Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 91, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1921 — Page 1

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VIGO CO. PAYS HIGH PRICES FOR PRINTING Officials Wonder Why Report of Field Examiners Is Withheld. MONOPOLY IS ALLEGED Open Bidding Discouraged by Methods of Woodbum Company. By WALTER D. HICKMAN. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 26 The revelations contained In an official report of Ira Holland, field examiner of the State board of accounts, concerning the alleged monopoly held by the T. R. AN oodburn Printing Company, Terre Haute, in furnishing supplies to the various county officers, is the most talked of question in Terre Haute these days, and officials are anxiously awaiting the day when it will be made public. The failure of the State official* to stive ©at this report of an alleged monopolized condition and complete domination over the printed supplies of the county, has resulted in wide speculation here. County Auditor Charles I.ee states he expects the report of the field examiners to be received at his office at any time. The understanding here is the report hr. a been in the hands of the Governor for several days, although it was made to the State board of accounts nearly two weeks ago. It is admitted at the Statehouse the report has been received but for days it has been held in Indianapolis and not certified back to the county auditors. RECEIVED $35,000 FOR loro SCEPLIES. The report concerns the practices used by the T. K. Woodbum Printing Company in furnishing what Is taid to be enormous supplies to the various county offices. It is understood from an authoritative source the report of the field examiners will show that for the year 1920, the Woodbum Printing Company, which holds the printing and supply contra-t for the county, received a total of $36,000 for blank books, stationery, office supplies, election and primary supplies and other equipment. Os that amount $19,(00 was received for printing and other supplies and 517.000 for election and primary supplies, according to reports here. For a number of years the Woodburn company has received the contract each year from the county commissioners and the result 1* that open bidding as provided and required by lav is ru£v: Uly eliminated because of the power said to be exerted by represenatives of the printing company over the county commissioners and other officials. It is a wellknown fact here that other printing companies for years have recognized the impossibility of competing with the Wood(Continned on Page Fourteen.)

3 MORE ARRESTS IN WEEDING OUT FINANCE GANG Wife of Charles W. French, Living in California, to Be Apprehended. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Arrest of two business men of Los Angeles and a woman In San Diego, Cal., was expected today a a result of investigations being made by Federal officers into the alleged fraudulent financial deals of Charles W. French, ‘•nonest John" Worthington aud their associates. Investigation also was being made of the circumstances that led to the suicide in Minneapolis of A. E. Roberts, believed to have been one of French’s agents. One of the men whose arrest has been ■sked of Dos Angele* authorities, is Col. George C. Ball, scald to have had dealing* with the Fr* nch-Worthington band for a period of fire years. His name appears scores of times in documents seized from French and Worthingtou. The name of the second Los Angeles man has not been disclosed. The women whose apprehension is desired is Mrs. Charles W. French, wife of the self-styled financial wizard. She has been living on a ranch near San Diego and Federal officers believe she has important knowledge of her husband's activities. Several days ago Roberts is said to have wired Rudolph E. Kobn, an alleged (Continued on Page Two.) DR. ERZBERGER REPORTED SLAIN Long Conspicuous in German Politics. LONDON, Aug. 26.—Dr. Mathias Erzberger. a member of tho German Reichstag and former minister of finance in the German cabinet, has been murdered, said a press despatch from Berlin this afternoon. Dr. Erzberger was long a leader of tbs Centum or clerical party. Dr. Erzberger was murdered at Baden, the dispatch said, and added that only meager details had been received regarding the assassination. Twelve bullets were fired into Erzberger’s body. Dr. Ersberger long was a conspicuous figure in German national politics. He introduced the famous peace resolution in tho German Reichstag in July, 1917, which split that body into two camps. He was a member of the German commission which signed the armistice. Nor. 11, 1918.

