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THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Tuesday, with lower
temperature tonight.
VOL. XXXIII.
LLOYD GEORGE
WILL MEET NEW
STRENGTH TEST
British Parliament, Conven
ing Tomorrow, Faces Im
portant Problems.
IRISH QUESTION FIRST
LONDON, Feb. 14. —Domestic and
international problems of transcend
ing importance will confront
Parliament when it is convened to
morrow with a speech from the
throne after a recess since Dec. 23,
1920.
Premier Lloyd George will face anew
test of his political strength and it is
certain that the new session will mark
the beginning of a great struggle between
the Tories and Liberals for control of
the coalition government.
LONDON, Feb. I*.—Powerful pre
cautionary measures will be taken by
Scotland Yard tomorrow to prevent
attacks by Sinn Peiners and hostile
demonstrations by the unemployed
when Parliament is opened by King
George. Strong forces of police and
secret agents will guard parliament
building and will line the streets
through which the king will drive on
his way to Westminster from Buck
ingham Palace. “Especial precau
tions” of a secret nature wiU be
adopted to protect the royal family
during the opening ceremonies.
Political adherents of the premier
claim that his position has been strength
ened by the decision of the inter-allied
supreme council 4° impose more than
fifty six billions indemnity on Germany.
It was recalled that, in the last cam
paign preceding the general election, the
premier took for one of his main issues
the slogan:
“Germany will be compelled to pay for j
the war to the last penny.’’
DEBATE TO HAVE
AMERICAN ANGLE.
Issues that are pending between Great ]
Britain and the United States make it ,
very certain that a considerable part of
the parliamentary debate wiil have “an
American angle.”
But first and foremost In the business
on the parliamentary slate is'the Irish’
situation. Officials of the Irish office
have frankly admitted the Irish ques
tion will be reopened and that Commons
will be asked to put new amendments
on the partition act (the Irish home rule
law) that will make it most acceptable
to the Irish people as a whole.
Since the partition act was passed and
made effective, the government has made
little if any progress In establishing its
provisions in Ireland. Ireland was to
le divided into two parts with one Par
liament in the north and another in the
south, but the government has n.>t been
(Continued on Page Seven.)
COUNTY GAINS
TWO IN HOUSE
UNDER PLANS
Marion Boosts Total in Lower
Branch, While Lake Adds
One Senator.
Marion County will gain two Repre
sentatives In the lower house of the
Legislature if the tentative draft of a
bill expected to be reported to the House
today by the Legislative Apportionment
Committee is adopted. Herbert C. Willis
of Dekalb County Is chairman of the
committee.
?• rion County will have one additional
Representative from this county alone
and one Representative jointly with
Johnson County. The senatorial district
also will be changed, the Joint senatorial
district being with Johnson County in
stead of with Hamilton and Hendricks.
Lake County will gain one Senator, ac
cording to the pians of the committee.
It is the only county that gains a mem
ber In the upper branch and is the only
county except Marion that has more than
one Senator.
Many changes were made by the com
mittee in rearranging the counties for
the senatorial districts. Lawrence Coun
ty takes tha place of Greene County in
the present district of Lawrence, Mar
tin and Orange Counties, represented by
Senator Oscar Ratts of Paoli. Lawrence
County replaces Greene County In the
district formerly composed of Greene,
Brown and Monroe counties.
With the addition of one Senator to
Lake County, the northwestern corner has
been reapportioned to make a senatorial
district out of Porter. Jasper, Newton and
Benton Counties. Cass County, instead
of being linked with White County, as In
tile original draft, is joined with Car
(Continued on Page Seven.)
STRIPS BADGE
OFF POLICEMAN
Captain Acts When Keel
Shows Effects of Booze.
“Wild” whisky is given as the chief
cause of Patrolman Clarence Keel’s being
■tripped of bis badge and sent home
early Sunday by Capt. Ed Ball. Keel
was appointed to the force Nov. 9, 1920.
It is expected he will resign.
Keel entered a restaurant on Washing
ton street neir East street. There he
met Mr. and Mrs. Earl Vale, 4171/4 East
Washington street. Vale charges that
Keel took a fancy to Mrs. Vale and at
tempted to take her from her husband.
Vale remons:rated and Keel is said to
have .isued. "How do I know she is your
wife 7”
Keel then took Vale to police headquar
ters. Captain Ball ordered him home.
