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THE WEATHER
Goudy tonight and Wednesday. Little
temperature change. Cooler tonight.
vol. xxxm.
COAL CONTROL
MEASURE MAY
DIE MARCH 31
Time for Which Special Legis
lation Was Enacted of
Short Duration.
INTEREST IN LAW LAGS
Friends of the special food and coal
commission indicated today that the life
of the commission probably 'will not be
prolonged after March 3L The commis
sion, under the law passed at the second
special session of the Seventy -first Leg
islature, goes out of existence March 31,
unless It Is continued by special legis
lation. . .
Opponents of the commission look upon
this as a plan to prevent further opposi
tion, on the theory that there would be
no object In fighting an organisation
which Is soon to go out of existence.
There Is a possibility that the commis
sion may go out of existence even before
March 31 as a result of numerous suits
filed for the purpose of contesting the
eonstltutlonalltv of its sets.
M'CRA V SILENT
ON COAL BILL.
The present members of the commis
sion will not make any effort to prolong
Its life and Governor-elect McCray ha*
stated that he will have nothing to aay
concerning the continuation of attempted
control of the price and movement of
coal.
Since there la no indication that the
Legislature will be asked to continue
the commission, the next thing that
arises la whether or not the commission
has accomplished the results that were
desired when the law was passed. Many
persons who have watched the actions
of the commission say It has had no im
mediate effect In relieving the coal situa
tion In Indiana.
It is becoming apparent that there
will probably be no further need for
• commission. The movement of coal la
becoming freer and there Is s tendency
to lower prices without any assistance
from the commission.
XO APPROPRIATION FOR
FOOD INVESTIGATION.
The question arises, also, as to the
ability of the commission to carry out
section 22 of the coal commission act,
which provides that an Investigation of
the high cost of food products and profi
teering, hoarding and destroying of food
products, shall be made by the commis
sion, and recommendations made to the
Governor for the preparation of a bill
to be presented to the next Genera.
Assembly recommending such lsws a*
will prevent the profiteering and hoard
ing of foods.
When the bill was enao’ed In the spe
cial session no appropriation was made
for carrying out the provisions of the
law, thereby making it impossible for
the commission to conduct the investi
gations called for in section 22. Funds
for carrying on the coal Investigations
have been obtained from license fee*
paid by operators, retailers and whole
salers of coal. These funds, however, can
not be converted for Investigations of
food profiteering.
Should a bill be considered for pro
longing the life of the coal commis
sion, It Is expected that an organized
fight against Its passage will be made
by coal interests.
ANYWAY, THEY
SAW ‘APHRODITE’
Officials and Policewomen
View Initial Performance.
Up to noon today no steps were taken
either by city or county officials to pre
sent the performances of “Aphrodite,"
now on view at the Murat. County and
city officials as well as a number of po
licewomen attended the initial perform
ance of this spectacle at the Murat last
night.
Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal
Court said that' he considered It a
“beautiful show, wonderfully presented,
from a scenic standpoint,” but he did not
enjoy the cruclficatlor, of the'slave girl,
as he did not consider It a necessary part
of the story.
The policewomen didn’t make a state
ment concerning the show, but one
stated in a telephone conversation that
ehe went there “expecting something
awful to happen, which did not occur,”
and that the "costumes were beauti
ful.”
Claris Adams, prosecuting attorney,
who attended the performance, refused
to make a statement.
“I will not tie Interviewed,” be said.
While discussing the show over the
telephone Mr. Adams was heard to say
that “the salad had very little dress
ing.”
HOG MART DROPS
75 CENTS TO $1
Large Receipts Held for Con
tinued Slump in Prices.
There was a continuance of the slamp
that has gripped the hog mart of the
local livestock exchange for the last ween
today, when there was a general decline
range down to *9.25 to 510
Commission men stated that the de
cline was due to the continued larg
receipts, and the reflections from the de
clines In other-markets of the country.
Reports from different parts of the
State are In effect that the farmers have
become panicky over the declines, but
there have been no definite statements
os to whether the farmers in general
will hold their hogs In an attempt to
back the market.
Receipts again were large, between
15,000 and 16.000 being -received.
CHICAGO. N'ov. 23.—Downward trends
In prices and wages exist, packers
claimed at the opening of the wage bear
ing of packing house employees before
Federal Judge Alschuler here. The hear
ing was asked by the companies.
A 35 per cent drop In price of shoes
la in the offing, L. H. D. Weld, head of
the commercial research department of
Swift & Cos., testified. Decreases In meat
prices are not in prospect, Weld said,
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WEATHER
for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. ro.,
Nov. 24: Cloudier tonight and Wednes
day, not much change in temperature;
cooler tonight; lowest 30 to 35 degrees.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES.
