Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1922 — Page 1

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MON FAMILY POWERFUL GROUP IN COALBUSIIESS Connections of Secretary of Treasury Exercise Broad Control. INCLUDE MANV NECESSITIES Immense Bank Resources Extend to Railroads Carrying Fuel. By C. C. LYOy Timet Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 4.— what is the “Mellon group” of Pittsburgh, which leaders of the miners claim is holding up a settlement of the Na-tion-wide coal strike? It is composed of members of the family of Andrew W. Mellon, SecreAp of the Treasury, and a coterie have made their millic is through their associations with the Mellons. It is probably America's most powerful group of operators in such necessities as coal, coke, aluminum, electric light, street railroads, water and railway equipment. Financial Powers Great Its banking connections extend in every direction. Its financial power runs into billions. And the little, timid man of 70, who sits in President Harding's Cabinet, for nearly forty years was the master mind of the “Mellon group." The nucleus of their far-reaching power of tl\e Mellons is their three giant financial institutions in Pittsburgh: The Mellon National Bank, with assets of $125,000,000; the Union Trust Company, with $143,000,000 and the Union Savings Bank. These hanks dominate the so-called “Pittsburgh district.” Interlocking Director H. C. McEldowney. president and director of the Union Trust and the Union Savings Bank, is also a director of the Chicago * Northwestern railroad- Childs Frick, director in all three banks, is director of the Chicago & Northwestern and the Norfolk & Western. D. A. Reed, Mellon Bank director, is also director of the Union Railroad Company; the St. Clair Terminal railroad and the Monongahela Southern u-ailroad. MW. B. Schiller, director in each of Mellon banks, is president and director of the National Tube Com-1 pany, now building a $15,000,000 plant at Gary, Ind. C-. E. Shaw, director of all three banks, is vice president, treasurer and director of the Crucible Steel Company. the Crucible Fuel Company, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. I. M. Schoonmaker, Howard Phipps, J. H. Lockhart, and J. M. Lockhart, all directors in all three Mellon banks, are officers or directors in many railroads, coal companies and steel and metal companies.

TYPHOON SWEEPS' CHINESET? DEATH Hundreds Reported Dead in Devastation of Swatow Province. By United Pres* LONDON, Aug. 4.—Hundreds of Chinese were killed in a violent typhoon which devastated the province of Swatow, causing great destruction of property and life, according to a Central News dispatch from Hongking. Many steamers have been up od the beach, the dispatch WOULD BUY BUSSES Mayor Thompson Asks 3,000 to Break Street Car Men’s Strike. By United Prebl CHICAGO. Aug. 4 —Peace parleys for settlement of Chicago’s traction tie-up, now in its fourth day, were resumed today. Mayor Thompson’s plan for a fleet of 3,000 jitney busses was before the city council. The mayor is asking for *3.000,000 to finance his five-cent busa**. FRACTURE PAINLESS Man Sustains Broken Leg in Auto Accident. Charles Pierce. 24. of 108 \V. Tenth St., suffered a fracture of the right leg and his left hip was bruised when he was struck at Washington and West Sts., by an automobile driven by Oren Clements, 62, of 1635 Clark Ave. Lieutenant Johnson of police force who reached the man’s side, discovered he did not suffer much pain from his fractured leg. It was wooden. THE WEATHER Showers and thunder storms have -doted the middle Atlantic States and Jflfce Gulf regions the past twenty-four extending also, into the middle Missouri Valley and into the _ Rockies. The thermometer at New Orleans registered 80 degrees today, while the minimum temperature was reco.ctd at San Francisco with 52 degrees HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 69 11 a. m 80 7 a. m 72 12 (noon) 81 S a. m 75 1 p. m S3 l a_ m........ 78 2 p. m 84 1C a. m-....... SO

TOM sms SAYS: A man who can’t be shown anything can be shown up. What's in a name? The Irish had a battle at Mt. Misery. . We would hate to SIMS. be a robber. There is so much competition. One can’t help but remember the mine strike began April Fool’s Day. There is a tendency to go to sleep in political berths. “Longer skirts,” say the bowlegged. “Shorter,” say the boldlegged. Money seems to go further when you are after it. j Turning down high prices will i make them feel cheap. Optimists should not have gold front teeth. Our days are numbered. Don’t lose any. The man with a straw lid wears hay while the sun shines. The woman who uses a dish rag often feels like one. Some women even go to church for their husbands. You can't keep a good man or a : good man's business down. A used car Is a pleasure car to the man who sells It. Some of our millionaires seem to need a check. Laundries clean up during the summer months. | Health is wealth, but it doesn't pay I to swap.

