Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1923 — Page 6

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ARKB MOB ! WAS ‘FRAMED B? RftILROAD HEADS' Strike Leader Declares Uprisings Which Resulted in Lynching Was ‘Staged /. t I Prrtt* LITTLE ROCK, Aik., Jan. 18.— The uprising” at Harrison, Ark., Is a "frame-up of railroad officials.” .T. P. Venable, labor leader who escaped from the mob, charged In a statement today. The burning of eltrht bridges on the Missouri and Northern Arkansas railroad which resulted In mob rule at Harrison, was due to defective Are boxes on dilapidated engines used on the railroad, the statement charged. "Outlawry, murder and ruin" rule in Harrison, Venable charged. '■Homes have been violated and the wives of strikers tortured and cast into the streets.” STRIKERS FLOGGED BY CITIZENS COMMITTEE By United Press HARRISON*, Ark., Jan. 18.—Mob law spread In northern Arkansas today. Striking railroad employes have been flogged at Leslie and other points along the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad, following outbreaks here in which E. C. Gregor was lynched and twenty persons were beaten and deported. The entire community was heavily armed ready to enforce decrees of -the “citizens' committee” and "citizens’ court," set up by the mob of business men and fartners who amassed here Monday to prevent: laralysfs of train service on the rail ! roads. Shotguns were boldly carried! through the streets and revolvers slung from leather holsters hung at the tide of others. Quiet on Surface Harrison was quiet on the surface today as the "citizens' committee”' continued rounding up strikers and questioning them regarding burning of bridg“s and other acts of sabotage. Some were flogged after the quizzing and others were ordered to leave. Wild rumors were heard on all sides. One was that armed men were coming over the hills from Missouri to oust the rulers here. The State Legislature has ordered an investigation of the lynching of Gregor and the flogging of strikers. The investigation was expected to get „ A grand Jury investigation made under the eyes vs the mob returned six te®n indictment? <>n the charges of bridge burning and others against the railroad. POLICE Rill SPIER SPEEDERS Police officers today had orders to continue the crusade against speeders which started Tuesday. Sixteen alleged speeders were arrested during the first twenty-four hours, while! only four were caught after noon Wednesday. In city court, ten were fined for speeding. When Paul Terbune, 182S Broadway, was arrested Wednesday night on charges of speeding and failure to have a certificate of title in his car, he is said to have given his age as 17 years. After his parents notified the police he was 15, he was then taken to the detention home. Motorcycleman B. Taylor charged Terhune was driving thirty miles an hour. Those arrested since noon Wednes day were William Holmes. 3t, of 8805 W. Washington St.; Ij*e> O’Connor, 19, of 347 Kentucky Ave.; William Brown, 87, colored, 222 W. Eleventh St., and Theodore Ludwig, 35, of 3748 N. Pennsylvania St. Persons fined on speeding chargee were: Fred Stone, 22. of 1129 Larch Ave., $25 and costs; Alex Mitchell, 28, ot 528 N. Pershing Ave., $5 and costs: Joseph La Fata, 27, of 2218 N. Meridian St., $5 and costs: George Hirchberger, 28, of 18 N. Oxford St., $5 and costs; Edward Holte, 23, of 611 N. Tacoma Ave., $5 and costa: James Brizendine, 29, of 328 S. Temple Ave., ?15 and costs. Allen Tates, 19, of 756 Terace Ave., $lO and costs. Noel Zyrd. 42. of 816 X. Delaware St.. S2O and costs; Philip Murray, 18, of 1137 Reisner St.. $lO and costs, and Frank Sabec, 2S, of 737 X. Haugh St., sls and costs. Dr. J. 1.. Shan> of Danville. Ind., had judgment in his case withheld. Charges against Arthur Renlck, 43, of 5338 Julian Ave., were continued until Jan. 24. Renick was arrested on the charges of speeding, drunkenness, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and having no certificate of title. PRISONERS' BOND RULESTiGHTENED .Stringent rules regarding bonds for prisoners are contained in a letter sent today by City Judge Delbert O. Wilnieth to Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff. All previous rules were rescinded. Only persons who exhibit tax receipts proving ownership of unencumbered real estate to the net valuation of not less than twice the amount of tha bond shall be accepted as surety on property bonds. Members of the police department ranking as captains or higher are given privilege of releasing on their own recognizance persons held on SSOO bond or less. The police department is asked to help rid corridors in and about the city courtroom of “solicitors for bonds and loafers,” even to the extent of arresting them. Judge Wiimeth told turnkeys records of prisoners held in the city prison must not be divulged to any one except city and county officials and reporters for Indianapolis newspapers. Relatives, attorneys and bondsmen will he allowed to see the prisoners only when called for by the prisoners.

