Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday. Colder with a cold wave tonight.

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FOUR POWERS COME TO UNDERSTANDING ON KNOTTY POINT Action Removes Chief Obstacle From Path to Ratification by Senate and Clarifies Muddle. OTHER PROBLEMS AWAIT SOLUTION WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—While the armament conference turned into the home stretch today on adjustment of naval limitation and Chinese matters, it became known officially that an agreement has been reached between the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France to exclude the mainland of Japan from the provision of the four-powered Pacific treaty, thus removing one of the chief causes of senatorial opposition to it. According to official British sources, the understanding will be consolidated by means of a series of international "clarifying" notes, rdugh drafts of which already have been considered by the powers. I

TREATY TO BE FURTHER CLARIFIED. Other clarifications of the pact aside from that referring specifically to the Japanese mainland, may be incorporated in the understanding. Informal conversations are now going on with regard to these and it is expected they will be concluded by Jan. 14, the date on which A. ,T. Balfour, head of the British delegation, plans to return to England. The character of these other clarifications, if any are to be agreed upon, was not made clear today, but it was predicted in responsible quarters that by the time the treaty is submitted to the United States Senate it will be in such shape as to remove nearly all the senatorial opposition except that of the out-and-out Irreconcilables. At a meeting of the Far East committee, the powers formally ratified the proposal granting China 5 per cent tariff. It was also agreed this tariff may at some future date be raised to 7'i per cent and even to 12%, conditional upon the Likin (internal) tax being removed. An International tariff commission will sit in Pekin next summer to consider the increase above 5 per cent. PARLEY RESUMES GENERAL ACTIVITIES. Shaken out of the lethargy that has prevailed for some days tljo armament conference resumed activities al! along the line and material progress was in sight in both naval and Far Eastern matters. A plenary session of the conference was In sight for Saturday when the Far East committee resumed its sessions after a three weeks’ stalemate. The principal business of the open session will be the submission and formal approval of the naval treaty between the five powers, all points now having been agreed upon except that pertaining to the use of submarine!:. An effort probably will be made to whip a submarine agreement into shape for incorporation in the treaty. Submarines will be retained as weapons of future warfare, despite the determined fight waged by Great Britain for their abolition, bu restrictions will be placed about their use boas to confine their activities ?o war vessels. On this point, sharp .differences of opinion are held as to what constitutes a war vessel and a merchant vessel. The French, Japanese and Italian!? want to know whether the placing of guns on merchant ships does not convert theta into warships, and they planned to make the conference go on record in the matter. It is likely to lead to some acrimonious debate. The day may see the final quietus put on China’s hopes of getting the world to consider the validity of the twenty-one Japanese demands, which were forced on her In 1915 under an ultimatum from Tokio. FARLEY TO MAKE ATTITUDE CLEAR. The conference does not Intend to consider the righteousness of these demands, under which Japan gained for herseif a dominant position in some of China’s richest territory and if the Chinese delegates in Washington insist upon renewing their protect the conference powers will tell them so flatly. A British spokesman summed up the conference attitude on the twenty-one demands by stating today: "An agreement is in sight to give China as large a measure of her independence as she herself has not given away.” It Is the position of the powers here that China signed the treaties incorporating the twenty-one demands. They have been in force five years and it is too late now to risk the success of thee parley by tearing up these treaties. The principal business before the Far East committee was the ratification of the subcommittee's report on Chinese tariff. China will be granted immediately a 5 per cent tariff and there will be a proviso that this figure may be increased to 744 per cent on the recommendation of an international commission some time In the future. In Chinese quarters it was accepted that the 7% per cent tariff is extremely distant. MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Jan. 5. George Gares, 40, a carpenter, was today found guilty, of first degree murder for killing 5-year-old Theresa Kutharski here on the afternoon of Dec. 22. Gares was immediately sentenced to die in the electric chair at Trenton the week of Feb. 6. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 P- m., Jan. 6, 1922: Fair tonight and Friday; colder with a cold wave tonight and temperature 5 to 10 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 25 7 a. m. 20 8 a. -n 20 9 a. m 24 10 a. m 24 11 a. m 24 12 (noon) 23 1 p. 23 t p m 25

