Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 267, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature.

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HARDING ORDERS TROOPS HOME FROM RHINE

MISSOURI AND KANSAS ARE COMING BACK Worst Is Believed Over and Sun Coming Out. RETAINED Farmers, Hard Hit, Will Not Give Up Cars. (Editor’s Xot—Edward G. Lowry, distinguished Investigator and reporter tor the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Is touring the agricultural section west of the Mississippi lllver, in behalf of the Public Ledger and the Daily Times, and writing a series of articles upon conditions as he finds them. This is his third production, based upon observation in Missouri and Kansas. Others will follow at regular Intervals.) Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By EDWARD G. LOWRY. KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 20. From the vantage point of Kansas City one Is enabled to get a fair impression In outline of both Kansas and Missouri. In these two States it is quickly apparent to any questing observer that hope, rather than confidence, is the prevailing state of mind at this junction. The farmers hereabouts are not yet as buoyant as those in lowa. As one of them in one of the small Kansas towns put It: ”We are Just wading out of trouble. While prices of farm products were going down ws all felt as a man feeis when he Is sinking In the mire. It was a comfort when we struck solid bottom along last December, and now we are pulling out slowly and wading ashore.” The conservative ' bankers agree with this diagnosis that the emergency Is not over, but they also agree the worst is over and that a steady recovery Is in progress. It Is distinctly visible to any one who can read the signs. .PROBLEM IS 'NOT ORIGINAL. The Kansas and Missouri problem has not differed, except In local degreee, from the lowa and Nebraska problem. Each hag gone through the same cycle of experience under slightly different conditions and circumstances. One fact In the condition out here is of large signifi(fontinued on Page Four.)

STATE CHARGE HALTS TRIAL Arbuckle Juror Accused ot Bias Against Prosecutor’s Office. SAN FRANCISCO. March 20 —The sensational charge that a member of the jury already selected to try Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle a third time for manslaughter, held a bias agaTnst the district attorney's office which would prevent him from giving fair consideration to the State's evidence was hurled by Assistant District Attorney Leo Freidman when court opened today and resulted in a sudden halt of proceedings. The whereabouts of Zey Prevou, one of the State's two star witnesses, was giving District Attorney Brady concern. Following the second trial Miss Prevon disappeared and was iater located in New Orleans where she stated she would not return to testify at the third trial. Now the prosecutor has been advised that she has departed from New Orleans for parts unknown. The first business In hand when the trial was resumed by Judge Louderback, was the securing of the fourteenth juror. Beeanse the original panel was exhausted Saturday. Jurors were called in from another court from which they selected the second alternate. This was expected to take until noon. Several physicians were summoned as the first State witnesses to follow an opening statement by Assistant Attorney Genen.l Friedman. SENATOR CROW MAY RESIGN Invalid Solon Examined by Specialists. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. March 20.—Three physicians will pass Anal Jndgment today on the physical condition of William E. Crow, senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Upon the doctors' report depends the continuation of Mr. Crow In the Senate. It generally is believed the specialists will present an unfavorable report and that Senator Crow will immediately resign. Governor William C. Sproul is expected In Pittsburgh late in the day to confer finally with the Senator. Senator Crow has been confined in a Pittsburgh hospital since Chyistinas time, and, according to reports, will be an inralid for many years to come.

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Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty four hours ending 7 p. m., March 21, 1922: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change lu temperature; lowest tonight near freezing. HOt'RLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 31 7 a. m 82 S a. in .32 9 a. m 31 10 a. in 31 11 a. m 32 12 (noon) 32 1 p. m 32 2 p.

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Says Booze Runner Hasn’t Time to Waste in Drilling National Guard Member Offers Startling Excuse for His Absence .

