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'THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
Continued warm.
vol. xxxm.
ADAMS SHOWN UP AS
AIDING BOOTLEGGER
IN $1,500 BOND DEAL
Democratic Candidate for Marion County
Prosecutor Exposes Incumbent’s Rela
tions With Notorious Pop Leppert.
PAUL G. DAVIS TURNS JO ORDER BOOK
Row Prosecutor Claris Adams, “for value received,” has attempted,
through the medium of a negro deputy, to 'relieve a notorious bootlegger
and professional bondsman from the payment of $1,500, judgment on a
forfeited bond, was told last night by Paul G. Davis, Democratic candi
date for prosecuting attorney, at a meeting of the young men’s Democratic
organization at the Indiana Democratic Club..
Mr. Davis cited Order Book 219. page 70. of the county clerk’s records
in support of his charges that Adams, through his deputy, had attempted,
without any authority jit law, to relieve Lorenz Leffert, alias Pop Leppert,
notorious bootlegger, of the necessity of paying $1,500 on a' forfeited bond,
as directed by the court.
He'shows that, according to the order
book. Pop Leppert was able to "satisfy”
two judgments for SI,OOO each by the
payment of $250 on each judgment, and
ho discloses this remarkable entry as
now standing on Ihe books:
“June 11). 1920. for value received, this
judgment is hereby fully paid and satis
fied. Claris Adams, prosecuting attorney,
per R. L. Bokenburr, deputy prosecutor,
attest Richard V. Sipe. clerk.”
Tracing the affair- from its origin to
the pleasant •‘finish" which the prosecu
tor made of it, Mr. Davis discloses a di
, rect connection between the offices of the
prooecutor of Marion County and the
bootlegger whereby the state of Indiana
is the loser of $1,500 and the bootlegger,,
who owned property which could have
been seized to satisfy this judgment, is
$1,500 to the good.
CALLS OX ADAMS
FOB MOVEY.
In conclusion, Mr. Davis calls on the
Republican prosecutor to expurgate the
attempted release to the bootlegger of
the $1,500 and to proceed In his official
capacity to collect the $1,500 as the law
says he should.
The instances cited by Mr. Davis are
typical of the administration of the
prosecutor’s office by Mr. Adams'.
They disclose that this bootlegger, with
a Police Court record, was accepted as
a bondsman for two others accused of
bootlegging.
It is shown that the two others failed
to appear when their trials were set and
the bonds were forfeited.
However, as in many similar cases, the
prosecutor there ceased to be interested
In the affairs and no attempts were made
to collect the' forfeitures.
After the last primary, in which Lep
pert and his bootlegging associates were
“strong” for the nomination of William
P. Evans, a deputy of Claris Adams, steps
were taken to relieve Leppert of his lia
bility to the State of Indiana.
“For value received,” Mr. Adams,
through his negro' deputy, attempts to
reduce the judgment of the Circuit Court
In these forfeited bond cases, thereby
saving for this bootlegger $1,500. which
had been forfeited to the state.
“VALLE RECEIVED”—
YOIK OWN DEFINITION.
Whether the "value received” to which
reference is made in the attempted re
lease to Leppert was Leppert's services
In behalf of his race for the
Republican nomination for prosecuting'
attorneys is left to conjecture.
This Is about the oßly kind of service
that a bootlegger of Leppert’s type coul.l
render the prosecuting attorney’s office
without other violations of the law
Mr. Davis states the facts as disclosed
by the records in this affair as follows:
“On Jaiuary of 1920, two suits were
commenced In the Marlon Circuit Court
against Lorenz Leffert by the State of
Indiana ex rel. Claris Adams, prosecut
ing attorney, one being cause No. 32114
and the other being No. 32118.
“Each suit sought to recover for the
state of Indiana one thousand dollars for
the forfeiture of a bond given by the
defendant Leffert in two blind tiger cases.
In one of which Caret Osborne was the
defendant for whom the bond was given
and In the other Dave Crenshaw was
the defendant for whom the bond was
given.
“On March 31, 1920, judgments were
taken against the defendant Leffert In
each one of these cases for SI,OOO and
both of these Judgments appear in order
book 219. page 70.
“In each case the attorney appearing
for the plaintiff wa*s Robert Lee Broken
burr, a colored deputy of the Republican
prosecutor.
“On June 19, 1920, the defendant Les
sors paid to the clerk of the Circuit Court
$250 In each case.
“On the same day these judgments for
$2,000 were satisfied by this colored dep
uty prosecutor and the judgment docket
(Continu-d on Page Four.)
