Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1922 — Page 1

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FRENCH PRESIDENT ESCAPES BULLET OF ASSASSIN IN PARIS Anarchist Gustave Bouvet Confesses He Intended to Kill Millerand as the Latter Rode With Chief of Police. MURDEROUS ATTACK ANTICIPATED. Radical Press Prints Inflammatory Articles, Causing Alarm on Approach of Big National Holiday Observance. y By United Preta PARIS, July 14.—-An attempt was made to assassinate President Millerand of France today on the Champe Elysee as he was returning from a military review held in connection with the celebration of Bastille day. Gustave Bouvet, 23, who fired the shots into an automobile in which he thought Millerand was riding, was arrested after an attempt was made to lynch him. Bouvet confessed he was an anarchist, and that he intended to kill the president. The shots were fired into the automobile bearing Chief of Police Naudins, which followed 100 meters behind Millerand’s open carriage. Naudins was not hit by the bullets. The attack on Millerand was anticipated. Paris newspapers yesterday sounded the warning that an attempt on the life of the president was likely today, following inflammatory articles carried in the radical press. The secretary of President Millerand gave the United Press the following eye witness account of the attempted assassination: ‘•President Millerand was riding in an open carriage about 100 meters ahead of an automobile bearing Chief of Police Naudins. Naudins automobile was just turning from, the crowded Champs Elysee toward the residence of Millerand. “A man stepped out of the crowd with a pistol in his hand. Three shots were fired at Naudins’ automobile. *

Police Rescue Assassin "Thousands surged upon the at tempted assassin. He was knocked down, trampled and beaten. Police rescued him from those intent upon taking his life and hurried him off to prison. "Part of the crowd rushed back to the carriage containing the president. 'Stay back: They are trying to shoot l you!' was the warning that came to Millerand from hundreds of persons.” City in Celebration As the news of the attempt on the life of Millerand spread throughout Paris, which was celebrating Bastille day, its national holdiday, hundreds of thousands rushed down the Champs Elysee toward the President’s residence. Soldiers and police formed a cordon around the presidential residence. Gaston Bouvet was released from prison in April after conviction on charges of corrupting troops to disobedience. In a statement to police later he repudiated the confession that he tried to assassinate Millerand. He said he only intended to start a demonstration and did not intend to kill any one. Twenty-four cartridges were found In his pockets. Accomplice Escaped Police stated that they were of the belief that Bouvet had an accomplice who escaped on a bicycle. First aid was given the anarchist as soon as he was jailed. He had been severely beaten by canes and umbrellas. Bouvet, in addition to his conviction in connection with Inducing disobedience of troops, was under ' charges of circulating anarchistic propoganda. Struggle With Woman The bad aim of Bouvet at the automobile of Naudins was due to his struggle with a woman on whose shoulder he rested his revolver. The woman, Mme. Olive, told police she fought with the anarchist because she thought Bouvet was attempting to take her place in the front row of the crowd which was witnessing the parade. The news of the attempted assassination spread like wildfire along the ranks of the parade, which was disrupted as far as the Bois Boulogne, two miles from Champs Elysee. Millerand calmly proceeded with the day’s program, which included a lunch for Premier Poincare, Marshal Foch, cabinet ministers and others. Officials on Tour Earl Crawford, member of the State highway commission, left today for Benton Harbor, Mich., where next Tuesday he will be joined by John D. Williams, director of the commission, to tour northern Indiana with Illinois road officils. Visits Father Here John M. Lesh of the Record-News of Wichita Falls, Texas, will arrive In Indianapolis Tuesday for a visit with his father, Attorney General U. S. Lesh. ) Promises Summer Weather "Fair and warmer,” the weather man said again. Simultaneously a greatly increased number of summer furs appeared on the streets. The rise in temperature in the Mississippi valley is due to the Northwestern depression, the weather report says. Anyhow. Rose burg, Ore., came in for the ldwest temperature, 65, and New Orleans the highest, 78.

