Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and probably Sunday. Rising temperature.

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WEATHER MAN HALTS FOURTH SERIEmME Downpour of Rain Causes Postponement of Contest. RUTH IS WORRIED Bad Arm May Keep Homer King on the Bench. POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK. Oct. 8. —Rain, which fell steadily for more than an hour caused the postponement of the fourth game of the world’s baseball series between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees here this afternoon. , The postponed game will be played tomorrow cn the same schedule with today’s, rain checks being honored at the gates and with the Yankees still in the role of the home team. Babe Ruth, who was in civilian clothes today with an infected arm in a sling, said he was not sure he would be able to play tomorrow. “If my arm keeps on paining like this I am surely out of the game for the series,” said Rutli. “I hope that the pain will let up, but there seems no sign of it.” Fully 20,000 fans braved the unrer tain weather today on the chance that the teams would be able to play. The lay-off today was a boon to both teams, as it gave the pitchers of the Tanks and Giants an extra day of rest. The Yanks are in need of the day of grace as far as pitchers are concerned and more so since they have lost Bale Ruth at least temporarily.

23 GET FINAL CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES Four Members of Order of Sisters of St. Francis in Number. Final citizenship papers were granted to twenty-three applicants by Judge Albert B. Anderson In Federal Court to day. Four sisters of the Order of the SUtersof St. Francis from St. Francis hospital at Beech Grove were among these to whom final papers were Issued. Awere born in Germany. In the black robes of their order they presented a striking picture In Federal Court library where the hearing was held. Peter \V. Blazer. United States naturalization inspector. conducted the cases for the Gov ernment and be put all applicants through a searching examination as to their length of residence in this country, their attitude toward American institu tions and their qualifications for citizenship. The successful applicants and the countries in which they were born are as follows: Francis Smith Ross, 20S North Lasalle street, Scotland. Frederick C. Miller, 7S> Roache street, Germany. Alfred Rudley, 2047 North Illinois street, England. Helene Duesberg. Pauline Bodnars, Marv Tillman. Helene Nenhof. all Sisters of St. Francis and all born in Germany. C. J. Heeb, 1637 English avenue. Germany. Marie Bisscr. 4059 North Pennsylvania street, Germany. James J. Fitzgerald, 4021 North Illinois street, Ireland. Benjamin Roderiguez, 1058 West Twenty-Eighth street. Spain. The applicant announced that he had Anglicized hia name to “Roderick.” and the papers were made out with that spelling. Theodore Strothman. 341 Drexel avenue. Germany. Fabian Cohn, 618 East North street, Germany! Antoue Walter. 1827 Koehne street. Austria. Charles Noack, Greenwood, Ind., Ger many. Christoph Wilmanus. 2314 North New Jersey street, Germany. Gustav A. Pfeifer, 4901 Washington Boulevard, Germany. Christina Bauinbach, 2923 ltockwood avenue, Germany. John Martin, 228 East Vermont street, Ireland. Curt W. Hlrschland, 2902 Washington Boulevard, Germany. Joe Kae*el, 1152 Central avenue, Austria. When .Tames Fitzgerald was being examined Judge Auderson asked him whether h eexpeeted, in case he was admitted, to foreswear allegiance to Great Britain or to the Republic of Ireland. •'Grea'. Britain,” Fitzgerald answered without hesitation. Auto Racer Killed in Trial Spin on Road NEW YORK, Oct. B.—Clarence Hopkins. well known professional automobile racer of Katonah. N. Y.. was instantly killed when his high-powered machine crashed into a telegraph pole near Cross River, Westchester County today. Hop kins was to have participated in a race at Danbury (Coun.) fair this afternoon and was making a trial spin. His back was broken.

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Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., Oct. 9. 1921 : Fair tonight and probably Sunday; rising temperature. HOURLY TEMPER AT rillC. *'• a. ni ;tS 7 a. ru 37 8 a. ra 3fi 9a. m II 1 a. in -13 11 a. m 4! 12 (noonl 46 1 p. ra -17 2 p. m 48

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One-Step Banned by Kansas City Morals Head! ‘Suggestive ’ KANSAS CITY, Oet. 8.-—'The onestep as well as the toddle and shuffle was banned as immoral here today. R. B. Cook, superintendent of the. recreation department of the board of welfare, ruled the dance from public halls. “Tt’s suggestive," he explained. The waltz, two-step, fox trot, schottische and barn dance will be permissible, Cook said.

