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Jutfcma Salto (Himes INDIANAFOLIS, INDIANA. Dal y Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stret. Telephones — Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising olLces J Sew York, Boston, Payne. Burns & Smith. Inc. IS Secretary Hughes to be understood as objecting to publicity at the disarmament conference? A STUDY of the candidates might reveal to those women the answer ' to the question of why the men do not go to the polls. MAYOR TEWETT probably wishes to go to Congress so he would have ample opportunity to continue to exercise his speech-making tendencies. THAT “RDOC” to cut the Income tax of the little fellow would meet with the approval of a majority of the voters who are really the "little fellows,” despite the opinion of some to the contrary. Politics or Justice? Unless Judge Anderson orders a special Federal grand jury and otherwise lets It be known that he will not tolerate a half-way investigation, it is altogether likely that Indianapolis will derive no real benefits from the expose of the Francls-Hartman affair which once premised to result In a real clean-up of the law-defying influences in the city. In the same Interview in which he declares that the Federal authorities have not scratched the surface and that he will continue the investigation, Fred Van Nuys, district attorney, points out that there will be no regular Federal grand jury Impaneled for months and that he expects to be out of office before one Is impaneled. In other words, Mr. Van Nuys desires it known that he knows the indictments already returned are not as numerous and do not include as many persons as ought to have been indicted. In effect, he is justifying the failure to go the bottom of the Francis-Hartman affair by explaining that he has accepted as big a task as he can dispose of in the limited period In which he will remain in office. Prosecutor Evans has announced in good faith that he will endeavor to go to the bo'ttom of the disreputable affair through the county grand jury, but even the public faith in the integrity of Mr. Evans will not be sufficient to create belief In his ultimate success. Too many times have the people of this community seen State prosecutions crumble because they were directed against members of the all-powerful political groups who control the county. It is very apparent to the public that Hartman and the few others who have been indicted with him could not have carried out the conspiracies alleged without the assistance of others who have not yet been indicted. It would be folly to attempt to make the public believe that Hartman and Francis stole cars by the wholesale, imported liquor In twenty-five-gallon lots, moved it about Indianapolis and varied operations with burglary, etc., with no more assistance than they obtained from their wives and three others who have no influence In the community. If the Federal investigation Is to he stopped at this point, or even delayed until the advent of another regular grand jury and another district attorney, then it must follow that probably the best opportunity presented In years for Indianapolis to uncover corruption and inefficiency among those the city is compelled to trust will be lost. Several days ago, in these columns, we asked whether only a candidate for office was to be held accountable for law violations. < It seems that in addition to the candidate, his wife, brother and a few others of little consequence are to be held to the law while others equally as culpable escape justice because justice is adjourned to await political changes. Will the time never come In Indianapolis when po 1 clcs will not lie permitted to interfere with the administration of justice, to which wo are entitled and which we so seldom get?