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URGES VOTERS TO
FORGET THE WAR
Senator Owen Speaks for Pact
at Rensselaer Meeting.
Special to The Times.
RENSSELAER. Ind., Sept. 14.—Declar
ing that Americans of uermau extraction
should whole-heartedly support the
League of Nations, and with an appeal
that the recent war be forgojtten and
, all nations turn now to a peace progiam,
Robert L. Owen, United States Senator
from Oklahoma, last night addressed vot
ers of Jasper County.
Senator Owen denounced the Idea or
Senator Harding that a separate peace
be established with Germany, declaring
that the people of the United States and
of Germany can best be served through
the operation of the league.
Senator Owen said:
“While the war was going on, I
thought American citizens of German ex
traction were, as a whole, entirely loyal
to the United States.
“They bought Liberty bonds and their
sons fought with our troops, Just as
other good Americans did.
RECALLS REASONS
FOR ENTERING WAR.
“It was but natural that men born in
Germany, remembering those who loved
them during childhood, should carry ten
der memories of those who contributed
to the happiness of their youth.
“Naturally, such citizens did not wish
the United States to go into war in
which the Germans, under the Khiser,
were on the other side.
“After the United States was compelled
to enter the war, I think our citizens of
German birth realized that the war was
a war against Kaisertsm, against mili
rary autocracy, against government by
divine right, against imperialism, and
against a system of government.
The German leaders who declared war
made It impossible for the citizens of
Germany to refuse to enter the war.
"The German people were compelled
to go to war by the military machine of
the Kaiser and it is a great b!ei*in?
from Heaven that the German people
are now free to govern themselves.
“It is a great blessing to the German
people that they will no longer be under
the head of a military despotism.
"The war was proven to have been
precipitated by the military machine of
Prussia.
“Ihe heads of Hohenzollem and the
Hapsburg.' were pledged to the secret
treaty of Verona of 1822, to the over
throw of the democracies of the world,
as I set forth on the floor of the Sen
ate many times by inserting the treaty
itself where every one could see It.
"The war Is finished, the military au
tocracies are destroyed, the principle of
(Continued on I’age Lour.)
MINER CONTRACT
TO BE ENFORCED
Men May Go to Work With
Proviso, It Is Said.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 14.—United
Mine Workers of America, meeting In
Hazelton to determine a policy, are
agreed that their contract must be hon
orably enforced and the mine workers
in Districts 1. 7 and it sent back to
work, but they are undecided as to
whether the “back to the mines" 01-der
will be with provisos.
District officials said the strike will
be called off.
District 7 leaders have taken a sim
ilar view.
District 9 chieftains want the order to
return to work issued with the proviso
that when all men are hick President
Wilson will reopen the mine workers'
case.
Expectations are that a program will
be mapped out at a meeting today and
general indications are that ilie declara
tion will be to return to work.
After all men are back the union lead
ers are expected to appeal to Presi
dent Wilson for a reopening <?f the case.
ALABAMA MINERS FIRED UPON.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept. 14.—Miners
returning from work in the Rayview
mines, near here, have been fired upon
near Fairfield by unidentified persons.
No one was injured.
A train made up of four ranches was
bringing the miners in from their work
when the tiring began.
All of the assailants suereded in escap
ing after the attack. Police and deputy
'sheriffs are searching the woods about
: Fairfield for some clue to the attacking
I party.
Judge W. I. Grubb of the Federal
i Court has issued an injunction restraln
j ing the union miners from picketing the
i gates of coal mines and attempting to
i intimidate non-union workers. • •
Production in the .Alabama coal fields
j continued to improve, operators report
-1 ing their mines running normally.
Democrats Announce
Additional Meetings
A number of additional meetings for
this week were announced today by the
Democratic County Speakers’ Bureau.
The meetings are listed as follows:
Tuesday NlgJit —McCarty and Meridian
streets, Henry N.fSpaan, Frederick Van
Nuys and Miss J®ia Landers, speakers.
Wednesday Noon Hetherington A Ber
ner Iron Works, E. E. McFerren, speaker.
Thursday Noon Dilling Candy Com
pany, Mrs. Wiliner Christian antFChalmer
Schiosser, speakers.
Tbrusday Night—l 4-14 Roosevelt ave
nue, Thomas D. McGee, speaker.
Friday Noon—Brown Bros. Meat Pack
ing Plant : Joseph R. Williams, speaker.
Friday Night—Churchman avenue and
Prospect street, Dick Miller, Miss Lan
ders and Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson,
speakers.
Haiti SRw
OBREGON PLANS
TO SECURE NEW
CREDITS IN U. S.
Declares Financial Problem Is
Greatest Confronting
New Regime.