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Reformatory ■Sites Face Plan of Elimination Relocation and Advisory Com missions Meet With s Governor. Members of the reformatory re location and ihe advisory commissions met with Governor Warren T. McCray today to eliminate sites which were proposed to the commission for the reformatory, now at Jeffersonville. It was believed more than 100 of the 165 si.es which were proposed to the commission. would be eliminated, some because of their location, and other because of the amount of ground in the site submitted to the commission.

Sites which are not located in the central part of the State will be eliminated, the Governor sc id, because It is believed a suitable site can be found within a radius of fifty miles of Indianapolis. Mike Foley, secretary of the relocation Commission, said somo sites would be eliminated because of the extremely high prices sought for the ground. Although Ihe eouimissiou -has a right to condemn the property for which an exorbitant price is asked, It is nos believed the commission will inspect these places, because so many others have been subnet ted. Among the rules, which will govern the commission In eliminating the proposed sites, are the following: 1. What Is tbef nearest water supply? How much water can be obtained from this source each day? 2. llow many acres in the proposed site? llow much Is it worth an acre? fi. Where is the site offered located. 4. What means are there for transporting prisoners to the Institution? What is the nearest steam line, electric line, highway? After the sites, which are possible for the relocation of the Institution remain, the committee will meet with the Governor, to formulato some plan to inspect the places. JURISDICTION OF U. S. COURT IS QUESTIONED Arguments in Injunction Case Heard by Judge, Anderson. • Arguments concerning the Jurisdiction of the local Federal Court over defendants living in States other than Indiana took up the greater part of the afternoon In the hearing before Judge Albert B. Anderson on the recasting of the injunction granted the Borderland Coal Company two months ago against officials of the United Mine Workers of America and "a number of Indiana coal operators, in connection with attempts to unionize the West Virginia coal fields. The Circuit Court of Appeals directed the injunction be recast so as to permit the continuance of the “check-off" system, which Judge Anderson had enjoined. Attorneys for the plaintiffs at the morning sesion $f court presented a petition which they had drawn to conform with the directions of the higher court and Judge Anderson then declared adjournment to givffthe defense time to look over the order, A motion also was made by attorneys for the plaintiffs to include as defendants all officials of the union against whom the case had been dismissed at the hearing in November because of nonresidence in Indiana. The motion was based on the theory that the Clayton law, under which this action it brought, gives the plaintiffs all the rights posessed by the Government under the Sherman anti-trust law. One of these rights is that of bringing Into court residents of States other than the one in which the action Is brought. The Circuit Court of Appeals in its decision. given by Judge Franchf E. Baker, held there was no question that a conspiracy existed to commit illejpil acts in West Virginia held by Judge Anderson, but it ruled he had gone too far in enjoining the “check off.” Therefore the Injunction was sent back for recasting. THIEVES’ LONG QUEST. LONDON, .Tan. s.—lndian criminals n-ho had trailed their victims for thousands of miles are declared by the police to have been responsible for the theft of {25.000 worth of jewelry from the Rajah and Ranee of Pudukota in their apartment here.

