Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1922 — Page 1

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EMPLOYERS BODY WILL BROADCAST MS BN STRIKES Resolutions Condemning Union Men to Be Sent President, Governor and Sen. Watson. $5,000 FOR PUBLICITY Public to Get Views of Association —Open Shop System Upheld. A decision to present to the public its opinions on the strike situation was reached at a meeting of the Employers’ Association and others at the Claypool hotel today. Resolutions dealing with the situation unanimously were adopted and copies ordered sent to the President. Governor McCray and Senator James E. Watson. A sum of $5,000 was subscribed by citizens present for advertising purposes. life Offers Resolutions O. W. lies, president of the Chamber of Commerce offered the resolutions. Summarized they are as follows: "The railway shopmen and miners have presented to the people the Issue whether organized government shall rule and guarantee to every man the right to work without molestation. Shall organized labor decide who shall work at certain vocations or not, is the fundamental question. Opposed to Government That the railway shop craft-, having refused to abide by the decision of an impartial tribunal created by Federal law, and. therefore, a department of thet Government, have placed themselves in direct opposition to the Government. A compromise with strikers upon condition that new men be discharged. is unfair to non-union workers, who, at the risk of their lives, have moved interstate commerce. Railway executives were urged to refuse any comprom.se which conceded restoration with seniority rights unimpaired at the expense of new men. Favor Open Shop They expressed the belief that the right to mine coal should be preserved to any man who desires, and there will be no peace in coal mining until a return to the open shop. They favor a law making it a crime to combine for the purpose of preventing the mining of coal and providing that collective funds of labor unions may be attached for damage resulting from such stoppage.

URGES PAYMENT OF CM LOANS General Crowder Says Island Nation Should Be Made to Pay. By United Financial HAVANA, Cuba. July 28. —Formal, If polite, wam.r.g was extended to President Zayas today in a note from General Crowder, American official observer, that unless the Cuban republic made immed.ate and definite arangements, not only to pay the interest on all existing loans, but on the proposed new loan, the United States would cease its present efforts to relieve the Cuban financial crisis. An exclusive story carried by the Heraldo De Cuba to the effect that General Crowder has threatened to give up his job here and return home in disgust, has created a sensation. Despite Crowder's denial of ar.y immediate intention of leaving, little else Is discussed in the Havana press and governmental circles. NEGROES ROB EMPLOYER Suit Case Containing 5175 and Valuables Taken at Union Station. Lawrence Porter, 733 Drake St., accompanied by five negroes whom he had employed for the Mansfield Engineering Company at Monticello, Ind., arrived at the Union Depot early today. He placed his suit case on the floor while buying tickets for the men End when he turned around the five ■•groes and the suit case were gone. The suit case contained $175, a pair of shoes, and a revolver. The suit case was found by a merchant policeman near Michigan St. and Indiana Ave., but it was empty. ASK PARKWAY WIDENED School Commissioners Would Establish New Playground. School Commissioners Bert S. Oadd and Adolph G. Emhardt endeavored today to get th 6 city administration to change its plans for extension of Pleasant Run Parkway, from Shelby St. to Prospect St. The south side commissioners want the parkway south of Orange St., between State Ave. and Keystone Ave., 1,000 feet wide, instead of 400 feet. In the wide space the commissioners would like to see a playground. City Engineer John L. Elliott said it would cost SIOO,OOO.

FAIR WEATHER

Indianapolis and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Saturday: not mufeh change In temperature. Indiana and Illinois: Generally fair tonight aad Saturday; not much change in temperature. Conditions have cleared considerably in the central valley, but unsettled weather with showers and thunderstorms has prevailed northeast of the Alleghany Mountains. In the southern half of the central valley temperatures ranged from T 6 to SO de'em* jßMterd&jL ,

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TOM SIMS SAYS: The trouble with befi*tv yM'Fb ~ lng born poor is you 6eldom recover. W r/ We know a bass drummer who belongs to the musicians’ unv The ex-Kaiser has SIMS. decided to talk back instead of come back., When daughter, smokes cigarettes you know who is boss in that home. If time is money most of us are millionaires every Sunday. This reformer who *wants to eliminate cussing could'help some by eliminating himself. Thatj great silence Is boys’ cheering because school starts soon. War not only threatens Europe*, but a New Jersey man wants all our widpws tc marry widowers. Stingiest man on earth refuses to laugh "at his own expense. Connecticut judge was arrested for having 129 barrels of cider In Ilia cellar. That was hard. * We saw a man with sideburns laughing at women's styles. Join the merchant marines and see the world from a schooner of beer. Only four more months until time to wish it was summer again. Leader of Coxey's army will run for the Senate. Birds of a feather try to flock together. When you see a man with a faroff look it's the vacation daze. The coal problem is: Consumers minus cash equal nothing much.

