Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 84, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer Friday.

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ENGLAND WILL BUILD EQUAL NAVY WITH U.S. Commons Cheers Statement of Premier on Armament and Jap Treaty. TAKEN UP IN U. S. SENATE Poinclexter Says It Is Evidence of Folly in Reducing American Fleet. LONDON, Aug. 18.—The British empire will maintain a navy equal to that of any other country in the world. Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons this afternoon. The premiers announcement was made in the course of his report on the results of the British imperial conference. “It was a treed that the British empire must have a navy equal to that of any other country in the world,’’ said Lloyd George. "In the future the British dominions will continue contributions toward the navy." The premier’s statement was received with theers. Turning to the approaching Far Fast and disarmament conference yn Wash ington. Premier Lloyd George said: FRATERNAL FEELING TOW ARB AMERICA. •'The British Empire must behave like a gentleman and in a spirit of fraternity toward America. If the Fnited States and Japan could combine on their problems in the Pacific, it would be a great event to guarantee the peace of the world. The surest way to success in the disarmament conference is through an understanding on Pacific issuesh. I am hopeful that such an understanding will ensue from the Washington meeting. The Premier defended the Anglo-Jap anese alliance. “It Is unanimously recognized.*' he said, “that the British-Japanese alliance was faithfully and loyally observed by Japan in war time.” Here the speaker was interrupted by cheers. He continued: “la it suggested tha tCrent Britain turn around to Japan -iow and say. ‘Thank you for the trouble you bare taken, but we do not want you nnv longer?’ ” CHEERS STATEMENT ON JAI* TREATT. There were cries of “No" from various parts of the House. The Premier said the Fnited .States and the British Empire are in agreement upon the general principles of world policy. ’•This," he continued, “ought to be the basis of an absolute guarantee of peace. The world Is still hopeful that such an understanding will he reached at Washington." SENATE CRITICISES PREMIERS REMARKS WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The statement made by Lloyd George today that Greet Britain proposes to maintain a navy equal to that of any other nation, brought forth criticism in the Senate’of those who have forced a reduction of the American naval program.

TAKES ACTION ON JITNEY PROBLEM Chamber of Commerce Prepares Resolutions for City Council. That prompt action should be taken by the city council In the regulation of the jitney service was the opinion of the members of tbe hoard of directors of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, who In their regular monthly meeting at the chamber today, endorsed the action and organization of a special committee which has studied the effects of competition between the jitney bus and the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. This committee, composed of John li. Welch, chairman; Frank B. St.ilnaker. A. M. Rosenthal and O. B. lies, after going into the question thoroughly, prepared the following resolution for presentation to the city council. “Whereas. A crisis is on us in regard to local transportation, and re cog n- :ng the seriousness of the situatiou; therefore. be it “Resolved, By this special committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce that cooperation among the authorities and Immediate concerted regulation of all the elements that provide transportation be urged to the end that the city may be assured of a permanent and satisfactory transportation service; and be it further "Resolved. That a subcommittee of three be appointed to meet and discuss the situation with other business and civic bodies, so that concerted action may be taken in this critical matter at k tbe earliest possible moment.” The Chamber of Commerce, it is explained by one of the directors Is neither for nor against the street car company or the individual jitney bus operators. This director pointed out that the Chamber's action urges regulation of all elements and that action should be taken at once to protect the city. In the absence of Charles F. Coffin, president, and 1.. C. linesman, vice president. both of whom are in Europe. Felix M. McWhirter, the treasurer, presided at the meeting. Every member of the board of director* who is in the city attended. A report on the meetings of the International Chamber of Commerce sessions at was presented to the board lj Mr. McWhirter. N ‘ The board adopted a resolution against Congress repealing the excess profits taxes as effective Jan. 1, 1921, instead of January, 1922.

