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DANIELS TELLS OF DARK HOURS PRECEDING WAR Momentous Decision Practically Made by ‘Barbaric’ German Note. ALL NAVY IS WARNED Two momentous prewar Cabinet meetings—Repressed emotion marks members of Cabinet as they assemble—One thought dominates all minds —"Parley Is no longer possible"—President reads German note Blond— Decision to break relations is unanimous—Daniels, convinced hos'ttllties are near, sends warning to Navy—Meeting of March 20 brings supreme decision —Ten men vote for war—Special session of Congress advanced two weeks —“I want to do right, whether It Is popular or not”— Mayo ordered to bring Atlantic fleet to Hamptca Roads. By JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Former Secretary of the Navy. Copyright IJ2I, by John F. Dille. Copyright by National Newspaper Service. Copyright In Great Britain, Canada and throughout Europe. All rights reserved, including translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. Unauthorized reprinting for any purpose forbidden.. ARTICLE 2. "I want to do right, whether It Is popular or not.” The words fell solemnly and deliberately Irom the lips of President Wilson as his eyes searched- the souls of the grave-faced men gathered about the Cabinet table. Already the clamor and counterclamor was rising from the country. The sympathies and prejudices of men were finding voice; passions were being stirred to utterance. The echo of the tumult could not be excluded wholly from the Cabinet room. Each of ns felt the vibration of popular sentiment and demand; each of us needed the steadying words of our great leader. I give them the place of prominence In this article, which Is to tell the story | of two momentous pre-war cabinet meet- , lngs, because I believe they express, 1 better than anything I could sav, the i spim* aa4i ahtiunlni of Woodrow Wilson from the first days of America’s crisis to the hour when he resigned the cares i of office. It is my conviction, as a resnlt of close association with him In times 6t supreme stress, that in every great question the principle embodied in his simple but profound utterance controlled tne course he ultimately decided to take. •WILSON WAS MAN Tor the job/ His critics say that he made mistakes, ; He may have made some; yet I doubt if any other man of our generation In his j position would have made as few. When i be stepped from the White House a few weeks ago one of his bitterest news- ; paper critics, referring to his leadership during the war years, said of him, "He was the man for the war.”

Even his bitterest enemies can not question his motives or his parity of purpose. I can say without reservation that during the entire eight years of his administration, 1 have never known of a single Instance in which he did rot act in accordance with his convictions, it has atnays been his custom not to ask, ‘‘is this popular?" but “Is it right?" As I intimated in my first article, the navy was ready for mobilization within twenty-four hours after Bernstorff had delivered his U-boat ultimatum—in effect it was that —to the state department The word had pone to every ship and station on Thursday, Feb. 1. A Cabinet meeting was railed for the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 2. As we assembled not one of us failed to realize tho significance of the occasion. The solemnity of tho moment had Intensified the austerity which those who do not know him well mistakenly suppose to be his prevailing humor. As I shall show later. Woodrow Wilson is a man of geniality and humor. But this was a day when only serious thought could hold place In any mind. The destiny of 100.000.000 people lay In the hands of the President of the United States —perhaps the destiny of the world. No man there had failed to read the text of the German note, but the President, in measured tones, read it to us again. *' CABINET AGREED OX SEVERANCE. 1 have no doubt his mind was already Smade up as to the right course to take, but, before expressing an opinion, he called upon his colleagues to declare their views. Each man spoke freely and frankly what he thought. Expressions Jrankly. Expressions varied in tone, but agreed the time had come when diplosevered. , This was the President’s belief. Nor do I think It was any surprise to him thnt his colleagues were unanimous In support of it. The Cabinet stood as a unit for the dismissal of Ambassador Bernstorff and the ending of all further traffic with the empire of the Hohenzollerns. Although the session lasted for several hours, this decision was reached comparatively early. It had required no debate. The unanswerable argument was before us In the German note—defiant, perfidious, barbaric. The remaining time was devoted to discussing what should be the next step In the various departments of the Government, more particularly in those of State, War and Navy. The severance of (Continued on Page Nine.)

