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THE WEATHER Generally fair and'codler tonight and Wednesday. y vol. xxxni. SLIDING SCALE PLAN ASKED OF GAS COMPANY Commission Seeks Suggestions for Increase Based on Use. CONSERVATION IS IDEA A request that J. D. Forrest, secretary and general manager of the Citizens Gis Company, prepare a statement contain ing clncrete suggestions along the line of a possible increase in gas rates for gas consumers whp burn more than a specified quantity of gas during the win ter, Teas made by E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service commission of In diana at the conference yesterday after noon between members of the commis sion and directors of the gas company. This plan was discussed ;'s a means of conserving the gas supply for the winter. I Under this proposal the domestic con sumer would receive the present 60-cont rate up to a specified amount of gas consumed during the winter, and for anything beyond thJt would be charged a higher rate, the amount of gas per mitted at the GO-cent rate probably being tl,ooo or 2 000 cubic feet a month. For Industrial consumers, hospitals, n-staurants and other large consumer?, the amount they would be permitted, -under the plan, would be based-on their summer consumption of gas. and above that amount there would be an increased charge as with the domestic consumers. AST ACTION TO ' BE TEMPORARY. It was specified by Mr. Lewis that any order that might be issued along this line would he a temporary order; that any Increase in revenue derived through it should be devoted to improvements, extensions and betterments and that it should he ignored for any rate-making purposes in the future. He further explained that the public would receive an opportunity to be in the matter after the concrete suggestions are received from the gas company. Pn his statement relative to the gas situation, which was submitted at the opening of the conference, Mr. Forrest said that even during the winter months more than 30 per cent of the consumers tak£ less than 2.000 cubic feet in each montb, and 80 per cent never take more than 5.000 cubic feet in any month dur ing the coldest winter weather. ‘Only per cent of the domestic consumers of the city ever take more than 10,000 cubic feet in any given month.” He said the cool days of last week in creased the consumption of gas in In dianapolis more than 500,000 cubic feet a day; that not many gas grates were started, but people prepared heavier meals and did not think to turn off the burner as quickly as usual after the work was dqne. ECONOMIC CHECK IS ONLY ONE. The only satisfactory check /on gas consumption, he said, must be an eco nomic check. "Taking all things into consideration." he said In his statement, “my estimate is that if we have no unusual interrup tions to traffic by reason of storms or strikes during the coming winter; have no further interruptions to the produc tion of coal by reason of strikes, and th® people of Indianapolis will take no more than 10.000.000 cubic feet of gas a day In mid-winter, with a corresponding econ omy between this time and Christmas, we can get through. Otherwise, we are likely to have a worse situation than we had during April, when it was only by rationing consumers that we could get through.” In speaking of the present situation, V' said "at the present time we are operating our ovens on a schedule which requires about 1,800 tons of coal a day. A Vo have been falling a little under that figure, but have come as close to it as !.7.'i2ti tong. At the present rate of operation we C.-r vrndoctlng ""between 8.500.00(1 cubU Ut and 9,000,000 cubic feet of gas a day R. w*-' k there were several days when r t’e present rate of production was in u (equate and we had to make somi v ater gas. "If we were operating our ovens at maximum capacity we should require about 2.300 tons of coal a day.” He said the company had on hand 18,060 tons of coal, or ten days’ supply, while on Aug. 1 of 1919. the company’s stock of coal was 105.195 toes. In speaking of water gas. Mr. Forrest said in bis statement: “Turning to the production of water gas. we have accumulated as large sup plies of oil as we can fake care of. "We have nearly 300,000 gallons on band. "The average cost of it is around 14 cents, wbereas we formerly bought gas oil at a price around 2 .cents a gallon. “I do not know what shipments we can obtain during the winter. “It is very certain that we could not obtain enough gas oil to run our water gas sets at full capacity for any con . siderable length of- time. “At full capacity our water gas sets ■ (Continued on I'age Ten.) WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., Sept. 1, 1920: Generally fair and somewhat cooler to night and Wednesday. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m .7 08 7 a. m 70 8 a. /tn 74 9 a. m 77 ff - —— Uncle Sam's Guide to Health Free Here is a Health Almanac which should be in every household. It is prepared by the United States Pub lic Health Service and published by the American Red Cross. It is official and authorKatlve. It gives instructions on how to keep well if you are healthy, and how 40 get well if you are sick It contains a world of homely informa tion like the old-time a'nif-nac. IT IS FREE. (Use the coupon. Write plainly.) r \ Indiana Daily Time* Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. Frederic J. Haskin, Director. I enclose herewith 2 cents in stamps for return postage on a free copy of Health Almanac. Name 7. City , Slate Published at Indianapolis, Ind:, Dally Except Sunday. Belfast a Battlefield; Deaths Reach Nineteen Ulster Men Arm for Drive Against Sinn Feiners. BELFAST, Aug. 31.—Martial law was declared in Belfast at noon to day. Rioting which broke out between Orangemen and Catholics, last week had been practically continuous for twenty-four hours and was growing in intensity. , The death list was nineteen and with many of the 200 wounded in the hospitals in critical condition, it was believed the fatalities would be in creased. Reports received indicated that dis orders, growing out of political and religious difficulties, were- spreading throughout Ireland. LONDON, Aug. 31. —The death list in lighting at Belfast, which has been in progress intermittently since last Satur day evening, reached nineteen today, when ope more person was killed and two wounded persons died in the hos pital. Rioting still raging, according to dispatches at 10 o'clock. Belfast has become a battlefield. Reinforcements of British 'troops are pouring in the city. They include a regi lt ent of Cameron highlanders from Dub jin. The whole of Ulster province is threa*- ened with a war. Dublin reports that the Ulster volunteers, organized by Sir Edward Carson, are planning a drive RATE REFUSAL HOLDUP ASKED T. H*, I. & E. Traction Com pany Seeks Abeyance Order. Requesting that if the public service commission sees fit to deny an Increase of rates for the Terre Haute. Indianapolis A Eastern Traction Company, the order be held in abeyance pending the grant lng of increased rates to steam roads, representatives of tbit company pre sensed a petition to the commission to increase rates to 3.6 cents a anile for passenger service, and a 40 per cent in crease for freight rates. President Robert I. Todd. General Su perintendent, G. I. Jeffries and ludltor L. T. Hlxon. together with Attorney Will H. Latta, appeared for the traction com pany. Before A. B. Cronk of the tariff de partment of 4he commission President Todd testified that at present the com pany is meeting only operating expenses, but a deficit appears when the Interest on borrowed money Is paid. Based on a 3.6 cent fare and a 40 per cent Increase in freight rates to cover t he increased cost of coal iyid other items, the net Income for the ensuing twelve months would amount to $*72,000. or approximately 6.77 per cent on the original investment, on a valuation basis of $32,000 a mile for the road. Statistics compiled hv the company re veals $1,361,000 floating indebtedness, $646,000 of which is for current bills due. dating back to November, 1019. Anticipating that the rates of steam railroads would be increased ih the near future notwithstanding Chairman Lewis' statement to the contrary. President Todd made the request thaf If tha. com mission denied the petition the order he held until final action on steam road rates is decided. Former Muncie Mayor to Return on Parole Special to The Times. MUNCIE. Ind., Aug. 31 Rollin H. Bunch, former mayor of Muncie. who was sentenced to the Atlanta prison for complicity in the Muncie fake fight swindle ease, will return home Thursday on pdrole. according to a telegram re ceived here. Cavins Is Appointed Deputy Atty. General A. Yi. Cavins, an Indianapolis attorney, was appointed today to succeed Willard B. Gemmill as deputy attorney general. Mr. Gemmill resigned to take up "the practice of law at Marlon. Mr. Cavins was formerly a deputy urf der Attorney General James Bingham. Goshen Fire Bug Gets Maximum of 21 Years Special to The Times. GOSHEN. Ind., Aug. 31. —Arraigned In circuit court here Monday, Louis Blen der. 43, factory employe, pleaded guilty to having fired several Goshen buildings, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Michigan City perticentiary for from two to twenty-one years. Blender admitted to Toqy George of Marion, deputy state fire marshal, a few days ago, that he ha/1 touched the match lo many Goshen buildings, all of which were destroyed. Says Peru Is Ready for War With Chile LONDON, Aug. SI. —Peru is threat/ 1- Ing war against Chile, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Home today, quoting the Chilean chafge d'af faires, Dr. Ahina. The Chilean dlsplomat notified the Ital ian government that Peru Is buying arms and munitions from France and Is mass ing 35,000 troops on the Chilean frontier. According to the Exchange corre' spondent the Chilean charge de’affatres alleges that a steamer bearing arms and„ airplanes Js at Hamburg, ready to sail i for Callao. Logansport Boy Is Hanged by Accident Special to The Times. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 31.