HILL AUCTION STUTZITORS Banks Give Notice to Receiver for Defunct Firm of Sale , Wednesday. By United Financial NEW YORK, July 28—The future of Stutz Motors ar.d of Allan A. Ryan, whose corner in that stock sent him into bankruptcy, probably will be determined at the public auction of the stock to be held next Wednesday. It is believed the banks themselves will bid in the stock and make a public offering later, in an attempt to realize the value of their loans tc Ryan.

QUICK, WATSON, MYSTERY HERE! What Do You Make of This? Weird Messages Come Through Window, What do you make of this. Watson" John T. Taylot, 120 S. Davidson St., found an envelope slipped through the shutters on the window of his home Wednesday night. On It ras written: ‘White caps. Whisiry house. Move out.” In the envelope was a liberal supply of salt and pepper. Taylor, his, wife and his son watched the window last night. At 10 o'clock another envelope came slowly through the crack. In it was written, “Last time. Drunks. White caps will come If you don’t move out. Bootlegger." The envelope was filled with salt and pepper. The three members of the Taylor family say they caught a glimpse of the man and that hfj was Sam Jones, 538 B. Georgia St. “ Jones was arrested on a vagrancy charge. He denied any knowledge of the envelopes. MUST HAUL OWN DEBRIS Market Stand Operators Are Ordwed To Clean Up Refuse. City market standholders will have to haul away their own boxes, crates and ether wooden articles hereafter. The board of sanitary commissioners informed the board of public safety today. FORMER EXECUTIVE BODY Community Chest Flans for Fund Campaign in November Three joint chairmen for the Com munity Chest, who will form the executive committee, are E. A. Kahn of the Peoples Outfitting Company; W J. Mooney of Mooney-Mueller & Ward, and Nicholas Noyes of the Eli Lilly Company. • Mr. Kahn is also chair man of the budget committee. The first meeting of the campaign to supply funds for thirty-nine chart 'table organizations will be held in No vember. ORDER AGAINST~MASKS Mayor Quick Says Half of Police Force Belongs to Ku-Klux. By United Press MUNCIE, July 28.—Mayor John Quick said today that he would not allow people in groups to be masked at the State meeting of the Ku-Ivlux Klan to be held here Saturday night. But, he said, he did n%t know whom to call to enforce his order, Decause half of the members of the police force are Klansmen. Held On Check Charge Cecil Williams, 3015 Kenwood Ave., a garage owner and taxi man, was arrested early today on the charge of issuing fraudulent checks. The arrest was made on a warrant sworn out by J. B. Rogers, 2808 N. Capitol Ave., alleging that ’Williams issued a worthless check to tho Fiske Tire Cos., for $-78.25.

WHERE DR. WYNN MET DEATH

Here is a view ’of Mt. Siyeh, in Glacier National Park, which Ur. Frank B. Wynn of Indianapolis was climbing yesterday when he fell to his death. The insert is a picture of Dr. Wynn.

