Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and wanner tonight. Wednesday cloudy.

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Harding Asks Congress to Declare Peace 9 Lower Taxes and Decrease Retail Prices

INVESTIGATORS’ JOF HUMANE SOC. SUBMIT REPORT Ignore Specific Charges of Brutality Against Medical College and Whitewash. HOSTILITY IS ARISING The report of the executive committee of the Indianapolis Humane Society, made last night iu the board of directors, relative to the care of dogs confined at the Indiana University School of Medicine, which has previously been referred to as an “exoneration” of the college, was made public today and reveals that the executive board has refused to go on record as having investigated or In any way passed on the charges of mistreatment of dogs prior to the date of its investigation. The executive committee. In concluding its report, says: “Nothing In the report shall be construed In any way to refer to charges that relate to the past,” This part of the repart Is .all to have been made necessary by the Insistence of the medsjal college that the "executive committee’’ hail “exonerated” the college of any Improper treatment of dogs confined in its kennels for experimental surgery. COMMITTEE HOLDS TO THE FACTS. Members of the executive committee were unwilling to sign a report which attempted to discredit the affidavits of visitors to the kennels who found conditions there which were not tha vinw as the conditions found by the executive committee on an inspection which had previously been arranged with the college. On three Inspections made by pricers not connected with the Humane Society, at a time when the college authorities were not expecting inspection. It was found: 1. That no bedding was provided for the dogs which were then lying on wet concrete floors. 2. That the ventilators and doors leading to the runways were eicsedr STAGE WAS SET FOB INVESTIGATORS. 3. That dogs which had previously been submitted to operations were lying on the wet concrete floors with other dogs and were receiving no different treatment. That these conditions were materially changed by the medical school before It opened the kennels for inspection by the executive committee of the humane society is revealed by their report, which Is confined entirely to the conditions that they found to be existing on the occasion of their prearranged visit, and which reads as follows: "At the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of this coclety. the executive committee was Instructed to make a thorough investigation of the charges preferred against the Indiana School of Medicine regarding the crowded quarters and treatment of the animals generally, especially dogs, at the college, and report its findings at a special meeting of the board to be railed at an early date. VISITED COLLEGE ON APRIL 7. The committee visited the college on Thursday noon. April 7. and was very cordially received. It spent two hours Inspecting the animal quarters, examining the dogs and making inquiries of officials and employes as to the manner of car(fontinued on Page Two.)

FATAL STREET FIGHT IN CORK Bomb Thrown in Lorry Is Signal—Several Shot. LONDON, April 12.—A bomb was flung from a house in Cork into a military motor lorry today and the explosion was the signal for a violent street battle, according to a dispatch from Cork. Several civilians were shot. Jury, Out Nineteen Hours, Is Excused After being out about nineteen hours without being able to reach an agreement, the jury in the case of Tom Dolorr. 2714 West Walnut street, who appealed from the City Court on a charge of operating a blind tiger, was excused at noon today by Emsiey Johnson, judge pro tem. of the Criminal Court. Yb£ jury retired about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. Members of the jury showed evidence of spending a sleepless night when they appeared in court. The case probably will be tried again in the near future. Two members of the Jury which tried the case were not drawn by the jury commissioners in the regular way but were "picked up" by a deputy sheriff in an effort to fill the panel after the venire was exhausted. Prosecutor William P. Evans said today. CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS. Keith Kipsteiner, 1604 East Tenth street, suffered a broken leg today when he was crushed between two cars at the Highland avenue barns, where he is employed. Kipsteiner replaced a trolly on the wire and the on which he was standing backed up, crushing him against another car. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p .m". April 13: Increasing cloudiness and warmer weather tonight: Wednesday cloudy. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. # a. m 3s 7 a. in 40 8 a. m 47 9 a. m SO 10 a. m 52 11 a. m 54 12 (noon) 57 1 p. m 58 2 p. m GO

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Death Investigated JOHN T. ROSS.

