Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature.

VOL. XXXIV.

TRAFFIC SURVEY VITAL NEED OF INDIANAPOLIS

Citizens, Whether Walking or Riding, Meet Endless Annoyances. ESSENTIAL TO GROWTH The clock struck 5. John Smith, average citizen of Indianapolis, tossed a batch of orders into a basket, locked his desk, gra'obed his hat and coat and walked out of the office, which perhaps is in the Merchants Bank building. Five minutes later John cranked up the Smith family flivver, which had been parked all day long in Meridian street near the Union Station and headed for Illinois street. He had left a pair of Mrs. Smith s shoes for repairs in a shop in North Illinois street. Between Georgia and Washington streets the Smith family flivver went merrily along, but at the busiest downtown corner had to wait fonr minutes while the east and west traffic cleared With thoughts of home. Mary, the kids and pulling a mess of radishes out of the back yard garden John Smith chugged his car across Washington street just as the traffic policeman changed the semaphore to permit east and west traffic again. Cars parked at a forty-fire degree angle one of which was backing out into the center of the street, forced John to steer for the car tracks and follow an Illinois car north. A College avenue car turned into Illinois street from Washington street and followed close on his tail light. The Illinois car stopped midway in the block between Market and Washington streets, its further progress blocked by a line of cars taking on passengers at the Market street safety zone. John also stopped. So did the College avenue car and a half dozen other automobiles behind it. A citizen in an automobile park/l opposite the front of John's flivver wanted to back out but couldn't because John was in the way. [JOHN FUMED AXD THE OTHERS DID TOO. John fumed. The motorman on the College car and all the John Smith psss. ngers who also had thoughts of their own homes, Marys and back-yard gardens berated the whole fltwer tribe, and the driver of the parked car that was blocked thought unpleasant things. * But there John stuck for another three or four minutes, the center of a jam typical !n several downtown streets and one of the key figures in a traffic problem that will hare to be solved if Indianapolis in her civic development is to keep pace with her rapid grown In wealth and population. How can the thousands upon thousands of John b*. to gel from home to work and froni wwPS*?o home * few minutes earlier and with a littl* less annoyance to themselves and a little less wear and tear on their transportation equipment? And how can all citizens, whether they walk, ride the street cars or motor, and those who come from other cities, be enabled to get to and from points of interest and in and oat of the city with less trouble than some of the very noticeable difficulties of today cause? traffic conditions is the answer, -of course. It is for the purpose of pointing out Specifically some of the difficulties that confront the motorist, the street car passenger and the pedestrian to the end that the average citizen may begin to think of the problem and if nnable to offer suggestions himself may prod those experts In the city government and (Continued on Page Two.)

UTILITY SCHOOL ‘GRADS’ ACTIVE Fred B. Johnson Joins List of ex-Public Service Men in Law Practice. Fred B. Johnson, who recently retired from the public service commission, has added his name to the list of those who, after severing their connections with the commission. Immediately take up the practice of utility law. In an announcement Mr. Johnson states that although be will engage in a general practice he will specialize In utility matters, ne stares that In eonnactloQ with Jesse I. Miller of Washington he will handle all matters before Federal departments and bureaus In Washington, more particularly in connection with Federal taxation questions. The Importance of the public service comlmssion as a school for utility lawyears, whose practice ia always on the aide of the utilities, Is growing. In fact the commission is coming to be looked upon as a stepping stone for just such practice. Recently, with the retirement of Paul P. Haynes as a member of tt** commission and of Carl Mote as secretary, they formed the firm of Haynes & Mote, representing utilities before the public service commission and elsewhere. Leas recently Charles A. Edwards retired from the commission and took up a utility practice, frequently appearing before the commission. Utility concerns apparently have confidence that former members of the commission can be relied on to continue to work In their interest. BOV SWIMMER DROWNS. JASONVILLE. Ind., June 18.—Herbert Bennett. 10, son of Mrs. Sherman Ransom of this city, was drowned late Friday while swimming alone In a pond near hi# home. When found efforts to resuscitate were of no avail.

