Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight and Saturday.

VOL. XXXIV.

Boy’s Murder Jury Can’t Agree, Dismissed

CITY PLANS TO DIRECT SERVICE OF TROLLEY CO. Contract for Board of Works Control Will Be Nogatiated at Early Date. FRANCHISE IS SACRED Negotiations for a contract which ■would give to the board of public ■works authority to control the service of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, with the exception of general rate making, will be begun at a conference of city officials with officials of the company immediately after the utility carries out Its announced intention of surrendering its franchise, Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby announced today. The city will fight to the last ditch for continuance of every right guaranteed by the franchise excepting that of rate making, both Mr. Ashby and Mayor Charles W. Jewett announced. Surrender of the franchise was expected late this afternoon or early tomorrow. No time will be lest In calling the conference thereafter, Mr. Ashby said. CITY llUl DEMAND $30,000 FRANCHISE TAX. Particular pains will be taken by the city to see that the provisions compelling the street railway company to pay $30,00) franchise tax to the city park department annuall. is embodied in the contract, Mr. Ashby said. Failing In an agreement on this score the city administration will seek to have an ordinance compelling the company to recognize the city’s rights, as stated above, passed by the city council, the corporation counsel asserted. VARIOUS ANGI.ES IN FRANCHISE SURRENDER. The various angles o the franchise surrender situation stood today as follows: 1. City officials charge that statements of official sos the company Indicate that they are going to attempt to "get out from under"’ practically every important provision of the franchise, which is to be surrendered under an act of the 1921 Legislature. The city will resist such a move through the courts if necessary. 2. Street railway officials definitely announced they will refuse to pay the a year franchise tax upon the belief that with the surrender of the franchise they will not be compelled to. Dr. Henry Jameson, president of the board of directors of the company, stated that the company does not deny the right of the city to make, orders relative to aervloe conditions, but Insisted that if they are carried out the company will have to receive increases in fare commensur ate with the expense of the Improvements ordered. He said he believed an agreement could be reached in a conference with city officials. WOULD CONTINUE sri.r ov pvi\n. 3. City officials are particularly curious that the present requirement that the street railway company pave between its tracks whenever the rest of a highway upon which tracks are loaded is improved, he continued. Dr. Jameson indicated that the company will try to convince the city and the public service commission that it would be wisest for property owners to pay the original cost of such paring and the company keep It in repair thereafter. Tha public service commission ies understood to be sympathetic wit bthe eontpany’s view. 4. When the franchise is surrendered. which will be accomplished by the filing of necessary papers with the city clerk, the county auditor and the public service commission, a petition for an indeterminate permit will be filed with the public service commission. This, street railway officials said, will be done immediately. Dr. Jameson said decision to surrender the street railway franchise was reached by the board of directors “four or five weeks ago.” CITY WILL FIGHT “EVERY INCH OF WAY.” The statements of offl luls of the company “justify us In fig ung them every inch of the way,” declared Mr. Ashby. He said that the city will fight for and believes it will win mil the rights guaranteed by the, franchise because it will ask in the contract It hopes to negotiate with the company for the continuance of such powers only until 1933. which is the time when the franchise would have expired. In this, he said, the city will be in the position of asking for nothing to which the company has not once ’thoroughly agreed. The city will take the further position, Mr. Ashby said, that any attempt on the part of the street railway company to evade orders for paving between tracks, extensions and other betterments will practically amount to an indirect Increase in fares, since the net returns of the company would Increase with every financial obligation avoided. “WON’T GIVE UP RIGHTS,” PROMISES MAYOR. ‘■We don’t Intend to give up any of onr rights except that of general rate making,” declared Mayor Jewett. “It was stated by officials of the street railway company at the time the bill permitting the surrender of franchises was pending in the Legislature that the company would not try to avoid any provision excepting that as to fares. That bill never should have been passed. Now that It has been passed the street railway company ought not to be relieved of one obligation contained In the franchise with the exception of that pertaining to rates.” In announcing that the company will expect extra compensation for carrying (Continued on Page Twelve.)

