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VOL. xxxn. NO. 249.
WILSON GIVES LANSING’S JOB TO COLBY
TAXES JUMPED
15.1 P. C. IN 80
’ OF 92 COUNTIES
Both North and South Part of
State Hit, One County’s In
crease Being 32.3 Pet.
REFUTES GOV. GOODRICH
Eighty of the ninety-two Indiana
counties for which figures are avail
able in the office of the auditor of
the state will pay a total of 15.1 per
cent more taxes this year than last
year, despite the promise of the
Goodrich administration that the
new tax law would result only in
increased valuation and not in in
creased revenues.
The Increase in Lake county, where
Got. Goodrich boasted that many great
manufacturing concerns are paying their
fair share of taxation for the first time,
is 25.5 per cent. The increase in Gibson
county, a representative connty of south
em Indiana, where Gov. Goodrich boasted
that the taxpayers had been relieved of
an unfair share of the burden of tax
ation, is 32.3 per cent.
Os these eighty counties, thirty-eight
are south of the National road. These
thirty-eight counties will pay an average
of 12.7 per cent more taxes than paid
in 1919. In his speeches in the southern
part of the state, Gov. Goodrich boasted
that the northern part of the state would
be called upon to pay more taxes but
that the southern part of the state, which
had previously borne an unjnst share of
the burden, would not be called on for
more taxes this year.
BUT HEBE’S WHAT
THE FIGURES SHOW.
Thirty-six of the eighty counties for
which figures are available lie north of
the National road. These counties will
pay an average increase of 18 per cent.
Six of the counties are crossed by the
National road. .These do not include
Marion county, for which figures are
not available. These six counties will
pay an average increase of 14.6 per cent.
These calculations are made directly
from figures which are a matter of rec
ord at the statehonse and show con
clusively the result of the first year's
administration by the state tax board.
REDUCTION IN
ONLY THREE COUNTIES.
Despite Gov. Goodrich’s boast of re
duced taxes, the taxes of only three of
the eighty counties have been reduced.
Two of thee are south of the National
road and one is north. They are Mar
tin county, the total revenue of which
was reduced *382.93; Orange county, the
total revenue of which was reduced $19,-
1346.86, and Warren county, the total reve
nue of which was red need $31,139.12, or
more than the total reduction of the
other two counties, which lie south of
|he National road.
’ The figures show that the eighty
counties must pay this year a total of
$53,964,536.22 in taxes, while they paid,
last year a total of $46,525,399.18, an In
crease of $1, *39.137.04.
The total taxes to be paid by the
•ounties south of the National road this
■ear is $15,671,525.45, as compared with
13.897,300.93, an increase of $1,774,-
24.52.
The total (axes to be paid by coun
cs north of the National road this
car Is $31,819 944.83, as compared with
16.996.164.28 last year, an ’ncrease of
4.823,49057.
Counties on the National road, not
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
i YACHTS BURN;
MILLION LOSS
amous Racers Vanite and
Shamrock IV Saved.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—A mantle of
now on the canvas and decks of the fa
ious America's cop racing yachts, Sbam
ock IV and the Vanite, saved those
•••els from destruction early today
hen a $1,000,060 fire burned five other
Hachts in the Jacobs Brothers shipyard
Ht City Island. The snow prevented the
Hames from gaining foothold on the
Shamrock IV which was in drydock only
Btventy feet from one of the ruined
Hachts. The Shamrock IV is owned by
Hir Thomas Llpton.
■ The yachts destroyed included the
Jlystery, owned by James Farrell of the
Bnited States Steel Corporation; the
I'oona, owned by Mrs. George Luther of
Philadelphia; the Irilita and the Aurora,
Bwned by Capt. John L. Peterson, and
■he Queen, owned by R. C. Clark. The
■ire* started in a frame office building
■tear the drydodks and spread to the
■yachts.
| Exploding gasoline tanks and a hlyh
wind handicapped firemen, who wore
forced to drag their apparatus through
deep snowdrifts to reach the shipyard.
Night Help Given
Income Taxpayers
' Room 315, Federal building, will be
open from 6 to 9 o'clock at night until
March 15 for the purpose of assisting
income taxpayers in making returns, ac
cording to H. M. Tebay, chief of the
Indianapolis division, internal revenue.
March 15 is the iast day upon which
payments of income tax can be made,
according to Mr. Tebay, and the offices
will be kept open ,3t night in order to
permit railroad men and other Workers
Who are busy during the day an op
portunity to gain assistance from the
revenue men.
Pershing's Pants
Argued in House
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The out
of Gen. Pershing's coat and trousers
was debated today in the house. He
and other American army officers
were charged by Representative Con
nally. democrat, Texas, with having
”aj>ed” European fashions in their
uniforms and in carrying canes.