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Vows Vengeance on Peggy

CHICAGO, June IS. —“My life has been ruined by the Peggy Joyce case; I am here now for one purpose—vengeance," declared Charlotte Johnson today, a few minutes after she arrived in Chicago. “And 1 am not going to stop until 1 accomplish it.” Charlotte Johnson, formerly one of the flames of J. ‘ Stanley Joyce, who is now being sued by the actress, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, for divorce, and huge alimony, was named by Peggy in her suit against the wealthy lumber man. Charlotte went to a hotel where she registered under her married name. ‘She has been living in a small town, endeavoring to forget her affair with Joyce, and now Peggy Joyea’s action for anew

BUILDINGS BURN AT CURTIS FIELD Backfire From Engine Starts Blaze at Minneapolis Aviation Plant. MINNEAPOLIS, Juno 18. -An explosion of gasoline ahortly before noon today set fire to buildings at the northwest field of the Curtiss Airplane Company. A lack fire from an engine is supposed to have started the Are. Fire apparatus was rushed to the field when it was reported all of the buildings were in flames. Two airplanes, one hangar, two sheds, several airplane motors and spare wings, the offices of the Curtis Northwest AirPlane Company and all records of the company were destroyed. .The loss was estimated at more than $12.", 000. Three gasoline tanks exploded as the flames ate their way through the airplane hangar and sheds. Although employes of thi field and flremeu were working close t > the building in an attempt to stop the flames, none was injured.

New Leg-ion Chief Once Hoosier Resident Special to. The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 18.—The town of Eaton, south of here, has the distinction of once having been the home of John G. Emery, newly elected national commander of the American Legion. He was secretary of a construction company which built a traction line through the village and made his headquarters there for some time. British Miners to Ask Aid of Unions LONDON. June 18.—Striking miners will ask other British unions to Join with them In enforcing their mutual wage demands. It was announced today. Following indefinite adjournment of miners executive council, Frank Hodges, secretary, said he would ask the executives of other unions to confer with the miners as soon as posslbl#, with the object of taking nation-wide action to compel recognition of miners’ demands. AND STILL THEY SPEED. F. L. Foster, 42 Jackson Place, arrested on a charge of speeding by Motorcycle Officer H. W. Brooks, was fined S3O and costs by Judge Waited Pritchard in city court today. Frank Bradley, negro, 715 Indiana avenue, arrested on a similar charge, was fined sls and costs.

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I SAT an hour by sun. in the editor's room of the Montopolis Weekly Bugle. I wag the editor. • The saffron rays of the declining sunlight filtered through the cornstslks in Micajah Widdup's garden-patch, and cast an amber glory upon my paste-pot I sat at the editorial desk in my nonorary revolving chair, and prepared my editorial against the oligarchies. The room, with its one window, was already a prey to the twilight. One by one, with my trenchant sentences, I lopped off the heads of the political hydri., while I listened, full of kindly peace, to the home-coming cow-bells and wondered what Mrs. Jriinegan was going to have for supper. Then in from the dusky, qsl-t street there drifted and perched himself upon j a corner of my desk old Father Time’s younger brother His face was beardless and as gnarled as an English walnut. I never saw clothes such as he wore. They would have reduced Joseph's coat to a monochrome. But the colors

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hold on the lumber king's cash has brought Charlotte’s name into the limelight and destroyed Charlotte's small town happiness, she says, even though her husband is loyal. CHICAGO. June 18.—Opposing counsel ceased firing their scandal barrage In the Peggy Joyce alimony drive today. Judge Joseph Sabath now has under consideration the request of Peggy Joyce, pretty show girl, wife of J. Stanley Joyce, for SIO,O<X) a month, temporary alimony. The Judge will rule next week whether Peggy will have to appear in court following the request of Joyce's lawyer that “your honor ought to get a bird's eyeview of this girl.”

