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THE WEATHER
Unsettled, thunder showers probably
this afternoon or tonight. Fair Tuesday,
vol. xxxm.
DENIES BOOST
IN PASSENGER
RATES FOR IND.
Public Service Commission
Influenced by Ohio and
Illinois.
3-CENT FARE CONTINUES
Passenger fare increases on
steam railroads operating in Indiana
will not be authorized by the pub
lic service commission at the pres
ent time, E. I. Lewis, chairman of
the public service commission, an
nounced today.
The steam carriers’ petitions for
higher freight rates are still under
consideration ,he said.
This action retain? the 3-cent rate of
fare in Indiana despite the order of the
interstate commerce commission which
authorized the railroads to increase their
rates throughout the countrv.
The carriers had rasked that Indiana
rates be brought up to an equality with
these rates.
Lewis said the public service commis
sion denied the increase in accord with
Ohio and Illinois action.
He said the commission favors the 3.6-
cents-a-mile rate, but considered it in.
advisable with a 3-cent rate prevailing
In Ohio and a 2'4-cent rate In Illinois.
TRACTIONS ALSO
NOTIFIED.
Lewis made his announcement to at
torneys for the Ft. Wayne & Decatur
Traction Company; the Terre Haute. In
dianapolis .V Eastern Traction Company,
and the Union Traction Company.
All the companies in In
diana recently filed petitions asking for
rates equal to those granted the rail
roads by the interstate commerce com
mission.
“I undrstand the railroads are plan
ning to carry theic- fight to the inter
state commerce comtpisslon. asking that
body to overrule us under sections of
the Esch-Cumntins Igw,” said Lewis.
Mr. Lewis announced he would make
public the ruling of the commission on
freight rate increases Tuesday or
Wednesday.
During the course of the hearing on
the railroad petitions, shippers and
others made a vigorous protest against
increased rates because they contended
such rates would be discriminatory to
the disadvantage of Indiana.
400 INFANTRY
GUARD MINES
New Uprisings Feared by Resi
dents of Districts.
WILLIAMSON', W. Va„ Aug. 30.—More
than 400 troops of the United Stales in
fantry today were assigned to the mine
district from Kermit to Delorme, fol
lowing sporadic fighting in the William
son field between union miners and mine
guards.
The districts was quiet today and au-
leered, nu outbreaks.
A grave undercurrent of apprehension
tag been belt by residents of towns in
the Mattewan 3nd Williamson districts
The approaching trial of Mattewan
miners and Bnidwin-Felts detectives for
the alleged kill'ng of Mayor Testermrtn,
seven private mine auard and two otb
erg on May 10 was generally regarded
as a signal for new uprisings.
‘ShinerV Brother
in Police Toils Now
Charles Middangh. 715 West Ohio street,
brother of the notorious Everett (Shiner)
Middaug'n, is under arrest, charged with
operating a “blind tiger.’’
The arrest followed a raid by the po
lice on the “Bungalow.'' at Kmriebsville.
Jewels Worth $3,500
Found by Honest Man
Jewels valued at 83,500, reported to the
police as lost by Mrs. Edward Schlld
hauer. 1321 North Meridian street, while
motoring last week, have been returned
to Mrs. Schildhauer hv a farmer who
lives near Frankfort, Ind.
Mrs. Sehildhauer discovered the loss
Tuesday when she stopped for gasoline
at Morocco.
She drove back over the route, but
could not find any trace of the jewels
The farmer's name has not been dis
closed.
CREAMERIES ARE CONSOLIDATED.
DECATUR, Ind., Aug. 30.—The Clover
leaf Company, Inc., owning
plants in Hunt'ington, Bluffton and De
catur have consolidated the Bluffton and
Decatur plants, moving the machinery
to the Decatnr factory to curtail ex
penses.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. ! !h.,
Ang. 31, 1920: Unsettled with thunder
showers probable this afternoon or to
night, followed by fair Tuesday. Cooler
tonight.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES.
6 a. m 70
7 a. m 72
8. a. m 7ft
9 a. m 77
10 a. m :... 78
11 a. m 79
12 (noon) 72
1 p. MS... 77
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f‘l WILL PAY FOR MY
HELP ’, SA YS DA VIS,
■ FINGER , ON ADAMS
Democratic Candidate for Prosecutor of Ma
rion County Declares, Because of Lucra
tive Fee System, He Will Not Ask Tax
payers to Compensate Assistants Re
quired in Performance of Duty.
HOLDS $1,700 HAAG CHARGE ILLEGAL
Declaring that the payment, made by
Marion county officials, of 81,700 to
Chayles S. Wiltsie for assisting Prosecu
tor Claris Adams in the cases of Louis
and Julius Haag was illegal and pledg
ing himself that, as prosecutor, he would
not ask the taxpayers to pay for his
help, Paul G. Davis, democratic candi
date for prosecutor of Marion county
today started to tell the people of In
dianapolis how he proposes to conflict
the office to which he aspires.