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Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25. 1914. at Ind., Dally Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind-, under act March 3, 1879.

UNCLE SAM GETS INTO JOYCE WRANGLE -I- + + -t- -i- -|- -i- *i- -I- -|- -I- -l* -I- + Interested in Knowing More About Peggy s Jewels

CHICAGO, June 3.—The Government was cast for a role today in the sensational marital tangle of Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Solemn old I’nclo Sam made it known he Is trying to learn what has become of the 2,000,000 francs’ worth of jewels purchased for Peggy at Cartier’s, the famous I’aris gem shop. No duty was ever paid on these jewels. They were part hf the golden shower with which James Stanley Joyce, the lumber prince, sought to hold his wife's love. Dazzling strings of pearls, diamond rings, a platinum incrested tiara, a bar pin of emeralds and diamonds and a huge diamond pendant were among Joy’ce's gifts to Teggy in Paris. The Government's activity was first noted here when investigators came to Chicago to interview Joyce regard-

SEIZURE DEMANDED CHICAGO, Jane B.—Governmental seizure of several hundred thousand dollars worth of jewels purchased for Peggy Hopkins Joyce during her honeymoon in Europe was demanded here this afternoon by William 11. Williams, a treasury agent. Williams Is directing a Federal prol>e into the present whereabouts of approximately $500,000 worth of jewels given Peggy by her husband, James Stanley Joyce, while In Paris. Other jewel gifts from her admirers, said to total many more thousands of dollars, are also being sought. The seizure demand was forwarded the collector oT the port of New York before becoming effective. Williams also demanded the ‘’declaration lists” filed by Peggy and her maid on their return from Europe in October, 1920. The seizure demand was forwarded to New York this afternoon. The New York port officials, aided by Williams, will check over Peggy's declaration lists with a list of gifts made out by Joyce. This means leggy may be threatened by a prison term should discrepancies between the lists of Jewels she paid duty on and the number found in her possession be discovered.

ing his gifts of Jewels to Peggy while in Paris. Joyce had included gem gifts of $34,000 on his income tax return last year. He also said he had contracted for 1.8*53,000 franca worth more, for which he has not yet paid. The government, it was said, is also interested in the disposition of gifts of jewelry made Peggy by the Due De Durcal, the Prince De Fleury and by Letellier, the Parisian publisher. Joyce, in his reply to Peggy's petition for $120,000 alimony, named all three as having showered Peggy w.th gifts of jewels. The air of mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Peggy's vast Jewel display is heightened by Joyce’s failure to enjoin her from disposing of them. The lumber prince has announced his intention of bringing civil suit for tecovery, of aproximately $300,000 in gifts. He has made no effort, however, to prevent Peggy from selling them prior to the suit. Peggy, meanwhile, is saying nothing? Two Los Angeles film pro-

