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THE WEATHER
Tonight and Tuesday, rain; strong
winds from the east.
VOL. XXXII.
WORLD COUNCIL,
WITH U. S. OUT,
MEETS IN ITALY
San Remo Conference Held
Most Important Since
Peace Sittings.
WEIGHTY QUESTIONS UP
SAN REMO, April 19.—The most
important meeting of the interallied
supreme council since the peace con
ference in Paris ended opened here
today.
The United States is without rep
resentation.
Premier Milleraud is reported to bare
suggested to Premier Lloyd George tUat
France, England and Belgium Jointly
occupy the German Ruhr district to in
sure German coal deliveries, if the reiebs
wehr refuse to evacuate that zone.
The French premier is said to have
taken the stand that a blockade of Ger
many would give rise to objections on
the ground it was "not humane."'
SAYS BLOCKADE
WOULD BE CHECK.
Premier Milleraud further believes a
blockade would retard the restoration of
Germany.
Robert Underwood Johnson, the new
American mnbassador to Italy, who
stopped off here on his way from Paris
to Rome., declared President Wilson will
protest against the proposal for the
partition of Albania and aiso against
the cession of Scutari to Jugo-Slavia.
When Mr. Johnson arrived here Satur
day night reports became current that
he would participate in the supreme
council meeting, but he explained his
presence was due to railway strike
troubles which made it necessary for him
to pass through San Remo.
HAD TO GO BY
SOCTHERX ROUTE.
He had planned to take the Modane
route, but the tieup of traffic compelled
him to take the southern route.
He left Sunday night.
Up to the last minute Mr. Johnson
had expected to represent the United
States at the meeting, but received no
instructions from Washington.
He told friends instructions may be
awaiting him at the American embass
at Rome and that he might return tx
participate as an observer without taking
an active part in the deliberations.
TURKISH QUEST lOS
FOREMOST OSE
"The allies will endeavor to meet the
views of President Wilson's Turkish
note, which has not hitherto been ex- j
unitedly by the entente." said the
diplomatic correspondent of the Daily
TeiegJraph in forecasting the action of
the interallied supreme council.
The correspondent believes the Turk
ish question will prove one of the most
important p-oblems confronting the
interallied statesmen.
“It Is likely Germany will be called
upon to surrender her surplus ammu
nition and disband her citizens' guard
and the marine brigade,” said the Dally
News.
The prediction is made by the presa
that a mandate for Armenia may be
giren to Holland, If that country tfITTYf 1 ■
celve it. - ‘ I
The proposal th.it the mandate be given
to the league of nations was coldly re- <
ceived in some quarters.
THOUSANDS VIEW
BLAZING STEAMER
Explosions Accompany Spec
tacular Brooklyn Fire.
MEW YORK, April 10.—The Norwegian
steamer Hallfried. 3,135 tons, registered
was afire off the Bush terml
tmtUßrooklyn, here today.
Two fireboats were fighting the fames.
The blaze broke out following three
violent explosions, which shook the wa
ter front.
The vessel was loaded with nitrates.
Three men were known to be injured.
For a time the great terminal itself was
menaced, but tugs succeeded In towing
the vessel to midstream.
Thousands of persons watched the fire,
one of the most spectacular ever seen on
the water front.
Police reserves were called out to kep
back the crowds.
Firemen were hampered by the con
stant explosion of chemicals in the
cargo.
Late this afternoon flames had spread
to several oil barge*.
MANY WAR DEAD
HELD DESERTERS
Department of Justice Clears
Records in Slacker Hunt.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Hundreds
of Americans listed as deserters from
the army, have been shown by investi
gation to have died in service In France.
This fact became known at the de
partment of Justice today.
The department In such cases has
clefired” the records at the war de
partment.
Many of the men who were believed
to have escaped service, it was learned,
had been improperly listed because of
some errors in connection with the
transfer ffom one unit to another after
they had gone through the process of
enlistment.
B. Wood, assistant attorney in
H*Ve of draft law violations, stated
a vigorous hunt is on to locate
Kraft dodgers who fled to Mexico, Cen-
Btral America and other foreign countries.
■ Many of these were wealthy Americans
■who left the country to avoid service,
Valtbougb clearly eligible under the law.
f
Plan to Motorize
Fire Department
Plans to motorize the Indianapolis
lire department probably will be placed
before the city council at a meeting to
night.
Members of the council made a com
plete Investigation of the fire department
during the last week with this object in
view.
The only objection voiced was that it
may be impractical to buy motorized
equipment to run over the Indianapolis
streets in thei~ present condition.
jtkisband and Wife
on Trial for Murder
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ April 19.—James
Odell and his wife, I'carl Weaver Odell,
charged with the murder of Edward J.