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Government Officials Held More Guilty for Grover C. Bergrloll’s Escape From Military Prison Than Slacker’s Family

WASHINGTON, Aug. IS.—Grovet Cleveland Bergdoli, notorious Philadelphia draft dodger, made his escape from military authorities May 20, 1920, while ‘searching for a pot of gold" in the Maryland mountains, through the misdoing of “somebody other than the Bergdoll family and their immediate associates,” according to a report submitted to the Honse today by a Majority Committee which investigated the escape of the slacker. Brigadier General Ansell. former assistant advocate general of the Army; Col John E. Hunt, former commandant of the Fnited States disciplinary barracks at Governors Island, N. V., and now retired, and Col. C. C. Cressou, prosecuting judge advocate, are charged in the report with being "infinitely more culpable than the rest.” The majority report was presented by Representatives Johnson, Democrat. Kentucky; Luhrlng, Republican, Indiana; Flood. Democrat, Virginia. MINORITY REPORT HITS THE FAMILY. Representative Peters, Republican, Maine, chairman of the Investigating Committee, and Representative McArthur, Republican, Oregon, offered a minority report, holding that the conspiracy which culminated in Bergdoll’s escape was participated in by Grover Bergdoli, D. C. Glbboney. a Philadelphia lawyer; “Judge" Romig, a friend of the Bergdoli family; Ike Streeher, Bergdoll’s chauffeur. and Mrs. Emma Bergdoli. mother of the slacker. The minority members reached Die conclusion that “no officer, noncommissioned officer, or private person connected with the Army or with the Administration of said disciplinary barracks received any bribe or was aproaehed with a view of bribery in connection with this escape." Maj. Bruce R. Campbell of Lexington. Ky., who was called before the committee to answer veiled charges that be had received $5,000 from Mrs. Bergdoli in connection with her son’s escape, was completely exonerated in both reports, while the majority report commended Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, for the seizure of the Bergdoli property. It was recommended in the majority report that General Ansell be barred from future practice before any Government department, before any court-

Dry Officers Take Canadian Yacht and Crew Boat Had Finished Unloading Cargo of Whisky at Pier in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Aug. 18—Phohlbition officials and poiice today seized the Canadian yacht Venice carrying ninety six cases of liquor. They arrested the captain and four members of the crew together with three men engaged in loading liquor ou trucks and four women passetfgers Among the men under arrest are. Capt. Willijm Curry, 884 College street, Toronto, Ontario. Canada. Norman Turner, Toronto. Michael Parle, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Jay Burney. Cleveland, Ohol. William Kempert. Cleveland. Ohio. Shortly after midnight, police were informed that a vessel without lights had entered a ship at the Ore dock. Flying squadrons were dispatched to the pier. They arrived just as the vessel was making ready to leave. After a short struggle the crew was subdued. The seizure came on the heels of instructions from Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes to Prohibition Agent J. E. Russell to make a thorough investiga tion of the liquor traffic in this district. Police late today wired Montreal and Toronto authorities asking the arrest of four prominent business men. after confessions implicating them in a dlgantic liquor ring had been made by two men arrested here in the seizure of the yacht Venice. William Curry, Toronto, captain of the Venice, after a grilling by Federal officials and police, finally admitted he bud been in charge of the yacht Vranquillo when It carried a consignmcn' of 19T cases of whisky into this harbor. The Canadian business men implicated in the whisky smuggling plot by Curry are said to have purchased most of the whisky abroad. Federal authorities are trying to learn what the exact workings of the organization are by further questioning of the men under arrest.

Dr. Brumfield Sane, Alienist PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 18.—Dr. William A. House. Portland alienist who examined Dr. B. M. Brumfield for sanity, announced today he had found the alleged murderer sane. Brumfield Is accused of the brutal murder of Dennis Russell, his best friend. It is alleged Brumfield rnultilated the body of the dead man to ma2e it look like his own so that insurance could be collected.

West Side to Rise ‘To Arms’ as Protest to ‘Stink Farm’

The Rev. Father Joseph F. Weber, leader in the movement to rid West Indianapolis of such nuisances as the city garbage reduction plant and night soil dump on Seller’s farm, declared today that after reading the defense of the pur chase of the garbage plant given before the Lions Club yesterday by I.uilus B. Swift, chairman of the hoard of sanitary commissioners, he had decided that: “*.*> ought to hire that fc'low Swift to go around defending the city administration because I think his defense is the worst condemnation possible.” Mr. Swift toid tfce Lions club he had never fully decided whether he would have voted to purchase the garbage plant, which was bought from James P. Goodrich and others at a cost of $175,000 after J. T. Moorman, on* of the owners, testified it was worth less than the cost of junking it. He contended, however, thr board did not pay too much for tbe property. In support of this assertion he detailed how all the equipment bought for $175,14)0 was now being replaced with new equipment because it was antiquated and worn out and how he hoped by the eaid of next year to see all the old plant and methods, for which the board paid $175,000, wiped out. “I newer read of such a contradiction