Tells of Murder , Arson and Suicide Pact With Spouse INNISFAIL, Ala., June 18.—J. J. Rutledge was being closely gunriled her# to. day following his tale of w order and arson before a roron t’s Jiry. Officials feared violence may !>e attempted. Rutledge was arrested soon after his wife and four children were beaten and burned In their farmhouse near here. Rutledge told the coroner's jury that he ina his wife rnudi a pact to kill the children and tbemacives because of family trouble. Vera Shaw, a slater of Mrs. Rutledge, gave birth to a baby a month ago. and this was said to have led to the Iron ble. Rutledge gaid he and his wife agreed to strike the children with a club while they were sleeping and then set fire to the place. They were to die In the flames. He said he saw hi* wife approach the bed where three of their children were sleeping. She wielded a club, he said, and set fire to a mattress. He escaped from the house with the infant child of Vera, but was badly burned. The Shaw girl also es'-aped, and Is be ing held, although no ehurge has been placed against her.

LAKES TO SEA PLANS DRAWN Project Given Final Going Over in Canada. , OTTAWA, Ontario, Juno 18—Final plans for the deep waterway project which will provide Great Lakes shipping with an outlet to tha sea were discussed here today. Col. F. W. Wooten, United States engineer, and W. A. Lowden, chief engineer of railways and canals for Canada, ebnferrcd upon revision of the joint engineering feature of the project. The completed plans will be presented to the Joint International commission next week. After receipt of the engineering report the committee will have three months in which to decide upon the economic feasibility of the undertaking. The project, which would permit freighters from all lake ports to roach tidewater at low tonnage costs, calls for a reduction In the existing number of locks by concentrating the development Into four or five locks along tho St Lawrence River, from Cardinal to Montreal. This would Involve much flooding of adjacent country and consequent payment of enormous damages. The cost Is estimated at si6o,ooo,or>o. FORT WORTH FORT OF ENTRY. WASHINGTON, June 18.—President Harding today signed the bill making Fort Worth, Texas, a port of entry.

were not the dyer's. Stains and patches and the work of sun and rust were responsible for the diversity. On his coarse shoes was the dust, conceivably, of a thousand leagues. I can describe' him no further, except to say tbac he was little and weird and old—old 1 began to estimate in centuries whan I saw him. Yes, and I remember that there was an odor, a faint odor like aloe*, or possibly like myrrh or leather; and I thought of museums. And then I resched for a pad and pencil, for business is business, and visits of the oldest Inhabitants are sacred and honorable, requiring to be chronicled. “I am glad to see you, sir,” I said I would offer you a chair, but—you see, ir.C 1 went on, “I have lived’ in Monopoll# only three weeks, and I have not met many of our citizens." I turned a doubtful eye upon his dust-stained shoes. concluded with a newspaper phrase. “I suppose that you reside In our midst?’; My vlsltoif fumbled in his raiment, drew (Continued on Page Four.)

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 18,1921.

Tax Average for Each U . S. Citizen Coming Year SB2 WASHINGTON, June 18.—Every man, woman and child in the United States will be taxed iSZ In the coming year to defray cost of governmentnational, State, county and munic-ipal-according to some startling flgures made public here today by Representative Knight, Republican, Ohio. “The cost ot city government Is not available since 1918, but In that year it was 843.300.01 K). A reasonable estimate Is that It is i not far from $60,000,000 now. City government Is costing Ohio about $lO per capita, State government about $5 per capita and county government about $7. Adding this to the Federal cost of Government, the total will be SB2 per capita, or about $330 for each family. “It is difficult to got at the average annual earnings, for there are no returns from farmers, but leaving them out and taking an average on the returns made it was about $950 for the last year. We thus have the total cost of government approximating close to 40 per cent of the average earnings. “The fact that every family will not pay its share of per capita does not alter the situation, for It merely that some other families will pay more. A nation that is paying out us we are, almost 40 per cent of Us average earnings for taxes not only catsnot return to prosperity, but will jot long endure."