“Gen. Pershing's coat is split up
tbe back and his trousers bagged
like tbe English uniform,” said Mr.
Connally.
• “He kept his American head.” Rep
resentative Wingo, democrat, Arkan
sas, interjected, “bnt I, too, noticed
that his tail was very English."
Published at Indianapolis,
Ind.. Daily Except Sunday.
'Put Crime Down, ’ Kinney
Orders, Opening Crusade
HERE’S WHAT KINNEY SA YS POLICE MUST DO
Catch the safe blowers and holdup rr
Nab the bootleggers.
Keep minors out of poolrooms.
Put the gamblers in jail.
Run down speed law violators.
Stop the “vultures” who lure young girls to ruin in their motor cars.
Watch rooming houses and other places for immorality.
Give school children better protection from traffic.
Arrest owners of all unlicensed vehicles, poolrooms, theaters and
others who come under license regulations.
Give assistance to women police.
Order all obstructions on city property removed.
Stop citizens from dunqping ashes in the streets.
Leave alibis at home.
Chief of Police Jerry Kinney put crime in Indianapolis on the de
fensive today.
Stirred by numerous safe robberies, holdups and “the general spring
wave of vice ” the chief told his policemen what he expected of them
and what they MUST DO.
He said gambling must go out entire *
iv; bootlegging must be subdued, and
that the safe-cracking gang has gone far (
enough.
There were nothing Chief Kinney
missed. He said some of the patrolmen
have been lax in reporting crime. Con
struetive criticism was dealt out liberally.
Particular stress was laid on speed
(aw violations which be took up separate
ly with his traffic and motorbike men.
It was at the morning rolleall that the
chief put fire under the feet of his men.
’’Arrest them,” was his keynote. He
said action was what he wanted.
Alibi reports won’t go in the future.
Kinney declared. He explained that his
reference to “alibi reports" was di
rected at patrolmen who turn in a daily
record of their districts by saying,
"Nothing doing.”
REGULAR ROUNDS
MADE BY POLICE.
“There are some policemen who make
the rounds of their districts the same
each day,” Kinney said. “These men
are the ones who' hand in reports and
say: ’I visited Smith's poolroom at a
certain time and found no law viola
tions.’ The same men hand in similar
reports each day the poojroom man
knows exactly what time to expect the [
policeman to visit his place, and of'
course there is no gambling at that time. |
Start in on your district at a different
place each day. Double back and keep
them guessing.”
The chief ordered that all vehicle own
ers who have failed to obtain state ami
city license be arrested. The same ordqr
for all persous who have failed to ob
tain license for various licensed busi
ness enterprises was made.
“We have given them enough warning—
start making arrests today,” he said.
Special attention was called to the
moral condition in the city.
“There have been at least seven reports
made to the police department within the
last few days about men, hitman vul
tures, who loaf around school buildings
with their automobiles just at the time
that schools let out and attempt to hire
young girls into the cars. Many of you
tier: have children. You know what you
would do if some man ruined your
daughter. I call on you to protect the
young girls.”
ORDERED TO WATCH
LOAFING YOUTHS.
“If you enter a poolroom In which
room there is a dry beer saloon or res
taurant in front and you find young boys
loafing in the restaurant or dry beer part,
take their names and addresses. We will
notify their parents.
“If you fiud high school students or
grade school students loafing about pic
ture shows, in stores or on the street
during school hours, question them. Get
their names and addresses, notify the
principal of the school which they should
attend and the department will notify
their parents.
“Give every support and assistance you
can to the women of the women’s police
department. They will be responsible for
any arrest they request you to make.
“There is a gang of safe blowers who
seem to have their .headquarters in this
city. These men have made no attempt
to rob local banks but go to small towns
within forty miles of Indianapolis to piy
their trade. Find out about the guests
at rooming houses and hotels on your
district. This gang must be broken up.
“NOTHING TO REPORT’’
THE CHIEF ALIBI.
“The alibi reports say 'there is noth
ing to report,’ but I have made personal
inspections on many districts and I
find city property blocked. The city
attorney tells me that there are about
twenty-three suits pending against tile
city as the result of persons having
parked autos on city property, put Junk
on city property or blocked the side
walks, streets asid alleys in some wry.
Get busy and warn all persons who art
blocking city property that they must
clear up the obstruction today.
“Ashes must not be dumped into the
street or gutters. When a citizen reports
to you that his home has been robbed, or
points out a louse suspected of being
a place where the law is violated, or
where gambling is permitted, report that
to the sergeant at headquarters at once.