Kneip, went on trial here today.
Kneip's mutilated body was found un- j
der a culvert on the Mosquito Point road, j
He had been beaten to death.
Published at Indianapolis.
Ind.. Daily Except Sunday.
Denounces Mayor
REV. 1 REDEKICK E. TAYLOR.
I!*- i> the First Baptist church pastor
who said from his pulpit Sunday: "In
diauupolis needs a mayor who will put
down his hand and see that i\e get pub
lie improvements; gas, pavement, and
so on.”
Rev. Taylor’s remarks were so well
received that he told the congregation
to applaud if it felt so disposed when
spasmodic hand clapping came from sev
eral pews.
‘SHINER’ SHINES
AGAIN IN RAID
Pies Oliver Also Taken, but
They’re Used to It.
Sixteen names of alleged gamblers
captured in a raid on 517 Indiana ave
nue. appeared on the slate at pciiee
headquarters today.
Among tlKm are Kvcrctt Middaugb, 716
North Capitol .-.venue and Pies Oliver
ICCO Indiana avenue.
Mtddaugh, known as ha
been an active republican worker, and
though often arrested, he has seldom
been convicted.
Oliver is a.n ex-policeman who is often
arrested on the charge of gambling
Louis Butler, 46, negro, is charged
with being the keeper of a gambling
bouse and with gaming, while the eleven
other negroes and four white men caught
iD the raid by the morals squad arc
charged with gaming and visiting a
gambling house.
Sergt. Louis Johnson led a raid on
en alleged "craps” game in a poolroom
at 2211 Shelby street.
John Graves. 39. is charged with be
ing the keeper of the game, and four
white men and one negro caught in
the raid are charged with visiting and
gaming.
A charge of Impersonating a federal
officer was made against Gilbert Hol
land, 1359 Blaine street, arrested with
four other m*n charged with sbootlu;
“craps.”
When the arrest was made Holland is
aaid to have attempted to persuade
Bergt. John Sheehan to let him go. say
ing be was a federal officer investigating
liquor cases.
SAYS NAVY PRIDE
WAS HURT IN WAR
Capt. Pratt Testifies Sims Was
Known to Be Pro-British.
WASHINGTON. April 19—" Every es
fort was made by the navy department to
co-operate with the allies and Admiral
Sims, even 41 the expense of our own
naval pride," Capt. W. B. Pratt. assist
ant chief of naval operations during the
war today told the senate subcommittee
investigating charges made against the
navy department by Rear Admiral Sims.
Explaining the assignment of Admiral
Sims to the command of the United Stat-s
fleet in European waters, Capt. Pratt
said:
‘‘Admiral Sims, an officer with friend
ly sentiments toward the British, was
sent to England."
Pratt said the alleged warning to Ad
miral Sims "not to let the British pull
the wool over your eyes" might have
been given for 'this reason.’’
Efforts of Admiral Mayo, who was
senior to Admiral Sims, to take com -
mand of the European fleet, were dis
approved by the department on three
occasions, Pratt said.
A letter outlining a naval policy was
dispatched by the navy department to
all commanders July 3, 1917, Pratt de
dared.
HELLO, MARS!
EARTH ON LINE
Airmen Going Up 50,000 Feet
to Seek Connection.
OMAHA, Neb., April 19.—Prof David
Todd, balloon expert, with <*apt. Leo
Stevens, army balloon instructor, the
government permitting, will attempt con
nection with Mars Friday, when that
Planet will be nearer the earth than at
any other time of the year.
Todd is banking on the Martians trying
to get in touch with him.
Todd and Stevens will ascend to a
height of 50,000 feet, and, with specially
constructed instruments, send out wire
less impulses and "listen in" for any
answering impulses.
A dictograph record will take down
the impulses and their sound will be
intensified later to such a degree that
its interpi station may be made out.
The scientists have prepared a brief
statement about inhabitants of iho earth
for the Martians and this will lie re
peated constantly.
Fine Morning for
Ducks? Read on—
“ Fine weather for ducks.”
An early riser living on Twenty
sixth street. Brightwood, said it when
he opened Ills door at 4:30 this morn
ing.
Just then one of his ducks waddled
away from an egg it had laid in the
yard.
"ltain tonight and Tuesday-," says
the weather prognosticator.
Six Reported Killed
in QuarryJSxplosicn
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 19.—Six men
were teported killed in a premature ex
plosion in the quarry of the Lehigh Port
land Cement Company at Ormrod today.
3hiirtatra Alai to kitties
Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25, 1914, at
postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1879.
