Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1922 — Page 1
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50 DEAD; 100 INJURED BY WILD BLAST Police Still Searcji for Bodies of Storm Victims. EAST IS HARD HIT Cyclone Sweeps Many Sections of Atlantic Coast. ANOTHER NEW YORK, June 12—Reports were received here this afternoon of ’ anew storm sweeping' upper New York State. Telegraph lines were cut by the gale tetvwen Troy and Syracuse. The area of the u. w gale extended eastward fr- ta the vicinity of Schenectady to the New England States. Wire communication between New York ami -Montreal was interrupted by the storm. N J NEW YORK. J me 12.—Nearly fifty persons are dead today according to police estimates, i.t the wake of the J'.rst cyclone in the history of ih<> city. The hurricane struck New York late yesterday. The list of injured stands at approximately one hundred. The heaviest life toll was taken at City Island, a resort* suburb, where the gale, accompanied by! sheets of rain, bursts of h !!. an i almost ! continuous play of lightning, caused casualties estimated as high its tidrly dead. City Island today appeared war wrecked. Most of the victims were caught lath- j ing or boating. The storm assumed 'he fury and characteristics of a tornado as it swept up to' ! sound. A twisting loud that touched the water ripped along at nearly ninety miles an hour, leveling everything in its path. I’I.IAM ItE YACHTS OVER LIKE TOYS. Pleasure yaehrs went over like tor boats. A glass cabined yatcht struck by the full fury of the bias; went <: wn in a cavern of water and never reappeared. Little boats, dotting the sound, were wiped from sight 1 ke chessmen dashed | from a board by an unseen hand. Nothing liie the storm was known In the history of the oldest inhabitant, for the sound and bays about New York have been free from th* peril of cyclines The brief blast, however, had all the characteristics o? a prairie twister. It cut a swath up the bay. ideas sre yachts half a mile from its pat;, rid.ug equally waters in safety, their occupants eyewitnesses to appalling tragedies in the, wake of the storm. On land the tnrnn-Io assumed the same' terrifying proportions. Trees wre whirled up from their roots cad her yd through the alp like giant nine pips, uiw wss sent s:ua-hlng through the r >■ ' of aa inn, pinning a woman and a little girl to their deaths er.earh it. Huge advertising signs in New York City, towering over .skyscrapers, were slapped down as if l>y an invisible har. i. and sent spinning high over the roof lops. Trees everywhere bowed before the storm, spreading a litter of broken branches. In New York City proper, six persons were killed end twenty-seven injured (Continued on Page Two.)
INQUIRY INTO HONEYMOON OF DEAD COUPLE Coroner Probes Fall of Airplane Which Cost Lives of Wheclock and His Bride. CHICAGO. T :nr 12. Coroner IVter M. Huffman began an inquiry today into the !e-iths of W. <Wh-s-lock. grandson of the late John if. D.*re, THonuire plow mater, and his bride. wl •> wore killed when their honeymoon airplane fell at Ashhurno firing field yes:■ rday. .1 .ha Metzger, pilot ' '• plane, was uninjured. The coroper will probe ha-.w, that the aeri-toiil was due to <>n the part of tpilot an l the mp.tny owning the plane. FELIX DIAZ IN NEW WAR MOVE? Private Advices Say His Force Is Heady to Start. XOGAT.ES. Arijs.. .Tune 12. Private telegrams r°reived here today declar'd that Gen. Felix Diaz, with a force #,f several hundred well equipped soldiers, has landed somewhere n the guif coast ■if Mexico, and will shortly raise the standard of revolt. The advices s’.ited that arms and munitions for several thousand more men had been brought by the expedition Fsually well informed sources here, liissaredi: rd the reports. Bathing Beaches Busy as Heai^Continues Fathing beaches began today to take on a bn#y appearance with the continuance of tot weather. 2he weather man held out no promise of any lower tempera* nre. Lack of rain, according to fanners and backyard star ier.ers, is the most serious feature f the present weather. The fore cast was fer fair tonight and Tuesday and not much change in temperature. Today was somewhat cooled than provTus days, kswerer. with ,t temperature of >1 at 1 o’clock. A brisk breeze also helped.
