Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Rain, possibly snow, freezing tonight. Sunday fair and cold.

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MOBILIZATION DAYS STIRRING ONES FOR NAVY All Work Preceded by Retention of Best Aid Possible. FLEETS GIVEN ORDERS President Wilson's advice —rutting a navy into war —As BernstorlT received his passports the Atlantic fleet, * under Admiral Mayo, went on a war basis —Naval communications mobilized by wireless—Preside it calls Secretaries of Navy and War in conference following dismissal of Bernstorff—Displays anxiety for safety of military and naval property- Immediate precautions taken—President visits Daniels and Baker to discuss personnel of department —"Get and keep the best men”—Text given for first time in print of secret mobilization order to American fleet—Rendezvous of various forces disclosed—“Destrov reference (a).” By JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Former Secretary of the Navy. Copyright, 1921, by John F. Dllle. Copyright by National Newspaper Service. Copyright In Great Brltalr, Canada and throughout Europe. All rights reserved, including translation into foreign languages, Including the Scandinavian, l i.authorized reprinting for any purpose forbidden. ARTICLE 3. The Atlantic fleet, under Admiral Henry T. Mayo, went on a war basis at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 3, 1917. At the same hour of the same t ay President Wilson delivered his message to Congress severing relations with Germany, and the Department of State handed Bernstorff his passports. I had just finished sending out a one-line dispatch ordering the mobilization of naval communications, when a summons came to me to attend a conference with the President at the White House. He had finished the delivery of his message and returned to his official residence. My message, which put all our communications —radio, telegraph, telephone, mails and signals—on a war basis, read as follows: “One Alatl Radicode. Mobilize Naval Communications. "SECNAW’ “Secnav" is the code word for Secretary of tbe Navy. The order was sputtering out by wileless as I walked over to the White House. I found the Secretary of War had also been summoned. FEARS OF GERMAN PLOTTERS. The president was anxious concerning j the safety of military and naval prop- ! erty. We knew enough about German plotting to feel the very real cause for this anxiety. There were thousands of aliens In the United States, none of whom could be Interned legally unless or until war was declarej 1 _ !l r 1 t t t happen‘"tinder the sentiment which had been given In severing relations with Germany none of us could tell: but obviously the situation was perilous, and demanded the taking of extraordinary precautions. Orders were immediately sent to every naval and military plant and station lu the United States, Hawaii. Alaska, Guam and the Philippines, to l.ar all visitors and to strengthen guards. The guard for the Panama canal was doubled. The publication of the movement of naval vessels and of tbe dally orders to naval officers was discontinued. In order to prevent Information of a nature useful to the potential enemy reaching Ger- \ man ears. The ships we had maintained along the coast to enforce neutrality regulations were increased in number, and this consideration for neutrality now became a consideration for our own safety and a virtual coast patrol was established. WILSON KEEPS CLOSE WATCH. The President watched every step during these days with closest attention. He was not satisfied with general reports on what was being done. The Monday following the break in diplomatic relations he appeared sudden ly in my office. I was hard at work on plans, reports and orders. I told him what I had done, and What I was doing. He suggested we go together to the War Department. The Secretary of War ! was there, and the three of us spent a long session in discussing the situation. ; Some of the things the President said to us are indelibly impressed upon my j memory. He told us the breach In diplomatic re lations did not necessarily mean war, but it brought us so close to the possibility ; we must put our house in order and be j ready for any emerg<ncy. He was concerned about the personnel In our respective departments. “Each of you must surround yourselves j with the ablest men you have,” he said, and, turning to me, he asked whether 1 ! felt that my Immediate advisers—the j chief of naval operations, the chiefs of bureaus and the officers la important commands afloat—were the right ones t* retain in these positions.

