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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday, with rising temperature. vol. xxxra. COX WILL GIVE NAMES OF G.O.P. CONTRIBUTORS Prepares to Submit Evidence in Contention Over Big ‘War Chest’ Fund. ‘HAYS DOES NOT DENY’ DAYTON, 0., Aug. 23.—The evi dence to back up his charge that the republicans are seeking a campaign fund of $15,000,000 will be sent to the senate committee on expenditures in Chicago, Gov. Cox said today when shown a dispatch stating that Chair man Kenyon had wired for all in formation in the nominee’s poses sion. It is probable George White, chair man of the democratic national com mittee, wh ohas been subpoenaed by the committee, will present Cox’s in formation. DAYTON, 0., Aug. 23.—Gov. James M. Cox boon will name many of tbe contriubtors to the republican campaign fund and givs the financial quotas sot various political districts as “evidence" in support of his charge that a “war chest" of 515,000,000 is being raised to hisure a Harding victory, according to leaders in the democratic camp here. Despite denials of his charge by Senu tor Harding and Will Hays, the gov ernor asserted again today turn he is ready to “reveal the facts” and his ample evidence to bark up his state ment. With the senate campaign expenditures committee resuming its meetings in Chi cago today, Interest centered on whether Cox might be called to present personally his information regarding the repub lican fund. Senator Reed, Missouri, democrat, has wired the governor that the committee desires all the facts in his possession. He gave assurances that a thorough in vestigation would be made and the gov ernor replied that ail his data would be forthcoming. MAY ADOPT TACTICS OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT. It is probable that Cox. in continuing his attacks on republican political ex penditures. will adopt tactics used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1012. In several of hie speeches then Roose velt, as the progressive candidate, called the roll of the biggest republican cam paign contributors. Cox indicated that this evidence will enable him to attack many of the same men who were or. Roosevelt's roll. The governor claims that the country has been divided into seven main dis tricts for the collection of campaign funds and he also charged the quota for Ohio is in excess of $500,000. Will Hays, he insists, in bis speech Sat urday, did not deny that the goal of the republicans is *150.000,000. HAYS STATEMENT MEANS NOTHING. •!fe says the 'preliminary estimation is $3 000,000.’ "Thai doesn't mean anything," said Cox. The governor declared the senatorial committee will insist upon Hays giving the alleged financial divisions of the country and their quotas. Speeches that Cox will deliver the latter part of this week at Evansville, Pittsburg. New Haven and New- York City, will be prepared by him today and tomorrow, at his home. “Trail's End He is to atari this tour Tuesday night and will travel in the private car used by Presidents Taft and Wilson. A telegram urging that the federal re srrve board extend additional credits to facilitate the moving of crops was sent to W. P. G. Harding, governor of the board, by Cox, last night. INVESTIGATION TO BE NATION-WIDE CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—A nation wide in v&tigatlon of campaign expenditures of candidates for congress may be con ducted by the senate committee on cam paign expenditures. They are in execu tive session here today to discuss plans of proceednre. National chairmen and treasurers of the democrat!? and republican parties will be called to testlfv before the sen ate campaign expenditures campaign here next Monday regarding their or ganizations’ funds, it v.as announced to day. Senator Selden P. Spencer, committee member who made the announcement, also said Gov. Cox, democratic presi dential candidate, will be as', 'd to fur nish information regarding the repub licans’ “alleged $15,000,000 campaign fund.” Cox will not be asked to appear be fore the committee, however, Spencer sa!d. Before the committee went into ses sion Reed made the following statement: “We are going to have an executive session to talk over what procedure we shall take. , “I will insist that the committee pro ceed at once to investigate the campaign funds of both the republican and demo cratic parties. “If the republican party has a fund of $15,000.010, as Gov. Cox declares, I want to know where they got It. , “We would not have to subpoena wit nesses as they are in the building.” The committee met in the auditorium, where the republican national committee has its headquarters. Senator Dillingham, chairman of the senate committee on privileges and elec-, tlons, of which the committee here is a sub-committee, was expected to ap point Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois to succeed Senator Seldep Spencer of Missouri, resigned. Amnesia Victim May Be Montmorenci Man Paul White, an officer of the Red Men's lodge of Montmorenci telegraphed Inspector of Detectives Fletcher today for a description of the unidentified man held at the city hospital for ten days. White said he believes the man is from Montmorenci, but did not give his name. The man at the city hospital is suffer ing from amnesia and is unable to tell his name or remember where he lived. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., Aug. 24, 1920: Fair tonight and Tuesday, witli rising temperature. HOURLY TEMPEBATCKE. 6 a. m 51 7 a. m 52 8 a. m 50 9 a. m GO 10 a. m 02 11 a. m 64 12 (noon) 60 1 p. m 67 2 p. m Published at Indianapolis, Ind.. Daily Except Sunday. 3 Speaking Dates in Cox Western Trip NEW YORK. Aug. 23.—The west eern Itinerary of Gov. Cox on his cam paign speaking tour was given out here- today at democratic national headquarters. The first dates are Lansing, Mich., Sept. 3; Milwaukee, Sept. 4. and Min neapolis on Labor day, Sept. 6. The dates to follow the first three were withheld until final arrange ments are completed. Cox will make the first chief speech of hls'western drive Sept. 3, one year to a day after President Wilson start ed his western tour appealing for ratification of the peace treaty. Democratic party leaders charac terized the projected tonr as the most extensive ever made by a presidential candidate. Cox’s private car has been equipped with an amplifying device enabling his voice to be heard at a distance of 250 feet from the rear platform. BLOCKADE PUT ON DANZIG BY HUN LABORERS Germans Establish Soviet and Refuse Dockage to French. BERLIN, Aug. 23.—German workmen in Danzig have proclaimed a soviet, ac cording to reports received here to day. The soviet immediately announced a “blockade of Poland” and refused to permit the French cruiser Gueydon to dock. British Commissioner Sir Reginald Tower declared he would not be re sponsible for results if the cruiser at tempted to unload its cargo of am munitions intended for the Polish army. The Gueydon, in company with the American cruiser Pittsburg and the French cruiser Marsellaise, left Cher bourg. France, last week for Danzig. Peace negotiations are being conduct ed simultaneously between Russia and Poland and Russia and Lithuania. The latest advices on the military situ ation led German military experts to ex press the belief that the Polish counter offensive had reached the limit of its success. The advance of President Pilsudski's army in the center was said to have slowed down, while the bolsbeviki were reported to have launched counter at tacks on both the northern and southern fronts. Refusal of neutral workers to trans port munitions to the Poles was believed to have endangered seriously Poland's supplies. On the other hand, the Russians can bring up additional munitions without outside interference. / POLES RECAPTURE 9 IMPORT Am CITIES WARSAW, Aug. 22 (via London. Aug. 23.1—The recapture of nine important cities from the Russians was reported by the Polish war office tonight. The Pole* are advancing on Rlelstok. Russian great headquarters In the field. The official statement says: “Mlavu, Rozan Przansysz. Ostrof, Mazowicck. llielsk, Brest-Litovsk. Cbolu and lliirbiesof have been taken by the Poles.” The Polish communique shows that the Russians have been pushed bank till they are now 100 miles from thee ap- Ital. POLES CONTINUING CENTER ADVANCE LONDON, Aug. 23.--The Poles are con tinuing their advance on a wide front in the center, while the Russians are still gaining in the extreme right and left of the 500 mile battle line, according to the latest advices received here today. President Pilsudski's smash northeast of Warsaw was said to have further im periled the forty thousand reds north of the capital and rendered their withdraw (Contiuged on Page Two.) 200 TEACHERS OF MARION CO. MEET Sessions Will Last Until Fri day Night. More than 200 teachers today attended the opening session of the Marion County Teachers’ Institute in the criminal court room. The sessions will close Friday after noon. County Superintendent I.ee Swaiis an nounced that a number of. prominent ed ucators of the state, ns well as the na tion, will make addresses during the in stitute. Miss Nell Sharp, instructor in musjc, is in charge tff the slngiug. State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Hines made the principal address this morning, saying the recent grant ing of higher wages to school teachers In the state probably would result in eight month terms in the county schools. He said this would not effect Marion county, because most of the county schools now are holding eight month terms instead of nine. Supt. Hines said an educational cam paign will begin Nov. 7. A citizens' conference