillman brought suit against his wife, naming the French Canadian Indian, Fred Beauvais, as co-respondent, and questioning the paternity of Mrs. Stillman’s 2-year-old son Guy. The writ upon which the stay was based was said to have been returnable today. Mr. Stillman's lawyers have been making a hard fight against Mrs. Stillman's alimony demands, which were characterized as excessive. It was declared that Mr. Stillman was already paying his wife $5,000 a month. Attorneys for the wife said this amount was insufficient for her needs and was incompatible with the vast income of the muUl-milliunalre banker. The alleged laison of the rich hanker and Florence Lawler Leeds, the former chorus girl, has come under the official observation of District Attorney gwann. No official action has been taken but it was admitted that the district attorney’s office is following the developments closely. It was said that if it was found that any illegal acts had been committed in New York county by the principals (Continued on Page Three.)

Stage Door Lizard Dearth Depresses Chorus Ponies Financiers’ Divorce Suits Involving Beauties Move Girls to Lamentations.

NEW Y'OJtK, March 19.—A great change has come over the American chorus girl's life. An absence of stage-door “Johnnies," a dearth of wealthy broker friends and a scarcity of so-called “wild parties ’ are noticeaole this year, according to girls in New Y'ork’s "musical shows.” They hotly resent implied aspersons cast on members of their profession by recent divorce suits involving financiers, in which “ladles of the ensemble” acted as the hypothenuse of the eternal triangle. "I don't know what’s happened this year," said little "Peggy" Sletner of "The Passing Show." "One hardly ever sees a ■Johnny’ now at the stage door. This last year the girls have received an exceptionally small number of cards from admirers in the audience, and as for millionaires, why. they've all gone and deserted the chorus girls this year. I haven’t gone out with a millionaire since New Year's. The only type we s-e these days at the rear entrance is tlie young clerk or salesman who has saved up for years to buy his first machine and who wants to show it off. "Maybe it’s prohibition that did it. Anyway, chorus girls don’t miss the millionaires. because most of them have their own sweethearts or husbands and most of them are real good glrla.”

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HARDING MAY FAVOR PEACE WITH GERMANY Separate Pact Viewed as Only Solution of Treaty Tangle. VIVIANI VISIT INTERESTS WASHINGTON, March 19.—While President Harding has not yet undertaken any serious diiscussion of the peace situation with Republican leaders of the Senate, there Is a widespread belief among them that conditions are so shaping up that a separate peace between the United States and Germany is going to prove the only way out of the treaty tangle. Nothing definite will be done In the matter of shaping up a program until It is seen what propositions the foreign envoys have to offer. M. Vivianl, the French representative, is due to arrive in Washington before the opening of the new Congress to plead the cause of the league. He probably will be followed by representatives of other countries. President Harding himself has emphasized that he has not taken up seriously the treaty tangle with his erstwhile colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has nevertheless discussed the question generally and Informally with several. Senators and those with whom he has talked have come away from the Whitehouse convinced that Harding will never resubmit the treaty, and therewith the covenant, with or without Article 10. It is generally believed in Washington that M. Vivianl is coming to the United States to suggest to President Harding that the Senate take up the treaty and ratify it with any changes it sees tit, but ratify It in some way or other so as to preserve an outward semblauce at least of the wartime solidarity, of the great powers. if M. Vivianl does make some concrete proposals along these lines, It is the belief of a number of influential Republican Senators that they will be turned down at the White House. The status of the Knox resolution declaring an end to the state of war with Germany is unsettled. It will not be introduced, however, until there is some clarification of the Rhine situation. While present indications make a separate peace appear not unlikely, there is no desire on the part of either the White House or Senate to provide Germany with any moral support by widening the FrancoBritish American breach Just when military maneuvers are In progress again. The Knox resolution for the present hat been pigeon-holed. It may be pulled out at any time or it may stay there, depending upon the turn of events. A MERIC A N H USINESS URGES RUSS TRADE WASHINGTON, March 19. -The State Department has been swamped during thp last two days with requests from Ameriean business Arms for information regarding the possibilities of trade with Russia since the reported signing of an agreement between Great Britain and the soviet government for the resumption of commercial relations. Almost without exception, those seeking information are of the opinion that the British agreement may clear the way for the opening of some sort of trade re- (( ontlnued on Page Three.)