PASTOR RAPS
JEWETT FOR
CITY’S^NEGLECT
Congregation Applauds Rev.
Taylor, Who Asks ‘Have
We a Mayor?’
SAYS AFFAIRS RUN DOWN
Mayor Charles W. Jewett was ar
raigned in a sermon Sunday night bv
Rev. Frederick M. Taylor, pastor of the
First Baptist church. Meridian and Ver
mont streets, for his failure to solve ipi
portent civic problems.
The minister's remarks on conditions in
Indianapolis were, delivered during a dis
course on the subject: “A World Chaos;
What Will Save It?"
Vigorous hand-dapping from the au
dience which filled the large church au
ditorium followed Rev. Taylor's remarks.
"You may applaud—l don’t care." said
Rev. Taylor, when the time-honored cus
tom of not applauding in the church was
breken.
Rev Taylor declared that Indianapo
lis "needs a mayor who will put down
his hand hard and see that we get
public improvements, gas, pavements,
and so on."
"Andi am not knocking the city of
Indianapolis, my friends." the pastor
continued, "for, thank (rod, we have
the most American city In the country,
but T do want to ioe ns get a man in
the City hail with backbone to act in
the interests of the dtizens.
WONDERS IF WE
HAVE A MAYOR.
"If we’ve got a mayor—and I'm be
ginning to wonder if we have—it is
Urn- he did something and stop all this
talk. •
"Let him get busy and regulate
matters."
Rev. Taylor deplored the conditions
under which the city Is lighted and
heated and the run-down condition of
the streets.
The pastor said that other cities of
the country, not as well situated for pr<>.
duciug gas at all limes, had been able
to avoid any inconvenience in production
of gas for the public, and he argued that
lack of a firm hand on the affairs of the
gas company by city officials was largely
responsible for the irregular gas supply.
WANTS SERVICE
FOR TAXPAYERS.
"There are streets In this city where
gaslights are kept burning even at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, and there are
other streets dark as pitch at night, and
therefore, I say, it is high time that we
get someone who can see that the house
wives and the taxpayers get better man
agement on this issue," Rev. Taylor de
clared.
“I know you will back me up in what
I am saving.”
Mayor Jewett will preside tonight in
the same pulpit, when he will Introduce
Dr E. Poreat, a Baptist sneaker in the
Interchurch World Movement.
FURS WORTH $1,500
TAKEN BY THIEF
Seal and Mink Capes Vanish
While Family’s Away.
Fur* rained at $1,500 are missing today
from the home of Maurice E. Shelton,
3105 Park avenue.
While the family was away a thief en
tered the house and n sealskin cape, val
ued at SBOO, and a mlnksktn capt*. valued
at S7OO. disappeared.
Samuel Hartso<*k, 134 Highland ave
nue. reported bis home entered and a
fountain pen, revolver, watch and chain
missing.
H. W. Fuehrlng. 1111 East Ohio street,
missed a watch and ring, taken while
he was away with bis family.
Burglars cut a panel out of the rear
door of Frank Fox's grocery, 1213 East
; Washington street, and stole sls and a
supply of cigars and rigaiets.
Baptists Get Ready
for Drive in State
Sunday was observed in local Baptist
churches os denominational day.
The new world movement of the Bap
tist church and the campaign for $lO,-
000.000, to be started next Sunday by
nil churches of the Northern Baptist
convention, were discussed.
The drive Is to be launched in connec
tion with the proposed interchurch
world movement activity.
Included in the church extension work
planned by Baptists as a part of the
new world movement, Is the expenditure
of $1,250,000 for new buildings and en
dowinent of Franklin college, Franklin.
Ind.
Plans have been prepared for seven
teen new buildings.
Phone Cos. Spends
$500,000 in Offices
Purchase of $500,000 of central office
( equipment was reported to the state
public service commission today by the
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, suc
cessor of the Central I'nion Company.
Under terms or a commission order
granting permission for the merger of
the Indianapolis Telephone Company and
the Central Union the Bell Company is
required to make monthly reports to
the commission
Within the next two months, the com
pany’s message states, SIOO,OOO will ho
: spent for underground and aerial cable
for use In Indianapolis.
Accused of Assault
by Market Master
Harry R. Lißeau, city market master,
today charged Henry Beehler, a stand
holder on city mnirket, with assault and
battery.
Beehler was arrested by Patrolman
Peake and immediately released on bond.
The two men became engaged in a
fight at tlie market house Saturday
night, it is said.
Beehler won the battle, according to
general opinion in the market house.
Capitol Avenue
Resolutions were confirmed by the
board of works today for the improve
ment of Capitol avenue, from McCarty
street, to Morris street, and Good ave
nue, from University avenue to Beech
wood street.