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ZR-2 Girders Broken in ’l9, Never Replaced, Says Navy Man; Matter Hushed

People in Bedford Said Ship Would Not Cross Atlantic. NEW YORK, Aug. 26—Girders of the ZR-2 snapped when the dirigible first was Inflated and were never properly replaced. Frank M. Gorey. former chief machinist's mate United States Navy, and one of the original crow of the airship, declared In a sworn copyrighted statement published In the New York Daily Times today. Gorey alleged twelve girders out of twenty-five broke. This was at Bedford, while the ship was under construction in 1919. The broken parts were merely spliced, he said. "We were told and cautioned often to 1 be quite, and left lots of things go by,” the statement said. 1 "Going to the movies or any stores where wo would speak to the people In Bedford they would say to us: • "The Yankees never will get the ship home.’ ” WASHINGTON TO MAKE INQUIRY WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. —A complete Inquiry into charges now- being made that experts had declared the giant dirigible ZR-2 unsafe before it ever took the air will be conducted by the Navy Department in conjunction with the British Air Ministry, Admiral Moffett, head of the naval aviation said today. The monetary losses Incurred by the explosion of the dirigible ZR-2 will be borne jointly by the United States and Great Britain, the Navy Department announced. The Navy Department disclosed that it was under an agreement with <-reat Britain, "that in the event of total loss of this airship while under construction or during trials, the two governments wonld jointly bear the loss on an equal basis.” DOUBT EXAMINATION CAN BE MADE HULL, England. Aug. 26—Maj I*. E Van Nostrand, of the United States Army air forces, following careful inspection of the wreckage, has hegun compiling a formal report for the American Navy. "1 he inability to raise and inspect the body of the ZR-2 probaly has ended all hope of learning the exact nature of tue structural weakness which is believed to have caused the disaster," said Major \ an Nojtrand.

HOOSIER KILLED IN ZR-2 TRAGEDY HAD PREMONITION Wrote Relatives Here Dirigible Would Not Make Flight to America. According to Mrs. Elmer C. Dicks. 95 Noith Warruan avenue, an auut of W. J. Steele, the young Hoosier who went- to his death when the ZR 2 collapsed over Hull. England, Wednesday morning, the aerial sailor had a premonition that the giant dirigible would never make the flight to America. Steele, a chief machinist's mate in the air Mner's crew, had been la England for nearly a year, being one of three naval men sent thereby the United States Government to observe the construction work. Mrs. Dicks said the family had received many letters from h©r nephew wnlle he was overseas and that in one sent some time ago he had expressed his doubts as to the ability of the aircraft to negotiate the trans Atlantic Journey. Mrs. Luma Steele, the widow, who was at the home of Mrs. Dicks when news of the disaster was received, has returned to the home of Steel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steele, of Baiubridge, in order to be with her two children. Late advices from England also havo dissipated the hope of the Steele family that the body will be recovered, as it is aid t!ie framework of the dirigible is suuk in the mud at the bottom of the Humber River and that there is little likelihood that any of the victims' bodies will be recognizable even if rescued.

Des Moines Cars to Run on 8-Cent Fare During Fair Week DES MOINES. lowa, Aug. 26.—An eight-day armistice between the I>e* Moines Street Car Company and the city has been concluded. Street ears will run during the night days of the fair week, beginning today, on an 8-cent fare. The fair hoard agreed to make good any deficiency Incurred In the operation of the street ear* during the emergency period.

U. S. Relief Workers on Way to Spread Help To Russians Bade Godspeed

RIGA, Aug. 26.—The first train bearing American relief administration workers to the famine-gripped regions of Russia was speeding on Its way today, while other expeditions to follow were being organized rapidly here. It would be Impossible to duplicate the sight as hundreds of peasants, Latvian and Russians clad in picturesque native costumes crowded about the platform to bid the American Telief workers godspeed. Little children, their bright eyes blinking with wonderment, clung to their mother's hand*, while their fathers stood in groups, discussing the events in Slavic accents. Suddenly there was a commotion. Tbs crowd parted and Carroll of the A. R. A. hustled down the platform. Six other members of the relief administration's first detachment Including Harr Flnke. \w York sporting writer, and Vance Elston Turner, who we~e added at the last moment, appeared, and tile time for departure arrived. While the little wood burning switch engine was puffing about the yards making op the train, the well-dressed Americans climbed into their palatial salon car, reminiscent of the czar s luxury coach. The most touching picture of the scene was furnished by the twelve box cars behind. Here were huddled fire hundred emi-