Mr. Davis points out that the office of
prosecutor, under the present fee system,
is sufficiently lucrative to entitle the
taxpayers to the performance of the
prosecutor's duty without any additional
expense for assistants.
He shows that in six months of this
year Mr. Adams received more than $50,-
000 in fees from the city and criminal j
court and he asserts that the methods;
employed by the prosecutor to obtain, the I
assistance of Mr. Wiltsie were contrary I
to the law, as Interpreted by the supreme
court. He says:
“The payment of 1,700 of the county's
money to Mr. Wiltsie for his services
in assisting the republican prosecuting
attorney in the trial of the Haag per
jury case in the Marion criminal court
was without legal authority, as ex
pressly decided by the supreme court
of Indiana in the cases of the board
of commissioners of Clay county vs. Me
Gregor, 171 Ind. 634, and Turner vs
board of commissioners of Elkhart
county. Ind. 166.
ADAMS PETITIONED
FOR WLTSIE.
“Mr. Wiltsie was appointed upon the
petition of the prosecutor, who collected
in excess of $50,000 dollars in fees from
the city court and Marlon coanty courts
alone from Jan. 1, 1919. to July 1. 1920,
The payment of this money by the
county was absolutely unwarranted, and
I want it clearly understood that. If I
am elected prosecuting attorney all law
yers procured by me to assist In the
work of my office will be paid out of
my pocket.
“At the tirap Mr. Wiltsie, upon the pe
tition of the proseclitor, was appointed,
on March 29, J 919, no appropriation had
been’ made bv the county council for
the payment of any such service, and
none was made until more than a month
after the first trial, in whb-h the jury
disagreed. Three days before the second
trial, which wag presided over by Spe
cial Jndge Thornton and which resulted
in a verdict of not guilty, the county
council, upon request of the prosecutor,
made an appropriation. Mr. Wiltsie was
silowewd S9OO for his services in the
first trial and £BOO for his services In
the second trial. He was paid $1,700 by
the county on March 31, 1919.
“It was proper for the prosecutor to
procure his assistance, the fees allowed
Mr. Wiltsie were reasonable, but the
payment of the money by the county in
stead of by the prosecutor, who is re
quired to/have deputies arid to pay them
out of his salary and the fees of his of
fice, was, under decisions of our own
supreme court, wirhour right and can
no* be justified In law or In good con
science.
HOLDS UP SUPREME
COURT DECISION.
“The supreme court has twice derided
that, under these circumstances. Mr.
Wiltsie could recover nothing from the
county.
. “In the first case, a lawyer by the
name of Turner sued the board of com
missioners of Elkhart county for serv
ices rendered by him in assisting in th**
prosecution of a murder case. It was
held he could recover nothing. The
court, ‘peaking by Judge Monks, says:
"Section 27 (acts ,1899, No. 352) pro
vides that no court, or division thereof,
of any county, shall have power to bind
such county by any contract, agreement,
or in any other way. except by judgment
rendered in a cause where such court
has Jurisdiction of the parties and sub
ject matter of the action, to any xtent
beyond the amount of money at the time
already appropriated by ordinance for
the purpose of such court, and for the
purpose for which such obligation Is at
tempted to be incurred, and all contracts
and agreements, express or implied, and
all obligations of any and every sort
attempted beyond such existing appro
priations shall be absolutely void.
“It Is evident that, unless there was an
existing appropriation made by the
coulmon council for the purpose of pay
ing for such services when appellant
(Turner) was appointed and rendered
said services, ssrh appointment and the
rendition of said services created no
liability against the county. The power
of a court, body or person to bind a
county, or create a liability against it,
for the services of an attorney in assist
ing the prosecuting attorney in the
prosecution of criminal cases, is within
the control of the legislature. Appellant
was bound to take notice of the law
upon this subject. Under such circum
stances he has no ground toi recover
therefor from the county. Board, etc. vs,
Pollard, 153 Ind. 371,375.
QUESTION AGAIN
TAKEN .UP.
“The question was again taken to the
Supreme court in the Jhse of board of
corammissionera of the county of Clay vs.
McGregor, 171 Ind. 63~4. In this cage the
lawyers, McGregor, recovered a judgment
against the county for services rendered
in the prosecution of a criminal case In
pursuance of an order of the Clay cir
cuit .court. The supreme court reversed
the judgment of the lower court for the
reason that the county, council had made
no appropriation covering such an ex
penditure at the time of the appoint
ment. The opinion in This case was writ
ten by Judge Montgomery. The court
■ays:
“ 'Appellee concedes that the case of
Turner vs. .Board, etc., supra, if ad
hered to is of this appeal ad
versely to him, but he insists that the
decision In that eap was not well con
sidered, and, in effect, authorizes the
legislature to deprive the courts of vital
inherent powers, and requires the taking
of profMsional services of attorneys,
without just compensation in violation of
Article 1, Section 21, of the state con
stitution.'