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Leaves With 3d Man as 2 ‘ Hubbies ’ Quarrel Over Her GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 13. Another love triangle became a parallelogram today when two "husbands” of the' same pretty woman mobilized and speeded East to catch a "love bandit.” This came when the hubbies came home to the flat and found this note from Mrs. Frances Smith-V ates-Mc-Craoken: "Dear Roy and Guyt I’m leaving with George McDonald and going East to be happy. Roy, the war left you disfigured, and Guy, you haven’t got a job. I lore George.” Frances married Roy Yates before the war. He went to France and was reported killed. Then she married Guy MoCrucken, after which Roy came marching home from the war and denied ho was dead. * While Roy and Guy were arguing about the possession of Frances, she left with McDonald, a railroader, of Chicago.

Steel Decline, .Barometer of General Slash Gary's Reduction Expected to Have Wide Effect—Even on Rents. WASHINGTON, April 15.—Drastic reductions in prices announced by Judge Elbert 11. Gary of the United States Steel Corporation may precipitate a second country-wide wave of price cutting, it was believed here today. “At least, cheaper steel will tend to bring down prices to she consumer of scores of commodities of every dajr.us@,” said Ethelbert Stewart, Government price expert. "It may be some weeks before tbe buying public will experience benefit, but the resuit is certain if the lower steel prices are maintained.” One result which the steel price cut already has brought was a general 10 per cent reduction in the price of form machinery. Cheaper farm machinery means a larger margin for 0,500,000 farm owners who will thus be encouraged in the direction of increased production. Larger food production means lower prices to the consumer. There are scores of points at which steel pricesaffect the cost of living, although the average individual seldom buys it directly. Rents and building costa, now the subject of complaint, are directly affected by steel prices because rails and' r.ars are largely used In construction work even in private dwellings. Railroads and street car lines are probably the largest single buyers of steel. High rail prices increase operating over head and necessitate high freight and passenger rates. Family of 4 Killed When Auto Is Struck PERRY, Mich., April 15—The Martin family of four was killed today when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train at a street crossing here, l-'raiik Martin, his wife and their two children, Arthur and Robert, were victims of the crash. Refuses to Lessen Bernauer Charge Prosecutor William P. Evans today refused to agree to a request of counsel that Carl P.ernauer, who is charged with the murder of Samuel Eaids, a Syrian confectionery storo owner of Indianapolis, be’allowed to enter a plea of guilty to manslaughter before the Judge of the Shelby County Circuit Court at Shelbyville. A jury, after being out many hours, was discharged when the members could not agree on tbe punishment. Colombia Pact to Pass, Harding Told WASHINGTON, April 15.—President Harding was Informed today by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican “whip” of the Senate, that there are "more than enough votes” to ratify the Colombian treaty when it Is acted upon finally on Wednesday next. It is understood tbe President expressed hiifiself as “greatly gratified” at the "good news” borne him by Senator Curtis.

Fight Opened in Congress for Volstead Act Repeal Maryland Congressman Presents Bill and Old Battle Is On.

WASHINGTON, April 15.—The battle to bring back beer and light wines will i be fought to a finish in this Congress, it i was declared by both wets and drys toi day. The fight will come to a head in \ the House as soon as the tariff and j taxation program can be cleared aside, j Preliminary preparations for the clash j have been commenced by the drys whose ! ranks were bombshelled by anew memi ber from Maryland, Representative I John Philip Hill of Baltimore, who un- ■ expectedly tossed in a bill to repeal the Volstead act. VOLSTEAD ACCEPTS •* HILL’S CHALLENGE. Representative Volstead accepted Hill’s i challenge. He Is chairman of the Judiciary Committee that will report on the repeal bill. He made it clear that i while hearings will be full and fair, | every effort will be made by him to | throttle the “booze bill.” Incidentally the new congressman may ruin his own business If he succeeds in legalizing beer and light wines. He cwns a drinking water company in Baltimore. Hill is a fighting world war veteran who won the Croix de Guerre at Verdun and went through the Meuse-Argonne offensive with distinction. He Jbegan as a private in the Massachusetts militia some years before the) war and came out of the European coadlct a colonel la the

