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BACKS O’BRIEN
MURDERTHEORY
Illinois Undertaker Says Bird
man Slain by Shot Fired
From Distance.
u
MOMENCE. 111., Dea. 29.—Further evi
dence that Lieut. Pat O’Brien, hero avia
tor Vho died in his room In a Los An
gelos hotel Dec. 17, did not commit eni
clde but was killed by a shot fired from
some distance, was elicited today from
J. B. Melvey, undertaker, who made a
careful examination of the body upon its
arrival here for burial a few days ago
Questioned by relatives of O'Brien, who
are determined upon further lnvestigi
tlon of the former birdman's death. Mel
▼ey declared that there were no powder
marks or. burns about the wound and
that the sbot must have been fired from
“some distance.”
Contrary to the statements of Los
Angeles authorities yesterday and at the
time of Lieutenant O'Brien's death. Mel
rey declared that O'Brien had not been
shot through the mouth and that only
one bullet had taken effect and it had
passed from the right temple to a point
Just above the hair line on the left
temple.
“I made a careful examination of Lieu
tenant O'Brien's body.” Melvey said,
"and I found no evidence at all of a bul
let having been fired through the mouth
and emerging from the top -rs the head.
There was only one fracture In the skull
and this was just above the hair line on
the left temple where the bullet had evi
dently emerged There were no powder
marks or übrns about the wounds, which
had been filled with gelatin by the Los
Angeles undertcker. My experience has
been that powder marks of bullets fired
at close range cannot be eradicated.”
\
DANIELS’ PLAN
WELCOMED BY
BRITISH PRESS
(Continued From rage One.)
gsge in a race. They pointed to the
rivalry between Germany and Grent
Britain covering • great period of years
and ending In the great war. There was
universal interest in the American and
Japanese naval programs, which observ
ers professed to see ending in a clash
within a few years If not abandoned
soon.
ENGLAND MAY
ENTER FACT FARLEY.
Great Britain may enter the Amcrl
can-.Tapenese treaty negotiations the re
port continued in diplomatic circles. Ac
cording to information from a credit
able source Great Britain would make
formal protest sho;:Id California amend
h<-r anti-alien land ownership measure
to prevent ail aliens from owning prop
erty Instead of aiming the injnneton
6o!ely against the Japanese.
This was only one of many sensational
reports current among diplomats regard
ing the American-Japanese negotiations.
• Information has been received and was
the subject of considerable comment that
the United States is considering allowing
the Japanese unrestricted immigration
into the Philippine Islands. This con
cession. if granted, would be in the na
ture of a compromise. Representatives
of Canada, Australia and New Zealand
are deeply agitated over the
Japanese reports.
CONCERNED IN
CALIFORNIA ACTION.
Canada and England are concerned
most strongly over the possibility of ex
tending the California land ownership
measure to bar all aliens from owning
land in that State. England Is Interested
chiefly in the “preservation of alien
property rights.” Canada would use
such action as an argument for the abro
gation of the Anglo-Japanese treaty,
Australia and New Zealand are watching
keenly for developments along the line of
opening up the Philippines for Japanese
colonization.
If America consents to allow the Japa
nese in the Philippines and allows Cali
fornia to bar all aliens from land owner
ship as a sop to the Japanese it is de
clared Australia and New Zealand will
unite with other British dominions In re
fusing to approve renewal of Anglo-
Japanese treaty of alliance by the mother
country.
TO OFFER INCLUSIVE
ALIEN MEASURE
SAN FRANCISCO, De<\ 29—Assambly
msn Albert Rosenshlne of San Francisco
announced today he would Introduce into
the session of the California Legislature,
opening next Tuesday, a bill forbidding
any alien from owning land In Callforlr.a.
The measure will extend to all aliens the
present fiw forbidding Japanese from
owning land.
BRITISH LABOR
TAKES RAP AT
IRISH POLICY
(Continued From Page One.)
the direction of Winston Churchill."
“The two labor parties are the only
liasoa of trust remaining between Eng
land and Ireland,” declared Thomas Me-
Phartlin, vice chairman of the Irish
party.
“If British labor falls ua. we will go
on to the death." he declared.
•T. Bromley, an Irish delegate, declared
the black and tans had so thoroughly
intimidated Cork that witnesses had bean
afraid to give evidence against the mili
tary forces.