FOLLOWS HUERTA IDEAS
MEXICO CITY. Mexico. Sept. 14.
President Elect Alvaro Obregon, in his
first interview since his election today,
declared national finances would be his
big problem.
Obregon satd he hoped to reach an
agreement with American and other for
eign Wnkers whereby Mexico could show
her good faith by beginning payments
on her national debt or $400,000,000.
The President Elect entered Mexico
City for the first time since his election,
returning fro mhis campaign in southern
Mexico.
TO FOLLOW EXAMPLE
SET BY PREDECESSOR.
Mexico must adjust her finances so
as to discontinue spending what does
not belong to ns," Obregon said.
“I hope to reach an agreement with
foreign basing It on acts rather
than words.
“It would be impossible for me to dls
charge all her obligations Immediately,
but she can show her good faith.
“I may depart in minor details from
General Huerta’s administration,” Obre
gon sajd, “but his work In the main will
serve as the basis for my own.
“The Huerta government was well
bandied considering that It covered a
period of transition.”
Obregon said he would uphold the
constitutional regulations regarding for
eign holders of property, but that he
would apply interpretative measures
which “will not Injure vested Interests
more than necessary.
lie referred to the development of oil
fields by foreign capital.
OIL COMMISSION
TO BE APPOINTED.
A commission to study the oil problem
will be appointed before lie takes office
in December.
His will not be a one man government,
he asserted, announcing he Intends to
appoint cabinet members capable of run
ning their own departments.
There are not any matters affecting the
United States and Mexico which cannot
be adjusted amicably, Obregon said.
Danger of a revolution by Carranzista.-.
was discounted by Obregon, who said
there would be no excuse for it unless
the government were violate Its own
laws.
FLAGS RAISED
AS GUNS BOOM
Salute Ushers in 106th Anni
" versary of Anthem.
The salute of twenty-one guns at Uni
versity Park between G and 7 o’clock
this nornlng ushered in the lcth an
niversary of the writing of “The Star-
Spangled Banner” by Frauds Scott
Key.
The firing of the first gun was foi
lowed by the raising of Hags in various
part* of the city.
All day long patriotic exercises were
being held In commemoration of the
birthday of the national anthem.
Numerous factories held patriotic ex
ercises and all the public schools held
special exercises' which Included the
singing of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
At noon there was to be a salute by
the factory whistles and church bells,
and red, white and bine balloons were to
be released from the Monument.
Airplanes from the Speedway were to
fly over Monument Circle, dropping
small paper red, wit tie and blue flags
annonni ing the night meeting at Tom
linson Hall, which will be held at 8
o’clock.
Charles F. Coffin, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, will give the ad
dfess and Judge J. Carter will
make an introductory address.
, A tableaux “Columbia” will be pre
sented and the audience will slug the
national hymn.
STREET CAR RUNS
WILD; 4 INJURED
Policeman May Die as Result
of Louisville Accident.
-LOUISVILLE, Sept. 14—Traffic Po
liceman Roy Britton is probably fatally
injured and three others tire hurt, two
seriously, following the wild ilash of a
runaway street car through crowded
streets, here today. The cur overrun a
switch at Fourth and Walnut streets,
struck the traffic officer, crashed Into a
brewery truck and overturned the truck
upon two unidentified men, Injuring them
seriously. The driver of the truck, John
Stnckinburger, also was hurt. The run
away car was stopped only when the
trolley was jerked from the wire.
Guide Political Destinies ot New Voters
'
4 '*?> >y\ ***
The National American Woman Ruf
frage Association has passed out of ex
istence, and its place has been taken by
the National League of Women Voters.
Their new organization, which already
has many hundreds of thousands of mem
bers. has divided the country into seven
districts, each of which is In charge of
* league.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920.
MIKE DIDN’T
M., E. Foley, member of Governor
Goodrich’s Board of Control of the north
prison, and counsel for the street car
company, which Is seeking increased
rates from Governor Goodrich's Public
Utility Commission, has been mis/juoted
by the Dally Times, and for obvious rea>
sons feels he should be set right before
the people of Governor Goodrich's
pnrlsh.
Iu an account of_a meeting held Sept.
13, at the Denison Hotel, Mr. Foley was
quoted as having referred to the inde
fensible deal by which his friend, Jiin
Goodrich, and other unloaded a SIO,OOO
garbage plant on sh sanitary district of
Indianapolis for $175,000.
Os course Mike never did anything of
the .kind. He could not do so and re
main with the pardoning Governor's
Board of Control of the prison and he
could not talk about such matters and
retain his usefulness to the street car
company.
