Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1922 — Page 1

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WEW BATHING BEACH OPENS NEXT MONTH Jarvis Announces Municipal Pool at Warfleigh. OTHERS TO COME Dressing Tents to Be Provided for Bathers. Anew municipal bathing beach, similar to that operated last summer In White River at Twenty-Seventh street, will be opened in the river at YVarfteigh, northern suburb, about June 15, R. Walter Jarvis, superin'endent of parks and recreation, announced today. The recreation department is pushing plans for municipal bathing facilities vigorously. The Twenty-Seventh street beach will be in cse again. In addition to the river pools, the recrearion department will have opened muring the summer the new pools at ■Villard and t'ouglass Parks. Bids have *een advertised for opening June 1 for the large swmiming pool at Rhodius Park, and it is possible construction will be begun during the warm weather. SCHOOL BOARD RI LING AWAITED. Opening <>f the baehes and pools is contingent upon decision of the board or' school commissioners. Because the public school officials fear the lure of cool water would be stronger than the urge of compulsory school attendance laws the park board trill await word from the school b">->rd before inviting the boys and girls to take a free dip. As at the Twenty Seventh street river beach, which accommodated thousands each hot day last summer, there will tie dressing tents at the Warfleigh beach. Mr. Jarvis, with the cooperation of the city engineer department has selected a spot in Warfieigb which is peculiarly suited for a bathing beach. The slope of the river bed is gentle so tbr-re will be no danger for children who want to wade or swim in a safe depth The water farther out reaches a depth suitable for diving. Mr. Jarvis is having floating diving stations constructed for both river b -aches. Competent life guards and swimming Instructors will be on dury at the beaches. The park superintendent said applications for positions as guards and instructors have been received from number of ■unusually high class men, Including swimming coa hes from several Mid-Western c.-lleges and universities. WATER TO BE KEPT PI KE. Care will be taken to insure the purity f the river water at the beaches. They will not be opened until the city health departments has pronounced tb“ stream h|ur-- en -ugh to avoid danger of batbexs contracting typhoid and other maladies. Tin-- health department will continue to take tests frequently and should the water become dangerous the beaches will be closed immediately. As double insurance, chlorinating machines will cruise the beach limits constantly. Such treatment was successful at the TwentySeventh street beach last snmmer. The Warfleigh pool will be staked and roped at different depths, so bathers may have constant warning. Construction of the concrete tank and bath house at Douglass park is under way. The pool proper will be oval in shape with maximum length of feet by 125 foot maximum width. This pool will accomodate the negro population. BIDS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TANKS. The board of park commissioners Thursday received bids for the enlargement of one of the two tanks at Willard park. This plant was completed last fall under the former board, but the present members feel it Is far too small to serve the purpose. As it stands, ’here are two parallel pools, each tv ,-uty-five feet wide by sixty feet long and four feet deep. The east tank will s>e extended T'O feet to the east, making it 125 feet long to sixty feet wide. The depth instead oi being four feet throughout as at present, will be graduated from four feet to one foot, making it safe for the little tots. This plant is designed wholly to accomodate children. Todd & Reid have tho contract for the enlargement at $1,34".20. The Rhodius Park pool will serve the same purpose for white people that the Douglass Park pdant does for negroes. It will he somewhat larger than the Douglass Park tank, and will accommodate apF'oxlmately (1.000 bathers a day. Mr. .Tars said. A beautiful bath and community nouse will he a feature of the Rhodius Improvement. Portuguese fliers Rescued by Steamer LISBON. May 12.—The Porenguese filers, Captains Saccadura and Coutinho, who fell into the sea between Fernando Noronha and St Paul's Rock while attempting an Atlantic flight, have been ricked up by the English steamer Paris City, according to wireless advices received here today. A Portuguese warship is steaming tnvard the Paris City's position and will take the men aboard.