ABRAMSFOUND GUILTY IN DEED FORGERY CASE Used Instrument to Obtain Loan From Rail Men’s Association. Harry Abrams, alias Martin Donaldson, 23, charged with forging a deed to property owned by William D. and Ida B. Culbertson and using this deed to obtain a loan by means of a mortgage front the Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association, today was found guilty in the Marion County Criminal Court and sentenced from two to fourteen years at the Indiana State Reformatory. Lee Fox, charged with petty em bezzlemerit of S6B from Wendell A. Baker of 188 North Illinois street, was sentenced to a day in jail. •Tames Ewing, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child, was found not guilty. A motion to quash an indictment against George Whittington, charged with false pretense, was sustained by the court. Joe Harris and June Chandler were found not guilty of a charge of con spiraey to commit a felony.

GREAT BRITAIN TO BE STRONG AT CONFERENCE Washington Officials Elated at Concord of Dominion Delegates. Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, Oct. B—Lively grati fication is evinced in Washington official quarters over the news ihat the oversea dominions are to have at ' -net three representatives on (tie "Prilish di ie gation at the armam-vu*. conference. Too views of Australia, New Zealand and Canada on certain “principles and poll eies” in the Pacific are in sm'i complete accord with those of the United States that conference developments an bound to be affected de'Uivel v bv the inclusion of dominion statesmen in the British delegation. Australia will be rep resented by George Foster Pearce, minister of defense. New Zealand is ex pected to send her vigorous prime minister. W. F. Massey, who recently at tended the imperial conference in Lon don. Canada is almost certain it appoint Arthur Meighen, the brilliant young dominion premier who succeeded Sir Robert Borden in 1920 and who also was at last summer's conference "t Lon don. With men like Balfoire, Churchill and Lee of Fareham speaking the mother country, and Pearce, Mntsev and Meighen for the “daughter jatious" over sea. it is Washington's opinion the British empire will be represented here by a strong and typical imperin! delegation. C. 8. HAD NO SAY IN MATTER. It was not within the province of the United States to indicate to the British government either how many or what type of delegates it should send to the Washington conference. President Hard ing and Secretary Hughes, however, never concealed their approval of the idea that the British delegation might well be large enough to include dominion spokesmen. As this country is stressing Pacific problems as the major issues of the conference, American officials felt it in accord with the eternal fitness of things that British states bordering the controversial waters, should have their representatives at the Washington round table. ’There is. therefore, entire inability here to understand statements attributed lo Premier Hughes o| Australia that “America slammed the door" against dominion attempts to secure independent representation at the conference. It. is believed the Australian premier has been misquoted. Thi "door,” it was explained in Washington today, never was open In the sense that we could “slam” It shut. Opportunity was taken in high official quarters to repeat what has been explained before --namely, that it was at no stage of the • onference negotiations possible for the 'nited States to deal with the British dominions directly regarding representation or any other question. The dominions. internationally, are without status. Australia or Canada cannot deal with the United States on sovereign terms any more than Pennsylvania or Idaho could deal with the British government. Such negotiations can be carried on only between the imperial government at London and the Federal Government at Washington. SPECIFIC CASE* MENTIONED. Not long ago, it has come to light, there was a specific case of attempted ‘ direct action" between tlm Unitc,| States and a British dominion government. An American consul in New Zealand. In a spirit of patriotic but litis guided zeal, took up the cudgels on behalf of American packing interests, applying for the purpose to the dominion government at Wellington. He was poj iitely but firmly npprised that be had I come to the wrong address that such matters could only be tackled by Uncle Sam and John Bull, noting, respectively, at Washington and London. The State Department eventually waded into the fray and closed the neident, —Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

Oil Barge Afire POUT ARTHUR. Texas. Oct. S. The schooner oil barge, M. !•. Company No. 7. is ntire ofT Tampico, according to xvord received by local customs officials. The si holier sailed Sept. 2.x from Beaumont for Tampico for a cargo of Mexican ; crude oil. The master is J. R. Court : and the mate F. A. Bremor. The crew j are residents of Beaumont.

