Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 294, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1921 — Page 1

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CONVOY SYSTEM, MINE BARRAGE, DEFEATED SUBS U-Boat Crews’ Morale Is Shattered When Comrades Fail to Return. WAS GENIUS OF AMERICA By JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Former Secretary of the Navy. Copyright, 1921, by John F. DiUe. Copyright by National Newspaper Service. Copyright in Great Britain, Canada and throughout Europe. All right reserved, Including translation into foreign languages. Including the Scandinavian. Unauthorized reprinting for any purpose forbidden. ARTICLE 5 The German U-boat almost got the world's nerve. This hidden foe of civilization gliding swiftly beneath the surface of the sea, and sending its missile of death and destruction without warning Into the vitals of grea, ships, was the biggest element of terror in the war, the heaviest tax upon morale, until — Suddenly the tables turned. News flashed through the naval and military organizations of the allied and associated powers that there was virtual mutiny in the German fleet German sailors were refusing to obey the orders of their commanders. Submarines were lying In harbor because men declined to take them out to the hunting grounds In the ocean lanes and channels of transport Somehow we had got the nerve of Germany. Then we knew the ena was near. The break In the morale of the great navy of Imperial Germany has no precedent in military history—unless it be found In the collapse of Russia. But Russia’s vast horde, when the crasu came, was an undisciplined mob compared with the organized, highly-trained, superbly-disciplined naval forces of Wilhelm Hohenzollern. German naval personnel was of high type. This was especially true of the men selected for Üboat service. Only some extraordinary pressure, some psychologically shattering phenomenon, could be sufficient to produce panic In the souls of such sailors. What had happened? r-BOAT CREWS NERVE BROKEN. For weeks U-boats had been putting out to sea from their nesting places ou the German coast, and vanishing as utterly as the bubble which bursts while the child watches It No trace was left of them, no record of what fate befell them. The German admiralty knew only that no wireless reports came from them, that they never returned to their base. Their comrades in the dangerous game of undersea assassination missed them, and there spread through the ranks of the men who went down into the deeps to wait for their prey the fear or a secret terror, a mysterious Nemesis, which tortured mind and nerve and shook the morale of the strongest. Now and again there limped back to port a U-boat which had suffered damage from contact with this concealed peril, but which had escaped complete destruction. These survivors told a story which jnly Intensified the dread. They spoke of colliding with mines, bidden below the surface of the sea. Implements of destruction, whose presence tould not be guessed. The I'-boat ran Into them as a man might run luto a wire stretched across his path on a dark night. But putting together the evidence of those who came back, and the unuttered testimony of those who had become forever silent, the Herman admiralty understood. More to the point Is the fact that the sailors on the D-boats understood, and when they unlerstood they refused to go to sea, and the spirit of their refusal spread to their tomrades In other branches of the Gernan naval service. The whole magnlllnt fighting organization began to disintegrate 1 MINK BARRAGE JF 230 MILES. Across the North Sea, from Norway imost to the Orkneys, there had been itretched a mine barrage 230 miles in length. It was the biggest ar.d most luccessful innovation In naval warfare :be world had seen up to that hour. It consisted of more than 70,000 mines. It was Into this barrage the U-boats were running whenever they attempted to get around the north of the British isles Into the open sea. It was anew factor In the war, a surprise for Von Tlrpitz. A Moloch of the sea, with big jaws, powerful enough to devour the biggest submarine, had become the unseen and .unknowable terror, and the U-boat menace dwindled and dis appeared before it. But the fact that makes me proud a 5 an American, proud to have been secretary of the Navy, and proud beyond words of the fleet and tiie men under my direction, is the fact that the laying of this unparalleled barrage, this extraordinary death t'rap for the most dangerous foe which has ever assailed eivilikeation. was a plan wholly of American and. In greatest part of Kmerican execution. DESTROYER THE C-BOAT TERROR. We had been fighting the U-boats with destroyers—so had the British and so had the French. The destroyer was a holy terror to the submarine, but the submarine was quite as hard a problem for the destroyer. And the submarine had an advantage which, makes it the most difficult foe on the seas—lts facility for vanishing from sight by submergence. To escape the attack of a U-boat a destroyer had to rely upon skill in navigation, zigzagging and spied, aud no ships which ever sailed the seas gave quite so good an account of themselves, not only on the score of capable direction, but also because of the pluck and daring of their crews. The men who made the charge of the Light brigade and the men who held the pass at Thermopylae were brothers In courage to the men on the destroyers (Continued on Page Four.)

