South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 206, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 24 July 1920 — Page 1

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SENATE SITS ON NEW COAL CONTROL PLAN Upper Houe Refuses to Concur on New Commission Bill. REFERS BACK TO HOUSE! , Desires Powers to Remain in Hands of Public Service Body. INDIANA POM.-'. July Ref uaIng u acne to the t stabllshme nt cf a now con-.mis.Mun with w!d; j.ow crs to fix tho prio of cal, r-g-nlato its distribution and ao conduct Investigations into tho prices of Jili cnmmeiditb-n tho Indiana sonato today aiiundtd tho coal eirmmssion bill passed by tho house of r pre-y.ontativi-s. All tho duties which tho hrnio would have conferred upon a eo il commission tho senate amendmuits provide shall bo civen the pros' nt public sorvico comniis.-don. Tho senate a.m ndmf ntn make approprlatlons which would enable tho public service commission to employ engineers to investigate tho coal n .Suing industry and arrive- at conelusions regarding reasonably prices lor fuel. Eliminate Seizure Clause, The provision for sc-Lz'ire and operation of mines Included in the house bill was also eliminated by th; senate. The bill with numerous arnondment-s was finally p.u.sod lit to 10 and sent back to the house. Th lowvr body is not expected to ciircur in the revamped Mil and its roiYrer.ee to a conference committee is expected. n;pJng to complete enactment of thf emergency measures presente! f .r their consldenitlon some tlnal adjournment miM be taken Satur!ty both houstH met in night R'Sy'.uua tonight The senate worked at top speed today, passim? upon bills st-nt to it by the house and the lower bvdy tenained In session ready to -iopcrate in any movement for an .uly iidjournrn'ont. Mny Adjouni Satunlay. The closing of tho sess!on is lo pon.Unt however, upon the agreement of conference committees which have been appointed from the two houses? to consider bills which L:ivl been amended. The senate took up tax legislation late in thQ uftcrnrnm but deferrdl ;.ctii.n upon this subject until the nh;ht session. A bill was offered as a substitute for the bill passed by tlu housu which legalized the horizontal increases made by the Mate t ard cf tax commissioners in Ii 13 assessments and which were dcclar- ! lnalid by the supreme court. Tho house k expected to refuse concurrence in the tax letrislatlon which the senate will pa.-s and this subject will also go to u conference commute e. UoUU Vp Ta IU1I. As a result 'f reft'al of the house to concur today in t-enato amendiiu nts three biils are now in tao bands cf conftrer.ee comniitte-s. The home rule tax bill amend m-nts wire refused by th'j house and it wa sent to a conference committee anposod of toiib. Brown, Alldredsfe and Helton and Heps. Mcndcnhall, ili throck and U'inesburp. The bill would restore to local units power now held by the Mate tax board over certain tax levies and issuance cf bonds. Tiie houfc also refused to concur In senate amendments to the bill f J'.op. Fifield restoring 'Tott amendments" to the county road law and wiving township trustees Jurisdiction over dirt roads. A conference committet composed of Sens. NoRley. ii'dJ and istrod and licps. liuller. Will is oi Steuben, ami Glvan m appointed to tlvc the bill further confidtratlon. Another bill font to conference! nas tno measure or jiep. ;.iai.ou restoring the fee of $5 per day to county treasurers arul auditors for attordint; meetings of tho barvl f r.lv. The conferenet on this bill ;.rc ytris. Smith, Wolfs n and Dousrli and licps Mallutt. Cam; and tt. liurir.af tl:e rnorr.in. ression the ho;: concurred in senate aireiii ints "blue siy" bill and it was scr.t to the jcc error. The bill, at - cordii'.c to Sen. escar Katts. ho 1 championed it In the smite, Indiana a "real blue ky law." The Fr.atr committee n ehe iveji m t' rt s afternoon presented a uvnrarlc ort on tho house bill winch pro !rs for repealing: the prim-1, rion law. The committee' y elecrcport law. The committee concurred In. w as ESCAPE INJURY IN AUTO CRASH Machine is .-.dlv Damaged When It is Struck hv Street Car. TT.p .VJtcv.'.oMle was din.igM but r.o one was Injure. I when the oar of K. J. Humphrey. 439 N. C'ushlng. crashed into a Washington o.ir Friday aft. moon the ef Taylor and Washington Henry Lenifwicz. 702 t.. was in charge of the which, .erording to the ?:r t car. j police report, was traveling at a i-pecd of milt t Lour. 30 1 i