4 BANDITS NAB $638,000 CHECKS ABOARD TRAIN One Man Killed, 3 Taken and Cop Wounded in Second Hold-up ‘Thriller.’ CRIME SWEEPS CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 15.—Checks, totaling f635,000 on their face value, were seized from two clearing house messengers, one bandit was killed, three were captured and a policeman was j wounded In two separate bandit raids which occurred almost simultaneously today. „ The crime "epidemic" began when four, armed bandits Jabbed revolvers Into the ribs of Eugene Omenwald. 18, and Edward Bundermacher, 19, messengers for the Chicago clearing house association. Just as an Illinois Central train on which the messengers were riding neared Twenty-Second street on the South Side. They took from the messengers SC3K,(XS) in checks, leaped from the train as it slowed up at Twenty-First street and ran to a waiting taxicab. The cab sped west in Twenty-First street and escaped. Julian Norwttil, 30, was killed, John Kraha, Joseph Wagner, and I/oul Custer were captured and Policeman Stephen Flcht* wounded In the second "chapter” of the morning’s work. Norwell, Kraha, Wagner and Custer entered the Cicero State Bank in FortyEighth street, shortly after 10 o’clock with drawn pistols. The leader approached the cashier’s cage and ordered him to throw up his hauds while the others rounded up the remaining employes. When ail employes had been accounted for one of the men scooped up all the available cash in drawers and vaults Into a black satchel. As the robbers turned to depart Cashier Mitowski seized a revolver from a drawer and opened fire upon them. Police rushed to the scene of the shooting from nearby stations and the bandits were taken before they could reach a taxicab waiting at the curb. When tbe police arrived the taxicab, believed to contain a fifth bandit acting as driver, sped away. 30 SHOTS FIRED AT TRAI.X BANDITS BT. LOUIS, Mo., April 10 A pitched battel was fought today between police and bandits who wore attempting to loot a Missouri, Kansas <k Texas freight train at Spanish Lake, five miles from here. Thirty shots wero fired. The bandits escaped In on automobile. It is not known whether any of them wero wounded.

ESCAPE PLOT IS PREVENTED Sheriff Discovers One of Several Prisoners Picking Handcuffs. What might have resulted in the escape of several prisoners was prevented today by Sheriff George Snißer when he discovered Truvella Phillips, charged with conspiracy to rob, attempting to “pick” the locks on the handcuffs which bound him to Steve Bajt, charged with burglary and grand larceny. Phillips attempted to put up a fight when discovered, said th© sheriff. The sheriff and his deputies were en route to the Criminal Court with a number'of prisoners chainad together when the discovery was made. Extra guards were placed in tho courtroom and the men were safely returned to prison after entering rleas of not guilty. About fifteen other defendants who were recently indicted entered pleas of not guilty. George Johnson was found guilty of assault and battery aDd was fined $5 and costs. William nayea, charged with burglary, was sentenced to eight months on tho Indiana State farm. Frank Croley, a bey, was sentenced to a year on the Indiana State Farm on a charge of petit larceny. It la said he stole a pocketbook from a young shop girl and also attempted to rob a store. In court the mother of young Croley created a sensation when she screamed that her boy was Innocent and called upon God to protect her and him. She remained in tbe corridors of the courthouse for about an hour to get a gllmpso of her son as he was returned to Jail.

20th division. He is the author of several standard books on government and has been special lecturer on government at Johns Hopkins University and assistant instructor in government at Harvard University. He has practiced law at Boston and Baltimore and was the Republican nominee for mayor of Baltimore in 1015. DECLARES LAW LN-AME RICAN. ‘‘l want to repeal the Volstead law principally because it is an utterly unAmerican principle of government,” he said. Hill believes he will succeed for two reasons: "1. My bill, if passed, will not bring back the saloon, but would allow each State to have beer and light wine if the people so voted. "2. The prohibitionists themselves never thought prohibition would go to the extreme it has. They never would have voted if they had known how far it would reach. Most of them are ready now to get away from the drastic limits of the present.” Hill, who was for five years United States attorney at Baltimore, added tuat the Volstead act is so widely and flagrantly vuJLatcd that It is undermining respect foJ all laws throughout the country.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921.

