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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not
much change in temperature.
vol. xxxm.
STREET CAR CO.
PAWN IN ‘BUCK
PASSING’ GAME
Neither Mayor Nor Service
Board Head Can Find
Time to Act.
SHUTDOWN PREDICTED
AT THE TRACTION OFFICES—
“It is clearly evident that we must
be given relief at once, or the city
of Indianapolis will be without street
car service before winter," says Dr.
Henry C. Jameson, director.
AT THE CITY HALL—“No suh,
No suh. I jest doan know when
Mayor Jewett wili be in. Youall kin
wait in his office if youall keer to,
suh," says a negro janitor who seems
to be the only attache of the sity ad
ministration in the vicinity of the
mayor’s office.
AT THE STATE HOUSE—“The
commission could write an order
now, but I prefer to wait for a con
ference with Sam Ashby, corporation
counsel, and H. H. Hornbrook, at
torney for the company,” says E. I.
Lewis, chairman cf the public service
commission, as he prepares to take
another two-week vacation.
These three statements, reminis
cent of the story of Nero and the
burning of Rome, are typical of the
street car situation in Indianapolis
today, a situation that has been cry
ing for constructive effort ever
since Charles W. Jewett became
mayor of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany, the reorganized owners of the city
car system, petitioned the public service
commission to permit the adoption of a
“service at coat'’ contract with the city
of Indianapolis In April, 1920.
A hearing was held before E. I.
Lewis, April 13, 1920.
\o action has since been tak.u ly
the commission.
\o action has since been taken by
the city.
No action has since been taken by
the company.
No betterment in the street car
service has since been seen by the
public.
Today the newly organized street car
company is pleading that Its Terences are
not sufficient to enable it to comply with
the orders of the board of public works
for street car betterment.
Today the board of works Is continuing
to give Its “orders" with one hand and
nullify them with the other.
Today the mayor of Indianapolis Is
more Interested in acting as a messenger
between the managers of the Indianapo
lis News and the councils of Warren G.
Harding,
bringing the street car trouble to an end.
“COMPANY DAILY
SLIDING BACK.”
Meanwhile the street car company daily
is becoming in mere desperate circum
stances, according to Dr. Jameson
“We have no credit at the present time,"
said Dr. Jameson, “and in addition to
thts we are daily faring the necessity
for more cars.
“The company has purchased thirty
five old cars, ten of which are in shops
in Dayton. 0.. being remodeled.
“When this bunch has been repaired
and remodeled, then the remainder will
be sent.
“We purchased these thirty-five cars
and are having them remodeled wholly
on the assumption that the public serv
ice commission will give us the relief
we ask.
"There is hardly need of going into
a -tafement of the increased cost of main
taining our system.
"There Is the problem of obtaining
coa l , and we are told that in a short
time we practically will be unable to
obtain it at any price.
. “Right now we are paying SIB,OOO to
$25,000 more each mouth for coal than
we paid in 1919.
“Then we have depreciation on our
stock and the increased cost of main
tenance.
“It is clearly evident that we must
he given relief at once, or the city of
Indianapolis will be without street car
service before winter comes.
“Everybody knows what that will
mean in a city of this size."
TWO POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS OPEN.
There are two possible solutions of
this lack of transportation facilities in
Indianapolis.
The city can enter into a “service at
cost" contract with the company under
ythe terms of which the fare in Indian
apolis will be governed by the net rev
enue es the company, decreasing as the
(Continued on Page Two.)
GARAGE NEEDED
FOR STOLEN CARS
Automobiles Parked on Pearl
Street Block Traffic.
Indianapolis needs a garage In which
to store stolen automobiles recovered by
the police until such time that the own
ers claim their cars, according to city
authorities.
The barns at police headquarters, built
many years ago, were large enough for
the need of those days, but not now.
The barns are filled with the regular
police cars and a few stolen automobiles,
but ten stolen cars are In Pearl street
along the side of the headquarters build
ing.
So narrow is Pearl street, which is
really an alley, that the ten cars are
parked so as to block the south side
walk and to extend into the street.
This condition makes it almost impos
sible for the police cars and automobile
trucks to pass through the street when
a transfer and furniture company are
engaged In loading their trucks in the
rear of their store rooms.
It is not possible for the police to at
once turn stolen cars over to owners un
til detectives have investigated each car,
as many of them contain parts of various
stolen cars and must be taken apart.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p.
in , Aug. 6. 1920. “Party cloudy tonight
and Friday; not much change In temper
ature. \
ft a. 08
7 a. m
8 a. m 78
0 a. m 80
10 a. m 84
11 a. m 8G
12 (noon) 80
1 p. m 86
2 p. m 88
Published at Indianapolis,
Ind., Daily Except Sunday.
Two Swimming Pools
Promised Next Summer
Park Board Also Authorizes Specifications
for Thirteen Public Playgrounds.