Later Keel returned to East Washington
street. Patrolman Belch told him three
times to go home and Keel refused. Belch
sent him to police headquarters in a
pa’rol wagon. Keel was not on duty at
the time of the trouble.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four h >urs ending 7 p. m.,
Feb. 15: Fair tonight and Tuesday;
colder tonight with temperature about 30
to 35 degrees.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
ft a. m 47
.7 a. in 40
S a. m 43
9 a. m *l6
!A> a. m 47
ij a. m 4S
12 (noon) 50
1 p. m 53
2 p. m. 55
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25, 1914. at
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HARDING CONS
ISSUE POINTS
AS TIME NEARS
Inaugural Address Gets At
tention Between Visits of
Politicians.
SPEECH NOT TO BE LONG
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 14
Although beset with vexing Cabinet
difficulties and besieged on all sides
by callers who desire “just a few
minutes” and then stretch the time
to thirty minutes, President-Elect
Harding is managing to devote more
time to the preparation of his in
augural address, now less than three
weeks from delivery.
Here in this Southern playground, sub
ject to constant interruptions. Mr. Hard
mg has found it increasingly difficult ,
really to work at this important phase
of his entrance into the Whife House.
He has, nevertheless, managed to sand
wich in between callers n considerable
amount of thought in the matter, and
the address already is beginning to as
sume definite, even though unwritten,
form.
DOMESTIC ISSUES
CHIEF SUBJECT MATTER.
The Inaugural address probably will not
be long, it was learned, and while little
intimation has bee.n forthcoming from
either the President-elect or his advisers
as to the main subject matter, it is be
;ieved the address will be devoted largely
j to domestic issues.
The rapidly-shifting phases of the in
ternational situation and the fact that
the allied premiers are meeting again
just a few days before he takes office
will, it is believed, preclude any attempt
to go deeply into the international poll- j
cles of the new Administration. It is
expected that Mr. Harding will reserve I
extended comment on international ques
tions until the assembling of the new
Congress in special session early in
, April. This new Congress will be con
; fronted at the outset with a demand for
(Continued on Page Seven.)
BEGINS LANDIS
IMPEACHMENT
CASE IN HOUSE
Welty Charges U. S. Judge
Neglects Office as Base
ball Arbiter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Impeachment
proceedings against Kenesaw Mountain j
Landh', Federal, JtulJS®- at Chicago, were j
begun In the House today by Represent#- j
tive Welty, Democrat, Ohio.
Landis, Welty charges, has made him
self subject to impeachment by neglect- !
Ing the duties of his judgeship to become
national arbiter for organized baseball.
The holding of the two office* by Lan
dis tends to nullify the proceedings
against members of the Chicago White
Sox and of the Judgment of $240,000 ob
tained by the defunct Federal League
against organized baseball for alleged
violation of the anti-trust laws, the Con
gressman maintains.
Welty’s charges were referred without
debate to the Judiciary Committee, in
accordance with the Constitution.
On the report of the committee will
depend whether Judge Landis is to be
sent to trial before tbd Senate for re
moval from office.
Welty’s motion to Impeach came as
a surprise because of the fact that Sat
urday he received an opinion from At
torney General Palmer that Landis had
violated no law by accepting compensa
tion from organized baseball and the
Government.
The Congressman insisted that his pur
pose was to keep baseball clean.
COMMITTEE CALLS
SECRETARY HOUSTON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Secretary of
the Treasury Houston was called today
by the Senate Judiciary Committee to
appear before it tomorrow with all in
formation and papers bearing on the
status of foreign loans, credits or other
commitments which he possesses.
The action was taken after the commit
tee heard, in executive session, Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, author of a
bill to prohibit Houston from paying
any more money from the United States
Treasury to any foreign government.
Houston will appear before the com
mittee in executive session.
The Reed bill is expected to be re
ported favorably.
MAY FILIBUSTER
FOR PACKER BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A filibuster
rivaling that in the Senate against the
emergency tariff bill may be started in
the House this week to force action on
the packer control bill.
Advocates of the measure claim power
ful pressure is being brought on Repub
lican leaders to prevent action this ses
sion or at such a late date that its final
enactment would be impossitile because
(Continued on Page Eight.)
TWO MEN DIE
IN HOTEL FIRE
Grandview, Texas, Has Sec
ond Big Loss in \ T ear.
GRANDVIEW, Texas. Feb. 14.—James
McDonald and Paul Lockhart, both of
Henrietta, Texns., were burned to death
in a fire which early today destroyed
the Commercial Hotel here.
This is the second disastrous fire here
within a year, flames eJght months ago
having destroyed the entire business sec
tion with a loss of $2,000,000.
