South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 177, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 25 June 1920 — Page 4

I HIDAV .MOIIMNG, .UWII 25, 1920

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ALLEGED WHISKY PEDDLERS TO BE IN COURT TODAY

Federal Mm Will Int on Fine anil Sentence for Offenders. (CtvTiNTKi) i" itrM .p.c;n o:,-i: liquor '. th- J i hi depu to n Ml livjr r Lr' TK ! ! or." ;i f !.- v.'.i ef tch . IS I Mut Miy. Th: was !c-r:'k nr.-! aTording f o th I prit y" report IS p.'i'.s w r re J-' nvn i'-l bv certain fed. ral agr.ts a: rni nrr.s ijur.ru; tr.' riav. !ler the chrk was made on thf confiscated liquor Thur.-d'iv after TiOcn hy Mr. Brer, nan it w.is found that 1 pint- wrrf rnls.-ir. -r Mr. Urcnnan did not deuv th fart that It was undoubtedly son,c of th agents that h."l rmovrrl the ,vhifor th-ir own personal u?e hut defined thdr actiorn as lainx very Indiscreet and 5t..tlng that tin- agnt that uas caught doing thi would i dealt with fts severely ns the ra.iii t;rrstrri for the sale of liquor. It Is expected that all case with ft-w exceptions will he disponed of tliis morning an th'- state ran not iifford to have its representatives traveling from town to town to apI'far at th; trials. Ass't State At-torr.'-y ("en. V. B. f.er.n mill and his deputies werf In conf-n nrf- with Ass't. Pro. .Schick Thursday ci-.-n-ing arranging, their cases. Kvery possible effort will be put forth by the föderal authorities to havi the cases disposed i f In th- city court and only when an effort is made to lelay Judgment will the eas s ge taken before Federal Judge Anderson. It is thought that the federal authorities have about completed their "Work in South Bend with the exeption of cheeking and removing the liquor from the "bull pen" at the city hall. The bonds were prepared by City Clerk Frank Bilir.skl shortly before 4 o'clock and by f.::;0 o'clock the last of the prisoners virp released. C'axitly Vfe-t. CV.n:-iderab;i turmoil was caused Pt the city hall Thursday evening when Mr. Brennan and several of the agents appeared iskir.tr to check the whisky taken from Silbermann's residence. Ass't. Chief Cassidy .appeared to be very much up.-- t as to the identity of the c all, rs, asking different people to Identify the men In the, chief's ofllee. Chief of Policy KHi'f, who carries the only key to th. "hull pen" and Dr. L. J. Smith. I)-sident of the board of public F.fty soon appeared on the sceno fd the federal authorities in checkand after a lengthy conference aiding the liquor. After the departure of the federal agents the two police oil'.-. ials v. ith the president of the l'ari' of safety i train went into sesfjn. Chief Kline had little to say except that the sooner the liquor was taken from his keeping the better h would b pleased. Confiscation cf liquor for the govrrnmont from the government and by government agents, is the way certain local wags describe the pitode. Thursday, that set county and federal otticials guessing what had become of IK pints of "Je.'torson." anI "Ameri.an Pride." "This is -i prearrar tred and premedltated povernment raid." said AsHt. Atty. Oen. Gemmill Thursday whrn questioned trjrartlin tho presne of the federal men in the rlty. "When hskod if he was L. inp; qiven any as;stincc tiy th.e police, the asfistirtt attorney Kenral said: "The police don't know anvthlr.s about it." M.alnt!!!! Secrecy. The utmost secrecy was rnaintalncd by the federal men in making the! arrangements for the raid. Fenr that t'.'