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STATE HIGHWAY AID TO FOUNTAIN COUNTY KEPT DARK SECRET Chief Examiner Approves ‘Just This One Time’ Allowance of $19,108 to Assist in Selling Bonds for Bridge. GRANT UNDER WRIGHT’S DIRECTION By TIMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT. ATTICA, Ind., April 19. —A transaction by which the State highway commission last June supplied a total o 7 $19,108 to assist Fountain County in selling bonds for the purpose of constructing a bridge over the Wabash River here entirely on a county contract and which has been kept secret by that department and by the State board of accounts was disclosed here today. This adds to the long list of questionable expenditures made under the direction of L. H. Wright, director of the commission, whose resignation will be demanded at a meeting of the newly appointed highway body at Indianapolis tomorrow'. It is the first instance, however, in which it has been revealed that the commission is assisting in building purely county projects.

The transaction was kept secret, according to Charles Zeigler, a member of the commission, who lives here and who 1 urged that it be made, at the request of ; Jesse E. Eschbaeh. chief examiner of the j State board of accounts. Mr. Eschbaeh, i according to Mr. Ziegler, agreed to ap- ’ prove the transaction "just this one time" 1 on condition that it be kept secret so that ! every other county in the State would not : request the same kind of assistance on its public works. Examiners of the board j of accounts are now looking into the mat- ! ter with a view of making a report within a short time. WARREN COUNTY REFUSES TO COOPERATE. The Fountain County commissioners, on petition of a number of citizens of Attica and of other parts of the county, decided to build the Wabash bridge. The bridge connects Fountain and Warren Counties, but Warren County refused to cooperate. Following this decision bonds bearing an Interest rate of 5 per cent wore issued to cover the cost of constructing the bridge, which was placed at $.’72,540.31. An attempt was made to sell the bonds at both Chicago and Indianapolis without success. Finally, however, the MeyerKiser bank of Indianapolis agreed to buy the bonds if the county would agree to pay a bonus of $22,500. At this pout the highway commission came into the deal. Mr. Zeigler, according to his own statement, riaced the matter before the commission and asked that it assist to the extent of paying this premium. It was finally agreed that the commission should pay $19,108 and that the contractors, Standish & Allen of Chicago, bear the remainder. MONEY FOR BONUS BORROWED FROM BANKS. The bonus was to be paid by tbs contractors In Its entirety and the highway commission was then to reimburse the contractors in the amount agreed upon. The money with which to pay the bonus was borrowed by the contractors from three Fountain County banka, the Fanners nmt Merchants' State .oX Attire, the Central National Bank of Attb-a and the Citizens Bank of Covington. No In tercst on the loans was charged by any of the banks. Mr. Zeigler. the moving factor in the transaction, is president of 1 the Farmers and Merc iants’ Bank. The contractors thou proceeded to ship ; material to the bridge site, engineers of : the highway department checked it up, jand the bills were sent to Indianapolis, 1 where they were raid by Mr. Wright, j until they reached the total agreed upon. 5 This money was then turned over to the j banks in payment of the loan, j SIGNED CONTRACT. i The contract which was entered into 1 t.y the contractors and the highway comi mission is dated June 13, 1920, and reads (as follows: ; “The Indiana State highway eomniisj sion hereby agrees to pay to Standish & j .Mian $19,108 upon presentation of bills \ for material bought by' them and used in | the construction of the bridge across the j Wabash River at Attica. Ind., .-aid bills to be approved by Standish & Allan and o. k.’d by tho State inspector in charge. "This contract is entered into with the understanding between Standish and Alim and the State highway commission that the contract entered Into between tiie county commissioner-! of Fountain County and Standard and Allan, contractors, is to be completed according to contract and to time and specifications of contract. “(Signed) L. 11. Wright. Director. “Standish and Allan. S. S. Standish, V,'. F. Allan.” TRANSFER INTEREST IN CONTRACT TO BANKS. “We hereby transfer and assign all right, title and Interest in above contract to the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Attica, Ind., to the Central National Bank of Attica, Ind., and to the Citizens Bank of Covington, Ind. “Signed. Standish and Allan. 8. S. Standish, W. F. Allan.” The minutes of the highway department show that this contract was approved July 13. This entry follows: “Moved by Mr. Zeigler, seconded by Mr. Crawford, that the contract with ! Standish and Allan, Chicago, 111., for I $19,106 for material to go into the Attica | bridge be approved. Motion carried.” ! in this way the State highway commis- ; sion, without warrant in law, made a present to Fountain Coynty of tiie sum of $19,106 and kept it secret so that other counties would not receivo the same kind of a gift. WRIGHT AND ZEIGLER'S ATTEMPT TO Jl STIFY, In justification for this action, both Mr. Wright and Mr. Zeigler point out that j the bridge Is on a State highway and as | such Is a part of the State road system. I They take the attitude that the county Is I making a gift to the State of the price | of tiie bridge less the amount paid by the. \ State. In justification of the county's action in going ahead and constructing tiie bridge irstead of waiting for the State to do it, Mr. Ziegler declared that there was a serious necessity for a bridge immediately and if those back of the project had waited for the State to act the bridge probably would not have been built at Attica, but further down the river. This transaction, whereby the State aided in a purely county project, was not reported by the State board of accounts in its report two months ago, in which it charged the highway department with gross extravagance. It is not reported despite the fact that the transaction took place more than six months previously 1 and during the year for which the report was made. While the report purported to set out ail the dealings of the high way commission, whether right or wroug, this was not made public. NOMINATIONS TO SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 19.—The President j**nt the following nominations to the Senate today: Doctors to be assistant surgeons, public health service, Ralph D. Lille and Thomas S. Love.