ESCORT SAYS WOMAN
WAS SLAIN BY THUGS
PARIS, Texas, Feb. 14—Mrs. Marie
Edwards, 20, was found murdered In a
wooded pasture near here today.
C.sude Gamble, the young woman's es
cort, told of being held up and robbed
by two masked men at 1 a. m. The rob
bers attacked Mrs. Kdwards, be said,
killing her. lie said he escaped by
feigning death when the bandits attacked
him.
Sheriff J. E. Brown received a tele
phone call from Gamble about 2 o’clock
3 ittoaua ilailts (Times
Stars of Loew Theater Given
Hearty and Official Greeting
Street Parade Holds
as Much Interest as
Big Circus.
By MABEL WHEELER.
Indianapolis has had one more mad,
merry morning for Marcus Loew and his
party of famous folk arrived in town ut
10 o’clock, and, with the help of the Ivi
wanis Club and city and State officials
to say nothing of the military band and
flocks of mounted policemen, managed to
liven up the city. And it was Just like a
three-ringed circus, only with übout two
dozen rings, for eachVplayer had her or
his little turn.
After the party had been roundly wel
comed at the station, the chain of cars
jazzed around and picked up the celebri
ties, only one to a car, understand, pre
paratory to parading through the town
and visiting the Governor, the mayor and
everything, ending up with a festive
luncheon at the Claypool Hotel.
M hile the mob was wildly cheering the
advancing party I slipped through the
inass and beat It around where the empty
machines were placidly parking and,
methougbt, here is my chance, I will
walk along and pick out my star, get
in and greet him when he steps Into the
motor. So I did. I walked clear along
and had Just about decided on Montagu
Love when the name Kenneth Douglas
struck my eye. You know I adore the
uama of Kenneth, and, without further
Brydon Is Free
Again to Dally
With Charges
In Jail Only Few Hours When
Judge Collins Allows
New Bond.
Ray M. Brydon again was a free man
today.
Although he was indicted three times
by a grand Jury May 1.1, 1920, lie lias been
trl“d on only one of the three indict
ments and Judgment never has been ren
dered on that one and Brydon again is j
the recipient of more delay and favors.
Brydon was to have received judgment I
Saturday on a charge of grand larceny,
but he didn't. He did not appear when
first called and the court forfeited bis
bond of $l,lOO with William C. Brydon,
his father, and Charles C. Clark, his ai
torney, as surety.
Shortly after the bond was forfeited
Brydon appeared and Judge James A.
Collins set the forfeiture pslde and or
dered Brydon into the custody of tilt
sheriff, after giving Brydon a chance to
give anew bond of $l,lOO.
Brydon was taken to Jail about 11 a.
in. Saturday and was released about 7
o’clock that evening when his father ano
his attorney signed anew bond, Sheriff
George Snider stated. - - - --
Judgment has not been pronounced by
Judge Collins.
DRY CHIEF SEES
BLACKMAIL PLOT
Calls sos Indictment of Big
Chicago Politician.
CHICAGO. Feb. 11. —Indictment of “one
of the best known politicians in Chicago”
for attempting to blackmail him will lie
asked by Frank D. Richardson, supervis
ing Federal prohibition agent, Richard
son announced today.
This man attempted to impute evil from
Richardson's Innocent acquaintance with
a woman who is separated from her hus
band, the dry chief stated.
Two other men tried to force him to
allow them to steal a huge quantity of
confiscated whisky from the Govern
ment's warehouse, Mr. Richardson de
clared, the alternative being the use of
his name ns co respondent in a cross bill
in a divorce suit.
Grand Jury Returns
Two Indictments
The Marion County grand Jury today
made a special report, returning two in
dictments. one of which corrected a
I former indictment and the other charged
| Edw in C. Horton, Charles A. Horton and
1 Ralph Fidler with stealing an automo
i bile from Frank E. Abbott, 3307 Wash
| ington boulevard.
Wide Search Fails
to Find Army Flier
SAN ANTONIO, Texts, Feb. 14.
Lieut. Alexander Ferson Jr.,
United States Air Service, lied dead or
seriously Injured In the wreckage of his
airplane, or Is slowly making bis way
through the sage brush aud sand hills
of the southwestern desert to one of
the small towns over which he was last
seen flying, remains Just as much a mys
tery at the end of a ninety six-hour
search by forty army planes, cowboys,
ranchmen and Texas rangers as when the
flier first dropped from sight Thursday
morning.
2 Suits Ask $20,000
Damages of $13,000 were asked today
In a suit filed In Superior Court, room
fi, by Ora Jacksou Lackhart against the
Blue Cab Company for alleged Injuries
when struck hy a t'.ixl near the Union
depot on Nov. 12. 1920.