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“NAPOLEON” WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 18.—“ Napoleon,” aged 26 years, a cat owned by Mrs. Mable Summers of Warsaw, is believed by her to be the oldest living feline in Indiana, if not in the United States. The animal came to the Summers' homo as a stray, jumping into a window on a wintry night in 1896. When Mrs. Summers was about to drive the cat away her children interceded. The visitor was dubbed “Napoleon.” LEGIiftUMRY COMMITTEE WILL ASSEMBLE FRIDAY Women Leaders to Discuss Erection of Mortuary Chapel. Construction of a mortuary chapel at the Walter Reid Hospital in Washington, D. C.. will be considered at the opening of a conference of the national executive committee of the American Legion auxiliary Friday morning at headquarters in the Cbaifant building. Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, Alexandria. Va., national president, will preside. Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati, past national president, will le present. Reports wilLbe made by the following: w Mrs. Ada Sangster of Michigan, chairman of the national World War orphan committee, which was created at the executive meeting last .Tune. Mrs. John Marshal, Anchorage, Ky., Mrs. George Phelps Rose of Sewickly. Pa., and Mrs. Arthur Schopper of Kansas City, Mo., finance committee: Mrs. F. O. Burdick, Wichita Falls, Texas, chaplain; Mrs. Belle N'ye, Albuquerque, New Mexico, historian; Mrs. Hobart, chairman of the welfare committee: Mrs. E. Clinton Murray, Houston, Texas, legislative; Dr. Barrett, chairman of foreign affairs: Mrs. William G. Kc-ens, Albany, N. Y., immigration: Mrs. Henry L. Norton, constitution and by-laws; Mrs. J. E. Baird, Lincoln. Neb., Americanism; Mrs. E. W. Burt, Salisbury, North Carolina, hereditary; Miss Louise R. Curry, Hjghwood. New Jersey, memorials; Mrs. Helen A, Bishop, Leicester, Mass., reconstruction. Executive Committee National executive committee mem hers to be present are: Mrs. j Edmundson, Alabama; Mrs. H. T. | South worth. Arizona: Mrs. Ruth Mo- : Curry Brown. Arkansas: Mrs. Lilly Samuels. California; Mrs. J. B. Man hv, Colorado; Mrs. Alice P. Bristol Connecticut; Mrs. Feeney (O. B.). | Canal Zone; Mrs. William Speak man. i Delaware; Mrs. R. E. Fawcett. D. C.; j Mrs. Caroline M. Voorhis, Florida: j Mrs. W. F. Baker, Georgia; Mrs. J. Jorgensen, Hawaii; Mrs. F. A. Pittengcr, Idaho; Mrs. Mae E. Clothier, Illinois. i Mrs. J. E. Barms. Indiana; Mrs. M. Myrton Skelley, Iowa; Mrs. Winifred H. Calihan, Kansas; Mrs. John Marshal, Kentucky* Mrs. Eugonef I Arbona. Tr., Louisiana; Mrs. Lillian ; M. Towne, Maine; Mrs. John Turner, j Maryland: Mrs. Helen A. Bishop, Masj sachuesetts; Mrs. T. L. Cowan, New Mexico; Mrs. Ada C. Sangster. MichiI gan; Mrs. Gilbert S. Stovall, Mlssissip- ! pi: Mrs. Arthur Schopper, Missouri; Mrs. J. W. Crosby, Montana; Mrs. Edgar H. Lovhed, Minnesota: Mrs. J. ; K. Baird, Nebraska; Miss Nell Lucey, Nevada; Dr. Zatae L. Straw. New Hampshire; Miss. Louise R. Curry, Jersey; Mrs. Marie Shufflebarger, New Mexico: Mrs. William G. Keens, New York; Mrs. E. W. Burt. From Many States Mrs. Eugene Fenelon. North Dakota; Mrs. H. S. Mulholland, Ohio; Mrs. Blanche Freeman, Oklahoma; Mrs. R. H. Field, Oregon; Mrs. George Phelps Rose, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Herbert Armington, Rhode Island; Mrs. James A. £athcart, South Carolina; Mrs. Evelyne Parry Si mm. South Dakota; Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Tennessee; Mrs. E. Clinton Murray, Texas; Mrs. B. W. Black, Utah; Mrs. Henry L. Norton, Vermont; Mrs. W. A. Baker, Virginia: Mrs. Lida McEwan, Washington; Mrs. Lillian B. Fisher. Wisconsin; Mrs. Cora M. Beach, Wyoming; Mrs. A. S. Booker, West Virginia. National vice presidents: Mrs. Fred W. Simon, Colorado; Mrs. Flora A Spaulding. New Hampshire; Mrs. Donald Macrea, Iowa; Mrs. John R. Neely, Washington; Mrs. Frank E. Fleming, Georgia. HOOSIERS ARE NAMED FOR CARNEGIE MEDALS By Timet Special PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 18.—Two i Hoosiers are included In the list of j awards made by the Carnegie Hero! Fund commission in session here, i Frank M. Johnson of Terre Haute is awarded a bronze medal for entering a gas meter well and hoisting L. V. j Shepherd, a fellow workman, to safety after he had been overcome by escaping gas. Miller Stull of North Liberty was rewarded for saving two girls from drowning, who had fallen in a lake at Lakeville, IndL, on Aug. 11, 1920.