Police Corporal in Double Tragedy T.OrtSVTLLE, Kr„ May 12—Corporal Mil* Moran, for many roars a metnbe.of the local police department, shot and killed his wife and committed ssilclde today. The rout te had been separated for a year and this trouble is believed to bar" been the cause of the killings. Arrested for Auto Law Violations Walter J. Phillips. .11. 726 North Alabama street, was arrested today by State Poliretnan C. Baker, on charges of driving without an ownership certificate, and driving without license plates on his track. | WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vlfin’ty for the twnty-foar hours ending at 7 p m . Saturday. May 13: Fair tonight anl Saturoav; r.,. ier tonight. FTOrHI.T TEMPERA TIRE 6 a. m fix 7 a. m 73 A a. ra 78 • a. m 72 1 a. m 71 11 a. m 7<j 12 (noon) SO 1 p. m 70 t P. m 79

FRED MYDF.R. president of the Chicago Building Trades Council.

SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR LABOR GANG Prosecutors of Union Leaders Would Hang Them. GRAND JURY ACTS

ANOTHER CHICAGO, 111.. May 12.—" Bomb exports'" of the polite department rushed to the Parkers’ Machinery and Equipment Company this afternoon after three hoys in the neighborhood had found what appeared to he a dynamite honih in the" rear of the place. The company had employed millrights under the Landis award. Tile stick of dynamite was equipped •with a percussion cap and a length of fuse w hirh apparently iiad failed to burn.

CHICAGO, May 12 Death penalties will be demanded by proseeutoje of Chicago labor leaders, alleged incltors of gang terrorism. The union chiefs will be prosecuted on charges of Inciting to riot, and punishment by hanging will lie asked. It dictmeuts charging murder of two Chicago policemen wire voted against eight of the labor lenders by grand Jurycalled iti special night session Among those named were: Big Tim " Murphy, head of the gas workers union and the “power" behind the Chicago building trades council. Fred Mader, tool' of Murphy and president of the council. “('on" Shea, treasurer of the theater janitors' union and confidant of Murphy. BAIL (H ESTION IP TO ( GI RT. Voting of the lndi-’tments frustrated efforts to liberate the trio cf alleged gangsters by habeas corpus proceedings. Whether or not they will be admitted to bail rests with the Judgment of the court. After hearing but a small part cf the evidence gathered against the labor leaders, the grand Jury voted the Indictments. Chief of Police Charles Fitzmorrls said that "three wagon loads of evi donee" had been gathered against tho accused men. The chief said this evidence proved conclusively that Murphy. Mader. Shea and one other suspect yet unnamed <.>nstituted the brains of the terrorist gang The fourth man is reported to have mad? a complete confession. Ml RPHY'S OFFICE RING'S ARSENAL. The evidence, according to the chief established, Murphy's office was the arsenal from which the ring was supplied with bombs, guns, fuses and caps with whirl the acts of vandalism were comm ft ted. News of the returning of the grand Jury indictments was carried to Murphy In his cell at the jail. Murphy jumped from his bunk, where he is confined with a confessed slayer of a woman. He was clml in silk, striped underwear. “Smart fellows these officials are," Mnrphy said. “This will all blow over before we get to trial. KNOWS LAW FROM ARRESTS. “I never bombed anybody. All I tried to do was to get the mon to go to work They don't know the law. I know more law than the lawyers, just from gening arrested. It's the bunk." Fltzmorris said he has had operatives shadowing Murphy and Mader for months, and They reported there yvns hitler conflict between the two. Murphy sought to oust Mader and Install himself ns czar of unionism in Chicago. “Murphy's plan was io accept the Landis award and order the men back to work until next May. wh-m a eitvwlde s'rike would be called,'’ the chief said, “and then, to use Murphy s words ■put the shake on the town.’’’ “Murphy wanted to replenish his war ch'sr.” the chief said, “to fight tho case against any connections with mail robbery charges.” Assistant Stales Attorney Gorman said: “If the law in the anarchists' case growing out of the Hnymarket riots i in harmony with present-day law. the State of Illinois now has sufficient evidence to hang Murphy, Mader, Shea and possibly others. -Five others indicted are I sad ore Rraverman, Daniel McCarthy. Jcr’y Horan, Thomas Hogan and Robert McCloud. Hogan is a former policeman and Horan Is a saloonkeeper who is said to hare acted as the “employment agent” for labor leaders desiring the services of bombers and sluggers. The others are ofioals of various Chicago unions.