A booze runner who earns S3O a load for every trip he makes to Clinton and return has no time to waste in tbs unremuneratlve occupation of drilling with a National Guard company two nights a week, was the answer which Earl Northern. 632 Coffey street, gave to his commanding c-fflcer when he failed to appear for drill some time ago. It happened the second lieutenant of Northern's outfit also was a police officer, so the lieutenant “arranged” to buy three gallons of that popular beverage facetiously called “white mule” from Mr. Northern. In the still calm of Saturday night. Arch Ball, the embryo detective and real second lieutenant, in company with Police Sergeant Samuel Gillespie, met Northern. The “mule" was passetj. Northern was arrested and will be tried In city court ou a charge of violating the liquor laws. With him was his 15-year-old brother, who was sent to the detention home. Edmond Vanderkhone, 1206 West New York street, was arre*ed on a "tigor" charge after police had found a ten- gallon, still, one hundred gallons of mash and a quantity of “white mule,” at his home. William Thompson, 1414 Newman street, and James Weekley, 1223 Pershing street, both negroes, were arrested after

FLOODS MENACE IN SOUTHWEST PART OF STATE Rivers Outside Banks and Lowlands Flooded Following Heavy Rains. Southern Indiana lowlands were flooded today by overflow waters from rivers and streams following heavy rains of Sunday and last week, the weather bureau here announced. The Wabash Klver is out of Its banks at Terre Haute and south of there and Is damaging some farmlands. White River on lower parts of the west and east forks was also overflowing. At Shoals, In Martin County, the stage was 26.3 feet, which Is six feet above flood stage. The West Fork In Green County and the East Pork at Tudnelton were both out of banks. J. H. Armlngton, Government weather man. said there ia no danger of flood in northern and central Indiana, but many streams are likely to continue their rise in the southern Indiana due partly to backwater from the flooded Ohio, to which they are tributaries. . Fair weather predicted for tonight and Tuesday was expected to do away With the danger of floods. A sudden drop in temperature last night brought a return of real winter weather and the weather bureau promises no immediate relief. The forecast Is for temperature near freezing tonight. The thermometer was hovering around that point most of the day.

SANGAMON RIVER AT FLOOD STAGE SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 20.—Several towns along the Sagamon River reportc : today that damage was being done -o residences and property in the low sections by water overflowing the gradually rising stream. Heavy rains throughout Sunday have swollen the river to flood heights. People living near the river at Taylorsville and Petersburg were forced to leave their homes and moved to other points in the town. Farmers north of Springfield and at towns north and south of here report their lands under water. The river was at Us greatest height since 1913. Damage will run high. DANGER LESSENS AT TERRE HAUTE, RELIEF TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 20.—With the Wabash River at 1 6.2 fe*t, several feet over the flood stage, the United States Weather Bureau predicted that there would be no more rise unless heavy raius should set in, but said the fall would be very slow because of *he flood in the Ohio. The 18.2 foot stage was a fall of one-half inch since Sunday. During Sunday night the river went down to 18.1, then rose. The flood covers a large area of lowlands, but conditions were nowhere near what they were during the flood of 1913. REPETITION OF 1913 FLOODS FEARED VINCENNES, ind., March 20. —Farmers of river bottoms around Vincennes today feared a repetition of the 1913 floods. Fifteen feet of water from the Wabash River Inundated all lowlands, following heavy rains of yesterday and during the past week. The Wabash at this point was 18.fi feet at 7 a. m. and was rising rapidly. The levees south of the city have not been completed and the water swept over the botton lands. Kelso creek, Snapps creek and other stream around here are out of banks. Crew of Stranded Schooner Rescued SAN FRANCISCO, March 20—The •crew of the steam schooner. Fair Haven, numiiering sixteen, has been rescued off the Mexican coast by the steamer Katrina Luckenbach and the Fair Haven Is abandoned In a water-logged condition approximately l,ooti miles south of San Pedro, according to a wireless message to the United States hydrographic office here today. Aviator KiTed When Plane P ts Standpipe DALLAS, Texas. March 20.—Bayard F. Mahaffey of Ft. Worth, is dead and C. W. Hildress, also of Ft. Worth, is expected to die as the result of an airplane aecindent at Oak Cliff today. According to reports. the airplane struck the top of the standpipe at the Oak Cliff pumping station.

