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THE WEATHER
Tonight and Thursday, fair;
cooler Thursday.
vol. xxxm.
PORT BOOMERS
OF SOUTHLAND
GUESTS OF CITY
Preach Advantages of Lower
Atlantic Cities as Outlets
for Shivers.
PURPOSES EXPLAINED
A large party of business men.
representing south Atlantic seaport
cities, ■visited Indianapolis today on
a tour of the middle west.
The visitors were ruet by a commit
tee of fifteen members of the Chamber
oL.Commerce and the same number of
of the Hoard of Trade.
The delegation visited points of in
terest in the city, including the motor
speedway and numerous Industrial
plants.
A banquet will be given at' the Clay
pooL hotel tonight at which Gov. Bick
ett of North Carolina and R Goodwin
Rbett, former president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, will
speak.
MAJ. WIULIAMSON
EXPLAINS OBJECT.
Maj. W. W. Williamson of Savannah.
Ga.. a prominent ship broker, who has
been connected with the shipping in
terests of that port for more than forty
years, explained the purposes of the trip.
“The trip is largely an educational
one," said Maj. Williamson.
-We want the business men of the
middle west to know what we have to
ofTer them in the way of shipping fa
cilities to Cuba, South America and all
European ports.
“We have spent twenty-five years or
more in preparation for such a Journey
into this prosperous section.
“We are now prepared to offer to the
shippers of Indianapolis who want to
secure their part of the foreign trade
every advantage offered by any other
American port.
“Until recently there has existed a har
rier to shipping through the south that
has worked greatly to our disadvantage
and also to the disadvantage of the ship
per from the middle west.
•This has been the unjust discrimina
tory rates between eastern ports and the
west as compared to southern ports and
the west.
“Heretofore It was cheaper to send
goods to New York or Boston for export
than to send the same goods to Savannah.
Wilmington. Brunswick. Jacksonville or
Charleston, but the United States railroad
administration readjusted these rates so
that shipments can now be made south
ward as cheaply as to the east.
“These rates have been continued by
the interstate commerce commission.
“They are still In effect, although an
is being made in the east to have
the old order of things prevail.
“It is to acquaint you westerners with
these facts that we have come to see you.
“If the old rates are restored it means
closing the southern ports to you.
REPRESENTATIVES
IN THE PARTY.
The following representatives of vari
ous southern cities make up the party:
Wilmington. N. C—J. A. Taylor. Col.
Walker Tavior. G. Herbert Smith. Hugh
Macßae. Fred W. Dick, Maj Joseph W.
Little. Roger Moore, C. W. Polvogt. W
It. itociiiiian. Jr„ H. Lacy Hunt. Thomrs
TU Wright', John R. Hsnby, I, W Moore
J. Lawrence Sprunt, W. G. Brad'cot.
P. McGlauehton. Capt, Harry Solomon.
Herbert Biumenthai. Louis Sbrier, S. H.
(Continued on Page Two.)
SAYS HE DIDN’T
RUN DOWN NUN
Taxi Driver Asks Jury Trial
in Criminal Court.
Blending not guilty to an indictment
charging him ■with manslaughter and
for a jury trial, Ollie Brown, a
driver, was arraigned in the criminal
*conrt today.
Brown was indicted with Clifton
f'oomer. another taxi driver, as a result
of the death of Sister Mary Blanche on
April 12 last.
The nun was killed -when struck by
or.e of two taxicabs on Monument circle..
Cootner lias been released from Jail on
fcis own recognisance, bat Brown is still
confined to the Marion county Jail be
cause of his failure to give bond. Judge
James A. Collins stated.
Edward Stevens and Arthur Welling.
Indicted on charges of blowing a safe of
the Western Refining Company's station
at Twenty-fifth and Meridian streets and
having in their possession high explosives,
entered pleas of not guilty.
They were represented by Ryan. Ruek
elshans & Ryan, and Attorney Frank
Symmes.
Others recently indicted, who entered
pleas of not guilty, were: Ollie Tate,
forgery; Norman Kennedy, forgery: Har
old Campbell, burglary; John Garvin,
burglary: Fred Schilling, forgery; Hu
bert Whiteside, burglary; Hascal Goontz.
vehicle taking, and John Kemp, grand
larceny.
EXPERT EXPLAINS
ZONING SYSTEM
Says Factories Should Be
Barred Off Boulevards.
Indianapolis seizin? a strategic op
portunity in starring a city planning
program. Flavel Shnrtleff of Boston, ex
ecutive secretary of the national confer
ence son city planning, told a joint mat
ing of the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board Hnd the Kiwanis club at the Ho
tel fSeverin today.
city should delay no longer,’
l!r. Shurtieff said.
“Although you will never have the
huge bills for reconstruction which have
already been paid in some cities which
were not blessed with an original plan
providing for generous width of down
town streets and convenient radlals, yon
must expect, with a growth of at least
Iu.OOO people a year, that an unwatched,
unplanned development will leave you
with a considerable liability in 111-as
sorted street plans, with jogs to clirui
liite, streets to open, straighten an.l
widen.