‘NORMALCY* WASHINGTON', May 12.—A survey of tlie unemployment situation made by the Department of ( ommeree in thirty-four Slates during April reveaied tiiat unemployment is on file nune and timt Industry and hu*lneA I* on the upward trend, Secretary Homer announwl today. The survey showed a of S3 per cent tn the number of nn applying for work.

CONSPICUOUS FIGURES IN CHICAGO LABOR WAR

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WILLIAM F. QUESSE, former head of the Chicago Flat Janitors' Union.

Prohi Detectives Jailed for Telling Police to ‘Go To 9 CHICAGO. May 12—Ten prohibition agents were held In jnll here three hours early today. Dry officials received Information that a car of whisky would arrive hero from Decatur early today. The prohibition agents were a-signed to the case and were loading the booze info trucks when a police squad appeared. The police say the prohibition agents fold them to "go tn.” The arrest followed. The whisky was in barrels labeled “potatoes.”

MEREDITH HAS CINCH ON JOB, IT IS BELIEVED Federal Officials Say Richmond Supporter of Watson Will Be Marshal. NEW SUPPORT DOUBTED Federal officials place little credence In r"p" r 's in circulation since the primary election, that Linus P, Meredith of Richmond, selected by Senator James K Watson as success ir to Mark Storen. pr-\ent T aped Sta'es marshal, will nor be permitted, because of Senator Harry K New > objection to land the office. These reports are based on activity Mt-r ll’h is said to haw displayed dur ing the primary campaign which worked to th.- ltd vantage of Albert J. Be v< ridge in his successful race against Senator New for the Republican senatorial n-i.m-Inathin. According to the ;nri<- in circulation Senator Nvv may hold up Meredith's nomination when it come* to tlie Senate for confirmation. DIVISION OF SPOILS GIVES \V\TSON PLACE, Republicans In tho Federal building say there Is little probability of any action of this kind being taken by Senator New. Shortly after the Harding Administration w-n info office there was a division of ie spoils between the Indiana Senators, New taking the prohibition enforcement department and the appointments In the district attorney's office. while Watson took tb.- collector of Internal revenue and the marshal. Senator Hutson, almost a year ago, announced the selection of Meredith to (Continued on I’ugo Twelve.)

PROWLER MAY HAVE BEEN HIT BY POLICE SHOT Attempt to Enter Residence of William McLain, College Avenue, Frustrated. A prowler who attempted to enler the residence of William Melvin, 1714 Col lege avenue. Is believed to have been shot by the police last midnight. Mel/ain sow the man near his home and notified the polli-e. When Motor Policemen Heller and Petit reached the scene they saw the man run from between the houses and they fired two shots at him. The prowler fell, but Jumped up and ran. The police followed, but the man escaped in tile neighborhood of Ashland avenue and Seventeenth street. Mrs. .leno Baden, 1028 East Washington street, heard some person on the rear roof of her home last night. She looked out of a second story window Just ns n man attempted to raise the window. •She screamed ami the prowler mads n hurried escape from the roof. E. C. Arnold, 120 Fa.-d St. Joseph street, gave n burglar n warm reception early tills morning. lie was awakened by a man turning the kno t on the door of his room. An instant inter he saw the man look through the transom. Arnold fired one shot at the burglar, who disappeared In a hurry. The bullet lodged In the ceiling near rlie door. Frank Hearsay, IB_'3 North Capitol avenue, called the police when bis daughter Louise discovered a negro looking into the window of their home. The negro answers the description of ono shot at a few nights ago in the same neigh! orhood as lie was looking In a window. Substitute for Soldiers* Bonus WASHINGTON, May 12— A substitute for the pending soldier bonus bill was introduced today by Senator Bursum, New Mexico. The bill follows the general outlines of the MeCumbor bill, but provides for Immediate payment of ,VJ per cent of the adjusted service compensation and the issue of certificates of indebtedness bearing 3’j per cent interest. due in December, 1927, fur the unpaid balance. NEW COLLEGE BITLDiNG. EVANSVILLE, lnd., May 12.—The new administration building :.t Evansville College will be dedicated June 21). Governor McCray and leading educators of the State wtave been iiyflted to take part In the ceremonies. /