Action on a petition for the improve
ment of Cleveland street, from New York
street ito Vermont street, was postponed.
Plans were ordered for laying side
walks -on Morgan street, from Pershing
avenue to Belmont avenue, and for laying
sidewalks on Blue ltidge road, from
Boulevard place to Sunset avenue.
A bid for the paving of McKlm street,
from Washington street to Williams
street, with bituminous concrete was re
ceived from the Union Asphalt Company
at $5.24 per’lineal foot. ,
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.
MISTER BURGLAR:
SENDJT BACK!
Bank You Stole From Dying
Girl Should Be Keepsake.
Is there a spark of tenderness in
the heart of a thief who would steal
a child’s penny bank 7
If there is, D. J. Welsh, 69 North
Homles avenue, wants to reach it.
The day before little Kathryn
Welsh, 11 years old, died in St. Vin
cent's hospital last week, a thief
stole her penny bank.
The family was at St.. Vincent's
hospital with little Kathryn at the
time.
Nothing was touched except the
bank —the thief took the bank and
the four or five dollars in pennies that
wa s In it.
Mr. Welsh has sadly gathered to
gether the treasures left by little
Kathryn and he wants the penny
bank to keep In memory of his little
girl.
HONEST BOB’
STILL IN GRIP
OF UNCLE SAM
Sheriff's Indictment by County
Grand Jury No Bar to
Federal Court Action.
It became known today that the in
dictment of Sheriff Robert K. Miller and
Ids deputies on charges of violation of
the state laws in their conduct of th-
Marion county jail does not necessarily
mean the end of their court troubles
crowing out of their Improprieties in
public office.
Whenever the federal court of Indi
ana desires to take up the conduct of
Mr. Miller in reference to the Marion
county jail It has ample Jurisdiction,
precedent and authority for citing him
for contempt.
His Indictment on a state charge that
carries with it u possible minimum of
,i fine of $lO and an hour in Jail, aftei
a long and tortuous course of legal pro
reedings in the state court. Is, In reality,
only a bit of cumulative evidence of con
tempt that may be utilized against him
whenever the federal court desires to
take action.
"LAWYER'S" BIBLE
POINTS TO PAST.
“Cyo," which has been referred to ss
the "lawyer's blble". contains, volume
32, page 316, a treatise on prisons, pre
pared by Walter Myers, an attorney of
this city, which points the way under
which the federal Amrt has proceeded
in the past to punish for mistreatment
of federal prisoner*.
This treatise says:
“The various stares have made it the
duties of their officers to receive and
keep in th state or county prisons any
prisoner* committed thereto by process
or order 'ssited under authority of the
United States, as if they had been com
mitted under the authority of the state,
provisions having been made by the
United State* for the support of such
prisoners, and for certain purposes and
to certain intents, a state Jail lawfully
used by the United States may be deemed
to be the Jail of the United States and
the jailer or keeper to be a UNITED
STATES OFFICIAL."
In support of this conclusion there
are city Randolph vs Donaldson. 9
Crancb (U. S.) 76, 3 L ed. (*2; In re
Birdsong, 39 Fed. 590, 4 L. R. A 625.
FEDERAL (OURT RULING
OX GEORGIA JAILER.
The latter citation shows that a Jailer
in Georgia was brought before the
United States circuit court, southern dis
trict of Georgia, for Inhumane treatment
of n prisoner and fined for contempt by
the judge.
The ruling of the court is set out as
follows:
1. For the purpose of safely keeping,
properly cariug for and humanely treat
ing prisoners committed to his custody
by a court of the United States, a keeper
of a county Jail of a state who receives
(Continued on I’age Eight.)
TEACHER BONUS
NEAR SOLUTION
School Board Asks Permission
to Draw from Fund.
The matter of granting a bonus to
Indianapolis school teachers now rests
with the state board of accounts.
School Commissioner Charles L. Barry
of the finance committee, George C. Hitt,
business director, and Ralph W. Doug
las, assistant business director, will ap
pear before the state board this week
and ask for authority to issue a loan
on the tuition funds of the hoard for
the purpose of raising sufficient funds
to grant additional compensation of S2OO
to each teacher for services during the
last school year.
Members of .he school board decided
to grant the bonus at a meeting Satur
day If it Is held legal by the state board
of accounts.
If the bonus is granted the increased
salary schedule recently adopted will
not be put into effect until September.
High school principals, supervising
principals and special directors will not
be given a bonus, as "their salary is now
held to be adequate.
The granting of the increased compen
sation will mean an expenditure of
$260,000, which It Is proposed to raise
through a loan on the tuition fund.