WILHELM TO BE HALTED AT LINE Former Kaiser and Elder Son May Not Attend at Burial of Augusta Victoria. HOORN, April 12.—The German flag flew at half-mast over Hoorn Castle today as members of the Hohenzollern family gathered for the funeral of the former Empress Augusta Victoria. The former crown prince reached here from his asylum at Wlerengen. llis arrival differed from his usual dash into the quiet Dutch town in a roaring automobile. The entry was quiet atid Frlederi< h Wilhelm brought with him blackclnd officials of the Hutch government to condole with his father. The gates to the former kaiser's residence were under double guard. Within the gates all was quiet. Only glimpses of occasional groups sauntering over the grounds could be caught. i The former kaiser remained within doors. He was said to have isolated himself and to be showing signs of the deepest grief. His attendant was Prince Adelbert, in whose arms the empress died. I)r. Hrysander. former court rhnplaln. wvs At.rther ertds-al today. Tie will-have charge of the privnte services in the little chapel today or tomorrow. He will have the assistance of clergymen from Haarlem and Hoorn. Plans have been laid for the removal of the body early In the morning after the services here. It will be taken to the railway station In an automobile. At the boundary line Wilhelm and his elder son will be halted, while the body of the empress will go on to Berlin to be paid the honors of royalty. QUEEN WILHELM IN A SENDS CONDOLENCE AMSTERDAM. April 12—Queen Wllbelmina of the Netherlands has split private letter of condolence to the exKalser on the death of Augusta Victoria. The Hutch government, like the Queen herself. Is treating the event privately, not ns a state affair, as It would have been had the former Kalserln occupied the German throne at the time of her death. / With the arrival of several of the exiled couple's children snrfveillancel <Jf the former Kaiser and Ills family has been intensified to prevent any international Incident*.

VANISHING CO-EI) SLEEPS ON PORCH Illini Student Found at Waukegan. Waukegan, ih., April 12. —carvi Patterson, 20, a co-ed at the University of Illinois and daughter of Harry I’attison, rich real estate dealer of Peoria, who has been missing for two weeks, was found sleeping on the front porch of the home of John Mackin, lumber man, here today. ‘MYSTERY MAN’ IS ON PAY ROLL Name Not on Record Submitted by Center Township. The county commissioners today were requested to approve a pay roll totaling $7,614 by Center Township Assessor M. L. Jefferson for outside deputies from April 1 to April 15. On page two of the pay roll, on which is supposed to be the name of every dpp. uty, is this notation: "One man. thirteen days at $6 per day. $78." No name was given, nor was the name given In the summary on the last page. The State board of accounts has held in the past that there is no law authorizing the county auditor to Issue this pay roll in a lump sum In one check but that the law requires that separate vouchers be given. The commissioners indicated they would s<u?k to determine who the unnamed deputy is before allowing the

Hog Prices Hit Low Mark in Market Here Hog prices in the Indianapolis markets hit a low mark this morning, the bulk selling at figures ranging between $8 and $9. Nine dollars represented the top for light hogs. The prices were off a dollar when the market opened, due to receipts of 12.000 and a light demand. Calves, which had been selling around $lO, were quoted at prices ranging from $8 to 59. Denver Stock Yards Scene Theft DENVER, Colo., April 12.—Automobile bandits entered the stockyards bank at the Union Stockyards here today and took $23,000.

