Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 80, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1924 — Page 7

MONDAY, AUG. 11, 1924

PROBE STARTED IN STANDCOLLAPSE Boy Killed, Four, Hurt at Bedford Ball Game. By United Press BEDFORD, Ind.. Aug. 11.—An investigation to place responsibility lor the collapse of a grand stand at Washington Park Sunday which killed one person and injured four others was started today by the Lawrence County coroner. The stand was jammed with 400 persons, most of whom were women and children, watching the BedfordBloomington baseball gamf. Without warning the wooden structure collapse, hurling the mass f struggling humanity to the ground. A heavy timber struck Eugene Fishel. 11, in the head, killing him instantly. Four others suffered injuries which physicians described as serious, and scores were cut and bruised. There was a wild scramble among those caught by the falling stand, and other spectators ran to aid in the rescue Work. A line of autos parked behind the stand caught the roof of the stand s it fell and prevented it from crushing out the lives of many. CHILDREN KILLED, MOTHERFAINTS Baby Sons Given 'Lift' by Auto; Car Wrecked. By United Press DENVER, Ind., Aug. 11.—Mrs. Glenn Shoemaker, farmer's wife, today was recovering from a collapse, following the death of her two sons, Byron, 8, and Rosan, 3, killed in an auto accident near her home Saturday'. The lads were trudging home from town when Lawrence Benedict, 14, passed them in his car and offered them a ‘•lift.” The car skidded 100 yards away from the home and upset. Mrs. Shoemaker rushed out, not knowing her children •were in the car. She fainted-when she found them dying and lay unconscious on the road until found by a passing motorist. Lawrence Benedict, the driver, and his brother. Ray Benedict, 13, in the car, were also seriously injured. ENGLISH HERE" INVITED Britishers to Meet at Dayton— Prince of Wales May Visit City. Ernest B. Williams, secretary of the English Club o Dayton, Ohio, has' issued an invitation to all English persons living in Indianapolis to attend an outing at Dayton, Aug. 17. Persons wishing to attend should communicate with Williams at 1424 E. Fourth St., Dayton. The club is cooperating with Dayton city officials to have the Prince of Wales attend the international air races to be held there in October. Bakery Bandits Sought TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 11.— Police today were seeking four bandits who early Sunday morning bound three night employes, blew open the safe of the Parrott Baking Company and escaped with $1,500 in cash. Japan ranks first in the value of its fishing products.

MUCH TO BE DONE TOWARD SAFETT

Grade Crossing Problem Is Receiving Study by Many Groups of Experts,

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MY OWN STORY LA FOLLETTE CRITICISED FOR EXPOSING STATE BOSS

"MY OWN STORY” is an exclusive newspaper version of one of the great autobiographies of modern times: La Follettes own story of adventures in politics as written by himself in 1912. together with an authorized narrative of his experiences in years since then. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS La Follette is defeated for a fourth term in Congress in 1890 when Wisconsin goes heavily Democratic. One of the first acts of the Democratic administration is to sue all State treasurers of the past twenty years. Senator Sawyer, a Republican boss, attempts to bribe La Follette to talk to Judge Siebecker off the bench in the interests of the treasurers Insulted. La Follette feels it to be his duty to notify Siebecker. who immediately decides not to sit as judge in the cases. There is much speculation as to the reason for Siebecker s withdrawal. Senator Sawyer becomes alarmed. State Treasurer Harshaw comes to see La Follette and asks. Bob, will you meet Sawyer in Chicago tonight 1” I was incensed that he had succeeded In communicating to me privately a message from Sawyer, and rising to my feet I said in a tone of voice which Immediately brought Sam back into the room: ‘‘No, I will never meet Sawyer or have any communication with him kgain as long as I live.” I was determined that Harper should know exactly what Harshaw had said to me during his absence, and so, leaning across the desk, I repeated: “Y'ou have just, asked me if I will meet Sawyer tonight at the Grand Pacific Hotel In Chicago, and I answer you, no, so long as I live, I will never again meet yer or have any communication with him.” Harshaw put up his hand in protest and said, “Don’t, Bob, don’t be angry with me. I have always respected you and always shall.” I then said to Harshaw that It was wrong for him to come to me with any such proposal; that he knew just what Sawyer had attempted at the Plankinton, and that he ought to have known that I would have nothing more to do with Sawyer. Harshaw said, “I do know what Sawyer did; fcut had I known beforehand what he intended to do when he met you at Milwaukee, It never would have occurred.” This ended the Interview, and Harshaw left the office.