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BREAKDOWN COMES IN ASH COLLECTION Trains Fall Behind Schedule in Saving Effort. SERVICE IS UPSET Accumulations Reported in Different Parts of City. A breakdown in the city ash collection from which there may not be a recovery until spring brings a lessened production of ashes was brought to light today at the meeting of the board of sanitary commissioners. The collection trains are behind their schedules and there is an accumulation of ashes in the alleys of West Indianapolis, Haughville, North Indianapolis, all over the south side and In the Fifth ward. Truly Nolan, superintendent of garbage and alfti collection and disposal, reported to the board after he was questioned by John L. Elliott, city civil engineer and vice president of the board. Mr, Nolan said he believe* the regular schedule can be re-established by Saturday. Person* familiar with the operation of the ash department say that once the schedule Is Interrupted it is practically impossible to regain the lost ground. The board of public works found tSis to be true when It had the ash collection department under Its control. OLD BOARD IN’ EFFORT TO C URTAIL EXPENSES. Demoralization of the collection department came within the last two weeks ns the result of an effort to curtail expenses upon the part of the old board of sanitary commissioners. Mr. Nolan said in order to stay within his appropriation he laid off every man In the collection department one or two days a week the last two weeks. He said he thought the department could have "gotten tiQ” if the period of rain, thaw and freezing weather had not struck in the middle of the two weeks and slowed up the collection because the ashes froze fast in containers which had been left/ uncovered by thoughtless householders. Mr. Elliott reported to the board that he had been Informed, but was not g>*. ing to believe the reports unless they were substantiated, that In certain sections of the city citizens could not got their ashes removed unless they paid drivers 10 or 15 cents a week. Lucius B. Swift and President Jay A. Graven, as well as Mr. Nolan, said they had heard the same reports, but neves had been able to verify them. AKHF.S ACCUMULATE AT FIRE HOUSES. Mr. Elliott also said that Fire Chi.< Join J. O’Brien hail told him there was an accumulation of ashes In every fire house in the city. Mr. Nolan said the collection department would relieve the situation at once. Discussing the problem of disposing of corn husks and other nongreaso garbage, which Is not sentVhrough the reduction plant because It is unproductive, but rather is pat out on dumps. President Craven said that soma time Indianapolis is going to have to build an incinerator at a central point to burn such garbage as other big cities now do. A committee representing the stationary engineers' labor union, came before the board to protest against employment of a nonunion engineer upon a donkey engine operated by the city at the head of a train receiving dirt dug by a union hoisting engineer working for the Henry VV. Horst Company on excavation for tho second unit of the new sewage disposal plant at Sellers farm. The board promised to Investigate and told the union men to come back next Tuesday.

YOUTH TRIES TO END LIFE Bridegroom, 17, Becomes Despondent and Shoots Self in Breast. Vern Ammerman, 17, 2307 MartlndAle avenue, today shot himself with a small caliber revolver. ” Mary Ammerman, Id, his wife, heard the shot and heard her husband call for help. She was in the yard in the rear of the house and ran into the residence where her husband lay groaning on the bed. Ammerman had placed the revolver near his hears and fired. Motorpolice Reilly and Weddle sent him to the city hospital in an ambulance. He told the police that he had been married three months but had been out of employment one month, lie said he told his wife he was going out to look for work and then became despondent and tried to commit suicide. It was at first thought that the wound was serious but after it was dressed at the hospital Ammerroann returned to his home, Ammermann formerly was employed by a factory that makes electrical supplies. PREY ON TWO CITIES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—A gang of bandits, apparently carefully organized, Is committing a series of bold hold-ups in this city and in Baltimore. The criminals never operate in either city twice In succession. The leader of the gang seems to be a well-educated and cultured man.—

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922.

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WAR WOUNDS SERIOUS BUT HOPE STRONG World-Wide View of Conditions Shows Improvement. Special to Indiana Dally Tlm* and Philadelphia Public ledger. By COL. EDWARO M. HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. D —The new year begins hopefully If a wide sweep of tho world is taken. Thero. are fewer wars in progress and fewer rumors of war. Tho differences between nations are being thrashed out and a saner and more tolerant attitude seems to prevail in all tho disturbing centers. It Is necessarily a slow process to bring things back to normal after such deep and terribld wounds as the war Inflicted; but surely ona must bo blinded by pessimism not to see that wo are on the way toward recovery. Every convalescent becomes impatient after a long and serious Illness and Is discouraged because the will To do leaps so f:ir ahead of the power to act. But progress must be measured by the general tendency, and that tendency In world affairs Is steadily forward. INVENTORY Os WORLD-CONDITIONS. Let us take an Inventory of conditions today and compare it with those of n year ago. There Is nothing of a serious character to be placed to the world's disadvantage except, perhaps, the famlno In Russia and tho unrest in India. On the other hand, tho blessings have been niAny. Harvests have been bountiful in most places, and there has been a general quickening of effort to restore international trade—an effort that will bear fruit during the coining year. People in every land have begun to realize That their heart's deslre-do not oomo by merely wishing for them, and there Is springing tip everywhere a determination to work and win. Until (Continued on Pago Five.) ROAD HEAD GETS SALARY RAISE Commissioner Hoffman Tells Why He Opposed an Increase. County Commissioner Albert Hoffman today refused to sign an appropriation resolution increasing the 1921 salary of Warren Rumford as county road superintendent from $1,500 a year to $2,400. Commissioners (%rlin Shank and Harry Tutewller signed the resolution, however. Mr. Hoffman gave as his reasons for refusing to sign the resolution that the salaries of the assistant road superintendents were decreased yesterday. Mr. Rumford has always been connected with the Carlin Shank interests on the board.

