Indiana daily times. [volume], December 27, 1920, Last Home Edition, Page 4, Image 4

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PLUNDER HAND
SEEN IN TABLE
FOR ASSEMBLY
Increased Tax Levies and
More Commissions Being
Hinted At.
JIANY SCHEMES ON FIRE
Plunder in tie Legislature which con
venes next week will consist of pro
visions for additional commissions, ad
ditional employes for various depart
ments and increased tax levies, if pians
of a number of the majority members of
tha Legislature are carried out. Indi
cations are tnere will be efforts to in
crease tax revenves far above the pres
ent peak which has followed the opera
tion of the Goodrich tax hoard.
; On top of this situation, it has been
pointed out, that values are dropping
r| that it will be necessary eventually
decrease the enormous valuations now
put on property by .ae tax board. A re
valuation of nsl estate in the near fu
ture is among t- e possibilities,
r Mot all the proposals made by mem
bers of the Legislature are likely to
iseet public disapproval. In this class,
special!v. is the demand for Increased
educational facilities. The State insti-
Jitions are asking for a 5-cent tax rate.
be State department of education is
asking for more employes. The teachers
qre asking for anew pension system.
There Is a strong movement toward
applying free textbooks. All this must
mean an enormous increase in taxes.
ROAD PLAN CALLS
Job 100 TEARS.
j The State highway commission has
'lit'- rered that at the present rate of
Building It will require 100 years to
Complete the 3.500 miles of highway des
ignated for improvement. By that time,
k has been discovered, the highways
rtow built or under contraction will long
ago have been worn out. For this rea
gos the commission is expected to ask
for more money. A shake-up in the
Highway department is looked for short
ly after the opening of the McCray ad
ministration. Examiners of the State
board of accounts bare been engaged in
going over the books of the depart-
Then there is the proposal that the
State Board of Agriculture be placed
directly under the supervision of the
State. It is now a private corporation
kith semi-public powers. While, with
commercial State fairs; there appears to
be no likelihood that the commission will
be a drain on th<* public treasury, there
ig always a possibility.
The all-time health officer and health
commission bills are to be presented
again at the.coping session. Consid
erable money will -be necessary to sup
port this new enterprise.
. The biennial bill for the formation of
4 .Tttate constabulary is being agitated
stronger than ever. The formation of
anch an organization will mean the main
tenance of a police department by the
State withal! the attendant expenses of
gelarr and equipment.
JUDGES ASKING
MORE MONEY.
Judges of the Circuit. Superior and
Criminal Courts of the State, county com
missioners, city Judges and pthee offi
cials. are asking for salary increases and
indications are they will be granted.
Then there is the movement for tne
establishment of a municipal court sys
tem in Indianapolis and courts of do
mestic relations in Indlanspolls and the
other large cities of the State, all antici
pating the creation of more offices and
more salaries.
The most recently proposed State
commission is a Juvenile commission to
have charges of the administration of
laws concerning children. .Members of
the commission, with two exceptions, are
to be salaried and the commission must
be provided with a fund with which to
operate.
The State department of conservation
proposes virtually to exempt certain
types of timber land from taxation. On
top of this it is asking for additional
"eiow-oprigtions for reforestation.
T'ls is only one of the many depart
ments asking for higher appropriations.
The State institutions are demanding
money far in excess of amounts previous
ly rppropriated.
These are some of the things that have
been proposed. Beginning next week 150
legislators will set about in earnest to
find ether ways to spend the State's
money.
ON T.’tE CUBA R. R.
Tourist—l want a time-table.
Ticket Agent—Wtere are you going?
Tourist—Santiago de Cuba.
Ticket Agent—you don't want no
time-table if you are going all the way
to Santiago. What you want is a cal
endar.
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MISS AGATHA REIFEXBTEIN.