Mr. Foley is now engaged In making
speeches in accordance with the News-
Holtzman bureau directions, confining his
attention to the League of Nations and
such other campaign Issues as will not
in any way trespass on the feelings of
his Republican friends.
Several persons who were in the audi
ence at the hotel are stilt of the opinion
that Mr. Foley did make this reference
to facts which have never been denied
by the persons Involved and the truth ot
which is not even contested, but Mr.
Foley hastens to disavow any reference
to them In the following language:
Sept. 14, 1920.
Editor Indiana Dally Times —In the
issue of the Indiana Daily Times of
Monday, Sept. 13, in referring to a
political speech made by me at the
Denison hotel, in this city, you say:
“He referred to the’mile at Indian
apolis of the SIO,OOO garbage plant
for $175,000 by Gov. James P. Good
rich and othera as one of the fea
tures of thp State administration.”
I take this method of Informing
you and the general public that I
made no such statement. In fact, 1
did not refer to Governor Goodrich
personally or mention his name in
connection with the garbage plant,
! nor did X speak upon that subject.
In ray political speeches 1 haTC
always refrained from making a per
sonal attack on any person or officer
and try to confine myself to the Is
sues as I see them In the campaign.
Yours truly, M. H. FOLEY.
FORCED FOOD IS,
PLANFOR MAYOR
British Government Said to
Await L’nconsciousness.
LONDON. Sept. 14. The British gov
eminent plans to rush Lord Mayor Ter
ence MacSwlney of Cork from Brtxton
jail to a hospital for forcible feeding the
moment he becomes unconscious. It whs
reported at the jail this afternoon.
There is no confirmation of this re
port.
Two Irish women from. Cork, who gave
the names of Miss Williams and Miss
Jordan attempted to force 'heir way Into
Brixton Jail by sliding down drain
pipe, after they had been refused per
mission to enter the gate*.
The police intervened
LONDON, Sept. (4. Terence Mac
Swiney. Sinn Fein lord mayor of Cork.
whv.has been on a hunger strike since
his arrest on Aug. 12, passed a bad night
in the Brixton Jail Infirmary, but his
tnlnd was active.
The Key. Father Dominic, personal
spiritual adviser to the lord mayor, said
that MacSwlney was restless and suffered
considerable pain.
Despite his anguish, MacSwlney la de
termined not to give in. the clergyman
ar.ld. , *
LONDON, Sept. 14.—The Sinn Fein
government pref.-rs to <-*rry out Its own |
reprisals for the exported death of Lord
Mayor MacSwlney, ou hunger strike lu
Brixton Prison, rather than entrust them
(Continued on I’age Ten.)
POLICE NET OUT
FOR 4 BANDITS
Chicago Guards Roads to
Catch Bank Robbers.
CHICAGO, Sept 14. Telephone infor
mation to Chief of Detectives Mooney led
to the placing today of armed squads of
detectives at practically all roads lead
ing into Chicago from the west In the
hope of Intercepting four bank robbers
believed to be on their way here.
The Rank of Franklin Grove, ninety
miles west of Chicago, was wrecked last
night In an unsuccessful assault by the
four bandits.
Five, attempts were made to blast (lie
doors from the bank vault anil al! fixtures
were smashed.
The blasting operations aroused the
town and the robbers were forced to
• leave without getting any of the Insti
tution’s funds.
Board of Directors of the National League of Women Voters.
League directors and officers are shown
in the photograph.
Left to right row: Miss Katherine
l juiington, Hartford, Conn., director firs*,
region; Miss Richard Edwards, Peru,
lid., treasurer; Miss Della Dortch. Nash
ville, Tenn., director third region; Mrs.
George Ueljfcwm, St. Louis, Mo., vice
chairman sixth region, Mrs.
EARLY RETURNS
GIVE MAINE TO
REPUBLICANS
Plurality of Nearly 70,000
Piled Up in State
Voting.
PUT WOMAN VOTE 6Q,000
NEW YORK, Sept. 14—The Re
publicans “planned, labored and paid
for” their victory iff the Maine elec
tions yesterday, George White, Dem
ocratic National Chairman, said in
a statement today.
“This is the Republican day of
rejofeing,” he said. “They planned,
labored and paid for it, and I would
not, by any utterance of mine, rob
them of any of their meed of joy.'
“With a splendid organization and
with the expenditure of every effort
possible to great financiers, they pre
pared the Republican State of Maine
for its state election in the hope of
persuading the country that the
trend is heavily Republican in the
national race.
“Had the Democrats been pre
sented the same opportunity in a
state where the trumpet call of De
mocracy means as much as the clar
ion of Republicanism means in
Maine, we should have made as
nearly the same efforts as possible
with the same psychology in mind.