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Hold Negro on Homicide Charge in Race Riots NEW YORK. July 2T Charges of hom.jcl.lo as a re '.lit of nllrRfO p.tr-ti'-ipntirn in race riots In Chicago, Jure l'O, Huppert I. Jonas. 51!, who claims tn be a negro pre-acrer, w;H arrest d here tonight. Two persons "to killed in The Chicago riots, which ffllovv(l the burning of an American fla. Jonas was known here as "Rev. rr. It. I). .Inn;i.v sf rri.t-in- rf t n of iur i-ooPus h claimed to have (nine to New York from Norfolk, Va., and when felerai agents h're s i.o the J 5,000.Ooo liquor car'-'fi nt the Flack Star line stivimcr Yarmouth last winter, h claimed to represent tho owncrt. r'onn 1 for the company later denPd he was connected with the concern. NEGRO READY TO HANG CONFESSES TO TEN MURDERS Declares He Also Committed Thousands of Burglaries and Holdups. Ity Associated Press. LOS ANGELUS, July "3. Mose Gibson, netjro, sentenced to hany for the murder of Uoy Trapp, Kulferton, Calif., rancher, has confessed to ten murders, acordini; to a telephone messago received Friday ry Sheriff John C Cline, ot Los Angeles county, from Sheriif Jackson of Santa Ana. Sheriff Jackson has just returned from taking Gibson to the penitentiary at San CJuentin. CtMift'sM's to Murders. The murders to which Jackson said Gibson confessed were: Uoy Trapp, rancher, Kullerton. Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Krhardt, Phoenix. Ariz., last month; J. It. Kcvis. restaurant man of 13aton Kouge Junction. La., 12 years ago; a woman at Orange City Junction, killed in November, ISM'j; a watchman at a sugar mill at Gramercy. St. James parish, La., murdered In November, 1910; a storekeeper at Wagoner, La., killed in November, 1010. Admissions that ho committed "thousands" of burglaries, obtaining from a few cents to 1 100. was made by Gibson, according to the sheriff.Gibson was arrested at Topoca. Ariz., for the murder of Trapp and for an assault on Mrs. Trapp. He was brought here, pleaded guilty to tho murder charge and was sentenctd to hang September 3 4. The negro killed most of his victims with a hammer, he asserted. Murders for Money. Mr. and Mrs. Krhardt were killed, according to the confession. aftr the negro had served a jail sentence at Douglas, Ariz. He said he killed the couple to obtain money. Uevis was also killed for money. Two of the burglaries were commntted in one night in June, 11-13. in Omaha. Neb., the sheriff said. Gibson was arrested after th brst ami scaped, although handcuffed. With the manacles on his wrists ho committed the se end. ho said, to obtain monev for having the handcuffs filed off. CRASHING PLANE INJURES YOUTH Evansville Bov Badlv Hurt When Machine Falls to Ground. Dy Asoc!.ite.l Tress: KVANSVILLi:, Ind., July 23. Krccll Beverley. IS. a local youth, was probably fatally injured, and Hob Lowell, a pilot, received erius injuries this evening when the plane in which they wer- making a flicht crashed to the ground about a mile east of the city. i The machine was at a height of I 1.0 CO fret when it went Into a tail I spin, hurtling downw ard. I no puot ( nearly t.ueeecdcd once in righting the machine, but It reverted to thej spin and hit tho eeirth nov- ti r sT - j Tho nlane. cnod bv Chaunccy CI im. Mrvn-rt viiue.i At 3:.0C0. was completely demolished. Both tho occupant were rendered unconscious, Beverley receiving a concussion of tho brain. Tho extent of Ixm-eU's injuries have not been fully determined, but physiciansstated that be would probably recover. The plane, a Canadian curti. has been here for several days making exhibition flights and taking up passengers. BROKE LADI'G GEAR STOPS AIR FLIGHT ST. r.M'I.. Minn.. July 22. A