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DIRIGIBLE IS SO DEEPLY BURIED FEW DEAD FOUND Hundred Ton Crane Will Make Effort to Lift Wrecked Dirigible. TO MAKE FULL INQUIRY

Hoosier , Who Gave Life in ZR-2 Crash, in Disaster in 1919 Special to The Times ANDERSON. Aug 26.—William J. Steele, the only In liana man lost In the ZR-2 disaster over Hull, England, was absolutely fearless and eagerly awaited the trip in the dirigible, according to his sister, Mrs. E. O. Modl;n of this city. Steele, she said, was In another sea disaster In December, 1919, when a seapiano came down on an Island near New York City and the crew of the plane was stranded for three days. Steele lived in Baiubridge. Putnam County.

HULL, England. Aug. 26,—A 100-ton floating admiralty crane arrived here today to attempt to lift the wrecked body of the dirigible ZR 2 at low tide. The wreckage was so deeply imbedded in the mud and sand at the bottom of the Humber River that little hope was entertained that It could he salvaged. Only three more bodies have been recovered, and hope was fast dwindling that many of the thirty-eight missing British aud American air sailors would ever be found. One cf the recovered bodies was that of Alfred L. Loft In of Lake Charles. lowa, one of the sixteen Americans who per isbed. The other two were the remains of British air sailors. Police and British navy men patrolled the Humber about the scene of tho illfated Zlt 2 all night long. A consider able amount of dsbrls wus found some distance from the main body of the wreck. Divers reported that the metal parts of the airship were almost completely covered with silt, which had been washed up over It by the strong tide. The bodies that are believed to be underneat b the wreckage are now- burled many feet under mud and sand. Commander Dyer, an expert on aeronautical construct! on, nns been named to represent tho n tfy at the Investigation. Thu board ,of Inquiry will not sit until tbera hns a complete examlnat ioD of the wreckage. The inquest was scheduled to begin today, but Coroner Adam Jackson said that It would not bo completed for some time. The authorities desire to exhaust every effort for the recovery of more bodies (Continued on Page Two.)

Mystery Ship Theory Exploded; Believe Men Mutinied, Put Off in Storm, Drowned

Coast Fisherman Admits Writing Alleged Note From Captain.

Special to Indiana Daily Time* and Philadelphia Publio I.edger. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The theory that the American schooner Carroll A. Deorlng. which came ashore last January on the North Carolina coast unmanned and with sails set. was the victim of a mysterious "pirate” ship, has been exploded. As the result of an investigation In which four Government departments were interested. Lawrence Richey, special assistant to the Secretary of Commerce In charge of the Inquiry, has concluded that the crew of the Deerlug mutinied, made way with the captain and were themselves drowned when the small boats In which they left the schooner swamped in a heavy storm Mr. Richey’s Investigation, whleh had the cooperation of the Departments of State, Justiee and the Coast Guard, convinced him that the note alleged to have been written by Captain Wormell of the schooner and In forming the world the Deering had been attacked by a mystery ship resembling a submarine and the Deering’s crew put in irons, is a fake. The note was found by Christopher Columbus Ray, a fisherman, on the North Carolina coast, near the point

grants, conjuring up a picture of cattle on tbelr way to the stockyards of Chicago. They were Russians -going home. Here wai the real story of Russia's sorrow. The stnoky lantern lighting the freight car rescaled the emaciated faces of hundreds of little children pinched with hunger. There was childish grief in bright eyes which lifted to moet mine. Further along, another group of pea sants gazed mutely at two shiny new and expensive automobiles, mounted on a flat car, labelled "American relief administration." BERLIN, Aug. 20—Fears of Soviet offi cla.s at Moscow that (he foes of Bolshevism plan to use Russian relief as a means of stirring up counter revolution are on the increase, according to information from Moscow today. There is much agitation against American relief, said a Moscow dispatch to Arthur Abendblatt. The dispatch quoted as follows from an article written by Karl ltadek for Pravda, a communist newspaper: “If we permit foreign bourgeolse relief organizations to retain control of the distribution of food it is equivalent t permitting inter-counter revolutionary organizations to organize a political revolution on soviet soil.”