raid on a house at 1223 Alvord street, revealed a small quantity of “mule.” Fred Powers, 936 Olive street, wag arrested when police officers found about a pint of wine in his automobile. Ed Duncan 2146 North Rural street, Rose Holtzman, -30 North Davidson street, and Helen Winters, 232 North Noble street, who were In the automobile with Powers, were also arrested. When a squad of policemen quietly entered the home o£ Lucien Stafford, negro, 328 Puryear street, they found him bottling home brew beer. Two gallons of “white mule” and 160 bottles of beer were confiscated and Stafford arrestc i. The officers finished a cleanup of that neighborhood by raiding the homo of another negro. William Bess,‘•24o Puryear street and Carrie Miller, 326 Puryear street, were arrested at the Miller home. A small quantity of “mule” was found. Others arrested on "blind tiger" charges were: Charles Glrton, 233 West Michigan street, and William Green, 21S North Noble street, both negroes, who were arrested in a raid on a shining parlor at 420 Indiana avenue, where the police found sixty-five half-pint bottles containing “mule,” John Choat, 219 Detroit street, who had a small quantity of illicit liquor; James Henry, 457% Wept Washington street and Marlon Miles, 132 North West street.

Wilson Withholds Opinions on All Public Questions WASHINGTON, March *o.—Former President Wilson Is “not at present expressing an opinion on any public questions," his secretary, John R. Boling, said loday. This Mas In reply to an inquiry as to whether Mr. Wilson was opposed to the four-power Pacific treaty, as has been reported In the Senate a various times.

12 INDICTED INDIANA COAL MEN RELEASED Operators Let Go on Own Recognizance After Reporting in Federal Curt. Twelve Indiana coal operators Indicted In the case involving 223 coal operators, union officials and-companies In Federal Court a year ago for nlleged conspiracies to violate the Sherman anti trust law wre released on their own recognizance by Judge Albert B. Anderson today. In each instance the defendants In question gave surety bonds of SIO,OOO when arrested a year ago. None giving personal surety has asked to b allowed to go ojj his own recognizance. The oefendants to appear before Judge Anderson were: Millard E. Mogg, War ren F. Smith and George A. Van Dyke of Inrianapolis: Harry W. Little, David Ingle, Jonas Waffle, William J. Freeman Walter J. Talley, Alfred M. Ogle, Robert J. Smith and Homer B. Talley of Terre Haute; W. Paul Zimmerman of Brazil. Edward Shirkie of Terre Haute, the only other operator to give surety bond, is in Florida and as a result was not in court to request his release. * RECOVER BONDS STOLEN FROM U. S. Agents Find $175,000 Loot in Home of Treasury Employe. WASHINGTON. March 20.—Working swfftly and quietly secret agents today recovered $173,000 in Liberty bonds stolen from the United Stales Treasury and arrested two men charged with committing the theft. The men under arrest are Charles A. Clevenger, 23, a clerk In the bond department of the Treasury, and U. O. Wamsley, an organizer of the Order of Foresters, a fraternal body. The bonds were recovered In the attic of Clevenger's home at 516 Rhode Island avenue, N. W., by Secret Service Agents Miles MeCahill and Bart Bratton. Clevenger was arrested in his home In Washington and Wamsley was taken at Charlottesville, W. Va., where he moved a few weeks ago. According to secret service operatives, Clevenger confessed to the theft. With the arrest of the ‘fwo men, it became known that the bonds were stolen two months ago. They were In negotiable form and secret service operatives decided to “lay low” until an attempt was made to cash them. Both Clevenger and Wamsley mado several trips away from Washington with this in view, according to secret service agents, but did not succeed. Clevenger is married and has a young baby. Here’s Simple Remedy to Defea^Safeblower BENTON, 111.. March 20. —A quart bottle of strong ammonia foiletf the cracksman who today blew open the safe of the Standard Oil filing station here. The door of the safe succumbed before a strong charge of “soup.” So did the bottle. And the fumes forced the burglar to decamp without stopping to investigate the contents of the safe. Lloyd George Will of Faith LONDON. March 20.—Lloyd George will demand a vote of confidence in the House of Commons March 31, it was reliably reported today. The Premier will return from his holiday at Criceleth about March 29 and is expected to make a speech in the House and ask for the vote. lie expects to obtain the necessary majority before rninj Genoa.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1922.

