Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Probably showers tonight. Saturday partly cloudy. Continued mild.

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GERMAN RIOTS CONTINUE; DEAD NOW PUT AT 40 Fighting Between Police and Communists Fiercest at Eisleben. m*LL STRIKE IN BERLIN sHLILLE, Germany, March 25. — at Eisleben between communists and police continued today. Twenty deaths were reported, raising the total for mid-Germany to forty. While police appeared to be gainring the upper hand, indications were that the communists were being reinforced. A patrol of safety police was surrounded by a great mob near Eisleben during tbe night and lighting continued until dawn. An ammunition wagon, following the police was blown up. MAJORITY SOCIALISTS GIVE POLICE SOME AID. Before the communist executives in Berlin called a general strike, those in tbe Halle district bad proclaimed that they would not return to work “until tbe end bad been obtained.’’ Majority Socialists refused to join the Walkout and to a minor extent aided the police and military. Safety police, following a lnll in street fighting last night, declared the uprising would end if the night remained quiet. Shortly afterward four thousand miners declaring their strike, precipitated more street fighting. At Axsdorf, a body of police fought off a band of rioters who had planted a charge of dynamite under a railway bridge. STORES OF ARMS REIT IN MIXES. The miners were surprisingly well armed. Compelled to surrender weapons when captured, they obtained more from supplies hidden In mine shafts. Train service was Interrupted in the entire section, but wa6 especially bad in tbe mining district. Light and power plants were crippled. Miners declared they will Join the general strike called for Saturday. Plundering of shops continue, although to a lesser extent, and no more public were dynamited. RED CHIEFS CALL STRIKE IN BERLIN BERLIN, March 25.—A general strike was ordered here today by unanimous action of communist executives. It Is to be effective Saturday. W orkers were urged to arm themselves and fight to the end. Seizure ot factories and sabotage on every hand were urged. The communist uprising in central Germany had subsided somewhat today but leaders prepared for an extensive renewal. Four thousand troops have been rushed Into Saxony. They were to be quartered at ElsJeben, where thousands of communists were flocking for a great demonstration tonight. Reports here were that tbe troops had a sobering effect, but that the atmosphere was tense. FACTORIES CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY. Radicals declared many conservative workers will join in the general strike tomorrow. Factories are closed because of religious ceremonies. Sabotage was begun last night when great bands of strikers cut transmission wires leading from the Golpa plant supplying Berlin with much of Its current. Police guarded power houses here to jrevent similar action. The uprising has entered anew stage with the official communist call for a i general strike. I REDS’ APPEAL ! TO WORKERS. ' “Workers, remember you broke the Kapp Putsch by a general strike,” reads tbe proclamation. “Fight with us, shoulder to shoulder lu a counter-revo-lution. Join the general strike. Rise everywhere. Fight hard. Victory is onrs. “Don't end the fight until the end is reached. Arm the workmen, hinder the transport of troops and ammunition. Fight along the whole line.” Safety Commissioner Berries, in a statement, said b.s force was fully prepared to suppress any communist effort.

GIOLITTI ESCAPES ASSASSIN’S BOMB Italian Premier on Train Anarchist’s Target. ROME, March 25. —An unsuccessful at tempt was made today to assassinate Premier Glolitti of Italy. The premier was on bis way from Rome to Livouruo when a bomb exploded. The assassin had misjudged the time of tbe passing of the train and the bomb exploded a few minutes before the premier's "train went by. The plot against the premier's life is attributed to anarchists. There has been a disturbed condition In Italy for some time with the anarch lsta and communists agitating against the government. New Cardinal to Officiate at Rome _ ROME. March 23.—Cardinal Dougherty ilf Philadelphia will celebrate a pontifical mass at the American College on Easter Sunday for the first time since his elevation to the sacred college. The newly created American Cardinal has just returned from Naples, where he visited the Shrine of the Madonna at Pompeii. TIGER CASE DISMISSED. "Watch your step," warned Judge Walter Pritchard as he dismissed a blind tiger charge against Wallace Williams, negro. 617 Fayette street, in city court today. Williams admitted he was hiding a quart of "white mule” under a bed when the police entered his room. Williams said he had tbe liquor for his own use.

