Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1921 — Page 1

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BRITISH UNIONS SET STRIKE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT Only Reopening of Mine Parleys by Government Can Stay Action. KING CALLS RESERVES LONDON, April B—A general of the triple alliance throughout Great Britain throwing the country into industrial chaos, will start at midnight Tuesday unless negotiations for settlement of the coal strike are reopened, it was announced by union leaders today. This announcement was made following a meeting of heads of the triple alliance to discuss methods of carrying out the strike. The strike, if it starts out as scheduled, will tie up the Nation's railroads and all other means of transportation, in addition to the coal mines. Announcement' of labor's decision, which was a virtual ultimatum to the government to resume the coal strike negotiations before Tuesday midnight, came almost sipiultnneonsly with a proclamation by King George, calling up the reserves in the army, navy and air for-e for strike duty, and authorizing increased recruiting in the regular army. LLOYD GEORGE REAI>S MESSAGE. The King's message was read in Commons by Premier Lloyd George. It stated the existence of a national emergency, called reserves into service and called for volunteers. The Premier stated that enrollment of volunteers will begin tomorrow. The territorial forces (militia) will not be Included In the reserves, he said, but merlfbers and ex-service men were urged to enlist. “For the first time in the history of the nation/’ Lloyd George declared, "It Is confronted by an attempt to coerce it into capitulation by the destruction of its resources.” Protection must be provided for the vital assets of the community and nation, he declared. Lloyd George urged that volunteers offer their services to supplant railway , strikers in essential services. .He also asked that they support the police forces in their work. MINERS DECEIVE SECOND INVITATION. The last door to peace was definitely closed when the secretary to Premier I.loyd George announced at 12:40 o'clock that the miners had refused the Premier's latest invitation to meet hi.-n and the i^Tyners. HA. “lighting" strike is scheduled for tonight, all gas and electric sympathizing with the miners. only ray of hope carue in the f'.rin invitation from Premier Lloyd to the miners and mine owners him again in conference. Lie representatives of both Id- s to at the hoard of Trade. In ex- ■ i-c tic invi; the premier ownreversi i his stand when he h and resumption of negotiations was impossible because f the minors' ML: sal to guarantee the continuance of Himping at the mines. So grave is the Menace which confronts the king.b m that HRoyd George Is believed to have put aside every other consideration in a last attempt to avert disaster. Riots and sabotage continue In the coal fields.

REHEARING IS DENIED BAKER Only Governor Now Can Save Man Slated for Execution. Unless Governor Warren T. McCray Interferes Walter Baker, convicted in the St. Joseph County courts of murder, must die in the electric chair May 6 as a result of the action of the Supreme Court today in overruling petitions of his attorneys for a rehearing of the case. Baker participated in a hold-up at La Porte in which a storekeeper was killed. He has been granted two stays by the court, the latter stay expiring May 6. DEATH FARM CASE TO JURY SOON Defendant to Face Government's Charge of Peonage. COVINGTON. Ga . April S.—The fate of John S. Williams, charged with the murder of Lindsey Peterson, negro, will be in the hands of the jury today. Closing arguments for State and defense were to be presented early. Judge Hutcheson was then to deliver his charge and the work of the Jury was scheduled to start Immediately. It was admitted that an appeal will he taken In case a verdict of guilty is returned by the jury. What the procedure will be In case the reverse Is the case, Alas not been made known. Vv'-vo other counts in the indictment remain against Williams and he also faces Immediate arrest on Jasper County efcu rges should the Jury free him. Williams will be arrested and tried by the United States Government on charges of peonage, it become known when Vincent Hughes, an agent of the department of Justice, arrived here to make the arrest after the verdict in the murder casa Youth Held in Theft of SSOO Diamond Ora Sumner, 22. 1128 North Senate avenue, believed by police officers to be the man who stole a diamond valued at SBOO from the home of Mrs. Fay Stewart, apartment 2, 2441 North Meridian street, yesterday while working as a paper hanger, was arrested by Detectives Mullen and Rowe last night. He was slated on a charge of vagrancy, which will he changed to grand larceny. The diamond has been recovered and Is being held at police station.

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Federal Banking Head Coins a Few Terse Sentences % WASHINGTON, April B.—Governor W. P. G. Harding of the Federal reserve banking system blossomed out today as a business optimist. Commenting on a number of ‘‘great- problems” which confront American business and which has led to some pessimistic utterances recently, Governor Harding said: “The only people who have solved all their problems are In the cemeteries. "There are some regions of perennial sunshine—Death Valley and tlio Desert of Sahara. Both are unlit for human habitation. “Nations that have no problems are dead or decaying nations. "Our business reaction has been violent. Its very violence means a speedy return to normal.”