‘BONUS’ BUCK PASSED BACK TO CONGRESS President Refuses to •Help Solons Out of Tangle. DELAYED Gillett Now Doesn’t Know When Bill Will Be Up. WASHINGTON, March 20. President Harding today refused to make any new recommendations that might lead Republican House leaders out of the soldier “bonus” tangle. In a conference with House leaders, lasting nearly two hours, the President said in yiew of bis previous statements he had no further suggestions to offer and that full responsibility for any future action must rest with Congress. Thus the “bonus” was shunted back on the shoulders of Congress. After the conference Republican Leader Mondell indicated the President did not object very sirenously to the new bill. STATEMENT IS GIVEN TO PRESS. A statement for the press was framed in the first conference and was issued by Representative Mor.jcll. It reads: "The legislative situation relating to the bonus’ bill was fully presented to the President with detailed explanation of the provisions which remove the menace of excessive drafts on the Treasury in the Immediate future and avoid any program of added taxation. He went over the entire situation with an appraisal of commitments made. Ho advised the committee that the legislation Is a responsibility of Congress and in view of expressions (Continued an Page Two.)

TEX RICKARD ASSAULT CASES COME TO TRIAL Sports Promoter Faces Four Indictments on Criminal Charges. NEW YORK. March 20.—George L. (Tex) Richard. Internationally known sports promoter, went on trial here today, charged in four indictments with criminal assault on two young girls and abduction of two ethers. The case was ! before Justice Isador \Y asservogel of the ' State Supreme Court. j The promoter of the Dempsey-Cnrpen- ' tier fistic clusslc last July and of many i other championship battles, was first ar- | rested on Jan. 21, on complaint of 15- | year-old Alice Ruck through the Society ’ for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He was released on SI,OOO ball on a chargo alleging criminal assault upon the girl. Arraigned beforo City Magistrate I George W. Simpson, on Feb. 11, he was held for the grand Jury in SIO,OOO bail, i Testimony was given by Alice Ruck and | Anna Hess, 11. ! Indictments charging criminal assault on Alice Ruck and Sarah Schonefeld, 13, ■ were handed up to Justice Wasservogel Iby the grand Jury on Feb. 16. A week later he was Indicted twice more on charges of abducting Anna Hess and Nellie Gosko, 14, and h! bail was increased to $25,000. The sports promoter pleaded not guilty to -nil the indlct- | ments. A final effort of Rickard's counsel to prevent trial of the case failed when Justice Wasservogel on March 1 denied a motion of Rickard's attorneys for in- ; spection of the minutes of the grand jury which indicted him. Most of the first day of the trial was expected to be taken up by selection of a Jury. A special panel of two hundred ! talesmen had been ordered. Father of 5 Takes Brood From Home of Mother-in-Law When Harry Pbllllp, 3934 Merideth street got tired of what he termed too much mother-in-law, he picked up his family and left. The family consisted of five children, three of whom were too small to walk any great distance. A police officer who saw Phillip and his brood at a very early hour standing at the corner of Washington and East Streets, where they were sitting on the curb, looked into the matter. Phillip said he had quarelled with the parents of his wife, with whom ho and the children had been living, and after an j argument more heated than usual had taken the children and left the house. 1 Charles St. John, the father-in-law, de- j nled there had been any argument. Burglars Rob Store and Tailor Shop Burglars entered the store of Dave Llchtenberg, 630 Massachusetts avenuer during the night. Clothing valued at S4OO was stolen. Charles Newberg's tailor shop, 1419 Prospect street, was entered by burglars and clothing worth $l5O was stolen. Congressman, Hurt in Wreck, Is Dying DALLAS, Texas. March 20.—Congressfan Lucien B. Parrish, who Is In a hospital at Wichita Falls, can not live : through tie day, according to a tele- I ph ne message from Dr. John F. Keen, a personal friend of Mr. Parrish who is at his beside. l’arrish was injured near Abilene last Thursday night in an automobile accident, .while ho was engaged in his campaign for the nomination to the United States Senate.

