Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Unsettled. Probably rain turning to snow. Colder tonight.

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NOT CANDIDATE FOR SENATE AGAINST NEW., BEVERIDGE STA TES Former Solon From Indiana Makes Announcement to Circuit Judge Royce at Warsaw. HE LAUGHS AT GOVERNOR RUMOR WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 20. —Albert J. Beveridge, former United States Senator from Indiana, announced here today that he is not a candidtte for the Senate against Senator Harry S. New, who is seeking re-election. This gave rise to reports that he will be a candidate for Governor and when asked about it Mr. Beveridge merely laughed without making a . denial. _ ' The former Senator told Judge L. W. Royce of the Circuit Court here that he will not seek the senatorial toga against Senator New, as has been consistently reported since he started a stumping tour of the State some time ago. Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was United States Senator from Indiana from 1899 to 1911, serving two terms. He was chairman of the Progressive national conventionjn 1912. He is an Indianapolis attorney and author. During his boyhood he served as a farm plowboy, railroad laborer, teamster and logger.

ELLIOTT VISITS OFFICES HE IS SOON TO OCCUPY U. S. District Attorney Appointee Arranges to Take Up Duties. Homer Elliott of Martinsville, whose appointment as I'nited States district attorney to succeed Frederick Van Nuys was announced yesterday, spent more than an hour this morning about the offices he will oc<mpy after Jon. 7, when Mr. Van Nuys retires. According to Mr. Elliott his appointment came as a great surprise to him. "I knew nothing at all about it until Sunday afternoon, when I received a long d'stanee call from Washington." he sain. “There was no time to consider the matter and even now I don't know whether I have done the right thing in accepting kbe position.’’ Mr. Elliott says that for the present at least he will not more his family to this city as he does not wish to take his children out of school at Martinsville. COURT ENGAGEMENTS MAT INTERFERE. “I intend to -spend just as much time as possible in the office here," be added, "familiarizing myself with the duties ot the position. Unfortunately, however. 1 have a number of court engagements for the latter part of this month and the early part of January which will not permit me to spend as much time as 1 should like.” He said he had no idea at pi-sent who his assistants will be. Unless Mr. Elliott can arrange with Floyd J. Mattice or Samuel E. Garrison, assistant district attorney, to remain in the office for a few weeks after Jan. 7. he will find himself seriously handicaped in pieking up the loose ends and getting into the swing of the work. It Is understood that the entire present force has completed arrangements to retire on Jan. 7. VAN NUTS IN CLEAN-UP EFFORT. District Attorney Van Nuys has made a strenuous effort to clean up all cases before him so that the new district attorney might not be handicaped by having to try cases which had been prepared by his predecessor in office. In this effort he has been unusually successful and it is doubtful if ever a district attorney went out of offi-e with fewer unsettled matters than Mr. Van Nuys will leave behind him when he retires. However, there are a large number of matters under investigations and cases which will require grand jury action within the near futnre. Last year a I grand jury was in session at this time and worked straight through for several months. It will be necessary to have another grand jury soon and the date of calling it probably will depend largely on Just how soon Mr. Elliott feels he Is in a position to present cases before that body for consideration.

HARDING HAS NO WORD FROM HAYS Does Not Believe Postal Head Will Resign. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—President Harding has not recei cd •'any suggestion whatever” of the rumored retirement of Will H. Hays as postmaster general. It was announced at the White House this afternoon. It has been rumored in political quarters here that Hays has resigned in order to accept the directorship of a moving picture combinati on. It was further stated that President Harding does not believe Hays will resign and, “would lie very reluctant to see hi* retirement.” RUBER COMPANY SPED. Suit for $10,591.40 was filed in Federal Court against the Lion Tire & Rubber Cos., of Lafayette yesterday by Fred Stern, doing business as Fred Stern & Cos., of New Yotk. Stern is a British eitizen. The complaint is based on alleged failure of the defendant company to accept large quantities of rubber contracted for between 1917 and 1919. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinfty •'or the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., Dec. 21. 1921: I'nsettied tonight and Wednesday; probably rain turning to snow; colder tonight: decidedlv colder Wednesday. HOURLY TEMPERATCRE. * (l a. 24 7 a. m 35 8 a. m 37 9 a. 37 10 a. m 38 It a. m 40 12 (nooni 41 1 p. nu 42 2 if- m 43

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FOUR MORE DAYS Comfortably tilled aisles, painstaking salespeople, prompt deliveries—nil these .-on with early Xmas shopping. Shopping under these conditions is real fun. If you haven’t tried it. try it today—and you’ll never he guilty of being a “rusher’'—a late Xmas shopper. Shop today while shopping’s good.