GERMAN ANSWER i REJECTS DEMAND -■ France Notified Payment of Ten Millions by Aug. 15 Is Denied. By United Prett BERLIN, Au. 4.—Germany today I refused the demand of France that ; I $10,000,000 representing pre-war com- | mercial debts be paid by Aug. 15. Germany’s refusal is based on the | grounds of inability to pay. I France has threatened to seize the 1 | coal and iron mines in the Rhineland The Wirth government,. In the pres- ! ent crisis, has the solid backing of all I | parties. UNIONISM FACES FIGHT FOB LIFE Awaiting Next Move in Big Strikes, Federation Is Ready to Act. . &!/ United Prett WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 —Believing j the life of unionism is at stake in the fight ♦between the railroad executives : and the striking shopmen, organized j labor is preparing to meet the situaj tion with its full strength, it was made known to the United Press today. Labor's next move depends largely on the action, of the President. BACKS M’CRAY ACTION Chamber of Commerce Indorses Coal Strike Plans. Letters commending their action in regard to the coal strike have been sent to Governor McCray and Adju tant General Harry B. Smith by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. The letters stated that every member was present and that the votes were unanimous. The Governor was notified that the Chamber of Commerce considered ev ery step he has taken was done in a calm, thoughtful and dignified manner.

Mellon s Powerful Connections When he entered President Harding’s Cabinet Andrew W. Mellon resigned as director or officer in no less than fifty-four powerful banking and business concerns; and In practically every instance some member of his family was elected to fill tha vacancy. Mellon was president of: The Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh, the Monongahela Light and Power Company, the Union Insurance Company. lie was vice president of: Gulf Oil Corporation. Monongahela Street Railway Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company, Union Improvement Company, Union Savings Bank. Director of: Mellon National Bank, Aluminum Company of America, Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, Aluminum Ore Company, American Locomotive Company, American Metal Company, American Surety Company of America, Apollo Water Works, Baltimore Car and Foundry Company, Bessemer Trust Company, Bradriock National Bank, Butler Bolt and Rivet Company, Butler Car Wheel Company, Carborundum Company, Duquesne Trust Company, East Pittsburgh Savings and Trust Company, Electric Carbon Company, Gulf Oil Corporation, Koppers Company, Leechburg Water Works, Ligonler Valley Railroad Company, Lyndora Land and Improvement Company, McClintic-Mar-shall Construction Company, Meilon-Stuart Company, Middletown Car Company, Minnesota By-Product Coke Company, Monesson Water Company, Monongahela Light and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, Street Railway Company, Mo ion ga he la River Consolidated Coal and <’oke Company. Monogahela Trust Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company, New York and Power Company, Monongahela Northern Aluminum Company. Ltd., Pennsylvania Water Company, Pittsburgh By-Product Cokj Company, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pittsburgh Model Engine Company, Pressed Metal Radiator Company, Riter-Conley Company, Robert Grace Construction Company, Seaboard By-Product Coke Company, Standard Motor Truck Company, Standard Steel Car Company, Title and Trust Company of Western Pennsylvania, Union Fidelity Title Insurance Company, Union Improvement Company. Union Insurance Company, Union Savings Bank, Union Trust Company. United States Aluminum Company, Verona Steel Castings Company. Wilkinsburg Bank, Workingmen's Savings and Trust Company.

