Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1921 — Page 1

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CONGRESSMAN HENRY D. FLOOD DIES

‘MONROE DOCTRINE OF FAR EAST,’ BACKED BY 9 NATIONS, TAKES FORM AT WASHINGTON

MONEY ISSUE AGAIN FORGES TO THE FRONT * World Interest Centers on Question of German Settlement. OPINIONS DIVIDED Some Believe Defeated Nation Is Playing for Sympathy. Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By COL. EDWARD M. HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Dec. B. There are many indications, both in Washington and in Europe, that the economic and financial issues again are forging to the front. They never can remain in the background so long as they are in their present shattered condition, for every now and then something acute arises which drives them to the fore. The time is drawing near for Germany to make her nest cash payment on reparations, and there is a wide difference of opinion regarding her ability to do so. The reparations commission recently has reminded the German government that heavy Installments are due in January ksnd February, and this is taken by some mean that the commission, after care ful inquiry, believes it is possible not onty for Germany to make the payment, tut that in making it the finances of Europe will not be disturbed unduly. PAYMENT WOULD sqieeze Allies. There are others, however, who believe that the commission was issuing merely a formal demand in keeping tvl h its obligations under the Versailles treaty and that the commission knows it will be more harmful to the allies to have Germany make this next cash payment than to postj>one it. Germany's answer is said to be a request for a moratorium: and this in itself is causing heated discussion in London, Paris and lierlin. It is interesting to compare recent cable dispatches from these capitals and find what reaction such a proposal makes. Norman Baxter finds the British public skeptical, but, on the whole, willing to accept whatever seems best. He says: "Economists and Thinkers are almost unanimous in taking the view that Germany can not pay,” and he quotes Garvin as saying in the Observer: “The only right course in the commercial and democratic interests of this country is to reduce trenchantly, once and for ail, the total indemnities and, with that, the annual installments." This opinion has weight, because the Observer has an excellent approach to Lloyd George, who in himself comes as near l>eing the Brit(Continued on Page Thirteen.)

EYE-WITNESS PUT ON STAND |\Voman Says She Heard Man Say He ‘Had Got’ Kennedy. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dee. B.—An eye witness to the slaying of J. Belton Kennedy was prodneed at the trial of Arthur C. Burch today. The witness was Mrs. Elizabeth Besanty, who testified she saw the shot fired and heard a man's voice, say. “I’ve got him.’’ Mrs. Besanty said that a woman's voice. presumably Mrs. Obenehains cried: -Belton, please answer me. Oh. what shall I do?” Mrs. Besanty said she saw the shot flash from the exact spot where the prosecution claims Burch hid. Her testimony was a surprise. Big Four to Vacate Bozart Crossing The Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis Railroad was authorized to discontinue the Bozart avenue grade crossing by the public service commission today. Th commission approved the petition of the Marion County board of cornmiss.oners to Improve the Droxei avenue crossing. The county commissioners pension said that the Bozart avenue crossing shou'd be discontinued because of the excessive amount of money which it would take to improve the crossing, ami ihat the Drexel avenue crossing would cot be covered with water as the Bozar avenue now is in rainy weather.

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British and Japs Promise Definite Word by Saturday Message From Tokio Said to Contain Authority for Delegates to Proceed* WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—The Japanese delegation to the armament conference has received a reply from the Tokio government on the American proposals for naval disarmament and upon the naval ratio proposed by this Government, it was stated this afternoon by a member of the American delegation. The reply is understood to be incomplete and, although it has not been communicated to the delegates to the conference, it is understood the delegates have been Informally advised that the reply is nearly ready for submission. By GEORGE R. HOLMES. WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—The period of uncertainty and suspense in which conference activities have languished for some days will be ended by Saturday, it was stated in British and Japanese quarters this forenoon. A long dispatch was received at Japanese headquarters here today from Tokio and, it was authoritatively stated, it contained permission for the Tokio delegates to proceed with the proposed Pacific agreement, provided there is a satisfactory adjustment with regard to fortifications.

