Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Little change in temperature.

VOL. XXXIV.

HOOSIERS PAY BIG FIGURE FOR UTILITIES BODY Operation of Public Service Commission Calls for Neat Sum.

FIFTY-FIVE ON PAY" ROLL JThls 1 the fourth of a series of articles <m the operation of the public service commission.] By FELIX F. BRUNER. The people of the State of Indiana are paying considerably more than SIOO,OOO a year for the operation of the public service commission. For the year ending wi.h Sept 30, ..920, the commission spent $124,000, ac<-'- ding to figures given out by its sec.etary, L. C. Loughrv. The commission for that year had f.n of SIOO,OOO, of which it turned bar:: to the State $46,000, according to it, Loughrv. At the same time, however. Mr. Loughrv states, the commission collected from the public utilities a total of about $70,000. which it also spent. This latter sum was. of course. mpi: charged to the users of utilities. In 1910 with a larger appropriation the commission turned b ' only SI4S. The appropriation for th text fiscal year, fixed by the 1921 Leg iture. is $169,150, the largest in the history of the commission CITES ATFRAGF. OF OTHER MATES. In citing figures for othpr States Mr. Loughry stated that the average for the States, exclusive of New York, is $120,000 a year. Some of the figures quoted for other States by Mr Lougbvy are: California. $478,000: lowa, $87,000; Illinois, $287,000: Maryland. *120,000; Massachusetts. $218,000; Missouri. $220,000: North Carolina. $125,000: North lakota. $9.1.000. These figures indicate, with the exception of those for California, that the expenditures of public service commissions run in approximately direct proportion to population and that Indiana exception. On the pay roll of the -ommisslon. according to figures for June 1, on file in the office of the auditor of State are fifty-five persons, including the five members themselves. The annual report of the commission for the year ending Sept. 30, 1920 shows sixty-two persons on the pay roll, including the commissioners. EXPENSES BY MONTH SHOWN. The books of the auditor show that beginning with last November the commission drew from its fund monthly the following amounts for salaries and expenses: November, $13,985.42; December, $15,631.20; January, $14,075.8(5; February, $13,532.09; March. $13.814 06; April, $13,425.45; May, $14,249,717 The commission itself 19 composed of five members, three Republicans and two Democrats, each of whom receives a salary of $6,000 annually. Working under the commissioners is a secretary and six department heads, each of whom has a number of employes. These departments (Continued on Page Four.)

FOUR CHILDREN BURNTODEATH Mother Leaps From Window, but May Die From Injuries. MEYERSVILLE, Pa., June 10.—Four children were burned to death and a woman Is dying as a result of a fire which destroyed the home of John Kosb, a miner, here today. The dead are: Anna, 14, John. 4. Jordan, 2, and an Infant four weeks old. Mrs. Rosh, the mother, leaped from a second story window suffering a spinal injury and other Injuries which may cause her death.

AWARD EMERSON AYE. CONTRACT

For Paving of Subway Road. The Marion County Commissioners today awarded a contract for the paving of the Emerson avenue subway road to McClure and Jacobs on a bid of $14,550. Other bids were as follows: J. W. and W. C. Martin, 514.597 and S. M. Timberlake, $14,489. Announcement was made that work of improving this section of the avenue, representing about 1,401 feet, would be completed by fall. The rart to be Improved extends from Emerson avenue east through the B g Four subway and on to the Pendleto i Pike. With the awarding of this contract, it will afTord continued improvement on Emerson avenue front Thirty-Eighth stret to a point nine miles south of Thirty-Eighth street.