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Ex-Ambassador Is U. S. Rubber Cos. Man NEW YORK, April 19—John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain today was elected a director of the United States Rubber Company. Davis later will be made general counsel of the company. Other directors of tiie company were re elected. Change in Indiana Baggage Order Dcr.ied WASHINGTON, April 19.—'The Interstate Commerce Commission today denied the petition of W. L. Pratt, agent, on behalf of carriers engaged in intrastate traffic in the State of Indiana for modification of an order respecting excess baggage charges applicable iu connection with commutation fares. Girl Swallows Acid; Alive After 24 Hours Special to The Times. LA PORTE. Ind., April 19.—Though she swallowed a full ounce of carbolic acid, twenty-four hours ago, Helen ltehm, 22, living south of WestvlUe, this county, was still alive today. The girls' father, 11. J. Kebin, was insane before he died and her mother Is in an Insane asylum. It Is believed she drank the poison in a fit of Insanity. The girl is a high school graduate and lives at the home of her uncle, A. J. Rehm. Hundreds in Danger in Mexican Flood SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. Mexico, April 19.—Hundreds of liven were reported lu danger today In Hoods caused by heavy ralons all through the State of Tabasco. Tugs and naval vessels are standing off the coast to pick up refugees and light boats have been sent up swollen streams to rescup those who have been marooned. The loss to property will reach millions. It Includes the destruction of buildings, bridges and ruin of plantations. Harding Escapes Machine Smash-up WASHINGTON, April 19.—President Harding’s automobile narrowly escaped collision here today with a motor truck. The presidential car was forced to the curb when the truck shot out from a cross street. The President was en route to the Union Station, followed by secret service men. The negro truck driver brought his machine to a stop when secret service men Jumped from their ear. State Quashes Action in Several Cases The State on its own motion today nollled a number of cases which have been on the docket for some time in the Criminal Court. Tbo action affected the following cases: Andrew C. Winters, grand larceny; seven cases against tiie late Kin Martin on charges of surety of peace; Edward Nelson, charged with child desertion, and Ray Harding, charged with criminal assault. Joe Shea and Robert Forestal, charged with impersonating an officer, were each found guilty and lined SOO and costs. Juror in Receiver Case^Becomes 111 Because Amos E. Milhouse, member of tiie jury hearing the case of tiie Fletcher Savings and Trust Company as receiver for the German Investment and Securities Company against the National Surety Company, became suddenly ill In tlbe Circuit Court this morning. Judge Harry Chamberlin adjourned court for several hours. The case was scheduled to be resumed late this nfternoon. The case has been In hearing for several days. Mr. Milhouse lives In Decatur Township. The litigation against the National Surety Company Involves sureties. Accused of Stealing Boy Scouts’ Articles Satn Dowell, 31, negro Junkman, 910 West Twenty Fifth street, was arrested today on tiie charge of petit larceny, it being alleged he took articles that had been placed in the renr of iSKO Washington boulevard to lie collected by the Boy Scouts. The arrest was made hy Motor Policemen Hague and Heller, when Dowell appeared at police headquarters today. The police said they bad searched for him since yesterday. Several complaints were received from various parts of the city that junkmen were stealing articles placed In thk alley to be collected by Boy Scouts for “Clean-up Week.” May Sift Shooting Sperlal to The Times. SHELBYVILLE. Ir.d.. April ID.—lleiatives of William Rogers, who was shot and wounded here by Ray Koch Saturday evening, may ask that an investigation be made of the shooting, although Rogers is said to have made a statement freeing young Koch from all blame. The Koch boy, who Is 16, Is in a critical condition ftfllowing his collapse after the 6hootlng. Reports from the bedside of Rogers indicate that he will not recover.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1921.