NOW LOOK WHAT
MARY GOT INTO
Sotre Dame Students to Ban
Movie Star and * DougToo.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. April 19.
Owing to the nntion-wi&e publicity
of the divorces and subsequent mar
riages of Mary Piokford and Doug
las Fairbanks, movie folk, the Uni
versity of Notre Dame students,
through a movement sponsored by
members of its athletic teams, have
pledged themselves to “blackball”
all future productions in which either
one of the screen artists appears.
Their action is said to have a two
fold purpose, “to discourage the
practice of making a mockery of mar
riage vows," and “to prohibit Im
moral plays.”
Gets Well Cleaned
in Barbels Bath
CHICAGO, April 19. George Geno
vese went to :i barber chop bathroom
here and left S3OO on a chair.
It wasn't there when he came back.
Genovese Is clean.
Next time he'll stay dirty, he said.
MRS. GOSSETT
DIDN’T SLAY,
SAYS LAWYER
Husband Met Death at Own
Hands in Fight for Knife,
Declares Attorney.
WOMEN CRY IN COURT
“Mrs. Gossett still loves her dead hus
band."
In these words, Attorney Lloyd Cla.v
combe today summed up the defense of
Mrs. Anna Mary Gossett, who is on trial
in the criminal court on a charge of first
degree murder.
As Claycombe spoke of the "great love"
which existed between Mrs. Gossett and
her husband the defendant wept softly
ns she sat huddled in her chuir.
Mrs. Gossett is charged with fatally
stabbing her husband with a butcher
knife early in the morning of Dec. 26, lust.
Women spectators iu the courtroom
cried as the attorney recited the alleged
cruelty of the dead man to his wife.
SAYS GOSSETT
WAS JEALOUS.
"Gossett was insanely Jealous of Anna
Gossett and repeatedly struck and abused
her," said Claycombe.
"On Christmas day, shortly before the
traijxly, Mrs. Gossett presented Gos
sett with a bath robe, two shirts and a
tie as a Christmas present.
"As Gossett received the presents Mrs.
Goosett asked her husband wffiat he was
going to give her.
"Gossett turned on her and Maid, 'I
am going to give, you a of a beat
ing' "
Claycomhe then told of Gossett going
to his work on Christmas day, leaving
his wife in tears, and not returning un
til early morning of the next day.
SAYS GOSSETT
CARRIED GUN.
Claycombe declared that Gossett on
his return home struck and quarreled
with his wife and tore part of her cloth
ing.
“Gossett was from Kentucky *nd liked
to be known as a bad man, and be car
ried a revolver and sometimes a butcher
knife,” said the attorney,
"The butcher knife was near a Christ
mas cake on a fable in their room hdJ
Gossett, seeing the knife, took it and
declared that he would kill his wife.
"Mrs. Gossett then hurled hereelf at
Gossett and in the struggle the butcher
knife pierced deep Into Gossett's side,"
the attorney declared.
Claycombe maintained that Gossett at
no time told the police that his wife
fatally slabbed him, but maintained that
he w.is attacked by a holdup man on the
way home.
WANTED TO
PROTECT WIFE.
"Gossett wanted to protect hi* wife
and made her promise on his death bed
that she would never tell, and she did
not until the was tricked into an alleged
confession." said Claycombe.
"This is a heart tragedv and one (hat
this little woman (the defendant) regrets
deeply.
"She still loves her dead husband."
SAYS HE ORDERED
GOSSETTS FROM HOME.
G B. Thompson of 1223 East Washing
ton street, was the first witness for Mrs.
Gossett nnd testified that the Gossetts
roomed for a week at bis home, but that
Gossett quarreled and abused h|s wife so
that he ordered them from the house.
Ray Clair, formerly employed at a
store where Gossett clerked for a short
time, testified that Gossett was urreason
ably Jealous of Mrs. Gossett.
The state closed the evidence for the
prosecution shortly before noon.
Attorneys argued for more than an
hour on the legality of the lntrodue
t u of the alleged conftdJi o f Mr*.
Gossett.
Many defense witnesses are waiting to
be heard.
Mrs, Gossett Is scheduled to rake the
stand In her own defense Safe this aft
ernoon or early tomorrow.
‘JIM CROW’ LAW
UPHELD BY U. S.
Supreme Court O. K.’s Cincin
nati Car Company’s Fine.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—The “Jim
crow" law of Kentucky, requiring dif
ferent coaches for white and colored,
was upheld today by the supreme court.
The South Covington k Cincinnati
Street Railway Company brought a test
of the law before the supreme court In
an appeal to set aside tines for Its
violations which had been sustained in
the lower courts.
The decisions of the lower court were
affirmed.