“Moreover, you are now faced with
an invasion of your boulevard system
by business uses.
“It is proposed to erect a well built,
good looking building on Maple roatf
und Meridian street.
"It is good for such a building to be
so placed where thousands of motors
pass daily, but it is not good for Maple
road, and your money and the money of
the residents of that section was not
spent to provide favorable locations for
houses.
better example caa be cited for
the need of distrleting—that is the
creation under the police power of dis
tricting for definite purposes and for
this kind of buildings.’’
DEMOCRATS DINE TOMORROW.
Members of the democratic state com
mittee and candidates for state offices
will be guests of the Indiana Democratic
crab at a luncheon tomorrow.
Published at Indianapolis. Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25. 1914. at
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Studies U. S. Police
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COL. G. B. SHANTOX.
Col. G. B. Shanton. head of the insular
police of Porto Rico, is visiting large
American cities, making a study of our
police methods preparatory to reorgauiz
ing the Porto Rican force.
U. S. Envoy Morris
Is BackJProm Japan
VANCOUVER, B. 0., May 26—Roland
Morris, ambassador to Japan, has ar
rived from the far east on the steamship
Empress of Russia.
Girl Who Fails in
Class Drinks Poison
CHICAGO. May 26.—Because the
teacher told her she might not be
promoted Leonora Oppenheimer, 13,
a school girl, took poison.
Wilson Receives
Two More Envoys
WASHINGTON. May 26.—President
Wilson today received Augusto Pe
Alenear. BraziFan ambassador, and Sir
Auckland Geddes. the British ambassa
dor.
Democrats to Hold
‘Open House’ Monday
Open house will be observed next
Monday on Speedway race day at the
Indiana Democratic club.
Members and their friends are invited
to attend a dance to be given that eve
ning at the clubhouse.
Wife and Automobile
BotM*one, He Says
J. Ts. Lester of iiorv.n*tun. 1n...,
today asked the poUce to search for
his wife Lula I.ester, 36. and his
automobile.
He said his wife took S2O and the
ear two days ago and disappeared.
College May Make
Hoover President
BOSTON, May 26—Herbert Hoover is
being considered by the executive head
of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology corporation for president of that
institution, to succeed the late Richard
G. McLaurin. it was reported here today.
Texans Decrease
Bills for Luxuries
DALLAS, Tex., May 26.—Demand from
the public for luxuries and semi-luxuries
decreased noticeably in April, according
to tbe eleventh federal reserve district
report here today.
The nation-wide tension in tbe money
market was also declared to be mak
ing itself felt In the Eleventh district.
Passenger Engine
Blows Up, Killing 2
BAY CITY. Micb.. May 26.—Two men
were instantly killed and mi ny passen
gers were shaken up this morning when
the boiler of the Michigan Central local
passenger locomotive blew up near here.
R. J. Smith and Frank Schmeipp, both
residents of Detroit, were the victims.
None of the passengers was seriously
hurt The cause of the explosion Is un
known.
Germans to Attend
Conference at Spa
BERLIN, May 26.—Germany has for
mally accepted the invitation of the
allies to participate in the conference at
Spa on June 21, the chancellor announced
today.
Lord Kllaiarnok. the British charge
d'affaires, has been informed that the
new date of the conference is acceptable
to Germany.
Tbe socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts. ex
presses fears that disorders may arise
in Germane before tbe Spa conference
convenes as a result of “military
plotting."
Asks Order Preventing Mueller
Acting as Justice of the Peace
Asking for a restraining order to prevent Charles H. Mueller acting
as a justice of the peace of Center township and for a mandate to prevent
William H. Evans, trustee of Center township, from paying certain money
to Mueller, Claris Adams, prosecuting attorney, today in behalf of the
state of Indiana, filed a petition before Judge Louis Ewbank of the cir
cuit court.
The action of the prosecutor •will
j eventually determine if Justice Mueller
i surrendered his office on April 11 last by
obtaining a final settlement from Will
iam H. Evans as township trustee.
At that time, Adams states in his peti
' tion, Mueller, after serving a four-year
i term, surrendered his office and turned
i over his books to Frank Glass, but since
' then is said to have again resumed func
j tioning as a justice of the peace.
Adams asserts in Ids petition that F.v
lans ns a trustee will pay certain sums of
money to Moeller unless an order is ls
; sued by Judge Eubank preventing it.
Adams contends that a vacancy does
I eiist in Mueller'* office of justice of the
i peace and that the county eomraission
! ers has appointed no successor.
The prosesi tiug attorney also asks that
| Mueller be compelled to turn over all of
his books and records to Justice Con
Jwirtatta Jl ailu oTimee
PROCTOR, WOOD
ANGEL, PUTS UP
HALF MILLION
Says He Carries ‘Burden’—,
Puts Cost in 47 States at
$27,000 Each.