Free, safe swims for everybody will be
a reality in Indianapolis next summer if
plans for thirteen playgrounds and two
big swimming poois agreed on by the
board of park commissioners today are
worked out.
Superintendent of Parks .Tames H.
Lowry said the board instructed him to
see that plans for the pools and othei
Improvements which huve been held in
abeyance for some time because of lack
Os funds, are prepared and all arrange
ments made for advertising for bids by
Oct. 15, that the board may fulfill the
promises it made in order to get laws
Increasing its bonding power from the
special session of. the legislature.
With the swimming pool Improvements,
the board approved general plans for a
new clubhouse, to be situated on top of
the hill north of Thirtieth street, to serve
both the Riverside and Highland munici
pal golf courses.
The Highland course will come back
to the control of the board next year,
when the Highland club’s lease expires.
The new house will cost between $125,-
000 and $150,000 and will have two" sto
ries and basement, in which will be
locker rooms, showers, shining and
NEW PHASE IN
LOVE TRIANGLE
‘Other Man’ Just Wouldn’t
Stay Away From Wife.
TRENTON, N. .T., Aug. s.—Suit for
SIOO,OOO for alleged alienation of af
fections of his wife, filed here by
Charles B. Chisholm of Newark, i
N. ,T., against William C. Parker of
Morristown, N. Y., today revealed a
new angle on the love triangle.
Chisholm said when he learned of
his wife's alleged friendship with
Parker, he called the couple into a
conference and made a clean-cut
proposlUon for settlement of the dif
ficulty.
Parker replied, according to Chis
holm's affidavit, that he could not
take the woman, because she was al
ready married and had two sons to
educate.
After giving Parker ten days to
think the proposition over, Chis
holm's affidavit said, his wife and
her friend agreed they would never
meet again.
He claimed the promise was broken
as were several later similar pledges.
He declared that on July 8, the
couple planned to elope, hut after
getting under way rhev changed their
minds and returned to their respec
tive homes.
Parker then offered to put up a
bond that he would not see Mrs.
Chisholm again, the affidavit states,
but the husband, said he had decided
the affair had gone too far.
Lawrence County
Decreases 2,397
WASHINGTON, Ang. s.—The census
bureau today announced 1920 census
population figures for Indiana as fol
lows: Lawrence county, Ind. 28,228, de
•Tease 2,297 or 7.8 per cent.
Jumps Out of Shoe
There is a perfectly good shoe in the
captain’s office at police headquarters
which the owner
— ————““i may have for the
N. \ The shoe is a
NY 1 ' souvenier of a raid
*— on al alleged craps
game in n room on
Efc-- [JwtW YjjS)HW the second floor of
yiitfW Gr*£§ Arsenal avcn ue,
T'rm-isrt recently.
Fifteen negroes were in the room
when the morals squad There
was a mad rush for the windows and
ten jumped out.
As the eleventh negro started to jump
a policeman caught hold of his foot, but
the man wiggled and kicked himself
free and the officer held an empty shoe.
Four men and the shoe were taken In
the raid.
Extra! Mayor May
Visit Hall
Mayor CT.orlew W. Jewett WM In
Indiarmpoli* today and was expected
to call at the city ht&li some time
this afternoon.
Negro Boy, 3, Kills
4-Year-Old Brother
James Miller, 4, of 725£ Superior
street, colored, was killed by his 3-
year-old brother, Fred, today.
The boys were playing in the yard
of their parents’ home when Free
pushed an eight-foot piece of a telephone
pole, which was leaning against the
boose, over on Ills brother. ~
Democrats of First
Ward Meet Tomorrow
First ward democrats will hold a meet
ing in room 370. Denison hotel, tomor
row night.
The speakers will be Henry N. Spaan,
nominee for congress; Reginald Sullivan,
county chairman; A. Leroy Portteus and
George Barrows, ward chairmen, and
Paul G. Davis. nomiuee for county
prosecutor.
Charles E. Hughes
to Address^Chamber
Charles K. Hughes has written John
B. Reynolds, general secretary of the
I Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, that
he will accept the invitation of the Cham
: ber to address a membership meeting in
| November.
An invitation has been extended to
Frank A. Vanderllp, financier and phil
anthropist of international note, to ad
| dress the Junior chamber at that time.
This Scenario Needs
Not Even Custard Pies
John R. Wilhite, 50, 550 Marlon ave
nue, did some wouderful things with an
automobile in the neighborhood of York
and Silver streets today.
He ran th car up and down a sidewalk
and across several lawns.
Finally he stopped on a lawn and pro
ceeded to go to sleep.
The police woke him up and charged
him with drlvSfig an automobile while un
der the influence of liquor.
Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914, a,t
Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1879.
pressing rooms for both men and wom
en, lounging rooms, and a large banquet
and dancerootn.
CALL FOB BEST
IN COUNTRY.