OWSLEYSAYSU.S. IS ONLY NATION SCRAPPING ARMS National Legion Commander Advocates Adequate Army and Navy, By Unit'd Press ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 18.—Warn- 1 ing against disarmament by the i United States before other nations j scrap their implements of war was ! voiced here last night by Alvin M. j Owsley, national commander of the American Legion. Owsley advocated two national policies of the legion: Adequate naval and land forces, pending mobilization of the volunteer Army. Ban on immigration for a period of ten years. “No nation has begun to scrap her navy except America.” Owsley declared. “The American Legion believes that, ship subsidy or no ship subsidy, America must have a merchant marine. Owsley called attention to the British and Japanese merchant marines. He also challenged Congressman Goodykoontz to prove that the legion was a political organization. Owsley addressed a meeting In his honor at the Y. M. C. A , which was attended by Governor McCray and members of the State Legislature. Hoosier Briefs WASHINGTON —This town is to be closed up at 11:30 p. m., according to an order issued by W. H. Neal, chief of police, who says: “Any person caught roaming the streets after 11:30 without a reasonable excuse will be taken to jail.” MARION —Four students attending chapel exercises at Marion College lost their overcoats which were in the cloak room. They were Harold Oretsinger. John and Lawrence Williams and John Yarber. FOW LE R Seven wolves rounded up in a Benton County Hunt, escaped from the ring while the hunters held back to allow motion picture operators to prepare to snap the final ''grand rush.” FRANKLIN Congressman John Benham has suggested an election to determine who shall he postmaster at Franklin and Edinburg, according to letters received by some of the applicants. WASHINGTON—Mrs. John SUth. near here, lias completed a quilt which she started twenty-five years ago. It contains 2,115 pieces. VINCENNES —‘ He flappers” on the streets must keep moving, a police order states. Merchants say town mashers spend too much time in front of their windows. VALPARAISO —Valuable marl deposits have been located In Porter • County near the Lincoln Highway by A. Z. Arehart, county agent. EVANSVILLE —A postcard mailed by an Evansville newspaper on April ! 23, 1 K. 84. reached its destination in St. Paul, Minn., last Friday. DECATUR Fred Reppert, 83. former auctioneer, remounted the block here and sold a piece of real estate belonging to Mrs. Jacob Baumgartner. SEMITE BEEEITS INSURANCE BILL Following a heated debate in the Senate today a majority report recommending indftnite postponment of the bill providing for the abolishment cf the insurance department and the combining of this department with the auditor’s office was adopted by a vote of 30 to 18. The bill was a Democratic party measure and the vote was along party lines. Senator Walter S. Chambers, Democratic State chairman, declared that the insurance department is fostering an insurance trust. “That department is the insurance companies’ own department and the policyholders have no chance whatever,” Chambers said. “The Insuri ance department is effective only in I taking money out of the peoples’ I pockets." In answer to a charge the Demoj crats were playing politics, Senator | Joseph M. Cravens, minority floor ; loader, said it was “darn good polli tics.” STOMACH BAD!! MEALS SOUR OR LAY UNDIGESTED Instantly! End Flatulence, Gas, Heartburn, Indigestion