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922.

CIIARLKS C. FITZMOBRIS, police chbf of Chicago, who says he Is Is going to make the guilty pay.

4-CENT RAISE IN GASOLINE PRICE PROBED Federal Department of Justice After Reasons. STOCKSARE LARGE WASHINGTON, May 12. Recent Increases in gasoline prices are being investigated by the Department of Justice, It Was leurm-d today. Attorney General Daugherty has promised to give immediate attention to the increases amounting to four cents p--r g-allon during the past slv woks in the face of the greatest guv line reserve In the history of rti- United States. CONGRESSMEN TO EEND HELP. Several Congressmen are expected to aid in the investigation. They nr In receipt of complaint* from cons ituent* agaliivt the Increases, and a resolution may be introduced for a congressional Investigation. Inquiry at the Bureau of Mine* show the reserve is mounting close to the 90.fHio gallon mark. The reserve oi: Feb. 2S s’ood at 507,37P,2(',l compared w'th 680.5 "• :2a l on the same date hist year. Figures for March to be issued Pen grow will show reserve close to 900,000,000 gallons. Practically every oil producer sh the country has raised price* rep rts h. re stated. I.urge and small oil companies fire su'd to be acting In concert A truce has baer, declared and the prb e cutting wars have been suspended for the tune being. I’ltll E ON I N FOR I S Al so MIVAM El). Four Increases of 1 cent each were made effective in all parts of the country dur lng the past sU weeks I’rices of gasoline for export n!v> have g.-ne up The Depart inert of Justice !s deter mined to discover whether a “gentlemen's a are-men t" is in operation in the oil industry. One official at the Department of Interior expressed tbe belief that tte oil producers are anticipating a shortage this fall. The use of increasing numbers of motor vehicles is responsible he salt’: The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce today estimated that nearly 12.00u.000 motor vehicles of all descriptions will be used this summer .and fall, l.ast year 10.-1b5.115 automobiles, motor trucks and motor cycle* were In use, compared avith 9,211.295 in 1920.

SMALL FIGHTS HIS ACCUSERS AT HIS TRIAL Governor’s Attorney Denies Certificates of Deposit Were Bogus. WALK EGAN, 111., Maay 12 Governor Len Small fought back today at charges of Ills accusers. C. C. Leforgeo, the accused Governor's chief counsel, answered the charges of Fred C. Mortimer, State's attorney of Sangamon County, that Small and hie alleged conspirators took $29.000,000 from file State treasury and ‘'pocketed” the Interest. “No man should be convicted on mere suspicion," said Leforgee. “Ages and ages ago, It was ruled that no man shall be convicted unless he is found guilty beyond n reasonable doubt." Leforgee argued to refute arguments of Mortimer tiiat certificates of deposit of the Grant Park Bank were bogus. “Every certificate of deposit was backed by millions in collateral." said Leforgee. “I'll show you that the money deposited In the Grant Bark Bank got the same interest as funds In other banks in Illinois. "Banks never paid the State of Till- j nois over 2 per cent Interest. I'll prove. ; however, that the Grant I'ark Bank paid from 0 to S tier cent interest, Edward j Curtis, president of the Grant I’ark ; Bank. 1s dead and can't appear ns a witness in this case,” continued I,e- ; forgee. “I am not the champion ot | tli is man who is dead, but I say ho conducted a legitimate banking institution.” Leforgee said the accounts of the Grant Park Bank were carried on the books of tbs Ft. Dearborn Bank of Chicago, j "They now say,” said Leforgee, "that the bank they took the money from and complain because they didn't get inure—was a bogus bank.” CONVICTS BAR JASTZ. LONDON. May 12.—Convicts at Pentonvllle Prison, giving their choice of classical or Jazz music at 'heir weekly concert, decided for the classical.