HUBBY SHOOTS; MILKMAN RUNS Revolver Used After Wife’s ‘Confession’—Husband Is Arrested. A wife's confession of an automobile ride with the milkman resulted In a shooting affair in which Otto Bookman, 266 Miley avenue, is alleged to have fired three shots at Ralph Burt, living In North Olney street, today. Burt, employed by the Folk Milk Comp%ny, was making bis usual deliveries when he was met by Lockman in Miley avenue. lockman is said to have opened flr and Rurt Is said to have made a hurried getaway. It was some hours Inter that the police were Informed of the shooting. Burt was not injured, hut Lockman was arrested by Motorpolicemen Mneler and Finney on the charge of shooting within the city limits. The police say Mrs. Lockman went automobile riding with B ;rt yesterday afternoon and that their car became stuck in the mud near Beech Grove. While there two men who claimed to be constables from a Justice of the peace court attempted to obtain SSO from Burt or arrest him. Mr*. Lockman is *atd to have given the two constables such a “tongue lashing" that they went away without making an arrest and without obtaining the money. Mr* Lockman * 'ered her * ■ -h/jed l..grt, of r •v.tomo d’e riac, to v.-sere she eoafessed to her husband that she had accomponleed Burt in his nulomobde, according to the police.

MUCH MARRIED MAN IS FAVORED Jesse E. Sterrett Receives Suspended Sentence. Judge .Tames A. Collins of (he Criminal Court today kept hi# promise and suspended a sentence from two to five years which he handed out yesterday to Jesse R. Sterrett, a painter, -charged with bigamy. The record was hurriedly completed and Sterrett was released from Jail on his promise to import both of his wives, who claim they soon will bo mothers. One of the wives has g!vn birth to tiro children. Grover Dawson was fined SIOO and sentenced to six months on tho luiilana State Farm on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a girl. James Anderson, a negro, charged with stealing a raincoat, and who was formerly paroled from tho Indiana State Farm several years ago, wa* sentenced to serve six months on the farm. Lee George was fined SIOO anil costs and sentenced to ninety days on the Indiana State Farm on a charge of assaulting and Interfering with an officer James R. Hoffman, charged with entering the room to commit a felony, was sentenced to a year on the Indiana State Farm.

Gov’t Mails Capital Stock Tax Forms Capital stock tax returns, form No. 707, are being mailed out today from the office of M. Burt Thurman, collector of Internal revenue. These returns are due lack ot the collector’s offtee not later than July 31. The income tax. law governing these returns provides that all corporations pay a tax of $1 ou every SI,OOO worth represented by their capital stock. An exemption of $5,000 is permitted In these cases. This tax is payable annually in advance. Mr. Thurman said he believed that when total figures of the business done by his office during the fiscal year ending June 30 were available that it would be found that the figures of $75,000,000 for a year ago would be exceeded by a considerable margin. Officials of the office say that returns from the second installment of income tax payments, which were duo June 15, ware very satisfactory and that, there was a smaller percentage of delinquencies than had been expected. —f Cops Raid Barn; Seize 29 Gallons of ‘Mule’ Twenty-nine gallons of “white mule" were taken by the police in a raid On the Fame Livery barn, 636 West Court street, today. The “mule" was contained In t.wenty-nine new paint cans. eGorge Atkins, 47, negro, 538 Bright street, was arrested charged with operating a blind tiger. Ed was arrested when the police found a quart bottle of “white roiife" lu his possession. Norway Cabinet Out; Dutch Break Near LONDON, June I,B—The Norwegian enblret has resigned after its failure to get a vote of confidence in Parliament, srJd a dispatch from Christiania today, v LONDON, June 18.—Resignation of the Dutch Cabinet Is Imminent owing to a dispute over policy, gaid a telegram, from The nagu^today.