You would never guess that Agatha
Reifeastein of Boston, Mass., a little
blue-eyed blond, is a horse-breaker, a
snubber of crown princes, a movie star
and a reputed Russian spy. She is now
getting ready to marry a baron with a
career as romantic as Per own. The
lucky man is Baron Verner Rosenbrantx,
a childhood, companion, immensely
wealthy, whore career has been as thrill
ing as his fiancee's. Both were born in
Denmark.
Underworld Cronies
to Get a Last View
of ‘Monk’ Eastman
Armistice Between Police and
Crooks Mot to Lessen Vigi
lance at Bier.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The Oody of
“Monk" Eastman, reformed gunman,
"lay in state" in the morgue here today.
No friends or relatives came to claim
the body of the former gangster who
was riddled with bullets In Union Square
before dawn Sunday. His slayers es
caped.
But, nevertheless, his corpse lay in
state. Many people gained entrance to
the morgue on the pretext of seeking
lost persons, and asked to see the re
mains of "Monk." Police kept a close
watch on these, thinking that amon
them there might be some of the gun
men and thugs who are wanted in con
nection with the crime wave in New York.
When funeral arrangements are made
for "Monk" the police will be on hand
as they expect inany of the former gun
man’s o.d cronies will turn up to see the
last of one of their number who strayed
from the crook fold, reformed* went to
war and won nigh honors, end then did
something that caused the gangsters to
send five bullets into his body.
On this occasion a virtual armistice
between the crooks and the police is ex
pected to exist—for the duration of the
funeral —except in the cases of men act
ually wanted for crimes committed. The
detectives will keep close watch on the
mourners, however. Just .to see if any
of the men they are after put in their
appearance. The police' do not know
what off-use Eastman committed against
the unwritten laws of the underworld
that caused him to be slain. It is possl
b e he was suspected of conveying in
formation to the authorities about do
ings of his fonser companions.
After a long career of crime, Eastman
reformed and enlisted, going overseas
with the 27th Division. He parade on
Fifth avenue when the division returned
from war and was restored to citizenship.
Then he dropped out of sight, until early
Sunday morning, when the echoes in
Union Square were set ringing by the
five revolver shots.
Buenos Aires Paper
Favors l/se of Radio
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 27—“ Newsp
apers are the agents of civilization," I.ap
rensa declared today In favoring the use
j of the United States naval radio for the
transmission of news.
Such use of the radio systems would
be the logical solution of difficulties
caused by congestion of other lines of
communication, the paper declared. It
would enable periodicals "better to serve
, their mission of establishing common un
j derstnndlng throughout the entire
! world.”
LIMITATION OF
ARMAMENTS IS
HOPEFUL SIGN
Third Christmas After Ger
man Surrender Sees Europe
in Belligerent Mood.
BY J. IV. T. MASON,
United Press Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The third
Christmas since the surrender of Ger
many found the European nations still in
belligerent moods but gradually return
ing to more normal conditions.
A desire for limitation of armament,
which has especially marked this Christ
inas In Great Britain, is the most pro
nounced sign that Europe is getting
back to pre-war conditions. France has
not show n ns much interest in the move
ment as might be desirable. But that is
because the French people are still
troubled by the fenr of a revival of Ger
man militarism. Nevertheless, even in
this respect, France is far less suspicious
than she has been at any time since the
arm.stice. The reduction of the conscrip
tion term to eighteen months from two
’years, urged by the Ministry of War, is
an indication that France has not lost
all belief in the possibility of peace on
earth.
FRANC E
AMBITIOUS.
. Anglo-French relations were more
strained this Christmas than they have
been for many years. Not the present
interest, but future nmbitions, are the
cause. France wants to secure nn over
seas influence out of the war equaling
the British gain. This Is a very diffi
cult ideal to realize because of the enorm
ous expense involved. Nevertheless.
France is trying to make her own power
peramount in Asia Minor to counteract
British Influence elsewhere. But the
financial rivalry thus entailed will be
detrimental to the interests of both coun
tries in the end. A termination of the
present Anglo-French eompetlt'on for in
ternational prestige is to be expected.
