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Twtimony of $12000 or More Paid to Schmitt Corroborated in Federal Court.
COTTON MILLER ON STAND
Tolla of Whisky Brought to Evan*villa In Boat Belonging to Pol lea Dapartment.
Testimony to corroborate the statement* of Van Ptekerill. Evansville liquor dealer, that be bad paid $12,000 or more to Edgar Schmitt, chief of police of Evan$vil!e, for protection in illegal liquor traffic, wa« given by witneeaea in the trial of Schmitt and seventeen other* in
the federal court todiy.
Itefor* ths tsstlmony began five mors of the d*f*ndanl* In th# ca*s hud changed their pleas of not guilty to guilty, leaving only eighteen men on trial out of seventy-nltt* men indicted on the charge of conspiracy to
violate the Heed amendment. Tells of atoriaa Whisky.
John (Cotton) Mlllor, formor United Btatss deputy marshal, and ons of the defendants who has pleaded guilty, t«ratifl<d that in January. 1616, he assisted in storing some whisky In a %aca*t house belonging to him. He said that the whisky had bsen brought from Henderson. Ky., in a boat belonging to the Evansville po-
lice department.
Aft-f (he Whisky had been put In the vacant house, the witness said, he b.urd that the bouse had been searched by Herbert Males, sheriff of vanderburg county, and. becoming frightened, he requested Schmitt to have th# whisky removed. He sstd that ‘he chief laughed and said that he (Miller) would not again be “bothered." Miller said that after that conversation he gave Schmitt the key that unlocked the door of the room in
which the whisky was stored. Mad ('barge af Boone Boat.
Eugene McKinney, formerly a member of the Evansville police department, employed, as he said, to operate the police “boose" boat Fanolia, testified that while he was employed a* a deputy in the office uf the sheriff Of Vanderburg county, he was approached by Jim Boner, a gambler uf Evansville, who offered to get him a
position on the city police force.
McKinney said that he was sworn In as a policeman early in January, 111$, but that he did not do any work until he and Ave Lamb were put in charge of the boat that had been bought ostensibly to be used in apprehending violator* of the prohibition law. He said that their first trip in the boat was to Henderson. Ky., where they got sixty cases of whisky, which was carried across the liver to Evansville and stored In the vacant house belonging to John Miller. He said that In handling the liquor be wa* assisted by Harry Htlmrich and
Harvey Boyd.
Twelve Cseea stolen. The witness said that a day or two after the liquor was stored at the Miller house Schmitt told him that twelve cases had bsen stolen and that the liquor must be moved to some other place. McKinney said that following those Instructions from Schmitt, he and Jim Boner moved the liquor to his (McKinney's) home. He said it did not remain there long, because Mrs. McKinney would not enter the house when the liquor was there. Boner and Helmrlch, the wltnes* said, came then and moved the whleky to another place of storage. McKinney said he later made another trip on another boat and hauled a load of whleky tcroes the river for Fred Schroeder. proprietor of a delicatessen store. He said he was assisted In the transaction by Schroeder. Boner and Ell Harp, and McKinney says, white they were unloading the llqSor «t the Wabash landing in west Evansville, Charles J. Ruhl, deputy sheriff under Males, came down to the landing and said: “Mae, I'll have to send you fellows In.” McKinney testified also that after that, Sheriff Males said to him in reference to the arrest; “l hated to do It. but I had to get Jim Boner.” Fretdte Took Charge of Beat. The witness said that ha operated the police boat only about two weeks. He aaid he then Instructed Andy Fraidie. captain of the Evansville police, how to operate the boat, and that thereafter Freldle had charge of the Famelta. He said he did not
MORE THAN HIS SHARE. (ftpeeisl to Tim tadUumvoU* Me*»l GREER FIELD. *»«-, J»** Ik— A horse kelmgteg •• Jasper Kemper, a fanser Uvteg aear tfcl« e4ty, was killed ky Ughtafag at 2 o'clock * a ads 7 afteraooa. At • o'clock llgktatag otraek the bars aad felled the eew Keaaper was at I Ik lag. At aildaigkt Ughtateg otraek tke fareshewoe. Staee thea life oa tke K eat per farm has gome
HARDING 10 KEEP HIS SENATE SEA!
Will Serve Out Term, But Will Withdraw Petition Filed Recently in Ohio.
CN FOR THE NEXT
BIDS ON 0VEBL00I BRIDGE AllEffil
LOW FIGURE FOR WHITE RIVER STRUCTURE $274,998.
