Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 214, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Unsettled, snow tonight or Wednesday. Colder Wednesday night.

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60 JOBLESS GIVEN WORK ON STREETS Shank Plan to Aid Unemployment Gets Under Way. MAYOR DIRECTS Relief Made Possible by Action of Council. Sixty men, with families ranging from seven to nine members, were put to work cleaning streets and. repairing unimproved streets by the city administration today as the first step in carrying out Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank’s scheme for affording relief to the destitute unemployed. The city council made the plan possible by transferring $20,000 to anew fund, known as the “emergency unemployment fund’’ at the regular meeting last evening. 'Xhe sixty men were selected from a list of more than 1,000 who have applied for Jobs at the bureau operated under Mr. Shank's orders by Maurice It. Collier on the first floor of the city hall rotunda. Forty were given cards authorizing them to report to John F. Walker, superintendent of street cleaning, and twenty to report to Martin J. Hyland, street commissioner. When the mayor learned, through a misunderstanding. Mr. Walker had put sixty men to work himself early in the morning, he ordered W alkcr to discharge them and replace them with the forty picked from the list at the city hall. KING GIVES MEN CARDS. The sixty men given cards were approved by John E. King, member of the city council, who is a member of the committee authorized by ordinance to pass on applicants for work under the $2 a day or 25 cents an hour relief plan. For the present the provisions of the ordinance are not being strictly followed because they would delay getting 'he men it was said. The ordinance provides a committee of seven shall approve applicants and pass their names on to Mr. King who in turn shall assign them to members of the council in whose districts the applicants reside for final approval. To avoid this red tape, Mr. King gave Mr. Collier a blanket approved for the sixty men with large families to go to work at once. The ordinance is not actually in effect, if not having reached the mayor from the city clerk for signature. The mayor said, however, he will sign it as soon as it comes to him. \ JOBLESS STORM CITY lIALI.. The city hall had hardly been opened when a crowd of more than 200 jobless men were gathered around Mr. Collier's desk. They stayed there until late in the morning when Collier left for a moment s rest. Ilis has been one of the most strenuous jobs in the city hall for several days. The $20,000 made available by the council after an attempt of City Councilman Otto Ray to have the amount increased to $50,000, failed last night. The meeting was marked by the wielding of the parliamentary bludgeon upon the minority faction by President Theodore J. Berrnl, who was told what to do from the floor by Councilman Lloyd D. Claycoinbe of the majority. The council passed three measures under suspension of the rules, including that for the relief of the unemployed, one authorizing the jiark department to borrow $55,000 on temporary loan and transferring the duty of and funds foi maintaining improved streets from the street commissioner’s department to the city civil engineering department. FEE TO BE TAKEN IN ATHLETIC CONTESTS. Five other measures were introduced as follows: Creating an athletic commission to issue permits and collect license *<ees and 5 per cent commission from evViry contest of athletic skill to which admission is charged; authorizing the boa All of public works to issue $200,000 worth of bonds for the acquisition of the site for £ city hall annex : restricting the (Continued on Page Two.) WILT INSPECT CITY HOSPITAL

State iHre Marshal to Investigate Fire Hazard. Following a preliminary tour of all parts ofi th’ institution yesterday State Fire Marshal Newman T. Miller announced V.oday he will have a complete investigation of the fire hazards (.t the city hospital made within the next few days and a\ report thereof turned over to the boardXof putdie health. Mr. Miller \V#s accompanied by Dr. E. E. Iloagin, chairman of the board of health, and Dr J Richard A. Poole, superintendent of trie hospital. Dr. Ilodgin had asked the \ inspection be made primarily to detertoine whether or not the middle of the fhsree old units of the hospital is a fire Arap. Dr. Hodgin and other city officials believe it is. Both health board members and Mayor Shank hope anew unit chk be built.