Justices Day, Vandeventer and Pitney
dissented.
Oil companies operating in New Mexico
were granted injunction against enforce
ment of the New Mexico state tax on
oil carried in tanks.
The "grandstand of the Grand Canyon"
—the arou on the rim of the canyon af
fording the best view of the scenic won
der—ls government land, the court de
cided.
Seven cases, attacking prohibition
from every angle, are under consider
ation, all having been argued during
March, and the court is expected to hand
down a blanket opinion.
The court held that civil courts have
Jurisdiction over soldiers in time of w-air,
in refusing to graut a reprieve to Edgar
C. Caldwell, negro, under death sentence
for killing a street car conductor near
Anniston, Ala.
The court announced the call of the
docket 'mould be suspended after Friday,
April 30, and no motions would be re
volved by the court after Monday,
May 31.
Negro Under Guard
from Kentucky Mob
DANVILLE, Ky., April 19.—Lucien
Jenkins, 25, negro, was under heavy
guard in the Lexington county jail today
following his escape last night from a
mob which slormed the Danville court
house in an attempt to lynch him.
Jenkins is accused of complicity in
the abduction and attack upon William
Trimble, 7, Friday night.
Keith Phillips, 16, is held in con
nection with the attack.
The child still is in a critical con
dition from a hammer blow on th 4 head,
but will recover, doctors say.
Dog Wakes Family
in Burning Home
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ April 19.
That Mr. and Mrs. Gennsrru *larro
poso and their children were not
burned to death today was due to
tlieir dog.
Fire swept through their home
shortly after midnight while the
family was asleep.
The harking of the dog aroused
them and they made their way to
safety Jurt a* firemen arrived.
The house w* deatrdked.
Subscriotion Rate* \ By Carrier, Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, lie.
bUDscriptlon Rates, j By Mal , 50c Per Month . t 6 0 0 Per Year.
Detectives Take *Yegg ’ Suspects
As Pistols Flash in Hotel Room
Two men suspected of blowing the safe of the Western. Oil Refining
Company’s filling station at North Meridian and Twenty-fifth streets, on
fa (Ives Frank Duncan and Keller Ueß<*-
X> . ■ selte, who arrested the suspected vegg
{£ -uitldaftra 6 men, nnd Captain of Detectives i red
.'.4i M Simon, who i k shown holding a brace
, ' ■'. 'tV- sci used hy the veggmm This brace was
jjjsisp |j used to clamp to a combination of an'
-rasH a safe and held the bit which drills
/ JsPI through the safe door.
W——J.3KB 3 Lower, Left to Right—Edward A.
Stevens of Kansas City and Arthur Well
'- ing of Dayton, suspected “yeggmen."
April 12, and enough nitroglycerine to blow up the s atehouse, are care
fully guarded at police headquarters today.
The most complete set of "yeggmen's"
tools ever seen in Indianapolis also is
ill file bund* of the police.
More than $2 000 was stolen from the
611 'ompanT's safe
The suspeued “yeggs,' who are* held
on charges of burglary and unliwf’tl
pososesion of nitroglycerine, give their
names as Arthur Welling. 35, of Dayton,
h, and Edward A. Stevens. 36, of Kansas
City. Mo.
RF.ACHF.Iv FOR GUN
AS DETECTIVES CALL.
The arrest of the two men was made
in spectacular fashion at the Hotel Kev
ertn last night.
Steven*, who is a giant in stature,
standing 6 foot and one-half inches In
his stocking feet and weighing 207
pounds, attempted to pull a revolver
when confronted by Detective Frank Dun
can.
Duncan pushed his own gun into Sie-
CHURCH SLAYER
FOUND MANIAC
Arraigned for Killing ‘Mor
gan’s Physician' at Service.
NEW YORK, April 19.—Thomas W.
Slmpkln, an Itinerant printer who es
caped from at least, two asylums in the
last few years and jceterday suddenly
shot and killed Dr, James Wright Mar
koe. known as Morgan's physician, In
fashionable St. George's church, was
scheduled for arraignment today in
Tombs court.
It is expected he will cither b com
mitted to Matteawan or deported to
England, from whence ho came about
eight years ago.
After an eighteen-hour examination
officials were satisfied that Simpkins'
spectacular crime was directed by a
crooked mind and not the result of any
definite Intention to slay the distin
guished surgeon.
Present In the church at the time was
a number of the most prominent families,
socially and financially. In the city.
St. George’s Is known as the Morgan
church.
It has a memorial altar to the late
J. P. Morgan.
Papers found in the madman’s effects
showed that be escaped from an asylum
at Fergus Falls, Minn', several years
ago, and from Eastern State hospital at
Williamsburg last week.