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BRITISH RAIL AND TRANSPORT STRIKE IS OFF Cancellation of ‘Triple Alliance’ Order Announced. LONDON, April 15.—The "triple alliance” at 4 ’ o'clock this afternoon cancelled Its order for a general strike set for 10 o’clock tonight. The announcement of the cancellation was made by J. 11. Thomas, the railmeu’s executive. Only a few minutes before Fremler Lloyd George had announced In tho House of Commons that miners wero uncompromising in their stand. The general strike was consequently believed absolutely Inevitable. Tbe government set its machinery in motion to alleviate the suffering and possibly civil warfare that was to be reckoned with In the wako of the strike. Then, into the universal gloom that befell the capital following word of tho Premier's announcement, which spread like lightning, came tho dramatic announcement by Thomas, , The railmen's leader gave no explanation. Tho public, flung for nineteen days from Joyous relief to desperate alarm and back to high hopes, was dumfounded. The general first view was that only a serious rift in tbe unity of the triple alliance could have brought about such a change of front. The Premier, amid cheers, had told tbe Parliament once more that the government continued "absolutely impartial” in the strike crisis. Then he had road the miners’ answer, which he described ns "a most important communication.” In it the miners had told him that the only conditions upon which even a temporary settlement could be reached were: 1. Concision of a nntional wage system. 2. A national pooling of war profits. Both these conditions have been repeatedly turned down flatly by both tbe mine owners and tbe government. -A hush fell over the crowded bouse. Even the most sanguine optimists seemed resigned to the inevitable. At the same time the government’s departmental machinery had clicked into "strike gear." All government wires were sizzling with orders in all directions. Tho British public was ’set” for the national industrial upheaval. Tenacious determination to help the government was apparent on all sides, but tbe bulk of the people shared the government's view (hat a general walkout would be. In effect, tantamount to a revolution. Then came the sudden announcement of the cancellation.

JEWETT TO NAME CITIZEN MEMBERS City Planning Commission Soon to Be Organized. After signing the ordinance creating a city planning commission. Mayor Charles W. Jewett announced today that he will appoint the five citizen members of the commission early next weak and ask the city council and board of park commissioners to designate their members to servo on the body. The commission will bo called together to organize and select permanent headquarters immediately after appointment. One member is to be selected, by the park board from its membership and ono from tho city council in the same way. The city civil engineer and president of the board of public works servo on thu commission ex-officio. The council meets Monday night and Mayor Jewett said he -would ask that the council member of the commission be selected at that time. The board of pub'lc safety be requested in a letter fho mayor said he will write to carefully supervise the issuance of building pennies from now until tho commission is in operation so as to prevent badly locat'd construction in places where /building/lines and zones are likely to be established. The mayor said he wishes the commission to get to work at once so tbut Us plans may not be interfered wit.i by spring building. Chinese Minister to Speak at Tabernacle When Hr. 8. Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to Washington, visits Indianapolis, Sunday, April 24, with Dr. Sherwood Eddy, noted world missionary, he will speak from the stage of the Gipsy Smith Tabernacle. Arrangements for the use of the tabernacle were ■completed at noon today by Charles F. Coffin, president of the Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Armenian-Chinese relief organization. Through K. E. Cadle, brother of E. Howard Cadle, owner of the tabernacle, Mr. Coffin got in touch at Louisville, Ky., with the latter, who gave his immediate consent to the use of the big structure. The meeting will be held at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. It Is expected to make the event a great demonstration of the church and civic forges of the city. Another distinguished visitor will be Lady Anne Azgapetlan, Armenian noblewoman, who wi’l give an address. Missionary societies of the city ars taking on active Interest in the coming o 1 the Chinese C.TUJ.