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JOBPARLEY TO ASK RAIL RATE AND WAGECUT Plan to Abolish Adamson Eight-Hour Law Discussed. GOMPERS ANGRY Says, However, He Will Not Quit Conference Committee. WASHINGTON, Oct.. B—lmmediate reduction of railway freight rates and wages and abolition of the railroad labor board and the repeal of the Adamson eight-hour law may be recommended in the next few days to President Harding's unemployment conference by a majority of the committee on emergency measures for manufacturers, it was indicated by members of the conference today “Oppressive railroad freight rites are , primarily responsible for the existing In- ; dtistrlal depression and unemployment," W. 11. Stackhouse, of Springfield. Ohio, declared as he hoarded a train for home after resigning as chairman of the committee during a stormy two hour session. Stackhouse was succeeded by James A. Campbell of Youngstown. Ohio, who stated that the former's retirement from the conference was not due to friction within the committee. Campbell has called another meeting of the committee for Monday when the ; members will prepare their recommenda tions for presentation on the following day. Despite strenuous opposition from Samuel Gompers. president of the Amer lean Federation of Labor, and Mis. Sarah j n. Conboy of New York, secretary of the United Textile Worker's of America. It is understood that the committee has prac tlcally decided to urge sweeping reductions of railroad wages a* one of the first steps In correcting existing depression and to relieve unemployment. Gompers left the committee room visahlv agitated, but refused to discuss what i took place In the closed executive session. “I will continue to meet with the com- ! inittee as long as 1 can.” the veteran labor leader said. “When that Is no longer possible. I shall make my position clear."

HARDING DISCUSSES RAIT QUESTION WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—President Harding today took up with the railroad executive the matter of reductions of freight rates and indleated hts desire that the railroads give this matter early and careful consideration. The railroad executives, headed by T. He Witt Ouyler of the Aaoclatlon of Railway Executive*. Informed the President they felt reduction of freight rates must go hand in hand with reduction In oper ating expenses and that operating ex ponses could not be materially reduced unless railroad wages wefe reduced. THOUSANDS GET WORK IN SHOPS Pennsy and N. Y. i Central Lines Hegin Operations in Three States. PITTSBURGH. Oct. B—Fifteen bun dred Pennsylvania car shop workers and engine repairmen were Jubilant today over the order just sent out ordering them back to work Immediately. Nearly 1,000 men are affected In Pittsburgh. Additional workers were to go on duty In the company shops at Buffalo. Erie. Clean, New York, Canton. Ohio, and Dennison, Ohio, next Monday. These workers will be on full time Instead of the present schedule of four days a week. The Pittsburgh & I.nke Erie Railroad, important. New York Central line, has just put 1,200 men back to work and Vice President and General Manager J. R Yohe said today that within a day or two he would announce the recall of a large number of additional employes. WEATHER STARTS BUYING OF COAL Few Had Stored Fuel for Winter. A few days of chilly wearier has sufficed to liven up business for the coal i man, reports to the Commercial Credit Audit and Correct Weights Bureau show. Retail eoal dealers said a part of the public at least finally has started heeding their warnings that unless Indianapolis gets much of its winter supply In the bins early there may be n shortage during the cold months. , Throughout the country retail eoal merchants have been begging the public to store coal during the summer without appreciable response until within the last few days. Most of the winter supply will have to be moved from mines to homes In months when transportation conditions are worst and demand heaviest as a rei suit. Hope that there will he several weeks 1 of mild weather before actual needs set in so they may have an opportunity to provide consumers with a reasonable coal supply was expressed by retailers. Some suffering might result from a sudden and severe cold snap because so few people have stored coal, it was said. Resurfacing Plans Before Works Board Resolutions for the permanent Improvement or resurfacing of four short block sections of north sides streets connecting Fall Creek boulevard, north drive, with ! continuatio! of such streets, will be pre- : sented to the hoard of public works for adoption Monday. The stretches are of Washington boulevard, Delaware and Pennsylvania streets and Talbott avenue.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1921.

Poor Congressmen and Senators May Miss ‘Nip’ Few Days WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—Under the personal direction of Prohibition Director Haynes, a large force of prohibition officers started a systematic scries of raids here today. Officials refused to state the number of arrests, but It was said thirty warrants bad been Issued and mors than twenty places luul been raided. Prohibition officials said the raid is aimed at a “rum ring,” which has been running liquor by automobile from Pennsylvania and maintaining a regular “rum route” serving customers in the National Capital.