MANY ARRESTED
IN DUBLIN RAIDS
DUBLIN, Dec. 29.—Many persons were
arrested today In a series of raids In
Parnell and Rutland Squares.
IRISH PRESS PREDICTS
‘BLOODIEST YEAR’
LONDON, Dec. 29.—“ The coming year
promises to be the bloodiest in Irish
history for- more than a century," suld
a Dublin dispatch to the Daily Express
today. “Truce efforts seem to have failed,
although the public Is told by officials
that there are still faint hopes for
peace.”
Father O'Flanagan, acting president
of the Sinn Fein, has arrived at Dublin
from Roscommon, said a Dublin dispatch
to the Chronicle. Arthur Griffith, presi
dent of the Sinn Fein, and acting presi
dent of the Irish republic, is In prison
at Mount Joy jail at Dublin. It Is be
lieved that Father O'Fianagan will con
fer with him on peace, as Premier Lloyd-
George recently announced la the House
of Commons that facilities would be
given to Father O'Fianagan to meet
Griffith for a peace talk. \
Peers Into Gun;
Face Blown Off
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 29 |
While Martin Whalocki and hie wife,
who live in a hovel several miles east
es this city, were here in search of work
and food last night, their eon, Walter, i
6, found his father’s shotgun. Pointing
It it his sister, Cecilia, 2, who wished
to look Into the mus&le, the weapon
was accidentally discharged and her face
was blown off.
When the parents returned home early
today with a small quantity of crackers
and ehe-we, they discovered the tragedy.
Lamda Chis From
All Over U. S. in
Convention Here
Lloyd D. Claycombe Welcomes
Delegates—Session to
Close Friday.
LLOYD D. CLAYCOMBE.
An enthusiastic delegation of repre
sentatives from the fifty-four active chap
ters and vurlous alumni clubs of Lambda
Chi Alpha were welcomed to the national
convention in Indianapolis by Lloyd D.
Claycombe of this city, national chan
cellor of the fraternity and president of
the local alumni association, at the open
ing business session held this afternoon
in the assembly room of the Claypool
Hotel.
E. J. C. Fischer of Wilkesbarre, Pa_
responded to Mr. Claycombe'a greeting,
after which the delegates took up the
routine of regular busluess.
The five Indiana chapters, together
with the Indianapolis Alumni Club, are
acting as hosts for the big meeting. The
convention committee in charge include*
Gustav Kllppel, Indianapolis, general
thechalrman; P. TANARUS, Riesling, Greencnstle;
G. D. Bradley, Wabash College; A. H.
Madison, Butler College; J. A. Burnett,
Indiana University; 11. W. Pound, Pur
due University.
The officers of the Indianapolis Alum
nae Association are Mr. Claycombe, pres
ident; Oscar Ilagemler, vice president;
Gustav Kllppel, secretary-treasurer. The
local alumni are particularly interested
In national affairs as the national head
quarters have been recently moved from
Wilkesbarre to Indianapolis.
A formal banquet tonight In the Riley
room of the Claypool Hotel will be the
first of a series of social events that
have been planned by the committee. E.
J- C. Fischer will act na toastmaster and
responses will he given by various rnem
..hehs representing the provinces. Hence
Orme of Indianapolis will bo among the
speakers and Linn C. Lightner of Lan
caster. Pa., editor of the fraternity pub
lication, will talk.
The remainder of the social progrnm
"111 Include n dance in the Riley room
tomorrow night, a miduight theater
party at Keith’s Friday night and on
Saturday morning a slght-seetr.g tour
will conclude the festivities. Business
sessions are to be held during the day.
Election of national officers will occupy
the time of the Friday afternoon ses
sion, which Is the formal closing of the
affair.
More than 150 visitors have arrived
In the city. A special train arriving from
New York at noon brought a large dele
gation from the Eastern section, while
fifteen men from Texas together with a
group from the Far West arrived yester
day evening.
BILL DENOTES
EFFORT TO HOLD
DOWN BUDGET
(Continued From Page On#.)
mates of $4,653,856,739.3(5 down to about
I $3,500,000,000.”
The pension and District of Colum
bia appropriation bills already have been
passed by the House, leaving eleven reg
ular appropriation measures and what
ever deficiency bills there may be to be
adopted.