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Newspaper Man, Under Sentence tor Action by Editor, Asks Rehearing

Declaring that the decision of the court is the only one known in which, o higher court has affirmed the conviction of an innocent defendant for an offense fwhich is shown by the record to have been committed by a named individual residing in the jurisdiction of the lower court, James L. Ktlgallen, formerly managing editor of the Indiana Daily Times, has petitioned the Supreme Court of Indiana for a rehearing of his appeal from the contempt judgment of the Marlon Criminal Court. Mr. Kiigallen’s brief, prepared by Shirley, Whitcomb & Dowden, Walter Myers and Henry Spain, sets forth twelve reasons why the judgment of the Supreme Court affirming his conviction for contempt should be withdrawn and a new hearing granted. After discussing the legal phases of the ease, the brief concludes this statement : “Under these circumstances, to affirm the lower court's judgment would amount to nothing more nor less than holding that innocense is no defense in cases of indirect contempt! of court. It is inconceivable tliyt this court will place itself 6n record as beßvg willing to uphold such a conviction.’’ This case, which is the most important to newspaper men and publishers of any in the history of Indiana, originated in the Marion Criminal Court following the publication of editorial comment in the Indiana Daily Times on April 7, 1920, on the fact that an attorney for two defendants had been permitted to examine witnesses in behalf of his clients before the Marion County grand jury. CITED FOB CONTEMPT BY JUDGE COLLINS. Mr. Kilgallen was cited for eomtempt by Judge James A. Collins and immediately filed his answer in which he denied the responsibility for the alleged contemptuous article and asserted that it was prepared and published wholly

TESTIMONY IN ARBUCKLECASE TO BEGIN TODAY Physician Who Held Autopsy on Miss Rappe’s Body First Witness. SAN FRANCISCO. T an. 17.—A1l war in readiness for the taking of testimony in the second trial for n anslaughter of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle this afternoon. Fourteen jurors, twelve men and two women, sworn late yesterday were ready to sit in judgment on the film star as the story of the death of Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress, is unfolded for them. Desire of the district attorney for time to marshal his witnesses caused adjournment of court until 2 o’clock this afternoon. District Attorney Mathew Brady will make the opening statement to the Jury and summon Dr. W. M. Ophuls as the first witness. Dr. Ophuls performed the autopsy on the body of Miss Rappe following her death at the Wakefield sanitarium, four days after the Labor dayparty at a local hotel. If time permits, Dr. G. Y. Rns't, University of California pathologist, will testify this afternoon. District Attorney Brady would not disclose his motive in calling this expert so early in the case. It is possible the district attorney plans through Dr. Rusk to introduce the report of the medical experts who examined the injured organ from Miss Rappe’s body. If this is done, it will make a change of front from the first trial when the Stale contended the organ was In an entirely healthy condition. It is possible Dr. Rusk will testify the condition found in the organ would in no way predispose it to rupture.

Bootlegger Owes U. S. $4,000; Offers 5 Marks to Pag It Five German marks, worth at a liberal estimate the enormous sum of half a cent, were offered in settlement of a liability amounting to more than SI,OOO by a bootlegger, whose name was not made public, to M. Bert Thurman, Collector of Internal Revenue, today. The offer was not accepted. Violators of the liquor laws, when they get caught, frequently find themselves indebted to the Internal Revenue Department in large sums for licenses they neglected to obtain and penalties for their neglect. If they cannot raise the full amount of the penalty they are entitled to make an offer lr. compromise. The offer received by Collector Thurman was accomxtanied by the five German marks —paper marks. Now officials of the Revenue Department are wondering what would have happened to a customer who had dared offer the bootlegger in question a hodfnl of the stuff for some good bottled-in-bond stuff. The suggestion also has been made that perhaps the bootlegger was investing good American money, realized from the sale of good (?) American booze, in German marks. Court Says Church Must Hang Feb. 17 CHICAGO, Jan. 17—Harvey O. Church, convicted murderer of Carl Ausinus and B. J. Daugherty, Packard Motor Car Company salesman, must hang Feb. 17. Judge John Caverly refused to grant his motion for anew trial.