Italian recovery from the effects of the
war is the weakwt among ali the allies.
Italy's financial situation this Christmas
Is disquieting. Government expenses are
not being met by taxation and there
seems no present way whereby enough
Sound at the Core
THE fundamental soundness of America is a guar
antee for better business in 1921.
During the present period of economic readjustment,
business men are putting their houses in order in con
fident preparation for the period of better business,
soon to come.
The New York Central Lines, which carry one-tenth
of the railroad traffic of this country, are ready to per
form their full share of the work ahead.
Every business man knows the part that 'Bad trans
portation can play in aggravating business troubles.
Every business man knows how, at times in the past,
he has been embarrassed and hindered by freight con
gestion and slow deliveries.
Sound transportation conditions are a stimulus to busi
ness, just as are sound banking conditions. Transporta
tion and credit are the cornerstones of gQod business.
Substantial progress has already been made in re
habilitating the New York Central Lines from the rack
and tear of War demands. New cars and locomotives
are now coming into service; much has been done in
overhauling existing equipment; and the New York
Central Lines are, today, in position to carry even
a greater share of the burden of transportation than
ever before.
New York Central preparedness means ease of
transportation, which invites fuller production and
business growth over a wide and industrially dominant
territory.
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES
MICHIGAN CENTRAL BIG FOUR LAKE ERIE&WESTERN,
BOSTON &■ ALBANY - TOLEDO 6"OHIO CENTRAL - PITTSBURGH CrIAKE ERIE
NEW YORK CENTRAL-AND-SUBSIDIARY LINES
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27,1920.
SI,OOO a Plate for
Benefit Dinner
NEW YORK, Dec. 2T7.—The SI,OOO a
plate dinner to be given in the Hotel
Commodore to raise funds for Euro
pean children will consist of three
courses—beef stew, bread and cocoa,
it was announi’ed today. Its cost Will
be 22 cents a plate, blit at that it
will be Just twice as elaborate as the
meals served to European youngsters
by American relief 'workers. Among
the guests will be Herbert Hoover
arid General Pershing. Fritz Kreisler
will play. .
new taxes can be imposed without
threatening consequences.
The Russians did- not celebrate
Christmas because they had nothing
with which to ceipbrnte it. This is the
fourth Christmas season for the Bolshe
vists. Each succeeding one bn* been
worse than Its predecessor. But the
Bolshevists have at—last convinced the
allies of the uselessness of frying to
fight Bolshevism by barring upon It
from without.
GERMAN
VIEWPOINT.
Germany had every reason to celebrate
a happy Christmas. During the last
year world opinion has unmistakably
swerved to the point of view that the
German people must be helped to their
feet as nn economic policy of benefit to
the world at large. The German gov
ernment has carried through a shrewd
campaign designed to impress the. allies
with Germany’s sincere efforts to carry
out the full terms of the peace treaty.
It Is Germany’s purpose thus to try to
demonstrate, that the terms are impos
sible. Already the allies are beginning
to discuss the German viewpoint.
Os all the Europeun nations, Greece
had the happiest Christmas celebra
tion. The return of Constantine to Ath
ens after the plebiscite in bis favor
makes him the only king in tbe world
who holds his throne by direct vote of
his people.
Race Apportionment
Shown in JLittle Rock
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Of the 65,142
people comprising tbe 1320 population of
Little Rock, Ark., 47,658 are white, or 73 2
per cent; 17,474 are colored, or 26 8 per
cent and 10 all other rsc**s, the Census
Bureau announced today.
Gettin’ Even, Eh?
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FEBR TVIIITAKKK.
Fees Whitaker, jailer at Whitesburg,
Ky., and one of Kentucky’s famous char
acters, was sentenoed to his own Jail bv
the Judge of the court on u charge of
attacking officers. While In jail Whita
ker conducted a campaign for election
for Judge and defeated the man who
sentenced him.