‘ Two-Gun ’ Sheriff in ‘Last Stand ’ Role EFFORT TO OUST ‘WILD WEST’ LAW INTERPRETER ' Frontier Bar Issue Raised in Oklahoma

ARDMORE, Okla., Jan. s—“ Buck” Garrett, last of the picturesque “twogun" sheriffs of the old West, was making his “last stand" today. Not as he would prefer to make it, with his back to a wall and with his wellnotched “irons” spitting fire, but haled into court as defendant in a suit to oust him from office. Garrett, who “officiated” at the trial of Clara Smith Hamon to keep order, and three others—Dick Highnight, Ardmore police chief; J. 11. Langston, mayor of Heaklton, and N. A. “LeM” Bates, Healdton police chief, are

PLANES EXCEL SHIPS IN WAR ASSERTS SIMS Admiral Declares Aircraft Best in Offense. By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Airplane carriers about to bo assigned by the conference to tho five leading naval powers aro vastly more formidable engines of war than tho mightiest battleships ever conceived, according to Rear Admiral William S. Sims. The viows of America's most distinguished sailor aro set forth In a remarkable letter addressed to Representative Frederick C. Hicks of New York, ranking member of tho House Committee on Naval Affairs. In riply to a request for an expression on the value of the airplane ns a naval weapon, Admiral Sims supplied Representative Hicks with facts and figures that seem destined to stir conference quarters when they are made public through this dispatch. Admiral Sims asserts that alrplnne*cnrrlers such as now to be added to the fleets of America, Great Britain, Japan, Franco and Italy, are In fact capital ships. They will possess, Sims declares. un offensive power far beyond that of any battleship. Because of their superior speed and destructive properties, Sims calls the airplane carriers “a combined battleship nnd battlo cruiser.” DESCRIBES POWER OF AIRPLANE. Here is the passage In Admiral Sims' letter, wh eh depicts the deadly power of the airplane carrier: “If two fleets meet in action and one has many more airplane-carriers than tho other, tho fleet having tho largest num(Continued on Page Twelve.) Finds ‘Tiger’ Charge Awaiting Surrender George Bridgewater, 47, negro, 8002 Fast Thirty Third street, today surrendered to the police and was arrested on the charge of operating a blind tiger. A month ago Capt. Walter White and Sergeant Tooley raided the Bridgewater home and it Is said found three whisky stills, six barrels of nmsh, two stoves and eight empty five-gallon Jligs. Bridgewater disappeared after he heaerd of the raid, the pdliee say, and went to Kentucky. An affidavit was sworn out for his arrest and put. on file until Bridgewater surrendered to tho police today. FACES TIGER CHARGE. Arthur Postel, 35, 726 East Minnesota street, was arrested today on the charge of operating a blind tiger. Sergeant O'Connor nnd a squad o£ police who raided Posters home say they found a whisky still, three Jars of mash and a Jug containing a small amount of “white mule” whisky.