Mr. Lowry said the plans, as prepared
by the city civil engineering department,
tall for the finest municipal golf caib
in the country.
At the same time that plans are be
ing developed for these improvement!
the board intends to go ahead with im
provements, for which the state tax
board has granted permission to issue
bonds, it was announced.
Playground swimming pools, which,
without shelter houses (to be built later),
will cost approximately SB,OOO each, will
be situated as follows:
Willard park, Rhodius park, Riley
plryground, Fall creek playground, El
lenberger park, Garfield park, Ringgold
playground, Lauter Memorial playground,
Greer Street playground. Forty-third
street and Park avenue playground. Nine
teenth street and Columbia avenue (ne
gro), Thirteenth and Missouri streets (ne
gro), and Twenty-fourth street and
Northwestern avenue.
These pools will be shallow and com
paratively small, it being the plan t*
huve separate pools for boys and girls.
Taking cognizance of the death of four
teen persons in Marlon county streams
this summer the board will have compe
tent swimming instructors for boys
and girls at every playground pool.
The big pools, which will accommodate
at least 15,00" persous datly are to be
constructed at Brookside park and on
a site yet to be acquired.
To prevent drownings. boys and girls
less than 15 years old will not be per
(Continued on Page Two.)
TWO NAMED FOR
REVIEW BOARD
Farmer and Business Alan
Selected for ‘Cure-All’ Session.
Harry J. Fink, a farmer, and Henry F
Campbell, business man, were appointed
members of the Marion county board of
review today by Jndge Harry O. Cham
berlain of the circuit court.
The appointments were made under the
provisions of the Tuthill Kiper tax bill
passed at the recent special session of
the legislature.
Mr. Fink ,1s n brother of William
Fink, chairman of the Marion County
Farmers’ association, who has declared
he will fight the application of hori
zontal valuation increases ordered by the
state tax board.
The appointments are for the ten-day
session of the board provided by the
“cure nil" tax bill.
Mr. Fink is one of twelTe men sug
gested for the appointment by the farm
ers’ association., ...
Mr. Campbell Is Interested In the nutn
mobile business and owns considerable
real estate In Indianapolis.
LONG LEADS IN
MISSOURI RACE
Nomination of Ferris in Okla
homa Conceded.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5. -Breckenrldge
Long, friendly to the league of nntionr,
has received the democratic nomination
for the United Htatt* senatorship, or
the face of returns from 2.495 precincts
of the 4,4!© in the state.
These precincts give Long a lead of
13,849 over his nearest competitor. Judge
Henry S. Priest, “wet" advocate and
’anti-leaguer," who had the support of
United States Senator James A. Reed.
Returns from the same precincts show
United States Senator Selden I’. Spencer
leading his presumably “wet" opponent,
Dwight F. Davis, by 8,017 votes for the
republican senatorial nomination.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. s.—With re
turns from 1,884 of the state's 2,708 pre
cincts tabulated, Scott Farris’ lead over
Senator T. P. Gore today stood at 30,563.
Ferris' nomination was conceded at
Gore headquarters.
On the republican side, J. W. Herrald
was still leading in the senatorial nomi
nation race, with J. B. Culllson a close
second.
TOPEKA, Aug. 5.—-On the face of fairly
complete returns from over the state dur
ing the night, substantial pluralities for
United States Senator Charles Curtis and
seven republican congressmen were indi
cated today.
Gov. Alien, according to latest figures,
had won out by a majority of 25,000.
Franklin Roosevelt
to Be Here Aug. 30
Arrangements are being made by the
democratic state committee for a meet
ing In Indianapolis Aug 20 for Franklin
D. Roosevelt, democratic nominee for the
vice presidency.
Following the announcement that. Ty
Cobb, famous bait player, will speak for
the democrats this fall, the state commit
tee has asked the national speakers to
make arrangements to have him speak
in Indiana.
Nation-Wide Stump
Campaign by G. O. P.
CHICAGO, Aug. s.—Plans for a na
tion-wide speaking campaign were dis
cussed at a confcrenee in republican
national headquarters today.
Among those who attended were Sena
tor Harry S. New, Indiana, chairman
of the national speakers’ bureau; Con
gressman James W. Good, lowa, tn
charge of speakers from Chicago head
quarters; Col. Thomas W. Miller, former
Delaware congressman, in charge of
New York headquarters speakers; Mrs.
Manley Fossecn, representing the'women,
and J. K. McCarl, secretary of the na
tional republican congressional commit
tee.
MEXICO PICKS BRITISH AGENT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.--The state
department was advised today that Mi
guel Covarrubias has been appointed
minister to Great Britain by the De La
Huerta government in Mexico.
f N
Honest Bellboy
Turns in S2OMOO
NEW YORK, Aug. ft.—" Honesty
just comes natural to me,".said Hugh
Logan, a McAlpin hotel bellboy, as
he turned in a purso containing
$30,000 he found in the hotel lobby.
iMlti W\\M&
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920.