—Homer Hirsch, 12, son of Mrs. Emma Page of who lived with his' grand- ; parents, -Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Wood, ten miles southwest of this city, is dead as a result of being accidentally banged. In some manner the boy got his.head into the handjhold of a rope lie had sus pended from a rafter In the barn and strangled to death. When fouryf by his grandfather the boy had been dead for some time. It is thought that the hoy had been trying to Imitate some trapeze perform ances, whlfijj he had witnessed at an old settler’s picnic. Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25, 1914, at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3. 1879. * Jfef'si/ ¥&y lv V BVa : : r^ against ail the Sinn Feiners in the prov ince. The Ulster volunteers are said to be fully equipped with rifies and amfnunL tion. Much looting and incendiarism is re ported from thte Belfast district. Forty fires were reported in less than twenty four hours. In Sandy Row soldiers fired upon a mob of The Shank Hill district was descried as a “blazing inferno." All the stor-s were fired. The torch was applied to many homes of Sinn Feiners. DOLLAR PUSHES D. CUPID ASIDE Courtin' Right Moved From Wednesday to Friday . UHIOAGO, Aug. 31. Amateur ethnologists today learned of an portant change in American cus-” toms. Friday evening has usurped the place of Wednesday as "beau night." Managers of amusement parks and theaters said Wednesday night! wasn't whsi it used to be. . Friday nlghjf they said, brings its influx of courting couples. The clerk of the Y W. C. A. hotel shed light on the subject. "Wednesday night was beau night because it was prayer meeting night," be said. “Young business women are more intent on tbe com mercial life now and object to brvaU mr Into the middle of the week with and date. - "It cuts' their efficiency for the following day. s "Young men seem to call more frequently on Friday evening, but f>turdy is the evening for late homecomings here. 1 "In smaller towns Wednesday still Is the popular evening Dates'. , are made then for after prayer meeting . DEATH FOLLOWS ALL-NIGHT PARTY Alleged Slayer Found Stand ing Over Victim’s Body. CHICAGO, Aug. 31 NtJerald Stack, wealthy Wyoming stock broker and thr-* jomen, whose names were unknown, were held by the police today after an till-night "party'yit Bungalow Inn, Niles, 111., near herc.-^. Paul Brown, 22, of Chicago, was found dead on the threshold of the Inn early' this morning, with Stack betiding over him. revolver in hand. George Marsh, a Board of Trade opera tor, who gave his home as St. Louis. Mo., was later detained by the police with Stack and the three women. Brown. -according to accounts given the pojlce, had coinc to the Inn with a man and two unnamed young women and left the place Just ahead of Stack’s party. Turning back to the Inn to purchase cigarets. Brown is said to have spoken to a young woman In the Stack party. She replied by- striking him In the face. Stack confronted Brown, it is alleged, and began beating him with the butt end of his revolver. The young woman, who Inter gave her name as "Miss Kafie,” told Coroner Peter Hoffman that after beating Brown, Stack suddenly began to shoot. Four bullets struck Brown ami he died almost immediately. Am inquest is to lie held late today. Find Booze on Him; Say He’s Selling It George Clark, 329 Ogden street. Is under arrest today on the charge of drunkenness and operating a blind tiger, after being found intoxicated at Capitol avenue and Washington street. It Is said. A sniprfl quantity of white mule whisky was found or. Clark, according to th* police. Chicken Argument Is Fatal to Youth Special to The Times. KNH3HTBTOWN, Ind., Aug. 31.-- William Hart, 19, is dead here as the result of being hit on the head during an altercation with Frank Ellis, 30, n farmer living southeast of here. The trouble is said to have started over some chickens, said to have be longed to Ellis, which had been penned up by. William Hart, Sr., father of the dead boy. Ne\vs i Peddler , 95, Knows of Crimea Bull Run —4 , CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—A 95-year-old man with persojial knowledge of Crimea, Delhi an#. Bull Run today began Belling newspapers here telling of military events near jawbreaking Polish and Russian towns. Charles Henry Goodson was .granted a permit to peddle papers, after tell ing the chief of police that he was born in in 1826, served as a medical officer in numerpus campaigns and finally came to America -to join the confederate army. He once had wealth, he said, hut •bad given it to charity. Jliiiliami II ail® Simes LORD MAYOR MACS AVI NET. INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920. NO LETUP IN k B. R. T. STRIKE; PEOPLE WALK Subway and Elevated Men Say They’ll Stay on Job. RUN NO SURFACE CARS NEW YORK, i\ug. 31.