Slmpkln came to this country five
years ago “to kill Morgan,” according
to the story oe told Assistant District
Attorney O'Shaughnessy today
U. S. PLANS WAR
UPON PROFITEER
Special Agent Figg to Conduct
Government Roundup.
WASHINGTON, April 19—A nation
wide roundup of profiteers within the
next thirty flays Is planned by the de
partment of Justice.
Howard Figg, special assistant to the
ittorney general, made this announce
tnent today before the senate subcom
mittee investigating shoe prices. He
qualified the statement, however, by say
ing :
"Evtdence being gathered by the fly
ing Rquadrons points to actlonby that
time.”
•‘The prosecutions will coyer food, fuel
and clothing industries ahd dealers,"
Figg added.
Hotel Chef Held
on Larceny Charge
James Howard, chef of the Southern
hotel, is being held by the police on a
charge of larceny.
He was arrested last night by Traffic
Officer Cummings and is said to have
stolen some clothing from a room at the
hotel.
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ven*' rib* nnd grabbed Slovene gun
with the othw hand.
Detective Keller Deßossette also
trained his gun on Stevens and the ar
rest was made.
Defectives Duncan and Deßossette, as
signed to hotels, were praised by Chief
of Police Kinney for making the cap
ture.
learning that a well-dressed young
man often returned to the Hotel Severln
between 4 and 5 o'clock In the morning
and that he had checked a large, black
traveling case in the hotel checkroom,
they investigated.
FIND TOOLS IN
TRAVELING GRIP.
Opening the bag they found a surpris
ingly complete set of burglar tools.
In the bag also was three bottles of
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REVERE'S RIDE
ENACTED AGAIN
Historic Scenes Reawakened
by Day Event.
BOSTON, April 19.—Lanterns hung
from the steeple of the old North Church
Iby Mies Pauline Revere, a great-great-
I granddaughter of the revolutionary war
hero, shone throughout the night as did
, the famous lanterns 145 years ago.
This morning Sergt. Harry Bishop of
i the First troop cavalry M. S. G. dressed
; in the costume of Paul Revere, set out
; troni the Charlestown shore of the
Charles river.
As he proceeded through Middlesex
village and farm he was accompanied by
a cavalry escort and patriotic exercises
were held at every community.
Meanwhile a forgotten character in
history came to light.
Capt. Fred Hunneman impersonated W.
M. Dawes, who shared with Paul Revere
the daring and dangerous experience of
warning the farmers of the coming of
the British redcoats.
Dawes was sent from North Sqnare to
Lexington via Roxbury, Brookline and
.Cambridge.
Hunneman followed that route today.
Celebrations were held en route.
At Harvard the reserve officers train
ing corps was drawn up.
When both riders reached Lexing
ton the annual oatriots day celebration
got into full swing, commemorating that
famous day when the "embattled fann
ers at Concord tired the shot heard
around the world.”
Patriotic exercises, band concerts_ and
sporting evems made up the patHots*
day program in other sections of the
state.
BRITISH DEFICIT
BEING CUT DOWN
326,000,000 Pounds New Budget
Figure Before Commons.
LONDON, April 19.—The deficit of the
British government is 325,000,000 pound?
sterling, Austin Chamberlain, the chan
cellor of the exchequer, announced this
afternoon when he introduced the new
budget in the house of commons.
The’ floating debt is put at 132.000,000
pounds, a decrease of 100.000,000 pounds
■“We shall not borrow any more money
from the United States, which is one
of the happiest effects of the present
state of our credit.” said the chancellor.
Poor Excitement
for Mr. Murphy
CHICAGO, April 19.-Edward Mur
phy, janitor, garbed in greasy over
alls, lounged in the morning suu
here.
A crowd gathered 'round him and
praised him for wearing overalls.
“Faith, I bin wearin' 'em niq*
years,” Murphy said.
NO. 295.
36,000 CHICAGO
RAIL WORKERS
VOTE ON STRIKE
Clerks and Freight Handlers
May Join Walkout of
Rebel Switchmen.
REARREST TEN LEADERS
CHICAGO, April 19. —John Grunau,
leader of the switchmen’s strike, was
taken to Joliet today to be placed in
jail after his refusal to give baii foi
owing his rearrest on a charge of vio
lating the Lever act.
CHICAGO, April 19.—A return to
Chicago of a compete freight tieup
and the establishment of a drastic
freight embargo on all roads loomed
todajP when 6,000 freight handlers
and 30,000 railroad clerks threatened
to join the switchmen’s strike to
morrow. •
A strike vote on the proposition
is to be taken tonight.