SAY CITIZENS OF ARDMORE READY FOR WAR Arrest of Sixteen Persons on Murder Charge May Cause Trouble. OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Dee. 20. Charges that every citizen in Ardmore is armed and that all supplies of guns and ammunition have been depleted were made here today by a committee of cltl- ! zpns from Ardmore" before Governor J. I B. A. Robertson. The delegation came here in regard to the triple slaying at 1 Wilson and the arrest of sixteen persons held in connection with the case. ARDMORE, Okin., Dec. 20.—The Mil son machine gu. company has been mustered and held in readiness pending a call to Ardmore, should it become necessary to protect Mate property in case of riots over the holding of sixteen prls oners charged with complicity in the Wilson killings of last week, it was announced today. Ardmore National Guards are also ready for duty. So far there has been no indication of violence either in Ardmore or elsewhere in the county. Packers and Dealers Under federal Law CHICAGO, Dec. 20. —That packers, livestock commission merchants, and stockyard traders are all engaged in interstate commerce and therefore subject to Federal statutes was embodied in a ruling made today by Federal Judges Ladis, Evans and Fitzhenry. The three j Judges, sitting en banc, denied a petition for injunction against the recent packers \ and stockyards act. Youth Found Guilty of Killing Premier TOKIO, Dec. 20.—The youthful slayer of Premier Hara. who was arrested immediately after he had stabbed the premier to death at the railroad station here Nov. 4, was pronounced guilty of murder today by the preliminary court which heard his case.

De Valera Again Secures Secret Session of Dail Says Something Besides Treaty Comes From Downing Street .

DUBLIN, Dec. 20.—Eamonn de Valera announced In Dail Eireann that in the event he succeeds in obtaining a majority of votes against the Irish peace treaty he is prepared to submit it to a plebiscite of Irish people. The treaty would establish an Irish free state. DUBLIN, Dec. 20.—After a stormy passage with Arthur Griffith, head of Iho Sinn Fein delegation which signed the Irish peace treaty, Eamonn De Valera secured another secret session of Dail Eireann this afternoon. During his request for a secret session, De Valera turned : ngrily upon Griffith and said: “Something else has come from Downing street besides the treaty.” This was greeted with shouts of “Withdraw” front many members. Miss Albinia Brodrlck, a sister to Lord Middleton, was forcibly removed from- the spectators’ gallery because she insisted upon interrupting speakers. Lord Middleton is one of the leaders of the Southern Unionists. The first public test of strength of the two factions In Dail Eireann was expected to come on ,Eamonii De Valera's resolution to substitute alternative proposals for the peace agreement signed in London. De Valera's proposals are so far-reach-ing they would revise the pact entirely Further violent debate was anticipated, for the discussions so far ha’e shown the forces are about eveuly divided and each