—Brooklyn for the most part went to work again today in busses, trucks and similar convey ances—or walked. The thjrd day of the strike on the B. R. T. found little improvement in the situation and both sides still holding out. Various riots in the making were squelched. Police are being held-- at strategical poln<g to be rushed wherever 'trouble brehks out. Ten big automobiles are kept at Brook lyn police headquarters, with a picked squad of fifty men ready to man them in case of fighfing. , Strong details guard every car barn.. More elevated and subway trains have .been put in commission, but they were of three each, doing little to relieve congestion. It was announced no attempt would be made to run surface cars. Reports that Manhattan subway and elevated trainmen would Join the strike were denied by representatives of the unkSn operating on the island. ■Tames,Veito, a street car Inspector, xyas badly beaten by strikers. A policeman who interfered also was attacked and roughly handled. Seven men were placed* under arrest by reserves who were summoned. ‘Y’ NIGHT SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPT. 17 Two New Courses of Instruc tion Offered. < Offering two new courses. oxy acetylene welding and cutting and fore uranship or shop management, the Y. M. C. A. night school will open September 17. Special equipment has been installed in the school for the courses. The drafting department of the school has been expanded and now includes ele mentary and advanced mechanical draft, Ing and a special course in tool design ing. A J. Weber of the Esterline Company and Shelton H. Conarroe of the Zenlte Metßl Company will be the instructors in drafting, while the tool designing-course will be in charts of H. R. Shearer of the Esterline Company. n Many of ts-e old Instructors of the school will return this year. It Is an- i nounoed. A limited number of free scholarships arc being offered to former ser ‘ee men. ’ Applications for scholarships are to be acted on by a committee, consisting of J. K. Wild, Ernest Rlpkey, Arthur Rob inson, Will Brown andNA. H. Godard. HARDING WOULD RECLAIM WEST Expected to Advocate This in Speech to Governors. MARION, 0., Aug. 3t.—Reclamation of the arid lands of the west and throwing them open to the people of the nation protected from monopolist!" control prob ably will t>e advocated by Senator War ren G. Harding in his talk to western visitors hero today. Now. the nation's problem Is to reclaim the millions of waste acres in the inter monntain region to provide a field for n<o\ development, according to Senator Hnrdldg's view*. While the problem of finding land for the <*x service man may not he decided in detail, Harding was expected to make a general reference to the need of glv. -lng the former soldiers a chance at the reclaimed empire. Among those expected to hear the ad dress are Gova Lowden, Illinois; Philip, Wisconsin: Norheek, South Dakota; Me. Mgjvle, Nebraska; Stephens, California. Beech man, Rhode Island; Campbell, Ari zona; Sproul, Pennsylvania. The following gubernatorial candidates will be present; Morgan, West Virginia; Premie, Minnesota; Hyde, Missouri, and Stephen, Colorado. Ohio will be presented by Clarence ,1. Brown, lieutenant governor. Ex-Gov. Spry, Utah, was expected. Later Harding and the visiting gov ernors will attend the G. A. R. plnlc at Lincoln park here. Thieves Strip Car of Tires and Rims Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Indd,, Aug. 31. Thieves who entered the Bert Compton garage stripped an automobile of tires and rims Sunday night. The thieves were tracked for two miles and a grand Jury Investigation may dis close their Identity. Recovers From Effect of Bolt of Lightning Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Aug. 81. Fred Stimson, Rennet stock farm proprietor, sh recovering from the effects of a stroke of lightning which shocked him severely when it struck his home, Mr. Stimson owns one of Ihe 'finest Poland China hefds In the state and is widely known among stock men. Man Is Said to Have Confessed Shooting Special to The Times. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31 Robert W. Winston, a nutlve of Austria, who has lived In Evnnsville for the last seven years, when arrested Monday night con fessed to the shooting of Peter Herbert" at hijS home here last Thursday night, officials say. * Herbert is a coal operator and when he and his 'wife returned from a drive they found a burglar in the kitchen. Herbert tried to catch the intruder and hold -when the burglar shot him in ttm loft breast. Washington Worried Over Anti-Jap Bill WASHINGTON, Au,j. 31.—Secretary ol fttate Colby has been told by Ambassa dor Sldehara that enactment In Califor nia of proposed legislation prohibiting land./ 1 folding by Japanese will cause a wave of antl-Amerlcnn sentiment In Japan, it was learned today. While Colby refused to report the natiwe of conversations constantly going on between them, it is known both gov ernments are alarmed over the prospect of the California measure becoming a law. TREASURERS OF COMMITTEES TO BE QUESTIONED Party Campaign Funds to Be Told About by Men Who Handle the Money. EXPECT HOT GRILLING CHICAGO, Aug. 31. —Treasurers of the national republican and democratic cam paign committees were expected to take the stand today when the senate sub committee resumed its investigation into re<|pipts and disbursement o* party funds. ( “. ! Frederick. W. Upham. republican treas urer, and Wilbur W. Marsh, custodian of the democratic funds, both were waiting to be called. Upham, it is known, has prepared a detailed statement of republican national finances which he is