GOVERNMENT OUTGO TO LAND WITHIN INCOME Ordinary Expenditures Total More Than Five Billions for Fiscal Year. SLIGHT LEEWAY SEEN WASHINGTON, June 18.—With ordi- j nary expenditures totaling slightly more than $5,000,000,000 for the fiscal year to end in two weeks, the Government will have kept practically within Its income for the first year since 1914. reports of the Treasury Department now indicate, j Prediction that a huge deficit would | pile up at the close of the fiscal year, I June 30, have been made for months by members of Congress and some officials. But when the treasury closes its books at midnight, June 30, the total ordinary dlsbursement. for the year will be approximately $5,070,000,000 if payments for June run at the same rate as for the first eleven months of th flescs' year, lu- i come of the Uoverment for the year will i be nearly $5,500,000,000, according to a recent estimate by Secretary Mellon. This would give the Government pocketbook a slight leeway between income and outgo for the year. Total ordinary expenditures for the last fiscal year, which closed June 30. 19L0. amounted to $6,403,000,000, or nearly one and one-half billions more than will be paid out thfs year, unless all present forecasts fall. Up to May 31, the Government had spent a total of $4,640,000,000. according j to a statement Issued by the Treasury Department. For the corresponding pe- | Hod of previous fiscal year ordinary 1 disbursements amount to $5,930,000,000. This shows that for the first eleven ! months of the present year, disbursements were reduced $1,284,000,000, as compared wjth last year. Ordinary re- j

WASHINGTON, June 1.8. -Government. expenditures during the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, should be more than $1,000,000,000 less during the current year. Representative Madden, Illinois, of the House Appropriations Committee, said today. “I have prepared a compilation of the appropriation bills for the next year and these reveal i total o* $3,700.0n0.n00, Including the interest on the public debt, as compared with nearly $5,000,000,000 during the present year," he said.

celpts for the first eleven months of the present fiscal year totalled $5,045,000,000. or almost $400,000,000 more than was paid out. One of the biggest single items of expenditures, so far this year, was interest on the war debt, which amounted to $800,000,000. Pnyments to the railroads totalled $729,000,000. while the War Department took $958,000.0u0, and the Navy $610.000.000. Tito lotts.: single item ot expenditure was what Is described ns the “executive proper." meaning the White House and Its officers. This cost was only $683,662.13. Congress ate up more than $17,000,000, the Treasury $425,000,000, and the Interior Department. $319,000,000. INDICT 52 IN ATLANTA FRAUD Politicians in ‘Bunko Ring’ Case. ATLANTA, Ga„ June 18.—Fifty-two Indictments ranging from misdemeanor to bribery, larceny after trust, and for gery were .returned against local politicians and others by the last grand Jury here, it was shown today when the sealed presentments In tho “minao ring" case were opened. Among the most prominent men Indicted are; Councilman A. H. Martin, on a charge of misdemeanor and detectives W. L. Payne and P. V. West, charged with bribery. The presentmeDta were made some time ago. but were kept sealed until today. Their publication mark* the culmination of an Invasion of two months which was started by Solicitor General John Boykin, who charged that a gigantic swindling syndidate had operated In Atlanta without Interference from the police.

LILLIAN GISH Is now among the special writers whose daily offerings will be found in The Indiana Dally Times, beginning Monday. THE REAL INSiDE of motion picture making, together with tersely fold experiences In the studios and on location will he presented In 500-word pictures by the well-be- * loved actress. Questions and answers will also appear from time to time. REMEMBER , PLEASE This is another of the features that are to be found exclusively in the Times. Lillian Gish is another wight star In the list that Includes George McManus' version of “Bringing Up Father," the Hooper families daily story, K. C. B.s unique essays. O. Henry’s weekly short story, Puss In Boots, Dog Hill Paragrafs and the Horoscope, EXCLUSIVELY IN INDIANA DAILY TIMES

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Criminal Court Records Show That Willie Carey is Most Favored ‘Customer’

The biography in the Marlon County Criminal Court of Willie Carey, notorious police character, show's that former prosecutors, special judges aryl Judge James A. Collins have been very accommodating to him. The same biography indicates that City Judge Walter Pritchard has not treated Willie with the amount of respect and consideration which is accorded him in the Criminal Court. The records of the Criminal Court, beginning In 1915 and continuing up to the present time, is a series of kind treatments and accommodations for the frequently arrested Willie. They show that former prosecutors have nolled many cases against him even after be had been found guilty in city court and had taken an appeal. The Judges hearing the cases in Criminal Court have permitted Willie to obtain his freedom by finding him not guilty, and in one instance, after Willie was sentenced to Jail for ten days, Judge •Collins suspended the days on condition that the flue and costs be paid and that Willie go to the hospital “for trea'ment." BONDS FORFEITED AND THEN BET ASIDE. Bonds have been forfeited many times on Willie’s failure to appear in the Criminal Court for trial and the second that he was re arrested or brought Into court by his bondsmen the forfeiture accommodatingly was set aside and Willie permitted to give anew bond without spending much time in Jail. The official records of the Marlon