“GET AND KEEP THE BEST." ‘‘They are the best In the Navy,” 1 told him. Ha asked the same question of Secretary Baker, and he replied that his men knew their jobs, and were point? ahead with them. Some were necessarily slated for early retirement, but to anticipate this, he thought, would be unwise, occasioning needless alarm and disturbing morale. The President listened intently to us, and reiterated his desira that only the ablest, most alert and energetic men should be put in places of responsibility. “Get and keep the best,” he said, as our conference ended. We continued developing our plans along the indicated lines. On the same day the order was issued mobilizing communications I had sent a dispatch requiring ecery ship of the three fleets—Atlantic. Pacific and Asiatic—to report immediately on its readiness for war. The condition of the ship. guns, machinery (Continued on Page Pour.) WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m'„ April 17: Ruin, possibly turning to snow- much colder; freezing temperature tonight; Sunday, fair and cold; protect vegetation. hourly temperature. 6 a. m 58 7 a. m 01 8 a. m 04 9 a. m 00 10 a. m 06 11 a. m 00 12 (noon) 06 1 p. m i„8 2 p. m 70

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CITY PRIMARY CAMPAIGN IN MIXED STATE Situation Such That Nominations Can Not Be Accepted as Settled. HOWE RACE FALLS SHORT With only two weeks left of the city primary campaign Indianapolis never faced a more turbulent political situation than confronts it today. The long promised crystalization of sentiment against Samuel Lewis Shank for mayor has failed to materialize. The expected rally of voters to Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College, is as far distant as it was before he entered the race. The tremendous progress of Ed J. Robison, despite the opposition of the administration machine, has made him a contender concerning whose strength there is much difference of opinion. One fact stands out above all othefs in the primary today. That fact is that the campaign of Mr. Howe has been a great disappointment to those who, a few weeks ago. were cocksure of his nomination and election. CONFIDENCE SHAKEN. So thoroughly has confidence been shaken In the ability of the News-.Tewett organization to “put Howe over," that a number of men who opposed Shank vigorously four years ago are today seeking to learn his intentions as to administration in the ‘hopes that they can become reconciled to his nomination. In the Democratic ranks there is no movement of any great moment as yet. The question has been raised as to whether Edgar Perkins is eligible to the office of mayor In event of his nominations. Lawyers declare that by reason (Continued on Page Two.) Edwards Slated as Successor to March WASHINGTON, April 16—Brig. Gen Clarence Edwards will be named chief of staff to succeed General March, Secre tary Weeks intimated today. Edwards’ name headed the list of brigadier generals recently nominated to be major generals.

Wanderer to Hang June 17; He Laughs CHICAGO. April Ift.—Carl Wanderer laughed today when he was sentenced to be. hanged June 17 for the murder of "a ragged stranger,” whom he hired to stage a fake hold-up to hide the murder of liis girl wife. ’.fudge David pronounced sentence. Bebe Daniels Stars in ‘Ten Days in Jail* SANTA ANA, Cal., April 16. Bebe Daniels, motion pictnre actress, today starred in her latest production, “Ten Days In Jail." The pretty star limousined to the hostile and Insisted on serving her ten-day sentence for speeding without awaiting the outcome of her appeal. She was accommodated. BROACH SOVIET RUSSIA POLICY U. S. Prisoners Hold Up Recognition. WASHINGTON, April 16.—The United States will show no hospitality for any proposals from soviet Russia, either with regard to recognition or trade while Americans are still held prisoners in Russia. It was learned at the State Department today. The State Department, It was said, is making every possible effort to secure the release of Capt. Emmet Kilpatrick and Mrs. Ruth Harrison and other Americans who are now held In prison In Russia. These negotiations are made more difficult because this Government has no representative In Russia. This Government does not hold that the question of recognition is involved in any flfort which may be made to deal directly with Russia to secure the release of the Americans and It was indicated that there may be direct negotiations attempted with Russia on this question. TO DRILL NAVY OIL LANDS. WASHINGTON, April 10.—Secretary of the Navy Denby announced today that naval oil reserve lands in California will be opened immediately for drilling by privuto Interests. MRS. PEARSON ESTATE $26,000. Mrs. Grin Pearson Bragg of Detroit, | Mich., today was appointed administra- I trix of the estate of Mrs. Angeline S. i I’earson in the Marlon County probate court. The estate is estimated at $26,009. j

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Breakfast in coraiio was at n. Therefore the people did not go to market early. The little wooden market-house stood on a patch of shorttrimmed gras>. under the vivid green foliage of a bread-fruit tree. Thitber one morning the venders leisurely convened, bringing their wares with them. A porch or platform six feet wide encircled the building, shaded from the mid-moinipg sun by the projecting, grass-thatched roof. Upon this platform the venders were wont to display their goods—newly-killed beef, fish, crabs, fruit of the country, cassava, eggs, dulces and high, tottering stacks of native tortillas as large around as the sombrero of a Spanish grandee. But on the morning they whose stations lay on the seaward side of the mar-ket-house, instead of spreading their merchandise formed themselves into a softly jabbering and gesticulating group. For there upon their spai'e of platform was sprawled, asleep, the unbeautiful figure of “Beelzebub” Blythe. He lay upon a ragged strip of cocoa matting, more than ever a fallen angel in appearance. His suit of coarse flax, soiled, bursting at the seams, crumpled Into a thousand diversified wrinkles and creases.