Properly Called The request of the women of the W. C. T. U. for an apology from Albert Stumph when he linked the name of the Republican candidate for mayor with the name of the indicted candidate for police judge was most significant. It ought to be a lesson in tactics as well as manners to the group of political spellbinders who are endeavoring both valiantly and foolishly to carry out an ill-advised campaign program. Frank Frauds’ original confession was withheld from the public, misrepresented and distorted in a desperate effort to make it involve Samuel Dewis Shank. The deception was uncovered and traced to its discreditable soutce. The public has since shown its impatience with the attempt to malign one candidate because of the difficulties of another. Mr. Shank and the other Republican candidates have disavowed Hartman. ,/ Continuous efforts to link Mr. Shank with Hartman’s conduct are not only disreputable bat they are damaging to the candidacy of Mr. Shank’s Opponent The ladies at the W. C. T. U. meeting had a right to expect more courtesy and better judgment from a representative of the Democratic candidate for mayor. They were quick to sense the impropriety of bis words and entirely within their rights in demanding an apology. The Democratic ticket certainly has been favored with a tremendous advantage in the contrast between its candidate for police judge and the candidate of the Republicans. That advantage, ho'wever, will shortly be overcome by the Republicans If Democratic speakers Join a discredited newspaper in an attempt to preach that because one candidate has been indicted, the whole Republican ticket Is corrupt Voters are not so devoid of decency that they do not resent obvious slander and sympathize with a man who Is unjustly assailed. Those persons who are continuing to refer to the “Shank-Hartman” campaign are not helping. Mr. Ralston win votes. They are Insulting the intelligence of the people of Indianapolis. Mr. Shank is making this race for mayor on his own personality. The fortunes of the candidate for judge are in no way linked with him. The disreputable effort to strike at him over the shoulders of Hartman should not be counted against Mr. Ralston, whose fine sense of fair play has prevented him from participating in the slanderous effort. Certainly, Democratic speakers should have the decency to refrain from l&uch nefarious tactics. In Due Form A recent decision of the Supreme Court wherein the conviction of a bootlegger was set aside because the word “or” was used instead of “and” In the indictment, would seem at first thought unconscionable, but upon Analysis It appears to rest upon good logic and of course, like everything legal, on precedent. The statute which was infracted reads "or,” forbidding one to possess liquor to sell, barter, give away or use, and generally a crime may be charged in the wording of the law, but the court holds that to so do in this case would state the commission of a crime with such uncertainty that the rights of the accused might be prejudiced. It seems that by certain exceptions possession for use would not be illegal under the statute, so the prisoner might be indicted for the alleged crime of having liquor for legitimate use, if such a circumstance could be imagined. A few years ago considerable criticism arose over the release of a person convicted of murder because of the technical omission of the word “the.” Every one but Missouri’s Supreme Court thought this was carrying matters too far, but upon receiving further light public opinion now rests with the court. The average citizen dislikes resort to such subterfuges to defeat justice and was not slow, at the time, in condemning this decision. The Constitution prescribed the words to be used in charging a crime and these necessarily ended jvith the statement that all was contrary to the laws of “the State of Missouri.” The writing omitted in this case the article as set out, so it did not follow tha Constitution. The State must necessarily proceed as outlined in the Constitution and it cannot take away any Tights granted a citizen. Among these is the right to be charged with a crime according to the Constitution. So the murderer went free. The enforcement of law is always In favor of the accused and no right Os the citizen should be taken from him, however guilty. So the use of the word “or” for “and,” or the omission of the little article really does become important. If courts could disregard one of the constitutional requirements with impunity, they could others, and in the end none would be regarded as worthy of respect. The remedy for such miscarriages of justice is obviously the application to public prosecutions of such care and efficiency as is demanded every day in nr . ;.tc business of vastly less importance.

‘NO WOMAN KNOWS ’ ATTEMPTS TO BE A ‘HUMORESQUE’ Meighan Is Now a Lovin’ Haptain—Kipling Is Now a Movie Writer

It seems they have attempted to make “Ni Woman Knows” another “Humoresque,” but there will be only one ‘•Humoresque.’’ The theme of “No Woman Knows” and “Humoresque” are similar to a certain extent —the similarity being that both pictures attempt to reflect certain phases of life In a Hebrew family. “Humoresque was an over night sensation and i f made Vera Gordon equally famous. G r a*c e Marvin plays the Molly Brandeis, although she is Woman Knows.” “No W oman Knows.” Miss Marvin Mabel Julienne Scott, does not strike the reSptmslve chord. in one’s heart as Vera Gordon did but Miss Marvin by her natural acting and sincere as well as careful character work has made herself secure on the movie screen in a certain type of a mother role. Personally, I am very fond of the first part If this movie—that devoted to the struggle of Molly Brandeis to supply fdnds for her son Theodore Brandeis to become a great violinist. Fannie Brandels aids her mother In the great hope that some day Theodore will be famous and will be able to repay them for their great sacrifices. Theodore is sent to Dresden to become a “great” violinist, but instead of becoming that he marries a fickle, pleasure loving girl. When Molly learns of this. It breaks her heart and she dies. The scenes leading up to the final sacri-