Don’t wait. The delay often makes it
hard to make arrests.
“There are no saloons. The time that
was required to watch and investigate
those places can well be devoted to other
police work. There are new problems
which present themselves to the police
men these days since the prohibition law
has become a fact and these new prob
lems are tlie ones the police must .solve
and to solve them a policeman must be
| ailve and keep awake. Don't hand in
! alibi reports.”
Canada Insists on
SBO for Newsprint
OTTAWA, Feb. 25.—The paper manu
facturing firm of Price brothers of Que
bec today was denied leave to appeal to
the supreme court from the order of the
board of commerce requiring it to mar
ket its newsprint paper in Canada at a
fixed price of SSO a ton.
The hoard also ordered that on* of the
two partners lie brought before It on
Saturday. During the war the Canadian
government ordered newsprint manufac
turers to dispose of at least 15 per cent
of their product in Canada.
Price brothers and the Ft. Francis
mills recently have endeavored to have
that restriction ItftaJL
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Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914, at
Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3. 1879.
ASQUITH WINS
BACK HIS SEAT
IN PARLIAMENT
Spectacular Political ‘Come
back’ Menaces Position of
Llovd George.
LONDON, Feb. 25.— Former Pre
mier Herbert S. Asquith has been
elected to thp house of commons
from the Paisley parliamentary dis
trict, it was officially announced to
day.
Mr. Asquith's majority over his nearest
rival, J. M. Biggar, the labor candidate,
was 2,854 votes. The tabulated vote was;
Asquith. 14.604; Mr. Biggar, 11,840; Mr.
Mac Kean, 3,778.
The spectacular political "come back”
of the former prime minister threatens
Premier Lloyd George with one of the
greatest parliamentary battles of his
career. Mr. Asquith wtil assume the
leadership <U the opposition to the gov
ernment when he takes his seat in the
bouse of commons.
The balloting in the Paisley by-ciec
tloti took place on Feb. 12. after a sen
rational campaign in which Mr*. Asquith
and her daughter* Lady Bonham Carter,
took a leading part.
MON OCT OVER
TWO OPPONENTS.
Mr. Asquith defeated two ’opponents.
J. M. Bigger, the labor candidate, and
J. A. D. Mac Kean, the Unionist candi
date. He was elected upon the follow
ing platform for which ho promised to
work: ■
t. Immediate re-etbUbme„t of
lie ace and the reopening of commer
cial and industrial Intercourse with
Russia.
2. Immediate and drastic retrench
ment of government finance, reform of
taxation and the raising of the ex
emption under Income tax.
3. The taxation on accumulated
wealth and a levy on capital.
4. Full self-government for Ireland.
3. Full extension of suffrage to
women so that they may occupy ab
solute equality In politics and puoltc
life with men.
. Free trade for Great Britain.
7. Minimum wage and minimum
hours for labor and a "living voice”
for labor In the conduct of Industry,
8. Extension of powers to the gov
ernment to combat profiteers and
trusts.
FOE OF INDUSTRY
NATIONALIZATION.
Mr. Asquith Is on record against the
nationalization of industry, a declaration
that alienated a large number of labor
votes from him.
The former premier did not make
liquor control one of the planks of his
platform, but in some of his speeches be
said he favored local option as a means
of dealing with the question if it is to
be tackled at all.
RATIFY TREATY,
M’ADOO URGES
‘Let People of Europe Resume
Production,’ He Says.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-William G. Mc-
Adoo,'here on a business trip, stopped
long enough to declare for immediate
ratification of the peace treaty.
"The peace treaty and league of na
tions covenant ought to be ratified at
once, to enable the ig-ople of Europe
to resume production,” he said.
“There shouldn't be any hair splitting
over reservations. If the reservations do
not alter the substance of the peace
treaty I think they should be accepted
and this vexed question put out of the
way.”
When his attention was called to tbe
determination of tHo people of Georgia to
place his name on tho primary ballot
for the democratic nomination for presi
dent, in spite of his request to tbe con
trary, Mr. McAdoo said: t
“I presume my name has been placed
on the ballot by mistake. I have .asked
that it be withdrawn. It is not my in
tention to entertion to enter any primary
as a candidate for the presidency.”
Dispute May Close
Chicago Theaters
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.— Possibility that all
theaters in Chicago movie, legitimate and
vaudeville may be closed indefinitely be
ginning Monday loomed today lu a con
ference to lie held late in the-'day by
motion picture operators and stage
hands. . 9
It appears almost certain now that the
movie theaters will close as the result of
a breach between the operators and the
ater owners. The conference today is
said to be an attempt to Induce the stage
hands of the other theaters to strike if
the operators, as has been threatened,
are locked out.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920.
