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THE WEATHER
Cloudy and warmer tonight. Tem-
perature about freezing.
yTTL xxxm.
M’CRAY AND M’CLURE
MEET BEFORE G. 0. P.
COMMITTEE SESSION
Conference of Governor-Elect and Anderson
Representative Believed to Do
- With House Speakership.
WEIGHTY TOPICS BEFORE STATE BODY
Reports that the speakers hip contest of the House of Representatives
was being settled today followed a long conference at the Claypool Hotel
between Governor-elect Warren T. McCray and Representative John F.
McClure of Anderson, reported to be the McCray candidate lor the gavel.
The conference preceded the meeting ol
the Republican Stare committee at the
Hotel Severln where legislative affairs,
among other things, were discussed. It
was considered significant, also, that Ed
ward C. Toner of Anderson, former can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Governor and one of Mr. McClure's moat
active backers, also was In the city.
It is understood that the 'circulation
of reports that Governor-elect McCray
has decreed, or is about to decree, that
Mr. Mct'lnre shall be the Speaker of the
House, has caused considerable embar
rassment to both. It Is probable that any
activities of the incoming Governor in
the future will be so arranged as not to
appear significant so far as the speaker
ship race is concerned.
LAWRENCE LYON*
BOOSTING McCLI RE.
Mr. McClure Is being boosted by Law
rence Lyons who was Mr. McCray's cam
paign manager. He also is said to have
the good will of various pnblie utilities
which are looking on him favorably be
cause of his record as a member of the
railroad commission and of the public
service commission.
Mr. McCray expected to meet the legis
lative visiting committee either this aft
ernoon or tomorrow and to go over the
requests of various State departments
and institutions and to scan the proposed
appropriations bills.
Plans for a proposed permanent regis
tration bill were discussed at the meet
ing of the State committee which openel
shortly before noon. The present regis
tration law, which requires voters to
register before each election, has caused
a great deal of Inconvenience and ex
pense to political committees and to of
ficials entrusted with the administration
of the law.
The committee set Saturday, Jan. 15.
at 1 :D0 p. tn.. as the time for the meet
ings of precinct committeemen and the
organisation of city committees prepara
tory to the campaigns for the election of
mayors.
The finances of the State organization
are aaid to be running low and the quea
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CULVER BANK
ROBBED; 2 MEN
I SHOT BY YEGGS
t'hree Reputed Bandits Taken
■ Near Scene and Two Others
. Arrested at Knox.
KOME MONEY RECOVERED
I Special to The Times.
K CULVER, Ind., Deo. 29.—five bandits
■eld up the State Exchange Rank here
■oday and shot two leading business
Leu. Three of the alleged robbers were
Raptured by a posse of civilians here
Bfteen minutes after the robbery, after a
Run battle in which a hundred shots were
Exchanged. Two other alleged members
If the gang were taken into custody by
Knox (Ind.) police. Moat of the money
obtained was recovered from the captured
men.
The fire bandits entered the bank
shortly after opening. Two customers
ind five officials, including Frank Schill
ing, president, were In the bank.
1 Four men entered the bank, leaving
the -ftb guarding an automoldle outside.
Each of the men carried two revolvers
and they at Intervals as they en
nenad the dobr, to instill fear Into their
Llctims. This proved their undoing later.
I They herded the men In the bank into
h • back room, swept the piles of coins
End bills into sacks and prepared to
Lake their getaway. The sound of the
kbootlng attracted a crowd which gath
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50-YEAR PRISON
TERM IMPOSED
Assailant of Girls Hit Hard by
Judge of San Francisco
Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29—While Ed
nund (Spud) Murpliy waited in his cell
at the county Jail today to be taken to
San Quentin Prison to begin the fifty
year term Imposed last night by Judge
Ward for his part In the assault of two
girls, James Carey, third member of
the Howard street gang to be tried, took
the stand In his own behalf.
Murphy’s sentence came after Judga
(Yard had closed the last avenue of de
Ay. Murphy’s attorneys claimed allM j
witnesses failed to mnteriallxe and sen
tence was pronounced after anew trial
and a stay of execution had been refused.
Murphy took the pronouncement stot
',-ally.
The sentence is actually from one to
fifty years. But with it want the r*c •
ommendatlon of Judge Ward that the
prisoner serve the maximum sentence.
Casey’s trial is expected to be com- !
plete by tonight.
