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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy; not much change
in temperature.
vol. xxxm.
SHAKE-UP HITS FOUR
HIGH OFFICIALS IN
i CITY POLICE RANKS
Supervisor of Detectives Manning Reduced to
I Sergeant and Capt. Fletcher Named by
I Safety Board to Succeed Him.
SHOMAS AND M’MURTRTf PROMOTED
i A shake-up among high officers of the police department was ordered
arrive board of public safety today.
The following changes were made:
Supervisor of Detectives Chauncey Manning was reduced to detec
tive sergeant.
Captain of Police Herbert R. Fletcher was promoted to the rank
of supervisor of detectives.
Lieutenant of Police Othello D. Thomas was promoted to the rank
of captain of police.
Detective Sergeant Jesse McMurtry was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant of police.
Chief of Police" Kinney filed action
against Lieut. Edward Shubert, charging
bfm with conduct unbecoming an officer
and with being Intoxicated.
It 1* alleged Shubert was found at the
Hnzelton hotel Saturday afternoon by
Capt. Alfred Kay and Harley Reed In
an Intoxicated condition.
SHCBERT’S TRIAL
SET FOB JULY t.
Shubert's trial will be held at a spe
cial meeting of the board July 2.
A. L. Taggart, president of the board,
said in regard to the charges that the
offense was not the only one of similar
nature that Shubert bad committed.
He said he understood Shubert was
inclined to take on “a little too much"
Tt ben the occasion presented Itself and
that Shubert Is the type that could not
carry a drink or two under his belt
without getting drunk.
When asked If Mayor Jewett or repub
lican politicians would make efforts to
block the dismissal of Shubert, he said
If the evidence In the trial was sufficient
Shubert would be dismissed regardless
of what Mayor Jewett or republican poli
ticians had to say.
“I know the relations between Mayor
Jewett and Shubert,” he said, “and 1
know that the mayor always supports
his friends, but I do not think the mayor
will try to lend any support to Shubert
unless he should think that the evidence
produced was not sufficient or unless he
thought Shubert had received Injustice at
the hands of the board of public safety.”
Taggart said be was extremely sorry
Ahat there had been occasion for the pref
■fence of the charge, but that he and
fljgStoard would order a dismissal only
it the evidence presented at the trial next
Friday was founded on sufficient
founds.
BAYS CHANGES MADE
FOB GOOD OF SERVICE.
Mr. Taggart, In commenting on the
changes In personnel, said that the board
regretted their necessity because such
changes are likely to bring about mis
understandings.
He said the promotions and demotion*
were based on the records of the men
In col red And not on political affiliating.
The redaction of Inspector Manning
was not * surprise to those "close la”
at police headquarters.
It has been an open secret for some
'time that there was dissension among
the detectives.
Some of the favored ones were get
ting too many easy assignments which
gave them chances to make arrests or
at least get their names on the turn
key’s slate as having made arrests. It
was said.
Other detectives of some years’ experi
ence have been assigned to the "rag
weeds," as the outlying districts arc
called.
are rumors afloat at police head
jfQPfrte rs that some orders have been Ig
nored and that the dissension among
the detectives has assumed such serious
proportions that the efficiency of the
department was becoming impaired.
THERE’S THE CASE OF
••NORTH SIDE” BI'RGLAR.
The “north side” burglar has not been
taught.
The term “north side” burglar has
been applied to the thief who for two
months has robbed numerous homes on
the north side.
This thief has carried away many
thousands of dollars worth of Jewelry
and has never appeared to be eveu near
capture by the detectives, while none of
the Jewelry has been found.
It also was hinted that the Shubert
case might be a part of the sbakeup.
Manning was appointed to the police
force Pec. IS*, ISftS, and was recently
made supervisor of the detectives.
A series of offenses and inefficiency
was given as the chief cause of his re
duction.
FLETCHER NAMED
IN JI NK, 1907.
Supervisor of Detectives Herbert It.
Fletcher was appointed to the police
force June 12. 1907; was charged With
conduct not becoming an officer and
Insubordination Sept. 25. 1907 and re
signed; was re-appointed March 17.
1909; promoted to blcycleman Dec. 7,
1910; placed on the flood roll of honor.
April ft, lftl3; promoted to sergeant Jan..
Iftl4; promoted to lieutenant Dec. 22,
!H5; reduced to detective sergeaut Jan.
7. 1918; promoted again to lieutenant
!*■ 1920. and made captain today.
Lieut. Jesse MeMurty received his
. up-’intment to the police force Dec. 13,
•.‘II ; was promoted to Idcyclemau Jan.
(Continued on Page Two.)
10 OF THOMPSON
RING CONVICTED
Guilty of Conspiracy
and Contempt of Court.