Si, Spell Phthisic and Look Out How Many Zs You Use CONNERSVILLK, Ind., March 20. —An old-fashioned “spelling bee’ will be held at Nulltown tomorrow night, under the auspices of the Nulltown Grange. MeDuffey’s spelling book, instilled in the memories of the men und women who were boys and girls forty years ago, will be used and Leon A. Martin, one-time champion speller of the Whitewater valley, will be the official “pronouncer.” Mrs. Jennie Carter, Charles Tliomis and other McGuffey experts have been Invited to participate. Teachers of Fayette County schools have been asked to bring their best spelling students and put modern methods of teaching spelling in competition with the plan of earlier days.

DIVORCED WIFE OF MOORE SAYS HE FADED AWAY Mrs. Florence Johnson Higgenbotham Vaughn Declares Polygamist Took S7OO. At least one of the thirteen wives of Isaiah Moore, modern Solomon in Jail here, is eager to testify against him, word from David City, Neb., received by the police today indicated. This particular wife, or rather former wife, for she is divorced, is Florence Johnson, later Florence Hlggenbotham, and, still later, Florence Vaughn. The communication was from the sheriff of Butler County, Nebraska, and contained a copy of a marriage certificate showing Moore had married the woman, who previously had been divorced from a man named lliggenbotbain, April 3, 1920. and he had used the name of Vaughn. Mrs. Vanghn was granted a divorce Dec. 22, 1921, according to the statement. The letter aaid Mrs. Vaugh is employed on a newspaper In David City, and it contained a clipping In which she had written an explanation of her affair with Moore. The clipping aays Moore went to David City as a baker, became a member of a church choir and Joined a Christian Endeavor society. ' She said he expressed grief over the recent death of his sister in sn automobile accident. Moore has said, since he has been confined In Jail, the atory of the death of a sister w*s not true. The wife says, in her newspaper story, her mother mortgaged her home to give Moqre S7OO with which to start a busl- ,!!'•* enterprise and he left town with the money. She also says Moore, just before he left, bonght clothing and two diamond rings, giving bad checks in return. Blizzard Arrives; Tardy, but Husky SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 20.—A blizzard struck northern Indiana today—the last calender day of winter. Interurban tafflc has been impeded by icy rails. There was snow, following a Sunday of rain and the temperature dropped to 27 degrees above zero.

N. Y. RENT HOG LAW IS UPHELD High Court Affirms Decision of State Tribunal. WASHINGTON, March 20.—The antirent profiteering and housing laws of New York were upheld by the Supreme ! Court today. The court affirmed a decision of the New York courts in a case brought against the Edgar A. Levy Leasing Company by Jerome Siegel, a tenant. The Government brought to the Supreme Court an appeal of a ease against the American Linseed Company, which Is designed to break up an association of manufacturers of linseed oil In which there is a free exchange of information concerning production, demand, sales and prices. A similar association by hardwood manufacturers was declared illegal recently by the Supreme Court. The court denied the application of the State of Arkansas to be made a party in tho Red Itiver boundary dispute between Oklahoma and Texas. Tho court announced a recess from Monday, March 27, to Monday, April 10. NEW COMES FOR ELKS’FUNCTION Senator Plans Return to Washington Tomorrow. Senator Tlarry S. New was in Indianapolis today and will attend the anniversary celebration of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. No. 13, tonight. He came from Washington yesterday. No definite program for Senator New's stay has been arranged and he expects to return to the Capital Tuesday evening, his campaign manager, Fred I. King, said. Leaders In his campaign from various parts of the State are expected here tomorrow for conferences with Sena- | tor New regarding primary plans. A New-for-Senator Club was formed at Rockport Saturday and a resolution Indorsing his candidacy adopted. Senator New Is one of three local living charter members of Elks’ Lodge No. 13. An added touch of acrimony became apparent in the Beveridge-New fight for the Republican senatorial nomination ■when Senntor New denounced as “utterly idiotic" any statement purported to have come from him or any responsible spokesman to the effect that “no former Progressive must be nominated or elected on the Republican ticket." Fire Threatens to Wipe Out Big Plant MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, March 20.—The Vulcanite Roofing Company's plant at Franklin, near here, valued at $330,000, is burning, and there Is little hope that any of the plant will be saved. The •'fire started early this morning and the plant is more than half destroyed, with the flames still raging.

