Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 12

MINISTRY OF POINCARE IS THREATENED Radical Trials Split Cabinet and Premier Demands Vote of Confidence —Millerand Appeals to Patriotism and Leader Withdraws Resignation, By United Press PARIS, May 25.—Premier Poincare lias decided to demand that the Senate and House grive him a vote of confidence on his policy toward communists, following refusal of the Senate to sit as a high court for trial of communists, in accordance with his request. After one of the most exciting nights in French political history, Poincare summoned his cabinet to discuss the situation this morning. For several hours last evening PYance was virtually without a government. When the Senate rejected his recommendation that it try Deputy Marcel Cachin and other communists accused of treason, Poincare and his ministers tendered their resignations to President Millerand.

The president —interrupted while entertaining guests at dinner —engaged in a long argument with the premier, as a result of which the resignations ver* withdrawn. Appeals to Patriotism Poincare consented to remain in office only because of Milierand's appeal to his patriotism and because he feels his resignation would be encouraging to Germany in its attitude in the Ruhr. If the vote of confidence is not thoroguhly satisfactory he will resign. That no new development is ex peeted was indicated by the fact that Millerand announced he intends to visit Alsace tonight in accord with previous plans. He would hardly leave if there were a crisis. After having summoned the cabinet.

Hordes of Communists Slip Through French Lines to Join Ruhr Rioters

By United Prep* BERLIN', May 25.—Hordes of communists from the interior of Germany are slipping through the French lines and entering Gelsenkirchen in large numbers. The communists still control parts cf the town. They hold the police station, partlv burned, and their armed MAN SENT TO JAIL ’ FOB POOL SELLING Owner of Soft Drink Place Discharged, Fat Kennedy, employed in the soft drink place of Andy Donlan, 2720 E. Washington St., was fined S4O and costs and sentenced to ten days in Jail ir. city court today on a charge of selling baseball pool tickets. Donlan was discharged on a charge cf keeping a gambling house. The case of George J. Young, 2330 N. Illinois St., who operates a poolroom at 136 X. Delaware St., and who was charged with selling pool tickets, was taken under advisement. Policemen testified they found a supply of tickets in his possession. 15 MEN QUIT WHEN GIRLS START WORK Core Makers at Foundry Protest Against Female Help, ▼ Fifteen core makers employed by the Federal Foundry Company, 502 S. Harris St., walked out today when two girls were placed in the department. Men out are non-union. Xo strike was declared, but the men said they would not return to work until the girls were removed. The men out represent practically the entire force of core makers. Foundry officials said they would continue to keep the girls employed, and would obtain additional help. A policeman was assigned to the foundry. U.S. ORDER ENJOINS UNION Government Acts to Protect Operation of Terre Haute Plant. A temporary restraining order for- ’ bidding members of International , Molders Union from interfering with | operation of the Terre Haute Malle -1 able and Castings Company plant at Terre Haute, was issued by Judge Albert B. Anderson in Federal Court today. The national union, its president, eight national and local officers, and more than 100 members of the Terre Haute local, were named in the complaint. Start Commencement Exercises By Times Sperinl OAKLAND CITY, Ind.. May 25 ■’ommeneement exercises for Oakland College began today with an academy alumni meeting. Benjamin J. Burris, State superintendent of public instruction, will give the address and present diplomas, May 31. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 55 10 a. m 64 7 a. m 58 11 a. m 65 8 a. m 60 12 (noon) 66 6 a. m 62 1 p. m........ 63

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Poincare later canceled the meeting, probably because President Millerand is leaving Paris. Poincare issued another call for a meeting, setting the time at | 7:45 p. m. At this session, the course I to be followed with regard to the | communists will be formed. Paris Condemns Senate j The majority of Paris today con- ! aemned the senate for its action and j applauded Poincare. The communists j are openly rejoicing. Cachin and the others are accused of conspiring against the government ! to hinder the French advance into the j Ruhr. Cachin went to the valley feur days before the allies were scheduled to seize it, ami addressed communist meetings.