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Top, Left to Right—Kenneth Ray, Arthur Smith. Lower—Noble C'laycombe, When a detective’s bullet exploded a tiro on a speeding automobile Monday night on the Alllsonville road It solved the mystery of the gasoline station holdups that hare baffled the police for many weeks. Three young men, Arthur Smith, 19, alias Arthur White, 1429 Commerce avenue; Noble Clay comb, 20, 1601 I.udlow avenue, and Kenneth Kay IS, 622 North East street.' were arrested, and Smith has been Identified as the leader of the bandits who made an almost nightly practice of folding up filling stations. Three girls who were la the car told thu police a story that led to the clearing up of the theft of twelve automobiles which had been taken for Joy rides by the gang. When George IMts, night man r.t the filling station at Meridian and Thirtieth streets, who was held up and robbed a few nights ago, looked over the youths ho failed to Identify any of them ns members of tho gang that visited his place. INNOCENT STUFF ’ FALLS FLAT AND GENE'GOES UP’ Judge Refuses to Be Fooled Twice—Flashing Eyes Her Downfall .

Because she couldn't make her eyes behave during church service at the Jail i and a minister who conducts the Sunday : services at the Jail objected to her con- ; duct. Miss Genevieve Chesser of Montgomery, Ala., landed for four months in [ tho Indiana State Woman’s Prison toj day, when she appeared for sentence on a charge of robbery. Miss Chesser made a hit in the Criminal Court a few weeks ago when she appeared for trial on a charge of “rolling” Walter Connor of 512 and a diamond stick pin In a room of the Denison hotel and then escaping in a taxicab to Shelbyvllie, Ind., where she was arrested. Judge James A. Collin decided he would hold hor In Jail until the court could hoar from her people at Montgomery. This morning Miss Chesser was brought before Judge Collins after the court had received numerous letters from citizens of Montgomery. “This court has learned a good deal about -yon,” said Judge Collins, as Miss Chesser approached tho bench with a winning smile. “I have heard while you were in Jail that you have conducted yourself in a reprehensible manner. Soma of your relatives have written me beautiful letters. I probably was a little easy on you when I took an interest in your case. “I know you are only 20 years old. but that doesn't excuse you. Tho best way to treat a girl like you is to give her a piece of real discipline. Four months In prison will get a lot of this flippy stuff out of your system.” Miss Chesser's smile and gracious manner had disappeared and she muttered a “Thank you, Judge.” Sho was fashionably dressed when she appeared In court this morning and appeared to be in excellent spirits. When she first appeared in court following her arrest. Miss Chesser claimed she was an “innocent girl and unaccustomed to the ways of a big city, your honor.” 3 CHICAGO MEN DIE ON GALLOWS Gang Leader and Two Murderers Hanged. CHICAGO, April 15.—Sam Cardlnella, gang leader, who planned'but never personally executed scores of crimes, according to the police, and Sam Ferrara and Joseph Costanzo, “stick up” men, who killed Antonio Varchetto during the robbery of a bakery, were hanged in the county Jail shortly after 10 a. m. today. The three men went to their death at the same time and from the same scaffold. It was the first instance in the history of Cook County of three men being hanged at the same time. Tho original plan had been to hang Cnrdinella separately and the two others a half hour later, but at the last minute the plans were revised. Cardlnella, considered the most hardened of the three, collapsed as the death march began. It was necessary to strap Cardlnella to a chair and carry him to the gallows. Ferrara and Costanzo wgnt to their death StdmlF,

