Indiana daily times. [volume], July 08, 1920, Home Edition, Page 2, Image 2

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FIGHT COMING
FOR ASSEMBLY
SPEAKERSHIP
Johnson and Harris Will Lock
Horns Over Important
Position.
Prospects for 8 fight over the speaker
ship of the lower house of the Indiana
general assembly, in the special session
to convene Monday, loomed up strongly
today, when It was learned that two rep
resentatives would be contenders for the
place.
Charles A. Johnson, representative of
Grant county, and J. Glenn Harris, rep
resenting Lake county, in the lower
houae, will lock horns with the G. O.
P. powers in an effort to land the po
sition.
• The speaker of the house will be
named in the caucus to be held Mon
day, preceding the opening of the spe
cial session.
JORSBOX WILL BE
STRONG APPLICANT.
That Johnson will be a strong appli
cant for the job was learned when the
information was given out in the spring
primary election that, if he could he
speaker of the house, he would again
become a candidate for re-election aa
representative from Grant county.
Johnson was. however, persuaded to
remain out of the race in Grant county,
by the local county machine, which
favored the nomination of certain others
who were known to be favorable to their
aspirations.
“If I knew that Jesse Esehbaeh would
not resign his position with the state
board of accounts, to remain in the leg
islature, as speaker, then I would enter
the race,” Mr. Johnson is said to have
declared.
Since Mr. Esehbaeh has not resigned
his position, Johnson will now probably
become an avowed candidate for speaker
of the house during the special session.
FRIENDS WILL
AID JOHNSON’.
It Is said that numerous friends of
the Grant county man will come to In
dianapolis Monday, to aid him in an
endeavor to land the position.
Friends of the Lake county legislator,
s’,so, it is said, will come to the city
t.. aid their friend in his fight for the
speakership.
Esehbaeh has already indicated that he
Is willing to serve as speaker. In case
he is selected, but it is claimed that he
will make r.o active fight for the Job.
Certain friends of the administration,
however, are declaring that he is the
favorite of Gov. Goodrich, and that nls
chances for selection are “very good.”
EXPERT FLAYS
COUNTY JAIL
GUARD SYSTEM
(Continued From Page One.)
smoke and undoubtedly cause a panic,
“The straw should not be there,” he
said.
Dr. Wright stated that he was con
vinced the jail kitchen should be moved
to the basement, that new plumbing
should be Installed and complete new
cooking utensils purchased.
“As long as Indiana operates the
sheriff's office on a fee basis, one can
expect the sheriff to ent down expenses
to the bone and to operate the jaii with
not enough employes,” said Dr. Wright.
“A straight salary basis is the cure
for the evil of jail mismanagement ”
The expert said he was pleased with
the way the county councilmen and the
eounty commissioners are co-operating
with his report in which positive recom
mendations were made for correction in
the managements of various county in
stitutions. -
15 WHO GOT AWAY
ARE YET AT LARGE
Fifteen of the twenty-four men who
escaped from the Marion county jail
early Monday morning are still at large
today.
The men who sawed a hole through
the bars of a cell and escaped after hit
ting the night jailer over the head and
binding and gagging him, apparently
have made good their getaway.
Federal officer! as well as the police
ere on the trails of some of the prison
ers, but so far have been nnsucccssful.
VINCENNES POLICE
GET TWO SUSPECTS
VINCENNES, Ind., July B.—Two young
men were taken from a freight train by
police here on the supposition that they
were two of the prisoners who escaped
from the Marlon county jail in the re
cent wholesale delivery.
They gave as their names Carl Woods.
21, of Kansas, and Leland Devault, 17,
of Indianapolis.
No word concerning *be arrest of the
two men at Vincennes had been received
at the office of the Marlon county sher
iff today.
‘ARE YOU READY
TO SIGN?’ ASKS
LLOYD GEORGE
(Continued From Page One.)
treaty permitting priority payments to
be made to either Italy or Poland.
Belgium insisted it would repudiate
Its signature to the peace treaty If it
was not granted priority, thereby making
null android the Versailles pact.
GERMANS SEE CRISIS
IN SPA CONFERENCE
BERLIN. July B.—The Prussian min
ister of interior, Herr Severing, has left
for Spa to discuss the future of the Ger
man security police.