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flee are beautifully done by Miss Marvin and at times one detects the spark of a real genius. The second part of the movie Is devoted to the struggle of Fannie to make a success In a big mall order house in Chicago. She becomes a success because the firm's manager looks with much pleasure upon Fannie's beauty. Theodore returns to his sister after his wife leaves him. He brings with him his baby daughter. Fannie becomes a mother to them both. This gives Fencer, the manuptr of the firm, a chance to aid Fannie and makes It possible to give Theodore and his fiddle a chance to appear In a concert . Theodore makes a success, but in the Interval of signing contracts his wife cables him to return home and the poor weakling trots off to meet her without signing the contracts. Fannie decides to have a gay time with the firm’s manager, who Is a married man. She realizes the mistake before It Is too late. She decides to marry a nice chap by the camt of Heyl. The ending of this picture Is weak and unconvincing to me, but the audience found much to enjoy in It yesterday afternoon at the Ohio. The first half of the movie reflects some splendid and natural acting. The picture is full of tears and the sub titles furnish most of the laughs. At the Ohio all week.—W. D. H. . -|. -|. -|. RTEYFARD KIPLING TURNS HIS BOOK INTO A MOVIE. Some years ago, Rudvard Kipling wrote a novel which he called “Without Benefit of Clergy” and as nsnal Mr. Kipling appealed to a limited class of readers. Since Its publication, the fame of Kipling has Increased to that satisfying extent that both putilishers and movie producers realize that his name carries weight. So. Mr Kipling was engaged to put Into movie form his own story, “Without Benefit of Clergy.” Mr .Kipling made bis entrance Into the mcrie field about the same time that Sir Jt ics Barrie and Elinor Glyn fell nndcr the spell of the movies. Kipling Is essentially a thinker—-a thinker of big thoughts. Barrie is a dreamer. Glyn tantalizes the emotions Os course Kipling would be expected to write a deep theme, that he has done In this story. Briefly It concerns an English engineer who goes to India and there he falls under the spell cf a little Hindu

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girl. Ho steps over the color line and they are “married” without the benefit of clergy. They substituted tho church ceremony with a ring and a string of flowers. A great love follows A child comes. This is great happiness. Then cholera spreads over tho country. The plague claims tbe baby and the Hindu bride refusi g to leave her husband. Khe, too, is a victim. This destroys the paradise of the English engineer und his Hindu bride. Kipling's story of course lends Itself to movie adaption because the producer is able to depict the strange customs and tbe weird mannerisms of ttie natives. In that the producer has been successful. John Holden Is adequate In the role of tbe engineer and appears to understand tbe viewpoint of the author. Virginia Brown Falro undoubtedly is the best of the cast as Ameera, tlie Hindu girl. She make* the most of the death scene. The average movie goer probably wtll not be lured to the Alhambra this week

by the name of Kipling because there are many who are unacquainted with this author but those who read Kipling will find much to enjoy In “Without Benefit of Clergy.” The Kipling movie remains on view all week at the Alhambra. -|. -I- -1TOM MKIGHAN APPEARS IN A GOOD NATURED YARN. Thomas Melghaus latest movie is a good uatured yarn called “Cappy Ricks,” a story of the sea. - The outstand- ,■ - Jfc w, ; features of this fxE fear niovl* are the two f Meighan and his j wW ability to make ‘ love to the daugh- ; A ? ter of his fussy i j| *" . old boss. I dfr “Cappy Ricks" Is a cute little -it story about Matt ..... ' Beasley, played t' V. P' N by Melghan, who \ f \is reared near the \ '< J ocean and who A f, naturally becomes *\ V At a sailor on a sall- . AVi lug vessel owned , , .. by Cappy Ricks of San Francisco. ■ The first time Tom Meighan. that Beasley sat eyes on fussy old Cappy Ricks It was on the gang plank of Ricks' own boat, but I’easley, not knowing It. picks up Cappy and gently places him to one side. Beasley, by chance, meets Cappy's daughter, a pretty society girl, who Is selling hearts to Increase the fund for benefit of the sailors. She manages to sell I’easley one of the hearts and he spends his last fifty cents for it. As he Is leaving her, she Is attacked by two rough characters who snatch her purse. Os course he rescues the purse, but not until he Is knocked unconscious and carted off to a hospital. The love bee gets busy and stings Beasley. The comedy element of the picture Is afforded when Beasley sets out for a long trip In the sailing boat. The captain Is kill*'J (that U not comedy) and Beasley is selected by the captain to take his place. When Cappy Ricks receives word in San Francisco that his captain is dead he refuses to confirm the appointment of' Beasley as captain. Beasley cables back that If Ricks sends another captain he