PALMER MAN QUIZZED
WASHINGTON, May 26.—C01.
William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati
this afternoon declared that he car
ried “the burden" of the campaign
of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for the
republican presidential nomination.
He appeared before the senate sub
committee investigating campaign ex
penditures.
Col. Proctor said he had advanced
$500,000 for campaign purposes
which has not been covered by con
tributions.
The Wood campaign was carried out in
forty-seven states tall except California)
at an average expenditure of SB,OOO a
state." Cos!. Pro’tor said, “and in addi
tion there was an additional $19,000 for
publicity in each state.
The second largest contributor to the
Wood campaign was Col. Ambrose Monell,
a fr>nd of Gen. Wood, who gave $20,000,
Col. Proctor said.
He named William Wriglev. chewing
gum manufacturer; Col. Byllesby of
Chicago, and “the Goodrich rubber man
of Akron, 0.," as contributors, but did
not state how much they gave.
Cos!. Proctor objected to questioning
from Senator Reed as to Internal differ
ences in the 'Wood organization and the
committee adjourned until later this
afternoon.
Former Congressman U. C. Carlin of
Alexandria. Va.. manager of A. Mitchell
Palmer's presidential boom, is counsel
for a wealthy steel magnate accused of
income fax dodging whose case Is now
pending in Palmer's office, according to
Carlin's own testimony before the sen
ate subcommittee.
The largest contributor to Palmer's
campaign fund Is Joseph F. Guffey,
Pittsburg oil man. who secured valuable
concessions in Mexico from Carranza
shortly before his recent downfall. Car
lin testified.
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
PI T AT $89,610.
Upon Guffey's ref urn from Meilco re
cently he issued a public statement w bi b
was “most compllmentary to Carranza,'-
Carlin testified
Guffey, backed by Palmer, won oat
| in the recent Pennsylvania primary as
a candidate for democratic national com
mPteemsn from that state to succeed
Palmer.
Carlin said Guffey bad given $10,0(0
to Palmers campaign fund, the total
i ontribution to which amounted to s.'<9..
IiJO. *
Grilled by Senator Red. democrat, of
Missouri, and Senator Kenyon, republic
an. of lowa. Carlin displayed consider
able uneasiness as he admitted he was
counsel for H S Dupruv, a Pittsburg
steel magnate, who was a chairman of
the hoard of director of the Crucible
Steel Company when that corporation
was charged by the government with de
frauding it of $10,900,000 In income taxes.
Carlin testified the Crucible Steel Com
| pany bad since made restitution to the
government of $9,000,000.
DENIES CONNECTION
WITH COMPANY.
H<“ said he had no connection with the
steel company's case, but represented
I Dtipruy Bnd his wife when they were ae
; cused by the Internal revenue office of
: not making complete returns of their
income taxes.
Carlin explained Dtipruy had only ac
counted for $.16,000.
The government, as a result of its in
vestigation of the steel company's tax
returns, claimed Dupruy owed $1,500,000
and bl* wife $150,090. There was also
an additional government claim of
000 intensities pending against Dupruy,
I Carlin stated
Col. William Copper Proctor of Cin
cinnati, organizer of the Wood cam
paign. told the committee this afternoon
that he had advanced $500,000 for cam
paign purposes.
ACTING ONLY AS
PERSONAL COUNSEL.
ffX M. Kelleher. special assistant to
Attorney General Palmer and formerly a
law partner of Senator Kenyon, was han
dling the Steel company's case for tbe
attorney general's office, Carlin said.
Carlin claimed be knew nothing about
the Steel company's case, saying he was
acting only as personal counsel for Du
pruy and bis wife in the case the gov
ernment has pending against them.
Dupruy had filed with the internal
revenue office a check for $.16,000 In
making his tax returns, whereas the gov
ernment claimed he should have paid
$1,500,000.
Dupruy. since the government charged
the steel company with defrauding it of
$10,000,000 in income taxes, had quit as
chairman of its board of directors be
cause of illness, which necessitated his
undergoing an operation, Carlin declared,
and Dupruy’s “enemies’ wtre now in
control of the company.
It was when Internal revenue agents
were, delving into the company's books
(Continued on Page Eight.)
STOP DESCHAKEt IH'I.LOTIXS.
PARIS. May 26.—President Paul Des
ehsnel has so far recovered from the
slight Injuries he received Monday morn
ing when he fell from a moving train
thnt the attending physicians announced
today they would discontinue the issu
ance of bulletins.
rad Keller, who is the nearest Jnstlce of
the peace to Mueller.
June 7 Is set as return day for the
summons In the case.
The action of the prosecutor in filing
this suit again revives the claim 01
•W. E. Henderson, a colored attorney,
•who insists that under a previous agree
ment with the county commissioners he
is entitled to be nppotnterl to the jue-
I ticeship vacated by Mueller.
