Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 296

Lloyd George Says — British Voters Will Execute Capitalism Former Premier Sees Tendencies Toward Socialism Growing in England—Struggle in Next Election That Will Rock Society Forecast,

By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Former Premier of England Copyright, 1923 London, April 21.—a few weeks ago I predicted the comparative calm which has prevailed in the political seas of Britain during the past few ■jears was coming to an end. Tieeent parliamentary scenes leave no doubt the prolonged* political depression is to be followed by a period of storms—it may be hurricanes. No amount of organization or propaganda can excite much feeling In an electorate over trivial and unreal issues. The war was real enough. Why the cabinet split in 1910? Who was responsible? Should a general election have taken place in 1918 or 1919? Ought the open and declared opponents of the government of the day to have then received government support, or at least government neutrality? These are questlors which agitate

SIX FINED IN DRIVE DN BALL POOLS Jhree Are Freed on Klan’s * Charges of Selling Tickets in Lotteries, Nine men arrested late Friday by Sheriff Snider and Claude M. Worley, investigator for Prosecutor Evans, upon information said to have been furnished by the Ku-Klux Klan, were dealt with speedily in city court today. Snider and Worley said arrests, on charges of selling baseball pool tickets, were made when persons who had bought tickets pointed out the alleged salesmen. Three Freed Louis Beck, 45. soft drink dealer, 4545 Broadway, was dismissed. Charles Goodrich, 49, clerk, 26 E. Market St., and Patrick McMahon, 61, clerk, 136 W. Market St., also were discharged. Fines of sls and costs were paid by Ernest Reed. 33. of 462 W. Washington St.; Everett Hainey, 28, laborer, 86 W. Michigan St.; Harry Jilson, 40, of 2221. Olney St.; William Withered, truck driver. 610 E. New York St., and Frank C. Battln, 36, soda clerk, 1635 Leonard St. K. K. K. Pushes Drive George W. Taylor, 35, poolroom proprietor. also was fined sls, but did not pay It at once. Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross, said the Klan is devoting its attention to baseball pools. “Our famous list of sixty-three was just a smoke screen thrown in the eyes of Lew Shank, the Indianapolis police force and law violators to show Khem we could go out and get the baseball pools Immediately the season opened up last Thursday and make a clean sweep while about it,” said Elrod.

FRESH RIOTS ARE FEARED IN RUHR Armed Guards Patrol Streets of Mulheim. By United PresaMULHEIM, April 21.—Armed guards patrolled the inner city today as anew outbreak is threatened by hunger rioters. Communist leaders in the two-day demonstration which cost the lives of nine men with sixty wounded, have demanded that the city supply compensation for wounded members of their party and the survivors of their dead. Refusal of this demand may mean a renewal of fighting, it Is feared and ambulances are being held ready. A varied circulation has been given unconfirmed reports that the communists had planned a general uprising in the occupied district of the jftuhr, and that the outbreak here was of their revolutionary program. Steals Ten Hens A thief carried away ten hens, valued at S2O, from the coop of E. L. Fisher, 2124 Boulevard PI., early today. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 0110 a. m 68 7 a. m 62 11 a. m 60 8 a. m........ 65 12 (noon) 61 § fu zn**Muec& 68 %

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a few who are personally interested, tut they leave the nation cold. But the war was supported by men of all parties and therefore provoked no political controversy. The minority which opposed it was negligible and chalenegd no parliamentary discussion on the question. The treaty of peace was on the whole accepted by all parties when first submltetd to parliament. The leaders of the opposition parties in the Lords and Commons at the time of its presentation offered no serious criticism of its provisions. Legislation proposed by the coalition—although in ordinary seasons much of it would have aroused angry passions—coming as it did after the war had exhausted emotion, passed with no more than a feeble murmur of protest. Would Have Caused Trouble Take, for instance, such controversial topics as adult suffrage, enfranchisement of women, wholesale reductions in hours of labor, representative government in India, and notably tii conferring upon Ireland of a measure of home rule more complete than any proposed by Gladstone. Any one of these measures proposed before the war would have led to heated discussions throughout the land. The case of Ireland is. perhaps, most significant of the changed temper of the nation immediately after the great war. The conflict over Irish home rule has now culminated in a treaty accepted by the nation as a whole and acquiesced in by the most violent amongst its opponents. But fiercer political passions were (Continued on Pace 5)