COMPROMISE SESSION TO ADJUST ROW ON SPOILS OF INDEMNITY

PARIS. June 16.—A series of compromise conferences were begun at the foreign office today to determine what each of the European powers shall get from the installments of German indemnity already paid. This question was thought to have been settled 6t Spa, but some of the nations took exceptions to the

WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., June 17, 1921: Partly cloudy tonight and (Friday; little change in temperature. HOCRLT TEMPERATE HE. 6 a. m 70 7 a. m..; 72 i 8 a. m 73 9 a. m 74 10 a. m So !l it m S3 12 (noon) 85 1 p. m Ss 2 p. au. 83

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$5,000,000 Looting Blamed on Gang Led by ‘Big Tim ’

CHICAGO, June 10.—Convinced that (here is only one “mall bandit” gang operating In the midwest and that it has been responsible for looting Uncle Sam's mails of some $5,000,000, Federal operatives today were ferreting <ut hidden channels in the postal hold ups. Their theory, plainly expresed, Is that “Big 1 Tim” Murphy, political and labor leaded now reposing in the Joliet Jail, constituted the brains of the mall bandits operating from Omaha to Toledc. John E. Northrup, assLtnn. Federal ’ district attorney, after receiving fresh data on the $1,000,000 mall robbery at Toledo, declared, that in the arrest of

Chi Beaches Open; One-Piece Bathing Suits Not Allowed bathing beaches w ?re thrown open to the public today—jxceptiong women in one-piece bathing suits. “The free and easy” costumes for women were absolutely barred by police order. The swimming frocks must have “knickers" reaching to within two inches of the knee; bava quarter-length sleeves and a neck no lower than the armpits. There were no rules for mere man.

BLAME RETAILERS FOR HIGH MEAT Live Stock Delegates Plan Attack. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 16—The retail meat dealer is to blame for high prices in the opinion of delegates to the thirty-third annual convention of the National Live Stock Exchange and he will be roundly scored by speakers during the business session here. The necessity for elimination of excessive profits in the retail end of the business was stressed by President Everett C. Brown, of Chicago at the opening session here today. The convention also will go on record as favoring all campaigns for the elimination of tuberculosis among live stock, and it is possible the delegates will take some move toward material assistance. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace will address the stock men tomorrow. JCRV HEARS RESORT CASE. A jury in the Marion County Criminal Court today was bearing the case of Minnie Trletseh. who is charged with operating a house of illfame in the 400 block in West Market street, according to the allegation of the State. The case probably will go to the Jury late today.

pro-rata shares that were allotted by the supreme council. Delegates representing the finance ministers of all the interested powers are taking part in the conferences. France, Italy, Great Britain and Belgium are sticking to the percentages allowed them at Spa, but the small nations that were associated with big allies In the war are quarrelling over the share allotted them. Representatives of the chief allied nations were disposed to lump the residue, after subtracting the sums granted to Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy and some of the little countries were seized with the fear that they were not going to get enough. Even Czecho Slovakia, one of the new countries created out of the old Austrian Hungarian empire, is claiming part of the German operations on the ground she declared war against Germany a few days before he convict ended. After the delegates -each agreements on the amounts to be distributed to the little nations, the finance ministers will meet to approve the settlement.

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Murphy, “we feel we have stamped out Government millions of dollars In the last year.” Among the mail robberies attributed to Murphy and his gang are: At Omaha $3,500,000. At Toledo $1,000,000. At Union station Chicago SSOO 000. At station Pullman, Ills., SIOO,OOO. At St. Louis SIOO,OOO. At Mt. Vernon, Ills., $85,000. At Milwaukee $50,000. At Minneapolis $50,000. Government operatives Tu-lifve they at ready have estlwate-d a connection between the Polk Street robbery here and the Toledo looting.

Early Tennis Players Cause of Discussion Citizen i Say They Arouse People From Dawn’s Sweet Slumbers. The eternal conflict between early ris ing nature and those humans who follow her precept and men who like to lie abed until the sun is high in the heavens arose in the meeting of the board of park commissioners today. Commissioner Charles E. Coffin declared he thought something ought to be done to curb the activities of teunis players who Invade the municipal courts at Thirtieth street aud Central avenue about 5 o’clock every morning. He was in favor of advancing the hour for opening the court until 7 o’; Jock. Some of his friends who live near ‘.he courl have told him they cannot sleep in the morning because of the noise thg playesr make. "While we’re at it," interposed Commissioner Fred C. Gardner, “I’d like to have a resolution passed to prohibit the woodpecker who entertains himself on a downspout outside my bedroom window, at 4 o'clock every morning, from further activity." "I think we may be able to cope with the tennis players, but I won’t guarantee results on the woodpecker," declared President Samuel E. Itauh. Superintendent of Parks James E. Lowry came to the rescue of the tennis players, most of whom are persons who work in offices and must play egrly in the morning nnd late in the afternoon or not at all. He suggested the opening hour be left at 6 o’clock, but the caretaker be instructed to warn the players they are tuuking too much noise. Commissioner Coffin agreed to the compromise.