HOLDS SCIENCE ! COMMON WITH OTHER CREEDS Lecturer From Mother Church Addresses Audience at Murat. BASIC PRINCIPLE SAME Ezra W. Palmer, C. S. 8., member of the board of lectureship of The Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., spoke to a large audience last night at 8 o'clock, in the Murat Theater, under the auspices of the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of Indianapolis. The lecturer was introduced by Mra. Roxie Long. Mr. Palmer spoke substantially as follows: “In addressing an audience made up. In part, of persons who know little of the teachings of Christian Science, it Is well to consider what Christian Science bns In common with other religious organizations which accept ths Bible, aud the Bible teachings regarding God. Has j Christian Science anything in common ; with other denominations that accept the Bible? Upon examination it will be seen j that th* re is much in common. All Chris- ! tioii people accept the Bible. They understand that God Is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent; meaning by this that I God has all power, is ever-present, and is the creator and source of till kuowl- | edge. Thessj immortal verities of Deity I have been accepted by all Christians liecause on no other basis can we conceive of God as infinite arid supreme, a God of love who sends only good gifts to His i children. Thus if you should ask a man who accepts tiie Bible if he believes that God is omnipiesent. he would undoubted:ly answer you in the affirmative. If you ! n'so ask him If he believes that God j is omniscient and omnipotent he would ■ likewise answer you in the affirmative. ■ But if you press the matter further, and ask him if he would rely upon the oni--1 nipotent goodness of God to heal him j should he be taken suddenly ill at the midnight hour, he would probably hesitate and perhaps tell you that such reliance was too vague and transcendental for him; that he preferred to pin his j faith in some favorite drug or other material means His answers to the above questions would probably be the answers of many people who accepi (Continued on l uge Nine.) ‘Armored Cars’ to Be Used in Moving Mails Regular Arsenal Supplies Ordered to Cope With Costal Bandits. I Mail trucks and trains will be converted into moving fortresses in an effort to break up the epidemic of mail robberies that has been sweeping the country, according to orders issued by the Rostoffloe Department at Washington, in carrying out this plan 17.000 revolvers, j 500 shotguns and 102.000 rounds of am- , munition arrived in Chicago yesterday for ' distribution in Indianapolis, South Bend Burlington, Iowa; Louisville, Ky.; Grand ! Rapid., Mich.; Omaha, Neb., and Colum- | bus, Ohio. | In addition to this it is said schools j for training postal employes to shoot i quickly and st. sight will be started within the next week, in carrying out tills new plan of defense former service men will be used as guards for mull trucks and .nail cars. Postmaster Robert E. Springsteen say* that for some time past special precautions have been taken in tiie handling ’of registered mail in Indianapolis. Mail | of this character lias been moyed only ; in daytime and under the most careful i supervision. BRITISH HOPE TO END STRIKE Vote of Confidence to Lloyd Ceorge Believed Aid to Settlement. LONDON, April 19.—Renewed hope of a final settlement of the British strike situation arose today when a meeting of colliery fiwtiers was called. | Following the triumph Inst night of Premier I.loyd George when he was given a vote of confidence on his handling of the situation, it was believed he would arrange u new wage offer by tho owners. This offer then would be debated by the miners, who will hold a session Friday. Meanwhile, the fight against industrial paralysis continued. Although much of 1 machinery for fighting a general strike had been dispensed with, the special army of defense was recruited to full strength. Tho lines of unemployed lengthened today. New Citizens Plan for Meeting April 29 ArranffeiiKMit* aiv bring mads for an Americanization meeting in tbo llouka of lUpri‘SAnUitlves In tiie Statehouse th evening of April In honor of a group of foreign-bom citizens who have b>n studying Enffli*h In tbo various wclfu.ro koines during the hist winter. Representative* of patriotic and welfare organizations have boon ashed to bo present and Governor Warren T. McCray has been Invited to speak. Mrs. Defibaugh Dead From Heart Disease Mrs. Delia IV. Dcfibaugh, wife of C. C. Dcfibaugh, 3(102 North Capitol avenue, died at the residence Monday evening, after a short illness from heart disease. Funeral arrangements have not beeu made, beyond burial in Indianapolis. Besides tiie husband, who Is foreman of tho Times pVessroom, two sons, 12 and 8; a daughter, 19, the mother and a sister residing at Wheeling, W. Va.; a brother residing at Cleveland, Ohio, and another brother living at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, survive. Obregon Reveals Plans to Pay Debts MEXICO CITY. April 19.—President Obregon of Mexico today revealed his plan enabling Mexico to pay her debts," and rehabilitation of his country. “I have invited foreign creditors of Mexico to send representatives to hold a preliminary conference to determine on a ! plan enabling Mexico to pay any debts,” Obregon said. Mexico's debts amount to $275,000,000. Obregon said tbe treasury now has about $50,000,000, of which a portion will be released to pay back interest on the Indebtedness.