CHICAGO, June 22.—Nine members of
the Mayor Thompson faction of Chicago’s
board of education and the attorney for
the. board, all of them ousted by court
order and re-elected by the city alder
manic council, were found guilty of con
spiracy and contempt of court today by
Judge Kiokham Scanlan in the criminal
court, and were sentenced to terms In
jail and to pay fines ranging from S3OO
to $750.
Mayor Thompson, State's Attorney
Hoyne and other city and county officials
were In court when the decision was ren
dered.
Attorneys representing the defendants
said they would arrange bond for them
and take the case to the appellate court.
The proceedings resulting In the sen
tencing of the school hoard members,
lenjnn *r from the ousting of Dr. Charles
of Detroit as superintendent
of schools.
After being installed In that position.
Dr. Cbadsey was refused admittance by
the Thompson board to his office in the
school board rooms.
Later Judge Scanalan ruled that Dr.
Chadsey was the rightful superintendent,
but despite this, detectives kept him
from assuming his duties, It wss
charged.
The contempt proceedings followed.
Published at Indianapolis. Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914, at
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WOMEN TO FIGHT
FOR NEW MARKET
South Side Petition Referred
Back to Council.
A petition asking permission to con
duct a market on Fountain square,
brought before the board of public safety
by the South Side Women’s club today,
was referred to the city council.
According to the plans of the club, the
producers would sell their products from
their wagons along Prospect and Shelby
streets.
There would be no blocking of traffic
or objectionable features connected with
the operation of the market, according to
the club members.
The petition, which has been before
the city council and was referred to the
board of public safety, was presented by
Mrs. R. C. ShortrUlge and Mrs. M. L.
Relffel, members of the club.
No substantial objections to conduct
ing the market were raised by the board,
although It did not show favor toward
the movement.
Under 'the law the board of public
safety has no power to authorize opera
tion of stands, although such operation is
permissible.
The board refused to indorse the move
ment, unless 1; should have the authority
to enforce Its position.
In presenting the petition Mrs. Reiffel
said that if the property owners had
r.e objections to tbe stands ’-efore their
bouses and places of business she could
not see why the movement should not
be approved.
“We will fight the matter through,
and will take It up with the mayor If
necessary," declared the two members
of the organization following the bear
ing.
The petition was signed by the fol
lowing members of the club: Mrs. EUle
Agnew. Mrs. Nell Daugherty, Mrs. M. L.
Relffel, Mrs. H. N. Williams. Miss Mae
beli%. Mya.- Welrhoff. H*tu>
Olive Malcolm, Miss Minnie Roslnoge.
Mrs. C. Palmer, Miss Ethel McDaniel,
Mrs. W. L. Brewer, Miss Elizabeth Scott.
Mrs. E. Farnswell, Mrs. H. U. Kelley,
Mrs. John Presnell, Mrs. N. C. Church
-11l and Mrs. G. Wrenneck.
The movement, which was started
some time ago by the sonth side women
to have the gardners sell their produce
from their wagons on Fountain Square
was taken up before tbe rity council a
short time ago, where It met with oppo
sition.
The responsibility of settling the mat
ter was referred to the board of public
safety.
Among the prominent south side busi
ness houses Indorsing the market are
the Fountain Square cafeteria, W. (I.
Brown & Cos., C. R. Kluger, Charles Den
ker, Relsbeck Drug store. F. A. Kreps,
Horuff Shoe Company, The Hartman &
Burton Company, William Puff, H. W.
Knannleln, Eminger China store. The
Bargain bazar and the Fehrenbach Shoe
store.
Governor Silent on
Extra Session Date
Gov. Goodrich still was silent today re
garding the date of the coming special
session of the legislature.
That it will be called for next Mon
day, however, was the general supposi
tion.
Members of the public service commis
sion, hearing the petition of the Indiana
Bell Telephone Company sot increased
rates in thirty-nine Indiana exchanges,
were Informed today that they could not
use the chamber of tbe house of repre
sentatives tomorrow for the hearing.
Work will be started Immediately pre
paring the chamber for the special ses
sion, they were informed.
The session will be called to appro
priate money for the state institutions,
and it is thought it will he drawn out
to give members an opportunity to pre.
sent measures covering some of their fa
vorite subjects.
Lone Cop Captures 20 Men Accused
of Gambling in Police Front Yard
Following what the police describe as “an attempt to shoot craps in
the front yard of police headquarters,” Lieut. Harley Jones raided an al
leged dice game at 2:15 o’clock this morning, and, single handed, suc
ceeded in taking twenty of the alleged gamblers into custody.
Fifteen escaped by breaking a win
dow from the side of the garage where
they were cornered, but the pollcman
fired enough shots in the vicinity of the
window to prevent the others from es
caping.
The raid was made on a garage known
as the "C. and G. Auto Laundry,” 224
East Pearl street.