BOOZE ISSUE
HAS SLIM HOPE
IN CAMPAIGN
Neither Party Indicates Inten
tion of Broaching Subject
at Convention.
LAST STRAW VANISHING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Those who
still hang ou to the hope that at one
convention or the other John Barleycorn
will be given one more chance for his j
life, might Just as well begin casting
about for another straw to cling to. No
such hope is held out here.
The carefully noted attitude of offi
cials at party headquarters, coupled with
a somewhat exhaustive iuquiry among
party leaders and party followers here,
reveal absolutely nothing resembling a
serious intention ou the part of either
republicans or democrats of broaching
the subject of “booze” at Chicago or
Ban Francisco.
WET FLANK DEMAND
NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
The “rum rebellion” in Michigan and
the oft mentioned reaction reported to-'
exist throughout the country against the
great drougth, some politicians believed,
would lead to a “wet” plank In one, or
both, the party platforms.
A study of the question here failed to
show that the alleged demand for drink 1
has caused even a ripple at either of the
national party headquarters.
The attitude of the old parties seems
to be that the subject is loaded with a i
combination of dynamite stud asphyxi
ating gas. and few politicians here wilt
willingly discus* without first "hushing”
and locking the door.
ISSUE IGNORED
IN NEW YORK STATE.
The “republican convention In New
york state is cited here by the politically
wise ns having furnished a sample of
what may be expected at both national
conventions next June.
It Is pointed out that prohibition was
neither indorsed, condemned op strsd
died; It was Ignored Senator James W.
Wadsworth Jr., reputed frieud of (he
“wets.” wa* quietly O. K.’d as republican
candidate to succeed hlm*elf In the upper
house, and as a delegate to the Chicago
convention, but even that., those who
are watching the mores here observe, was
done with Impeccable discretion.
The real truth is that the people of the
United States are through with booze
and the politicians have sensed this faef.
‘RUM REVOLT ENDS
IN JOINT CONFERENCE
IRON RIVER. Mich.. Feb, 2g,- Mlchl
gan's "rum revolt” collapsed today, j
In place of bloody war between prohi
bition officers and rounty officials over
alleged Interference In a prohibition In
spector's seizure of evidence, there came
a request for a conference between all
concerned.
Acting on advice of his superiors in
Washington. Msj. A V. Dalrymple. pro
hibition commissioner for the central
state*, dropped his war-like preparation*.
Instead of arresting County Attorney Mc-
Donough. Dalrymple requested that offi
cinl to accompany him to Grand Rapids
for a conference with District Attorney
Myron H. Walker.
Dalrymple arrived here at midnight,
accompanied by twelve of his men. He
was met by a detachment of the state
constabulary. Hl* announced purpose
wa* to arrest McDonough, five deputy
sheriff* and the three Stalcuccls brothers.
McDonough, ft was charged, prevented a
prohibition inspector. Leo J. Grove, from
retaining wine seized from the Stalcuccls.
Federal warrants, refused yesterday, were
to hare charged conspiracy to defeat the
prohibition law.
A telegram fretn Dalrymple’s chief to
day advised him to “proceed very care
fully and not involve Justice.” It advised
he follow the suggestion of Attorney
General Palmer for a conference at Grand
Rapids, where an attempt will be tiAde
at settlement before legal steps are taken.
Dalrymple’* force consisted of thirty-five
men.
FRANCE TO FLOAT
2 LOANS IN U. S.?
Paris Paper Prints Rumor of
New Financial Activity.
PARIS, Feb. 25.—1/ Intransigent
printed a rumor today that the French
government Is about to float two loans
In the United States, part of tho proceeds
of which are to bo used In paying the
United States a previous loan, which la
about to fall due.
According to the newspaper rumor,
both Joans are to be taken entirely with
the aTlthorlzntlon of the American gov
renraent. The Issues would be covered
by private American, banks and would
1 lie launched under the title of "The St.
Mihiel loan for the relief of devastated
I regions.”
PREMIERS GET
WILSON S REPLY
Correspondence to Be Made
Public Soon.
LONDON. Feb. 25.—President Wil
son’s Adriatic note reached the council
' of premiers here at noon,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 35.—A1l rorre
| spondence between President Wilson and
the entente premiers on the Adriatic
controversy will be made public as soon
as possible, the state department an
nounced. There was little likelihood of
the correspondence being made public to
day, it was stated. The difficulty In as
sembling nil of the correspondence and
preparing It for the press may delay its
publication for a time, it was stated. ,
Bandits Sorry
They Met Cohn
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25.—L. D.