Six Heat Deaths in Minnesota; Below Freezing in Arizona MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Jin* 18.—With the thermometer at 96 in the shade, the Twin Cities today are sweltering' under an almost Intolerable heut, which up to noon had caused nix deaths in the past twentyfour Lours. Four of the deaths were In St. Paul and two in Minneapolis. The local weather bureau reports the temperature as the highest on record for the month of June. The weather chart sent out by the In(lhuiapoli* weather burean records a temperature of 2 degrees below freezing In Northern Arizona last nlffht.

INDICT 2 MORE IN KABER CASE Italians Named as Actual Slayers of Cleveland Publisher. CLEVELAND, Ohio., June 18.~True hllla were returned thi# morning by the Oivahoga County grand Jiry charging murder in the first degree against Salvatore Cain, arrested yesterday near Buffalo and held there pending extradition, and Vlforra Tlfftelll as the ncttial murderer* of Daniel F. Kaher, wealthy Lakewood publisher with whose murder his widow, stepdaughter, mother-in-law and one other woman are already charged. Tlfftelll, who Is still at large. Is believed to have been Kaber’s actual stabber. SAYS HE RESCUED CAPT. AMUNDSEN Arctic Explorer Found Off East Cape, Siberia. SAN FRANCISCO. June 18.—Capt. Roald Amundsen, Arctic explorer, has ben rescued at East Cape, Siberia, according to word received here today. Captain Amundsen left Alaska last fall with the intention of freezing his ship into an Ice Mock and regaining In the north seas seven years, to prove that the currents carry the ice blocks over tho north pole. * The story of the explorer’s rescue was received by the H. Llebes Company, furriers. from Captain Peterson of the ship Herman, which Is owned by the company. Captain Peterson said he effected the rescue.

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County Criminal Court reveal the follow ing: Book No. 32, Case No. 43666 (appeal from city court)— Drawing deadly weapons. Filed Feb. 24. 1915. State nolled case May 15, 1915. Book No. 32, Case No. 43664 (appeal from city court) —Associating with prostitutes. Filed Feb. 24, 1915. State nolled charge May 15, 1915. Book No. 33, Case No. 44193 (appeal from city court) —Visiting gambling house. Filed June 30, 1915. State nolled Sept. 22. 1915. Book No. 34, Case No. 45963 (appeal from city court) —Malicious trespass. Filed Aug. 22, 1919. Found not guilty Oct. 20, 1916. Book No. 35, Case No. 48597 (appeal from city court)—Drunk. Filed April 25, 1918. Fined $1 and costs May 14, 1918, and paid fine and costs totaling $26.55, Aug. 6, 1918. GETS ONE OF FAMOUS GOODRICH PAROLES. Book No. 36, Case No. 45877 —Burglary and grand larceny. Carey indicted with Donald Martin Aug. 1, 1918. Martin pleaded guilty Sept. 9, 1918 and sentenced from one, to eight years at Indiada State Reformatory. Sept. 14, 1918, Carey was found guilty and fined $1 and costs and sentenced to a year at the Indiana State Farm, Dec. 18, 1918, Carey paid his fine and costs, totaling $20.15. Dec. 18, 1918, Carey was paroled by (Continued on Page Two,)