“‘The only express statutory author
ity for the appointment es attorneys to
Entered as Second Class Matter. July 26, 1114. at
Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1879.
defend and to assist the prosecutor In
criminal cases in this state is found in
2057 Burns 1908, acts 1905, page 584 , 216,
which applies to cases takan on change
of venue from the county in which the
prosecution originated. In such cases a
probable lack of acquaintance with the
local environment on the part of the orig
inal counsel, and the desirability of hav
ing attorneys always within call of th#
trial court, makes the propriety and ex
pediency of this provision at once appar
ent.
PROVISION MADE
IN THIS STATE.
“ ‘ln this state provision is made for
the election of prosecuting attorneys, who
are authorized to appoint deputies to as
sist in the discharge of their official
duties <9158 Burns 1908, 5568 R. S. 1881).
And in case of the absence of the prose
cuting attorney the court is required to
appoint some person to prosecute for the
terms (4087 Burns 1908, 5805 K. S. 1881).
“ 'lt can scarcely be said, therefore,
that an actull necessity will ever exist
for the appointment of an attorney to as
‘Pauper Attorneys’
Come High in Dear
Old Marion County
The criminal court of Marlon county
paid out $2,100 for “pauper attorneys'*
in 1919, according to the state board of
accounts report which the state board
and Leo K. Fesler, auditor, carefully sup
pressed.
In days gone by it used to be cus
tomary for the county to name a "pau
per attorney," who, for a consideration
of approximately S6OO a year was per
fectly willing to give the benefit qf his
advice to any and all poor persons Avho
happened to appear in criminal court
without money enough to hire counsel.
The state board of accounts appears to
have found that one attorney is not suffi
cient to satisfy the demand from the
indigent who appeared In this "nation
ally noted” court.
The increase in the cost of living doubt
less accounts for the increase of this ex
pense to $2,100, or is it that the number
of “paupers" prosecuted has become so
great as to make the Job arduous?
This suppressed report also discloses
that while the people of Marion county
expended only $\754.f10 In maintenance
of the circuit, court, it cost them $27.-
355.75 to \support the court of Judge
Janies A. Collins and Prosecutor Adams,
•
ATTEMPT ENTIRE
TRAFFIC TIEUP
Striking N. Y. Car Men Seek
Sympathetic Move.
NEW YORK, Aug 30 -Union leaders
directing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
strike today declared they would en
deavor to completely tie up the elevated
roads and subway lines in Brooklyn by a
sympathy strike of motormen on those
routes.
The leaders said many of the brother
hood men had expressed a desire to
walk out in sympathy and an appeal
would be made to them.
Officials of the company were rushing
preparations for a long fight,
'Sleeping quarters were being provided
for policemen and employes; stations
were being guarded, and all cars were
being fitted with wire screens to pro
tect passengers.
Several persons were reported Injured
In the dash for improvised Jitneys during
the rush hour, but no serious outbreaks
were reported.
A big crowd rushed the gates at the
Atlantic avenue station of the Interbor
ough's subway and forcibly boarded
trains without paying fares.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway
operated a few two-car trains, with po
licemen making up the bulk of passen
gers.
The strike was called at a mass meet
ing of the employes Sunday.
The B. R. T. employes demand, rough
ly, 4qtoer cent Increase In weges and an
agreement by the operating Company to
stand by results of arbitration.
Motormen and conductors on surface
lines, now receiving 52 to 62 cents an
hour, want 84 to 92 cents; shopmen tvant
a flat increase of 33 1-3 per cent; con
ductors and guards on elevated and sub
way lines, who now receive 40 to 57 cents
tin hour, want 70 to 90 cents.
The company insists the men are strik
ing for a closed shop, which the em
ployes deny.
SQUIRE QUAKES AS HE MARRIES COUPLE 175 FEET IN AIR
By WALTER D. HICKMAN.
It took a tub, an engineer, a hoisting
machine and 175-foot smoke stack to
make me the “best man,” v but a rain
storm nearly ruined the whole affair.
But not even a thunder storm can
sidetrack especially when they
are staged on the tip top of a 175-foot
smoke stack.
The wedding of George T. Taylor of
the Hoosier Stack and Construction
Company of this city, and Miss Esther
McConnell of Evansville, Ind., was held
this morning on the top of the new
'175-foot static of the Imperial Drop
Forge Company at 610 South Harding
street.
While the thunder roared and the
lightning cracked, Taylor slipped a little
gold ring'on the third finger of the left
hand of Miss McConnell.
“With the authority vested in me_a.s
justice of the peace of Center township,
I pronounce you man and wife," said
Justice of the Peace Isidor Wulfson.