NOMINEE SEES L M. SHAW
BOARD'S MISTAKE COSTLY
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The board of county commissioners today received bids for the construction of a concrete bridge over White river In th* Northwestern aven road, and It was expended that t contract would be awarded to A. J. Yawger k Co., on a bid of $274.»»8. This was ths low bid of two submitted to the board, the National Concrete Company bidding 6261,404 and 6262.000 on two plans of construction. With the letting of the bridge contract, another chapter will have been added to the tntereeting story of the Northwsstern avenus road. Taxpayers of Marlon count/ who have made some investigation And that they are going to pay at least 660,000 more for the < onstructlon of the bridge in the Northwestern avsnue road than they
Plans to Take Rest Before Going to Home Town for Notification Ceremonies.
would have had to pay if the bridge had been included in the original plan for the road Improvement, prepared many months ago. They And. also, that ths road will be out of use for a much longer time than would have been necessary had the bridge been ordered at tbe same time a* the pav-
ing of the road.
WASHINGTON. June 16—Senator Barling, the Republican presidential nominee, said today be hoped to wind up matters pertaining to his senatorial duties by the end of the week and then take s brief %-acatfon before returning to his home at Marion. O.. where he will be notified formally of his nomination. The Republican nominee, however does not plan to reach Marion much before Juiv 1, During his vacation he will confer with Chairman Hays, of the Republican national committee land other Republican leaders and prepare his speech of acceptance. He had not decided where he would spend his vacation. No political conferences had been arranged for today Senator Harding invited newspaper men to meet him and Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, had an engagement with, the senator at his office at the Capitol. Will Nat Realga. Senator Harding does not intend to retire from the United States senate until his term of office expires on
March 4.
"There is no possibility of that.” Senator Harding declared today when asked whether tie would resign from
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Inert, city street inspector, who him that there was 610.000
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know, of his own knowledge, whether
Freldle had hauled whisky.
The testimony given by McKinney, was corroborated by Ell Harp, a fisherman, who Uvea in a houseboat on the river. Harp testiAed that he assisted In hauling liquor across the rH'er from Henderson. He said that when he wa* approached on the subject of hauling whisky, the proposal was made by William C. (Pui worth of liquor, belonging to ths city, that would have to he hauled across the river to the oity. Harp said that Metnert and John Arnold also assured him that they had police protection and that Harp would not be molested in bringing the liquor
across the river. One Case tor Depaty.
Harp said the load hauled for Schroeder contained Afty-Ave cases, but that one of the cases was marked for Charles J. Ruhl, deputy sheriff. Philip Veaeh, gambling partner of Boner, was placed on the witness stand to show business connections between Boner and the city officials. The witness said that 625 a week, or a total of 61.060 within a year, was set aside from the gambling proAts to be paid to the “old man.” who. the Witness aaid, ha understood to be Harry Helmrlch, former saloon keeper, corroborated testimony as to his connection with the alleged arrangement between Piekerfu and Schmitt for the transportation of liquor to Evansville. Helmrlch said that on three occasions he saw Plckerill pay money to Schmitt aggregating $860. The witness said he received & part of this money from
Schmitt.
Telia af Sale at Bust. Peter Minks, original owner of the Fanolia. testiAed as to the sale of the boat to Ave Lamb. He said he received 6700 for the boat, and that later Schmitt asked him whether the host was worth 6750. saying that he (Schmitt) expected to buy the boat. ** ory Kohlmeler. former deputv dor of customs, testiAed that lit registered as owner of the Fanolia after Minks had notiAed the collector that the boat had been sold to Ave Lamb. The government is prepared to plane forty-Ave witnesses on the \atand, but It Is expected that not nrnre than thirty of them will be Five Move Change Pleas. The Ave defendants who changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty at the opening of the court session Otto Klein, Charles J. Klein. John William 8 Parrott and HerEvans. Parrott Is a motorpoliceman in Evansville and i formerly held a similar position. Fifteen changed their pleas to guilty hen the trial began Monday.. During the period of about one year, beginning with November 5, Continued on Pago Fourteen.
Mistake Nat Dealed.
The commissioners do not deny that a mistake was made when the road was ordered improved without consideration of the fact that a new bridge would be needed. Since the plans for the road Improvement were completed last year the price of material such as will be used In the construction of the bridge has advanced rapidly. Cement, it is said, is nearly ion per cent, more costly now than It i was at the time the road plans were prepared. A conservative astlmate shows that ths bridge could have been contracted for at the time the road contract was iet at a cost of not mors than 6225.000, and probably less. It will be recalled that the commissioners were intensely interested in the type of material to be used In the paving of the road, and it i« aaid that the heated controversy at that time prevented them from perceiving the need of a new bridge. Interested persons say that the commissioners, or their advisers, should have foreseen that the concrete road, ordered on a high grade, would form a dam that would result in ths destruction of the roadway during high water if the old bridge were not supplanted by a
higher and wider one.