50M00 Rooms for
G. A. R. Visitors Are
Sought by Sept. 19
Cards on which there is written
an appeal for rooms in private homes
for the G. A R. national encampment
here Sept. 19 to 25 will be distributed
to every retail store and every fac
tory in Indianapolis Friday.
Both merchants and manufacturers
are urged to give the cards a promi
nent display.
Fifty thousand rooms in private
homes are needed to house the thou
sands of persons who will come here
for the encampment.
V. /
GOODRICH TAX
LAW HOLDS UP
MARKETPLANS
City Mules Homeless if Shelby
Street Barn Taken Over
for Project.
The bruised, bent and broken, Good
rich-tax-la w-eble ken may come home t>
perch In anew position on the Mayor
Jewett administration roost.
Intermingled with the chicken’s re
turn is n question which city officials
are pondering, namely:
Where shall we stable the forty
street cleaning mules if the city
council decides to establish anew
city market in the Shelby street
barns?
These arc the mules rented by the city
from private owners under the same sort
of a contract that Mayor Jewett de
nounced as "graft" in his pre-election
speeches.
A committee from the council met at
the barns with members of the South Sid*
1 Women’s club this afternoon to have fur
ther discussion on the advisability and
possibilities of establishing the market.
The council committee reported .Mon
day night that the barns are the best
place for the proposed market.
TWO CITY HOARDS
ARE OVERLOOKED.
Since the council failed to pass a mo
tion instructing the committee to iuvlte
representatives of the board of public
works and public safety to attend rhe
meeting, city officials are wondering
whether the couucll intends to lake over
tho barns for the market without giving
consideration to the prtleui of finding
storage space for the mules and street
cleaning equipment now stored there.
The question, “What are we going to
do with those mules?" recalled the mu
nicipal yard project which Mayor Jewett
proposed more than n year ago.
This project included the construction
of new city barns, shops i#nd warehouses
on land owned by the city nt Ktiitueky
avenue and Drover street.
Tho plan reached the point last fall
where the engineering department pre
pared sketches and preliminary plans
Just abopt that time, however, the de
vastating blow to the city’s finances, due
to the original trouble* arising out of
the new tax law, struck full force and
, offlMs)* began -to- woi-der If they would
have enough money to pay salaries
through the fiscal year.
DROr THE MATTER
rOK “TIME BEING."
It was explained at the city hall that
the municipal yard had not been talked
of for some time because no one could
figure bow the money for It could be
j obtained before next year.
So, in short, this is one of the situa
tions Mayor Jewett may find facing him
when he finally g*-t* time from private
affairs to peep into the city hall again;
No municipal yard. n plate to
move lh forty mule* to.
No place to move the mule* to,
Shelby street barn* not available
Shelby street barn* not available,
no market there.
No market there, south side women
on the war path.
booth side women Irate, no south
side women vote* this fall and at the
munlrlpstl election nevt year.
It has beon proposed, it was said, tnnt
part of tho equipment be moved to toim
site on the north side, hut this Is not
in s uordance with the advice of au
thorities on street cleaning problems,
who say the apparatus and animals
should be kept in one place, so as to
be more efficiently supervised.
The south side women would be par
ticularly glad to get rid of the mules,
aside from obtaining the mAvket, accord
ing to statements made by their repre
sentatives at (he council meeting.
BABY COUGHLIN
TRAIL GROWS HOT
Discovery of Kidnaped Child
Is Expected Hourly.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. s.—The dis
covery of Baby Blnklay Coughlin, kid
naped son of George Coughlin, Norris
town, Pa., who was given up for dead
nearly n month ago, was expected hour
ly by police here today.
Recent developments following the ar
rest of "the crank" now held in connec
tion with the kidnaping have led police
to believe the child is well and held by
some accomplice of the man under ar
rest.
The home of “the crank” was searched
by police.
George A. Leonard, chief postal In
spector In 'barge of tile case, refused to
state wlmt the search revealed.
BASKET OF DUDS STOLEN.
Mrs. Henry \V. Klmmleb, 1836 Fletcher
avenue, reported to the police today that
a basket of clothes which was standing
vn the back porch was stolen some time
last night. The clothes were valued at
S4O.
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREEf
L. _ - ■-■ X
SUIT DEMANDS
ACCOUNTING BY
WAR CHEST BODY
Men Handling Funds Accused
of Conducting Business
Loosely.
ASKS FOR A RECEIVER
Suit seeking to compel the War Chest
hoard to file accounting and asking that
a trustee or receiver be appointed to
conduct the affairs of the board was
filed in circuit court today by Welling
ton Johnson, a citizen of Marion county,
through his attorneys, Warwick H. Rip
ley and Spencer & Spencer.