The bride and groom at the dizzy
height kissed—and the square yelled,
“Take me down!”
I Norman Z>dezzi. secretary and -treas
urer of thelHoosier Stack and Construc
Jit&iana |l ailg <fittics
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1920.
sist the official prosecutor. An attorney
may, at his pleasure, Accept or decline
a proffered appointment to aastst the
prosecuting attorney in a criminal cause,
hut If he accepts he Is bound to know
the limitations on the power of the court
to make such appointment and to allow
compensation for his services'. It follows
that appellee’s acceptance of employment
under the order of the circuit court was
voluntary and not enforced, and that his
professional services have been required
without compensation in violation of the
constitutional provision cited.
“ ‘Appellee’s complaint should show an
unexpended appropriation for the pur
pose of employing counsel In such cases,
at the time of his appointment, to create
a valid obligation against the county, and
his recovery cannot exceed the amount
then on hand.’
“Money should Mie paid out of public
funds only in strict conformity with the
law. In this Instance It was paid out
contrary to the decisions of our highest
1 court."
4 KILLED IN
NEW RIOTING
AT BELFAST
Police and Soldiers Temporar
ily Quell Sinn Fein-Orange
men Civil War.
LONDON, Aug. 30.—Four persons,
three men and one woman, were killed
! in a fresh outbreak of violent fighting
at Belfast today, bringing the total
■ deaths up to fifteen since Saturday night.
More than fifty persons were wounded.
A dispatch from Belfast at 2 o'clock this
i afternoon said that the Belfast police,
j assisted by reinforcements of
j troops, hare succeeded In restoring or
! <*er.
Pitched battles between Sinn Felners
and Orangemen, mainly shipworkers,
raged at numerous points In the Belfast
district during tbs morning.
Reinforcements of British soldiers who
were rushed to the city-were posted at
strategic points while the police
time and time again into the mass of
strugging fighters, wielding heavy riot
I sticks.
Store* were closed as the shopkeepers
feared looting. Most of the non-com-
populace remained hidden ln
drdirs. y
Stones and revolvers were used in the
battle in Royal avenue during the morn
ing, The Orangemen were driven back
and were preparing for a counter attack
i 'hen a detachment of armed soldiers de
bouched from a side street.
The soldiers threw themselves prona
upon the ground with leveled rifles ready
to fire If attacked.
A cordon of policemen was then
thrown about the Sinn Felnera and drove
them off. deaplte showers of missiles that
rained upon them. The battle was re
newed in North street.
Armored cars were used by the mili
tary authorities against both combatants
and looters. These cars charged through
Ewarts row and York street and dls
! persed two groups of fighting ship work
ers and Sinn Felners.
There were many casualties In this
engagement.
The Orangemen rontlnue systematical
iy to expel the t'atholics and more than
(Continued on I’scr Four.)
FOX-LEROY CASE
STILL MYSTERY
Some Resemblance Between
Them Is Noted.
RiO JANEIRO, Aug. 30—American
and British consular authorities were
still divided today as to whether Morris
Fox, the sailor arrested on the, steamer
Dr.vdeu, is Eugene Leroy, wanted in the
Uuited States for murder of his wife.
Photographs of Leroy arrived on the
British steamer Vestria, which left New
York on Aug. 14.
There was some resemblance between
the pictures and Fox, though the pho
tographs showed a somewhat older man
with darker hair.
Fox, who will he taken to Buenos
Ayres because there are no extradition
treaties between the United States Riid
Brazil, continues to eat heartily, hut Is
surly when questioned, *
When asked if he had murdered his
wife he replied he "never had any wlf‘
to murder.”
tion company, called for three bells and
a wooden tub was hoisted from the
ground to the top of the stack.
“Oh, me, oh, my,” wailed the justice
as henervously stepped into the tub.
“Os course you wiU go to a little bridal
dinner at the Claypool,” said George De
.Sautel, vice president and general man
ager of the Imperial Drop Forge Com
pany.
“Oh, I have no appetite,” walled the
Justice as he desperately hung onto the
rope.
Then the rain splattered some more
ns Squire Wulson and the tub disap
peared from sight. 9
When the tub landed on the ground
again, the squire said dizzily: "I can
handle the Standard Oil Company and
the ice companies, but when it comes to
standing on a smokestack 175 feet above
the ground coupling folks up, well, I was
in No Man's Land."
Oh, this was a very proper wedding,
even If everybody was up in the air.
BRIDESMAIDS AND
BEST MAN. \
There were bridesmaids, a best man,
witnesses, a ring and the wedding kiss.
Miss Wilma Bc&vor, 1622 But Wash
NO ASSURANCE
REGARDING GAS
SUPPLY GIVEN
Forrest Seems Wandering
’Round in Forest of ‘lfs
an* Ands.’
