South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 240, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 28 August 1921 — Page 3
SUNDAY. AUGUST 28. T921
THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
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M'CRAY ADDRESSES INDIANA SETTLERS
JUDGE GIVES RULING ON SMUGGLING CASES
Panacea for Busineß His Advanced bv Governor in Monticello Speeeb. MONTICELLO. In?.. Auc 27. Panic for Mjins His ivr advanced by Gov. McCray hr today In an address before th Old Settlers' "First In Importing." th governor ild. "13 thA jf-luflon -f th question of creating- a better demand for thf- products of the farm nr.d ranch. Th f.unifr is not bp.rin mor thin his proportion of th economic burden and we mufit find a way to radjut this load." Th farmers buyin power very !ar!y rulatra the business conlition of th nation. th g-overnor continued, and when the farmers top buying thf bu?ines? r f the country becomes ftipn.mt. OthT HornctH. Th"1 are th- other rmdles the governor advanced for economic deprwion : Opening of world markets to the United States products. Re?norin of Liberty bond to their face value. Reduction of .reicht rat?. Acceptance of wap reductions by labor. "The trouble at present is that we are confronted with a limited market hot!, at homo and abro.id." fiid th pov-tpor In reference to th frri?n trade. The f.vt that Liberty bonds are filing blow pir was characterized by the governor a.s "a national di'prrac." Itocrt tta?)Ie Condition. "It is all th more r?rt'abl." he
said, "that this condition is allowed to exist from th fact that a large volume of then bonds wer- "Md to Individuals who wr lot investors In securities of any kind, out vh were induced to nnke the purchases from patriotic motives, with tlv supreme faith that if m-rary to liquidate they would never be forced to sU the obligations of their country at a sacrifice. "The value of our bends should be maintained at par by the federal government through the reserve banks by the adoption of a policy whereby they would be u.-ed a? collateral at approximately par value by the membr banks and thus put thousands of dollars In circulation through securities that a-e now in safety deposit vaults or other places of hiding.'
DETROIT. Mich.. Aug. 27. Automobiles usd In mug-glln? liquor Into the United States from Canada may not be i-elzed by customs officials, according to a ruling of Judge Tutt in the United State district court. Judge Tuttle held that the customs laws of the United States ?o far a thy relate to the importation of liquor are void. Prohibition officers hereafter will have to act exclusively under the Volstead law. which provides that the owner of a sized car may recover It If he can prove his innocence. Under tho old custcms act. the car was confiscated If liquor was found, regardless of the guilt or Innocence of the owner of the car.
FORT WAYNE FIRM SEEKS INJUNCTION
BANK ACCOUNTS GRO
DESPITE '-HARD TIMES"
D. ü. R. IS BLOCKED ON RATE INCREASE
WINE MAKERS FORCE GRAPE PRICES HIGHER
INCREASE IN TAXES
night on "Heaven, is it a real place j pflOGR AM CALL'S FOR
or a condition." It is expectc-1 tr.a the attendance will run into th thousands.
DETROIT. Aue. 21 In market' Rider O. I Ice, of Ka'.ajr.aoo. wi.I
'hints for Detroit hm; the I fPe.ik Saturday r.ieht at S o'clock
. municipal bureau of market advises ! on "Tho Millennium." Elder Wilihat this Is the time to buv eran5. ! liana Guthrie, president of I-ak
Tninnrtion Arlint Charüillü ! Informatik received, from some of Union conference
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Telephone and Telegraph Co. Claims Prices Must Be Increased at Once.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aue. 27 Charging that it's present rates are bo low they are confiscatory, the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Co.. of
Fort Wayne today filed euit In federal diMrict court here asking that tho public service commission and the attorney general be restrained from enforcing an order denying tho company an increase in rates.
I This is the flr.n Fuit filed against j the Indiana commission in federal
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TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Au?. 27 Saving accounts in Terre Haute financial institutions have increased more than 400 percent icce the f.rt of the year despite the fact that thousands are Jobless and those who are working have been affected by wage reductions. Reports today showed that increases of more than $30,000 have bean listed.
Over Vz Cents a Mile on
Cars is Issued.
