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THE WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness, probably followed
. by showers late tonight or Thursday.
VOL. XXXIII.
LINGENFELTER’S
FLIGHT TO NAVY!
‘PREARRANGED’
Attorney's Plan to Send Youth
Away to Escape Prison
Is Revealed.
U. S. WILL INVESTIGATE
FurtF' • Investigation into the case of
Roy L.ugen/elter, the man who eon
fesed aesaultlng more little girls than
he could remember, and'was twice dis
charged for* “lack of evidence" by the
grand Jury, has revealed:
1. That the discharge or Lingenfeiter
and his subsequent enlistment in the
navy was in direct accord with a pro
gram offered to the prosecutor’s office
•when the r.iau was arrested in August.
2. That In the furtherance of this pro
gram Lingenfeiter made false statements
to procure his enlistment.
3. That his real name is Lingenfeiter
and not Ltnkenfelter, as it was entered
on city court records,
vjmsen “stalled"
BY OFFICIALS.
4. That at the time Claris Adams con
cluded the second , examination by the
grand Jury into the case witnesses witn
vain able testimony against Lingenfeiter
had not been called before the grand
Jury, although they had offered their
testimony to officials and had lteen ad
vised that they would be notified when
wanted.
5. That the discharge of Lingenfeiter
by the grand Jury was cot due to lack
of sufficient evidence to justify an In
dictment, but to lack of conclusive evi
dence that Lingenfeiter actually suc
ceeded in injuring the lfttle girl whom
be had attacked.
When Lingenfeiter was arrested last
August, an attorney, who refuses to dis
close who employed him to defend Lln
gecfe’.ter, endeavored to induce Judge
Walter Pritchard to discharge Lingenfel
er with the understanding that he would
return to the, navy, where he had served
more than two years.
Judge Pritchard refused to accommo
date the attorney and bound Lingenfeiter
ever to the grand Jury and the attorney
offered the same “compromise” to offiicals
connected with tho'd’riicinal Court.
When the grand Jury, through lack nf
sufficient evidence to justify Indictment,
which failure to obtain is directly trace
able to the prosecutor's office, discharged
Lingenfeiter. he immediately enlisted In
the navy, as the attorney had advised
the city judge he would do.
“NEVER ARRESTED." WE
TELLS NAVY OFFICIALS.
In order to procure his enlistment Lin
crulHng officer that he had never been
genfelter stated In writing to the re
arrested, although at that time he was
only out of Jail three days and had
previously been released on a suspended
sentence imposed for an assarlt on a
little girl.
To this application for enlistment, Lin
genfeiter reveals his true name, says
be was born In Indianapolis*. April 12,
and gives the names of his parent*.
Following the second futile effort of
tb# grand jury to obtain evidence against
Lingenfeiter The Tims* obtained the
statements of several wttne*as- who Fad
rdff been called to t* *$W.. either at the
first examination or at the “personally
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GAS FOR HEAT
MAY BE BANNED
Ordinance to Meet Emergency
to Be Introduced Next
Monday.
Homing of gas for beating purpose*
during tbe times of shortage would be
mal* a punishable offense I t the terms
o? an ordinance to temporarily solve the
gas problem which Gustav G. Schmidt.,
president of the city council, and Samuel
Ashby, corporation counsel, have tenta
tively discussed, the council head stated
today.
The exact provisions of the ordinance
will not be finally settled, Mr. Schmidt
said, until the views of Councllmen Jesse
Miller and Russell Willson, members of
the public service commission, have been
obtained.
Both are out of the city, but tbe ordi
nance will be drafted "and submitted to
them when they return, so that the meas
ure may be introduced at the regular
council meeting Monday evening.
The board of works will be empowered
to order the Citizens Gas Company to
c1,,.* r ff ’odustries, if necessary, Mr.
Schmidt said.
stici) „n ordinance would be based on
the assertion of the public service com
mission that jurisdiction over matters of
service -of utilities lies with the city.
WEATHER
forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
f4t the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m~,
Thursday, Oct. 14: Increasing cloudiness,
probably followed by showers late to
night or Thursday.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
5 a- m 5g
< *- ™ 50
8 a. in
*• m 70
10 a. m . 75
11 a. m <7
12 tnoon) so
l P- m... 84
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MISS CHARLOTTE FREEMAN CLARK.
Miss Charlotte Freeman Clark, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Freeman
Clark, named by Mr*. Woodrow Wilson,
la representing the District of Columbia
at the Princess' Ball in the Cotton “Palace
today at Waco. Texas.
The ball is an annual afT-Mr and this
year it has a national character because
the governor of Texas sent formal in
vitations to the governor of eacn State
to appoint a representative belie a
princess. V
Many were accepted.
BURIED TOTS
ALIVE, CHARGE
Michigan Farmer, Unrepent
ant. Says 1 hey Were
an Expense.
