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THE WEATHER
Tonight and Friday, partly cloudy;
little change in temperature.
vol. xxxn.
ADAMS INSISTS
ON PUNISHING
WRONG EDITOR
Can’t Understand Separate
Responsibilities of Managing
Editor and the Editor.
CONTEMPT ACTION LAGS
The contempt proceedings insti
tuted by Claris Adams, prosecutor
of Marlon county, against James L.
htilgallen, managing editor of The
were still pending before
judge James A. Collins when court
opened today.
The proceedings were filed by Adams
two weeks ago tomorrow and the de
fendant has been in court on three dif
ferent days, on each of which his counsel
has attempted to make it plain to Judge
Collins that, although Adams knew at
the time he filed the contempt proceed
ings who was responsible for the alleged
contempt, he had chosen for reasons that
remain to be made public, to bring the
proceedings against the wrong person.
At the conclusion of arguments by
Samuel Dowden, Walter Myers and
Henry N. Spaan, yesterday, the prosecu
tor was standing alone on his chosen
premises that because Mr. Kilgallen had
acknowledged that he was managing
editor of The Times he was personally
responsible for the whole editorial policy,
all expressions and every publication of
the paper.
EXPLAINS DIVISION
OF AUTHORITY.
Mr. Kilgallen. in his answer, which all
legal authorities declare and the prose
cutor acknowledged was binding on the
eourt, had previously explained that his
duties as managing editor applied to the
direction of the news department and
that such expressions of editorial opin
ion and comments as those of which Mr.
Adams complained were, under the dlvis- 1
lon of authority in the newspaper off'ce,
under the control of Robert A. Butler,
who Is the editor of The Times.
At no time in the pleadings did Mr.
Kilgallen attempt to disavow responsi
bility for his conduct as managing edi
tor, but both he and counsel made It
plain that he was not responsible for the
alleged contemptuous articles, either per
sonally or through his position with The
Times.
PROSECtTOR EVADES
THE PROPER OOTRSE.
This point was fully explained to the
court by Walter Myers in Ms argument
on the smfflciency of the answer to the
citation, in the course of which he
pointed out that if a contempt bad been
the proper action would be
a*citation against Mr. Bntier. who, it
was asknowledged. had written and
caused to be published the matters for
which Adams was seeking to punish Mr.
Kilgallen.
Mr. Butler was in the courtroom, as
he has been at every hearing In con
nection with the case, awaiting any in
dication of a desire on the pert of
Adams to cite him for contempt aa the
person responsible for the facts and
opinions which the prosecutor declared
were <g>ntemptnons.
ADAMS’ DEFINITION OF
A MANAGING EDITOR.
Mr. Adams devoted considerable time
to an effort to cover his misstatement
as to the responsibility for the alleged
contempt by arguing that a managing
editor was the directing head of all
newspaper enterprises, and even went
os far as to portray a managing editor
as corresponding to a managing direc
tor of a corporation.
At the conclusion of this rather orgi
nal definition of a managing editor he
asked the court to take "Judicial knowl
edge” of his definition and regard his
statements as undisputed facts, a request
that Mr. Spaan hastened to pronounce as
‘'preposterous,” with an apology for the
necessity of applying such a term to the
says he
WIFE RIFE LATER.
Judge Collins asked for citations and
informed the defendant that he would
notify him when he was prepared to
rule on the answer.
The proceedings against Mr. Kilgallen
grew ont of the publication of an appeal
by The Times to the Indianapolis Bar
association focr an Investigation of a
statement by Charles W. Ro’.llnson to the
effect that he had personally appeared
in the grand Jnry room and examined
witnesses in behalf of two clients, and
an editorial concerning the investiga
tion of the conditions that obtained at
the connty Jail and resulted in the indict
ment of Sheriff Sillier and others.
W. C. Niblack, Banker
of Chicago, Expires
CHICAGO, May WllKam C. Niblack,
vice president and treat officer of tbe
Chicago Title and Trust Company, died
here today after an Illness of several
months.
He took an active part In democratic
state politics and was a close friend of
President Wilson.
Niblack wag (15 years old and was born
In Indiana.
W. C. Niblack was a brother of Mason
J. Niblack of Vincennes, candidate for
the democratic nomlantlon for governor
In Tuesday’s primaries.
A sister, Lyda Niblack, lives In Indian
apolis.
His father was W. E. Niblack, former
Judge of the supreme court of Indiana.