Cohn was perfectly docile when two
bandits held him up and took four
j dollars from his pants pocket—but;
| when they started for his purse con
j tainlng $125 he got Into action.
Police are looking for two battle
I scarred thieves.
Jewett Clique
Kills Harmony
at Marion Club
Mayor's Friends 'Accused of
Bossism and His Secretary
Gets a Rap.
All Is not harmonious at the Marion
club.
The Jewett and anti-Jewett squabble
has penetrated the walls of this good
republican organization and, consequent
ly, the hard feeling.
It is this way, according to a member
of the club: Charlie Jewett and a few
of Charlie Jewett's friends, have de
cided that they will boss the club. The
members of the club, for part,
have decided that they will not manage
the club, lienee discord.
There is not the best of feeling between
the Marion club and the Columbia club.
The Columbia club is a highbrow organ
ization. Charlie Jewett is said to be in
a little better standing there and for
this reason the rivalry is increased.
ENFORCE Itl I,K ON
PAY IN ADVANCE.
Charlie Jewett's secretary, Claude
Wallin, lives at the Marion club. Recently
a rule was put into effect requiring all
resident members to pay their room rent
in advance.
Claude couldn't see It. He had never
paid his room rent In advance before,
and why should he do It now? Anyway,
wasn't he Mayor Jewett's secretary and
were not Mayor Jewett and Ills frt*-nds
running the club?
The officers of the elub decided other
wise. They wrote a letter to C. J.
T’lrey, manager of the club, telling him
that if the rent was not paid by 9
o’clock this morning Mr. Wallin should
be ejected and bis belongings held for
ransom.
Tbe rent w-as paid late iast night and
this was avoided.
But this is not all.
Mr. Ulrey recently had a secretary. She
fa not with the cinb any longer. Accord
ing tq tbe jdory told at the b, this
secretary attended a private n. i of
the officers When the meeting wa<
over she 1* said to have told the
"Jewett outfit” what happened at the
meeting. She was Informed that her
services were no louger needed.
CEKTMV MEMBERS
GREATLY PEEVED.
Then there was a gir! who worked at
the cigar counter Her wages were out
recently ar.d later she left. She wa*
said to have been too friendly to the
“Jewett outfit.”
Mr. Wailin is still a member ol’ the
club and is stilt living at the elub, but
tbe atmosphere is tense. There is a
feeling that .(oinethlng may happen al
most any time Certain members of the
club are vi ry trueh peeved.
When asked concerning these occnr
ame* Mr, Ulrey refuged to* make a
statement.
UNION MEN PLAN
RAIL LAW FIGHT
Appeal (o Courts Likely if Wil
son Signs Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. A sneclsl
committee of railroad union leaders went
Into executive session today to frame a
note to President Wilson containing a
direct request that he veto the Cummlos-
Eseh bill. Wilson la studying tbe bill.
Union leaders said they are prepared
to.continue their fight against It even if
It becomes a law. President Bert. M
Jewell of the railway department of the
American Federation of Labor, said there
are several steps the rail unions may take
if the bill is signed by the president. One
would be a suit to test the constitution
aiity of the law.
Jewell Is chairman of the special com
rnlttee framing tbe veto note to the
president. Other members are President
Timothy Shea of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Firemen and Kngtnemen. and E. J.
Manlon of tbe Order of Railway Tele
graphers.
The union men want the wage con
troversy placed before a special tribunal
to be appointed by President Wilson and
representing only the roads and the em
ployes. Tbe labor court, set up by the
Cummins-Each bill gives the public one
third representation on the court.
Labor men say they believe that If tbe
Cummins-Esoh bin is allowed to become
law they will be delivered completely into
tbe bands of tbe railroads. The road
managers hare been making threats,
they charge, to “settle with labor” w*heu
tbe roada arc returned. '
ERZBERGEROUT
UNDERCHARGES
Tax-Dodging Cry Likely to
Block Return to Cabinet.
BERLIN, Feb. 25.--President. Kbert has
accepted the request of Mathias Erzber
ger, minister of finance, that he be sus
pended from hts ministry until cleared
of chargeß that he falsified bis personal
tax returns.
The president’s decision, it was gen
erally believed, marks the end of Erz
berger's connection with the finance min
istry. The undersecretary of state will
assume the post.
Erzberger asked a trial to determine
tbe truth or falsity of the charges. A
Hamburg newspaper asserted he had
far underestimated his personal wealth,
paying taxes only on a nominal Income.
The virtual resignation came as the re
sult of a fight by Erzberger to disprove
the charges made against him. His suit
against Dr. Karl Helfferich, former min
ister to Russia, was designed, newspapers
declared, to establish his innocence. Helf
ferich has charged the finance minister
was a “dangerous member of the govern
ment.” •
Instead of establishing his innocence,
however, it was generally conceded that
Erzberger only involved himself deeper.