on education probably will be held in December, be said, as another step to obtain co-opera tion o neducational matters. Tenn. Governor Will Rush Suff Measure WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Gov. Rob erts of Tennessee will sign the certificate of ratification of- the suffrage amend ment and dispatch it to Secretary of State Colby at once, regardless of the injunction proceedings brought against him, according to a telephone message received here today from Miss Sue 1 White of the national woman's party, who stated the governor had made this promise to her. The national woman's party today ap pealed to Solicitor General Frierson to have the department of justice appear against the granting of a permanent in junction against suffrage. Rescue Troops Sent After 5 Americans WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Five thou sand Mexican troops have been sent in pursuit of the bandit Pedro Znmoras in the state of Jalisco, with orders to ob tain the release of Americans and other foreigners kidnapped by the bandit, as the result of representations made to the De la Huerta government by the Ameri can embassy in Mexico City, the state department was advised this afternoon. Entered sa Second - Class Matter, July 26, 1814. St Postoffice. Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1818. CAR CO., CITY AND STATE AGREE TO WRECK STREET RAILWAY SERVICE BOOZE RUNNERS USE AIRPLANE? Know Nothing About It, Says U. S. Agent Here. CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—Whisky is being transported from Cincinnati to Indianapolis by airplane, according to information given prohibition agents here today. Capt. Joseph E. Taylor of Indian apolis, an aviator, walked Into the office of MaJ. A. J. Dalrymple, chief agent, and declared that while flying over Indianapolis Saturday he sa.w another machine take a nose dive. Thinking the driver had lost con trol, Taylor alighted alongside the other plane and discovered twenty five cases of whisky in the machine, he said. “The driver told me he had brought it In from Cincinnati,’' said Taylor. Prohibition enforcement officers here said today that they had no report of the incident related by Capt. Taylor to prohibition enforce ment officers at Chicago. Better Stick to Pants Did you hear the latest, girls? George McVey, 10, 193S West Michigan styles for youug la dies’ dresses. George's efforts / / caused him to bo / / fjtr\ arrested. / V policeman stop /' A. ped two ' K'rla" and *Vfv five boys at Doug- K\?v * 3B and New York k C 7>'| streets last night. (({ but they ran and the policeman caught only one of Jw the “girls.” McVey. Tjffiy 1 He was wearing a knitted hat with K I cute Utile blonde curia extending from beneath it and ihs face was highlj colored with rouge. He wore a piuk sweater, a light col ored skirt, half hose and a pair of “baby doll” pumps. NO USE TO BUY TICKETS AHEAD Extra Fares to Be Collected Just the Same. Hourly dialogue at the consolidated railway ticket offices In Indianapolis: •‘When- do the higher fare* start” “Aug. 23." “But I can buy a ticket now at the old rate, can't I?” •Yes. But the increase will be col lected on the train if you use any part of it after Aug. 25." Twenty per cent Is the Increase in fare* and ID per cent Is the Increase in Pullman rates. This increase will not become ef fective in Indiana, so far as intra slate trips are concerned, unless the public service commission, aa a re sult of a bearing now in progress, orders such. Dance Leader Attacks ‘Shimmy’ and ‘Jazz’ NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Fenton T. Bolt, p real dent of the American National As sootatlon Masters of Dancing, which opened its annual convention here to day. continued his nttack on the “shim my” and "Jazz” music in Jil* address opening the meeting. He Introduced a resolution calling on the Methodist church to '-ease inclusion in Us “hook of discipline” an attack on dancing, asking It to take cognizance of repeated requests that the ban on dan cing be lifted. He also urged motion picture pro ducers. manufacturers of phonograph rec ords and automatic piano rolls, and dance hall proprietors to see that the styles approved by the national assoctn tion are adhered to and that goow ryth mic music, rather than jazz, is used for dancing scenes or records. Little Journeys to the Mayor’s Office When s Times reporter walked Into Mayor Charles W. Jewett’s off Ice at 11.53 o’clock this morning. Intending to learn If his honor tv** In or out, lie ran mnck Into the chief execu tive. wlio smilingly greeted him: “I’m in!” "I see.” the reporter replied, for getting tn his surprise to Inquire how long the mayor had been In. For Every Housewife , a Canning Book With abundant fruits and veg etables going to waste, with the price of sugar on the decline, the housewife’s plain duty right now, is to work overtime