G a. m 35
7 a. m 36
6 a. m 37
9 a. m... 38
10 a. m... ......... 89
11 a. m... 40
12 (noon) 36
1 p. m.._ 41
2 p. m (0
Published at Indianapolis,
Ind„ Dally Except Sunday.
Two Girls Lured to City
by Letters, Return Home;
U. S. Agents Hold Youth
Sadder but wiser. Pearl Belcher, 18,
and Josephine Livingston, 18, today re
turned to their homes in French Lick,
from which they were lured by letters
alleged to have been written by Tharel
Lawson, 21, of 2236 Martludale avenue.
In the letters, now in the possession of
the postoffice authorities, Lawson Is said
to have told them that under the terms
of his mother’s will, who had been killed
when the train struck her automobile at
Detroit, It was necessary for him to have
a wife and that his mother died believ
ing he was married to Miss Belcher.
The letters suggested that Miss Belcher
come to him and bring with her a girl
companion. The two girl* came to In
dianapolis as a result of this suggestion.
Lawson wa* taken Into the custody of
the Federal Government when he was
arrested by Deputy United States Mar
shal Frank 8. Ream and arraigned be
fore United States Commissioner Charles
W. Moores. He waived examination and
was committed to the Marion County Jail
in default of SI,OOO bond.
Lawon said be would be able to pro
cure bond.
The charge with which United States
Attorney Frederick Van Nuys confronted
Lawson was that of having In his pos
DUBLIN UNDER
HEAVIER GUARD
Youth and Elderly Man Hit
by Bullets During Police
Clashes.
DUBLIN, Nov. 23—The British gar
rison In Dublin has been strengthened
and the city was combfed all night long
by soldiers who raided buildings and
made arrest*. There were several clashes
between black and tans and civilian*. A
10-year-old boy and an old man of 70
were struck by bullet*.
Fighting, Incendiarism, raids and ar
rests were reported from all part* of Ire
land. Fire* broke oat at Londonderry
and a number of flour mills were burned.
There were numerous raid* at Gaiwty as
a result of disorders which followed the
dlscoverv of a priest's body with a bullet
hols in the head. The priest had been
killed on the eve of his departure for
the United States.
In County Tyrone a woman was wound
ed by a stray bullet when a lorry filled
with black and tans was ambuscaded.
An old man dropped dead of fright. One
of the Sinn Fetners who was wounded
In ambush attack on two police lorries
at Leat, died, bringing the death Ust up
to two.
Raids were made at Clonmel and Llato
wel and more than ten Sinn Feiners ar
rested. The Sinn Fetn hall, the Gaelic
League rooms and a flax mill were burned
at Newry.
Three prominent 81nn Feiners named
Clancy, McKee and Clune were shot to
death In Bridewell prison. The official
version of their deaths were that friends
had smuggled bombs Into their cell. The
prisoners threw the bombs at the guards,
but they failed to explode. The prison
ers attempted to rush by the soldiers on
guard, but the soldiers fired, killing all
three.
The body of a Sinn Fetn cadet, who
had been killed Sunday, was found lu
Liffey River. A student who had been
wounded Sunday died this afternoon.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Prlmlnent British
newspapers united today In denouncing
the black and tan police attack on the
civilian crowd In Croke Park, Dublin,
Sunday, as another Amritzar massacre.
HARDING LANDS
AT CRISTOBAL
President-Elect Given Noisy
Welcome in Harbor.
ABOARD THE S. S PARIKMINA
WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT HARD
ING, Nov. 23.—The Partsmlna, carry
ing President-elect and Mrs. Harding,
steamed into Cristobal Harbor at 8
o’clock this morning docking an hour
later. The harbor was In gala attire
and a rousing reception was accorded the
President elect of the United States.
Governor Harding of the Panama
Canal Zone, headed a distinguished party
welcoming the visitors.
The entire visiting party was on dec*
early, watching the vessel’s entrance Into
Cristobal Harbor, amid the shrieking of
sirens and whistles.
The President-elect will spend this aft
ernoon resting at the Washington Hotel
and, weather permitting, will later play
golf.
Tomorrow he will take a boat ride
through the Panama Canal and make
a call of courtesy on President Porrlas.
Thursday evening Senator Harding will
make his first formal utterance to any
foreign nation, when he will deliver a
brief addrees at a formal reception din
ner to be given by President Porrlas.
Friday, the Harding party will be en
tertained by Governor Harding. On that
occasion the Senator is expected to meet
many of the members of the American
military force in the zone. Next Tues
day, the Harding party will stop for
five hours in Jamaica, and then return.
The President-elect is greatly rested by
his voyage, but he intends to make the
most of his rest period, in view of the
strenuous time ahead of him. Mrs. Hard
ing also has benefited greatly by the voy
age. The Senator hopes to avoid speech
making and Mrs. Harding is not desirous
of elaborate and tiring celebrations.