‘EARN A DOLLAR’; CO-EDS ADOPT SLOGAN FOR DRIVE Fair Students Will Try All Kinds of Work. By Timet Special —■ GREENCASTLE. Ind.. April 2L Every co-ed of De Pauw University will earn a dollar as her part in payment of this year's pledge toward the sl,500.000 endownment pledge. Housework. cooking, tutoring and scribing will be done if necessary, just so the girls earn their dollar. The movement is sponsored by the Women's Self-Government Association. “Earn a Dollar,” is the slogan for the drive. ‘BORROWERS'OF AUTOS SENTENCED Six Youths Confess Taking Many Cars, Six young men, who confessed to Judge James A. Collins In Criminal Court today that they had "borrowed” twenty-five automobiles for "joy rides,” later abandonln gthem, today were sentenced after a severe lecture by the judge. Leo McGurk. 20, of 311 S. Walcott St.; Robert Barnes, 20. of 214 State St., and Hugh Phelan, 19, of 2019 Cornell Ave.. received terms of one to fourteen years in the Indiana reformatory. Sentence was suspended during good behavior. The three were ordered to report to the court and the reformatory once a month. The other three were given twentyfour hours fn the county jali and a SSO foie each. They were Ray Henderson, 126 S. Oriental St.; Thomas Carroll, 19. of 219 N. Walcott St., and George Robards, 23. of 1609 Fletcher Ave. Detectives McGlynn and McMurtrie arrested the six. Check Passer Sent to Prison Passing a fraudulent check for $4.25 in return for 50 <\nts worth of razor blades and $3.75 cash, on Albert C. Fritz, 413 Garfield Ave., cost Clarence Lyons, 50, of 804 Lexington Ave., a sentence of one to five years In the State Prison, today in Criminal Court Lyons pleaded guilty before Judge James A. Collins.

Famous Criminal Faces Noted Sleuth MICHAEL SAYRES, famous international criminal, known under many aliases and operating as the .reputed THOMAS PUQSLEY, leather broker of Berdmondsey and Brixton, England, discovers he is being shadowed. When the inspector shows a warrant for his arrest, Sayres shoots him through the shoulder and escapes. He changes his disguise In a telephone booth and succeeds in reaching Linkside, his country estate, where he is known as MR. JAMES SANFIELD. After a short talk with WILLIAM AND JANET, hie hired help, he leaves for the Gold Club, where he comes face to face with SIR NORMAN GREYES. the who had watched for liis arrest a few hours before at Brixton. Go On With the Story Exploits of “Sir Norman Greyes E. Phillips Oppenheim’s masterpiece, on Page 8.

Butler Co-Eds Aid Campus Clean-Up ■ r t • * "i- • • i ecr i w xvitiKT, MILDRED GOFF, DOROTHY BOOK. MARGARET SMITH AND MARY V. BOOK.