LANSfNG, .Mich., Oct. 13.—Earl Roop,
Okemos farmer, who confessed yesterday
that be bad taken his two tittle dangfrtere,
Dorothy ana Bernice, aged and 3 fear*,
respectively, and buried them the
mud and allme of Red Odar Hirer, will
be given a preliminary hearing Friday
morning on a charge of first- iagrepdltour
der. ’ # t*i
He stood mute when arraigns j land a
plea of not guilty wag *n3jp<v
tonrt.
The Coroner decided no Inquest 1*
necessary.
Roop Is to be examined by alienists
today to determine Ills sanity.
In the meantime Roop. his clothes still
bedraggled and spattered with the mud
front his children's grare. sits In Jail
here, apparently unconcerned and unre
pentant.
"It was going to be a bard winter and
the girls were an- expense,” ds hla Justi
fication for his mad act.
He Insists that both children are more
happy now.
At the Roop farm the wife and mother
does not know yet that her husband has
killed their two daughters.
She Is making a mother's brave fight to
keep alive a tiny son, born six days ago.
The fast time she saw the children
was when Roop took them away from
her bedside Monday afternoon ‘‘so they
would not bother her."
From the bcaroom Roop, according
to hie confession, led his two little girls
through a field to a allmy bayou of the
river.
“I chloroformed them," he said, “with
a drug I got in Oketnos, Then I got
busy digging a hole In the old aban
doned river bed.
“By that time the fresh country
had partially restored consciousness to
them and the older girl walked to the
hole, while I carried the younger.
"I put them both In the hole and
held their heads under water so they
would not suffer. Then the muck and
slime began to ooze in and soon they
were both buried."
Fear that he would be unable to pro
vide for his family Ugtbe only reason
Hoop has given for his act.
"I depended on my potatoes and oats
chiefly this year,” he said, ‘but both
failed. From ten acres of oats the best
I could get was forty-five bushels, and
the potatoes were no good.”
Crowds flocked to the “murder farm”
today, but sympathy for the suffering
mother, restrained tnelr curiosity tw some
extent.
Badger Troops Fight
Northern Forest Fire
MADISON, Wis„ Oct. 13.—Adjutant
General Holway today ordered out a
troop of State militia to fight forest fires
raging near Superior, Wts.
The adjutant general acted on orders
of Governor Phillip, who received re
ports of fresh fires breaking out In the
Superior district and appeals for assist
ance in fighting the flames.
Additional troops will be ordered to
the fire zone In case the blazes are not
brought, under control soon.
A serious blaze was reported In tho
Patterson State Park.
VENEZUELA REVOLT REPORTED.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13.—The State De
parturient announced today that commu
nications with Venezuela are cut off and
that It has been impossible to confirm
reports of a revolution In that country.
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!
* The following compilations show the increases in taxes which the
citizens of Marion County will be compelled to pay under the present Re
publican administration.
These examples are taken at random from the tax duplicate and are
Indicative of the tremendous burden of taxation that follows the extrava
gance and waste of the “good government’’ administration.
INDIANAPOLIS, CENTER TOWNSHIP,
I | Payable | I Payable I Pavable
I 1918 | 3919 | 1919 *| 1920 | 1921
Name and description. | value, i tax. ) value. | tax. j tax.
Kate L.& C. Mayer, 52% ! I ~ i ' Ii : —'
ft. of lot 4. square 66...f $287,500.00 | $7,169.00 , $042,000.00 f $10,272.00 | $1.1536 40
Louisa Wright. 4.3 ft. N. | I | | . |
S. of lot 4, square 45.... 103.150.00 i. 2,764.40 . 241,51,0.00 I 3,864.00 i 5 844 30
G. T. Fish, lot 3, square 40. 126,500.00 j 3.390.20 1 346.800.00 - 4,948.80 I 8 39-'56
.T. & J. Joseph. 21.6 ft. of j i | .’
lot. 10. squire 57 43,000.00 , 1,152.40 I 90,180.00 1,442.88 I 1,040 60
V. V. Malott, It. 84 Wash- | |
iugton park 9,100.00 j 243.88 , 19.200.00 1 307.20 I 254.44
J..J4. Hanuon, lot 3, sq. 63.. 17,200.00 j 460.92 j ‘40,500.00 | 648.00) 980.10
j uinatm J 1 atlit Qmitfs
COAL DEALERS
ASKING HIGHER
PRICE
Increased Labor Costs Eat Up
Profit Allowed by State,
They Claim. ,j
DRIVERS ARE PAID $47.50
Attorneys representing the Indiana Re
tail Coal Merchants’ Association, together
with witnesses, who are coal retailers,
today submitted to the Indiana Special
Coal and Food Commission evidence in
the form of statistical records showing
their costs of operation in some cases
to be higher than those allowed by (b*
commission and In other cases the costs
were shown to cor,same entirely the mar
ginal profits fixed in the coal orders.
Tbe bearings for retailors opened nt 10
o'clock in the Senate chamber, State
house. with Jesse K. Each bach, _ chair
man of the commission, presiding.’
i Howard Young, counsel for the commis
sion. conducted the examinations.