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MATERIALS TO BE GIVEN FAIR PLAYINROADS Brick Requirements Made Less Strict by Commission. CHANGEJN POLICY Concrete Pavements Must Be Built More Durable. Highway specifications designed to make brick and concrete roads constructed by the State more nearly of the same quality were agreed upon by the State highway commission and Governor Warren T. McCray in a ; conference today. The specifications 1 increase the requirements for concrete roads and decrease those for . brick roads. No changes were made in the spocifioajtions for asphalt roads, but It was agreed |to test Kentucky asphalt, which is nut j provided in the present specifications, in maintenance work FIGHT CONDUCTED .SINCE GOODRICH RULE. The agreement on specifications concludes a fight which has been conducted ; ever since it became apparent that the I Goodrich commission under the direction of 1,. H. Wright intended to use nothing 'but concrete In th construction of roads, j The action is a reversal of the policy of i that commission and Is designed partly | to give all materials fair competition In • State highway work. Tiie new specifications will be included in the requirements for the construction |of sixty-six miles of the National road, 1 to fill up the gaps between paved secItions. The contracts for this work were |*o have been let Dec. 14, but the letting vnu postponed pending an agreement on ch.’iiges in the specifications. Tee new specifications for concrete ! roads provide that they shall be eight inches deep at the center sloping to seven inches on the edges. This is all the 1 changes made. CHANGE PROVIDES FOR THREE-INCH BRICKS. The change in the brick specifications . are more radical, Jux compliance with thg id.l’ns ofTJoveftter Mefriiy to ninke reads [ constructed of different materials more ' equal in quality. The new specifications ; provide that three inch bricks be ,laid vertically on a live inch concrete surface and that asphalt filler he placed between | the bricks. The old specifications provided for four Inch bricks laid vertically in soft cement so that the pavement j would be one solid mass. J Lawrence Lyons, director of the commission. estimated that the changes (Continued on Page Two.) SHERIFF RAIDS AMAZON ARMY j Arrests Six More Women on ‘Unlawful Assembly’ Charges. j PITTSBURGH, Kas., Dec. 20,-Six ar- ' rests of women said to have been leaders jof the “Amazons'' in the marches on the mines in the Kansas coal fields iast jweek, were made this morning. A total [of fourteen women have been arrested thus far and Sheriff Milt Gould stated | tie had forty-six additional warrants' : for women marchers which will be serv-. and j this week. The warrants for the most part charge unlawful assembly. In additiou to the rounding up of women alleged to have taken part in the “big offensive” to close the mines. District Federal agents were conducting a drive against liquor law violators today. A clean-up of the district was promised, five men were arrested. The mine district remained quiet. About 330 men were reported to be working I in the strip pits and deep mines.

side is making a supreme effort to win additional supporters. It was stated that nearly sixty of the 118 members of Dail Eireann would speak upon the treaty before the debate ends and a ratification vote is taken. De Valera and his supporters are making their greatest fight on the contention that Sinn Fein is committed to securing a republic for Ireland and the peace pact does not grant a republic. On the other hand, the supporters of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith Insist they secured all they could get and that the treaty satisfies the wishes of the bulk of the Irish population. BRITISH CLEAR ROAD OF LOOTERS BELFAST, Dec. 20. —British soldiers cleared Falls Road of looters and snipers at the point of the bayonet today. It was a regular battle charge with, the cpld steel. Sniping became general during the day and practically all the streets were unsafe for traffic. Looting broke out and many stores were plundered. Police and soldiers broke into houses and arrested many snipers who were firing from windows and housetops. One person was killed and another wounded during heavy fighting which raged all night. The smallness of the casualties arises from the fact that most of the shooters were sheltered behind barricades.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921.

EIRE CHIEF LOUCKS QUITS

JOHN C. LOU CHS.

The board of public safety today accepted the resignation of Fire Chief John C. Loucks, effective at noon Jan. 2, 1922, when the present administration ends. Mayor-Elect Samuel Lewis Shank announced sometime ago that John .1. O'Brien, now a battalion chief, will he the new chief. Chief Loucks had been offered the appointment of first assistant chief by Mr. Shank. lie resigns to take active charge of the affairs of the Police and Firemen’s Insurance Company, wit a offices in the People's Bank building. He has been president of the company since Its organization in 1913. BOARD OF SAFETY PRAISES LOUCKS. In accepting Chief Loucks' resignation, wMch consisted of the simple request that he.be relieved ot his duties at. noon Jan. 2*{be board placed upon its records the following statement: "In accepting the resignation of John C. Loucks as chief of the lire department we do so with a distinct feeling that the city of Indianapolis is losing one of its most trusted and capable meu. Skill and long training are essential qualifications of the good fireman and Chief Loucks brought both to the tasks which he has confronted as the active head of the department during the last four years. "These qualifications, together with the ability to apply himself diligently to his work and to make the best use of

BLOW AIMED BY I.C.C. A T BIG INTERLOCKING RAIL DIRECTORATES WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. —The Interstate Commerce Commission today issued orders calling upon William Rockefeller, Harold S. Vanderbilt and GeorgS P. Baker to give up before Dec. 31 certain of their directorships and their other offices in railroads in which they are heavy stockholders. The commission's order did not specify in what railroads the men should relinquish their offices, hut left it optional with them to make the selections, listing the roads in which they will he authorized to retain offices.