9 HELD IN THEFT OF U. S. PROPERTY Other Arrests Will Bring Total to Eighteen. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., .Tune 16.—Nine men were at liberty under bone's here today following arrests on cliutges of theft and conspiracy in connection with the disappearance of Army supplies from Ft. Leavenworth. Other arrests were expected, bringing the probable total to eighteen men. Dr. S. N. Jackson, negro, was charged with theft of surgical instruments from the Ft. Leavenworth Hospital laboratory. Others arrested were taxi cab drivers, former soldiers and inmates of the prison who are charged with being implicated in removal of blankets and other supplies from the fort. The thefts were characterized as attempts to defraud the (ioverntnent of thousands of dollars' worth of supplies. Soldier Body Names Convention Delegates At a meeting of Indianapolis members of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War last night in the Chamber of Commerce delegates were selefted for the first national convention of the orgr.ntzallon, to be held in Detroit, June 27. Waye Johnson and Stanley Scott were named as the delegates and Meredith E. Osborn and Theodore Riley were selected is _ alternates.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921.

BATTLE LOOMS OVER GOMPERS RE-ELECTION Lewis Boom Starts—lreland ‘Traded,’ Is Charge Made. SAY" IRISH BETRAYED

DENVER, June 16.—Politics and the | Irish question will keep the convention j of the American Federation of Labor j seething from now on, according to de- j velopments today. The movement to oust Samuel Oom- | pers, for thirty-nine years head of the j federation, has come to life with a bang, j The campaign to elect John L. Lewis, 1 head of the United Mine Workers of i America, the largest union iu the fed- | eration. is now in the open. Lewis’ supporters are actively at work ] in his behalf, making known that he Is a receptive candidate and sounding j sentiment. They declare their activities and lewis’ silence have filled Gompers with apprehension. They predict a cau- i cus of the Levis forces and the railroad unions, the drawing up of n program for a complete reorganization of the executive council and the uniting of all fae- , tions of the opposition to Gompers Into j a “solid phalanx,” (iOMPEKS IS ALSO •FELLING SENTIMENT.’ Gompers a!o has men out ‘feeling’ sentiment. These, predicting collapse of the le'wis boom point to the split in i lewis’ own delegation. Frank Farring : ton. miners’ loader of Springfield, 111.: 1 Robert Harlan, who ran against Lewis in 1 the miners’ last election, ami Alex Mow ntt, the “fighting miner of Kansas,” have! been o; only hostile to l,ewis. Two other members of the delegation are classed as doubtful, while the remainder are ertuin to support Lewis. “We do not lovo L-wls, but that Is not saying we love Gompers,” said Harlan, who Is head of the miners of the S'ate of Washington. "Asa matter of fact, we have not decided on our course lin e'ent Iwis runs. The rank and file of the federation are in revolt: the king I' dead. The question Is whether w | should take any one, however undesiri able he may be, to succeed the king.’’ I Already there Is a grand rumpus on j over the Irish question, with Peter ,T. | Brady, supervisor of tho city record of ! New York, as the central figure. It is (open charged that Brady has "betrayed” j his word to Harry Roland, secretary to | Earaonn de Valera, president of the “lr- ■ !sh republic.” His refusal to sign the resolution introduced providing for a j boycott by organized labor on Brltish- | made gt oda has brought a telegram from Boland calling on him to keep his promise, it has become known. It ts declared that Brady on his way to Denver on the special train which brought Gompers and his party showed the resolution Intrusted him by Boland to Matthew Woll, eighth vice president of the federation and Gompers’ closest confidant, ad consulted with IVoil as to the course he should follow. Brady la said to have Gompers’ support *n hla rsiup- >ii- for one es ( lu ;wo p'y.s;, .a fr.-*-burial deleg. l to to the British Trades I’nior Congress, which mee.a in Cardiff, Woles, next August.