Judgment of $5,000 was asked in a suit
filed in room 5 by John Anderson against
the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal
Company, claiming he was knocked down
by a car on Dec. 8 last,
ASKS RAIL AND WATER SIFT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Information
relative to alleged agreements and under
standing between American trunk line
railroads and foreign steamship lines is
requested from the Interstate Commerce
Commission in a resolution introduced
In the Senate today by Senator Fletcher
(Dem.) of Florida.
telling of the robbery and murder.
Gamble said the hold-up men accosted
them while he and the woman were sit
ting in an automobile ou a lonely road.
According to his story, the robbers
forced them out of the machine, robbed
him and then shot him in the foot. An
other bullet hit a button and g.aneed off,
he said. Then he feigned death.
The robbers seized the woman, he said,
dragging her across a ravine. The voices
stopped for a minute and then he heard
a shot. *
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921.
parley, I seated myself in the car. Pretty j
soon along came the driver and X dis
played a police badge. Three Kiwanis
ribbons and he let me stay In. Then
wo went around to pick up Kenneth.
He was handed in witn due ceremony.
He didn’t look like any Kenneth I had
ever known, out he was absolutely de
;
RUTII ROLAND.
litlous—a jolly English chap donteba
know. Blonde and rosy, with yellow
gloves, blue socks, walking stick and a
nioiocle. 1 was overjoyed when I saw
him. But to gave my soul I could not
remember of giving him in the movies,
so I told him that 1 didn't have much
time to go to the movies and I didn't
[ believe I had ever seen him on the J
! screen although i had heard his name I
; often, lie straightway, firmly but pleas-i
antiy, informed me that he was not a j
movie star, but an actor. Just over from
England, too, and crazy about America, j
I recovered from my first disappoint
ment and we had a J"Uy little chat.
f '
J i
C •"*s' fSVJ
MARCUS LOEW.
He seemed to think that the crowd was
great, liked it you knew. He told me be
tween bows to t!ie admiring populace
that he was going in for movies We
talked weather and the Ml ld> West,
until we arrived at the .Stateho’ise, where
SHIP, IN ICE FLOE,
CALLS FOR HELP
Bristol City, With Crew of 40,
in Danger.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14. —Two wireless
messages for assistance were received
here today from the captain of the steam
ship Bristol City of the Bristol line.
| bound from Bristol, England, to this
city. The first message was garbled in
transmission, but the second 8. O. 8. call
was urgent and reud as follows:
“In heavy fields of Ice. Have no steam
to get through. Want Immediate assist
ance.”
It is believed the ship was caught in
a heavy ice Hoe somewhere off Cape
Breton.
The Bristol (Tty is a freighter of 2,800
tons and has a crew of forty men. It loft
England Jan. 27.
Money From Sale of
Capital Asset Taxable
Income taxpayers are warned not to
omit from their returns all gains utid
profits realized from the sale of capital
assets, in a bulletin just issued by tin
commissioner of Internal revenue at
Washington. It was recently held In the
United States District Court of Connecti
cut that such gains and profits are not
taxable, but pending a decision of the
question by the Supreme Court the hult
tin says the bureau will continue to col
lect the tux.
PLAN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.
Plans for a membership drive were
discussed at a party given by the won.
en’s Auxiliary to Marne River Dost No.
j fit, American Legion, at the home of Mrs.
It. C. Wheat, 820 North Keystone avenue,
Saturday evening.
Clean One Streak ,
Easy Way to Pull
Job for All Walls
llays Wilson, negro political work
er and M>ntractor, today won the
china safety razor for tile most naive
method of landing a city contract.
Several weeks ago the board of
public works gave Hays permission
to clean the frescoed walls of the city
controller's suite of offices in the city
hall, llays was to submit a bill for
w.iut be thought the job was worth.
Hays and several negro assistants
went to work, and even his enemies
had to admit that he mode the walls
look about seven shades brighter.
This was a nice piece of business
and private work was more or less
slunk, so llays Decided he would
like to clean the whole city hall. The
board of works said it was too early,
as ooal soot would dirty the walls
before summer arrived.
Tlie matter lay dormant until to
day, when It was discovered what
Hays lias been about. He selected a
prominent section of one of the
walls of the first floor rotunda and
cleaned a wide and glaring strip, ns
a "sample to show what he could do.”
Then he let the hoard members
see the wail, part clean and part
dirty.