WEATHER
Local Forecast—Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday, with probably light snow
flurries tonight; not much change til tem
perature; lowest tonight 35 to 20 degrees.
Sun sets today, 5:32; rises tomorrow,
6:23; sets, 5:33.
One year ago today, highest tempera
ture. 45; lowest, 17.
Wat... I By Carrier. Week. Indianapolis. 10c;
faubscrlption Rates. { Elsew here. 12c. By Mail, 50c Per Month.
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MYERS TO HOLD
PETITIONS FOR
W. G. M’ADOO
Plan to Protect His Interests
in State Primary Evolved
by Supporters.
ANSWERS G. O. P. EFFORT
It became evident today the Indiana
supporters of William G. MoAdoo for
the presidency were willing to keep bts
name off the state primary ballot pro
vided there could be assurances that no
one would attempt to take advantage of
the Indiana primary law to pledge the
Indiana delegation to any one else.
This evidence came in the form of an
announcement today that Walter Myers,
835 State Life building, bad been desig
nated as the proper person to whom pe
titions for Mr. McAdoo should be re
turned when they have been signed. Mr.
Myers said be had been requested to re
ceive these petitions and hold them in
his possession until it was finally deter
mined whether there would be a fight In
the state primary for instructed dele
gates or whether the friends of the vari
ous candidates could agree not to place
the name of any one on the preferential
ballot. Mr. Myers said he had not
signeef any petition for a presidential
candidate and was In the position of a
democrat who desired to see such nejlon
taken as would be satisfactory to the
friends of all candidates. For that rea
son, be said, he had consented to receive
the McAdoo petitions and was willing to
receive the petitions now being circu
lated by friends of Thomas R. Marshall,
the petitions for both candidates to be
held until it was determined whether
both names or neither name should go
on the democratic primary ballot.
BOTH SIDKS TAKE
NAME POSITION.
Both Mr. Marshall and Mr. McAdoo
have announced their desire to have un-
Instructed delegations at the Ban Fran
elsoo convention. In Indiana both ths
McAdoo and Marshall supporters have
been eyeing each other's activities *vttb
concern. The friends of both men de
clare that they do not desire to cause
a primary fight for their choice, hut
both are equally Insistent that if one
name goes on the primary ballot tho
other name must also go on it.
As the matter stands today, both the
McAdoo and the Marshall supporters are
circulating petitions and declaring ’.hut
whether Mr. Marshall or Mr. McAdoo de
sire it or not, they wjll file the
petitions and place the names on the
ballots, unless some agreement can be
made by which neither these two or any
other names shall be placed on Ihe
ballot.
Th designation of Mr. Myers as an
agent for the receipt of the McAdoo
petjtlons Is regarded a* a step toward
tbe "harmonizing" of the two booms In
sofar as Indiana is concerned.
MR. MYERS MIGHT
UF THE UMPIRE.
It is pointed out that if the Marshal!
supporters will go as far as the McAdoo
supporters tn this respect, the question
of whether or not there will be a pri
mary fight can easily be determined.
Mr. Myers would then be placed In the
position of an umpire who could Insure
fair play to the supporter* of both can
didates. either placing both petitions on
tile and therehy Insuring that Indiana
voters would have the chance to vote
(Cobtlnued on Page Eleven.)
WOULD ENJOIN
HINES ON CO AL
Fuel Orders, Old or New, Sub
ject of Court Attack.
DETROIT. Feb. 25.—A petition to the
supreme court of the District of Colum
bia for an injunction restraining Walker
D. Hines, director general of railroads,
from enforcing standing fuel orders and
from issuing new ones, will be filed
soon by the Pine Ridge Coal Company
of Detroit, it was announced here today.
The petition recites a long list of
grievances, alleging among other abuses
that coal shipments have been diverted
without proper compensation, arbitrary
and unwarranted assumption of author
ity resulting in monetary loss to the
complainant.
BANDITS SEIZE
ANOTHER YANK
Smelter Official Held by Mexi
cans for Ransom.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Barry ITo
garty, an American citizen, superintend
ent of tbe American Metals Company
smelter at Mapimt, Durango, has been
kidnaped by Mexican bandits and is held
for ransom, the state department was
advised unofficially today.
Joseph Askew, an American, kidnaped
by Villistas in the state of Durango,
Feb. t, has been released, the state de
partment is advised.
Police Hunt Woman
Who Shot Soldier
Will Blackburn, 30, negro, is in a crit
ical condition at the City hospital to
day as the result of a bullet wound.