Knights Invited to
Give Views on Irish
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—The Ameri
can committee investigating conditions
in Ireland today announced it bad In
vited Sir Hamar Greenwood, British home
secretary fer Ireland; Sir Edward Car
son and Sir John French to come to
Washington to testify.
600 Hit by Shutdown
WOONSOCKET, R. 1., Nov. 23.—The
American Wringer Works has closed its
wringer department until Dec. 6, because
of general business depression and mar
ket conditions, according to the official
notice. Bix hundred employes are af
fected.
Stores Will Close
Thanksgiving Day
Following their custom of previous
years all stores which are member*
of the Merchants’ Association will
be cl seed all dag Thursday, Thunk#-
■dvlng ter.
Entered as Second Close Matter. July 25, 1914, at
Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3. 1879
session and transporting In an automo
bile liquor In violation of Federal liquor
laws. This charge is In addition to
charges of luring the girls to Indian
apolis.
Lawson smiled and said he “would be
able to prove who had the liquor.”
While no attempt was made by Federal
officials to prove that Lawson had sold
the liquor, Mr. Van Nuys said that the
government wcs In possession of evi
dence that would prove Lawßon had sold
liquor on another occasion.
No reference was made in the arrest
warrant to Lawson’s connections with the
girls, but Mr. Van Nuys stated all of
the evidence would be tunled over to
the Federal grand Jury, which convenes
Dec. 8.
HEARING CONTINUED
UNTIL DECEMBER 28.
In city court the charges of pandering,
operating a blind tiger and vagrancy
against Lawson were continued until Dec.
28. In order that the Federal authorities
might complete their investigation.•
Charges of pandering and vagrancy
against Raymond Wright, 19, of 3109 East
Thirtieth stret, who was arrested In a
room at 428 North Illinois street, and Is
(Continued on Page Two.)
Thanksgiving Day
Feast Cost About
as Much as Ever
Dread and *Spudsf Show
Only Noticeable Re
ductions.
Mr. Ultimate Consumer, who la new
actively engaged In purchasing the many
things that go to make up the Thanks
giving feast. Is finding that It will cost
him only a little less this year than last.
Turkeys—some people still eat turkey
on Thanksgiving—are being sold st
around .V) cents a pound, about the same
price as last year. Some of them are Just
a little higher.
Chickens may be purchased on the hoof
for around 30 cents a pound and ducks
and geese are about midway between
chickens and turkeys.
The price of spuds and the price of
bread are the only very noticeable re
ductions on the menu.
The remainder of the “flxln’e" sell at
Just about the same old scale.
SAME CONDITIONS
RULE AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Nov. 33. —The red-heeded,
blue-blooded aristocrat of the Thanks
giving day feast will cost Mr. and Mr*.
Ultimate Consumer a few cents more
on the pound this year. Turkeys have
a lean and hungry look and are scarce.
Therefore the price range# from 60 to
52 cents a pound wholesale. Warm
weather, It Is said, has caused the
scrawny crop of btrda.
The "squaw kers” will be cfcpapfr
Christmas, It wms promised.
Cranberries are wholesaling at 14
cents a quart, the highest they have
ever been. Other "trimmings'' are re
ported a bit cheaper than a year ago.
Those who maintain that turkey meat
la "too dry anyway” can get chicken
and other fowl at about last year’s
prices.
RECALL FOREMAN
OF DERRICK GANG
Investigators Continue Line in
Building Collapse.
Dnve Carroll, who superintended fbe
rigglnt of the two derricks on the Km
merleh Manual Training High School
annex building which collapse! Nov. 18,
killing two men and injuring twenty
others, was recalled today before the
coroner and other investigator* who are
attempting to determine the cauae of the
accident.
Carroll, employed by the Ittenbach
Stone Company, Is said to have had a
conversation with Marlon West, hoist
ing engineer for the same company, who
was recalled yesterday to give further
testimony before the coroner.
While the exact nature of the testl
many is not made public because the evi
dence will be presented to the grand Jury,
it Is understood that Carter's evident*
Indicated that the vibration which started
the collapse of the building may have
been due in part to a defective wooden
brake lining on tha cable brake# of the
hoisting engine, which engine was used
in the operating of the stiff-legged der
rick on the superstructure of steel work.
West is said to have told Carroll that
he would not continue to operate the
engine unless the brake whs repaired.
On the day before the acldent, Carroll
conferred about hoisting parts of the
second derrick, which was to have been
(Continued on I’age Ten.)
BROWN LUCKY IN
LIGHT SENTENCE
Conviction Might Have Carried
Life Imprisonment.