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TOM SIMS SAYS: The only reliable jfis*** EWtiF substitute for brains | is silence. Eu-'V Lois of men with good eyes can’t see you when you are broke. SIMS* A di P lomat i® a man who picks up the beans somebody else spills. Some men saving up for a rainy day meet the bootlegger and spend it all on a wet night. We saw a man wearing a vest laugh at a woman’s summer furs. There Is a bright side. Men who chew tobacco never use perfume. After practicing drinking coffee forty years some men still spill it on the tablecloth. More overalls are being sold. If Congress doesn't act quick times are going to get better. Men who wouldn’t take a counterfeit nickel at face value are marrying artificial complexions. They call it the mighty dollar. It is mighty hard to get and mighty easy to lose. RATE HEARING RESUMED Existing Missouri River Charges Unfair to Indiana Shippers. Hearings on th Missouri River freigh rate cases which have been under way before John McChord, representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will be resumed here Aug. 1. The Indiana public service commissionfi petitioner for the hearings, contends that existing rates to Missouri River points favor Illinois and discriminate against Indiana. Stone Company Refunds The Erie Stone and Construction Company has refunded to Huntington County $1,851, which Jesse Eschbach, chief examiner of the State board of accounts, found to be an overcharge for stone furnished the county, it was stated by Mr. Eschbach today.

Cobwebs Gathering About Doors of Private Offices In L. &N. Shops By United Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 14.—Cobwebs are growing abou the doors of two private offices in the L. & N. shops at Howell. Swivel chairs are enjoying a much-needed rest. In the great shops, which normally employ more than 1,200 men, two men are the busiest. Standing beside a huge iron monster which has been in its “stall” since a few days after the shopmen’s strike began, was D. E. Dupont, master mechanic. With a cap thrown carelessly over his head, his hue overalls stained with oil and his face streaked with dirt, he is "marking time” in the shops. Not far away was Charles Osborne, assistant general superintendent. He, too, wore dirty overalls and his shirt was ragged. Neither has use for his private office. Inside the shops comparative quiet reigns. The two officials refuse to comment on the strike. "We’re getting along so-so,” Osborne said. Strikers today still claimed a 100 per cent front.

NEW PARKING STUNT Twice In Same Place Will Not Be Approved. “And he walked right in and turned around and walked right out again,” said the old song, but motorists who have been reversing the process, backing right out and turning around and rolling right into- the same parking space again ought to know that the practice is not approved by the traffic cops. L. C. Johnson .of 3414 Birchwood Ave., tried it when parking places were scarce. Asa result, Mr. Johnson was a guest of Judge Wilmeth at court Thursday afternoon, but the judge, never having met the situation before, withheld judgment. RENEW THREATS OF STRIKE BY ROADWORKERS Maintenance of Way Force Insisting on Action Immediately. DEFIANCE By United Prest DALLAS, Texas, July 41.—Governor Neff today defied demands of Federal authorities that State troops be ordered to guard railroad shops strikebreakers. The Governor said he would not order out troops at this time. He said he had accepted the word of Sheriff Boyd of Denison that no soldiers were needed, v. by United Preta CHICAGO, July 14. Renewed threats of a strike of 400,000 maintenance of way employes arose today as an obstacle to quick settlement of the railroad labor troubles. President E. F. Grable. head of the maintenance of way union, after a midnight conference with Bert M. Jewell, pres;dent of the striking chopmen's organization, announced he would do everything he possibly could to prevent a walk-out. He admitted there had been many unauthorized strikes by his men. Deputy Fires Into Crowd CHICAGO, July 14.—During a battle between strike breakers and strikers in which stones and fists were being used. Deputy Sheriff Frank Trowbert fired into the melee. Paul Czobinskl was wounded. Federal Troops Ready SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 14. Federal troops were held in readiness at Ft. Sam Houston and Camp Travis today to enforce President Harding's proclamation against interference with the mails or interstate commerce. ARREST ALLEGED SLAYER Woman Said to Have Beaten Another to Death. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 14. County officials left for Tucson. Ariz., today to bring back Mrs. Clara Phillips, who is alleged to have beaten to death Mrs. Albert Meadow's, prettiyoung widow. Garbed? CHICAGO, July 14.—Z. A. Taylor was ordered by attorneys to furnish a reproduction of an alleged immoral dance. The court upheld objections that the witness was not garbed fittingly for the demonstration. Sentenced for Burglary Victor Welbert, 16, charged with burglary and grand larceny, was found guilty of burglary today in Criminal Court and sentenced to the reformatory for two to fourteen years. He entered the home of Joseph Collins, 405 W. Ohio St. and stole jewelery and personal property worth S2OO. WHAT? By United Press COLUMBIA CITY, Ind.. July 14. —A request that his assessment on personal property and real estate be raised made by Charles Burwell, a farmer, astonished members of the county board of review. “I know you ought to raise this and I thought I might as well ask you to do it,” he explained.