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BODY IS FOUND FACE DOWN IN 6 INS. WATER Autopsy by Coroner Shows Evidence of Death by Drowning. SCOUT SUICIDE THEORY Mystery surrounds the death of John T. Ross, 55, Sls East Ohio street, whose body was found lying face downward In Pleasant Run, eight feet south of ths Prospect street bridge, at 6 a in. today. The water where the body was found Is only six Inches deep. Hr. George Christian, deputy coroner, said the autopsy disclosed that there was a quantity of water on the man's lungs and that he had evidently died from drowning. There were no indications that the skull had been fractured, he suid. The question that is puzzling the authorities is the manner in which the man reached the bottom of the ereik und whether he came to his death wiih suicidal Intent, accident or foul play. Ross was a blacksmith, and rnude his home with his brother, George T. Ross, and his sister. Miss Eugenia Ross, at the Ohio street address. The two brothers owned a blacksmith shop at 420 North Scioto street. H. Z. Wright, 301 East Twenty-Fifth street, night yardmaster for the Big Four Railroad, and J. H. White. 310 East St. Clair street, chief yard clerk for the Big Four Railroad, were on a freight train en.route to the city und were pass- | Ing over the railroad bridge at Pleasant ! run when they discovered Ross' body. ! They telephoned police headquarters and Sergt. Louis Johnson and a squad of police went to the scene. BODY’S LOCATION | OFFERS MYSTERY. 1 It was evident that Rosa had not fallen from the railroad bridge, which Is more than thirty feet south of where the body was found and the railroad bridge is about thirty-five feet above the water. The Prospect street bridge was eight feet ' north of where the body was found, and both banks of Pleasant Run between the two bridges are stone walls fifteen feet in height. An important feature of the ease appears to be the mystery of how Ross reached the spot’ where the body lay sprawled face downward in the shallow waftr, within a few fret of the West wall at the side of the creek. The police do not believe the man was robbed, for a purse containing $22.50 was found in a rear pocket of his trousers. A small amount of change also was found in another pocket. A bank book in the same pocket with the purse showed he bad deposited In a trust company, Nov. 1, 1920. $1,000; that he had made but one deposit since that time and that he had [ continued to draw on his bank no- ! count until only $351.33 remained. His watch and chain were on his vest. A small, square, brown bottle containing whisky wag found In Ross’ coat pocket, but if he had drank any of the , contents it was only a small amount, since the bottle was almost full. The bottle had been kept In his trunk until ! Sunday, his sister stated. ltoss’ right foot was caught on the edge of a rock under the water ami the body was lying us if he had tripped and hud fallen into the stream face downward. The left hand was extended anil the right hand was under the body. lie (Continued on Page Two.)

1 KILLED, 6 HURT IN EXPLOSION Miller Rubber • Company’s Plant Wrecked in Blast at Akron, O. AKRON, Ohio. April 12.—L. S. Morgan was killed outright and six others seriously injured in an explosion at the Miller Rubber Company's plant at 7:30 o'clock this morning. The entire building was wrecked and several of those adjoining were badly shaken. A mixture of cement, gasoline and benzol exploded, causing the wreck. Fire followed the explosion, but was extinguished by city departments before, extensive damage was done. All the ambulances tn the city were called to the plant and the. list of casualties Is expected to be Increased as relief workers search the wreckage. Passes Street Car Unloading; Costs SSO O. A. Wanibs, 2336 Broadway, arrested yesterday by Motorcycle Officer McKinney and charged w-ith passing a street ear while it was discharging passengers, wan fined SSO and costs in city court today by Judge Walter Pritchard. A. B. Schultz, 5803 Oak avenue, arrested yesterday by Motorcycle Officer Halstead on charges of speeding, was fined $lO and costs by Judge Pritchard.

Germany’s War Bill to Total Forty Billions Allies Hope to Stir Debtor to Action , Believing New Proposals Will Be Made.

PARIS, April 12.—Germany will be handed a bill totaling approximately 160,000.000,000 marks (normally $40,000,000,0001, it was reliably reported ns the reparations commission completed its hearings on the German arguments. The commissioners today began summing up the conclusions. They hope to present the final bill to Germany before the weak is over. The total bill is expected to make such an impression on the Germans that they will make energetic efforts to present satisfactory new proposals before May 1,

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921.