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HANDICAP IS NOT NEEDED BY ü. S. BOAT Fastest Time of 1920 Regatta is Made in Friday's Race. DECIDING RACE TODAY Y Stand Two and Two, Each Needs One More to Win. acms as A mniiinry of tin 1020 regatta will I' found on ii o four of this Isnuo. Hy AsHM-lnted Press SANDY HOOK. I ) fonder Itesolutc minute and frty overboard Kriday X. J., July 22. tos-sed lier .ix sec;nd handicap and defeated the Lritish challenger, Shamro'.-U bat for bo;-1 in the fouith race of the l'JL'O regatta for the America's cup. The series now stands two and t'vo, and the deciding race will to ri.n Saturday. The cup boats will m.oet a?ain Saturday over a thirty-mile windward and b;cward course and thi chances for the Ilesolute, a witch at windward work, In the final and doci ling contest should be bright indeed. 1-Ymay's race was the fa&test In the series so far, Itcsolutc completing the 3U mile triangular course in tiirce hours. ;:7 minutes and Z'J. s-ec-( nds. Shamrutk IV followed three minutes ami 41 seconds later but Jhe actual difference in sailing time was only three minutes and IS seconds,ilesolute having led acros? the startltig line by tJ seconds. Itesolute Leads. Itosolute led from the start. To be sure there were times on the thinl leg when her lead seemed cry narrow and her chance to tie tho series appeared to be seriously thrcatcne J, but or. all other iccasions there was n?er a qutttion as to the outcome of the race, provided the defendera rigging held. Ajain the ttart had to bo postponed an hour, this time to wait for a fog bank to blow jway. The mist iil'led at 12: a0 and the committee at once set signals for a beat south southwest to a mark ten miles off iM-abri!,"ht, a reach cut to tr:x and another reach to the finish. There was not much more thin a four knot brtc7e when tho two preliminary signals were sounded and the yachts started for the lim. Fr the first time in the series dpt. Burton held back and allowed lUsolute to lead the way. But Capt. Ad.".ms was in no hurry and he sailed Ilesolute down the line for a minute and a half after the ttartin? fnal and then crossed. SliamroeU Starts. Shamrock worked across four seconds before the two minutes handicap expired, with Kesolute to leeward but b winding her. Both yachts started on the star board tack, but Shamrock soon swung round to port and headed in shore. li'solute followed as usual and held a fine bree;.e, while Shamrock rat; into an air pocket. When the two b.ats took starboard tacks it w;us soon that Kesolute h.'ul worked out more than a puarter cf a mile in the !e..d. A mile from tho start both swung around again to port and carried ": If this tuck down the co..st until shamrock nearly ran into a lisa po.tnd off Zabright. All the way ilnwn on this port tack Kesolute constantly worked lo wimB ard, so when Shamrock finally headed otf .-hör" in star board tack the defender was well to weather. u'Milutc ('.id not tack t port until two lrjnjUs after .shamrock and the reason for this was net at once vidor.t. but it afterwards proed th it Capt. Adams had the mark in view and made it on one board off dioro. Shamrock could not f-tch th buoy tw o and was compelled to make lore nitcr.es perire rojnuing. Make Itcvonl Time. Ut solute had her baby jib topsail n. th- b'-atsprit half a mlnuto before t turning anl h r reaching Jib on the May ar.il brok it out a minute after rounding th- marK. Shamrock sailed nearly a mile on tho second log before break in out her rt aching ; jib. Tho achts sailed the second j le in very r.var!;. rtcord time, averaging lust under 12 knots an hour, j As was ep. -t-d Shamrock -ut-I rorrhed Kesolat but her total gain j of 4 4 seconds under exactly thr sanu conditions of wind and set, was disappointing to her backers. I The- two yachts ;ib.-d round the I second mark with a rush and with the breeze over the j-ort quarter headed f r r the finish. Resolute being nearly a minute in th lead and having the rave seemingly well In hend. In tho last mile Rorolute tacked to leeward under ballcorer while Shamrock eros.--ed tho finish line with pinaker to starboartl. IWSSIAX CALVALRY NEAR GERMAN FRONTIER BF.BLIX. July 23. Iiuj.si.in cavalry has reached Augustovo. svouth of Sulwnkl and ten miles from the Oerman frontier, according to a newsoaptr reuort.