j guards are to be seen in other strategic positions, ready and eager for more fighting. The municipal authorities are still functioning, however, l and are engaged in a parley with the ! reds. German and Russian' communists ; are reported to have met at Bochum in the Ruhr valley several days ago. and to have planned the uprising at a | conference with Karl Radek, Bolshe I viki organizer. The trouble started | when strikers began entering food i stores and announcing that the supplies were confiscated for the hungry. The communists sent organized , squads through the streets, conducti ing their offensive In a systematic manner. ( French troops watched the rioting ! without attempting to interfere. NOTED WRITERS WILL SEE RACE Meredith Nicholson Arranges Entertainment, Ray Long, vice president of the - International Magazine Company and editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and allied magazines; Roy XV. Howard of the Scripps-Iloward newspapers; Peter B. Kvne of California, author of i "Cappy Ricks" stories, novels and | scenarios, and C. O. Mclntyre, i magazine and newspaper syndicate ! writer, will he guests of the Rotary | Club at luncheon next Tuesday. Their ! wives will he with them. The party will arrive at 11:12 a. m. Monday. A number of entertainments have been arranged in their honor. Meredith Nicholson, who has been delegated to arrange the ertertainj ment, said that while the Speedway i races are the ostensible objective of the party, the visitors really are coming for Hoosier cottage cheese and spring chicken. MRS Cl KORBLY GRANIED DIVORCE Wife of Former Congressman Charges Non-Support, Mrs. Isabel S. Korbly, 1645 X. Del aware St., was granted a divorce from Charles A. Korbly, of Georgetown, D. C., former congressman, today In Superior Court, room 5, on a charge of non-support. The Korblys Were married June 10, 1902, and separated Nov. 4. 1914, when Korbiy was defeated for reelection to Congress from the Seventh j Indiana district, the suit charges. He i had served since 1908. KLAN NAMES ON RECORD ; Tolerance Files List of Indianapolis Members In Federal Court. - By T nitrd Press : CHICAGO, May 25.—Names of 12,000 alleged members of the KuKlux Klan in Indianapolis and surrounding territory were filed in Fed--1 eral Court today by Tolerance Pubi llshlng Company, in fighting an inI junction against publication of the i roster. Through filing of the names they i become a matter of court record, open ‘ to the public.

Nurse Risking Life Shuns All Praise &JPflp JjjjMjlL | Jgt. ij||g ; *' ) * / * MTSS JUNE GOFF While neighbors praised the heroism of Miss June Goff, the nurse who remained at the bedside of her patient, Mrs. Jennie Forman, in the burning home of Mrs. Forman's brother. G. L. Freeman, '1256 Oliver Ave.. Thursday, she quietly went about her business today and dodged discussions. Miss Goff refused to give her home-address or tell from what hospital she came. “I'm firing with Mrs. Format), 1768 X. Sheffield St., until she's well," she said.

CLEW IS TRACED CERE IN SEARCH FOR MILLIONAIRE Coroner Investigates Theory Toronto Man May Have . Been Killed Here, Ambrose J Small. Toronto. Canada, millionaire, who disappeared Dec. 2, 1919, may have been killed in Indian apolis a few months later, police believed today. , A reward of $50,000 has been offered fer Information concerning the missing man. Basis for the theory is a letter sent to the Toronto police by Edward K. Moore of North Vernon, Ind. Moore said while in Indianapolis in June, 1920, he met a man who told him his name was Small and that he owned the Grand Opera House at Toronto. Moore said the man was run down by a gravel car and crushed. He said the description of the man fitted that of Small. Records in the coroner’s office show Rn accident similar to the one de scribed on June 11, 1929, occurred in the 1200 block on Oliver Ave. Records show the victim was identtitled as John Wenzell, living at the Wallace hotel on Oliver Ave., and that $265 and Jewelry in the man's possession were turned over to Albert Wenzell. Coroner Robinson will make an effort to find Albert Wenzell. CALL MADE FOR ROOMS FOR SPEEDWAY VISITORS Placement Bureau Reports Only Private Homes Available Now. Another appeal for rooms for Speedway visitors was made today by the placement bureau operated at 233 X. Pennsylvania St. The bureau announced hotels are full and visitors mus the accommodated in private homes. Hundreds of householders, it was announced, already have listed rooms at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 a day, according to location and accommodations. Lists of rooms available will be posted in conspicuous places. The bureau will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sunday and from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. other days. JURY DISAGREES ON SUIT Adolph Meyer Asks SIO,OOO Alleged to Be Due as Commission. A Superior Court jury disagreed today in the suit of Adolph J. Meyer, real estate dealer, for SIO,OOO from Richard and Henry Stegemeier, 17-19 X. Illinois St. Meyer alleged money was due him ns commission in bringing the Stegemeiers into touch with a sub lessee of the Illinois St. property for erection of a $60,000 theater building. Boy Struck by Auto Elmer Wessell, 12, of 1427 Madison Ave., was cut and bruised today when struck by an automobile, driven by William Shank, 1234 W. New Yorjc St., In the 400 block on E. Morris St.