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martial or in the “courts of the District of Columbia or the nation above whose safety and integrity he has placed gold.” Colonel Hunt, the majority report slated, “within the next two months after he had participated so criminally in the escape of Bergdoli, was promoted from Major to Colonel and immediately retired on the pay of $3,600 a year. It becomes a serious question who is to

WASHINGTON', Ail*. I#.—Charged by a committee with conspiracy In the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoli* Gen. Samuel T. Aii r***! I today made a bitten attack on Congressmen who made the report containing the eliArgea agaln-t him.

HARDING FACES COMPLICATIONS |. ON DELEGATION May Name Commission of Prominent Men With Experts as Advisors.

100 Chinese Coining WASHINGTON* An*. 18. Tho C liirK'Hp government- today notified th* State Department that it would Mend a delegation of 100 to the disarmament conference and Pacific dicussion.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—President Harding is being urged to appoint an advisory commission to assist the American delegates to the disarmament con ference. , This suggestion is being put forward by some of the President's advisers to get him out of a complicated situation which has arisen over the personnel of the proposed disarmament commission. The American delegation is not likely to exceed six members, although the number is yet to be officially fixed, and with Secretary Hughes and Senator Lodge already named, only four places at most remain to be tilted. The President may find it advisable to yield *.o the suggestion that th main commission be composed of persons of recognized caliber without reference to expert, knowledge. The specialists could then be grouped in an advisory commission which would be in close touch at all times with the delegation. A hot light, is anticipated over the proposal of Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, for open sessions, which he (Continued on Page Two.)

Six Huge Planes to Carry 800 Lbs. of Mail WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—Six re modeled “I) 11” airplanes designed to 'carry sort pounds of mail or 32.000 letters will lie placed in operation on the Trans Continental mail air route between New , York and San Francisco, It was announce.l at tile Postoffice Department today. The announcement followed inflection of one of tin new planes by Post- | master General Hayes.

in my life,” declared Father Weber. “I wish he would speak that all around the streets of Indianapolis. The idea of offering the defense that, the plant was worth what was paid for it, and then announcing It was so old and worn out he hopes it will be entirely replaced by the end of next year! “Buying nothing for something, is practically what Mr. Swift's assertions about ttie garbage plant amount to.” The Rev. Father Weber declared that “mayor or no mayor” and “sanitcry board or no sanitary board,” the “stink farm has got to go. (t has got to be removed from West Indianapolis or there is going to be trouble.” The priest, announced that the committee of twelve which Is steering the cleanup tight of the Enterprise Civic League will meet Monday evening to make plans for what he said will he a “big uprising." Bands are to be hired, prominent speak ers engaged and a parade planned for tbe meeting which will be for the purpose of demonstrating the strength of West In diananolis’ determination to impel the city to stop making that section its dumping ground. Father Weber said the plans might go as far as to imelu.Je provision for the parade to swaxux out of West Indianapolis and “capture" th business district.

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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921.

pay this lifelong reward for his perfidy. An outraged nation has the right to demand Colonel Hunt's annuity be discontinued.” Dismissal from Government service of Earl B. Wood, who had charge of the Bergdoli correspondence in the Department of Justice and who was charged with concealing certain important letters was recommended with the additional suggestion that he be forever disqualified from holding any appointive position with the Government. The majority of the committees did not charge directly that anybody received money from the Bergdoli family, but ex plained its findings at length in pointing out the difficulty of exactly defining the offense of conspiracy. ‘EFFECT OF CAUSE' MONEY PLAINLY VISIBLE. “The eye of man is far more easily deceived than is his mature reasoning and calm judgment,” the committee statejl. • Money may pass from hand to hand in an Instant and at some obscure place and not be seen. While the passing of it may be proven beyond doubt, the consideration for which it did pass may be successfully disputed. On the other hand the full performance to be rendered may be fully established, still the passing of money in payment of the service may be proved only by appeal from the eye to the mental consideration of a chain of established facts. Again that is the case. “However, no witness, willing to tell the whole truth, has seen the money actually pass. But everybody who heard or has read the testimony should be able to see an ‘effect’ which could not have been pro duced by any cause’ except money. "But with the advent into the case of him who, by his partner, has been moderately declared to be the ‘highest authority in this country on military law.’ wo find sorcererlike deception practiced upon the trusting. Next, we see a palsied old man, overflowing with that generous spirit of acquiescence and lack of resistance that always accompanies those who grow old beautifully, placed and re placed In artist like fashion, wherever his name could host be commercialized. (This reference is to John V. Westeott, New Jersey lawyer.) “Then we find the activities transferred from Washington, which for the (Continued on Page Two.)