LOVE IFFAIIIS GIN AS CAUSE OF SUICIDE ACT Hotel Telephone Operator Ends Her Life After Friends Note Her Despondency. FAINTS AT SWITCHBOARD Twenty-Year-Old uirl, Brooding Over Heart Affair, Drinks Carbolic Acid. “It must have been a love affair.” This was the only explanation Mrs. Louis Smith. 1157 Villa Ave., could give today of the suicide of her daughter Katherine, a telephone operator at the Claypool Hotel. Employes of the hotel said Miss Smith appeared depressed when she appeared for work. She went to the switchboard as usual, but shortly after 8 o’clock Miss Smith left and went to the women’s restroom. A few minutes later she reappeared. As she reached the switchboard she collapsed. It was discovered she had drunk carbolic acid. Mrs. Smith told of a former love affair between her daughter and Norval Toon of Now Bethel, who was married last fall. “But that ended that love affair,” she explained, “although my daughter was a very close friend of Norval ” While she was talking, Toon arrived at the Smith home. He said he had not seen Katherine in a long time and had no quarrel with her. He said he believed she had another love affair.

PLANS COMPLETE TO MINE COAL Fuel Commission Has Promise of All Cars Needed to Move Output. Mining of coal in StatP operated ! mines under military protection in Clay County was scheduled to begin today. Governor McCray announced The emergency fuel commission has been promised cars necessary to move j the coal and all other arrangements j for shipments have been made, the ! Governor said. Dispatches from the I military area indicated less than ten men were working. Four dollars a ton at the mine has j been established as the base price of j the first coal to he mined. This price j will be materially reduced once the j mines are working to full capacity, j I the Governor sai l. The freight rate to Indianapolis t? I SI.OB a ton. No more mines will he taken under ! : State direction until after the confer- ! ence at Cleveland Monday and pos j sibly not until after the Governors' : conference in Columbus later. The State fuel emergency commit- ' tee has ruled that canneries shall j have priority over a’l other demands, j ORDERS FOR COAL BEING CANCELLED Action Taken to Indicate Belief Settlement of Strike Is Near. By United Prett j EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 4.i Reports of cancellation of numerous j I orders for export of coal to the United j States was interpreted here today as meaning that the end of the strike of | the United Mine Workers of America I is imminent. Beveridge Speaks SANTA CLAUS. Ind., Aug. 4 Albert J. Beveridge. Republican nonii ! nee for United States Senator, will address a meeting of the Epworth League here next Monday night.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1922

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FORO'SPRDJEGT GIN SUPPORT Seven Members of Senate Say It Would Prevent Strike Troubles. By United Prett WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Development by Henry Ford of the great j hydro-electric power lying dormant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., will aid In giving the Nation permanent security against the paralyzing effect of rail and mine strikes, such as those now being waged, seven members of the Senate Agricultural Committee asserted today in a report to the Senate, urging prompt acceptance of the Ford bid for the big nitrate project. EASTERN ROAD3 HELPINGNEEOT Carriers of Non-Union Coal Receive Skilled Workers From Other Lines. By Unitetl Prett CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Eastern carriers today sent skilled workmen to shops of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the i Norfolk & Western, the Virginian and the Louisville A Nashville—roads which serve non-union coal fields of the South, It was reported here. Fearing the Administration might see in the needs of this group fresh reason to intervene in the shopmen’s strike, eastern roads, with cooperation of some western carriers, “are going to the rescue,” is the explanation given. FOUND DEAD IN BED Edward Ratcliff Expires at Home in Newcastle. By Timet Special NEWCASTLE, Ind.. Aug. 4.—Edward Ratcliff, 85, for over twenty years assessor of Henry township, was found dead in bed tills morning. His wife died two years ago. He leaves two daughters, nine grandchildren and one brother. KING SUCCEEDS HURTY Will Take Place as Secretary of Health Board. Dr. W'tHam F. King, assistant secretary of the State board of health, was elected secretary and named State health commissioner at a meeting at the Statehouse yesterday. Dr. King succeeded Dr. J. N. Hurty, who has resigned, effective Sept. 30. Dr. King had been assistant secretary of the board twelve years. HOW DRY HE WAS Town Board President Caught With Cellar Full of Liquor. By Timet Special RICHMOND, Ind.. Aug. 4.—When a quantity of beer, wine and whisky was found in his residence, Harry Bochman, president of the Cambridge City town board, was arrested by a prohibition agent and placed under SI,OOO bond. ASKS SIO,OOO DAMAGES Timberlake-Maehan Cos. Defendant in Suits Totaling $30,000. Earle C. Howard, vice president and secretary of the LaFayette Motors Company. 4203 N. Pennsylvania St., today filed suit in Superior Court, room 5, for SIO,OOO damages against the Timberlake-Machan Company, and others. The suit is a result of injuries received by his son Jerome, 14. who was run over by an automobile