| VOTERS URGED | TO REPUDIATE ‘G. 0. P. MACHINE’ Shank and Robison Declare City Hail Dictates Candidacy of Prof. Howe. REFORMS ARE PROMISED While Edward J. RoJjison, Repub- ! lican candidate for the mayoralty nomination, was calling on members i of his party in speeches last night | to repudiate the G. O. P. city ma- | chine, Samuel Lewis Shank was lam- | basting the same crowd, which, he asserts, is attempting to gain a vote ;of confidence from the people by nominating Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College and News-Jewett candidate for mayor. Both candidates appealed to the voters to stu; that the primary is kept clean and both uttered a warning against a repetition of the now notorious primary four years ago when Jewett was nominated. The professor, in a series of speeches, ’ declared for the lowest possible tax rate, a position he has maintained in previous utterances. While lias was reiterating his stand on that problem Mr. Shank scored him mercilessly for failing to give a definite promise to cut the taxation burden. SHANK SPEAKS TO 4,000 VOTERS. Speeding from one meeting to another in a motor car Mr. Shank addressed approximately 4,000 voters last uiglit. Mrs. M. B. Spellman, chairman of the ‘ woman’s division of the Shauk campaign, also addressed a meeting at Spann avenue and St. Baal street. Tonight the Snank forces will stage a large meeting at Indiana avenue and We.-t street. A parade up the avenue ana a band concert will be held and a number of prominent speakers will have places on tlie program. The Shank people have arranged for a strenuous drive for the remaining two weeks of the campaign. Dr. E. E. liodgin, manager of the Shauk forces, has summoned into headquarters severul well known Republicans who have volunteered their support in tightening up such an organization as will guarantee that every ( vote cast for Shauk will be counted as ; cast. Among those who will assist Dr. Hodgln are the following; Edward G. Sounder, .Tames Shelton, i Joseph Hogue, C. M. ('.'Willis, John Carlisle, W. S. Henry, Newton J. McGuire, Gordon Donaldson. I>r. W. E. Mendenhall, John H. Fox, William E. Kelley, Bert C. Meraman. Harry Newby, William Jenkins, William A. Edwards, liev. 11. I’. Parker, William Pierce, Bartley .Matthews, Oscar (jucisser. Edward Davidson, William I'euke, Paul Wetter, Jacob Rel ic!!, Robert Shulman, Charles Britton, William T. Bailey, Henry Wing, John Yost, Harry Campbell, Clifford U. KeulInt'. William Smock, William Payday. William H, Evans, William Rescuer and Janies Moddrell. "I nm pledged to reduce taxes in Indianapolis and thus hasten the return of normal, prosperous conditions,” sahl Mr. Hl.:mk. “My opponent, Thomas C. Howe, says that taxes cannot be reduced much, but that he will see what can be done. NOT MAKING HIiALLOIV PROMISES. "Can you imagine a business man de- ■ riving that retrenchment is impossible in a business that has been extravagantly : conducted. I have refrained from announcing the particulars in which I will I Continued on I'&gr Two.) WAY ALL CLEAR FOR KNOX PEACE Majority Senators Agree to Call Measure Up After Colombia Treaty. WASHINGTON, April 19 Passage of the Knox peace resolution by the Senate, immediately following the predicted ratification of the Colombian treaty by the Senate tomorrow, was agreed upon today by Republican leaders of the Senate. It was declared little difficulty is anticipated in Japiming the Knox measure through both the Senate and House within the next few days. A meeting of tho Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be held Thursday to report the resolution favorably and promptly to the Senate, Senator Lodge, conimitteo chairman, announced. SEE HOPE FOR MEDICINAL BEER Appointment of Revenue Commissioner Is Imminent. ■ WASHINGTON, April 19.—Advocates of beer and wines as a medicinal need hnd nnother ray of hope today. Tins treasury prepared to clear the way for beer and wine regulations. The deadlock over the revenue commissiofiership, the chief delay in promulgating the new rules. Is about broken,, Secretary Mellon said. President Harding, it was said, probably will announce on his return from New York tomorrow tiie name of the new commissioner. The new commissioner must pass upon the regulations. It will probably be among his first official acts. Renewed pressure is being exerted to have the regulations, authorizing manufacture and sale of “beer with a kick,” nS well as vinous wines, of varying alcoholic strength, issued without delay. Secretary Mellon, as a result, has given word to speed up the regulations and j have them In fairly definite shape for the O. K. of the incoming commissioner. Flays ‘Sales Tax’ as Super ‘Grand Larceny’ WASHINGTON, April 19.—William n. Johnston, vice president of the People’s Reconstruction League, today denounced the proposed sales tax as “the worst kind of grand larcency.” Thp turnover sales tax now pending in a bill before Congress will levy $1,800,000,000 on the people with moderate aud small incomes, in addition to the 4 per cent Income tax they are now paying, Johnston said. Os the total of two billion dollars sought by the sales tax* the wealthy will pay about $200,000,000, he declared.