.e police officials mU'ht hinder instead of aid the efforts of the government men to find the places .and the men running them whero violations of the lb, nor laws are sai l to have been flagrant is said to h.ive I'eon the cause ( f the secrecy. Accompanying Prohibition Pirector Orhison and "ss. Atty. e.en. Cfcmmill .are Fedtial Inspectors Peale A. Davis. Fdwar-l P. Hrennan. Claude M. Jn!n"ii, Denton Pass and J. L. Puchan. ai d .'IS federal age-nts Take Ireaiitbi,i. Thr utmot precauti-o-s w. re Fikfn b tlie federal ten to prrve?, nr.y forerunner of th--:r eoniing getting out. They ;.s. r.ibb d at Importe Thursday morning, and at S o'clock they boarded sp cial cars ru the t"hica?r. South Fer.d and Ncrthern Hallway C.. ii.terurban for Suth Pend. arriving 1; re .at ?:"'". The dirctcr cf prehiMtion led tho raids while th5 assistant attorney per era I vas stationed at the county Jail to receive the prisoners and the liquor as they arrived in the custody of the federal agents. The federal ag-r.t.s wer divided into five groups with a f.-bra! Inspector at the hvad of r'l.'M group. CI roups soon Nu'.in to arrive at the Jail. A.-st. Atty. M-minid d. cided r.ot to fix any hor.ds t;r;t;l after the raids here had bee-., cmr-bted. nult of Ine-Mgation. Th goverr.n-.cn! raids Thürs ! iv p re result f in e -t:::atl i.s eonducfd hre for several ln-otlis pa.' by government Lohns long been k n the state ;i citv South Pw:;d wn thrughoi.t 1:; which l:-"iunr by anyone wh-" could 1 parch: -I I.a i ?;.-.: w :'. h pr vail in g r : : w vht-ri- f : . ! : i 'o i p. - e h to thh ' c. l cc -1 anyto . 1 n. drink across riv bar. and from t a c.uart. K'"' Th- Sou.h Fer.d condition s m: to ave sr. r..t rai's erf: ;s that! decided ! t in , the atrorr.e; to ' -..pi r.it(Tf r.t the ra : - here Tl lbV 1V 1 to lid-.. Early l:i a iter i:ce ;r.:;uv v.. nnr. ari! . and a: 1: ri?r r.e: w . o'clo-rk 1 lockt ! up. in any of o ii a 1 No the :au e e n r ."i s ( s i! all of the nun called f- r ! v the warrarts -o-i'd At liquor (- safe 1 y id:r.jtt 1 t - - :rea e ' i ülicit i OT.'.sw o u 1 d to the in South Ib cated li-juor taker. Thur !a ! worth $4eu..;o , acccrdu. stlr.i.it made. Evidence t! whoi" a err .at A. R. 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COL. "JOI7 STIflLIX. The polish licrhtinpr front is intact despite the evacuation of Kiev and the reports of great bolshevist suecyses ycnl out from Moscow and Perlin. acconlinir to dispatches from tlie American military attache at W.irsiw to Col. Joe Ktehiin. who is in South Uend to sell Polish bonds. J'rince Casin.ir Lubul)Onirhki, the Polish minister in Washington, stated that though detailed reports after