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THE WEATHER
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CHARGES HAAGS
OPERATED ‘MOST
VICIOUS TIGER’
• 4
Opening Statements in Liquor
Conspiracy Case Made in
Federal Court.
HERBERT HAAG FREED
Charging that Louis E. Haag and
Julius A. Haag “operated/' on
Pennsylvania street, “the most vi
blind tiger in Indianapolis,”
District Attorney Frederick VanNuys
made the opening statement to the
Jury in the Haag liquor conspiracy
case in federal court today.
The government nolled the indictment
against Herbert L. Haag, after It was
ihoirn to the court that Herbert L. Haag
1 was In the marine corps at the time of
the alleged importation of liquor.
This leaves Louis E. Haag and Julius
A. Haag on trial on twenty-nine connts
•f the indictment after vbe twenty-tifth
count was dismissed by the government,
because the charge of alleged importation
of liquor was repeated in the twenty
sixth count.
The Jury was obtained nnd the open
ing statements made in an hour's time
after the case started at 10 o'clock.
Charles W. Miller assumed charge of
the defense and put the questions to the
Jurors.
SHOW SPEED
IN GETTING JURY.
The swiftness and dispatch in getting
S Jury was a marked contrast to the
slowness of the defense counsel in the
SvansviHe “whisky ring" cases last
Week.
The Jury consists of:
Marlon K. Gemison, farmer, Conners
vflte.
R. O. Lee, farmer, Bryant.
George F. Freeman, cigar manufac
turer, Franklin.
N. T. Yates, farmer. Decker.
Joseph Quinn, farmer, Valparaiso.
George E. Ward, farmer. Washington.
Chester A. Ileaton, farmer. Freedom.
W. H. Ginn, farmer, Delphi.
Robert Frailer, farmer, Lawrenceburg.
F. L. Steadman, retired, formerly in
the real state business, South Bend.
J. H. Abercombee. retired. Ft. Wayne.
D. S. Stoker, farmer. New Amsterdam.
Is making the opening argument for
the government, District Attorney Van-
Nuys 6*id that a “book” kept by the
Haags in the Pennsylvania street store
towed that Louis and Julius Haag, on
eve, 1918, contemplated a huge
iquor business and caused 500
luarts of liquor to be brought from the
Kliar and put on the shelves.
VanNuys stated that the evidence will
show that one negio physician of the city,
on Dec. 23, 191S, wrote fifty-one whisky
prescriptions calling for forty-four quarts
and seven pints of whisky.
The district attorney also stated that
• brother of the physician also issued
alneteen so-called prescriptions, making
I total of seventy from the office of this
negro physician.
The district attorney briefly outlined
the evidence to be introduced regarding
the alleged conspiracy,
DEFENSE MAKES
ePKSING STATEMENT.
Michael Ryan, one of the counsel for
tne Haags, stated "as far as this case
is concerned, it will be admittted that
tbeitwo defendants caused quantities of
o be brought into the state by
theasneans and from the various places
•s charged in the indictment.”
“We will not admit that these liquors
were shipped for the purposes as claimed
by the district attorney.
“The contention of the defense is that
these liquors were brought into the
medical purposes alone.” said
•fZßyan.
Ryan also stated that maybe some
prescriptions got through which were
not signed by regular physicians, but
*!alnj°d if this was true it in no way
aitered the purpose for which the liquor
was brought in.
In conclusion Mr. Kyan said, “the
liquor was brought into the state strictly
for medical purposes as the defendants
will testifv.”
About fifty witnesses were swam for
both aides.
URVERT CLERK
TEI.ES of shipments.
The first and only witness placed on
the stand by the government wag Jesse
Bohroeder of Cincinnati, a former em
ploye of Hoffhetmer Brothers, former
wholesale liquor dealers, who testified
that certain shipments of whlskv were
Bade from Cincinnati, 0., Into Indiana
for the Hang Drug Company.
After proving the shipment of liquor,
the government rested, as counsel for
the defense had stated that the defend
ants would admit the shipments of whis
ky Into the state.
As soon as the government rested.
Louis E. Haag took the witness stand in
his own behalf.
His direct examination was very brief
and he denied that he ever entere 1 into
any conspiracy and contended that a"
whisky sold was for medicinal purposes.
On cross examination at the bauds of
District Attorney VanNuys, Louis Hang
admitted that he ordered nearly all the
whisky, as well as 90 per cent of all
goods ordered for the seven stores.
Haag testified that the whisky pre
scriptions were kept at the Pennsylvania
Street store and records keat ot the sales.
In accordance with the state laws he
stated he filed the original prescrip
tion* with the county clerk of Marion
county.
FILL 346 PRESCRIPTIONS
In two months.
district attorney handed Louis
if2V- 340 prescriptions filled during the
Months of Octolier November and De
cember, IRIS, for 230 quarts of whisky
and 116 pints.
Haag stated he presumed that they
were filled at his store by his em
ployes.
Many of these prescriptions bore the
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Blood and Potatoes
Only in Wrecked Auto
Police today are searching local hospl
tals in an effort to find the oecaparts of
n large automobile which was found
wrecked on the Seerley road last night.