Evidently deciding that It never
would do to leave the wall In this
condition, George Lemaux, president
of the board, instructed Hay's to go
ahead and dean the walls of the
whole first floor.
The price /will be l>a*ej on a
charge of $6 a day for each man In
tiie cleaning gang, Hays said.
Girl Reporter Finds
Kenneth Douglas
Not in Movies.
the new Governor was standing on the
steps to greet tho visitors.
It really was an unusual looking lot
of folk. Fur coats, oo la la, and such
coats. Ruth Roland was the center of
a group of admirers, looking like a mil
lion dollars or so, in a squirrel coat and
a “sassy” black hat with a pert feather
stlekup on it. One fair damsel was a
vision in pearl gray, squirrel coat, gray
satin tam, with blouse, shoes and hose
of the same shade, while Lillian Walker,
in a stunning costume, looking like a
Paris fashion plate, surely has the most
enchanting dimples.
ALL YOUNG
AND BEAUTIFUL.
They are all young and beautiful, the
girls, at least; Hope Hampton, demure
in brown and squirrel; Marguerite'
Marsh, sister of Mae, blonde and sunny
hiking as a Jue morning; Gladys Coburn. I
typical Southern beauty. Lady Ten Me),
Chinese star, almond eyed but smart.y
New Yorkish; Emily Chichester, slendt i
and striking; Helen Flint,_ dainty and:
coquetish; Helene “Smiles” Davis, scarlet
hatted and vivaelous; Zena Keefe, re
minding one of a big doll, only smiling
(they ail smiled all the time); Lois Meri
dith, in a clever get-up; MabeJ Pierson,
(Continued on Fuse Eight.)
Counter Move
of Bi-Partisan
Machine Men
Democrats Oppose Effort to
Draw Party Into Republic
an Primary Net.
Democrats who have grown gray in the
faith and learned the most of the po
litical trickery with which the affairs of
the city of Indianapolis are conducted,
announced toduy that they believed they
ha 1 countered the latest move of the
Republic-, n city organization to control
the comlug primaries through a bi-par
tisan combination.
Ever since W. E. Feeney, business and
social associate of Thomas E. Riley,
Jew—tt-Ncws Democrat,. announced his
candidacy for the Democratic chairman
ship of the city, these Democrats have
been busy seeking to head off the Feeney
movement.
These Democrats have not been per
sonally opposed to Feeney, but they are
j opposed to the backing that Feeney has,
; on the grounds that It is not a Demo
| cratic following, but is a part and par
cel of the scheme by which the city ad
ministration expects to control the nom
' lnutlon of a mayor.
| FEENEY HELD MASK
i FUR COMBINATION.
Keeney, to these men. Is merely a mask
j for the y©w-Holtzman-Rlle.y comblna
i tion of minority Republican henchmen
They profess to .'<*© in his candidacy an
: attempt of the News-Jewett Democrats
to r lie the Democratic organization,
name ©lection boards that will work wltb
the Republican board members to the
| end that Samuel Lewis Shank can agntn
I be counted out of the nomination re
| j-ardless of how mauy votes he may ob
\ tain.
1 These Democrats are not anxious to
; see Shank nominated, nor do they de
v're to Interfere In the least with the
I Republican primaries. They have, how.
i ever, too much respect for their party
* to be willing to sit by and sen It made
| a party to a corrupt primary such as
! has been the rule in Indianapolis for
| many years.
j If the administration Republicans are
determined to corrupt the primary, these
Democrats reason, they should be com
polled to corrupt It themselves, and not
to have either the active or passive sup
port of the Democrats of the city.
NOT OF TYPE TO
HELP DEMOCRATS.
Feeney, they argue, is not the type of
a man who will help the Democrats in
thp campaign. He is, they know, so close
ly related to the News-Holtzman-Rlley
combination that whether he so desired
or not his administration of the city
chairmanship would be In the Interest
of this faction.
The interest of this faction lies wholly
in the nomination and election of what
ever candidate the Indianapolis News de
cides should be elected.
Heretofore Mr. Riley, who is the minor
ity member of the board of works, has
been of service to the Jewett adminis
tration in many ways. In the last pri
mary he was active in the making up of
the primary boards and in each pre
cinct in which he had his way there was
a complete understanding between the
machine Republicans and the election
board, which understanding did not do
the machine candidates any harm, at
least.
SUBSTANTIAE
MEMBERS OFPOSE.
There is a disposition on the part of
the older and more substantial Demo
crats of Indianapolis to prevent, if pos
sible, the assistance of the Democratic
organization in the "rigging” of the pri
maries. Hence the opposition to Feeney,
who comes before the city committee ns
a candidate for chairman with the collar
of the Ncws-Jewett combination promi
nently displayed.