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Father’s Easter Bill Mounts to Right Big Sum Estimate of Expenditures of U. S . for Bonnets , Silks and Satins S2OO/100,000. ! NEW YORK, March 25.—Father today faced bills for more than $200,000,000 for mother's Easter attire. Women of the United States have spent approximately that amount during the last two weeks for their Easter silks and satins, according to James Goold. retail editor of the newspaper Women’s Wear, an authority on retail garment trade. “It probably has been the greatest Easter buying season in history,” Goold said. “Economic developments have reacted to the satisfaction of both women and the dealers. Lowering of prices of foodstuffs has enabled the housewife to spend more money on her Easter bonnet. And lowering of the price of the Easter ! bonnet has enabled her to doll up more ; profusely than in any season since the I war. I “Six million women in the Halted i States are going to sport new hats or i new frocks in the Easter parade. I “Only a small percentage of the paraders will be seen on Fifth avenue. | The greater portion of the money was I spent to decorate the paraders on the i “Main streets" from coast to coast. “Gray and henna shades will be dominant In millinery while gray and navyblue have been sold most In suits. The radical element In dress seems to have been conquered and most suits are of i straight line effect. | “The $200,000,000 that father will have to spend cannot he used as a house- ! hold argument, however, for investigai tlon of the men's clothing market will show he has spent nearly that amount ; himself.” CABINET TALKS RUSSIAN POLICY Harding Rule Forbids Members Talking. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Consideration of a Russian policy occupied most of the time of the regular Cabinet umeti lng today. The Cabinet was iji session i for the usual two hours, aud ther broke up to allow the members to keep engagements. Cnder the rule laid down by the Pres- ' ident, the members would not comment : on the session upon leaving the White ! House, but it was learned that the Uus- : sian problem loomed big in the discus- ; slon. | It is understood there was a full exi pression of opinion from various mem- ! tiers as to the advisability of regumj ing trade relations wilb Moscow. There was nothing to iudioat.e, however, that I any decisions were reached concerning a definite policy.

Plans to Jam Tariff Measure Through Congress Hit Snags Emergency Bill Must Be Modified to Meet Harding Views, Leaders Say.

WASHINGTON, March 25. Snags were encountered today by the plans of Republican Senators and Representatives frojn Western and middle-Western States to jam through Congress at the approaching extraordinary session the emergency tariff bill passed at the recent session and vetoed by former President Wilson. That the measure will have to be modified materially and given that conciseness President Harding is known to favor, if it is to be passed again, some of the most influential Republican leaders of Congress predicted. Weighted down by amendments fastened upon It by the Senate, the bill, as It was disapproved by former President Wilson, was regarded as a Joke by a number of Republican Senators and Representatives, who now entertain the fear that any attemiit to repass it without the dotting of an "i” or the crossing of a “t” would prove disastrous to tbe Republicans. These same members of Congress who were fearful lest Mr. Wilson sign the bill at the close of the last session, and thereby put the Republicans in a political hole, are urging on President Hard- 1

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MRS. STILLMAN’S LAWYERS MEET IN CONFERENCE Plan to Marshal Evidence Preceding Court Session Tomorrow. NEW YORK. March 25.—A hurried conj ference of attorneys for Mrs. “Fill” l’oti ter Stillman was held here today to mari shal additional evidence in the divorce. | suit of .lamps A. Stillman, president of the j National City- Bank. Additional evidence ! must be hied before noon tomorrow. Participating in the conference were i Louis S. Levy of New York and .John | F. Brennan of Yonkers, representing Mrs j Stillman, and John E. Mack of I’ouglij keepsle, guardian for 2-year-old Guy 1 Still man, named as ro-defeudant with bis mother. Later, it was understood, Mack was eXpect'd to meet Stillman’s counsel. LETTERS DISCI SSED. The principal new development dis- | cussed at this conference was the affidavit | recently filed by the ydaintiff, containing j copies of five letters, reputed to have * been written to Mrs. Stillman by Fred Beauvais, French Canadian guide, who Is charged by Stillman with being Guy’s father. In these letters Beauvais Is purported to have made several references to “our child.” While the defense will not publicly admit even tbe existence of the affidavit, containing these letters. It was learned on the highest authority that Mrs. Stillman's lawyers feel they constitute the most difficult evidence to overcome and mny seek to refute them when they file additional papers. A person whose position places him in the closest touch with both sides de(Canttnued on Page Nineteen.) COAST-TO-COAST FLIER CRASHES Dislocated Spine Result of Coney’s Second Attempt. MONROE, 1,n., March 25.—Lieut. WII- - Ham D. Coney, making a coast-to-coast flight from Pablo Beach, Fla., to San Diego, Cal., fell at Crowville, La., near here, nt 7:30 this morning. He sustained . a dislocated spin and may die, according | to doctors attending him. Coney is being cared for in the farmhouse of a man on whose place his machine fell. He is said to be too seriously Injured to be moved to a hospital. Chess Players Rest Till Next Tuesday HAVANA, March 25—The fifth International chess game between Dr. Manuell I Lasker and Jose R. Capablanca, was poslponed last night until next Tuesday ■ night. Postponement was duo to Frl- , day and Sunday being holidays.