PENROSE TO LEAD
IN TARIFF FIGHT
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Senator Pen
rose of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
j Finance Committee, is expected in Wash
| lngton next week to take personal
: charge of the fight over the emergency
J tariff bill, Senator MeCumber, ranking
! Republican member of the committee,
i announced today.
No definite time has been set for Pen
rose’s arrival, and his health may make
It Impossible for him to come at all, but
MeCumber said Penrose plans to be here
for a few days if possible.
Finance committee consideration of the
tariff bill will await Penrose's coming,
j MeCumber snid today he jroulrt not call
j a formal meeting of the committee until
; after he has talked with Penrose.
! An informal conference of Republican
1 members of the committee will be held
! tomorrow to discuss proposed amend
j meats In the bill as the house passed it.
| MeCumber, who spent yesterday with
President-elect Harding at Marion, said
| his position on tariff legislation has not
j been changed by his tnlk with Harding,
j MeCumber is for the bill.
WHEAT AND COTTON
BONUS ADVOCATED
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 29.—A bonus
on wheat and cotton production and posi
tive prohibition of wool fmports for two
years was advocated today us the panacea
; of farmers ills in a communication ad
dressed to Congress by the executive
board of the Farmers’ Defense League.
The communication suggested the bonus
cover the difference between the cost of
.production at home and abroad.
Congress also was called on to with
hold appropriations for “farm agents and
similar frauds."
Charges that the Federal Agricultural
Department and those of many States,
“have been dominated by profiteerlsir and
gambling Interests and used to /olleet
Information to enable bourds of trade to
bet on prices and hammer the market
at the farmers' marketing time then rob
the consumers all the rest of the year,"
were made.
BORAH RESOLUTION
TO BE CONSIDERED
WASHINGTON, Dee. 29 A call for a
special meeting of the Senate Foriegn
Relations Committee Monday next to con
sider yie Boarh resolution calling upon
the State 'Department to “sound jut" |
Great Britain, and Japan on the ques
tion of disarmament, was issued today by
Senator Lodge, Republican of Massa
chusetts, chairman of the committee. i
Favorable action on the resolution by j
the committee, 3b well as by the senate, ]
is anticipated by Senator Borah. i
SCHOOL BOARD TO
MEET LATE TODAY
Thrift Savings System One of
Matters Before Body.
Members of the board of sehool com
missioners will meet this afternoon at
4 o'clock with representatives from local
banks and trust companies to discuss the
adoption, installation and operation of
a thrift savings system as proposed by
the Kductional Thrift Service, Ine., of
New York.
Fire regulations to be issued as orders
are now in the hands of a committee
composed of Riilph Douglas, Carl Kurton
and Bert S. Gadti, and will be presented
in completed form for the approval of the
board at today's meeting.
J. K.. Stout, representative of the Edu
cational Thrift Service, Inc., appeared be
fore the board and presented to the board
for adoption a resolution to permit him
to close contracts with a bank or banks
to install the system and continue its
operation. He reported that much oppo
sition had been met with local bankers,
who were Indifferent to the plan, and he
wished some definite approval order of
the-bourd on which he might proceed.
DETAILS INCLUDED
IN ONE PROGRAM.
While Mr. Stout did not esydaln the
details of the savings system to the board,
he said his organization had collected the
best points of all savings propositions,
made a careful survey of them and In
cluded them all in one program, which,
he said, has proven a success in many
cities In the jL'nlted States. The expenses
of the system will be met by the banks
which adopt the proposition, and no ex
pense will be levied against the board,
pupils or parents, he said.
Superintendent E. U. Graff declared the
system was an educational proposition
rather than a commercial enterprise for
the banks.
‘‘The system is more flexible than tbs
Thrift Stamp proposition, • because the
child can save in acy amount rather than
m 25-cent units," declared Superintendent
Graff. The program will not Interfere
with tho Government savings plan, ha
declared.
Every bank and trust company In the
city .will be notified of the special ses
sion today, and representatives author.
Ized to voice the sentiments of their
firms will meet tbe board to thrash out
the proposition.
Recommendations of Jacob 11. Hllkene,
chief of fire prevention, were Included
In a letter to the board and referred to
In committee which will report today.
Educational instrnctlon by the salvage
corps has been promised the board.