FOCH GREETING TO BE OCCASION OF CELEBRATION Demonstration Similar to Soldiers’ Home Coming Event Planned. STATE TO PARTICIPATE A celebration on the scale of the one given Indiana's returning soldier sons in 1919 is being planned as a greeting to Marshal Foch, the great French military leader, when he visits Indiauapolis Nov 4 or 5. At a preliminary meeting yesterday the following committee was appointed to have charge of the undertaking: Governor Warren T. McCray, Mayor Charles W. Jewett, Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, chairman; Bowman Elder, secretary; S. D. Miller, C. F. Coffin, J. C. Millspaugh. transportation; Koltare Eggleston, pub lie comfort; Dr. Herman G. Morgan, health; A. L. Taggart, policing; Walter Myers, ceremonial: John B. Reynolds, commissary; Harry B. Smith, parade; Walter Pittsford. bands; 11. C. Campbell, finance; 8. M. Ralston, reception; John B. Orman, automobiles; Dr. T. Victor Kenne, publicity; Ralph A. Lerurke, decorations.

COMES FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. It will not be definitely known until Monday whether the marshal will visit here on Friday or Saturday, Ha will, after landing in the United States, go to Washington to pay bis respects to President Harding and then will go to Kansas City to attend the American Legion national convention. From Kansas City he will go to St. Louis. Marshal Foch has been Invited to attend a reunion of the 32d Division at Nashville and if he accepts lu< will go there from St. Louis, bring rig his visit to this city on Saturday If he declines be will come directly from Si. Louis here, arriving on Friday. Tentative plans for the celebration call for an elaborate military display such as has not. been witnessed here since the home coming. NATIONAL GUARD MAR HE CALLED. The entire National Gnard of Indiana probably will be mobilized for rh event. It being the ambition of the State authorities to take the occasion to show the public that Indiana haj< a real guard of more than two thousand well equipped men. Maj. Gen. George W Read, commanding the Fifth Army corps, has promised at least a battalion of infantry, the unit to be taken from a regiment that la marching to Ft. Benjamin Harrison from South Carolina. In addition to this every American I,egion post in the State would be ex pected to send representatives here. It Is the purpose of the committee to have uniformed men alone In the parade as a tribute to the man who commanded the combined allied armies when they smashed the German defenses. BLACK IIOttNF. TROOP OF CULVER AVAILABLE. It Is understood, also, that the famous blaek horse troop from Culver military academy will be available, Tentative plans enll for the use of th Culver hand, Purdue and Indiana University hands, the Infantry band from Ft. Benjamin Harrison and the American Legion band. The Cadle choir also probably will be used. Suggestions for the entertainment of the marshal during the day he Is here included an automobile race at the Indianapolis Motivr Speedway In the morning, a luncheon, a visit to national headquarters of the American Legion and a grent banquet In the evening. It Is probable Marshal Foch will lie asked while here to dedicat* the World War Memorial which will be erected by the State, county and city in Indianapolis. In this event it was suggested that the stone from the famous bridge over the Marne River, which was presented to the national American Legion by the French citizens of that territory, should be used as the dedicatory stone for the monument. The plans will 1m discussed la more detail Ht a meeting of the committee on next Wednesday night. Harding Receives John L. Lewis Today WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 John L. Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers, will confer with President Harding this afternoon. It is understood Lewis will discuss with the President the West Virginia mine Bit nation and general coal mining prospects. Lewis came to Washington at the invitation of the President and Secretary of Commerce Hoover to join in the unemployment conference. Says He Was Not in Hartman’s Office Detective Keller De Kossett., who was mont onnd in Frank Francis’ confession at having been In J. Herbert Hartman's office with Detective Stone and “two or three more cops” the night before the primary election, today denied the charge that he was in Tlartmau's office. “I was not in Hartman's office,” he said. “Whoever said T was is a d—liar and I would make them settle with me if I was not on the police force.” SCHOOL No. 22 TO BE DEDICATED. The new building of School No. 22, Illltrois and Kansas streets, will be dedlj rated Friday night, Oct. 14. Former puI pits and the parents cf pupils have been i invited to attend. The program has not | been completed.