lng that it be cut to the bone so as to provide only for the “two-inch" measure he advocated for taking care of a comparatively few agricultural products. The declaration of Senator Willis, Republican, of Ohio, following a conference between the President and himself, that the President does not favor particularly the emergency tariff hill in the form In .which Mr. Wilton turned It down, did not occasion much surprise at the Capitol, where it was anticipated the sponsors of the Idea to shove the measure through would soon find themselves In difficulties. The danger of another Democratic filibuster against the bill Is but one of the obstacles In the way of its early and speedy passage. Cloture rule or restriction of debate is not always easy to invoke In the Senate, however. The fear is entertained that there may be delay In getting even a "two-inch” bill through as a means of affording pro-, tecticn for the year’s harvest of wheat and other agricultural products. The energies of Republican of Con<CoiltiSped on Page Nineteen.)

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INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 25,1921.

Constable Runs Man to Earth In Wild Chase Shooting and Twelve-Block Chase Give South Side Real Thriller. James F. Taylor, a constable attached to the court of Justice of the Peace Frank T>. Glass, played the chief role in a south side thriller today which had nil the earmarks of a good movie "bad man” scene. Action was not slow in coming when the doughty constable attempted to arrest Arthur Winfrey, 3f, at his home nt 73t South East street. Winfrey swung at the officer and then started to run. The chase lasted for twelve blocks find three shots fired In the air by Constable Taylor drew a crowd of several htiudred persons into the pursuit. The officer dosed with his man In the 900 block on South East street, but i was obliged to quell Winfrey with the ! butt of his revolver. He was triuiuphi antly holding him when the police ar--1 rived in response to an emergency call. Winfrey was haled before Justice Glass three days ago on complaint of Flora ' Godsey, 725 South F.ast street, that every j time lie suspected she was entertaining a rival he hurled bricks and stones through her windows. He was bound over to Criminal Court In surety of peace proceedings, but while waiting to give bond he disappeared. ROBISON CALLS FOR FREE VOTE ON CANDIDATES Hammers Away at Jewett Machine for Coercing City Employes. j “City employes have Just as much right to coerce their employers to sup--1 port a candidate of their choice for the J mayoralty nomination as the employers : have to intimidate the employes,” Ed J. Robison, one of the trio of candidates for the Republican nomination for ! mayor, declared In a meeting at 955 Paca i street lust night. He spoke at a similar ; gathering ot 2350 Yandes street. Mr. Robison's invasion of the First ward was a part of his strenuous schedule from now until the primary in May. He continued his attack on the present , city hall organization, and pointed out l that there had been many attempts to j intimidate city employes in favor of the organization's candidate. “The city employes are paid by public funds and they should be permitted to , vote the way they chose in the coming ' primary,” Mr. Robison said. “Such autocratic intimidation as is being exhibited by the city hall organization in this primary campaign is what dethrones parties. The primary was established for the purpose of permitting the voters to express their choice for a candidate aud not to I allow an organization to dominate the | vote through intimidation.” j Indorsement of the city planning program to beautify Indianapolis was contained in Mr. Robison’s speech. He believes everything should be done that Is reasonable to make Indianapolis a beautiful city and one in which there Is intense civic pride. Five meetings today will carry Mr. Robison Into t lie Third, Fifth and Twelfth wards. He speaks at meetings at Blackford and Michigan streets, 544 West Eleventh street, 423 Indiana avenue. 1200 West. Twenty-Fifth street, and Merrill street and Capitol avenue. The women's organization of the Roblfcon-for-Mayor Club is formulating plans for an active campaign. The ward chairwomen will meet Monday afternoon at their headquarters, 313 Traction Terminal Building. They will announce the precinct organizations in their wards. Next. Thursday evening Dr. Amelia It. Keller will address a meeting at the home of Mrs. Anna Bunch, 947 North California street. Neighborhood meetings in all parts of Indianapolis will be addressed by Mr. Robison or his workers. The program of Mr. Itohlson contains a large number of these neighborhood gatherings and already these meetings have aroused much interest in the primary. In add! tion the mass meetings in the various precincts and wards will give Mr. Robison the opoprtunity to speak to thousands of Indianapolis men and women voters. Recall of the order for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company to tear up its (Continued on Toga Nineteen.)