DI ALERS HOPE TO
MODIFY ORDERS,
Frederick E. Matson of Matson, Kune
& Rose, attorneys, and Clarence K, Nich
ols, attorney, both of this city.' repre
sented the retail coal merchants.
The retailer* presented their evidence
to the commission, with the assumption
that t'ae commission will see that. the
orders are not fair to all retailors of
the State, and that it is necessary to
make certain modifications it. price to
certain retailers, according to their busi
ness condition and their geographical
locution in the Stats
About twenty reta'lers were to appenr
i before the commission with their cost
i sheets and other data necessary as evt
j denee, and as foundation for the com
mission to make price adjustments If
; they see fit.
Retailers scheduled to appear included
j representative* of the Dalton Coal Com
-1 pany of Cary; Knoblock & Martin. ntb
Bend; Harbor Coal Company. Michigan
City; Kills Brother*. Kokomo; Gotto
Mathias. . Michigan City, ad J. L.
Vickery, Sheridan.
Union labor employed by the Dalton
! Coel Company of Gary In its relation to
| the handling of coal was discussed.
! William A. Dalton, oresidoui ant! trens
urcr of hi* company, stated that “hiker*
and wheelers" packet! coal lit bag* and
made various charge* for work in accord
with Chicago price*, according to the
number of flight* of stairs the coal had to
be carried and ether condition*.
Mr. Dalton explained that in 11*18
; drivers were paid S3O a week, while
I helper* oo thfc trucks, who loaded and
i unloaded coni, were paid $24 a week.
TRI CK DRIVER* V 410
: *17.50 PER VI ELK.
Present union scale* demand a pay
ment of 3*7.50 for truck drivers and
! $39 for truck helpers. Mr. Dalton said.
In figuring his cost# per ton Mr. Dal
ton took into conslderat'on unimproved
street*, large and small loads of coal,
: high rents, due to high real e*tate valuer.
I coal yard rents, etc.
! Mr. Dalton bad gathered figures from
a number of retailer* in Gary sad Ham
taond and presented their figures to the
1 commission.
In one instance the cost sheet of the
William Ahldotu Company of Hnnnuond
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3 MURDERERS
TO BE HANGED
Death Cells Prepared at Chi
cago—Two More to Die
Friday.
— m
CHICAGO, Oct. 33. Three men sen
tenced to be hanged tomorrow for a
ffimber of murders, will be plsred In
death cells today, unless court or ex
ecutive action interferes.
Two others are scheduled to be hanged
Friday.
Twelve men were originally sentenced
to be hanged tomorrow and Friday, but
the Supreme Court and Governor I.owden
have giveu seven new leases on life.
The three to be hanged tomorrow are
Nicholas Vlana. Frank Camtone and
Frank Zagar. convicted of murdering a
saloon keeper,
Arthur Haensel and John Henry Reeoc,
negro, are to be hanged for wife ipur
der Friday.
Jailer George F. Lee has arranged to
hang two of the men at one time to
morrow.
British Coal Strike
Danger Looms Again
LONDON, Oct. 13.—Incomplete returna
from the coal fields today strengthened
the belief that the miners referendum
vote will be strongly against the recent
tentative agreement of the Federation of
Miners and the colliery owners, and In
favor of a general strike.
The Welsh miners voted 10 to 1 against
the agreement nnd, according to earl.v
returns from other parts of the L’nited
Kingdom, the vote will be about 5 to 1
against the agreement.
Secretary of Labor
Wilson’s^ Wife Dead
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Mrs. Agnoß
Williamson Wilson, wife of Secretary of
Labor William B. Wilson, died early to
day.
Mrs. Wilson had been an invalid for
ten years as a result of a paralytic
stroke.
She was born at Mary Hill, Scotland.
Dec. 27, 1853, coming to America with her
parents two years later.
She was married in 1883 and became
the mother of eleven children, nine of
whom survive.
Funeral services will be held from the
Wilson residence here Thursday and
burial will be at Blossbnrg Pa., the Wil.
son home. ,
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13,1920.
No Word Will Be
Spoken at This Big
Political K Meeting!
HARTFORD, CPWIf., Oct. 13.—Uncer
tain as to the silent vote, office seek
er* will attempt here Saturday night
U> entice the silent voters to their
support.
Deaf voter* from id! o’er this State
and Massachusetts will assemble here
to Inspect campaign speeches deliv
ered in sign language.
Orators were expected to discard the
lozenges for liniment tor “hoarse
wrists.”
GOODRICH TELLS
OF COAL FACTS
Warn* Operators He’ll Divulge
Findings of Commission
to Public.
Special to The Time*.
TELL CITY, Tnd.. Oct. 13.—1f the oper
ators of Indiana continue to persist In
fh“ir refusal to provide coal to the pen
p’e of the State on the order of the coal
coinmisalon all the fact* lu the possession
of the commission will lie given to the
public. Governor James I*. Goodrich de
clared in a speech here tbt* afternoon.