! Some weeks ago. preceding the ptj-
I mar.v, the county commissioners refused
j to appoine Attorney Henderson follow-
I Inga public hearing on the ground?
that Frank Glass is entitled to the first
'acancy.
The prosecutor asserts that Mueller
ta entitled to no funds l*j the hands of
Trustee Evans for any services per
formed as a justice of the peace since
April 10 £ast.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1920.
High Costs Kill '
Virginia Newspaper
RICHMOND, Va., May 26.—The
Richmond VirginiJn has been pur
chased by the Richmond Evening
Journal, and the Virginian suspended
publication with the issue of last
Sunday.
The high cost of operation and the
new-s print paper shortage were the
reasons given for the suspension.
V J
THIRD YOUTH ON
TRIAL FOR CRIME
Two, One From Indiana, Al
ready Sentenced to Die.
NEW YORK. May 26.—Joseph F. Auth,
on trial in the Brooklyn supreme court,
charged with complicity in the murder of
Samuel Wolchock, a stationery dealer,
testified today in bis own behalf.
Guy Nichols and Jesse Walker of
Evansville. Ind., have already been, con
victed and sentenced to be electrocuted.
Auth is alleged to have been their
“lookout."
The diary which entered Into the evi
dence. Auth admitted was his, and he
told the court all references to “Mayer"
meant himself.
Assistant District Attorney Warhasse
read from the diary where “Mayer"
(Auth) and Nichols and Walker asked
a man for a spark plug.
Then “’Mayer’ put a little dent in his
noble head," the diary read.
Another statement was read where
“Mayer" and the other two went to Jer
sey and "bought a couple of gats, some
pills and a drill."
Auth said he wrote the Rtuff to while
away a Sunday afternoon and lhat tt was
Just bragadocclo.
SEIZE RICH MAN’S
BOOZE IN CHICAGO
Federal Agents Find 10 Cases
in ‘Gold Coast’ Home.
CHICAGO, May 26 Chicago's “gold
coast" se-uion. comprising the homes of
’be wealthiest residents of the city—
was in a furore today as the result of
a raid by prohibition agents on the
apartment of Charles B. Smith, million
aire president of the Stewart-Warner
Speedometer Company. In which fen cases
of whisky were seized and carted off to
government warehouses.
The raid, it was declared, was made
In connection with the federal inveatlga
tlon of the “million dollar whisky trust."
which is said to have supplied big quan
titles of liquor to the wealthy.
The warrant on whch the raid was
made charged that Mr. Smith had in
toxicating liquor unlawfully In bis pos
session.
It was reported (bat prohibition sleuths
were walling at the apartment early to
day to arrest him.
At the Federal building it was re
ported that warrants for the s.lzure of
“private stock ’ In at leaa; a doren
more Lcuvtt of ti, eeair* > bs\e peer,
issued and that more “go!d coast" raids
will La made today.
Texas Recommends McAdoo
DALLAS, Tex.. May 28.—Sixteen delegates-at-large, including four
women, uninstructed, but accompanied by a resolution highly commend
ing W. G. McAdoo, were elected to the San Francisco convention by the
Texas state democratic convention.
Each delegate-at-large will have a quarter vote.
DAINTY THIEVES
CARRY OFF CANDY
Also Take Smokes at Grocery
—Four Houses Robbed.
Burglar* entered the grocery of
E. W. T. Schmidt, 1611 Southeastern ave
rule, early today and carried away 300
cigars, five various of cigarcts. four boxes
of chocolate bars and $7.50 from the cash
drawer.
The home of Alfreri Andrews, 1140
Spann avenue, was robbed, the thief ob
taining SIOO worth of Jewelry and $7
1 in money.
J. G. McCullough, 3821 Washington
i boulevard, told the police his family has
j been in the south since Jan. 1, and re
i turned yesterday finding Jewelry, furs,
silverware, twenty pounds of sugar, three
I dozen cans of fruit, table linen and other
articles valued at SIOO missing
Mr3. Minnie Sharpe, 321* West Twenty
fifth street, returned home from the
grocery and found the house ransacked
uud sll missing.
A burglar ransacked the home of Mrs.
Forrest Shepherd. 2951 Kenwood avenue,
: but nothing was taken.
Mrs. Philip Sacks, 2445 North Alabama
street, reported the theft of a gold mesh
bag valued at $125, which contained S9O,
from her home.
O’DELL GIRL ON
TRIAL AS SLAYER
Lawyer Contends She Was An
noyed by Slain Man.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. May 26.—Pearl
O'Dell, charged In conjunction with her
husband, James TANARUS,. O'Dell, with the mur
der of Edward Kneip, was placed on trial
today before Justice Robert F. Thomp
son.
Evidence to support the testimony of
Mrs. O'Dell that she was annoyed by
Kneip, the murdered man, after her mar
riage to O'Dell, and that Kneip tried to
renew improper relations with her. has
been found by Attorney Fuller, counsel
for Mrs. O'Dell, be said.