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OPEN DRIVE FOR FAIR ELECTION Shank and Robison Seek Equal Representation on Boards. j A joint petition signed by warcl chair- : men of the Shank and Robison organizations which requests that the four iie- | publican candidates for mayor be gl<eu ! equal representation on the election ! boards was to be presented to Republican City Chairman Irving W. Lemaux late today or early tomorrow. Mr. Lemaux has the exclusive power to appoint the Republican election officials. The Shank and Robison forces have been trying for weeks to devise some means of keeping Mr. Lemaux from filling the boards with Howe workers. If Shank, Robison, Howe and Meye 's wene given equal representation there j could be no charge of fraud. Shank aud Robison leaders say. The plan which the ward chairmen propose in their petition is that Mr. Lemaux appoint his board members in rotation from lists furnished l)y the four candidates. Asa rule the city chairman depends upon the recommendation of precinct committeemen in miming his election bonrd appointees, but since the present campaign opened the Howe organization has threatened committeemen who did not Jump into line that they would be deprived of the privilege of making recommendations. This has convinced j the Shank and Robison leaders that they | must seek other means of obtaining fair I representation. In case Mr. Lemaux declines to act ' upon the suggestion of the Shank and j Robison ward chairmen it is understood ! the two candidates are prepared to or- | gnnize two groups of twenty five promli nent business men representing each ean- | didate and nppeal for a fair primary lipon i the ground that the good name of Indianapolis should be protected. DROWNS AFTER FALL OFF TRAIN Fireman Bumped From Engine Into White River. When a C., I. A W. locomotive bumped into n Big Four engine that had stopped on the bridge over'White River near the Ktngan packing plant today, J. R. Reynolds, 35, of Mattoon, 111., fireman of the Big Four engine, was knoi keU from the running board into the river and killed. Reynolds fell about sixty feet i into water that was about eight feet deep. His body was sent to the city morgue. William Dalton of Mattoon, engineer of the Big Four engine, stopped his locomotive ou the bridge while en route to the Union Station, where the engine was to pull n train into St. Loots. Reynolds climbed out on the running board at the ! side of the engine to turn off a steam ! valve. While reaching for the valve a C., I. & W. engine, in charge of William Russel, engineer, and C. M. Bell, fireman, also en route to tho Union Depot on the same track, bumped the rear of the tender of 1 the Big Four engine. The sudden bump ; caused Reynolds to lose his balance and j he fell backard from the side of the engine to the water far below, it is be- | lieved his head struck tiie side of the ' bridge and that he was stunned, for he was unable to make an effort to save ; himself. The police emergency squad, Lieutenant Winkler, Sergt. J. Richter, Motorpolice laalton, Mullen and McClure dragged the river and recovered the body. Reynolds’ watch stopped at 7:12 u. in. and tho accident Is believed to have occurred at that time. When William Russell, 2848 North Now Jersey Btreet, engineer, and C. S. Bell, 809 South State avenue, fireman on the C., I. & W. engine return to Indianapolis, they will be arrested on the charge of manslaughter, according to the coroner, their bonds, however, have been fixed at $l,C<)O each. The arrests will be made as a matter of routine, followed by the coroner In fatal accidents where he Is investigating to determine who Is at fault. The coroner also notified the railroad companies that in all future accidents where a man is killed that at least one man must bo left at the sceen of the accident until the coroner or police officials arrive. When the police emergency squad reached the scene the engines were gone, the train crews were gone and no witnesses of the accident could he found. I It wag with some difficulty that the po- | lice learned tiie details. | The coroner announced that Reynolds' i death was due to drowning. WILL REOPEN RATE HEARING Gas Company to Produce Information on Coke Value. Additional Information, relative to the value of coke carried In stock by the Citizens' Gas Company of Indianapolis, will be given the public service commission by officials of the company and expert witnesses who will be produced, next Monday, it was learned today. The case of the company, which has petitioned for an incrense In rates from 09 cents to 90 cents per 1.000 cubic feet, will be reopened for the purpose of hearing this additional information. In addition to tiie information regarding the amount of coke carried In stock, the company will give information relative to the ability to move the fuel, and the effect of the foregoing on operating results and general financial conditions. The gas company has stated that high class witnesses familiar with the coke situation will he brought to Indianapolis to testify In the reopening of the case. Commissioner Glenn Van Auken, who is in charge of the gas company case, had a tentative draft of the order written, following the hearing several weeks ago, but this has been withheld pending the Introduction of additional information. ADI) SUSPENDED TERMS. Robert Gilbert, Jr., a ne.gro, 622 Hudson street, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child, today was fined SSOO and sentenced to six months on the Indiana State Farm by Judge Frank Lahr of the Juvenile Court. Sentence and Judgment was suspended during good behavior.