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"SLICKING CITY SLICKER" IS HEW SOUTH BEND GAME Lincoln Highway, Stray Cow and Diamonds Figure in Sport. "Slicking the city slicker" is a new game claiming the earnest attention of police olllcials in South Bend and Laporte. The playground has been Lincoln highway between the two towns and the hero is the tourist who passes by. A farm hand, chewing a wisp cf hay and dressed as they used to dress on the stage, is the villain. Kntcr the hero In his ' Super-six." Seeing the figure of the farmer in the road he stops. "Seen a stray cow up the road a bit?" "Naw." Is Dum (ood Cev. "Dum good cow and 1 fear Fhe's lost." The hero has his machine in gear and is just releasing the clutch to pass on when the villain remarks unostentatiously: "Mebbe I Inst a cow, but a little while back I found a diamond ring; guess an auto party lost it." Tho ring is produced. It sheds a radiance that causes the hero to utter an exclamation of surprise. Villain Snickers. "Hlntrs like that un is no uoo.l to .1 man working on a farm, and if I '. gave it to my girl she'd think I stole i it," snickers the villain. Perhaps, thinks the hero, tnte ring might be bought for a sonp:. He finds that it may be bought for twenty dollar?, and pays the money. Next day Samuel Steinberg. Laporte jeweler, receives calls from 5 0 heroes-. All have diamond rings to be valued and all tell the same story of how they came into possession of them. Steinberg's verdict is that a bushel of them may be worth two dollars and a half. The game is concluded. The city slicker has been slicked. U.S. TO SELL ALL CONCRETE TANKERS ; Shipping Board Takes Under Consideration Sale of New Ships. WASHINGTON. July 23. cale of si concrete tankers now muring completion was considered to.i.i- by the shipping- hoard. The tankers have bon chartered with option of purr base but if the options are not exetcüjed it was sr. id the board planned to call fr sealed bids. F ur of the vessels are on the Pacific coast and two at Jr.cks"nvillfr. Fla.. they are 4 20 foot In length and have a dead wtight tonnage of 7500.

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Police Find Clue in Trunk Body Mystery DETROIT, July 23. A younir couple giving the name of Mr. and Mrs. L. LcRoy occupied an address at 10 Harper st., the address found by a New York expressman in a trunk containing the body of a young woman, according to a statement given to the police by Mrs. Lottie Urooks, manager of the. apartment house. The apartment was rented to them on June 7. They left about a week later without giving notice Mrs. Brooks stated that she had seen. only the man leave, taking w ith him tw j heavy trunks. He explained, she said, that his wife had left the night before. 'When Leltoy left, Mrs Brooks said, two blankets, two sheets and a table cloth were mis-sing from the apartment. He gave her a ferwarding address near Cheboygan, Mich., and told her ti notify him in ease even thing was not "all right." The laundry never wa returned, Mrs. Brooks said. Polle- tonight v ere in-ve.-tUatin the address left by LeKoy. Mrs. Brooks described the woman as being about 19 years old, of medium height ami wtight, ard having elark brr.wn hair. SAFETY BOARD TO AWARD CONTRACTS FOR NEW PUMPERS Bids W ere Openctl Friday Night Only Two Companies Bid. Contracts for the new pumpers for South Rend's Are dcrartment will be let Saturday morning at the special meeting of the Hoard cf Public Safety. Friday night the bids submitted were opened. There were enly two bid?, one from the American La. France Fire Engine Co. and one! from the South Bend Motors Co. La France's Hid. The American Li France company offered to furnish the pumpers tor tno sum of $U,6n.4i ricn ana i allow a discount of 3 percent if' hree pumpers are purchased. The local firm would fell a pump er of the old model for $7. TOO. adding $300 for equipping It with pneumatic tirc. For one of the standard type they ask J9.350. John c. Henry was reinstated on the tiro force and W. A. Hozinski on the police dcrartment. Joseph Rrown and Glenn Robbins wore appointed police orhcers. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN RESIGNS FROM OFFICE MT.VCIE. Ind., Juy 23. Rom K. rowd n. democratic cour.ty chairman, has filed hla re?lmat!on rith the eonntv central committer, but as yet no one has been nanid W succeed him.