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WASHINGTON, April 16.—The appointment of E. I. Lewis, Indianapolis, to be Interstate Commerce Commissioner is understood today to have been decided upon by President Harding. Lewis is chairman of th Indiana public service commission. A reorganization of the Public' Service Commission is expected to result from the appointment of B. I. Lewis, chairman of the commission, to a place on the interstate commerce commission, on which Washington reports Indicate President Harding has decided. The appointment of Mr. Lewis on the Federal commission will make necessary the third appo ntinent on the State board by Governor Warren T. McCray. John W. McCardle, who will be the only Re publican appointed before the advent of the McCray administration, is expected to he named chairman. The commission now has two new mem tiers, George Barnard, Newcastle, Republican, who took office April 1, and Senator Maurice Douglass of Flat Rock, Democrat, who will become a member of the commission May 1. The other member is Glenn Van Auken, Auburn, Dem-

BRITAIN SEES PLOT ON ABBEY Suspect Sinn Fein of Attempted Incendiarism. LONDON, April 16. Newspapers saturated with paraffin were discovered in an aisle of the Westminster Abbey this morning. Scotland Yard Immediately began an Investigation on the theory that the papers may have been placed there by the Sinn Feiners plotting incendiarism House Judiciary Committee Is Dry WASHINGTON, April I?.—Desire of city members for liberalization of the prohibition laws has caused a grand rush by them for assignment to the House Judiciary Committee. Although eight new members were added to tills committee it remains dry by a comfortable majority. No promise is held out by its chairman, Andrew J. Volstead of Minnesota, for any relaxation of the dry legislation. Instead, there is a strong movement among the dry members for a tightening up of the present law, especially with the use of beers for medicinal purposes Staves Off Sentence on Judge Lindsey DENVER, Colo., April 16. —Further legal steps in Criminal Court here delayed tha final execution of sentence on Juvenile Judge Ben Lindsey, who today was ordered to pay SSOO fine or servo one year In Jail for contempt of court. Immediately after District Attorney Vanise moved execution of sentence, attorneys for Judge Lindsey announced they would file a petition asking that execution of the sentence be remitted. This petition will be acted upon some time next week, it was indicated in court.

Grants Continuance in Contempt Citation Following the explanation that she did not have an attorney to represent her, Mrs. Iluth Vollner Weber, who was cited to appear before Judge T. .T. Moll of Superior Court, Room 5, today, and explain why she should not be punished for contempt because, it is claimed, she remarried three days after she was granted a divorce when the court forbade marriage for two years, was granted a continuance by the court until next Saturday. Taul Wetter, pauper attorney, was appointed to defend her. Ruth E. Vollner Clay was granted a divorce from Dallie Clay on April 4, and she is said to have married again on April 7 of this year.

enclosed him absurdly, like the garb of some effigy that had been stuffed in sport and thrown there after Indignity bad’ been wrought upon it. But firmly upon t!ie high bridge of his nose reposed his goid-rimmed glassses. the surviving badge of his ancient glory. The sun's rays, reflecting quiveringly from tlie rippling sea upon his face, and the voices of the mark 'tnien woke “Beelzebub" Blyithe. He sat up, blinking, and leaned his back against the wall of the market. Drawing a blighted silk handkerchief from his pocket, he assiduously rubbed and burnished bis glasses. And while doing this he became aware that his bedroom had been invaded, and that polite brown and yellow men were beseeching him to vacate in favor of their market stuff. If the seuor would have the goodness—a thousand pardons for bringing to him molestation-but soon would come the comp: adores for the day’s provisions —surely they had ten thousand regrets at disturbing him ! In this inuiner they expanded to him the intimation that he must clear out and ceas' to clog the wheels of trade. BlytSe stepped from the platform w-Ith the airiof a prince leaving his canopied ■Continued on Page Four.)

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921.