SAY DECKERS IN PLOT TO OBTAIN INSURANCE ROLL Attorneys for State Try to Show Mother and Three Sons Implicated. Special to The Times. WARSAW, Ind., June 3.—Taking evidence continued today in an effort to unravel “the insurance murder” mystery. With the defence having filed a plea of Insanity, attorneys for the State were endeavoring to show that the murder or Leroy Lovett was plotted at a family meeting of Mrs. Lydia Decker and her three sons, Calvin, Fred and Virgil. Virgil 18. is standing trial for the crime now. Prosecutor Henry W. Graham, outlining the State’s case to the Jury declared that Lovett was slain to collect $24,01)0 which Virgil Decker carried on himself. Lee V. Bybee, cashier of the Atwood State Bank, the first witness, testified the two boys resembled each other so closely he thought at first the dead one was Virgil. At the tinie Lovett was found dying near the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, tho Decker family Identified the body as that of Virgil, hut finally Mrs. Decker broke down, crying, and said It wasn't her son. The State will try to show that Fred and Calvin were unduly anxious to bury the body after they had Identified it as that of their brother and Mrs. Decker soon asked: “When do I get my insurance money I" Virgil, a farm hand, earned $lO a month in the summer and nothing In the winter except his “keep.’’ Editor Railway Age Sights No Reductions DES MOINES, lowa, .Tune 3. —No substantial reductions in railroad fares and freight rates are iu the oftlng, Samuel C. Dunn, editor of the Railway Age, told the Chamber of Commerce here today. The $400,000,000 in wages lopped off of railroads pay rolls by the United States Railroad Labor board will help some, but not much, according to Dunn. “The general tendency of railway rates should be downward in the future, but the deductions in operating expenses now in sight are not sufficient to Justify any substantial reductions,” Dunn said. Hardings on Visit to Valley Forge, Pa. WASHINGTON, June 3.—The President and Mrs. Harding will spend the week end at Valley Forge, Pa., being guests of Senator and Mrs. Philander C. Knox at Valley Forge Farm, It was announced at the White House today. ARGUES WITH CONDUCTOR. O. B. Harris, negro, C 24 West Pearl street, complained to the police last night that he was knocked down and kicked by a street car conductor. Harris said he was helping his wife off a Shelby street car at Pennsylvania and Maryland streets when the car started and Mrs. Harriß almost fe'l. In the argument that followed Harris said the conductor assuited him.

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dneers are said to be cn route to New York with contracts. At least Feggy need not worry about the future. Peggy, former follies girl, is being sued for divorce by J. Stanley Joyce, her third millionaire husband. Peggy

Say, 80, What’s the Fare to Terry Hut? Special to The Times. TERRE HAUTE, ind., June B. “Let your eoniclence be your guide. Dress accordingly.” This is the only restriction made by chief of police Jack Beattie, to female bathers, who want to be “up-to-date” in bathing suit styles. “If women are compelled to use a slipper horn to don their suits,” the chief said, "it can not be helped, just so it extends from the chest to the thigh.”

HAVE CHANCE TO GET STEVENS Local Officials Informed Case Here Stronger Than Illinois Charge. Edward Stevens, reputed safe blower, who failed to appear In the Marion County Criminal Court for trial on indictments charging burglary, grand larceny and the unlawful possession of explosives after securing his release from Jail by giving a $3,000 cash bond, will be returned to Indianapolis for trial if county and court officials do their duty. This became apparent today when Sheriff George Snider received a letter from William Morris of Carllnsville, sheriff of Mneoupim County, 111., where Stevens is held because of his failure to give bond pending grand Jury action. In th© letter. Sheriff Morris states he is of the opinion Marion oCunty has a better case against Stevens than Macoupim oCunty has. The sheriff states he is conferring with the prosecuting attorney of his county ns well as counsel for Stevens to determine what should be done. PROPOSITION UP TO LOCAL OFFICERS. This letter virtually makes It the dnty of Prosecutor William P. Evans to return Stevens to Indianapolis for trial although his $5,00 Ocash bond has been declared forfeited by Judge James A. Collins. Suit has been instituted to collect the cash bond and distribute it into tho school funds, according to law. Judge Collins at the time of forfeiting the bond, ordered Stevens re-arrested. For eeks Stevens has been held at Carlinsville'and for sometimes the police an dthe sheriff here have not been informed of the status of the charges against him. Stevens also Is wanted at Shelbyvllle, where he failed to appear for trial and a cash bond as forfeited there. WAS IMPLICATED IN JAIL DELIVERY. Stevens is the reputed pardner of Arthur Welling, who escaped in the general Jail delivery from the Marion County Jail the night of July 3 or early morning of July 4 last. Welling never has been caught. Stevens was arrested a the Severin Hotel nearly a year ago, where burglar tools and explosives were found in a grip. He is alleged to have been one of two men who broke into a filling station at Twen-ty-Fifth and Meridian streets and “blew” a sal* than.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1921.

has filed a counter suit against Joyce. Joyce alleged In his petition that Peggy made "love pilgrimages on both sides of the Atlantic with celebrities and others.” Foggy charges her husband with '-i-uelty.