Inflammable decoratioue used la enter
tainments and electrical wiring by
I pupils under supervision of teachers will
j not be allowed, according to the recorn
: inundations. A period of twenty min
; utes a month set aside for fire preveu
| tlon propaganda is urged, instruction*
[ to janitors and custodians as to the
| disposition of rubbish also Is recoin
; mended.
Tho committee on military affairs,
i composed of C. E. Orlppin, C. L. Barry
and Superintendent Graff, was Instructed
to Investigate reports from the military
department, that losses amounting to
thousands of dollars have been' dis
covered by miltary supervisors. Because
no provisions was made by the Govern
ment at the time of installation of tho
military department In the schools for
the checking of equipment, many books,
uniforms and other equipment were not
returned to the supply department by
cadets, the report indicates.
BUILDING COMMITTEE
REPORT ADOPTED.
The board adopted the report of the
building committee In recommending
that architects, named three weeks sgo,
be allowed to prepare preliminary plans
for buildings Indicated in the 1921 build
ing program, using last year's contracts
as a working basis.
The request of the John A. Hchumueher
Company, contractors for the building of
the first unit of the Arsenal Technical
schools, that a sum of $522 90 be allowed
the Western Mrlck Company for extras
was denied by the board
In response to a bill from J. F. Car
son. real estate agent, for SIBOO for pro
fessional services In the annexing of the
site for the north sldo school at Thirty-
Fourth and Meridian streets, the board
passed a fiction to offer Mr. Carson a
fee of SI,OOO
A site in the northeast corner of the
Arsenal Technical School grounds, ap
proximately 200 feet south of Tenth
street, was chosen by tho board ns a
suitable sito for the construction of the
Theodore Potter Fresh Air School build
ing upon recommendation of the com
rultteo on buildings and grounds, and
architects were instructed to make pre
liminary sketches for the building.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
GRANTED TKA( HERH.
Leaves of absence were granted Miss
Jessie L. Willis from Dec. 10 to June,
1921, and Miss Elizabeth Heneh from
Jan. 3 to Feb. 15.
The following appointments, recom
mended by Superintendent Graft, were
confirmed by the hoard: Miss Am*
Johnson, Jan. 24, elementary schools,
salary, fl.fioO a year; Miss Gertrudo
East, Jan. 24, elementary schools, salary,
$1,500 a year; Miss Thelipa Sluflburu,
Jan. 24, elementary schools, salary $1,400
a year; Miss Bella S. Turk, Jan. 24, Eng
lish, Arsenal Technical Sehool, salary,
$2,100 a year; Miss Itessis B. William
son, Jan. 24, mathematics. Arsenal Tech
nical School, salary $2,100 a year; Mlhh
Jessie L. Butler, Oct. 1, part-time sew
ing, salary $1.75 an hour; aud Miss Ada
B. Ilurris, Nov. 1, home economics,
salary SL7S an hour.
Business Manager Hitt was instructed
to form n contract for tho installation
and service of an alarm system- In the
shop and power-house of Arsenal Tech
nical .Schools with tho Amerlcun District
Telegraph Company. Instructions to ar
range bids for tho equipment for tho
teachers’ library also were given the
business manager.
Appropriations of $1,025 for preparing
domestic science and sewing rooms in
School No. 58 and S2OO for wiring changes
to eliminate Are hazurds at Shortrldge
High School, were approved.
Mr. Burton's request for authority to
employ a relief night watchman to re
lieve occasionally each of six ptght guards
now employed, ut a salary of sllO a
month, was granted. Orders for tho ap
propriation of $320 for temperature reg
ulations for school No. 22 were issued.
The matter of payment of a large bill
representing the purchase of platform
scales by tho School Lunch Association
was placed In the hands of a committee.
Tho petition for the original purchase
of the equipment was refused by the
board several months ago, but the asso
ciation made tho purchase hoping to re
ceive public assistance, It Is said.
The writing of a memorial to John
(Tolland, former business director for the
board of school commissioners, whose
funeral will be held today, wag referred
to tbe committee on resolutions.
HELD FOR BEATING SON.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind„ Doc. 29.
George Wine of this city is under arrest
charged with beating and driving his
10-year-old sou from home. Wine is the
father of a large family. The lad has
been living with neighbors.
Hfl*T E 1 \HI “if JL Ell All th comfort* of horn*.
ILU I Sab r Ulli 1 Mb! Absolutely fireproof.