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Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twcut > four hours •.ding 7 p. m.. Tuesday. June 1": Fair tonight and Tuesday; not much •hange in temper.-'!- -**. niURI.V TKMPKRATI'RE >’> l. nt . :ts 7 a. m till S a. m 7 1 10 a. in 77 11 a. in 7 s * 12 fnoon) Sd 1 p. in hi j 2 p. m 62
ATTEND JUNIOR CHAMBER CONVENTION
GEORGE O. WILSON. Among the officers of the I'uited Prates Junior Ch‘tuber of Commerce who will attend the third aunual convention of the Junior Chamber, which is to be held 111 ImUurapolis June IN to IT, are George O. Wilson of Dallas. Texas, president: Raymond T. Wilber of Springfield, Mass, second vice president and acting nation-
NEGRO PORTER FLEEING FROM KU-KLUXKLAN Band of Men in Masks Shanghai Victim. MUNCin, Ini. June 12.—Robert It led eoe, negro p rtt-r, was fle>-ing from what he believed to be the Ku Klux Klan today. He is headed for Indianapolis. He said that he had been overpowered by twelve masked nun while walking near ’lie couri house late last night and hurried away to a woods near Yorktowr, a village near here, where he was bound to n tree. He was then threatened with whips f.- alleged intimacy uml assault on a whit.- girl, he -aid So strenuous was his denial, be said, he was permitted to go, although his condition indicated that whips had been used. Bieds.-e said he believed the men who att;.. ked him were Klansmen. although they did not wear the Klan garb, arid he could rot Identify them on account of their masks. The alleged relations between the negro and the girl were reported to the police several ..ays ago, but no ndidavit has yet been filed.
CIRCULATION MEN TO HOLD SESSION HERE i'hree-State Convention Will Precede International Meeting. The twenty fourth annua! convention of the International <’in nlation Man flyers' Assoeiai la will open here for P*s sions never! ug a >thr day period Tties day morning at the Gtaypool Hotel. Newspaper circi'ation managers from ail parts of the United Stales and Canada ire ex;—'-f—l a trend the meeting here. Prior to the opening of the I ntem.ationa! Association’s meetings.. the Three I Circulation Managers’ Association con sisti: c . f newspaper representatives from India-.a. Illinois and low- will convene, meeting at the S veriu IIo'! today. The three Stat* 1 Gon veniions is being- hold prior to the inreriintie/nnl in order that members can attend sessions of both. A. G. I.iti'oln of the St. Emils Post Dispatch. pr “blent of the International Association. will make the opening ad dress an I th program fur the first day will consist largely of talks on the various problems of newspaper circulation managers. Among the entertainment fen - tu-es arranged will be a band concert at Garfield Park at 7 oVim-l. Tuesday night, and a banquet and entertainment at the t'iaypool Ho cl Wednesday night. A re eeption for the women who attend the conveni ion will be held Tuesday and a lunchuo'i and theater party will lie given the same day. Wednesday a luncheon entertainment and au'oinobile tour have been arranged, and Thursday a farewell reception will lie given. Truck Manufacturer Dies in Hospital Charles G. Harley, -Pb prominent manufaeturer of Marion, and president of the Indiana Truck Corporation, died at the Methodist Hospital Sunday. He was interested in a number of lloo-sit-r manufacturing companies, among which was the Log# import Oxygen Company. Funeral services will lie held at Marion Tuesday. Robbers Fail in Try to Get Big Safe Haul Hi tdiers last night made an unsuccessful attempt to break open the safe of the Fishhook Company, 102 South Pennsylvania street. They battered the combination from the safe, but failed to open the door. According to Arthur Famine, purchasing agent, *2 was taken from a desk.