FUGITIVE NEGRI SHOT IN HEART BY ATTACKED COP Ex-Convict Eludes Posse After Slashing Fellow Worker Seriously. By United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind . Jul 7 28.—Henry Poole, negro-ex-convict, was shot dead early today after he had slashed Floyd Howard. 36, a white fellow-workman with a knife. The entire police force Joined in pursuit of Poole. Policeman William Condra was standing near the Wildcat aCreek bridge when Pool asked him fria Ui rection to Lafayette, Flashlight in Negro’a Face Condra threw a flashlight in the ne gro’s face and drew his gun. Poole whipped a heavy club down on the officer's arm. The bones were fractured. Condra pulled the trigger. The negro fell over dead. Condra will get a medal. The victim of Poole's ratnpage may die. He has a wife and four children Howard and Poole were working to gether on an extension of St. Eliza beth’s Hospital. GUNMAN'S SHOT FAILSAT MARK Capitol Ave. Man Struggles With Burglar in DarkBullet Through Sleeve. A. T. Phillips. 1827 N. Capitol Ave.. surprised a burglar in the front room of his home early today, and in the struggle in the darkness the prowler fired, the bullet passing through the left sleeve of Phillips’ pajamas. The intruder escaped. A prowler, believed to be the same one, was reported last midnight as looking into a window at the home of Mrs. L. A. Cooper, 1740 N. Capitol Ave. While the police were investigating, S. E. Perry told them he saw the man in the yard at 1827 N. Capitol Ave. Officers searched and failed to find him. The attack on Phillips occurred almost three hours later. John A. Pfaff, 31 W. Fall Creek Blvd., reported to the police that a man attempted to enter his homo and the description given tallies with tho Capitol avenue gunman. SEWER WALLSTCAVE Mayor Sends Detective to Upbraid Men; Finds Them at Work. When a city detective, dispatched by Mayor Shank, went to the alley in the rear of the site of the new Roosevelt building, Washington and Illinois Sts., to take the contractor qnd public utility gangs to task for blocking the narrow thoroughfare, he found a sewer caved in and the workmen trying to repair it. It -was one of a number of private sewers laid many years ago. WANT BUREAU RESTORED Four Organizations See Increased Need for Employment Body. Because appeals for aid have increased four welfare organizations will ask reopening of the free State and city employment bureau. It was closed when the city council refused to appropriate money for the city’s share of the cost of operation. The Y. W. C. A.. Y. M. C. A., Indianapolis League of Women Voters and American Legion seek the bureau's revival. Representatives will see the Governor and mayor. MACHINE TURNS OVER Three Persons Slightly Hurt in Automobile Accident. Three persons were slightly injured when the automobile of James Shepley, 622 E. Ohio St., turned over at Fall Creek and Washington Blvd. Those hurt were George Keller, 8, of 620 E. Ohio St.; Mary Hawkins, 18 months, 324 N. Missouri St., and Shepley. The driver avoided striking another chine.

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Miss Indianapolis EEX interest in the selection of Miss Indianapolis, tvho is to | be the city’s representative in the National Parade of Cities i at Atlantic City, Sept. 6-8, has been demonstrated by the num- j ber of communications that have come to the Times Pageant Editor regarding the photographs sent in. EVERY precaution will be taken to preserve all photographs of the typical Indianapolis girls, which are beginning to arrive at the Times editorial office, and to see that they are safely returned. Each photograph should be accompanied by complete details as to name and street address. IN order that the committee which will select Miss Indianapolis may have plenty of time to carefully consider every entry for the honor of being the city’s representative girl, the Times Pageant Editor urges that photographs be sent in at the earliest moment possible, MRS. Myra Richards, nationally known sculptress, and Mile. Theo Hewes, teacher of classical dancing, have consented to serve on the committee of judges. The acceptances of Mrs. Felix T. McVhirter and Stuart Walker as judges was announced yesterday Other members of the committee will be made known later. YV7HEN Jfiss Indianapolis goes to Atlantic City in September * * to participate in the national tournament of beautiful women she will meet chosen representatives of over seventy other American cities. Tho list includes: Akron, O.; Allentown, Pa., Baltimore, Md.; Birmingham, Ala.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Camden, N. J.; Charleston, S. C.; Chester, Pa.; Chicago, 111.; Cleveland, O.; Columbus, O.; Dayton, O.; Easton, Pa.; Erie Pa.; Fall River, Mass.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Johnstown, Pa.; Kansas CJjtv, Mo.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; New Bedford, Mass.; New Haven, Conn.; New Orleans, La; New York, N Y.; Ocean City, N. J.; Paterson, N. J.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Portland, Ore.; Pottsville, Pa; Rochester, N. Y.; San Francisco, Cal.; Seattle, 'Wash.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Toledo, 0.; Utica, N. Y.; Washington, D. C.; Wheeling, W. Ya. r I 'HE fortunate girl selected to represent Indianapolis may look ■** forward to a most enjoyable trip to Atlantic City with all expenses of herself and’chaperon paid. The program of entertainment includes a suite 'at one of the finest Beach Front hotels, a ball given in honor of the visiting young women; automobiles, rolling chairs, sail yachts and motor boats at their disposal during their visit. She will have a position of honor in the Rolling Chair Parade and Bathers’ Revue, in which events she may compete for first, second and third prizes. r judges in all of the events at Atlantic City will be na--1- tionally known artists. Acceptances have been announced from Howard Chandler Christy, Joseph C. Chase, Coles Phillips. Dr. Arnold Genthe, Hayworth Campbell, H. Dewitt Welsh, Willy Poganv and August W. Hutaf. In these selections there are no conditions that a girl must fill except that of Beauty, Grace, Form and General Fitness to represent her city. THE honor of representing Indianapolis is one of which any local girl might well feel proud.