will give the new captain an awful beating. Cappy JUcbs being a fri:-Uy old chnr-aetr-r engages tho biggest captain ho can find, but Beasley gives tbe new captain a terrible beetlng. Beasley brings tho boat back to San Francisco, much to tho disgust of Cappy Kicks. Beasley at last gets into good graces of Cappy when he rescues Cappy and his daughter from a sinking boat. This sceno is fairly well one doubts if tho storm is half as dangerous as it looks. Os course flu-re Is a happy ending because Beasley marries Cappy's (laughter. This movlo is light, but pleasing entertainment. Meighan has one of those Jolly roles in which he has plenty of opportunities to fight and smile several of his best smiles. I raflier have the hunch that you will find much to enjoy In this new Meighan picture. The Circle this week also is offering

Lloyd Hamilton In “Tho Vagrant,” a comedy. Rudolf Kafka, director of the Circle orchestra, Is playing a violin solo this week as a special number on tha program. -I- -!- -1“THREE MUSKETEERS” NOW IN SECOND WEEK. Douglas Fairbanks In “The Three Musketeers” Is In tfee secoud and last week of Its engagement at Loew’s State. It Is not necessary for this department to go Into detail regarding this movie, because it has been handled at length. This Fairbanks picture Is one of the movie events of the year and takes first place among American produced picture*. Not to be missed by those who enjoy the real thing on the screen.

BILL PASSES ’EM ALL UP. PLAYS THREE ROLES IN ONE MOVIE. Nowadays it is the fad for movie players to play two roles In the same movie. Chaplin did It In “The idle Class.” Now BUI Hart comes along and plays three roles In “Three Word Brand.” This movie Is of the brand that fits Hart like a glove fits the hand. He starts out as forty-niner who goes West with his wife and two children, twins. The wife dies during the Journey. Hart and the twins proceed and suddenly some blood-thirsty Indians appear. Hart sends the twins to a place of safety. Bill then stages a real fight against the Indians and after he had dispatched some of the crew onto the long, long trail. Hart fires a shot Into a can of powder, which explodes and causes his death. The boys are rescued and taken to an orphanage. We didn’t know that orphanages existed in those days, but somehow or other, Hart makes us believe It. The boys grow up, although fate had separated them. One grows up and becomes a Governor of a State and the other one becomes a partner In a ranch. And here Is good news—Hart plays both roles. On the ranch. Hart Is known as “Three Word Brand.” Os course there is a love story running through this part of the story. A number of complications follow. One of the complications is that the brother of Hart's sweetheart Is accused falsely of murder. The other theme is that the Legislature Is trying put thro'ugh a crooked deal which would cause Hart and his partner to give up their ranch. Hart as “Three Word Brand” sends his guide to take the Governor on an Inspection trip. This enables Brand to go to the eapltol and Impersonate the Governor and he pardons the brother of his sweetheart and also refuses to sign the papers which would have deprived Brand of his ranch. Brand hustens back to the ranch In time to save the life of the Governor. Happy ending. It sounds like a regular Hart picture. It Is. At the Isis all week.