DOUBT CONFESSION
fit? vTaTD 17 Ä DM Vu i s5on dM not take lnto cnpideration
MANUFACTURER, 70
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United Railways from oharrinc; passenger fares of more than 1 1-2 cents per mile on any of its four interurtan divisions ha been Issued by Judse Le'.and Carr in circuit court here. The restraining order was Issued on petition of the State Public Utilities commission. Follows Conference. Court action was taken following
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the lare.jt Prowers of prapep who Michigan body is a part wul L market Ir. Detrc.it indicate that t. principal speaker abbath. week of Aus. 29 i9 the nrorer tine Hlder T. C. Gebert, converted
for buyine crapes for domestic pur- Christian, lecturer, will arrive Jlor,-
po.seö?, the burtau reported. Some of i ciiy.
L.ANSIXO. Mich., Aug. 27. An ; tne srr.a'.!er vinevards at already I Z
restraining the Detroit ! picked while many of the larger; New Is rti.riDutea amonir
ones will not last loncer than next 1 natives or centra . week. The local crop is very lieht, of drum signals. ranging from one-fourth to one-j" "
third of normal, and is fully two weeks earlier than u.ual. The southwestern Michigan crop also very light, according to reports. The ( demand or grapes for wine making 1 i.s encroaching upon the supply fnr ; consumers who make Jellies, jams. ' and grap Juice, and is forcing the j
price to an almost prohibitive point
Friday morning.
the city ti nv
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A 17 cent -.y f r th r.ew million do;;ar F"wer:e. re -tp - r;v.'. for I AVI cf th" 1'tcr- 'i
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Officials Believe Ben Brooks Did Not Kill Amazona Montgomery.
SEYMOUR. Ind.. Aue 27. The confession of Ben Brooks that he murdered Amazona Montg-omery was received with seme skeptici?ni here Saturday, and indications were that the investigation will not be greatly Influenced by it. Authorities had the impression that Brooks did not tell the full truth when he assumed responsibility for the crime in a confession to G. A. II. Shideler, superintendent of the Indiana reformatory. He and hia father and two brothers were rushed
I to the reformatory to escape possible)
j tho money spent by the company In making improvements between .March 31, 1921 and the time that I I ; 1 A. 1 l -
mo commission rrius"u m nt;ir mi company's petition for authority to increase its rates. riles Petition. The company filed a petition for authority to increase rates on March 31, 1921, which the commission denied. The company then filed a motion with the commission asking a rehearing. This motion was recently overruled. The suit a ska that the commission be restrained from preventing; the company from making a schedule of rates which would allow it a fair return on Its investment. The basis of the entire suit was outlined in this contention: "The rates are so low as to be confiscatory and will deprive plaintiff of its property without due process of law
a conference between members of
the commission. Governor Groe- : for such purposes.
beck and representati es of the at- Prowers on the municipal markets torney general's department when ; received from ?3.5f to $4.50 a bushthe refusal of the D. U. R.. to file el for grapes. Consumers can buy
la schedule of rate3 in compliance j airec: 01 growers on enner ea.ern Kalamazoo Couple Elope andith Glaspie interurban rate law j or western farmers' markets.
Marry 111 Chicago, Accord- 1 intimated to members of the com
mission that it considered the law confiscatory and discriminatory and would not abide by its provisions. The road according to its last annual report would entitled to
charge only the minimum fare of
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KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Aug. 27 George Winslow, head of the Riverside Monument company, and Mi
. ADYENTISTS HEAR
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AWAIT HARDING'S REPLY TO LEWIS
United Mine Officials Believe President Will Send Answer in Near Future.
mob violence following the murder. I an1 M take away from thc owner ' M A 1 i 1 . l 1 . 1 A.
No Kxp la nation. One point which Brooks did not explain to the complete sTitisfaction of the officers was how he happened to meet Montgomery in the thicket where the body was found two days after the man disappeared. Another was why he killed a small dog which always followed Montgomery and which was found lying dead by its master's body. The confessor merely said he phot Montgomery in self-defense followin? an argument when the latter came at him with a drawn knife.
Brook tried to absolve from all I
blame his father fnd two brothers,-
who are held here with him. Continue Inquest. It was planned to continue the inquest here. Mrs. Ben Brooks, testifying as the first witness, gave conflicting testimony as to the movenunts of her husband on the day Montgomery disappeared. "Well, he didn't say anything to me about it." she said without emotion when informed that Ben had con fessed. Tho point now -which remains unsolved is whether more than one man was Implicated.
HONEYMOON ENDED BY LAKE TRAGEDY
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 24. Otticials of the United Mine Worker today were awaiting the reply of Pres't Harding to tho suggestion of John I.
nr.iu in- Mini' is ii"i. . g . y- -a TV7"! that he call a conference of mi ure Llncagoan Drowned When and operators of Mir.o county, with i ßoal Capsizes in PaW PaW
that strife-ridden section of W. Va.