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SAYS PROPOSAL MEANS LOSS OF MINERS' FIGHT Head of Operators’ Committee Declares President May Defeat U. M. of A. OPPOSES WAGE SCALE Minority Report, With Strike to Enforce it, Only Result, Ogle Says. Complete surrender to all demands of the United Mine Workers of America will result If President Harding's plan for settling the coal strike is put into effect. This is the prediction made by Alfred M. Ogle, president of the National Coal Association and chairman of the Bituminous Coal Operators' committee today. Opposes Old Scale Unalterable opposition to the President's proposal that the old wage scale be continued in effect pending settlement was expressed by Ogle. “Will this not mean an increase in prices instead of a decrease, as all changes in cost are reflected Immediately in selling prices of coal,” he asked.' “Judging from past experience when the award of the commission is finally handed down there wrill be two reports, the miners’ representatives signing a minority report. And will not the miners shortly thereafter go on strike to enforce the minority report.” i Proposal Liberal He also said that at a conference in Washington July 3 the operators made a very liberal proposal for settlement. As the session was executive this proposal never was given to the public. DYNAMITE TRAP FATAL Non-Uniqn Miner Killed and Nine Others Injured. By United Preta MORDU, W. Va., July 14.—Explosion of a dynamite trap killed one non-union miner and injured nine others here today. Two flat cars were .blown to splinters. State police, led by blooodhounds, i took up the trail.

TERRIBLE MALADY MAKES INROADS ON CITY’S DOGS

While man has pursued the even j tenor of his way, his best friend has been laid low by a malady as terrible • to dogdom as tuberculosis to humans. Hundreds of doga have died during j the last year and one half in Indian- j apolis of distemper, according to John j Pitts, deputy city dog pound master. | This Is one reason why’ 140 dogs were impounded the last six weeks as compared with 306 during the cor- j responding period in 1921, Pitts said. ! The epidemic is about at an end, but its effects will be felt in a decreased dog population. License Fee Down Decrease in license fee from $3 to $2, which Mayor Shank got the counFINANCE BOARD MAKES USE OF PURDUE MONEY $55,000 of University Funds Appropriated for Agriculture Body Building Fund. The State board of finance today appropriated $55,000 from the Purdue endowment fund to take care of outstanding debts of the State board of Agriculture, brought about by the rebuilding of a horse barn at the State fairground. The appropriation was considered an emergency fund which will be repaid when the Legislature makes an appropriation to the State board of agriculture. The building has been hampered by lack of funds to continue. DIAMOND RINGS TAKEN Burglar Entered Room While Occupants Slept. Diamond rings valued at SIOO and SIOO in currency were stolen from a dresser drawer at the home of Mrs. Ida Terry, 319 N. Delaw-are St., last night. MOSES RAPS DYE EMBARGO Senate Will Be Guilty of Surrender to. Iniquitous Monopoly, He Says. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 14.—1f the Senate includes in the tariff bill the provision for a dye embargo it will “go before the country convicted of surrendering to an iniquitous, impudent and avaricious monopoly,” said Senator Moses, New Hampshire, today in the Senate. Moses assailed Francis P. Oarvan and associates to whom more than 4,700 German dye and other patents are alleged to have been sold for $250,000. AGED MAN SUICIDE Knellner Takes Own Life Soon After Death of His Wife. By United Press COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., July 14. Following in close sequence the death of his W'ife, who hanged herself on May 11 of this year, Frederick Kneller, 72 years old committed suicide late last night by shooting on the ’ farm of his son William Kneller, six miles from hers.