HOW TO IMPROVE INDIANAPOLIS

Views of citizens on how the city can be improved In any way will bo printed by the Indianapolis Times. Here is No 2 By ERNEST T. PEARSON, 1523 N. Gale St. Indianapolis is such a good place in which to live that it is easier to find things to commend than to condemn. However, there is room for some constructive suggestsions. I believe the city needs most a good cross-town car line—a sort of

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1923

FLO LEEDS WILL ‘FIGHT LIKE TIGER’ AGAINSI STILLMAN j 'Other Woman’ Thanks Bank- | er’s Wife, but Refuses Offer of Aid, By F'RANIC E. GETTY. I fCopyright , 192.5, hi/ United Press) NEW YORK, May 25. —Florence | Leeds today declared she had com- ! munlcated directly with Mrs. Anne l*. Stillman for the first time since thlatter’s bunker-husband sued for divorce, and replying to Mrs. Stillman's offer of aid, has written; i "I think your offer is wonderful, but I can take care of my little Jay myself. You know how a mothe. feels.’’ Informed that Mrs. Stillman had advised her to “tight like a tiger" in her contemplated action against Stilt man. the “other woman" said: “That Is Just what I am going to do. I am going to light for my boy until I have won." Will Make Fight Alone In her letter Mrs. Leeds wrote she had learned through newspapers of Mrs. Stillman's offer to care for her 5-yearold son. She thanked Mrs. Stlliman, but said she had to make her fight herself. Mrs. Leeds .was aroused to the i tiger fury Mrs. Stillman advocated ; when she learned that “friends’’ of ! the banker given out in newspapers ! Stillman gave her $840,000 and a ! trust fund of several hundred thou- ' sand dollars had been settled on her ; and her boy. "Mr. Stillman lies if he says , be made a trust fund for my son j —-or ever settled any targe amount on me.” Mrs. Leeds said. "He asked for a release from any moral obligations (I was ashamed tell about this before) toward his son. nml offered j through his lawyer, Mr. Sullivan, j $50,000. "This release, which I never signed, is in the hands of my t lawyers." | “It is true that he paid to decorate ! my apartment and he made me gifts ] of bonds on birthdays and holidays, I which I have mostly used up living j since the case closed. “Asa Neat Egg “The only large amount of money he ever gave me outright was to buy a house. This was $75,000 and $25,000 to decorato it. The purchase did not materialize, and he said I could keep It as a nest egg. “1 never owned a real pearl In my ; fife—except my baby. “I hoped Mr. Stillman would come back to me and I gladly told him the littlo money I had and all my belongings would be left to him if I died, to be applied , to Jay's education. “I am going to fight, as Mrs. Stillman says, 'like a tiger.' for my boy. If tie courts don’t make Mr. Stillman provide sufficiently for little Jay, 1 can always go to work. But I shall never put myself on public exhibij tion.”