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oorat, who was appointed by former Governor James P. Goodrich. Senator Douglass will succeed Fred Bates Johnson, who was appointed by former Governor Goodrich. Mr. Lewis was appointed a member of the commission May 1, 1917, ,jvhcn Goodrich was Governor. At that rime he was a member of the staff of the*lndianapolis News. On June 9, 1919, the terms of the commissioners were rearranged, and in order to be appointed to another term Air. Lewis resigned and was reappointed the same day. This would cause his term to expire In 1923. Mr. Lewis is a native of Indiana, having been born in Danville. A large part of his experience and training has been as a newspaper man In 1907 and 1908 be vl.-tted New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, where he studied governmental problems. In 1910 he was sent to India, China, Manchuria and Korea to study railway and economic and political conditions. Mr. I>ew!s will be the first Indiana man to be appointed on the Interstate Commerce Commission since its organization in 1887. He will be the only member at this time In the district between New York and Illinois which comprises the Central Freight Association territory.

SOUTHERN TRAIN RUNS IN DITCH Cincinnati-New Orleans Flyer Hits Washout—None Hurt. NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—A dispatch from Hattiesburg, Miss., states that southern Railway passenger truin No. 11, known as the Cincinnati-New Orleans Limited, struck a washout and went into fife ditch near TTlVliville, Miss, today. Doctors and nurses have been sent out from Hattiesburg. New Oilcans officials of the Southern Railway announce no one was injured but traffic will be badly delayed. National Council of Women Coming Here The National Council of Women will meet in Indianapolis April 27 and 28, the National War Mothers to net as hostess organization. There are four of the national officers of the War Mothers in this city, Mrs. Alice French, National War Mother: Mrs. Richard Coleman, secretary: Mrs. Oscar Lewis, censor; Mrs. Jiyiice Joseph, Indiana memher of the national memorial committee. The four officers will entertain with a luncheon April 28 in the Riley room of the Clnypool Hotel for the visitors. Mrs. J. Ilarbey Reese, treasurer of the local chapter, is In charge of reservations. Any ono interested, whether a member or not, may attend. Wabash College Man W inner in Oratory Special to The Times. ORAWFOKDSVILLE, Ind., April 16. William Miller, a Crawfordsvllle student at Wabash College, won the Indians pence oratorical contest at Manchester College last night. A Manchester student was second and Indiana University won third. Tills was the eighth consecutive victory for Wabash College this year. The col lege was undefeated last year In oratorical contests.

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Mlsr Clare Booth, 18-year-old Greenwich (Conn.) girl, who recently arrived in New York from Europe, was voted the most beautiful girl at a resort on the French Riviera In a beauty contest. Miss Booth well deserved her victory, for she defeated several hundred contestants

3,500 WALK OUT; CITY BUILDING TIE-UP LOOMS Ten Building Crafts Protest Wage Cut by Contractors’ Association. EXPECT LONG STRUGGLE With 3,500 workmen now reported out and indications pointing to what labor leaders declare will be a further walkout of approximately ! 4,000 more, in protest or a wage cut j made by the Building Contractors' ; Association of Ina.anapolis, the strike, ; of the building trades’ council late today assumed serious proportions, it appears there will be a long drawnout struggle between the two forces, which will result in almost complete tie-up of building operations in Indianapolis. Three thousand five hundred men did I not report for work this morning or quit ! work at noon, it was announced at the | Labor Temple Association, headquarters | of the strikers. Those trades which are out now are,, carpenters, hoisting engineers, cement finishers, sheet metal workers, painters, electricians, steam fitters, plumbers, plasterers and lathers. Bricklayers and hodcarriers are not affected by the walkout, as they are bound*by an agreement that does not expire until May 1. NEITHER 81DE OFFERS PEACE. No move has yet been made by either side to attempt settlement of the conI troversy. The strikers claim the next move is on the part of the employers, as the workmen have agreed to return to ; work and open negotiations under the old scale of wages The employers have stated they have given the workmen their ultimatum, and tha* they will not In- ; crease the scale of wages, which goes i into, effect Monday. The contractors held a meeting this | morning, but no information was given out as to the action taken* T. B Hatfield, president of the Building Trades Ai-soclatlon, said nothing Important was done at the meeting, and that no action would be taken, as the next move, he said, is up to the workmen "We want It understood that we are out at the orders of the contractors." said an official of the building trades union. "You can call it a strike, a walkout. or a lock out, it’s all the same. Our men have agreed to return to work under the old scale, but the contractors have refused to accept our proposal.” NEW WAGE SCALE PROPOSED. The new schedule of pay, which forms : the bone of contention between the employers and workmen. Is as follows: Structural Iron workers. $1.25 to $1 1 an hour; cement finishers, $1 to 75 cents an hour; hoisting engineers, sl, sl.l2'■* and $1.25 to 80 cents. 90 cents aqd $1 an hour; plasters, sll2 Vi to $1 an hour; sheet metal workers, $1 to 80 ; cent* an hour; carpenters, $1 to 80 cents an hour; steam fitters $125 to $1 an hour; pltimtierg. $1.25 to $1 an hour; electrical workers. $1 to 85 cents an hour; j lathers, $1 to 90 cents an hour; brick , layers, $1.25 to $1.15 nrr hour; hod j carriers, 72V4 cents 75 cents, to 67Vi and 70 cents an hour, j The last two are not affected at pres j ent by the new wage scale, their old agreement remaining in force until May 1. The action of the unions is directed j against 117 contractors, members of the | Building Contractors’ Association, ac- i cording to T. B. Hatfield, president of \ (Continued on Page Two.)