Governor Goodrich made emphatic
statement# regarding reputed crookedness
on the part of operators, and declared
“many of the operating account* of the
coal coroparile* Lave been padded to avoid
the federal Income tax."
Governor Goodrich *a!d:
When the special esslon of the Gen
eral Assembly met I became folly con
vinced that tbe State faced a real eu <-
geney In the coal *ltuation: that the
situation then existing placed with the
coni operator* of the State during this
fail and winter the power to exact any
price they would dt-slre to charge for
tOU
The action of the operator* In defying
the order* of the commission and the
prices they are seeking to charge for
coal in Indiana have --ttleu beyond
question the fact that neither the e©ai
operator* nor any, other group of men
c:.u **tiy be trended to deal'fairly with
the publ*e when tin fixing *f price# is
left entirety In their- hand*, a* is the
price of coal at the present time.
CALI.M FIXED PRICE
I AIK AND LIBERAL.
The , omnu i*Siut has fixed a price tlStc
i* liberal and under which any mine that
baa a right to operate can make a fair
profit.
Foil 1 Cl,nr., tie pa.d agon: of the
( per*tori A**o lion, uiakea the atom
meat that twenty-nine mine* in laeftcw
• anno' m raft- uatlcr’tbe price* fixed by
i :o- cum ml on.
Ail theses twenty-nine operator* hare
to do In 'order t„ get relief is to go
before the commission. *nw their coats
find if the facts Indicate that the r t*.-
is not high enough a* to tlielr particular
m!uc the com mission will undoubted;*-
modify the order.
Tfce truth of the matter 1# that many
of the Operating accounts of the coal com
panies are padded for rh purpose of
avoiding the Federal Untune tax. Men *n
Indiana that prior to Lh war were <s>-•
tent lo serve at a salary <f front J&ooo
•o TMMj saws* s, In fSr *.--
druwfng ffu.WO. o fi-tu.buo a vt*r to twu.
age mine# In this Stale
I don't think I’enna or any one elw
oonnri ted with the Operator*’ Association
(Uoutlnacd on F*g Two.)
M’Swiney’s Fast
Smashes All
Records
MacSusmey H A V 5 K'VfAouf
Record UAIO Fooj
NEW YORK, Oct 13.—Lord Mayor
Terence MacSwiney o' Cork, hunger
striking In Brixton prison, London, ap
pea-r to have broken all record* for le
gitimate fasting, according to data avail
able here today.
Thf* wa* the txty-econd day of Mac-
Bwlney'a self-starvation.
Tbe longest fast# on record Include:
Dr. Tanner, Now York, forty days,
1880.
Signor Meriattl, Paris, fifty day*.
1888.
Signor Sued, New York, forty-flv*
day*, 18*0.
M. Alexander Jacqnet, London,
fifty day*. 18DI.
The records bear other instances of
fasting, but they are not authenticated.
Several Irish prisoners in the Cork Jail
claim to have fa#t*-d a number of day*
longer than Ma>N'^jney.
LONDON, Oct. 13. —Newspaper dd
patebea today said It was understood
Lord French wUI resign shortly ss lord
lieutenant for Ireland.
11l health was given as the cause.
The killing of Major George Smyth at
Drumconda created a sensation here and
fear ra CTprea*-e*l It might result in an
uprising In Ulster.
Ihe Major was a brother of Commis
sioner Smyth of the royal Irish constah
ularly, assassinated in Cork last sum
mer.
Auotber officer wa# killed rfnd one man
wounded in the Drumcosdra raid.
DUBLIN, Oct. 13.—Many persons were
Injured In a night of wild rioting In
Dublin.
Soldiers and civilians clashed at a num
ber of points.
Finally tbe soldiers were ordered to
tlielr barracks.
The barracks were attacked with stones
and windows were broken.
The troops emerged and were stoned.
A pitched battle developed around the
barracks which lasted until armored cars
separated the combatants.
This Fail’s Summer
Weather to End Soon
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS.—Tbe Weather
Bureau this afternoon Issued a special
bulletin announcing that indications are
that the especially fine weather in the
middle West and Western States is near
an end.
A disturbance is proceeding along the
Alaskan coast and will bring rain and
gales in northern Pacific States, moving
across the middle West, bringing rainy
wenther and probably local snows In the
Northwest.
The temperature following the disturb
ance will be the lowest of the season, the
bulletin declared.
Marines ‘Show’ ’Em
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—A summary
of the report on conditions in Hayti from
July, 1915, when" American marines en
tered Ilaytl, until June 30, 1920, made by
Brigadier General Barnett, former com
mandant of the marine corps, shows that
during the period 3,250 Haytlan bandits
were killed by marines and the gen
darmie. 1
One marine officer was killed and two
wounded and twelve enlisted men were
killed and twenty-six wounded.
T>vo officers and thirty-four enlisted
men died from other causes.