Seek Expulsion of La Foilette From Republican Party WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Expulsion of Robert La Foilette, Wisconsin, from the Republican party is being sought by his political and persona! enemies. They want the “stormy petrel" of the Senate officially thrown or. of the G. O. P. majority and figuratively, if not literally, set out in the middle of the Senate aisle as a ‘‘man without a party.”

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under the authority of Robert A. Butler, the editor of the Times. Overriding this defense, Trudge Collins convicted Kilgallen of contempt and sentenced him to jail. An appeal was taken and the Supreme Court affirmed the conviction Nov. 18, 1921. If this alTlrmatory Judgment of the Supreme Court of Indiana is not withdrawn or overthrown, Indiana citizens will witness the spectacle of an innocent man serving a sentence in the Marion County jail for an alleged offense committed wholly by another person over whom the convicted man had no authority and whose action the convicted man could not have prevented had he so desired. Furthermore, this monumental miscarriage of justice will have been brought about regardless of the fact that the court knew and was informed by the record of the case that the offense, if there was one, was committed by a man other than the one he convicted and who was in the courtroom at the time of the conviction of the innocent party. Sl Ii.IF.CTB ANY ONE OF SEVERAL TO PUNISHMENT. This decision of the Supreme Court establishes in Indiana a rule of law under which It is possible for a judge to single out any one of several members of a newspaper organization and sentence him to jail because of the publication in the newspaper of an article which he regards as a contempt. The publisher, owner, editor or managing editor of the paper may be held criminally responsible for its publications regardless of whether he prepared, ordered, approved or knew anything about the contemptuous article, if this ruling of the court stands. In the Instant case, Mr. Kilgallen was (Continued on Page Five.)

Girl Mayor Outlines Her Marriage Ideals IS RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS PROPOSALS Says Man's Salary Is Only Minor Detail

FAIRPORT, Ohio, Jan. 17.—Dr. Amy Kaukoner, pretty girl-mayor, today outlined her platform regarding love and p *r ’r-r exclusive Interview “Each day brings a sheaf of letters and telegrams," she says, “containing marriage proposals ranging from the platonic offers of ambitious youths to ’help fight the bootleggers’ to the correctly phrased note which hears the coat ofarms of a fine old Boston family and requests the fair mayor to ‘become my honored wife.’ “I believe In only one kind of marriage,” Dr. Kaukonen declared, “the mar riage that Is the natural result of true lotc. “Marriage and a successful career may go hand In hand.

METAL WORKER FALLS 30 FEET; DIES INSTANTLY John Schneider, 27, Killed in Accident at 64S East Washington Street. John Schneider, 27. was killed today when he fell thirty feet from a roof at 518 East Washington street. Schneider, who was a sheet metal worker employed by Christian Off and Company, sheet metal contractors, at 5 North New Jersey street, wa3 engaged in placing a gutter on the roof when he toppled off. He alighted on his head, suffering a fractured skull and was dead before the ambulance reached the scene. Alonzo R. Kasliner, R. R. F„ Box 53, who was working on the roof with Schneider, said Schneider appeared to stoop over and then plunge headlong from the building. Officials of the company did not have the man’s address listed, but friends said he lived in Congress street near Capitol avenue. They also said he had been married recently. Records of the Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, in the Labor Temple, show that Schneider’s address is 341 Congress street. He had been a member of the organization since I>ec. 3, 1917. DISSETTE HOME IS HELD UNFIT Dr. Hodj>;in Condemns Proposed Hospital Site. The Dissette Horne, Arlington avenue and East Michigan street, which the city recently acquired in the purchase of ninety-six acres as a site for a golf course and the future development into a park, is unsuitable for a temporar hospital, Dr. E. E. Hodgin, president of the board of public health, informed Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank today. Dr. Hodgin inspected the place after Mayor Shank had announced he would not have the house turned into a golf clubhouse for the people of Irvington, but thought it ought, to be used to house patients from the city hospital while anew wing is being built there. Dr. Hodgin said while the house is unsuitable for general hospital purposes it has splendid possibilities for development as a psychopathic hospital, where mentally unbalanced persons now housed in the .county jail and other county institutions, might be kept. Foreign Debt Bill Satisfies Harding WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—President Harding is satisfied with the foreign debt funding bill as it is now reported to | Congress, it was stated officially at the I White Houß etoday.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922.