SOME SAY MAIL ROBBERS WORK ON INSIDE‘TIPS’ Detectives Are Looking Up Records of Many Chicago Employes. CHICAGO, April fi.—The startling theory that persons within the postofflce department, having knowledge of methods and times of money shipments by mall have been the directing heads of recent gigantic mail robberies In Chicago and elsewhere, was advanced today by inspectors and detectives who are endeavoring to solve the robbery late Wednesday at the Dearborn street station here. Squads of postal Inspectors are here investigating the records of many employes of the registry division of the Chicago postoffice. Forty suspects In the Dearborn station robbery, some or them mail clerks, are under arrest. Although postal authorities have made public no statement regarding the amount of loot obtained. It has been learned from seemingly authentic sources that $300,000 was. stolen. This consisted, it is said, of $70,000 in cash and the remainder in Liberty bonds and securities. Police and postal authorities have a theory that the principal mail robberies of recent months may have been the work of one gang operating in conjunction with persons having an “inside” knowledge of postoffice affairs. Besides the Dearborn Station robbery here, postal authorities are at work on the robbery of the mails at Sullivan, Ind. Three men there stole unguarded mail sacks from the Chicago & Western Indiana depot. The amount of the loot obtained Is not known. TAKE THREE SACKS FROM HAYS * TOWN Special to The Times. SULLIVAN, Ind., April 8.-Three looked mail pounches containing first • lass and registered mail were stolen from the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad station here early Thursday. The robbers broke open a window of the station while the agent was absent, secured the pouches and escaped In an automobile. The pounches contained nothing of great value, It is believed. HOLD UP TRIO STILL AT LARGE CINCINNATI. April 8— No trace has been found today of three unmasked bandits who last night held up a postal c.erk of a United States mail truck, handcuffed the clerk and driver to the machine and picked out three sacks of registered mail. An estimate of the amount secured by the bandits can not be made at this time. ,

HEAVY LOSS IN BALTIMORE FIRE One Fireman Hurt in Blaze Thai Consumes Lumber Yard. BALTIMORE, April B.—Nine alarms were sounded today for a fire that swept the lumber yard, mill work plant and office buildings of John F. Thomas & Sons, covering a square Mock in the southern section of the city. One fireman was injured. The loss will be heavy. DEMOCRATS’ NEW BOARD NAMED Advisory Staff of City Committee Announced. Membership of the advisory board for the Democratic city committee was announced today by Thomas Meeker, Democratic city chairman. Forty-nine prominent Democrats are on the board. They will be called together for a conference upon general political conditions and plans to reorganize the party for the city election in the fall within the next two or three days. The members of the board are as follows: Samuel Rauh, Joseph E. Bell, Albert Sahrn, John W. Holtzman, Clarence E. Weir, Charles J. Orbison, James A. Deery, Joseph ('oilier, John Itochford, Edward W. Felt, Charles A. Cox, Charles Remster, Charles A. Greathouse, Thomas D. McGee, Charles Clark, Salem Clark, Walter Myers, Edward Snider, Jerry Mahoney, Jack Dunn, Earl Cox, A. D. Porter, Percy Tall, William Gibson, Adolph Emhardt, W. T. Brown, Josepn Turk, John Barrett, J. Olias Yanter, Frank Manning, Frank B. Baker, Clydh Baker, James Itochford, Jack Shea, John McCloskey, James E. Berry, Jerry Foley, George Dunbar, William Kissel), Oren Hack, Kenneth Wooling. Frank Wooling, Henry Friedman, Rome Friedman, James Morarity. Thomas Dugan, Reginald Sullivan, William Finn, William Fitzbiggon, Fred Shoemaker, Andrew J. Bruce, Charles Tlghe, James Ryan, William P. Cosgrove, Roy Salim, William Fogarty, Albert J. Smith and Andrew Donlan. Rain Sticks and Coats Are Advised WASHINGTON, April B.—Keep the umbrellas and raincoats handy for the next twenty-four hours, the weather bureau advised today. Overcoats will some parts of the coung to the observers, w-hs^ffiJUßKipEßitlook and other -atur-