TRADING IRELAND FOR GOMPERS’ FAVOR. !n the hotel lobby where the delegate* gather, beeping the atmosphere filled with buzzings that remind one of a political convention, charges aro heard thnt certain of the Irish delegates are trading ! Ireland for Gompers’ favor. It is predicted on all sides that the boycott resolution will be killed in tho resolutions I committee, which is made up chiefly of ! supporters of Gompers’ policies. The I supporters of the resolutions are pre- ! paring to raise a hot row on the floor I of the conniption. Brady and other members of bis group j have sent telegrams to Frank P. Walsh, | pleading with him to use his influence to I have the resolution withdrawn. They say it will lend to serious complications, being virtually u declaration of boycott against British labor. I “The resolution will not be withdrawn,'' | said T. H. Vtnd, secretary of the labor bureaus of tlie American Commission on Irish Independence.

COMPANY WILL RE-OIL STREETS Complaint of Quality Brings Action. Through a representative who conferred with the board of public works Wednesday, the George. C. Peterson Company, Chicago brokerage firm, agreed today to stand the expense of reolling streets which have been oiled with material furnished by them and which the board ol works claims was uot up to specifications. The Peterson company has a contract to supply the city with between 700,000 nnd 800,000 gallons of road oil this summer at a price of 5% cents per gallon. The board of works claims that the 190.000 gallons which have delivered was of too high volatility and that it is feared the oil will dry up so fast that the streets will have to he gone over again before winter. At the conference Wednesday the hoard asked the company for a credit of $5,000 on future deliveries because of the failure of 190.000 gallons to be of specific quality. The company's proposal to pay for necessary re-oiling was a counter offer, which the board was to consider this afternoon or Friday.

ESCAPING STEAM SCALDS WORKMAN Sol Addison Fatally Hurl at Milk Plant. Sol Addison. 56. 1035 Roach street, was fatally scalded by steam when blowing out a holier at. the Polk's Sanitary Milk Company plant., Lewis nnd Fifteenth streets, at 6:30 a. m. today. He was taken to the city hospital in an ambulance, and died there at 11:40 o'clock this morning. John Shoemaker. 50, died at the Deaconess Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result of injuries received when he fell from a ninety foot smokestack at the plant of the G. & J. Tire Company. He was helping in dismantling the stack when the accident occurred. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Grace Shoemaker, 134 North New Jersey street. Navy Bill Conferees Fail of Agreement WASHINGTON, June 46 House nnd Senate conferees on the Navy bill today broke up in complete disagreement, the House conferees withdrawing from conference.

Ha! Ha! the Joke's on Fellows Who Fought ‘Real Beef LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16.—That the makers of near beer are becoming: flikli If ill In about the only satisfaction the gullible* who, for the last few weeks have been paying 10 cents a glass for “real’* beer, will get out of the report of Dr. Vernon Robins, city chemist, who has completed the malysis of a quantity of the “beer** being sold as the real article. That It “lacks power” is the report of the chemist. There may be a little joy in it for some, a* the chemist’s report says the makers have “learned to improve the hops flavor, which is taken by some as a sign of ‘punch.* ** Mayor Smith, on his own responsibility, recently sent an agent to purchase some of the reported “real” •tuff. It was the samples he brought in that were analyzed by the chemist. OH> sample contained half of 1 per cent, the chemist** report said, while tile others fell far below that alcoholic content.

FOURTH 0’ JULY PARADE LINE-UP IS ANNOUNCED Every Marion County Legion Post and Auxiliary Will March in Procession.