Ask ‘Premium’ on Possession Three at Once Proud Papa Says It ‘Certainly Would Come in Handy Noil.’ Triplets—two sets of them figured in the’correspondence of the State of Indiana today. lien Urbahns, deputy treasurer of State, received a letter asking ts there Is any fund for State aid for triplets and on the next mail Govenor Warren T. MeCray received a letter from a proud but apparently somewhat worried father ask ing if there is any “premium" due the i parents oi three who arrive at a time. The letter received by Mr Urbahns was from .Mrs. L. C. Manwaring of West I’nion. Mrs. Manwaring says: "I hnvo heard from different source* that there is money set aside by th i State for the care of triplets. I have a boy and two girls 10 months old. if there is such n thing please tell me about it.” The next time the postman mine around he brought a letter to the Governor frrni J. O. Wingatd of Hammond, asking it there is a "premium" on trip lets mid informing him that he is the father of two boys and a girl, each weighing four and a half pounds. "if there is anything due me it would certainly come in handy now," h“ said in conclusion. The Governor replied that while there I is no premium for triplets there should he and that it should be increased for ! each additional “offense."

LEAKY GARBAGE WAGON LEAVES ODOR IN WAKE Effort to Stop Offensive Practice Starts dame of *Ruck Passing.' Residents living near East Tenth and Sterling street feel there Is something amiss with the city board of health, or the sanitary board. Anyway they are experiencing a splendid example of how easily the time haloed "buck can lie passed” in municipal circles. Two or three times a week a garbage wagon—probably part of that splendid equipment taken over when the Jewett administration paid #575.000 for the Good rich et al. reduction plant -comes down Sterling street leaking a trail of offensive slop and refuse that gives rise to the most nauseating odors. '1 irne after time attempts have been made to notify the city board of health, but no action ever has been taken to repair the defective wagon, for it appears regularly. “1 call the city hall and ask for the health board,” said one of the woman complainants. "I get the health office, make known my complaint and am referred to the garbage collection department There they tell me to take my troubles to Dr. Morgan, but he Is never in. "I even attempted to invoke the action of the State board of health, but the officials there alw’nys tell me the complaint must be lodged with Dr. Morgan.” Housewives of the neighborhood declare the odors arising from the leaking wagon are especially obnoxious during the warm weather and they assert that at times pedestrians can hardiy pass along the street. Henry F. Kline, a food Inspector for tbe city board of health, is said to pass the polluted section of the street several times a day, going to and from his home at 1814 East Twelfth street.

Charged With Trying to Pass a Bad Check Dablmart Banks, ’22, of 608 Division street, was arrested on charges of forgery and vagrancy today after he is alleged to have attempted to pass a fraudulent check for $25 at a downtown department store. He is being held under $5,000 bond. When arrested. Banks had In his possession blank checks on five different banks and a check made out for $35. Hjp toid the police he had signed the checks with namea he found la a telephone directory.