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HOWE TALKS ON LAW AND ORDER TO A HANDFUL Dry Beer Saloon of Notorious Police Character Is One Meeting Place. ‘CROWD* WOULD NOT WAIT Law and order was discussed by Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College an dNews-Jewett candidate for mayor, to a handful of negro and white voters called out of a rear room into the barroom of tho notorious dry beer saloon operated by Lewis Harrig, negro, at Blake street and Indiana avenue, last night. "I ani interested tn law and order. Nobody can be a law unto themselves," said Mr. Howe, and later, “I am not making promises because I don’t know what I’ll have to do.” ' Lew Harris and tho loyal few he had summoned from the back chamber looked on with interest and applauded when Mr. Howe finished. Lew Harris is not unused to nor afraid of facliig officials or those who aspire to lie. Nothing that has happened to him ;in the past has given him reason to be j afraid of any one "interested in law flxid j order.” When the Rev. George S. Hen[ninger some time ago caught Lew Harris red handed In the act of bootlegging he was given a sentence to the Marlon County Jail from city court. He appealed to Criminal Court, and the sentence was upheld. While he ostensibly was serving his sentence it was pointed out in tho court of Federal Judge A. B. Anderson that he was walking the streets a free man. This was called to tho attention of Judge Jnme3 A. Colllnß, but not further action ever was taken against Harris. HOWE SPOKE AT AUTO PLANTS TODAY. Harmonious industrial relations were advocated by Professor Howe In short speeches to the employes or the Premier j Motor Car Company and the Interstate | Car Company, at noon shop meetings to- j day. The candidate advocated thrifty man- j ngcraent cf public business and efficient I operation of all departments and cityowned plants. He said that by providing the maximum Improvement and protection for tho minimum taxes more home owners and more factory owners will be attracted to Indianapolis and that the city’s remarkable expansion and growth will be continued to tho common benefit of every one. Tbe speaker reiterated his statement that he has enlisted in this campaign as a patriotic duty to bis home city because a serious menace threatened Indianapolis In the nomination of a man unfitted te hold the office of mayor. He appealed to all the voters to go to tho polls May 3 and see that only competent, capable men are nominated for city office. Mr. How# spoke nt 12:30 o’clock to tho members of the Exchango Club at their luncheon In the Lincoln Hotel, At 2 o’clock he spoke to the women of the Fourteenth ward Howe organization at the hendquarters In the Lcmcke Annex. Tonight he will speak at the following places: 2230 West Michigan street, 7:30: 2622 West Washington street, 9 p. m.; 302-1 West Tenth street. Bp. m.; 604 Tibbs avenue. 8:30 p. in. Saturday night he will speak at a rally of Eighth ward (Continued on rage Four.)

THURMAN’S NAME SENT TO SENATE Nominated for Collector of Revenue in Indiana. WASHINGTON, April 15— President Harding today sent the following nominations to the Senate: To be minister to Roumaniat Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode Island. To be treasurer of the United States; Frnuk White of Valley City, N. D. To be collector of Internal revenue for the district of Indiana: M. Bert Thurman of New Albany, Ind. To be assistant to the Attorney General: Guy D. Goff of Wisconsin. ARMY FLIER DIES IN FALL Plane Side-Slips, Crashes 200 Feet to Bolling Field. WASHINGTON, April 15.—Lieut. James J. Mangin, United States Air Service, was killed when his plane crashed at Bolling field here shortly after 10:30 today. Tbe plane side-slipped at a height of 200 and caught fire when it struck the ground.

Bigamy, Perjury Charges Now Face Man of 2 Wives From Shattered ‘Love Nest’ Wife No. 1’ Files Divorce Suit.

JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 15.—Just as Herbert Thornton Andrews, the twice married, but undlvorced young stock broker, thought he had extricated himself from a "deuce of a pickle”—that’s what ho smilingly called the expose of his life with two wives under tbe same roof —the arm of the law reached out for him and today he found himself confronted by: 1 1. A warrant charging him with bigamy and perjury, Issued by the prosecuting attorney of Greenwich, Conn. 2. A suit for divorce filed at Trenton, N. J., by wife No. 1. 3. Ouster from his triangular “love nest” in the apartment house on the Hudson Boulevard here. ~ 4. A close Investigation of his marital affairs by the local city authorities and the department of Justice. NO. 2 BANISHED FROM LOVE NEST. Andrews spent the night with wife No. 2—the pretty 25-year-old blonde exstenographer whom he married three months ago — at a hotel in Newark, N, J. “No. 2," by agreement reached la law offices yesterday. Is “never to slww- ton

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NEW RATE FOR CITY BECOMES EFFECTIVE SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT , jj Service Board’s Order Holds for 30 Days to Determine Measure of Relief It Affords. , v . PATRONS MAY BUY 20 TICKETS FOR $1 A fare of 6 cents each, or twenty tickets for sl, will be charged by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company beginning at midnight Sunday under an order issued by the public service commission today granting partial and temporary relief to the company, v The charge for transfers will remain at 1 cent. Commissioner John W. McCardle dissented from the opinion of a majority of the commission on the ground that the relief granted by the Increase would not be sufficient. The order Is effective for thirty days during which time the commission expects to determine the effect of'the relief granted and to take further action if deemed necessary. * The commission did not refuse the petition of the car company for the right to charge 2 cents for each transfer, but it continued consideration of this question until the effect of the temporary order can be determined.