Bolshevists Send
Out Call for Aid
LONDON, May O.—A proclamation has
been Issued urging all bolsheviks, wher
ever they may be, to leave their peace
time pursuits and hasten to the
Ukrainian front, according to a Central
News dispatch from Helsingfors, today.
“A super-war council” Is being formed
at Moscow to combat the advance of the
Poles through Ukrainla, said a Russian
wireless dispatch from Moscow, picked
up here by the admiralty today.
Three Miners Drop
1,200 Feet to Death
SHENANDOAH, Pa., May fi.—■While be
ing .misted to the surface at Bast Miue
today, three miners were instantly killed
when the cage upset, hurling them to the
bottom o>f the shaft, a distance of 1,200
feet.
This Thief Disciple
of Izaak Walton
*_
They'll soon he biting.
At least, a thief who visited Frank
E. Trosky’s home, 2945 North Nee-
Jersey street, thinks so.
Trosky tolii the police someone
carried off three steel fishing poles,
one split bamboo pole, four reels,
a pair of hip boots and a hunting
coat
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First Straw Hat
Makes Appearance
Oh, boy, didja see it?
Yes, slree, right on Washington street
—no, no, right on his head.
It looked a little like one of last year’s
models, but the wearer might have been
one of those foes of old George W. High
cost.
Anyway, it looked good, though chilly—
that straw hat.
Tires Sparing Spare
Tires to Robbers
Most people think the high rosf of
gasoline is what makes an automo
bile a luxury.
Not Al Wormser, commission mer
chant, 31 North Alabama street.
8 pare tires, he says.
The other day someone removed
his spare tire from his machine, but
Al just grinned and took his medi
cine.
This morning shortly after he
parked his car near his office another
spare tire dbappeared.
This time he notified the police.
Ask Special Care of
Women's Prison 111
Provisions for special care for women
who become ill at the woman’s prison are
recommended by the Marion county
grand Jury in a report to Judge James
A. Collins.
Hammond Steps Up
With
WASHINGTON, May 6.—The census
bureau today announced 1020 population
results for Hammond, Ind., as 36,004, a
gain of 15.079 or T 2.1.
Wall Street School
of Theft Revealed
NEW YORK, May 6 Messengers for
brokerage houses were trained after be
ing carefully selected, to steal bonds
from Wall street firms, according to a
confession which authorities declare was
made by Big Ed Furey, held in con
nection with the bond theft.
Furey In his confession denied he was
connected with “Nicky” Arnsteln or
Nicholas Cohen.
See What Esther
Got Herself Into!
CHICAGO. May 6.—" Haven’t we
met before?" Esther Mat Ison asked
Erwin Moeller, at a soda fountain.
“We used to live next door ten
years ago,” he told her.
They live together now, aa Sir. and
Mrs. Moeller.
Yankee Cash Can Save Calamity
in Germany, Says Noted Writer
By YVES GUYOT, Famous European Financial Writer.
(Written Exclusively for the International News Service.)
PARIS, May 6. —The most logical method for Germany to avert a finan
cial catastrophe is to appeal to the bankers of the I nlted States to take up
her entire debt to the allies on a long term arrangement.
The Germans declare their wllllngnessi
U> pay the allies everything possible.
If Germany is able to pay the allies
what later Is considered sufficient then
she is obviously able to pav American
bankers substantial interest on the sug
gested loan.
It la only by negotiating between busi
ness men that a catastrophe can be
avoided.
The question of indemnity is not
merely financial; it is really political.
France can not consent to dx the total
amount of German Indebtedness because
the treaty of Versailles does not an
thorize it and the treaty of Versailles
is law so far ss France Is concerned.
If Germany can float an Immense loan
in the United States it would solve
France’s exchange situation Immediately
because we would then be dealing with
America, directly and could obtain much
needed credits.
I am afraid the allies are approaching
the forthcoming conference at Spa with
out sufficient preparation.
What Is needed is a final expression
stem the allies which would say to tbo
Germans:
“This Is out last word. Take it or
leave It.”
fVe can not wait indefinitely for Ger
many's payments to France. France
needs capital now and must have the
entire amount of reparations within fif
teen years. Therefore the sooner pay
ment is made the better.
DOPE ROUNDUP
CATCHES 3 MORE
2 Terre Hauteans Give Bond
and Other Goes to Jail.
Three more charged with violating the
narcotic laws in connection with an al
leged dope ring in Terre Haute, have been
placed under arrest, Mark Storen, United
States marshal, announced today.