S. I. W. F. In anticlation of the usual Increased demand for carnations as Mother's day approaches, prices on these flowers 111 Indianapolis advanced today. Yesterday carnations were selling at 50 cents to $1.50 a dozen. Today downtown florists were asking $3 for a dozen blooms.

“BIG TIM” MI RrnV, head of the Gas House Workers and Street Cleaners’ Union.

Diamond Merchant Involved in Bank Robbery, She Says SAVANNAH. Ga . May 12.—The $500,000 robbery of the Chase National Pank of New York, was ' framed” by a New York diamond dealer, the woman arrested here with John Vardemnn, in connection with the theft, charged tn a confession to Pinkerton detectives today. Details of the plot were worked out in a conference, be*ween the alleged thieves and the diamond merchant, on the stairway leading to the latter's office, according to the woman.

PRESIDENT OF PERDUE TO BE NAMED SOON Herbert Hoover Reported to Have Declined Tender of Position. BOARD NOT TALKING The final selection of a president of Purdue I'niver ity is expected to bo made at a meeting of the board of trustee* of the Institution next Tuesday. Members of the board of trustees refused to disclose the name of ib men to be made president or the names of ar.y of those who have been considered. If 1* reported, however, that Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, was Approached on the and that he did net accept. Two Indianapolis men, James W. Noel and F. F. (’handler, are members of the boar ! of trustees. Since the tragic death es Dr. 55*. 17. Stone while mountain climbing In Canada nearly a year ago, Henry Marshall of Lafayette, a business man, has been acting president of Purdue University. Mr. Marshall ha* indicated his readiness to retire at the earliest possible moment, and the trustees have been endeavoring to find a monos the highest caliber. In which effort they have been assisted by Governor McCray 't hat tho choice I* fairly, welt deter mined 1* believed by those Interested, Rumors have been that a man who ranks among the four biggest educators In the country will b asked to fake the chair as a result of anew policy by which the State hopes to make Purdue the first school tn the country lu agriculture and engineering.

MORE VIOLENCE IN NORTH PUTS PEACE ALOOF Trish Free State Overshadowed by Reports of Killings. DFBI.IN, May 12. The peace move In the Irish Free State, was overshadowed today, by ominous news of violence and threatened' violence tn the north. More than n half-dozen persons were wounded In Belfast. A bomb that was being carried in a suit case exploded in a Belfast street car wounding four people. A girl of 10 and a boy were wounded by firing in the streets. One of the victims of the street car bomb Is dead. A boy of 14, w ho had been wounded at Belfast several weeks ago, died of his injuries. YOUNG TEXAN KILLS FATHER Declares He Believed Mother’s Life Mas Endangered as Result of Quarrel. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 12—Hugh Stowo, 21, shot and Instantly killed his father, George Stowe, 45, a dairyman, today. Two charges from a shotgun were fired, one of them almost tearing the head from the body. "I was afraid ho was going to kill mother,” was Stowe's statement when arrested. declaring his father had recently attempted to kill Mrs. Stowe during a quarrel. ‘Confession* Barred in Stillman Trial POT'GHKEESIE, N. Y., May 12.—The so-called “confession” or “hysterical” letter In which Mrs. Anne U. Stlllnnn is alleged to have confessed to her husband. James A. Stillman, that Fred Beauvais had “come into her life," was ruled Inadmissible ns evidence in the divorce hearing by Referee Daniel J. Gleason here today. Supreme Justice Morchauser had refused last summer to admit the letter, but attorneys for Mr. Stillman made a second attempt festerday to have It admitted.