DEFENSE CLOSES IN TRIGGER TRIAL Coal Operators and Detectives’ Attorneys Scored. WILLIAMSON. W. Vn„ March 19.—Attorney J. J. Coniff today dosed the defense arguments in the case of the sixteen man accused of murder in the Matewan shooting trial. Coniff attacked the coal operators and detectives' attorneys bitterly. Albert Eelta, leader of the detectives, was also attacked by Coniff when referring to the testimony that Felts had felicitated Mayor Testenuau shortly before the Matewan fight. The argument dwelt at length on the evictions of miners prior to the buttle. Allies Ready to Let Turkey Join League WASHINGTON, March 19.—The allies are prepared today to admit Turkey into the League of Nations on proof of her readiness to faithfully execute the treaty of Sevres, according to the modifications to the treaty agreed on by the allied supreme council in February. Livestock Men Pay Call at Whitehouse WASHINGTON, March 19—Senator Arthur Capper, Tvanaas, and a delegation of live stock men called at tlie White House today to urge immediate steps for relief of the cattie Industry. Lower freight rates and steps to reduce importations of foreign meat were suggested.

"Before I came from London,” Claire Hooper of "The Midnight Rounders,” said, "I heard a lot about broker friends ami stage exit lizards, but since I arrived in New York six months ago I haven't seen one. Not one! Maybe chorus girls of past years enjoyed these luxuries, but where are they now? The chorus girl of today has to work very hard for a living.” Many girls expressed similar opinions. There was only oue exception. Perhaps Elaine Courtney, a “front liner" in the Winter Garden show, was more lucky. “You'd be surprised,’ she declared, "if I mentioned the names of some of the big stock brokers and well-known Wall street men, men before the public eyes, who have been doing the inviting this year. They send their wives and daughters to Palm Beach for the winter to get them out of the way. Then they give ‘wild dances' in their apartments on the drive. “Their game is old. Invariably they tell you that you are the most beautiful girl they have ever met and then they promise to pay your way through either a darning or a voice training school. They often promise to make a star out of you through their ‘pull.’ If we girls li-teued to their promises! They don’t give anything for nothing, especially millionaires.”

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1921.

WOMAN SEEKS MAJOR OFFICE IN CITY RACE Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson Asks Democratic Nomination for Clerk. ACTIVE IN POLITICS Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson, 2203 Broadway, who has been prominent In Marion County political circles for several years, today announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for city clerk, subject to the primary, May 3. Mrs. Marson is the first woman to enter the political lists for a major office and is the first Democratic woman to seek a nomination for office in this city. Mrs. Olive D. Edwards, the only other woman candidate, is a contender for the Republican nomination for councilman. During the 1917 campaign Mrs. Marson was assistant secretary of the Democratic city committee and In the last county campaign she was chairman of the Marion County Democratic women’s organization. Aside from organization work duriug the fall she took a prominent part In Democratic rallies, speaking before meetings in all parts of the city. "HONESTY FROM PRINCIPLE" SLOGAN. "In all of my political work," said Mrs. Marson, in commenting on her candidacy, "my slogan Is ‘honesty from principle, not policy.’ ” Mrs. M. B. Spellman has been named chairman of the Women's Shank for Mayor Club, with headquarters at Room 120, Hotel English. Mrs. Shank was elected honorary president of the organization. Announcement wus made at the headquarters today that women ward and precinct leaders for the entire city will be named early next week. Mrs. Spellman said that voluuteer workers from every precinct are available. •SHANK CRITICISES SLATE PROPOSALS. Thomas C. Howe and Ed J. Robison, opponents of Mr. Shank in the race Jor the Republican nomination, were challenged to a debate by Mr. Shank at a meeting of women in the English Hotel yesterday. The speaker criticised Mr. Robison's proposal of a women's eouncllmauie slate as a bid for women’s support. “If any woman wants to run for the city council she ha* the right to do so," said Mr. Shank. "But It is up to the woman herself to make the race. I am runn'ng for office myself and I want the voters to puss on my own qualifications, not those of a slate." Councilman Louis W. CarncOx has re turned from a three weeks’ trip to Call fornla and is actively engaged in perfecting the Shank organization. Mr, Carneflx has been one of the 'Shank campaign manager's from 'he mart. Mr Robison denied statement* that he Is expecting to get out of the race. “I'm in it to stay. I’m In it to win." he said. “1 have lee* reason to be du(Continued on Page Two.)