BOOZE AGENTS
CLOSING IN ON
HIGH-UPBUNCH
Two Congressmen, Broker and
, Distiller Hinted at in
Confession.
MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. —• razed by fear, H.
A. Sadler, the Government’* chief wit non*
In the Investigation into booze traffic in
C bleago, won sent to a sanitarium today.
Sadler confessed yesterday and his
mind collapsed while he vva* undergoing
further examination.
.Sadler told authorities his life had been
threatened after he made a complete con
!*• union of a $30,000 bribe paid to high
officials.
Judge K. At. Landis of Federal Court
announced he will call a F'ederal grand
Jury investigation or the Chicago "whisky
rlng-i’
CHICAGO, Oct, 13,—Federal officer* to
day are follow ing trail* of evidence which
thev believe wljl lead to the leaders of a
gigantic liquor ring that already has con
summated, it is said, deals in contraband
booze aggregating approximately three
million do iters.
Men high In public life are wild to he
Involved, reports current today declaring
that two member* of the United state#
Congress are Implicated.
It Is said bribe* aggregating more than
1200,000 Uuve been paid public officials iu
Chicago within the last five weeks.
Person* connected with tho internal
revenue and prohibition department* are
#ald to hare received sums ranging from
$3 000 to #50,000.
United State* Dl*trlct Attorney Clyne
declared today that the evidence presented
lo the grand Jury would disclose a "scan
dal that will shake Chicago.”
1 xiitence of the reputed ring was dis
closed through the confession of H. A.
Fadler, a former New York stock brother,
who Is said to have been one of tho ring'*
agents la the disposal of the liquor.
Sadler’s confession Is said to bare in
volved John J. McLaughlin, former mem
ter of the Illinois Legislature, and ten
ethers, among them O, li. Wathen, owner
if the Grand Distillery at Louisville, Ky.,
and of the Louisville American Associa
tion Baseball Club.
McLaughlin. It 1* charged, wa* paid a
bribe of S3OOOO tn a transaction involv
es f125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
WOMAN FIGHTS
FOR OLD U. S. JOB
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. -A woman’s
rage today was added to the already
mneb Involved investigation t>f aUrged
Irregularities in prohibition eafirrelteat
in California.
The woman was Mrs. Glad Kimball
Wgrbnrton. who last week w*-i dis
charged as State prohibition director,
after three weefcb. of service ## the only
woman in the United States holding auch
a position.
Mr#'. Wsrburton started for Warbing
ton af>r her removal from office.
Kuc #h e got only as far a* Ut^Jk.
fic wit* back today * v >l announced *he
was ready for a findah light
“1 have come back to face my ae
eusera,” abe announced. “J have conic
bgck to confront them."
LIQUOR PERMITS
NOT CURTAILED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. - Authority
of district prohibition commissioner* to
issue permit* for tbe withdrawal of li
quor from bond has not been curtailed
in any way. Federal Commissioner
Kramer announced.
He declared that orders for th* district
commissioners to take special precaution
In issuing permits hve been given and
all appHcationa for renewal of tbe annual
perraita must come to Washington as tn
the past.
A proposal that the Government seize
liquor now In bond and compensate the
owners may be placed before the next
session of Congress. Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel of the Anti Saloon
League, aatd today.
The compensation should be equal to
what owners of the liquor would get If
they sold It for nonbeverage purposes,
Wheeler said.
Car Cos. Award O. K.,
Says War Department
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The War De
partraent announced today that the com
mission appointed by the Secretary of
War to Investigate reported trregularl
tle* In tbe award made to the Standard
Steel Car Company, which has plants
at Hammond, Ind., for claims tn connec
tion with cancellation of contracts had
rendered a report showing that the ad
justment for the cancellation wns “upon
a fair and equitable basis."
The awlfrd was for $2,240,000 and the
commission found this amount to be a
fair adjustment, made with good busi
ness Judgment.
$350 a Month Is
Allowed Mrs. Block
A monthly allowance of $350 was
awarded to Mrs. Rose Hart Block by
Judge Solon Carter of Superior Court,
Room 3, today.
Mrs. Block petttloifM the court to
grant her a reasonable allowance 'corn
William H. Block, Jr., from whom she i#
seeking divorce on the grounds of
cruelty and failure to provide a home for
her.
Under the decision of the court, Block
Is to pay $350 a month to hUI wife, pend
ing the final determination of her di
vorce proceedings.
DUBLIN DOCK STRIKE ENDS.
DUBLIN, Oct. 13.—The Dublin dock
strike ended today.
MOOSHA KNOWS BUT MOOSHA WON’T TELL
Moosba is being manicured, bathed in
watered milk and is being taught the
latest Jazz steps for the long journey
over the sands to Caravan.
As the fourth day of the th,
proaches, Moosha
is becoming as
terapermcntal as
is preparing a banquet to be spread be
fore the living past potentates of the
shrine on next Monday night.