Deputy Marshal C. E. Whicker ar
rested Harry J. Rogers, Henry Nolan and
William A. Dorgnn, all of Terre Haute,
on charges of transporting drugs.
Nolan and Dorgan were released on
?1,000 bonds and Rogers was sent to Jail
through failure to furnish bond.
James A. Hiatt and George W. Denker
of Richmond were placed under nrrest
by Frank S. Ream, deputy marshal, and
are being held Hinder a bond of SSOO each
on a charge of violating the pure food
and drug act.
They are alleged to have sold certain
germicides which failed to contain the
drugs attributed to them.
Bandits After Auto
Flee From Shotgun
Karl Mills, 14tS Pleasant street, has
a nice car.
He thinks well of It.
Two bandits happened to take a
liking to It, too, and shortly before
midnight Mar lied to break Into
Mills’ garage, i
Unfortunately—for the bandits—
Mills was Just getting home about
that time and saw Mr. Bandits.
Mills weft upstairs and got a shot
gun.
Neighbor?, told a reporter It
sounded like Chateau Thierry.
The bandits are reported to be still
on double uaick retreat.
Jndiaua Sail® (Junes
BENSON BALKS
AT SAYING SIMS’
CHARGE FALSE
Doesn’t "Think’ He Told Him
‘U. S. Would as Soon Fight
British as Germans.’
BUT HE WON’T SWEAR IT
WASHINGTON. May 6.—Admiral W. 8.
Benson, before the senate naval inves
tigating committee today, said “he did
not think” he told Admiral Sims that
“We would as soon fight the British
as the Germans.”
Sims previously charged before the
committee that Benson, who was chief
of naval operations during the war, had
told him this Just before he started for
England a short time before this coun
try declared war.
“I do not think I said that, but I can
not deny it under oath.” Benson testified.
"Whatever was said,” he insisted, ”w.is
to impress upon Admiral Sims the deli
cacy of the situation when he was sent
to London.”
CHAIRMAN HAFE
PI TS A QUESTION.
“Did you ever have any Idea that we
could possibly fight on the side of Ger
many?” Chairman Hale asked.
"No sir,” Admiral Benson replied.
“I can't recall my exact w’ords, but
I cautioned him to be very careful in
his conduct and called attention to the
very delicate situation that then existed.
“We had been directed to maintain
strictly neutral relations and I gave him
very earnest instructions along that line.”
"Do you recall warning Admiral Sims
not to let the British pull the wool over
his eyes,” Hale asked.
"I do not," the witness replied.
CAN’T RECAFF
EXACT LANGUAGE.
“It would be Impossible to repeat the
language used.
“Our conversation was very confidential
and as 1 felt very strongly about the sit
uation I probably used very forceful
language to impress upon Admiral 81ms
that his feeling toward the British must
not he allowed to lead him into any in
discretion.”
Asked if he repeated the warnings to
Admiral 81ms in London after war was
declared. Admiral Benson said:
“When I went to London in 1917 there
was a feeling that through some influ
ence or other Admiral Sims was being
persuaded to give too much attention
to British shipping and was using de
stroyers for that purpose instead of for
protecting our own ships.
DECLARES CHARGE
PERSONAL INJUSTICE.
•i told him that this feeling existed
and advised him to be more careful
both for his own sake and for the sake
of the country.
“Kvery one tn the navy department
knew how T felt about the whole situa
tion and it was a source of personal
gratification to me to see the two serv
ices fighting side by side.
"1 have many friends In Great Britain
and the British government has decorat
ed me.
“The Injustice done roe and the em
bnrrassment It places me under makes it
(Continued on Page Seven.)
M. Gnvot’s suggestion for a Ger
man lonn in the United Staten Ik not
favored by the French government,
which contend* that Germany Ik able
to pay her debts, but 1* unwilling to
do to.
BRIDE ACCUSES
PRISONERHERE
Robbed of $4,000 and Deserted
in 4 Days, Charge.
Information reached the police today
charging that Tt. M. McKnight, alins Reid
Murray, alleged bigamist, held in India)) -
apolls for Brownsville (Tex.) authorities,
defrauded another woman out of a large
sum four days after marrying her.
Incidentally this Information gives the
name of George A. Adams as another
alias.
Writing from Far Roekaway, N. Y.,
Mrs. Adams claims she married him in
Pittsburg, Aug. 15. 1918, and that Adams,
or McKnight, left her in Eagle Pass,
Tex., Aug. 19, taking with him $4,000 of
her money.