A part of the car was covered with
blood. Indicating that someone had been
Injured seriously.
The car did not carry license plates,
but It was identified as a car which had
been stolen at Chicago June 4 from Henry
Weis* of that city.
the car were found a woman’s blue
pffsw hat a blank Issued by a Chicago
insurance company and a half peck of
potatoes.
The accident occurred about three
miles from the Maywood roadhouse.
2 Coppers, 1 Striker
Shot Victims in\Riot
WATERBURY, Conn., July !I.—Two
policemen and one striker were shot to
day during a riot here. One o: the po
licemen la reported In a aertou* < ondltlon.
Published at Indianapolis. Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25. 1914, at
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DID YOU NOTICE
’EM—FEMALE SOX?
Snappy Young Women of
Moment Set New Fad.
The seductive sox are with us again.
It is the alluring half hose of
which we take long and lingering
notice —worn, of course, by the more
deadly of the species.
The understanding seems to be
general that the half hose aye the
thing and the stores are replenishing
their stocks of the abbreviated gar
ments.
But these are days of conservation
and the long hose are not being put
in the discard.
The fair maidens who wish to re
tain their out of date bnt expensive
hosiery are simply rolling them
downward, thus making the dimpled
knee unanimous.
One young lady when interviewed
on the subject of why the abbre
viated sock has become popular ex
plained it in this wise:
“Why, cr-er-you see they don't
wear anything to hook ’em to any
more so they have got to wear ’em
short.”
PROBATION HEAD
RESIGNS PLACE
R. D. Thomas Gives L T p Juve
nile Work—lllness Cause.
R. D. Thomas, chief adult probation
officer of the Juvenile court, resigned to
day because of illness.
Mr. Thomas created the adult proba
tion department and has developed it
into one of the most Important branches
of the Juvenile court work.
The department was created, accord
ing to Mr. Thomas, on the theory that
most of the delinquency among children
is brought about by delinquency on the
part of parents.
Economic conditions, he believed, are
largely the cause of such delinquency
and he has sought to improve these con
ditions in hundreds of cases.
Mr. Thomas has been with the court
six years, working daring the first two
years of that time as an auxiliary to the
board of charities.
Mr. Thomas' resignation will become
effective in thirty days.
SHRINERS ROMP
INTOPORTLAND
W. Freeland Kendrick in Com
mand of Convention.
PORTLAND. Ore., June 21.—Mecca
of the Imperial Council Mystic Order of
the Shrine, Portland, is today host to
25,000 Shrlners from every quarter of the
globe, with thousands more to arrive
during the day and tomorrow.
Official opening of the Shrine ronven
eitno, the forty-sixth annual session, is
scheduled for tomorrow, but in reality
the gala week opened this morning with
the majority of the visitors and their
families here.
The city presents a replica of a Byzan
tine metropolis, the thoroughfares
thronged with tens of thousands of wear
ers of the red fez and tarbosh.
One hundred and fifty temples are
represented here in the big conclave of
the Shrinera.
Midnight shows, street singing, elec
trical parades, park pageants, banquets,
balls and horse shows will feature the
elaborate program of entertainment af
forded the Shrlners by the city of Port
land in collaboration with the local tem
ple of A! Kader.
Imperial Potentate W. Freeland Ken
drick of 1 is in supreme com
mand of the convention.
Martinsville Grows
366 in Last 10 Years
WASHINGTON, June 21. —The census
bureau today announced 1920 population
figures for Martinsville, Ind.. at 4,895, an
Increase of 306, or 8.1 per cent.
Other figures announced Included San
Diego, Cal.. 74,683; Increase, 35,105, or
88.7 per cent.
London Fans Greet
Our ‘Doug and Mary’
LONDON, June Sl.—Douglas Fair
banks and his bride, Mary Pickford,
arrived from New York today on their
Enmpean honeymoon.
They were greeted by a tremendous
crowd of movie fan* when they left
their ship at Southampton.
Plot to Kill Charles
of Austria Nipped
LONDON, .Tune 21.—The Geneva po
lice have frustrated a Hungarian com
miinxt plot to assassinate former Em
peror Charles of Austria and Grand
Dukes Eugene and Frderick. according
to a Geneva dispatch to Daily Express
today.
Recess Appointments
Made byPresident
WASHINGTON, .Tune 21.—The presi
dent today made the following recess
appointments:
To be envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenipotentiary to Greece: Ed
ward Capps, New Jersey.
To he assistant secretary of treasury:
S. Parker Gilbert, Jr.
Evidently John Was
Out of Ready Change
CHICAGO, June 21.—When Mrs.
Edna N. Owle asked her husband,
John R. Owle. wealthy New York
and Washington broker, (or change,
she claims he pulled ten one thou
sand-dcliar bills from his pocket und
told her he didn’t have uny.
Mrs. Owie said he didn’t offer her
enc of the hill*.
Mrs. Owie filed suit for divorce
here today.
She charged desertion and asked
S2OO a month alimony.