! m m ' in \ Jl P., \ ■Hi S'W ■ >JLlk\ H \ J<r +. ■ VTJ-'h* \ / / £ Mg fgjjjmr MIAKTTjTNN’ miller pick- ! FORD (ABOVE) AND HER HUB | BAND. JACK PICKFORD. ; B;/ United \eict | MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 4—While | Marilynn Miller and her new husI band. Jack Pickford, are ta-tir.g :h----so-called joys of connubial bliss, members of the bride's family here aren't quite so happy. Mrs Carol Miller, the' Ziegfeld’s star mother. Is all upset .\sr the wedding of her daughter and a di vorce suit filed against MarOynns 27-year-old half brother, Edwin D. Reynolds. One of the worst hlows was the failure of “Ma” Pickford, mother of Mary, l/Ottie and Jack, to send Mrs. Miller an invitation to tho wedding |of Jack and Marilynn. Mrs. Miller I had to depend principally on the j newspapers and the only word she received was a telegram signed “Marij lynn Miller Pickford,” telling of the 1 wedding. SHOPMAN FOUND I DEAD AT HIS POST Bruises About His Head Cause Police to Make Inquiry Into Cause. By Vnited Prett EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 4.—William F. Bruggemann, 45. Louisville & Nashville Railroad hostler, was found dead in r pit of water in the railroad roundhouse early Friday. The body, when found, had many bruiser, about the head. Assistant Polee Chief Broshears. a brother-in-law of the dead man, took charge of police investigation. DEATHS ACCIDENTAL Verdicts Returned in Killing of Two Evansville Railroad Guards. By Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 4.—Verdicts of accidental deaths were returned by Coroner Diefendorf in the case of Herbert Witty and Holland Bryant, L. A N. Railroad guards, who were crushed to death by an engine in the Howell yards Monday night. 21 EAT POISON Strikebreakers on Pennsylvania Rail road Are Expected to Recover. By Vnited Prett JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Aug. 4. Twenty-one strikebreakers of the Pennsylvania Railroad developed symptoms of food poisoning today, it was reported to police. All are expected to recover. D’ANNUNZIO APPEARS Port Aviator Heads Troops Which Occupy Milan. By United Prett MILAN, Aug. 4. —Armed fasclsti today seized and occupied the municipality of Milan. Gabrielle D’Annunzio, poet-aviator, called upon thousands to swear allegiance to his commandants. CARELESS !! When an early morning interurban freight train, cor 3! sting of four carß, reached Massachusetts Ave., on the College Ave. line, the last car became uncoupled. Unaware I the crew took the rest of the train | down the avenue, while anxious I time-clock punchers of Broad Rip- ! pie and College Ave. frothed at the ; mouth.