When the police were unable to .show
in city court that money had actually
been won and lost in the game, seven
teen of the defendants were dismissed on/
motion of the defense.
Three of them failed to appear in
court.
Among those captured were some of
the best known ' gamblers in the city,
the police say, hut they all gave fictitious
names, it is said.
POLICE CALL THEM
“SILK SHIRT BOYS.”
The men captured are known as the
"silk shirt boys” and the,, police aay
In Shakeup
Supervisor of Detectives Her
bert R. Fletcher and Detective
Sergeant Chauncey Manning.
The shakeup In the police department
today was looked upon as one of the
moat important of the many which have
occurred during the Jewett administra
tion.
Chauncey Manning was reduced from
the rank of supervisor of detectives to
sergeant of detectives and Herbert H.
Fletcher was promoted from the rank of
police captain to take his place
Dissension In the detective department
Is said to have been responsible for the
change.
DR. BUTLER NOW
SORRY HE SPOKE
Defeated G. O. P. Candidate
Apologizes to Procter.
CINCINNATI, June 22.—William Coop
er Procter, who directed Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood’s campaign for the republican
presidential nomination, received a tele
gram of apology today from Dr. Nicholas
Murray liutier, president of Columbia
university. New York, for Butler’s critl
cism of Wood's campaign methods.
Dr. Butler had issued a public state
ment, in which he said Wood's failure at
the national convention was due to the
fact that "big money" was backing him.
The telegram. In answer to a protest
from Procter, reads:
“I am convinced that my words, spoken
under strain, turmoil and fatigue of the
Chicago convention and. In short, revolt
against the power of money in politics,
were both unbecoming and unwarranted
and that I should and do apologize to
each and every one who felt hurt by
what 1 said.”
Sues to Recover
Jewels, From Bank
A ault has been filed In the federal
district court by Samuel Epstein of Chi
cago against the National City bank of
Indianapolis for a judgment for the de
livery to the plaintiff of *22.500 worth
of diamonds, which the plaintiff claims
are his personal property and which he
claims are being held by the bank.
The plaintiff also asks for Judgment
in the amount of interest on the value
of the diamonds that are alleged to be
held and for all other proper relief.
Epstein claims that the National <*ltv
bank is holding a diamond weighing
more than nineteen carats, valued at
$7,3(55 and 24(1 other diamonds totaling
a value of $10,809
He filed a similar suit in circuit court
against Philip Saks and Max I>. Saks
seeking to recover $2,250 worth of dia
monds.
they all wear silk shirts, loaf around
pool rooms and never work.
Eor more than a week there have been
boasts heard In downtown poolrooms
that at least tnlce a week the gambling
fraternity had a game within less than
half a block from police headquarters
and that hundreds of dollars changed
hands.
Tuesday morning of latt week sev.
oral men were seen by garage employe*
to come from the garage at 224 Kart
I’earl street early in the morning, and
at 5 o clock Saturday morning Cap'.
Fletcher looked through the window at
police headquarters and saw nineteen
men, many of them known gamblers,
walk from the Pearl street garage.
That night the place was searched, but
there was nothing found.
Later the police learned that the game
had been held in another garage.
Lieut. Jones saw three men trying to
get in the Pearl street garage this morn
ing. and when they saw him the three
ran.
Jones kicked In the front door and
there was a wild scramble.
When the men inside saw him one
broke out the window on the side of the
garage, and the policeman ran to the cor
ner of the building and opened fire, forc
ing the others to stay inside.
The revolver shots and Jones’ police
whistle broiutht Capt. Fletcher and l’a
(Con|oul on Page Two.)
INDL4NAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1920.
BELL COMPANY
VIOLATES ORDER
OF COMMISSION
One Per Cent More Charged
on Depreciation Than
Authorized.
STOCK OWNERS GIVEN
Edgar S. Bloom, of Chicago, president
of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company,
was still on the stand this morning, In
the hearing of the petition of the Indi
ana Bell Telephone Company for nu-,
thorlty to increase Its rates at exchanges
In Indiana and he was still on the stHiid
at the noon recess as a center for ques
tions propounded by members of the
commission and Samuel Ashby, corpora
tion counsel for Indianapolis.
One of the questions that was asked
him was "why a small local exchange
could charge from 50 to 100 per cent less
than a small local exchange of the Bell
Company, size and number of calls
being equal."
In reply be gave tbe keeping up of the
plant, the setting aside of a proper
amount for depreciation, etc., as reasons.
In response to a question by Commis
sioner Fyed Johnson as to what would
be bis policy Jf he “acquired a small ex
change with a rurnl service and a rote,
sav of 25 cents to 75 cents or even up to
#1 a month—his policy, that Is. as to
rates; he said that the company would
have to raise the rote an account of de
preciation and investment and because
they would have to afford better service—
especially toll service.