Indianapolis Pays Less Than Other Cities of Its Size A digest of the fares being paid In fifty of the largest cities of the United States was given out by the public service commission along with the order for 6 cent fares in Indianapolis. It shows that Indianapolis has the lowest fare of any city having a population ranging from 225.000 to 500,000. * New York—sc fare, 2c transfer on surface lines. ! Chicago—Surface, Sc; elevated 10c, four tickets 35c. Philadelphia—7c, four tickets 25c, 3c transfer (some transfers free). : Detroit—6c, nine tickets 50c. Cleveland—6c, nine tickets 50c, lc transfer. St. Louis —7c, 3c for children’s tickets. Boston—loc, school tickets sc. Bnlitmore—7c. Pittsburgh—lOcythree tickets 25c. Los Angeles—sc. San Francisco—6c. Buffalo—7c, four tickets 25c. Milwaukee—7c zones, eight tickets 50c; Sc zones outside. Washington—Bc. four tickets 30c; 2c interurban company transfers. Newark—7c, l<r transfer.* Cincinnati—-oc, Si-ic tickets. New Orleans—Sc. Min nea poli s—Bc. Kansas City—Sc, two tickets 15c. Keattie (municipal lines) —10c, 6tic tickets. i Indianapolis—sc, lc transfer. Jersey City—7c, lc transfer. Rochester—7c, foftr tickets 23c. Portland—Bc, six tickets 45c; 4c school children. Denver —6c, 3c children’s tickets. %. Toledo—7c. five tickets 20c; 2c transfer. Providence —6c zones, 2c transfer. Columbus —6c, five tickets 25c. Louisville—sc (now 7c). St. Paul—oc. Oakland —6c. Akron—sc. Atlanta—7c, fifteen tickets SI. Omaha—7c, four tickets 25c; school tickets sc. Worcester —7c zones, 6c suburban zones. Birmingham—Cc. Syracuse—oc. . Richmond—6c, five tickets 80c; 2t£c school tickets. New” Haven—loc. Memphis—7c, ten tickets 65c. San Antonio—Sc, four tickets 30c. Dallas—Cc. Dayton—7c, eight tickets 50c; 4c children’s tickets. Bridgeport—loc. % Houston —7c. school tickets 314 c. Hartford —10c. Scranton—7c, four tickets 23c. Grand Rapids—Bc, seven tickets 50c. Paterson—7c, lc transfer. Youngstown (municipal lines) —Dc. COMMON LAW CASE CONTINUES Evidence Introduced in Woman’s Action for Allowance. - Introduction of evidence In behalf of Mrs. Myrtle Clones, who claims that she is the common-law wife of the late Nick Clones, former Greek restaurant owner of this city, was scheduled to be completed this afternoon in the Marion County Probate Court. Sho is asking for the SSOO allowance granted a widow under Indiana law. In the event of victory In j this suit she will probably be awarded one-third of the real estate of the estate, which is valued at about SIO,OOO. Numerous relatives of the plaintiff testified that Clones introduced and contended that she was his wife. Clones was killed Dec. 5, 1920, when an j interurban car struck an automobile.