Sawyer Prints Story Up to that time no public charge had been made connecting Sawyer with Judge Slebecker’s retirement from the treasury cases; but Sawyer knew, and that knowledge impelled him to commit the folly of protesting his innocence in advance of any public charge of guilt. On that same (Monday) evening he personally gave to the Sentinel, in Milwaukee, an interview in which he stated that he had “telegraphed” me to meet him at the Plankinton Hotel in Milwaukee; that he had offered me a retainer of SSOO, but no money was paid; that I thought it would not be advisable to take a retainer, as Judge Slebecker was my brother-in-law; that It was the first he knew that Siebecker was my brother-in-law, and that had he known that fact he would not have proposed to retain me; that If I had put any improper interpretation upon hls conversation with me, I had misunderstood or misconstrued what he said; and that at the time of the conversation I certainly made no such intima.tion to him. The Interview with Senator Sawyer was published Oct. 27, 1891. The publication of Sawyer's statement wholly misrepresenting the facts made it necessary that U should make public the truth regarding that interview, and in the Milwaukee Sentinel of Oct. 28, In a signed statement, I set forth in detail just what actually did occur between Senator Sawyer and myself. I requested Judge Slebecker’s sanction to speak, and received It.

dude 250,000 crossings on Class 1 railroads alone Involving expenditure of at least $12,000,000,000 and would require 300 years in its completion, engineers have estimated. For substantial and immediae relief. It would be almost as logical to abolish the automobile altogether as to rely on the elimination of all grade crossings for immediate relief from accidents. However, the abolition of dangerous grade crossings remains a paramount duty the financial burden of which should be borne by the State, the municipality and the railroads mutually and should proceed in an orderly and expeditious manner. Dangerous crossings must be made physically safe as soon as possible. Education, it has been determined by experience, should be the other main process of accident prevention. When it is realized that there are 15,000,000 automobile owners in this country at the present time and, possibly, three times as many occasional passengers of automobiles (which is, indeed, a modest estimate) and that only 3 per cent of these are habitually careless, the stupendity of the educational feature of prevention work is at once seen. To reach this 3 per cent, or the 450,000 drivers of automobiles who seem to have no consideration for their own or others' safety, educational work must be extended to all of the 15,000,000 owners. Asa matter of fact, every man, woman and child must be reached in the proper manner. The future status of traffic on the highway is contingent upon the teaching of safety responsibility to children because each child is a potential automobile driver. The public conscience must be aroused. When public opinion condemns the careless rather than lauds the daring, we shall be nearer to the elimination of these unnecessary crossing mishaps. TOMORROW: History of the careful crossing campaign.

By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE

SENATOR LA FOLLETTE PRESSES HOME A POINT

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the relation existing between Siebecker and myself, which everybody knew, and which had been the subject of public discussion and comment When Siebecker was appointed circuit judg*; I made no mention of the fact that I was constantly practicing my profession In Siebecker’s court, and that there could be no impropriety In my a retainer had it been offered upon honorable terms. In the interview I stated only the naked facts required to make public record of the exact truth. I believed I fully realized what this would cost me. Sawyer was the power in Wisconsin politics. He was many times a millionaire. . His wish was law —his rule unquestioned. His organization extended to every county, town and village. I knew that within twenty-four hours after giving my signed statement to the Milwaukee Sentinel his agents would be actively in communication with newspapers, with political committees, with the representatives of prominent business interests throughout the commonwealth. Storm Breaks Prepared as I was to meet criti cism, no one could have anticipated the violence with which the storm broke. . In my own party there was no newspaper that dkred brook Senator Sawyer’s disapproval. Besides a little group of personal fiends, there was no one to raise hls voice in my defense. Prominent politicians denounced me. I was shunned and avoided everywhere by men who feared or sought the favor of Sawyer and hls organization. Fortunately I found clients who