A. T. A T. OWNS
MOST OF BELL STOCK. f
Among the questions asked him was:
“How much of the stock of the Indiana
Bell Company Is owned by the A. T. A
T.V”
He replied that all but nine shares,
which are owned by the directors of the
Indiana Bell, were owned by the A. T.
& T.
It was brought out during his cross
examination that the Indiana Bell Tele
phone Company Is charging tip 6 per
cent for depreciation' on book valuation,
while the order of the commission of
Feb. 0 provided that the charge for de
preelation should be 5 per cent annually
on the depreciable property of the com
pany.
It is stated that the hook valuation by
the company is considerably higher than
the tentative value set by the commis
sion.
PLEASANT TIME
WITH OWN ATTORNEY.
In his brief history of the origin of
the Indiana Bell Telephone Company,
and going quite a distance prior to that,
Mr Bloom had quite n pleasant time un
der direct examination by R. F. David
son, one of the attorneys for the telephone
company, at Monday afternoon’s session
of the hearing, before the members of the
Indiana Public Service commission, of
the petition of the telephone company
for authority to Increase Its rates.
But under cross-examination by Sam
uel Ashby, corporation counsel for the
city of Indianapolis, his way did not
seem to lead in auch pleasant places.
In direct examination by Mr. Davidson,
Mr. Bloom aatd that back In about 1880
the question arose as to whether there
should be one big company or smaller
companies throughout tbe United States,
and It wss decided that there should be
local companies, and above all tbe big
organization for patents, patent derelop
mcnta, etc.
This continued a few years, he said,
and then tbe need of uniformity of ap
paratus, methods, accounting, etc., arose,
and the Western Electric company be
(Contlnaefi on Page Two.)
ANOTHER MURDER
RIVALS ELWELL’S
Rich Man’s Body Found in
Flat, Cash and Jewels Gone.
NEW YORK, June 21.—With the Bl
well case still unsolved, another murder
mystery—the billing of Manuel Gabln, a
wealthy restaurant proprietor, was added
to the crime annals of the police depart
ment today.
When Galdn’s body was found, shot
through the heart, In a bed In a richly
furnished apartment at Washington and
West Twelfth streets, ,52T>,000 In cash and
Jewelry were missing.
Gabln was well known In the Spanish
colony and was sometimes called "The
King of the Spaniards."
Until two years ago he was an im
personator in vaudeville.
The police said they expected to ar
rest a young American friend of Gnbln,
known as "Hjndsome Charlie.”
The spotlight In the Klwell investiga
tion was turned again today on "Mis*
Wilson," the mysterious and handsome
young woman, who was said to have
Ppent the night frequently at Elwell’s
home at No. 241 West Seventieth street.
A bundle of letters and photographs
was seized In the apartment of Miss Elly
Hope Anderson, daughter of a wealthy
Minneapolis, Minn., manufacturer, at
No. 47 East Sixty-first street, and scru
tinized by members of the district at
torney’s staff in the hope of shedding
light,on the Elwell mystery.
Miss Anderson is a student of music
and U said to be n friend of Victor Von
Schlegell. one of the last persons to
see Elwell alive on the morning of June
11.
The house In which Miss Anderson
lives is almost directly In the rear of
the Knickerbocker Chambers, where Von
Scblegell makes his home.
It was explained that the only clew
the authorities hoped to gain from the
correapondence was some possible state
ment that would throw light upon El
well’s relations with Von Schlegell and
Von Schlegell’s divorced wife, Viola
Krauss.
Legion Editor Gets
‘BergdolP Letter
NEW YORK. June 22. -A letter signed
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was received
by the editor of the American Legion
Weekly today.
Attempts of police and others to catch
the fugitive draft dodger were ridiculed
In the letter.
The envelope was postmarked at Cin
cinnati.
Bergdoll, who is under a five-year sen
tence of a court-martial for dodging mil
itary service, escaped from armed guards
while visiting his mother in Philadelphia.
Connecticut Troops
Sent to Waterbury
WATEIIRT RY, Conn.. June 22.—With
three companies of state guardsmen in
charge the situation here following riots
between strikers and policemen was quiet
today.
Llberto Riso, who police claimed fired
the first shot In the riot, died of
wounds.
The two wounded policemen were In
a serious coowlon.
Women Take Rank
With Men Voters in
Democratic Party
Chairman Woman’s Bureau
Says They Neither Give
Nor Ask Odds .
TANARUS(? f .
! yozo&sz
BASS'
By MRS. GEORGE BASS.
Chairman Woman's Bureau Democratic
National Committee.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 22.
The day of the "Ladles' Aid Society" Is
passing.
The churches are admitting them as
delegates and voting members.