EX-SALOON OWNER WEEPS IN COORI Testifies He Has Not Made Nickel in Three Months. With tears streaming down his face. Martin Murphy, for twenty-six years proprietor of a saloon nt 605 W. Washington St. and now owner of a soft drink parlor, testified In citycourt today that he hadn’t made a nickel In three months. Murphy was charged with operating a blind tiger. His case was continued until June 9, when the State will attempt to prove Murphy was convicted on a blind tiger charge in 1919. KEPT IT FOR A FRIEND Alibi of Latiie Hudson Fails to Prevent Sentence. Despite her testimony- that five gallons of "white mule" found In her home belonged to her friend, Edgar Brown, who had gone to Louisville for the races, Littie Hudson, colored, .330 Osage St., was found guilty of operating a blind tiger in city- court today. She testified that she was keeping the liquor until his return, and haa only possessed it an hour before police arrived. Judge Wilmeth found her guilty and fined her SIOO ar.d costs and sentenced her to thirty day-s in the woman's prison. Boys Held for Sounding Alarm After all the second alarm companies of the fire department responded to an alarm aat the city hospital box only to find no blaze. Hiding near the box Patrolmen Hobson and Jones caught four small colored boys who are held at the detention home.

belt line completely around the city. This should be about twenty or twenty-four squares from the central part of the city. The line thus established would be especially beneficial to the working man, and in the course of a few years would save him innumerable hours. Another thing I have noticed is the irregularity ‘in some cross streets. Streets Jog at Tenth St. and Sixteenth, fog instance. I have seen accidents

CITY BREAKS WITH SPEEDWAY OFFICERS

Jerry Comfortable at Vets ’ Office, Defies World to Take Him Away

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Known to every one in th“ neighborhood as “that dog hangin' out the window," it would be unpleasant for any one to try to take “Jerry," 9-months old Airedale mascot of the local World War Veterans. from their headquarters. 3 4 K. Michigan St., and his familiar "hanging out” post. Not that the dog Is vicious, but the person or persons trying to do so "would have to lick the whole bunch" of veterans. “Jerry" wobbled into the veterans' headquarters when ha was a pup about 3 months old, cold, hungry and homeless, After a goodly

SADIE M’GROARTY STILL IS AWAITED Stepmother of Park Board Secretary, Who Disappeared May 6, Does Not Give Up Hope.

After twenty- days of sorrow and uncertainty, Mrs. Cornelius Me Groarty, 6.30 S. Meridian St., step, mother of Miss Sadie McGroarty, secretary of the Indianapolis park board, who disappeared in Buffalo the morning of May 6, still Is hopeful. Not a trace has been found of Miss

SHERIFF HALTS 40 ‘PETTING PARTIES’

Snider Promises to Carry on War Against Spooners All Summer —Warns of Hold-ups on Lonely Roads.

Intensive war on country road spooning was under way at last today. Sheriff Snider reported that he. I Deputy Sheriff William Anderson and j two policemen patroled the Georgo- | town Rd., Wall St. pike and a highl way known as "Lover's Lane" west of the Speedway bqjween 9 Thursday night and 1 this morning, finding approximately forty couples in automoj biles parked without lights or In 'other compromising circumstances, j "We merely warned these people FORD LOANS‘HOI TOWN' TWO MILLION Manufacturer Outbids Wall j Street in Financial Game. j By United Press DETROIT, May 25.—Henry Ford, automobile king, today made a personal loan of $2,000,000 to the city of Detroit. Wall street financiers had bid for the loan at 4>4 per cent InterestFord's bid was 4 per cent. Ford's money will be used partly to meet the city payroll until the city's taxes begin coming in July 15.

caused by these jogs. People ignorant of the condition of the streets at the places are endangered. This cannut be remedied on streets already laid out. But, in laying out new additions, I believe the lay of the old streets to which the new ones will join should be tatyjn into consideration to avoid similar jogs as the city grows. And, of coursthere is no doubt that the city will grow.

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Led he refused to leave and now the veterans wouldn't part with him. “Jerry's" favorite pastime, as shown in th’ picture, hanging out the window. Few cars disturb the slumbers of his masters with their nightly serenades or do they pass his window at a leisurely gait. At breakfast time “Jerry," after the fashion of youth, generally sleeps too long, an 1 the ex-service men leave him alone in the house. Xo matter to "Jerry," because he has a secret entrance that ha goes and comes by as he pleases. The dog scours tit* city until h< finds them and gets his dally bone.

McGroarty, except her grip, left In a hotel room. “Os course I am still hoping Sadie will come homey’ said Mrs. McGroarty, who eagerly answers every ring of the doorbell. "Maybe I am not as confident as I was at first, but I am still hoping."