Rooms SI.OO to $2.50
Corner Market and New Jereey Sts. Weekly Rate on Application.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29,1920.
Writes ‘Defense?
for Beating Wife;
Gives It to Judge
(Continued From Page One.)
whipped her and the rest of it later,”
explained Slater
‘‘When a man takes unto lilmself
a wife his object Is to make a home,”
was part of the first sentence of,the
“defense,”* and thefi the eonrt read
further and halted to question the de
fendant.
“How far had you advanced when
you quit school?” asked the judge.
"To the fourth year,”, ansv.cred the
defendant.
"This is excellent English. What
books do you read?” asked the court.
“I never read the title of a book
and therefore 1 don’t know what
books I read,” answered Blater.
Then Mrs. Slater testified and told
how her husband had held'her and
struck her on the shoulder and in the
face. She was sent to the matron's
office and t.be matron returned and
testified that Mrs. Maggie Slater's
shoulder was "beaten to a pulp.”
"I feel that a woman’s rights are
those given her by her husband,
and whatever he does she has the
same privilege,” read the court from
the “defense.” <
“But here is where the court
doesn't agree with yon,” remarked
Judge rrltchurd.
“I feel that I am the head of the
house and I feci that my Instruc
tions should be carried out,” Slater
had written.
“When I married I planned to
build my home up to my own ideals.
Don't you think a woman should
make her ideals meet the ideas of a
man?
“I could not even correct the chil
dren without my wife objecting and
when she called me a vile name, I
grasped her by the wrist and held
her Arm and told her to take It back
or I would whip her. She would not
relent for she has such a determined
temper. Then I held her nnd slapped
her several times on the shoulder and
fare with my open hand."
“I am afraid that your Idea of a
home is a place where you have tho
sole voice, hut your ideals do not give
you the right to chastise your wife."
explained Judge Pritchard, as he
fined Slater $1 and cost* and warned
him not to appear in court again on
a similar charge.
TAKES STAND ON
VALUE OF BONDS
Administration to Resist
Market Boost for Liberties.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—The Wilson
administration during Its remaining two
Juonths In office will resist all pro
posals tn nnd out of Congress to Im
prove market price, of Liberty bonds
and Victory notes by refunding tho out
standing Issues. Opposition of the
President aud his chief advisers to prac
tically all suggestions for Governmental
action to raise the bond values uearvr
p*r. Is based on tbe ground thnt re
funding or other stop* would tend to
perpetuate the war debt and would,
upset the treasury's well considered pro
groiu of debt reduction.
The treasury mauiutns that the Lib
erty bonds nnd Victory notes, at this
time, are funded obligations and do not
require refunding.
Some of the “suggestion*" emanating
(r>m Congress, about which the Treasury
has boon consulted, with a view to mnk.
ing them the bast* of legislation and to
which the Treasury unqualifiedly 1* op
posed, are these:
1. That all outstanding Issues of Lib
erty bonds and Victory notes be given the
circulation privilege, or bo converted Into
Interest bearing currency.
2. That all the bond Issues be con
verted Into tax exempt obligations or
that they be exchanged for securities
hearing higher rates of Interest
3. That the issues be refunded Into a
long term consolidated loan, with the
bonds exempt from taxation nnd with,
suggested Interest rare* ut 3V, per cent.
4. That the Treasury approve of Gov
ernment action, making It easier for hold
ers of bonds to secure loans on easier
terms at th banks.
Textile Workers Vote
to Accept Wage Cut
FALL RIVER, Mass., Dec. 29.—James
Tansey, president of the I all River Tex
tile Council, refused to comment today on
the notion of the six unions of the Amer
ican Federation of Textile Operatives In
voting to accept the 22 per cent wag*
reduction recently announced by the
manufacturers nnd effective Jan. 3. About
35,000 operatives in about eleven mills
hero are affected by the vote. The carders
and weavers unions accepted the wage
reduction under protest.
A Stubborn Congh
Loosens Right Up
This home-mad* remedy I* a won
der for quirk result*. Inaily
aud cheaply mod,.