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921.

UNION CHIEFS TELL MINERS TO TURN BACK Vanguard of ‘Army’ Intercepted as They Enter Madison, W. Va. ‘FACE CERTAIN DEATH’ Also Threat of Forcible Stop by Regular Troops— Meeting Set.

MADISON, W. Va., Aug. 26.—The vanguard of the miners’ “army,” 250 strong, reached Madison early this afternoon and proceeded to march through the town. Just then C. F. Keeney, president, and Fred Mooney, secretary of District 17, United Mine Workers, dashed up and overtook the men. Kenney hurriedly explained the men must end the march at once or face slaughter at Logan, lie also told them they would have to face United States regulars if they did not. The outposts turned back and are awaiting tho main "army,” which is expected momentarily. A meeting was scheduled this afternoon at the town hull park, where Keeney was to tell tho -‘army" It must disband forth- j with. Indications um Keeney's advice will bo heeded. The miners vaho have reached hero are orderly and no trouble lias been reported. CENSORSHIP ON REPORT OF BATTLE WITH MINERS. All efforts to confirm reports of a gun battle at Blulr, said to have been participated in by S.U deputy sheriffs and a iarga force of armed miners, hare failed. Sheriff Don Chafiri, whose deputies are said to have been parties to the tattle, has established a warlike censorship and in response to all requests for information simply suys: "We are not giving out anything. 1 ' Signs if activity were reported at the encampment of miners at Indian Creel;, near Hado*. in Boone County. Watchers said all Indications pointed to the probability that tho marchers were about to break camp and resume their march to Mingo County. The armed miners who left Marmot, twelve miles east of hero yesterday hud * been encamped on Lens ('reek for a week ndn had gathered with the avowed pur pose of marching to Mingo County and ending the reigu of martial law enforced by Governor E F. Morgan. WASHINGTON TO GIVE WORD WASHINGTON. %Atif 26 No troops will be sont to West Virginia until order* have been given from Washington, it was announced ut the War Department today. Officials could not account ror report* that troops had left the Columbus (Ohio) (Continued on Page Two.)

where the Deering was wrecked. According to Ray, the note was In a bottle, which evidently had been washed ashore. it was the note, whleh ultimately reached the hands of Captain WormeU's daughter, that started the investigation and tho stories that a pirate raider was operating In the Atlantic off the coast of the United States. Mr. Richey interviewed Ray and finally forced the latter to acknowledge he wrote the note himself. The confession was made to the Government investigator after the handwriting of letters Ray had sent to the custom* officials at Norfolk, Va., had been compared by experts with tho handwriting of the note. Kay first maintained bo believed the note had been written by fishermen and "planted" in the bottle so he would find It. Ho explained that fishermen iu the vicinity of Diamond .Shoals were dissatisfied with the work of the Coast Guard In that section aud w- ated to put tho coast guardsmen In a bad light. Bay himself, it developed later, had had an altercation with the lighthouse officials, after he had failed to get a Job w-ith the lighthouse service. According to Mr. Richey, who made an Inspection of the bottle in which the note was alleged to have been found, the container was a pint affair, and It appears doubtful if the note could have been extracted without breaking the bottle.