face again” In the nest from which love has flown. “No. I”—Mrs. Maud Andrews, 42, whom he married nine years ago—spent the night in the flat with her two boys, John, 8, and Harley, 6. The latter is a cripple. Weary and red-eyed, she rose this morning, gamely sat through breakfast with her boys, and then filed her divorce suit. ■** BIGAMIST WORN AND HAGGARD. Meanwhile Andrews, no longer wearing the smile with which he greeted all comers on the first day of the expose of his dual matrimonial life, furtively scrutinized every one that encountere him today. At any moment officers of the law are expected to present him with the bigamy-perjury warrant. It was sworn out late yesterday by Judge James F. Walsh, prosecuting attorney of Greenwich, Conn., who declined to say whether he tdok the action on official lnforipatlon from the Jersey City authorl- ; tiei or on tpe strength of newspaper stories. j The perjuff charge is said to be based upon Andrews’ alleged statement that he was a bachelor when he married young Esther Tatnall, formerly of PitUFargh, ►at Greenwich en Jan, 20 last*

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The conffnission also ordered the street railway company and the interurban companies to bring before it within tbe next thirty days all matters pertaining to the carrying out of plans for the remedying of the inadequacy of freight terminals in the city of Indianapolis. estimate is per cent OF FARES WILL HE CASH. The increase In fares is slight, inasmuch as the order provides for a ticket fare of 5 centß, which is the same as the present cash fare. Officials of the company estimate that only 15 per cent of the passengers will pay cash and the remainder will buy tickets and travel at the present rate. The company was relying for relief largely on an increased transfer charge, wihch was temporarily denied. The order of the majority of the commission states that it has found an emergency exists and that the company is confronted with raising additional funds to the extent of approximately 5214.939.10. The commissioners state they had hoped to continue to maintain the basic rate of 5 cents but that they found this to be impossible. They also suggest that the city take some action toward curbing tha inroads of Jitney buses on street car passengers. In this connection they statei SHOWS STEFS IN’ REACHING DECISION. ’’ln efforts to retain a 5-cent basic fare for Indianapolis riders, the commission has given analytical consideration to various possibilities of raising revenue through other sources than change in the basic cash fare. It has analyzed the night traffic and found that there are periods of the twenty-four hours in which the traffic is not self-sustaining. It hag likewise analyzed, as hereinbefore set forth, the Jitney competition and also the skip-stop. “It finds that the elimination of the Jitney would materially contribute to the solution of the present traction problem and probably makes possible a permanent continuance of the 5-cent basic fare. However, there does not lie within the commission powers which will enable it to eliminate this competition which, . serving the few, menaces low fares fond the many. This is a matted, that liefl within the police powers of tne loeaW community. As hereinbefore suggested it should be carefully considered by local authorities. "The analysis of effects of the skljfstop also has been set forth in detail. It* Introduction, however, vtould not alone make possible the continuance of the basic 5 cent fare. “The commission, likewise, has analyzed the traffic of tbe street railway through each of the twenty-four hours and has found that certain night traffic is conducted at an operating loss that must be borne by the traffic within the other hours.” MATTER OF 'LUXURY FARE’ GONE INTO. The commissioners state that they considered carefully the levying of a "luxury fare” on persons who use the street cars at night intent on pleasure or recreation. They state, however, that analysis failed to show that the possible relief from this source would be more than $50,000. This being tbe ease, the commissioners state, it was impossible to prevent an increase in tho basic fare, but they point out that the burden will not be on the persons who use the cars regularly but on transient riders. The order then takes up the contention of the car company officials that only 15 per cent of the riders will pay cash fares and that this will increase revenues only about $144,000. In this connection the order says; “Thd commission has found ltseif aa.,, (Continued on Page Two.) An Ordinary Hen Eats as Much as a Prize Winner Which are you feeding? A 26-page booklet is offered to every reader of The Indiana Dally Times. What do yon know about the standard varieties of chickens in the United States —not to mention the non-standard varieties ? ''Are you breeding for MEAT or for EGGS? REMEMBER—an ordinary chicken eat* as mtic-h as a prizo winner—-AND—what you get depends on the breed you choose. This is the reason why—lie United States Department of Agriculture ha* gone to the trouble of a thorough study of this subject, and has Issued the prae-t tical chicken book, which la now offered to you. Write to our Washington Information Bureau for a copy of this splendid booklet. Inclose two cents In stamp* for return postage.

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