AT THE COLONIAL. Doris May In "The Foolish Age” and Clyde Cook In “The Toreador." a comedy, make np the Current bill at the Colonial. The American Harmonists and the Liberty Sextette furnish the music. -I- -I- -I----AT THE REGENT. William Fairbanks is the chief offering at the Regent this week In “Montana BUI,” a Western story. The picture is full of Western stunts, such as that done, by trick ropers and fast riders. / -!- -I- -I----OX VIEW TODAY. De Wolf Hopper and Francis Wilson open their engagement at English's tonight In “KrmtnlatC The Murat for the first half of the week Is offering Mr. Guy Bates Post in “The Masquerader." On Friday night olga Petrova opens at the Murat in “The White Peacock" for a two day engagement. “Young America" Is the headliner at B. F. Keith's this week. The l.yrtc Is featuring an Illusion act In which a woman Is “cut" into pieces. The Rialto Is offering eight acts of family vaudeville. Jack Reid and his “Record Breakers” are on view at tho I’ark all week. -I* -I- -IC ON TURNING “SOME WILD OATS." It Is th writer's opinion that pictures of the nature of “Some Wild Oats” does not come under the head of entertainment. Such pictures seldom conform wirh dramatic standards and their excuse for existence 1* ihat it Is propaganda against the social evil. "Some Wild Oats" opened an engagement at the Broadway yesterday. It is not being shown to mixed audiences Certain days have been alloted to men and others to women. , Men who have been In the Army and Navy are familiar with certain parts of the movie which concerns the evil e’ffeets of socln! diseases. The most valuable part of tilts movie Is the appeal to keep young men away from “quack" doctors.

FLAPPER IDEAS LENGTHEN LIST OF DELINQUENTS Kf.'vV YORK, Oct. 17. —The growth of the modern “flapper" Idea, since the war. the bobbing of the hair and the “parking” of corsets In cloakrooms at dances, has led to a startling Increase In the number of delinquent cases brought to the New Tork children's court, according to Bernard J. Fagin, probation officer, “True, bobbed hair does not affect thp morals of a girl,” said Mr. Fagin. “But the folks at homo are unable to understand this modern idea and the first disagreement In the home usually results In disruption and the girl starts on her downward path. “Girls are not really worse than boys,” continued Mr. Fagin. “but when we get them they usually have departed farther from the straight and narrow than has the boy when he 1s brought to ns. A hoy's Mlsorderly net 1 usually spontaneous, dare or something like that. A girl's net Is planned, timed and dated.” Mr. Fagin has not noticed any shifting In the delinquent figures, which would lead him to believe that the boys are getting hotter and the girls are getting worse, a fact reported from Chicago. Boy dellnqnerits still outnumber of girl delinquents to a startling degree. According to the probation officer's report last year, 43 per cent of the juvenile delinquents were boys and only 2 per cent were girls.

Leaders Express Hope for Results in Arms Parley * Few Predict Success or Failure for International Conference.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.—A hope that the International conference next mouth will rid the world of the evils of competitive armament, rather than a conviction that It will, prevails among a majority of people, according to a symposium of views obtained today. Few cared to predict flatly that the conference will be a success or a failure, but without exception those whose views were sought voiced a hope that it will accomplish lasting good. A majority of opinions expressed cams from Senator* and Representatives who. theoretically at least, speak for their constituencies. WasMimgtosii Briefs Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Bublio Ledger. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.—Except for the high regard in which the President and Secretary Hughes hold his services at the State Department, Henry I’. Fletcher unquestionably would command influential support for the Pennsylvania Henatorship vacated by the death of Mr. Knox. The Undersecretary of State geographically and politically la sound—he halls from Chambersburg, which is neither eastern nor western, but central Pennsylvania. and his organization Republicanism, Is rock ribbed. Mr. Fletcher was much admired by Senator Knox and enjoys, too. the esteem of Senator Penrose. Both Pennsylvania Senators heartily indorsed Mr. Harding's desire to give Mr. Fletcher a high place in the Admin stration. His friends believe the Undersecretary is bound to be a factor in the election of Senator Knox's successor, no matter who temporarily obtains the seat. At present Mr. Fletcher's thought, time and energies are concentrated on the Important duties with which Secretary nughes likes to entrust him, particularly those concerned with the urmament conference.