She advised the detectives to search
McKnight closely for money, assorting ha
had often kept large sums in secret
pockets.
McKnight was taken into custody by
Detectives I/arsh and Stewart in Irving
ton Sunday on information from Browns
ville that he had been indicted for swin
dling a woman out of SB,OOO after mar
rying her.
It Is also claimed he disappeared with
a sum of money belonging to a woman
in Laredo, Tex.
Sheriff' W. T. Vann of Brownsville is
supposed to be on Uls way to Indian
apolis.
McKnight Intimated he would fight ex
tradition.
Faith Follower
Fights Conviction
NEWARK, N. J., May B.—The case of
Andrew Walker of Bloomfield, convicted
of manslaughter hy n Jury late yesterday
as a result of the death of his daughter
Dorothy, will be carried to the supreme
eourt- of the United States if necessary
: to obtain a reversal of the verdict, his
, attorney announced today.
Walker was charged with gross negli-
I geuce in allowing his daughter to die
| from diphtheria.
| He and his wife' are Christian Scien
j tlsts.
The daughter was treated by Christian
| Science practitioners.
N. Y. Lawyer Named
on Commerce Board
WASHINGTON, May ft. President
Wilson today -nominated Mark W. Pot
ter of New York to be a member of the
I interstate commerce commission.
PottPr is a lawyer anil president of the
j Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio R. R. He
[ has been prominently Identified In farm
j development work.
| President Wilson also nominated ex
| Gov. MaC&ll of Massachusetts to be a
member of the United States tariff com
mission.
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.
OLD TIME BALLOT
FRA UDS SHOWN UP
IN COUNTY RETURNS
r' '
Wood, Fesler and Lemcke Saved From Possi
ble Defeat by Padding in Fifth, Third
Sixth and Other Wards .
GRAND JURY HAS BASIS FOR INQUIRY
The same type of election returns manipulation that for years has made
primary elections in Marlon county a gamble won by the crowd that could
do the most stealing prevailed in the republican primaries last Tuesday.
Election returns were manipulated so as to give Gen. Wood a huge and
unearned vote in Marion county.
They were falsified to show James W. Fesler’s Marion county vote
greater than it was and they were padded to save Ralph Lemcke from de
feat at the hands of Henry W. Cochrane.
One has only to glance at the official,
returns, unofficially tabulated, to find
the evidence of a fraud Just as extensive
as any that has prevailed heretofore.
Plain evidence of fraud Is shown In
the fact that the unofficial tabulation
of the votes in the presidential primary
shows that approximately 4,700 more
votes were recorded in the presidential
primary than were recorded In the vote
for treasurer, which was the center of
lnt'*rest in the Marion county race.
If these figures really represented
votes cast at the primary they could be
explained only oh the theory that more
than 4,000 republicans In Marlon eountq
went to the polls and voted for a presl
dentlsl candidate only.
This, of course, is preposterous.
fcIGM FICANCE IN
DEFAY OF RETURNS.
Additional evidence of crooked returns
Jls found in the vote for Lemcke and
In the vote for Fesler.
As la usually the case, the returns of
certain precinct* were held out until late
Wednesday, when they were brought In
with enough votes recorded to “save” the
machine candidates.
For a time It appeared that not enough
rotes were stolen for J. W. Foster to glva
him the support of Marlon county.
Before the official count Is completed,
however. It Is likely that sufficient
changes will be made In the primary re
sults to save Fesler from the ignominy
of having been defeated in his own
county.
Ail of this is in direct violation of the
state law.
AH of it is susceptible of immediate
proof In event the officials of Marion
county will stir their fingers to punish
the men who stole the primary of 1920.
ffiaris Adams, prosecuting attorney,
was county manager for Fesler.
Adams bns control of the grand Jury.
This may or may not be the reason that
the returns for Fesler are now being
changed to give him a plurality in Ma
rlon county.
William P. Evans is a deputy of Claris
Adams.
Ue Is one of the candidates whose vote
wss swelled by this Illegal "fixtng "
He Is the republican nominee for pros
ecuting attorney.
Will he lie interested in punishing
those who stole votes?
EVIDENCE TO GIVE
GRAND JURY START.
Here Is some of the evidence on which
the Marion county grand Jury might base
its investigation:
Precinct 1, Ptfth Ward The total veto
cast for president, of which Wood re
ceived 14t, was 217.