Instead of Ollle Brown, taxi driver, who
was sentenced from two to twenty-one
years to tho Indiana State Reformatory
on a charge of driving a taxi which fa
tally Injured Sister Mary Blanche McCor
mick last April, being sent to prison for
life becauso of his third conviction, Brown
will bo taken to the reformatory for a
term of from two to twenty-one years.
Brown, who admitted that be has been
sentenced twice to the reformatory and
sent to the Indiana State Farm, will be
taken to the reformatory at once, it was
decided today on the ariral of an agent
from the reformatory.
lirown was to have be?n taken under
special guard to the reformatory last
Sunday, but a request from the superin
tendent of the reformatory resulted In
Brown being held for several days at the
jail. The superintendent’s letter was
written to Inform the court of the past
convictions of Brown.
Judge James A. Collins stated that
this knowledge would have been of serv
ice prior to the indictment as it wa*
necessary to have those facts so they
could have been included in an Indict
ment setting up a third conviction,
which carries life Imprisonment as the
penalty.
Brown gave his age as 25 on the wit
ness stand but the records at the re
formatory give it as 29, it Is stated.
According to Sheriff Robert Miller,
Brown has stated he would never be
taken to the reformatory and for that
reason the sheriff has been granted the
right to obtain an extra guard for the
trip.
It is said that as soon as Brown is
taken to the reformatory, th# officials
there will njtqnest Governor Goodrich to
transfer BrotYn to tho State prison.
3 Mtnaita Hail® SHinra
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1920.
SCHOOL BERTH
TO BE VACANT
30 DAYS LONGER
State Board of Education Re
fuses to Sanction Vo
cational Appointment.
POLITICS IS HINTED AT
By a vote of four to three the State
board, of education today refused to
sanction the appointment of E. A.
Wreldt of Illinois’as vocational director
of Indiana schools, by L. N. Hines, State
superintendent of public instruction,
until the full board Is present. The se
lection of a successor to J. G. Collicott,
former director, thus will be delayed an
other thirty days.
Mr. Hines reported to the board that
he had selected Mr. Wreldt for the posi
tion after carefully Investigating his
qualifications and receiving various rec
ommendations. He said he had wished
to appoint an Indiana man for the posl
tlpn, but that following objections, po
litical and personal, he bad been forced
to go outside the Btate.
According to an opinion on the appoint
ment of a successor to Mr. Collicott given
by Attorney General Ele Statisbury that
the State Superintendent should appoint
the man, on approval of the selection by
(Continued on Page Two.)
D. CUPID LANDS
ON ED JACKSON
Secretary of State Weds Mrs.
Lidk B. Pearce Tonight.
Even the Statchouse is not a strong
enough fortress to withstand the unex
pected aud persistent attacks of one Gen.
i Dan Cupid !
The la teat victim to his wicked, wan
dering dart is Ed Jackson, Secretary of
State.
The State official hat kept hla romance
quiet, but the secret has leaked out. Me
and Mrs. Lida B Pearce. 5442 University
avenue, secretary of the United Christian
Missionary Society, are to be tnarr.ed
quietly tonight In the home of the bride.
Dr. Charles T Paul, president of the
College of Mlsalona, will offb-lnt*.
Mra. Pearce was graduated from the
college of Missions and 1* the daughter
of Durld R Baty of Oauwatomle, Kan.
Mr. Jackson has been a well known
figure In State politics, haring been sec
retary of State for several years. lie
resigned from his office during the war
and entered the service, receiving an ap
potntment as major. On hla return he
was re-appotnted aa secretaiy of State
on the death of William A. Roach.
FIRE CHIEF TESTS 3
600-GALLQN PUMP
Stutz Engine Equipment to
Add to Motorization.
fits places of fir* appara
tus wUf "he replaced by three new 800
gallon capacity pamper* manufactured
by the fitut* Fire Engine Company of
this city on the contract for a share of
the work of completing the motor!aarton
of the fire department If Fire Chief John
C. Loucks and the board of public
safety finds the equipment meets tests
being given at Sixteenth street and the
canal this afternoon.
The pumpers will be placed st station
house* as follows: No. 12, Sehurmann
avenue and New York street, replacing
a hors*’ drawn wagon and a horse
drawn steamer; No. 23. Udell and Rader
atreet*, replacing horse drawn chemical
and hose wagons, and No 27, East Teuth
street near Oxford street, replacing
chemical and hose wagons The twelve
horses will be sold by the board of
safety after the necessary legal steps.
Chief Loucks said the new equipment
will be assigned to the above stations
because the present apparatus la In bad
shape and because the districts are large
and the long runs hard on horse*.
A blanket bond uuder which the Stuta
Fire Engine Company guarantees to keep
In repair all of the equipment delivered
under contract# recently awarded It by
the city, was approved by the board of
safety. The bond Is signed by Edward
G. Sourbler, Henry F. Campbell and Sam
uel T. Murdock and the Stut* Fire En
gine Company.