NEW PLAYS FOR TIME BEFORE HE PASSES PLUMS Loath to Entangle Self in Primary Faction Fighting. HOWE CONTINUES PLEA United States Senator Harry 8 New wlll not announce his reeomm.ndatlon for the new collector of customs and custodian of the Federal building in Indianapolis until after the municipal primacy election, May S, It was stated by persons close to him today. The Senator is waiting to see who Is nominated for mavor on the Republican ticket and will make Uis recommendation accordingly, It is said. The Jewett-Roemler Lemcke machine has demanded that Senator New appoint Edward McGuff, Republican chairman o) the Eighth ward and at present city sealer of weights and measures. Some of the Senator's close friends are advising him to name Arthur C. Rentek. local life Insurance man. Since the Senator Is a candidate for renomination In 1922 it Is reporte.d that he has decided to keep fre# of the mayoralty fight until after the primary lu order that he may strengthen himself In Marion County with the winning faction. INDICATIONS POINT ROBISON FAVORED. Senator New personally has leaned toward the candidacy of Edward J. Robison, according to aeverul Indications This, it Is said, was the reason for the gathering of News-Jewett faction leaders iin Washington last week. There has i been, so far, no Indication that the mayor ! and his friends were able to get the Senator to declare himself for Mr. Thomas | C. Howe, former president of Butler Col- ■ lege aud News-Jewett candidate for mayor. In five meetings Monday Mr. Robison drove home his attacks on the Citizen*' Gas Company's mismanagement and the municipal street repairing and ash and garbage hauling system now iu operation. These two dominant planks in bis platform were sounded at three meetings today at 1725 Linden street, 1102 West Vermont street and 203 South Audubon road. Mr. Robison arraigned the municipal street repairing and ash asm garbage hauling system as costly and Insufficient. “I am here to contend that this same work can be done by competent contractors at a $200,000 less cost to the taxpayers," Mr. Robison pointed out. lit; charged that the operation of street repairing equipment and the ash and garbage hauling by the city enabled the officials In powr to build up a powerful political machine. "A further advantage accrues In that just before a primary the work of the departments can be doubled or tripled, and thereby the taxpayer pays for his own disfrnnehlseiueut,” he added GAS company GETS SCORING. Mr. Robison pointed oat that his opponent. Mr. Shank, urged more use of the city asphalt department, while the third man in the race, Professor Howe, remained silent on the subject. Favoring immediate Improvements In the city market and establishment of a market on the south side brought much applause (Continued on Page Two.)

$435 CLOTHING IS THIEF’S HAUL Men’s and Women's Wearing Apparel Stolen at North Delaware St. Home. Men’s and women's wearing apparel valued at $435 and $25 in cash were stolen from the home of H. A. Angell, 38'27 North Delaware street last night, according to n report made to the police. The burglars gained entrance to the house by Jimmying a kitchen window. Arthur Jordan, 410 North Meridian street, apartment 403, told the police he had left SIOO in the vest pocket of a suit when lie sent It to the cleaners last Saturday. When the suit came back the money was missing. Officials of the Elite Cleaners and Prossers told the police they had been unable to find any trace of the missing money. Mrs. S. Pinkson, 527 East New York street, told the police that her purse containing $lO was stolen while she was attending a theater last night. Burglars entered O. H. Doughltt’a grocery, 1350 West New York street, by breaking a glass from the side window of the store early today. They obtained SSO from the cash drawer, soap valued at $43.60, two dozen canvas gloves worth $10.40, and a pork back worth $5.60. H. A. Angell, 3827 North Delaware street, reported his home entered by a thief who carried away clothing valued at $460. Fred Marshall, 3248 West Washington street, found that burglars had pried the lock off of his chicken coop during the night. He reported eleven hens a rooster and two bantams missing.

tn order to avoid military and economic moves of coercion by the allies. The opening of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the final section of the budget, which provides for expenses based upon estimates of what Germany will actually pay, was marked by speeches in which it was emphatically insisted that the government keep Its “heavy band on Germany’s neck.” Speakers demanded that no new offers from Germany be accepted, unless they comply with th demands agreed on at the London conference.

Weep Once a Week , Girls You'll Have *Bee-yutifuT Orbs! CHICAGO, April IS.—Girls, if yon would have beautiful sparkling eye* Just sit down and have a good weep at least once a week. This was the advice given today by Madame Louise, famed beauty expert. “Weeping In moderation strengthens the eyes.” said Madame I-onlse. “Tears have natural cleansing powers and Impart a charming luster to the orbs. “The difficulty of deriving benefit from (he natural tonic is that few people can weep at will. “The best and most successful way to bring tears Is to have a good laugh.”