military operations were not it hand, all oMieial advices from Warsaw were of a character to inspire continued confidence in tho ability of Poland's army to meet all attarks. In oMlcial Polish circles it is stated that with the exception of Kiev, none of the places reported occupied by the bolshevists have any particular importance. Situation Improves. American military men pointed out that the situation is still further improved bv the important successes ef (ien. Wrangle's army in tile Crimea. This will prevent the sending of any eonsiderablc reinforcements from the Caucasus against the Poles in the Ukraine. The bolshevist offensive in the Dorcsina river repion was so completely smashed by the Poles that the keds are reported to have arretted their commander. Gen. F.ru.sillon. As viewed in Washington, the Moscow and Berlin reports of frre.it bolshevist victories are propaganda to interfere in America 'with the success of the Polish government's ,o.uo(..uuo loan campaign. Teutonic Attack. Minister Lububonirski says: "I wi.sh to call attention to the surreptitious und disguised Teutonic attack on Poland through the western hemisphere prss in order to underri 1 1 j l o our e'onliilenoe in tho stability of the nation and the strength of its army, and to defeat the loan campaign in this eountry. "For several months Derlin has i.-sued propaganda that Warsaw is about to fall, yet each time the Fo-li.-h armv was advancing." The polish national loan committ announces that reports from all but a few places indicates the success of the appeal fir aid by Poland. DEMOCRATIC DARK HORSES BLOSSOM OUT (CON'TINTKP FROM PACE ONE.) coj-nriunic.e to with the convention in anv w.iv. shape or form. I antlriP t no voluntarv suggestion f rom h.m." He .jddM tka there could be no restraint on ;;ny debgite for any communication they miu'ht care to stablisli v.ith the white house tluvag-h. lte- s:i id. the whole- attitude of Th chief oxreutiv bad been to let the convinti'j- uork out its own d tn-.y. Sen. eIlas-5. who arrived last night t from Washlnctö"!. as the convmonP r-'puted spokesman of the white r.ou.-, alo denied that the president w -i.ld seek to control the ebliberMior.s here. The st nator came t' n.-.ke a r elit favorable to the administration, but if he brought any word of white house preference bel t'.veori candidates it did nor showUp on tho surface in today's eonferen ccs. srri i; f;i: thoubli s. P.v Ptntrd l.-es: -WASHINGTON-, June 24. If Ter.nes e is the C6th state t" ratify the s.'.ffrage amendment the v.il:d:;y of women's votes m.iy r- attacked in the courts. A clause in the Tennessee eonftittitp": pro' 'des that an elec-ii-in. cf ! pislatr.rs must interv. r.e y.-iwröi tlu- time of sub- : . : s i o i of an amendment and its ratit'.c.:tii"-n. ctie;. Atty. Cvn. Fner.-rn was held that this section, of the cor.;;:i;'.ion is lnali-latrd by the t'rited States supreme court dtcision. whiiM knocked out an Ohia referendum on a constitutional amendment. The hourt hell that state canr.i t change t h iti oi methods provided in the Fnite.l SUU4- constitution.