SEVEN ARE INDICTED Nine Persons Discharged by Marlon Coupty Grand Jury. Seven indictments were returned by the Marion County grand jury today. Nine persons were discharged. Among those indicted were Shelby Power, bringing into the county S4OO worth of property stolen from the Marine Corps; Walter Cromwell, 1330 Lydia St., arson; James R. Lewis, second degree murder; Everett Lepper, failure to stop after an accident; Leslie H. Marshall, false pretenses. STEPS OFF DRAWBRIDGE Ten-Year-Old Victoria Simply Taking Her Exercises Before Crowd. By United Press CHICAGO, July 28.—Pedestrians stood horrified when 10-year-old Victoria Starcevich stepped off an open drawbridge into the Calumet River. Many volunteered to save the girl. One threw a life preserver, when—- " Say, mister, can’t you see I’m a good swimmer?” amazed spectators. Then she breast-stroked to the life preserver and swam to shore with ft.

HAS HUBBY ARRESTED Woman Wants Him at Home; Uses Novel Plan. A plan for bringing home a missing husband, described in city court today by Mrs. Eva Van Court, 1536 E. Market St., fahed to meet with the approval of Acting Judge Vincent Manifold. Mrs. Van Court’s husband, John, and Sherman Baylor, 135 N Noble St., were charged with drunkenness on a warrant by Mrs. Van Court. "Well, I don’t know they were drUnk,’’ admitted Mrs. Van Court, "but I wanted him brought home so I would know where he was.” "Madame, this court has more to do than chase your husband,” Judge Manifold told Mrs. Van Court. "I’ll discharge the man, and if you don’t leave in a hurry I'll have you arrested for bringing this complaint." COPS MUST NOT SLEEP Police Ordered to Stay Awake While on Duty. Chief of Police Herman Rikhoff to day Issued an order forbidding any police officer to sleep while on duty. The order declared that any of fleer caught asleep while on duty would be citvd to appear before the board of public safety. The bulletin was especially directed to the emergency squads held In reserve at police headquarters during the railroad strike. STREET CAR HITS TRUCK Driver Slightly injured in CrashMachine Smashed. L. E. Jones, 33, Brownsburg, was slightly cut and bruised when his truck collided with a north-bound In dlana Ave. street car at West and Walnut Sts. today. The front end of the truck was smashed. Jones said he failed to see the street car approaching.

GIRL TESTIFIES Mins Moody on Stand in Trotter Divorce Proceedings. By United Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mloh.. July 28. Miss Florence Moody, the "mission girl,” was questioned regarding the parentage of her child when she took the stand In the Mel Trotter divorce case today. Miss Moody, former secretary of Trotter, testified that she left the mission after the birth of the child when Trotter's wife asked her to find other work. POLICE LABOR LOST Cry of Distress Heard by Woman Proves to be Neighbor’s Deg. A cry resembling that of a person In distress caused Mrs. George Sent. 2528 College Ave., to call police late last night. _ The police heard It as they ran through an alley nearby to investigate. They found an jmcient canine gloomily howling at tho moon.

GPEHfITOfi RSIS STIR PST FOR SLPSRSTEPEACE t President of Mine Owners Calls Governor’s Message Unexplained Mystery. PLAN NEAR ROCKS ! Strip Mine Men Oppose Operation by State—Barred From First Conference. There is no division in the ranks of the Indiana operators on the subject of an interstate conference with, the miners, Alfred M. Ogle, president of the National Association of Bitu minous Operators, declared today just before the scale committee went into conference with Governor McCray. An “Unexplained Mystery” He declared the Indiana operators are opposed solidly to an interstateconference. He characterized the telegram of Governor McCray to John Hessler. president of the Hoosier min ers, saying he believed the operators would meet in interstate conference as "an unexplained mystery.” While no statement was mado as to | what the operators discussed with the Governor, it is believed they intended to tell him an interstate agreement is impossible. • Strip Mine Owners Barred Operators of strip mines appeared at the Governor's office, but were not admitted with the scale committee The-y expressed opposition to the Governor's proposal that the State take over the mines.