Hopes of a clean primary in which the
Republican voters of Indianapolis will
actually nominate a mayor are very low.
It is genei.vlly expected among those per
sons in both parties that watch pri
maries that there will be every method
possible used to count out Shank, just
as it was admitted every effort was made,
successfully, four years ago.
Democrats who oppose Feeney's candi
dacy are doing so because they have
pride enough In their pnrty to be op
posed to a very evident movement to
make the party organization a tool with
which the News Jewett combination may
put over its nominee.
Sent to Reformatory
Glenn T*eaoh. alias George Leach,
charged with issuing fraudulent checks,
today was sentenced from one to five
years at the Indiana State Reformatory
by Judge James A. Collins of Criminal
Court.
Gill Sarblnoff was found not guilty of
receiving stolen goods ia a transaction
growing out of the pur’haso of some
egg*.
i yiola Scott, who appealed from city
court ou a petit larceny charge, and John
Owens, who appealed from city court on
a charge of carrying concealed w'eapons,
dismissed their appenis and were re
; manded to the custody of city court
| officials.
KOKOMO EI.KB CELEBRATE.
KOKOMO, Hid., Fe.b. 14—Kokomo lodge
No. 190, B. P. O. E., celebrated the thir
tieth anniversary of its organization with
a stag party Saturday night.
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BARKER ASKS
GREAT POWER
FOR TAX BOARD
Amendment Introduced in
House Would Centralize
Fixing State Rates.
SPECIAL HEARING SET
Enormous additional power would !
be given to the State Board of Tax j
Commissioners under an amendment i
introduced in the House today by |
Representative Murray S. Barker of
Boone County, administration pilot
of the tax hill amendments.
The Barker amendment would give
the tax board, with the consent of the
Governor and the auditor of State, the
power to fix all State tax levies. These
levies would include levies for educa
tional funds, the general fund, the high- j
way fund and all other special State
funds. It seeks to repeal all levies made j
prior to March 11, 1919.
The amendment, if it becomes a law, i
w-ould practically take the tax making \
power out of the hands of the Legisla- ;
tore and delegate It to the tax board, the
Governor and the auditor. Under the
present tax law the hoard has taken upon
itself the right to cut levies made by the
Legislature under old valuations. The
constitution of Indiana places the tax
levying power in the hands of the Leg
islature, but It has been held that the
Legislature may delegate any power It
may have under the constitution.
MADE SPECIAL
ORDER FOR THURSDAY.
The amendment as made a special
order of business foe Thursday at 10:30
a. m. Meanwhile it will be printed and
laid on the desks of the Represeuatlves.
Because of the length of the amend
ment an dthe Importance of the bill the
members of the House desired more time
In which to consider it.
Included in the amendment in a pro
vision that all armories shall be exempt
from taxation.
The miftn features of the bill, which
was evolved by Governor Warren T Mc
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JOHN ( LUXE, 58,
FOUND IN STORE
AFTER SUICIDE
Furniture Dealer, in Business
Here 36 Years, Missing
Since Sunday.
Despondent over Illness, John Clune.
38, 2902 North Delaware street, shot and
i killed himself some time yesterday in
i his store, tho Art Furniture Company,
106 South Meridian street. The body was
| found by Elmer Pelance, 2210 North Tal
bott street, a salesman, today.
Clune left home at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning, saying he was going to the
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
When he failed to return home Mrs.
Clune became worried and Paul Clifford,
3902 North Delaware street, her son-In
law, went to the store to see If Mr. Clune
was there. He did not go to the second
Poor, visiting only the offices, and not
finding Mr. Clune, returned home.
The police were notified of Mr. Clune’s
disappearance and were requested to
search for him.
It was not until 9 o'clock this morning
that the body was found. Mr. Clune hah
placed a quilt on the floor. The quilt
was taken from a table beside which
the body was found.
The high pile of quilts prevented Fe
in are from seeing Ine body when he first
reached the top of the stairs.
MotorpoUeemen Englebright nnd Bas
tin investigated. They found Clune had
shot himself with a .32-caliber revolver
above the right ear. Dr. Paul F. Rob
inson, coroner, said Clune probably had
been dead since early Sunday.
Mrs. Clune was among the first to reach
the store after the body was found. She
was frantic, and n9 she kneeled beside
the body declared repeatedly that there
was no reason for her husband to kill
himself anil that he was always kind
f.nd happy In his home.