The complaint alleges that the War
Chest board has “ill-advisedly and in a
wrongful ana unlawful manner" con
ducted most of Its business.
The defendants named are Joseph W.
Lilly, Stoughton A. Fletcher, James
W. Lilly, Frank D. Stalnaker and
I Charles W. Jewett.
PLAINTIFF LOSES
EYESIGHT.
Tho plaintiff sets out that he was In
jured while employed as a laborer en
gaged in war work and that the injuries
| caused him to lose his eyesight.
He alleges that he asked the War
Chest board for relief and that relief
was granted for a short time, but that
he was later referred to a charitable or
ganization.
The suit is based primarily on the In
tention of the board to transfer a "sur
plus" of $52,810.55 to the proposed Com
munity Chest board.
The plaintiff contends that the board
has no power io
; that It must disburse them.
He contends that the board has no
power under Its charter to act in a fidu
ciary capacity.
ILI. ADVISED
AC TS LISTED.
The alleged “unlawful and ill advised"
acts of the board are listed In the oom
ph. Int as follows:
In refusing relief to plaintiff and those
in his class.
In Incorporating themselves to do an
agency fiduciary business.
In doing only an agency and fiduciary
business.
In transferring their trust and duties
to other parties, and refused to execute
; same.
lu performing a minor service at an
| enormous expense.
In falling to file articles of association
j with the auditor of state.
In failing to make 'reports to the cir
cuit court and account thereto.
In intending to transfer and divert the
: trust funds to another "pious" use.
The suit probably will be taken up
I -a the September term of the court.
ORDER CABLE
SHIP REMOVED
British Act Promptly in Con
tention at Miami, Fla.
MIAMI/ Fla.. An*. 5 Orders to bsard
| the cable ship Colonia on her arrival
i here anil take her outside of American
water* were received here this morning
; by British Consul A. H. Hubbard, from
British Ambassador Geddes.
The wireless station nt Miami beach
and the wireless aboard the United
: Slates destroyer No. 155, at Miami's
: docks, are endeavoring to communicate
| with the I’olonia. but have not yet made
■ connections so far.
The cable ship expected to arrive Lite
! this afternoon.
t'fftc!ul*\here said the order of Presi
dent Wilson to the navy department to
prevent by force if necessary the land
ing of the Western Union cable from
the Barbadoes was fully supported by
the statutes.
Tho whole controversy will be the sub
ject of discussion at the conference
which will meet here under the league
of nations auspices on Sept. 15.
NEW YORK, Aug 5. "The Western
Union is not defiant" In the controversy
over the Sanding of a cable on the coast
of Florida, George W. E. Atkins, first
vice president, said.
"Wo are not attempting anything un
lawful or defiant,'' he said.
"At the proper time the public will
be fully informed of the real fact."
U. S. Troops Ready
to Hop Into Mexico
WASHINGTON, Aug. ft.—American
troops may be rushed across the border
info northern Mexico at any moment if
deemed necessary to protect the irriga
tion canal along the boundary, so vital
to business interests and industries in
| California.
This was admitted by officials of the
state and war departments today con
ferred on precautions to prevent dam
age to the canal from bands of marauders
in the threatened hostilities between Gov.
Cantu of Lower California and the forces
of the provisional Mexican government.
Hominy Plant Plans
$83,000 Improvement
Building permits for the construction
of four buildings or additions to build
ings at a total cost of $83,000 were issued
to the American Hominy Company by
Building Commissioner Walter B. Stern
today.
The buildings, which are to be fireproof
and of reinforced concrete, are: Addition
to filter building, $12,000; four-story ad
dition to dryer building, $18,000; four
story addition to boiler and power house,
$45,000, and new one-story water soften
ing plant, SB,OOO.
The company’s property is at Eight
eenth street and Gent avenue.
Subscription Rates:
Sound Amplifier to Aid
Governor Cox in Speech
More Than 100 MOO Persons Expected at Noti
fication Ceremonies Saturday.
DAYTON, 0., Aug. s.—The "magna
vox,” or sound amplifier through which
it is expected that Gov. Cox shall speak
to more than 100,000 persons at the no
tification ceremonies at the Montgomery
county fair grounds on Saturday, is
being tested out today.
By means of this Instrument, en
gineers claim, the governor, speaking in
ordinary conversational tones, will be
heard perfectly by the throng which is
expected to fill tile grandstand to ca
pacity and. overflow into the paddock and
out on to the race track.
INSTRUMENT TRIED
AT ’FRISCO CONVENTION.
The test is awaited with considerable
anxiety, for although tho instrument
proved satDfactory at the Auditorium In
San Francisco, after thousands of dol
lars had been spent tn vain attempts to
improve the accoustlcs of the great con
vention hall, It has never before been
subjected to exactly the same condi
tions as those which will prevail here
on Saturday.