charged with having openly permitted gambling, bootlegging and immorality In the oil towns of Carter County. It Is charged that In some of the “rag. towns” of the field, the old Western frontier bar, supposed to exist In these (lays only in the movies —has been running wide open, with the “plzen” served from the bottle In pre-Volstead style. Garrett, the gun-totlng sheriff, and the other officials, It Is claimed, have kept Carter County the last surviving spot of the old ‘Wild West.” The re-

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DEMOCRATS TO USE PRESSURE ON NEWBERRY ‘Unpairing-’ Action Forecasts Hot Battle. AWAIT DEFENSE Michigan Senator Not Expected to Vote. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Senator Truman 11. Newberry, on his arrival here today, took his defence In hl own hands and told friend# he would *'in*it on making: n Mteme*nt to the Senate” concerning the charge* that lii* election wa# accomplished through the use of great sum* of money. By J. BART CAMPBELL WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 Unexpected cancellation by Democratic Senators of the “pairk” they had with absent Republican members, served today to further tighten the lines in the final battle over tho Ford-New-berrv election controversy which is to begin in tho Senate tomorrow or Saturday. Tho Democratic move was construed by Republican leaders seeking to keep Senator Newberry In his seat as Indicating the Democrat : side Is preparing to vote solidly, with the possible exception of Senator Watson of Georgia to unseat him. It is customary for a Senator who expects to be present on a roll-call to be "paired” with a Senator on the opposite Mile who Intends to be absent. In this way, a Senator is Usually “paired" on the affirmative, the Senator with whom he is "paired” on the negative side, and they are net counted In the tabulation of those SenUors present and voting. DEMOCRATS MARSHAL FORCES. Democratic Senators h*ve decided every one of their votes shall be counted on the roll-call which is to decide whether Newberry Is to retain his saiß. They are mustering their forces in a concerted move to throw thlr’y-flve Democratic votes, or only one less than the entire minority membership of the Senate, against the Mich gan Senator. If the seat of toe late Senator Penrose Is filled the Republican membership of the Senate will number fifty-nine. The decision of Newberry not to vote himself. and the enforced absence of Senator Crowe of Pennsylvania because of illness will reduce the® number of Republican votes to fifty-seven unless Penrose's suceessor is named. Six Republican Senators are regarded ns eertaln tn vote against Newberry— Borah, Idaho: Kenyon. Iowa; I,a Wisconsin; I.add, North Dakota; Norris, Nebraska, and Norbeek of South Dakota, making a total of forty-one votes believed sure to be cast ngalnst tilin. SIX REPUBLICANS ARE DOUBTFUL. A half dozen or more Republican Sen aters, Including of Oregon, and Willis of Ohio, are considered “doubtful.” Their course is expected to be m.-Lrmlned by tho character of the statement Newberry Is preparing to make to the Senate in person and in reply to Henry Ford's charge that a “slush fund" of nearly v ’200,000 was employed to secure Newberry's senatorial nomination in the Michigan primaries of 1918. Even counting the absentee Republican Senators, who now Include Johnson of California, and I.enroot of Wisconsin, the Republican leaders assert they will have three or four to eight or ten votes with which to command tho majority necessary to prevent Newberry from being ousted from his seat. QUARREL ENDS IN SHOOTING One Dead, One Dying and Third Wounded. KANSAS CITY, , Mo., Jan. B.—Harry Rruner, a yard trader for the Jacob Brothers Company, Is dead; W. B. Hall, livestock agent for the Burlington Railroad, Is dying and A. Drahos, a Missouri Pacific Railroad livestock agent, Is wounded in the left leg as the result of a shooting which took place this morning In the lobby of the Livestock Exchange building. Frank Thompson, a livestock speculator, is charged with the shooting, which followed an argument he had with Bruner.

cent shooting at Wiltson, however, when a law and order party tried to take matters Into Us own hands, brought the situation to a crisis. No charges of corruption or of accepting bribes are made against the officials. It is their “Old West’’ method of interpreting the law which is the issuel Petitions to suspend Garrett and the other defendants, pending hearing of the ouster charges, Jan. 16, have been filed by Assistant Attorney General Elmer L. Fulton.