Balloonists Lost Two
Weeks; Abandon Hope
NEW YORK. Dec. 27—Two weeks
have eiapsod since the day three naval
lieutenants —A. L. Kloor, Walter Hinton
and Stephen A. Farrell—sailed away
from the station at Roeaaway I’olnt, L.
1., in a naval spherical balloon bound for
Canada, end not a word as to their fate
has been received. While searcher* are
still combing the Adirondack forests and
Canadian officials are lending their aid
in the hunt, hope that tile missing offi
cers will be found alive has been aban
doned.
TRIES TO LOOSEN
BOLT; ONE DEAD
Two Others Hurt When Bit of
Capped Pipe Explodes.
NEW YORK, Dee. 27.—Herbert Bramm,
recovering today from nn accidental
bomb explosion, told how his experiment
with a strange bit of gas pipe led to the
death of John McKeuney, Jr., and the
severe injury of Palil Claudow, another
chum.
Bramm, a gas company "meter reader,
was attemptin "feto loosen a nut on a bit
of capped pipe which he had found. The
pipe burst with a roar, scattering bits of
metal which wounded himself and Cian
dow and instantly killed McKenuy.
Other occupants of the house were
thrown from their chairs by the shock.
Police were sent to search the place
for other explosives.
Plans to Be Made
for European Aid
An organization meeting to be attend
ed by representatives of local clubs and
the Church Federation, will be. held at
8 o’clock this evening, in the assembly
hall at the Y. M. C. A., to complete pl/tns
for the collection to be taken for Marion
County’s shire of the Herbert Hoover
fund of $33,000,000 to feed tbe three and
a halt million starving children of Cen
tral Europe. .At this meeting Harper -I.
Ransberg, county chairman, will submit
pinr.s for the work iu this county.
The collection has received the indorse
ment of many organization*, and Mr.
Ransberg hr,* the assurance of the co
operation of a large force of business
men, a* well as club workers, both men
and women, who have volunteered their
services. The appeal of the starving chil
dren, for whom Mr. Hoover i* asking
but one mesl a <Uty, is finding an echo in
all parts of the city, and although the
Marlon County campaign has not yet
formally opened, hundred* of dollar* In
voluntary offerings have been -received.
The meeting thi* evening will lie at
tended by Prof. George Laird, repre
senting Mr. Hoover, who will explain the
latftr s plans.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Sign* around Havana proclaim the faA
that ’lio* Exlste"—God ExUts. "He's
got nothing on me," said a victim or
the moratorium the other day. “That's
all I’m doing.”
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Thousands of purchasers visited our Fire Sale in the last three days. We
were compelled to lock our doors several times in order to handle the
gigantic throngs.
Come Early Tuesday
The Following Prices Speak for Themselves
WAISTS—LADIES’—COATS
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Silk, Georgette and Crepe de Chine, beaded Coats in all colors and in all ma
and embroidered, in aU colors; $8 values, terials UP to $40.00 Values. While
ng they lasb-
Quantity is limited—Come early!
[Duringthsdaywewillrunspecials
in values up to S2O fsr 25c and 5Qc
Ladies’sls.oo /&(€) Men’s All-Wool Sweaters, 4IQ
Furs • 3 SIO.OO values ..