Announcement is momentarily expected of the appointment of a “publicity director" for the Conference on Limitation of Armaments. The hope of the newspaper fraternity In Washington is that he will prove to tea man of prhetical Journalistic experience, with something more than bureaucratic Interests In giving the American press real news of the transcendent events about to develop on the Potomac. The frankness with which Secretary nughes and his staff at the State Department hitherto have dealt with the conference situation jnstlties tie hope that the official presently to be named will be worthy of his job and title. There was no more Interested spectator than Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, In the vast throng that watched the middle*- sink the tiger at the Annapolis-Princton football game on Saturday. Mr. Denby himself In the late nineties was a football star of the first magnitude, when he was the husky center of the University of Michigan team. The secretary Is of gridiron proportions. with height of 6 feet 3 inches and 230 pounds of avoirdupois. Mr. Denby rooted right royally as the Navy broadsided the Princeton line, ably seconded in his enthusiasms by Jounty Admiral Wilson, superintendent of the academy, and grim Admiral Cooutz, chief of operations. Senators Poindexter and Halo of the Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate, were on hand, too, and Captain. Bailey. R. N., British naval attaolie. attended his first American football game. It was a joyous day at Annu polls. There will bo an Imposing grand entrance to the Department of State during tho armament conference. On the southern exposure of the State. War and Navy Building—ancient example of the Mansard Roof School of American Architicture —there always has been a broad set of granite steps leading directly to the State Department wing. For eight or ten years they have been In disuse, They now are to be restored. In a Utilitarian sene, because they look out directly upon Potomac Park and Seventeenth street, with the Pan-American building, scene of the conference, li the foreground three or four hundred yards away. A wag suggests the efeps are steep enough to render breathless any prime minister or eonferenee-deiegnte who gt'es to the State Department In argumentative or combative mood. • * • John C. Ferguson, for many years an American adviser to the Chinese government, has arrived In Washington from Peking to serve In that capacity at the conference on Far Easter : affairs. Robert Lansing will head the formidable array of American counselors at the oiuinand of the Chinese delegation. For residential and social representation purposes, China has leased one of the Impressive private homes of Washington, the residence of Mrs Francis Moran, in the Sheridnn-Circle quarter of Massachusetts avenue. The Chinese headquarters, which Just around the corner from the Woodrow Wilson home, contains fifty rooms, twelve baths, and a ballroom capable of seating (100 persons at a state dinner. Twenty of the leudlrtg members of the Chinese delegation will live there. Postmaster General nays Is wearing the middle finger of his right hand in a bandage. It Is a casualty resultant from last week’s handshaking with the first, second, third and four class postmasters, and their sisters and their cousins and their aunts, who were in convention In Washington. President Haring has learned how to avoid gladhand paralysis by grabbing the outstretched palm before the visitor has a chance to turn the trick. Vice President Coolidge. while Governor of Massachusetts. and during the 1320 national campaign. carried a supply of surgical tape for use on super-handshaking occasions. -—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