at canning. The United States department of agriculture has tried to save the crop of fresh foods by preparing a book let which contains the best informa tion there is on canning. The Daily Times, through its Washington Information Bureau, Is doing its part by offering copies of this bulletin — free to all. Do your part by writing for it to day—and then using it. Indiana Daily Times Information Bureau, Washington, I>. C. Frederick J. Batkin, Director. I enclose herewith 2 cents in stamps for return postage on tbt free booklet on Canning. Name Street ( City State f 3fn£iian<r Jlailn o’imce INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920. MINERS DEFY ORDER TO GO BACK TO WORK Await Outcome of Conference With Indiana Operators Tuesday Morning. OUTPUT 10 PER CENT By Staff Correspondent. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 23.—Strik ing miners in the Indiana coal fields failed to return to work today in defiance of the order of their district president, KtJ Stewart, according to reports re ceived here. It was explained they probably will await the outcome of the meeting of the Indiana scale committee of miners and operators here tomorrow morning, which will take up wage Inequalities. Bald to be the cause of the walkout. Only three mines were operatini In this Immediate vicinity. Production in these mines had not been stopped by the unauthorized strike. Reports from Evansville nald that the one mine in the 'pocket” district of the state which had been working until Sat urday was closed today by a strike. Strike votes were taken at meetings of local unions Sunday, and it Is understood the greater percentage of them decided to stay away from work until settlement of the demand for equalized wage rate* for the day men has been settled. William Mitch, secretary of the Indiana district of the United Mine W >rkera, said he understood a fev of the locals voted Sunday to return. Less than 10 per ceut of the norma! output of coal waa lieing mined. Early Information given out here to the effect that the order of President Stewart was being obeyed “satisfactorily” was contradicted by reports direct’ from the mines. WATCH RESPONSE TO ORDER CLOSELY. The way in which the day raerwreapona to the order of President Stewart to re turn to work ia being cloeely watched by union officials as well as operators. Officers of the Eleventh district of the United Mine Workers visited the iargest mining districts in the state yesterday and appealed to the day men to / obey the mandate. “This is not a request but an order," declared President Stewart in addressing both the day men and the miners at Hy mera, “The contract must be upheld, and the only way in which It can be done ia for you men to return Immediately to work. “You have received my order aa presi dent of this district and 1 feel that 1 have done my duty In ordering all miners to return to work. "If you fail to obey the order the re sponsibility falls upon your shoulders.' not on mine," said Ktrwart. Vice President Willltain Raney mad* ' several addresses tn and arond Prince ton. Ind., yesterday in which he empba- , sized the necessity of all men returning to work. The operators wilt begin a conference, touight here In the office of Phil Penna. of the Indiana Coal Operators' associa tion. This conference Is preliminary to a Joint meeting scheduled to be held be <( onttnued on I'ngn 1 wo.) DON’T GET YOUR OVERCOATS YET Cold Wave About Over and Hot Weather Coming. Do not get your winter overcoat out just yet, Is the advi*** which may be based upon the report of the Indianapolis weather bureau today. J. H, Armlngton, meteorologist for the bureau, said the cold wave which I* sweeping from northwestern Canada across the United States In n southeaster ly direction is about halfway paat In dianapolis and that, rising temperatures may he expected today, tonight and to morrow. The mereury dropped to n minimum of 49 degrees shortly before G o'clock Hits morning. The temperature has been lower iu August hut three times In the history of the local bureau t,f thia date. Mr Armlngton reported. *>n Aug. 31, 1915, the vein per* tur* dropped to 44; on Aug. 4, 1912, to 49, adn on Aug. 15, 1885, to sS. The average temperature for an August night in Indianapolis Is around (J 4 de grees. The tnnximum temperature yesterday also came near the low record. The highest mark reached yesterday was 70 degrees, which is the lowest max! mum in August ,slnco I*o7, when 09 was touched. The only other year sfnee the es tatdishment of the weather bureau In 1871 when a maximum temperature of 70 was recorded in August, was in 1875. SAY LITTER HIDES PARKING SIGNS Auto Owners Arrested Tell of Market Conditions. That tho filthy conditions in the vi cinity of the city market were respon sible for the arrests of many well mean ing citizens on the charges of parking in the safety