Moosha, the famous camel of tbe shrine,
will head an illustrious caravan which
will proceed to Mecca for some other
equally as dry holy center.
Candidates from the “arid wastes"' will
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Will Boost Democrats
MRS. T. T. COTTMAN.
Among the nationally known Demo
cratic women speakers who will come to
Indiana during the remaining weeks of
the campaign. Is Mrs. T. T. Cottman of
Little Itock, Ark., who will make a num
ber of speeches In the State next week.
Mrs. Cottman, who 1* a member of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, wa* h western manager for
Attorney General F aimer during his
'■amps;i*a for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
I>r, Itowena Mann of Chicago also will
make a return speaking engagement In
Indiana.
From Oct. 21 to 30 Mrs. Ida McGlon*
Gibson, prominent author and speaker,
also will make another series of auuressea
In Indiana,
SOVIET TO FREE
5 AMERICANS IN
MOSCOW PLOTS
Russian Consul Says Eight
Are Held on Charges of
Espionage.
MOSCOW, Oct. 12 (By wireless to Ber
lin! Oct. 13). —Five Americarfl detained In
soviet Russia on the charge of espionage,
including Albert Bni of New York, will
be released, it was offh iarfly announced
today.
In reply to qflesflon# p* to whether
soviet Russia was bolding the Americans
as hostages to Insure ihe safety of Rus
sian prisoners tn (he United State*, Di
rector NuorteVß of the department of en
tente countries of the Russian foreign of
fice, issued th- following statement:
Eight American prisoners lu all were
imprisoned in Moscow. One of them,
was convicted of plotting
of the grp nature The other* wi
barged wi'n e*piou* {#. Allot! Byni of
New York was among the latter.
“According to his owft confession Boai
was ,sked by the American auiliortUc*
in ileriiu to do political spying in Uiri
*i*. which promise he was bu*y fulfill
ing when he waa arrested.
“However, be and four other Americans
who did not suoceed tn doing actual
barm are being reloaoed and shortly will
be deported, now that the armistice with
Boland makes such a step possible.
“The American Government, through
Mr. Nansen, ha# demanded the repatria
tion of all American*, even those who
were convicted tin soviet Russia).of grave
effenses.
• At tbe same time America is abso
lutely and unreasonably refusing to re
leas- Russians detained for much more
pardonable offense# in tbe United States.
“The soviet government 1s not biamlng
individual Americans for tbe stubborn
nets of the American Government.
“Nevertheless we have shown a liberal
attitude toward American civilians.
“Permits to leave have been granted
by my department in most case* wb'-re
American citizenship has been estab
lished.
“No doubt more satisfactory mutual
results could be reached if it were not
for the persistent refusal of the United
States Government to interest Itself suf
ficiently In its own citizens to dlscu##
the matter openly with the soviet gov
ernment.”
REPORT RIOTING
AT RUSS CAPITAL
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 13.—Soviet troops
are attacking barricaded workmen in
Moscow’s streets, according to unofficial
dispatches received here today.
The Helsingfors correspondent of the
Aftenbnld said authorities were alarmed
by anti-soviet demonstrations ln#fac
tories at Moscow and were concentrating
troops there.
Flyers Again Ready
FARGO, N. D., Oct. 13.—The four air
planes that flew from New York to
Alaska and are now on their way back
were overhauled here today.
They will leave here at 7 tomorrow if
weather conditions are right and stop at
Winona, Mlnui, Grand Rapids, Mich., and
Erie, Pa., en fronte to New York.
MRS. LULU RINKI ( E CHOSEN.
Mrs. Lulu Rankle has been appointed
to the position of chief adult probation
officer of tlie Juvenile court to take
the place of Officer Raymond Thomas,
who resigned several mouths ago.
Mrs. Runkle has taken up her duties
and Is now conducting Investigations in
many cases.
Zehllcke Is Ihviting the chefs and the
like to do their finest work, the candi
dates are wondering if they will be abl*
to sit down while enjoying the great
spread.
Moosha knows but will not tell. ,
Next Monday night will be a great
night at Murat temple for the Rhriners
as they will not only honor the living
4>ast potentates bßt w!U pay homage to
tbe Shrlners who have been Identified
with the order for at least twenty years
.Among the past potentates who are ex
pected to be among the principal guests
present at the traditional banquet are:
Chalmers Brown, 3897 to 3001, Inclusive;
Alexander W. Thomson, 1905 to 1605, In
clusive; Ellas J. Jacoby, 1907 to 1912, In
clusive; Denton F. Billingsley. 1918;
Charles Mayer, 3914 and 1915; Leon T.
Leach, 1918 tfSnd 3919
Captain Mhller and hts Arab Patrol will
exhibit so#e new drill movements and
Ihe lyunnfj band Will open the irfelouy
book tor t/se entertainment of the guests,
which will number into the thousands.