Friendly Protest Sent
to Greece by France
ATHENS, Nov. 28. —France has sent a
not# to the Greek government protest
ing against the return of Constantine as
head of the stnte, the govemmenr press
announced today. Tho note was said to
be couched In friendly terms, “showing
a conciliatory attitude by Franco.’’
Former Sentence and
Fine Divided by Two
William H. Moha, charged with operat
ing a blind tiger, was sentenced to
serve thirty days In Jail and wa* fined
SWJO by Special Judge Frank . Robey
in the Marlon County Criminal Court to
day. In the City Court Mohs was fined
S2OO and sentenced to sixty days.
Detroit Grocers
Cut Bread Prices
DETROIT, Nov. 23.—Detroit Is to have
•cheaper bread. At a meeting of gro
cers and bakers it wa* decided to re
duce the price of the 1% pound loaf
from 16ft cents to 14V4 cents, and the
price of the pound loaf from 12 cents
to H cent# effective Friday.
Dangers of Kissing
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Herbert
Martin, thrilled by a movie, kissed
hla next aeat neighbor. Thn klsaee
happened to be Terrence Harvey,
six-foot cop. The Judge gave Mar
tin five days to cool off.
SOUTH BENI) RAISES FUND.
SOUTH BEND, nld., Nov. 23.—Canvass
ing for a community fund of SIOO,OOO for
various public benovolences began here
today after a long preliminary educa
tional campaign. Helping the girl In
trouble to “aee It through,” la one of Jhe
prime objects of the fund.
Slice Production ,
but—Fire No Men!
FT. MADISON, lowa, Nov. 23—A
factory which has curtailed produc
tion, but has not laid off Its em
ployes was found here today.
Due to the general business depres
sion, T. P. Ilollowell, manager of
the chair-making plant at the State
Prison, announced that th# plant wIU
be operated but three days a week
in the future.
STATEHOUSE MUSEUM ROBBED;
TAILOR POUNCED UPON BY TWO
BANDITS WHO HIDE IN HIS SHOP
GOLD MOUNTED
SWORD, CASE OF
JEWELS TAKEN
Police Say Value of Haul at
Capitol $1,250, Others Put
It at S3OO.
STENOGRAPHER VICTIM
Burglars have not yet walked away
wlth the Btstehouse, but they have
walked away with a part of the State
museum.
The value of tho loot, according to
police estimates, will total about 11,250
According to Statehouae estimates It will
not te more than S3OO.
The thieves got away with numerous
Jewels and a gold mounted aword.
Nobody has any idea when the rob
bery occurred. All they know Is that it
was discovered today and the police were
notified.
The burglars pried open a case a Jewels
which was situated In the north end of
the museum.
The sword was in n case at the north
end of the museum, and this case also
was pried open.
The Jewels had been presented to the
museum by the heirs of J. 11. Van Jean.
THE I’OI.ICK TELL
DIFFERENT HTOBV,
According to persons connected with
i the museum, "they were Just a few
little stones not worth over $50,” Ac
cording to tho police the ease contained
diamonds, sapphires, rubles, amethysts,
emeralds, garnet, topns and aqua
marines, the value of which la at least
SI,OOO.
The aword vu formerly the property
of Rear Admiral .John Lee Davis, I*. 8.
N. Both the police and tho museum
authorities agree that it was worth $250.
L. F. Ferguson, 2933 North Delaware
atreet, has charge of 'the museum. He la
usually the only man in the large room
and robberies ars admittedly e3y.
The police are also investigating the
disappearance of a purse containing S4O
and a gold watch set with a diamond
from the office of the fish and game
commission st the Statchouse.
The purse belonged to Miss Margaret
Hinkler, 1524 Sturm avenue, a stenog
rapher.
Bhe told the police she left her purse
on her desk while she went Into another
room and that when she returned It wa*
gone.
CHICAGO CHIEF
RUSHES ‘CLEAN-UP*
Angered Because Gamblers Es
cape Bertillon Room.
CHICAGO. Nov. 23—New scandals In
Chicago's police department threatened
today following announcement by
Charles Fltimorrl*. police chtof, that In
fluential gamblers arrested in raid* on
vice quarters Sunday were not mess
ured and photographed for records for
the bureau of Identification.
FlUmorrls announced an Immediate in
vestigation would bo made of these per
sons who escaped the Betrtlion room.
He says orders had been given that each
of the 800 taken In Chicago’s greatest
crime raid Sunday were to be sent into
tho identification bureau before release.
He also wa* angered by the small fines
Judges meted out to those trapped in
the raids.