RUMOR SAYS POINCARE FOR GENOA PARLEY New French Foreign Policy Hint Is Given. MAY ATTEND MEET PARIS, an. 17.—French foreign policy under Premier Poincare embodies indorsement of the Genoa economic conference, according to semi-official advices from the Quai D’Orsay today. Poincare, it was authoritatively reported, will recommend the conference to the Chamber of Deputies when he announces the policies of the new government Thursday and will propose to go to Genoa himself. Premier Poincare has conceded a step further in his attitude toward the Russians, It is believed. Instead of Insisting upon a guarantee from the Soviet government as a preliminary 3tep to tho Genoa conference, the new premier, it Is understood, will be satisfied if ltuss’aa guarantees are taken up as oria of the first moves of tho parley itself. The British view does not go this far; Lloyd George Intended the Russians should lie admitted to determine what guarantees they would give for their participation In the rehabilitation of Europe. It 1* certain the hostile political factions in both houses will be ready with their weapons of attack as soon as the (Contlnntd on Page Two.)

“The man’s salary Is a minor detail, depending on the girl's tistes—l expect a man to earn SIO,OOO a year—at the very least ” Hinting that perhaps she, too i* cherishing the ideal of a "not Impossible he” —who will some day come ‘riding Into the dawn of her womanhood 11U the prince in the fairy tale,” the pretty mayor reveals some of her more romantic musings on the subject. "I think the lore of Dante for Beatrice the ideal sort of love —this type of love will last always, even after death, forever and ever, until the last star goes out.” The recipient of more love missives and “mash notes" than even tho most popular chorus beauty, Fairport's "fight-

Says Yank Das Shot Defending French Woman Former British Soldier Describes Alleged Crime by U. S. Officer. WASHINGTON, Jen. 17.—The shooting of a “Yank" at Le Mans, France, by an American officer, when the soldier surprised the officer in an attack on a French woman, was described in a letter filed today with the special senatorial investigating committee, when it resumed its investigation into charges of Senator Tom Watson of Georgia. “The American officer deliberately shot down the American soldier, who died in my arms,” declared the writer, Fred H. Alien of Missoula, Mont., who said he formerly was In the British Army. “Military police, attracted by the shot, came up anil the American officer said the soldier had been shot by a French colonel. A court of inquiry returned a verdict of ‘brutally shot by a French Algerian,’ " Allen continued. Allen said Jus* before the shooting took place he, in company with an American soldier, heard the cries of a . jman and rushed into a building to find her defending herself against the attacks of the American officer. “We routed him and proceeded down the road,” AllPn declared. “The American soldier said he hoped the American officer did not recognize him as they belonged to the same ‘outfit.’ Shortly afterward the officer overtook us and shot the American soldier down.” Allen said the officer wore the insignia of the Fourth division and the number of his regiment ended in eight. A fiat denial of testimony that bodies of American soldiers buried In France (Continued on Page Two.) WILL TEST NEW GARBAGE METHOD A method of reducing garbage that will eliminate objectionable odors, which, if found to be ail that is claimed for it, may replace entirely the city’s $175,000 garbage disposal plants at Sellers farm, was discovered today by the board of sanitary commissioners. William G. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio, manufacturer of a sanitary garbage reduction machine, explained its operation and advantages he claims for it to the board and offered to have one unit shipped here and installed at the garbage plant for $2,500. The regular price is $3,000. The boa-d accepted the offer and the unit is expected to be in operation in a few weeks. It will be experimented with thoroughly and if it reduces garbage without odors the old plant may be replaced with the Morrison system ,the board indicated. Odors from the garbage plant which envelope West Indianapolis and make life almost unbearable In the summer have been one of the greatest troubles of the sanitary board since it took over the plant from the Indiana Reduction Company.