Posit lens of the various organization? which will participate In the Fourth of July parade, to be given under the ans pices of the American Legion, were announced to Jay by Russell Rj.in and I’anl Fwhtman, in charge of arrangements. Every post of the American Legion in Marion County, women's auxiliaries and several br ads and drum corps will take 1 art in th parade. The papule will form at Senate avenue and West Washington street, and will proceed e tst to Alabama, countermarch to Meridian, thence north around one segment of the Circle to Market street, east to Pennsylvania, north on Pennsylvania to North, west to .Meridian, thence south on Meridian around one segment of the Circle, past the rSv.ewlrg stand in front of the Hotel English, then west on Market street to the Storehouse, where the parade will disband. Th parade will be led by a mounted police escort, followed by the g tests of honor, nod speakers, in automobiles. Following the guests will come Jhe 4<>th Infantry Bund, from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, followed by a battalion of troops from the fort. Next In line will come the American Legion Kami, conducted by Frank Delutore, preceding the various posts. The position of the posts In the parade, which was determined by their (Continued on Page Two.)

STAGE ALL SET FOR SUICIDE -l- ,u -|. -|- -i- -|. -|- h- -i- -|- -1- -I- -INote Found With Garments on Canal Bank GIVES POLICE MERRY CHASE

Canal annals were enriched last night by the story of another suicide undorneatb its limpid waters—almost. The stage was all set for a suicide; the old canal was there all full of water 'neverything, and on Us banks just south of Michigan street at the mystic midnight hour were discovered a pair of shoes, a coat, a le> her card case containing curils r o. g, ”J. A. l’ressder, 4224 East ' asi-'ngton street, architect and builder," and note which read, “Mama 1 am tired of living this way. I feel you have cast me off.” The only thing lacking to make the sulcldo a complete success was the “suicldor.” After an Investigation of three hours tho police beileve they succeeded in clearing up the mystery. Just about midnight Igtura Baker, negress, 334 North Missouri street, found the clothing and notified Motor Policemen Schlangen and Lowe. The police rushed out to 4224 East Washington street to notify the bereaved relatives only to find that Pressler had not lived there for three years. They then traced him

Wish A Divorce? Shoot 9 Em Through to Order Today To handle the large number of divorce* now pending: In Superior Court, room 3. Judge Solon J. Carter has appointed three special Judge* to try a total of about fifty uncontented divorce caaes. Attorney Arthur A. Stettler is hearing divorce canes today In a room used by the county superintendent of schools In giving examination* to teachers. Those concerned in the cases were sitting at the desks and chairs formerly used by the school teachers. Attorney George Renter will hear cases tomorrow and Ra’ph Spann will preside Saturday.

GRAFT QUIZ WILL HAVE WIDE RANGE To Cover All Who Held War Contracts. WASHINGTON, June 16.—War graft investigation ordered by the President will lie extended to cover practically ail individuals and concerns who had dealings on a largo scale under contracts for supplies during the war period. Attorney General Daugherty announced today. "The hooks will be laid wide open," said Daugherty, "so all persons and concerns may have a chance to know who is Innocent and who s guilty. General suspicion surrounds ill contracts ot tills character. “The Administration's purpose is to dispel such suspicion, where there is no ground for any'; and at the same time to show up those who have dug deep into the public treasury and taken unjust profits either through frauds or conspiracies.” Postoffice ‘Cage’ Is Robbed at Cincinnati CINCINNATI, June 16— A thief entered the "cage" of the wholesale stamp clerk in the main corridor of the Cincinnati, postoffice just' before noon today and stolf the morning's receipts, estimated at between $1,500 nd $2,1)00. The thief evidently was familiar vtlth the place.

_ , ~, _ , (By Carrier. Week, Indianapolis/ 10c; Elsewhere, 12c. Subscription Kates: { By Mall 60c Per Month: t 6 0 o Per Year.