In politics wo are moving more rapidly.
Four years after tbe democratic na-
convention recomuicuded the ex
tension of franchise to women, their en
franchisement Is practically acompllshed
mainly through the untiring efforts of
the president.
Without waiting for the adoption of
the nineteenth amendment and before It
was submitted to the states the demo
cratie national committee doubled its
membership and provided for the ap
pointment of a woman upon the na
tional committee from each state.
Last fall the executive committee voted
to double Its membership adding seven
teen women to this directing force of
the national eoniinltte.e
Never at any time has there been any
disposition to keep the women waiting
outside the committee rooms, nor will
th'-re be during this convention.
It is not a question of taking them In
to the party councils.
They are the party councillors and
will have a voice In all that U done.
In addition to this the national com
mittee has Indorsed a plan for organiza
tion that calls for a committeewoman
as well as a committeeman for each
state—to be elected In the same man
ner and with equal power.
This definite Instruction has had much
to do with the great number of women
chosen to attend the convention.
We have more than 100 women dele
gates—twenty-five of them delegates at
large and 150 alternate*
When we add to this the national com
mittee women, the members of the execu
tive committee and my own staff, we
have more than 400 women who wtl! take
an active part In the coming convention,
and they will not be on the outside look
ing in, but on the inside, too much oc
cupied with the great business in hand
to have time to look out, but they know
that the womanhood of America la wish
ing them godspeed.
ASKS WILSON FOR
STRIKE WEAPON
Payne Urges Quick Action in
Railway Situation.
WASHINGTON, June 22.—A detailed
report of tfto grievances of railroad men
which led to walkouts in Philadelphia,
Baltimore and elsewhere were presented
to President Wilson today by John Bar
ton Payne, director general of railroads,
following conferences between Mr. Payne
and representatives of the brotherhood.
Mr. Payne, in his report. Is understood
to have urged the necessity of immediate
action to stave off further serious dis
turbances of rnllroad traffic and to have
requested the president to outline a pol
icy to be followed In dealiug with the
situation.
Since representatives of the brother
hoods all along have insisted that the
walkouts are merely a protest against
delay on the part of the railroad labor
board in rendering a decision on the
increases involving grievances of the
men pending since April, 1919, Mr.
Payne's report, It was learned today, set
forth the desirability oJ.au investigation
Into tho cause of delay on the part of
the labor board and urged the necessity
of Immediate action.
PHILADELPHIA, June 22—The rail
road strike apparently has been cheeked
In this city, though strikers say a big
walkout is scheduled for Friday.
Both the Pennsylvania and the Read
ing report some strikers us having re
turned to work, while In Baltimore the
trouble has been virtually ended by the
return of one-half the strikers, according
to officials here.
Passenger train service In Philadelphia
is not affected, but is reported to have
been slowed up la New Jersey.
Only 5 of Cabinet
Meet With Wilson
WASHINGTON. June 22.—The weekly
meeting of President Wilson’s cabinet to
day saw the slimest attendance within
the memory of whttehouse attaches.
Only,Secretari(fli Payne, Wilson, Baker.
Houston and Alexander are in Washing
ton.
The others are on their way to Sa.'i
Francisco to the democratic convention.
Steals Baby Carriage
A burglar partially solved the high
cost of rearing a family last night
when he entered the house of Mrs.
Itabel Cary, 1955 Hillside avenue, and j
stole a baby carriage.
The - carriage Is worth 810, Mrs, |
Cary told the polieo. i
Subscription Rates. J By Mmll fioc Per Mont h; $5.00 Per Year.
M’ADOO MOVE
WILL NOT HALT,
SAY FRIENDS
Favor Putting Him in Nomi
nation, ‘Consent or No
Consent.’
HE TELEGRAPHS JENKINS
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June 22.-Indi
cations that friends of William G. Mc-
Adoo will “stop at nothing” in their
efforts to Torce his name before the dem
ocratic .convention stood out clearly in
a statement Issued by Burris Jenkins ot
Kansas City today.
In his statement he sets forth the
following:
“Thomas B. Love, national democratic
committeeman from Texas, called me
over long distance telephone from Pueb
lo Monday night while en route to San
Francisco and said:
*‘l’ve traveled west from Kansas City
with the Alabama delegation and eigh
teen of the twenty-four delegates favor
putting McAdoo in nomination, consent
or no consent. The former treasury
head, they declare, la the one and only
leader with whom the democrats can
feel sure of victory. McAdoo must, they
Insist, be nominated.”
“Similar sentiment continues to pour
In from various sections of the country.
His name Is on every one’s lips. It is
Inevitable that his name be plAoed In
nomination.
"Someone, without doubt, will put him
before the convention. \ybether the
writer does so or not the country might
Just as well understand, first and last,
that there la no stopptng the attempt to
put McAdoo across the the democratic
presidential nominee.’