DRINK SALES STOPPED By com EDICT Judge Issues Restraining Order —Blind Tiger Charged, Restraining orders against operation of five places alleged to he blind tigers were Issued by Judge Albert B. Anderson In Federal Court today. Operators of the places and owners of the property, as given in the petitions. were; Elsie McClain, 819 W. Walnut Kr ; owner. Rebecca Frelje, 1903 N. New Jersey Bt. Ram and Ida Greenberg. 1150 S. Illinois St.; owner, Emil Kernel, 214 Sanders St. Greenberg now Is serving a sentence at the Indiana State farm. Edward and Lovle Thomas, 635 E. Wabash St.; owner, Behecca Brill Berman, 636 E. Market St. Brought for Evans Charles Nick, alias Nick Charles, 792 Amolda Ave.; owner, Vnsll P. Itchoff, 702 or 704 Amolda Ave. William Henry, 427 W. Pearl St., operator and owner. The cases were brought by Samuel P. McNaught, attorney for the AntiSaloon League, and special assistant to U. S. Lesh, attorney general of Indiana, in the name of Prosecutor William P. Evans. They were brought under the section of the Volstead law providing for the abatement of places In which liquor Is sold, as a nuisance. Judge Anderson set May-11 as return day. The suits, which had been pending in Superior Court were transferred to Federal Court, McNaught said, because quicker action can he had there. "W T e have had a dozen such suits pending in county court since last May and only three have been tried so fan,” said McNaught. “The State law does not’ provide for a temporary restraining order in such cases.” Drug Store Robbed A burglar early today broke the glass from the rear door of the J. L. Holder drug store, 1247 N. Illinois St., and ripped off steel bars. A pay telephone containing more than $5 was taken. The thief also carried away a supply of cigarettes and tobacco.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923

Saturday was “Clean Up Day” on Butler University campus. The annual event was revived by the junior class. The entire student body, in working clothes, passed the morning wielding rakes, hoes and pick-axes. Inrush was piled on the commons for a bonfire. At noon a twenty minute vaudeville performance was given. Then the hungry laborers adjourned to the gym where they were served food prepared by the co-eds. At 1 o’clock the bonfire was lighted and freshmen caps were burned. Paul Brown, John Metzger, and Howard Howe had charge of general arrangements for the day. A coed commltee consisting of Martha > Lucas, chairman. Dorothy Dlpple. Mari'* George, and June Ham had charge of preparing the "eats." ‘SHEIK’ IS ROUGH, BUT EFFORTS FAIL Ciarence Dodd Charged With Striking Friend, Ada Schopp, 826 W. Twenty-Eighth St., told police Dodd formerly kept company with her daughter, Mary. She said Dodd pried open a window of her home Friday and entered the house. He Is alleged to have struck Mrs. Schopp on the mouth and to have seized Mary, from whom he took a wrist watch. The watch was a gift which Dodd gave her when they were friends. When police reached Lexington and Villa Aves. on their way to Dodd's home they found him, It Is alleged, bombarding his brother with rocks. His brother, McClelland Dodd, was hiding behind a telephone pole. Police recovered the wrist watch and arrested Clarence Dodd on the charges of assault and battery, petit larceny and entering a house to commit a felony. Clarence Dodd. 24, of 2137 Lexington Ave., was bound over to the grand Jury under $2,500 bond In city court today on charges of assault and battery, entering a house to commit a felony and petit larceny. Dodd was arrested for alleged ‘cave *uan” stuff.

SIGNAL BELLS LATEST Glenn to Ask for Gongs to Guide Pedestrians. Downtown pedestrians may walk to the sound of bells, according to plans announced today by Captain Michael Glenn of the traffic department. Capiain Glenn will petition the board of safety Tuesday to place electric bells on each of the four corners at Meridian and Washington Sts. These bells would he sounded from the traffic tower, five seconds before the tower lights change, as a signal for all pedestralsn on the curb to stop. Glenn’s object is to aid pedestrians. LATE SPRING SAVES FRUIT Large Crop Predicted as Result of Prolonged Coo! Weather. The much-maligned late spring has its advantages as well as its discomforts, according to Frank Wallace, State entomologist. Ho predicts an unusually good fruit crop this season. Weather conditions have prevented early budding of fruit trees and thus have Insured substantial development of the fruity ns Words a ‘minute Miss Nina Thomas, Munoie Girl, Is Champ Typist. ft// United Press MUNCIE. Ind., April 21.—Miss Nina Thomas, Muncie high school girl, won the one-minute speed contest in the State high school typewriting contest, which closed here today. She wrote 116 words without an error. Thirty-six schools of the State were represented In the contest.