DEALS STORK A BLOW Cop Pinches Doctor Speeding to Make Call. Dr. William Arbuckle, 2617 W. Washington St., heard the stork needed him to assist young Jack Richard Mather, 1322 S. Belmont Ave., into the world. The doctor was pinched for speeding. He produced Jack's birth certificate to show why he was in a hurry. Then the doctor’s daughter remarked they were In such a hurry because they wished to stop at the doctor’s office and tell the patients not to wait. "How long were you at the office?” asked the court. "Fifteen or twenty minutes,” said the witness. "Twelve dollars and costs,” remarked the court. 14,000 FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS JOIN STRIKERS Symoathy Walk-out Is Authorized by Union Leaders. By United Press CHICAGO. July 14—Strike of the stationary firemen and eng.neers employed by railroads, effective Monday, June 17, was authorized by union heads today. Practically the entire membership of this union is now in strike in sympathy with the shopmen. About 14,000 members of the ’brotherhood of stationary firemen and : engineers are affected most of them are used on construction and repair work. j Their walkout will have no serious j effect on train service, railroad manj agers stated.

oil to authorize several months ago to help kids who love their dogs, also has something to do with the drop in pound inmates, Pitta said. . More people pay the tax. There are no such things as dog chasers, in the movie sense, here. They stopped that three years ago. The poundman and his wagon go out only on calls from citizens now Go to Sulphur Chamber Because of distemper it has been necessary to sentence an unusually high percentage of dogs to the sulphur chamber at the pound, Pitts said. Eighty-seven have been put to death since June 7. Forty-six were redeemed by owners or disposed of otherwise. UPDIKE LEADS DEXTER Recount of Contested Primary .Almost Completed. Recount of ballots cast In the recent primary election for Republican nominations to the State House of Representatives will be completed late today or tomorrow. Thomas Dexter, negro, contesting the nomination of Ralph Updike, eleventh nominee, was seventeen votes behind Updike at noon today, when returns from 202 of the 205 had been retabulated. MANY FINES ASSESSED Dry Law Violations Take Up City Court's Time. Among those found guilty of prohibition law violation in city court today were: Frank Wagoner, 1100 Warman Ave., fined SSOO and costs and sentenced to serve ninety days the State farm: Martin Lewis, 1452 As- . tor St., SIOO and costs; Clifford Nelson, negro, 468 W. Sixteenth PI., S2OO and costs; Gus Gans, SSO and costs; Louis Konlance, 732 N. Warman Ave., SIOO and costs; fheophil Hanggi, 439 N. Sherman Dr., SIOO and costs; Wesley Williams, negro, 413 Roanoke St., SIOO and costs, and Lucille Griffin, negress, 440 W. Sixteenth PI., S2OO and costs. JURY INDICTS SEVEN Archie Mickens Charged With Murder of His Wife. Seven persons were indicted and six discharged by the Marion County grand jury today. One defendant, Archie Mickens is charged with murder of his wife. Elizabeth. George White, 735 N. California St., was charged with assault and battery with intent to murder Scott Bruce. Bruce was before the grand jury but was discharged. James Norman, charged with vehicle, taking, grand larceny and the unlawful possession of an automobile, will be brought from Texarkana, Ark., to stand trial. Fred Taynor, charged with a statutory offense, and Thomas Peters, charged with criminal assault, were indicted also. STREETS COST $20,009 MORE Head of Cleaning Department Says Year Will See Raise. Twenty thousand dollars more than in 1922 will be asked for salaries and wages in the street cleaning department for 1923, John F. Walker, superintendent, said today. The 1922 prlatloiis is SIOB,OOO. *