WEATHER
■ Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
tor the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. in.,
>ee. 30: Cloudy tonight and Thursday;
partner tonight with temperature about
freezing.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
0 a. m 29
7 a. m 21
8 a. in 23
9 a. m 25
10 a. m 30
11 a. m 30
12 (noon) 31
1 p. m 31
2 p. m 32
Published at Indianapolis,
Ind., Daily Except Sunday.
STREET THUGS
FIGURE IN TWO
GUNHOLD-UPS
One 'Victim Says Bandit
Slipped on Ice, Giving Him
Escape Chance.
MANY ROBBERIES LISTED
Two men were held up and four bur
glaries were reported to the police etrly
j today.
Sauinel Newhouse of Lawrence. Ind.,
was held up and robbed at 2 o'clock
\ this morning. He told the police he was
| robbed of S7O.
j Newhouse told the police lie had been
j drinking and that he went to a reatau
! rant at 631 Massachusetts avenue and met
i a man from whom he purchased soma
j “white mule’’ whisky, and that the man
followed him to Alabama and New York
I streets, where he knocked Newhouse down
j and robbed him.
i A burglar broke through the back
door of the residence of Emma Burton, at
1114 Brook street, sometime last night,
: and after ransacking the house, took
money ranging between S3OO and S4OO and
a revolver vaiued at $-V
( Burglars made a successful visit to
Thomas Barrage's grocery store, 340’
, West Michigan street, at 3 o'clock this
* morning. Barrage said the thieves ob
! tained $41.20.
Wilbur O. Blanford, 302 Harvard Place,
reported that thieves had gained entrance
to his home by prying up a window.
They stole an Overcoat with a fur collar
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Prosecutor Is Ready
for G. Schmidt Trial
Prosecutor Claris Adams declared today
that he is ready to go to trial in the
case of the State against Gustav G.
S- hmidt, city councilman, charged with
keeping a gambling house. It was an
notated in Criminal Court today that
subpoenaes will bo issued for Mr.
Schmidt's appearance Friday morning.
The councilman was found guilty in
City Court Aug. 30, 1918, but took an
appeal to Criminal Court, where the case
since has hung by virtue of various con
tinuances. Mr. Schmidt is said to bare
rented a room over his motion picture
theater at 119 North Illinois street to
men for gambling purposes. He was
fined SSOO and costs by a Jury in City
Court and sentenced to ten days lu jail,
following the raid on the establishment.
Election Board Man’s
Claim Before Court
Special Judge Edwin Steers of the Cir
cuit Court today is hearing the petition
of Woodburn Masson, Democratic mem
ber of the County Election Board, ask
ing that County Auditor Leo K. Fesler
and the Board of County Commissioners
be mandated to pay his claim of SI,OOO
for services on tho election board.
At the hearing, which began yester
day, County Clerk Richard V. Sipe tes
tified that SI,OOO was uot an excessive
charge for the services rendered. The
board of commissioners offered to set
tle for SBOO, but this was refused by Mr.
Masson.
LICENSE LIST TO BE
CUT TO THE QUICK IN
DRY ENFORCEMENT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—Prohibition
enforcement will go on anew basis in
many of its phases beginning Jan. 1,
according to present plans of Prohibition
Commissioner John F. Krimer. Kramer
today was going over a list of persons
licensed to traffic in liquor, alcohol and
patent medicines containing alcohol.
Many licenses will be revoked, it is ex
pected. One official today hinted that
"the slaughter” may involve hundreds of
licensees. Another predicted "thousands.”
Kramer m-us silent.
One well-known “medicine,” however,
will not be sold after Jan. 1, Kramer
made plain. This is manufactured by
different concerns under the title of
•'tonic; formulae approved by the United
States Bureau of Internal Revenue.” Be
side this heading one manufacturer bold
ly prints, ”40 per cent alcohol;” another
uses only 15 per cent.
Calls Dennis J. Bush
to Criminal Court
Dennis J. Bush, convicted more than
four years ago on a charge of assault
end battery growing out of election cases
and sentenced to serve a term on the In
diana State Farm, hns been ordered to
appear in Criminal Court at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
Bush took an nppenl to the Supremo
Court, which recently affirmed the Judg
ment of the lower court. The sixty days’
limit for filing a motion for a rehearing
expired Dec. 13, and since that time Bush
has been enjoying his usual liberty.
Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25. 1914, at
Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3. 1879.