Kero Is a home-made syrup vA
which millions of people have \\\
found to be the most depend- \\\
able means of breaking up \U
stubborn coughs. It is cheap
and simple, but very prompt in
action. Under its healing, sooth- ’
injr influence^.chest soreness goes,
phlegm loosens, breathing becomes 1
easier, tickling in throat stops and
you get a good night's restful
sleep. The usual throat and chest
colds are conquered by it in 2d
hours or less. Nothing; bettor
for bronchitis, hoarseness, croup,
throat tickle, or bronchial asthma.
To mako this splendid cough
svrup, pour ounces of Pinex
into a pint bottle and fill the
bottle with plain granulated augur
Bvrtip and shako thoroughly. If
you prefor use clarified molasses,
honey, < r corn svrup, instead of
sugar svrup. Either way’, you
pet a full pint—a family supply
—of much better cough syrup
than you could buy ready-made
for three times the money. Keeps
perfectly and tastes good.
Pinex’is a special and high- 1
ly concentrated compound
of genuine Norway pino JfljL j
extract, known the world
over for its prompt healing [i
effect upon the membranes,
To avoid disappoint
ment ask your drug
cist for “2% otmees of
Pinex” with full direc
tions, and don’t accept
anything else. Guar
entced to give absolute
satisfaction or money raaHSfcfc
refunded. The Pinex *.
Cos., Ft, Wayne, Ind.
PINEX
M, f® 2 * Cougha^JL.
SAY HE ALTERED
SSO LIBERTY BOND
Erased Holder’s Name and In
serted Own, Charge.
Reginald Foster, who says he is a me
chanical engineer who has been employed
| here, was held at the United States mar
j ehijl’s office today while he attempted to
| furnish $3,000 bond for his appearance
! in Federal Court pending iwestlgatton
| by tbe grand jury of charges of altering
la Government security,
j Foster was arrested at the Siuton hotel
I In Cincinnati and held to the grand jury
I under $3,000 bail by a United States coiu
j niissioner in the Ohio city. He then was
j brought here. According to Capt.
| Thomas E. Halls, chief of the seer .t
j service in Indiana, the Government h s
j evidence that Foster erased the signa
ture of the holder on a registered SSO
Liberty bond, inserted his o-.vn name and
then put the bond up as collateral se
curity for a loan of $25 from the Citizens
National Bank at Tell City, Ind.
Judge A B. Anderson ordered John
A. Benslay removed to Cleveland, where
he has been Indicted on a charge of
transporting a stolen automobile from
that city to Indianapolis. Bemday was
taken over by the Federal authorities yes
terday from the county authorities, who
have held him for several weeks on
charges of vehicle taking, vagrancy nnd
other offenses. ,
Deputy U. S. Marshal Frank S. Beam
arrested Perry Sailor in South Bend on
a warrant charging him with possession
! of an illicit still at Grand Rapids, Mich.
He was held to the grand Jury of the
Federal Court at Michigan City by U. 8.
Commissioner Thad M. Talcott, Jr., In
South Bend, and released under SI,OOO
bond.
M’CRA Y-M’CLURE
PARLEY PRECEDES
G. O. P. SESSION
(Continued From Page One.)
tiou of raising more money was taken
Up. In this connection the continuation
of a woman’s organization during the
“off’' years was discussed.
The committee authorized the State
chairman to appoint a committee of
i twenty to cooperate with Republican
j clubs In the state relative to plans for
; the participation of Indiana Republicans
In the inauguration of President elect
Warren G. Harding.
E. M. Wasmuth, State chairman, did
I not arrive in time to attend the morn
ing meeting. Governor-elect McCray was
1 expected to be present nt the meeting this
; afternoon.
Mr. McCray has In his hands a re
j port of a committee which he appointed
some time ago to Investigate problems
'of taxation. It is understood the cora
i raittw report does not recommend any
; material changes in the tax law and that
I It recommend* no change* in tbe taxa-
I tlon provisions of tbe State Constltu
! tlon.
! The members of the committee, whore
I names were not announced when the
committee was appointed, are Kben H.
Wolcott, president of the Savings and
Trust Company; John G. Brown of
Motion, president o* the Indiana Federa
tion of Farmers’ Associations; James
W. Nod, attorney for the sjoodai coal
and food commission.
I Clubs Planned for
Relief to Armenia
i "Fifteen dabs," by which public
| school pupils, college students and or
j gautzations of young people will be en
j con raged to aid In giving relief to Ar-
I rnenisn orphans, t* anew plan of the
J Indiana committee for Near East Relief,
j Shares In tho “fifteen club”, will be
j sold at Jt each pier month. Fifteen per
| hods will each take a share which will
' provide sls a month, the amount neces
: sary to feed, clothe, shelter and educate
:en Armenian baby.