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Litvinoff Effort Countered by Director Brown in Riga Parley. NEW RELIEF ISSUES UP Full Distribution Agreement Not Expected Before End of Week. i RIGA, Aug. 18. —Additional issues have been raised in the Russian relief regulations between Walter L. Brown, representative of Secretary Hoover, and M. Litvinoff, delegate of the Soviet government. A complete agreement may not be reached until the end of this week, it was stated today. An agreement was reached late on Wednesday night upon two disputed points, as follows: Relief committees are to include Ruslans of all classes and the Amercau Relief Association is to retain the’right of deciding where relief shall he distrusted. The American Relief representatives are to have complete freedom in traveling through or leaving Kus-

The negotiations had been in a virtual state of deadlock upon these two questions and Litvinoff had inspired a long argumentative arti.-'“ i" the K-vypjt, the local Bolshevist organ, conveying the veiled threat to break off the negotiations. REFERS ADDITIONAL I'OIXTS TO WASHINGTON. Director Brown, following receipt of advices from Washington, has referred two additional points to the American government which have been raised in the course of negotitlons A reply from Washington is not expected before Saturday. Litvinoff has boon struggling constantly to get the distribution of the relief supplies into the Soviet's hands, but Brown would not submit to this. The Bolshevist organ, Nevyput, charged that the Americans were not following humanitarian dictates, hut had political alms in vl-w. "If the Americans really wanted to help the famine sufferers t lie quickest way possible is to make use of the food supplying mechanism that has been operating in Russia for several years," says Novyput. "If the Americans had no other obje t but helping the famine sufferers on the Volga, they would choose any method. They must meet the Soviet half way or decide to end the negotiations." JEWS REPORTED KILLED IN ODESSA DISTRICT VIENNA. Aug IS -Hordes of famished Russians are sweeping into Ukraine and pogroms are reported from the district of Odessa. The hunger maddened refugees blamed the Jews for Their plight and many Jews are said to have heen killed in the wild flight of the fugitives. At Rovno, hosplials and feeding sta tions have been erected by the American and British Y. M C. A. Swarms of starving Russians arrive daily, clamor ing for food, clothing and medical attention. The saddest phase of the whole situation is the grmt number of children The children were so ravenous tiiat they (Continued on I‘nge Two.)

Record Crowd Predicted for Pageant Event lirookside Park Spectacle to He Given Tonight—Preparations Elaborate. With prospects for fair weather of flcials of the city recreation department expect a record breaking crowd to attend the third annual pageant, “The Evolution of the Dance,” to be given by children from the city playgrounds at lirookside Park at 7.3 b o'clock this evening. The spectacle was postponed from last night because of weather conditions. A natural nmpitheatre located In the northeast end of lirookside Park has been utilized ns a setting for the pageant. The ampltheater may be reached from the East Tenth street car (ine by walking directly cast from the park station, down a hill and across a bridge.

The pageant was written by Miss Alice Mescal!, assistant director of recreation, and will be executed under the direction of herself and R. Walter Jarvis, director of recreation, with the assistance of recreation department supervisors and playground instructors. The Indianapolis Military Band, which will provide music, will be directed by Rudolph Kafka, director of the Circle Theater orchastra, with W. S. Mitchell, regular band leader, cooperating. ' Lighting effects were planned and worked out by Harry Bolton, electrical director at the Circle, while the stage sotting was designed and executed by Fred Ashby, aft director of the Circle; Charles Read, scenic artist, and Charles Itoth of the recreation department. Mrs. Carroll Carr has trained and directed the chorus. Mrs. Carr has had charge of musical activities on the playgrounds this season. Playground directors and others who trained-the young dancers and some of whom will dunce are Miss Clara Ledig. Miss Emily Schellschiniilt, Miss Jane Bickels, Miss Verdi Miller, Miss Josephine Hicks, Miss Evelyn Cornell, Miss Julietta Gaily, Miss Helen Coffyn, Mine. Tlieo. Ilewes, Miss Veryl Holt, Miss Mi riam Haas, Miss Ethel Hughes, Miss Anna Smith, Miss Bertha Otte, Miss Thelma Richardson, Miss Martha Carr, Miss Delta Searcy and Miss Thelma Hessong.

Citizens to Discuss City Utility Rates The Citizens Protective Association will hold an open forum at the East Tenth Street St. E. Church at 8 o’clock Friday evening. The telephone rates especially will be discussed and other subjects will be car fare rates and several public utilities. O. P. Gopktn will apeak on telephone rates and there will be an opportunity for citizens to state their oplons on these subjects. Lewis Hoover, 528 Oxford avenue, will be chairman of the meeting.

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LAW DISREGARDED BY HUMANE SOCIETY Held in Contempt in at Least Four OutstandU ing Cases, The existing arrangements by which four police sergeants are placed under the direction of an “executive committee” of the Indianapolis Humane Society which committee is named by a self-perpetuating board of directors back of whom there is no membership roster is in direct conflict with the statutes of Indiana.