UNION RAILWAY RESTRAINED BY FEDERALCOURT Ordered to Permit Use of Station by Illinois Central Railroad. When Judge Ferdinand A- Geiger adjourned Federal Court for the noon recess today two Jury cases had been disposed of, another was well under way and several other matters had been settled. A temporary restraining order to prevent tho Indianapolis Union Railway Company from refusing the Illinois Central Railway Company from making use of tho facilities of the Union Statiou and the Bolt Railroad tracks pendlug final settlement of the dispute over the rental of tho property was granted by Judge Geiger. He ordered tho Illinois Central to pay tho defendant company $(10,000 on account for back rental due, and for the period of Nov. 1, 1920, to the present time to pay 75 per cent of the aeeonnt rendered by the defendant. Tho Indianapolis Union Railway Company claimed there is duo It from the plaintiff $185,000 for rental. The case Is tho outgrowth of a dispute between tho parties to the suit ns to the proper amount of rental to bo paid for the use of tho Union Station and the tracks of tho Belt Railroad. Several months ago the defendant notified the plaintiff that after May 14 all use rs the station and tracks would bo withdrawn. This date later was extended to .Tune 14, and last week the Illinois Central Railway Company filed suit for injunction and accounting. ONLY MAN ACQUITTED THIS WEEK. To Frank Bartos, Indiana ITarbor, charged with having In bis possession and reeeiviug goods stolen from an interstate shipment of freight, fell the unique distinction of being tho only defendant to bo acquitted by the Federal Jury this week. Bartos admitted he had in his possession three pairs of shoes that had been stolen from a Nickle Plato Railroad freight train, but denied ho had any knowledge of the theft or had taken any part in it. Walter Maida, who entered a plea of guilty to this theft and a number of others, substantiated the testimony of Bartos. The Jury acquitted Bartos after being out only a few minutes. Stanley Drumbowskt and George Mihalik, both of Indiana Harbor, did not fare so well, however. They were found guilty of stealing thirty bags of sugar from a Nickel Plate railroad freight train. Maida was the principal witness for the Government in this case. Judge Geiger deferred sentence until this afternoon or tomorrow. Another defendant in the same case, Eric Lagenberg, is a fugitive from Justice and it Is said he has fled this country and returned to Sweden, his native land. WHITE SLAVER GETS JAIL TERM. Harvey I). Avery, Anderson, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of violating the Mann white slave, act and was sentenced to serve three months In the Ma(Centlaued on I*o*o TwelroJ

TULSA, LOOTED BY PILLAGERS, IS DISTRESSED City Faces New Problem in Systematic Thieving After Bloody Race War. ACCUSE NEGRO CULT TULSA, Okla., June 3.—Pillagers preying on burned and blood-staiaed Tulsa gave authorities anew problem to cope with today. Systematic thievery In the districts razed during two days of race rioting was reported. Even pianos have been carried away from the negro district which was wrecked by race hatred. Martial law, which was slackened after a day of quiet was more strict today. A cordon of heavily armed guardsmen was thrown around the negro district to save what little remains of the property of negroes. General Barrett, in charge of the troops, has begun to centralize the property of negroes found in their ruined shacks, into one large heap for identification and protection. Although negroes were baek at the posts of menial labor they were not at ease. It will take some time for them to overcome their fears after having been shot a.t and herded about like cattle in a pasture for more than thirty hours. 8.000 NEGROES ARE IN CAMP. It was considered miraculous no sickness hns developed in the camp of 3.000 negroes in the fair grounds. The citizens' committee hns started tin dispatch of supplies to needy negroes. The home of a lawyer—one of the few left standing In “Little Africa” —was made the distributing center. Revised estimates now place the death list, whites and negroes, at thirty killed and about three hundred injured. Earlier reports placed the list of dead up to 175. This was due to multiplication of records among sheriff's deputies, police, the National Guard and other pence agencies. Rantlngs of a secret negro cult was believed by authorities to have fanned the race feeling. Members of an organization railed "Blood Brothers" ure said to have been the ones who stormed the Jail to release the negro who is alleged to have assaulted a white girl. It was pointed out, however, that the.se agitators were a very small minority of the negro popu'aee. Ten negroes, n— held in a detention camp, are charged -Ith inciting the riot, Cyrus Avery, member of the committee of seven in control of the city, said: FRANTIC CUSTOMERS RELEASE WASHWOMAN. “Mlaerva,” a fiQ-jear-old washwoman, was released from “Inciting a riot" charge following pleau by her -washing clients. "Minerva” was fleeing the town with a bundle when she was arrested. In the bundle was found a revolver, but It later developed that hex son had put the gun iu the package. A definite effort will be made by Attorney General Freeling and other State officers to remove Mayor T. D. Evans, it was said. Charges will be presented (Continued on Page Twelve.)