START HEARING TODAY
No assurance that there ivoulil be an
adequate supply of gas this winter to
meet all demauds, or that conditions
would be improved over those of last
winter, has been given by J. D, Forrest,
secretary and general manager of the
Citizens Gas Company.
By request of the state public service
commission, directors of the gas company
were to appear before the commission
this afternoon to Inform the commis
sion regarding the company's ability to
provide adequate gas service for Indi
anapolis this winter. '
In speaking of the reduction in the re
serve supply of coal whlclj the company
had on hand, as the result of coal strikes
and the general difficulty in getting coal,
Forrest said the reserve had been re
duced to about ten days’ supply, baaing
that estimate on a production of 9,000,-
000 cubic feet a day, the average dally
production at present being in the neigh
borhood of 8,500.000 cubic feet a day.
What might be termed the peak of
production, or, In other word*, the total
amount of gas, Including water gas, that
could be produced in a day would bo
15,000,000 cubic feet, but this rate of
production, he explained, could be con
tinued only for a short length of time.
6,000,000 CUBIC
EEET WATER GAS.
Os the 15,000.(00 maximum production,
;t was explained, 5,000,000 would be
water gas, which Is produced for emer
gency use, although without profit, be
cause it can be produced and discon
tinued more quickly than the other gas.
Os the oil, with which water gas is
enriched, the company had on hand
enough for about thirty days' consump
tion.
The company was drawing cogl from
twenty-seven mines, said Forrest, of
which’ four produce Pocahontas coal and
twenty-thre© produce high volatile coal.
Indiana coal, It Is said, is not suitable
for gas making purposes.
In speaking of the company having
only ten days' reserve supply of coal,
Forrest said it had been necessary to
cut into the reserve on hand at the
beginning of August, but that every-ef
fort was being made not to reduce the
ten days' reserve.
The company, it was explained, had
about 65.500 private cousumers and 150
industrial consumers', and that, as an
example of the comparative use of gas
by private consumers and Industrial con
sumers Vast January, out of a total of
306,800.000 cubic feet or gas sent out
during the month, 25,000,000 cubic feet
was used by these consumers.
A flat rate of 60 cqnts a thousand cubic
feet of gas for large as well as small
consumers is in effect, th* old sliding
scale of rates having been Increased to
s flat 60-cent rate by order of the public
service commission of Indiana la au
order of April 26, 1918.
INDUSTRIAL USE
MORE UNIFORM. S
In speaking of the Industrial and pri
vate consumers. Forrest pointed out that
the former u*ed a more uniform^ quan
tity of gas, winter and Bummer, than the
latter.
Os the total number of private con
sumers, he said, about 61,000 had gas
cooking stoves of sqm# nature, and that
the average hourly consumption of gaa
by these was, approximately, about low
cubic feet each, so that. If a sudden cold
[spell or any other reason caused all of
these stoves to be used for an unusual
length of time It caused a greatly In
creased demand for ga*.
He explained that additional hellers
were being Installed toward operating
machinery at the Prospect plant <•£, Ihe
company to guard against failure of elec
tric power such as had caused trouble
there, and that by means of some new
would be In use by winter
some of the outlying consumer* would
get a tetter supply and more equal dis
tribution of gas than heretofore.
One feature of the gaa sitkmtton. It 4a
said, la that high coal prices rfr diffi
culty In obtaining coal causes a grenter
demand on the gas company.
LEADERS TRY TO
PREVENTSTRIKE
10,000 Anthracite Miners Quit
Work in Protest.
WILKBSBARRE ra. Aug. 30- To
prevent a strike of 175,000 anthracite
coal strikers, the administration leaders
of the United Mine Workers are waging
a bitter battle against the insurgent
leaders who, yesterday, sent an ulti
matum to President Wilson.
The Insurgents have the upper hand
an<l with 10,000 miners of the Pennsyl
vania Goal Company already out as a
protest against the “contractor system,"
there is little doubt about thetr nbllity
to close down a majority of the mines
Miners are thoroughly dissatisfied and
though many of them dislike rejecting
an award which they promised to no
cept thev feel certain that they will have
to follow the lend of the men who sent
the ultimatum to the president.
Paper’s Street Sale
Price Mades Cents
SYDNEY, Hi, s„ Aug. 30.—The
Dally Post today increased It* price
on the street to five cents.
The suserlptlon rates have been
raised In proportion.
ington street, and Florence Vogt, 2608
Boulevard place, were bridesmaids.
The witnesses were Norman Zolezz’,
Mr. DeCautel, Paul J. Quirip and H F.
Smith of the Bedford Stonte and Cin
struct.ion Company.
It was best man. although the groom
maintained at 175 feet that he was the
“best man" and that, there was "no ar
gument to It.”
When I looked down 175 feet I de
cided right then and there that the
groom was right.
An American flag floated gaily from
the top of the stack while the ceremony
was In progress.