One Killed, Another
Near DeathjJn Escape
NEW ORLEANS, June 21—Walter B.
Daugherty of Maron, 111., was shot
through the heart and instantly killed
and Patrolman Uosallus Folse fatally
wounded early today when Daugherty
tried to escape from the Fourth precinct
police station.
Daugherty, who was held on a charge
of stealing an automobile, knocked the
aged doorman down and made a dash
for liberty.
Officer Folse pursued him and the’'
shooting followed.
3fftiana Hail® limes
COLBY CONFERS
ATWHITEHOUSE
BEFORE LEAVING
Secretary Has No Announce
ment After Meeting With
President Wilson.
OFF TO ’FRISCO TONIGHT
WASHINGTON, June 21—Secre
tary of State Colby, choice of the ad
ministration for the permanent
chairmanship of the democratic na
tional convention, held a long con
ference with President Wilson to
day.
Colby refused to give details of the
conference, but admitted he had
gone over the convention situation
thoroughly with the president.
Colby will leave tonight for New
York en route to San Francisco.
DECKS CLEARED
FOR CONVENTION
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.—0n0 week
from today, with the banging of the
gavel of J. Bruce Kremer of Montana,
temporary chairman, the second of Amer
ica's great quadrennta political powwows
will swing into action.
Today all is in readiness.
The great civic auditorium in which
the democratic national convention will
convene is a beehive of activity. Car
penters and electricians are putting the
finishing touches on the alterations nec
essary to bouse the convention. Deco
rators are busy addiDg touches of color
here and there and completing the drap
ing of the great arched dome of the
building.
Upstairs in the myriad offices which
are a part of the structure, directed by
Homer S. Cummings, national chairman,
the activities of the national committee
are proceefling. Typewriters are apeed
ing, telephones continually ringing, mes
sengers crowding each other and here
and there committee meetings are in
progress.
Delegates are coming nnd going from
the executive offices of the convention
headquarters—hundreds of them arriving
here ten days before the date of the con
vention opening
CONTEST COMMITTEE
TO MEET FRIDAY.
The first actual Indication of the trend
of the convention will be given on Fri
day, when the national committee meets
to set on contests, according to party
leaders here.
Two anti-administration groups will
appear before the national committee,
seeking a decision which will seat them
in the convention.
The contests center around Senator
James Reed of Missouri, who has been
one of the most bitter opponents of Pres
ident Wilson's stand on the league of na
tions, and Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia, who also fought against the ad
ministration league of nations program.
While It is generally understood here
that the national committee is staunchly
behind the administration, there la no
doubt but what the forces opposed to the
present democratic regime will marshal
their forces behind the contests of Sena
tor Reed and Senator Smith.
Both contests are brought upon tech
nical grounds.
Senator Reed was unseated as a dele
gate by the Missouri state convention
and was re-elected by hi* district.
The contest which concerns Senator
Smith is over the twenty-eight delegates
from Georgia which are claimed by At
torney General A. M. Palmer, Senator
Smith and Thomas Watson.
The question which will be raised In
this contest is only application of the
Georgia primary election law to a presi
dential preference primary not provided
for specifically in the state primary stat
ute#.
Another contest which it is expected
will be brought before the committee is
one aver the seat of the late G. T. Bald
win from Oregon.
Downtown the hotels are filling up. At
the Palace, national headquarters, the
lobbies are filled daily with delegates
and outsiders.
At the St. Francis, which Is housing
the celebrities attending the big meet,
William Jennings Bryan, her# In the
triple capacity of delegate, newspaper
man and foremost exponent of the "drys,"
has a room a few doors from that of
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey, candidate
for the presidency and supporter of the
“wets.” Bryan lias it on the Jerseyite
in that he occupies the “presidential
suite.”
SETTING IS
UNPARALLELED.
The first national convention of a po
litical party to lie held west of the Rocky
Mountains will have a setting unparal
leled In the history of the country.
On the commltte** of preparations are
two women Mrs. George Bass of Chi
cago and Miss Mary Foy of I’asadona,
Cal., and for the first time women have
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INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920.
Labor Unrest Hits
Milky Way, Old Sol
Cuts Shining Time
SOLAR CENTER, MILKY WAY, JUDe
21.—Evidence that the wave of labor un
rest has reached the solar system was
given today when Old Sol, a leader in
the Solar System Light and Heat Com
pany, demanded shorter hours.
He announced that voluntarily be
would shorten his working time on a
graduated scale and shortly would start
south far a six months’ trip.
The daylight saving movement x has
cut into his rest, since his services are
demanded at different hours in different
parts of the country.
His scheduled working hours today
were from 4:24 n. in. to 7:40 p. m.
These will be effective for several days.
TURK QUESTION
TAKES LEAD AT
ALLIED PARLEY
Overshadows German Issues
as Supreme Council Meets
at Boulogne.
BOULOGNE. June 21.—The meeting of
the allied supreme council was formally
called to order at 11:30 a. m. today.
Final settlement of questions that have
prevented Europe's return to economic
stability and world peace was expected
to be reached at the conference of lead
lng statesmen of all the allies at the
Chauteau Do Labeila here.