While the bourse seems optimistic, and
the hope is expressed in official circles
that the allies will ultimately agree to
let Germany maintain an army of 200.000
men. the press is plainly pessimistic. The
Lokai Anzelger calls the Spa conference
a “crisis for Germany.”
FRENCH NEWSPAPERS
ARE WELL SATISFIED
PARIS. July B.—French newspapers
today expressed satisfaction with the
proceedings at Spa.
“The Germans at last understand that
they must accept the allies' terms.” said
ex-Preniier Clemenceau’s newspaper, Le
Homme Libre.
“The question of German disarmament
will be settled in accordance with French
desires," said Avenir.
Clair insists that the French shall not
“abandon their legitimate financial de
mands.”
“The engagements undertaken by'
Germany at Spa are valuable only If
she is forced to keep them,” said Petit
Elen.
Consider Physical
Needs of Students
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. July R.—At a
meeting here of the Tippecanoe county
board of education steps were taken to
further the development of physical in
struction in the district schools.
The board turned down a proposition
of L. N. Hines, state superintendent of
public lnatruetlon, that the trustees be
made depository agents for the handling
of act£jt boohs for the ensuing school
ymtr.
Many Valuable Gems
Are Found on Suspect
NAPLES, July 8. —Police here today are
holding Saveno de Lellis, who arrived
here from New York, on suspicion of be
ing connected with a Jewel theft in New
York.
Many valuable gems were found on the
arrested man’s person.
While no details were obtainable from
authorities, it was believed Lellis was
connected with the recent theft of $400,-
000 worth of jewels from the Caruso
home.
ASSEMBLY HAS
ONLY SOLUTION
OF TAX MUDDLE
(Continued From Page One.)
authority to issue bonds at 6 per cent
interest.
The most probable way out of the mat
ter, he said, would be the addition of a
13-cent levy in anticipation of next year’s
taxes, but he thought that even this would
not be very practical.
FIGVRE REVENGE
LOSS $816,000.
This slump in property valuation will
be a loss of approximately $816,000 in
revenues for tbe city, Mr. Bryson said.
The $190,000,000 reduction in the prop
erty valuation is based on the original
valuation of $."4)3.512,250 certificate by
Leo K. Fesler county auditor.
The removal of the horizontal Increases
will bring the property valuation down
to approximately $433,0(H),000.
Regardless of the decision of the court
in eliminating the horizontal valuation
increase, Mr. Bryson said, the people of
Indianapolis must pay practically the
same amount of taxes one way or an
other.
A certain amount, he said, is needed
for the administration of the city and
the operating of its institutions, and
some way will have to be found to
raise the necessary revenues.
Mr. Bryson announced that he had
two plans of meeting the emergency
which he would present to the city of
ficials at the meeting this morning.
One of them is the raising of money
by means of a special 15-cent levy in
anticipation of next year’s taxes, and
the other is the Issuance of enough
bonds to meet the city's expenses.
A total of $1.522,298 of the $2,210,914
revenues available to the city on the val
uation basis created by the horizontal in
creases. has already been collected, leav
ing only $688,000 for fall collection.
Deficits from pay rolls alone will
amount to approximately $1,100,000 dur
ing the next six months.
NOT TO BE PAID
BACK DIRECTLY. '
None of the taxes levied on the basis
of horizontal increases will be paid back
directly, Mr. Bryson said, but certificates
of error will be mailed to all taxpayers
and the amount will be deducted from
the next tax installments.
According to George C. Hitt, business
director for the board of school com
missioners' the loss to the school city
of Indianapolis by the action of the su
preme court may run as high as $500,000.
Unless relief can be obtained at the
special session of the legislature next
week, Mr. Hitt said, the decision of the
court means chaos for tbe school city.
A special meeting of the board of
school commissioners was called for this
afternoon for the original purpose of
discussing building plans for the sum
mer program, but tbe decision of the
court is expected to turn interest from
the building program to a consideration
of the acute financial situation.
COUNTY TO LOSE AT
LEAST $1,600f100
A minimum of approximately $1,600,-
00> will be the loss of Marlon county
this year in tax revenue, following the
action of the Indiana supreme court in
holding the horizontal increases as ille
gal and void, according to County Au
ditor Leo K. Fesler today.