Fair Official Says City Has Powers To Halt Fly Pest William Jones, a member of the State Board of Agriculture, in commenting on the mucli discussed fly miisame that attends every State fair, declared ttie sanitary officers of the city have ample power to enforce sanitary regulations among the concessions. •‘The State Fair Association provides steel garbage cans for every concession,” said Mr. Jones, “anil they are gathered up two or three times a day by teams supplied by us. They are then turned over to the city for disposal in its garbage plant. “Every contract with a concessionaire has a clause providing It may be revoked if tha premises are not kept absolutely clean. They all are subject to the orders of the sanitary officers.*’ Mr. Jones admitted live stock is bound to attract flies, but asserted the fair ground authorities would do all in their power to abate a nuisance that ha* been inflicted annually on residents of tho north side. Lucy Resigns! CHICAGO, Aug. 2ft.—Miss Lucy l’age ' Gaston today tendered, her resignation as| the head of the Anti-Cigarette League, an , organization lighting for tho abolishment of cigarettes. “The work of the organization can nowgo forward unhampered by individual influences and- leave Miss Gaston free to carry out her more drastic and prohibitory methods,” said tho board of director in announcing tbe resignation.

Treaty Boiled Down Germany recognises all rights claimed by United States In Knox peace resolution. Germany agrees to ail stipulations In the treaty of Versailles in which the United States Is interested. The United States is not bound by tiie League of Nations covenant and assumes no obligations under clauses of the Versailles treaty relating to Shantung, German boundaries, strictly European matters and International labor provisions. The United States Is put on an equal footing with all nations in benefiting by rights and advantages stipulated In Versailles treaty. The United States Is entitled to participate In meetings of the reparations and other commissions, if it desires. The treaty omits reference to German responsibility for the war, or trial of war criminals, lnaludlng the former Kaiser.

NEW DECISIONS CALLED FOR BY GERMAN PACT Harding Treaty Reserves Rights, Ignores Responsibilities in World Peace. MAY KEEP RHINE FORCE Full text of (lie I nited States-Ger-many peace treaty will be found on 'page 3. ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 26—The United States and Germany having entered into u formal peace treaty, President Harding and his Cabinet today are confronted with the problem of new and important decisions The treaty of peace with Germany, published here last night, disc'o’tes that all of the rights of the United States in tho Versailles treaty are protected while this Nation is not bound by any of tiie responsibilities of that pact. It now remains tor the President anti his advisers to determine whether they wish to accept any of ‘.he responsibilities of the Versailles puct. The outstanding decisions which it appears must soon be made by the Urealdent i* with regard to the American Army of Occupation sn Germany. These fore have been maintained in Germany under the terms of tho armistice entered into Nov. il, 1913. The treaty just concluded also conclude* that a. mi. 1 1.-e Under the pnoei.’ treaty th I uited state* still may decide to maintain its force* in Germany under the terms of the Versailles pact, but It la not bound to do so. Nevertheless, la Army circle©, the opinion prevails that tho American Array of (• ontlnued on I’uge Two.)

Government of Opinion Skipper Was Murdered by Crew. The peculiar action of the schooner Foe ng and her crew on tiie day before she came ashore deserted, also w:s Investigated. On Jan. 29 the senooner passed the Lookout Lightship and reported she had been In a heavy storm and lost two anchors. Tho lightship officers said, as the Deering passed, members of tho crew could be seen running ail over the schooner and there appeared to to no discipline aboard. Tho next day the Deering was 'wrecked. An examination made by Mr Richey of the log of the schooner, found aboard, showed she was off Cape Fear, N. C., Jan. 23, and tho entries made in a handwriting, verified as Captain Wormell's The schooner did not pass the Lookout Light until Jan. 29, six days later, a distance of only eighty miles north of Cape Fear. That interval, It was remembered, was one of heavy storms aud a storm raged the night before the schooner came nshore. Apparently the crew of the Deering, which had got out of hand, left the schooner In the two small boats, taking the captain with them, or ktlliug him before they .abandoned the ship.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Cos.