‘FARM BLOC’ PLANS ATTACK ON RAIL BILL Success in Routing Tax Measure Gives Assurance. SENATE WAR SEEN ‘lndustrial Group’ to Come to Administration’s Support. Special to Indiana Daily Tlm*s and Philadelphia Public ledger By ROBERT BARRY. WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—War, not peace, appears the outcome of conciliatory measures adopted by Republican leaders in the Senate to check insurgent tendencies of the socalled “agrarian bloc.” A sectional clash of real seriousness seemed in prospect. In the flush of their victory over the Administration forces xvho' agreed tentatively that the Penrose ' tax revision bill should be ripped to; pieces, the farmer group of Middle! Western Republicans turned to new fields to conquer. They are to make the attempt to wreck the Administra-1 tion railroad financing bill —the next major measure on the Senate cal- \ endar. Senator Kenyon of lowa, chairman of j the "agrarian bloc," has ('ailed a meeting i for tonight to consider support of an amendment to the railroad bill which j would provide that carriers would not Ineligible to the financial benefits of that legislation unless and until they hud put Into effect substantial reduction tu rates. WOULD WORK II VVOC WITH EBCH-CU MM INK At T.

Adoption of such a rate reducing program would work havoc with the prln- ■ clples of the Esch Cummins transportation act which was built around a policy ! of adequate financial return to the roads. The leading authorities have contended for rate adjustments, instead of any arbitrary horizontal cut. While the farmer group thus was preparing for another body blow at Admin letrstlon policies, resentment of ltcpub ; (lean Senators from the North and East | over the surrender on the tax bill bel came so acute steps were taken to organ | Ir.e a counter attack. What became known Immediately as the ‘‘lndustrial bloc” and the "manufacturers' bjoc” were forme! by Republican Senators from New Eng land, Now York and New Jersey to stand solidly against the scrapping of the wnole Administration program with respect to ; repeal of excess profit* taxes aud of all j Income surtaxes above 32 per cent. I Republican Senators who were bitterly ! resentful of the capitulation of the party j leaders to the farmer group took the posli tlon that the question was a bigger one i than the levels of taxes on personal and j corporation incomes They saw In the ] incident nothing short of an actual I struggle for control of party tnanage- | tnent In the Senate. They wanted to ■ know whether Lodge of Massachusetts, | or Kenyon of lowa was to lead the party | anil dictate Its course on vital legislation. SOME LEADERS OF “INDUSTRIAL BLOC.” The Senators who are to wage active warfare ■ gainst abandonment of the Adminlstrai ,n tax program nre Brandegee and Md ean of Connecticut, (’aider and Wadsworth of New York, Moses and Keyes of New Hampshire, Edge of New ! Jersey, and probably Colt of Rhode Island, and Dillingham of Vermont. Senator Wadsworth was In a scrappy mood In the Senate yesterday afternoon. Some testy remarks to which he gave utterance were but n forerunner of what will be heard later. ■“ho form of amendments proposed ’ t *he farmer group was made public by , ie Finance Committee, which ha* yet jto ci nsider them. As the new program was .igreed to in substance by the Administration leaders, it is thought, the j committee will support It on the floor. I With respect to the railroad MU, it i was stated the agrarian grotip already had been assured of a substantial Demoj erotic opposition to It, rendering It fairly certain that all but a few conservative Democrats would join with them for 'adoption of the rate-reduction amend ! merit. Some idea of the notion# which the Middle Western Republicans have In mind may be gained from the fact that Representative Dowell of lowa, offered In the House yesterday a resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce rates on eoal, livestock and agricultural products by 25 per cent. —Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

B. R. C. Vote to Be Announced Tuesday CHICAGO, Oct. B.—Officials of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors announced today that the count of the strike ballots taken by the brotherhood ;is about complete. The result, it was j said, probably will be announced Tuesday. 1,. E. Sheppard, president of the orI gnnlzatlon, said if a strike Is called the aim of the organisation wilt be to Inconvenience the public as little as possible. Results of the balloting of (he engineers, firemen and switchmen on the question of a strike are expected to be announced Monday. Kenyon Aims Law at Profiteers in Coal WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—Drastic penalties for coal profiteers are provided for In n bill introduced today by Senator Kenyon, lowa. Fines ranging from SIOO to SIO,OOO and imprisonment from ninety days to five years could be Imposed under the Kerfyon measure which detiinen profiteering ns ‘‘to charge excessive or unreasonable prices " 2 TEXANS KILI.ED IN TAMPICO. MEXICO CITY, Oct. A Two Texans, by name of Baez, owners of a livery stable at Tampico, have been killed In a knife duel with another man, according tp • dispatch from Tampico today.