Squire Wulfson, holding a little black
book In his hand, with his hat under one
arm and with n determined look on his
face, asked the bride If she would "walk
through happiness and joy as well as
In the shadows."
“I will,” she answered. .
The squire did not kiss the bride, • but
permitted the groom to do that and he
did a splendid Job of it on the very
smoke stack which he superintended the
construction of.
“I will congratulate you both when I
get down to earth,” said the squire.
“Look at the beautiful scenery be
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Here Today
FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT.
Indianapolis will have the opportunity
tonight of hearing Frankllft D. Roosevelt,
democratic nominee for the rice presi
dency.
Mr. Roosevelt will apeak at 8 o’clock
at Tomlinson hall, folowing a reception
In his honor at the Indiana Democratic
club.
F. D. ROOSEVELT
IN STATE TODAY
Guest of Democratic Club at
Rally Tonight.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic
nominee for the vice presidency, in
vaded Indiana today on Ills return from
his western tour.
The day win- be full of activity for
the candidate.
The first speech is scheduled for Montt
cello at 12:80 o'clock.
From Montlceilo he will go to Delphi,
where he will speak at £ o'clock, and
then he will come to Indianapolis for a
reception at the Indiana Democratic club
at 5:15 o’clock, and a speech at Tom
linson hail a* 8 o'clock.
Mr. Roosevelt will be met at the train
by Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, democratic
nominee for governor; Ben Bosse, dem
ocratic state chairman; Evans Woollen
and Walter Myers, and will be escorted
directly to the democratic club.
He will be received by a committee of
women composed of Mias Julia Lauders,
Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch, Mr*. Samuel
M. Ralston. Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke and
Mrs, George K. Feeney.
From the Democratic club to the hall
Mr. Roosevelt will be escorted by a uni
formed marching 1 cinb composed, of
1
Hb will be Introduced by John H. Holli
day, and Henry N. Spaan will be perma
nent chairman of the meeting.
Dr. McCubpch will make a short ad
dress.
SAYS COMPANION
KILLED BY THUG
Woman Brings Man’s Body to
Hospital.
EVANSTON, 111., Aug 30.—Declaring
a lone bandit held them up and killed
her companion, Mrs. Gladys Jacobson,
32, drove to a hospital here early today
with the body of 11, B. Rhodes, I4>,
wealthy Chicago dry goods merchant. In
the seat beside her.
Police held Mrs. Jacobson. She is the
mother of a 10-year-old boy.
Rhodes I* the father of a 5-year-old
girl.
Mrs. Jacobson, acccordtng to the police,
said they were driving along -a road
when a roadster drew up to their car.
It contained puly s driver, who drew a
revolver and ordered Rhodes to stop.
Rhodes, she said, drew a pistol and
fired at the man, who returned the shots,
wounding Rhodes twice. The driver of
the roadster was not hurt, she said.
The -alleged murder turned and fled,
Mrs. Jacobson said, while she sought
medical aid. /
Mrs. Jacobson, according to the poltee,
figured In a recent automobile smashup
in Chicago in which one of the party
was killed.
Mrs. Jacobson was to be taken today
to the spot where Rhodes was killed, to
re-onset the shooting.
According to the police, Mrs. Jacob
son was divorced from her husband n
year ago. He is said to be a prosperous
advertising ’man.
Rhodes, according to his father-in-law,
L 11. Merriam, Chicago, left the latter's
home Sunday morning to drive his
mother, Mrs. W. O. Rhodes, to her home
in Elgin, 111.
A week ago two holdups were staged
near wtere Mrs. Jacobson said Rhodes
was shot down.
ARREHTED FOR RUNNING POOL.
John Louden. 114 East Ohio street,
was arrested Saturday night on the
charge of operating a baseball pool, after
the police had received information to
the effect that he had sold one man
thirteen tickets.
A book containing fifty of the tickets
was taken.
low." said Zolezzi.
“Just let me put my feet on land
again," murmured the squire with an
imploring look. §
The bride appeared to be very confi
dent when the groom told her that she
had nothing to fear as the “tub was a
good tub.”
So she pleasantly obeyed his order to
step into the tub for the upward flight.
After the ceremony was over and the
tub had made its last trip, the bride
said to Squire Wulfson:
“Remember, I did not answer when
you said the word obey," she said.
“Mercy, Mrs. Taylor, I don't know
what you said up there, but I said every
thing that I should have said."
' It was a, happy wedding way np in
the air and one that 'Squire Wulfson
will not forget.
“After fYQ.s all of my weddings will
be on the ground.” he said.
The newlyweds left this afternoon foj.
n motor trip which will lead them into
Canada.
Mr, DeSautel presented the Tayior-s
With a beautiful silver service.