Ladies’All-Wool Sweaters, QQ Men’s All-Wool Caps, {g-g
up to SIO.OO values up to $5.00 values qyJLsTIO
Ladies’ Flannelette Nightgowns, 5J enS ll §SH ft A
regular $2.00 values tr a Overalls •
Ladies’ Lisle Hose, $ o WOOl . SnitS .“ d $9.99
regular oOc values _ $45.00 All-Wool Suits and £>-f ft Qf\
Ladies’ $3.00 Union €l Overcoats
Suits ; $7.00 Mack-
Ladies' Envelope Chemises, inaws a
$2.00 values • ■*> $7.00 Railroad Corduroy •
Ladies’ Fancy Silk Camisoles, trimmed in Ff.nts •
embroidery and lace, all colors; Men’s Dress Shirts,
as long as they last $3.00 kind il
Men’s All-Silk Neckwear, $15.00 Bain -
up to $2.00 values Coats
Men’s Narrow SIB.OO Combination Rain Jiy JQ
Ties AIOVL and Overcoat ** i
Men’s Cotton £4 9A SIO.OO Blue Serge §J QQ
Sweaters ...• x Pants • ***
I I I “p" | I Children’s 50c Hose, I
S<o | | regular SI.OO and $1.50 g | while they last—
Boys' Knee Pants | § u u 1 | _ _
.5. II 49c || 23c |
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FORMER MOVIE
MEN ARRESTED
Facing Charges of Embezzle
ment of Theater Money.
Ernest “Curley” Hodgett, formerly
manager of the Isis Theater, 113 North
Illinois street, and Claude Welker, for
merly ticket taker at the same-theater,
were bound over to the Marion County
grand jury today by James M. Deery,
1 sitting as special judge in City Court,
on a charge of embezzlement. The
charges were preferred by the Central
Amusement Company, operator of the
theater.
Both of the men were arrested at their
homes.in Newcastle Saturday, where they
had gone to pass Christmas with rela
tives.
Welker, according to Detectives Man
ning and Reynolds, who received the
men from the Newcastle police, left the
employ of the theater last August while
an investigation was being conducted.
They traced him to Chicago, but heard
nothing more of him until he was picked
LOCAL LADY'S STORY SHOWS'
WHERE THE DIFFERENCE LIES
Unlike Harsh Purgatives, Tru
tona REGULATES Bowels—
Famous Tonic Frees Patient
from Constant Use of Laxa
tives.
Trutona has won the praise of thou
sands as an unsurpassed remedy for con
stipation. Unlike imuy harsh purgatives,
which induce unnatural bowel action, fol
lowed again by constipation, Trutona
REGULATES the bowels. Hundred* of
grateful users have testified that their
bowel action continued perfectly, long
after the use of Trutona had been dis
continued. \
"1 was having to take salts every
night,” say* Mr*. Mary O’Connor, 828
Chadwick street. Indianapolis, "but re
gardless of the fact that I’d suffered that
MOYER’S
up by the Newcastle at thorities Satur
day.
He was arrested on an ■''ffidavit charg
ing him with embezzlement. On being
taken into custody he confessed, the de
tective said, and implicated Hodgett, wno
also was visiting in Newcastle. Tha
latter was arrested. lie had been re
leased from the employ of the theater
last September, according to the police.
Hodgett declared the embezzlement
would not exceed $2lO. Both men are
held in Jail pending tha giving of SSOO
bond.
According to the story gathered by the
detectives HodgetV and Welker operated
a ticket system of their own while
employed with the theater. That is they
had some special tickets made which
they sold through tbe window. In the
evening when they checked up they de
ducted the amount gained from the sale
of their own tickets, the officer* said,
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IRELAND IS DEFIANT.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass., Dec. 27.—Eng
land can put nil Ireland in jail and the
Irish will still continue to fight for
their independence. This, In brief, sums
ap the recent comment made by President
Eamon de Valera of the Irish Republic.
I wy for two years, the medicine Trutona
i has regulated my bowels. They act ns
! regularly as the mornings come ’round
now. And my bowels have continued to
j act regularly since I have stopped tak
ing Trutona."
Mrs. O'Connor is but ons of thousands
—hundreds cf them right here in Indian
apolis—who have rid themselves of the
nauseating and dangerous use of strong
Laxatives hmugh Trutona's remarkable
j REGULATING effect on the boweLs. Par
j tlcnlarly during winter, the bowels
! should be kept In perfect condition,
i There is none po susceptible to coughs
and colds as the person whoso system
has become poisoned through faulty
bowel notion,
I Trufona is sold in Indianapolis nt O.
;W. Brooks’ Drug Store, Pennsylvania
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