PERJURY COUNT FOUND IN CASE OF‘BIG SHINER’ Grand Jury Brings in Indictment on Testimony of Middaugh. An investigation that has been in progress for several days before the Marion County grand jury concerning the alleged perjury of Charles Middaugh, j known as “Big Shiner," police character, when he was tried in Criminal Court on a charge of the unlawful possession of a quantity of “white mule," today was completed when the grand Jury returned thirteen indictments, one of them for perjury against Middaugh. According to the indictment. Middaugh .was tried before Special Judge James A. Leathers and was found not guilty. The Indictment charges Middaugh took the stand in his own behalf and testified that he met a strange man driving an automobile carrying liquor and that he jumped on the running board of the machine. Middaugh denied ownership of the booze. SAY DRIVER MIDDAUGH’S BROTHER-IN-LAW. The Indictment charges Middaugh knew all the time that the man was Jack Kress, hi* brother-in-law. The evidence showed that* Lorenz Leppert, who has a case pending in Criminal Court, has a garage In West Washington street, and that the “white mule special" was drlv *n to his place. The police claim a gallon of the whisky was found at Leppert's place. After certain remarks, which were alleged to have been made by Middaugh after his aequital before Judge Leathers, an investigation was started by Federal authorities and the result was that Middaugh and Kress were indicted by the Federal grand Jury. These cases are pending. CONVERSATION WITH KRESS. The Marion County grand jury Indictment sets out that Middaugh had a conversation with Kress at the RcR railroad and West Washington street prior to the alleged transportation of the “white mule." Middaugh. according to the information now In the hands of Prosecutor William P. Evans, testified in Criminal Court, at the time of his trial, that he never before had seen the man who was driving the automobile in w;hich there was said to be ten to fifteen gallons of “white mule." Two Indictments also were returned against John P. Pyle, 262S North Alabama street, who was indicted Feb. 26 last, on charges of embezzling $105.80 by pay roll padding, when Pyle was foreman of painters for the school city. Couusel for Pyle has attacked the validity of that Indictment and the State prepared two additional ones. One of the new Indictments charges Pyle with grand larceny of goods valued at $42 from the board of school commissioners of the city of Indianapolis. (Continued on I*age Two.) ANOTHER WAR MATCH BROKEN W. C. Jones Asks for Divorce From French Wife. Another war romance has struck the rocks, wrecking the martial ship of William C. Jones and his French bride, Martha A. Jones. This became known when Willian C. Jones, a clerk in the employe of the aviation service of the United States, filed divorce proceedings against his wife, whom he claims abandoned him and is now back in her native land of France. Jones met his wife while serving in France and the complaint admits! that ht J “became enamored of her to the extent that he asked her to marry him.” When Jones returned to Indianapolis he received the promise that she would follow him. Keeping his word he furnished money to pay her transportation and Juno 4, 1920, they were married in Indianapolis. Shortly after the ceremony Mrs. Jones exhibited a change in feeling toward her husband, he states. It is alleged she Instituted a “systematic course of cruel and Inhuman treatment,” ana for weeks refused to maintain relations with him. Jones alleges that she refused to wash the dishes and often he had to do It himself and also claims that she refused to make acquaintances with his "American friends." It Is also charged that sue was “lazy and slovenly." Jones naWs as a co-respondent one “Ed C. Beckford,” who was a steward on the Government ship, Pocahontas, ana that she carried on a clandestine correspondence with him and other men. He sayß his wife had her mail directed to “general delivery.” Jones claims his wife left him In October, 1920, and that aha haa never written him.