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RAYMOND T. WILBER. al secretary, and Harry E. Mortimer of Milwaukee, Wis , third vice president. Word was received today by J. F. .Tents, secretary of flic Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, that a large and -legation from St. Louts would tome to Indianapolis by automobile. A special folder, which will serve as a go, 2
Murat Temple Shriners ( Carefree Boys’ in Mecca Local Men Impress San Franciscans With Joyous Spirit . at Convention.
P’in.’i'il to Th- Tlnioa. SAN FRANCISCO. June l.> - Through the magic .-'r.-ots of a city that ha- for vik' n care f...- a week and decked i -elf to rival tic* gnve-f and nio-t glamourous Oriental ni.s’ca, the l.T‘-zz<d u.'.d Joyous representatives of Murat Temple roamed and para, cd and made m-rry today. Tie y may ne staid and solid I ;s!-ne-s men hack in Incllanapo’.l . but here in San Francisco they arc carefree boys, mailing the most of a national carnival if Shriners. Murat Temple was th- last to arrive in San Francisco last night. All trains coining later than the Indianapolis special were held at lb- ftakla.d mobi ;.ud not permitted to enter M>-< cn until 11 ' s morning The Murat Nobles landed at P o’clock, seven hours ini”. Tin y brought rtielr band along, and the blare of its music created a closing spurt of excitement in the city's greeting to late arrivals. The Murat Nobles were met by n band from Islam Temple, Sun Francisco, and conducted by a large hospitality commit': e to their Somerton headquarters. There San Francisco welcomed them and joined whole-heartedly in the fun. N t only has the Golden Gate city assumed the aspect of another Bagdad or .'b r -a. but San Franciscans, with their pride in
JUDGE DENIES NEW TRIAL IN MRS. CARL CASE Long Arguments on Motion of Attorneys Fails to Alter Conviction. STIELFYVILLE. Ind . .rune 12 Mr-. Clara Curl of Gris nlbdd. who V. us set: ■ ieiji-cd to a life ierm at. the iii'Uanu W'oman's Prison after she had been found guilty of the murder of her tins, band, Frank Carl, by a jury here two weeks ago. was denied anew trial by .fudge Alonzo Flair in the Shelby Circuit Court today and was expected to be taken to prison today. .Judge Flair gave his decision nft<*r herring lengthy arguments on a motion filed by Mrs. Carl’s attorneys. Hcfiisnl of the court to permit the introduction us certain evidence was the basis of the motion f >r anew trial. Mrs. Carl was charged with having ad ministered arsenic to her husband, and she was found guilty of s<“-on<l degree murder after a long and bitterly contested trial. The jury was out fourteen hours. The ease undoubtedly will be carried to the Supreme Court as attorneys for Mrs. Carl asked Judge Flair to grant | them ISO days in which to perfect an appeal. Slayer of Premier Gets Life Sentence TOK.IO, June 12.- Xnkaokn. youth con rioted of slaying Premier Ham, was sentenced to life Imprisonment today. Hashlmoto. tried for inciting the assassination, was acquitted. DIES Si DDEM.Y. Charles Itopper. 40, who roomed at Mike O’Connors rooming house, Kentucky avenue mul South street, died suddenly last night.
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INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1922.
1! \KIiV L. MORTIMER. roads guide between St. Louis and Indianapolis, bus been prepay- and e.-p chilly for the St. Louis lunlor Chatuber of Commerce by the Portland < Vnid-t Association of Chicago. Sovcnt.v-tivc di legates from the st. i. rds Junior Chamber arc exported to attend the convention.