City Health Officers
to Discuss Housing
DETROIT, Nov. 23 —A national meet
ing of health officer* to diacuss the
housing condition In the United States
a* tt pertain* to health conditions, will
he held In Detroit next Monday and
Tuesday, It was announced today.
Health representative* from every city
over 200.000 in population have been
asked to attend tho meeting.
In lietrolt, tt was said today, the larg
est percentage of tuberculosis has been
found to emanate from the thickly popu
lated districts.
Pastor Stands With
Defendant in Court
In the Interest of Harold Elliott, In
dicted with Jesse Robinson on charges
of stealing an automobile, the R°v. 8.
Hennlnger, of tho East Tenth Street
Methodist Church, appeared In the Crim
inal Court today and stood with Elliott
when the case was called.
Detectives said Robinson could not be
located and the court ordered Robinson’s
bond of SI,OOO forfeited. Ignat* Krack
owltz was the surety on Robinson’s bond,
the court atnted, Tho court continued
the caao of Elliott.
Becauso Eugene Luat Is a minor, bis
case was transferred from the Criminal
Court to the Juvenile Court. He is
charged with a criminal assault.
Coal Being Sold for
12c Bushel at Mine
Frloes of coal produced by several
wagon mines In the southern part of the
State will be fixed by the special coal aud
food commission when the operators have
aubmltted cost sheets to the commission,
it was said, following a hearing today
by the commission.
Several wagon mine operators were In
attendance at the hearing.
It was brought out in questioning one
operator that he was selling coal at the
mine at 12 cents a bushel, which would
make a price of $3 a ton at the mine.
This was the Robinson Coal Company at
Petersburg.
The Dixie Coal Company, Wheatland,
Is selling Its production at $4 a ton at
the mlno. This price is for mine run coal.
Edison Improves
ORANGE, N. J., Nov. 28.—Thomas A.
Edison, who la confined to his home in
Llewellyn Park with a severe cold, waa
reported Improved today.
Took It All
CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 23.—Distrusting
| banks, Frank IMeky purchased n nice
new 300-pound safe and deposited in it
$450. Today he notified the police that
’ the safe and money were gone.
LA PORTE MAN STRICKEN.
LA PORTE, Ind., Nov. 28.—Alfred H.
Kimble, 60, auditor of La Porte County,
former South Bend business man, was
stricken with heart troub* today. He
waa believed dying this afternoon.
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THEY ROB TO GAMBLE
The long list of minor hold-ups and petty thefts that have been
reported to the Indianapolis police recently are not the work of
crooks driven out of other cities by “clean-ups.”
They are the work of the petty thieves and cowardly loafers
who are permitted to roam the streets of Indianapolis because of
their political usefulness to ward bosses who support the present
administration.
These men rob and steal to get money with which to gamble In
the open gambling houses of the variety conducted by Dennis Bush
and others associated with him who have operated almost without
molestation for many months.
The chief of Chicago's detectives says:
‘7f they can’t gamble they won’t rob.”
They can't gamble in Indianapolis if the administration will make
a sincere effort to rout the gambling places.
But they can gamble In Indianapolis as long as poolrooms are
openly maintained for that purpose and the police content them
selves with one raid in four years on each place.
The way to stop the robberies and the petty thefts is to stop the
gambling.
The chief of police has been provided, time and time, with lists
of places where gambling prevails in Indianapolis.
Occasionally such places are raided. Never are they raided often
enough to scare away the patrons.
If these gambling places were closed the fees collected by Prose
cutor Adams would not total better than $27,000 a year.
And the administration seems to think it more deeirable to make
a huge Income possible for the prosecutor than to make Indianapolis
a city without crime.
Morals Squads Abolished;
Upsets Program Outlined
in Report of City Survey
The board of public aafety today abol
ished the two morals squads of the po
lice department, thereby directly upset
ting the program and recommendations
Contained in the municipal aurvey pre
pared for the Chamber of Commerce by
the bureau of municipal research of New
York City.
The survey said:
"That tho uniformed members of the
force be relieved of all responsibility in
connection with the enforcement of the
statutes regulating the aale of liquor and
the suppression of gambling and prosti
tution can not b# too strongly urged.
• • *
"Every patrolman and every sergeant
and every captain should bo held strictly
responsible for reporting every place
within his district which is suspected of
Peli:g operated or used for Illegal pur
poses. These reporta should be for
warded directly to headquarters aud
placed in the hands of the chief for re
view and should be mad# a matter of
record in the office of the board of pub
lic safety or the Hdmlhistrstlve heud.
"The complaint should then be for
warded to the vice squad, which should
constat of carefully selected and trusted
men. That this plan has resulted In
some cities in the exposure of one or
more corrupt police officials, who vio
lated their trust and resorted to black
mail, is not evidence of ita failure.