zone was evident from the testimony offered in city court today. More than 100 alleged traffic law vio lators appeared in court today, and In each case Judge Walter Pritchard continued the charge indefinitely. Thirty-eight of these were charged with violating the ordinance forbidding the parking of automobiles in safety zones, and about ten of the thirty-eight told the court that iho barrels, boxen and other litter in the vicinity of tho city market covered the safety zouo signs in such a way that they did no: know they had parked In a Rafety zon > until they returned and found the red sticker on their wind shield orderlu a them to appear in city court. One man from Chicago was arrested twico in fifteen minutes, he told the court. He was charged with leaving his auto mobile inrkcd without the light burning, and he had hardly scratched one red sticker off his windshield before a sec ond ofllcer put another sticker on, charg ing him with parking iu a safety zone. He explained to the court that he would bo careful In the future to obey the traffic laws and the charges were •continued indefinitely. RATE HEARING OPENS BEFORE INDIANABODY Manufacturers Say R. R. Pe tition Calls for Discrimina tory Tariffs. SLAP IS GIVEN SERVICE Representatives of manufacturers and dealers In thirteen commodities in In diana appeared today before the public service commission to protest against discriminatory rates which they claim would be brought about by the grant ing of the petition of the thirty-ore railroads operaiing in the stale, for in creased freight and passenger rates equal to those granted recently by the interstate commerce commission. The Industrie* represented at the hearing are brick, print paper, limestone, drain tile, sand, gravel, straw, straw board, coal, fertilizer, crushed atone, logs, milk and cream. Representatives of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, the chambers of commerce of many cities of the state, aa well as Attorneys for the various rail road companies, were present. The hearing is being conducted in the senate chamber. Previous to the taking of testimony, representatives of the various iudnatries, at the suggestion of Commlslsoner E. I. Lewis, outlined the position they would take in the caw. and gave a resume of their reasons for their stand. The position of the railroads was pre sented to the commission by N. S. Brown, attorney for the carriers, who said all carriers In Indiana were petitioning for increases In rates similar to those grant ed by the federal body. WILL WORK AGAIN ST DISCRIMINATION. It. B Coapstick, representing the state chamber of commerce, said that, while that organization was not protesting against Increased rates for the roads. It would protest sgalnst discrimination against Indiana industries. "We will prove,” said Mr. Coop stick, “that a 40 per cent Increase tn intrastate rates In those states surrounding In diana will still leave their rates lower than the present ’rate In Indiana on many Industries.” Charles C. Stewart, Indianapolis, rep resenting the box board and fertilizer Interests, declared It waa hi* opinion that the railroads should not apply In Indiaua for Increased rate* until their service wa* Improved. ■ I think It la the opinion of J! person* Interested tn this caae that the principal objection to the rat* Increase* la because of their Inability to get any sort f servlee from tho carriers,” said Mr. Stewart. • I think the roads should improve their servlee, then apply for increases.” Mr. Stewart told of the trouble exper ienced by manufacturers in obtaining car*. In presenting his appearance for the Ft. Wayne Chamber of Commerce, H. K. Falrweafber. Ft. Wayne, made a plea for uniformity in rate advances In each of the railroad territories. EMPHASIZES TORTURE SUFFERED IN PAST. “We do not oppose flatly the Increase* for the roads,” said Mr. Falrweatber. “but wo ask the commission to keep in mind the torture Indiana has had In the past, in comparison with the situ ation. In Illinoia.” Removal of all inequalities in tariffs to place the rales on products of Indi ana companies on a parity with those of Illinoia xv*rs to form the bases of thy protest entered by G. 11. Luekeit, Craw tordsville, representing tho brick manu facturing Interest* of Indiana. Other repreiieutatlons were entered for the Anderson Chamber of Commerce, and a special committee of the gas belt, pro testing agalusf discrimination !n coal rates; P. 8. bhoetnaker, Kokomo, rep resenting the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company, protesting coal and limestone (Continued on rage Two.) ASKSTHATSOUTH STREET BE FIXED Transfer Association Appeals to Board of Works. The board of public works was re quested by the Indianapolis Transfer as sociation todny to hasten. If possible, the completion of repairs on South street In t.ho district in which most