IN BUSINESS HERE
THIRTY-SIX YEARS.
Mr. Clune had been In the furniture
business in Indianapolis for thirty-six
years. For many years he was proprietor
of one of the largest furniture stores in
the Stale, located on the site now occu
pied by the Lor,line Hotel, Washington
street and Capitol avenue. He sold that
store and then opened the World’s Fair
Furniture Store in West Washington
■ street, where he continued for several
years. Later he sold that store and
started the Art Furniture Store in Penn
sylvania street, near Maryland street.
! More than a year ago Mr. Clune moved
his store to 106 South Meridian street.
The C’lune family is one of the most
prominent in the city. Mr. Clune is sur
vived by his widow and three daughters,
Mrs. Paul Clifford, Miss Margaret Cluns
nnd Miss Mary Gladys Clune. One sister,
Margaret Clune, also survives.
FOUND BY CLERK
MAKING SALE.
Mr. Pelance, the salesman who found
the body, had gone to the second floor to
show a customer some merchandise.
“I had Just sold some linoleum and was
returning to the drat floor when I saw
I some person lying on the floor in the rear
of the room. J thought it strange, but
I said nothing until I returned to the
office.
“Mr. Clifford asked me If I had henrd
that Air. Clune was missing. I told him
no, but that I had seen a man lying on
the floor upstairs and perhaps It might
he Mr. Clune. We hurried to the second
floor and found Mr. Clune’s body.”
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MAYOR STAMP
ON T. C. HOWE
Jewett Admits Choice for
Nomination Was Made at
Select Meeting.
GRUMBLING IS HEARD
Mayor Charles W. Jewett today
confirmed a report that the city ad- 1
ministration wing of the Republican
party has decided to suport Thomas :
C. Howe, whom the Indianapolis
News has demanded be the Repub
lican nominee for mayor. He admit
ted that Howe was selected as the j
administration candidate at a meet- j
ing of approximately thirty leaders in
his personal organization, held in the j
private office of Ralph A. Lemcke,
county treasurer, in the Lemcke An
nex Sunday morning.
News that this meeting had been held j
and that Howe had been “approved” for j
the nomination at the city primary May I
4 was permitted general public circula- i
lation. The administration forces at- ■
tempted, however, to conceal the fact,
that another gathering was held in the i
; city hall Immediately after the first, at '
which instructions were given to work- !
ers on what would be expected of them
to nominate Howe.
Among those who gathered around the
mayor In the second and more secret
nceetin - were Charles Gift, former super- j
lntendent of street lighting: Robert H. j
Bryson, city controller; John Castor,:
county recorder; Claris Adams, former:
prosecuting attorney, famed for his fail- :
ure to “see criminal intent" in the stuf- j
flag of a Jury box; Chester Jewett,'
brother of the mayor; James Mann, an
employe in the city civil engineering de
partment; Frank Graham, former city
• councilman; George O. Hutsell, city clerk;
Richard Sipe, county clerk, and Robert
F. Miller, former sheriff, who was not per
mited to run for renomination on the
Republican ticket after the expose by
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson of the feed
ing of rotten food to prisoners in the
county jail.
TRY TO DENY
STORM IN MEETING.
The administration forces were trying
their best to block a story given wide
circulation to the effect that the meet
ing In Lemcke’s private office was a
“stormy affair” and that Mr. Howe was
j “Jammed down the throats” of those
| present. Those who persistently spread
1 this story, persons who attended the
i meeting, said the mayor and his lieu
tenants blocked an effort to postpone “In
dorsement” of a candidate until a later
date and pushed through a motion made
hy City Controller Bryson to support
Howe.
The strictly administration men denied
Mr. Bryson made the motion, one leader
asserting that “somebody else, I don’t
remember Just who,” made It.
Those loyal to the mayor insisted that
the utmost harmony prevailed and that
Mr. Howe was selected only after the
qualifications of thirty men mentioned as
possible candidates were discussed.
CHOSEN OVER
A. L. TAGGART.
It finally simmered down to whether
A. L. Taggart, president of the board
of public safety, or Howe should be the
choice, the administration men said, with
the result that Howe was chosen.
“Indorsement” of Howe by the Jewett
men brought forth a storm of comment
| from other wings of the Republican
| party, not a small part of the objection
] to Mr. Howe coming from the city hail.
; Many precinct committeemen and leaders
| of other factions than that led by the
mayor made frequent and vociferous
statements to the effect that they wen
"not going to let the Indianapolis News
pick our candidate this time.”
ASKS NEW TRIAL
FOR MRS. MYERS
Counsel Plans Appeal if Plea
Is Rejected.