•The theory of this plan of suppressing
vice la to remove the temptation from
the majority of the force and to prevent,
a* far a* possible, an unwholesome con
tact <>f the patrol service with these
contaminating influence* by confining
the word to a small group of specially
trusted men who can be closely super
vised nnd observed.
"Instead of the vice squad referring
complaint* to the uniformed service, the
FRAUD CHARGED
IN SALE OF STOCK
Marietta (O.) Man and Four
Associates Indicted.
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 28.—Larkin C.
Taylor, president of the Pittsburgh Shoet
A Tinplate Company, of Marietta, Ohio,
and four aaaociates with him in the aale
of the stock of the concern, today were
Indicted on a charge of using the matll
to defraud anil conspiracy by a Federal
grand Jury. Taylor wa* charged with
telling large amounts of Block, some esti
mates running as high as $2,000,000 in the
concern, which Federal investigators
claimed was not worth more than SBOO,-
000.
Several month# ago the company’s
elaborate office# here were raided and all
papers conflicated. Later, the case went
from the local to a Federal court. Others
associated with Taylor were Curtis B.
Walters, Abo J. Goodman, Abe J. Joseph
and John W. White.
Loot Missouri Bank
of All Available Cash
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 23.—A State
bank at Atherton, Mo., was held up and
robbed of all ita available cash this fore
noon, according to telephonic advices
reaching here Just before noon. A posse
haa started for the river town.
Robbers Wreck Bank
by Use of Explosive
HARMON, 111., Nov. 23.—The bank of
William Mugler was raided by robbers
today. Tho safe and vault were blown
up and wrecked. Bank officials have not
yet estimated tho loss. Officers traced
tha bandits to a schoolhouse near Ar
lington, whore an attempt apparently was
made to burn papers taken from the
bank.
Janitors Ask Raise;
Told They're Lucky
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.3.~Chlcge Jani
tors are lucky to have such good
Jobs, they were told by real estate
dealers In answer to demand# for 50
per cent increases in xtages.
“We told them they were the best
paid unskilled laborer# in Chicago
today,” John Carroll, chairman of
the heal estate committee, said.
“Some of th# Janitors make u much
as $6,000 a yea*',” Carroll explained.
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complaints should originate with the uni
formed service and should be investiga
ted by the vice squad. • • •
mist keep up
CONSTANT CAMPAIGN.
“To suppress vice in a city of the
slee of Indianapolis, especially with con
ditions as they have been in tho past,
an energetic campaign against It must
be conducted constantly. There can be
no periods of inertia or, to use a police
term, ‘no let up.' This, however, has not
been the policy of Indianapolis."
The plan now adopted by the board
of aafety la a reversion to the plan used
before the aurvey was made, of which
the survey says:
“If tile officials of the city are sin
cere in their effort to rid the city of
vice they certainly will not succeed
through the use of their present meth
ods The service of the uniformed force
as a means of suppressing vice cannot
be counted npon as an effective agency.
That has been proved In practically ev
ery large city in the United States. It
Is certain that these men, giving only
part of their time to the work, cannot
be expected to suppress vice in a city
of the sl*e of Indianapolis, and yet the
department depends for success in this
branch of this work upon Just these two
agenclea.”
Detective Sergeant George Winkler
and Sergeant Charles Russell, who have
been lu charge of the squads, were re
duced to the rank of patrolmen. Winkler
is the brother of Lieutenant Fred Wink
ler. recently promoted from sergeant.
The abolition and reductions were made
upon recommendation of Chief of Police
Kinney, who explained that then# has
been criticism of the morals squads and
tha work the police department has done
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ROBBERS BURN
WAY INTO VAULT
Watchman Shot in Gun Battle
With Bandits.
EDGERTON, Ohio, Nov. 23.—Five men
last night broke Into the Farmers’ Com
mercial Rank of this city, and, after
burning through the iron walla of tho
safety deposit vault with acetylene
torches, took the contents of twenty
seven of the boxes.
The robbers secured 5300 in loose
money but did not secure SIO,OOO In
bonds kept in the vanlt.
John Flgg, a watchman saw the
bandits as they started to leave and
fired several shots. The yeggs returned
the fire and Flgg was shot through the
thigh. The robbers escaped.
Rank officials were not able to esti
mate the amount of loot secured from
tne safety deposit boxes.
$70,000 Cold Cash
Now Offered for
Solution of Blast
NBW YORK, Nov. 23.—A sum of
$70,000 awaits the person who can solve
the Wall street bomb explosion mystery
that took the lives of two-score people on
Sept. 16.
In addition to the sums previously of
fered, William J. Burns' International
detective agency today advertised It
would pay $50,000 for Information lead
ing to the conviction of persons respon
sible for tire disaster.