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HEIGHWAYAND HAYNES NAMED BY GOV. M’CRAY Appointed New Members of State Board of Education. GROSE IS REAPPOINTED Two new members of the the State board of education were appointed and one old member was reappointed by Governor Warren T. McCray today. The new members are Elwood Haynes of Kokomo and Frank Heighway of Lake County. George R. Grose, president of De Pauw University, was reappointed. Mr. Haynes succeeds Archibald Hall of Indianapolis and Mr. Heighway succeeds C. O. Williams, superintendent of the Wayne County schools. Mr. Haynes is president of the naj-nes Automobile Company and Is accredited as the Inventor of the first practical gasoline propelled motor vehicle. He Is a leader In the Prohibition party and has been a candidate for State office on that party's ticket several times. ROBINSON TAKES NEW POST MONDAY. Mr. Heighway is superintendent of the Lake County schools. He was a candidate for State superintendent of public instruction several years ago. Mr. Haynes was appointed to represent the manufacturing interests, Mr. Heighway as a representative school superintendent. and Dr. Grose as a college president, under the requirements of the law. Fred B. Robinson, a former campaign manager of Governor McCray, was appointed secretary of the State purchasing committee at a meeting of the co:nmitee. The appointment will become effective Mondny, at which time Maurice Shelton, the present secretary, will retire. Mr. Shelton is retiring at the request of Governor McCray, who asked for his resignation about two weeks ago. Mr.. Shelton presented his resignation to the committee April L Before the meeting of the committee the members held a conference with the Governor, at which State purchases were discussed. The committee opened coal bids and will let contracts about May 1. NO CRITICISM OF SHELTON'S WORK. Mr. Robinson was appointed at the request of the Governor. In announcing that the committee had accepted his resignation. Mr. Shelton made the following statement: “1 wish the public to understand that my leaving the secretaryship of the Joint purchasing committee wag not occasioned by any lack of honest and efficient conduct of the office. In support of this statement I offer the following quotation from the letter of Governor McCray to me. In which he explained his reason for asking for my resignation, as follows: “ 'I have made no complaint whatever against your conduct of the office, but as stated in my former communication, I desire to put another person in your place.’ ”

LEEWAY GIVEN BY STATE BOARD Contractors May Draw Pay for Delivered Materials Up to 70 Per Cent. Contractors may be paid for material for public buildings and roads when It is delivered on tho site of the buildings or roads and before it becomes an actual part of the structures, the State board of accounts ruled today. The payments may be up to 70 per cent of the value of the material. This ruling is a direct departure from the usual practice which does not permit the payment for construction work until the material actually has been used. It was explained that the action was taken because of economic conditions and would be in effect until further notice but shall not continue later than Dec. 31. 1921. The ruling of the board sets out conditions under which material shall be handled and gives the following list of building materials, which shall come under the ruling: Brick, terracotta, structural iron, lath, radiators, furnaces, stone, crushed stone, framing lumber and plumbing fixtures. The following road materials come under the ruling: Stone, steel, creosoted block, gravel, brick and crushed stone. This ruling may have a far reaching effect in the letting of contracts for State roads and other work. Many contractors have hesitated to take large projects because with the high price of material they would have large amounts of money tied up for long periods of time. HINT CHIEF FOR VETERANS’ AID Director for Disabled Heroes* Agency Considered. WASHINGTON, April B.—Appointment of a director general to head the reorganized Government agency caring for disabled veterans will be one of President Harding’s first steps toward Improvement of this service, It was Indicated today. It was understood that several big men are already under consideration for the job. Am*ng the men whose names have been mentioned for the post are Charles G. Dawes. Chicago banker, who headed the President's special committee on soldier relief; Col. F. W. Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion, and Gen. John J. Pershing. The Dawes plan calls for a regrouping of the relief under one head directly responsible to the President, and suggests that this be accomplished by an order to the Secretary of the Treasury pending legislation. Vaudeville Day Is Observed at Keith’s National vaudeville day was observed at B. F. Keith's this afternoon. The entire proceeds will be turned over to the vaudeville actors' insurance fund. All of the leading vaudeville houses In this country and Canada are honoring the actors today In a similar manner. Gipsy Saan, the evangelist; Mayor Charles Jewett and Meredith Nicholson, the author, were scheduled to appear on the program la addition to tho regular bill.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921.