Inst night.” said Snider. “From now on we're going to start making arrests whenever actions of the parties warrant. I have the automobile license numbers of every car we investigated last night and I'm going to keep such a record right along. “In many cases we found men and girls asleep in automobiles. Frequently the girl was asleep on the man's Lap. ‘‘One such couple consisted of a young girl and a prominent business man living on N. Capitol Ave. I asked him if he remembered the Hence Orme case. He told me Onne was one of his best friends. I told him that it was to prevent just such murders as that of Orme that prompts us to carry on this crusade. “To park in an automobile on a lonely country road with a woman is to invite robbers to a hold-up. The victims very often are in such compromising circumstances that they dare not notify the authorities. SCHOLARSHIPS PREPARED Young People Will Be Honored ft> Sunday School Work. Scholarships will be granted Monday morning to Indiana young people who have achieved outstanding recognition in Sunda yschool work. The scholarships are for Older Boys’ and Older Girls’ Camp Conferences held annually at Lake Geneva, Wis. The committee to award the scholarships is Wayne G. Miller, young people's superintendent of Indiana; Jane Farmer, (Jreencastle; Marie Carot it- s. Indian* University, and Otis Forsyth, Nnbleeville. FIDDLER CHAMP CROWNED “Teckneek” and “Repetory” Entitle Henry Taylor to Laurels, fly Vnitetf Press PARIS, Mo.. May 25.—Henry Taylor, from “near Cairo/’ was king of Missouri fiddlers today, having outsawed forty other aspirants in the annual contest. Henry won the “grand champeenship” and a silver loving cup because of his “teckneek” and “repetory.”

I Shank Withdraws Municipal Support of Race Event After Reported Insult to Mayor's Guests—Memorial Day Fight Is Recalled. The city will not cooperate with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race this year—according to present plans—with the | exception of affording fire protection, Mayor Shank announced | today. Oilers, preparing streets for motorists driving to and from the track, already have been withdrawn. Police will not he assigned i Speedway, and the city will not supply ambulance service, i the mayor said.

Action was tak-m, Shank explained, because Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, and the mayor himself were subjected to a “deliberate insult" by Speedway employes. The mayor declared a public apology to Senator Fess by Speedway officials is the only thing that will appease him. Senator Fess, who was In the city to address the national convention of Traffic Clubs, was sent to the Speedway with other visitors by Mayor Shank, accompanied by John Stroh, police sergeant. Shank did not accompany them. The mayor said he told Siroh to tell tlie Speedway guards the visitors were his guests. “Fifty Cents a Head” “You go back anl tell that tig stiff it will cost him 50 cents a head so. any ones he sends out here," the guard told the visitors, according to Shank. Stroh said he appealed to Theodore E. Myers, general manager of the speedway, and that Myers said that what the gatekeeper said went for him. too. Myers denied he used this expression, but said he told Stroh the guard was merely following instructions. The mayor characterized the incident as a "dirty slur.” “I don't say they should have admitted those men to the Speedway as my guests without charge, but I do believe they should have admitted them and sent me the bill,” he said. Shan 1 said he "guessed the Speedway officials are sore" because during the fight on the Memorial Day sports bill in the Legislature he wrote a letter in which he said the race could as well be held on some other day as on Memorial Day. Mayor's Statement “The day on which Memorial services are being held throughout the nation should no the turned Into a money-making day in Indianapolis," the mayor said. “ lam very sorry if the mayor’s guests were mistreated," Myers said. "If wo don’t get. cooperation from the city, we will have to do the best we can without It. We will have to decide later on what we will do.” When asked If the Speedway management would take up the affairs directly with the mayor, Myers said that is a matter for the owners to decide.