‘MORE JOY IN DOG’S WAG THAN IN SOME FACES’ Gipsy Smith Discusses Happiness as Element of Religion.

Home Run Drives by Gipsy Smith “People who mind their own bn*ln*** generally lucered becaums there are few competitor*.“ “If your church going doe* not make you a little lean like youreelf and a little more like Jcmum, then your church going In mockery.” “Lot* of people would never know you were Chrletians unle** they eavv you go into church.” “All the painting and primping In the world will not give you anew heart.” “I have aeen more Joy in a dog’* tall than I have seen in Home Christian’* fares.” “He willing to be a fool for Chrlnt*(l *ake.” “The devil know* the real man and the real woman and *o does the whoh world.” “If your religion does not commend Itself to a child, then you have no religion.”

"If a dog wags his tall at me when I .go Into a strange home. I think it is a compliment and I know sotne self-pro-fesßing Christians at whom I wouldn’t wag my tail if I were a dog," hurled Gipsy Smith in the fnvo of an audience which packed and jammed every inch of space In the tabernacle last night. Owner of "long faces” put on a smile and those who possessed a cheery smile broadened and developed it under the humor of the Gipsy evangelist as he drove home the lesson that the new birth puts the real Christian smile on the faces of men and women. "I have seen more Joy in a dog’s tail than I have seen in some Christians’ faces,” said the evangelist. “I am not surprised to see how it is nearly Impossible for some pastors to preach before some faees. "Spring writes Its own autograph. You wake up and find that spring Is here. When Jesus Christ comes Into your life you do not need a bonnet and a badge to let the world know. "All tiie painting and the primping will not give you anew heart. When a Tittle child crawls up Into my lap when I go into a strange home, it is a compliment.” declared Gipsy. PLEADS FOR HAPPY HOMES. Apparently realizing that he was speaking before the largest audience of his local campaign, Gipsy Smith pleaded for fathers and mothers to make their homes happy and peaceful by leading Christian lives at home. "If your religion does not commend itself to a child, you have no religion,” he declared as he shook his fist in (he face of the audience. “Fathers, how are you living at home? Are you snappy, had tempered and cross?” Holding the new testament in his right hand, the evangelist declared, "The world I outside is not reading this book. You (Continued on Pag* Thread

Seeks Nomination MARTHA YOH MARSON. Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson, who has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for city clerk. She it. the fust woman to seek a major office in Marion County since women were admitted to full suffrage. SEEKS PARDON , BUT TO RETURN AS PRISON M. D. James Walker to Dedicate Life to Work, Relatives Tell Board. Stating that during his incarceration of ten years in the State pi Ison for the murder of two policemen in Alexandria in March, 1911, he has completely reformed and that he desir.-s to complete a medical education, return to the prison to work In the hospital there and dedicate the remainder of his life to the prisoners in the Institution, relatives of James Walker anti his attorneys today appeared before the State board of pardons with an appeui for executive clemency. Attorneys for the “lifer" told the board the prisoner already has done effective work in the prison hospital. They laid the blame for his downfall on the influence of Rufus Warren, a companion of Walker at the time of one of tiie killings, and to the lack of law eaiforccincnt In Alexandria at that time. Walker and Warren, after running out of money with which to buy liquor nnb while Intoxicated, held up a pawnshop proprietor. FATAL SHOT FIRED OVER SHOULDER. Virgil Klrkinan, a merchant policeman, entered the store and Walker, seeing his image In a mirror and being a good marksman with a pistol, tired over his shoulder. Instantly killing Kirk man. lie ran from the store, tiring right and left, and went to a* home near Alexandria About two hours iHtcr Jack Kill*, an other policeman, went to the Walker home to arrest him. Walker is said to have told ills mother to tell the officers not to shoot, ns he would surrender. It is claimed Ellis fired two shots and (Continued on Page Two.)