Were Thinking of Other Thing*. During the weeks and weeks that ths Northwestern avenue improvement was being discussed, no mention was made of the bridge. The discussion pertained only to the question of whether the road should be paved with brick or concrete. The property owners who petitioned for tho improvement made it clear that they wanted a concrete road. The commissioners, who at that time were not working together harmoniously, held out for a time for a brick road. Carlin H. Shank, then president of the
the
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nothing."
resign
the senate immediately.
”1 do not intend to resign, but intend to serve my term out. Why
shouldn't I?
“I do, however, intend to withdraw my petition, died last week in Columbus, giving notice that I would be a candidate for re-election to the senate. That will be done this
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Senator Harding's friends explained today that for him to retire from the senate would endanger the narrow margin of control held by the Republicans there, as his retirement would enable Governor Cox, of Ohio, to appoint a Democrat In his place. They also said that should the senator be elected President in November
i*c .,»• .. he could continue to serve in the senis said, is nearly j ate, as he would not he inaugurated
until his term as senator expired
on March 4.
nn tt- onana. men president oi board, was quoted as telling property owners they “would g<
brick road or nothing."
Finally, the commissioners thought they had hit on a happy solution of the materia] problem. They said the north half of the road should be built of brick and the south half of concrete. A storm of protest followed this suggestion, and the commissioners. fighting to the last, said they would pave the north half of the road with concrete and the south half with brick. But the property owners would accept no such proposition and the commissioners finally waved aloft the white flag and ordered a concrete‘paving over the entire road. FIRST WIRELESS STRIKE. Untea Operators Called Oat By Eng-
lish Organisation.
LONDON. June 16.—A strike of marine wlreles# operators that will affect all ports and shipping Was called today by the Association of Wireless Telegraphists. The men are demanding an increase in wages of approximately 160 per cent, over the prewar rates and also better condittone
ol employment.
Under the strike order operators on ships are instructed to cease work when their voyages end and not to sign for further trips. This Is ths Aril general strike of ita kind, and according to union men today it may take on International aspects. The Marconi headquarters on the Strand and the docks will be picketed by the striking organisation. It was said. 1H PERSONS ftLED IN WRECK ON SANTA EE CALIFORNIA LIMITED LEAVES RAILS NEAR LA JUNTA, COLO.
Campitlga Dlseanaed. "Only matters pertaining to the campaign were discussed with Senator Harding,” said Mr. Shaw after an hour's conference with the nominee. “The election of the candidate is the Arst business before us now. We did not discuss policies.” There was little abatement today In the stream of congratulatory messages reaching Senator Harding's office. The messages included one from Henry Lane Wilson, former ambassador to Mexico, assuring the Ohio senator of his support, and from Fred Bruml. jrtXfm bhancellor. Knights of Pythias, of Ohio. Campaign Not to Walt. At his first conference with newspaper men Senator Harding announced that his official notification probably would not take place before the middle of July. He added, however, that the opening of his campaign would not wait on his official notification, as It already was under way In various parts of the country. Senator Harding had telegrams of congratulation from all prominent Republicans except Senator La Follette. who is in a hospital following an operation. “I also had a very personal message from Colonel Bryan, who assured me that we had no common viewpoint politically.” the senator
said.
The following cablegram w'as received from Ellnti Root, who Is now
In Europe;
“Sincere congratuattons and good wishes. The mantle of McKinley be
upon you.”
Senator Harding announced that he would not meet Hays before next Monday, and that there had been no decision as to the time and place for the conference, at which plans for the campaign are to be discussed. While the senator was talking to the correspondents. Senator Thomas (Dem., Colo.) arrived to congratulate
him.
"If w'e have got to have a Republican for President you suit me,” Senator Thomas said, adding that he had one bit of advice to give: That the "man who stays at home will be
elected.”
“That fits in with my thought on that subject,” said Senator Harding. Nat Born la Log Cabin. During fits talk with the newspaper men the nominee took occasion to deny reports that he had been born In a log cabin Among the telegrams received today by Senator Harding was one from the publishers of Ohio daily newspapers who met recently at Co-
lumbus.
"Tour fellow-publishers are proud of the honor that has come to you.”
the telegram said.