the cdy’s reputation for hospitality, ere doing ;i>-:r utmost to make the v.s'tors ■ i.Joy tin lr -My. Si r'u. rs cannot pay fares on thestrwt iur- G..,t run to the 00-ici, to iNM*>n g to f’nrk to tl.-'- Gin -■ t.v *iie Pay Htul to Sutrt. Fi-.r- ‘t. They cannot find ue for taxicabs, for everywhere they turn rolls an automobile with the sign. "Giimb In, N-dde Islam's Gu-st " But Ihe \.dd-s <t Murat s.oiri to have little -i for vehi ular transportation. They are strong for another variety. Whets they crave to be where they nre not, which seems a fr.quint craving with them, they organize a i'a rnd* ’! ej merit the title given them by er.e ”f the busy trafi'. offh-r.. who r-i -a.-ked as they passed him for the fourth tie., early today: ’•That's the parading --st Temple in the wl,, ie party.” Baud concerts today, w’.'li ninety bands vi, ing for the favor ,ff 1:.- faithful. tr.ps tlirough Chinatown, the Latin quarter, to far corners of the city and back again, nnd then some mure parades, kept tho Nollies busy. But their energy soem-d inexhaustible Rest is n word Giev've f,,rgo*ieti, . rid when night coni.-s to threw ndd.-d niig.,over a city bright wit!: color and pay with revelry, u will flt.d them, then, tis over, parading.
BANDITS USE DYNAMITE ON TRAIN ROBBERY Mexicans Secure 00,000 Pesos in Bold A Her Killing Five of Escort. NOG AI KS. Ariz., .Tune 12. Mexican bundits dynamited u train on the Mexi can Sont hern Railway near ToniclHn. Puebla, killing five members of the mill tary escort and wounding several other*, i ml looted the wreck of (V).(hm) pesos tn Mexican gold, according to reports reach ing 1, r today. A passenger train coming from the opposite d't'ei'tion was held up at the wreckage and plundered, six members of the guard being killed. A large force ~f mounted police, under the leadership of Juan Ramirez. Keys Oil and ' oreuza Alvarez, look part In the attack, it was stated The bandit bard, loading lhe loot on pack intiles, escaped lo the mountains. i HOUSE TO VOTE ON FUTURES AIT Committee Reports on Crain Trading Bill Favorably. WASHINGTON, .Tune 12--The Hoiikc Agricultural Committee today reported favorably llie Capper -Tlneher bill, pro vidlng a substitute for the grain futures net recently knocked out by the Supreme Court. The committee plans to have the bill put to a vote in the House on Thursday It is believed the measure is assured of passage Surgical Instrument Tariff to Be Lower WASHINGTON. .Tune 12. - The Senate] Finnn’e Committee nnnuneed today it : had agreed to reduce the tariff on surg- j leal instruments. The new rates will he ; t.’i per cent ad valorem oil surgical in- j si ninii'iits and Jo p°r cent on deilt.il in- j strumeuts. Mondell Asks House Remain in Session WASHINGTON. June 12.—Representative Mondell, Republican leader, today communion toil to the Republican steering committee the demand that the House j remain in session until all important I legislation. Including the ship subsidy bill, is passed. The steering committee readied no decision.