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‘GOOD GOVERNMENT’ ‘PET’ NOT DUE FOR RELEASE TILL MAY 10 Returns From Farm in Time to Aid Mr. Thos. C. Howe’s Race for G. O. P. Mayoralty Nomination. BOARD EXPRESSLY DENIED CLEMENCY Dennis J. Bush, the man who confessed looting the city treasury through padded pay rolls and who was sentenced to the Indiana State Farm for participation in a dastardly assault on Ralph Richman, a deputy fire marshal, during the 1914 campaign, walked away from the penal institution last night at 7:30 o’clock with a parole signed by Governor Warren T. McCray in his pocket. Miss Adah E. Bush, secretary to Governor McCray, said today that Bush's parole is due to a “mistake.” Bush was not due to leave the penal farm until May 10, several days after the city primary election. His arrival in the city brought Joy to the hearts of the "good government and clean politics" crowd which is trying to land the mayoralty nomination for Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College and News-Jewett candidate, for Bush’s political activities in behalf of the Jewett administration are notoriously known in Indianapolis. The “mistake,” unless it is rectified by Governor McCray, will add a valuable worker to the Jewett faction just at a time when they are said to need all the aid possible in order to save the sinking administration craft.

HARDING TALKS IN N. Y. TODAY President to Felicitate South America at Unveiling of Bolivar Statue. I ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARDING'S ; SPECIAL TRAIN, April 19.—Leaving i Washington for the first time since his i inauguration. President Harding made a ! hurried trip to New York today to deI liver a message of good will to South ! America. Mrs. Harding accompanied him. His speech will be the crowning | event at the unveiling of tho statue of ; Simon Bciivar, South American liberator, in Central Park, this afternoon. It will be his first discussion of Pan-American policies, ttrtit subject having been kept j out of the inaugural address and his first message to Congress and reserved for . speciul treatment today. A galaxy of notables wll lattend the j ceremonies. Harding left Washington after breakfast and is scheduled to be back at the . White House before midnight. I After tl’.e ceremony President Harding ' will make a hurried visit to the "Llgbti house for the Blind, to inspect the work | of the sightless children who are being j educated there. Harding planned to j make this visit in addition to his sched- '] ule because of his interest in the Mind. He oncq had a sister who lost her sight. He will then go back to his train, taking dinner aboard after leaving New York. ' Harding traveled in his private ear i Superb, which he used on most of his : campaign travels and on his trip to j Florida. PLAN TO FIGHT PROFITEERING Oflicials and Congressmen Discuss Program to Protect Public. WASHINGTON, April 19.—A program to protect the people against profiteering was being planned here today. High Government officials and members of Congress were discussing remedies that will be attempted, although details of the program are only iu process of dei velopment. i The tentative program Is: | 1. A law requiring the mafiufacturers’ t cost and sales price to be marked on every article. 2. An emergency force reporting directly to a Cabinet officer to present a statistical index of wholesale and retail prices in various parts of the country. 3. The issuance frequently by this Government agency of a “fair cost” list, including each article of common consumption. 4. Congressional investigation of “open price associations" and alleged agree- , ments or understandings among retailers. 5. Investigation of high railroad rates aud wages.