HIGHWAY BOARD
TO ASK SOLONS
FOR NEW FUNDS
Increased Appropriations Are
Sought to Complete Road
Work Under Construction.
REPORT CITES BENEFITS
Material increases in appropriations for
the State Highway Commission will be
asked of the Legislature, according to
the report of L. 11. Wright, director, for
the year ended Sept. 30, lt*2<>. and nude
public today. The increased nppropria
. tions will be used In completing the
j present rystera of highways under con
struction.
i The commission plans to contract each
year for about 120 miles of hard surface
road and to malntaih the present system
. with the present appropriation the re
! port states. The increased appropriation
is also asked because in order that the
i State of Indiana may receive her foil
allotment of monies for highway con
struetion it is necessary that the State
highway commission let contracts for the
construction of new highways between
now and June 30 to the amount of
$5,0000.000.’’
This, the commission has planned to
do, tis-s report states, and this would
take up all available funds of the com-
I mission for new construction work and
may run the commission short for main
tenance work.
“With our present appropriation," the
report states, “the State Highway Com
mission will be able to contract each y“a,
about 120 miles of hard-surface road and
to maintain the present system. In ou>
opinion, It would be a good investment
for the State and we feel sure the people
demand that a larger appropriation he
given the State Highway Commission, in
order that this system may be cotuplele-.l
in a very short time."
SET* Ol T WORK DONE
SINCE NEPT, 30, IDI9.
The secretary's report dealt with the
work accomplished by the commission
since the close of the fiscal year, Sept.
3b, 1019, as follows:
"At the dose of the fiscal year ending
Sept. 30, the State Highway Com
mission was in the midst of designating
roads that would reach every county seat
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SAYS POET QUITS FIUME
59 GATHERED IN
RAID AT HURLEY
SIOO,OOO Worth of Booze Seized
in Federal Swoop in
North Woods.
ASHLAND, Wis., Dec. 29. Fifty-nine
saloon men of Hurley. WJs., called the
“wettest town in the United States.” were
to be arraigned hero today before United
States Commissioner W. C. Cole. They
are prisoners taken in wholesale raids
conducted by forty-eight prohibition
agents at Hurley yesterday.
Although serious trouble had been
feared. Government ag'-ntu said the raid
on Hurley was one of the most peaeeful
they had conducted. Besides tile flfty
nine men arrested, approximately $109,000
worth of liquor was seized.
Reports from Hurley today that liquor
was being sold there twenty minutes
after tho "reveniiers” and their prisoners
left town, brought tho rejoinder from
the prohibition agents that they were
“not through with Hurley yet.”
CARDINAL PASSES GOOH NIGHT.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.—Cardinal Gib
bons slept well again last night and was
much refreshed today.
A high official of the prohibition en
forcement unit admitted today that the
manufacturers of this “medicine” re
cently "put one over” on tlie bureau. !
“Wo tegied their formula,” he said.
“V.'e thought we had made it so bitter i
that no one could possibly drink enough :
to get much alcohol at one time. Wait
until after Jan. 1.”
FASHION PLA TE GUNMEN COLLECT $2,000 IN PULLMAN CAR
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Twins Stci(jc Sensational Hold-up on Illinois Central Train and One Loses Life
JttMatta iMiy Lillies
Truth Is Costly
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. —ltuby Cos
tello, gypsy phn-nolojfist, examining
a detective's bead, announced she
found nothing but bone. When the
indignant cop told the court on tor
It cost her ssf). ,
KANKAKEE, 111., Dec. 29.—Work
ing in their father's little automo
bile shop in t lie village of Greenville,
near here, was an uneventful exist
ence for Jacob and Joseph Scott.
The two youths, twins, 24, decided
to add spice to the humdrum life by
holding up hie crack No. 2 New Or
leans-Chicago train of the Illinois
Central.
Asa result of their venture j’rscob
was dead today from the bullet <>f ,-
railroad detective's gun and Joseph
was in jail here. Their father and
mother in Greenville are heart
broken.
The boys boarded the train in true
wild west fashion. Janies Rowe, a
a flagman, Mas the first to learn of
the hoid-up. He svas climbing
aboard the rear car as the train was
getting a start over the ice-covered
rails at Gilman, 111., when he felt
three revolvers sticking in his ribs.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29,1920.