FEDERATION IN ATTACKS ON CONGRESS Labor Hears Reports From Executive Council. FUTURE POLICY Aggressive Attitude Is Recommended by Leaders. CINCINNATI, June 12.—Bitter attacks j on the present Congress and the forces hostile to union labor were outstanding lu the report of She executive council of the American Federation of Labor, 'submitted to the convention of the federation shortly after it opened here today. The , ui c;.!, declaring that the fed-r.i- ---' lion during tin- hist year had successfully withstood many aitu ks against union (labor, recommended a moot aggressive , policy f..r the future. i other main recommendations, purport | ing to reflect the views of the organized workers of thy country va-r.-: ! Strong oppos'iilo:. t > tie- sales tax, the ship hu.’.sidy, ;ln tl -*. trike laws, ail forms of poiitT'.-'.'T i >•*?.,,rsi,ip of moving pictures and anil ideketirig i.gisiation. Approval of r.-strh’tlou of immigration, f I r- i.-f to Riissiu, mure ! • d.-ral aid f. r road . blue ,-ky 1-y . ’ :bm, ' targer funds tfo* Federal . y 1 meat service and the bill auth'-riri.ig co I Denunciation of the Kansas Industrial Court. < if lI.D I.A BO It I.UV D t'( ISION ( KITH I/I.D. Strong disapproval of the Supreme Court (1, d-h.o kn.c-k ing out to- .11 i1 - • labor ib-cisb . and o’it.-r a- er—a reuricting piededug during l.p-.ir rikes, court iuj duct ions in in Iu ■l l iui disputes. 1 muun.-iat io■: of Judge Anderson and Jo!-' Mci'iinlic i:iju nations against Ciuii min. rs. ! ti'iapp ro' ui of i > res:dent i in nl;ntr’*-- pro-p-sal f-.r a rational labor board, wiC-h it was claim. 1, Would rcguoit? t.i ■■ unions. Disapproval of several decis.oua of the radr >ad la:-or board and virtually .i*ki:.g fur . s elimination Sharp vll a- k.-, ..n th- Eseh Cummins Eat;!.Rhnieti* of a railroad labor pottcy board to nrr.'.g. f-.r <■ neert-d action w i.t: ~ r t,‘i- a- -o n d-ilia: ic-.i. ” Approval -f the aG.-vrn-- t ••ont-rence, ’ut urging the ■•ailing of tin ird.-riuiCumi! iVMioii: ~* confer* nee. A predicti -U that in time ”a chain of daily net. pap--r# for the labor iu.o m- ut KstiUdNiini.-ru >’f rotur.biry t- t ploynictit .-.miiiiil-ia by the various .rails ( (li M It. HITTI li M I'KISE . T ('ONt.KESS, The n -i! and to be part! -ularly bit* -r agc'us! pr- :t ' ■* --.■ . and emphatically Unnoiin c*l 1;. iut.-n: :or s to tight against r-- ec- ti- gs of many of the pr- s -nt m-mb-'rs. ’■'ld.-- dej. 1 ,ra! erenoraic coti and. ions wi i-ti til > pc -pic of oar . . i.iry have • ' re.; in the past tv ; -ar- and i'.-un which they are slip s .IT ring, ioiv..id’.'ik -lie*', them t ■ ■ s:;;iy ■ -f r*-nov-lng from p tvi-r those r-spotiGide fur It ootin-i.-d on Page Seven.)
WILLIE CAREY . TAKES 2 RIDES; : ONE WITH COPS Mrs. Carey Also (Joes Bye-bye 1 in Municipal Go-Cart for Talking Back. ~ Mr. and Mr. William Carey ha' ■ been arrested again. Tills time Mr. Carev, .10. 10,".1 ('liver avenue, is charged with operating a in --or vehicle while under the infi-jence of liquor and drunken* sr- Mary Carev, lit. his wife, who gave her address as MA i hdson lorff street, is charged with disorderly conduct and ,1 rutd yum us Carey and some friends were enjoying an automobile ride at 2 a. m today when tin* police interrupt* I them and erresSd Carey, who has bet-a often arrested and seldom convicted. Mrs. Carey, in very forceful language, explained that the police could, ru t arrest her husband, flowcxer, William was plaeed In the patrol wagon, and when Mary continued telling tit.* police what they could not do, she was arrested. She refused to embark on the patrol wagon and was assisted by about five policemen who, it is said, had much difficulty In placing Mrs. Carey in the putrid, as slo* seized the side of the wagon and held on tight, ail the time telling tile policemen her personal views of law and law enforcement. VOTES COST SIXTY CENTS. CONN E USVIT. I. E. Did., .Tunc 12. The average cost of each vote cast in the primary election May 2 was sixty cents, according to claims allowed by the county commissioners today. The total cost of the election was 52,415.94 and 4,111 votes were cast.