Another telegram of congratulation from Senator Underwood, of
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YOUNG SWIMMER SHOT. Madison AntkorltAes Seek Man Who Is SnM to Hnve Wounded Boy. [ Special to The Indianapolis New* ] MADISON, lr*d.. June 15.—While swimming In the Ohio river here yesterday afternoon with several boy companions. Louis Burkhardt. age sixteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkhardt. of this city, was severely wounded by shot from a shotgun, said to have been fined by a man who lived in a houseboat near where the youths were swimming. The boy was wounded about the head, back and arms. Following the shooting the man disappeared and the authorities are now seeking him. It is said that the man objected to the boys swimming near his boat.
ROADSTER HAS ROLE
AIRPLANE IS WRECKED.
Accident at State Fair Groaad When Hop-Off la Attempted. An airplane, parked at the state fair ground late Monday evening by two aviators on the way from Dayton. O.. to Monticello. 111., was wrecked when the aviators tried to take the air again today. The plane rammed into a tree. U. L. High, pilot, and J J. Donahue both of Monticello. were in the plane, but neither was injured. The airmen stopped Monday evening at the fair ground to take refuge from an approaching storm. The plane is owned by the D.-H. Air Company, of Monticelio. It will be shipped there by train.
STATEMENT OF BUTLER BRANDED AS FALSE
SCHEME TO DEFEND OLD GUARD, SAYS PROCTER. SENDS A CRISP TELEGRAM
LIAM*. — 1 ——
POLICE INSPECTOR KILLED SUFFRAGE AGAIN FAILS.
Irish Captain's Body Riddled By Five Men Alongside HI* Automobile. DUBLIN, June 15.—Captain F. A. Wilson, police inspector, was shot in the street here today. Five men who stood alongside an automobile in which he was seated riddled him with bullets.
Louisiana House Defeats Ratification. 67 to 44. BATON ROUGE. La.. June /16. The proposal to ratify the woman suffrage amendment was defeated by the lower house of the state assembly today. 67 to 44. The senate last week defeated the ratification resolution.
G.O.P. TO MAKE WEST
ARMY WORM IN PIKE COUNTY EASTMAN GIVES $1,000,000
Does fieri ow* Damage to Tomato Crop*—Fight Organised. {SpecUl to Tho Indian-poll* Mews] PETERSBURG, tnd.. June 15 — Army worms have appeared in Pike county. Invading a tomato field owned by W. H. Hufford. Just south of Petersburg, and cutting a wide swath through It. The crops in fifteen of the twenty acres in the field are destroyed. The worms moved from west to east, and yesterday were going across the fair grounds toward com fields east of the city. William Blackburn, another tomato grower, lost a large part of his acreage when the worms crossed his field. The tomato growers are replanting their tomatoes as fast as they are cut down. M. C. Smith, county agent, has organized the fight against the pest. SINK IN CATCH BASIN.
School af M iikIc of University af Koehester Receive* Money.
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Children Narrowly Escape Drowning in Street at Lafayette. [Special to The Indianapolis News] LAFAYETTE. Ind., June 15.—Leonard Jackson, age five; and Doris Spalding, age six, narrowly escaped drowning last evening in a deep pool of water left by a rainstorm at the foot of Hartford street. The children had sought refuge from the rain in a box car on the Monon railroad tracks. When the rain stopped they climbed out of the car and started to walk to their homes across the street. The water was up to their waists and they walked into a deep hole, where a catch basin carries water into a sewer, and were swept down into the opening. Several men in the neighborhood ran to their assistance. They were taken from the water in an unconscious condition.
gift of 61.080,000 by George Eastman for the School of Music of the University of Rochester was announced at the meeting of the board of trustees of ths university today. It also was announced that the general education board had given 6200.000 toward the 61.000.000 endowment nought by the university for a teachers’ salary fund. The university has
already raised 6350.000.
Mr. Eastman has already given in excess of $3,500,000 for the school of music. Last week he gave $4,000,000 for the dental dispensary he had established here toward a school of medicine and surgery for the university. To this gift the general education board added a gift of
$5,000,000.
UNDERGOES OPERATION. Edgar R. Kre*s, Congressman, I* la Hospital at Elkhart. [Special to The Indianapolis News] ELKHART. Ind., June 15.—Edgar R. Kress, of Williamsport. Pa.. Republican representative in the congress. who was stricken with appendicitis while attending the Republican convention at Chicago, underwent an operation at the Elkhart General Hospital late yesterday. He came here Friday to visit Mrs. George B. Pratt, his cousin. His condition is not regarded as serious. Farmer Killed By Lightning. [Special to The Indianapolis News} GARY. Ind., June 15.—Nick Serban, a farmer, was killed at Black Oak, near here, last night when he was struck by lightning.