The total vote for coroner was 126
The total vote for commissioner, First
district, was 106.
The total vete for governor was 208.
In tt I prclnct, one of the belated, ap
proxlat. !y 100 extra, or "phantom’’ votes
were recorded for Gen. Wood, or more
than 100 voters went to the pools and
voted only for president and governor.
Precinct 7, Third Ward—Total vote
cast for coroner. 78; for treasurer. 128;
for commissioner. First district, 76; for
governor. 153; for president, 178.
In this precinct Wood got 144 votes
and Fesler 107.
The election crooks In this prectnct
appear to have added 100 votes to the le
gal totals for Wood and Fesler.
Precinct 2, Sixth Ward-Total vote
cast for coroner. K 2; for sheriff. 101; for
treasurer, 123; for commissioner. Third
district, Wl; for congressmen. Ill; for
president, 149. Os the votes for presi
dent Wood Is credited with an even 100,
while It Is apparent that at least fifty
"phantom" votes were added to those ac
tually cast for him.
M AVI I* !'I, ATT ON SEEN
IN OTHER PRECINCTS.
The foregoing precincts are only a few
of those in which the returns show
manipulation on their faces.
The totals returned for vurious candi
dates on the sheets that were late In
reaching the canvassing room almost in
variably show some kind of manipula
tion, always In favor of Gen. Wood and
usually in favor of Fesler, Lemcke and
Eva ns.
In some few instances the returns
show that friends of McCray were ac
tive in his behalf.
In practically none of these belated
precincts was the vote recorded in a
manner that Indicated it was a true re
flection of thq sentiment of tile precinct.
The work of crooking these returns
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
rnpsp What’s What
j n Indianapolis
Blip "if fi* “Know Tour Own
Home Town *
f A ' (By the Reference Department, Indianapolis
Public Library, C. E. Rush, Librarian)
Where was a famous turkey roost once located In these parts?
Wlieu Indianapolis was a forest, one of the greatest turkey roosts
In Indiana was located iu the maple trees west of the Intersection
of Meridian and St. Clair streets.
Why does Indianapolis rank second in the production of
automobiles?
In the motor world Indianapolis has long been known as the “Qual
ity Car City.” Here are manufactured the Marmon, Btuts, Lafayette,
National, Premier, Cole, H. C. S. and Monroe automobiles.
What la the significance of the groups of statuary on the
east and west sides of the monument, and what Is remark
able about them?
The group on the east represents War. the group on the west, Peace.
These are said to be the two largest groups that have. ever been
carved out of st#ue.
(Series Number Five.)
(In addition to the Library's list published yesterday of men
prominent In governmental affairs at Washington who called Indian
apolis their home, The Times names the following: Senator Thomas
Taggart, Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, Senator Oliver P. Mor
ton, Senator James Whitcomb, Attorney General W. H. H. Miller, Sen
ator David Tuypie, Senator William Hendricks and Senator .Joseph E.
McDonald. No doubt others will be suggested by readers.)
SLASHES THROAT,
ENDING HIS LIFE
Worry Over Health Leads to
Bookkeeper’s Suicide.
Despondent over his health, Herman J.
’Pfnffiin, 59, of 1728 North Capitol avenue,
ended hts life this morning by cutting
hla throat with a razor.
Mrs. I’faffitn found the body of hpr
husband in the bathroom on the first floor
of their home at 6:30 o'clock.
Pfnfflln was horn ia Indianapolis and
lived here all his life.
For more than two years he had been
a bookkeeper in the office of the Taylor
Belting Company, 247 South Meridian
street.
Last winter he suffered a severe at
tack of Influenza from which he never
fully recovered.
PfafTlln attempted suicide once before.
Motor Policemen Trimpe and Kltzrailler
were told.
The coroner ordered the body turned
over to Beck & Hurley, funeral direc
tors.
At the Taylor Belting Company it
was said that Mr. I’faffHn had been un
able to work for more than a month.
Accused Testifies in
Phone Girl’s Death
PONTIAC, May 6,-Anson Best, 24,
chsrged with the murder of Vera Schnei
der, telephone operator, was to take the
stand in his own defense in tho trial
here today, according to intimations
from hi* attorneys.
The state closed late yesterday with
the testimony of Mildred Wheeler, one
of the proprietors of the lee cream par
lor where Best was said to have taken
(he Schneider girl on the wvenlng of the
murder.