BRITISH WARSHIP IS ORDERED TO STRAITS Greeks and Turks Mass Troops Along Maritza River. fly Vnitrd Press LONDON, May 25. —Admiral Brock, commanding the British Mediterranean fleet, leaves the Malta naval base today on his flagship en route to the Dardanelles. Mustapha Kemal has arrived at Tchataldja, where about 50,000 Moslem troops are concentrated, ready to fight if the Greeks cross the Maritza River. PROTESTS VOICED ON PARKING LAW Wholesalers Say Business Is Hampered in City. One hundred business houses today protested to Police Chief Herman F. Rikhof? against enforcement of the provision of the new traffic ordinance limiting time for loading l and unloading their trucks to three hours a day. The protest in part: “The undersigned, the representative wholesale merchants of Indianapolis, will lose the business of a number of out-of-town merchants if a traffic ordinance, passed by the city council, is enforced because it is impossible to conduct business and obey that lawV “To load, unload and handle our merchandise in three hours per day in eighteen feet of space, is a physical impossibility. Out-of-town customers, who call for their purchases, could not get to our establishments to transact their business and would discontinue coming to Indianapolis. This means a loss of business to others in the city as well as to ourselves.” Ale.v Given Appointment Robert J. Aley, president of Butler University, has been named on the Abraham Lincoln Memorial commission to succeed Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis. Taggart declined to serve. Louisville Man to Lecture Dr. J. C. Mitchell of Louisville. Ky., will deliver a public lecture entitled “Thou Shalt Not,” in MorrisonA Hall at 8:15 tonight, under tfce auspi*® of the Besant Theosophlcal Societal

Forecast SHOWERS probable tonight and Saturday, Not much change in temperature forecast.

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DEFENSE IN AUTO IHEFI RING CASE OPENS TESTIMONY Motion for Verdict in Favor of 112 Defendants Is Overruled. The defense in the Louisville-New Albany automobile theft conspiracy case, on tria! in Federal Court, began the presentation of Its case today. Twelve defendants, residents of Louisville and southern Indiana, are on trial. Shortly after the opening of the morning session, Homer Elliott, United States district attorney, announced that the Government would rest. Immediately motions were made by attorneys for Leroy Eicholz of New Albany, Leslie XValdick of Sellersburg and Rector Johns, O. Shelby Patterson and Henry Kraft, all of Louisville, that the jury be instructed to return a verdict in favor of the defendants because of lack of sufficient evidence to Justify a conviction. Judge Albert B. Anderson overruled all motions. j Eicholz and Charles Harbison off New Albany entered general deni a: A of all charges. / Cn cross examination, Eicholz aid. mitted he had bought and sold used cars, two of which later had been found to be stolen, and that one machine owned by him ani insured had been destroyed by fire. Frank Francis, the “confessing burglar,” who is serving a term In the Kentucky State penetentiary for forgery, was the principal Government witness Thursday afternoon.

FIGHT BRINGS BIDS ON ASPHALT 001 Contractors’ Battle Results in $2,30 Price, A bitter fight between street contractors has forced bids on asphalt pavement to $2.30 a square yard, the lowest price in eight years, John L. Elliott, city engineer, said today. Elliott said he thought it was purely a fight between the contractors and that no asphalt interests were involved. The low bid was on paving of Arizona St. from Meridian St. to Capitol Ave. by the Marion County- Construction Company. According to Elliott the fight haa developed in the last three weeks, with the bids running between $2.30 and $2.60 a square yard. Prices at the opening of the season about $3.20, 15 cents lower than in. 1922. Some asphalt jobs have been submitted with lower bids than concrete work, although the contractors are fighting on this material also. At the start of the season concrete was about $3. Some bids as low as $2 have been received. U. S. TROOPS WILL NOT 8E SENT TO CHINA. War Department Says No Action; Will Be Taken at This Time. By United Press WASHINGTON, May 25.—The war department will not at this time send American troops from Manila to China for use against the Shantung bandits. Acting Secretary of War Davis, said today. Davis said while the war department was ready- to order troops into China, the moment the State department requested it, no such action would oecur until the State department deemed it necessary. GUARD STAYS ON DUTY Concrete Safety Zone Post Battered Four Times in Month. Battered and—broken, the safety zone guard at Noble St. and Massachusetts Ave., was still trying to do its duty- today-. It was struck by- an automobile for the fourth time within a month, Thursday- night. Henry Smith, colored, 1515 X. Senate Ave., driver of the automobile, was arrrested on charges of drunkenness and driving an automobile while under the. Influence of liquor, I