Some of the views were expressed a* ; follows: i Senator William E. Borah, Republican, Idaho—“ Public opinion, well organized and directed, Is an indispensable element to the success of tho conference. It cannot ; be too strong nor too Insistent. I believe If ■ the people of the respective nations should cense to he active and earnest and insistent that the conference will accomplish little If anything. This is pa.cularinrly a hope grounded on the hopes | and aspirations of the masses.” Representative Thomas Butler, Repnbl llcan, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania—“ The delegates will meet to agree not to disagree. It will be a success. There will be an agreement for limitation of armaments, not disarmament. There will be a cessation of the armament race, a limitation based on future building.” i Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, : California—“One thing makes possible real accomplishment and that Is the en- ; titled public opinion of the world. There ! is but one way In which the world publla I opinion can operate and that Is by public'.! y. Secret diplomacy will control secret sessions. Rulers are skeptical and cynical. Rulers will win In the dark; peoples In the open.” Representative A. Oldfield, Democrat, Arkansas-—"I don’t expect anything te ' come out of the armament conference. How can we expect anything to come out of It when President Harding is warning the people constantly not to expect too much to come out of It.” PACIFIC PROBLEM HOLDS KEY. Ida M. Tarbell of New York, member of National Unemployment Conference — ; “Ts the Pacific problem Is settled, limits* ' tlon of armament or complete disarmament, will follow logically. The conference should not thin* its work accomplished until It has set up a permanent j agency to prevent war." ♦Senator F. M. Simmons. Democrat, North Carolina —-"In my Judgment, It will end in failure If any attempt s made to lay down a fixed principle for llmita* tlon of armament, or to effect a horizontal reduction of armament. The | reads of nations must be taken Into consideration. The United States, Great I Britain and Japan require more naval armament than others for self protection alone. The English are dependent, for Instance, upon freedom of the seas j for their food, for their very existence." Senator James A. Reed, Democrat. Missouri—"l don't know what will happen ; at the conference."

Senator Miles Poindexter, Republican, Washington, ranking member of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee: “The conference will do thl* at least! It will find out whether Greet Britain prefers her alliance with Japan to cordial relations with the United States. It will also find out Japan’s minimum demands in the Pacific. I fhlnk the conference will find seme basis for limiting armament which will leave the United States equal to any other nation In naval power.” Representative Steenerson. Republican, Minnesota: “The conference will put an end to the present race for naval and military supremacy. I do not know that It can bring about a reduction In the size of the French army or the British navy.” LABOR FOR LIMITATION. Matthew WolL rice president American Ftderation of Labor: "I believe settlement of the Far Eastern questions will be followed by limitation of armament. Labor is for It." Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah: "I hope and trust that all that President Harding anticipates for the conference will come out of it.” Senator Medlll McCormick, Republican, Illinois —“We shall be fortunate If first vre can eliminate the principal causes for friction in tlie Pacific; second, secure some diminution of the conscript armies In Europe and Asia, and third, achieve a substantial reduction of naval building programs of the three principal powers. Senator Knute Nelson, Republican, Minnesota —"If the conference accomplishes even a partial reduction of the billions spent on armament, It will have accomplished much. We can only hope." Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin —"I do not anticipate any Immediate results limitation of land armament but It will be little short of an International crimo ts an agreement Is not reached on limitation of naval armament that will preve’.t future rivalry.” Senator Harry S. ‘New. Republican, Indiana—“lf it does co more than to provide a limitation cf armament and to limit nation: to (heir present state of armament, a great forward step will have been taken.” Senator E. F. I.add, non-partisan Republican, North Dakota —“I am afraid the conference Is going to deal largely with the problems of the Pacific and unless public opinion forces it to do other-, wise, It Is likeiy to leave the armamenlj question as a m’lnor Issue when U ought to be tbe greatest one.” Ellen Johnson, Long Time Resident, Dies Mrs. Ellen Johnson, 73, (lied at her home, 400 Prospect street, at 1 :40 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Johnson came to Indianapolis in 1575 from New York ytate. She was born at Ogdensberg. N. Y. The husband. James C. Johnson, ami two children, Mrs. Nellie S. Layton, and William T. Johnson, survive. Funeral services will be held at the home at ! o’clock tomorrow morning. MOON IN ECLIPSE. There was a spot on the moon last night, but assurance is given that it wrs u t a permanent blemish —that it merely was a part of the shadow of the earth. Indianapolis was not among the spectators of *be entire show. It seems, seeing only the last part of the eclipse. "LEOPARD MEN” HANGED. LONDON, Oct. 17.—Two “leopard men," members of a band of cannibals, were hanged at Stanleyville, Belglnn Congo, for murder. The “leopard men” wear claws made of iron to spread the belief their victims were torn by wild beasts.

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