of the freight stations of the city are located. Hlds were received upon a number of unimportant improvements. The letter of W. G. Krcis, president of the transfer association, calling upon the board to try to do something with South street, follows: The most Important single, street, tn Indiana noils from a civic, commercial aid Industrial point of view is South street, because South street is the pres ent artery of traffic for all commercial shipments from all manufacturers, job bers, wholesalers and retailers as a con necting artery between freight house-, warehouses and the above Interests. “For three years the condition of South street has made traffic over this thoroughfare a real menace to thesJ in terests, and if you will remember during the early part of last fall this associa tion made a number of desperate appeals to your administrative offlees of the eiiy. At. that time we were made reasonably sure that before weather renditions pre vented repair work this street would be put. Into perfect condition. You know that tills was not done, 3nd now, ns another winter is approaching, tlie shipping, receiving and cartage firms of Indianapolis are looking forward with a dread that perhaps another winter will come on with this work unfinished. is It not possible through your admin istrative department to do the unusual thing to bring about the pressure neces sary to give the civic and industrial In terests of Indianapolis the relief which the complete repair of this street will afford'/ TO REMOVE CAR TRACKS. The board informed a delegation of residents of Northwestern avenue, be tween Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth streets, that it will order tho Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company to remove its tracks, now run ning along the street 6< as to almost touch the private property line, to the center of the street ns soon as it fa paved. The residents complained last week that they understood the traetion com pany Intended to move the tracks still closer to their homes. City Civil Engineer Frank C. Lingen fclter said officials of the company as (Continued on Two.) ißy Carrier, Week, Indianapolis. 10c; Elsewhere, 12c. Subscription Hates: ( By Ma „ 60c Per Month . | 5 . 0 0 Per Year. Seek Fare Increases and Plan to Set Mayor Jewett Up as Man Who Saved Day *A definite understanding between the officials of the newly reorgan ized Indianapolis Street Railway Company, the city administration and the public service commission has been effected for the temporary disruption of street car service in Indianapolis, the eventual increasing of street car fares and the wholesale praising of Charles W. Jewett as the man who ‘‘saved the street car service” to the city. The completion of the aforesaid program will be started this week and It calls for thgse progressive steps: 1. The street car company will cease to give “tripper” or rush hour service. 2. The street car company will then close down Its expensively oper ated and antiquated West Washington street power plant. 3. The public service commission will take up the curtailment of service as the Immediate peg on which to resume consideration of the "service at cost” plan of operation which has been pending before it since last April. 4. Mayor Jewett will return from wherever he spends the time for which the city pays him, Issue a few statements about the necessity of maintaining the street car service in Indianapoiis. 5. Samuel Ashby will appear before the commission when the public has been sufficiently harassed by curtailment of proper street car service to be willing to stand for anything and will acquiesce for the city of In dianapolis in granting the street car company whatever it wants. 6. The street car company will then resume its “tripper” service, reopen its West Washington street power plant after some overhauling and continue to pay dividends on that part of its stock which was placed in the hands of administration favorites and others in the reorganization. 7. Mr. Jewett’s favorite newspapers will then print laudatory articles telling how “broadminded” he was in an emergency and how by reason of his “logical’ r solution of the street car problem, the curtailment of service was eliminated and "new cars” obtained to operate over the tracks that Mr. Jewett caused to be “fixed.” PROGRAM WORKED OUT WITH WELL KNOWN MAXIM IN MIND. All of this program has been carefully worked out with due attention to the maxim that the public loves to be humbugged and the well known indifference of Indianapolis citizens to their own Interests in affairs political. Be it remembered that when Charles W. Jewett placed his seal of approval on the purchase of the SIO,OOO garbage plant from J. P. Goodrich et al. for the little consideration of $175,000 there was a rumor in circula tion among utility men that J. P. Goodrich had