Now Pastor Says Ralston Can't Talk in Church Sunday The Rev. Charles B. Dusenbtirry, pastor of the Senate Avenue Presbyterian Church (negro), stated today that an r.ouncement that Boyd M. Ralston, Democratic Candidate for mayor, will speak to his congregation at the church at Senate avenue and Fourteenth street Sunday evening Is unauthorized. The announcement came yesterday from Mr Ralston himself, who said lie had been invited several times to make the talk. The invitation to Mr. Ralston, the Rev. Mr, Dugenburry said, was extended by a nmu who was not authorized to do so. “This man a*ked me about the matter some time ago and I told him l could not consent unless the church officials approved,” said the pastor. “Without waiting to hear from the officials the man went to Mr. Ralston. Tho officials would not consent because It is not the policy of our church to permit political speakings in the house of worship.” Politicians were watching the meeting with much interest because it is understood the Democrats intend to make a strong effort to break the Republican hold upon the negro vote. Marshal Foch to Be at Legion Convention rAHIS, Aug. 26.—Marshal Foch today perso-ially notified American Ambassador Herrick of his intention of going to the United States to attend the convention of the American Legion at Kansas City, Mo., Oct. SI and Nov. 1 and 2.

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LLOYD GEORGE PAVES WAY TO MORE PARLEYS Admits of Discussion of Irish Peace, but Demands Admission of Sovereignty. TO SPEED SETTLEMENT Ireland Re-elects De Valera President Says Nation Would Defend Itself. LONDON, Aug. 26. —Further peace negotiations between Britain and Ireland will be futile unless some definite progress is made toward acceptance of a basis of settlement, Premier Lloyd George declared today in a communication to Eamonn De Valera. Lloyd George, replying to the Sinn Fein refusal to accept the British peace terms, declared he was profoundly disappointed that Ireland failed to recognize the Government had gone to the limit in its offer. The premier said he considered the British proposals completely fulfilled the wish of the Irish people for Government with consent of the governed, which he said should be the broad guiding principle of the settlement. Lloyd George's reply was forwarded after the British cabinet, meeting at Downing street, had thoroughly gone over the Sinn Fein refusal. COMPANION WITH BELGIUM NOT FAIR. He pointed out that no British government could ever accept the Sinn Fein argument that relations between Ireland and the British Empire were comparable with those of Holland and Belgium with Germany. The government, he said, will discuss no settlement which involves Ireland’s refusal to accept a free and equal partnership of Ireland aud British within the empire, under one sovereign. He insisted it was essential that some definite and immediate progress he made toward a basis of settlement. Further negotiations, he declared, cannot be prolonged by a mere exchange of notes. The amazing swiftness with which the British cabinet made reply to the Sinn Fein astonished London. The Sinn Fein communication had rejected the English peace offer, but of(Uontlnued on Page Fifteen.)

Armed Bandits Stick Up Los Angeles Bank

1.Q9 ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 26 Five heavily armed bandits today held up the Huntington Park branch of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, in South Pacific boulevard. Reports at the sheriff's office stated the bandits escaped In an automobile with all of the bank's funds, amounting to approximately 520,000. \ Sen. France Advises Russian Relations NEW YORK. Aug. 26.—The United states should establish diplomatic relations with soviet Russia at once. Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, declared today upon his return from a several weeks' visit In that country. Returning with Franco on the liner Rotterdam wns Mrs. Margaret K Harrison. a correspondent of the Baltimore Evening Sun, who was Imprisoned In Russia for ten months. Confer Saturday on Release of Gene Debs WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty at a conference Saturday will discuss the release from prison of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader, It was l<®rned at the Department of Justice today. it is understood the main question to be determined Is whether the action the Administration plans to tako on the request should be announced or delayed until formal ratification of the Uerusau peace treaty. •