The authority for the assignment of police officers to humane work is contained in an act of 1909, and Is as follows :

"In each city of this State of the first class it shall be the duty of the board of safety to appoint three members of the police force to be known as the humane officers of such city, whose duty it shall be to attend to the detection and arrest of persons violating the humane statutes of the State and the humane ordinances of such city. "Such humane officers shall have the rank of sergeant of police and receive the same pay as other sergeants of police of such city. AND SHALL BE SUBJECT AS OTHER POLICE OFFICERS ARE TO THE CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE OF THE POLICE AUTHORITIES. "Whenever there shall be an incorporated humane society in such city, such humane officer shall attend the stated and special meetings of such society, and shall report thereto at least once a month on all

HIKE IN TAX RATE IN SOME TOWNSHIPS Wayne, Washington and Lawrence Road Improvements Boost. That the tax rates for next year will be largely increased in certain townships of Marion County was the statement of County Auditor Leo R. Fealer today while preparing the annual county budget, which will he submitted to the Marion County council at its annual meeting Sept. 6, next. Mr. Fesler said he has not received estimates of expenses for next year from all of the county officers and institutions, but feels that the budget will not he Increased very much, if any, over the budget which was fixed lust year for 1921.. Mr. Fosler stated there will be a very large increase In the Wayne Township tax rate affecting both that part of Indianapolis In tha township, including West Indianapolis nnd the outside, on account of three mile road bonds which have been issued since the last tux rate was made. The rate this year for road bonds alone will tie about 30 cents, coni pared with -S'i cents last year, or an increase of 21M, cents on that one item. BOOSTS IV LAWRENCE AND WASHINGTON, The round bond tax rate for Washington Township, which includes all that part of Indianapolis north of the ThirtyEighth or Maple Drive boulevard, will be about 40 cents compared to cents now, or an increase of 14 cents. Lawrence Township will have an increase from 14’ a cents to 25 cents, or 11 cents advance. Warren Township, which includes ail of Irvington and that part cast of Emerson avenue, will hare a reduction from 34Uj cents to 2S'-j cents. Center Township. Including Indianapolis, will have a reduction of 1 cent or .032 from .044.

! The three townships of Franklin. Perry and Pike will have practically the same rate as last year. The big advance jln Wayne Township is caused by the j building of the concrete road to Mars Hill, ihe Rockville road and the Meyers road running west of Riverside, from Thirtieth street to the Speedway road. For th“se Improvements, the county has sold nearly $600,000,000 in bonds and the principal and interest due next year, total over SIOO,OOO. The principal and interest due on Washington Township road bonds totals over sl-10.000. The total due tn Center Township will be over $1114.000. The total interest and principal on road bonds alone due next year In this county j Is $554,740. In addition, there will be due on the county bonded debt for principal and interest nearly $383,000, making a grand total of nearly a million dollars for these two phases of bonded debt. Marion County’s bonded debt has passed the four million mark. At the end of this year it will he approximately $4,125,000 compared to $3,738,000 Dec. 30. 1920. The county has sold SSOO.OOO worth of bonds this year as follows: Northwestern avenue bridge...s 300.000.00 Voting machine 75,000.00 Pendleton pike, county road.. 312.000.00 Allisonvllle County road 113,000.00 Total $ 800,000.00 "At the end of the year we will have paid $300,000 n the courthouse bonds, the first that ever were paid. In addition we have paid $114,000 in other bonds besides an interest eharge of nearly $100,000.” Mr. Fesler states. The bonded debt of township concrete and brick roads is about as follows; Center Township $1,051,800.00 Decatur hone Franklin 105.000.00 Franklin 105.000.00 I/awrence 110,000.00 Perry JISMnKUHi Pike 35,000.00 Warren 325.0 0.00 Washington 755.000.0f) Wayne (i:w.0o.0) Total $:;,91,800.00 Mr. Fesler hopes to have the budget , completed within the next seven days so j that copies may lie sent to members of the county council for their consideration prior to the meeting of the council. ,