The ostensible purpose of the meeting
was disposal of the German indemnities
and reparation, but there was evidence
that the critical situation in the near
east, where Turkish nationalists are pre
venting execution of the treaty terms
and seriously menacing the internation
al peace of Italy and the Balkan states,
would have preference.
Lloyd George and Mlllerand arrived
from Folkestone aboard the steamer
Maid of Orleans at 10:45 a. in.
Sirens were blown and a military sa
lute fired in welcome.
Several brass bauds played the “Mar
seillaise” and "God Save the King”
Both premiers were smiling as they
came down the gang plank and observ
era viewed their apparent happiness as
promise of smooth progress toward
agreement on important questions.
Before entering the conference Premier
Mltlernnd expressed his satisfaction at
results of the Hytho conference.
Viscount Cblra, Japanese ambassador
to Great Britain, is here, while Bel
gium is represented by Paul Hyman#,
foreign minister, and Jaspnr, minister
of the interior.
BAYB ITALY WILL
CLAIM 20 PER (ENT.
Marshal Foch and finance Minister
Francois Marital represented France.
: Count Camllio Sforza, Italian foreign
minister, upon arrival here, declared
. Italy would claim 2u per rent of the
■ total indemnity to be exacted from Ger
many.
The counsel was expected to order Ger
many immediately reduce her army to
100,000 men.
France M* a agreed to accept the Brit
ish suggestion ref#Ming execution o!
the German treaty's military clouae*.
The two government* will recommend
that today’s conference empower the
France British military advisers to for
mulate proposal* to Insure rapid exocu
tlon of the disarmament clauses of the
treaty.
The question of Greek Intervention vai
also to be considered. I’remler Venlae
: los said Greece could furnish thirteen
1 divisions and could effectively deal with
the Turk* single handed if they were
permitted to follow tbo nationalists out
side the zone now occupied by the
Greek*.
ALLIED POSITION
IN DARDANELLES SHAKY
The commander of the British naval
force* at Constantinople has notified
Lloyd Qoorge that the allied position In
the Dardanelles was seriously threat
ened hy Mustapha Hemal'* nationalist
troop*.
These forces occupy nlmost all of Ana
tana and were reported preparing to
launch a strong attack upon the allied
military nnd naval forces.
The question of resumption of trade
relations with Russia also will come up
for consideration.
Unless MUlerand backs down upoh
upon his former etand against trading
with the soviets, France will be In Iso
lated position.
Tentative approval of Lloyd George's
negotiations with Gregory kratsslu has
been given by all the allies except
France.
The conferences here will be more Im
portant tjin the one scheduled to take
place at Spa.
GERMAN INDEMNITIES
DISCI’HSED.
The following communique waa Issued
shortly after the conference met: ‘‘The
conference of the allied supreme council
opened this morning and discussed Ger
man Indemnities and the question of dis
armament.
"Marshal Foch and Gen. Wilson have
been Instructed to draft a note to Ger
many regarding disarmament and de
structlon of war materials.
"This note will be taken under advise
ment at the sesslson to be held thin aft
ernoon.
"Allied financial experts have been in
structed to rush their reports on indemni
ties.
“The program of the conference Included
discussion of the Russian and near east
ern questions."
U. S. TAKES NO
PART AT BOULOGNE
WASHINGTON, .Tune 21.—The United
States will not participate in any way in
the inter-allied conference at Boulogne,
It was announced today at the state de
partment.
It was admitted, however, that this gov
ernment Is watching with deep interest
the proeeedlngs of the conference, espe
dally those phases having to do with
payment of war debts and the program
of the allies in the near east.
Women’s Club Chiefs
to Be Picked Tuesday
I)ES MOINES, June 21.--The nominat
ing committee of the General Federation
of Women’s- Clubs met today to select
candidates for the federation's officers.
Balloting will start Tuesday and the
result will be announced Wednesday.
Mrs. T. J. Winter,, Minneapolis, and
Miss Georgia Heacon, Worcester, Mass.,
are expected to contest for the presi
dency.
Frankfort Man Slain
in Boundary Dispute
FRANKFORT, Ind., June 21.—A
boundary dispute here led to the
death of Andrew J. Henderson, GO, a
teamster. *
Clarence Jkakbrldge, 33, a fireman
on the railroad, Is under
arrest today.wcbarged with murder
ing his nelgnkpr, following a quar
rel regarding ■line fence.
CLAIMS PHONE
SERVICE DOESN’T
WARRANT RAISE
Service Commission Takes Up
Petition of Indiana Bell
Company.
OPPOSITION IS STIFF
That the present service Deing
rendered by the Indiana Bell Tele
phone Company is insufficient and
unsatisfactory in this city and the
rates established therefor by the
order of Feb. 9, 1920, are too high
for the character of service rendered,
was one of the claims made by the
city of Indianapolis today before
three of the members of the public
service commission of Indiana in the
hearing of opening statements in the
matter of the petition of the Indiana
Bell Telephone Company for author
ity to increase its exchange rates.