YEGG BANDS HOLD SWAY IN INDIANA Batter Vaults in Brooklyn Bank, but Are Frightened Away, Yeggrnen and robbers, active in In diana towns Friday night, obtained loot of $3,175. Their nights work; General store, Bedford, $3,000 talc on in merchandise. Meat market. Frankfort, safe blown; $76 taken. Postofflce, Brooklyn, safe looted; SIOO In stamps and money taken. Bank. Brooklyn. Two vaults battered. Nothing missing. Enter BrooJdyn Bank Yeggmen forced entrance to the Brooklyn bank and postofflce through rear windows, taking SIOO In stamps and money from the postofflce, apparently they became frightened after battering the safe and vault of the State Bank. The Yeggmen are believed to have escaped in a Buick touring car stolen from Dr. J. S. Sliaar. Sheriff Abe Kcott of Martinsville is investigating. O. E. Gregory. Brooklyn merchant, who discovered the robbery attempt at the bank early today, believes he heard shots during the night. Indianapolis lock experts were called to open the vaults and Investigate. N'oise Aids Rol,iters Postmaster Earl Gilbert of Brooklyn said nothing else appeared to be missing from his office. Brooklyn residents say the noise of many freight trains passing through the town helped the yeggmen. Burglars who entered The Leader, general store at Bedford, took merchandise including dresses, petticoats and bloomers. Entrance was gained by sawing through Iron bars over the windows. Yeggrnen who blew the safe of the Frank Keck meat market at Frankfort took $75. The safe was demolished. Several residents heard the explosions. Athenaeum Members Banquet A "stag” banquet and reception were held Friday night at the Athenaeum for twenty-eight now members. \V. Gage Hoag president, welcomed the now members. A silver loving cup was awarded to the V. J. McNamara, membership team, which oltained the greatest number of members. The membership roster will be kept open until June 1.

MARBLE PLAYERS DODGE SHOWERS; TWO SECTIONAL CHAMPS CHOSEN

Dodging April showers by running to cover between games, scores of Indianapolis youngsters today played at two school buildings with the result that two more boys are ready to play in The Indianapolis Times city championship tournament for the prize trip to Atlantic City. Winners today: Joseph Stubbs, R. son .id Mrs. S. E. Stubbs, 46 T ..-on Ave. Joseph goes to School No. 57, Washington and Ritter Ave. He is the champion of seven schools Nos. 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 71 and Our Lady of Lourdes. Alex Bernstein, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Bernstein, 1107 S. Capitol

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HARDING GETS ROUGH DESPITE SPLIT IN G. O. P.

Opposition to World Coun: Proposal Angers Nation’s Chief Executive, SENATOR WATSON TARGET * President Intends to Cal! 'Bluffs of Indiana Foes, By United Brest WASHINGTON, April 21. President Harding is going to i get rough with Republican ‘‘pes- j siraists and grumblers,” who are ! trying to talk him out of pushing his world court proposal. Harassed" and badgered, even threatened by some Republican ■ Senators with a split in the par- j ty—llarding will abandon per-! uasive efforts to bring them into line and will call what he calls a bluff on their part. At the same time Harding will firy to counteract the effect on the coun try of the activities of some of his closest Republican-lieutenants, including Senator Watson of Indiana. The President is deeply aggrieved over the statements of Watson and ethers questioning the political wis ciom of pushing the court issue and creating the impression that they be Heve Harding is leading the United Btates into Europe and entanglements. The President has a strong “hunch" that if he shows Watson, Will Woods of Indiana and others that he cannot be swayed by their pessimistic fears lof disaster in the court Issue, that they will become silent and at least preserve the pressure of Republican unity on the question. In a speech he will deliver in New York Tuesday afternoon, Harding, if j he follows his present plan, virtually I will tqll Watson and the other Re- ! publican malcontents that they are I lining up with the Borah-Johnson irI reconcllables.