After considerable wrangling between
attorneys Judge K. P. Rockwell ad
mitted as evidence the confessions al
leged to have been made by Beat bu*.
later repndlatcd.
‘Uncle Joe ’ Cannon, 84, Plans
to Celebrate as if He Were 24
WASHINGTON, May 6.—"Tbe grand old man of congress,” "Uncle
Joe” Cannon of Illinois, tomorrow will celebrate his eighty-fourth birthday.
"Uncle Joe," who has beep elected to congress more times than any
other man, today declared he expected to celebrate with as much vigor as
If he were 24.
Twenty-two times the former speaker*
has been the choice of the people of the
Eighteenth Illinois district.
By next March he will have hung up a
record of forty-four years in the lower
house, which started In 1872 and was
continuous, with the exception of two
term*.
He la the oldest man In congress, with
the exception of Representative Sherwood
of Ohio.
% “How does it feel to be 84?" Uncle
Joe echoed, lighting a fresh ctgsr.
“Why, my boy, I don’t feel a bit older
than you do.
"I have no idea of retiring, for you
know I would not feel at home out of
congress."
"The honse recently passed a bill pro
viding for retirement of government
employes at 60 and 65 years, which
I could not support.
"Why, 1 was nothing but a kid at.
C 5.”
The main celebration of the day will
be a “trout luncheon” for the old boys,
to be given in honor of Cannon by
fcenator Page, Vermont.
To be eligible for the dinner, a mem
her must show he was born before IS4-4.
Seven are In this class: Senators
Page, Nelson and Dillingham and Rep
resentatlvos Cannon, Greene, Stedman
and Sherwood.
DANVILLE, 111., May 6.—Uncle Joe
Cannon, holder of the long distance rec
ord in retaining congressional office, was
again chosen to be the republican' con
gressional candidate by the district con
vention here.
Cannon has been the G. O. P. can
didate in this district twenty-five tiroes.
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HUBBY DROPS
HAAG SUIT FOR
SIOO,OOO BALM
Reconciled With Wife, Says
Faulk, Though Lawyer
Threatens to Go On.
‘AUTO RIDES’ FIGURED
SHELBY VILLE, Ind., May 6
The SIOO,OOO suit of Earl Faulk of
Indianapolis against Louis Haag, one
of the proprietors of a chain of drug
stores in Indianapolis, charging alien
ation of his wife’s affections, today
was dismissed on motion of the
plaintiff.
The case had been venued here from
Marlon county.
When Faulk appeared In court be told
Judge Alonzo G. Blair he desired to have
the proceedings dropped, asserting that
ho and his wife had effected a recon
ciliation.
E. K. Adams, acting in behalf of Paul
G. Davis and William E. Reilly, attor
neys for Faulk, immediately sought to
have Faulk prosecute the suit.
Judge Blair then gave the attorney
time In which to file a petition showing
why the suit should not be dismissed,
whereupon he decided to drop it with-,
out further resistance.
The stti.t when filed in Marion county,
created a sensation.
Faulk charged that Haag lavished
money on his wife and by taking her
riding in bis automobile had estranged
her from him.
Some time later an Injunction restrain
ing Haag and bis attorneys from Inter
fering with the plaintiff In the case was
granted In Marion county.
Judge Blair ordered Faulk to pay the
court emits.
Faulk is employed In the internal reve
nue collector's office in the Federal build
ing, Indianapolis.
Champ Clark Not
Worrying Over Race
NEW YORK. May 5. —“I haven’t
•pent a nickel and I don’t Intend to.”
Thi* wm tho reply Champ Clark
made today to a queM ionnalre of tho
I’ium plan league concerning hi* cam
paign expenses.
"I am not a candidates” *he former
speaker of the house declared.
Charges ‘Chicanery’
by Reserve Board
WASHINGTON, May rt.—Charges that
agents of the federal reserve hanks have
financed hoarding with the understanding
that they receive half the profit*, were
made today hy Representative Edward J.
Kin* o I Illinois before the honae rules
committee, urging an Investigation of the
federal reserve board for having prac
ticed “feata of financial chicanery.”
‘ESTEEM' NEEDED
IN LOVE MAKING
Lawyer's Defense in Suing for
Annulment .
NEW YORK. May “One really
doesn’t make ‘violent love’ to any one
one doesn’t esteem.
"It Isn’t done.”
This was the defense set forth today
bv Austin Fltzgibbons. well-to-do law
yer, to his wife’s claim that be made
such "violent” love to her that he dis
located her shoulder blade.