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Board of Safety Asks $736 to Pay Expenses of Employe to Move From California

Although there are dozens of men in the profession in Indianapolis, the board of public safety went clear to California a year ago last May to get an electrical engineer to head the new electrical department and promised Edward M. Tompkins, the man selected, that it would pay the expense of moving his family here, correspondence Just uncovered in the safety department office discloses. Mr. Tompkins now Is asking for $736.33, which he says It cost him to move. City Controller Robert 11. Bryson refused to present an ordinance appropriating this amount to the city council because It “would be a bad precedent." HAD YARD CLEANED AT CITY EXPENSE. Tompkins is the city official who admitted he ordered a city employe to take an electrical department truck last Saturday morning and clear a pile of leaves and weeds off of the rear yard at his home. The correspondence tells the story of Tompkins' moving expenses. On Aug. lj) Tompkins wrote to the board of safety that he thought that “under the circumstances" his moving costs should be borne by the city of ludianapolls. ' "On March 1, 1920, an ordinance was passed entitled “Electrical Ordinance No. 19.” creating the electrical department and the position of electrical engineer, taking effect May 1. 1920, and placing same under the control of the board of public safety. “The board considered carefully the sePARTISANS IN FINAL DRIVE OF REGISTRATION Estimate 130.000 Will Qualify to Vote in City Election. i | Practically all members of the organizations of both Democratic and RepubItrnn parties were engaged today in a final drive for registration applications, to make sure their supporters will be qualified to vote after the last registration day. Monday. Failure to have registered either at the Sept. 19 or Oet. 10 registration means loss of the voting privilege on Nov. 8. Leaders in both parties expect the rog Istratton to l>e heavy. Only 54,000 voters were registered on Sept. 10. Today Joseph L. Hogue, in charge of registration activities at Republican headquarters, declared that he has 409X10 applications ready to be delivered to the vnrt our precinct registration boards by 8:30 o'clock Monday morning. MONDAY'S TOTAL PUT AT 80.000. Joel Baker, in charge of registration at ! Democratic city headquarters, estimated that he has 30,00 applications. Allowing for those who have waited until the last minute, and will go to the booths personally on Monday the total registration Monday Is expected to bo around 80,000 and the number qualified to vote in November approximately 130,000. Republicans have devoted more effort to registration than Democrats. Mr. Hogue having had a large force at work In the preciucts before Sept. TO. The Democrats did not make an Intensive drive until within the last thirty days, when Mr. Baker said they have bad as high as from 800 to 900 people at work at various times. BETWEEN 400 AND 300 WORK FOB O. O. P. Mr Ilogue said the Republican regis (ration force was between 400 and 500 strong. According to Mr. Ilogue 23,000 , of the 54.000 registered on Sept. 10, were turned in by the Republican workers, the remainder being those who weut personally to the booths and those whose applications were turned in by the Democrats. "We feel satisfied that we have registered practically all of the vote we know is Republican,” said Mr. Hogue. Mr. Baker said that the Democrats are ' almost finished, but probably will have some work to do in certain spots ns late ! as Monday. GREATER INTEREST THAN IN SEPTEMBER. City Clerk George O. Hu (sell announced that approximately 1,000 persons have registered at Ids office. In the period before the Sept. 10 registration, only 100 persons made application at the clerk's office. Registration booths will be open from 8 a. m. until 9 o'clock Monday evening.

Police Think Barber Knows of Bank Theft For two hours Clyde Mltchel was questioned by detectives today without result In an effort to learn whnt if anything he knew nbout the Beech Grove State Bank robbery that took place about a month ago. Mltchel was not one of the four bandits who held up the bank, but detectives allege that he had been “approached” by some man In regard to joining the gang and had refused. The police are trying to learn who “appronThed" Mltchel. The detectives say that the day the bank was held up Mltchel, who Is a barber, was In Anderson. The police have been looking for him for three weeks. Auto Driver Fined In city court today A. L. Gates, who was the driver of one of the automobiles that collided head-on In front of 2300 Massachusetts avenue last night, was fined SSO and costs for operating a motor ve hide while under influence of liquor, and $1 and costs on the charge of driving an automobile on the left side of the street Gates was arrested last week on a similar charge, but when the case was tried the charge was changed to drnnkenness and he was fined $t and costs. AUTHORIZE $019,000 IN BONDS. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway .Company to assume obligation for liability as guarantor by indorsement for the payment of principal and Interest of $619,000 of first, mortgage gold bond* pf the St. Paul,* Kansas City Short Line Railroad Company., i i