An answer and objections by the city
of Indianapolis to the granting of the
petition, was prepared by Samuel Ashby,
corporation counsel, nnd presented before
the commission by D. 11. Bynum, assist
ant city attorney.
In the answer the increase in rates
framed to the Central Union Telephone
Company by the public service commis
sion, effective March 1, 1920, were touched
upon, and then the objections.by the city
of Indianapolis were set forth as fol
lows :
"That said telephone company accept
ed said rates provided for in said or
der. approved Feb, 9. 1920, without filing
any petition with this commission for a
rehearing thereon, and without taking
any appeal therefrom to the courts as
provided in section 79 of the acts of 1913,
creating a public service commission.
CLAIMS NEW PETITION
! PILED TOO SOON.
j “That the time in which the Central
! I'nioti Telephone Company, or it# sue
: oessor in Interest, had a right to take
i an appeal to the courts from said order
j of Feb. 9, 1920, fixing exchange rules in
I the city of Indianapolis, had barely ex
: pi red when this petition was tiled, and
! there has not hoen sufficient time to test
the sufficiency or Insufficiency of rates
! provided in said order.
! “That It is contrary to the spirit and
! intent of the law creating a public serv
ice commission for a utility to file a
petition for Increase in rate* before the
rates granted under a previous order
have been fairly tried and tested, nnd
1 (his petition should be denied for that
reason.
“That the public service cAminisslon,
! by its order, permitted th* Central In-on
Telephone Company to purchase the phy
sical property of the Indianapolis Tele
phone Company in the rity of Indlnn
! apolls and state of Indiana, for the pur
i |io#e of providing for a nn'fled servic**
! in tho city of Indianapolis and thereby
i eliminate the ne**e*a!ty of telephone pu
I trens separate telephone
systems,
BUS ( OMU ANY DID
NOT COMPLY WITH ORDER.
That the telephone service in the city
of Indianapolis has not beeu unified or
combined, and the telephone patron* are
: still required to pay for the use of two
systems, and tho city objects to the
consideration of s*aid petition bv this
commission until the petitioner 1# able
to grant a unified and single telephone
service In the city of Indianapolis,
“That the present service being ren
dered by the petitioner Is Insufficient and
unsatisfactory, and the rates established
therefor by said order of Feb. 9, 1020.
too high for the character of the serv
ice rendered.
“Wherefore, the city of Indianapolis
prays that said petition be denied."
R. F. Davidson, as attorney for the
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, set
forth various feature* of the petition,
snd pointed out that in the order of the
commission of Feh. 9 it wua ordered
“that nil rates h*r*in established shall
be continued in force subject to further
consideration and modification and shall
nut be considered as finally fixed.”
RfAERAL COMPLAINTS
MADE AGAINST SERVICE.
One of the matters that, came up at vari
ous times during the morning was com
plaint of poor sorvtee, anil another was ns
to the exact relationship between the In
diana Bell Telephone Company and the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany.
E. W. McDaniel of Shelbyvllle raised
objection to the proposed Increase in
rates, though fairly good service is being
rendered there at the present time, he
said.
A number of other ob’Jectors to the pe
tition were heard during the morning.
HUNGARY LABOR
BOYCOTT SPREADS
Socialists Present Demands
for Lifting Strike.
VIENNA, Tune 21.—Hungary was prac
tically isolated today as n result of the
international labor boycott.
The majority of postal, telegraph, tele
phone, railway and navigation employes
of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and
Italy have Joined in the ban which the
International trade union has placed upon
Hungary.
Unless Hungary yields within a week,
the boycott will be extended to passen
ger traffic, union leaders said today.
The Hungarian ministry was expected
to resign as a result of the boycott..
Conditions on which the boycott would
be abandoned were presented by the Hun
garian socialists and included free
speech anil free assembly, cessation of
prosecutions against radicals, civil in
stead of military supervision of political
prisoners and re-establishment of Jury
trials.
Crusade Resumed Against Hoosier
‘Gretna Greens’ by Church Bodies
Indiana’s “Gretna Greens,” Jeffersonville and Crown Point, are again
threatened by pre-legislature reform movements in Indiana.
Biennially the crusade is started for legislative regulation of the mar
riage marts so convenient for eloping Louisville and Chicago couples,
but Cupid has thus far always been victorious.
This year, with a special session of the
legislature Imminent, the attack hns been
started by religious organizations at
Crown Point.
Failure of former attempts at regula
tion through proposed rigid physical,
personal and mental examination hud
brought reformers to n new method.
The present movement would require
circuit clerks to turn over to the county
all fees collected for issuing licenses and
marriage certificates. i
The $2 license fee now Aoes to the
Ruhserlntion Rated- i ßy Carrler - Weak. Indianapolis. 10o; Elsewhere, 12c.
Subscription Kates. ( By Mall 500 Per Month; $5.00 Per Tear.
Burn Clothing to
Attract Attention
CHICAGO, June 21.—Three men
adrift in a motor boat on Lake Mich
igan took off almost all of their
clothing, saturated it with oil and
started a fire to attract attention. De
tective John Stark rpwed a leaky boat
while George Moore bailed, making
the rescue.