"I am certainly the hero of this af
fair, but my nanrea nre shaken,” walled/
, Vv’ulfaon, - /
HOME EDITION
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HAYS BRANDS COX’S
CHARGES FALSE AND
LIBELOUS IN PURPOSE
National Republican Chairman First to Take
Witness Stand When Senatorial Investi
. gating Committee Convenes.
SAYS BUDGET CALLS FOR $3,079,037.20
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—'“Goy. Cox’s charges are false in what they say and
libelousuin their purpose,” Will Hays, chairman of the republican national
committee, declared today whemhe took the stand as the first witness in
the senatorial committee campaign fund investigation here.
Frederick Upham, treasurer of the national committee, also was sched
uled to testify.
Hays in a long prepared statement to the committee said the national
committee’s budget for the' campaign for this year called for $3,079,037.20.
HARDING WON’T
STAY ON PORCH
May Go as Far West as Cali
fornia, Even.
MARION, 0., Aug. 30.—Senator Warren
G. Harding will leave his shady front
porch here, starting about October 1 for
a number of speeches in tbg closing four
weeks of the campaign.
Plans are nearing completion for a
series of engagements which vffl take
the senator to various parts of the coun
try during October.
Nearly all of the engagements are yet
tentative, but it has been settled that
he will speak in Indianapolis, New York
and Chicago, The New York date prob
ably will be October 16 or 23.
Whether the senator will make a trip
to the Pacific coast has not been definite
ly decided, although it is regarded as
probable that he wiir go at least as far
west as Denver.
Spokane has been making a strenuous
bid for a date, and if he goes to Wash
ington It is likely that a trip down into
California for at least one speech will
| be arranged.
Other cities which are desirous of hear
! ing the republican candidate and arc un
: der consideration for October dates are
; St. City, Louisville, Pbila-
I deiphia. Salt Lake City and Omaha.
Details of the Minnesota trip, an
nounced today, called -for the senator to
j leave Marion on a' special train the night
! of Sept. 6, arriving in Chicago about
• 8:15 a.;m.. Sept. 7.
Senator Harding will spend the day at
Chicago, leaving there at 11 p. m., arriv
ing In Minneapolis the next morning
! about 9 o’clock.
He will speak at the Minnesota state
fair In the afternoon and leave that night
for Ohio.
Senator Harding has a comparatively
easy program this week, making but two
speeches.
Off# of these will be tomorrow to a
group of state governors and will deal
’ with reclamation problems.
The other will be Saturday to state
chairmen of the ways and means com
mittee of the national committee.
A number of conferences are schedu
j led for other days.
POWWOW SOUGHT
BY SAFETY BOARD
Council Is Asked to Meet With
Body Tonight.
Members of the city council said today
they have received letters from the board
of public safety inviting them to attend
a conference tonight at which changes in
the traffic ordinance ate to be discussed
! in the board's office.
George Williams, executive secretary of
1 the board, said the traffic changes are
! "one of the things” to be talked about,
and that all of the eonncilmen have been
! invited.
The invitation gave rise to consider
able speculation as to whether the board
of safety will seize the occasion to at
tempt to smooth out the differences of
opinion existing between it and some of
the councilman as to the size of ap
propriations which should be made for
! the motorization of the fire department
i and rehabilitation of the city market.
The board of safety announced unof
ficially several weeks ago that opprox
: innately $125,000 Is needed to put the
market In sanitary condition, but sev-
I erai members of the council interviewed
by The Times declared they believe the
i work could be done for from $25,000 to
| $30,000.
Motorization of the fire department is
an old bone of contention between the
i council and the board.
COUNCIL DECIDED
Tft BLOCK MOVE
Some time ago the board indicated its
desire to spend between $400,000 and
$500,000 for this purpose, but the council
i let it be known it would block any such
; move and there the matter has rested
since, with the exception of annoauce
-1 ments by Mayor Jewett that he would see
i that several improvement measures,
among which is this one, are put jjp to
the council officially before long.
Just what changes in the traffic ordi
nance are to be discussed, the council
men professed not to know.
They said, however, that they pre
; siimed the proposal to prohibit parking
: An the south side of Market stret from
Illinois street to Capitol avenue would
he considered..
The present congestion of this sec
tion of street makes it difficult for
motor trucks to get in and out of the
lnterurban freight depot, it Is said.
In connection with this plan It has
been proposed that the space wherein
taxicabs are given the exclusive right
to stand he lengthened from Market
j street opposite the Traction Terminal
i building to include all the space on the
I north side of the street between Illinois
street and Capitol avenue.
GET RW OF ’EM,
THEY’RE COSTLY
Frank Webber, who was found by
the morals squad with a pair of dice
In his pocket,. w*as fined $25 and costs
in city court today on the charge of
keeping a gaming device.
The fine was suspended on the pay
ment of the court costs.
Lieut. Woolen, in charge of the
squad, said It was the first time, to
his knowledge, that a man had been
convicted on the amount of evidence
that was found on Webber.