HAYS GOES TO SULLIVAN AFTER CONFERENCES. PLANS FOR NOTIFICATION
CHICAGO. June IS.—Will H. Hay., chairman, completed hts conference with western leaders of the Republican national committee today and left for Sullivan, Ind.. his home. From Sullivan he will go to Washington soon to meet with Senator Harding and the committee headed by A. T. Hert, which will make the arrangements for the formal notification of the candidate of his nomination. It was emphasized by western leaders at the conference here that the territory west of the Mississippi will be the big fighting ground of the presidential election. Clarence Miller, secretary of the national committee, advocated the establishment of the main Republican headouarters in Chicago Instead of New York. Chairman Hays expressed his desire to spend the greater part of his time here, giving special attention to the western campaign. 5,000.000 Pictures. The first lot of 6.000.000 lithographs of the candidate will be ready for distribution this week. Chairman Hays announced. The paper was bought and cut several months ago and pictures and autographs of all the candidates obtained. By a coincidence the printer who won the contract chose Senator Harding's picture to demonstrate his work.
CINCINNATI. June 16. — That a statement given out by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, attacking the character of the support of Leonard Wood in the presidential campaign was merely an attempt by Butler “to square the old guard for what they did for Wood.” was the assertion today of William Cooper Procter, who was the campaign manager for General Wood.
Mr. Procter said:
“Harry Daugherty. Warren G. Harding’s manager, was a good prophet when he said that the candidate would be nominated at 2:11 o’clock In the morning before the delegates actually voted. “That was the way Wood actually
was defeated.”
Mr. Procter on hfs arrival home today sent a telegram to Dr. Butler, in which he said that Dr. Butler s statement given out yesterday about the kind of financial support that was behind the Wood campaign was wholly false and was given out with malicious disregard for the truth. Text of Telegram. The telegram, as given out by Mr.
Procter, reads:
"Statement in the morning papera, credited to you. relative to General Wood's s ipport, . wholly false and made with malicious disregard for ths
truth.”
Dr. Butler. In his statement, is quoted as saying that stock gamblers, oil and mining promoters, munition makers and other like persons sought to buy for General Wood ths presidential nomination. “The senatorial influence, the same element that has prevented a ratifies tion of the peace treaty, was responsible for General Wood’s failure to obtain the nomination,” said Mr.
Procter.
Procter was particularly Incensed at Butler's statement that Wood's campaign was backed by “financial gamblers.” Brands Statement Fal*e. “That statement Is maliciously false.” said Procter. “No contributions were made to General Wood's campaign besides those I mentioned in my testimony before the United States Investigating committee.
BUTLER’S EXPLANATION.
New York Authorities Find New Witness in Mysterious Death of Whist Expert. ACCOUNT FOR EARLY HOURS
Divorced Husband of Dinner Party Guest is Questioned by Police
Detectives.
NEW YORK, June 15^-Joseph B. Elwell, sportsman and whist expert, who was found shot to death in his home here last Friday, was driven there at 8:45 o’clock that ■ morninK by a “man in a roadster .automobile,” Assistant District Attorney Joyce announced he had been informed by a new witness in the case today. Mr. Joyce said he had found this new witness today and that he had accounted for Llwelt for another hour and one-half between the time Elwell left the gay party, he was with at a midnight roof garden show and the time of
the finding of his body.
According to this witness, whoso identity was not revealed by Mr. Joyce. Elwell went from the roof garden to a cabaret or dance hail where
he spent more than an hour. Joyce’s Indignation Aroused.
Joyce was indignant, he said, that no other witnesses had come forward to tell of Elwell's appearance at the dance hall, as he said he was well known there and must have been recognised by many persons on the floor. The name of the hall Mr. Joyce refused to divulge at this time. Detectives were sent to Latonla. Ky-. today ostensibly to Interview Lloyd Gentry, chief trainer of Elwell's horse racing stable. It was a letter from Gentry declaring that Elwell’s horses were well liked at Latonia by
— and hi*
the hands
erybodv “except Kirby and his
in & ^hick was found In Elwell Friday morning.
Gentry, who was said to have agreed to return to New York at once last Friday, was expected here Sunday and hi* failure, to put in an ap* pea rune# has cnusld no little comment among detectives working on the Elwell mystery. It was said today. Joyce would not aay that Gentry wa« to be "brought hack here.” aa had been reported in aome quarters.
Woman's Clothltag Found.
A woman's silk chemise and silk combination suit of underwear were found today in the Elwell home. Further information In connection with their discovery was withheld by
the police.