James T>. O’Dell was recently convicted
and is now In Sing Sing prison under
sentence of death.
U. S. and Ecuador
Sign Convention
WASHINGTON, May 26.—The secre
tary of state and the minister of Ecuador
have signed a convention providing for
an international gold clearance agree
ment identical with the convention al
ready signed between the United States
and Haiti, Pan-America, Guatemala and
Paraguay.
The purpose of the convention Is to as
sure adequate governmental security for
gold deposited for clearnrce in commer
cial transactions between banking houses.
The convention with Eciudor will be
sent to the senate with four similar con
ventions which are an outcome of the
deliberations of the international high
commission in Buenoa Aires in 1316 and
subsequently.
GEORGE AGREES
WITH ISSUES IN
WRIGHT REPORT
Favors Retaining Present Jail
and Abolishment of ‘Fee’
System.
APPROVES BOARD IDEA
Confronting the county commis
sioners today is the problem of put
ting into effect the extensive rec
ommendations made by Dr. Henry
C. Wright, an expert in institutional
management of New York city, (o
correct and improve existing condi
tions in institutions of the county.
President Lewis George of the com
missioners has indicated that he ap
proves of Dr. Wright's recommendation
that the county jail be retained as such
an institution instead of transferring the
prisoners to the abandoned Marion coun
ty workhouse.
He also favors the budget system for
the jail instead of the present unsatis
factory “fee" system, and in this way
again agrees with the expert, who firm
ly contended that the "fee" system
should be abolished.
President George also indicates that
he favors the creation of anew board
by special legislation to take charge un
der the direction of the commissioners,
tbe control of the poor relief in the
county as well as managing the alms
houses.
DEVOTES MUCH SPACE
TO RELJKF OF POOR.
Dr. Wrigbt, in his report, contends
that the proposed new board be “created
as an agent of the board of county com
missioners to administer all of the in
stitutional and social work under the
Jurisdiction of the commissioners and
the township trustees.”
The expert devoted much attention to
certain phases of poor relief as handled
by the township trustees at the pres
ent time
“The obviously low standard of poor
relief as administered in a township
trustee's office, and the hampering of
:be work of tbe county commissioners
due to tbe social problems which they
must deal with, raises tb question
whether it would not produce bettor re
sults to create anew board as an ageu/j
of tbe commission, whose functions it
would be to administer the institution,
now under their care, and to take over
all of the ’overseer of the poor' work
of the township trustees," Dr. Wrigb.
stated in his report.
Dr. Wright pointed out that. In all
large population centers the.e social
functions aro placed In the hands of a
special board or officer and stated that
“it would seem time to 1 ring about
similar conditions In Mirion county."
SPECIAL LEGISLATION
WOULD BE NEEDED.
Tn order to carry out this vita! recom
mendation of the expert it will be neces
sary to obtain special state legislation,
and in this particular Ihe state legisla
ture and the county commissioners have
a big problem to s >lve.
In other sords the controversy nar
rows down to the propoflitiop WiU
(he county commissioners i>N willing to
surrender their right of finally deciding
(Continued on Page Two.)
FATHER DEMANDS
CUSTODY OF GIRL
Declares Dauyhter Illegally
Restrained of Her Liberty.
Contending that his O vear-old daugh
ter. Grace Marie Moore, is being illegall>
restrained of her liberty at the home of
Edward and Grace M. Buscber. 4.346 Car
rollton avenue. John E. Moore, the father,
today filed a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus before Judge T. J Moll of the
superior court, room 5.
Moore sets up that his daughter is now
under an order of the juvenile court noa
claims that this order is null and void.
The child was made a ward of the
court, and temporarily placed In the home
of her aunt. Mrs. Grace M. Buscher, ac
cording to Judge Frank Uabr of the
j Juvenile court,
| Judge Uahr stated that his authority
l for making such disposition of the case
: is given by the statutes in cases of child
neglect and making the child in question
i a ward of the court.
Daughters Get Bulk
of Morton’s $10,000,000
WASHINGTON. May 26. Disposing
of an estate valued at $10,000,006 the will
of William Parsons Morton, former vice
president of the United States, was filed
for probate here today.
After certain bequests are made the
residue of the estate with one share
each in trust gees to each of the sur
vi-ing daughters. Mrs. William C. Eus
ls. Miss Helen Morton and Miss Mary
Morton, and one share to the children of
Mrs. Winthrop Rutherford, n deceased
daughter.
Oh the death of a daughter her share
i is to go to her issue or if she dies wltb
! out issue then the surviving children
| or issue of deceased children.
Hidden ‘White Mule’
Leads to Arrest
A" quart of “white mule'' hidden under
a lumber pile led to the arrest of John
Mazmek, 945 West Peart street, today.
Mounted Officer Shine saw Mazmek
leaning over a lumber pile.
When he approached Mazmek ran.
Shine overtook him and asked him
what the trouble was.