These are most nearly approached, en
gineers in charge of Installation said to
day. by those obtaining at San Diego,
Cal., last fall when President Wilson
HOWAT DEFIANT
IN HIS ATTITUDE
Lewis Awaits Committee Re
port on Kansas Coal Fields.
I Following receipt of a deflant message
from Alexander Howat, president of tho
Kansas coal miners, John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers of
America, today awaited the report of
an Investigating committee sent into
Kansas before taking any further action
in regard to the unauthorized strike in
that state.
The message from Mr. Howat was in
reply to a message aent by Mr. Lewis
yesterday demanding that the Kansas
strike be ended at once and that the laws
of the miners' organisation be obeyed.
Mr. Ilowat's reply follows:
“1 received your message this after
noon which I regard as a direct insult.
The cowardly insinuation-you have made
that I have called the miners on strike
at this time is without the least sem
blance of truth, and lu conformity with
many other statements you have made.
Had you stood as flrmly in defense of
the mine workers of the country last
winter, when they were making such a
noble fight to obtain Justice at the hands
of the coal corporations as you are stand
ing in defense of the operators at this
time, there would have been no occasion
for the Illinois and Indiana mine workers
to cease work to secure another increase
in wages.
“You speak of demagogues. I know
of no man who is more of a demagogue
than yourself. I am ready to compare
my record with yours at any time and
the miners then may judge for them
selves who ia a demagogue. If you
were a* much concerned about the wel
fare of the miners as you appear to be
about the cotl operators, the condition
of the mine workers of the country would
be a great deni better than they are to
day.
“Your action in sending a committee
of the International executive board here
and your statement that you will take
charge of the district and depose me from
office shall not influence me in the least.
I have committed no crime; I have not
violated the laws of our organisation and
a* far as 1 am concerned you may pro
ceed to do your worst, but during the
time that X am president of the district,
regardless of you and all other opposition
that may stand in the path of justice, I
am going to continue to stand for what
1 believe is right in behalf of the men
I have the honor to represent, and any
action on your part shall not Influence
me otherwise.’’
Mr. Lewis has received the following
letter from President Wilson thanking
him for his efforts In ending the strike.
"Your action in response to my state
ment urging the striking miners to re
turn to work has gratified me very deep
ly indeed. It Is the action of a patriotic
citizen and u man of vision and prescl
pneei I am glad that you feel ns l do
that In urging tho men to return to
work I was speaking in their interest as
much a" in the interest of the general
public and of the Industrial energy of
the country."
FEW MIXES IDLE
IN ILLINOIS
SPRING FIELD, 11!.. Aug. s.—Practi
cally all mines In the state, excepting
only those In Franklin county and sev
eral in other sections of the state, are
working today, operators and union of
ficials here declared.
Operators here believe tho Franklin
county mines, _whlch comprise the largest
cosl-produclng field in the world, will be
working Monday.
Soldier Killed When
Horse Steps on Neck
COLUMBUS. Ga., Aug. s.— Privnle Ar
thur Handelong of Ft. Denning is dead
today as a result of being thrown from
a horse. The animal stepped on and brokd
Ilanilelong's neck.
Damper on True Bills
Until Men Are Caught
CHICAGO, Aug. s.—Tho indictments
voted by a federal grand Jury against
forty-one “rebel” union leaders ami two
corporations involved in last winter's
“outlaw" railroad strikes formally were
returned in Federal Judge Alschuler’s
court this morning and were immediately
supprest'd by District Attorney Charles
F. fly ne.
Olyue’s action was taken so that the
names of the Indicted union leaders
would not become public until United
States marshals have sufficient time to
serve federal warrants.
Paris Paper Warns
Red War Danger
to America
PARIS, Aug. 5. A solemn warning
that the eastern European situation
threatens the United States with
dangers was sounded by former
Premier Clemenccau's newspaper.
L’Honiine Libre.
Commenting upon the present
crisis, the newspaper said : “The
bolshevik advance brings the most
tragic hour that civilization has yet
experienced. Do Americans In their
egotistic hostility to the league of
nations realize that their Interests are
menaced as much as ours?
By Carrier, Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 12c,
By Mail, 50c Per Month; $5.00 Per Year.
! spoke to an enormous outdoor gathering
during his tour in support of the league
of nations.
George White, democratic national
chairman, Is on his way here to consult
with Gov. Cox on campaign arrange
ments.
Upon his arrival Chairman White will
announce the personnel of the executive
committee and also will make some defi
nite statement regarding proposed speak
ing tours.
It was also stated on good authority
that White will announce his decision
to open a western campaign headquar
ters at San Francisco.
Gavin McNabb was most prominently
mentioned for the post of campaign man
ager for the Pacific coast and north
western states.
COX CONFERS WITH
WOMAN’S P.4RTY CHAIRMAN.
Gov. Cox conferred last night with
Mrs. Abble Scott Baker, political chair
man of the national woman’s phrty on
the woman suffrage situation in Tennes
see.