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FARMER STRUCK BY AUTO Delbert Bullen Is Fourth Victim of Muncie Accidents. By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 18.—Delbert Bullen, a farmer, Is In a critical condition at the hospital hero suffering with Internal injuries after being run down by an automobile here. He Is the fourth victim of an automobile accident to be taken to the hospital here this week. The machine was driven by Marion Hoyt. POLICE BILL IS REPORTER WITH FAVOR II SENATE Moorehead Measure Would Establish Constabulary System in Indiana, A bill appropriating $300,000 to esi tablish a State police system was re j ported favorably out of the commitj tee, and passed to second reading in |the Senate today. The bill providing for three-fourths I of street resurfacing costs to be paid j by the city of Indianapolis and onei fourth by property owners, was favi orably passed to second reading, j Eleven bills were Introduced, two : of them asking for creation of new I State commissions. Senator English ; , proposed the creation of a boiler commission, and Senator Van Orman of Evansville proposed a commission of | I administrative building to provide a j | general code. Giving county councils the right to 'accept or reject legislation of the General Assembly concerning matters involving salary Increases or certain appropriations was proposed In a bill Introduced by Senator Batt. Othor bills introduced included a bill providing for the refund of a $200,000 bond issue by the. trustees of Indiana University in erecting and equipping the Ixrng Hospital, and pro riding for guagoj to measure flow on \ gasoline pumps. A bill modifying mining laws was j introduced by Senator Richards. Six bills passed second reading, and were ordered engrossed. They included ; Senator C'ann's bill to abolish the ! State free employment bureau, and a | bill requiring a sixty-day period before a divorce Is granted after filing | suiL

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nated in the murder of Daniel and Richards was brought to light. Eubanks told of being held up a second time the same night by three hooded men. He said he did not recognize any of the latter. After the second hold-up he was permitted to continue on his way home, Eubanks said. Bud Jones of Bonita, summoned to the stand next, admitted he was a klansman but said he was absent from Bastrop all during tha day and night of the murders. Victim’s Brother Called Prosecutor Warren then called on Leon Daniel, son of J. L. Daniel, and only brother of Watt Daniel. Daniel testified that he heard It talked about Mer Rouge that his blether. Watt, and Thomas F. Richards were suspected of shooting at Dr. McKoin. Watt denied knowledge of the shooting, he said. Daniel told of hooded bands calling on negroes on his father's plantation whom they suspected of making whisky. He stated his brother, Watt, objected to this. Henry Pippes, farmer, was then

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called. He told of being in Collinston when the hooded men stopped at an oil station for gas, but declared he did not recognize any of them. WHEN IS BREAKFAST? Example of brilliant repartee in the State Senate: Senator Joseph M. Cravens: “Mr.

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