Knowledge of Why We Arm Real Value of the Disarmament Session

By IDA M. TARBKLL. NEW YORK, Ang. 26.—Even if the proposed disarmament conference should disband leaving things as they are, it would :be worth holding. The failure would compel explanations. We would knowbetter why we arm at alt. There is nothing more nebulous on earth now than the reasons given for the United States spending hundreds of millions a year for an Army and Navy. If we get nothing more out of the disarmament conference than materials for making a clear and tVustworthy summary and classification of the reasons for tills expenditure, wo shall have made a substantial gain. We shall then know how large a part of the argument for armaments Is based on superstition, tradition, fear, greed—howsmall or wise foresight providing against real dangers. BENEFIT TO COME FROM CARDS OX TABLE. if the disarmament conference succeeds In bringing about any degree of limitation it will be because each of tho nations Interested frankly and publicly puts all Us cards on tho table, analyzes Its fears and suspicions and explains any desirer it may have to expand. If each nation comes to the conference with an honest intention to demonstrate clearly to its conferees the soundness of what is in its mind and with a willingness to abandon Its position. If convnced that its fears are groundless or its desires dangerous to the peace of the world, we shall certainly see a substantial disarmament. To cut armaments and leave the reasons that now are keeping nations In arms indefinite and undisturbed is small iDßurance against war, for armaments are the tools and not. to any appreciable degree, the causes of w-ars. OPEN DISCUSSION TO BRING FRANKNESS. Moreover, they are tools easily extemporized. Witness the experience of England, of Franee and particularly of the United States, In tho recent great

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MRS WINFIELD R. SMITH. Among the speakers at the Amendment luncheon held in the Riley Room of the ("laypoo! Hotel today under the auspices of the League of Women Voters were Judge Florence Allen of Cleveland, who claims the distinction of being the first femine judge in a court of general Jurisdiction in the world and Mrs. Winfield R. Smith of Seattle. Wash., organizer, speaker ind representative for the National league.

WOMEN VOTERS APPROVE FIRST AMENDMENT Say Only Fair to Sex That Alien Should Become Citizen. /"The test of our citizenship will whether we use the ballot with the sumo intelligence, with the same devotion to ideals ns the women showed who won our freedom for us,” declared Judge Florence Allen, Cleveland, Ohio, in her speech before the Amendment luncheon given today in the Claypool Hotel under the auspices of the League of Women Voters and the American Ix-gion in celebration of the firs! anniversary of the promulgation of the Federal suffrage amendment. Her topic was "The Test of Citizenship.'’ The meeting was designed to urge the passage of the first proposed amendment to tho Indiana constitution which would re quire voters t obe fully naturalized citizens. “The men." she continued, “are counting on newly enfranchised women to use the bailot with more understanding and more regard for having right done in Government than that which has heretofore been used. They have a right to ex(Contluurd on Page Fifteen.)

war. There will not be full frankness in dealing with the thoughts that are now actuating the various nations unless there be a very large degree of open discussion, open voting. There must, of course, be frequent executive sessions. Committee work must, in the nature of things, be carried on for the most part behind closed doors, for it is a work of preparation, sifting, classifying, expediting business. But the great business of presenting and meeting the reasons for armaments now in the minds of the nations concerned should be carried on in the open if we are to get real and permanent results.—Copyright, 1921, by International News Service. HOLY SEE IN SYMPATHY, NOT TO TAKE PART WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Although the Pope is in accord with President Harding's attitude on disarmament there will be no attempt at papal participation in the coming disarmament conference, according to a signed statement by Monsignor Enrico Pucci, from Rome, published here today by the National Catholic Welfare Council News Service. After outlining a previous expression on disarmament by the Pope during the war, Monsignor Pucci stated, “after four years the Holy See's opinion is unchanged.” * “A hope is therefore fostered,’’ the statement continued, "that the papal considerations may pervade the conference proposed by President Harding. “The Holy See will maintain in the future its past and present moral attitude, but it will do no more and it will take no active part in the conference proposed by President Harding. It had been asserted that His Holiness w-ould publish a document about the conferenoe. This is not true. Unless new events occur to change the situation, His Holiness has no intention of publishing anything further about disarmament.”