We shall get votes for the league in
November from thousands of the
men and women who supported Col.
Parkhurst. On a certain morning in
November, our time for rejoicing will
come; and in the meantime we gazfc
cheerfully upon today’s Republican
demonstration and 1 do not be
grudge it to them at all.”
AUGUSTA, Maine, S?ept. 14. Maine
went Republican la the State /lection
yesterday by the greatest plurality In
j lta hlatory. /
F.arly return* Indicate that the Re
publican plurality will be nearly 70.000.
In 1596, the first Bryap year, the Re,
publican plurality In Maine was 48,000.
Two years ago Portland gave Mcln
tyre a majority of !,<* for Governor.
Yesterday the Republican majority In
that city was approximately ",500.
Bangor, which went Democratic by
1.200 in 1918, was Republican by almost
as much.
The Republican* swept the entire
State, hardly a Democrat getting in.
The O. O. P. Congressmen, three of
whom were seeking re election. were
su'-eessful by tdg majorities.
PA RK lit RUT'S VOTE
NEARLY HIM BI K RIVALS.
Frederick H. Parkhurst, Republican
candidate for Governor, had 133,817 vote*,
while Bertrand G. Mclntyre. Democrat,
polled 09,5t58, ou the basis of the latest
returiis.
The gubernatorial vote lu the last
presidential year gave Milliken, the lie
publican candidate, f*,014 as against tid,-
dSlt for the Democratic candidate.
Congressman Wallace If. White, Jr.,
wa* elected by a majority of more than
3.000.
Congressman John A Pef?rs and Ira
G. Ileraey woiSs-wlnnerw In the Third and
Fourth districts, whke Carroll L. Beedy
won over Frank 11. Haskell by a majority
of nearly ten thousand
The Legislature is almoat wholly Re
publican. according to latest returns.
Indications were the State Senate
will be composed entirely of Republican*.
Although the G. O. P. victory In the
rural districts was great. It was surpassed
in the cities and town*.
It Is estimated at least sixty thousand
women voted for the first time.
Approximately 90.000 women and 150.000
men bad registered
In 1916 Hughes U 1 Wilson by only
5,475 vote*.
The Republican mtjorlty for Governor
(Continued on Page Ten.)
COLLEGE BOOZE
CASE IS SIFTED
Dartmouth Killing Is Investi
gated by Grand Jury.
WOODHVII.I.E, N IF, Sept. 14.-The
case of Robert T. Mead* of La Grange
111., junior at Dartmouth College, so
cused of killing Henry E. Maroney, n
senior, during a quarrel over smuggled
liquor last June, was presented to the
grand Jury today.
If an Indictment Is returned the trial
will begin Sept. 20.
Meads admits the shooting, but con
tends he shot in self-defense.
•Senres of witne(kes have been railed
to lie questioned regarding alleged rum
running at tho college. I*-
James Paige, Minneapolis, director fifth
region; Mrs. C. B. Slftiinons, Cortland,
T)re., director seventh region ; Mrs. Solon
Jacobs, Birmingham. Ala., secretary.
Lower row, left to right: Mrs. Maud
Wood Boston, chairman; Mrs.
Grace WilbtlT Trout, Chicago, chairman
hostess committee; Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, New York, honorary-chairman.
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GOV. COX SAYS JOLT
FELT ON FRONT PORCH
CALIFORNIANS
SOUND HARDING
ON JAP PROBLEM
Candidate Declares for Only
Immigrants Who Can Be As
similated by This Country.
UPHOLDS SENATE STAND
MARION, Ohio. Sept. 14.—Recognizing
that there exists between the United
States and Japan frlftlon over the Im
migration question which might lead to
grave consequences. Senator Warren G.
Harding promised a .group of Californ
ians today that the federal government
| would stand behind the Pacific coast
j state* in every manner consistent with
national honor to help them solve their
problem.
“No one,” said Senator Harding, “can
tranquilly contemplate the future of this
Republic without anxiety for abundant
provision for admission to our shores of
only the Immigrant vybo can be assimi
lated and thoroughly Imbued with the
American spirit "
Senator Harding addressed the Cali
fornians, about thirty tn number, from
his front porch.
PRESENT PACIFIC
COAST PROBLEMS.
They ’came across the continent to lay
before the Republican candidate some of
the Pacific coast’s particular problems.
Their spokesman was Gov. William D.
Stephens. Rnd Included in the delegation
were representatives of every big in
i dustry on the coast.