Mrs. Baker told the governor that the
chances of ratification of the nineteenth
amendment by the Tennessee legislature
are practically nil, unless some drastic
action is taken.
The governor made no announcement
as to the result of the conference, it be
ing understood that he will await the
arrival of Chairman White before mak
ing public the steps he proposes to take.
It was persistently rumored here to
day, however, that the. governor has un
der consideration a plan to make a flying
trip to Tennessee in behalf of suffrage
before the legislature has an opportunity
definitely to refuse to ratify,
TAX VALUATION
TAKES BIGJUMP
Basis of Next Year’s Levy Ten
Millions More.
The total tax valuation on personal and
real estate of Marion county for 1920 is
5707.860.330, aa against $697,533,240 for
I 1919. according to official figures made
public at noon today by County Auditor
Leo K. Fesler.
The total valuation for 1900 upon which
the tax levy for next year Is based, is
approximately ten million more than last
year.
The total valuation for the various
townships and other units for 1920 as
compared to 1919 is as follows:
Townships. 1920. 1919.
Franklin $ 6.527.560 $ 7.743,910
lorry 8,764,740 10.283,560
Pike 5,820,190 6.961.250
Wayne 14,376.060 18,708,960
Washington 14,310.1)0 17.445.950
Warren 9.867,910 13,016,300
Lawrence 7,679,410 9,205,180
Decatur 5,260,609 5,980,940
Center 4,480.279 0,187.770
H'ch Orve, Frkln. 34.04© 2,221330
Beech Grove. Cr... 540.060 535,500
Beech Gr've, Perry 666,560 817,160
B’ch Gr've Warren 890
Broad Ripple .... 1,579.860 1,965.260
Castleton 111,290 125,590
• 'lermont 142,170 164,68*
Ravcnswood 71,180
Southport 394.320 469,480
University lights. 265.640 286,59©
Woodruff Place .. 1.807.800 1.849.576
ludpls , Perry ... 131.460 116.820
Indpla., Wayne .. 13.919,640 15,019,210
ludpls., Wash'ton 18.042.180 18.842,240
Jmlpls., Warren .. 6.670.230 8,173.750
Inilpls., Center .. 470,649.510 551,360,530
County total ... 592,102,880
Certified by atate
board 115.757,448
Grand total ...$707,860,330 $607,533,240
The township assessors this year bare
Just authorized the following increases
ever 1919 on personal property in the
following townships:
Decatur. 20 per cent; Franklin, 50 per
cent; Lawrence, 40 per cent; Perry, 40
per ceuf; Pike, 15 per cent, and Warren,
20 per cent.
“This was done," explained Mr. Fesler.
“to equalize between townships and
bring those townships up to the hori
zontal increases and not beyond them."
No Increases on personal property In
Center, Wayne and Washington totvn
slilps were male for 1220, becauae those
townships are above the horizontal in
creases.
COIN PROMISED
FOR SAFE JAIL
County Council Also Author
izes TideCOver Money.
In addition to pledging their word to
make a sufficient appropriation at a
special meeting probably within two
weeks to make the county jail of Marlon
county a safe and healthy place fsr the
prisoners, the Marion county council at
a special session today appropriated $35,- j
000 with which to put la new locks and
fronts on eight lines of cells.
The estimated total appropriation
which was recommended by the sheriff
for the necessary repairs and Improve
ments, totaled about SIOO,OOO.
The council also ordered the following j
Additional appropriations to tide over
various officers and institutions until
the first of the, year; County auditor,
for office supplies, $1,000; recorder, office
supplies, $2,000; county surveyor, sup
plies, $10©; for expenses of the poor in
Center township, $5,000, and S2OO for
Washington township; for janitor sal
aries at courthouse, $5,000; for court
house supplies, $2,000; for Insurance of
insane, $120; for the Senate avenue
bridge, which is about completed and
is really a re-appropriation rs the ap
propriation last year reverted to the gen
eral fund without being used, $35,000;
for special judges of the criminal court,
SSOO, and for expanses of apprehending
prisoners for the Juvenile court, SIOO, in
addition to SIOO for mileage.
The council decided not to make an |
appropriation of SIB,OOO to pay for im- ;
provemonts leading up to the Emerson
street subway.
The council was asked to increase the
interest oil a proposed bond issue of
$275,000 for putting in anew bridge on
the Western avenue bridge from 5 to 6
per cent.
Action was deferred to give the county
attorney and the engineer time to report
(heir recommendations to the council.
Bomb Wounds Spanish
Count; Kills Woman
MADRID, Aug. 5. Fount Salvatierra,
former governor of Barcelona, was se
riously wounded today at Valencia when
an attempt was made to assassinate him.
His sister-in-law was killed and hia
wife badly hurt.
A bomb was thrown at their carriage.