POLICETRIGTI IDENTJFYROBBER Intruder in North Side Home Gives Conflicting Stories— Found in Attic. Detectives today were trying to establish the identity of the burglar captured in the home of Ray D. Bames, 3303 N. New Jersey St., last night. John Marckwood Wright. 27, of 820 Twelfth St.. M.lwaukee, Wis., Is the name and address the man gave when questioned. When first arrested, he gave Chicago as hi3 home. The burglar was wearing a suit of clpthes and hat purchased here. However, ho claimed that he drove to this city in his speedster, reachmg here at S a. m. yesterday. In Wright’s room at US’S E. Ohio St., were found a number of rings, from which stones had been removed. Dr. and Mrs. R. V. Converse, 3521 N. New Jersey St., saw a man walk iii the front door of the Barnes home and then walk around the side of tho house at 10 p. m. Dr. Converse and his son, C. S. Converse, watched the house until officers arrived. Wright was found hiding behind a chair in the att:c. s NORTHCLIFFE SINKS LOW Publisher Reported to Have Only One Chance in Ten to Recover. By United yetcs LONDON, July 28.—Lord Northcliffe. the British pubhsher, has about one chance in ten to recover, according to those familiar with his condition. Early this week the stricken publisher sank so low that his death was expected momentarily. There has been a slight improvement since. DR. GERSTMEYER DIES Terre Haute Physician Ilad Cared For Four Generations in Some Families. By Timex Special TERRE HAUTE, ' July 28.—Dr. Charles Gerstmeyer, 78, is dead at his home here of pneumonia. He was born‘in Mainz. Germany. Dr. Gerstmeyer was one of the best known Vigo County physicians, having cared for four generations in some families. He leaves a widow. Monon Named Defendant The Monon Railroad was made de fendant to a third suit charging fall ure to comply with the 1020 transportation act, when Grover Goodman, e stationary fireman in their employ, died action to get back pay amount ing to $1,500. *

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ILLNESS FATAL HENRY ABRAMS. The legal fraternity of Indianapolis j lost a valued member in the death of Henry Abrams. HEfiRT DISUSE CLAIMS LIFE Os HEipiMS Member of State Legislature and Prominent Attorney Succumbs. Following an illness of seven months. Henry Abrams, 30, 731 Union St., attorney, member of the State Legislature and candidate for re-elec tion on the Republican ticket, died at his home at 8 a. m. today. Death was due to heart disease. Few young attorneys were better or more favorably known than Abrams He was twice elected as a member of the State Legislature, and was renominated last spring. He was a mem ber of the law firm of Joseph & Abrams. 956 Lemcke Annex. He had practiced law eight years in Indianapolis, since graduating from the In diana Law School He was chairman of a judiciary committee of the House of Representatives. Mr. Abri-.ns was a member of the Marlon Club and formerly vice presl dent of that body. He was a member of Monument Lodge of Masons, Elks' Lodge No. 13. the Union Congregation of Indianapolis Lodges and president of the B’r.ai B’rith. He was a mem ber of the American Bar Association He was born at Pittsburgh. Pa. He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Tillie Abrams: two brothers, Ike Abrams of Indianapolis and Leon Abrams of Pittsburgh, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Kamlot of Pittsburgh. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the home. Burial will be’at the Jewish cemetery.