The dispatch, it was stated, did not contain instructions regarding the naval ratio, although these are expected later. A British spokesman said Japan has ‘'unofficially" apprised the conference powers here of her acceptance of the 5-5-3 naval ratio and her willingness to enter into an agreement designed to keep the peace of the Pacific. At Japanese headquarters it was asserted no “official” instructions had been received from Tokio, although the “trend of opinion - ' as received from Tokio was very favorable to Japan's acceptance." In American official circles there is

Rescue 45 Men Trapped on Disabled Submarine for More Than 12 Hours

WA&HINGTON. Dee. B.—An open manhole was responsible for the sinking of the submarine 8-48. according to a report to the Navy Department from the superintending construe ting officer at the submarine plant. The accident is said to have occurred during a quick dive, the open hole permitting water to flood the engine room. NEW YORK, Bee. B.—Forty-five men. Including two officers and three men of the United States Navy, were rescued from the submarine S-4S after it had nose-dived, leaving only its stern and one torpedo tube protruding above the water, a few miles off Bridgeport early today. The men were brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the Standard Oil tanker “Socony 28.” The men had been trapped aboard the submarine more than twelve hours. The submarine, built by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, was undergoing a test prior to its acceptance by the United States Navy. The chief naval officer aboard was Lieutenant Commander Stanley Haas, who returned to Bridgeport, leaving only three United States naval men at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital to be treated for poisoning from chlorine fumes. The rest of the crew went back lo Bridgeport. "If the water had been deeper, it was only sixty feet where we went down, we never would have escaped,” said one of the rescued men. "Had it not l>een for the torpedo tube we surely would have been overcome by chlorine gas. Salt water came In. flooded

Attorney General Daugherty Points Out Flaws in Federal Laws and Offers Suggestions

WASHINGTON, Bee. B.—Nine specific legislative recommendations designed to amove defects in existing Federal statutes were brought to the attention of Congress today in the first annual report of Attorney General Baugherty. 1 he report also contained a complete review of the work of the Bepartment of Justice for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1921. The attorney general’s recommendations for legislation were: 1. Making it a crime to kill a Federal officer while engaged in executing a process. 2. Authorizing the presence of stenographers at grand jury sessions. 3. A statute providing punishment for a single person who defrauds or attemrts to defraud the Fnited States 4. Making it criminal to attempt to et mrait a crime against the United Stv\ces. 5. Making it unlawful to send threatening letters through the mail. 6. A statute to authorize liquidation of claims for damages to vessels during the war. 7. Au horizatton of the appointment of eighteen additional Federal judges to relieve congestion in Federal courts. 8. Extension of the statute of Bn Ration in prosecutions under bankruptcy laws from one to three years. 9. A law to permit appeal direct to the court of customs appeals on questions of law involved In decisions on appeals to re-appraisement of importations. In discussing the Administration of the trading with the enemy act, the Attorney General called attention to the provision of the peace treaty with Germany, which

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only silence regarding the developments in this aspect of the conference. The i time is not yet propitious, according to ; Secretary of State Hughes, for the pub- ; lie to be apprised of what has been ac- | complished. Despite the puzzling reticence or ! American officials, it is taken for granted 1 ttiat some form of an agreement to ! govern future policies in the Pacific will be reached. In reply to questioners, ! American spokesmen point out that this I was one of the objects which President Harding had in mind when be railed the (Continued on Puge Six.)

the battery, causing chlorine gas. \v e scooped up the water in tin cups and baled it to the opening of the torpedo tube and then shut off such compartments leading to the batteries as best we could.” The accident occurred Wednesday about 10:30 a in. The men were requested not to discuss what might have caused the accident, but told to refer requests for information to Commander Haas or Mr. Austin, who represented tiie power department of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company. Wisconsin (lonernor Demands That Hays Surrender Marine .MADISON. AVIs., Dee. B.—ln a letter to rostmaster General Will Hays today Governor Itiaine demanded the surrender to the Wisconsin authorities of the marine who shot a man at Green Boy two weeks ago while guarding a mall car ■ tec illations whereby the judgment of Individuals would he suhstituted for Government hy laws, Blaine declared, are contrary to the policy of the State. "The mere expression of regret that an imi's-ent persons Is Injured, does not satisfy the law of the State,” Governor Blaine said.

