Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1922 — Page 11

TIM MURPHY POWER BEHIND LABOR LEADER Curran’s Election by Chicago Building Trades Brings New Rule. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—“ Big Tim” Murphy today became the dominant power in Chi- ■ jtaso union labor. the "power hehlnd the throne,” who Is under sentence to Federal Prison following conviction on charges of rob- ! bing the malls, gained control of the Chicago Building Trades Council, with the ousting of Thomas Kearney and election of William Curran tos- replace him. j Curran, as well as the slate chosen with j him, are Murphy men. FORECASTS FIGHT AGAINST LANDIS LABOR AWARD. Meeting of Curran means the building trades will fight the wage award made , by Judge K. M. Landis to a finish. Enforcement of strikes on all construc,tion jobs where nonunion labor is employed will be the first step by the new administration. Judge Landis will be asked to resign as arbiter In the between contractors and their employes and negotiations will again be opened directly with the contractors. Rise of Murphy, once a newsboy, to. commanding power In Chicago's labor fight, as marked by bitter factional quarrels. Murphy organized the Street Cleaners’ Union and his progress seemed checked there by "Mossy” Enright, notorious gunman and labor leader. CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY. Enright was shot and killed two years ago. Several of Murphy's friends were arrested in connection with the murder, but the prosecuting witness disappeared and they were never brought to trial. Later Murphy was arrested and con Aricted for conspiracy in connection with Bfhe Dearborn station mail robbery and now is waiting to begin his sentence. Although long a member of the Building Trades Council, the first meeting he attended was the one which, marked the beginning of his rule. GUS WAS POLITE TO POLICEMAN In Truth, He Wanted to Be Good to Every One . A decrepit old horse hitched to a ramshackle buggy came slowly down the left side of Washington street. A hilarious driver shouted "whoa.” but the horse wouldn't whoa. Automobiles dodged around the buggy Street cars just missed it. At lasi the horse drew the buggy to a stop near Alabama street. Trafiic Officer Omer Lee. noticing the vehicle was on the wrong side of the street, left his post at the street interset‘ion and investigated. In the buggy was Gns Hess, toot North West street, intoxicated to such a degree that he was a friend of every one he met. He invited the officer “in.” On searching the buggy Lee found a half-pint bottle partly full of "white mule." Hess was arrested on charges of drlv ing on the left side of the street ana .intoxication. The officer attempted to ■•barge him with operating a “motor' while under the influence i*f Mqiie- Turnkey Dan Logan told him, however, that he could not prove the “motor” part of the latter charge, so it was dropped.

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JEWEL THEATRE 1124 SO WEST ST. Run., “Two Minutes To Go;” Mon., “Don’t Forget the Sugar;” Tues.. “Rouge and Romance;” Wed.. “Jim the Penman;” Thur., “Week E.d;“ Eri., "Gun Fighter;" Sat., •‘Forbidden Valley.”

PROSPECT THEATRE Charclunan and Harlan. Sun. end Mon., **JHaything of Deatiny;" Taw*., “Cousin Kate;** Wed., “I.ove;” Thur., ‘Montana Bill;” Fri., “Jim the Penman;** Sut., “Notorious Mams Piles/’

HILLTOP THEATRE Blaine and Howard Sts. Speeial Sunday, Frank Mayo in “The Shark Master;” also a special Clyde Cook comedy; extra special. Wed. and Thurs.. Charles Chaplin in “Tbe Idle Class."

LINCOLN THEATRE Cor. S. East and Lincoln Sts. Today, "Appearances” and Snub Pollard; special for Sunday and .Uon- “ Thf> Conrasre of Marge O’Doon;” eJao a Sunshine Cornedv.

PLEASANT "HOUR THEATRE 15 {ft Roosevelt avenue San.—“To A Finish.” Mon.—“ The Whip.” Tnes.—“Partners Os Fate.” vWed. —“He;ir£s Os Youth.” Thurs.— “Huckleberry FrL—“Dangerous Hours,” Sat.—“Bej ond Price.”