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VIRGINIAN SAYS HE AND 3 BUDDIES SAW MAJOR KILL RUNNER Deliberately Took Aim and Shot Him Down, Former Soldier Tells Senate Investigating Committee. OFFICER CLOSELY WATCHES WITNESS WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. —Once more the finger of accusation was pointed today at Major H. L. Opie, Staunton, Va., before the Senate investigating committee with killing two American soldiers in France. Lemuel O. Smith of Dublin, Va., testified he and three other soldiers entered a dugout in the Argonne, in Opie shoot and kili “Bill” Woolwine of Bradford, Va., an army runner. “We saw Opie deliberately take aim with his .45 and shoot Woolwine down,” Smith declared. 'l’ve killed him; take him out," Opie commanded, according to the witness. The other men who witnessed the shooting, Smith said, were “Toad* Ellion ard William A. Askew of Pulaski, Va,, and Lee Collins of Dublin. Va. Major Opie sat close to Smith as the latter testified. Opie's eyes were riveted on the witness. *

U. S. Declares Nations Must Settle Debts Demands Assurance That War Obligations Will Not Be Canceled. WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—Before the Un.ted State* will take part In an international financial conference called by some other power, this Government must be assured that no efforts will be made In such a parley to secure the cancellation of the $11,000,000,000 Indebtedness of foreign countries. It was declared in high Administration headquarters today. It was stated the United States would not take part In a world economic conference until officials here were fully acquainted with the subjects to be discussed. Diplomats of several of the principal European governments already have approached representatives of this Government, strongly urging participation In a conference which several of the foreign governments are willing to call, once they are assured the United Sttßes will take part In Its deliberations. The United State*, however, Is boldly off from any commitment on such a plan until there has been a complete agreement as to the agenda of such a conference. The disposition of-the Administration la not to rush Into an economic or financial parley N until the arm i conference has ended. This decision, however, may be modified by some definite understanding that tb6 United States, by any participation-. In a financial meeting, would not be would" be forced to debate the advisability of wiping the slate clean of debts Incurred by foreign governments \ to the United States, to help them win the war.

APPOINTEES TO PARK POSITIONS 0. K.D BY BOARD More Than 50 Minor Places Also Filled by Commissioners. The hoard of park commissioners today formally appointed the executives named by Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank within the tost two days as well as more than fifty minor employes. R. Walton Jarvis, formally named superintendent of parks and recreation, at a salary of $4,000, was Instructed by President Charles A. Bookwnlter to prepare a statement of the finatyial condition of the pork department for presentation at a meeting next Thursday morning. Mr. Bookwalter was elected the board’s representative on the city plan commission and Commissioner Fred Cline was elected vice president. Mr. Bookwllter, in * asking for the financial statement, said he understands a temporary loan upon which to operate the department until Juno are received will be necessary. The board informed a delegation representing Ihe Pleasant Run Boulevard Association that it intends to proceed wit hthe pla nfor extension of Pleasant Run parkway from Shelby to East Washington streets and set Feb. 2 as the day for preliminary hearing upon the j resolution. The board inquired into the letting of contracts for concession standi at Ellenberger, Brookslde Garfield and Douglass parks for five years by the old board a day or two before it went out of office. Mr. Bookwaltei said this was an “unusual procedure” and the matter was referred to J. Clyde Hoffman. attorney for the board. The executives of the park department, whose appointments were confirmed, be- (( ontinill'll on Page Two.)

Fails in Attempt to Obtain Grand Jury The second attempt of Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court to obtain a grand jury for the January term of court, today met with failure. The court instructed the Jury commissioners to draw a panel of twenty-live men, sir of which are to be selected. The special panel Is to report next Saturday morning. The Jurors drawn today were excused for reasons ranging from press of professional business to old age. AMBITIOUS PRIVATE. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. s.—Secret service agents are looking for “Private Hoppe,” alleged deserter from the Marine Corps, on charges he sold the U. S. i static fleet to the Chinese for 4^0.000.