Writes ‘Defense *
for Beating Wife;
Gives It to Judge
Theory of Home Life Filling
8 Large Pages Doesn’t
Save Him Fine.
Presenting the most complete and
original defense ever brought into a
court In Marlon County, Benra
Slater, a machinist living at 313
Oaven street, appeared in City
Court today to answer the charge of
assault and battery on his wife.
As the case was called. Slater pre
sented the court with eight largo
sheets of paper on which he had writ
ten closely in lead pencil his defense.
"When did you prepare this?’’ ex
claimed Judga Walter Pritchard in
surprise.
“I wrote part of it before I
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SAYS AUTOS ON
TRACKS DELAY
CAR SERYICE
Street Railway Superintendent
Asks Machines Be Parked
Flat to Curb.
REQUEST CONFERENCE
Following a suggestion of James P.
Tretton, superintendent of the Indian
apolis Street Railway Company, that tho
running time of street cars on practically
all of the north lines could be increased
one mile per hour during the evening
rush hour If automobile congestion could
be eliminated in Illinois, Ohio and Penn
sylvania street* and Massachusetts ave
nue. the board of put !■• works an
nounced today that it will request the
hoard of public safety and Mr. Thettoo
to attend a conference at which the prob
lern will be discussed.
Mr. Tretton said he believes the car*
can be speeded up ts rtat-to-the-curh
parking U ordered in the streets men
tioned from 3 to 6 o clock each afternoon.
This will provide room for automobiles
to pas* without getting >n the ctr tracks
In front of cars, he said.
The board of public safety has charge
of the regulation of traffic and any or
der for ftat-to-th*-eurb parking must
< ojne from it. tl also would be neressar,
to obtain the consent of tho city coun.-U,
since s change la the traffic ordi
nance would have to be made.
Mr. Tret pan *ald that a lew day* ago
■ -y* •s>}*§**, * <***+,.
MILAN DISPATCH REPORTS FALL
OF CITY AND CEDING POWER TO
CITY COUNCIL - ROME NEWS DE
CLARES D’ANNUNZIO TO RESIST
PARIS, lice, 29.—Gabriele d’Annnnslo
bus relinquished Ids authority at Flume
and capitulation of the city by the
.'eglunitirra Is imminent, said a dispatch
from Mtlnn shortly before noon today.
D'Annunzio ceded bis power to tlie
municipal council whlH* had entered Into
negotiations for n truce on Its own
Initiative on Tuesday.
ROME, I)ee. 29.—TwV reports on
tho situation in I Dime, absolutely op
posite each other in rffect, were re
ceived here today.
The first said that Gabriele d'An
nunrlu had übdii-ated and that llxbt-
Ing at Flume luid ceased; the other,
which was more vugue quoted a wire
loss dispatch saying that d’Annunslo
was determined to resist, nnd that
house-to-house lighting was In
progress.
Tlie people of Flume are suffer
ing keenly from lack of food.
LONDON, Dee. 29. Four hundred men
have been killed In the fighting at
Flume and thousands wounded, according
to it Central Newj dispatch from l’aris
today, quoting reports previously re
ceived In the French capital.
The fighting at Flume uas said to
have been more severe than originally
reported.
General Cavlglla, commander of Ihc
Italian regulars blockading Flume, was
reported by the Centra! News to have
entered Flume last night.
(Note Premier Glolittl at Horn# an
nounced on Tuesday that the Italian reg
ulars would enter Flume either Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning.)
The wound sustained by Gabriele
d'Annunzlo was in the head and not in
the arm, the Central News correspondent
reported.
Jugo-Slavla protested to Italy that
d'Annunzlo's leginnaires on the Isle of
St. Marks had fired upon Jugo-Sluv
troops.
“As you are, Haggle,” the two gun
bandits said. "We are going to
stick up this rattler. Toss your old
lantern as usual and then climb
aboard.”
As the trio swung aboard the train
the two gun bandit scolded his broth
er for forgetting his other “gat.” The
lad said be had left It home.
With handkerchiefs over their
faces, they dashed Into the Pullman,
gave the order to “stick ’em up” and
a score of startled passengers obeyed.
“We’re tough eggs nnd we mean
business,” one gun bandit said. "If
any one makes a phoney move, they
are gone.”
His voice trembled as he spoke.
The passengers said they u-ere aware
the boys were novices at the hold-up
ga me, but they were not taking any
chances on moving. The one-gun
bqd man swung his gun uround lu a
circle wildly.