ARREST EIGHT
AFTER CHICAGO
RIOT FATAL TO 2
Trouble Follows Burning of
U. S. Flag Following Parade
of Radical Negroes.
CHICAGO, June 21.—Race rioting
broke out in Chicago's south side district
today as the aftermath to the shooting
and killing of two white men Sunday
night by a mob of negro fanatics, after
the blacks, who were engaged in a “Back
to Abyssinia” demonstration, had burned
two American flags.
Today's trouble started when three
negro preachers left a south side inter
urban train.
They were attacked by a mob of whites,
who, Inflamed by news of the Sunday
night outrage, set upon them with stones
and clubs.
All three were injured and taken to
hospitals.
A white policeman who interfered was
felled by a brick.
la the meantime Grover C. Redding,
negro, "prince of Abyssinia,'' who led the
demonstration on Sunday, and seven oth
er participants were arrested by a squad
of policemen after an all-night hunt for
them by detectives and naval intelligence
operatives.
The Interest of the latter in the hunt
was due to the fact that one of the men
slain by the negro was an enlisted man
of the navy.
WARNING ISSUED
lIV I’OLICK CHIEF.
Hundreds of policemen were sent to
Chicago's "black belt" to preserve or
der and a statement urging citizens to
keep cool was Issued by Chief of Police
Garrity.
Police dectare there is little Indication
of race trouble.
Tbo two men slain were Robert Law
son Rose, a quartermaster of the Fif
teenth regiment, stationad at the Great
Lakes training station, and Joseph Hoyt,
a cigar store clerk.
The rnen wounded In the riots were
Joseph p. Owens, negro policeman, who
was shot through the lung while at
tempting to aid Hose and Hoyt and
William Carter, a negro butler, shot
through both legs while running from
the scene of the riots.
Clad in fantastic garb, the paraders,
numbering several hundred, marched and
rode on horseback through the city's
“black belt,” .-urrylng the red. green and
yellow banner* of Abyssinia, with the
ilon of King Menelik upon them.
Tho parade wound up at a street cor
ner. wher* the marchers started to built)
a bonfire.
One of She parader# produced nn
American flag front beneath his flowing
robe and tossed it on the lire.
Policeman Owens, who was standing
nearby, rushed forward and attempted
to rescue the flag.
Instantly several of the flag desec ra
tors pulled short rifles from beneath
their robes, and one of them fired on
the policeman, dropping him to the
sidewalk.
SEVERAL FOLLOW;
SHOOT INTO STORE.
Seeing the policeman fail. Rose, who
hud been automobile riding with two
other sailors from Great Lakes statiou,
leaped from the machine and started to
his rescue.
He was shot through the side and ran
into a nearby cigar store.
Several of the negro fanatic* followed
him, and fired a volley Into the store.
The bullet* struck both Rose and
Hoyt, who was in charge of the store.
When the two sailor companions of
Rose reached his side a moment later,
after bucking their way through the mob
of glowering, threatening blacks, 'both
men were dead.
While the shooting was going on a
second American flag was thrown on the
bonfire t*y the frenzied negroes. It
was rescued by Policemen Buckley and
Vaughn, who. rushing to the scene when
the shooting started, drew their revol
vers and began firing into the mob.
The latter dispersed under the hail of
bullets.
Detectives also are seeking ‘Doctor” K.
I). Jonas, a white man, of Washington, D.
('., who is said to have been associated
with the negroes in the demonstration.
ll# is known to the police as a radical
agitator among Chicago's blacks.
The police are Investigating a report
that the “Back to Abyssina” movement
has the backing of the I. W. W.
Evansville Board Has
Released Ed Schmitt
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. June 21,—The
resignation of Edgar Schmitt. Evans
ville chief of police, who was sen
tenced to two years in the Atlanta
penitentiary and fined $2,000 and costs
by Judge A. B. Anderson iu federal
court in Indianapolis for his leader
ship of the Evansville “whisky ring,”
was accepted at n special meeting of
the board of snfiety late today.
Tho case of four members of tho
police department, upon whom sen
tence has not yet been passed, also
were disposed of by the board.
Schmitt will depart shortly to be
gin sentence.
The four policemen were never sus
pended, but upon their return from
Indianapolis Saturday they were ad
vised by Acting Chief Wlllshire to
remain off the force until the board
acts.
The board, it Is believed, will per
mit them to return to work, fearing
that to act otherwise would be in con
tempt of court.
country but the fee of $1.50 for the cer
tificate is retained by the clerk.
Enemies of “Gretna Greens” point out
that if the proposed law is enacted
there will be no more licenses and cer
tificates issued after office hours or at
humerous convenient places away from
the court house.
At present "marriage parlors” are able
to obtain these papers jn a moment's
notice, day or night.
HOME EDITION
2 CENTS PER COPY
POLICE BADGE TAKEN
FROM LIEUT. SHUBERT
Fellow Officers Say They Found Him Under
Influence of Liquor.