SHIPPING BOARD JOB TENDERED Harding] Offers Chair to Chicagoan—Answer Is Expected Today. WASHINGTON. June B.—President nardlng has tendered the chairmanship of the United States Shipping Board to A. D. Lasker of Chicago, a widely known advertising and business man, it was learned author tntlvely here today. It Is understood tiat Lasker is to give his answer today. The tender of the chairmanship to the Chicago man was decided upon by President Harding after he had bien Informed by Walter C. Teagle, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, that be could not accept the task. It is understood that Teagle Btrongly recommended the appointment of Lasker and offered to co-operate with him in any way possible to aid in building up the merchant marine. .Lasker was closely associated with the Harding campaign during 1920. He was a frequent visitor to headquarters at Marion and was instrumental in arrang ing many of the “pilgrimages” that were made to the front porch. CHICAGO, June 3.—A. D. Lasker, who, according to Washington reports, has been offered the chairmanship of the United States Shipping Board by President Harding, admitted today that he had been summoned to Washington for a conference with the President. “I have been asked to visit Washington Tuesday to see the President cn that subject, I understand,” X.asker said. “However, the position has rot been formally tendered me and I cannot say if it will be or what I will do !n event that it is. I shall go to Washington in accordance with the President's request.” Lasker is one of the principal stockholders of the Chicago National League Baseball Club.

FIERCE MASSACRE RAGES IN TURKEY American Destroyer Speeds to Protect U. S. Citizens. LONDON, June 3.—A terrible massacre of Christians, mostly Greeks, has taken place at Samsun and Trebizond, in Turkey, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens this afternoon. An American destroyer has arrived at Samsun to protect Americans. The streets of .Samsun and Trebizond are said to be strewn with Greek corpses and many shops were pillaged. Bo*h Samsun and Trebizond are In Anatolia, on the Black Sea. SENTENCED FOR FATAL HOOCH. KOKOMO, Ind., Juno 3.—Augustus Freeman, convicted of unlawful sale of liquor, charged with selling the intoxicant causing the death of Mary Spencei, 16, but freed of that accusation, was sentenced to th© penal farm for 180 days by B. C. Moon, special Judge at his trial, and fined S4OO. Tho costs In the cabo were $185.85. If fine and costs are not paid Freeman will serve a total of 765 dAJ*. /

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Herlock Sholmes! There’s Work for You at Capitol • Why wasn’t my salary raised? Nearly every deputy, assistant deputy, assistant assistant deputy, clerk, assistant clerk, stenographer and every one else, with a few exceptions, in the Statehouse, have been asking that question the last two days. The exceptions are those fortunate individuals who received salary Increases from the Governor's emergency compensation fund. The announcement that the Governor had granted a number of Increases from ids compensation fund lias caused more excitement at the Statehouse than has prevailed since everybody was wondering whether he was to keep his Job under the new administration. Everyone who didn’t receive an increase Is trying to figure out why the other fellow did and the answer always is that the fellow who didn’t does more work than the one who did. Meanwhile, there is considerable speculation as to how long that emergency fund will hold out if the Governor falls before the onslaught.