FINES DEPUTY ASSESSOR $1 AND Assault and Battery Charge Brought by Colored Woman Sticks. ✓ Bert A. Ca -Hillin', 63, Roosevelt Hotel, deputy assessor, was fined $1 and costs today in city court by Judge Walter Pritchard on charges of assault irnd bat- | tery. ! Cassmlrn was nrrested yesterday uft- | ernoon on a warrant sworn out Wednes- | day by Rose B. Jackson, colored, 233 West Michigan street. She testified In ! court that I'assinire called at her house and asked for her assessment papers. She said no sootier had he completed I his statement than to grabbed her 1 y the hair and pulled her out on her porch. Cassmlro gave no reason in court for ids actions, but Deputy Prosecutor J. Burdette Little referred to instances of similar occurrences and termed the staff of assessors as "a bunch of rough-necks.” Motor Bike Riders Hurt in Collision Charles Allen, 31, and J. L. Bair, 23, both of 100(1 North New Jersey street, were slightly injured tpday when a motorcycle and side car In which they were riding collided with an automobile driven | by Tony Corolla, 31, of 1502 (>!ney street, ,at Butler avenue and East Washington street. Bair, who was riding in the side car, sustained severe bruises and Allen suffered a deep gash in his left leg. Both were taken to the city hospital. All Padded Cells Full? One Needed Who could be so careless ns to leave fourteen half pints and one pint of “white mule" whisky in a vacant lot near a sidewalk? That Is the question police are asking themselves today ufter Lieutenant Houston and his squad found the booze in a vacant lot at Meridian anil Henry streets. The "orphan” whisky was In an old coffee sack and police say there is no mark ofc any kind on the bottles. Quake Billed to Jersey CAMDEN, N. J., March 19.—South Jersey will "shimmy’’ in the throes of an earthquake some time between 3 o’clock | this afternoon and 7 o’clock this eve- j ning, says Prof. Edgar Cole of the Uni j verslty of Pennsylvania. He bases his prediction on a crack in I the earth discovered near Mt. Holly soon j after a "baby earthquake” was felt throughout this part of the State on the | evening of Jan. 20. Ho Hum! $4,000 to the Good for LFI Practice SAN ANTONIO, Texas., March 19. Frank Flipper, Dallas cattleman, today won $4,000 by hitting a sliver dollar seven out of ten shots at a distance of \ forty-five feet. x Clipper bet John McKenzie, another j cattleman, SI,OOO on each shot. He missed j the first three. H eused aa Army six- 1 •hooter.

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NEW INFERENCE PUTS OFF TIME OF SHIFTS HERE Federal Officials May Be Permitted to Serve Full Terms. SENATOR OPPOSES PACT Senator Harry S. New, who arrived today from Washington, left tne impression with persons who saw him that the Democratic Federal officials in Indiana would be allowed to serve out their full eight-year terms before being replaced by Republican appointees. The Senator said that M. Burt Thurman of New Albany, who has been recommended as collector of internal revenue, and Bert Morgan of Greeusburg, who has been recommended for prohibition enforcement officer, will take their offices soon after April 11, or as quickly ; as the nominations are confirmed by the Senate. VAN NUTS MAY SERVE LONGER TERM. U the Republicans follow the Senator’s ideas George M. Eberhurt of Huntington, who has been slated for United States District Attorney, will not succeed Frederick Van Nuys, the present incumbent, until next January, it is recalled that Charles Miller served as District Attorney for nine months after President Wilson was inaugurated before he was replaced by Frank Daily, the Democratic appointee. Mr. Dailey later was succeeded by L. Ert Slack and he in turn was followed by Mr. Van Nuys. Th? total eight years, however, would not expire until jan. 1, 1922. Mark Storen, the United States marshal, under this plan would remain in office until July 1, 1922, before he would be replaced by Lines Meredith of Richmond, who has been selected by the Republican Senators for the office. All the Federal appointments have been announced with the exception of the collector of customs, and Senator New hail no new light to shed on this office. It Is said, howe.ver, that an Indianapolis man is being considered for the office. DISCUSSES COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS. Senator New, who will be at the Hotel Severln for two weeks, discussed at some length the coming session of Congress. He said he believed tiiat a revision of the taxation lawc would be undertaken with a view to encouraging and stimulating business. He asserted that the whole country would profit thereby and that It would lend to decrease unemployment. Congress also will set about to effect a tariff revision, the Senator said. He told friends he personally believed that ; relief for the farming element should be | considered along with the tariff legislaI tion. Senator New reiterated his opposition ; to the League of Nations covenant and j declared that he is opposed to entering i the puct whether or not it contains the 1 famous article 10.