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lection of a man to fill the position of electrical engineer and appointed Edward O. Tompkins, who at that time resided in California, which caused Mr. Tompkins to go to the expense of moving his family and household goods to this city at an expense of $736.35. The board agreed at that time if Mr. Tompkins proved to be the proper person to fill the position of electrical engineer they would recommend that he be reimbursed for money expended In moving to this city. "Mr. Tompkins has now been employed as electrical engineer for a period of approximately sixteen months and during that time bis services have proved satisfactory to this board to such an extent that they fee! justified in recommending that the city of Indianapolis reimburse him forefhe expense Incurred in moving to this city as per attached receipts and that you recommend to the council the passage of an ordinance appropriating money for same." To this Mr. Bryson replied Thursday : "I am returning you your favor of Aug. 24, also letter of Mr. E. M. Tompkins with the statement that I can not agree to introduce an appropriation ordinance to take care of the moving expenses of Mr. Tompkins as I believe this matter should have been considered at the time Mr. Tompkins was given the place of superintendent of the electrical department. I believe this would be a bad precedent and therefore I can not see my way clear to recommend an ordinance for this purpose.”

WHEAT, CORN YIELDS LOWER THAN ESTIMATE Wheat Decrease 13 Million, Corn 22 Million Bushels, Late Figures Show. WASHINGTON, Oct. s—The American wheat crop for 1921 was estimated at 740.655,00 bushels, the Department of Agriculture announced today. The corn crop was estimated at 3,163,003.000 bushels with a condition of 84.8 per ceut. The estimated whea yield Is a decrease of 13.203.i*>0 since the estimate of Sept. 1. Winter wheat production was placed at 54.3,870.000. Spring wheat was placed at 190.770,000. The corn estimated is 22.813,000 less than the estimate of Sept. 1. The average wheat yield per acre was given 13,1 buslfli rompared with 13.8 last year. The average price was given ms $1,056 as compared with $2,143 last year. Ths average corn yield was twentynine bushels per acre with an average price of 51 rents. Last year the average yield was 30.9 and the price $1,213. Total oats production was estimated at 1.078.519.000 bushels: barley, 163,309,000; rye, 84,332,000. Yields of spring wheat in five States was estimated as follows : Minnesota, 24,586,000; North Dakota, 63.308,000: South Dakota. 23,436.000: Montana, 17.542,000; Washington, 18,690,000. The tobacco crop was estimated at 991.564.000 pounds, an increase of 43.240,000 pounds over the September estimates. The white potato crop was estimated at 345.844.000 bushels.

SEIZE BOOZE IN W. PEARL RAIDS Four Places Visited by Police at Same Time. A large quantity of “white mule" and home brew were confiscated In raids on four houses in one block in \\ est Pearl street conducted simultaneously by the police today. Persons arrested and the quantity obtained in each place follow-; Minnie Davis. 907 West Pearl street, five quarts and a pint of "rnule”: Josephine Roche. 958 West Pearl street, fifty quarts of beer. Harry Germain. 954 West Peari street, two dozen bottle of beer; John Wolf. 9.36 West Pearl street, six and a half pints of “mule.” When the police attempted to raid the home of Anabel Trice, colored. 118 North Liberty street, the say she poured a gallon of “mule” in a tub of soapy water. The police took the tub of water, together with Anabel, to headquarters. Miss Hollins Leads in Golf Contest DEAL. N. J.. Oct. B.—Miss Marion Hollins of New York had a commanding lead over Miss Aiexa Stirling of Atlanta, Ga., at the end of the morning round of play In the thirty-six-hole finals of the woman’s national golf tournament at the Hollywood Golf Club. Miss Hollins was 4 up at the end of the eighteenth hole. At the end of the ninth hole the New York woman as 3 up on her opponent. Phonograph Plays While Man is Hanged MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va„ Oet. B—While Henry Harbor was being hanged in the pen here for wife murder today a phonograph played “When Y'ou and I Were Young. Maggie." Harbor requested music and chose the song. Two Killed in Feud EAGLE PASS. Texas, Oct. B.—The bodies of Sam jnd Fred Bass, brothers, of this city are en route here from Mexico, where they were killed In a cattleman's gun feud, with their cousins, the Chisholm brothers, also of Eagle Pass. Troubles due to business disagreements a year ago, followed by dissolution of part nership, was reported responsible for the feud. nitKCH BUILDING PERMIT. A permit for the construction of the new Tabernacle Presbyterian Church on the northwest corner of Central avenue and Thirty-Fourth street was issued to the church trustees today by the city building department. The church is to cost approximately $170,000.