prepared to lay be fore the committee. It is a complete refutation, republican leaders assert, of Gov. Cox’s ”$15,000,000 campaign fund” charges. Marsh, it is presumed. Is similarly equipped to give facts and figures con cerning democratic funds. Congressman Fred Britten of lUihois, who has charged that British money is being used to aid the candidacy of Gov. Cox, the democratic nominee, may also be called to the witness stand. Britten askfed that he be permitted to testify yesterday, but the committee de cided to call Chairman Will H. Hays of the republican- national committee in stead. A BOTH SIDES HOPE FOR ADVANTAGE. Both the reßpblican and democratic members hoped for partisan advantage, from the day’s proceedings. Upham had In his pocket when the hearing opened a list of 30,000 contribu tors to the G. O. P. war chest. 18,000 of whom gave In the period before the national convention, (he othej 12,000 since that time. , He tV&s to submit m n only this list, but detailed figures on expenditures.* \ He was for a grilling by Reed and Poraerene, the democratic members, who did not expect Upham’s direct tes Nfmony to show anything corroborating Gov. Cox’s chatges, but who hoped to force frim him some damaging admis sions on cross-examination. Reed was prepared to pursue the line of argument he began yesterday wheu wyi H. Hays was on the stand. Reed called attention to the aotiyitles of various republican organizations, all of, which Hays said were working lnde pendeutly off the national committee. The democrats do not expect to J>e able from republican official figures to sub stantiate Gov. Cox’s $15,000,000 chafge. but they do Intend to create the Imp res slon that the so-called "Independent" ac tivities of republican organizations are as Ileed said, subterfuges to cloak the raising of a huge campaign fund. Cl MMIXUS DENIES LIQI OR INTERESTS. Homer S. Cummings, former chairman of the democratic national committee, who testified late yesterday following Will Hay*, was asked whether George T. Carroll, president of the New Jersey Liquor federation, who wrote the letter Hays read yesterday, had ever had any connection with the democratic national organization. ’muminus denied it. George White, present chairman of ttyc committee, said today the republican ml fort to hurt Cox In this way will not succeed, as the nominee is not respon sible for promises concerning hi* position after the election, on the Volstead act or any other question, made without his authority. Cummings, in a brief comment on the stand, testified that the organization was exceedingly hard up for money when he headed it. He*was unable forgive financial de tails accurately. Asked to suggest a remedy foe present campaign fund evils Cummings said: “The real trouble abouu campaign funds is not what the national committees do,, but lies in the activities of outside, in dependent partisan organizations over which there is no proper public control. “All such organizations should be re quired by law to file sworn statements a* the national committees are.” Senator Reed said that the real evl! is not in the size of the i/*npn!gn fund, but in its sources and the uses to which it Is put. DEFEATS MET BY' ' WRANGEL ARMY Forces on Two Fronts Go Down Before Reds. MOSCOW (via wireless to London) Aug. 31. Gen. Wrange! has suffered a crushing'' defeat on two fronts In the Black sen theater of war, neoordlng to nn official statement tabued here to day. Wrangel's Kuban expedition has been wiped out, the communique said, while his Crimean forces-have been bottled up on tlje peninsula. Ills forces In the Kuban have been annihilated the statement said. After defeating them the soviet forces cut their communications and surrounded and destroyed theif headquarters. In tbe northern part of the Taurida province the Wrangel columns have been beatep and now hold only ' the Crimea. Another communique describing the battle on the Polish front Indicated a resumption of fighting along practically the entire line. The holshevikl claimed capture of Belsn, one of the northern defenses. "In the Volkov.vsk region (south of Grodno) we occupied a number of vil- Mges,”'-tbe statement said., “YVe mnde progress oil n front of about twenty miles south of Bjelostok. and In the region of Vladimir Volynsk (north of Lemberg).” Society Man Charged With Robbing Mails Special to The Times. SOUTH BENI), Ind., Aug. 31.- Robert Verm a ml, 23, prominent member of South Bend’s younger society set, and city ten. nls champion, is under arrest here for robbing the t-olls. Vermand was taken into custody this morning at his home, and was Immedi ately arraigned before Thad M. /Talcott, United SfJttes commissioner. He was released under s2,ooQ w bond, following his plea of not guilty. Population Given for States WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The census bureau today announced the following 1920 population results: Maryland, total 1,449,610, Increase 154,264 or 11.9 per cent. \ Massachusetts, total 3,551.615, increase 485190 or 14.4 per cent, r lßy Carrier. Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 12c. Subscription Rates. l ßy Ma „ 50c p er Month; $5.00 Per Year. Can't Get Lost >'y f- ' %'. jy. , \ V '•* 3| vAT4t " -.' . ' .