Crime to ‘Assault or Wound ’ Officer , but Not to Kill Him WASHINGTON, Bee. B.—Attorney General Daughterty again called to the attention of Congress today that jtlthougb it Is illegal to “assault or wound” a Federal officer while he is serving a process, it is not a crime to kill an officer under the same circumstances. This anamalous situation in the Federal code was revealed in the second paragraph of the Attorney General’s report to Congress in ihe following terms: "Section 140 of the criminal codu should he amended, making it a crime to kill an officer of the United States in the circumstances described in that sect ion. I nder 140 of the Federal penal. rode. It is a crime to assault, beat or wound an officer of the United States engaged in serving or exeent ing a process, bnt there is no Federal law making it a crime to kill nil officer under such circumstances. Legislation along this line again is, reooni mended." provides that the property of enemies is to he held until American claims are satisfied. “The rights of our citizens,” Baugherty declared, “should be safeguarded and the action of Great Britain and our allies emulated in such way that there should be retention of enemy property until satisfactory and reliable arrangements be made for the protection of the property claims of American citizens. It is needless to say that the course of further litigation is uncertain nt this time, pending further action of Cousresa.” 1

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921.

PRECISE FORM ONLY REMAINS TO BE FOUND Britain Submits Draft and Japanese Another. CHINA STRESSED Attitude of Nippon Only Possible Rift in the Lute. Spe< lal to Indif-na l>aily Ttmen ami Philadelphia Public By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, Dec. B—A "Monroe Doctrine for the Far East,’’ backed and sanctified by the united honor of the nine nations at the Washington conference, will he the substance, if not the form, of the agreement now undergoing final consideration. It will not be an alliance. It will not be an entente, in the commonly accepted meaning of that term. It will not be a treaty requiring signatures of governments and ratifications of parliament. It will be what Is known in diplomacy as an “Identic Declaration.” In all probability, its official and historic title will be “The Declaration of Washington.” It can he std on the highest authority that the decision to epitomize and s.vtn bolize the work of the conference on Far Eastern anil Pacific questions la the form nf a "declaration" already exists In principle. Tin* precise formula remains to be found. The British delegation ha* submitted the draft of one formula. Japan has tendered another. The United States and other powers are believed to have suggestions of their own. nrtoAii rt rpose OF DECLARATION. In broad effect, the purpose of the "Declaration of Washington" will lie tua!ly identical with tin* purpose of the Monroe Doctrine. Its object will Into preserve the political and territorial status quo in the Far East in general, anil In China In particular. Its aim will be to make the Orient as immune front attack and dismemberment as the Monroe Doctrine since 1823 has made the two Americas. In the case of Monroeism, It Is the might of the United states that gives it bone and sinew. In the case (Continued on Pago Six.) White, Green and Gold Flag for New State m HI.IN, Doc. B—The flag of the Irish Free Slate will be a tri-color with throe bars, ono white, one green and the other gold, it was decided today. CABRERA OCT AGAIN. , WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—Estrada &i----brera, former president of Guatemala, w’ho was Imprisoned a year ago by the government overthrown on Doc. 6, now is free, advices here today stnted.

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Former Soldier Swears He Saw Dozen Americans Hung

WASHINGTON, Bee. 8 4 —The affidavit of a Philadelphia ex-service man who swore he saw twelve American private soldiers hanged while he was a member of the military police nt Is-Sur-Tille, France, in 1919, was submitted today by Senator Watson, Bemocrat of Georgia, to the Senate committee investigating his charges that Americ n soldiers were hanged and shot without trial overseas during the war. The affidavit, sworn to by George H. Taylor of 2737 South Beulah street. Philadelphia, was one of a large number of letters, telegrams and other documents Watson presented in support of his charges. Taylor averred that when he left Is-Sur-Tille he understood several more American soldiers were to be hanged. , “All of the condemned men were executed in uniform,” Taylor swore. “I do not know whether they were all condemned by courts-martial or tint.” It was at Is-Sur-Tille that several negro soldiers wire hanged for attacks on French girls, the War Department admitted recently. “On April 25, 1919, I saw two negro soldiers and a white sergeant hanged,” Taylor added. “The sergeant was tried by a French courtinartinl on Wednesday, April 23. 1919, on a charge of rape, was found guilty and hanged on the following Friday.” Taylor further alleged that the condemned white sergeant told him the girl he was charged with attacking