DIRECTORSHIPS iN MANY RAILROADS. All three men heretofore huge hel l directorships in many railroads, consti'utIng what frequently lias been charged i.y “railroad progressives'’ io be “interlocking directorates.” Under the commission's order, ns laid down, Vanderbilt will be authorized to retain the position as director in the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha, the Chicago it Northwestern and tho position of director in either the New York Central and its subsidiaries or the Delaware * Lackawanna. Rockefeller will be authorized to retain the position as director and member of the legislative committee of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the position of director in either the New York Central and its subsidiaries or the position of director and member of the executive committee of the Delaware & Lackawanna. POSITIONS BAKER MAY RETAIN. Baker will be authorized to retain the position as director of the New York & Long Island Branch, and chairman and director of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the position of- director in either the New York Central and Its subsidiaries, or tlie Delaware & Lackawanna, the Erie or the Lehigh Valley. The commission’s order did not specify the roads in which the magnates must rcinqulsh their directorships. It merely specified the roads in which they could retain such positions and gave them the option of several choices. Harding Believes Arms Conference Already a Success WASHINGTON, Dee. "o.—President Harding believes that the u. n, tineuit conference already Is n success, .. was stated officially at (he White House tills afternoon in the course of the President’s biweekly conference with newspaper o>rrespondents. The executive thinks, if was said, that if the conference wrought nothing concrete, the effect o it would still be one of the most benefictent things ever give:* to tbo world. i

his natural instincts as a fire fighter, have achieved for him a record which Is to be commended l.y all citizens who have the best interests of the city at heart. “Chief Loucks is not only an efficient ireman but his personality ts one which has endeared him to his men and they will feel keenly, with us, his loss to the department. We wish him enduring success in his chosen field of business. CONSIDERS POSIT lON OK FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF. Whom Mr. Shank will name to the place offered Chief Loucks in the new administration has not been decided. 'I he mayor-elect lias been giving Chief and Brien an opportunity to discuss those designated for promotion and appointment in the fire department. It is said that some, of the Shook lieutenants favor the retention of Simeon t\ UOyl, present assistant chief, in that rank since Chief I.cucks has refused it. Chief Loucks has been an executive in the department since 190*5. He is a Republican. He became a fireman July 8, ISS9. He resigned May 1. 1893. and was reappointed July 30. 1891. His march up the fire department ladder of promotions began Nov. 18, 189*5, when he was promoted to captain. On Jan. 3. 1901, he was promoted to third assistant chief and to first' assistant on Nov. 27. 1912. He was reduced to fourth Assistant chief Nov. 10, 1915 and promoted to chief Jan. 7, 1918.

Eleven Injured in Mine Shaft Cage T.VYLOBVILLE, II!., Dec. 20.—Eleven men were badly injured nt Kincaid Mine No. 7 today while being lowered Into the shaft when a cage dropped 300 feet. All recoived broken or spraid legs while some also sustained sprained backs. Ambulances were called from this city and the injured brought to St. Vincent Hospital here. One man escaped uninjured.