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wanted the services of a, man who could not be tempted by money. They came to me with their cases, and I found plenty to do. But I could not shake off or be indifferent to the relentless attacks upon my veracity which came in a steady onset from the Republican press of the State. Anonymous, threatening letters crowded my mail with warnings If I dared to show my head in politics I would do well to arrange In advance for a lot In the cemetery. I did not know it at the time, nor indeed until after Harper’s death, but Mrs. La Follette has since told me that there was a long period following the Sawyer affair when Sam was so apprehensive for my personal safety that he scarcely permitted me to be out of his sight. But I was resolved I would not let it break me down. The winter of 1891-92 proved an ordeal. Sam Harper, General Bryant, Charles Van Hlse, my classmate, then at the head of the department of geology of the University of Wisconsin, and a few friends stayed by me. I slept very and there was fea* that my health would give away. But It did not. Fourteen years afterward, when I first came to the Senate of the United States,* I was placed In a somewhat similar position. I was again alone. When J entered the cloakroom, men turned their backs upon me and conversation ceased. Members left their seats when I began to speak. My amendments to bills were treated with derision and turned down with a lofty wave of the hand. For nearly two years I went through an experience that had seldom failed to bring a fresh, in-

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dependent member to terms. It was said that I would soon be “eating out of their hands.” They'dld not know the iron that had been driven into me years before. During that winter of 1891-92, I spent much time alone, in the private room at my law offices, and in the little study at my home in the long hours of the night. I went back over my political experiences. I thought over many things that had occurred during my service in the House. I began to uriderstand their relation. - Saw Evils 1 I had seen the evils singly—here and there a manifest wrong, against which I had instinctively revolted But I had been subjected to a terrible shock that opened my eyes, and I began to see really for the first time. I find now no bitterness and little resentment left in me against individuals The men of tha .. time filled their places in a system of things, in "Some measure the outgrowth of the wealth of our resources and the eagerness of the public for their development. Corporations and individuals allied with corporations were invited to come in and take what they would, If only'The country might be developed, railroads and factories constructed, towns and cities builded up. Against this organized power it had been my misfortune —perhaps my fortune —to be thrown by circumstances. The experiences of my congressional life now came back to me with new meaning—the ship subsidy bill, the oleomargarine bill, the Nicaraguan Canal, the railroad rate bill, the Sioux In-

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dian land grant and he Menon onie timber steal. So out of this awful ordeal cam understanding; and out of unde standing came resolution. Id termined that the power of th: corrupt influence, which was ui dermtning and destroying ever semblance of representative A ernment in Wisconsin, sk, broken (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, In (Continued in Our Next Issue) J W. DAVIS’ TOWN RILE Clarksburg Resents Being Called ‘ Little Sleepy Village.” By Times Special CLARKSBURG, W. Va„ Aug. 9. Residents of Clarksburg, , W. V birthplace of John W. Davis, a getting all “riled up” at the consta references to their city in the met politan newspapers as a “slee little village.” The fact is th Clarksburg is a prosperous indi trial city of 30,000 with two nev papers, three country clubs, sev banks.and fifteen churches. But it has another apd hlthei unknown claim to fame. The largi toy marble factory in the country at Clarksburg and every kid in t United States of America who h played the great juvenile pastime rolling “aggies” has handled Clarksburg product. Theater Patrons Calm in Fire A small loss was suffered at t Scenic Theater, 433 E. Washingt St., Saturday when .a film igniti Prompt action by firemen quid extinguished the blaze. Patrons < parter calmly.

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