Like Hornets in a Nest The German submarines were finally blocked through the Inventive genius of the American people. Who suggested the plan and how it was worked out by the American Navy is graphically told in a series of articles by Josephus Daniels, Ex-Secretary. This series of articles, written by an American about Americans and the part they played In the struggle for civilization, will appear In The Indiana Daily Times April 14 and each day thereafter. No other Indianapolis newspaper has the right to publish these stories. No other series of stories reveals the secrets of the war as do these. You Want to Know Why and how our Navy did what It did to help the allies ■when the cause of liberty was threatened and civilization hung In the balance. BETTER ORDER YOUR TIMES NOW

ONLY 5 STREETS LEFT ON LIST TO BE RESURFACED Twenty Cut Off Because of ‘Remonstrances,’ Works Board Says. A list of twenty five main streets which John L. Elliott, assistant city civil engineer, had designated as being most in need of resurfacing, was pared to five by the board of public works in outlining Its resurfacing program today. Every other improved street in need of anew surface, with the exception of a few now under contract/ was ordered to be temporarily patched and repaired by the street commissioner. The five streets upon which the board ordered plans for resurfacing prepared immediately are Georgia from Illinois to Delaware streets'. Ohio from Delaware to Alabama streets; Maryland from Illinois to Alabama streets; New Jersey from Virginia avenue to South street; Eleventh from Pennsylvania to Illinois streets. 40 ON FIRST LINT ELLIOTT SUBMITTED. Several weeks ago Mr. Elliott sub mltted to the board a list of forty streets which he judged to be beyond the point of economic repair. The board announced that since it would cost approximately $1,300,000 to resurface these that It would cut the list. When the list was decreased to twenty five the board stated that twenty were highways upon which remonstrances have been filed when attempts were made to put through resurfacing resolutions several months (Continued on Page Four.)

COURT FAVORS CAREY AGAIN ‘White Mule* Was Willie’s Own, Judge Alford Rules. There was much discussion fit the courthouse today concerning the announced theory of Special Judge Fremont Alford In the Criminal Court late tester, day when he again allowed Willie Carey to slip by unpunished for an alleged liquor violation by dismissing the charge against Caret. Carey admitted on the witness stand that he had purchased a quart of "white mule" for his own consumption a* well as for his wife and was taking it “home'' when he saw tho police and on becoming so "frightened” by tho presence of the blneeoat. dropped the bottle containing the "mule," causing it to break. According to Deputy Prosecutor Sidney Miller, Judge Alford took the position that as Carey had been fined for intoxication before it wns evidence to the court that Carey had the "white mule" for his own use. Deputy Prosecutor Miller argued in vain that the evidence of the police officers was that Carey threw the bottle containing the liquor In order to break it and thus destroy the evidence. "That fact is evidence of guilty Intentions," declared Mr. Miller. WOT GUILTY , JUST crazy; says wife OF ROY HARRIS Criminologists Inclined to Believe Confession of Elwell Murder. BUFFALO, N. Y., April S.—"lie's innocent; he whispered to me in the district attorney's office: ‘Don't believe that Elwell story; I’m innocent.’ ” Mrs. Roy Harris, wife of the man who has confessed he was one of two paid assassins In the murder of Joseph B. Elweil, wealthy New York turfman, made this statement today. Young, smiling, pretty, evidently not at all nervous, she coolly dismissed her husband's confession as the fabrication of a disordered mind. Shrewd criminologists of the New York and Buffalo police departments, however, are inclined to put more trust in Harris’ confession than they did at first. Nervously pacing his cell, smoking one cigarette after another, he has clung desperately and stubbornly to his story, despite all the clever attempts to make him admit it was a lie and that he is innocent of complicity in the murder. This Btrange third degree was kept up for hours by the detectives. Reversing their usual tactics, by which they try to make prisoners admit guilt, they pounded away with questions trying to make Harris admit his confession is false. But he sticks to' it. The questioning continues. Detained in another cell ns a witness, Mrs. Harris insists Just as wehemently as her husband asserts he is guilty, that he is absolutely innocent—the victim of an hallucination. * ‘‘He’s not guilty — Just crazy,” she said succinctly. “Why, I was walking wltn him In Riverside drive the night that Elweil was killed. He was broke —he had no money to take me tea show. That'* the kind of * hired assassin he la.’*