SAY CRONKHITE MURDER PROVED War Department Understood to Be Planning Arrests. PROVIDENCE, R. I„ March 19.—Proof that Major Croukhlte, son of MaJ. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhlte, was murdered daring pistol target practice at Camp Lewis, Washington, iu 1918, is understood to be Iu the hands of the War Department. Department of Justice agents, who have been at work on the case, have obtained a statement from Roland R. Fort her, former sergeant bugler. The arrest of an officer and a number of enlisted men Is expected. Major Croukhlte led a detachment to the Camp Lewis range. Using a can ns a target, the major drew his automatic pistol and fired five shots. At the fifth shot he turned and called to one of the enlisted men nearby: “Did you see that shot?” As he spoke another shot sounded and he pitched forward on his face, dead. The bullet had entered his chest. Raid Without Writ; Days NEW YORK, March I!.—William Roberta, a Federal prohibition agent, today was sentenced to thirty days In the workhouse. He was found guilty of disorderly conduct for luiving entered tile home of Ellas Davis without a search warrant. Jerseyite Urged for Tariff Board WASHINGTON, March 19.—Appointment of William Burgess of Trenton, N. J„ as i member of the United States tariff commission, was urged upon President Harding today by T. A. McNiehol, ,T. It. McDonald and W. L. Smith, members of the United States Potters' Association.

TLI E MEMENTO

By O. HENRY

MISS LYNNETTfT D’ARMANDE turned her back on Broadway. This was but tit for tat, because Broadway hail nften done the same thing to Miss D'Armande. Still, the "tats" seemed to h :ve it, for the ex-leading lady of the "Reaping the Whirlwind” compuny had e\erytliing to ask of Broadway, while there was no vice versa. So Mias Lynnette D'Aruiande turned the back of her chair to her window that overlooked Broadway anil sat down to stitch in time the lisle-thread heel of a black silk stocking. The tumult and glitter of the roaring Broadway beneath her window had no charm for her; what she greatly desired was the stifling air of a dressing room on that fairyland street and the roar of an audience gathered in that capricious quarter. In the meantime, those stockings must not he neglected. Silk does wear out so, but—after all, isn't it just the only goods there is? The Hotel Thalia looks on Braafiway as Marathon looks on the sea. It stands like a gloomy cliff above the whirlpool where the tides of two great thoroughfares clash. Ile:e the player bands gather at the end of their wanderings, to loosen the buskin and dust the sock Thick in the streets around it are booking offices, theaters. agents, schools, and the iobsterpalaces to which those thorny paths lead. Wandering through the eccentric halls

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DECKER CONFESSION FAILS TO HALT HUNT FOR MURDER ‘BRAINS’ Grand Jury Will Go Ahead With Inquiry to Find Others in Lovett Killing and Fix Motive. ‘DEVIL TOLD ME TO,’ YOUTH EXPLAINS Special to The Times. WARSAW, Ind., March 19. —The “master minds" behind the killing of Leroy Lovett, 19, still were sought by county officials today, although Virgil Decker, 18, has confessed he murdered his chum. Plans for convening a special grand jury Monday to investigate the Lovett murder were net halted by the confession. Sheriff C. B. Moon and other county officers believed the grand jury would find a motive for the crime and possibly implicate others.