! The State committee announces that
i persona who “atlopt” an Armenian orphan
cannot bring the child to this country.
[>r. Clarence D. Royse, State director,
says the United States Government is
i opposed to brluglng the "adopted" chil
dren her# since they can be supported
at a much less cost In Armenia and later
they are expected by their American
training through Near Ekst Relief to
make good cltlzena for the Near East.
Open
A
Charge
Account
Good Warm Clothing
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Out of
The
High
Rent
District
Picking a Cabinet
Branded Cruel and
Inhumane Sport
Proves to Be Tough Job on
Both President-Elect and
Candidates.
MARION, Ohio, Dec. 29.—Picking a
Cabinet for a Fresldent-elect Is a cruel
and Inhumane sport. Proof that It is
wearing to the Freeldent-eiept Is evinced
by the tired look on the face of War
ren G. Harding about 6:30 o’clock each
afternoon and the suppressed groans
with which his staff tackles the daily
grist of mall and list of visitors.
Also It Is tough on the candidates.
There is ample evidence at Harding
headquarters that for every person who
recommends a candidate for the Cabinet,
fifty take their pens in hand or their
typewriters In lap nnd tell the Presi
dent-elect Jnst why that selection should
not be made. According to the rules
of Cabinet picking, as now played, an
nouncement that a man Is a Cabinet
possibility should be followed by loud
cries of “all Is discovered” from the
victim.
At least three times each day, some
one picks a Cabinet combination for Sen
ator Harding and announces It. Thus
far, however, such a declaration has
lacked authority or tacit confirmation by
Senator Harding, the only man who
could make the selections or authorize
their announcement.
So frequently are these alleged authori
tative statements brought to his atten
tion t£at Senator Harding has evolved a
“stock” answer.
It Is used regularly every day and Is
as follows:
"No Cabinet selections have been made
today.”
Undoubtedly Senator Harding has nar
rowed down the Cabinet possibilities in
his mind and has arranged a tentative
council table, but even those men who
have been sounded out, It is understood,
bare been approached only In a tenta
tive way.
Benator Harding has announced that
he expected to hear within the next ten
days a number of delegations who wished
to urge certain Cabinet selections. Un
til after these hearings, he probably will
withhold any announcements regarding
the positions involved, according to those
close in his confidence.
Indication of the elimination of certain
possibilities, according to many of Sen
ator Harding’s close friends, would seem
to make the following tbe most prob
able selections at present:
Secretary of State, Charles Evans
Hughes, or Senator Knot; Secretary of
the Treasury, Charles G. Dawes; Sec
retary of Labor, Herbert Hoover; -Sec
retary of Navy, Senator Weeks; Post
master General, Will U. Hays; Attorney
General, Harry M. Daugherty; Secretary
of War, Tobias Hlrt, Senator New or
Representative Julius Kalin; Secretary
of Agriculture, Henry Wallace.
Simms to Testify
in Coal Inquiry
Special to The Time*.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 29.—Dan W
Stnims. local attorney, who res'gned some
time ago as special prosecutor in the
cases against the coal operators anc
miners in Federal Court at Indlanapollr,
after difference* with Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer, left Tuesday for
Washington to appear before the Senate
committee Investigating the coal situ
ation.
He was summoned by. telegram late
Monday.
Denies Jap Rumor
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. -Reports
that State Department agents are being
sent to Lower California to investigate
report*- of a Japanese naval base In Mex
ican waters were denied by the depart
ment late Tuesday. The State Depart
ment announced that two have
been sent to Lower California on board
the cruiser Buckingham,
Protect the Children
Healthy Blood and a Healthy System la
a Child’s best protection agi’lua: Colds,
Grip and Influenza. Give them GROVE’S
IRON TONIC SYRUP. 75c.-Advertise
ment.
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Btl and jPI
L FRIEND aO^INGCCH
For Men and Women
At Reduced Prices
And on Easy Terms
We still have abundance of good clothes for men, women,
boys and girls and retail prices are reduced to conform
with present wholesale costs although the goods were
originally bought by us at a higher price.