4 DEAD, 35 HURT AS BRIDGE LETS TRAIN THROUGH Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Wrecked in Nebraska. 3 COACHES INTO WATER

OMAHA, Neb., June 16.—Four_ are known to have been killed and thirtyfive injured when three coaches of Chicago & Northwestern pasenger train No. 090 plunged through a bridge over Cottonwood Creek, two miles east of Crawford, Neb., early today. The death list may run higher as several of the injured may die. Several passengers have not been accounted for and these may be dead. v The dead : V. M. BUCK, Grant Island, Neb. HARRY BOSXOR, Lnnder, Wyo. 8. M. STEWART, Gordon, Nob. R. S. SCOTT, train baggage man. TRAIN RUNNING ON BRANCH LINE. The Northwestern train was ifound from Lander, Wyo., to Omaha, Neb., on a branch iine. The engine and several coaches had safely passed over the bridge before the structure collapsed. The three coaches were hurled into the mad flood waters of Cottonwood Creek, whose waters have destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property in the northwestern part of the State In the last three weeks. Rescue work was impossible for several hours after the disaster because of the swollen stream. Those imprisoned In the coaches cried In vain for help. Relief trains, with doctors and nurses on board and laden with first aid supplies, arrived at Hie scene shortly after daybreak. The dead were removed to Chadron, Neb. i The Injured were rushed to a hospital at Hot Springs, S. D. RELIEVE HEAVIEST TOLL IN SMOKER AND COACH. | The heaviest Injuries and probable loss i of life is believed to have occurred among j passengers in the smoker and one of the day coaches. One Fullman is reported hanging precariously on the left bank of the creek and la liable to plunge Into the surging waters at any moment. AU passen- , gers In this car are said to have escaped. Rescue workers are helpless, according to word received here. • Dragging and diving for bodies perhaps imprisoned in the submerged coaches is impossible because of the strong surrent of the creek, dispatches said. Aviators from here and Council Bluffs lowa, are going over their machines preparatory to “bopjping off” for the scene of the accident to offer their assistance in rescue work.

to the Palace Hotel, where they were told that about a month ago he had moved to Massachusetts avenue. At this address they learned that Pressler had left Wednesday morning saying he would be gone a mouth. They found the door to Ills room locked from the Inside with a bolt. Just how any one out of the Iloudlnl class could bolt a door from the inside while on the outside was beyond the knowledge of the officers, so Officer Schlanger scaled the heights of the wall, removed a screen covering a window and put bis trusty pocket flashlight to work. Its bright rays revealed the presence of John A. Pressler, 55, and very much alive. He denied having written the note and said he had given the shoes and coat- found on the canal barx to a negro, whose name he did not know. lie further said he did not know the caxd case was in the ccat when he gave it away. The police say they have learned thnt Pressler’s wife is living in Garfield avenue and that the couple has had domestic trouble.

GOV’T ACCUSES 8 RAILROADS Charged With Violating Federal Regulations. Suits charging violation of various Government regulations were filed against eight railroad qompanies by Frederick Van Nuys, United States district attorney, in Federal Court today. The offenses charged, which are punishable by fines of SIOO and upwards, Include permitting animals in transit to remain in cars more then thirty-six hours at one stretch, inefficient hand brakes on freight cars, absence of required handles from locomotives and improperly located side ladders and drawbars. The following railroads are named as defendants: Wabash Railroad Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Company, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company.

HARNESS FIRM TO IGNORE HARDING Claims President Has No Authority for Action. WASHINGTON, June 16.— The United States Harness Company will ignore President Harding's order annulling the contract which the company has with the War Department for disposal of surplus harness, Frank J. Hogan, counsel for the hnrness concern, announced today. Hogan called at the White House and served notice thnt his clients are of the opinion the President has no authority to annul the contract and will ignore his action. The President's action was taken on advices of the attorney T general after u had been disclosed the contract was entered into while officers of the hnrness company were in positions in the War Department. — i~ SJI.4LL BLAZE AT LORRjAINE. Fire which started from a rftie on the top of the Lorraine Hotel at. /:50 o’clock today was tjhe cause of a dqwktown fire alarm. Thei blaze was extinguished with little loss. |

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YOUTH LOSES LIFE IN CANAL; SEVENTH DROWNING IN MONTH

Wades in Beyond His Depth—Calls Help in Vain.