PHONE RATES TO STAND; IMPROVE SERVICE, PLAN

Officials of Company With draw Petition; Seek Good Will of Public. Sr-i:)l t Tie NrwB-T!ir.es: INDIANAPOLIS. June 2 4. South P.end's telephone rates will not be increased. Following the testimony of M. D. Atwafr. director of servi' ' r- for the ttate r.ublic sendee com-mi.-sion. th.t service had deteriorated considerably in the last six months, and that "I am forced to the conclusion that there has been a deliberate attempt on the part of the company to this effect." and that the cutover of the two systems in South Bend was the worst in the hltory of the telephone business, offirluLs of the Indiana Pell Telephone Co. withdrew their petition askin increcres In 30 Indiana cities and towns. The hearing was concluded bate yesterday. There were two or three serious engineering blunders, as well as mistakes In the commercial department, in the cutover at South Pend, Mr. Atwatcr declared. The system has been corrected to pome extent since April 15. he went on. ind now the service is better. Before that time, he said, persons trying to call on their automatic phones through the central office to phones operated fruin a manual switchboard put their own phone out of commission after breaking the first connection. Slick Has Trouble. In the discussion of lonp distance service, It was asserted by Thomas W. Slick, representing South Bend, that he had tried to call South Hend at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, but was told that the wires were down. He did not get his call through until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Unless there was a cyclone. Mr. Atwater said, the call should have pone through at once on another circuit. Officials of the telephone company said today that they realized It was necessary' to retain the good will of the public in order to do business in the state, and they did not wish to continue in the fac of the strong opposition developing to their petition. May Improve Scrvlco. That better service Is to be had in the near future seemed Indicated by the statement of E. S. Wilson, director of tho Bell company, who withdrew the company's petition. "As one of the directors of the company." Mr. Wilson Faid, "I feel and I am satisfied that the American Telephone and Telegraph company, as a majority stockholder, feels that our strongest asset is a satisfied public and without having anv intimation whatsoever as to what the final outcome of this case might have been, or what the commission may have held, and realizing the fact also that from state ments put in evidence here mat we have to raise wages and that we don't believe the property at this time is paying Its way, nevertheless, we feel that the friendship and cooperation of this public is the biggest asset that we have and we want an opportunity to demonstrate that this comrany i.s acting in good faith and wants the cooperation of the public." A petition for a separate hearing filed bv Thomas W. Slick, representing the city of South Bend, was withdrawn following Mr. Wilson's statement. M'ADOO'S FROSTY ATTITUDE FAILS TO STOP W ORKERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) Should the early balloting make It apparent that the necetary twothirds majority to nominate could not be obtained for Palmer or Cox, Davis supporters claimed, Thursday, he would inherit the Pennsylvania, and Ohio' delegations. Cilass ArrlTCs. Arrival of Sen. Glass, of Virginia .added nothing, Thursday, to the discussions. There was nothing to indicate that he had brought any sug gestions on that subject from, his conlertnce with Pres't Wilson. The senator's own views were not disclosed. He has been generally classed, however, among these prominent democratic leaders, who are strong believers in Mr. McAdoo's availability for the nomination. Supporters of Vice-Pres't Marshall for the nomination looked at the situ.ation, Thursday, much as did th" Davis .adherents. They thought Marshall would figure very prominent Iv if a deadlock developed ami their plans were drawn with that in mind. The vice-president arrived, Thursday night, from southern California. Receives Delegate?. The only presidential candidate on the ground today receiving delegates and visitors was Sen. Owen, of oklahr-ma. He did not discuss chances for the nomination but was willing to talk about the platform The part declaration should be short and should emphasize the "all embracing'" doctrine of popular srov eminent, he said, adding that it should declare for the faithful execution of tho ISth amendment. Att'y Gen. Palmer will arrive Thursday. accompanied by Mrs. Palmer und personal friends. C. C. Car in. a Palmer manner, said the situation so far a the attorney general's candidacy was concerned, was satisfactory. Headqu;trters of Gov. Edwards, of New Jersey, avowed wet candidate for the presidential nomination, showed activity, Thun-day, with the arrival of Walter Vlck, chief manager of the Edward's boom. Preceding the arrival of tho bulk of the Ohio delegation, there were no developments in the campaign t f Gov. Cox. VISITS C.UTTAL. Af.STl.ited Tress: INDIANAPOLIS. June 2 4. Warren T. McCray, cf Kentland. Ind., republican nominee for governor, spent a few hours in Indianapolis Thursday and conferred with Fred Robinson, his state headquarttrs manager during the primary campaign. MA11KIAGI-: LICnXSES. A.ia Wallet to Hazel Schenk, both of Three Rivers, Mich. Edward I Youngr to Mary Hinel. both of Mlshawaka. Fred Hering to Matie Smith, both of Battle Creek. Mich. Hirman C. Sohrieker to Clara M. smith, both of South Bend.