TOWN RAZED BY FIRE; LOSS IS $1,000,000 Thousand Persons Homeless at Burke, W. Vfc By I'nited Prett WELCH. W. Va., April 21.—McDowell county authorities rushed aid to 1,000 persona near here today made homeless by fire which destroyed the entire mining town of Burke. Property damage was estimated at $1,000,000. The town will bo re-built. GOOD WILL DELEGATES ARE EN ROUTE TO FRANCE Fourteen Cities Including Indianapolis Are Represented. By United Press NEW YORK, April 21.—Sixty-one Good will delegates from fourteen cities in the United States sailed for France today as guests of the American committee for Devastated France. The cities represented are: Grand Rapids. Peoria. Bridgeport, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Wis., Madison, Atlanta, New Orleans, Baltimore, Boston, Richmond, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Wilmington. ROME CITY FIRE LOSS ESTIMATED AT SIO,OOO Resort T own Without Protection From Blaze of Unknown Origin. By United Press KENDALLVILLE. Ind., Aprl 21. Fire of unknown origin early today destroyed five cottages at Rome City, a summer resort near here. The loss Is estimated at SIO,OOO. The resort town is without fire prote.ctlon and the string of cottages was at the msrcy of the flames. Wanted in Connersvilie Sheriff George Haley of Connersville arrived here today to take hack Harry Wilson, 44, living hero at 1423 Williams St. Wilson was arrested here today by detectives. He is wanted In Connersville by Mrs. Sarah Soots, probation officer.

Ave. Alex, who attends school No. 22, won at school JJo. 6, at 702 Union St. He Is champion of school No. 6, 12, 22, 25, 8, Manual Training High School and Sacred Heart SchooL There will be twelve champions In the final city game. Three already have won their way to the finals. The first winner was Adrian Greene, 13, of 1018 W. Twenty-Seventh St. He is champion of three schools. Bernstein used science in winning his game. The contest had narrowed down to five players. Each of the winners Bhot into the ring and then Alex shot again. He hit the "taw” of another player and his shooter

Legion Acts to Combat Soviet

Americanism day will be nationally observed, if the American Legion has its way. Garland W. Powell, director of the legions na- ■ 11 on a 1 AmericanLix* ' / * - ism commission, §ss- ■ ' " headquarters here. M iky-LeeiP-b has urged 11,000 tf| legion posts, | MS®* scattered throughAmericanism day with a view to fefflL Jr A count eracting in BegS advance the dem hfiM Mb onstrations held on PtSti iMin lii iira May Day by political extremists. POWELL The legion Intends to stimulate patriotism in every community on this new holiday by holding mass meetings, at which orators will deliver addresses on American institutions and Ideals. Powell regards the execution of xlonsignor Constantine Butchkavitch. head of the Roman Catholic Church In Russia, by the soviet government. as a challenge by extreme political elements to the civilized world. “This action should arouse our country to the necessity of stamping cut the activities of those in this country who espouse the extreme political doctrines held by those in power in Russia,” Powell says. "Americanism day provides us an opportunity.”

PURSUIT CLOSES IH ON FUGITIVE CLARA PHILLIPS Escaped Hammer Murderess Reported Definitely Located In Honduras, By United Press LOS ANGELES, April 21.—The pursuit closed In today on Mrs. Clara Phillips. After months of alternate flight and concealment, the “hammer murderess," who escaped from Los Angoies jail after having been sentenced to ten years' Imprisonment for killing Mrs. Alberta Meadows, Is believed to have been definitely located at Tegucigalpa, In a remote part of Honduras. The United States consul reported the presence there of a woman answering Clara’s description. The State Department notified Governor Richardson of California who immediately requested that the suspect be arrested and extradited. These proceedings were started at once. According to the report from Honduras. the fugitive is going under the name of Mrs. R. M. Young and is accompanied by a man and a woman giving the names of Mr. and Mrs. Carsen. Meanwhile, Armour Phillips, husband of the "hammer slayer," has been jailed at Los Angeles as a material witness. He denied knowledge of her whereabouts. However, he asserted he knew she was not 1 nllonduras. Mrs. Phillips escaped from the jail by sawing window bars and fleeing over house tops. Afterward, with a male confederate, she traveled across the continent in an automobile to Lcfulsana, then doubled back on her trail to Texas, and entered Mexico. She was discovered in Juarez and made an other "getaway" to Mexico City. There, according to agents on her trail, she lived in a hotel near the , American consulate and the police station for some time. Resuming her flight, she was next reported in Guatemala and finally in Honduras.