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BITTER PILL, BUT HARDING WILL ACCEPT Brandegee’s Amendment Preferred to Pact’s Defeat. FIGHT GOES ON Borah Charges Secret Agreement With Britain. WASHINGTON, March 20—Following President Harding’s wishes, Administration leaders in the Senate will take no chances of deating the four-power treaty by rejection of the Brandegee resolution, It was learned following the conference at the White House today. Friends of the President in the Senate 1 have prepared to compose any rem:nation whatever to the treaty, but It was 1 indicated in the conference. The President prefers accepting the Brandegee reservation to risking Increasing opposition which might result from its rejection. Senate opposition to< the treaty was continued when Senator Borah charged a secret understanding* was reached by Great Britain and the United Slates to cooperate against Japan in case of trouble in ihe Far East. Borah based his charge on a speech by Paul D. Cravath, noted New York lawyer in which Cravath said ho had been told by every member of the American delegation a thorough understanding existed between the American and British governments with respect to cooperation between the two fleets if necessary. SAYS ADVICE CAME FROM EUROPE Borah said th e same Information reached him a month ago in a letter fro Europe. He know, ho asserted, Cravath had a conference with Ellhu Root, a member of the American delegation shortly before making the speech in question. “This statement, by a man who had opportunity for knowing the fact, discloses an alianee between Great Britain and the United States,” said Borah. Senator Lodge declared no such agreement ns referred was made within the knowledge of any delegate. Underwood in a brief but heated, speech haid he could not allow to go uncontra dieted nnv imputation of trenrhery ngainst this Government such as Borah s charge coutalned. . j "For a statement of this kind to go out from the Senate uncontradicted, is a menace to the Government of the United States.” said Underwood. ‘I say It is not rue and I would call It by stronger terms which It deserves, if I were not speaking in the Senate. CONFIDENT I’AC T WILL BE RATIFIED. Adminlstraiion leaders expressed themselves as still certain of the ratification of the four-power pact when It Is on finally Friday by unanimous agree- | men), but they admitted they would feel more comfortable If they were ns sure of increasing the narrow margin of ap- j proximately, three over the encessary two- I thirds which they professed to bare. i Once the pact Is out of the way. Its ' opponents, oven though they are defeated, i do not plan any let-up in their oratorical efforts to block the Chinese and other pacts that are to be taken up afterward. .

St. Louis Parents Find School Vice Charge Unfounded ST. LOUIS, March 20.—Charges of Victor J. Miller, head of the board of police commissioners that vice clubs exist among pupils of SoMan High i School, were held unfounded in the re-, i port of tho parents’ investigating committee adopted at it mass meeting. The report revealed that Miller said he would retract his accusations, but later declared he wished additional time and refused to sign a statement. Governor Arti r M. Hyde was informed of the i littees finding over the long distance elephone and asked what he planned to do about Miller, Ilyde replied lie would have to see the report before taking a hand. President Harding May Visit S. A. Expo WASHINGTON, March 20.—President Harding may decide to go to Rio do Janeiro this fall to attend the Brazilian exposilion, it was learned today. He has had the matter under consideration for some time. 19 Roads Say They CairtMeet Wages CHICAGO, March 20. —Nineteen Western rullroacis today entered a plea of inaSdlity to pay the present scale of wages for shop crafts employes at hearings of the United States Railway Labor Board. 1 The hearing was on the roads’ petitions for wage cuts. Among the roads were the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern, Soo line, Texas & Pacific and > Texas Midland. .7. W. Davis, executive secretary of the,Western Railroad Assp elation, submitted the statement of t*o j Western roads.