Mrs. Gibbons was formerly Anna Olga
Treskoff, Russian movie actress and op
eratic student.
Gibbons Is suing for annulment of their
marrktge.
Glm>ons testified that his relations
with his wife had always been proper.'
"Os course,* he told Justice Newrtberger,
“I somellines slapped her on the knee.
“But I couldn’t make violent love to
one I didn’t esteem.’’
Price Cut Throngs
Wanamaker Stores
NEW YORK. May *s.—John Wanamnk
or department stores, here and in Phila
delphia, have done a greater dally vol
umo of business since announcement of
their 20 per cent cut on prices thnn ever
before in their hlstorj, according to Jo
seph Apple, advertising manager of tbo
concern.
Special Squad Begins
Poolroom Cleanup
A special squad composed of Detective
Claude Worley and Patrolmen Marcy
and Klmberlln was assigned' by Chief
of Police Kinney today to break up
gambling In Indianapolis poolrooms.
The squad arrested four men In the
Board of Trade poolroom, where they
say they were betting on a game.
The men gave names which were ob
viously fictitious.
Railroads Ask for
More
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Government
loans of $500,000,000, In addition to the
$500,000,000 revolving fund provided in
the railroad law and a 28 per cent In
crease In freight rates, will be required
to put the country’s railroads on their
feet, railroad executives today told the
senate Interstate commerce committee.
Suffrage Bill Goes
to Delaware House
DOVER, Del., May B.—The resolution
ratifying the woman suffrage amend
ment to the federal constitution passed
by the senate of the Delaware legislature
yesterday, was sent to the house today.
The vote In the senate was 11 to 6.
The bouse several weeks ago defeated
a ratification resolution, but suffragists
said sentiment has changed and thay
expect approval by the lower house when
the new measure Is called up.
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HUGHES FILES PLEA
IN A BA TEMENT FOR
INDICTED COAL MEN
Maintains Statement Quoted to Grand Jury
Branding Charges by Judge Anderson
Is Erroneous and Prejudicial.
ONE SIO,OOO BOND ORDERED FORFEITED
Maintaing that the statement of a congressman quoted by Judge
A. B. Anderson in instructing the federal graDd jury which indicted 125
miners and mine operators for conspiracy to violate the Lever act was
erroneous and seriously prejudicial to his defendants, Charles Evans
Hughes, appearing as attorney for the miners and operators, filed a plea
in abatement when sixty-four of the defendants were arraigned in federal
court today.
Indications were that every point of law in the case will be bitterly
contested.
Eighty Lever Act
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
JOHN L- LEWIS.
The Lever food and fuel control act
will meet Its crucial test in the case
against members of the United Mine
Workers of America and mine operators
charged with conspiracy to violate that
act which opened in federal court today.
Charles Evans Hughes appeared as the
principal counsel for the defense.
John L. Lewis, president of the mine
workers' organization, Is one of the
sixty-four defendants who appeared In
federal court.
TRADE POSITION
OF ITALY GOOD
Low Exchange Held No Index
of Economic Condition.
LONDON, May 6.—The low value of
the Italian lira, now worth about one
fourth of Its pre-war value, does not re
flect the true economic situation of Italy,
according to the financial editor of the
Manchester Guardian, who states that
Italy Is in a better position today than
any of her neighbors.
Exchange rates, as regards Italy, the
Guardian points out, are largely nom
inal, for very Ml tie business is at pres
ent being transacted abroad, and re
fleet keenly the ‘'hypersensitive state of
the International money market.”
And in this respect he points out that
the British pound hns advanced far
more than the actual Improvement in
Britain's trade position.
French selling of Italian securities at
Paris has served to further depreciate
the lira, the Guardian says.
. Italy’s chief lack today Is coal, and
for smelting has to Import hard coal
England and the United States.
Drys Gain 26,000,000
if Suffrage Wins
DES MOINES, la., May B.—Victory
for woman suffrage before June 28 will
reinforce the drys by 26,000,000 votes,
William J. Bryan declared in addressing
the Methodist general conference here.
“The wets are very active at this
time and the drys are dormant,” Bryan
declared, adding:
"It is for this reason that I hope
woman suffrage is enacted before June
28.’’
Coolidge Vetoes Beer Bill
BOSTON, Mass., May 6.-—Gov. Coolidge today vetoed the bill per
mitting manufacture and sale of 2.75 per cent beer and light wines.