Gompers, 71, Labor Chief, Weds Artist NEW YORK. April 16.—Samuel Gompers, 71-yenr old president and founder !of the American Federation of Labor, was married here today to Mrs Gertrude Atnsley Gleavcg Neusebeler, 38, artist, formerly of Zanesville, Ohio. Gompers and his wife left New York at noon on a wedding trip to Toronto, Canada. The marriage ceremony was performed at th Hotel Woodward by Judge Robert Wagner of the New York factory Inspection commission. FIVE FINED FOR SPEEDING. Louis Potto, 317 East Norwood street; Carl Simmons, 209 North Noble street; G. 11. May, 615 De Quincy street, and B. N. Lukins, 3810 Winthrop avenue, were each fined sls and costs in city court today by Judge, Walter Pritchard on charges of speeding Robert Jones, 1307 South La Salle street, was fined $lO anl costs on a similar charge. Tha then were arrested yesterday by Motorcycle Officers McKinney and Shouse.

from England, France, Spain and Italy. Others who returned with Miss Booni said she actually conquered the sojourners with her beauty, which enabled her to poll an overwhelming majority. Miss Booth is said to be the most beautiful girl that ever visited jfee Riviera.

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TORNADO WREAKS HA VOC; RAIN AND SNOW STORMS RAGE IN MIDDLE WEST

S9 KNOWN DEAD, COUNT MAY BE 50 IN TWISTER Wide Swath Cut Through Southwest Arkansas— Many Injured. LOSSES PUT AT $50,000 LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16. With grim death and destruction stalking in its wake, the tornado which last night cut a wide swath through Hempstead and Miller counties had taken a known death toll of thirty-nine this afternoon with the final count expected to reach fifty. More than fifty injured from r.ural communities In the two stricken counties are being attended by physicians iu the hospital at Hope, while friends and relatives continued a search of debris piled high on the farms on the chance of extricating additional dead. Telephone and telegraph poles were uprooted, wire communication demoralized and railroad tracks washed out in the district where the twister meted out destruction. The property damage is estimated at $50,000. Creeks are swollen from heavy rains that fell throughout the southwestern part of the State last night. Relief trains were sent from here and Texarkana to Hope, Sheppard and other points along the Missouri Pacific railroad. Physicians readily administered to the suffering. A municipal relief bureau Is operating at Texarkana and Hope, where the Injured were carried. Railroad traffic from Texarkana northwestward Is tampered by soggy roadbeds caused by the driving rain. The heaviest death toll was taken In tho Marlbrook, community, where eleven persons went down before the whistling fury of the storm, which swept from Cass County, Texas, from whence it came so swiftly that storm cellars were use-

In the Wake of the Storm ARKANSAS—Thirty-nine killed, crops levelled, homes destroyed over a wide area; property loss, $50,000. WISCONSIN Transportation and communication lines paralyzed by nearly foot of snow and sleet, accompanied by high winds; street car lines and interurbans tied up; shipping on Lake Michigan endangered. ILLINOIS—Seventy-mile-an-hour gale, accompanied by heavy rainfall, does heavy damage to trees, frame buildings and telegraph and railroad lines. MISSOURI—Two villages hit by cyclone with light damage. lOWA—Heavy snowfall and sleet accompanied by high wind, tieing up traffic and damaging some property. COLORADO —Heavy snow fall, blocking railroads and tying up telegraph and telephone wires. IDAHO—Worst spring blizzard in years. NEBRASKA—Heavy snowfall with wires down and railroads blocked.