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THOMAS F. TVALSH, buslnesi agent for the Sheet Metal Workers’ Union.

10-YEAR PACT TO GUARANTEE EUROPE PEACE (‘First Important Step* Taken at Genoa Conference. ‘PRACTICAL’ PLAN j STICK! PARIS. May 12. Premier Poincare t'-day instructed the French delegation at the Genoa conference not to withdraw, but to abstain from all further negotiations over the Russian problem. k J GENOA, May 21—The first great coni structlon slop in the international ecoi nomic conference came today, when l’retul-r Lloyd George, head of the BrlfI Ish Empire deb-gallon, laid the. founda--1 tions f.-r his long heralded ten year nonaggressli.n pact to preserve the peace of : Europe. In an official statement Issued from British headquarters, announcement was made that: , L The British Fmptre delegation has accepted the Russian reply as the satisfactory basis of an European truce. 2. The British formally will propose a trine based upon existing frontiers and I> tiding the work of t.he conference com:n'-■ |. rirs and the formation of a definite Russian Agreement. ‘A break on this document would mean nil the border s'.ites would be exposed to the danger of a war, and the peace of Europe might be fundamentally disturbed," sabl the British official statement In reference to the latest Russian note. "The appointment of a commission seems- a practical way to carry on the study es the Russian problem, though a much mere difficult way than If we had done so.” .COMMISSION WAS Ul SSLY'S IDEA. I (The commission referred to by the British was the same one proposed by : the Russians in their answer. They , suggested that an International commission be created to study in particular tho question of a loan to assist Russian reconstruction and compensation for na- , tiomilized property in Russian.) The British pointed out that the eharae- ; ter of the Russian reply made It apparent ' that Russia must wait for some time before obtaining long term credtts. A rupture of relations with Russia was believed probable bv those who heard the French premier's denunciation of the soviet note. l’oincare declared the French delegation was remaining temporarily at Genoa only because the economic questions such as transportation were considerable and France wished to participate helpfully. "The Russian reply 1* Ironical, pompous, bypocrltal and lnaeceptable from every view,” Poincare said. “I do not : believe a single nation can possibly ac- , cept such n contradttlon of the Cannes program The reply does not contain a single word on which to base the slightest hope. Neither allies nor neutrals can accept It.”

ROAMING BAND USES DYNAMITE ON DRIFT MINE Workings of Peterman Plant Shattered After Strike Suspension. PITTSBFRGIf, Pa.. May 12.—The drift mine of J. It. Peterman, at North Bessemer, twelve miles from here, was dynamited and badly wrecked early today, according to reports received at the sheriff's office. The -opart said that a hand of seventy-five ro IUO men had marched on the mine shortly after dawn and placed a very heavy charge of explosives In the workings. According to word received by Sheriff Robert Woodside, the marching miners were roaming about the countryside and threatening to dynamite other mines. Two auto loads of deputies have been rushed to overtake the marchers and disperse them. The Peterman mine has been down since the strike began. No one was injured by the explosion first reports said. Then men were lodged 1 njail at noon following the dynamiting. PROWLER CAI’GHT IN SHED. Earl Sloss, 3d, 1926 Alvord street, was arrested today on the cortege of entering n house to commit a felony. Motorpolicemen Seifert and Dillane caught him. it is allege!, after he had been seen prowling around In a shed at 2061 Broadway. Nothing was atolen from the shed.

B’GOSH! BUFFALO, May 12.—Deputy Sheriff Isaac Higgins reported to the police that his sheriff’s badge, revolver and $lO had been stolen.