POLICE LOOK INTO CASE OF WOUNDED MAN Effort Made to Find if Shooting Is Connected With Abandoned Auto. Ray Heath, 29, 2184 North Capitol avenue, is held In the detention ward at the City Hospital while detectives investigate the luauner lu which he received a bullet wound In the back which, physicians say, may prove fatal. A3B caliber revolver bullet entered Heath’s back near the shoulder blade, and la believed to have penetrated the left lung and ranged in cloae to the heart. When the police discovered a highpowered Butouiublle with a bullet holq through the back and bloodstains on the rear seat they began an investigation to connect Heath with a series of holdups that have been enacted in IndlauSpoils within the last few days by a gang of four men using stolen automobiles. A theory that Heath might have been the burglar who was fired at by Patrolman Ennis this morning at Belmont avenue und Tenth street was abandoned when the patrolman said that the man he shot at was an gro. flef.tn toW a ftii. lfu! ;t(lyy about having been shot while on a fishing trip near <’ko creek, seven miles north of Noblesvllle and of starting back to Indianapolis In a taxicab after he was wounded. He said the car stalled on the Mlllorsvllle road and that be walked more than a mile to a street car line. Detectives, however, are unable to fiud the deserted machine. ABANDONED AUTO FOUND. A big automobile with a bullet hole through a curtain at the side near the rear of the car was found deserted on a bit of rough road on Twenty'-Eighth street, between La Salle aud Adams streets, early today. The machine was brought to police headquarters by Detectives Hlne and Rugensteln. Splotches of blood on the rear seat Indicate, the detectives say, that the bullet that passed through the curtain probably bit some one sitting In the rear seat. Mrs. Gustavus J. Harvey, 2750 Adams street, notified the police that the car was deserted near her home. She told the police that a neighbor saw two men get out of the big automobile at B a. m. today. The automobile, the police records show, was the property of Mrs. W. U Brough, 2531 North Illinois street, and was stolen from In front of her home at 8:30 o’clock last night. No report of a gun battle has been received by the Indianapolis police either In or near Indiunapolls late today. Hr. G. F. Hobbs, 3025 Northwestern avenue, was called to Heath’s home on North Capitol avenue at 5 a. in, today. He found Heath there suffering from the serious revolver shot which he told the physician was accidental. I>r. Ilobbs advised Lieut. Fred Winkler and Sergeant Dean of tbe shooting and those two officers questioned the wounded man. Hr. Hobbs said that an X-ray would be necessary to deteriniue the location of the bullet. HEATH TELLS OF FISHING TRIP. Heath told the police that he left home after supper last night and went to a poolroom at Illinois and McLean Place, where he met two other men and they called a taxi and started for a fishing trip to a camp on Oleo creek. The driver of the tajri told them to call him “Andy” but that was the only name that Heath knew, he said, as the man was a stranger to him. The men took turns at shooting a revolver and Andy Is said to have fired the shot that struck Heath in the back while he was sitting near the edge of the creek. The police say that Heath is married and that he lives with his wife and mother at the Capitol avenue address. They say that his family has an excellent reputation.

Haverman Reports to Serve Jail J>entenee William Haverman. who has been at liberty since April 6, after being found guilty In the Criminal Court on a charge of operating a blind tiger, today appeared in court and began serving a sentence of thirty days. Ih also was fined SIOO and costs. Last Wednesday Haverman. after being found guilty, was granted the accommodating favor by Judge James A. Collins of remaining at liberty until today. That permitted Haverman to take care of his "business affairs." Tbo court announced that Haverman is now in Jail. Carl Bertalan, who was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail on a charge of operating a blind tiger and then prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court, today was remanded to the sheriff when he failed to perfect hi appeal. Boost Rail Rate The public service commission today gave the Interstate Public Service Company, the Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company, the Indianapolis & Louisville Traction Company and the Louisville & Northern Railway and Lighting company permission to charge a rate of 3 cents a mile between Indianapolis and JeffersonvUle. The present fare la 2M. cent* a mIM

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SYMPATHIZERS WILL NOT GIVE STRIKE ORDER British Triple Alliance Has Decided to Postpone Action. WAS SET FOR TONIGHT LONDON, April 12. —The triple alliance strike has been postponed, J. H. Thomas, head of the Railway Men’s Union, officially announced tonight. The strike had been act for midnight. .