CANDIDATE ROW
BEGINS TO BOOM
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22—Candidate
row was being put In shape today for
the reception of aspirants for tbe demo
cratic presidential nomination, who will
be on the ground directing their fights.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer,
Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma;
Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska; Senator
Carter Glass, Virginia, and possibly Gov.
Cox of Ohio are expected here.
Candidates' ro will be divided between
the Palace and St. Francl* hotels.
Early Indications are there will be as
much doing along the row as at the re
publican convention In Chicago.
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma,
first of the candidates to arrive here, to
day Indicated he would make the high
cost of living the principal Issue In his
fight for the nomination.
Senator Owen called Senator Harding
“the stand-patter of stand-patters.”
"Now they are saying he Is a pro
gressive." the Oklahoman remarked, “be
cause they know only a progressive can
v. In In this election. The work of the
republicans at Chtcago was fine for the
democrats. Their platform and their
ticket appreciably add to the chances
of the opposition."
G. O. P. LEADERS
CONTINUE CONFABS
WASHINGTON, June 22- Warren G.
Harding's campaign committee t* ex
pected to be named today during the
conference the presidential nominee Is
bidding with the members of the na
tional committee.
Women, It Is understood, will be given
at least five and possibly more places
on this committee,
A woman vice chairman and a woman
assistant secretary will be named.
Miss Mary Garret Hay and Mrs. Medil!
MeCormick are mentioned for the vice
chairmanship.
The national committee In conference
with Harding agreed that Hays should
be given control of the campaign.
Plans for ceremonies in connection
with the formal notification of Hardlug
and Coolidge were completed today.
Harding's notification will be at 2 p.
m. July 22, and Coolidge’s at the same
hour, July 27.
The following committee on arrange
ments for the Harding ceremony was
named: T. Coleman Dupont. Delaware;
Senator Lawrence Y. Shermau, Illinois;
J. B. Keullng. Indiana; R. K. Hyuicka,
Ohio; D. W. Mnlvane. Kansas; Willis C.
Cook, Sonth Dakota: H. O. Bursom, New
Mexico, all national committteemen.
For the Coolidge notification the fol
lowing committee was named: J. R.
Koruback, Connecticut; W. Estnbrook,
New Hampshire; E. S. Kinsley, Vermont;
I. A. Caswell, Minnesota; P. M. Warner,
Michigan; C. D. Sletnp, Virginia; A. B.
Jaynes, Arizona.
M’CO MBS TAKES
ISSUE WITH WILSON
CHICAGO, June 22.—1n a statement
made public today by William F. Mc-
Combs, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee from 1912 to 1919, and
manager < f I resident Wilson's 1912 cam
paign, Mr. McCombs attacks what he
characterizes as the president's auto
cratic assumption of authority.
President Wilson, he said, lias no
more right to call himself leader of the
democratic party, "a conception hereto
fore never entertained by any Amer
ican,” than Chief Justice White, former
Speaker Champ Clark or Vice President
Thomas R. Marshall.
Speechless Man Watches Road for
Family After Dream of Wreck
Speechless from fright caused by a dream In which he saw his wife
and children under an overturned automobile, Harry E. Jacobs, 25, of
Pittsburg, Pa., today Is watching the National road for three touring cars.
In those cars are his wife, his children, his father and mother and
some friends.
| Jacobs early today appeared nt police
I headquarters and asked the assistance
1 of the police in finding the tourists.
The story told by Jacobs, or rather,
written by him, for he has lost the
| power of speech since his horrible dream,
i is strange and weird.
Jacobs, ht family and friends planned
a tour and were to vfart from their home
In Pittsburg.
Jacobs was delayed because of busi
ness engagements and the others started
ahead of him westward bouAd.
Six hours’ behind the other tourists
Jacobs started In an automobile to
overtake them, but hitting a pile of
gravel in the road, he skidded Into a
ditch nnd his automobile turned over.
F.XPECTB TO MEET
FAMILY AT TERRE HAUTE.
Only slightly Injured, Jacobs planned
to intercept the tourists at Terre Haute,
Ind., where he knew they would pass,
sc he went there on a train after mak
ing arrangements for a garage to repair
his wrecked ear.
Arriving in Terre Haute Sunday night.
Jacobs went to a hotel after Bending a
series of telegrams to the tourists along
the route he was sure they would take
through Ohio and Indiana.
Then he retired to his room in the ho
tel and lay down to a troubled sleep.
It wsjt yesterday morning when he
saw the automobile In which
children were riding leave
HOME EDITION
2 CENTS PER COPY
EXTRA
HAAGS FOUND GUILTY
ON BOOZE CHARGES
BULLETIN.