In th absenc. f I'wi. who it ! was stated, h is d.-parted for his PAW PAW, Mich., Aug. 27. The hrm in SprincfU -Id, 1'.:.. ether union 'brief honeymoon of Alvin Boreman. othrials said a reply may not be i 343 W. Division St., Chicago, came to forthcoming for a "day or ?o," as 'a tragic cloe when the husband of Pres't Harding probably will wish ja few days was drowned in Paw
time to cive frill consideration to the Paw lake, near this village.
of the company the property right
fully belonging to them without making propf provisions for jurrt compensation which i3 in contravention with section 14 of the constitution of the United States." Sim'ikI Big Sum. The suit further alleges that the company rpent JöS.COO on repairs since March 31; that it now hau $1 12.000 worth of material to mako further extensions of its service; that it will cost the company $1,000. 000 to reconstruct and rehabilitate the service and adequately handle their growing business; and that the commission refused to allow the company an operating expense for the first three months of 1921. The company in declaring- that It Is not making .a fair return of the investment pointed out that the commission allows a seven percent return and that the company is now making less than one percent. According to the suit the company has been charping virtually the same rates for the last twenty-flve ycara John McCardel. chairman of the commission, viid recently the city of Fort Wayne had the lowest telephone rates of any city of its sizo In th utate. The suit was filed by Barrett. Hoffman and Barrett of Fort Wayne and Haines and 'Mote of Indianapolis, former public service commissioners.
Lake Saturday.
Damon, Pythias Drunhs Given Same Sentences
":u'1" u" xluVaru rrA" 111-2 cents based on the per mile
tvaiamazoo scnooi teacner, eiopeai
to Chicago, where they were Ju&t married, according to a telegram received by relatives here. "Winslow, who Is 70 years old, has long been prominently Identified with the politics of the city. Hj was formerly an alderman. He was one of the prime movers in the campaign which lat spring resulted In revision of the charter to eliminate commmon government.
U.ed as a cure for "fcolds," the ducking ftool was a chair fastened at the end of a long beam over a pond or river. The last record of its use in England was at Leominister in 1S09.
earning schedule embodied in the Glaiplt act. The D. U. R., It Is reported, will take immediate fteps to seek dissolution' of the injunction. In the meantime the commission, in case the injunction holds, is prepared to investigate the earnings of the D. U. U., and is willing to give the road hearings on its petition for higher rates in the near future.
Valentine geyser in Yellowstone National park his ended a two-year vacation. It now spouts twice weekly in the Norris geyser ba-in. according to X. P. Skinner, park naturalist, who has recently completed an Investigation of Its activity.
Michigan-Indiana Camp Convention Formally Opens at Marshall, Mich.
MARSHALL. Mich.. Aug. 27 The address of A. E. erns, pastor of
the Battle Creek tabernacle featured the opening of the annual camp meeting of Seventh Day Advent ist?. of West Michigan and northern Indiana. Mr. Serns subject was "Inmoving out of Saturday into Sunday, who is to blame for it?" Elder J. F. Piper, president of th conference, presided, and Elder S. T. Ph idel. Grand Rapids, home missionary secretary for the Meld, offered prayer. Elder O. A. Denslonv spoke Friday
WHEN RUG CLEANING TIME COMES LET US DÜTHE WORK. There are two reasons why yon will find it more satisfactory to let us clean your rus this Fall, than to have the work done in any other manner. In the first place, we'll save you work and bother. And the second place is that we will do the work much more satisfactory than you have had it done hertoforc. Our special facilities enable us to handle this work promptly, and they make it possible for us to do the work so well that our customers invariably express surprise when voicing their satisfaction.
union leaders proposals. I u offereil two 'constructive" Mi-rpstion: That the I'll lwin-Felt guar! system in W. be abolished. Mako Aljutnient. "That adjustment of the controversy raging between the miners and operators be effect-'d upon any honorable basis which ein be f Tini." Branding the B.Uwin-Fe'.ts operativ, s "He?s'.ar.- of industry." the miners' chief, in his menace to the president, declared this "notorious"
detective acency employs gunmen i
by hundreds" and that these "depraved men kill as a part of their daily work." I.w:s tlciared federal troops are not needed fo much as the surrender of the 'army of gunmen."" whih. he asserted, is employed by the operators at the expense of coal conFumer?. Miners now hive no re(!re-. h mM. froni tho "outfaces'
KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Aug. 27. William Wines and Henry Vande-
laar, bosom friends in adversity aJ
well as prosperity, were brought into court on a charge of intoxication. Because they had been unofficially acting in the roles of Damon and Pythias for years as Inseparable companions. Judge Carl Blankenburg sentenced them to terms of the same length in the same cell.