Arbuckle Says He Fears Losing Kids’ Confidence More Than Prison Term

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 17. “It’s not prison I'm afraid of. It’s not the loss of fame or fortune. It Is the loss of regard; the loss of affection; tue fact that the kids may think I am guilty that hurt3 me.” Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, on trial for a second time charged with taking the life of Virginia Rappe, was Bpeaklng. Smoking a cigarette in the corr'dor outside the courtroom he talked for the first time since ills nrrest. While he talked Mlnta Durfee, his wife, stood ; patiently by waiting for tho interview to | end and beside him was Gavin McNab, i his attorney. | "I'm Innocent,” Arbuckle began slowI iy. “All I ask is a square fjenl,” he went on, blowing a wonderful ring of blue tobacco smoke which he followed contemplatively with fits eyes at it floated away. "All I want Is for the public to withhold Its Judgment •until tho Jury of twelve men and women has decided whether or not I am guilty." I have suffered the tortures of hell since 1 was arrested. The thought that some people might have believed I was guilty of causing the death of that poor girl was torment. “Bound by silence In the past, I had to face the accusation night and day without answer for the sole reason that ail the evidence in the case and the puri ported statements of witnesses were puri posely twisted and turned so as to ln--1 Jure me and my attorneys were certain the same would happen to anything I I might say.” Fatty hesitated, dropped his clgarptte, crunched it beneath his feet and started rolling another. "Why the women and children of the world were my audience.’* he went on. "I made them laugh; I made them happy. They liked Fatty of the films.

lng mayor” told with a whimsical smite of one man who telegraphed after three desperate letters—“lf I fnil to get a favorable reply from you by next Tuesday 1 shall jump off Brooklyn bridge." “I wired back, ‘Why wait until Tuesday?’ ‘ An unsophisticated youth inquired, “Is there any chance of going on raids with you and sampling the liquor?" This boy confides that be Is the perfect mate for the “anti-bootleg mayor” because he has taken a correspondence course in all manner of detecting. "I make It a rule to Ignore these spoony missives, for I believe 99 per cent of them are tommy rot and nonsense,” tho mayor said with no little emphasis.

SEVERE TYPE OF QUAKE NOTED Disturbance, Estimated 2,500 Miles South of Washington, Lasts 2 Hours. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—An earthquake disturbance of a very severe type, lasting for almost two hours, was recorded on the seismograph of Georgetown University observatory here last night and early today. The distubances began at 10:58 p. m. and continued until 1 a. m„ with the maximum recorded at 11:00 p. in. Observers estimated the disturbance to be 2,500 miles generally south of Washington. THREE SEVERE SHOCKS RECORDED AT ST. LOUIS ST. LOUTS, Jan. 17.—Three very severe earth shocks occurring approximately l. miles south of this city, were registered on the St. Louis University seismograph last night, it was announced today. The three shocks were part of a series of tremors that began at 10:58 p. m, and lasted more than an hour.

One Per Cent of Savings to Provide Hays’ Salary

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—This Is the Inside story of why the moving picture magnates can afford to pay Will H. Hays $150,000 a year. All the altruistic and uplift purposes attributed to the move may be properly indorsed, but the true story is the extremely practical plan of an extremely practical set of big business men behind one of the biggest of America’s industries. The masters of the moving picture business definitely expect that Will 11. Hays, by harmonizing the industry’s business policy, will gave for them, and therefore, in effect, earn for them ten times his salary. That is why they were able to induce Hays to give up his position as Postmaster General in ’the Cabinet of President Harding to become tho "Landis of the movies.” SALES DUPLICATIONS TO BE ELIMINATED. The explanation is in the fact that the great trouble with the moving picture business at present is duplication In sales. There are perhaps five hundred big, financially responsible moving picture theaters in the country, but there are about twelve thousand smaller theaters, which constitute the hulk of the order to get the big features business. These small theaters, in can use. They pay for only the pictures that they do use and the big producers are helpless. They cannot collect for the unshown pictures, in many cases,