“Our people," said Governor Stephens,
addressing Senator Harding, "are practl
i cally unanimous in opposing the further
, Immigration Into our republic of ua
assimllable aliens.
“Standing at the the Orient
we are first to feel the <wvts of this
Immigration and we beileve it our duty
to warn the Nation of the dangers which
beaet it as well as our State from this
source.
“We look to the Federal Government
for negotiation o£ treaties and legislation
which will Ve#p from our borders
oriental Immigrants impossible of lelng
assimilated Into our national life and
whose increased presence would prove
disastrous to the American mode of
living.”
In reply, Senator Harding said he
realized the position of the coast states.
1 BAYS PROBLEM
MI ST BE MET.
' ’’There la abundant evidence of the
dangt rs which lurk In racial differences,’
| he aald.
“These differences, without raiaing any
question of Inferiority, superiority or
. inequality, msy create, as I believe
j they have created In our Pacific coast
states, without blame on either aide, a
; friction that moat be recognised,
“The nation owe* It to the Pacific
coast states tn stand behind them In
necessary treasure* consistent with our
national honor to relieve them of tbeir
| difficulties.
“The problem must be adequately met
for the future security adn tranquility of
our people.
“We have learned during the anxieties
of the world war the necessity of mak
ing our citizenship not only American
iu heart and soul, but American in every
: sympathy and aspiration.
“A* a people and ft nation we have the
moral, nut Oral and legal international
(Continued on Page Ten.)
ORGANIZE DAVIS,
DECENCY CLUB
Clean (lovernitient Purpose of
Young Democrats.
AriffiKM to a high stage of indignation
by the revelations of what has been
transpiring In the covinty government, as
it is being told by Paul G. Davis. Demo
cratic candidate for prosecuting attorney,
a group of -young Democrats of Marion
County lust night organized the Davis
and Jiecency Club at the ludiana Demo
cratic (.’tub's home.
Thomas McGee was named president;
J. Olias Vanier, vice president; James
Mellen, secretary, and Smiley N. Cham
bers. treasurer.
The purposes of the club are to arouse
the public to a proper realization of the
mismanagement and rhiproprlet.v that
have marked Uie present administration
and to Impress upon the citizens the fact
that the prosecutor’s office Is the key
to good government and such things as
the returning of forfeitures to boot
leggers, the waste of county money and
the subsequent high tax levy can be
prevented only when the prosecutor acts
as a curb on politically “gleeful spend
Ing.”
Mr. Chambers said of the club:
“The Davis and Decency Club was
formed because of a demand for a de
cent administration of county and city
affairs.
“Men and women of both parties have
approved the direct and clean manner in
which Paul G. Davis has been bringing
to light the many instances of malfen
'hpnee In office by the Republican ma
chine.
"The purpose of the club Is to keep
the spotlight focused upon the workings
of the machine. ‘
“We have opened/headquarters at Room j
70, the Denison Hotel, and we expect 1
to enroll thousands of men and women 1 !
who put decent government ahead of |
party politics.”
100,000 STRIKE;
INDIANAPOLIS HIT
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—One hundred
thousand inen, employed in plants of the
American Can Company at San Francisco,
Seattle, Indianapolis. Baltimore. Kansas
City and Waukegan. Maywood and .Toilet,
111., affected by a strike order is
sued in sympathy with striking ma
chinists of the company at Newark. X. J.
Between 5.000 and 0,000 men employed
by, the company here walked out at 10
a. in. today.
The Newnrk machinists have been out
for two months, dotnindlng abolishment
of the bonus system of payment and a
minimum wage scale of !H) cents an hour
be put in force.
No wage demands were made by the
Chicago men, their strike being a sym
pathetic walkout.
Local officials of the American Can ,
Company said that only the machinists,
thirty in number, have quit in Indian- I
Apolts In sympathy with the striking |
Newark pinehlnists.
They insisted that the 500 other men j
employed .in Indiifhapnlls are n .f affected, t
The company has two plants in I mil - j
anapolis, one on South East street ami j
one on South Meridian street. *
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Starched Collar
Deflects Razor
Carl Engel, 570 Tacoma avenue, says
he owes his life to a “starched”
collar.
Crossing the Big Four tracks at
Oriental street and Southeastern ave
nue, Engel saw a razor blade flash
under a dim street light.
Looking closer he discovered a big
negro riding the form of a white
man to the ground.
The razor waS~ approaching the
white man’s throat.
Engel leaped upon the back of the
negro and hit him a staggering blow.
The other white man ran and the
negro turned on Engel.
After one slash of the razor, which
shredded Engel's collar, the negro
ran east along the Big Four tracks.