SEES LOSSES IN MANIPULATION OF INVENTORY Possible by Taking Low Valuation of Articles on Hand From First Cost. PHASE OF GAS HEARING Inventory manipulation is largely responsible for losses suffered by the Citizens Gas Company, cross examination in the hearing of the company’s petition for 90-cent gas before the public service commission indicated today. The examination showed that the company can suffer a loss by the mere expedient of making a very low inventory of products on hand, subtracting the amount thus obtained from the value of the products when they were obtained and charge the difference up to loss, thereby showing a need for increased rates. The coal prices, for Instance, shrank $2 a ton in the inventory, although testimony sbov’ed that the average cost of coal to the company, freight Included, in 1920 was $7.13 a ton aud that the market has dropped only to a figure of $(! for one quality coni and $7 for another. These facts were brought out in crossexamination of J. D. Forrest, manager of the gas company, by Commtssoiner Glen Van Auken. The inventory, according to the testimony, was made for the purpose of determining tho amount of Income tax to be paid by the company, i SEE #1 POSSIBLE BI T NOT *2. “I can see how for the purpose of determining income tax there could be a shrinkage of $1 a ton, but I can't sc* how there could be a shrinkage of $2,” Commissioner Van Auken remarked.

$lO Lowest Coke Price , Dealer Says In commenting on the testimony of J. D. Fornuri, manager of the Citizens Gns Company, which. iB petitioning for a 90-cent rate, before the public service commission, to the effect that the company has been selling coke to Indianapolis retailers at $9 a ton, one of tho dealers declared today that the lowest price that has been offered is $lO a ton. “The gas company asked $11.25 a ten, but most of the dealers refused to handle it at that price,” he said. “Then they dropped to v slo a ton aud that Is the lowest It has been to my knowledge. “We can buy coke in Terre Haute at from $1.23 to $1.30 a ton cheaper and transport It and still sell coke • t a lower figure than w can the product of the Citizens Gas Company."

"Is there any authority for a public utility to charge up shrinkage of inventory as operation costs in making income tax returns,” Commissioner Van Auken asked. “I don't recall anything that would prevent it,” Mr. Forrest replied. “Isn't it the theory that the operating cost of a public utility situ 11 be what costs actually were and not theoretical costs?” the commissioner asked. “Isn't it true that this loss will not he realized unless the price remains low? if the price should go up. would you charge the (Cantlnued on Page Nineteen.) GIPSY FLAYS CARD PLAYERS ‘IN GOD’S NAME’ Likens Devotees of Pasteboards to Cruicifiers of Savior. “Jesus could pray for Ills murderers, those who nailed Him on the cross, for they knew no better, but He cannot pray for you, for you know better,” Gipsy Smith told his audience today at Keith's Theater. Good Frldny, the Day of the Cross, spurred the evangelist to deliver a touching sermon. The spirit of the day seennjd also to spur his hearers t$ deeper thoughts, for members of the audience rose by pairs and threes in response to the plea for those who had determined to lead bettor lives to stand. Gipsy Smith read from the Bible the crucifixion of the Saviour, nnd directed his message from those passages. A ringing denunciation of bridge nnd card playing came from the evangelist as he told of tho action of those who crucified Christ, In gambling for His clothes. He denounced those who play bridge and other card games for prizes, in the same miuincr as those who gambled for Christ's raiment were denounced. “Bridge playing is gambling, and you can make nothing tdse out of it. I denounce it in the name of Almighty God,” he shouted. "WORLD AID DEVIL IF PROFITABLE.” “Why some of you would hold a candle to tbe devil while he shaved himself, if you thought you would get something out of It." he continued. “ 'And the multitude stood beholding,' ” he read from the Bible. “And that is all some of yon people do now,” he commented. “You look on, but you do not act. Those persons were beholding their own redemption, but they did not appreciate it. “It's Good Friday. Have you bowed today in reverence before God? What does the crucifixion of Jesus mean to (Continued on Fage Nineteen.)