MOB WORKS SECRETLY.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okln.. Aug. 30.--
The body of Charles Chandler, negro, al
leged slayer of, officers his
father's home near Areadj^^jLiturday
ornlng, was found tree
near here early today, acco '-ice
reports, .
Jf NO. 95.
sum, or appjwximately that,
willybe raised and spent,” he said, “and
uot $15,000,090, as Gov. Cox charged."
"The $3,000,000 does not include," Hays
said, “collections for states where there
Is a mutual agreement that such col
lections for state and national commit
tees shall be done jointly.
"It Is my opinion that the total amount
which has been and be finally col
lected by the joint money raising or
ganizations for the use of al] state com
mittees in their state elections will ap
ploximate $1,000,000.
"This Is no part of the national com
mittee's fund,”--,
BERIEB OF DENIALS
MADE BY HAYS.
Taking up the various angles of Cox’s
charges, Hays said;
“Gov Cox has publicly charged:
“1. That certain Interests were
banded together to buy the presi
dency and that millions had been
contributed to the republican party
with ‘sinister Intent,’ That state
ment is false.
“2. That there Is ‘a deliberate
plot that has been carried into every
county In America in a conspiracy
to buy the presidency of the United
States.’ That statement is also
false.
“3. That others are writing large
checks so that their puppets can get
Into office and if there are Industrial
controversies they can have the bay
onet to enforce their will. That
statement is also false. , i
"4. That millions have been con
tributed by a corrupt source In fur
therance of a republican conspiracy
to buy an underhold on the presi
dency; that the republican funds not
a campaign fond, but a corrupting
fund, will not be less than $15,000,-
000. That statement is also false.
"5. That a quota .fixing assess
ments to be yaised by certain cities
amounting to over $8,000,000 ‘was
adopted at a meeting of which Up
ham and I were present.’ That
charge is also false.
SAYS QUOTAS GIVEN
WERE NOT ADOPTED.
“No such quotas were ever adopted at
such meeting or at any other time or
place and no operation had under any
such quotas.
“He has made other statements charg
ing a elurh fund for corruption pur
poses, subscribed in the names of dummy
contributors, to be used to corrupt the
electorate.
“These statements are also fal*e.
“I now say that each and all of ihese
several charges are absolutely fals; in
what they say and libelous In their
purpose.”
CHARGES MISUSE OF
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
Countering Cox's charges Hays assert
ed republican leaders have been advised
of the alleged misuse cf governmental
Instruments and functions by the demo
cratic organization for political pur
poses. sending out thousands of tons of
propaganda by the democratic admin
istration during the paper shortage while
limiting the use of paper by the press,
and that a large -part of it was demo
cratic - political propaganda, all paid for
by taxpayers’ money, and were In
formed too that “the com
mittee even resorted to drawing drafts
on bankers in whose banks government
funds were deposited, wiring such bank
ers that they hdd “already drawn such
drafts.”
Hays put into the records articles
from leading democratic newspapers
telling of democratic plans to raise $lO,-
(4)0.000 for the presidential campaign.
Republican fund raising activities, he
said, were influenced by the reputed size
cf the democratic fund.
The republican plan for the raising of
money through small contributions, Hays
said, grew out of two primary causes,
the real desire to work a r*al reform
In the elimination of any possible im
proper obligation and out of the experi
ence in connection with raising funds
for war purposes, these popular drives
having become familiar activities and it
seemed, possible at this time to urnjer
take that kind of action by political or
ganization.
"We particularly hoped that this ac
tivity would increase the political inter
est,” he said.
“It was then the purpose, and it has
been since, to endeavor to limit the con
tribution to a maximum ol a thousand
dollars for any one year for any In
dividual, or a thousand dollars before
the nominating convention and a thou
sand after.
“We have triedAo adhere to that plan."
GIVES ITEMS OF
BUDGET AS PLANNED.
After explaining the machinery
through which the plan was put into ef
fect, Hays produced the $3,000,000 budget
he said had been worked out.
It showed the division ot-the money
for the following purposes.
Speakers’ bureau, $255,100.
Headquarters expense Washington,
New York, Boston. Uhicago, Denver and
San Francisco, $750,974.20.
Rents all headquarters. $1,346,500.
General expense, $680,920.
Hays next took up the alleged "quotas"
which Cox charged had been levied for
states apd cities.
“At different periods different quotas
(Continued on Fage Four.)
OPEN LETTER
To Leonard Quill,
Aspirant for Mayor's Office:
Dear Mr. Quill —You are the re
cipient of many compliments from
politicians who seem to believe that
in opening headquarters In the Eng
lish hotel on behalf of Harding you
are organizing a strong club for
use in the city campaign.
There is nothing like being fore
handed, and if all that la said about
your club is true, you seem to be
stealing a match on other candi
dates for the republican nomination
for the mayoralty.