TWO MISSING GIRLS IN TOLEDO, IS CLAIM
The canoe in which he and his bride were rowing capsized in the middle of the lake. The wife, who is an expert swimmer, fought frantically to save her hus-band. who
oouui not swim. mts. foreman ws, DETROIT. Aug. 27. Mrs. Artha-
hysterical when would-be rescuers loan Patton of the women's police di-
arrived at tne Fcene. The body was recovered, but not until after all hope of resuscitation was gone. Edward McLaughlin. 3 4, was drowned in the river near South Haven.
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ROAI) CHIEF STUDIES CONDITIONS IN KENT
GRAND RAriPS. Mich.. Aug. 27. To stu.y Kent county transportation conditions as represented by the pteam an interurban railroads and motor trurks. S. M. Williams, chairman rf the federal highway council, has come hrre. Discussing: the future of these typfs of .r.-ir.rtatPn. which h ci.iim? -leper 1 entirely on their ecor.or.nc 5'Tvlr--, Wiiliims say: "l.-ch type his it pb.ee and the r.eeds of the country will care for their development. Tho problem is hew the varl ':. typs can b mil"
EX-SOLDIER, DESERTER, GIVEN DIVORCE DECREE
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"At present each type s for Itself and is fightir. c the others. The ;urpo of the federal highway council y to fnd means to co-ordinate the various typ s nn i make thf m most serviceable t th shipping public, each helping Inste i of fighting the other?. The problem is a difficult cne. but mu:h can be accomplished by co-operation."
DETROIT. Aug. 27. William J. Armstrong's father and mother were heartbroken over the death of their only daughter when William took his war-bride, Grace G.. home to them in London. Ont., in March. 1916. A week later his regiment was ordered overseas and he made proper provision to have her boarded at his home. One week of the monotony was enough and phc disappeared. The father traced her to St. Thomas and says he found she was
receiving the attentions of another
soldier. After that all trace was lost and William told Judge Joseph L.. Moynihan that he has been searching for her ever since, but to no avn il. He was awarded a decree on the grounds of desertion after the father had corroborated his tory.
vis-ion, believed Friday me had traced two girls, who disappeared in Detroit last Friday, to Toledo. The girls. Mae Prarie. 14. daughter of Eugene Prarie, of Marine City, and Lorene Supernant, also 14, were last seen on an interurban car which they had taken from Marine City with the intention of visiting Windsor. The police learned Frlday that two girl?, corresponding in age and dress to the missing girl-, were seen In the interurban station in Detroit A woman bought tickets to Toledo for the girlf.
ARMED BANDIT GETS PAYROLL IX DETROIT
SUPPOSE YOU GET HURT?
JUDGE MILLS OF KAZOO IS TAKEN ILL AT DESK
DETROIT. Aug. 27 Just as J. D. Robert-?, paymaster of the Eddie Rickenb-acker Motor Car Co. was
about to ra" cnT, an armed bandit
entered the office, drove the employes into a corner, and grabbed a bag containing ?6.5O0. Roberta drew two revolvers from a desk and attem.pted to head off the robber as he made for the ftreet but was overpowered And disarmed. The bandit then walked to a waiting automobile and escaped.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.. Aue. 2T. Judge A. J. Mills, dean of the Kalamazoo county bar and on" of the best known attorney? in tho f.ate, was ?eizei with a fainting srell at his dei-k as the result rf overwork in tc trial cf the J..0n;vr)o suit of the Bryant Papt'r company against the Monarch paper company. He was rushed to th hospital, where It is eaid he Is improving1,
OVERRULES PETITION OF KOKOMO ATTORNEY
INDIANAPOLIiN Au sr. 2 7- The public service commis?ion this afternoon overruled a motion cf Fred Rates Johnson, counsel for the city of Kokomo. that the petition of the Indiana FT.ectrlc corporation for permission to merge ;ven utilities be dismissed on the ground that the petitioners failed to comply with the law In f.llng it. The hearing on the merger was continue! to Monday,
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