Little Journeys to
the Mayor's Office
“Will the mayor be in this morn
ing?” the Times reporter who keeps
score on Mayor Charles W. Jewett’s
days in and days out of his office,
inquired at 10:52 o'clock this morn
Ing. .
The mayor was not in Because he
was out making a couple of speeches
at'conventions.
He was In at 11:38 o’clock.
Look Where He Was!
“Don't shoot. I’ll come out,” and
from beneath a fodder shock In a field
near the home of Reason, living
southwest of the city on the Harding
road, crawled a man wearing an army
officer’s uniform.
It was 5 o’clock this morning when
Reason found his automobile pushed into
the barn lot, where the would-be auto
mobile thieves had been unable to start
It.
Reinforced by neighbors, who carried
shotguns. Reason started a search, and
when he saw the fodder shock move,
shouted “come out or I will shoot.”
The man wearing an officer’s uniform,
with a button Indicating the 162d In
fantry, crawled out, holding up hts hands.
The stranger said his name was
Thomas Curry, 25, that he roomed at 24
South Illinois street, that he came to
this city from Kentucky and that he
bought the unform for $1.30.
The police arrested him on the charge
of vagrancy. ,
Splash, What the —
Splash, splash!
Paper bags containing water struck a
■. > - 7 - ! street car and splat
- .s/’rfiCf tered over a con
doctor and some of
- - —the passengers.
No, caring for the
—*! bath, the conduc-
tor had Inspector
Tuey report the in
ctdent to the police,
/ „ but by the time
—— jJ-J ihe officers reached
Washington and Ru
ral streets the boys who bad bombarded
the street car had disappeared.
SECY'. WILSON TO
TALK IN INDIANA
4 Days’ Tour of Southern Part
of State Opens Sept. 29.
William R. Wilson, secretary of labor,
will enter Indiana Sept. 29. on a four
days’ speaking tour of the southern part
of the state, in behalf of the national
Democratic ticket.
He will speak Sept. 29 at a town to be
selected later. In the First Congressional
district.
Other dates arranged by Bert Hendren,
assistant chairman of the state speakers’
bureau are Sept. 30, Bleknell, 5 o’clock;
Linton, 8 o’clock; Oct. 1, at a city to be
selected in rhe Fifth district; Oct. 2,
place not yet selected.
Other speaking dates arranged by the
Bfate speaker’s bureau are as follows:
Henry Spaan, Ratesville, Sept. 17, night;
Chares J. Orblson, Bluffton, Friday
night. Sept. 17; Oapt. Sherman Minton
of Evans.iville. Sept. 25, Loogootee and
Shoals; Oct. 1, Rising Sun; Oct. 2, Ve
vny; Sherman Steele of La Grange, Sept.
18. at Walkerton; George T. Ragsdale,"
Sept. 18, English.
SOLONS CALLED
IN CONNECTICUT
Governor Holcomb Acts in Be
half of Suffrage.
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. ll.—Gov
ernor Holcomb appeared before a joint
session 6( the House and Senate of Con
necticut today and issued, a personal call
for another special session of the Leg
islature to meet at 11 a. m.. Sept. 21, to
couside.r ratification of the suffrage
auiendfnent. (
The Legislature met in special s?ssion.
Suffragists sought to bring ratification
before the legislators to clinch the bal
lot. even if Tennessee's fatiflcatlon Is
thrown out by the courts. /
Holcomb’s move was unexpected. “
Leaders in both houses resisted it, urg
ing that ratification be taken up at once.
ALA IfA MA GO VERNOR
DELAYS MESSAGE
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Sept. 14.—Gov
ernor Kilby yill not deliver bis message
to the special session of the Alabama
Legislature which convened at noon, un
til both houses have organized for bust- .
ness and the new members have been
sworn In.
S. A. Lynne, floor leader for the ad
ministration forces In 1019, Is practically
assured of being elected speaker to suc
ceed Henry P. Merritt.
The extra session will Consider bills
for a state constitutional convention and
laws regulating the suffrage of women.
HOOSIER TOCRISTS RETIRN,
HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Sepf 14.
The party of Hartford Fairraount
and Mitneie people who have hee,n on a
tour of England, France, Belgium and
Germany for the last three months, un
der the guidance of I)r. Nyce, Mnncle
minister, arrived in New York City Mon
day, according to word reaeived bar iff
★ NO. 108.
TALKS FROM
REAR PLATFORM,
BREAKS RULES
Inroads Made on Republican
Strongholds in Northwest,
Is Verdict.
BORAH’S STATE VISITED
EN" ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR
COX, WEISER, Idaho, Sept. 14.