agreed that Mr. Jewett’s desires relative to the Indianapolis street car system should be respected by Mr. Goodrich's public service commission. Be it also remembered that of all the public utilities in Indiana the street car company was the only one that did not obtain an increase in its rate* from the commission until it had gone into the supreme court and established its legal right to participate in the utility commission’s “horizontal increases.” Likewise be it remembered that the long delay in obtaining relief forced the street car company to reorganize and the financial interests of eastern stockholders were, in that reorganization, subordinated to the interests of local stockholders who undertake to operate the present sys tem with many pledges that a 5-cent fare was wholly sufficient to maintain the service “now that the water was squeezed out.” Then let consideration be given to the fact that while Dr. Henry Jameson is loudly proclaiming that "unless something is done to give the street car company more money the people of Indianapolis will be walking by winter,” the Indianapolis Street Railway Company is adver tising a quarterly dividend of $1.50 on the preferred stock of the com pany, which. It was announced when the reorganization took place, represented the holdings of "local people.” Also do not forget that while Mr. Jameson was sounding his clarion call for help tfor public consumption) Chairman Lewis of the public serv ice commission departed from the city on his second two-week vacation, with the public pronouncement that, while the commission could rule at once on the “service at cost plan,” it desired to wait a conference with Mr. Ashby before acting. AND DON’T OVERLOOK DETAILS OF MAYOR JEWETT'S STATEMENT. Nor should the mere detail of Mayor Jewett's statement when asked when the* administration would do something to improve the street ear situation be overlooked. For did not the mayor tell it all when he said: “The city administration is improving the street car service by having the company add new ears, fix the tracks, etc., and as soon as the company can place itself on a sound financial foundation we may expect greater improvements in the service.” The only steps new being taken by the street car company to put itself on a “60und financial foundation” are involved in a petition to the public service commission for higher rates. The mayor says that as soon as this is accomplished “we may expect greater improvements in service.” Before this is accomplished the street car service of Indianapolis will bo so deliberately wrecked that bringing it back to the present normal will be “greater improvement” than anything that has been done in years. The adding of new cars and the fixing of the tracks to which the mayor refers have been slight, in fact so slight that even Dr. Jameson has publicly declared that the improvements are wholly inadequate to meet the ordinary demands on the system. In closing down its West Washington street power plant and cutting off its rush hour service the street car company will not curtail its revenue at an inopportune time, as its plea for a sliding scale will enable it to recoup the losses when it is granted. Indianapolis people have no other resources for transportation than the street cars. If there are fewer of them operated the people must wait until they can get aboard them and the percentage of fares lost through ! walking Is slight. Also, it is insignificant in comparison with the greater revenue that will be produced by increased fares, which the company Is now hound to have. DIRECTORS NOT MUCH WORRIED OVER CLOSING OF WEST WASHINGTON PLANT. The closing down of the West Washington power plant will eliminate | an expensive power unit for the traction company, and its elimination will not be a source of much worry to the board of directors. In the hearing before the public service commission two years ago it was disclosed that this power plant generated electricity at a cost sometimes as high as eight times the cost at the East Tenth street plant, that it was only necessary to use it to carry the peak load created by the “trippers” or rush hour cars, which is now a part of the program to abolish. The excuse for the closing down of this station, as given by the traction company is that It costs from $7 to $lO a ton to buy coal to operate It. But at the same tlm Dwight Ritter, purchasing agent for the city, announces his ability to purchase coal for the city garbage plant at $3.10 a ton at the mine. The question naturally arises as to why, if the traction company finds it so difficult and coatly to get coal that it does not operate the coal mine A (Continued on Page Two.) HOME EDITION 2 CENTS PER COPY CITY HALL GANG GETS READY TO SOUND COUNCIL Bond Issues Necessary to Carry Out Much Talked Improvements. 