Mazmek explained that he had been
rescuing a chicken which had its foot
caught in the lumber, but did not ex
plain why he ran.
On investigation Shine found the bot
tle where the chicken is supposed to have
been. ,
U. S. Will Enforce
Dry Statute in N. Y.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—The federal
rintutes will be enforced over the stale
law in New York as It was in New
Jersey, Assistant Attorney General Frier
son said today in commenting on the
signing by Gov. Smith c-f the New York
state law authorizing the manufacture
and sale of 2.75 per *ent beer.
c , , IBy Carrier, Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 120,
Subscription Rates. { By Mall BOc Per Month; , 5 00 Per Tear .
Kremer of Montana
to Preside at Frisco
WASHINGTON, May 26.—. TANARUS, Bruce
Kremer of Montana, vice chairman of the
democratic national committee, will call
tbe democratic national convention to or
der at San Francisco, June 28, instead
of Chairman Cummings.
U. S.Agents Would
Seize Chicago Sugar
CHICAGO. May 26. Seizure of 3.000.-
000 pounds of sugar which has been held
on railroad tracks for several weeks has
been recommended by the local heads
of the department of justice,' it was
learned today.
The recommendation asks that the
sugar be confiscated and sold at cost.
Call International
Meeting for June 11
WASHINGTON. May 26.—The league
of nations’ commission on plans for the
formation of an international court of
justice will meet in open session at the
peace palace In The Hague June 11. the
American minister at. the Netherlands
advised the state department today.
Great Britain, Japan, Belgium. Bra
zil. Holland. Spain and Jugo-Slavia
will have official representatives.
F.lihu Root, former secretary of state
of the United States, will attend.
TROLLEY WORKER
IS ELECTROCUTED
Body Found in T. H., I. & E.
Converter House.
The body of John Dawkins, 65. of 43v
North Illinois street, was found today
in a converter bouse on the Crawfords,
ville division of the Terre Haute, Indian
apolis & Eastern Traction Company sys
tem, two and one half miles northwest of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Dawkins, who was en employe of the
company, had evidently grasped a trans
former carrying 33.00 b volts of electricity.
The body was found by Virgil Quinn.
1397 Olive street, another employe of the
company.
Dawkins bad been employed as an elec
trical engineer by the company for
i twelve years.
He is survived by a widow, a daug'u
i ter and a son. all of Indianapolis.
WILSON REQUEST
TO MEET DELAY
No Action on Armenia Ex
pected Before Conventions.
WASHINGTON, May 26 Fresident
Wilson's request for authority to ac
cept a mandate for Armenia is not like
ly to get congressloral action until after
the national conventions, although it will
be considered by bnnse and senate for
eign relations committees tomorrow.
Th* house committee contemplates
calling Secretary of State Colby as a
witness to testify concerning the duties
that would fall upon this nation if it
accepted a mandate ever Armenia.
Gen. Harbord, who made an investiga
-1 tlon and rendered a report on the obit
gallons of such a mandate will also be
called to testify.
There is every indication now that
the mandate is going to be another, po
litical issue in the coming campaign,
and republicans profess to accept it
gladly.
President Wilson if derermined for ac
tion on the question of the mandate, it
was learned at the whi’ehouse. and he
will insist that the matter be taken up
in earnest by congress al the earliest
possible moment.
Complete details as to plans, cost and
purposes of the proposed Armenian man
datory by (he United States are asked
of President Wilson in a resolution in
troduced in the house by Representative
Mason of Illinois.
“What number of men will be re
quired In the event of war with Rus
sla or Turkey or both?" the resolution
i inquires, “and are these armies to be
raised by calling for volunteers or by
recourse to the conscription law?”
Mason also inquires Into the plans and
scope of the necessary naval forces and
! operations.
LONDON, May 26.—Press comment
! bere today on President Wilson's mes
sage urging the congress to accept man
date over Armenia, agreed that, congress
would turn down the president's recom
mendation.
The Daily News said:
“To accept the mandate would mean ac
ceptance of the league covenant."
The paper also believes tbe senate's
rejection will strengthen the democratic
situation.
In the Chronicle it was predicted early
necessity for a mandate over Armenia
will be brought about by bolshevik!
developments.
Two More Held on
Blind Tiger Charges
Two men are under arrest today
charged with operating a blind tiger.
Ed Thomas, negro, 635 East Wabash
street, was arrested by Sergt. Chitwood
on an affidavit charging that he sold
liquor to Charles O'Banyon, negro. 617
East Wabash street, who was arrested on
the charge of drunkenness some days ago.
Joseph Ford was arrested by Lieut.
| Cox on the charge of operating a blind
| tiger when whisky was said to have been
found In his possession.
What’s What
I* l Indianapolis
.jijr “Know Your Own
MBl jyjßJlj- Home Town ”
818-1' Vl (£y the Reference Department, Indianapolis
Public Library, C. £. Rush, Librarian)
Who was the first postmaster, and when was he appointed?