Huns Try to Wiggle Out of War Responsibility

BERLIN, Aug. 18.—German-American peace negotiations for a separate treaty were reported today to have reached a deadlock over the American demand that Germany must recognize responsibility for the World Wat Chancellor Wirth is consulting with leaders of the various political factions uud 1f no satisfactory sohitton is reached the Wirth cabinet may resign, opening the way for creation of a Nationalist ministry,

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matters relating to their duties under the law- for the previous montn, and whenever a humane statute of the State or a humane provision of any ordinance of such city has to their knowledge been violated, they shall, if directed by the president of such humane society, file the affidavit of one of their number before any magistrate of the city, charging the person so violating the law with such violation.” BIT OUR CITY HAS FOUR SERGEANTS. It will be observed that the law says there shall be THREE humane officers and there are now FOUR sergeants so designated by the police department. it is worthy of note that J.he law says these humane oficers shall lie "subject as other police officers are to the control nnd discipline of the police authorities,” but previously to a few weeks ago these sergeants (lid not even report to the police department, but acted (Continued on Page Two.)

ANOTHER SLICE IS TAKEN FROM SAM’S INCOME $lO Tax on Soft Drink Venders Struck Out and Insurance Clause Toned. WASHINGTON, Aug 18.—Further downward revision of the new revenue bill was made today by the House Ways and Means Committee. The committee struck out the provision for a $lO tax on all soft drink venders and exempted incomes from compensation or insurance from the taxes of veterans of any wars in which the United States has participated. Representative Treadway of Massachusetts announced in the House that the Way* and Means Committee would report an amendment to the revenue bill to authorize an investigation to devise means to prevent holders of tax exempt securities from not paying Federal taxes on the income derived therefrom. Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Aug, 18.—Opening the general debate on the Republican revenue revision bill with an attack on Democratic extravagance during the war, Representative Fordney, Michigan, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Wednesday told the House the country would now have to pay for "rotten finance" and “the damnedest fizzle I ever heard of." Although the present debt of this country represents 43 per cent of its wealth, Mr. Fordney predicted "that with a return of prosperity our debt will be paid sooner than expected.” Referring to the debt of other countries engaged in the war he pointed out that Great Britain’s debt was equal to 45 per cent of national wealth. France's was even a greater per cent and Germany's was 125 per cent, including the indemnity.

GOVERNMENT COST INCREASES FIVE MILLION. Then turning to an attack of Democratic policies during the war, Mr. Fordney pointed out the coat of the Government had been increased from one billion dollars to six billion dollars a year and the number of governmental employes from 40,000 to 1,000,000. He attacked the employment by the Shipping Board of many more employes than he said was necessary. Just before going out of office, the last secretary of the Shipping Board, Mr. Fordney said, employed eighty persons at salaries ranging between $2,000 and $3,500 a year, and in London the board had employed 400 clerks where twenty were necessary. When he charged five railroads had been taken over during the war "for political purposes only” ami to that end President Wilson had placed them in charge of his son-in-law, William Gibbs McAdoo, he started a partisan repartee which continued through his next address. The ensuing speaker. Representative Garner, Texas, ranking Democrat if the Ways and Means Committee, attacked ! Mr. Fordney for not “devoting more than ; ten minutes of his speech of about an hourss length to taxation.” i Heckled as to why he voted to take the railroads over during the war, Mr. Fordney said: "I voted to put the President In a hole and we did.” When attacked subsequently for this statement, Mr. Fordney remonstrated he made it “Jokingly,” but in his speech he said "our fooling and tampering with Hie railroads cost us more than $4,000,000,001), and Mr. Burleson shows that “fooling with the telephones cost the people $14,000,000.” His attack covered Democratic activities from President Wilson's trips to Paris, where he said he "strutted around like a peacock” to the alleged making of a contract by the shipping board with a mule dealer in New York. "We have paid 42 per cent of the cost of the war," Mr. Fordney said, “and about 60 per cent of the $13,000,000,000 remaining is payable in twenty months.” ; Such he characterized as “rotten finance” i and “the damnedest thing I ever j heard of.”

The Wirth government is the object of attacks from all quarters, not only on account of the American peace demand, but because of the necessary tax burdeu, it is imposing upon the country and because of the threatened loss of Upper Silesia. Chancelor Wirth and his advisers are trying to find a way to sidestep the war responsibility clause of the proposed American treaty, but bo far they have not found a way to do so.