Times Subscriber Given Check for Week’s Disahility Thomas Whitworth. 20 East Raymond street. Indianapolis, recently viisted Nashville, T< an. lie was .driving a horse, which became frightened and ran away. Whitworth was thrown from the buggy. Asa result of his injuries he was confined to his home for a 111 fie more than a week. A cheek for sll. to was sent to Whitworth today, covering indemnity for disability of one week and one day. under the terms of the iraveTaccident insurance policy issued by the Indiana Daily Times. Whitworth took out this insurance as a Times subscriber and ho was protected by the policy even though lie was Injured while away from Indianapolis.
QUAKES iT. LOUIS, Juno 12.—Two earthquakes, one of which lasted in ire than two hours, were recorded last niglit- Tiie lirst quake occurred about 1 .Cull miles so tl tli -.vest of St. Louis, anil apparently was a collapse of the ocean floor somwebere in tho Ibteitlo. The most severe tremor was recorded at li n. n>. Tlio second quake was about 2,800 miles from St. Loisls, but tbe direction could not bo determined.
ATTEMPT TO BURN OFFICES IS DETECTED Secret Service Gets Report From Custodian. OIL-SOAKED RAGS j WASHINGTON, June 12—An unsuc.■••ssfui attempt was mde last night to j -i-t tiro to the offices of the alien prop eriv custodian in the Veteans’ Bureau 1 iiuiiding-, according to official rvjvorts to ; th.- sc ret service today, j Hags soaked with kerosene were stuffed through a ho!., bored lu a window sash ! and a match uppueii from the outside. ■ Th, blaze was discovered by a watohmah and -xtinguisie-d. Officials believe that nu effort was made to destroy tho records. JACK YEIOCK, SPORT WRITER, DIES IN EAST Contracts Fatal Illness Covering Football Game. UII’TON, Yt June 12.—Jack Veto ,-k. tilt;..; ;; 1!v known sports writer, died lore lust night, aft.-r five months’ 111-n-’ss. He* contracted a severe cold covering the Army-Navy football game, which was pinyc ! in a downpour of ruin laSt fall, and It developed into tuberculosis. He I-Ucrfd newspaper work in S'. Joseph, Mo., nnd went from there to ludn nup. its. where !.<• Tved ns the sports edit.-r of the dimes. He then cam*; to N.iv \ ( ,rk. Jack Velock. whose death in Itipton, N't., was reported in press dispatches today, w.is well known lu I mliannpuiU. li,.- was sports editor of th** Times in i'.’id. and it was his ork in this city that attracted a’tentiou to lilrn ns. a t>;->r!K tint: >r!tv. He went from here to N-w York. here his signed articles were gben wide di> rihutiou, and he became uutiomiily known.
STOCKS STRIKE NEW LOW LEVEL ON N. Y. ’CHANGE Selling General in Rails and Industiial Issues. NEW YORK, June 12 -Once more the principal stocks on the New York Stock Exchange were subject to heavy selling pressure and issues broke to new lows on the common decline. It could nor j,,. said one section of the list broke more titan another Selling was general in both railroad and industrial groups and the reaction continued uni-t'-rmaly practically throughout the session. Stttdebaker and Mexican Petroleum held tip fairly wi ll during early trading, while the rest, of the list litjoko badly, but during tlo* afternoon trading even these stocks joined the genera! decline. After persistent bearish attacks had depressed them belo-.v the resistance Ivel established during the morning trading, both stocks sold off sharply .despite the fact that renewal rate for call money was lowest today since Oct. 11. 11*1,7. The market continued heavy until the close and final prices today were around new , lows for the current reaction. Section Hand in Role of Hero at Bridge Washout FOND DE LAC, Wis., June 12—Five minutes before a Milwaukee road pas senger train being detoured over the Northwestern line near Appleton Junction. was due, R. 11. Locke, section hand, discovered that a bridge on the main line was washed out. Waving a lantern he ran through a blinding storm and stepped the passenger train, which contained over 1 <*o people, about 2(10 rods from the xvashout. LENIN’S HEALTH IS NOT SO BAD Bolshevist Leader Not Forced to Resign His Post. MOSCOW, June 12.—Reports circulated 1 in Europe and America regarding the condition of Nicolai Lenin's -health hare been exaggerated, it was said today by : a person close to the famous Folshevlst ! leader. The rumor that Lenin has been | compelled to resign as president of the j Council of Peoples’ Commissaries on account of his health was denied.