MAYOR OF EAST SIDE HAS A LAUGH AT THE EXPENSE OF FRIEISDS

Amorcr the humorous circumstances that occurred during the raid in South Bend, Thursday, by federal authorities Wu that of resident of tfio east side who stood outside of the j ill kr.d lajjghed at a number of his acquaintances as they "were bln? placed under arrest. This party cause considerable comment from bystanders who noticed his attitude as the alleged liquor lawviolators were being1 placed in safekeeping. After enjoying an Afternoon's pleasure at the other fellow's epens Tommy Ward returned to his heme across the river. H had no sooner re.-iche-d heme than the federal a fonts arrived serving a warrant charging him with violating the Volstead act. Hb friends behind the bars then wore the smile. J iLlls s5:smi si IT. Maud K. Noland has filed suit in superior court seeking to recover $300 said to be due on a note signed by John M. Montgomery. She asks an additional 5 115 as attorney's fee. HOLD PICNIC. The Scandinavian Aid societies will unite in their second .annual picnic at Hum Village park. Sunday, June 27. A well known speaker has been secured and there will be music by the Hodmen's band. Everybody is invited. IJv y.s.su( leted Pres: roui) Amin. Extraordinary sagacity was shown to be a virtue of the Ford car late Thursday afternoon when .a knowing Ford owned bv James Singleton, 720 Monson av chose the street in front of tire Ftation number five as a good place to catch tire. The flames were quickly extinguished with small loss. It was the second time within a week that a tire has been brought to the door of a South Bend station to be put out. SCHOOL ENUMERATION FIGURES FOR STATE SHOW GAIN OF 5,614 By Associated Press: INDIANAPOLIS, Juno 2i. Figures on the 1920 Indiana school enumeration compiled by J. S. Hubbard, deputy state superintendent of public instruction, show a gain of 5.644 over 1919, it was announced Thursday. Tho total number of children In the state enumerated for school purposes was given as 7S4,4 30. Although the gain over the previous year was large only thirty-four of the ninety-two counties showed an Increase. the other counties showing losses. The greatest Joss was in Vandenhurger county, the figures there being 1.70S shurt of last year's total. The figures show .a. te tal of 403,770 males and SS0.6GÖ females. There are 393.946 white males, 9.824 colored males, 370.936 white females and 9.704 colored females. Included in the list of counties are the following totals: Allen 2S.825. Rain of 33; Cass 69 4, decrease of 19:': Delaware 16.662. pain of 265; Grant 14,701, docrease of S9: Howard 10, 213. crea.se of 4: St. Joseph 33,369. crease of 69; Tippecanoo 10,647, crease of 25; Vanderberg 24,659, crease ofl,705. in-dein-de-KIW'ANIS CLUB TO GRADE ROAD By unanimous vote the Klwanis club offered Its services as a roadbuilder to the City Itescue Mission at its meeting held Thursday noon at the Oliver. The club will build a gravel .approach to the summer camp of the mission located on the north lake of Chain-o'-Lakes beginning work Friday. Next Thursday tho entire membership will adjourn to the site and assist with the leveling and grading in place of the weekly dinner meeting. Working hours will be followed by a weiner roast. The proposition was put befor the club by George M. Platner who stated that the temporary road to the club would be closed by the owner of the property for farm purposes in the near future. Members Immediately volunteered to mobilize at least 12 trucks and teams to haul gravel Friday for the building of th new road. The gravel was donated by George Hoffman. The feature of the meeting was a story telling contest the rules of which specified that "stories must be thoroughlv renovated before -telling." Harry Elmore. E. Piowaty and W. N. Hilderhrand tool. first, second and third prizes respectively. The prizes, an electric iron, an electric toaster and a gas lighter were donated by Guy M. Johnson of the gas company. INDIANA BARRISTERS TO HOLD CONVENTION INDIANAPOLIS, June :M. The Indiana Stat" Bar association will hold its 24th annual meeting at the Indianapolis Country flub here. July 7-S. Oscar 1 1. Montgomery of Seymour, president of the association will deliver the opening- address. Among the reports of special interest to be made at the meeting is that of a ispeeial committee appointed last year to investigate the delay in publication of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate court reports and to suggest remedies for the delay. UM.I.nT IV NAVY. Clement J. Tow-ridce cf Misha waka has enlisted in the navy according to the local recruiting orfic r. He signed up as a yeoman, and will be sent immediately to Nowport. R. I., to enter into a six months' course in the yeoman school there. I o. lowing his rsrrrial course at NVwimrf. Towbridge will go to sea, rated as pe orneer, third class. RICHMOND. Ind.. June 2 4. Fort Wayne was chosen as the 1921 meeting place of the Delta Theta Tau sorority at the closing session ef the national convention here Thursday.

NOTRE DAME MAN WILL MAKE TRIP TO LONDONDERRY Accompanies Monsignor Cuslinahan to Scenes of Re-