stopped without rolling. Under the rules he picked up an "immie." Again and again he hit the taw and picked up an "Immie” each time until he had In his possession every “immie” in the ring and thereby became the winner. Alex said he wants to take his father with him if he gets to go to Atlantic City. He said he wished he could take his mother and three sinters, too. Stubbs wants to take his mother. He is one of the youngest players who ever won a sectional In any city. More games -will be played next Saturday. Watch for the announcement. ,

Forecast UNSETTLED and cooler tonight. Sunday generally fair and cooler. Strong winds.

TWO,v CENTS

Breach in Republican Ranks Is Reported to Be Growing Wider, WOOD IS IN SPOTLIGHT Harry New Expected to Line Up With Administration Policy—Recall Silence, Instead of healing, as party leaders had hoped, the breach in the Republican ranks in Indiana was widening today. Added to the party’s other troubles, a division over President Harding’s world court proposal was causing factions to drift farther apart. One faction, the Harry New section of the party, is “standing by the President," although it is not as active in its support as the James E. Watson faction is in its opposition. According to dispatches from Washington, a definite split between Senator Watson and the President is imminent as a result of the squabble over the court. 2 his despite the fact Watson has been the President’s spokesman in the Senate. Wood Voices Objection*

Watson has aligned himself with Representative Will R. Wood of the Tenth Indiana district, who, Friday, called upon Harding and voiced his objection and what he termed the objection of the people of Indiana to the participation of the United Sttes in a world court. Watson and Wood are close political friends, but Wood is the more outspoken of the two. Indiana Republicans are recalling the fact Wood led the opposition against the appointment of New to the Cabinet. It was understood that Watson and Wood were working in perfect harmony with Lawrence Lyons, Republican State chairman, and other members of the controlling faction in opposing New. Party Paper Opposes Harding Added to other dilfciculties George B. Lockwood, formerly of Muncie and Marion, and now editor of the National Republican, has come out against the court plan. Reports from Washington indicate Watson is building up a nation-wide attack on the President’s proposal. In this connection local Republicans are recalling the fact Watson haa been frequently mentioned as a candidate for the nomination for the presidency. The possibility that the issue wiU be carried to the national convention, unless it is settled before that time, was cited. New Follows Pres idea * New on his recent visit to endianapolis was silent on the court plan, but his friends say he will follow the lead of the President. It was recalled that at the last meeting of the Republican State Editorial Association here both Watson and Lockwood spoke vigorously in opposition to participation in international affairs. Watson was to have come to Indiana this -week but he has postponed his visit to early in May. He has ar* ranged to make a number of speeches during his visit and It is expected he will express his attitude on the world court proposal.

LITTLE COP LOOKS BIGTOSPEEDER Mayor’s Chauffeur, With Police Powers, Pinches Driver, Robert Newby, Mayor Shank’s chauffeur, is small. When he drives the mayor’s large car, he sits on cushions and so looks very large. Also, he has police powers. That is why D. R. Jackson, 2952 N. Talbott Ave., visited the office of Capt. Michael Glenn of the traffic department today. Newby told the captain Jackson had speeded and had used strong language. Jackson's story: He was driving out E. Washington Est. to the Pennsylvania shops, where he works. Newby stopped a man in a ear ahead of Jackson and ordered him to the curb, pulling up beside him. This placed Jackson between Newby's car and a street car. Jackson admitted using “strong language.” As he went on, he looked back and saw Newby, looking very large, following. Jackson, who Is small, “stepped on ’er” until he was going thirty-two miles an hour. At the railroad shops, he pulled up. Newby got out of the Mayor’s car and flashed his police badge. Captain Glenn lectured Jackson, laughed, and sent him on his way. Brokerage Office to Be Opened H. N. Bell & Cos., members of the Chicago Board of Trade, will open a brokerage office in the Claypool Monday, it was announced today. All modern facilities will be provided. The company has other offices at 720 Board of Trade Building.