The police say the syndicalists were re
sponsible, / £
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GREAT BRITAIN
PREPARES FOR
GIANT CONFLICT
Allied Europe Today Where
It Was in August,
1914.
REDS PRESS ONWARD
LONDON, Aug. s.—“lf soviet Rus
sia’s reply to the British note of
warning is unsatisfactory, the Brit
ish government certainly will take
6teps to defend the independence of
Poland,” Premier Lloyd George an
nounced In commons this afternoon
In reply to a query.
He Intimated that Czecho-Slovakia
would Join the Poles.
The premier said he was still hope
ful that a solution of the Russia*
Polish situation would be found.
The premier promised the house
of commons to make a statement on
Monday regarding the naval and
military action it may be necessary
for Great Britain to take.
LONDON, Aug. s.—Allied Europe rests
today upon tho brink of another great
conflict as a result of the swiftly mov
ing events in the Polish debacle, accord
ing to frankly expressed opinion in and
out of official circles.
The Russian soviet government has not
replied to the British note of Tuesday
threatening military intervention unless
the Russln advance in Poland is halted,
and the Russian war office communique
wirelessed from Moscow today show*
that the great Russian army is still
plunging ahead at top speed.
Premier Lloyd George, however, an
nounced In commons this aftternoon he
had been notified the Russian reply was
to be sent to 51. Kamenaff.
An unofficial press dispatch from Ber
lin said advance patrols of red cavalry
were within Thirty miles of Warsaw, but
the Russian communique mentioned fight
ing no closer than fifty-three miles frouz
the Polish capital.
Great Britain already has begun war
preparations, according to the Evening
News.
This newspaper made the sensational
declaration that steps are being taken
to mobilize the British navy and that
the government is considering a proposal
to call for volunteers for service in Po
land.
A dispatch to Paris from Basle said
It was reported at Mayenee, headquar
ters of the French army of occupation
in Germany, that France is preparing to
send an army through Bavaria and
Czecho-Slovakia to Poland's aid.
The French foreign office, however, said
it had no knowledge of any orders for
such a movement of troops.
The Times openly charges that soviet
Russia concluded a Secret triUty with
Germany a few weeks before the offensive
began.
The main provisions, according to the
Times, were as follows:
Russia was to appropriate all of Po
land's arms, ammunition, foodstuffs and
railway rolling stocks without Interfer
ence from Germany.
After Polaud was crushed the Russians
were to “evacuate Polish soil In favor of
Germany."
BOLSHEVIK! HOLD 30
AMERICANS PRISONER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Tblrty A filer*
leans are !>eing held prisoner by the bol
shevlkl government at Moscow, accord
ing to four other American refugees whq
have come out from soviet Russia re
cently, the state department was advised
today by its representatives at Yiborg,
Finland.
The state department also was advised
from the American legation at Warsaw
that armtlstiee negotiations with the
Pole* will be refused by the bolshevikl
ns long as there is hope of capturing
Warsaw.
The refugees Include: Arthur Princes
Detroit, a corporal of the 339th U. S. in
fantry; Frank King. Columbus, 0., news
paper correspondent; Harold W. Fay,
New York, and Mrs. Emely Sarmaa
name garbled and spelling not certain!*
New York.
They are at Terijoki, Finland, and ar
being aided by the American Red Cross.
ROUMANIANS DENY
WAR PREPARATIONS
PARIS, Aug. s.—The Roumanian lega
tion today denied that the Roumanian
army has been mobilized for war against
Russia.
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17 CASES UNDER
GRAND JURY EYE
Body, Speedily Completed by
Alford, at Work.
The Marlon county grand Jury today
began considering seventeen cases of de
fendants being held in jail pending ft
grand Jury inve: tigation.
A number police officers and other
witnesses appeared before the body,
which Is in charge of Deputy Prosecutor
Evans.
It Is understood one of the cases un
der consideration for which police of
ficers appeared today was the case of
Edward Rlst, held on a charge of crim
inal assault.
After weeks of delay due to the fail
ure of Judge James A. Collins of the
criminal court, who Is now in the east
on his vacation, to obtatn a grand Jury,
this body began Its Important delib
erations after Judge Pro Tern Fremont
Alford obtained a complete panel Tues
day.
Judge Collins left before the complete
panel war obtained.
OPEN LETTER
TO GUSTAVE SCHJIIDT,
President of the City Council.
Dear Gus—Apply a little common
sense to this request of the women
of the south side for a market place
and settle this dispute accordingly.
Which is most desirable for In
dianapolis, barns for rented mules
or market places for frugal house
wives ?
You know as well as anybody else
that slejt,r Jewett denounced the
mule contract as a "graft” before
his election.
Is there any particular reason i
why the city council should uphold £
the Jewett administration in the I
continuation of this mule “grate P
*nd lu the face of a wholly proper
ieslre of the citizens for a market
placet
NO. 74.