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He smoked cigarettes incessantly. He was visibly nervous and his hands were shaking as he smoked. "Opie and Woolwine stood facing each other when he went into the dugout," Smith said. “No words were exchanged and I don’t know what the man had done.” Smith, who has been taking hospital treatment for nervousness since the war, said the statement in his letter to tho committee that he had been dicorated by the French and American gove aments was erroneous. He said a friend wrote the letter and he signed it without knowing its fnll contents. A stormy scene was narrowly averted when Senator Tom Watson. Gorgia, protested what he called "bull ragging of the witness.” “This man is a nervous wreck," Watson cried. “He was pissed and shell shocked and now he is belng\bull ragged ’ before this committee. I Fon't stand for it.” \ j The officer Watson referred to, was CdfC John A. Cutchins, counsel for Opie, who had been Smith. Smith said that a diary at ho^^Kreuld back up his charges. Jos Smith's testimony did not *gS* with a letter which he had previously sent the committee. In his letter Smith said he was not inside the dugout when the al. leged shooting occurred. “That letter is wrong,’* Smith 'swore. "I was la the dugout and saw Opie , shoot.” Colilns, Ellison and Askew, named as witnesses of the kiUing by Smith, took the stand and denied they saw the alleged shooting. “I know Smith, but was never with him in France,” Ellison said. “L never saw Opie shoot a man.” “Woolwine was killed in action, according to the company records," said Askew. “That's all I know about it. I was not with Smith when he claim* he saw Opie shoot the man.’* PAYS OWN WAY TO WASHINGTON. Edmund Duner, San Frauclseo, wh# came to Washington at his own expense to testify in the investigation, swore he saw a soldier shot dead by a drunken sergeant because he asked for a piece of bread. The shooting occurred, Dune# said, at Basncs prison, near Bordeaux, “X picked the man up,” testified “His name was John Fitzgerald and h# cams from Pennsylvan^. “The man who shot him was a sergeant named Cooper. About one hundred an<} fifty negroes and one hundred white men saw the shooting.” “We are going to mob the sergeant, but we couldn't do it—there were too many around with gate in their hands. Yet, sir, we'd have killed him right there.” commented DMner. “Why did you come here at your own expense?” asked Senator Overman. “I came up here because I wanted th# country to find out the truth and for th# sake of my buddies lying In the hospitaL” “You're a patriotic citizen,” commented Overman. "Yes, sir, I’m 100 per cent American—* there's only a few of me left," shot bacH D uncr. APPLAUSE LASTS SEVERAL MINUTES. This created a burst of applause and cheering that lasted several minutes. “I'm Edmund Duuer, alias Hobo eKlly, the famous tramp,” Duner told persona who crowded around him after the hearing. “I was put in Barnes prison for going across the street and getting two egg sandwiches,” Duner told the committee, “The afternoon Fitzgerald was shot a big Pollock officer named Colonel Lievenskl, drove up in a big limousine tonring car and asked us who saw the shooting. Those of us who gave our names were put on bread and wirier. Nothing waa ever done to Sergeant Cooper. He also told of alleged abuses st tha disciplinary barracks at Coblenz. “A poor innocent fellow who conldnlfl get it In his nut how to port arms mj told to double Lime across a yard,” said Duner. E “Finally he fell exhausted and a ser-fl geant banged him over the head with and forty-fie and then gave him anotheifl crack on the side of the face. He cufl his face all to pieces.” ■ "At this prison a Lieutenant Pagd was in charge—a snow bird, all lit an most of the time. He used to go awajfl (Continued on Page Two.) 3

“SAY IT WITJd A TIMES WANT AD” CLEOrATRA WAS IN TEARS —but when Marc Anthony chugged up to her villa in his 1916 Justabout, she greeted him gleefully. “Oh Marc, you’ve saved the day. I lost my opera glasses but with that lovely car we can get down town before the forms close, and put an Ad In The Times Classified Columns.” MA In 3500, Classified Adr. Dept