-• x ' Anxious mothers sojourning at Atlantic City and other Jersey coast resorts have adopted a novel scheme to Veep "frolick ing youngsters from being lost. “Baby signboards” placed on the back of the youngsters have aided materially in finding lost kiddlps. For a time at Atlantic City the po lice were forced to care for forty kid dies lost In cne day. Oil and Gasoline Cut Heavily Into Road Repair Fund The suppressed report of the state board of accounts on the. expenditures of Marion county officials for the year 1919 reveals that there was more money spent out of the free gravel road repair fund of Marion county for gasoline and oil than there was for cement and tiling. This report, which the county officials have so far succeeded in preventing the public from obtaining by reason of their co-operation with the state exam iner, shows that In 1919 the county paid $3,0115.72 for gasoline and automobile oil and In the same period it paid only $726.05 for cement. The expenditure for tile during the same period was $1,721. Further examination of the report dis closed that the fund was drawn on for many purposes other than the repair of gravel roads. The superintendent of roads had thirty assistants who cost the county $16,429.41. The cost of labor used in the repair work was exceeded by other expenditures by $139,645.06. The srate bosrd says in Its suppressed repo rt: “The records show that there was paid out of this fund the sum of $1,200 for office cleric. This had been the custom in this county for several years. We find no statute authorising this expendi ture. “The item of $1.40 for road maps was a transfer bjr the auditor of this amount to county revenue. The road map was made hy the county draughtsman and titty copies of the same made hy I.elber A t o. at a eost of of $137.50 and the labor charged on this account (estimated by tlie auditor) $312.40, making the total of $140.” fcOX AND WATKINS TO SPEAK TODAY Scheduled for Same Platform at Columbus. COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 31. Two presi dential candidates. Gov. James M. Cox, democratic, and Rev. Aaron S. prohibitionist, were to be the "head liners'’ at the Ohio state fair here to day. They were scheduled to speak from the same plntfojin. Today is “presidential day" at the fair and previous plans were to make the political speech making a joint de bate between Harding and Cox, but the senator declined the Invitation. Cox said he expected to devote most of his speech to agriculture anti the league of nations. Despite Ills announced intention the address is being awaited with interest because of the belief that he may de cide to launch an attack on Senator Harding’s proposal for anew league of nations on the basis of The Hague tri bunal or to make additional revelations regarding the republican campaign fund. A reply to Harding is being prepared, tut the .governor Indicated it might t“ delayed until the far west tom 4 begins Friday. {’ox has chaiecterized as "abstrrd” the charge of Will Hays at Chicago yesiet ony tbnt the wets were making large contributions to his campaign fund. "The wots I t.ve not contributed a do!, lar to, our fund aud they will not do so," he said. NEW YORK STOCKS - YORK. Aug. 31.—Prices were generally regular at the stock market opening. U. S. Steel was off Vi at 88% ; Baldwin unchanged at 105%; li. & O. up Vi at 41%; New Haven 34Vi. un -hanged; St. Louis Southwestern ‘-IS. up %; Chesapeake & Ohio 00 off %; Texas Cos. -40%, off Vi: Pan-American Petroleum 86%, off %; Canadian Pacific 118, un changed; Mexican Petroleum 161, off Vi: Pennsylvania 41%, off Vi ; Republic Steel 83%, off Vi; Union Pacific 121%, up Vi. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK. Hogs-T-Reeeipts, 9,000; market 10 to 25c higher -J bulk of salea, $16(316.25; top, $16.60. Cattle—Receipts, 600; market strongi Calves—-Receipts, 900; matket good steady, medium and common lower. ibd lambs -Receipts, 800; market sheep steady, lambs 50c to $1 lower. CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING. CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-—Opening—Wheat December, down Vi. Corn—September, unchanged; December, down %. Oats— September, down %; December, down %. Provisions lower. CHICAGO LIVE STOC^K. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. —Opening: Hogt— Receipts, 24,000; 1.V(i,25c lower. Cattle— Receipts, 13,000. Bhieep—Receipts. 