SAYS WHEELER ESTATE VALUES ONLY $200,000 Counsel Tells Court Late Manufacturer Left No Will. The estate of Frank U. Wheeler, prominent Indianapolis business man, who committed suicide at his Riverside drive home, Friday of last week, is estimated at only $200,000 In the Inventory estimate made today when Douglas F. Wheeler, the only son, was appointed administrator of the estate. According to the records in the Marion County Probate Court, the personal estate of Mr. Wheeler was roughly estimated at $1(X!,000 and his real estate at the same figure. Joseph E. Bell, counsel for the estate, informed Judge Mahlon Bash of the Probate Court, that a careful search at the Wheeler home and investigation of a safety deposit box at a local bank, failed to produce a will. Tbe court approved of a $200,000 surety bond given by the administrator with the Southern Surety Company as surety. It was announced that after an inventory was made of the property, stock and the like. If it was found the value of the estate was materially increased over the preliminary estate, it would be reported to the court and a higher bond offered for the administrator. The records show that Mrs. Estelle G. Wheeier, toe widow, and Douglas F. Wheeler, the only son, are the sole beneficiaries of the estate. The records show the widow renounced her rights to act as administratrix in favor of her son. Information was brought to Judge Bash, that Mr. Wheeler made a will about ten years ago and the supposition is now that Mr. Wheeler destroyed it prior to his death. Mr. Wheeler was president of the Wheeler Sobebler Carburetor Company and of the Langsencamp-Wheeler Brass Works. He was a director of the Stutz Fire Engine Company. Before letters of administration were issued, Mr. Wheeler’s estate was estimated as high as three quarters of a million. It is thought the value of the estate will be greatly increased as soon as an official Inventory Is made.

Dr. Simon Baruch Dies in New York NEW YORK, June 3.—Dr. Simon Baruch, 81, father of Bernard Baruch, died at his home here this afternoon after a lingeriug illness. Dr. Baruch was one of the most noted physicians of America and served in Lee’s army. GETS REFUGE IN CRIMINAL COURT William Sowders Wins Appeal From City Court. The advantages of taking appeals to the Marion County Criminal Court from the city court, after Judge Walter Pritchard has assessed a jail sentence for keeping a gaming house, were shown again today when William Sowders, 137 North Alahama street, was found not guilty in the Criminal Court of keeping a gaming house. Sowders was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail, In the city court. Dec. 2, 1020, he appealed to the Criminal Court where the case has remained asleep until this time. The records of the Criminal Court today show Sowders has been cleared of the stain as well as of the necessity of gping to jail for ten days. Sowders is tile man who is said to have conducted a gaming house under the shadow of the city hall and concerning the closing of which caused Mayor Charles W. Jewett at one time to appeal to the police.

1,053 Will Be Graduated From City’s High Schools Exercises Will Be Held Four Days Next Week at Tom linson Hall.

One thousand, fifty-three happy, cheerful, high school youngsters will be graduated from the three local high schools next week. This is by far tne largest number in the history of the Indianapolis public schools. Os these, 435 will be graduated from Arsenal Technical High School, 363 from Shortridge and 235 from Emmerich Manual Training. The girl graduates will outnumber the boys by 555 to 468. Arsenal Technical Is the only one of the high schools to graduate more boys than girls, the figures at this school standing, boys 234, girls 221. All commencemant exercises will be