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ys*>. ' 4%-N w : ss&SvlsilidJrolllill ijjs w 'j ■ "- j■■ , • _ V. _ * . ■ - I ~ LOUISE CJ.OSSKB lIALE. Louise Closser Hale, who plays the part of Grandma Belt, In “Miss Lulu Bett,” coming to the Murat the week of Jan. 30, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday, is an Indianapolis actress. Her sister is Mrs. Tarkington Baker, and she has spent imj(-h of her time in this city. “Miss Lulu Bett” is presented by Brock Pemberton and features Carroll McComas. ft was writen by Zona Gale, and was the prize play of 1920-21. We are promised the original cast and production. Besides Miss McComas 1 ar.d .M's Mile, the • ompanv Includes the following: Catherln Calhoun Douoet J ..u l norm, Brigham Royce.jiLois Shore, Be.h Varden and Russell Morrison. Otto Stechman Dies in California Otto Steehhan, 72, pioneer resident oi Indianapolis, died Thursday at the home of his sou. H. O. Steehhan, at Pasadena. Cal., according to word received her* yesterday by Albert Sahm, a brotherinlaw. Mr. Steehhan was known as the father of the State law which created Manual Training High School. He was a member of the city council in the early eighties and later represented Marion County in the Legislature. Mr. Steehhan and his wife left Indl anapolis more than a year ago to take up their residence in California. He is survived by his widow and son SWEET OE ’EM. NEW YORK. Jan. 21.—Society buds wi r - * i h • -old gray dawn Feb 20. to act as everything from chambermaid to telephone girls at a New York hotel in aid of a local tuberculosis relief fund.

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OUTLINES PLANS FOR STATE WORK Indiana Y. M. C. A. Adopts New Constitution. ; A. J. Elliott of Chicago, expert In the psychology of youth, spoke upon “The Boy and the Student —His Loves—His Temptations—His Passions—His Associates—ll is Capacity—His Future," today at the fifty-first annual State convention of the Indiana Young Men’s Christian Association. The meeting closed at moon. I Adoption of anew constitution designed to make representation in the State organization more Inclusive of the real Y. M. C. A. leaders in the various Indiana cities was the most Important business accomplished yesterday afternoon. **’ “It will take a bunch of statesmen with the message of Jesus Christ upon their lips to make the employer and the employe realize what Is needed to solve the problems of industry," declared Charles R. Towson of New York last evening In 'an address to the delegates at the Meridian Street M. E. Church. “America's future of productiveness In industry depends more upon the spiritual force applied to business than upon the machinery used, anil the Y. M. C. A. presents itself as an institution having an economic value in the spiritual message it brings to business.” Other speakers at the convention were C. E. Tevebaugh, new State secretary; Dr. Virgil E. Rorer, pastor of the Meridian Street M E. Church: R. F. Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio; John Pontius, Columbus, ind.: C. F. Nevius. Anderson; Dr. ft. D. Tullis, acting State secretary dur ing 1921: G. A. Van Dyke and V*. H. Insley, members of the executive committee, and V. M. Ilahibakgh of Cal , cutta. India. S. I). Bechtel was ehairIman. The name of the State organization was changed to State Young Men's Christina Association of Indiana by tbe adoption of the new constitution. CONSIDER HELP ‘ ' GREATER NEED Legion Officials Declare Memorial Can Wait. i Opposition to the erection of any form lof national memorial at Washington until complete provision has been made for the care of disabled former service men, was cxpresscT by several officials | of the American Legion who were guests |of the Optimist’s Club at its weekly 1 luncheon at the Hofei Lincoln yesterday, The club was asked to assist the legion in carrying this program through. George L. Barry, of Chattanooga. Tenn , : national vice commander of the legion : T. IS. Wamsley. past commander of the do '• part men* of Louisiana; Claude E. Gregg. !of Vincennes, State commander cf the Indiana department, and Myron M. ID sJ ler. former commander of Indianapolis post of the legion, were guests of the opt imists. Mr Barry is president of the Interna tional Pressmen’s Union, and this fact was cited by Mr. Wamsley as proof there was not foundation f :, r the reports that the legion is antagonistic to labor. - next woman watch out. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 21. -Policeman Day who works at night almost caught a woman burglar. He tired two shots at a prowler who proved to 1> a woman, apologized and escorted her to a street car. Later he found bent hairi in the lock of the store tloor.