Mr. Fesler admits that tae county loss
! in revenue may reach $1,900,000, but at
the present time he is estimating it at
$1,600,000.
“Before the tax decision we had a
right to expect that over $5,000,000 would
be collected as revenue, but now we can
only reasonably expect $3,400,000,” said
Mr." Fesler.
CITY AND SCHOOLS
WILL LOSE HEAVILY.
In explaining the effects of the tax de
cision, the eounty auditor stated that the
(ity and schools In Marlon county would
lose approximately $1,350,000 in revenue;
the county will lose $230,000. and the
state about $225,000, and the nine town
ships In Marion county a total of about
$75,000.
“This is indeed serious,” said Mr. Fes
ler, in admitting that conditions over
the entire state will be chaotic as a re
sult of the higher court's decision.
“There is still another serious prob
lem,’’ said Mr. Fesler. “On January 1
of this year we had a gravel road bond
indebtedness of about $2,519,000 and of
that amount about $362,500 is due this
year in principal and interest.
WILL RUN SHORT
ABOUT *50.000.
“The levies provided to obtain that
money were fixed so the sum could be
barely netted and as things stand now
we will run short about $50,000 in paying
the interest and principal.
“Where the money is coming from I
do not know as there is no legal pro
vision authorizing a loan for this pur
pose,” said Mr. Fesler.
The county auditor pointed out that
there is still another problem as there
was a county bond indebtedness of
$3,762,000 and of that amount about
$200,000 is due this year in principal and
interest.
“Os course we can float a temporary
loan for that,” explained Mr. Fesler.
The total tax duplicate nets $697,533.-
240. of which 70 per ceat is real and im
provements and 30 per cent personal.
HESITATES TO THINK
OF LABOR INVOLVED.
Mr. Fesler stated that he hesitated to
think what it would mean if every ono
of the CO,OOO and more names on the
treasurer's hooks had to be changed in
accordance with the decision.
“And every one of those <30,000 taxpay
ers will be affected in some way by this
decision,” said Mr. Fesler.
It ys thought that before any action
will be taken to change the tax records,
the county auditors over the state will
wait to see If a rehearing will be grant
ed by the supreme court
Movie in Court Aids
in Winning Victory
The federal court has issued a per- !
petual injunction against the Van Brig- ;
gie Motor Device Company enjoining |
them from the manufacture and sale a
of a shock absorber which the coun
held infringed on the right of a patent
htid by Robert H. Hassler.
William B. Nappes was appointed as
a special master to take an account of
the profits made by the defendant from
the patent rights of the plaintiff and
to find the actual damage incurred.
One of the features of the trial was
the use of a motion picture film to show
the similarity of the two shock absorb
ers in question.
The court held that the picture could
be used as evidence, as the film was
iu reality only a series of stationary
pictures and pictures of that nature have
long been used aa evidence.
The picture showed the operation of
the two devices on a moving automo
bile.
It tbe first time the motion pic
ture k-td been used la presenting evi
dence In, federal court.
COX SAYS HE
WON’T DODGE
BOOZE ISSUE
(Continued From Page One.)
spoke to the Ohio State Golf association
at the Dayton ebuntry club last night.
Several times he came near to speaking
on political questions but switched to
golf.
He told the golfers he will keep his
part of the campaign free from bitter
personalities.
“Regardless of consequences. Senator
Harding and I will be the same splen
did friends we have been for many
years,” he said.
Cox Htold how Harding and he jokingly
predicted their nomination after a meet
ing of the Associated Ohio Dailies a few
months ago, when the association in
dorsed the two to head the party tickets.
Cox urged the golf association to en
courage home building as one of the
Rnrest means of stimulating real pa
triotism.
“Better days are Just ahead and I be
lieve clean, open competition in politics
will help bring them.
“It is a good thing that once every
four years we lift our eyes off the com
mercial ledger and put them on the flag.”
GET ACQUAINTED
RIGHT NOW
DAYTON, 0., July B.—“Up in room
No. 6” promises to be one of the most
used phrases of democratic campaign
history.