Joyce said that two women and a man accompanied Elwell to the dance hall, which was in the neighborhood of Fiftieth street and Broadway. The noise of the cut-out on the roadster which delivered Elwell to his front door at 1:45 a. m, awakened a neighbor, who saw Elwell enter his home alone at that time, Joyce ex-
plained.
Victor von Schlegell. divorced husband of Viola Krause, who was ons
of the women In a dinner party attended by Elwell the night before he wa* found slain, wa* added today to
Favorite Son Defend* Action of the Chicago Crowd. NEW YORK. June 16.—Declarations that a “motley group of stock gam-* biers, oil and mining promoters, ammunition makers end other like persons seized on so good a man as Gen. Continued on Page Fourteen.
the long list of persons the police have questioned in an effort to gain some clew to Elwell's assailant. Von Bchlegell, who had been out of the city since last Friday, the day Elwell wan found dying vith a bullet wound in his head, returned late last night and telephoned to detective* volunteering to be Interviewed. He was immediately sent for and conducted to the Elwell home, where he was questioned until early today. Detectives would not disclose the na-
ture of the Interview.
Again <t,ne*tloa Three Others. Just before Von Schlegell went to the Elwell home, Deputy District Attorney Joyce, who fa conducting the investigation, had again questioned Mr. and Mrs. Walter I/ewlsohn and Miss Krause, sister of Mrs. Lewisohn, in the Elwell home. With them wa* a Mr. Berg, a millionaire friend of Elwell, who Is reported to' have said Continued on Page Fourteen.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU.
FRENCH AND TURKISH NATIONALISTS REACH AGREEMENT.
CONTRACTORS HOLD CONFERENCE AT DENISON HOTEL.
AMERICANS ARE PRISONERS STATE AID IS SUGGESTED
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Alabama, the the senate.
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1919 SHOWS A BIG DROP GDILIY IN DRAFT CASE SEVEN OF LARGEST CITIES TRIED BY JURY IN SAN FRAN-
F0RTY PASSENGERS INJURED
LA JUNTA. Colo.. June 15.—Two persons were kilted today when the California Limited train, eastbound. on the Santa Fe railroad. was wrecked at Rene. Colo., twelve miles south of here. At the Santa Fe hospital here it was announced that forty injured had received treatment. Most of those hurt. It was said, would
recover.
The dead are A. O. Swanson. Chicago. combination baggageman, and Dr. N. F. Harper. Mt. Vernon. N. Y. The train was being pulled by two engines. The accident, according to official information, was caused by the breaking on the second engine of a side rod. which dug into the track, overturning the engine, dining car and thrpe Pullman coaches. INTERRUPTS COURT SESSION Fire Feand la Small Store roe in la Federal Balldlag. A small fire, which originated in a greasy mop. and filled the second floor corridor of the Federal building with smoke, interrupted the session of the federal court today. The lire was found in a small room where records of the court clerk are stored. The room has also been used by janitors and it if thought the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion, since the mops were leaning against a wall that had become heated by the sun. The fire was quickly extinguished.
HIGHER RETAIL PRICE FOR ICE ASKED BY DEALERS
ADVANCE OF 10 CENTS A HUNDRED POUNDS PROPOSED.
WYCK0FF RECEIVES FIGURES
An advance of 10 cents a 100 pounds in the retail price of ice will be made probably within the next few days, according to announcement by local dealers today. They have submitted figures to Stanley Wyckoff. fair price commissioner for Indiana, showing Increased costs of production amounting to from 20 to 40 per cent., and have asked for his approval of the new schedule. According to the new schedule, the retail price would be 60 cents a 100 pounds, the wholesale price 40 cents and the platform price 35 cents. Ice now sells at wholesale at 55 cents a 100 pounds and on the platform at 30 cents a 100 pound* Last .summer the retail price was 40 cents a 100 pounds. Figures submitted to Mr. Wyckoff by the local companies show that wage increases of from 20 to 66 per cent, have been made and that coal, which cost 13.98 March 1. now costs as high as $6.28 a ton. The ice dealers and Mr. Wyckoff agreed on the present price March 1. subject, however, to any increase in cost of production. A number of small towns in central Indiana are facing an Ice famine as I the result of a week of hot weather, according to reports received by Mr. Wyckoff. Dealers in'Greencastle and Brazil, he said, weje without ice Monday, and Terre Haute dealers were also calling for ice from the outside. Ice was shipped to these towns from Columbus. Mr. Wyckoff said. There is no danger of a famine in Indianapolis. Mr. wyckoff said. Manufacturers can not take care of the demand in exceptionally hot weather, but the city has a large supply in
storage.
RECORD MARKED DECREASES.