SI.OO or $2.00 A WEEK
will pay for most any garment in our stock and you can
dress well and never miss the money on this convenient
plan. Simply pay a small amount down at time of pur
chase, tbe goods are yours to wear immediately, pay the
balance a little each week or month.
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lfpiend
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SENTENCED, BUT
STILL IS FREE
‘Goosie’ Lee Manages to Keep
Out of Jail.
Harry Lee, known as “Goosie,” notor- 1
ioua negro gambler and Republican ward |
politician, today w. under a sentence of j
thirty days In jail and a fine of s2# on j
a charge of keeping gambling house, j
but he was not In jail.
Lee was sentenced by Judge James A. j
Collins in Criminal Court late Tuesday j
following numerous continuances which i
resulted in the case being tried and j
argued In bits at a time.
John W. Robbins, counsel for Lee, |
called the court’s attention to the fact j
thnt his client understood the case was j
not going to be disposed of until Fri- i
day.
“The court Is not going to take un
fair advantage of your client,” said Judge
Collins. "He Is under $5,000 bond.”
Mr. Robbins then agreed to argue
points of law with Deputy Prosecutor
William P. Evans if his client was given
untU Friday to prepare a motion for a
new trial.
XVI LL TAKE CASE
TO HIGHER COURT.
“I want to get a bondsman in here
and t am going to appeal this case to the
Supreme Court because I want to pre
sent tbe legal points Involved to a higher
court for final disposition," said Mr.
Robbins.
Lee appealed from City Court, where
he was fined SIOO and sentenced to thirty
days in jail. The cjse was not tried
prior to the election- this fall.
“Goosie’’ is considered a “power” in the
negro districts and Is said to have a con
siderable following which is not to be
ignored at a city or county election. Re
cently “Goosie” is said to have broken
away from the Jewett-Lemcke faction,
which will have a candidate in the field
at the coming city primary.
Lee’s name appears on numerous bonds
in Criminal Court and the State has filed
several cases against Lee when defendants
on whose bond Lee was surety, failed to ,
appear in court.
On tho days that “Goosie” has ap
peared in Criminal Court, many negroes
were there as spectators.
EVIDENCE FOUND I>
RAID ON CLUB.
The evidence showed that Lee was
president of the Pioneer Club and, al
though the police testified that dice and
some small change was found during an
early morning raid, Lee testified noth
ing more serious was going on than a
a game of checkers and the peaceful
sleep of several members of the club. ;
Tbe police testifies! that one member of
the club was so anxious to leave the
building he attempted to Jump through j
a window.
Lee denied the charges against him .
and contended that the Pioneer Club j
was a law-abiding organization and ;
claimed one of his duties was to search j
members on entering the club for dice :
and when such articles were discovered
Lee took the dice away from the owners, i
REPORTS 1 IN 10
GAS LAMPS OUT
Riley Investigates Street
Lighting Conditions.
Ten per cent of the gas street lamps in
Indiana] oiis were not burning last night,
according to Thomas A. ltiley, member
of the board of public works, who with
John J. Maroney, city inspector of street
lighting, conducted a survey of practi- j
cally every street between the hours of
6 p. m. and 1 a. m. 0
Mr. Riley has been investigating the
gs lighting situation to back up de
mands he has made thnt the XX’ellsbach
Gas Lighting Company of America, which
has the contract for the repair and main
tenance of gns street lights In Indian
apolis be compelled to accept anew
clause providing a penalty for outrages
or forfeit the contract.
In a written report made to the board
today, Mr. Riley pointed out that of the j
1,068 gas lamps he counted 120 that j
were out. Twenty-five of the 100 lights j
lu Irvington were not burning, he said. j
Upon rerelpt of the report the board j
Instructed Clerk William F. Cleary to
request the Weltabach Company to send
to the city a representative empowered
to niHke changes In Its contract.
Pay A
Little
Each
Week
Out of
The
high
Rent
District
Annex
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Friday, 93.D8.
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Mediuin heavy weight and
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Cured
His Piles
Now 83 Vears Old But Work*
Trade of Blacksmith and Feel*
Younger Since Piles
Are Gone.
The oldest active blacksmith in Michi
gan is still pounding his anvil in th
town of Hamer—thanks to my internal
method for treating piles.
mmßm
Mr. Jacob Lyon, Ilomer, Mich.
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