Santa Claus to Visit Homes of Prisoners CHILDREN WILL HA VE BIG CHRISTMAS MEAL

Joy Program Planned by Salvation Army

Somewhere in (Indiana there is a mother with two or three babies who sees the approach of Christmas only as another cross to bear. She is the mother of the babies of a bust and and father who wilt speed his Christmas in the Indiana State Reformatory at Jeffersonville. COOPERATES WITH REFORMATORY. The Salvation Army, cooperating with Chaplain L. B. Rale of the reformatory, has set about to let those sorry little mothers all over Indinna know that the world hasn’t forgotten that it wasn’t their fault that their husbands went wrong and at the same time let those husbands know that, harmful as they have been to society, that the world Is willing to forget and call it square for a day and bring a ray of hope into their lives with the knowledge that mother and the babies are going to have at least one square meat this hard-up year. Here's the. scheme: Chaplain ifule is investigating among the prisoners at Jeffersonville to discover the men whose families are worst in need. To (Jnte he has sent the names and addresses of forty-one families to Brigadier George K. Casler. in command of the army In Indiana. The brigadier expects to have about sixty-five names

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SAYS HE SAW 12 ARMY MEN PIT TO DEATH Former Soldier in A. E. F. Before Senate Committee. COLONEL QUIZZED Tells of Order in 1919 Stopping All Executions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Twelve American soldiers were hanged at Camp Wilson, Is-Sur-Tille, France, while lie and his buddies—former privates of the 28th (Pennsylvania) Division—looked ou, George H. Taylor of 2737 South Beulah street, Philadelphia, testified today liefore the Senate Committee Investigating the charges of Senator “Tom” Watson, Democrat, of Georgia, that American soldiers were illegally executed and inhumanely treated overseas during the World War. Five of eight witnesses answered to their names and announced they were prepared to testify. They were: George U. Taylor, 2737 South Beulah street, Philadelphia. Henry L. Scott, Kenmore. Ohio. Joseph Hoiisecamp, 78 Central avenue, Passaic, N. J. Robert M. Harrison, 523 Murchison building, Wilmington, N. C. Cochran Supplee, 181 West Quincy street, Chicago. At Watson's request, Col. Walter A. Bethel, who was judge advocate general with General Pershing’s staff in France. Wes first called. He was questioned by Watson. • ( an a soldier be executed without the confirmation of the sentence by the President?" Watson asked Bethel. "In time of war the Commander of the Army in the field can order execution of a soldier without the approval of the President." replied Bethel. EXECUTIONS OK DEIt E O STOPPED IN 1918. Bethel said that In 1919 General l’ersh ing received orders to allow no further executions until they had been approved by the President. "Why did the War Department issue such an order?" asked Watson. "£ dou't know, but thought it was an appropriate move, since war practically had ended," answered Bethel. “Would you not infer it was because of Ihe War Department at Washington disapproving of continued executions?" persisted Watson, “That is not my inference," answered Bethel. "Can you differentiate between a gallows and a gasoline crane?" asked Watson, handing Bethel a picture. "I never saw a gallows In my life, but 1 suspect that's a gallows,” answered Bethel, looking at a photograph. “1 want that in the record, because a former officer named Cole at Minneapolis bus stated one of my pictures represented a gasoline crane and not a gallows.” said Watson, "and 1 want Cate summoned to testify,” Taylor declared there were nt least twenty-eight of his former "buddies." nearly all Philadelphians, who could corroborate his testimony. “If you will furnish the committee wit htlielr names we will call them," said Bramlegee, Republican, Connecticut, the chairman. “I will give them to you," Taylor nnnnswered. "They saw at out all 1 did.” “Do you know whether they had been tried by court-martial?” asked Senator man Urandegee. “No, I don't." answered Taylor. “Do you know why they were hanged?” "No, I don’t; they didn't tell us.” THREE HANGED IN ONE DAY, HE SAYS. "On April 25, 1919, I saw three men hung in one day," testified Taylor, who said he had offered Watson a photograph of the hangings. “I got It from a French sergeant," Taylor said. “I saw the first man, a negro sergeant, hanging from the rope after the execution. “There was a white sergeant, named Blodgett,” Taylor continued, “I think from Detroit, Mich., out of the aviation company. A girl was the aeeusTer of Blodgett, but Blodgett told me she had come to his room at night and had asked him for money. He denied his guilt to (Continued on Page Two.)