37 MAKE PLEA OF GUILTY IN MUNCIE CASE Fate of Four Holding Out With Federal Jury. MORE LIGHT SHED Police Captain Tells of Instructions From ‘Higher Ups.’ BULLETIN, ( \ jury In Federal Court this afternoon found all of the remaining Monrle defendants, L. Scott, Timothy S. Owens, Maggie Lumpkins and Carrie Brown, guilty of violating the liquor laws. The cases of the four Muncle defendants still holding mil on pleas of i not guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the Federal prohibition laws, were in the hands of a jury in Federal Court this af*ernoon. These four are Timothy S. Owens, justice of the peace; L. Scott, negro policeman; Maggie Lampkins and Carrie Brown, negresses, said lo be operators of blind tigers. As had been expected there was a general stampede of defendants to change their pleas when court convened today, with the result that George Fox. night | captain of police: Ora V. Pogue, private detective; John Sullivan, said to be the proprietor of six blind tigers in Muncle. and Maggie Logan, said to he a blind tiger operator, entered pleas of guilty. With their change of front thirty seven of those Indicted have pleaded guilty. The ease against Thoiuaa V. Miller, attorney, who has been of great assistance to the Government since the case opened yesterday, was nolle*! by Frederick Van Nuys, United States district attorney, at j the completion of the State's case. Pogue and Captain Fox, after changing their pleas, took the stand for the Government and materially strengthened its I case. The defendants who took the stand In their own behalf did little more than enter a general denial of charges against them. The long distance, nonstop. Fed era| Court testimony record was established by Justice of the Pence Owens. \\ hen he took the stand he started on c long drawn out story and neither his own > counsel or the court could make him state his answers briefly and to the point. In general, he denied all charges against him, especially that he ever had received | any graft. However, he admitted making i use of “kangaroo court" methods in handling cases at ail hours of the day or : night in private homes and elsewhere. | The name of Clarence Benedum. prosecuting attorney of Delaware County, j was brought Into the case prominently by Matthew Barry, taxi driver, who is (Continued on Page Two.)

RIOTING BREAKS OUT AFRESH IN CHICAGO YARDS Mob Storms ‘l/ Train Taking Men to Work in Packing Hrtuses. WASHINGTON, Dee. B.—The Labor Department today decided to intervene in the strike of packing house employes at Chicago. Two representatives of the bureau of conciliation. Commissioners Nelson anil Mnrrhmnn have been ordered to confer “Informally” with the strikers and the pack ts tomorrow In Chicago in the hope of Inducing them to settle questions Involved and end rioting and other hostilities. CHICAGO, Bee. B.—Rioting broke out afresh in the stockyards strike here today. Forty men on their way to work in the yards were injured when a mob climbed the elevated railway structure at Fortieth and Wallace streets and hurled bricks (Continued on Page Two.)

had of her own volition come to his bed after he had retired and gone to sleep, and had awakened him. He denied he had attacked her and declared she had accepted money from him, Taylor said. “Bo you believe American soldiers were executed when they were innocent?” asked Senator Brmulegee, Republican, Connecticut, the committee chairman. “I do, i ll show that,” W'atson answered. Watson was the first witness called. “There are ex-service men who are afraid to eoine here lest their compensation be cut off,” Watson said, when Rrnndegee asked him if lie wanted the committee to summon any witnesses. “Some of these men bad their very souls shell-shocked by the horrible outrages they were subjected to by their officers in France,” Watson continued. Watson rend from a Waco (Texas) newspaper charges he said were made by John J. Forbes, an ex-marine of Cleveland. Ohio. which “clearly showed” that American soldiers were hanged on gallows in France during France. “If the American people don’t know that American boys were hanged on glolows in France during the war, it is high time the real truth was revealed to them,” Watson quoted Forties as stating. The committee decided,. with Watson's consent, to summon, Forties to appear before it.

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PREDICTS CHEST RALLY WILL BE MONSTER EVENT Dick Miller, Campaign Chairman, Anticipates Great Results in Drive. FACTOR lES ORGAN IZ E D "The Community Chest pre-campaign workers rally at Tomlinson Hail tomorrow night will be the biggest meeting of its kind since the Liberty loan drives," saiil I)iek Miller, campaign chairman, to day. "We want there every division chairman, every team captain, every team worker and every chairman of au inside organlzaMon in the factory, mercantile governmental and utilities division. We expert every one of Wallace O. Lee's five huiplred men who are to solicit more than forty thousand individuals to .sit down with the rest of us anil tell us that they are all set to get the $250,000 which this army of spirited solicitors are depended upon to bring in. “I hope ail Indianapolis understands that we want them at the festival night's entertainments at Cadle tabernacle next week when the daily reports will he made an*l when tine programs by the best talent in our city will be provided. There will be no admission and no collection. The only time money will be mentioned will be when team captains announce what they have obtained durlpg the day.” ANNOUNCES LIST Os CHAIRMEN. 11. C. Atkins, chairman of tile factory division, announced this morning chairmen of organizations inside more than eighty Industrial plants of the city. “The spirit the workers in this division find in the factories Is cheering," (Continued on Page Twelve.)