GOLDBERGS IN MONOPOLY OF STATE FAVOR Examination of Highway Records Shows How Firm Secured All but Small Portion of Surplus Materials Requisitioned From Federal Bureau. * NOTHING TO INDICATE COMPETITION
Further evidence of an apparent monopoly enjoyed by M. L. Goldberg ,t Son of Indianapolis, in the purchase of materials requisitioned by the Indiana State highway commission from tlie bureau of roads of the Department of Agriculture an i found not usable for use, maintenance or construction of Indiana roads, was found today in an examination of
ARMED MEN HOLDUP BANK: STEAL $1,153 3 Take Advantage of Noonday Quiet in Pershing. CASHIER IS ALONE PERSHING, Ind . June 12.—Taking advantage of the noonday quiet in East Germantown postoffice I’-rsiiing—-today three armed men entered the Jackson Township State bank, ’’stuck up” Marshall Steffenson, the cashier, and escaped with $1,153 in cash. Tho trio drove up to the bank when the cashier was alone, and In businesslike manner ordered him to “stick ’em up.” Steffenson complied and watched tlie bandits gather all the currency in sight and rush out to their car, which carried a Kentucky license plate. They fled from here in the direction of Richmond. 3 SUSPECTS IN LABOR WAR ON $75,000 BONDS Judge Taylor Demands Trio He Drought to Trial on June 19. CIUGAGO. Juno 12.—Cornelius “Con" Shea, Daniel McCarthy and Mrs. Margaret Miller, three of these arrested In Chicago’s recent labor outbreak were rebased today by Judge Thomas Taylor. Jr., on ball of $75,000 each. Judge Taylor demanded that the three be brought to trial on June 19.
HUGHES WORKS OUT POLICY ON FOREIGN ISSUES Secretary of State Hopes to Have Established Permanent American Code. WASHINGTON .Tune 12.- Secretary of State Hughes is now engaged in working our a permanent foreign policy for the 1 ’tilted States, which he hopes will continue regardless of changes of Administration, it was learned at the State Department today. Protection of American interests abroad and equal opportunity throughout the world tor American capital are two of the principal features of the Hughes foreign policy. To these might lie added a third, namely, refusal to have any official dialings with governments which decline to recognize the usual laws of property and of nations . Secretary Hughes knows that when American capitalists put their money into foreign enterprises they want to feel the American State Department is going to back them up if necessary. $2,800 DIAMOND RINGS ARE GONE Report Disappearance Under Peculiar Conditions, Detectives today are Investigating the mysterious disappearance of two diamond rings valued a' S'J.SfXI belonging to Miss Norma Heekard. 2310 Kenwood avenue. Miss Heekard told the police she was calling upon friends at 2512 Kenwood avenue Sunday afternoon and went to the kitchen to wash her hands. She said she placpd the rings on a table and walked out of the room for less than a minute, but when she returned they were gone.