RAP ‘COERCION’ AND ‘HYPOCRISY’ OF CITY HALL Character of City Administration Shown by Shank and Robison Speeches. PLAN DOWNTOWN TALKS Both Samuel Lewis Shank and Edward J. Robison, Republican contenders for the mayoralty nomination, will hold downtown mass meetings tonight, and both promise to expose more of the methods the Jewett administration is using to land the nomination for Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former professor of Butler college and News-Jewett choice for the nomination. Mr. Robison will deliver his widely advertised keynote speech at 8 o'clock at the Marion Club, and Mr. Shank will talk at the Shank storage house, 227 North New Jersey street at 830 o’clock. The Shank meeting was originally scheduled ns a Seventh ward meeting, but it was decided today by Mr. Shank to make It an occasion for what he says will be revelations of city wide significance. Both of the candidates continued to lambast the city administration last night and today In addresses in various parts of the city. BOOKIVAI.TER WILL SPEAK FOR ROBISON. Charles A. Bookwalter, former mayor of Indianapolis, will speak In behalf of the Robison candidacy at the Marion Club, and Caleb Denny, also an ex mayor, will preside. In Mr. Bookwalter's address ho will review the political and public service career of Mr. Robison, citing his term as county treasurer as an example of efficient and 100 per cent honest administration of public office. More than 100 men and women vice presidents have been announced for tho meeting. Additional women vice presidents announced by Mrs. Ralph E. Kennington, woman manager. Include Mrs. -T. C. Riddle, Mrs. J. 11. Donaldson, Mrs. Charles Warrington, Mrs. Joseph It. Miller, Mrs. Percy Johnson, Mrs. M. L. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Tarry, Mrs. Lncllla Hoffman, Mrs. Grace Newby, Mrs. Arthur Wills, Mrs. Charles Hedwick, Mrs. George Caldwell, Miss Ruth Sulgrove, Mrs. Jula Dawson, Mrs. Rena Latnkln Stone, Mrs. H. H. Woodsmall, Mrs. Ronald Foster, Mrs. E. E. FiUion, Mrs. C. 11. Alford and Mrs. Sadie Jolly. Mr. Robison at four meetings last night attacked the city hall organization for (Continued on Page Four.)

YAP PRINCIPLE WIDE IN SCOPE Hughes Note Covers All exGerman Possessions. WASHINGTON, April 8.- The expression of the fundamental principles on which America bases her rights In the Island of Yap, contained in the Hughes note to the four great powers, was Intended to cover not only Yap, but to apply equally to mandates over all the territories thnt formerly belonged to Germany and were lost by that nation In the war, It was learned today at the State Department. The position taken by this Government is that the same principles which underlie American rights In Yap extend also to former German possessions elsewhere In the Pacific and the German colonies In South Africa. BRITISH SLOW TO OFFER COMMENT LONDON, April B.—British government officials declined today to comment on tho American note regnrditig the League of Nations mandates. They explained thnt the coal strike Is monopolizing the government's attention Just now. It was added thnt the governments of France and Japan would have to be consulted before Rritain sends n reply to Washington and that this probably will delay the answer. The Manchester Guardian, commenting on the American note, says: "Naturally and rightly, as she was of supreme assistance In winning tho war, America wants to be certain that her country's Interests do not suffer from the peaeo settlement. Britain replies with formal correctness that these are questions for the signatories of the League of Nations covenant and the peace treaty. It is time that this foolish Impasse was brought to an end.”

MAKE BALLOT UP TOMORROW 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats Quit Primary Race. ■ Members of the election board will meet nt the office of the city clerk tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock to make up the ballot for the primary election to bo held May 3. Ail withdrawals on the part of candidates who have filed a declaration of candidacy must be filed with the city clerk today or their names will appear on the official ballot. At noon today it was announced that two Republicans and three Democrats had wltlidranw. J. Stephen Dullem, Republican, withdrew yesterday as a candidate for councilman of the Eighth district. There are still eight more In the race for that office. Harry W. Heath, 2221 Kenwood avenue. Republican, today withdrew as a candidate for city clerk. There are still six more Republicans In the race for clerk. Michael J. Ryan, 316(4 Fast Washington street. Democrat, yesterday withdrew as a candidate for Judge of the city court. Mr. Ryan announced that his reason for withdrawing was ill health. Two candidates remain in tho race, however. Thomas J. Long, 242 Dorman street, Democrat, withdrew today as a candidate for city clerk. There still remain three Democrats who are seeking candidacy for city clerk. Leo E. Banks, 3231 Kenwood avenue, Democrat, today filed his withdrawal with the city e’erk and dropped out of tho race for councilman of the Third district. There are six still in the race for the nomination of councilman of the Third district. Foch Is Undecided About Visit to U. S. PARIS, April B.—Marshal Foch today had not yet received the invitation of the American Legion to visit America. He said he hoped he would be able to go to the United States for the celebration of Amerlca’u entry Into the war, but that he was unable to say positively at this time whether he would be able to, owing to the tense European situation. . v- ,4