Mrs. Kiroff Found Guilty on Manslaughter Charge by Morgan County Jury

ltY WALTER D. HICKMAN. MARTINSVILLE, lud , Bee. B.—Mrs. Nellie Kiroff. the girl wife of Carl Kiroff whom she fatally shot at the Kiroff home on West Michigan street in Indianapolis on the night of July 19, today was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the Morgan Circuit Court. This carries with it a sentence from two to twenty-one years in the Indiana State Woman’s Prison. The court did not sentence Mrs. Kiroff at this time because Vttorney J. E. Sedewieh, one of the defendant’s counsel, intimated that a motion for anew trial will be asked. Mrs. Kiroff took the verdict calmly. Mr. Sedewich polled the jury and each juror said Mrs. Kiroff was guilty of manslaughter ns the jury reported. The verdict of the jury in view of the fact that Mrs. Kiroff will be a mother within the next seven weeks, is the result of the careful instructions of Judge Bain and the careful manner in which Deputy Prosecutor Sidney Miller of Marion County, presented the evidence against the child wife. The jury retired at I:3S o'clock yesterday afternoon following the rending of lengthy Instructions to the jury by Judge Alfred M. Bain. The defense was hopeful the jury would report a verdict of acquittal within an hour after retiring. At 3:30 o’clock the court instructed the sheriff to remove Mrs. Kiroff to the jail. A half hour later, ail hope of receiving a report before late nt night was abandoned and counsel, friends of the defendant and spectators who filled all available space in the courtroom departed. JURY LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT AT 11. At 5 o’clock, the jury was served with supper and at 11 o’clock was locked in its room to continue its deliberations. Shortly before 9 a. m. today, word was brought to the court that the jury was ready to make a report. Mrs. Iviroff was

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Framed Resolutions for War on Central Powers. SERVED 21 YEARS Also Had Been National Head of Party Organization. WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—Representative Henry Delaware Flood, Democrat, of Virginia, died at his home here today. Representative Flood had been til from bronchitis for several days tnd his heart action had been weakened. It is believed this led to his death. Representative Flood was formerly chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Introduced the resolution declaring war with Germany on April 2, 1917. On Dec. 5, 1917, Representative Flood Introduced the resolution declaring war on Austria-Hungary. For years Congressman Flood bad been prominent in Democratic national politics, having served as chairman of the Democratic congressional committee. Representative Harrison of Virginia announced the death of his colleague In the House, which immediately adjourned out of respect. A committee of eighteen was authorized to represent the House at the funeral. Representative Flood had been a continuous member of the House since March 4, 1901, serving eleven successive terms. He is survived by his wife. Anna Fortner Flood, and two children. Climbs 21,000 Feet in Bomber With 1 Passengers Aboard DAYTON. Ohio, Dec. B.—Lieut. Wade Leigh, at the McCook aviation field, today held tlie world’s altitude record for a Martin bomber with four passengers. He ascended 21,000 feet at the field here. The party was forced to descend when this height was reached because of intense cold. Sergt. Roy Langham, observer, was made insensible by the cold. The ship wag equipped with a Moss super-charger, the sntne as used by Lieut. John Macßend.v, when he broke the world's altltdue record in solo flight. Council Candidates File Expense Lists A number of expense accounts of candidates in the recent city campaign were filed yesterday at the office of the city clerk. The following councilmans candidates filed: Frank Mccool, sl4; George F. Yeo. $17.50; A Smith. $2.50, and Wayne Kskridge, Dan Johnston and Alvie Tolle, nothing. Charles L. Barry, re-elected school commissioner, filed an expense uceount of $403.75. The following Socialist candidates filed : William 11. Henry, candidate for mayor. $5; Walter Blue, candidate for city judge, $3; Edward B. King, candidate for city judge, nothing.