BRITISH LABOR
TAKES RAP AT
IRISH POLICY
Premier’s Course Described as
‘Word of Bully Backed
by Force.’
EARLY INQUIRY SOUGHT
LONDON, Dec. 29—Premier Lloyd
George's course In Ireland was*described
before 800 delegates to the National La
bor Congress here today as “the word of
a bully backed by physical force.”
The delegates, representing 6,000,000
workers, heard the black and tan police
denounced as the “nearest approach to a
white guard ever seen In Great Britain,”
with a warning that they may some day
be arrayed against labor in a class war—
the military against the working class.
A. O. Cameron, presiding over the con
vention, declared the Sinn Fein 1* “no
terrorist organization but is representa
tive of 80 per cent of the Irish popula
tion.”
Denunciation of the black and tan
forces as guilty of "unparalleled frigfcl
fulnoes” features the address of Anhui
Greenwood, secretary of the labor com
mission, which recently Invest lasted con
ditions In Ireland.
'•They are guilty of gross Inhumanity,
ho declared. “Their record haa no par
allel in all British history.”
Greenwood dented the Premier's recent
statement that th# government has "mur
der lu Ireland by the throat,"
“Lloyd George's policy In Ireland h
hardened and strengthened the Slnu
Fein," bo declared.
Following the two addresses, the con
gress unanimously adopted a resolution
demanding immediate Inquiry luto repri
sals in Ireland with severe punishmen)
of those found guilty. ,
Holding aloft a black domino, Thomas
Johnson, secretary of the Irish labor
party, displayed It "as the masks worn
by black and tan police in their raids
of reprisal.”
“Put it on!" yelled tho delegates.
Johnson slipped the mask across his
t.' e. With his face thus grotesquely
covered, he declared:
"This is the official mask manufactured
by the thousands here In England under
(Continued on !’( Two.)
Follow Suit!
NEW YORK, Dec J.~ Harry
Wolfe was charged 15 cents for a
shine. The court ngreed It was “an
outrage" and suspended senteo-e on
him for punching the bootblack lu the
no*e.
The Jugo Slav garrison commander of
fered to dislodge the ieglonalrc* from the
isle of St. Marks, but the offer was re
fused.
MILAN. Dec. 29 - Firing was suspended
at Flume last night, according to word
received here from that city enrly today.
The Duke of Aosta of the Italian royal
family has arrived at Ahbazla to attempt
to bring about a peaceful settlement be
tween d'Annunxto and the Italian gov
ernment forces, said a dispatch from Ab
bnzla today. It was at Abbaxin that the
mayor of Flume met General Ferraro of
the blockading army on Tuesday and
asked for a truce. There were high
hopes at that time that a cessation of
hostilities could be brought about.
RESIGNATION OF
ELDER ACCEPTED
New to Become Revenue Col
lector When Qualified.
William L. Elder, collector of Internal
revenue, received a telegram today from
the office of the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue In Washington, D. C, stat
ing that his resignation, tendered some
months ago, has been accepted, and “Mill
become effective upon the appointment
and qualification of a successor. '
Burt New. ex-executive secretary of
the Democratic State committee, has been
nominated by President Wilson to suc
ceed Mr. Elder, and ratification of ilie
nomination Is iiom’ pending in *he United
States Senate.
Mr. Elder did not regard tho telegram
ns any indication that he will l.e relieved
of his duties before March 4, since it
contained no Information he did not al
ready have.
The brakeman was directed to lake
the, hat of Miss Margery Fawcett,
and pass it down the car. All were
instructed to drop in their valuables.
About $2,000 in cash and Jewelry was
collected. Several women argued uith
the youths nnd induced them to allow
them to keep some “keepsake" or
“heirloom.” The boys were real gal
lant.. They refused to take any of
the brakemnn’s money, saying they
“u-ere not picking on working men.”
Mrs. C. P. Plummer of Detrott
dropped her pocket book on the
floor of the car and kicked it under
a seat. She also stuck some gum
which she was chendng on a ring
and then put the wad in her hair.
When the train reached the station
it was necessary to eut some of her
hair to obtain the ring.
The news vender entered the car
selling cigars. The boy* ordered a
box passed among the men passen-
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LIEBER ARI
A ? M AGI
Th'J completeness of the destruction of the store of the H. Lleber
Company is shown by the above picture of the empty shell of the struc
ture. The fire in its early stages blazed so fiercely that firemen were
compelled to leave the ladders and depend on a water tower. Adjoining
imU.’lrv-- vwifv gp.veff by heavy fire waits.