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City Pays Man SIOO Month to Pass Out Howe Pictures

The city of Indianapolis Is paying a man SIOO a month for passing out pictures of a political candidate In front of the Washington street office of the Indianapolis News. The city in general may not know or intend that the salary pay for this sort of philandering, but friends of Henry Pfisterer, drawing pay as an inspector in tho city civil engineering department, let the secret out when they told of his boasts that he had passed out more than two hundred pictures of Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College, and

Attempt to Cover Up Fact < Rufe > Page Gets City Pay

Suppression of the fact that "Ruf6” Page, noted for his operation of notorious negro gambling Joints, a pet of the administration of Mayor Charles W. Jewett and one of those working for the election of Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College, as the News-Jewett candidate for mayor, is on the pay roll of the city street department Is being attempted, records In the office of the board of public works show. The effort to keep secret the fact that Rufe Page draws pay from, the city has been carried to the point of noting him as living at an address not even listed in the city directory and at least four blocks from the place where he really does reside. The closest lot to the one where the board of works’ records attempt to show Page lives is listed as a vacant lot in the directory. Page is the owner of several teams of horses. Throughout the Jewett administration it has been well known that the street department has hired some Os these. With the administration trying to put over Mr. Ilowe it has become advisable from the standpoint of the Howe backers to attempt to divorce themselves from tangible connection with Kufa Page, the board of works' records Indicate. On Friday, April 1, the board of works made thirty-six appointments in the street commissioner's lepirtment, preliminary to the opening of the city asphalt plant and the season for repairing Improved streets. At the very end of this list appears the name “Robert Page.” That Is “Rufe's” real name. The name ap-

‘PRODIGAL SON CHRIST’S AGENT OF REPENTANCE’ Gipsy’s Final Noon-Day Sermon Grips With Deep Moral. With the largest crowd, the greatest enthusiasm and the most forceful of his noonday sermons, Gipsy Smith today conducted the final mid-day meeting at B. F. Keith's theater with a record number of conversions, obtained through his sermon on "The Prodigal Son.” A fitting tribute to the management of Keith's thento rand to C. Roltare Eggleston, manager, for bis kindness in tendering the use of the theater, was given by the management of the meetings and by the audience in attendance. Mr. Eggleston, who was In the audience, replied to the rising vote of thanks by offering the theater for any future use of the religious or patriotic organizations of the city. “We offered the theater for your use because it is here.” said Mr. Eggleston. “It Is the policy of Keith’s to give their theater's use for all good things. We did not give It for your thanks, but for you and for the city. The theater Is and should be the forum of all good things in the city, and we are not going to stop. Next fall, or whenever you want it, you can call on Keith’s theater.” The ten-minute speaker was the Rev. V. E. Rorer, pastor of the Meridian Street M. E. Church, who gave Gipsy Smith the text or tho prodigal son, on which the evangelist spoke. “There are people of the churehes today who would critizo God Almighty Himself if Ha came to Indianapolis to preach,” said the evangelist. He told of the lost coin, the lost sheep and the lost son, of which the Bible tells. (Continued on Page Fifteen.)

Most Fires Start From Sparks , Fire Marshal Reports Recommendations for the adoption of a State building code are contained In the seventh and eighth annual reports of the State fire marshal covering the years 1919 and 1920. The report shows that in 1919 there were 5,348 fires in Indiana, causing a total loss of $6,135,526 and that in 1920 there were 5,083 fires with a loss of J 5,228,896. Tho report shows that the cause of most fires is sparks from chimneys. Second In the list is the defective flue and third is the fire started from a fire in an adjoining building. ‘lrish Confetti’ to Cost Less in ‘Chi’ CHICAGO, April B.—Prices of bricks will drop from sl6 to sl2 per thousand here Monday, according to announcement by leading brickmakers today. This is the first substantial reduction in the price of any building material to be announced here. Merriman vs. White in Big Golf Match PINEHTJRST, N. C., April B.—B. P. Merriman of Waterbury, Conn., and Gardiner White of New York will meet tomorrow in the thirty-six-hole final for the North and South amateur golf championship. These players won their semifinal round matches today. Merriman beat Frank Dyer, Upper Montclair, two up. White beat Perry Adair, Atlanta, four and three. 1 Killed, 1 Hurt at Bloomington Plant Special to The Times. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April B.—Richard Gooldy, 32, planerman, was killed, and Henry Splitgerber, 50, blacksmith, wag seriously Injured when an emery wheel burst at the Hoadiey stone mill here today.