LACKAWANNA. N. Y., IN LEAD
WASHINGTON. June 15—Infant mortality rates for 1619 decreased materially as compared with the four previous years, according to statistics compiled by the census bureau and made public today. Of the twelve largest cities in the birth registration area, seven showed decreases of from 8.5 to 23.4 per cent, while the highest increase was 3.6 per cent. in New York the death rate of infants under one year of age decreased 11 per cent as compared with 1918 and was 18 per cent below the
1915 figure.
At Phildadelphia the decrease was 33 per cent from the previous year: Cleveland 3 per cent; Baltimore 51 per cent: Detriot 4 per cent; Pittsburg 25 per cent,; Buffalo 11 per cent.; Milwaukee 5 per cent.; Washington. 3"
Minneapolis 8 per cent
r cent; Cincinnati 16 per cent and
ipi
For the entire county. Lackawanna.
N. showed the largest improvement. the decrease in infant mortality
being 74 in each 1.000 births.
NOW HAS REAL GRIEVANCE
Anderson Official Reprimand* Policet HI* I* Next Place Robbed. [Ppeoal to TTke Indianapoh* News] ANDERSON. Ind, June 15.—T. J. Nichol. president of the Anderson board of police commissioners, and EL W. Jackson, chief of police, announced late Monday that Mr. Nickel's hardware store had been robbed of revoivera. watches and other articles valued at more than 6200, and that it was believed the theft was committed Sunday night. Recently the clothing store of M. J. James, also a police commissioner, was robbed of 6260 worth of clothing, and the police obtained no clew to the robbery. Soon afterward. Mr.j 1 Nichol and th# mayor lectured patrolmen, and Nichol added that the entire force "bad better get to work or resign.”:-’:' ■. .
CISCO FEDERAL COURT.
TRIAL OF PUGILIST ENDED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.—William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, was found not guilty on a selective draft evasion indictment by a Jury in the United States district court here to-
day.
Dempsey and his manager. Jack Kearns, were indicted after Dempsey’s former wife. Maxine, said she had been influenced to falsify his
questionnaire.
Maxine Dempsey was a witness against her former husband. She testified that her earnings ha.d tided Jack over some difficult periods. The government attempted to prove that while Dempsey asserted he was supporting his parents in wartime, members of the family actually were paying their own way. Much was made of the fact that Dempsey was a shipyard worker with none too laborious
duties.
Dempsey, taking the stand in his own defense, testified that he supported his parents, his wife and his sister. He told of boxing benefits in which he said he earned more than
6300.060 for the soldiers.
Arguments were waived by both sides and the jury spent less than thirty minutes in reaching a verdict. Jack Dempsey will start training at once and will be ready to meet any one within six weeks. Jack
Kearns aaid following the verdict
cquitting Dempsey today.
The case of Jack Kearns. Dempsey's
manager, who faced a similar charge, will be called tomorrow, attorneys announced following Dempsey’s acquit-
tal.
PRISON TERM FOR HENRY. Kew York Police Inspector Pound Guilty of Perjnry. NEW YORK. June 15.—Dominick Henry, police inspector of the tenderloin district, found guilty of perjury last Friday in connection with New York’s vice war. today was sentenced to serve from two to five years in
ADANA, June 15 (by the Associated Press). — Consternation prevails among the Christians in Cilicia, southeast Asia Minor, as the result of the twenty-day armiatice between the French and Turkish nationalists, which included no clause for the protection of the Armenians, who. it is declared, were told by ths French that they must negotiate for themselves. The armistice had been broken in numerous places by June 9 and the greatest confusion exist*. Europeans. fearing that it may result in the death of many Christiana A message from Hadjln indicated that the American workers there surrendered their compounds to the Turks two months previously and that they have been living under ths rule of the nationalists without the right of communication with the outside world. The Americans there are Miss Edith Cold. Cleveland: Miss Alice Clark. Evanston. I1L and Mioa Mary Super. Narbeth. Pa Orphans’ Fate Nat Known. The fate of the Armenian orphans at Hadjtn is not known, although there are reports among the T rks that the boys were killed and the girls taken to Caesarea (Kaisarieh). A Constantinople dispatch May t told of efforts being made by Mist. Cold through a compromise between the Turks and the Armenian* to save tbe Armenians in her charge at Hadjln. It was said, however, that her attempt to bring about a reconciliation between the armed forces of the Armenians and the Nationalists had been fruitless. A message of May 28 said the Ai nenians at Hadjin expected to be able to hold out for fifteen days from that date. Under the French-Turkish armistice the French agreed to evacuate Sis. Alntab and Bozanti within ten dayi. Refugees to the number of 7.000 who were removed from Sis were forced to leave all their possessions. Believe Freneb Will Leave. The Armenians express belief that the armistice is a prelude to a complete evacuation of the district by the French, leaving them at the mercy of the nationalists, who are enraged because they declare the French induced the Armenians to fight. Since President Wilson - * acceptance of the task of fixing the Armenian boundarle* the Nationalists, according to report* from the interior, are apparently lee* kindly diepoeed toward the American* and are affording fewer facitittee for communication with the relief worker*.