Fair Weather for Easter Promised WASHINGTON, March 25.—Here Is glad news for file ladies; The Weather Bureau Issue* (lie following forecast: For Easter Sunday, the, outlook Is for generally fnlr weather with moderate temperature over much of the country. In a later forecast the weather bureau amended Us happy prediction by announcing that there would be scattered sliowe.s in the eastern half of the country.

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Ability of Two to Sprint Saves Effort of Search The ability of Lieutenant Eidridge and (sergeant Albers to sprint saved IJie police the trouble of searching for Leonard Simpkins, 22, 415 North New Jersey street. who is said to be "wanted” on the charge of burglary and graJHl larceny at Louisville, Ky. Hopkins was arrested by Detective Dugan and Is to be taken to Louisville. Lieut. Askiu of tke detective department was taking the prisoner to the turnkey’s office and had just reached the door when Simpkins started down the back stairway at full speed. Lieutenant Asking is a heavy man, not built for speed, but he has powerful lung's nnd he spread the alarm ns he rumbled downsto rs in plirsiut of the fugitive. Simpkins reached the alley-, but Lieutenant Eldridge and Sergeant •Albers proved too speedy for him aud captured him. Lieutenant Askin took the prisoner back to the turnkey’s office.

O.K. TO WATER RATES BOOST IS EXPECTED Public Service Commission May Grant Increase Today. The public service commission was pre- j pared to issue this afternoon an order j granting in nearly every particular the j petition of the Indianapolis Water Com- I pnny for increased rates. Tiie petition ; was filed by the company last week in , the rnidsi of a bearing on a request ask- | ing rates which were not so high as j those asked in the final and supplemental demand. The rates as fixed by the commission range from 10 to 15 per cent above the present charges and the commission fixes a valuation even higher than the sum fixed previously by the commission and the value of Improvements made by the company. The valuation which the commission will fix in its order is $10,814,000. The previous valuation was $9,500,000, and with the improvements added the valuation would be $10,111,118. The meter rates will be Increased by the commission from a scale ranging | from IS cents to 0 cents to a scale ranging from 20 cents to 0.5 cents. The scale will tie practically the same as that petitioned for in the final petition of the company and higher than that asked for in the original request. KM’ENT HIKE IX HOSE KATE, Tbe rntes for the use of hose are ex- j peeled to be $4.50 for a lot twenty feet or less in width nnd 12 cents for each additional foot. The present rates are : *4 for a lot of twenty feet or less in width nnd iy cents for each additional foot. For dwellings the rate Is graduated from $0 for a six-room dwelling with one family downward. The present rate is graduated from $5.50 downward. Each additional room, according to the present rates, costs sl. while under the new j rates the additional cost is expected to ! be $1 15. Fire hydrant rntes will be increased from a graduated scale of sls to SSO to a scale of S2O to SOO. This is the rate asked for by the compnhy in its final petition after it had asked for a rate which was not so high. The water closet rate for dwellings will be fixed at $4 a year. The old rate was $3.50 a year. The bath tub rate is expected to be in the neighborhood of $3.75. it is now $3.25. HIGHER TAXES INCREASE “ALIHI." The commission is expected to recognize in its order the fact that increased taxes have much to do with the necessity for increased rates. It is expected to order that a sum of $89,000 paid by the company In taxes in excess of what it expected to pay be amortized over a period of five years Instead of charged in a lump sum. The commission also is expected to recognize the fact, that the company must make improvements during 1921 costing approximately $(500,000. This will include a 10,000,000-gallon reservoir to cost $285,000. It has also been said that additional mains will be necessary at a eost of $214,000. The last increase granted the company by the commission became effective Jan. 1. 1920. At that time the increase applied particularly to domestic and meter rates. The meter rates at that time were increased from 10 cents to 18 cents. Gary’s First Mayor Near Deathjn North Special to The Times. GARY, lad.. March 25. Thomas E. Knotts. 60, first mayor of Gary, who is confined in a hospital at Rochester, Minn., where he recently underwent an operation for hernia, is not expected to live, according to report received by his son, Eugene Knotts, here. Mr. Knott has been a sufferer for many years.

Debs’s Chances Helped by Trip to Washington Unprecedented Journey Without Guard to Talk to Daugherty Hastens Clemency.