Samuel Henderson was appointed postmaster of Indianapolis by
President Monroe in 1822.
Where did Flanner House gets its name, and what is its
service to the city?
In 1898 Frank \V. Flanner offered the use of a double house on Col
ton street to the Charity Organization to be used as it saw fit. Miss
Sarah Colton Smith organized a social settlement in the Flanner prop
erty for the colored people of the community and named it "Flanner
Guild”—later to be called "Flanner House.” The departments of the
work carried on by the settlement itself are an employment bureau,
day nursery, friendly visitation, make-over shop, coal savin? club,
community’paper, yard contests and a Sunday school. Work carried
on through the settlement by other organizations includes a tubercu
losis clinic, baby clinic, child garden and a library station.
What four organiaations in the city changed their names dur
ing the war?
Das Deutsche Haus was changed to the Athenaeum; Indianapolis
Mannerchor to Academy of Music; Turnverein to Independent Athletic
club, and Altenheim to Old Folks' home.
(Series Number Twenty-two.)
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JUDGE ANDERSON
UPHOLDS MINERS IN
RIDDLINGLEVER ACT
Sustains Motion to Kill IS of 18 Points of In
dictment Against 125 Coal Men, Ruling
Against Fuel Control Law .
HOLDS IT TO BE ‘ DISCRIMINATORY 9
BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—The government this afternoon asked the
supreme court to hear arguments early next October in a case involving
the constitutionality of the anti-profiteering sections of the Lever law.
The request followed a decision of Judge A. B. Anderson of Indianapolis
Holding sections of the law unconstitutional.
Holding important sections of the Lever food and fuel control act
unconstitutional, Judge Albert B. Anderson in federal court today sus
tained a motion to quash thirteen of the eighteen points of an indictment
against 125 miners and operators charging them with violation of the act
Judge Anderson characterized sections of the act under which the
miners and operators were indicted as “discriminatory,” “arbitrary,” “ob
jectional" and “insufficient.”
WOMEN DECIDE
THEY WONT JOIN
Withdraw Applications to In
dianapolis Real Estate Board.
The question of admitting women as
members of tbe Indianapolis Real Estate
Board was temporarily settled today by
the decision of the women to withdraw
their applications for membership.
The applications of Mrs. Alta C.
P.ehren and Mrs. Gertrude E. Berry, with
offices at 416 .American Central Life
building, have been before the board for
the last five weeks and as yet have not
been decided upon, although they have
come up before the board of directors
several times.
Mrs. Bohren. wbo has for some time
seen associated with several of the. lead
iug women's clubs, both local and na
tional. iu writing for herself and Mrs.
Berry, said.
"Inasmuch as the matter of admitting
women to memberstip in your organiza
tion has stirred up such a question with
a part of your membership, and the mat
ter still remains undlcided after sonic
five weeks, I would ask that you please
return my application, together with
that of Mrs. Berry, who Joins me in de
ciding that if the Indianapolis Real Es
tate Board i so contracted and questions
the policy of admitting those whose only
disqualification is that they are women,
onr membership therein would only prove
disadvantageous to us.
“I am sure your board is losing sight
of the fact that the time is right now
when women must be thought of hs man’s
eqjtal, and should he treated as such In
trade and professional organizations.
"Mrs. Berry and l both thank you per
sonally. Mr. Temrleton, for your kindly
interest."
The question of whether the women are
to be admitted was to have been decided
at a meeting of the board of directors
tomorrow.
RESERVE TROOPS
READY TO CROSS
Will Be Sent to Ireland if
Need Arises.
LONDON, May 26.—Eight battalions
today were being held in reserve in an
ticipation of the need of reinforcements
for troops already in Ireland.
The Cameron Highlanders, one of the
crack units of the British army, have
been ordered to Ireland today.
The troops have been stationed at
Aldershot.
Although the strike of Irish railroad
workers was settled yesterday, and an
agreement reached with the railway
men's union with regard to the handling
of munitions, the men have declined to
return to work immediately.
A special meeting of the executive
committee of the railroad workers has
been called for tomorrow, to prepare
definite instructions regarding the han
dling of munitions, not only in Irelend,
but for the entire membership of the
unions.
The stores of munitions in Kingstown,
which precipitated the Irish strike when
engineers refused to move them to Dub
lin, are still on the docks.
Fresh attacks were made yesterday
against government buildings in tuau.v
parts of Ireland, where it is reported
several were destroyed by fire.
CORK, Ireland. May 26.—Kilbrittain
castle, northwest of Cork, near Brandon,
was destroyed by fire last night, accord
itig to a message here today.
The damage was estimated at $500,000.
Was a Nice Day
for Fishing, Too
Clarence Miller. Robert Miller, John
Ramson and E. Bryant, giving their ad
dresses as “city,” were arrested today
charged with fishing in Baby lake in
Riverside park.
The report to the police did not say
whether they had caught any of the
city's pet fish.