DISCUSS AFFAIRS OF CIRCULATION Newspaper Men of Three States in Session Here. Various matters pertaining to newspaper circulation were discussed at the semi-annual meeting of the Three ! Newspaper Circulators’ Association of Illinois, Indiana and lowa, at the Hotel Severiu today. Following an address of welcome by B. F. Lawrence and the address of the president, W. P. Lovell of Bloomington, ill., the speakers on the day's program Included the following: J. Paul Kienzle, Springfield, 111.; Roy Parish, Quincy, 111.; C. A. Ferris, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Hilton IT. Brown, Indianapolis; Fred V. Shuch, Springfield, 111.; J. A. Beckett, Decatur, 111.; J. H. Lederer, Indianapolis; E. C. Howes, Danville, 111.; Charles D. Chaffee, Aurora, 111., and D. A. Ring, Indianapolis. The program also included open discussions on the following topics: “Complying with Indiana Child Labor Law”; "Handling of Starts and Stops by Carriers—lndependent System—Salary System”; “Baseball Bulletin Service”; Maintaining Discipline Among Carriers Waiting for Papers”; "Weekly or Monthly Carrier Collections,” and “Labeling Devices Suitable for 5,000 or Less.” MVNCIE TO VOTE JCLY 7. MUXCIE, Ind, April 19.—The city of Munele will vote on the city manager form of government July 7, according to action taken by the city council here last night.

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HERE’S COPT OF lit SH ORDER. The copy of the order, granting Bush his freedom and a partial remission of his fine, a copy of which Is on file in : the Governor's office, and another sent to the superintendent of the Statee Farm, follows: “Parole and partial remission of fine Dennis Bnsh f April 14. “To ail to whom these presents may come, Greetings “WHEREAS, One Dennis Bnsh was convicted tn the Criminal Court, Marlon County, Indiana, Jan. 8, 1921, charged with the crime of assault and battery, and sentenced and committed to the Indiana State Farm for a term of four months, to which was added a flue of nine hundred ($900) dollars and costs) and “WHEREAS, It Is made to appear that he has a family who are seriously In need of his maintenance anil support; and “Whereas, It is further made to appear that lie has no means or property with which to pay said fine; and “WHEREAS, the trial judge prosecuting attorney, together with the treasurer, clerk, auditor, sheriff and recorder of Marion County, Indiana, recommend that he be granted a purtlal remission of fine) and “WHEREAS, (he State Board of Pardons, after a careful investigation and examination of oil the facts in said case, recommends that “THE SAID DENNIS BUSH BE GRANTED A PAROLE AND PAKTLAL REMISSION OF FINE; “NOW, THEREFORE, I, Warren T. McCray, Governor of the State of Indiana, hy virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the constitution anil laws of said State, hereby pa-ole the said Dennis Bush and remit “Tlve Hundred (500.00) Dollars of the fine of Nine Hundred ($900.00) assessed against him; thereby reducing said fine to Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars. “IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State of Indiana, at the Capitol, In the city of Indianapolis, this fourteenth day of April, 1921. “WARREN T. 51 cCRAY, "Governor. “By the Governor, “ED. JACKSON, “Secretary of State." MISS BUSH TELLS HOW “MISTAKE” WAS MADE. Miss Bush's version of the “mistake’’ ta as follows: When the report came from the board of pardons, the top of the sheet containing the reeoimneudation, contains the subject matter of the contents of the report. In this case it was worded “Parole and !.‘partial remission of fine, Dennis Bush, April 14, 1921.” In the rush of copying the numerous reports, the executive clerk failed to read tiie body of the report, which did net contain any recommendation for a parole, but did contain merely a recommendation for a partial remission of fine. The executive clerk accordingly included In the order of the Governor the recommendation of parole, In addition to the fine remission, and the recommendation went to the Gox’ernor tn this form. According to Miss Bush, the inclusion of the words, “the said Dennis Bush he granted n parole,” was not noticed by Governor McCray, who attached his sig(Coiitlnued on Page Two.)

First Catch the Rabbit! So begins an old recipe for rabbit stew. ! It was written before rnbbU-raising became the science that it now is. Rabbits may be raised in almost any back yard, where no other live stock, not even poultry. could be kept. They produce fur as well as meat. They may be raised for the home table or for profit. Properly cooked, they are “all that the most fastidious taste can wish,” says the Government bulletin on rabbit-rais-ing. It tolls the whole story of the rabbit’s care, from the day he is born to the day he Is fried. This is the time of year to start raising rabbits. To get vonr copy of the book, use the attached coupon. Print name and address or be sure to write plainly. Enclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage.

Frederick J. ITaskln, Director, The Indiana Dally Times. Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. I enclose herewith 2 cents in stamps for return postage on a free copy of tho Rabbit Boat. Name Street City State