NEW PLANNING BOARD HAS JOB Initial Meeting Will Take L T p Apartment Matter. When the city planning committee, which will be appointed next week by Mayor Jewett, holds Its grst meeting it will find work waiting for it. Today the board of public safety refused a building permit to the Newell riace Realty Company for the erection of an apartment house at Washington boulevard and Forty-Sixth street, and referred the whole matter to the new committee. The proposed apartjnent house has been the cause of dissension for some time past between the building company and residents of the neighborhood. The plans as drawn provided for a space of seven-_ teen feet between the property line and" the apartment house, while residents of the street have insisted on a much larger space in order to maintain what they consider the correct building line. The matter has been before the board of public safety for several weeks.

Charge Lover Burned Sweetheart’s Clothes The course of true love never runs smooth. At least that was what Angie Richards, negress, 015 Charlotte street, thought when she returned home last night to And all of her clothes, valued at $l9O, burned to ashes. I,ein Rouser. negro, 804 West Walnut street. Miss Richards’ sweetheart until three weeks ago, is being held in the city prison under $2,500 bond on vagrancy charges following information received by Motorpolicemen Dalton and McClure that Rouser was seen trying the front door of Miss Richards’ home soon before the tire in the house broke out between 9 and 10 o'clock lasi night. He is accused of tiring the clothing in a spirit of revenge. Continue Fight on Prosecutor William P. Evans. insisting upon the “validity” of the indictment returned by the Marion Cqunty grand jury against John M. Melvin, 944 Lexington avenue, and superintendent of the Iletherington & Berner Steel Works, which has the contract for the steel work on the Charles E. Emmerich Manual Training High School, argument on the motion to quash was continued indefinitely today In the Marlon County Criminal Court. Melvin was indicted by the grand jury several weeks ago on a charge of involuntary manslaughter resulting from the collapse of the steel construction on the school annex last year, which caused the death of two man. The motion to quash the indictment was presented to the court by Attorney Charles O. Koemler and Elmer E. Stevenson. The court at that time took the motion under advisement until today.

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FREEZE BOUND FOR CITY , DUE TO ARRIVE SOON Weather Prophets Give Out Chilly Information for W eek-end. Warning was sounded today by the Government weather bureau that freezing temperature will visit Indianapolis by this evening and that while tomorrow will be fair, the weather will be cold. Predictions are, however, that Monday will be fair with a rising temperature. Reports received by the bureau are to the effect that a temperature which will hit the freezing mark or which may go slightly below it will be accompanied by snow flurries. The cold wave will be general over the Central West. The falling mercury Is coming on the heels of rain that extended over ttu greater part of the Central and Western States. Freezing weather already hut descended on the. Western States am; extends as far north as the northern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri, and it is rapidly sweeping eastward.' MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 16.—Nine and one half inches of snow had fallen here at 9 a. m. today, and was continuing to fall, according to official report of the United States Weather Bureau. An army of 5.000 employed had been placed at work by the city trying to dig out from under the record April snowstorm. A Standard Oil tug, towing a tanker, was reported in distress iu Milwaukee harbor. BELOIT, Wis., April 16.—Beloit and the surrounding countryside was virtually snowbound today when its populace woke to find a blizzard in progress and tbe heaviest snowfall of the year. In some places drifts several feet deep were delaying trains and electric lines and handicapping local transportation facilities. Great danger to the fruit crop is predicted. A heavy snow continues to fall. MADISON, Wis., April 16.—Wisconsin was buried under several inches of snow today, after the heaviest snow storm since the winter of 1919-1920. Madison street ears were stalled and power interrupted. The temperature hovered around the freezing point.