State highway contractor* held a conference today at the Denieon hotel. They are dieturbed particularly because banks are unwilling to let them have much money and because they must pay at least 7 per cent, interest on money they borrow. Road building material ie high in price and the contractors have made heavy calls on banks to finance them. It has been suggested to L H. Wright, director of th# state highway department, that probably the state can advance them more money, especially for cement. Mr. Wright was present at the conference, which was attended by representatives of practically all of the eighteen projects now under construction. The road builders also are having difficulty in obtaining care for sand and gravel transportation. The interstate commerce commission has directed that no open top cars be supplied them until coat mines have been supplied with 50 per cent, of the mine demands. Cement dealers are unwilling to let the builders have a large amount of cement without substantial payments, it is reported. The contractors reported that plenty of labor Is available. WARNS AGAINST SWIMMING
—Local Forecast— Local forecast for Indianspolis and vicinity for tbs twenty-four hours endln* 7 p. m.. June 10: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except probably local thunderstorms; slightly lower temperature Wednesday. —Weather Forecast— Forecast for Indiana: Partly cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday. Not quite so warm Wednesday. Probably local thunderstorms. Forecast for Illinois: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Probably local thunder showers in north part. Forecast for Ohio: Showers and thunderstorms probably tonight and Wednesday. Not quite so warm Wednesday. Forecast for Kentucky: Partly cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday. Probably showers and thunderstorms. Not quite so warm Wednesday. —Precipitation— Amount of precipitation for twenty-four hours ending 7 a. m.. .90: total amount of precipitation since January 1, 1920. 20.90; excess since January l. 1920. 1.09. —Weather In Other Citiee— The following table show* the state of tbe weather tn other citte# at 7 a. m :
Station.
XmariUo. Tex.. Clear
Bismarck 31. D
Boston Mas* Cloudy Chicago. Ill • • • £} e * r Cincinnati, O S** r Denver. Colo Clear Dodge City. Kas Clear Helena. Mont Cl
Oklahoma, Okla. Omaha, Neb, . Pittsburg. Pa. Portland Ore.
Dr. .Hergan Says White Riser and Fait Creek Water* are Impure A warning against swimming in
Fall creek or White river was issued
today by Dr. Herman G. Morgan. : Jackaonrille, Fla Clear secretary of the city board of health. ‘ Lrttu?*R<Sk T Ark°'‘Clear “The health department finds It t c2. J; Cteudy necessary again to issue a warning • " .^ Clear fFlktive to the danger of bathing. K e w Orleans. La. ... • Clear both in White river or Fall creek? New York N. Y. ... Clear
Dr. Morgan said. “Both of these
streams show a very high count of bacteria resulting from the large
amount of raw sewage.
While much of this material which causes contamination is not visible to the naked eye. there are organisms in sufficient numbers to cause typhoid fever, gastro-enteritis, inflammation of the eye and skin infec-
tion*. /
"Not only is the water impure, but there are many dangerous spots In streams where drownings can easily occur, due to the dredging of gravel companies. It shouln be kept tn mind that Indianapolis is not a seaside resort. Swimming is a fine sport and excellent exercise, but this form of summer amusement should be provided for by the city in the
way of swimming pools."
29.84
•>P
29 00
29
29.86 29.70
Cldy _29.80
■29.02
29 74 29 94 29 91
Bar. Temp 29 04 «0
PtCldy
Clear
Cloudy
■IjiM'.'
San Antonio. Tex .. Clear fan Franosco. Cal... Cloudy St Louia. Mo Clear
M. Paul. Mina
Tampa. Fla. ....... PtCldy Washington^p. C. . . Cloudy
“a!
29 00 29.94 29.82 29 84 29.00 20.84 •9 (K> 29.94 29 92 29 80 29.00 29 96
necrologist.
02 70 72 7* 8 50 78 74 78 58 78 8* 74 74 70 74 70 50 7* 88
Hourly Temperature. « » 7 a. ra
8 a. *»....
0 ». m 10 a. m 11 » 12 tn - -- 1 p, m. 1 p. m. 2 p. tn.
7* 74 77
8~ 87 99 90 90