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escorted from the jail to the courtroom and counsel was summoned. The court, in his instructions, dwelt at length on the punishment for first and second-degree murder and manslaughter. He went Into detail concerning the various attributes of the three degrees. Probably the greatest surprise of the court’s instructions was when he stripped the ease of all sympathy or sentiment by admonishing the jury not to acquit Mrs. Kiroff because she will soon be a mother. “If you find the defendant Is guilty, you should not acquit her because you may find that she is pregnant,” the court instructed the jury. The court also admonished the jury to remember that "by the acquittal of a guilty criminal, the safeguard erected by society for its protection is weakened, for, by the non-enforcement of penalties affixed to criminal acts, contempt for law is bred among the very class It is intended to restrain.” Judge Bain, in discussing his instructions to the jury on those points, stated that all practically were the statements or findings of cases by the Supreme Court. Deputy Prosecutor Sidney Miller of Marion County asked for copies of some of the instructions so he could place them on file for possible future use. Mrs. Kiroff was indicted by the Marlon County grand jury on a charge of the murder of her husband, Carl Kiroff, 25, on the night of July 19, last, at the Kiroff home in Indianapolis on West Michigan street. Kiroff told the officers, according to the evidence, he saw a man in the bedroom of ids wife anil when he entered th< room, his wife shot him. This was denied by Mrs. Kiroff, who claimed her husband demanded she give him his “gun” so he could “kill a man.” She denied that a strange man was in her bedroom and the Slate failed to present any conclusive evidence along that line. Mrs. Kiroff claimed that the shoot j ing was accidental.

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SHANK. TURNS DEAF EAR TO WOMEN’S PLEA Declares Bushel of Petitions Would Be of No Avail. LOOKS OVER BOOK First Official Job to Be Municipal House Cleaning. A bushel basket full of petitions for the preservation of the women’s police department are of no avail, Mayor-elect Samuel Lewis Shank said today. The latest petition, in the form of a resolution from the Local Council of Women is of no more avail than the rest, he said. “I looked over all of them and then looked through that little black book we have kept since the primary—Dr. Hodgin (Shank primary campaign manager) calls it ‘The Lamb's Book of Life'—and l couldn’t find the names of any of these women in there. We keep the names of those who have done something for us in ‘The Lamb's Book of Life,’ you know. They didn't do anything for us, now why should I listen to them? I think the man they were for for mayor got defeated. 1 don't see what right they've go coming around now and asking me for anything." TAKES THINGS EASY AT HOME. The mayor-elect rested at his home. 3547 East Washlngtn street, most of the morning. He said that be is through bothering about appointments, except to make changes on the board of public safety and board of park commissioners if it Is found necessary, until after he takes office. A plan to save the city from $25,000 to $50,000 at the very start of his administration was proposed by Mr. Shank. He saiij he was going to officially ap point only the members of boards and heads of departments on Jan. 2. All minor appointees now in office will go out with the close of the Jewett administration. Their places will not be filled with Shank appointees until a week or two later. There are several hundred minor employes. If their places are left vacant for a week or too the city will save their pay during that time, Mr. Shank pointed out. THINKS CITY WILL GET ALONG. “I don’t believe the city wilt suffer if we sort of Ruspend business for a week or two until we can get re-organized ou the proper basis," said the mayor-elect. "There naturally will have to be a lot of shiftlug of appointments after we get in. It Is certain that we are going to find out that a lot of the people we have picked for jobs are better qualified for (Continued on Page Two.)

FORMER COP IS SENTENCED IN BANK ROBBERY McKinney Given Reformatory Term for Part in Beech Grove Holdup. Thomas McKinney, 2S. former motorcycle officer of the Indianapolis police department, was sentenced from three to five years at the Indiana State Reformatory anJ fined SIOO and costs by Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court today. His sentence Is the fourth to be imposed as s. result of the Beech Grove Bank robbery. McKinney was tried by the court without a jury after he had waived his right to a Jury trial, on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to F. C. Gardner, 947 Udell street, which was found lu a garage belonging to Glenn Stout, one of the eonvieted robbers. Judge Collins in ruling in the ease said: “I am satisfied that the ear now In the possession of the police at headquarters is the property of Frank C. Gardner. 1 am convinced that the car wiheh was stolen was taken to Glenn Stout’s garage. McKinney's explanation does not explain here, lie had leen honored bybeing made a member of the police department. No honest member of the police department would have bought automobile parts, as McKinney claims he did. His close relations with Glenn Stout is responsible for the condition he is In today." ENTERS FINDING AND SENTENCE. The court then entered a finding of guilty and pronounced sentence. The chief witness of the State against McKinney was Clint Shaw, alias Sims, who is now In Jail after pleading guilty to his part in the Beech Grove bank robbery. Shaw testified that Stont told him that McKinney, while acting as a motorcycle policeman, “stole” Mr. Gardner’s car and (Continued on I’age Two.)

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