30,000. Fourth Edition vx 2 CENTS PER COPY G. 0. P. CAN’T FOOL VOTERS, ROOSEVELT SAYS IN TALK HERE New Confidence Inspired 4n Campaign by Candidate for Vice President in Tomlinson Hall Speech . DEMOCRACY TO TARRY 0N f WORK With new confidence inspired by the word of Franklin D. Roosevelt, that the entire west ie solidly behind Janies M. Cox for president of the United States, Indiana democracy today entered into the campaign with a vim afid determination never to stop until Indiana has returned a victory for the entire democratic ticket on Nov. 2. Addressing a crowd of more than 5,000 persons in Tomlinson hall last night, in his third speech in Indiana, Mr. Roosevelt, candidate for vice president, declared that the American public is not going to be deceived by the bait of the republican organization, headed by Will Hays of Indiana, and that the *work and principles sponsored by Woodrow Wilson is to “carry on” with the return of the democratic party to Washington next March. If any person in Indiana doubts that the policy of the Wilson admlnistration is without favor among Hoosiers, that doubt was without question wiped en tirely away after bearing the vice presi dential candidate present his views on the questions confronting the voters todaV- Mr. Roosevelt and his party left im mediately fallowing the Indianapolis speech last night for Columbus, where he was to confer with Gov. Cox. The audience that heard the address was compose?, of republicans and demo crats, with a large number of inde pendent voters, and a more enthusiastic crowd never greeted a speaker in Tomlinson hall. At each mention bf the name of Wood row Wilson, the speaker was forced to stop until the cheers and applause had died down before he could proceed. Candidate Roosevelt was given a rising ovation when he entered the call. He wag introduced, by John H. Holli day. founder of -the Indianapolis News, and president of the board of (Hjectors of the Union Trust Company. Mr. Roosevelt dwelt at length on con-* ditions as he found them in his eighteen day tour of the west, during which time he covered fifteen states. ‘GRANDPA’ VOTER BECOMING EXTINCT. “I find that people nowadays, more than ever before, are getting away from the ‘grandpa’ idea in voting. “No longer do'they vote a certain way because grandpa voted that way. ’’Why Just a few years ago there were peopie who voted the republican ticket, who actually thought that Abraham Lin coln was still living, and I will confess that down south there were many ijamo erats that thought Andrew Jackson was still among us. "There is a widespread feeling through out the west that the next president of the Uuited States must be a progressive, and that he must ‘carry on’ the work slarted andef the administration of Woodrow Wilson. “And they know that they can not hope to find this progressivlsm in the repub lican candidate, for they Know that the cards are stacked against progressivism in the republican party. “During Senator Harding's entire serv. ice in the senate he had introduced but very few measures, and the majority of them were related to the safety of for bearing animals, and other like legisla tion. “The people of the west know that they can expect no progressivism in the party that was controlled at Chicago by your own Jim Watson of Indiana. “They are wondering what the repub licans mean by going back to the ‘good old days.’ V “Will they take the federal reserve act and substitute it by reviving the old Aldrich bill?” The speaker referred to the 1916 cam paign in the west, and refuted the charges that the defeat of the republican party in California in 1916 was due to-the failure of Senator Hiram Johnson to shake hands with Candidate Hughes. He declared that the defeat was due to the people themselves, who hold the suing, view now, that they can find no hope for progressivism in the republican party, and from Senator Harding. TARIFF BOGEY UP AGAIN? As an instnnre to prove that the republican party is not contemplating any reform legislation. Mr. Roosevelt referred to the statement emanating from the Harding front porch, credits the senator with saying, “I think that the tariff is going to he a big issue in this campaign.” He deplored the intimation that “this old corpse was going to be dug up. dressed in new clothiug and presented again to the people.” He declared that the tariff question is now in the hands of a tariff commit slon, and that the workings of this com mission have been satisfactory to nine out of ten people in the United States. . He referred to the republican system of speech making in vogue this year, whereby the addresses of the republican REGISTRATION MEN WILL MEET Fesler to Instruct Inspectors and Clerks. One hundred and seventy-seven Inspec tors and 354 clerks for registration boards next Saturday will meet at the courthouse at 8 o'clock tonight to receive instructions. County Auditor rieo K. Fesler will conduct the school of instruction and will give the members of the board* their supplies. Both republicans and democrats have appointed women on some of the regis tration boards. Ttye women appointees of the republic ans consist of: Ward 1, Miss Hope Hanna, 2402 Gale street—and Mrs. Lucian Pauley, 1032 Olney street; Ward 4. Miss Jennie Shirley, 3225 North Capitol ave nue, and Miss Elizabeth Transue, 2912 Rader street; Ward 9, Miss Sarah Busk shlre, 409 North Keystone avenue; Miss Margaret Flannigan, 49 Hendricks place, and Mrs. Herman Rickhoff, 822 De- Qulncey street; Ward 10, Mrs. Feltzel, 3315 East Washington street; Mrs. Harry Alexander, 1242 Churchman street, and Mrs. Robert Smith, 1509 Hoefgen street; Ward 14, Mrs. Ethel R. Well, 1729 How ard street, and Mrs. E. Dodge, R. R. P., Indianapolis. The democratic appointees are: Ward '3, Miss Alma Sickler, 220 East Eleventh street; Ward 10, iMiss Adeline, •Smith, 2037 Prospect