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SAFEGUARDS SELF, OTHERS, RY HIS MOVE Demands Prisoner, but Warns Louisville Not to Bring Him. EVANS IN PROBE Grand Jury on Case With Important Witness Absent. That Inspector of Detectives Herbret Fletcher by seizing on the move of J. Herbert Hartman, Republican nominee for city judge, to bring about the arrest of Frank Francis, the Louisville “talking burglar,” has effectually prevented for the time being a complete grand jury investigation of the charges made by Francis in a confession which not alone in* volves Hartman, but officials of the police department, became evident today. It is authoritatively stated that Fletcher, who is mentioned in Francis' statement, refused to send investigating officers to Louisville to interrogate Francis, and insisted Francis be brought here himself. The move of Hartman, who instituted a mandamus action to force the local authorities to arrest Francis if he was brought here to appear before the grand jury, was communicated to the Louisville police by Fletcher and caused them to refuse to bring him here, because his arrest in Indianapolis might preclude his appearance for trial in Kentucky, where he is charged with burglary and grand larceny. Francis is scheduled to go on trial in Louisville on Oct. 13, and the authorities there are confident of his conviction, because he already has confessed more than twenty burglaries. COULD BE BROUGHT HERE AFTER TRIAL. In the event he is convicted, local authorities point out that he can be brought here to testify before the grand Jury and then returned to Kentucky to aerra his sentence. Prosecutor William P. Evans has Insisted all along that he would proceed with the Investigation into the startling revelations of Francis "regardless of politics,” but it is now apparent that the probe will be conducted without Francis’ statements until he can be brought here in person.

Failing to obtain police cooperation, Mr. Evans has gone to Louisville to look into Francis’ confession himself. The prosecutor made no announcement of his intentions, but it was learned he had gone there to clear tip several mystifying angles of the case. That the investigation actually is under way was demonstrated yesterday when Jennie Corbett, a nurse who was present when Francis' baby was born in Indianapolis, entered the grand juryroom. Hartman has stated that Miss Corbett ! could identify goods taken from his home to the police station as having first been used in the flat occupied by Francis and sent to Hartman's house for storage by Francis. However. Miss Corbett refused to appear at the police station to look over the loot, most of which, the police say. was stolen in Louisville by Francis. She said she acted upon the advice of her attorneys. No explanation has been given by the police or prosecutor as to why Chief I*e Forester of the Louisville detective department was not called before the grand Jury yesterday. De Forester was present when Francis made his confession and has a copy of the signed statement the burglar trade. FLETCHER KEPT CHIEF IN TOW. It was generally expected that when he arrived heye yesterday that he would go before the grand Jury, but Instead he was taken in tow by Inspector Fletcher and evidently the two never parted company during the chief's visit here. De Forester was present at a long-drawn-out conference In police headquar ters attended by Chief of Police Jerry Kinney, Inspector Fltcher, A. L. Taggart. president of the board of public safety; Felix McWhirter, a member of the board of public safety, and Prosecutor Evans. None of the men would make a statement, following the meeting, with the exception of De Forester, who (Continued on Page Two.) TO OPEN OFFICES HERE. The Disabled Veterans Relief Society, Inc., with headquarters in Washington, will open offices in the Lemcke Annex within a short time for the purpose of handling the circulation of the Disabled Veteran's Magazine, the official organ of the society. James Sexton Downs of Indianapolis will have charge of the circulation. James AV. Mellon, president of the society. hnR been, in Indianapolis conferring with Mr. Downs.

This Paper 36 Pages Including 24 Page Industrial Section tievotdd to an exploitation of the made-in-indianapolis Exposition in the Manufacturers’ Building at the Fair Grounds next week.