Julius A. Haag and Louis E. Haag, druggists, were convicted
by a jury in federal court this afternoon on a charge of conspir
acy to violate the Reed amendment, which makes unlawful the
transportation of liquor into a dry state.
That bolshevism is not the reaj menace to American citizenship, but
that the real danger is rich drug store owners like Louis E. Haag and Julius
A. Haag, who “openly flaunt the law,” was a declaration of District Attor
ney Frederick VanNuys in the final argument to the jury injthe Haag case
in the federal court today.
Judge Anderson began instructing the
jury at 10:50 o’clock this morning and
the jury retired fifteen minutes later.
District Attorney VanNuys In his clos
ing argument called the attention ot
the jury to the fact that Julius Haag
testified that the liquor supply was kept
McAdoo Insists He
Not Be Nominated
NEW YORK, June 22.—William G.
McAdoo today sent a telegjam to Dr.
Burris Jenkins at Kansas City, in
sisting that he not be placed In nomi
nation at the democratic convention
at San Francisco.
Announcement of the fact that Mc-
Adoo had sent the message was made
at his offices here, when McAdoo was
informed that Thomas B. Love, dem
ocratic national committeeman from
Texas, had Informed Jenkins “some
one would place McAdoo's name be
fore the convention.”
The text of the message was not
made public, but it was said It was
along the lines of the communication
sent to Third Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Spouse last week.
Court Sets Monday as
Day for Drawing Jury
Judge James A. Collins In the Marion
county criminal court today fixed next
Monday as the date for drawing the
names of the now-Marion county grana
jury to eerve the remainder of the year.
The Jury commissioners were orderea
to make arrangements for the drawing.
Baby Hospital Open
to Public Wednesday
New quarters for the Reed Hospital for
Babies will be open for public Inspection
Wednesday between the hours of 10 and
12. 2 and 5:30 and 7 until 8:80.
Thirty-five babies may be taken care
[ of in the new rooms.
Grace IteeffAs the founder and director
of tbe baby sanitarium. *
Mexican Ambassador
Due in States Soon
MEXICO CITY, June 22.—Fernando
Iglesins Calderon, who has been ap
pointed special ambassador to the
United States, will leave for Washing
ton either today or tomorrow, accom
panied by a staff. It was announced by
the foreign office today.
It was further announced that the
British government has replied to Mexi
can representations that Baldlno Davaloa
Is persona grata as Mexican ambassador
to the court of St. James.
Bury Chicago Riot
Victim at Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind., June 22. —The body
of Joel A. Hoyt, one of two white
men killed in a negro demonstration
In the Chicago “black belt” Sunday
night, arrived In Muncie this after
noon for burial.
Services will be held In Beech Grove
chapel Wednesday morning and bur
ial will be in the city cemetery.
The body was accompanied to Mun
cie by relatives.
$1,300 Liquor Stock
Found in Evansville
Special to The Times.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., June 22.- More
than $1,300 worth of liquor is In the
possession of federal authorities here to
day, following the raid lust night, con
ducted by Sheriff Herbert • Males, depu
ties and federal officers, on the home ot
William Hubbard.
Marvin Hubbard, son of William Hub
bard, is under arrest, charged with be
ing the owner of the "wet” goods.
It is expected he will be turned over
to the federal officers for prosecution.
the road on a sharp turn and plunge
Into a ditch and turn over.
As Jacobs in his dream saw the
crushed and mangled forms of Ills chil
dren he leaped from his bed with a wl.'d
cry of fright.
He tried to cry out again, but could
not. .
FIRST HORROR CRY’
CLOSES THROAT.
Jacobs declared it seemed as though
his throat had closed and since that first
cry of horror he has been unable to
speak.
He paid a man to watch the road at
Terre Haute, notified the police of that
city to keep and then came to In
dianapolis.
Jacobs received a telegram from an
Ohio city telling that the tourists had
passed through that place, but the tele
gram has not relieved his anxiety re
garding the possible fate of his family.
Jacobs says two of the automobiles in
which the tourists will pass through the
city are black and the other Is red, and
all have Pennsylvania licenses on them.
Camping outfits, Including tents, are
fastened to the shies of the cars.
Jacobs declared he would remain In In
dianapolis for a number of hours wait
ing and watching for the tourists or
news of his family. j
NO. 36.
“in the wine cellar” of the Pennsylvania
street store.
VanNuys maintained that the Ha-igs
knew that this wonderful flood of whtskv
prescriptions was coming Into their store
on Christmas eve, 1918.
“In ten days’ time before Christmas
the evidence showed that Louis Haag or
dered a total of 1.200 gallons of whisky
from out of the state and that Louis
instructed the senders to rush the or
der." said the district attorney.
PROFITS ESTIMATED
AT 5250 A DAY.