ATLANTA, Cos., March 25.—Eugene Y. Debs returned to tile Federal Penitentiary here today. He reached Atlanta about noon aboard a Southern Railway train, was immediately placed in an automobile with Warden Zerbst of the penitentiary and whisked away. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Eugene V. Debs Is returning today to bis cell in the Federal Prison at Atlauta, Ga„ after a brief taste of freedom, the first he has enjoyed since his conviction under the espionage act three years ago. While Attorney General Daugherty was cautions about, giving any Indication as to the results of the noted prisoners' unprecedented trip to Washington alone and unguarded, it can be said authoritatively that Debs has immeasurably increased his chances for executive clemency by his two hour talk with the Attorney General. It is understood Debs made no appeal for clemency. With the same quiet dignity which he maintained during his many trials and which has marked his conduct In prison, the prisoner came to ,

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BERN AUER DEFENSE i ENDS, WITH YOUTH NOT PUT ON STAND Relatives Describe Calmness Day After Eaids Murder, but Prisoner Is Not Called to Tell Story. ARGUMENT FOR STATE IS BEGUN Special to The Times. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March 25.—The defense closed its side at 10:10 o’clock this morning in the trial of Carl Bernauer, charged with the murder of Samuel Eaids, confectioner of Indianapolis, which began In the Shelby Circuit Court last Monday. Each side was allowed two hours for argument. The opening argument was made for the State by George R. Tolen, deputy prosecutor of Shelby County. . Members of the Bernauer family were the only witnesses examined by the defense today.

Sunday Supper Lacks at Jail; Eggs for Easter! Religion Interfers With Sabbath Evening Repast. No Sunday night suppers are served in the Marion County Jail, it became known today, when the Times received a letter from a prisoner at the Jail with this Information. Sheriff George Snider explained that the Sunday church service ran so late on Sundays that dinner was not served until 2 o’clock. "At that 2 o'clock dinner we serve double orders of everything,” said the sheriff. "The prisoners are allowed to take bread or anything from the tables at this meal, if they desire, to their cells. We serve no Sunday night suppers." In the letter received by the Times, the prisoner indicates that the meals offer small variety and that the bill of fare Is light. The sheriff stated that on Easter Sunday eggs will be served to all prisoners. Plea That Wife Use *White Mule 9 to Reduce Fails There is hope for any woman who is carrying so much weight that she wishes to "reduce.” Mrs. John Wolf, 6-D5 West Pearl street, whose husband was on trial in city court ou the charge of operating a blind tlget, stated that a year ago she weighed 240 pounds abd now she weighs about 100 pounds less. She testified that she had been ill and that the “white mule" whisky that the police found in her home was her medicine. A letter from Dr. Robert Dwyer, room 526 K. of P. building, was Introduced in evidence, and Taylor E. Groninger, attorney for Wolf, stated that the physician said the woman "needed" whisky. Sergeant Tooley said he found a gallon Jug half full of “white mule" w T hlsky In a closet in the Wolf home, and seven half pint bottles filled with the same liquor in the dresser drawer, while two empty bottles with whisky glasses turned over the tops of each stood on a table In the room. Wolf admitted he bought the whisky from “some man who I don't know,” aud that he brought it home for his wife. Judge Pritchard found Wolf guilty and fined him SSO aud costs. Fate of Missing Navy Balloonists Unknown PENSACOLA. Fla.. March 25.—The naval air station announced at S o’clock this morning that nothing had been heard of the missing balloon for which a fleet of eagle boats aud seaplanes have been searching since Monday afternoon, following the arrival of a pigeon at the station bearing a message that the balloon was being blown to sea off St. Andrews. in Bay County’. The balloon was occupied by five men, being in charge of Chief Quartermaster C. R. Wilkinson. Harding- to Be Guest of Ely on Vacation SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., March 25. President Harding may’ spend part of his summer vacation here as a guest of Dr. Albert H. Ely, it was reported today. l)r. Ely’ accompanied President Harding on bis trii> to Florida just before inauguration and acted as liis physician Rt that time. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes is expected to spend the summer at Brideghampton, near here, and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has leased a cottage here for the summer.

Washington at the Attorney General's invitation, replied to questions, made a quiet and forceful presentation of his views and then made his way. as quietly ami unostentatiously a9 he came, back to the train that returned him to the penitentiary, which has beeu his home for three years. He made no plea. It*ls understood, but merely stated his case and withdrew, leaving his fate in the hands of those now in command of official Washington. One result of his visit, however, is apparent. Attorney General Daugherty will Speed up the labor of going over the records in the case. The file is so bulky that it ordinarily would require several weeks to plow through it. Now it is believed the Attorney General will be able to communicate his recommendations to tbe White House within a few days There is good cause to believe these recommendations will not be unfavorable. Some of tbe most optimistic of Delis’ friends are frankly hopeful of a full presidential pardon, which will restore the noted Socialist to freedom immediately, j (Continued on Page Nineteen.)