cent Rioting. ieridnnberry, the very hotbel of th recent Ulster riots, is the destination of Mon?Ignor P. M. Cushnahm. vicar general of dioecs? of Silt Lake, accompanied by Patrick Maguire. a 1920 Notre Dame graduate. They are to leave South Ber.:1., Saturday, and will sail on the Mauretania, next Thursday, July 1, for Queenstown. The purpose of the trip, according to Monsignor Cushr.ahan. who is now staying at Notre Dame, is a visit home and Incidentally .a personal investigation of conditions in Ulster. Maguire, Is returning to his relatives in Cavan, his birthplace, although he expects to visit the turbulent sections in the north of Ireland. It Is Magulre's intention te return to this country either In September or October, to take up the position of professor of Irish history at Creighton college. e't PaM-peirts. Neither of the travelers experienced any difficulties in procuring passports, so they claim, although they assert, the steamship companies refuse to guarantee them return accommodations. Asked if they anticipated any danger in entering the riot zone, Maguire. who is a staunch "Friend of Irish Freedom," scoffed at the suggestion, "ah newspaper talk," he declared. "Most of the news that comes out of Ireland." he continued, "U strictly censored by the British government and is either harmless gossip or vicious propaganda. Just about 75 percent of the writers and authorities on th T.-h question have no more special knowledge on the subject than th average newspaper reader. Having been born in IreUnd. and having spent eighteen years of my life In Ulster before coming to this ccuntry, I think I am competent to pass an opinion, which is to the effect that the entire situation in Ulster is magnified till it appears many times worse than it is in reality." Labor Efficiency is Improving and Again Competition is Urged By Win. 11. Album, Statistician. I reports from any sources indieate that labor's efficiency is increasing. Casual observation seems to show that the average workman is doing better than he was last winter r,r last fall, and some careful inquir-! loa rrcTilt in o-. - . t A survey made by the research department of the National association of Credit Men, coverirg the month of March, showed a cons-id-e'raoie improvement, or 167 members of the association replying. 3H

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many of them large employers of labor, 3 4 percent reported a visible increase in efficiency; 43 percent observed no increase, 11 percent said that, although there was no increase pe-rceplible, their labor was as efficient as before the war; 6 percent reported the old labor as efficient as in pre-war times, but new labor less efficient; and percent repoorted a decrease in efficiency. It will be seen that, roughly, about half ef the employers considered their labor as either gaining e fficiency or never having lost its efüeicney. Conditions are- said to have improved somewhat, too, since March. The criitcism of labor for alleged shirking has had some effect. Stiil

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GALLANT PIRATES KISS WOMEN AS THEY TAKE GEMS

Turki5h Rover Loot Frrnrh Ships, Smile and Harm IS one. BV NT7WTOX C. PARKi:. MARSMILLKS. June- 2 4. pirate of the Spanish Main had a more right to call himself a ' . sea rover" th.in the band cf free Turkish raiders who . through the p.sengers :' ; French steamer Sou rah off Bat. No : a recently just like an old-time tram robber In the west. The story ef the hold-up has junt been to'd h io bv Capt. Mattei. of the Sourah. which has just readied port on the return trip. Gallantry was one of the conspicuous traits cf the band. Th y bend low over the hands rf tl.e women paer.pers before proceeding to despoil them of tho-r r.r.c. They begged p.irdon before breaking open ;t trunk which they imagined contained valuable. Thy were pcdlte to the commander and the crew and aid "Au revolr. 1-on voyage!" In the ple-asantest tore imaginable when they left with their booty. If Capt. Mattel had read a certain volume of sea steiries by an American author he would hive said that the chief r.f the band wa "the plcasantest pirate who eer cut a throat e.r scuttled a ship." Captain's Story. Here is part ef the captain's storv -We lrft about 000 large part Batum on May with passengers, of whom a were French. The 2 5 bandits who finally held us up came aboard with tickets and passports in order. They were quiet and affable, although I remembered later that they j.rofes.-cd to be bolsheviki. We were on our way to Trel izond whe n about S o'clock in the evening the landlts. who had taken up strategic position all over the ship, covered me and my oilicers with revolvers and announced that they owned the vessel. 'They proceded to demolish the wireless installation and while a dozen of them kept watch over lithe rest went through the saloons and i aVuns. They inspected evn v -thing. They broke into trunks. The pirates were very gallant, especially toward the French women passenger:-. I saw two of them, eleorgiar.s I hcliee. who bowed with exquisite grace I. .-fore one woman who was in a panic of fright and tell her in passable French not to worry. They took her bag, emptied it and bände. 1 it back with thanks. Others kissed the women's hands and then tactfully drew Jewelled rings from the fingers they had just embraced. "The loot amounted to about two million francs. One Frenchman lot 150.000 francs and .a Persian passenger was relieved of 700.000. At 1 o'clock in the morning the chief of the hand ordered Capt. Mattel to sail toward the coast. When about a mile off Khore the band commandeered two boats and rowed away, shouting 'Bon voyage, and waving their hands to the passengers." o ü And These solid leather

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