NO. 13.
i Immediately after the ruling wan
made Charles Evans Hughes, attorney for
the miners and operators, filed a de
murrer against the five points of the in
dictments which remain and the gov
ernment filed an exception to the ruling
against the thirteen points quashed.
HUGHES REFERS TO
“O.MINBUS LANGUAGE.”
The remaining five points ape based
on section 9 of the Lever act, which
Judge Hughes declared to be Indefinite
and composed of "ominbus language."
“Tour honor, I don't stand here to hast
“--n r-ci-nn o indictment or prevent them
from being brought into court, men wh#
should be indicted, but these men, If it
please your honor, should not be hailed
here and made to answer such charges
couched in such omnibus language,”
argued Judge Hughes.
r-mpliatienlly the former United States
supreme court judge insisted that - the
five disputed Indictment counts failed
to particularize sufficiently to bring the
men to trial.
"The language of these five counts
fails to advise us what coal these men
are said to have refused to mine; what
mines they refused to operate; what
shipments they refused to deliver: what
details constitute the alleged breach of
the law, when it all happened, and It
gives us no basis for refuting or mak
ing an adequate defense of the broad,
indefinite charge* made in the counts,"
concluded Mr. Hughes.
A formidable array of law books were
banked on the table before Mr. Hughes,
and quickly he took up law book after
law book, to read passages to support
his arguments.
The sections declared unconstitutional
by Judge Anderson are section 4, which
makes unlawful the destruction of food
and the necessities and other acts de
signed to curtail the food and fuel sup
ply, and section 26, which prohibits
hoarding.
Tbe court held that section 4. as
amended, which excepts farmers, gar
deners. horticulturists, ranchmen and
other producers of food from its provi
sions. is "arbitrary, not natural or rea
sonable, repugnent to due process of
law.”
HUGHES IN COURTROOM •
WHEN RULING READ.
The motion to quash, which was filed
in behalf of the miners and operators by
Mr. Hughes, who was in the courtroom
when the ruling was read, took up the
various sections of the law separately.
The court followed the same rule to
rendering its decision.
I nder the heading. “As to the va
lidity of amended Section 4 and Sec
tion 26,’’ the court says:
“I nder this head it is urged that each
of these sections contains an arbitrary
classification, and that congress is pre
cluded by the fifth amendment, as arc
the state by the fourteenth amendment,
from making such classification. In othe*
words, the defendants claipx such clas
sification is repugnant to the -due pro
cess' clause of the fifth amendment.”
The court then quotes the fourteenth
amendment, which prohibits any state to
deprive a person of life, liberty or-prop
erty without due process of law. and lie
fifth amendment, which provides the same
so far as the government is concernel.
"By the simplest and plainest rules of
construction the words, ‘due process of
law.’ must have the same meaning in the
fifth and fourteenth amendments,” the
court holds.
It then proceeds to quote decisions
sustaining this point.
"Is the classification in amended Sec
tion 4 and in Section 26 reasonable or
arbitrary?” the court asks.
MERE CLASSIFICATION
IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
The decision declares that the mere
fact of classification is not sufficient, but
that “It must always rest upon some
difference which bears a reasonable and
just relation to the act in respect to
which the classification is proposed, and
can never be made arbitrarily and with
out. any such basis.”
lie cites further authority and then
proceeds:
“Now let us apply the rule of this
case to amended section 4. The Lever
act is entitled: ‘An act to provide fur
ther for the national security and de
fense by encouraging the production,
conserving the supply, and controlling
the distribution of food products and
fuel.'
“In the first section of the act ‘foods,
feeds and fuel' are called necessaries
and the prohibitions are as to neces
saries thus defined. By amended sec
tion 4 farmers, gardeners, horticulturists,
vineyardlsts, planters, ranchmen, dairy
men, stockmen and other agriculturists
—persons who produce food and feeds—
with respect to the products produced
or raised upon land owned, leased or
cultivated by them, may wilfully de
stroy such foods and feeds for the pur
pose of enhancing the price or restrict
ing the supply thereof; may knowingly
commit, waste or willfully permit pre
ventable deterioration of such foods and
feeds on or in connection with their
production, manufacture or distribution;
may hoard such products; may monop
olize or attempt to monopolize such
products; may engage in any discrim
inatory and unfair, or any deceptive or
wasteful practice or device, or may
make any unjust or unreasonable rate
of charge in handling or dealing In or
with such products, and may conspire,
combine, agree or arrange with any other
person to limit the facilities for produc
ing, or to restrict the supply, or to re
strict the distribution, or to prevent,
limit or lessen the production in order
to enhance the price or exact excessive
prices for such products, with impunity,
while all other persons are to be pun
ished as criminals for doing the same
acts, including those who produce, sup
ply or distribute the other necessary
fuel.
“The section so provides, notwithstand
ing the fact that the excepted and the
included persona are all in the same gen
eral class; that is, they are all en
(Contlnned on rage Eight.) ■