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Cross-examination of Charles A. Bernauer, father of the defendant, and examination of Mrs. Bernauer, the prisoner's mother, and Naomi Bernauer, his sister, concluded the defense of the 21-year-old youth who ig said to have shot and killed Eaids in a hold-up on the night of Oct. 22. 1920. The defense rested, without placing Bernauer on the stand. Mrs. Bernauer and her daughter testified the defendant arrived home at abont 10 o'clock, Oct. 23, the morning after the murder of Eaids, and that he did not seem excited. He was at home until 4 o’clock In the afternoon that day, they stated, and ussisted his father in repairing an old auto truck that was in the rea l - of their home. Robert Mcßroom, chief Jailer at the Marion County Jail, was placed on the stand by the State in rebuttal. Mr. McBroom testified he had no knowledge of Bernauer ever receiving drugs while a prisoner at the JaiL An attempt by the counsel for Bernauer to discontinue the proceedings in the trial failed yesterday when Judge Blair overruled a motion of the defense to end the trial and to release the defendant. The motion was filed by the defense on tbe basis that Bernauer is being tried under the copy of the indictment whica was returned against him by the Marion County grand jury and not under the original indictment itself and that the copy sent here with the transcript bears an incorrect signature of the foreman of the grand jury, who testified on the stand that he had not signed the copy, although he had signed the original indictment. The filing of this motion provided another dramatic incident to the trial, which has teemed with exciting phases, since the counsel for the defense filed • motion at the very opening which attacked the Jurisdiction of the local court on the grounds that the transcript had been incorrectly written and had also filed to quash the indictment against Beruaur. CitfftioUs were read by the attorneys for the defense this afternoon taken from Supreme Court ruling to strengthen arguments for the motion. These proofs and the charges of the motion were met by Prosecutor Evans of Marlon County with the argument that it would have been impossible to try Bernauer here on the original indictment, which is on file at Indianapolis and under which Charles Jones is being held at the Marion County Jail. Mr. Evans gave as an example the supposition that Judge Collins might have set, Jones’ trial for this week at Indianapolis, in which case Mr. Evans would have been compelled to try Jones at Indianapolis while Bernauer was being tried (Continued on Page Nineteen.) DENIES WILSON HAS A RELAPSE Former President Suffers Indigestion, Announcement From Home. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Rumor* that former President Wilson had suffered a severe relapse, which became widespread in Washington today, werj denied at the Wilson home in S street. It was said the former President had suffered an attack of indjgesti about noon. It so alarmed members of ilia family, however, that two doctors were called in, I>r. Cary T. Grayson, former White House physician, and Dr. Sterling Ruffin, who was one of the attending physicians during Mr. Wilson's long illness. It was said at the Wilson home that the former President quickly recovered from the attack and that he was able to partake of a light luncheon early in the afternoon.

M’GEE PUT ON ELECTION BOARD Selection by Meeker Causes Some Surprise. Thomas D. Meeker. Democratic city chairman, has appointed Thomas D. McGee as a member of the city board of election commissioners. Mr. McGee will serve on a board composed of Maurice E. Tenhant, the Republican representative, and George O. Hutsell, city clerk, who is an ex-officlo member. The appointment of Mr. McGee come* as a distinct surprise to a great many Democrats, who were instrumental In seeing Mr. Meeker selected over William Feeney, who was backed in the chairmanship race by the News-Jewett organization. William T. Brown, who was active in unseating the combination that was attempting to control the party organization, had the support of a number of workers who belie\ed he should receive the- place on the election board.

'Auction Block" Girl Changes Her Mind TRENTON, N. J.. Slarch 25.—Dorothy Miller, 16, who tentatively selected a Philadelphia man to be her hueband and pay the SI,OOO necessary for an operation on her invalid mother, today changed her mind. After picking him from the 100 suitors who answered her plea, she went to call on him and then decided he wouldn't do. “He was simply impossible,” she said. "I could never marry a man like that.” She said she will review the letter* of ninety-nine others and endeavor to make a selection from among thorn. J