Mattie Foggs, 39, negro, is a fugitive
for whom every police officer is search
ing.
The shooting occurred at 13:30 last
night. Blackburn and the woman were
sweethearts for four .years. Blackburn
was a soldier. When hf returned from the
army he roomed at 944 West Twenty
fifth street. Miss Foggs roomed at 738
West Walnut street, and it was at her
home that the shooting occurred.
Jealousy is said to have been the cause
of the shooting. Physicians say Black
burn can not recover.
Ticket Office Herd
to Be Continued
The consolidated ticket office now main
tained by the United States railroad ad
ministration in tho English hotel block In
Monument place, wfll be continued after
the railroads return Jo private control,
March 1, according to local railroad of
ficials.
It is robable that searato offices apgain
will b established in a few months.
FORMER ROOSEVELT
LEADER IN CABINET
1 APPOINTED 1
BAINBRIDGE COLBY.
RALSTON URGED
BY FRIENDS TO
BE CANDIDATE
Open Letter Sent to Former
Governor by Prominent
Democrats.
; The name of Samuel M. Ralston as a
! candidate for the democratic nomination
! for governor may go on the primary
ballot In Indiana whether he consents or
not, according to friends of the former
governor who are urging him to seek the
nomination.
Despite the fact that Mr. Ralston i*
refusing to become a candidate, an or
ganization has been formed to place his
name on the ballot and petitions have
been sent broadcast over the state.
OthnieJ Hitch has been made temporary
secretary of tbe movement with head
, quarters at 905 City Trust building.
TEXT OF LETTER
SENT TO RALSTON.
A letter signed by thirty democrats de
manding that Mr. Ralston be a candidate
I has been sent to him. The letter follows:
“We take the liberty of addressing you
on a subject which we deem of vita! in- '
forest to the public and of paramount
importance to the democratic party in
Indiana, viz: ttiHt of the nominee of the
party for governor of this state.
| “Notwithstanding the high character
! and personal merit of the excellent gen- j
| tlemen who are now seeking that nomi
nation, there is an insistent demand con- .
stantly coming up from tbe rank and
file of the party, as well as from nu- j
merous leaders, that yon are the logical
j candidate, and should not allow any
■ personal consideration or seeming incon
sistencies to stand in the way of your
again becoming the standard bearer of |
tbe party for this high and important
office.
REASONS GIVEN
FOR CANDIDACY.
"From many persons numerous and va
ried reasons are assigned for this well
ulgh universal demand, among which are
the following:
“I. The general recognition among well
informed people of all parties of the suc
cess and statesmanlike character of your
former administration.
; ”2. The need under present conditions
of a man for this office who has proven
J his executive ability and has an intimate
i know ledge of public affairs in both state I
sand nation.
“3. The importance to the party of
. availing itself In tbdfi approaching cam
p.-jjgn of your well known and recognized
ability in presenting to the public from
the platform aud through the press the
vital issues of the campaign from the
viewpoint of democracy and the general
public welfare.
“4. The w’ell known fact that many
republican and Independent voters, who
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
SUIT ACCUSES
COUNTY HEADS
Charges Muncie Sheriff and
Prosecutor With Extortion.
Special to’ The Times.
MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 25.—Sweeping in
vestigation of tbe offices of Sheriff
Thomas Hyatt, Prosecutor Clarence Be
| nadurn and Justice of the Pee.ee Tim
othy Owen, all republicans, is expected
today, as the result of n stilt filed in
the circuit court late yesterday by per
sons caught in a recent, raid on an al
leged resort, charging the three officials
with extortion.
1 The suit has created a sensation in
| Muncie and Delaware county, owing to
i the fact that former Mayor Uollin H.
Bunch and former Prosecuting Attorney
Horace G. Murphy were only recently
sentenced to two years at Atlanta prison
for complicity in the famous Muncie
swindling oases.
Owen, who is also a deputy sheriff, Is
charged in the complaint with having
promised to let. all the defendants go free
if they would give him $250. When he
I was ytold this amount could not be
| raised, he reduced his offer, the com-i
| plaint alleges, to $225, and finally ae
i eepted $95.50 as a conditional sum. nc
| cording to the plaintiffs.
All the officials have denied the aliega
' tions and say they court the fullest in-
I vestlgation.
The suit also asks that the present
grand jury be dismissed and that a spe
cial prosecutor be put in charge of anew
jury. The eomplaiut in general charges
the three officials with conducting raids
without proper authority and collecting
various sums from the persons caught.
Home
EDITION
* TWO CENTS.
CAPITAL SEES
DROPPING OF
PARTYJJNES
Appointee Confers With Presi
dent After Selection Is
Made Public.