BANDIT CREW
CLEAN-UP SEEN
New York Police Believe They
Have Perpetrators of
Robberies.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—-Police believed
today they had found th<> perpetrator*
of several robberloi* hen* Tn which the
hauls amounted to more than $250,000.
They brought witnesses to Inspect three
men caught with two women In an ex
citing five-minute battle in the shopping
district. The women Mere said to hnve
participated in the robberies as ”gun
bearers.” They were later released.
Police attempted to connect the prison
ers with the robbery of the Sleepy Hollow
Club, a $09,000 Jewel robbery, a hotel
hold-up and the robbery of the Mill
Town. N. J , bank. Two of the men were
said to hnve confessed and to hare Im
plicated a third. They gave the names
of James Bltsturgi'r and James B. Chaf
fee of Huntington, W. Va„ and San Fran
cisco.
Liner Rams Lighter
NEW YORK, Dee. 29.—The Holland-
American liner Nleuw Amsterdam today
rammed ami cut in two a steam lighter
In New York harbor.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
DENOTES EFFORT TO
HOLD DOWN BUDGET
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-The first of
the big appropriation bills laid before
Congress today bore the marks of ef
forts to reduce governmental expendi
tures.
The measure was the sundry civil ap
propriation bill which M’as reported to
the House by the appropriations com
mittee.
gers .hist before they left the train.
The robbery mhs completed in about
thirty minutes.
The hoys Mere captured a few
hours later at Aroma Fork station
near Kankakee. Jacob made a dash
to escape from the officers and
locked himself in a washroom. Ord
ered to come out, he started shooting
through the panels of the door. After
he had emptied his revolver, Special
Agent John O'Neil returned the fire
through the door nnd whan it was
broken clown the bandit w*i found
mortally wounded.
Both boys Mere dressed {a tho
height of fashion. They looked like
fashion plates, the passengers on the
train said.
“I enn't believe my boys did it,”
said Mrs. Scott today. “They were
always such good boys X cannot
understand why they would do such
a thing.”
'LAST HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPT
LIEBER ART STORE
SUFFERS $175,00l
DAMAGE FROM FIRE
Ten Streams of Water Played on Blaze in
Fourth Floor of West Washington
Street Building.
CAUSE NOT DETERMINED BY POLICE
Fire that started in the third floor of the H. Lieber Company art
store, 24 West Washington street, at 6 o’clock this morning caused damage
estimated at $175,000. The loss Is covered by insurance, officials say.
The building, which is a four-story brick structure, is owned by Mr*.
John C. S. Harrison.
The flames had gained much headway before being discovered. The
first alarm was sent in at 5:59 o’clock and two minutes later Baitaiion
Fire Chief J. H. O’Brien sent In a second alarm.
Grocer Held Up as
Crowd Passes Store
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Dec. 29.—While
throngs were passing the grocery of J.
II Cain a robber walked into the store
and held him up at the point of a re
volver last night.
The bandit rifled the cash drawer of
the day's receipts, then calmly walked
out and was lost In the crowd of pedes
trians.
Fake U. S. Stamps
Found on Liquor
MUSKEGON. Mich.. Dec. 29.—Govern
ment officials here today were searching
for counterfeiters who made seals anu
stamps found on illicit liquor in the
home of R. W. Berg, four miles from
here. The stamps Mere pronounced as
excellent duplications of the Govern
ment stamp.
A large amount of liquor, stills and
o(her apparatus was confiscated in the
Berg home. Mrs. Berg is held under
$1,500 bail and police are looking for
Berg.
Senator Suffers
Relapse; Improves
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, who Is ill at the
Emergency Hospital here. suffered a
slight relapse last night but Mas some
what improved today, Ms physicians
stated. A second operation will be nec
essary. but bis physicians are not yet
decided whether the Senator Is sufficient
ly strong to undergo the operation.
The bill calls for a total of $353,U,-
292.41, which is $52,237,514.41 less than
carried in the similar bill last year and
$420,914,192.45 less than requested by
Government departments.
The appropriations in the bill are to
provide for a large number of miscel
laneous Government activities during the
fiscal year beginning next July.