Jazz Si la Arabic will be presented by
the Heinz Raheslt add the Whirling
LAST HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPT
COX PLANS TO ISSUE
PACT COPIES TO MEET
GROWTH OF DEMAND
Says Deliberate Plot to Keep League Docu
ment From People Is Responsi
ble for 'Step/
NATION-WIDE FUND MOVE STARTED
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX
IN INDIANA, Oct. 13.—A nation-wide
movement to collect a fund to print suffi
cient copies of the League of Nations ro
satisfy ever-increasing demands for it,
Was* set in motion today by Gov. James
M. Cox, Democratic presidential nominee,
during his Indiana tour.
“In view of, the deliberate plot hatched
long; ago to keep the League of Nations
as a document away from the American
public," Governor Cox said in a forma!
statement, “I am making this appeal to
the friends of peace in every community
in America to establish at once a fund
sufficient to print enough copies of the
le gue covenant to take care of the de
mands for It.
“Everywhere we go people are asking
for it.
“They wish the facts and they, resent
the methods adopted to deny thenv the
facts.
In many Instances newspapers can be
Induced o print the document.
“Wherever possible this spirit of help
fulness should be taken advantage of."
The Governor shared the platform dar
ing the numerous speeches to central and
Cox’s and Harding’s
Booze Records to
Be Givenjo Public
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.—The wet and
dry record# of Governor James M. Cox
and Senator - Warren G. Harding, the
presidential candidates, will be paral
leled and made public tomorrow by the
Anti-Saloon America, Wayne
B. Wheeler, attorney for the league, an
nounced today.
M’ADOO TO TALK
HERE SATURDAY
Roosevelt to Pass Through
City Thursday.
William G. McAdoo will speak at Tom
linson Hall at 4 oclock Saturday after
noon.
Bert New, Democratic State .secretary,
will preside as temporary chairman and
Samuel M. Ralston will preside as per
manent chairman of the meeting.
Thoms# Ifaggaft, Democratic nominee
%r T nlted kt sum B natcr, and K< nry
Democratic noiotnee for Con
greasman fro:n *Fe \U district, will
also give short talks.
Mr. McAdoo’* other speaking engage
ment* for Indian* are: Elkhart. Friday
at noon; South Bend, Friday afternoon;
Laporte. Friday night; Loganaport, Sat
urday morning at 9; Peru at 10:30; Indi
anapolis In the afternoon and Frankfort
at nlgbt-
Franklln B. Roosevelt, Democratic
nomine* for vice president, will be In
Indianapolis a short time tomorrow
morning.
He will arrive at th Union Station with
Mrs. Roosevelt at 7:30 o'clock and will
be met by an Indianapolis party, which
will escort him by motor to Noblesville.
where he will speak at 10 o'clock.
The League of Nation# Motor Corps is
arranging to furnish the machines for
tbe party.
$1,000,000 Fire Razes
Chicago Warehouse
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. —Flames that raged
beyond control for a while swept through
the block long fretghtbouse of the Chi
cago Junction railroad and part of the
Midland warehouse transfer building
here today, causing a loss estimated at
$1,000,000.
An early investigation failed to un
cover the cause of the fire.
Tons of merchandise and other freight
were destroyed.
Man Dies When
/ Car Jlits Wagon
George Grady, 45. of 2954 Wheeler
street, was killed today, when a wagon
which he was driving was struck by a
6treet e*r In front of 922 Massachusetts
avenue.
According to witnesses, Grady was
knocked from the wagon, falling under
the wheels.
The horses started, causing the wheels
to pass over Gradys body.
Grady died on bis way to the City
Hospital i| an ambulance.
G. O. P. Women Say
Speakers Unfair
Special to The Times.
ELKHART, Tnd., Oct. 13 —Acting upon
many complaints received from Repub
lican women over the State, Mrs. A. H.
Beardsley, president of the Indiana
League of Women Voters, today wired
to the national headquarters in Chicago
a protest jgainst unfair criticisms of the
league made by speakers for the Repub
lican party, especial!. Lillian Russell and
Mrs. Medill McCormick.
Dervishes, the Chanters, the gun sqnad
and the drum corps will appear during
the ceremonial.
Among the officers of the evening will
be Potentate Eliaa J. Jacoby, past Im
perial potentate, who will be assisted by
Past. Potentates A. W. Thomson, D. F.
BilUnvsley and Charles Mayer; chief rab
ban, Chalmers Brown, assistant rabban,
Alex W, Thomson; high priest and
prophet, B. F. Billingsley, and Oriental
guide, Leon T. Leach.
a Oh, it's going to
be a grand and
gio r i ous night
nest Monday
night; in fact it
wlil be a hot
time in the old
Moosha is 1m-
patient to start
on the long Jour
ney and the candidates have placed an
order for pillows and asbestos shoe
soles.
Only Moosha knows why. ,
NO. 133.
northern Infllana'connties and towns with
Thomas Taggart, Democratic candidate
for United States Senator. Mr. Taggart
spoke more briefly, hammering away at
bis campaign slogan, “A vote for Cox
and Taggart is a vote for the League c 2
Nations." •
Twenty-five thousand persons hearts
his appeal for the league in a speech at
Lafayette last night.