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News-Jewett candidate for mayor, Thursday. Pfisterer's name appears on the city civil engineering inspector's ]*ay roll of March 25 as residing at 2139 South Meridian street. liis salary is set out at the rate of SIOO per month. According to the law, inspectors of the engineering department are supposed to watch the construction of streets to make certain that they are put down according to specifications and to make Investigations of petitions and complaints at the direction of the city civil engineer or the chief Inspector.

pears on page 392 of the minute record of the board of public works under the heading; “One team each to be employed from the following men at SI.OO per hour.” Following the name Robert Page is the address, “364 West Tenth street.” Evidence that Page has been , renting other teams to the city is found in the pay roll of the unimproved street department for March 25, where there is an entry showing that “Robert Page, 364 W. 10th St.,” was to receive $29 for hire of one team for twenty-nine hours. Although Page’s address appears on both these records as “364 W. 10th St.,” he really resides at 3C4 West Fourteenth street. The city directory locates him at this point, and Inquiry among those who know him well substantiates it. The 1920 city directory does not show any “364 West Tenth street,” but shows that 366, the closest lot to what might be 364, Is vacant. The lot on the other side of what would be 864 Is numbered 362>4 with the name “Alex Fry" after it In the directory. The list of appointments of April 1 also included the names of four negroes generally known to be political workers under Rufe Page and said to be working In the interests of Mr. Howe. They are: James Miles, 1022 Fayette street, who, was hired as a “kettleman” at 33 cents per hour; Robert A. Frazier, 1022 North Missouri street; Charles Taylor, 1413 Brooker street, and Jason Flnnell, 1335 North Senate avenue, hired as "asphalt roller men” at $27.50 per week.

18 TRUE BILLS ARE RETURNED Marion County Grand Jury Parties Accused by Police. Eighteen indictments were returned today by the Marion County grand Jury in an attempt to dispose of the majority of the cases referred to that body by the city court and police official*. Among those indicted were: John Miller, Richard Ramsey, 524 South Pennsyl vanla street, and John E. Perrin, 2542 North Delaware street, charged with vehicle taking; Mattie Douglas, 1012 North La Fayette street, grand larceny; Richard Tolbert, charged with stealing an overcoat; William Marshall, charged with stealing thirty-five pairs of socks and other goods from the I’ettis Dry Goods Company; Louis Stone, 062 TwentyFifth street, charged with stealing goods valued at SSOO from John Kirpatrich of Logansport, Ind.; Herman Haas, charged with issuing fraudulent check; Robert Gillum, assault and battery with intent to rob; Aaron Lewis and Steve Bajt. burglary and grand larceny; Garfield Meadows and Charles Whitson, burglary and larceny; Florence Clark and Truvelln Phillips, conspiracy to rob Charles Osman; .William A. Ithynearson, 2938 North Delaware street, charged with embezzlement of S6OO from the Indianapolis Coal Comapny; John I*. Pyle. 2628 North Alabama street, former employe of the school boa"rd and charged with embezzling $105.50 of tho school board's money (reindicted to correct an alleged error In the indictment returned on Feb. 26 last): Arthur Fancier, charged with sodomy, and 11. C. Warner, 1157 Spruce street, charged with taking goods valued at $250 from the Avalon Farms Company, a corporation.

PANAMA STANDS PAT IN DISPUTE National Assembly Ratifies Attitude on Boundary. WASHINGTON. April S.—Although the United States has received no official note from Panama, the State Department was advised today by the American minister that the National Assembly has approved the attitude of the foreign office in reiterating Panama’s refusal to accept the White award as a basis for the boundary dispute with Costa Rica. The State Department was advised that the National Assembly went on record as being ready to accept tho consequences of this action. Reports have also reached the State Department of considerable Importation of arms into Panama. Hungarian Cabinet, , Accused, Quits Job BERLIN, April 8. —The Hungarian Cabinet has resigned because of the accusation that the ministers had advance knowledge of ex-Emperor Charles’ return to Hungary. Probes Democrats’ Alleged Monopoly Jj. N. Hines, State superintendent of public instruction, is investigating a report that all the members of the school board at Vevay are Democrats. Under a ruling of the attorney general several months ago members of school boards must represent two political parties. Mr. Hines has been investigating for some time a condition nt North Vernon where all the members of the board are Republicans. NEW JUVENILE COURT OFFICER. Charles Downey, formerly a traffic officer, has been transerred to the Marlon County Juvenile Court to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alvin Ferry, who has been attached to the court for some time. Mr. Perry has moved to a farm near CrothersvUte.