NAME TO SENATE TODAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Presi
dent Wilson has selected Bainbridge
Colby of New York as secretary of
state to succeed Robert Lansing, it
was officially announced at the white
house today. Colby has accepted the
post and his name will be submitted
to the senate today
Colby’s appointment came as even
more of a surprise than tbe resigna
tion of Lansing at the request of Presi
dent Wilson.
STRONG SUPPORTER OF
WILSON ADMINISTRATION.
While Colby has been a stiong sup
porter of the Wilson adminlst-ation he
is generally regarded as a ptogressive
republican and was actively dentlfled
with the campaign of Theodore Roose
velt for the republican presidential
nomination in 1912.
Later he was a candidate for governor
and senator of New York on the pro
gressive ticket.
Colby campaigned for Wilson in 1936
after the progressive party convention of
that year indorsed Charles E. Hughes,
the republican nominee. Colby was one
of a group of nine progressives wbo
lusisted upon the nomination of , Col.
Roosevelt by the progressives. After tho
nomination of Hughes Roosevelt wired
the progressive convention lrging that
:he former supreme court Justice be In
dorsed. A resolution to this effect wan
introduced in the convention. Colby
fought it vigorously, still demanding the
nomination of Roosevelt. When the con
j ventlon voted against him he refused to
I accept Hughes and Joined the democrat*
[ in support of Wilson.
REC ALL LETTER
TO COOLIDGE.
During the war Colby was a commis
sioner of the federal shipping beard and
a member of the emergency fleet corpora
tion. He was a member of tbe American
mission to tbe inter-allied conference at
Paris in 1917. In politics he is described
; now as “an independent, with democratic
leanings."
4?ome politicians saw in the president’*
appointment of Colby an indication that
Wilson believes party lines are being
eradicated. In this conection, they re
called his famous letter of congratula
| tion to Calvin Coolidge. republican, when
; the latter was re-elected governor of
i Massachusetts.
Following a long conference with
President Wilson this morning Colby
said:
“Good taste, I think, counsels tbe brief
est of statements until such time as the
senate has acted upon my nomination as
secretary of state. I may say that I had a
long and unhurried ./conference with tbe
president, which impressed me with the
great confidence he reposed In me. I
hope I shall not prove inadequate in
performance of the great duties before
me.”
“HOUSE CLEANING”
18 PREDICTED.
Since Lansing’s resignation, which ai
announced the night of Feb. 13. Under
secretary Frank L. Polk has been acting
ns#secretary. He handled the sending of
Wilson’s latest note to the supreme coun
cil. In connection with the Adriatic dis
pute. It was known that Polk was being
considered for tbe appointment as secre
tary.
The circumstances of Lansing's resig
nation are believed to have been dis
cussed by Colby and the president at
their conference this morning, at which
time Wilson went over with the ntw
secretary the policy he expects him to
pursue, it was learned. It was suggested
that a “house cleaning" may be in pros
pect in the state department, which will
put the handling of America's foreign
affairs in the hands of anew group of
men, as a result of the clash with Lan
sing. The present state department staff
co-operated with Lansing in the inter
national dealings to which the preat
dent is believed to have objected.
SKYitE CLASH
IS FORESEEN.
When Colby's appointment gets on
' the senate floor for confirmation de
bate on the Lansing-Wilson clash la
expected to result. Immediately after
Lansing's resignation a number of sen
ators stated privately they intended to
> look into the affair when submission of
the name of anew secretary for con
gressional approval gave them as op
portunity to do so. As the appoint
ment may be taken up in executive ses
sion. this debate is likely to take place
In the committee which will consider the
nomination.
Mr. Colby was born in St. Louis Dec.
22, 1869. He is now a prominent attorney
in New York City. He was a close per
sonal friend of Samuel L. Clemens
(Mark Twain) and had charge of the set
tlement of the affairs of Twain’s publish
ing bouse.
Diamond, Watch and
Clothing Stolen
A diamond valued at $l5O, a wate'a val
ued at S2O and clothing valued at $84.50
were stolen from the room of George
Thomas. 207 North Senate avenue, he told
the police today.
Prohibition Closes
Rector’s Restaurant
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Prohibition
today closed tbe doors of the Case de
Paris, formerly known a* “Rector's."
one of Broadway's most famous
restaurants, and resulted in the filing
of an involuntary petition In bank
ruptcy against the Pekin, also popular
in tbe days of John Barleycorn. Her
tor's was established a quarter of a
century ago by Charles E. Rector, who
came here from Chicago, where be
ran an oyster bouse on savings ac
cumulated while he was supterin
tendent of the Pennsylvania railroad's
diniug car service.