Negro Kills Two; Lynching Feared SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 16.—M. J. Purvis and Clifford Enner, the latter a negro, were shot to death here today by Lee Harold, negro. Harold, following his arrest, was Immediately spirited away to avert a possible lynching. Purvis was killed by a stray bullet when Harold started firing at Enner, who, he claimed, “consorted with his wife.” O. K. ex-Rep. Esch for CommercejCommission WASHINGTON, April 18.—The nomination of former Representative John J. Esch of Wisconsin as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission was reported favorably to the Senate today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Senator La Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, member of the committee, and Esch’s political foe, disagreed with the committee’s action, but was overruled. Early confirmation of Esch’s nomination by the Senate is predicted by Republican leaders.

Veter (in of 2 W ars Col. William J. Neville of Boston, former commander of the 104th infantry, who was recently appointed United States marshal to succeed Patrick J. Duane. Colonel Neville is a veteran of two wars, having served as a private in the Span-isb-Amerlcan War and through the World War as a lieutenant colonel. Near the close of the World War he was promoted to rank of colonel.

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BLIZZARD GRIPS CENTER STATES; CRIPPLES LINES ‘Worst Weather of Winter* Sweeps Country From Rockies to Lakes. FRUIT, GARDENS HURT CHICAGO, April 16. —Many persons were killed and property damaged to the extent of thousands of dollars la blizzards and tornadoes which covered the entire central west today. Crops were levelled, buildings destroyed, trees blown down, railroads blocked by snow and sleet and wires forced to the ground, fruit trees and early gardens damaged. The wind storm did the most damagg in the Southwest, where the lives wers lost. A tornado hit portions of Arkansas and northeastern Texas, leaving death md destruction in its wake. Telegraph aud telephone wires wera down and reports of the extent of tha damage were meager. 'TORMS CENTERED JVEK ILLINOIS. The storm today centered over Illinoi* and was sweeping towaid the region of the Great Lakes. The wind reached a velocity of seventy miles an hour. H. J, Cox, In charge of the United States weather bureau here, said it was Chicago's worst storm. The wind fell in torrent* for a period of more than twelve hours. In the Northern and Western States a heavy snowfall blocked railroads. All trans that were not entirely suspended were running hours late. Freezing weather over a large portion of the storm area was forecast for tonight with additional damage to crops in prospect. SNOW FALL HEAVY 1 IN COLORADO. \ In Colorado snow has fallen to an averts, age depth of one foot throughout most of the State and in the mountain passe* drifts of six to eight feet have been piled up. Train service has been suspended on many lines and several cities are without light and power. Schools In Denver have been closed. In many sections of Nebraska and lowa heavy snow Is reported, but wire facilities are so limited as to prevent gathering of details. Wisconsin is being swept by the most violent April storm since 1910. In Milwaukee nearly a foot of snow lies on the streets and a gale is blowing. A temperature of 20 above zero is reported at Fargo, N. D. Much colder weather is reported from practically hi! of the Northwest. /

EASTERS STATES TO ESCAPE STORM WASHINGTON, April 16.—Coldee ; weather following the storm now sweep* ing the Middle West, was forecast by tha weather bureau here today. The storm will not hit the Eastern States, the renu said. The storm is now central over southern Missouri and is moving east-northeast* ward, the bureau said. It has been ac.. coinpanied by snow in upper lake regions, Mississippi Valley, Middle plain States and Rocky Mountain regions. The snow has stopped, however, in the Rocky Mountain States. It is heavy In Colorado, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska. THREE NAMED FOR RAIL LABOR BOARD President Sends Nominations to Senate. WASHINGTON. April 16.—Nominations to fill the three existing vacancies on the Railway Labor board were sent to the SenHte today by President Harding. Those named were: Samuel Higgins of New York, Ben W, Hooper of Tennessee, Walter McMenimen, an official of the railway brotherhoods. Higgins is a former general manager of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. McMenimen Is deputy president of tha Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Hooper is former Governor of Ten* nessee. An Ordinary Hen Eats as Much as a Prize Winner Which are you feeding? A 20-page booklet is offered to every reader of The Indiana Daily Times. What do you know about the standard varieties of chickens in the United States not to mention the non-standard va* rieties? Are you breeding for MEAT or for EGGS? REMEMBER —an ordinary chicken eats as much as a prize winner—AND—what you get depends on the breed you choose. This is tho reason why—the United States Department of Agriculture has gone to the trouble of a thorough study of this subject, and has issued the practical chicken book, which is now offered to you. Write to our Washington Information Bureau for a copy of this splendid booklet. Inclose two cents In stamps for return postage.

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