before the chaplain finishes. The names of all such families residing in towns and cities where Ihe army has corps are being forwarded to the officers in command. To all wives residing in towns or eitles where the army is not represented headquarters here is sending direct a check for enough to buy a great big Christmas dinner. Three thousand poor mothers and children will be the guests of the army at ihe annual Christmas party in Tomlinson hall Christmas eve. Various charitableorganizations have been Investigating worthy mothers and children and reporting them to the Christmas clearing house. The army Is issuing tickets to all of those cleared. PROGRAM OF LOCAL FESTIVITIES. The festivities will begin at 7:30 o’clock and (continue for an hour or an hour and a quarter when the big event of the season is scheduled. This is the distribution of food and gifts. Prominent men of the State have promised to break into their own plans for Christmas Eve to help make the occasion enjoyable for the Army's guests. Governor Warren T. McCray has promised to speak and Secretary of State Ed Jackson has promised to be present.

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FARHAM TO APPEAL FOR ABOLISHMENT OF SUBMARINE BOA TS First Lord of Admiralty Will Tell World His Nation Regards Undersea Fighter as a Viper. EXPECT THURSDAY WILL BE SET WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Lord Lee of Farham, first lord of the British admiralty will tell a plenary session of the arms conference—probably Thursday—that his nation regards the submarine as a viper endangering commerce and making war cheaper instead of more difficult. Believing he will have a generous measure of support from not only British but also American public opinion, he will appeal that this weapon be abolished from the seas.

’Gene Debs to Have Freedom in Few Hours Mrs. Debs Expects Husband Home in Time for Christmas. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Dec. 20.—" Debs will be released late today or tomorrow.” This word came from "private sources” at Washington to . close home-town friends and the wife of the Socialist leader serving sentence in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for violation of the espionage act during the World War. It came on the heels of a recent official announcement at Washington that a number of Federal prisoners would be released in time to be home for Christmas and the presentation at the White House of a petition for Debs' release signed by more than 35,000 persons in and near Terre Haute. How was the “inside tip” received by Mrs. Eugene Debs—the woniah who has smiled and suffered in silence, the woman who, in Debs’ own words, has “kept the home fires burning?” Not enthusiastically on the surface. The Woman who offered to go to prison with Eugene Debs has learned long since that broken hopes are more bitter to the heart than lonely days of waiting. "He doesn't want me to be disappointed,” she said, "so he writes me not to expect ” A wan little smile finished it. "I am happy, though, for I think he will be home for Christmas.” "And if he does come?” she was asked. "It will be a quiet Christmas." said. "He would like it 1 est that way. “Our two nephews are here—Albert Martin, from Portland. Ore., and Oscar P.aeur Jr., from Cornell University.” “Have you got his Christmas present yet?" Mrs. Debs was asked. She laughed. “I’m going to be his Christmag present," she said, "and lie'll be mine.”— Copyright. 1921, by United Press. FRAUD CHARGE MADE BY UNION RAIL ATTORNEY Says Indiana Harbor Belt Line Seeks to Evade Federal Law. CHICAGO, Dec. 20 "We charge the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad with fraud," was the closing declaration of Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the railroad unions, at the hearing before the United States Railway Board today. The Indiana llarbor Belt line is one of fourteen roads against which charges have been preferred by the Federated Shop Crafts and the Maintenance of Way I'nions alleging that they are deliberately attempting to evade the provisions of the transportation act and the orders of the board concerning wages and working conditions by contracting out their shop and repair work. The Burham Car Repair Company is involved in the Indiana Harbor ease. SAYS RAIL COMPANY RESORTS TO TRICKERY, “They seek to evade the law by an empty, miserable subterfuge,” said Attorney Walsh. "They seek to evade the orders of this board by tricky and devious methods. Following out this contract (Continued on Page Two.)