VanNuys estimated the profit of the
Haags during October, November and
I December. 1918, from their whisky sales
at from $250 to S3OO a day.
Looking directly at the Haags, Van-
Nuys Bald, “When Louis started to make
an inventory of his whisky stdek on the
shelves the next day all the whisky was
gone and he caused fifty-six quarts more
to be put on the shelves.
“It was like Old Mother Hubbard
i going to the cupboard and finding It
bare,” dramatically recited the district
attorney.
VanNuys declared that many of the
prescriptions for whisky were a “pal
pable fraud.” v
In defense of the Haags, Michael
llyan declared there was not a word of
evidence to show that any one who pur
chased whisky on prescriptions for tlio
Haag store “ever staggered or went
borne In an improper condition."
Mr. Ryan said the defense admitted
from the outset of the trial that tho
defendants did order the whisky as
charged hut claimed that It was for me
dicinal purposes alone.
“If you believe the testimony of t ho
defendants that they bought this whisky
for medicinal ' purposes then this cast.
Is ended," Mr. Ryan said.
EVERY PRESCRIPTION
CARRIED NAME.
Mr. Ryan said that every prescription
had the name- and address of a patient
and steadily maintained that the Haags,
in his judgement, never conducted s
blind tiger.
“Their place of business doesn’t carry
the stripe of a blind tiger or any other
kind of a tiger and everything that the
Haags did was done In the open and
even sworn to before the county clerk,"
claimed Mr. Ryan.
In closing his argument Mr. Ryan
claimed the only question before the Jury
was to determine whether this liquor
was brought In for medical or for bev
erage purposes.
The first of the eloslng arguments for
the government was made late yesterday
afternoon by District Attorney Fred
VanNuys, who declared that the de
fendant Haags were In the whisky busi
ness for the money there wuj in the il
legal traffic.
“REQUIRE 843 YEARS
TO DRINK STUFF."
"I have figured up that if the direc
tions of taking the doses of whisky sold
by the Haags and •Introduced In evidence,
were followed out it woul 1 require M3
years to drink the stuff, ’ „aH VanNuys.
“The liquor business ?s out of exist
ence because such men as tbe Haage
have prostituted their citizenship over tne
depiuTed bodies of men and women."
charged Mr. VanNuys.
In the course of his argument to the
Jury, the district attorney stated that
“the Hang brothers were the last rem
nants of the blind tigers In Indianapo
lis.”
Tbe district attorney took the position
that the so-called prescriptions were used
Just as a blind and that the whole trans
action was a “farce."
He assumed that the Haags were In
terested only In getting the liquor into
the state and getting the money as “this
traffic was carried on for money .alone.”
The district attorney contended that
the evidence showed the Haags at one
time had $50,000 worth of booze In the
cellar of the Pennsylvania atreet store.
HOLD NOT.BORNE
OUT BY EVIDENCE. •
In answering the district attorney. At
torney Charles \V, Miller, one of the sen
ior counsel for the “defense, contended
that tbe assumptions of the district at
torney were not borne out by the evi
dence.
He maintained that the Hadgs testi
fied they ordered the whisky for med
ical purposes and asMar as they knew
It was sold only on the proper prescrip
tions signed by doctors. r
Mr. Milter said he expected the jury
to return a verdict in favor of his clients
In the light of the evidence. M
He maintained the Haags l\ad
lo conceal, that they filed all
tions filled with the county clerk
Marlon county ns required by the stajH
law and that the prescriptions
on the files In the Pennsylvania
(Continued on Page Two,) ®
LOS ANGELES HIT
BY SIOO,OOO QUAKE
Heaviest Damage Reported in
Inglewood Suburb.
LOS ANGELES, June 2.—T01l In
property damage taken by the earth
quake which rocked Los Angeles and
vicinity early last night, wrecking seven
business buildings In Inglewood, a
suburb and' damaging scores of others
in this locality, was estimated today at
between SIOO,OOO and $150,000. , .
The greater part of this damage was
done In Inglewood, where hundreds of
men set about today clearing away the.
debris of their stores and homes*
preparatory to rebuilding the com
munity. , 7
That numbers of persons escaped
death in the fnlling buildings at Ingle
wood is regarded ns miraculous.
The first quake was felt at 8:48 and
caught hundreds of people at the dinner
tables.
Yet the only fatality attributable to
the tremblers, of which there were six
altogether in a period of three hours,
was that of Mrs. William Slppey, tti), ot
Los Angeles, who died of heart failure
when she attempted to run from the'
earthquake while visiting at the seashore.
Several persons were reported Injured
from falling debris, but none seriously.
The chief damage consisted of partial
destruction of a bank building, theater,
hotel, apartment house, the big Edison
r:tric plant and a store, with damage
other business blacks. Q

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