RAILROADS ASK INJUNCTION AGAINST STRIKERS IN TWO FEDERAL COURT SUITS HERE

Yoo-hoo Skin-nay ■<f yy <■' * CHARLES MILLER. “Hey, Skinney!” The Boys' Club has opened its camp near Noblesville, at the junction of Cicero and Hinkle Creeks, end thirty-fi- e boys are having the time of their young lives each week. The girls’ club from L&uter Memorial building had their outing the first week, but from now on the camp belongs to the boys. From reveille at 6:30 to taps at 9 there is a full program of swimming, games and good things to eat. The camp is supported by the Community Chest but receives many special treats and donations from big brothers in town. Frank C. Jordan is president of the Boys’ Club Association and Will Wertz is acting superintendent in charge of the camp. DETECTIVE HIT BY BULLET IN BIG 4 YARDS Jesse Starr Shot in Leg by Prowlers—-Chief Blames Strike Trouble. The shooting of Jesse Starr, 24, 3524 E. Washington St., a railroad detective, in the Shelby St. yards of the Big Four Railroad last night, was an outgrowth of the strike, C. O. Johnson, chief of the detectives assigned to the yards, declared today. Starr was shot in the left leg by one of two prowlers who were walking across the common near Bates street and the Big Four tracks at 10:30. Following orders he kept close watch on them. Starr was on the opposite side of a passenger coach when one of the two men stooped and fired one shot under the car, hitting the detective. prominentmenTo speak Chaufaqua at Cadle Tabernacle Has Leaders on Program. Some of the most prominent platform speakers in the country will appear in Indianapolis, beginning Aug. I 6. when a week’s Chautauqua program will open at the Cadle Tabernacle. The proceeds will be used for a pipe organ fund. The speakers will be: Maude Balllngton Booth, Will Irwin, world war correspondent: Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy; Lorado Taft, sculptor; William Jennings Bryan, Bishop William M. Bell of the United Brethren Church; Dr. M. H. Lichliter, Bible authority, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, , Opal Ring Stolen Florence Parson, employed by the Southern Security Company, thirteenth floor of the Merchants’ Bank building, reported the theft of an opal ring, valued at $5,0.

Plane Vacationists Take Madison For Northern Town 600 Miles Off Times Staff Correspondent. MADISON, Ind., July 14.—An airplane volplaned to rest on a hilltop near here today. “Where are we?” asked the pilot of a fanner. "Madison,” he answered. "Where’s that?” they wanted to know. “Why, In Indiana,” the startled man replied. "Then that creek down there must be the Ohio River? And we thought we were near Madison, Wisconsin!” The men had started out from the Chicago Aviation Club for a vacation trip In the northwoods of Wisconsin, lost their compass, and came down to get their bearings only to find they were 600 miles off the track.

Entered as Second-class Matter July 25 1914, ,at the ’l i \V O CTFNT’FI Poetoffice, Indianapolis, under the Act of March 3, 1879. X \\ -l-Kj

First Offensive Launched By Petitioners, Charging Conspiracy to Paralyze .Transportation. PRAYER NAMES 600 DEFENDANTS ■ ' ■ - ■ ■ ' —— ' —s Hearing of Plea to Restrain Strikers May Come Before U. S. Judge Baker in Hammond Today. BULLETIN. By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., July 14.—Judge Francis Baker today granted the temporary injunctions asked by the Baltimore & Ohio and the'Big Four railroads to restrain strikers from picketing and acts of violence v , .. , „ Suits to enjoin unions involved in the railroad strike and their members from interfering with the operation of trains were filed by the Baltimore & Ohio and the Big Four Railroads in Federal Court. Temporary restraining orders without notice were asked on the ground that an emergency exists. Attorneys for the petitioners expect the acess will be heard by Judge Francis E. Baker of the Circuit Court of Appeals at Hammond late today. Judge Baker will act in the absence of Judge Albert B. Anderson, who is spending the summer at Burt Lake, Mich. About 600 defendants were named in the two suits. The bills asked the defendants be enjoined from picketing railroad property, interfering with train operation, threatening or intimidating employes and from committing any acts of violence.