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OUT FOR 19 HOURS ARGUING OVER FATE OF CECIL BURKETT, 11 Mother Breaks Down for First Time Since Trial Started—Lad Exhibits Indifference. AGAIN TO FACE COURT IN OCTOBER KNOX, Ind., June 3. —Judge Pentecost dismissed the Jury hearing tha case of Cecil Burkett, 11, charged with the murder of a playmate, today, when the foreman of the jury said an agreement was impossible. The Jury had been out nineteen hours and argued all night over Cecil'* fate, j “Ma” Burkett, the boy’s mother, surrounded with Cecil and others o i her brood of seven children, broke down and wept for the first time since the trial. Cecil displayed no cont ?m over the fact that the Jury failed to acquit him. \ , r

PROPOSED TAX PLAN OPPOSED BY FEDERATION Marion County Farmers Not in Favor of Amendment of Article 10. The Marion County Federation of Farmers has gone on record, through a resolution adopted by the board of directors, as being opposed to the proposed constitutional amendment which would allow the General Assembly to provide for a s.yst ;na of taxation. The resolution also recalls in forcible language the famous Goodrich special legislative session which was summoned to extricate the State from a muddle precipitated when the Supreme Court found flaws in the newly adopted taxation scheme. The resolution is as follows: “Whereas, We have had recent experience with the action of the Indiana General Assembly at its special session of 1920, when it attempted to override a decision of the Supreme Court of this State; and "Whereas, We believe that Section 1 of Article 10 of the Indiana Stale Constitution which is, ‘The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall socure a Just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal,’ is founded on justice and right. “Be it resolved, therefore, that we, the Marlon County Federation of Farmers, are unanimously opposed to the proposed amendment of said Article 10, which amendment is Section 1, ‘The General Assembly shall provide by law for a system of taxation.’ ” The attitude of the Marion County farmers is expected to have an Influence on the discussion in the conference called by Governor Warren T. McCray on June 7, to take up the proposed amendments. This meeting, which will be held at the Claypool Hotel, will he representative of the entire State. J. A. Van Osdoi of Anderson, president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, will be chairman of the meeting, and Alfred Potts, secretary of the Tax Payers League of Indiana, will be secretary. The program for the discussion of tha proposed amendments to the State constitution was announced today by Mr. Potts. The address of welcome will be given by Governor McCray. The complete program is as follows: Meeting called to order at 9:30 o’clock, with remarks by Mr. Van Osdol. Address of welcome, Governor McCray. Reading and explanation of the proposed amendments, by Henry H. Hornbrook, Indianapolis attorney. Discussion of proposed tax amendments ; for adoption, Eben H. Wolcott, Indianapolis, president of the State Savings and Trust Company, and former member of the State board of tax commissioners ; ngainst adoption, Hanry M. Dowling, Indianapolis, former assistant attorney general. “How Kentucky Fares Now Under Its New Tax System,” Hite Huffacker, Louisville, Ky. "Tax System of Wisconsin, With Special Reference to the Income Tax Provision,” Thomas E. Lyos, Chairman Wisconsin tax commission. General discussion of the proposed tax amendments, led by Dr. W. A. Rawles of Indiana University.

Necessary to ‘Frisk’ Public Service Men Person* looking for documents filed with the publio service commission might well scorch the pocket* and desks of the commissioner* as well as the numerous places about the office* where document* usually are stored. It ha* developed that the report of the IndlAuapoil* Gas Company on Its operations for the month of April was filed early last week, more than a week before it came to light. L. G. Loughry, secretary of the board, said he liad received the report and turner! it over to Commissioner Glenn Van Auken. He said he forgot to say any thing about It. Commissioner Van Auken also kept the matter a dark secret.

held at Tomlinson Hall, Manual Training High School on Monday evening, June 6; Shortridge on Wednesday evening, June 8, while Arsenal Technical, because- of tho unprecedented size of its graduating classes, will hold two commencements, one on Thursday evening, June 9, and tho other Friday evening, June 10. Dr. Stanley Coulter, dean of the school of science of Purdue Unlrersity, will de liver the graduating address at the Emmerich Manual Training commencement; Dean A. yW. Fortune, Ph.D. of Lexington, Ky., wkl speak to the graduating class of Shofrtridge, and the address* t<y the f (Continued on Page N'in<y /