There is included in the bill an ap
propriation of $223,000,000 for death or
disability compensation, hospital treat
me i and vocational rehabilitation for
world war veterans.
“Deducting this sum from the amount
recommended in the accompanying bill,"
Chairman Good of the appropriations
committee stated, “leaves $180,011,292.41
for all other purposes, as compared M T ith
$126,922,750.79, the amount carried by tho
Sundry civil act for the fiscal year 1916.’’
The principal increase in the proposed
appropriations over those of the current
fiscal year is one of $11,803,000 for the
reclamation service.
Moved by the desire of President-elect
Harding to have all legislation appropria
tions completed at this session, leaders
intend to keep the money bills moving
swiftly through the committees nnd the
House for prompt action by the Senate.
Representative Good, chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee, has
Just returned from a conference with
Harding.
"I think there is no doubt that all
tho appropriation measures will be
cleaned up at this session,” Good said
today.
“We plan to cut the total 1922 esti
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NO. 199.
The cause of the fire has not been do*
termined.
Great clouds of smoke were pouring
from the windows of the third and fourth
floors at both the Washington street
front and the Court street end of the
building.
As tbe firemen placed an extension
ladder reaching the windows of the
fourth floor they dragged up hose lines.
The water tower was raised and a heavy
stream of water was sent through the
fourth floor windows.
The flame* at that instant broke
through the pa!l of black and gray smoke
and flashed half way across Washington
street. They drove the firemen on the
ladder down for a few minutes, but as
the stream from the water tower played
tbe firemen were ora filed to go back to
the top of the ladder under its screen.
By this time ten lines of hose poured
water into the upper floor of the build
ing.
Members of the salvage corps forced
their way into the first floor and covered
up stock on that floor and on the sec
ond floor. Tto nature of the merchan
dise in the building Is such that it wa*
as badly damaged by water as by fire.
DAMAGE TO BUILDING
XV ILL BE HEAVY.
Carl H. Lieber, treasurer of the com*
pany, stated that the logs from fire and
damage to the stock probably would reach
about $130,000. He stated that the com
pany held a lease on the building and
that he 'ould not estimate the damage to
the building, which ho said would b*
1 heavy.
i The other officers of the company are
;Otto R. Libber, president; Robert Lieber,
l vice pjresideut, and Herman P. Lieber.
| secretary.
1 While the fire ha* caused a heavy los*.
I the company i* In a position to continue
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DANIELS’ PLAN
WELCOMED BY
BRITISH PRESS
Froposal for World Confer
ence on Reducing Arma
ments Brings Comment.
RIVALRY IS POINTED OUT^
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The Brtish press
today was absorbed by international dls-.
armament. The suggestion of Secretary
Daniels for an international conference
on reduction of armaments was wel
comed.
The Daily News clung to the belief that
only the League of Nations could dis
pose of the armaments problem, declar
ing that Daniels will be retiring from
official life shortly and therefore cannot
pledge his country "as to armaments or
anything else."
President-elect Harding's declaration of
“adequate Navy” might mean anything,
the News said. Matters have gone far
enough, nevertheless, for consideration
of the next political step.
Downing street officials informally ex
pressed Interest in Daniels’ proposal,
hoping such agreement might be reached.
They pointed to the fact, however, that
naval building races have been run frea
ancient times down to the present.
In these unofficial discussions ns wsil
as In newspaper comment there was hope
that America and England will not en
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‘Fireside’ Toll Is 1.983
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The toll of
human life spent to keep American fire
sides supplied with coal this year was
1,083, the bureau of mines announced fee
day. A year ago accidents and disaster*
in coal mines cost 2.146 lives.
Keep Your
Dates Straight
One principle that no man can afford
to neglect Is that of always keeping his
engagements.
If you can be relied upon to do what
you said you would do. when you *elj
you would do it, your value in any IJu*
is enhanced thereby. And if you can’t
be relied upon, no amount of brilliance
will make up for that deficiency.
To keep your dates straight you need
a calendar just as much as you need a
watch.
Our Washington Information Bureau
offers you one free with the compliments
of the'United States Navy. It is printed
In colors, and the pad has a leaf for each
month in 1021.
Fill out the coupon nnd enclose two
cents in stumps for return postage,
Frederic J. Haekin, Pirector,
The Indiana Unity Times
Information Bureau,
Washington, U, C.
I enclose herewith two cents h
stamps for return postage on a free
copy of the Calendar for 1921.
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