Senator Charges Plot to Destroy Mare Island Yard WASHINGTON, June 12. -A congressional plot to destroy Mare Island naval resources and spend more than a hundred million dollars to establish n base at Alameda, is revealed in the Senate naval appropriation bill. Senator King, T'tah, Democrat, charged in a formal statement today. J
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the records of sales made by the bureau of motor transport of the Indiana State highway department. In a period about seven weeks, dur* ing all of which time Lawrence Lyons, Republican State chairman, was director of the highway commission, from March 7 until the end of April, the commission disposed of surplus materials for which the sum of Js.‘-i,2C5.14 was received. Os this amount M. L. Goldberg & Son purc.insed equipment and materials for which $ ''.119.70 was paid. Os the $3,144.35 balance, oj.e other firm made a purchasa amounting to $3.00 and the $144.35 was scattered among several small purchasers, Those sales were made through the bureau of motor transport of which George Bartley is superintendent, but, according to John I). Williams, director of tha commission since the resignation of Lyons, with tho knowledge and approval of the highway department. According to Mr. Williams, the department endear-, ored to obtain the best possible prices f"r al! goods sold. In the long list of articles sold to Goldberg at private sale, th-re is no record ar the highway department to show what other firms, if any, were asked for prices on the ma. teiial. The only other sale? during the peno(| were made to It. L. Ittenbaeh, the Guedei-. iioefer Wagon Company, George Sherwood and a firm named Williams iSj Li’, tl-. During the mouth of March tha Goldberg lirm a*!n Ittenbaeh were ih only purchasers. In May, Goldberg was again the larg est buyer of the surplus materials and the total amount was nearly that of all sold during March and April. The practice of selling to Goldberg almost to tha entire exclusion of any other purchasers was continued through the balance oj May, after Mr. Williams become director. Mr. Williams said Goldberg & Soa really acted as agents in some instances and that the profit wnieh he understood they received, amounted to only a small commission. Mr. Williams was asked if he knew who was the recipient for * lie equipment which Goldberg handled. Mr. Williams said he thought some of it went to the Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company after he was asked If that company had received some of the goods. The records show that on March 22. Goldberg bought from the highway commission 10.1/isO yards of khaki cloth for the sum of $3,154 or an average price of 3 cents p.-r yafd. A loca’ wholesale firm was ask-.-d what it was selling khaki cloth at to the retail stores. The firm was out of khaki but the representative said that the last sold at cents. He was asked whether the market had gone up or down and he replied that the next sold would probably be at a higher figure. Other articles and the prices paid by Goldberg from March 7 to April 30 during which time he had a virtual monopoly and as far ns can be determined had (Continued on rage Two.)
BROWN GIVES $50,000 TO AID BUTLERDRIVE Plans for Raising S9OO 000 Made Public at College Commencement. Finns for raising an endowment fund of SIOO,OOO for Butler College were an. nounei.-d at the annual commencement ei* erelses of the college today. For the pur. pose of administering the fund the Butler College Foundation has been organized wkli the following officers: Will IrVrin of Columbus, president; Judge James L. Clark of Danville, vice president: Arthur V. Frown, president of the Fnioti Trust Company of this city, treasurer and John IV. Atherton, financial score, tary of the college, secretary. The first donations to the foundation were one of $7,000 from the seventy-five members of the 1022 graduating class and $50,000 from Mr. Frown. The foundation will bo in charge of fifteen directors, eight of whom will be members of the board of trustees of But. ler College. It also was announced that a campaign to raise money for the* purchase of j new site and for the erection of new buildings for the college, xvill be suited within a short time. Admits Having Die for Making $lO Bills Rudolph Heg.ii of Gary, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of having in hi* poss -ssion a die for counterfeit $lO FM. era! Reserve notes, when his ease was call’d for trial before Judge Albert F. Anderson today. When arraigned .ast mouth he entered a plea of not guilty. On motion of Homer Elliott, United States District Attorney, the count of the imli •tiiient charging Hogji with maim--fiWuring counterfeit money was nolle pressed. Judge Anderson deferred sentence until June 21. Injured in ‘Y’ Pool; Dies of Pneumonia FT. WAYNE. 1 n and.. .Tune 12.-Charles Huddle. 20 years old. of Mt. Vernon. Ohio, dead at the Methodist Hospital las.' night from ptuuiinoula. He had been in the hospital since last Tuesday when he injured his head while swimming at the Y. M. O. A. here.
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