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TAXABLES CUT 22 MILLIONS LESS THAN’2I Total Valuation in City Is $585,901,250 Figures Show. MEANS HIGHER LEVY Controller Says 94.15 May Be Rate Instead of 92.5. Valuation of taxables in the city of Indianapolis for the year 1922 was discovered to be $22,425,220 less than, for 1921 today when County Auditor Leo K. Fesler certified the 1922 figures to City Controller Robert H. Bryson. The total valuation for 1922 is $585,901,250. For 1921 it was $608,326,470. The big decrease was unexpected, city; officials having been led to believe the drop would be from $5,000,000 to $8,000,-, (XX). Revision of the proposed tax levy for 1922 will be necessary in order to produce the sum needed to run the city; next year, Controller Bryson said, as a ! result of the lower valuation. It has been estimated that a total city general levy of around 92.5 cents on the SIOO of taxables as compared to the present rate of $l,OOl would produce sufficient revenue if the valuation were approx!-, mately $000,000,000. With the valuation; cut to approximately $586,000,000 a levy of (Continued on Page Eleven.)

CARS LEAVE THE TRACK; 10 HURT -—i Steel Crew* Thrown Under Wheels on Big Four Near Greencastle. Special to The Times. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. IS.—Fire men were injured severely and five others badly cut and bruised today when a motor car and two trailers carrying sixty men. Jumped the track three and onehalf miles west of this city on the Big Four Railroad. The severely injured were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital. Terre Haute, by a Big Four passenger due here at 8:34 a. in. They are : John Wilson, skull fractured and scalp cut. V. August Cram, scalp cut aDd right leg injured. John Wllkus, right thigh broken. Walter Starr, left, leg broken below the knee, left shoulder injured and head badly bruised. Tony BenDett, bone in left shoulder broken. Those suffering minor injuries am: Nodit Metsilas. scalp cut. Mike Gargol, injured head. Carmody Mockiwitz, hand cut and right leg injured. William Curran and Alec Lundy both have right arms injured. All of the men are members of the steel gang, which is laying new rails ou the Big Four west of Greencastle and are' camping in box cars on a siding. At the time of the accident, the men were on •heir way to work. They had gone but a short distance when the two trailers, which were being pulled by a motor car, broke loose, causing two of the men on the loose oar to fall in front of it and derailing the first trailer and the motor car. Dr. W. M. McGanghey, Big Four physician here, gave first aid to the when they arrived at the station. v x

SHERIFF NIPS JAIL DELIVERY Knives Forged From Bed Slats Found in Federal Row Cells. Sheriff George Snider today prevented what is believed to have been a carefully planned jail delivery by desperatel prisoners in the Federal row of tha Marlon County Jail. Following the usual custom a search was made today of cells in Federal row and two knives made of pieces of steel bed slats from the Iffmks in the cellrooitt were discovered concealed in cells N# 0 and 7. A file which was used by tN criminals was found hidden in th sliower-bath room. The knives were as sharp ns razors. One knife was about eight Inches long and was a straight piece of steel half of which had been sharpened into a razorlike blade. The other knife was two inches longer. A handle was made by twisting tbe steel, giving a firm grip to whoever held the knife. The sheriff has been forced to watch his prisoners i losely since a recent attempt at n jail delivery was prevented in Federal row. Sheriff Snider is of the opinion that, the plans of the prisoners were somewhat similar to those used at the time when twenty-four escaped' after a deputy was hit on the head with, a piece of iron liar on July 4, 3920.

At This Rate It Would Take Million Years to Pave All Fersons wlio say they watched A dozen able-bodied city employes spend approximately six days in patching a section of Central avenue at ThirtyFourth street about twenty feet long by forty feet wide have figured It would take something like a million years to pave all tho streets of Indianapolis were the work to bo done by city employes instead of by private contractors. The patch was made In the wooden block pavement of Central avehne north of Thirty-Fourth street. Those who patiently watched the men say they worked on the twenty-foot stretch four days last week and we** still at It the first two days of this week. Bain interfered one day, they said. The old blocks and a tar tank had not been removed yesterday. . And at one time there were three men who apparently were bossing the Job, citizens said.