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No It isn't prison I’m afraid of. It's not loss of fame or fortune. It Is loss of regard ; loss of affection; the fact that tho kids of the world may think I am guilty. That hurts me. "In m.v heart I feel the American people are fair and that after a full hearing has been had In this case, I am not going to lose their esteem. “I’m a victim of circumstances. If I were not who I am I doublt If I would be where I am now. “Nothing I ever got in Ufa came to me without a struggle. My life as a kid was a hard one. I fought for everything I got. There was no gold spoon In my mouth when I was born. “When success came to me it was like a dream. And if there was one rea reward in It—yes, a reward greater than the money and the fame, it brought me —thnt was the knowledge that l brushed the cares of millions of people away and made them forget their troubles ana laugh. “Why, wherever I would go children would follow me and call me by name. It was good to have their love and regard that way. It was worth more than all the money I made. And I know in my heart that I never did anything consciously to forfeit the love those kids held for me. “Guilty? Tho law says a man is not guilty until he is proven so. But let a man once be arrested and charged with a crime; let his name go broadcast In those first cruel stories, regardless of fact, and he is branded guilty.” He stopped again. "Don’t worry so,” urged Minta Durfee, “I have suffered,” the big comedian went on,” speaking softly. “All I ask In repayment of the wrong done me, Is that the world which once loved me, now withhold its Judgmeti a little while and give me a chance to prove before another Jury "that I am Innocent.”

FEDERATION OF WOMEN PLANS BUYING HOME Will Raise Sufficient Sum to Obtain Fauntleroy Estate. Federation activities for the pnrebase of the Fauntleroy horn - at New llarmouj, the birthplace of the first woman's c!ut> in Indiana, was given a decided Impetus today by the talk by Mr.--. O M. Pit ten* ger, chairman of the home committee, at the meeting of the Council of the Indiana Federation of Clubs at the Claypool Hotel. An outline of the plan* for raising $20.(00 for the home was read by Mrs. l’ittenger. She also gave hints as to how to raise money. “It's all very well to say $1 from each club member before March 14, but raising a large fund of money by picture shows, etc., won't Interfere with the individual dollar and may come In very nicely,” she sai t. I’ageants. plays, suppers and lyceum speakers were suggested as means of raising funds by the clubs. The second Tuesday in February was the day selected by Mrs. I’lttenger as the “movie day," when all Hubs over the State will sell tickets for some photoplay to raise money for the home. “It has been two years.” added Mrs Pittenger, "since we signed the deed of trust and we as a body of interested energetic women have to close up this deal in rapid fashion, and it may be done very easily if wn put the combined forces of our several thousand women back of It." A permanent honor roll is to be started with the names of clubs, county man county and district who give their quota on it, together with those of individuals giving over $25. Facsimiles of the badge of the Minerva Club, (the mother club) will be presented at the annual convention when the work Is completed, to each member of the State committee, to each district chairman whose district goes over the top and to each county chairman whoso county goes over the top and to each club president whose club pay Its full quota. A federation "Home Song" was announced, and was sung with "pep," community fashion, by tbs women several times. 1 Mrs. R. E. Kennlngton, chairmen of the legislative department, in her report (Continued on Pag© Two.)

without actually closing up tho small theuter, which Is the last thing they desire to do. The loss in 1921 on unsliown pictures ran from 15 to 30 per cent of the entire contracted business of most of the largest concerns. With the annual business running over one hundred millions this would mean a loss of over fifteen million dollars and a saving of a very small percentage, in fact, 1 per cent would pay the salary of the former postmaster general. PROPOSE system for EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. The big producers in the agreement with Hays propose to form a definite system for the exchange of Information, the firkt that ever has been possible tu the industry. There will be a real organization, functioning along perfectly proper and acceptable lines which will be designed to eliminate the enormous waste now involved in the heavy duplication of sales. Hays at the head of this organization will be In a position to save enormous sums for the industry and at tho same time carry out his desires in tho way of higher standards and the general uplift of the business. But behind all other purposes and the decisive influences which brought the great producers together was the necessity for eliminating tho tremendous loss from which they are all suffering acutely by the action of the small exhibitors in buying many more pictures than they can display.—Copyright, 1922, by United Press.