Conspiracy Is Charted A conspiracy Is charged in the biu! filed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to prevent the operation of railroads throughout the United States, and to force them to comply with unreasonable demands. It these demands are not granted it is averred the defendants plan to paralyze transportation and deprive the public of the use of the railroads. One Charge Stressed Stress is laid on the charge that the defendants are interfering with the carrying out of Government contracts for the delivery of mail. Attorneys for the railroad said In view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Coronado case particular emphasis had been laid on alleged interference with interstate traffic. It is charged that the defendants by jeers, threats and undue persuasion are endeavoring to force employes of the company to -quit work and that many of them have done so against their will through fear of bodily injury. Interference with the right of the company to enter into contracts with Its employes and to manage its own affairs is also charged. Sherman Law Violation To accomplish these ends the defendants are charged with entering into a conspiracy in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Only a few specific instances of alleged violence are stated in the complaint, and these are said to have occurred at Garrett. It is charged that on July 7 a mechanic came from Gary to Garrett to work in the railroad shops, but was seized by the strikers and taken to Kendellville in an automobile. On the night of July 11 a mob of strikers is said to have stoned workmen. Partner at Hammond The suit was filed by Thomas D. Stevenson for the firm of Miller, Dally & Thompson. As soon as it was filed Stevenson called William H. Thompson by telephone at Hammond and Thompson said he would try to have j the case heard by Judge Baker immediately. Judge Baker had been Informed previously by Thompson that the suit was to be filed. Many Defendants Named Among the defendants in the two suits are International Association of Machinists, William H. Johnson, f CANCELLED By United Press CLEVELAND. July 14—Four crack passenger trains of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad today were ordered dropped from service because of lack of equipment resulting from the shopmen’s strike.

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| president and E. C. Davison, secre-tary-treasurer; the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Helpers, J. A. Franklin, president; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers, James W. Kline, president: International Alliance of Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers, J. J. Hynes, president; Brotherhood of Electrical Engineers, James P. Noon, president, and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, many members and representatives of the American Federation of Labor. L. V. Hart, strike leader, said stationary firemen and engineers from rail shops would be welcomed into the general strike organization if they go out in Indianapolis, Monday. The Rev. Frank Robinson of tho Nazarene Church complimented strikers on their conduct at the daily meeting. SEARCH FOR MAN Police Learn William Donahue Had Heart Attacks. Police today are investigating the disappearance of William Donahue, 19, af 4131 Graceland Ave. Danahue left Irene Peblow’s home, 510 W. Thirty-First St., the night of July 11, and being troubled with heart attacks, told Miss Peblow he would telephone her when he reached Graceland Ave. He has not been heard from. STOLE BABY CLOTHES Mrs. Regina Cohen Had Shoes, Hood, Etc., When Arrested. Frantic screams of "baby, my baby," from a hysterical woman attracted noonday crowds at Meridian and Washington Sts. today when Miss Ted Smith, an operative from a detective agency, arrested Mrs. Regina Cohen of 1155 S. Capitol Ave. on a charge of shoplifting. Mrs. Cohen, according to the detective, was carrying her baby girl on one arm and a shopping bag on the other, and dropping various articles in the bag and concealing others under the baby’s cape. The woman was unable to understand English. Her shopping bag disclosed a pair of baby shoes, a gay pink hood and baby socks to match and remnants of dress goods of a size siutable for baby dresses and a string of small pearl beads. Diamond Pin Lost A diamond bar pin, valued at $560, was lost by Mrs. C. R. Strickland of Cold Springs road while she -was shopping downtown today. WHAT DID YOU SEE? D. M. W. saw an old man respectfully raise his hat while a funeral procession passed. C. S. J. saw a bale of hay and two grain bags by the side of a standing automobile. E. L. M saw the corner policeman, at Delaware and Washington Sts., leave his post to push a stalled automobile to the side. O. G. S. saw a man adjust hi* tie in front of a mirror and remark, "Now I suppose that will he in the ’What -lid you see?’ column tomorrow.” Although only the Initials are used in this column, the Times asks that all communications submitted p* i signed. _