Gov. James M. Cox today was com
pleting his stump invasion of the far
Northwest, confident that during the
last week he has made big inroads
into Republican strongholds.
“The result is already being felt
at Marion,” he said today, “and I
expect an announcement* any time
that Senator Harding is to follow in
my footsteps.” *
Information on Cox’s train was that
from nearly every large city in which he
has spoken an appeal has gone out to
Republican headquarters for a complete
abandonment of the Harding “front
porch” campaign.
Those close to the Democratic nominee
are confident he will carry Montana and
Washington.
OREGON MAY QUIT
REPUBLICAN COLUMN.
They claim Oregon is doubtful, t al
though It has been considered a Re
publican rtronghold of the Northwest,
i The situation In North Dakota Is con
sidered uncertain because of the non
partisan league.
“I think*the Northwest is now certain
j that it Is not a Republican ‘cihch year,' ”
' he said.
DOCTOR’S RULES
GO BY BOARD.
Gov. James M. Cox, Democratic presi
dential nominee, started in today break
ing his doctor's rules, warning against
I outdoor speaking, because of the throat
, affection which has been acute during
| the last three days:’
He yielded to the demands of crowd*
which gathered round the rear platform
and made brief speeches kt Baker, Hunt
ington and Ontario, Ore., just before he
crossed the state line into Idaho en
’ route to Boise, where he will deliver *
1 set speech tonight.
The throat specialist, who is accom
! penying him, protested^ vigorously when
i the governor, hatless and without au
; overcoat, although the weather was damp
and chilly, went to the rear platform to
, greet the crowds.
The rapid Improvement in h!s voice
! during the last twenty-four hours, how
ever, gave the candidate absolute eonfl
de-nce.
“My throat went back on me for a
j minute,” he told the crowds, “but it's
■ alright now and I am not going t
spare myself in carrying my message
to the people."
PERSONAL ADMIRATION
FOR SENATOR BORAH.
Gov. Cox's invasion of Idaho today
took on a special significanse because
it Is the home htate of Wiliam E. Borah,
ieadnr of the irreconsillable group In
the Senate fight against ratification ot
the treaty.
The effect that Gor. Cox will have In
fighting the cause of the League of
Nation* within, as now- politicians put
it, the very shadow of Senator Borah's
front porch. Is being keenly watched iu
this ipetion of the country.
Gov. Cox has great personal admira
tion for Senator Borah and Is making
no secret of it.
He believes that Borah la absolutely
sincere in his opposition to the treaty
as not playing politics as he accuses
other Republicans of doing with regard
to It.
“I like a man who will take a position
and state It, whether that position be
right or wrong,” the Governor said.
“Senator Borah, for one, has not taken
eight different stands on the treaty, as
my Republican opponent, hU colleague
in the Senate, has done.”
Governor Cox, In his speeches today,
expected to tell the miners of Idaho of
hts record In Ohio in obtaining 12.1U*
(Continued on Page Ten.)
PREMIER LAUDED
BY FRENCH PRESS
Return to Clemenceau Policj
Meets With Approval.
PARIS, Sept. 14.—The French press
today generally lauded Premier Miller
and for the results of the Franco-1 taliau
conference at Aix Les Bains,
but he sot his little' old two-century
“The most Important result of tho
meeting is the return to the policy of for
mer Premier Clemenceau, demanding
strict execution of the treaty of Ver
sailles," said the newspaper L’Homiae
Libre. /
"There remains Premier Lloyd George,
but he is clever enough to change his
policy when it is necessary.
"Undoubtedly, we shall have from him
within the next month a speech con
demning concesßons to Germany.”
Former Premier Clemenceau .owns
L’Homme Libre.
It Is understood Premier Lloyd George
will come to Paris soon, possibly *t tho
end of this week, to confer with Premier
Millerand on issues that were involved In
the Alx Les Balna conference. 1
One of the chief objects, as thfe British
premier sees it, Is to secure a united
declaration by the allies toward soviet
Russia.
German operations also will be dis
cussed at the meeting.
OPEN LETTER
TO FELIX M’WHIRTER,
Slember Board of Safety.
Dear Sir —W'bHe you were in Eu
rope the police department issued a
statement warning parents to keep
their children off the streets to pre
vent accidents.
At the same time riders of bi
cycles and motorcycles were allowed
to ride on the sidewalks without!
molestation In many parts of lu
jlianapolis. Recently auto drivers
who find themselves cramped in
parking places have been resorting
to the sidewalks as Uroper places to
turn to get out of the jam.
Did you observe anything jn your
travels that might indicate how It
would be possible to make the side
walks safa for mere pedestrlansf