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REPUBLICANS PILL VACANCIES MADE BY OUSTING DEMOCRATS Changes, Reported to Be Result of Order From Department, Indicate Return of Old Spoils System. . ‘HUMANIZING’ BY G. O. P. DEFINITION

“Ifnmanlte, verb transitive.. To render humane, to soften, to make gentle by overcoming cruelty and rudeness; to refine or civilize; as ‘the humanizing rffect of music.’ Webster - * Unabridged Dictionary.

Acting in accordance with the revised definition the work of “human!** ing” the Indianapolis postoffice along the same lines as pursued by the Turks during the highly successful “humanization” of Armenia three Democrats, veteran postoffice employes, Charles B. Fawkner, superintendent of mails; Jacob F. Poe, assistant superintendent, and Frank Schmedel, fore* man in the carrier department, were discharged today and their places filled by Republicans. All the discharged veterans have been in theservice for periods ranging from twenty-four to more than thirty years. They were not demoted, as is usually the custom in the cases of men whose jobs are wanted for political reasons, they were discharged, thrown out bodily without notice after years of continuous service.

PARLEY NOW APPEARS FAR FROM CLOSE Delegates Afflicted by Severe Case of Dumps. WAY BLOCKADED By GEORGE R. HOLMES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—The armament conference developed a distinct case of doldrums today ami neither American officials nor foreign delegates would hazard an opinion as to how long it will take to iron out the numerous difficulties that have arisen to block the pathway to early adjournment. The Chinese and Japanese delegations beld a lengthy session and again failed to make any progress toward settlement of the Shantung controversy. This fact, coupled with the Impasse that has been reached on Article 19 of the naval treaty (fortifications clause), resulted in lack of j progress all along the line. j Considerable mystery surrounds the conference attitude on the famous twenty-one demands which Japan is alleged to have forced upon China in 1915 by means of a forty-eight-hour ultimatum, and the acceptance of which by China consolidated Japan s position in Manchuria and inner Mongolia, and gave her a predominant position throughout the Orient. In the face of the announced Chinese determination of presenting the twentyone demands, the conference powers have been compelled to announce that they would "receive consideration,” but the degree to which they will bo considered remains a mystery that can only be solved by the settlement of the Shantung controversy and subsequent events. Secretary of State Hughes is determined to make as much progress as possible before picking up the highly dange roils Issue of the twenty-one demands. This was the explanation put forward today in American quarters for the statement that Shantung must be settled before there can be any discussion of the demands. American officials believe that once the controversial issue of Shantung is out of the way, both Japan and China will be in a mood to approach the twen-ty-one demands without so much danger of a disastrous flare-up. In Japanese quarters, however, there appeared today to be no weakening of their previously announced position—that | the twenty-one demands were accepted i by China in the full exercise of her sovereignty, that they have been referred j by the recognized treaties, and that tbi* ends the matter. If the conference Is going to open up tho question of validity of regular treaties, the Japanese contend, there will be no end to'the conference, and nothing to preclude any power presenting to the conference any treaty it doesn’t happen ! to like. The Japanese position in this respect i is strengthened by the known position , of the British delegation, and by at ! least one member of the American : delegation—Ellhn Root, who have' publicly expressed similar sentiments, j Both the Japanese and Chinese are proceeding warily under these conditions. Delinquent Tax List Biggest Ever The delinquent tax list, which will be announced Saturday, is the largest ever made here in point of gross as well as in numbers of delinquent tax payers, nc- I cording to County Auditor, Leo K. Fes- j ler. The sale of delinquent property will be made on Feb. 13. Mr. Fesler stated that the list will be reduced to a great extent by deliquent tax payers making settlement before that date. The delinquent taxes, both personal and real, total $200,000, Mr. Fesler said. This figure is unusually large because fivp large corporations are delinquent. ! INJURED IN COLLISION. Mrs. It. E. Sample, 50, and H. E. Keyes. 47. of Knightstown, were slightly injured today where an automobile In which they were riding was struck by u car driven j by Isaac Minor, 3519 Central avenue, at j Alabama and Vermont streets. The I Keyes car was wrecked.