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DR. PFAFFLIN LOSES GRIP ON ‘PETIT POLICE’ Humane Officers Will Report to Gamewell Operator as Others Do. MAKES CHECK POSSIBLE Indianapolis humane officers, who have been operating under the exclusive direction of Dr. C. A. Pfafflin, and reporting exclusively to a stenographer with an office in Room 14, city police station, will soon be making their reports to the Gamewell operators of the police department in the same way other policemen do. Announcement of an order changing ths special system for the operation of what has been termed the “petit police force" was made yesterday at the police station and it was said that the system would be effective Just as soon as the telephone company completed the installation of special phone connections necessary to bring the "petit police der partment” back into the fold of the Inlianapolls police department. No reason for the change was assigned in the announcement made at headquarters, but it is known that the desire to bring back into touch with the real police department the officers who have been directed by Dr. Pfafflin developed after the attention of board of safety members was called to the fact that the four sergeants assigned to the “petit police department” wexe in the habit of confining their calls to a very limited area, and the work of preventing cruelty to dumb animals was the subject of considerable criticism. ONE USUALLY STAYED NEAR DOWNTOWN PHONE. An investigation of the call sheet* kept by the stenographer under the direction of Dr. Pfafflin, who said he was the humane society's “chief of police,” revealed that the four sergeants were not required to cover any particular territory In their work and that at least a part of them never strayed far away from the downtown phones. The disclosure that although, numerous complaints had been made to the humane officers concerning the abuse of dogs at the Indiana University School of Medicine, none of the officers has ever visited the college is also said to have hastened the desire of the authorities to ascertain Just what the “petit police department’* was doing under the direction of Dr. Pfafflin. Under the new system, the humane officers will report from police boxes and telephones in the same manner as other policemen and there will be a check on their activities which will not be subject to the direction of Dr. Pfafflin. It is understood the doctor is very much op- | posed to this system as with its inauguration the necessity of the maintenance at police headquarters of a stenographer for the doctor at the expense of the Community Chest of Indianapolis is less apparent. lIO\Y r HE GOT IT STILL A MYSTERY. No one has as yet offered an explanation of how the humane officers fell under the direction of Dr. Pfafflin, who claims the privilege of directing them because of his position as chairman of the executive board of the Indianapolis Humane Society. The law provides for the direction of officers by the president of the Humane Society, but does not recognize a delegation of this power to the chairman of the executive board, nor to a stenographer under his control. No public report of the meeting of the members of the executive committee of the Human eSociety with representatives of the medical school yesterday has as yet been made by Dr. Pfafflin, who had arranged the meeting previously to the time the society took up complaints of cruel treatment of dogs at the college. The executive committee of the society consists of Dr. Pfafflin, W. A. McConnell, a veterinarian: George W. Butler, head of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry; F. T. Cutshaw, W. S. Frye and W. 11. Roberts, who is an ex-officio (Continued on Page Four.)

SAYS U. S. WILL GET BERGDOLL Kahn to Renew Resolution for Return of Millionaire Draft Dodger. WASHINGTON, April B.—"Bergdon will be brought back,” predicted Representative Kahn, California, chairman ot the House Military Affairs Committee, today. Kahn said he will reintroduce Monday his resolution for an investigation of the entire Bergdoll affair. He will also demand the return of Bergdoll and wiU praise the Government policy to bring back from Germany the millionaire draft dodger. “Bergdoll cannot get by with his flout and insult to this country and with his idea that there is one rule for millionaire slackers and another for poor ones,” Kahn said. "He must be puulshed and the cloud hanging over the way he escaped from this country must be cleared up." Clean Up! Paint Up! Paint is to your bnildings and machinery what dentistry is to your teeth. It arrests decay, preserves them, gives you ndded years of use of them. It Is the ounce of prevention, the stitch In time. Send to our Washington Information Bureau and get this free paint bulletin for use in spring cleaning. In filling out the coupon print name and address, or be sure to write plainly.

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