STRIKEBREAKERS HEFT KIDNAPERS Two Railroad Shopmen Seek Redress in Court After Experience. By United Prett WASHINGTON, Ind.. Aug. 4.—Two strikebreakers in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops here were kidnaped by twelve strikers Monday night, taken in an automobile to a lonely spot north of town and beaten it was revealed today. James Mosco and George Laube sought retaliation In the courts. They were left in a woods by the group, they said and told never to return to Washington. FINDSISOO.iI FOR TAX COOKS Shank Secures Agreement to Boost Furniture Store Values 75 Per Cent. Mayor Shank earned his salary for almost two years today. He gets $7,500 a year. The mayor took County Auditor Leo K. Fealer and Councilmen Buchanan and Ray on a trip to look for $20,000,000 of valuation which has been dropped from the tax duplicates of Indianapolis this year Fesler agreed he would recommend t.o the county board of review that valuations of six stores visited today, as well as of others on a list of approximately twenty, be raised 75 per cent. If the recommendation is carried out, the valuation will be raised to produce approximately $12,000 more tax money next year. It was when D. Sommers agreed not to contest a 75 per cent increase in the SIOO,OOO valuation of his store the mayor decided such a jump would not be unfair in the other cases. Wheeler Brothers, Charles Hartman and the llurt-HartOng Furniture Company were directed to appear at the courthouse to answer questions concerning their valuations. MEN GUILTY, TOO! Observer Discovers Window Shopping Masculine Pnstlme. At one department store three men were seen deeply interested in the contents of the windows. One was engrossed in a pile of toy pistolß. Another studied intently a display of women’s house dresses, and the third was admiring, out of the corner of one eye, a dainty exhibit of pale pink lingerie. TO CENSOR FICTION Big Publishers Said to bn Considering Voluntary Dictatorship. By United Prett NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-—Campaign to unsex literature was started here today when twenty of the Nation’s largest publishers were called upon to blue pencil modern fiction. John S. Sumner, secretaj-y of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, says authors and publishers are considering the establishment of a voluntary dictatorship of all literature. ‘WILDCAT’ DANGEROUS Shooting Gas Well Holds Up Traffic on Railroad Line Near By. By United Prett BRISTOW, Okla., Aug. 4.—A wildcat w'ell shooting 30,000 feet of ga, is holding up passenger and freight traffic on the Frisco here. All engines were ordered back from the welL A spark might cause an explosion.

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hops ran FIBE OF SNIPEBS 111 tOIL FIELDS: DP ms REPORTED Outpost Skirmishes With Prowlers— Riflle Firing Is Continuous Over Period of Two Hours Last Night. HEADQUARTERS PHONE WIRE CUT Sentries Are Reported Nervous and Shooting at Lurking Shadows and Offenseless Cows in Darkness. By BLYTHE HEW RICKS. Timet Staff Correspondent STAUNTON, Tad., Aug. 4.—National guardsmen In this local* ity today were on their toes following a skirmish shortly after last midnight between troops about a quarter of a mile west of here and prowlers who fired on a military outpost. No casualties were reported. Following the sniping at the outpost, there was almost continuous firing in various parts of the district for two hours. It was reported nervous sentries shooting at shadows and wandering cows were responsible for most of the shots. The telephone line from headquarters to strip mine No. 3 was cut twice. Signal corps men repaired the damage. The military lines today extended about forty miles into four counties, Clay, Owen, Greene and Sullivan. Replacement troops, numbering about 40), were expected to be moved from Camp Knox, Kv. Martial law will not be declared in the new territory occupied. Maj. Gen. Robert IT. Tyndall, in command here, explained, the movement was merely for the protection of other property. General Tyndall sent a strong force j ———