NEW SYSTEM IN BY MAY 31 Fire Chief Loucks Says Two Platoon System Starts Saturday. Motorization of the Are department should be completed by May 31 and Installation of tbe two-platoon system by June 23, Fire Chief John C. Loucks announced today. With these changes In force the erection of two new Are houses will constitute the reran,ning major improvement# In the department contemplated by the board of public safety. Most of the new motor equipment has been delivered. Chief Loucks believes the rest should be received, tested and accepted by the end of May. Seventeen out of the thirty one fire statious will have been converted to the two-platoon system by next Saturday. Sites for the uew fire houses, one in West Indianapolis and the other in the extreme northern end of the eity. have been selected but no option closed for them since the board of safety cannot act until an appropriation for acquisition of property nod construction of the buildings la available. It will be necessary for the city council to approve a SIOO.000 bond Issue before such f*nds may be had. Bonds for $400,000 have been sold for the motorization program, making the u? ll f ~.t of the thai-v- *500.000. The board of public safety took under advisement until Saturday the application of the Indianapolis Securities Company for permission to build an apartment house, at Forty Sixth street and Broadway within seventeen feet of the front property line over the protest of property owners who want to maintain a fifty-foot building line. John N. Brornert led a delegation of property owners who appeared to protest. Harry Hayes and George A. Rtibush were appointed patrolmen. Patrolmen Thomas McKinney, Charles Viles. Eugene O’Sullivan, Ervin McClain. Charles Halstead* and Timothy McMahon were promoted to traffic men. All but Yiies and O’Sullivan have been serving as motorcycle officers for several weeks.

BABH TO HEAR PETITION. Judge Mablon Bash of tbe Probate Uourt was scheduled this afternoon to hear the petition of Mary Roszell for a widow's share In the estate of Frank W. Roszell. who was known as “Oyster Frank." It is stated in the petition that she was the common law wife of the deceased and entitled to n widow’s share of the estate. Under the law the widow is entitled to one third of the real estate. SUES VAN RRIGGLE FOR SI,OOO. Frank Tlilgemeier today filed suit in Superior Court, room 5, asking judgment for SI,OOO against Llburn Howard Van Briggle. The plaintiff claims that he was surety on a note Issued to the Van Briggle Manufacturing Company and that he paid his share on a $ff.250.45 note. He claims that the Van Briggle Manufacturing Company is now insolvent.

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HENRY W. TAFT. The assertion made by Henry W. Taft at a dinner given in honor of Baron Tanetnro Megata, Japan’s lone delegate to the Geneva Assembly of the League of Nations, that the United States Is an Oriental Power incapable of realizing any of her aims in the Far East without the cooperation o<f Japan" was one of the features of discussion that followed the dinner in New York city. Taft assorted that the United States can accomplish nothing without the cooperation of Jnpan and that the United States must rely on Japan in the Near East. During the course of the discussion Baron Megata urged that the English speaking races and his own race become more unionized, .so that this country might become a greater power In the Near East /

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PLAINLY STATES U. S. HAS TURNED BACK ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS Treaty Itself Not Wholly ‘Scrapped,’ Door Being Left Open for Future Developments—Economy at Home Urged. MESSAGE READ AT JOINT SESSION

HARDING HIGH LIGHTS Perishable foods cost too much. Congress should Investigate. Pass emergency tariff at once. Full revision later. Pass Immediate peace with Germany resolution. Against League of Nations. Bring the cost of maintaining the government inside present revenue immediately. Congress advised to Investigate railroad situation. Federal aid to highways should be extended. Soldier relief should be directed by a policy of generous gratitude. Indorses Federal maternity bill and supports suggestion for creating department of public welfare. Prudence forbids rash disarmament bill.

WASHINGTON, April 12. —Amid all the impressive solemnity that marks a presidential appearance before a joint session of Congress, President Harding came before the assembled House and Senate this afternoon and gave the Nation and the world the first authoritative outline of the uew Administration 8 policies in foreign and domestic matters. The foreign policy which the President outlined, definitely and finally, “scraps” the League of Nations as it now exists and declared that the United States can never become a member of it. In order to get the Nation back on a peace basis, the President declared he would approve a congressional resolution to this effect, providing that it contained no more than the simple declaration that the state of war which has existed between the United States and Germany tor four years is at an end. While the Preisdent was emphatic in his assertion that the United States will have none of the League of Nations, in its present form, he did not, however, wholly reject the treaty which former President Wilson interwove in the league. With regard to the treaty itself, the President left the door open for future developments. In this he said:

Home Issues as Outlined by Harding

A summary of President Harding's recommendations on domcitle issues, fol- , lows: TAXATION. Repeal of excess profits taxes and , "abolition of inequities and nnjustifiaable exasperations In the present system" with a wiping out rather than a shifting of burdens. TARIFF. “Instant” emergency tariff legislation to be followed by a “maturer” revision of the tariff on a protective basis which I will protect standards, industry and agriculture. BUDGET. Prompt enactment of the budget bill and inauguration of business methods I in operation of the Government. PRICES Existing retail prices of perishable 5 foods can not be justified in view of the decline in raw foodstuffs. A congrc-s----i sional investigation is suggested as a I possible incentive to a speedier return to normal levels. A congressional Investigation Is proposed. He declared for reduction of rates and operating costs and for cooperation of wage earners and the management in giving maximum service. HIGHWAYS. Federal aid must be extended only under strict conditions as to maintenance and repair by States. MERCHANT MARINE. Government encouragement but not operation of shipping, revision of the merchant marine law if found Inadequate and coordination of inland and ocean water carriers. COMMUNICATION. Government encouragement !o American owned and operated cable and radio service and prohibition of private monopolies. He also declared for lower rates on press matter. AVIATION. Federal regulation of aviation, creation of a bureau of aeronautics in the Navy Department and continuation of the Array air service, both to aid in developing commercial aviation and continuation of the air mall service, are advocated. SOLDIER RELIEF. Approval of recommendation for combining all soldier relief agencies under one general director. Utilization of Government hospital facilities for relief of wounded service men. PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT. Creation of a department of public welfare to promote social Justice and the welfare of the citizenry in the realms of industry, child welfare, recreation and elimination of social vice. The maternity bill is indorsed. LYNCHING. Legislation urged to wipe cut the stain of barbarous lynching. DISARMAMENT AND DEFENSE. America Is ready to cooperate with other nations for approximate disarmament, but prudence forbids that we disarm alone and agencies for defense will not be discarded until the need for defense is removed. Prompt action on the Navy and Army bills Is taken for granted. Rea- ' sonable limitation of personnel and administrative economics are urged for the S Navy and for the Army, a further re- ! duotlon of enlisted strength when compatible with national security to be accomplished by introduction of volunteer military training to be developed as a reserve force. CALL FOR TRAFFIC CLFB. Members of the Indianapolis Traffic Club today were instructed to assemble at the Hotel Lincoln tomorrow at 12:15 o'clock in order to participate In the baseball parade. The club will occupy fourth division.

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■ “The wiser coarse would seem to no the acceptance of the confirmation of onr rights and Interests as already provided and to engage ander the existing treaty, assuming, of course, that this i can be satisfactorily accomplished by such explicit reservations and modifications as will Insure our absolute freedom frem inadvisable commitments and safe--1 guard our essential interests.” ! DOES NOT MENTION KNOX RESOLUTION. The President did not mention the famons Knox resolution by name, although he made indirect reference to “Section Five” of that resolution, which, as proposed ir\Jhe Senate, would have the United States “regard with alarm and as menacing to her own i a future war that involved Europe. “It would be unwise,” said the Presldent, to undertake to make a statement of future policy with respect to European | affairs in such a declaration of a state of peace." That, he plainly intimated. , would be senatorial encroachment on the prerogatives of the executive, which ! would be equal / as objectionable as was the “failure oi the executive (Mr. Wilson) to recognize the constitutional pow- | ers of the Senate.” RECOGNIZES U. 8. I CAN’T HOLD ALOOF. President Harding recognized, he stated specifically, tnat the UnLed States caDnot hold itself aloof from old world matters. As to what will be the course of proeeedure after the peace resolution ODce more puts America in a state of technical peace, the President said: “With the super-governing league definitely rejected and with the world so Informed, and with the status of peace proclaimed at home, we may proceed to negotiate the covenanted relationships so essential to the recognition of all the rights everywhere of our own Nation and play our full part In joining the people of the world in the pursuits of peace once more. “To such accomplishments—to the complete re-establishment of peace and Its contracted relationships, to the realization of our aspirations for nations associated for world helpfulness without world government, for world stability on which humanity’s hopes are founded, we shall address ourselves, fully mindful of the high privilege and the paramount duty of the United States in this critical period of the world.” While asserting his approval of tbe “peace by resolution” method, the President did not commit his Administration to any definite time. He said that its passage must add no difficulty in effecting “with just reparations” the restoration for which “all EJbrope yearns and (Continued on Page Nine.)

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