The bill was passed by tbe legislature by more than' a two-thirds
majority.
NO. 310.
i All Indiana defendants, both operators
and miners, appeared in court with tho
exception of Jacob 'C. Kolsem. operator,
of Terre Haute, who Is confined to his
home by illness.
Mr. Kolsem was formerly a state sen
ator.
ORDERS BOND OF
SIO,OOO FORFEITED.
On his failure to appear a SIO,OOO ap
pearance bond signed by Edward I’.
Fairbanks and Bruce Failey, was ordered
forfeited by the court.
Eight miners of western Pennsylvania,
charged under the indictment, also ap
peared in court, being represented by
William J. Brenna of Pittsburg, Pa.
They were ordered placed upder bond
by Judge Anderson and will remain
within the Jurisdiction of the Indiana
court
Miners from Illinois and Ohio, who,
it was said, will not contest removal
proceedings, did uot appear in coourt.
Operators outside of the state who
have already Instituted legal proceedings
to prevent removal to the jurisdiction
of Judge Anderson's court also failed
to appear.
HUGHES WIFE
DIRECT DEFENSE.
The defendants, both miners and oper
ators, were represented by an able force
of legal talent, whi-b will be under the
direction of Mr. Hughes.
After It had been ascertained wha<
defendants were present the first effort
of the defense was ‘put forth when Mr.
Hughes presented the plea in abatement,
which was based on a statement made
by Judge Anderson daring his instruc
tions to the special federal grand jury
called to Investigate the coal situation.
The statement on which the plea of
abatement was based and which was
1 contained In Instructions to tbe Jnry
follows:
“Charges of combination between oper
ators and mine workers have been made
frequently in the public press and even
in the halls of the congress of the United
States.
“On Wednesday, Oct. 29 last, a mem
ber of congress made a speech in the
• house of representatives in which, in
speaking of the combination on the part
of the mine workers to destroy compe
tition In the open shop mines, he said:
(quoting in part from a speech alleged
to have been made by John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers.
In reference to a joint conference.)
“ ‘As I understand it, it Is for the pur
pose of wlpiug out competition between
us as miners first, viewing It from our
side of the question; next, for the pur
pose of wiping out competition as be
tween the operators in these four states.
“ ‘When we have succeeded in that
and we have perfected an organization
on both sides of the question, then. If
T understand the real purpose of this
movement, it is that we will jointly de
dare war on every man outside of this
competitive field who will do anything
In any way endangering the- peace, that
exists between us. \
ANSWERS HIS
OWN QUESTION.
“ ‘What Is necessary to do this?
“ 'Organize our forces In the compet
ing fields so far as the United Mine
Workers are concerned.
“ ‘Go into these outside competing fields
and tell your competitors that ' -ey have
to join us In this movement, whether they
like It or not, and give stability to the
coal business of the United States.’"
“On the face of it,” said the court, in
giving its Instructions, "this is a di
rect admission by John L. Lewis, now
and for some time acting president of the
United Mine Workers, that the charge of
an unlawful combination between mine
workers and the mine operators is true,
and you should investigate all the facts
In this connection."
Mr. Hughes, on filing the plea in abate
ment, said this statement was untrue,
(Continued on I’age Seven.)
PALMER CALLED
UNION MAN’S FOE
Labor Official Makes Charge
Before Rail Board.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Chargee that
Attorney General Palmer Is Involved In
a conspiracy to discredit union labor
were made before the railroad labor
board today by Timothy Healy, president
of the International Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen and Oilers.
“Certain high government officials are
being used to discredit union labor.”
Healy said.
“They are being used by corporations
as a part of a conspiracy against union
labor.
“This Sronk about May day outbreaks
is a part of the conspiracy.’’
Chairman Barton protested against any
attack on government officials.
“My men want ypu to know this and
Instructed me to tell you,” said Healy.
“I meant A. Mitchell Palmer.
“Loyal workers are being charged with
being ‘reds’ and the result Is that loyal
Americans are becoming bolshevlsts.
“No greater lie was ever utteered than
that the men who quit their Jobs on the
railroads for higher wages were seeking
to overthrow the government.’’
Healy declared he had evidence that
there was a conspiracy against union
labor in connection with the announce
ment of May day uprisings and that
when nothing happened ‘government of
ficials’ met and gave out a statement
that their efforts had prevented the up
risings.
Healy also charged that efforts to
check profiteering were not earnest.