Solves Problem ' L ; '-'sP|s.s _.Jm sj jaasy jfwjagr fjgwjr H *f / Y ms AjraJ P&r y I ¥ f MRS. SAMUEL LEWIS SHANK. Mrs. Shank was elected honorary president of the Women's Shank-for-Mayor j Club last evening. The problem of woman's place in public life has been solved very handily by Mrs. Shank. While her husband runs for mayor she takes his place in business ami keeps the storage plant running smoothly. Mrs. Shank was a business woman before her : marriage. LETTER IS SAID TO HAVE SWAYED ACCUSED YOUTH Written by Nappanee Woman to Virgil Decker in Warsaw Jail. Special to The Times. WARSAW, Ind., March 19.—A letter is credited with having brought about the confession of Virgil flecker after he had been grilled for more than two days by Sheriff Moon and as able detectives as I could be found without success. This purported letter, containing a plea in | Christ’s name from a Christian woman and mother, is said to have been re- ' ceived by Decker at 6 o'clock Friday | evening and was from Mrs. George E. Walker of Nappanee, who did not know Decker personally. Decker, it is said, is well informed in the scriptures, and after reading Mrs. Walker’s letter, called Mrs. Charles Moon, the sheriff's wife, and confessed his crime to her. i The letter is as follows. “Virgil Decker. I “Dear, Dear Boy—How my heart goes | out to you. I have Just breathed a prayer ! to the God of heaven and earth, who has all power, in your behalf and quick as a j flash, the thought came hack to ute — I ‘Do your duty.’ God Is on the giving : hand and Is very anxious to help ail who are in trouble, no matter what kind of | trouble it is. The Bible says that where i sin abounds His grace doth much more | abound. “My dear boy. be assured you have a j friend in Jesus, even if the whole world is against you. He is looking at you tills very moment with sympathy and a longing to help you. But the only way is the right way, no matter what follows. You must pray to God in Jesus’ name, for God gave us His son to redeem us from our sins. Jesus died on the cross that we might be set free, with all our sins loaded upon him. This is why yon must pray in the name of Jesus. He will hear you. • “God knows how shrewd the devil is and that men in their strength are not I able to resist the temptation he puts before them, if they do not have Jesus j iu their hearts to tight the devil away. “The way to get right is to confess j your sins to Jesus first and ask Him to j forgive you and take you in His care, i Then confess everything to the men whom i you have harmed. Get everything out of j the way by confessing, so that every(Coniinued on Page Two.)

I of the dim and fusty Thalia, yon seem to 1 have found yourself In some great ark or caravan about to sail, or fly. or roll away on wheels. About the house lingers a sense of unrest, of expectation, of tran- ! sleintness, even of anxiety and apprehen- i sion. The halls are a labyrinth. With- i out a guide, you wander like a lost soul in a Sam Lloyd puzzle. Turning any corner, a dressing sack or a cul-de-sac may bring you up short. You meet alaiming tragedians stalking in bath-robes In search of rumored bath- I rooms. From hundreds of rooms come the buzz of talk, scraps of new and old songs, and the ready laughter of the convened players. Summer has come; their companies have disbanded, and they take their rest In their favorite caravansary, while they J besiege the managers for engagements for ! the coming season. At this hour of the afternoon the day’s work of tramping the rounds of the agents' offices In over. Past you, as you ramble distractedly through the mossy halls, flit audible visions of hourls. with veiled, starry eyes, flying tag-ends of things and a swish of silk, bequeathing to the dull hallways an odor of gaiety and a memory of frnngipanul. Serious young comedians, with versatile Adam’s apples, gather In doorways and talk of Booth. Far-reaching from somewhere i (Continued on Pag* Four.)