EXPRESSES SORROW Republican County Chairman Will Name Abram's Successor. Sorrow over Abrams' death was expressed by W. H. Freeman, Republican county chairman. "The appointment of his successor is up to me as county chairman,” said Freeman. "However, I will have no thought in the matter until he is peacefully laid away in his last resting place, and then, only after the most careful consideration and con ference with leaders of the party.” FIND STILLS, NO MEN Prohi Officers Puzzled Over Clinton Moonshiners. Are the ghosts of departed moon shiners plying their trade around Clinton? This is a question'that is puzzling Federal prohibition officers following the discovery of three stills in full operation with no one in at tendance. The plants were discovered by Fed eral Agents Will Hays. Roy Wright Walter Wills and Will Crow. JOHN GETS IN BAD Notorious Barber Fined SSO for Contempt in Alimony Failure. By United .Vet cs NEW YORK, July 2 S.—" John the Barber” Reisler, whose wife claims to have killed her sister for alienating Relsler’s affections, was adjudged in contempt of the Supreme Court Thursday afternoon for failure to pay SSO weekly alimony to his wife. NEGRESS IS ROBBED Unappreciated by "Boy From Tennessee.” Mrs. Laura Ballard, colored, 2526 Hillside Ave., took into her home a "poor boy from Tennessee." Today she told the police the boy was gone and with him a suit case, revolver, pair of shoes, six shirts and $7.50. HELD AS HOSTAGE Woman Claims She Was Kidnaped by Dry Officer. By United Press CINCINNATI, July 28.—Mrs. Pearl Belle said a prohibition agent kidnaped her and held her as a hostage for her husband, who war wanted on a charge of violating the Volstead act. URGE LICENSE REPEAL Engineers Favor Removal of Mine La bor Restrictions. The local chapter of the American Association of Engineers has adopted resolutions urging Governor McCray to call a special session of the Legis lature to repeal the miners ’license law. They also pledged the support of the club to the national, State and city officers toward enfoAaxneat of law, *

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RIOTING IRKS RAILROAD SHOP STRIKECENTERS Three Dead, Scores Injured in Violence at Dozen Separate Points. STRIKEBREAKERS WHIPPED Workers Forced to Abandon Places by Desperate Groups of Men. By United Press CHICAGO, July 28.—Renewed rioting flared out in a dozen shop cen* tars as the latest move for settlement of the rail strike got under way. Three are dead and a score injured, as a result. Strikers throughout Chicago shop districts, barraged the homes of men ■who refused to strike, with, sticks and stones. Agents Fire Into Ground In Aurora, 111. Scores of union sympathizers threatened United States deputy marshals. The Federal agents fired shots into the ground. Roy E. Eurton, special guard on the Santa Fe at San Eemardino, CaL, was shot and killed. Strikebreakers Whipped Three strike-breakers on the Burlington at Galesoury, IIL, were whipped and forced to leave town. Charles B. Singer, assistant manager of the D. L. & W. at Chicago, was injured when a bottle exploded in hia hand. ORHERSTRHCKS TD BEECHEiBYE Postmaster Bryson Gets 300 Transferred to Mail Service From Fort. Three hundred three-quarter-ton motor trucks will be transferred immediately from Ft. Benjamin Harrison to Beech Grove, where they will be made ready to carry mail should the railroad strike interfere with the movement of mail trains, Postmastes Robert H. Bryson announced today, following a conference of pcstoffica officials with Lieutenant Erickson at the Army post. Regulation mail bodies for the trucks will be shipped to Beech Grove by the. postoffice department. About 100 trucks are ready for service at Beech Grove in addition to those to be transferred from the Army post.

IB DiES II PITCMTILE Former Police Lieutenant and Companion Fall in Booze Theft Effort, , : j| By United Prtaa LOUISVILLE, Ky„ July 28.— Harry Baker, former police lieutenant, was shot fe death and J. M. Milbey was shot twice through the head today In a battle with prohibition agents at the Ferncliffe distillery. Frank M. Colbert, United States guard at the distillery, was arrested. Twenty-five barrels of liquor were In the truck used In an attempt to raid the distillery. FAVORS PARK THEATERS Cirio Improvement Club Indorses Mayor Shank’s Pisa. The Southeastern Civic Improve* ment Club has indorsed Mayor Shank’s stand in favor of theaters in the city parks. The throe Democratic mem* bers of ths city council also received the commendation of the club for supporting the mayor, while the six Republicans were censured for opposition to the plan. HELD AT MILWAUKEE .Alleged Check Artist Wanted Here for Bad Paper. Frederick Houston, alias Marich Hybbard, alleged check worker and automobile thief, Is under arrest at I Milwaukee, Wis. Houston, local police say, passed ! worthless" check for S2BO on Arthur Chevrolet as part payment for an automobile purchased three months ago. WHAT DID YOU SEE? S. R. saw a young man walking rapidly down the street playing a mouth organ and tipping his hat po litely at every one he met. E. W. K. saw a beautifully gowned woman sitting In an expensive automobile, sharing bits of her sandwich with a little white dog. A. L. saw a horse with overalls on his front legs—each leg had a pocket. J. E. I. saw a man leaving Rho dlus Park while another man held straw hat over the seat of the for* men's trousers. G. R. M. saw a big rat playing tH the aisle of a downtown ihaiCe; do?* ins 9, performance 4