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SCHOOL PATRONS TO MAKE STAND FOR BOND ISSUE Oppose Taxpayers’ League in Hearing to Defeat Vital Improvements. URGE NEW BUILDINGS When the State board of tax com missioners holds its public hearing on the remonstrance of ten mem. bers of the Taxpayers League of Indianapolis against the proposed issuance of $847,000 of bonds for the erection of new school buildings at Schools Nos. 16, 36, 38 and 62, it probably will face hundreds of parents who have children attending these schools. These parents, whose children at tend school in obsolete buildings, some of which admittedly are fire traps and have been condemned repeatedly by the State fire marshal, undoubtedly will demand that the bond issue be approved and the lives of several hundred school children be given preference over the pocket books of the remonstrators. i If ever there was an emergency It exlstß at these four schools, according to school officials. They point out that last November the school board met and after going over the situation carefully picked out twelve schools where new buildings were needed especially. Out of these twelve the four schools that hava caused all the controversy were selected as being the ones where the emergney was the most pressing; No. 16 at Bloomington and Market streets; No. 36 at Capitol avenue and Twenty-Eighth street; No. 38 at Winter and Bloyd avenues. and No. 62 at Wallace and Tenth streets. CHILDREN’S LIVES ARE ENDANGERED. It was true that at that time price# both of labor and material wre high, the highest in the history of the building business in Indianapolis, but high price# or no high prices schools must go on, the members decided. and. a' single catastrophe that might blot out the lives of scores of school children never could be justified on the grounds that the price of building was so high that the board felt it advisable to permit the continued existence of fire trap buildings until costa fell to a level approved by a group of taxpayers, many of whom have no children in any of the public schools of tha city. But meantime building costs did break and the bond issue wns approved at the meeting of May 31. It is true that the issue was approved by the votes of only three members, Mrs. Julia Belle Tut#wiler, president of the board, Clarence M. Crippln ajid Bert S. Gaud, and that Charles L. Barry and W. D. Allison refused to cast any vote whatever. However, this action of the minority members was not dictated by hostility to the erection of the new buildings at these particular four schools, but by the fact that the board the week previous had gone over the head of the finance committee and had ordered the preparation of advertisement for bonds for school No. 62 without first having the matte? approved by the finance committee of which Mr. Barry and Mr. Allison, era members. In fact at that meeting Mr Barry told the delegation of resident# from the neighborhood of School No. 62 that he thought they should be given anew building. For this reason school officials were all the more surprised when the remonstrance was filed with County Auditof Fesler Thursday. CLAIMS OPPOSITION NOT JUSTIFIED. “If the Taxpayers’ League really wanted to object to the expenditure of money for school purposes," one official said yesterday, “it certainly seems peculiar that it would pick out four builds (Continued on Page Two.)

WOULD CONDEMN SITE FOR PARK Tenth Ward Wishes State and Fletcher Avenue Property. At a meeting of the Tenth War Civic Improvement Association, held in Me* Clains hall last night, a committee wa# appointed to confer with the Indianapolis park board at Its next meeting, to urge condemnation proceedings to acquire tha tacant ground located at Stato and Fletcher avenues, for park and playi ground use. The owners hare refused to sell the property it was said, and the grounds form the only land available In the ward. It Is situared about half-way between Willard and Garfield Parks. The following were appointed on the committee: Johr F. White, Edward J. Sexton, Robert Miller, Otto Ray, candidate for city councilman, Earl Heller, Charles G. Duvall and W. T. Patton. Captain John Barrett rs Eugine House number three, fire depar.ment, spoke on the fire prevention. program now being urged throughout the city and the following were appointed precinct committeemen for the fire prevention work: First precinct, Henry S. Dammeyer; Second precinct, Charles Richardson, Third precinct, Joseph Warenburg; Fourth precinct, John M. Barrett; Fifth precinct, Dennis R. Courtney; Sixth precinct, Edward J. Sexton; Seventh precinct, John King; Eighth precinct, E. O. Bergen; Ninth precinct, Boynton Moore; Tenth precinct, R, U. Sloan; Eleventh precinct, Michael Wise; Twelfth precinct, J. Harfecker; Thirteenth precinct, E. L. McCalilp. All citizens of the ward are Invited to meet with the committee and pars board next Tuesday. This association for over twenty years has urged that this vacant ground be converted for park purposes, but It was only two weeks ago that the board included the purchase ot, it for park puproses along with seven 1 other sites and with the exception of Willard Park It will be the only play, grounds in the Tenth ward. SMALL LOOT FOR BURGLAR. 1 A burglar entered two stores an office early today, but obtained only $5 for his trouble.* The office of Jewell Smith, 141 East Ohio street, was ransacked and the thief then forced back the bars of the window, climbed through and reached the store at 152 1 North Delaware street. E. A. Dittrich, manager of the Bee Supply Store at thatJ address, told the police $5 was stole* from the cash box in the safe. Thfl War real Seed Company, 150 North DeflH ware street, was entered by the who forced a window. Nothing taken there.

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