One of the entertainment treats will lie furnished by a former Barnum and Bailey circus clown, Envoy Earl Ellis, who has charge of the Army corps in Rushville. Ellis, who was born in Bedford, is known wherever the big tops /are stretched as one of the country’s best high stilt walkers and tumblers. He forsook circus life when he was converted in n Salvation Army meeting while he was in the United States Army during Ihe World War, but he counts the opportunity, of using his old tricks to bring happiness into the lives of others as a privilege. He’ll be at Tomlinson Hall, high stilts, tumbles and all. .Mrs. Ellis, who was a Salvation Army Lassie when they were married, also will be there. 400 DINNERS IN INDIANAPOLIS. In addition to its other benefactions the army will distribute 400 Christmas ■dinner baskets to poor families of Indianapolis. They will be given to a list now being investigated by army workers. Brigadier Casler urged that all friends of the army who know of worthy families should nptify the army today, as tomorrow is the last day that families can I be investigated.

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British spokesmen said they considered the question of submarines so important that the whole naval program is contingent upon arriving at an agreement concerning their numbers and future use. British quarters took pains to point out that the agreement on the 5-5-3 ratio between Great Britain, the United States and Japan, was conditional upon a "suitable agreement” being worked out for France and Italy. If such an agreement is not worked out with regard to FrenCn and Italian ratios, then the whole program is endangered according to British views. The international flare-up occasioned by France's anatitious demand for ten new capital ships has begun to die down. Realizing their position on the capital ship issue is untenable and impossible of recognition .1 y the other powers, the French are willing to withdraw from it on condition they are adequately taken care of in the matter of auxiliary ships —submarines, light cruisers, airplane carriers, etc., but principally in the matter of submarines. This is the burden of the instructions that have been received from Premier Brtand which have already been communicated to Secretary of State Hughes, and which, according to authoritative sources will be communicated to the conference as a whole by M. Sarrault. FRENCH WISH TO MODERNIZE NAVY. The French want their navy modernized and they will conduct a strenuous campaign for it behind the great bronze door of the Pan-American building. They have practically no post-war capital ships and they will insist that permission be given them to bring their navy up to date. It was freely predicted in ronfereme circles that in view of developments in 1 the last forty-eight hours. France will aecrept a capital ship ratio of around 1.7 or 2. as compared with 5-5-3 between Great Britain. Japan and the _ United States and will thereafter wage unceasing warfare for a big submarine allotment. By the strange twist of circumstances, the submarine and capital ship issues have been so intertwined that it will be difficult if not impossible for tbem to be considered separately, as was decided by the chief powers. By the same strange twist. France will have the support of the other great powers when the submarine issue is taken up, and Great Britain will be found standing alone with her back to the wall, in much the same position France is in with regard to the big ships. FEELING BETWEEN FRENCH AND BRITISH INTENSIFIED. The chief result of the French capital ship flare-up has been to intensify the Litter feeling between the French and British delegations here and to intensify the opposition which will greet Great Britain's proposal for the abolition of the submarine. French expert opinion is now in favor of a great force of submarines to offset Britain's preponderant sea strength as never before. The combined opposition of American. French. Italian and Japanese naval opinion to the British position would seem to indicate that the conference will make short work or it once it gets down to actual consideration. Meanwhile negotiations were opened to set the exact capital ship ratios of France and Italy. Italy's existing strength is figured at 1.68 and France’s at 1.70. The Insistence of Secretary of State Hughes that existing strength is the sole basis for fixing ratios indicates that the ultimate ratios of the two chief Mediterranean powers will not be materially different from these figures. Italy will be satisfied with anything that is given France and her spokesmen have indicated they will not haggle over fractional percentages. While the naval committee irons out the wrinkles over ratios, the Far East matters are nearly at a standstill. China and Japan are pushing slowly ahead In the direction of an agreement concerning Shantung, but elsewhere the conference hangs fire.

JAPAN TOLD NAVY LOSS CAN BE MET TOKIO, Dec. 20. “Japan's loss through her failure to secure a 70 per cent naval ratio at Washington can be made good by increasing the fighting power of the ships allotted to her as well ns by perfecting preparations for dispatching ships.” Vice Admiral lde. vice minister of the navy, today told members of the diet, who questioned him as to Japan’s reasons for foregoing her claims to the larger ratio. HOLDS BACK APPOINTMENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—President Harding will not name any diplomatic representative to the late central powers before the holidays it was announced officially at the White House this afternoon.

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