to mines in the vicinity of Clay City ’ and Jason villa. The force consists of i rifle companies E. G and H. of the 151st Infantry. Headquarters Com-; pany of the 2nd Battalion, a medical detachment of eight men and a serv- j ice company of twenty-five men. In addition, there were four machine guns. The expeditionary force left by 1 motor truck in charge of Col. Robert E. Tappan of Indianapolis. The move i w.is taken by General Tyndall because j ho feared the projected operation of two i strip mines belonging to the Rowland j ! Consolidated Collieries Company near j ' Staunton would result In retaliatory j I measures being taken by striking j miners in other fields. J It was stated that no attempt would j be made to operate mines in the newly occupied territory. The move would j be nothing more than to protect property. The men who will be moved down the line were replaced by the 3rd battalion of the 151st Infantry. This battalion consist of companies I. L and K, Machine Gun Company M, and Headquarters Company. Attempt to open strip mines Nos. 3 and 9. by inducing former employes, all union men, to return to work failed. R. Rowland, superintendent, said he had seen some of his old employes. but that without exception ! they had refused to return to work. Ail morning he and his mine boss sat in an automobile near Mine No. 3 waiting for men to report to work, but ! only five, none of them former employes and none residents of the neighborhood, made applications for jobs. Rode in on Bicycle Late in the afternoon a sixth rode in on a bicycle and applied for work. At Staunton and Brazil the opinion is expressed freely that the mines never will be opened with Clay Coun- ' ty labor. Superintendent Rowland I said the old men would be given until Friday in which to come back to work, and if they did not take advantage of the opportunity he intimated that outside workers would be brought into the field. However, it is understood no foreigners or undesirable characters will be brought in and that only Americans will be employed. Colonel Tappan and a force of five men. who were Investigating conditions at Jasonville, received a telephone call while they were at a hotel giving th°m five minutes in which to leave town. They paid no attention to the warning and reported that a large cror’d of men had gathered about a block away, but no attack was made. Transports in Service The motor transport of six trucks and four touring cars, which arrived at 7 o’clock Thursday morning, after being on the road thirteen hours from Indianapolis, were rushed back into service in the afternoon to transport Colonel Tappan’s force* to Greene County. / Officers accompanying the expedition were Maj. M. G. Henley, Capt. Edwin C. Ball, Capt. William Winer and Lieut. Earl Winer. Residents of Staunton found the military law requirements annoying at first. One man appeared before Capt. W. B. Brann, provost marshal, and insisted he had to have a permit to leave town early in the morning. After close questioning it developed he had a date to go fishing. He got the permit. Lieut. William H. Hardwick, who is assisting Captain Brann, reported that one revolver and two old-sash ioned single-barrel shotguns had been turned in by Stauntonltes in compliance with the martial law edict. When the word went out that the soldiers had arrived the entire population of the neighborhood for miles around cranked up flivvers and drove in horses and came to take a look at camp. Great was their disappointment when they were turned back at the edge of the forbidden land by sentries. Already the boy* are fcoglnning|to

FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature.

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ask “when do we go home?” The | answers run all the way from a few days to Thanksgiving. Headquarters company, Ist Battalion, is a select organization of speI cialists, all from Indianapolis. First Lieut. Harry Galligher, who served j in the signal corps during the World j War, is in command. Bush Williams, radio engineer, was one of five men left out of an entire company of Mai rlnes at Belleau woods. He wax I wounded twice in this fight. UEEDSEEMRE OF BENiITI Missouri Senator Keeps Lead Over Long With Few Votes Out. By United Prett KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 4.—Sena, tor James A. Reed continued to hold a comfortable lead today in Missouri's senatorial Democratic primary. With a majority of 6,879 votes in, returns from all except 222 precincts, indications were that Reed could not be overtaken by his opponent, Breckenridge Long. CHILDREN TO HAVE PART Indianapolis Day Urogram Will Last Entire Day. “All the playgrounds in one” has been adopted as the slogan of the children's program committee of the Indianapolis Day celebration, Aug. 22, at the fairground. The children’s entertainment will last the entire day, instead of only the morning, as announced. FIVE FIREMEN HURT Ohio State Fair Ground Suffer Loss of SBOO,OOO. By United Prett COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 4.—A. group of seven buildings on the Ohio State fair ground valued at SBOO,OOO were completely destroyed by fire today. The blaze, which started from combustion of a paint mixer in a repair shop was under control before noon. Five firemen were injured flghtingf the flames. They will recover. FENDER SAVES WOMAN Street Car Splits Switch and Hit* Pedestrian. Mrs. Mabel Barker, S5, of 318 E, Vermont St., Apt. 1, was injured seriously by a College Ave. car today when the car spilt a switch at Delaware and Ohio Sts. The fender saved her from death. She was taken to the city hospital. WHAT DID YOU SEE? P. F. M. saw a woman drive into at filling station and ask the man If there was any danger in having her gasoline tank filled during a thunderstorm. L. W. T. saw a long haired man, rather a-ged, talking to a bobbed* haired girl, rather young. R. E. B. saw three railroad engine* pulling six freight cars. C. B. K. saw a fat flapper open her vanity case and gaze In the mirror at her tongue several times.