Room No. 6 is reached by climbing to
i the third floor of Governor Cox's news
paper building.
| “Publisher's Office, Private," appears
I on the door, and in the room the demo-
I eratie nominee plans to hold many of
the big conferences on tne campaign, as
well ns direct the publishing of his
newspaper.
On the wall appears a large picture of
| President Wilson and Cox, taken a few
years ago In Washington.
Cox sits behind a huge desk with a
I large flag, which covers almost the entire
front of the building, shading the win
dows.
The editor of his newspaper is in a
room to one side and bis private seprt
tary on the other.
For the last few days the desk has
been piled high with congratulations In
the way of telegrams.
Newspaper men have found that the
word “private” on the Cox office door i
not to be taken seriously.
He has given them the privilege of
“breaking in” at almost any time.
WANTS U. S. TO
IGNORE OBREGON
Carranza Man Fights Recog
nition of New Regime.
WASHINGTON, July B.—Ygnacio Bo
! niilas, Mexican ambassador to the United
; States under the Carranza regime, is iu
Washington today, attempting to per
suade the state department to refuse
recognition to the new government of
Mexico.
Bonilla’s visit followed the reception by
Acting Secretary of State Davis Fernando
Calderon, high commissioner of the New
Mexican government.
Bonillas haa charged to state depart
ment officials that Gen. Alvaro Obregon,
leader of the revolt against CarrJtica, was
the instigator of tbe murder of Car
ranza.
Bonillas charged that Herrero, accused
of the murder, was a tool.
Bonillas visited the state department
twice. First, he described the flight and
murder of Carranza to officials, and yes
terday he -presented 8 letter from Julia
Carranza, charging Obregon with the re
sponsibility for the murder of her father.
Name Depositories
for Loan to Poland
Appointment of the Citizens State
bank, in Haughvtlle, and the Washing
ton Bank and Trust Company as Indi
anapolis depositories for the Polish gov
ernment loan was made today.
Selection of these banks was made be
cause of their situation near communi
ties where a large percentage of foreign
population resides.
Women’s
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Muslin AS®#
Gowns J\k
’i- m
—And where
is the woman
that will not
welcome two or three of
these splendid gowns—not to
mention the advisability of
buying now for all summer,
when a price that can not be
duplicated is attached to
such exquisite gowns.
Made of good quality
sheer muslin, with embroid
ery and ribbon trimming,
full cut gowns, sizes 16 and
17; regularly selling at $2.00,
on sale at $1.49.
—Goldstein's, Third Floor.
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ITCH
All Druggists are authorized to refund
the money if
Dr. Porter’s
Antiseptic Healing Oil
falls to core the Itch bo matter how
sever* the case may be.
It is a Healing Antiseptic of the highest
by every druggist.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
With price reductions greater than ever before —comes the SCHLOSS
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Every Young Mads Fancy
Every Mans Fancy 3-piece Suit
Every Boys Fancy Wool Suit
Cujiyrijht 19*0 The Homt of Kuppcnhcinwf . . - ■
This store has never offered such radical reduction in this annual
clearance event. It offers anew and greater note —a chance to
buy the best of clothes, at prices which insure greatest savings
and but proves the sincerity of purpose which prevades this
organization. You’ll find our complete stocks of
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Kuppenheimer
good clothes
and Rchloss labeled clothes included in this sale—No “special purchase,” no “job
lots,” no “close outs” —nothing but our own good stocks—radically reduced in price
for quick clearance! And our absolute guarantee for service and satisfaction in
sures each purchase. Note the reduced prices! You’ll find them lower than ever
for this sale! And lower, we believe, than you will find again this year, on clothes
of finest quality. • w * * v *
S3O Suits, now $35 Suits , now S4O Suits , now $45 Suits, now
$0075 SO/*-75 $Ol-25 $0(1-75
22" 26" 31" 34"
SSO Suits , now $55 Suits , now S6O Suits , now $65 Suits, now
$3 O ;s<?
S7O Suits, now $75 Suits, now SBO Suits, now SBS Suits, now
$54.75 sPnjs $02_75 SOO-75
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Original price tickets remain —you see just what you save .
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Outfitters for Men and Boys
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