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“Humanize, verb political. To make Republican, as ‘the only hnmanized postoffice is a Democratless postofflec; the only humanized Democrat 1 a Democrat separated from the political pie counter.’ Republican Dictionary, 1923 Issue.

ACTION ON ORDERS FROM DEPARTMENT. The action was taken by Acting Postmaster Robert H. Bryson today on specific orders from the Postoffice Department at Washington. Mr. Bryson, it is said, is in no way responsible for the action and in discharging the men had no leeway or initiative in the matter. He merely acted in accordance with instructions from his superiors, It is said. A. B. Mundtlle, foreman in the mail* ing division, succeeded Mr. Fawkner as superintendent of malls; Arthur D. Growe, foreman of carriers, replaced Mr. Poe as assistant superintendent, and Ellla Crane, foreman who has been acting as inspector of routes, succeeded Mr. Schme-i del. The three new appointees are Republicans. Mr. Bryson explained that their appointments were temporary, not permanent. SAVORS OF OLD ! SFOIJLS SYSTEM. The action in discharging the men i without notice is one of the most radical I taken in the postoffice in years and by J many employes is taken as an indication I that the present postolfice regime Intends ! to relegate civil service rules to the dump ' heap and restore the old spoils system [ in all its ancient, doubtful glory. Mr. Fawkner has been superintendent of mails since October, 1913. Before that he had been in the service, with the exception of a short period, siuea March, 1893, During this time he was in the railway mail service and for three years was postoffice inspector. The services of Mr. Poe date back fully thirty years. For a time he was carrier at Columbus, Ind., and was appointed to the local force <n 1896. He became assistant superintendent In 1913. Mr. Schmedel became foreman of carriers in October, 1914, after being is the carrier service since 1897. DISCHARGED MEN REGARDED AS EFFICIENT. All three of the discharged men hare been regarded as unusually efficient men and the news of their discharges came as a real shock in postoffice circles. It has been taken for granted that they would be demoted, but that such drastic action as putting them entirely out of the service had not been considered possible. The three new appointees are also veterans and are generally looked upon as fu’.ly competent to fill the positions assigned them. Mr. Mundelle entered th service in IS9O and has been foreman since 1904. Mr. Crane is one of the oldest men in the office, from point of service, and has been connected with the local office since May 16. 1878. He was made foreman less than a year ago. Mr. Grow entered the service as carrier la 1399 and was made foreman in April, 1919. lie was one of the nineteen candidates for the postmastership. Despite his twenty-two years of continuous service he was not certified to the Postoffice Department by the Civil Service Commission as one of the three candi* dates eligible for the postmastership. In view of the action taken today it is believed that other and sweeping changes will be made in the personnel of the office. Charles TV. Byfield, at present assistant 4 postmaster, and who received the second highest grade among the three candidates certified for the postmastership, is a Democrat and it is considered a certainty that he, at least, will be demoted. Fireman Found Dead; Post-mortem Ordered George Wells. 52, 1313 West Thirtieth street, was found dead in the boiler-room of the Allison estate, West Riverside drive, today. He was a fireman for the estate and the body was discovered by Otis Ciemans, general foreman. Dr. Paul F. Robison, coroner, has ordered a post mortem to determine the cause of death. "NIGHT RIDERS” ARREST AUTOIBT. Sergeant Thomas and a squad of "night riders” were riding up North Meridian street last night when they saw ahead of them an automobile weaving from one curb to the other. They came up with it and sent Percy Hill, 42. 2901 Central avenue, to the city prison for operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor.

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