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The motherly ways of Mrs. Moon wrung the confession from the lips of young Decker after the iron methods of grilling by the sheriff and detectives had failed repeatedly since he was arrested laßt Sunday. It seems Virgil always rather liked Mrs. Moon and when she entered his cell he asked for a Bible. Opening the book at John 3:16, the boy read what he said was his favorite verse and he repeated it from memory. Then he dropped to his knees and prayed and prayed. Finally he arose and said “I .don’t know what made me do it, but file devil told me to end I did it. Leroy was my friend.” MAKES SIGNED CONFESSION, Mrs. Moon went for her husband and the detectives who have been working on the mystery since Lovett was found, dying along the Pennsylvania right of way near Atwood last Saturday night. Virgil detailed the murder to them and signed a statement confirming his oral confession. According to the confession. Decker Joined Lovett at the Rowjnsteln summer

Verse Unlocks Lips of Lovett’s Slayer Special to The Times. WARSAW, Ind., March 19.—The verse which Virgil Decker read and repeated just before he confessed murdering bis “buddy,” Leroy Lovett, was John 3:16 and reads as follows: "For God so loved the world that He gnTe His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

home on the Tippecanoe River, at tho rear of the home of Fred Decker, Virgil'* elder brother, about 10 o’clock Saturday morning. After sleeping a while, ha awakened to find Leroy sdll asleep. H 9 said he picked up a piece of Iron and ! struck the youth across the head with |it and went out of the cabin. Then h* I did some chores at the home of Fred Decker, with whom he stayed, and returned to the cottage iu the dusk. Leroy was still alive, but in delirium. Virgil took off Leroy’s outer garment* and donned them himself, clothing Leroy in those he had taken off. He led Lovett to a horse and buggy which he had takn from his brother’s barn. WATCHED THREE OR FOUR TRAINS PASS. Driving to the railroad crossing. Virgil said, he watched three or four train* pass an l finally, when another was still some distance away, stopped the buggy on the tracks, unhitched the horse and left Leroy in the buggy, hoping that in view of their striking likeness and tha fact that Lovett wore his clothes, th* dead boy would be identified as Virgil Decker and no search would be Instituted for the slayer. Young Decker was arrested Sunday night-at the home of an uncle in Marion. It was thought at the time he had slain Lovett, but that he was aided by sarna one who wished to help Virgil collect $20,000 life insurance he carried after the dead youth had been identified a* Decker. HER SON NOT ALONE GUILTY, MOTHER SAYS Special to The Times. ELKHART, Ind., March 19.—Belief that Virgil Decker; confessed murderer of I*eroy Lovett, is not alone guilty of the crime, was expressed here today by Mr*. Lydia Decker, the slayer’s mother, and Mrs. Addie Lovett, mother of the dead youth. Mrs. Decker said there was '‘something the matter” with her son, who Is in Jail at Warsaw, and she indicated that she would again seek to talk to him in an effort to draw from him a more complete account of the killing of Lovett. “Virgil and Leroy were, great friends." she said, “and I am sure that some on* aided my boy in this terrible affair.” Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lovett, parents of the victim, remained grief-stricken following the funeral yesterday of thei* son. Mrs. Lovett did not express unusual surprise when informed of Decker's confession. “I knew that he was guilty,” she said, "and there are others who should b brought to Justice. There wag a plot to collect Insurance held by Virgil Decker, and my boy was the dupe.” Shot Proves Fatal to Woman Rum Runner DETROIT, March 19. —Mrs. lola Weaver, 22, believed to be the first woman rum-runner killed along the Canadian boundary, is dead of ' wounds received Wednesday when she and her husband. Patrolman James Weaver, battled with Detroit police. Weaver, who was slightly wounded, has admitted, police say, that he and his wife were attempting to smug, gle whisky from Windsor to Detroit when police on Bhore tired on their rowboat.

Bonfires Banned In your zeal to get the front and back yards all straightened up for spring, don’t build a bonfire or the district cop’ll get yon sure. George W. Williams, executive secretary of the board of public safety, gave occasion for the warning today when he Instrnoted Chief of Police Jerry Kinney to order patrolmen to watch for violations of the city ordinance prohibiting the lighting of bon* fires within the city limits. The patrolmen will ig ordered to give citizens warning when bonfire* are discovered and If further violations are discovered to make arrests. The only safe way to get rid of trash Is to haul It away or burn it In approved incinerators, Mr. Williams said.