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SAYS HUSBANDS CARE ONLY FOR DRESSY WIVES' Chicago Actress Avers Men Prefer Charming Spouse to Plain Drudges. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—The secret—why ; men leave_home, is out. Men want their eyes pleased. If they ' can’t get the optical illusion at home, ; they will turn the “home sweet home” j motto upside down and steal out to knock upon the aesthetic threshhold. In other words, girls, if you would j keep your husband, just Jump out of the j frying pan Into—short skirts. Fraueine Ltyrimore, star of Chicago's Rialto, said so today. Franwmo should know. During her stage career, she ha 9 seen enough stage door personages to fill the Hall of Fame. ' Says Franclne: “I never heard of a man's going to the dogs for a woman with a greasy skillet in her hand. i “The first thing a wise woman will do 1 i when slxe Is married go out arid buy the best dress she can find. She will live on doughnuts and coffee, and make her husband Dke ’em for a b 'nt'lime In order I to wear silks and feathers. I “If the ever-enduring housewife knew '"what the woman of the stage know, they I would consider good clothes more essential than butter, eggs and bread. We • know. We have seen husbands In action around the stage door.” Asked Franclne: "If a man Is having the odd dinner ■ where he has no business to be, haven’t j you always noticed the woman in the lease is well-dressed?” No answer. •STARVING WIFE SEEKSHUSBAND English iWoman Appeals to Hughes in Search. Begging for aid for herself .and six starving children. Mrs. Jesse W. Murphy, 2 Silver street, Cbrlstchtfrch, Hants. England, in a letter to Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, asked that her husband. Jesse W. Murphy, who is said to live near Salem, Ind., bo found and something be done to iiiaks him support bis wife and family. According to the letter, .which was transmitted to Governor Warren T. McCray, Murphy was deported from England to the United States because he Was an undesirable British subject. Mrs. Murphy said when she married Murphy she lost a large pension, watch was given her by the government for the i support of her first husband s children. The letter also stated unless some help was sent to her iy her husband, who, she declares, has not contributed to the support of herself or her six children In the last two years, she would starve to I deatii. She Is unable to work, according to the communication, because of the age of her youngest child. An Investigation as to the whereabouts of Murphy’s mother, Mrs. Mary Britton, who was said t.o iiave lived in Washington i County, was made by Judge James \, | Tucker of the Wits’ ’ngion County courts I but nobody of that name was found. | From 'h- letter, it la beli-red Murphy Is ; in a pris >u In the if cited States, but tne 'recorls of Indiana prisons do not show j bo is in nuy state Institution.

MRS. SEVERIN TO APPEAL HER CASE Widow Battles to Administer Late Capitalist’s Estate. Failing to have Judge Mahlon 15. Bash of the Marlon County Probate Court to' sustain her motion asking that the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company of this city be removed as administrator of the estate of the late Henry Severin who died in Chicago on Jan. 8. Mrs. Emily Willson Severin, the widow, residing in Chicago, today planned to appeal her case to the Indiana State Supreme Court. Judge Bash late yesterday sustained a demurrer of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company to the petition of the widow. The action of Judge Bash leaves the Indiana estate of Mr. Severin In the hands of the trust company as administrator. Mrs. Severin in her petition stated that she harl been appointed administratrix of tfce*-estate In Cook County, Illinois, and that she was entitled to be administratlx of the Indiana estate. She claimed that the trust company here was appointed administrator without her knowledge. While on the witness stand to support her petition, Mrs. Severin testified she was tnh second wife of the late Mr. Severin, having married him on Jan. 29, 1919, after he had been divorced from his first wife. It is impossible to estimate the total valuation of Mr. Severln’s estate but it is thought it will total at least $450,000. Boy, Hopping Truck, Is Thrown and Killed \ Ollte Hampton, IT, negro, 713 West Pratt street, was killed late yesterday | when he was thrown from a truck driven by Robert Parker, 26, 775 Indiana ave- ! nue. The Hampton boy and three others were “hopping” the truck, which was i loaded with cinders. As the corner at Blake street and Indiana avenue was roajhed the truck abruptly turned and I the boy was thrown to the street. He struck the curbing and rolled back under the rear wheels of the truck which passed over his body. Parker was slated on the technical ! charge of manslaughter. He was released on his own recognizance.