CHARGES TO WAIT ON INVESTIGATION
The police badge of Lieut. Edward S. Shubert is in the possession of
Chief of Police Jerry Kinney today.
The badge was taken from Shubert at the Harelton hotel Saturday
afternoon by Police Captains Harley Reed and Alfred Ray, who reported
that they found Shubert under the influence of liquor.
Shubert has long been known as a man who “has a drag” among
republican politicians and with the city administration.
CIGARET BUTT
ELWELL CLEW
Police on Trail of ‘Woman in
Gray’ in Search for Slayer.
NEW YORK. June 21.—A clgaret butt
and a mysterious woman in gray fur
nished clews today upon which detec
tives worked feverishly In their efforts
to solve the mystery of the murder ot
Joseph B. Elwell, turfman. International
bridge whist expert and man about
town.
The cigaret butt was found lying upon
the mantelpiece In the room of Elwell's
luxurious home at -324 West Seventieth
street, where the turfman wr.s shot.
It had evidently been smoked by the
murderer, as it was a cheap American
brand, whereas Elwell smoked clgarets of
Turkish tobacco expressly made for his.
own use.
The woman In gray is supposed to be
married.
She Is said to be the same woman who
created a scene at Palm Beach when she
taxed Elwell with attempting to break
off their friendly relations.
The district attorney's staff has learned
that Elwell told the woman they would
have to separate because her husband
was becoming aware t>t their intimacy.
STREET CAR CASE
TO BE TAKEN UP
City and Company Officials
Break on Cost of Service.
Members of the board of public works
declared themselves opposed to the pro
posed service-Bt-cost plan for the opera
tion of the lines of the Indianapolis
.Street Railway Company in a confer
ence with Dr. Henry Jameson, president
of the board of disectors of the company,
today.
The board told Dr. Jameson that they
were not behind the service-at-cost plan,
which, they declared, really means a
fare that wilt defray the expense* of
maintenance and any improvement that
the company might want to make plus a
rate of Interest that tbo company would
consider reasonable.
The board contended that this system
might mean that the public might have
to pay only 5 cents fare or it might
mean a fare of fl, 7, 8 or even 10 cents.
The system of the service at cost plan,
the board held, might encourage the ex
travagant expenditure of money on Im
provements that were not essential for
good service to the public.
A 5-ccnt fare with a 1-cent transfer
was held the possible medium through
which to overcome the difficulties and
allow the street railway company a safe
margin of operation, the board held.
Dr. Jameson told the board that the
street railway company would need $3,-
000.000 within the next two years with
which to make Improvements, but that
he nnd the hoard of directors could not
see where the money was going to come
from
GOOD CAR SYSTEM
HELD BOOST FOR ( ITT.
He said the establishment of an effi
cient street car system would help
wonderfully in the rapid development of
Indianapolis.
In closing, Dr. Jameson declared that
there hart been enough quibbling with
(Continued on Fage Two.)
POLICE ADMIT
SUNDAY GAMING
Search for Negro’s Assailant
Uncovers Evidence.
Police today admitted that gambling
was in full swing Sunday in negro shoe
shining parlors, poolrooms and dry beer
saloons.
The shooting of Alex Scott, 36, negro,
705 Fayette street, at 3:45 o’clock Sun
day afternoon on the street in front of
526 Indiana avenue, resulted* the police
were told, from a quarrel over a craps
game tu a room in tho rear of a shoe
shining parlor at 532 Indiana avenue.
Scott Is in a critical condition at the
City hospital with a bullet wound in his
abdomen.
The police are searching for Luther
“Stump” Rice, 1934 Fayette Jtreet, who
is alleged tb have shot Scott.
At the hospital Scolt told the police
that he was In the rear room at 532 In
diana avenue, from 12:45 p. m. to 3:15
p. m. Sunday, during which he lost SBO
in a craps game.
Scott's losses were not the cause of
(ho shooting, however, but the fact was,
there were so many negroes crowded
around the pool table trying to court
Dame Fortune with the little pair of
"bones” that “Stump” Rico could not
crowd in to get some action on his
money, Scott mid.
This had caused what threatened to
become a free-for-all fight, and that Nor
man Reilly, negro, said to be proprietor
of the place, was forced to stop the
rolling of the dice until the crowd
"thinned out.”
The game. Scott told the police, had
been Interrupted occasionally by the po
lice passing the place, but Scott de
<Continued on l’ago Nine.)
Boy Runs Away to
Be Trolley Conductor
w AVheeier, 5. of 3255 College ave
nue, has an , overwhelming ambition to
become a street car conductor.
He made his second attempt to enter
that occupation Sunday, and his parents
finally fodnd him on an interurhnn car
in ShelbyVUle industriously learning to
be a conductor.
Several weeks ago Bobble was found
on an Interurban car bound for Kokomo.
NO. 35.
When asked concerning the case Chief
Kinney said no charges had been filed
against Lieut. Shubert.
“I have not seen Shubert since his
badge was taken away from him and I
don’t know what he has to say about it
or what be plans to do,” Chief Kinney
said.