n Kace SUMMON SIXTY UNION LEADERS BEFORE JURY Federal Board to Probe Unauthorized Walkout of Railroad Men. CLYNE WANTS SUBPOENA Prominent Labor Heads Iueluded in List of Those Called. By Associated Press. CHICAGO. July 2 3. Sixty railroad officers and union leaders Friday were subpoenaed to appear before tho federal grand Jury next Wednesday in connection with a probe of the unauthorized walkout of railroad workers heno in April. The subpoenaes were issued at the request of Charles F. Clyne, United States district attorney, and Maj. E. LeRoy Hume, necial assistant district attorney general, who since his arrival several days ago has conferred with leatlers of the recognized railroad brotherhoods. Among those for whom subpoenaes were, issued were John Grünau, president of the- Chicago Yardmen's association, and M. K. Uedding, head of the United Knginenien's association. These two organizations were formed at the time of the April walkouts. Violate Lever Act. Grünau and 27 of his .associates were arrested at that time charged with violation of the Lever act "with conspiracy to interfere with the Interstate transpcrtation of the necessities of life", and have been out on bail since, their hearings having been continued several times. At tho same time the subpoenaes were being issued a delegation headed by Uedding called upon Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney and protested against the allege! action of the railroads In hiring young. Inexperienced boys and young men as switchwere filling the places of strikers men. Uedding said tho railroads with boys ranging In age from 13 to 16 years and that accidents had increased recently because of incompetence. "The only law under which I can proceel is the child labor statute." the state's attorney said. "If that is being violated, proper action will bo taken." Labor leaders Ixavc General chairmen of the railroad brotherhoods and other union officers left Friday folowing the acceptance of the railway labor board's wage award under protest by all but the telegraphers. Light of the rail labor organizations will submit the award to a referendum, the result of which is expected about September 1. The labor board Friday heard arguments of the American Railway Express company in reply to the demands of its 7C.O00 employes for increased wages and better working conditions. The men ask for $35 a month increase. The hearing probably will be coneluded tomorrow. The board will render a decision "as soon as practicable", the members said. SIR THOMAS UPTON NOT DISCOURAGED AT LOSS OF YACHT RACE ON HOARD STEAM YACHT VICTORIA. July 2'.. The loss of two yacht races in succession, with the commanding lead of being within one race of lifting the cup, has not di.scounu'ci Sir Thoinns Upton, owner of th,- challenging craft. Neither has ho lost confidence in his boat, or the rr.fn Mho man her and tho conclusion of ti(lay's race saw h'm optimistic of the final result. Of the winter. Sir Thoma-s saJd: "Resolute is a wonderful boat in all points cf sailing. The crow is a viry good class of men, very' Fmirt, efficient and certainly well trained." Of his own boat and her men. he a id: "I am positive that my crew has dene the very brst it eouM under tho exacting circumstances. You know my boat had but little training. We on!v sailed three trials." POPULATION FIGURES WASHINGTON, July 23. Focatello. Idaho. 14.9G1: increase 5. $51. or 64.2 percent. Albany. Ore., 4.S 4 0 ; increase 565, or 13.2 percent. Corvallls. Ore., 3.7 32; increase 1.200. or 26.4 percent. Fairmont, Minn.. 4.630; increase 1.672. or 56.3 percent. Rochester. Minn.. 13.722 ; increase 5.S7S, or 74.9 percent. Drumright, Okla., 6,460; incorporated since 1910. Rrawley. Calif.. 3.292; Increase 4.511. or 512.0 percent. Calexico, Calif., 6.223; Increase 5.426. or 60.5 percent. El Centro. Calif., 5,464; Increase 8,854, or 23?. 4 percent. Monterey, Calif., B,479: increase 356. or 11.2 percent, rhoenlxville, Pa.. 10.4S4; desrra3 259. Cr 1.4 f crccnt.