For hours before the special train
carrying the Cox party was due to ar
rive. large crowds had" assembled at the
stand erected on the courthouse lawn,
where they patiently awaited the word
of the candidate himself that tbe United
States would be making no sacrifice of
its national honor in act ptiug and en
tering Into the league.
For two hours Governor Cox spoke in
defense of the league and of* his stand
on the most Important question in the
campaign, and, appealing to tbe audi
ence to divest themselves of all prejudice,
and partisauism, he launched into one
of the most brilliant defenses of the
covenant that the normally Republican
Tenth district jjas ever heard. fl
“I don’t want yon to think of politics
while I am discussing the league,” he
said.
“And I want you to think <Jf me, not
as the Democratic candidate for Presi
dent, but as an American first.”
Governor Cox told of his trip through
the West and Northwest, where he hail
the opposition of the press, which he
charged had been subsidized by the Re
publican bosses, to use their inliuene* to
belittle his efforts.
SAYS HE HAD
EXPECTED MOVE.
Governor Cox said he recognized at the
beginning of the campaign that he would
have the opposition of she large papers
of the counlry, and he charged Will H.
Hays of Indiana, Republican national
chairman, with being instrumental in the
purchase of Progressive and Democratic
papers, with the millions of dollars oj,
funds at his command.
He continued his denunciation of the
oligarchy oi Senators, who had combined
to defeat the league, and declared that
If Theodore Roosevelt had been alive
and present at the Republican conven
tion In Chicago, that the little band of
Senators would never have held their
se.-.sjpu in the room at the Black stone
Hotel and that he never would have con
sented to the selection of a member of
this oligarchy ns the Republican caadi
d-i’e for President.
t* told of Jin* Watson’* activity in
; the round robin and how tho Indiana
KeJis&of uaa cireulsicd th little paper,-
obtaining the signature# of twenty-nine
Senators who pledged themselves to we
•sriffeat of the League f Nation*.
Governor Coa, contrary to the attitude
of Senator Harding in his puulio
speeches, invited questions relating to
the league, and gua-anteed that no ques
tioner “would be locked up in jail for
the asking.”
He dissected the league, article by
article, explaining each section In a man
ner that brought understanding to the
large audience, and in a manner that
could not be interpreted In more than
one way.
In his explanation of article 10 of the
coreuant, he asked first if there waa a
member of the faculty of Purdue Uni
versity in the audience. 4
SCHOOL TEACHER
SUPPORTS "GOVERNOR.
None responding, he inquired for the’
superintendent of the Lafayette school*.
W hen he did not respond, the Governor
asked for any school teacher, and to the
one answering, he put thi* questions
“Under the Constltntion of the United
States does not the power to declare war
rest only with Congress?”
“Ues," was the reply.
“is not the President of the United
States the Commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy?”
AgjJn the reply was “Ye*."
. ""Now, has the President of this coun
try any more right to declare war than
has the chief of the Lafayette police
force?”
At the reply of “No,” Governor Cox
declared that since the founding of thi*
country the only way that war would ha
declared was through Congress, and he
added that now. as in years past, and in
years to come, that power rests only with
Congress.
Governor Cox inquired of his audience
if Republican propaganda, to the effect
that under the League of Nations Amer
ican boys would be shipped to Europe to
engage in quarrels of the Euiopean na
tions, had not been spread about thi*
section of the country.
“Yes," were the shouted replies.
“Those declarations of opponents of the
league can only be characterized as
’moonshine,’ ” he said.
Referring to the Irish question. Gover
nor Cox declared that if he assumed the
presidency on the fourth day of March,
1021, as soon thereafter as possible, it
was his intention to bring th* Irish
question to the attention of the American
people for decisive action.
“The Irish people have been trying for
years* to gain recognition .and thus far
they have not been able to have their
case presented even in a squire's court,”
he said. %
“I propose that they shall have humane
treatment from the American people.”
The candidate put to rout the state
ments of of the league that
(Continued on Pag* Two.)
OPEN LETTER
TO AUGUST DBEYER,
Foreman Marlon County Grand Jury.
Dear Mr. Dreyer—lf It is possible
for you to do so without violating
the oath of your office, would you
kindly tell the people of Marion
County what you learned concerning
the identity of Roy Llnkenfelter, or
Lingenfelter, against whom yon
could not find sufficient evidence* to
justify the return of an indictment,
even though he admitted attacking
more little girls than he could re
member?
Do you know why the spelling of
his name in the Criminal Court rec
ords differs from the spelling on the
City Court records?
Do you know what attorney ap
peared for him In City Court and
endeavored to induce Judge Pritch
ard to release him?
Do you know why the prosecutor’#
office failed at both the first and the
second investigation to bring before
you witnesses who were waiting to
be heard snd had been assured they
wo be heard?