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SIEGE OF TROY IS DUPLICATED „ IN BRAUN CASE Woman Keeps 24-Hour Vigil in Cold Room to Hold Furnishings. CHrCArfo, Jan. 21.—The siege of Troy had nothing on the siege Mrs. Vesta McFatrleh Braun, embattled wife, la withstanding in her effort to balk her husband, George P. Braun, from gaining possession of the Braun home in Astor street. Mrs. Braun was hopeful of reinforcements in the form of a court Injunction today, but was prepared to hold out to the last litch. Mrs. Braun and her husband are separated but not divorced. She i suing him for separate maintenance, alleging drunkenness, habitual idleness, abusive treatment and nonsupport. Recemly Braun endeavored to sell the home In Astor street for $50,000. Mrs. Braun refused to sign the deed. Then Braun began removing the furnitore from the house with the intent of storing It and leasing the residence. Advised by her attorney that she could noc halt the removal of the furniture uillers she were in physical possession of the property, Mrs. Braun left her apartment In the fashionable Ambassador Hotel and, slipping past the cordon of guards Braun had thrown about the house, ensconced herself In a third floor room. There she with her sister remained for twenty-four hours or more despite the fact that there is no heat, light "or water in the house. She has •kept warm with relays of hot water bags brought in by friends and subsisted on food provided by the same source. Attorneys for Mrs. Braun will ask an injunction to prevent removal >v of the furniture. If this Is granted Mrs. Braun will forsake the scene of the siege and return to her warm, luxurious apartment. SOME MISTAKE SURELY. * ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.—Declaring he was never married, Bryon A.yßruffee filed suit to set aside a divorce granted "Florence Bruffee.” Bruffee objected to paying SSO monthly alimony. I "There's some mistake,” his lawyer | said.

PACT GIVES U. S. FREEDOM FOR DEFENSE (Continued From Page One.) France involved in war. If, for example, such a treaty had been in force in 1915 and 1918 when other signatories than the United States were engaged in war with the central powers of Europe, there would have been such modifications of the treaty as to have given the United States the right to prepare themselves for defense against attack. • OFFICIAL TEXT DISCLOSED. The official text of tbe naval treaty, affeetin : the right of withdrawal and of modification, obtained from official sources, follows: ARTICLE XXL If, during the term of the present treaty, the requirements of the national security of any contracting power in respect of naval defense are. In the opinion of that power, materially affected by any change of circumstances, the contracting powers will, at the request of such power, meet in conference with a view to the reconsideration of the provisions of the treaty and its amendment by mutual agreement. In view of possible technical and scientific developments, the United States of America, after consultation with the other contracting powers which shall convene as soon as possible after the expiration of eight years from the coming into force of the present treaty to consider what changes, if any, in the treaty inay be necessary to meet such developments. ARTICLE XXII. | Whenever any contracting power shall become engaged in a war which in its opinion affects the naval defense -at its national security, such power may, after notice to the other contracting powers, suspend for the period of hostilities its obligations under the present treaty pth-r than those under Article XIII and XVII. provided that such pwer shall notify the tether contracting powers that the emergency is of such a character as to require suspension. POWERS SHALL HOLD CONFERENCE. The remaining contracting powers shall in such case consult together with a view to agreement as to what temporary modi-

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fications, if any, should be made in the treaty as between themselves. Should such consultation not produce agreement, duly made in accordance with the constitutional methods of the respective powers any one of said contracting powers may, by giving notice to the other contracting suspend for the period of hostilities its obligations under she present treaty, other than those under Articles XIII and XVII. On the cessation of hostilities, the contracting powers will meet In conference to consider what modifications, if any, should be made in the provisions of the present treaty ARTICLE XXIII. The present treaty shall remain in force until Dee. 31, 1936, and in case none of i the contracting powers shall have given notice two year3 before that date of Its intention to terminate the treaty, It shall continue Ui force until the expiration of i two years from the date on which notice ;of termination shall be given by one of the contracting powers, whereupon the treaty shall terminate as regards all the contracting powers. Snch notice shall be communicated in writing to the government of the United'States, shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the notification to the othef powers and inform them of the date on which it was received. The notice shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect from that date. Within one year of the date of the receipt by the Government df the United States of a notice of termination by any power, .all the contracting powers shall * meet In conference. TREATY SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION. ARTICLE XXIV. The present treaty shall be ratified by the contracting powers in accordance I with their respective constitutional meth- | ods and shall take effect on the date of ■ tbe deposit of all the ratifications which j shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. The Government of the United States will transmit to the othet contracting powers a certified copy of the process verbal of the deposit of ratifications. The present treaty, In English ftnd In French, shall remain deposited in the archives of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the other contracting powers. "In faith thereof, etc., etc. “Done In the city of Washington, etc. —Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.

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