COME IN AN ‘SET’ WASHINGTON, March 20.—Miss Spring, juvenile of the season’s and a favorite with the poets, steps into the picture at 4:49 a. m. tomorrow while Old Man Winter, crusty and hard boiled, does a fndeout. Generally fair weather will greet spring in the territory east of, the Mississippi, the Weather Bureau forecast today. There will be a little rain in some portions. Winter will give way grudgingly, the bureau stated. Lower temperatures and light frosts were forecast tonight in practically all of the eastern territory.

RESULT OF ALLIED ATTITUDE ON U. S. BILL OF $241,000,000 Doughboys to Be Brought Back as Fast as Transports Can Be Made Available, Secretary Weeks Says. ALL EXPECTED TO BE OUT BY JULY 1 WASHINGTON, March 20.—The disposition of the allied powers to haggie over the American bill for $241,000,000 for keeping the American troops on the Rhine resulted today in President Harding Issuing an order for the withdrawal of all Amercian forces from the German Rhineland, The troops, Secretary of War Weeks announced, will be brought home as fast at. available transport service can bring them, and it is expected the last American doughboy will be out of German territorY by July 1.

HOGUE FROWNS AT DEMANDS ON CITY TREASURY Controller Says Municipal Purse Is Almost Flat— Getting Flatter. City Controller Joseph L. Hogue today sat heavily upon four efforts to get ordinances appropriating money from the city general fund introduced at the city council meeting tonight. There will not be enough money in the city general fund to meet tho requirements of 1922, the city budget so it is unwise to create new dema lifts upon the fund, the controller holds. President Theodore J. Bemd wrote to the controller asking him to recommend for passage an ordinance appropriating $2,000 to the Indiana Free Employment Bureau, “so the council can take whatever action they choose.” Thomas A. Riley, member of the State industrial board, has been trying for two months to get the city to give SO,OOO toward the $12,000 'budget of the employment bureau. Mr. Hogus and Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank several times have refused to sanction the city’s participation In the bureau on the ground city does not have the money to spare and the work is not of great Importance. It is understood Mr. Riley, balked by administration officials, has gone to the council. When Mr. Hogue received Mr. Bernd’s letter, he replied he could not "See his wav clear to recommend” such an ordinance, "as the condition of the city treasury does not Justify any extra money being appropriated outside of the budget." The ordinance will not be sent to the council, the controller said. Other appropriations which he refused to sanction, were asked by the board of public works as follows: For repairs on fire stations, $2,500; for payment of fee of Bass Knowlton Company, architects, for plans for two new engine houses built by the Jewett administration, SI,BOO, and for salary of an assistant clerk for the board of public works, $1,200.

EYES TURNED TOWARDMAINE Politicians Concerned in Outcome of Congressional Election. AUGUSTA, Maine. March 20.—Political eyes of the East were focused on Maine today when the Third district voted In ! the first test of strength between Republicans and Democrats since 1920. ; A representative was to be chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Peters. Candidates were Ernest L. McL3n, ; Democrat, and John E. Nelson, ReI publican, both attorneys of Augusta, j The district always lias been strongly | Republican. Democrats have waged a strong fight to swing it to their side this year. Man, Hit by Auto, Seriously Hurt When he was struck by an automobile on Holmes avenue near Ohio street today. John Bugbeo, 85, 022 West Thlrty- ; Ninth street, was seriously Injured. The j automobile was driven by J. B. Demutt, I 205 North Holmes avenue. Bugbee was , | taken to the Methodist Hospital. ———— Camp to Look Into Dickinson Trust Case Cbnrles W. Camp, bank commissioner, left this afternoon for Richmond, where he expects to remain several days in an effort!to clear up the affairs of j the Dickinson rust Company recently ! closed and make plans for the re-opening | of the bnuk. Mr. Camp said he was car- ! tain the bank would be re opened and 1 tho directors would take questionable se- ' cusities unloaded by Its president before t the bank examiners found it necessary to close the Institution. Income Tax Payment Drops 10 Per Cent Receipts from the first installment of income taxes this year fell off more than 40 per cent from those of 1921, accord- j ing to M. Bert Thurman, collector cif in- j ternal revenue. The total amount of I money paid in up until March 18 amounted to only $5,421,890.50 as against $10,051,257.02 for /the some period last year. The largest decrease came in individual Incomes of less than $5,000, where the falling off was 60 per cent. Other de- ■ creases were: Incomes over $5,000, 42 per | cent, and corporations, 40 per cent. BECOMES MINT DIRECTOR. WASHINGTON, March 20.—Frank E. Seobey of San Antonio, Texas, was sworn in today as Director of the Mint, succeeding Raymond T. Baker. In assuming charge of the Government's mints, Scobe'y received from Baker bullion and coin valued at approximately $3.076.000,000 —one-third of the world’s gold supply.