nvende, and M'.ss Aletta Miller, 33 North Arlington ave nue. Many of the large manufacturing con cerns are co operating wlta auditor's office by securlngV^^^kattxi blanks and in ftps of the lu an effort tojtbtatn a- NO. 96. candidate ‘must undergo examination at the hands of the party leaders before they are released. “Every time Senatpr Harding makes an important speech another sure state is added to the democratic list, and be fore the campaign is over there will not be enough states left to go around,” lie said. -Roosevelt dwelt at length on the league of nations, and when he asked If the peoole wanted a men for president who offered the sort of world court pro- - posed by Senator Harding in his ad dress to' the Indiana delegation last Saturday a loud chorus of aoe was the answer. He declared that the “jaundice ox jealousy” that infected the republican members of the reDate when they fore saw that a democrat, even though he be the president, was to have credit in fcigtoty for such an important pjec& et work, prevented the i>eace treaty and league of nations from being ratified. The speaker touched briefly on the campaign contribution controversy that is ne w being carried on between the two major parties. "I don’t care how large their fund is If they only tell the truth about it,” declared Mr. Roosevelt. The speaker was forced to’ stop speak ing for several seconds while applause subsided when he declared that he had been endeavoring to have Senator Hard ing discharge Will H. Hays as chairman of the republican national committee, who was selected apparently because of bis success in raising a fund of $289,000 in the 1916 campaign In Indiana. "GOOD OLD DAYS” ARE GONE. He concluded his addressvby stating that he was confident that the people of the country were not willing to return to the "good old special Interest day* of Mark Hanna. Boies Penrose, Jim Wat son'; to the days of the bread line and dolbir-a-day for labor.” Henry N. Spaan. candidate for con gress from tlie Seventh congressional district, presided over the meeting, and In his address attacked the policies, as did other speakers, of the Goodrich ad ministration in Indiana. Denunciation of the senatorial cabal among the republican leaders of the party brought applause fsnm his audience, when he declared that this cabal could not "buy the presidency by means of an im mense slush fund-’.' "The great party they have betrayed is finding out,” he declared, “and they are doomed to an oblivion so deep that the plummet bf God's mercy can not reach them, while the name of Woodrow Wilson, whom they have pursued with the malignity of devils, shall adorn the pages of history throughout all the years to come.” Dr. Carleton B. Mc- Culloch, candidate for governor, Mr. Spaan said: "Dr. McCulloch-is'o man who, if elect ed, will not work private mines with convict labor; who will not sell a SIO,OOO garbage plant to the city of Indianapolis for *175,000, nor make a wedding present of coal mine stock to his son; who Bvill not. give out pardous so fast that they -will meet a criminal entering a penal in stitution, and who will not appoint a state tax board that will pass illegal resolutions, then call a special session ot the legislature tj> legalize these resolu tions in spite of the fact that they have been declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court. "Under his administration the mayor of Indianapolis will not be able to pur chase a SIO,OOO home." "Dr. McCulloch left a $15,000 practice In this city to enter _fhe world war, and while he was in the servic* of his couur try, Warren T. McCray was making millions on the Chicago Board of Trade." V , Dr. McCulloch in his short address, declared that the Goodrich administra tion has even betrayed the party it rep resented, and said that their dream of empire and their lust for power led them astray. SAKS INDIANA DONE WITH GOODRICH. He said that there was no doubt but that the people of Indiana were going to repudiate the leaders of the past four years, at the .November election. Judge Robert Mark of Cincinnati, a personal friend of Gov. Cox, who is a member of the Roosevelt party, spoke briefly on the life of the presidential can didate. outlining the accomplishmenta of bis administration In Ohio, and outlining his record as congressman from Ohio. He declared that the service men of Ohio, without exception, were behind Gov. Cox in his candidacy for presi dent. Another tour of the state will be made by Mr. Roosevelt later in the campaign. (Continued on Page Five.) OPEN LETTER To Paul G. Davis, Democratic Can didate for Prosecutor. Dear Sir:—There may be citizens of this county who for selfish rea sons do not approve of your open discussion of some of the evila that have sprung up In this community, but you are doing a real service to the voters in telling them where you stand in your race. A man with ability to see what is wrong and with courage enough to declare it wrong and pledge himself to right it is entitled to the consid eration of the community. The candidate who pussyfoots throughout the campaign may be expected to pussyfoot If elected. We’ve had enough of pussyfooters in office.