Ten of the switchmen s strike leaders,
including John Grunau, were re
arrested by United States marshals yes
terday on charges of violating the Lever
act.
One, H. Reading, was sent to jail in
lieu of SIO,OOO bail.
Railroad managers report the switch
men's strike situation throughout the
vest as much improved.
LOCAL AUTO PLANTS
NEAR SHUTDOWN
The National Motor Car and Vehicle
Company plant here was operating today
on a 50 per cent scale and many other
factories were rapidly approaching com
plete shutdowns as a result of the rail
road strike.
AH automobile plants here are de
pendent on Detroit. Cleveland and other
cities for certain materials and freight
embargoes have shut off the supply.
“M e'll all be forced to shut down with
in a few days, most o.f us by the end of
ths week,” said George M. Dickson, presi
dent and general man.g-r of the National
company.
"Factories here traded materials
around to keep up, but them are many
parts that can’t be traded.
"Every one has plenty of certain kind*
of merchandise on hand, but lack oi?
some essential parts is crippling oper
ations in every plant."
Many departments of various factories
have been closed already.
it was announced by the Big Four
that less than carload shipments would
be received for all points on the sys
tem except Columbus. 0., stations on
t.be Cleveland division between Cleveland
and Gallon and stations on the Cincin
nati division between Cincinnati aao
Columbus.
YARDMEN DENIED
ANY RECOGNITION.
Railroad officials here declared em
phatically that the general managers
would not gnnt any sort of recogni
tion to the National Yardmen's associa
tion.
B. A. Worthington, president of the
l. A W„ and B. C. Byers, general super
intendent of the Big Four, said there
was no possibility of an agreement be
tween the railroads and the new Yard
men's association.
Pierce J. Landers, superintendent of
the Indianapolis Union Railway and Beit,
said today that he had received advices
from the railroad general managers’ or
ganization in Chicago, stating positively
that no hearing would be granted the
yardmen's officials.
Three men returned to work on the
Belt this morning as a result of an
ultimatum issued Saturday that all men
remaining on strike sfter 7 o’clock this
morning would lose their seniority
rights.
The normal working force In the Belt
yards is ninety men.
The Pennsylvania is accepting ail per
ishable freight, live stock, foodstuffs foi
both human and animal consumption,
newsprint, fertilizer, field and garden
, seed, ftrm implements, railroad fuel
coal and coal for hospitals and public
utilities for all points on the Pennsyl
vania line or lines reached by the Pena*
sylTanla.
Fifteen yardmen of the L. E. & W.
force have deserted the new union and
returned to work, strike leader* ad
mitted.
Two other strikers returned to work
on other line*. ,
Freight treffc. here was moving in
about the same volume as it has for
several days.
The local yards are able to handle
all the cars that can be moved with the
tieup on In other cities.
Striking switchmen gathered la
strength at the Labor temple to await
news from a committee, headed by Frank
J. Peters, president of the Indianapolis
Yardmen's association, which is in Chi
cago conferring with the executive body
of the national association.
Besides Mr. Peters, the committee in
cluded J. D. Canary, secretary of th®
local association; E. F. Hogan, E. W.
Leibhardt and R. T. Rogers.
Harry L. Hicks, vice president of th®
association, expressed confidence that the
aa>oclation would be recognized by th®
Railroad managers.
SEEK RECOGNITION
OF NEW UNION.
'The stated purpose of the confar
enee was to obtain a hearing from the
railroads and we do not believe Grunau
would have called the meeting if he
hadn’t had assurance that the rail man
agers would confer,” said Hicks.
Recognition of the yardmen’s associa
tion R3 an entity apart from the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen is now the
chief object of the strike.
. Wage demands, which formed the
basis for the “outlaw" walkout, are be
ing considered by the government rail
rosid labor board and the alacrity with
which that body has assumed its task
leaves the yardmen little reason for
holding out ou- th:il score, observers'say.
Since its inception the strike of tha
yardmen has been considered a “union
against union" straggle, inaugurated by
the switchmen because of a delay on the
part of the brotherhoods in getting sal
ary demands officially considered.
Speakers of the brotherhoods who ad
dressed a mass meeting of strikers Sat
urday urging them to return to work
and leave their grievances in the hand*
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men were coldly received and the strik
ers voted to remain loyal to the new or
ganization.
Leaders of the strikers say they ars
not satisfied with the principle of th®
brotherhoods which places a higher
value on certain crafts of the railroad
industry than it does on switchmen.
The one big railroad union idea ha*
made a strong appeal to switchmen her®
because it would provide that yard work
ers should receive the same rate of pay
as engineers and workers of otb(
classes.
Officials of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen denied feeling any appre
hension that the railroad managers migk*
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