Burglar , Ready for Hurdte Race , Outjumps Cops A burglar dressed only in light summer underwear proved too fast for the police and escaped after an exhibition of hurdle racing at 2 a. m., today. Patrolmen Fahey and Pollock saw the man running on New York street and they called to him to stop. Thinking It might be someone running In his sleep, the police did not shoot, but started In pursuit, when the man failed to obey an order to stop. The thinly clad dodged between residences at 705 and 707 East New York street. Then the race was on. The patrolmen chased him as he hurdled fences, ran through alleys, dodged between houses and finally escaped. The emergency squad searched for him In vain. The police later learned the same man had raised the window at the home ol W. N. Faubian, 711 East New York street. Mrs. Faubain was awakened by the noise and she awakened her husband As the prowler attempted to crawl into the window Faubain asked him what he wanted, and he ran.

SENATE ASKS FACTS AS TO BIGMERGER Investigation Order Comes From LaFoil ette. PLANS FOR PROBE WASHINGTON, May 12— A Governmental investigation of the proposed merger of six Independent steel corporations Into one gigantic organization, was ordered today by the Senate. The probe will be carried out by the Department of Justice and the Federal trade commission, under a resolution sponsored by Senator LaFoliette. Republican, Wisconsin. The resolution was adopted without a record vote. Tho resolution specifically calls upon tho two Government agencies to inform the Senate what action they have taken to prevent the merger and what action they proposed to take. The attorney general Is also asked to Indicate how the Government could prevent the merger. The pending merger was branded as a “dangerous probability of Immense Injure to the country," by Senator La Foilette. “Such a gigantic trust,” he said, would throttle all competition in the steel industry.” "Reports also Indicate that while tlie Bethlehem Steel Company for diplomatic reasons, is apparently not to be taken Into the merger at tills time, the plans contemplate the absorption of this great corporation Into the new trust within the near future," said La Foilette. “When this has been accomplished every socalled independent steel corporation of any concern In the United States will have been merged Into one gigantic combination and almost the entire output of iron and steel products "ill be under the control either of the United States Steel Corporation or of It* twin ln>ther. "The purpose of this merger Is clear. It Is tho elimination of whatever competition now exists in the steel Industry and the creation of a situation "here prices may be fixed on a monopoly without fear of detection.” CAUSES GREAT GAIN IN VALUE NEW YORK. May 12—The stock of tho Ls-’kawanna Steel Company leaped from ?65 per share to {75 on the ex(Contlnued on Dago Twelve.)

RAY IS SUED AS RESULT OF AUTO ACCIDENT City Councilman, WTiose Car Struck Woman, Named in Damage Suit. Otto Ray, city councilman, was made defendant In two suits filed in Circuit Court today by Edward J. Boyle and his wife, Katherine M. Boyle. The latter asks for Judgment of $2,500 against Ray and the former $5,000. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle were injured April 20, when an automobile driven by Ray struck them at Delaware and Washington streets. Ray was arrested on charges of assault and battery and Improper driving after the accident, but was discharged lu city court. Police Find Booze Cached Under Steps as Bottles Rattle The police were about to leave the home of William Sowders, 312 lowa street without success in their liquor hunting mission, when Sergeant Hudson stepped on the store with his 200 pounds of weight. lie heard the rattle of bottles. On Investigation four half-pints of mule were discovered under the steps. Sowders was found guilty of running a blind tiger and fined SIOO and costs by Jugge Wilmeth in city court. Fatal Argument Over Divorce Suit ROCHESTER, Mich.. May 12.—Stanley Copeland, 40 years old, shot and instantly killed his wife today and then killed himself in an argument over a divorce suit which Mrs. Copeland had filed against her husband. The shooting was witnessed by Mrs. Charles bissett, a nelce of Mrs. Copeland. Arrested for Having Alleged Stolen Cars Two automobiles, said to have been stolen, were In the possession of the police today. Three men alleged to have purchased the automobiles were arrested charged with lacking a certificate of title. The mm, George Heckman, 45. of Augusta; Grover Rodibaugh, 36,, New Augusta, and Elmer Wilkerson, 29. New Augusta, were released on bond.