Official Investigation Into the explo
sion having proved fruitless, hope of
solving the mystery has been based on
the huge reward offered tempting some
one Involved to “squeal.”
The advertisement stated any Informa
tion given would be held in strict confi
dence. It was stated It was the Burns
agency acting In behalf of Wall street
financial interest*.
Ice on Rails Cause
of Chicago Car Crash
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Icy car rails, au
thorities today believed, caused the col
lision of two surface cars here during
the rush hours last night, resulting in
the death of James MeCue, motorman,
and lujurles to six passengers.
Cops Let 7 Cases Slip
HOT BPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 2s.—Police
are seeking thieves who made off with
•even cases of good, red liquor from
police headquarter*. The liquor, *l
- taken In a raid, had been atojted
in police litfdqaerter* ter wf fceeptatf.
NO. 168.
SIOO CASH, $42
CHECK AND TWO
COATS STOLEN
— ' j
Thieves Hide in Washroon*
of Store, Wait for Owner
to Apear.
MANY OTHER REPORTS
Whehn Joe Levinson, a tailor at 15§
West Twenty-Eighth street, opened the
door of his shop at 7 o'clock this morn
ing he was seized by two masked rob
bers, who placed a revolver against hla
head end threatened to kill him if ha
called for help.
The hold-up men tore a pressing cloth
Into long strips, tied and gagged the
tailor and searched him, taking hla
purse containing more than SIOO in cash
and a check for $42.
They a'Bo took two new overcoats.
The police believe the men are tha
same ones who earlier in the evening
held up Burleigh Downing, proprietor of
a grocery at 1006 North Illinois streer,
and took SSO from his cash drawer.
The robbers had cut a panel from a rear
door of the shop and had been in hiding
In the washroom of the shop. They had
wedged matches Into the telephone iu
such a way that the matches held down
the hook and could not be Immediately
used.
LATE REACHING
HIS SHOP TODAY.
Levinson lives at 1420 Charles street.
He has as a rule opened his shop at about
6:15 o’clock, but he was late today, and
it was daylight when he reached his place
of business.
As be walked to the rear of the counter
the door of the washroom opened an 4
two men with the lower parts of their
faces covered with masks stepped into
the storeroom and covered him a revol
ver. One held the gun and the other
bound him with strips of pressing cloth.
After robbing Levinson, the thugs ran
from the store and, according to Kenneth
Pierson, a boy employed In Breedings
drug stare across the street from the
tailor shop, ran east to Illinois street and
dodged south between two houses.
Footprints of tho two men were found
between these houses by the police. They
lead into an alley between Capitol ave
nue and Illinois street.
A pocket knife used to cut the panel
from the rear door of the shop wa*
found on the ground near the door.
Levinson declared that he recognised
the voice of one of the men aud gave
the police th# name of the man he sus
pected.
After the robbery Levinson struggled,
to free himself and succeeded in reaching
th# street, where a man, whose name
was not learned, cut his bandages.
The police declare they are certain
that the Levinson robbery and the Down
ing robbery were committed by the same
men.
DOWXTNQ ALONE AT
TIME OF ROBBERY.
Downing was alone in the store at the
time the two men entered. One drew a
revolver and ordered him to hold up his
hands. The other robber then removed
SSO from the drawer of the cash reg
ister and the robbers ran from th#
store.
The police give no credence to the
theory that the robberies were com
mitted by bandits driven from Chicago
by police raids there. The work is that
of local hold-up men, they believe.
Chief of Police Kinney, however, has
taken steps to prevent the operations of
Chicago crooks here and haa ordered
suspects arrested.
T. T. Beach, 1062 West Eighteenth
street, a barber, was called from his
shop a few minutes last night and when
he returned he found that his cash reg
ister had been robbed of S6O.
Mrs. Ruth Noman, 2449 Highland place,
notified the police that a burglar had
entered her home, and had carried away
clothing valued at $350 and a SSO Lib
erty bond.
Ed Crocket, 809 North Osags street,
told the police that a burglar stole cloth
ing valued at $75 from his home.
William E. Carr, 1140 Trobridgo street,
was awakened late in the night by the
sound of someone walking in the house.
Carr Investigated and said when he en
tered the hallway a man ran from th#
house. It was dark aud he waa unable
to giTe the police a description.
PINOCHLE PLAYERS
ROBBED OF $l3jMO
PITTSBURGH, Fa., Nov. 2?.—Four
men were playing pinochle in the office
of Dr. Joseph Kramer in a downtown
building shortly before midnight, when
two masked robbers entered, bound the
players, robbed them of $13,000 and es
caped.
Morris Stein, a Detroit salesman, was
relieved of $12,000 and the other three
men of much smaller sums. It was half
an hour after the robbers departed be
fore one of tho bound men got free and
summoned the police. Theer is no traA
of the robbers.
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