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Spernl to Te Newp-Tlines : FRENCH LICK. Ind.. July 23. South Bend will be the scene of the opening of the democratic presidential campaign in Indiana when a big state rally will be held, some time between Aug. 19

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Gov. Cox Coming to South Bend ..It-,-.' .I 4. " . n't : : t Kit V V' iX v 79- J - ' .V jami:s r. cox. POLAND ASKS FOR AMERICA'S MORAL SUPPORT IN WAR Appeals to Pres't Wilson Well as to State Department. as By Associated Press: WASHINGTON, July 23. Poland, sorely beset by the Russian bolshevik armies, called ut.on tho United! States Friday for moral support in her now desperate battle with the soviet forces. Through its legation hero the new republic not only asked for an expression from tho stat? department, but also from Pres't Wilson, declaring that such public statements would go a long way toward strengthening the morale of it3 soldiers and people. Consider Request. Poland's request was given serious consideration at tho Ftate department, and it was expected that a decision would not be long de layed. Meantime, ofTicials refrained ! from discussing it. Whatever the ultimate decision, however, there were indications of their sympathy with the polish republic. It was re called that the American government had steadfastly refused to recognl.-.o the soviet r aime and that less than two years ago tho state department requested the allied and neutral nations to j'-in in declaring th bolshevik! internationale outlaws. Pront Arguments. .Arguments for American support that were r resented by the Polish legation ft forth ?he Incongruity of the X'r.ito.l .States abandoning th republic with whoso cstaLli.-hnicr.t it had so much to do. Representatives of the legation declared that, while the situation of their country had been made desperate by the enormous weight of the Russian force, it not yet too late to avert disaster an! that an expression of support and fympathy by the president would bo of great nil. Hope was (xprrssol at th tat ' department that the bolshevik! J would accept the Polish request for j an armistice. but r -cent report, from Moscow of the attitud- r.f thej soviet rulers a used o facials to re-j gard the outcome with much skepticism. 1

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exact date or the opening at South Bend "will be decided upon later. The state Tally is to he a part of the mid-summer meeting of the I ndiana Democratic Editorial association, which will be the guest of The South Bend NewsTimes. The combination was brought about through the efforts of John Henry Zuvor, editor of The News-Times; Harn' E. Grube. St. Joseph county chairman; Roy Denison, of Rochester, chairman of the Thirteenth district, and E. W. Pickhardt, of Huntingburg, president of the editorial association. I'lan is Arrangtxl. Mr. Zuvor and Mr. Grube arrived hero Friday to tako the matter ut with the committee. A meeting: of the governing board of the editorial association was being held at the same time. Plans for securing tho presidential and vice-presidential nominees was already well under way. Editor Zuver had prevlouf'y taken the matter up with Gov. Cox. Thomas Taggart, candidate for United States senator: State Chairman Bofso and National Committeeman E. G. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne. To Set Dato. All that now remains In to fix the date for the opening rally. Assurances were obtained from National Chairman "White by telephone Friday that a date within tho time set would bo fixed later. Tho editors and tho national and state candidates are to be entertained at a dinner at the Oliver hotel, South Rend, It was explained to tho meeting by Mr. Zuver. The linner will bo followed by fpeochmaking at the Coliseum, to which the public will be admitted. County Chairman Grubo aFrured the Ftato committor of tho fall backing of the county committee In tho undertaking, which promises to bo one of the biggest political gatherings. If not tho biggeist. ever held in northern Indiana. Tho rally will bring democrats from all over tha state to South Rend. Py Associated Tre?: COLUMBUS. O.. July 2 3. Gor. Cox, democratic presidential nominee, Friday transferred his political war councils to Dayton. He motored there late Friday to remain until ho has finished drafting his c-poech of acceptance for August 7.' The League of Nations and other campaign policies wero discuss! Friday by Gov. Cox with Sens. Harrison of Mississippi and King- of Utah, and E. H. Moore, tho rov- ' r-rr nr'a Tiro.rniVint1nTi manapf r. Study Public Questions. "We went over general publlo matter ns they have paraded them selves through the penate." tall tho governor. Sn. Klnf? declared that the governor' Ftand cn tho league nnd other vital topics would "entirely ratlsfy every democrat." "I am sure that on all important BUbjects touched on In th platform." Faid Ben. Klr.r, "the governor's position w.il be entirely eatIsfactory. As one of the dmocratJ-s senators who votd finally for th Lodge repr-rvAtlons to th ItaRUO. after advocating tinrerved ratt.lcatlon. I am perfectly satisfied -with the governor's v!ev; alo with hi position on labor and progrc 93iv legislation." ; )HCIE CITIZENS SUFFER FROM HEAT I MUNCIE. Ind.. July 2 3. Although j r.o heat prostrations were reported j there was considerable suffering ! Friday among tho men and women 1 r orklr.g in tho factories here. Str"-' thermometers Friday afternoon rcs- ' Istered lf2 decrees above. BUTCHERS WANT HIGHER WAGES Threaten to Strike if the raanded Increase is Not Granted. DeThat the butchers of ."oath P.t, 1 'vil 1 ftr'.ke next Monday unles tht.r request for an ir rease in wage 1? srar.tfd, wis decided at a r.e-etlr. hold Frilav r.U:ht at Central Labor hall. Members cf the Meat Catten an 1 Untchtri Workmen votod to quit work unless tb.oy rcei'l $40 a uk. They werk at present ur.dt-r 1 L Flack, propüent of 1.-.-M 4 7 0 made the ar.r.oumv-ment path z Frliay nisrht. His !cal hai? a mem b II hip Cf Zl.

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