Robert Brown, 17, negro, whose home is on West Sixteenth place, near Boulevard place, was drowned in the canal today. Brown entered the -water near the Fourteenth street bridge, after partly disrobing, and is believed to have been wading when he got beyond his depth. He called for help, hut no person close was able to save him. Brown is the seventh person drowned in less than a month and the second this week. Motor Policemen Hansford and Lansing dragged' the canal and recovered the body a half-hour after the youth entereed the water. The park board is completing plans for public bathing pools in various parts of the city. These pools have been promised fur three years, and if the present plans carry, some of them may be completed by next September. Brown came to Indianapolis from Nashville, Tenn., a /month ago. He made his home In this city with John White, negro, 432 West Sixteenth Place. He went to the canal wlfh three other negroes about his own age to go bathing. Archie Garnett. 18, 446 West Sixteenth Place, who was one of the four, warned the others not to go into the water at that place, as It was deep. Brown laughed at the warning and a few minutes later waded in and got beyond his depth. He evidently could not swim and sank, the other young men being unable to save him. Dr. George Christian, deputy coroner, ordered the body removed to the city morgue. Paul McGrath, 19, 2113 Lexington avenue, was drowned Monday while bathing

What Makes Wild Man Wild? Here's Answer —Hair Tonic

"Hair tonic” parties are rough. Forter Coleman, negro, 608 East Court street, went to the city hospital for repairs after one last night. Coleman had a cut In his left arm that required ten stitches to close. He explained some white men and negroes had “chipped In” to buy hair tonio for beverage purposes, and after the tonic was bought one of the white men objected to drinking with a negro. A fight followed and the white man cut Coleman. The police failed to find Coleman's assailant.

MAN ARRESTED AT STATEHOUSE Tony Amas of Lake County Accused of Threatening Governor. A man giving his name as Tony Amas of Lake County was arrested in the Statehouse this afternoon after he is said to have threatened to shoot Governor Warren T. McCray. He is being held by the police while an investigating is conducted. * Amas, or Yamarss as he also gave his name,. had a case before the Industrial hoard, and when it wa3 not settled to his satisfaction he sought an audience with the Governor. Tnis was denied him and, according to Roy Couch, custodian, he made threats against the Governor. When arrested he was standing behind a pillar in the Statehouse corridors. He was unarmed. It developed with his arrest that early in the day he had threatened to use a knife on members of the industrial board. No knife, however, wai found when he was searched. Amas said he came to the United States from Poland about twenty years ago.

$5,000 Apartment Fire; Spreads to 2 Houses

Fire, believed to have started la an attic of a duplex at 920 Broadway from defective w-iring. caused a damage of $5,000 at about 10:15 o'clock this morning. The fire was discovered over apartment 3, occupied by Clem Ilebenstreit. The flames spread over the entire roof of the house, making a total loss of the second floor. A house to the north, occupied by John Ashby, 924 Broadway, caught fire, hut was soon extinguished with about S2O loss to the roofing. A house to the south, occupied by Albert Ferguson. 916 Broadway, also caught fire with a loss of sls.

RADICAL AGITATORS AND ‘WHITE MULE * TO BLAME , SMITH SA YS

A combination of radical agitators and "white mule" was largely responsible for the trouble in Pike and Gibson Counties where a number of workmen employed by mining companies were driven from the county last week, according to a report made to Governor Warren T. McCray today by Adjutant General Harry B. Smith. The Governor said that General Smith reported that things are now quiet and that local authorities in the district have the situation well In hand. General Smith returned last night after making an extensive investigation of the affair. It is understood he found the sheriff of Gibson county in complete control of the situation, keeping things quiet with an organization of former service men as deputies and that the sheriff of Pike county is forming such an organization. He also found the courts ready to act to punish the persons who had a part in tbe violence General Smith is believed to.have laid great stress on the fact that outside radical agitators have gone into Gibson and