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REPORT SAYS WATSON MAY RE KEYNOTER Republicans Select Party Leader, It Is Said. ACTION DELAYED Candidate Beveridge Meets With Subcommittee. Senator James E. Watson was expected I to be chosen temporary chairman and , keynote speaker for the Republican State convention, at a meeting of a subcommittee of the Republican State committee at the Hotel Severin this afternoon. W hile no definite announcement was made, it is known Senator Watson was ask>'d to make the keynote speech. The* commutee met at 1 o’clock, but took no action pending the arrival of Albert J Beveridge, Republican nominee for the Senate. Mr. Beveridge was expected to meet xvith the committee at 2 o’clock. The selection of the keynote speaker was also expected to determine the basis of the Republican campaign in Indiana this year. With Watson men in control of the State committee they hold the best strategic position and were expected to be a figure in the Harding Administration. Before the meeting there had been no suggestion that Beveridg would be asked to outline the issues on which h is to try to return to the Senate. While Beveridge in his primary campaign said repeatedly he expected to stand by President Harding, It is admitted a large part of his vote was a protest against the National Administration. Without this protest Senator New, ! close friend of President Harding, might j have been renominated, It is said. Many j Republican leaders took the protestation j of his good faith and regularity with a 1 grain of salt and preferred to judge Bev--1 eridge by his works. | Beveridge as an insurgent, supposed- | ly, won the Republican nomination. Bevj eridge as a regular and a standpatter , must run in November to be acceptable j to the State Republican organization. POLITICIANS RECALL POSITION IN 1910. ! So far Beveridge forces have asked , nothing aside from his nomination. This ; is in marked contrast, Republican poll- ' ticians say. with the campaign he made 1 in 1910 when he dictated the choice of State chairman, the organization and the campaign practically made himself the : sole issue and went, down in defeat. The question being asked is whether Beveridge will place himself completely in the hands of his old enemies or will he j conduct a campaign typical of his past. : When Senator Watson achieved what his friends admit to be an ambition of long standing—the control of the State organization—he did so partly through the return to political life of that stormy petrel whose presence as a political factor would help him and Harding little. Senator Matson and Senator New, tempermentally different, worked fairly well together in the United States Senate. Watson with fiery impulse and New with less obstrusive characteristics, conflicted less than a combination such as Watson and Beverid fc e. M ATSON'S PURPOSE CAUSES SPECULATION. Why then did Watson and his friends allow New to go down In defeat without making heroic efforts to rescue him. The first answer is, politicians say, control of the State organization is the first step on the way toward what Senator Watson believes might be a presidential nomination for him. should Ilarding not run in 1924, or should Harding run again which is regarded more probable, Watson would be in a position to sidetrack tho deep rooted ambition of Beveridge to be a second Roosevelt. Beveridge with an impressive primary majority believes with accrued prestige of the Senate he would be presidential timber in 1924 on a basis "fa revival of the old insurgent days. Beveridge cannot make that kind of a campaign with the present State organization behind him and his friends say It Isn't in him to do otherwise. Those who have endeavored to figure the tactics of Senator Watson think he inay believe the elimination of Beveridge altogether, as a factor after November next, imminent, and thus leave him a clear field as Indiana's favorite son if he seeks the nomination at the next gathering of the Republican political bosses in Chicago to name a candidate for President. If the keynote speaker's choice Is a criterion of the Beveridge campaign for renomination and means by the indorsement of the Harding Administration part and parcel, Albert J. Beveridge, nonpartisan observers say, will lose that support from those dissatisfied with things as they are in the national Government and that strength will go to the Democratic nominee. Gasoline Car in Deadly Accident LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 12.—One man was killed and a man and woman were seriously Injured when a Southern Pacific gasoline-propelled intenirban car crashed into an automobile at the Southern Gate Gardens, today.

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