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Thera are now approximately four thousand American officers and men in the American sector of the Rhineland, according to Army figures. In making the announcement of the President’s action, the War Department stated that "it had been in the President’s mind for some time.” No reference was made to the pendlDg Army bill, which stipulates that troops shall be withdrawn, or to the controversy with the allies over the $241,000,000, but it 13 known the President’s action was accelerated by these factors, as well as by th outspoken demand of Democrats and Republicans alike in the Senate that the troops be returned forthwith. The State Department 1* now preparing, if it has not already dispatched, notes to the allied governments pointing out that the United States did not want to send her troops into the Rhineland in the first place, but did so only at the earnest solicitation of the allied governments. For them now to haggle over the reimbursement of this Government, which is guaranteed under the terms of the armistice, is “an unusual proceeding,” the American note will state.

BERLIN SAYS 1,050 YANKS LEAVING BERLIN, March 20.—A dispatch from ; Coblenz today said 1,050 members of the American Army on the Rhine are depart- • ing for home. MINERS’ STRIKE BALLOT RESULT EXPECTED SOON Vote Will Favor Walkout by 9-1, Prediction of Union Leaders. Results of the strike vote among 500,000 union coal miners were to be announcel today or tomorrow at headquarters of , the United Mine Workers here. Union chiefs have said the vote moat ! certainly will favor a suspension April 1 by a ratio of 9 to 1, following the refusal of mine owners to negotiate anew wage scale. Following the announcement, President John L. Lewis is expected to call the policy committee together to lay plans for the walkout. The recent wage convention in creating the policy committee entrusted all union activities in the controversy to it and empowered the committee members to do whatever they regard as necessary for the welfare of the ■ union. j This empowers the committee to ig- ■ nore the strike vote if It sees fit and order the men to stay on their Jobs even if the operators continue their refusal to enter wage conference. But such action by the committee was regarded as “in-, conoeivable” by Secretary Treasurer William E. Green. “It would be humanly impossible to stop the men from carrying out a suspension they had voted, if they havo no wage contract under which to work,’* he said. MINERS TO FIX STRIKE POLICY WASHINGTON, March 20.—The policy to be followed by the soft coal miners when they suspend work on April 1 will bo formulated at a conference to be held Friday, March 24, in Cleveland, it was announced here today in' a statement authorized by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. The conference will be attended by 116 men who are members of the general policy committee of the miners' organization. They have full authority to conduct tho affairs of the Union during the strike. RUSH TO BUY COAL NOTED WASHINGTON, March 20.—A coal buying rush during the first part of this month In anticipation of a coal tie-up April 1 was noted today by the geological survey of the Department of Interior. Production i is steadily increasing. “Production of soft coal passed the eleven million-ton mark during the week ended March 11," the surrey said. "The output is placed at 11,008,000 net tons, an increase of 505,000 tons over the week preceding.” STEAMER IS ABANDONED. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., March 20—The American steamer Falrhaven, en route from Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, to San Francisco, has been abandoned at sea, according to a radtoprom. to the Unite! States hydrographic office here today.

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