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1921 DROWNINGS June 16 —Robert Brown, 17, negro, West Sixteenth street, in canal. June 13—Paul E. McGrath, 19, 2113 Lexington avenue, in White River. May 28—Esau Cooksey, 14, negro, 426 Toledo street, in canal. May 28—John Henry Dennis, 10, negro, 2036 Lewis street, In canal. May 26—Louis Hearne, 21, 20 South Delaware street, in White River. May 22—John Koopman, 14, 2755 Martindale avenue, in Fall Creek. May 21—Arthur Fraling, 12, student at Indiana School for Deaf, in Fall Creek.

In White River, near Hanson avenue, when he Is believed to have been caught In a whirlpool caused by an intake pipe of a power house. On May 28, two negro boys were drowned while bathing. Esau Cooksey, 14, 426 Toledo street, In the canal near St. Clair street, and John Henry Dennis, 10, 2036 Lewis street, in Fall Creek near Thirtieth street, were the victims. The other drownlngs this year were: Arthur Fraling. 12, a student at the Indiana School for the Deaf, drowned in Fall Creek; John Koopman, 14, 2755 Martindale avenue, drowned in Fall Creek; Louis Hearne, 21, 20 South Delaware street, drowned In White River near Seventieth street, while trying to save his sister, who was bathing. These five drownlngs occurred In on* week.

KEYSTONE AVE. ROAD CLOSED ( FOR SUMMER Completion of Paving Section Held Up Until Fill Settles. WARNINGS REMOVED The refusal of County Surveyor John J. Griffith to permit the Tlmberlake Company to complete paving Keystone avenue between the Miilersville Hoad and hall Creek bridges until a fill of several hundred feet settles, will keep this road closed to traffic all summer. It was announced that the road probably would be opened to traffic soma time in October or November. Mr Griffith has informed the County Commissioners that it would be folly to attempt to place concrete pavement on the fill until it settles. Work on part of the road has been completed, but the commissioners are relying on the opinion of the county surveyor that the fill must settle before the concrete pavement is placed on It. The Timberlake Company received the contract for this part of Keystone avenue on a bid of $33,242. The road has been closed for months. The commissioners are daily receiving complaints that someone is removing tne red lanterns and “road closed” signs from the entrances to this part of the road. Tourists have complained that they have gone Into Keystone avenue in bad weather only to discover that their car was hub deep in mud. “It seems to me that someone is taking down these signs and warnings for the purpose of getting money for hauling motorists out," said President Carlin Shank. “If it keeps on we will have to place a watchman on the road at night.” It was explained at the engineer's office that the fill was not made until this spring.

SIFT BEGUN IN MUNCIE MURDER Killing of Roumanian Results in Grand Jury Session. Special to The Times. MUNCIE, Ind., June 16.—A special session of the county grand jury was called by Judge Thompson of the Circuit Court to investigate the murder of Gus Voida, a Roumaniana. who died Wednesday from wounds suffered when shot by alleged highwaymen near here a week ago. Dr. Xene Smith, former police commissioner. and three other Muncle men are in jail formally charged with the murder. An alleged traffic in whisky will In probability be investigated by the Jury also.

Pike counties for the purpose of stirlng up trouble and that the trouble bat been of long standing. Miners In the two counties have been rebelling agalntt their union organizations, according to reports. It is reported from rhe district affected that things are back to normal In Gibson County, but that foreigners employed by the Enos Coal Company In Pike County on railroad construction work have not returned pending the organization of a force of deputies by the Pike County sheriff. General Smith is reported to have told the Governor that no action on the part of the State to preserve order is necessary. In a letter to Governor McCray, Prose, cutor Robinson of Gibson County de- j ciared he was doing everything possible to enforce the law and expressed resentment of any intimation that he had not been doing his duty. Judge Robert Baltzell of Princeton wrote the Governor that the situation was well in hand.