3 PROJECTS DOUBTFUL With the annual budget and tax levy out of their hands and before the city council, heads of executive department* at the City hall today were discussing plans to bring before the council within the next few weeks the various bond Is sues necessary to carry out improve ments which have been discussed for more than a year. It is understood members of the coun cil who attended the conference with heads of denartments at the City hall last Thursday evening indicated that they are wondering why the mayor and de partment heads keep talking about the council holding up improvements when ordinances authorizing them are never pur before the legislative body. City Controller Robert H. Bryson said he expects a conference of department heads and council members to be called some time next week at which the va rious bond issues will be brought up and thrashed out. It is thought the Jewett administration does not want openly to trust its pet projects to the mercies of the council, which has been anything but tender here tofore, without first ascertaining Just how much the council will stand for. Among the bond issues to be dis cussed are the following: For a nur-.es’ home at the city hos pital, approximately $500,000. For the motorization of the fire de partment, approximately $400,000. For the rehabilitation of the city market, approximately $125,000. For the construction of the munici pal yards at Kentucqy avenue and Drover streets, approximately SIOO,- 000. Upon the first of these matters it is not expected very much opposition will be encountered in the council because it Is a measure more or less Vital to the pub lic health, but with the latter three Jew ett lenders do not hope to “get by” with out considerable maneuvering. Several members of the council already have let it be known that they will not (Continued on Page Nine.) PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN GET IN HEAVY LICKS Republican Political Workers Busy Getting Votes for Coming Election. While orders Issued by Chief of Police Jerry Kinnej* and Judge Walter Pritch ard, in an effort to curb the operations of professional bondsmen, remained dusc covered in tire turnkey's office, bonds men said to be protected by the “good government administration” got in a lot of work daring tho week-end raids of the morals squads. \ That certain bondsmen and attorney* work together Is evident; for should one of the “good government" bondsmen sign a surety for the appearance ot a prisoner in city court, the defendant is almost invariably represented by certain republican attorneys who are said be on the inside of the “ring.” Soliciting by either a bondsman or an attorney, according to one of the dust covered signs in the turnkey's office, signed by Judge Pritchard, will bring punishment for contempt of court. Only a few nights ago a certain man. who. when occasion requires it, acts as either bondsman or attorney, stood at the top of the stairway at police head quarters and passed out his business cards to prisoners as they entered thj turnkeys office, it is said. It did him no good for he is not on* of the “good government” bondsmen anti he did not get the business. When It is stated that seTcnty-slx men were arrested on gambling charges dur ing the week-end raids, to say nothing of persons arrested for other offenses, there having been 230 arrests from Sat urday morning until Monday morning, the opportunity of professional bonds men is evident. Chief Kinney's order, issued Dee. 23, 1919, forbids loafing in the turnkey’s office and states that the doors must bo kept locked and that the prisoner “must name the bondsman desired.” The prisoners in most cases name “Bull Moose” Walker, “Kinney” Hiatt and Harry (Goosle) Lee, negro, all prominent republican political workers. Lee and Hiatt have long been bonds men since the Jewett administration (Continued on Page Nine.) Must Hold Express Parcelson Ist Floor WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.-The inter state commerce commission today issued a ruling under which the American Rail way Express Company is not required to go above the first floor of office build ings to collect packages weighing more than 125 pounds. OPEN LETTER TO THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH SIDE. Your efforts to obtain a curb mar ket demonstrated that there is irre sistible force behind the demand of a determined group of new voters. You have the opportunity, by your united efforts, not only to rid your self of the mule barns, but to com pel civic decency in our city admin istration. You have proved that you know how to obtain what you believe is proper. For the sake of a community that needs such ability as yours, do not now lose interest in the affairs of Indianapolis. Make up your mind what Is neces sary to make this a better city in which to live and go after it. You can get what you demand. NO. 89.