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“Oh, it don’t make any difference td me,” he said, sticking his bands In his bulging pockets. “Only I hope I don’t have to come back here again.” The boy has" been calm throughout his trial for shooting 7-year-old Benny] Siavin. After the verdict he tucked the littls thumb-worn map—his version of the tragedy—back in his blouse. “I’m going swimming as soon as they] let me out of here, ma,” said Cecil. “Ma" did not answer. “It's been awful, cooped up here all the time. I'll be glad to get out.” Cecil, although the Jury disagreed, wlO get out too. He is under SIO,OOO bonds raised by ths citizens of Ora, not far from here. None of the attorneys for the Stats were in the courtroom when the Jndgs dismissed the Jury. It la not known whether they will attempt to try the boy again. t ecil must stand trial again, however. Prosecutor W. A. DUts made this an, nouncement following a conference with Harry Siavin, father of Benny. “He killed my boy,” said Benny’* father. “We will prosecute until Justice is done. I demand another triaL” Ihe Jury stood six for manslaughter and six for acquittal on the first ballot. When the disagreement was reported to the Judge, eleven Jurors stood for coat viction and one for aequittaL Cecil will be retried in October, DHt* announced.

FINISH JULY 4 PARADE PLANS Legion Men Announce Route of Columns—Arrange for Speakers. Detailed plans of the parade which wiU be given by the Marion County Council of the American Legion in connection with the Fourth of July celebration at the State Fair Grounds were explained today by Russell Ryan, chairman, at meeting of the general arrangements com* mlttee at the Chamber of Commerce Build* ing. The parade, composed largely of tor* mer service men, Mr. Ryan explained, wfU be formed at the Statehouse at the in'*] terßection of Washington street and Sen* ate avenue, and will be led east on Wash* ington street to Alabama street, where A countermarch will be executed to Me rid* ian street. At Meridian street the parade will b led north through the east segment of Monument Circle to Market street, thenc* east to Pennsylvania and north to North street, west to Meridian and to the Monument Circle past the reviewing stand which will be located on the balcony oi the Hotel English. Guests of honor and members of the city police force, formed in an escort, will lead the parade. J, F. Cantwell, chairman of the council, was appointed to head the reception committee which will greet the speakers at the meeting at the State Fair Grounds in the evening. Following the official escort of the pa* rade will be, first, the legion post in Marlon County which won the recent membership contest, and in the following order, the other posts in the county, the Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish War Veterans, Koy Scouts, R. O. T. 0, of all the high schools In Indianapolis, n battalion of regular infantry and other* of the patriotic organizations affiliated with the legion. Several bands, it was announced, will appear in the parade and subsequent en* tertainment. Among those named were the ..ewsboy?’ Band, the Indiana Dally Times Drum Corps, the Great Lakes Na val Training Station Band and those of a number of fraternal organizations. Reports were heard from the speakers* committee, which is headed by John B. Reynolds, and it is reasonably sure that Luke Lee, formerly a colonel with the A. E. F. In France, and a former United States Senator from Tennessee, will b able to speak. Mr. Lee was In Indiannpolls yesterday on business and reported he was eager to take part in tbe program should it be possible to arrange pressing business matters.

Goes Swimming, Gets Scolded, Pushes Auto, Jumps in, Runs Away “They scolded mo because I went swimming," explained Henry Dickens, 13 1914 East Main street, Richmond. “Then I went to the garage. I was mad and I pushed the automobile out and It started to go down hill and I got Into It. Then I decided I would run away, and I did.” Dickens was arrested today by Detectives Hanks and Rugensteln and Is charged with being a fugitive from Justice. The boy was arrested when he stopped at a gasoline filling station in the <SOOO block on East Washington street. H.- admitted he took an automobile owned by his step-father, Ernest Hugh Hill of Richmond, and then he gave the explanation of why he had taken the automobile and had driven to Indianapolis.