"Os course, a report of the ease will be
sent to the board of public safety.”
WAS ABSENT FROM
FRIDAY ROLL CALL.
Shubert, according to the police, was
not present at the 3 o’clock roll call Fri
day afternoon and Capt. Ray was notified
that Lieut. Shubert and Sergt. D?an would
not report for duty.
The message was brought by another
police officer and no reason was given,
according to the chief.
Sergt. Dean appeared at roll call the
following day, but Shubert was still miss
ing.
When this was reported to the chief
he ordered Captains Ray and Reed to
investigate.
They wont to the Hazelton hotel, where
they found Shubert.
The chief stated that the captains re
ported they had found Shubert under the
Influence of liquor.
"If that is true, bring in his badge
and suspend him until an investigation
can be made,” Chief Kinney ordered.
The badge was brought to the chief's
office and Shubert was suspended.
CASE COVERED
UP UNTIL TODAY.
The case was covered up until today,
when the affair leaked out nnd became
the subject of conversation In the cor
ridors at police headquarters.
In the opinion of some who have
watched Shubert's connection with the
city administration and the Dowers that
be in Indianapolis, every possible influ
ence will be brought to bear to shield
him and If possible to bring about his
reinstatement.
There seemed to be a question in the
minds of many policemen whether the
board of safety would dare dismiss Shu
bert under the circumstances.
Shubert's record as a policeman, they
point out, shows that it certainly was
not the cause of his rising to the rank
of lieutenant. v
According to the records on file at the
office of the board of public safety,
Shubert was appointed to the force April
13, 1910.
In less than a year he was in trouble.
On Nov. 30, 1910, charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer were preferred
against him and the records show he was
dismissed from the force Dec. 7. 1010.
He was reinstated as a member of the
force Feb. 7. 1918, at the beginning of
the Jewett administration, and was for
a time a member of the morals squad
under Sergt. Winkler.
He was promoted to the rank of de
tective Dee. 31, 1918, and on Jan. 13, 1920,
was promoted to the rank of a lieutenant.
During the eight years that Inter
vened from the time Shubert was dis
missed from the force for conduct un
becoming an officer and insubordination,
until the time be was reinstated, George
V. Coffin was busy building his political
machine, which made Charles W. Jew
ett mayor in the last city election.
SHUBERT IMPORTANT
LINK IN THAT CHAIN.
Shubert was an important link in the
chain that held the machine together.
He had been a deputy sheriff when
Coffin was sheriff of Marion county and
when Coffin was recognized as the
power that could swing the negro vote
to Jewett.
Shubert and his friends were capable
of bringing in the votes and his rein
statement on the police force and his
rapid rise are locked upon in the nature
of a reward for this service.
All of this leads to the question of
what the board of safety will do about
his removal from the force.
ON OATH, TELLS OF
BEATINGS IN JAIL
Former Prisoner Implicates
One-Time Custodians.
Eugene Duvall in criminal court today
told Special Judge James M. Berryhill
how Charles Whitesell. known as “Uncle
Charley,” former deputy shprtff at the
Marion county Jail, and Frank Kemp,
also former deputy sheriff at the Jail, as
saulted him while he was a prisoner in
the Jail.
Duvall, who sought recently to escape
from guards by jumping from a railroad
train while enroute from Michigan City
to Indianapolis, took (he stand
Edward Morrow, another jail attache,
also was in court, jointly indicted lot
assault and battery with “Uncle Charley”
Whitesell and Frank Kemp by the Mar
ion county grand jury, which investi
gated conditions at the jail.
He was discharged on motion of the
defense.
Duvall said he was cursed by the jail
guards, taken into the corridor. beat o, i
severely and unmercifully by the men
when they became angry at him.
OTHERS TAKE
WITNESS STAND.
Prisoners in the Jail during last Feb
ruary were placed on the witness stand
to tell of the alleged assaults.
Harry Dirks, a federal prisoner, said
that on Feb. 14 Duvall asked "Uncle
Charley" WhlteseH to give him a bath,
and that “Uncle Charley” denied the
request, dragged Duvall from fcls cell
and hit him with his fist and a bunch
of keys.
Dirks admitted on cross-examination
that Duvall said he would kill the first
man who came info the cell nfter him.
Walter Hague, another federal prisoner,
and Clarence Wilhelm, a prisoner, also
told of the treatment of Duvall.
Hague said the other prisoners in tho
upper part of the jail were driven to
one end of the corridor when the al
leged assault on Duvall took place.
SUBJECTED TO
HOT QUESTIONING.
All of the witnesses fox the state were
subjected to a grueling cross-examina
tion by Ira Holmes, attorney for the
Jail guards.
In presenting the defense, counsel for
the jail guards presented exhibits of two
murderous looking iron clubs, one made
of a bent iron bed slat, the other a heavy
piece of iron grating, said to have been
found In Duvall’s cell by the guards.
The defense sought to prove llut Du
vall was a dangerous character and (hat
the treatment of the jail guards was (tly
severe enough to fore* film to obey jail
reg ala t lens.