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GIVE DEFENSE OF ELECTRICAL MERGER PLAN Attorneys Say Proposed Deal Capitalization Not Excessive. INDIANAPOLIS OBJECTS Claim They Do Not Wish Order That Will Affect Rates. Declaring the proposed Indiana Electric Corporation, which is to combine seven large utiltiies In Indiana for the purpose of supplying electrical energy from a central power station in the coal fields, does not desire that any order shall be made which will in any way affect' rates and that the amount of secnritles proposed for the corporation J$ not in excess of a legitimate amount, attorneys for the company, before the public service commission, to*, day opened their defense against opposition based on the grounds the project is to be overcapitalized. The hearing before the commission was for the purpose of attempting to obtauxj the commissioner’s consent to the pur-; chase of property by the utilities and to; the issuance of over $22,000,000 in securi-j ties. The companies are the Merchant! Heat and Light Company, Indianapolis; the Indiana Railways and Light Company, Kokomo; the Elkhart Gas and Fuel Company. Elkhart; the Valparaiso Light- 1 ing Company, Valparaiso; the Wabash Electric Company, Clinton; the Putnam Electric Company, Grteneastle, and the Cayuga Electric Company, Cayuga. The bearing opened with a statement by J. W. Pesler, attorney for the company,' who pointed out the question of rates 1 not involved and the project Is not a merger, but a purchase and sale. He explained the plan of physical operation briefly. He was followed by Samuel Ashby, Indianapolis, corporation counsel, who filed objections in behalf of the city. In this objection he declared the proposed capitalization is far in excess of the actual value of the property. He pointed out also a valuation of the property of the Merchants Company Is now going on and the city has no Information as to the value of the other utilities involved. In a fourth paragraph he objected to the (Continued on Page Two.)

TAKE SUSPECTS IN MURDER TO REFORMATORY Fear of Mob Violence at Seymour Leads to Action— Farmer Killed. Special to The Time*. SEYMOUR, Ind., Aug. 26.—Investigation of the Amazona Montgomery murder centered today around Bess Brookl and his three sons, who were rushed to the State reformatory at Jeffersonville last night as threats of mob action spread. Private detectives and connty and city authorities were trying to fasten the crime on Brooks and his stxns following the finding of Montgomery's body la a thicket a mile and a half north of the Montgomery farm late yesterday. Although there were other wounds on the body, It Is believed he died from the blow of a heavy instrument which < crushed his skull. Near by lay the body of a dog which always had followed Montgomery wherever he went. The dog had been killed, authorities believe, to prevent it from giving a clew toward clearing up the mystery. Brooks and his sons were taken Into custody shortly before the body was found. They had been freed on SI,OOO bond each, although they faced charges of stealing 150 chickens from Montgomery. The charges were preferred by the victim and caused ill feeling. When the men were picked up again by tho sheriff, their bonds were raised to $2,000 each which they could not furnish. In, this way they are held pending further probe of the murder. It is believed Montgomery was attacked at bis farm Just as he was starting to feed the chickens. His keys were’ found in the lock of the chicken house and none cf his other chores was done. Another thing to strengthen this theory Is that the grass where his body was found was not trampled down to Indicate a struggle. It is presumed nis assailants leaped from their hiding place us he started to open the door of tho chicken house and struck him the blow which resulted in death. An inquest was to start this afternoon to determine the exact cause of the death of Montgomery. Immediate relatives oi the Brooks family were summoned as first witness. Among them were the wives of three of the men under arrest. Montgomery was to be buried following tho Inquest. Tiie widow, his mother, who Is seriously ill, and two brothers. Otto, of Indianapolis and J. U. -Meßfr" gornery of Seymour, survive.

Dry Leaders Not Concerned in the Fight on Tobacco Special to Indiana Dallv Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. W ASHINGTO X. Aug. 26.—Announcement by the national committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pledging itself to continue its fight against tobacco as one of tha seventeen reasons for stricter enforcement of the Volstead act, led leading drys here to reaffirm their decision to confine activities strictly to prohibition. Although allied with the- W. C. T. U’., in the fight for prohibition, the Anti-Saloon Leagi e of America, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel, declared, was in no way connected with the fight against tobacco. "I don't see the connection between the enforcement of tbe Volstead act and the : -s@ of tobacco." the high priest of Volsteadism said. “Our organization is not taking any hand in the campaign against tobacco.”—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Cos.

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