Claiming that Judge James A. Collins
erred in certain rulings In the case of
Mrs. Inda Myers, who was found guilty
of manslaughter for shooting her hus
band, Frederick A. Myers, and that the
verdict was not in accordance with the
evidence, Attorney Arthur R. Robinson
today argued in behalf of his motion for
anew trial.
Mr. Robinson contended there was rea
sonable doubt In view of Mrs. Myers'
plea of self-defense.
Prosecutor William F. Evans opposed
the motion.
Judge Collins stated the court would
rule Tuesday morning.
“If the court refuses anew trial we
will appeal to the Supreme court,” Mr.
Robinson said.
Mrs. Myers did not appear in court.
There is every Indication that the mo
tion will be denied, as most of the ques
tions Involved were passed upon by the
court during the trial.
Mrs. Myers is now In Jail. If the mo
tion for anew trial Is denied the court
will sentence her tomorrow.
Refers Repairs at
Jail to Grand Jury
Slu riff George Snider has sent a writ
ten request to Judge James A. Collins
of the Criminal Court and to the county
commissioners, nsking that the plumbing
be repaired at the Jail and other neces
sary Improvements be made, including
installation of baths in the basement
The court ordered the grand jury to
report on the needs of the juil.
NO. 239.
126 FEDERAL
INDICTMENTS
ARE RETURNED
Violations of Liquor Laws
Top List in Grand
Jury Report.
TRUE BILL ON BERNAUER
One hundred and twenty-six in
dictments, charging violation of six
teen Federal statutes, were returned
to Judge Albert B. Anderson today
by the United States grand jury
which has been in session since Dec.
6. Judge Anderson set Monday,
March 7, as arraignment day. In ad
dition to the above list nine indict
ments previously have been returned,
and In a special report made about
a month ago more than forty resi
dents of Muncie were indicted for
violation of the Federal prohibition
I laws.
As was expected the largest number of
; indictments returned was for violation
jof the liquor laws, forty-three coming
, under this heading, postal violations ae*
: counted for twenty-one, while the others
were divided as follows: Transportation
| of stolen automobiles in interstate traffic,
16; Harrison narcotic act, 12; stealing
from Interstate shipments, 9; white slave
act. 6; impersonating United States of
ficer, 4; altering Government obligations.
3; forging Government securities, S;
banking act, 2: food and drug laws, 2;
counterfeiting. 1; larceny, 1; pension act,
!l; war risk insurance act. L
CARL BERNAUER
IS INDICTED.
Among those Indicted for transporting
stolen automobiles in Interstate traffic
are Cari Bernauer nnd Charles J. Jones,
both of Indianapolis, who are now under
Indictment by the Marlon County grand
jury charged with the murder of Samuel
F>ald, confectioner, on the night of Oct.
28. 1920.
Bernauer has been granted a change of
venue from this county by Judge James
A. Collins of the Criminal Court. Ber
nnner, in his petition for a change of
venue, claims he cannot get a fair trial
in tills county. The case was transferred
to the Shelby County Circuit Court.
Bernauer will be removed from Jail in
this city to Shelbyvllle within the next
few days to await trial on the murder
charge.
Federal authorities will not push tho
eases against Bernauer and Jones until
after the State cases against them have
been disposed of.
Leon E. Stephens, charged with alter
ing a Government obligation, has been In
jail here, but Saturday he escaped by
hiding in the cellar of the jail and break
j ing the chain With which the door to the
i outside was fastened. He is still at large.
FIRST STEF IN
! STATE DRUG WAR.
The large number of indictments re-
I turned for violation of the Harrison nar
i cotic law is the result of a determined
effort on the part of the narcotic depart
ment of the internal revenue office to
rid Indiana of this class of law violators.
Doremus Wells, said to be one of the
most notorious “dope peddlers” in the
country, is on the list. Wells is 48 years
fold and has passed more than half of his
i life in prison.
I The fact that the name of Alpha A.
Holaday, generally known as Muncie’s
, Ponzi, did not appear on the list of those
1 Indicted gave rise to considerable specu
i lation. Holaday, whose rosy promises of
enormous profits to investors in the Hola
j day Investment Company of Muncie drew
j the attention of the postofflee inspectors
I to him, was arrested Jan. 19 on a war
i rant charging him with using the mails
!In a scheme to defraud. After a hearing
; before the United States commissioner he
: was released on bond.
Following the submission of the re
port to Judge Anderson the grand Jury
resumed its investigations of the coal
case. Mr. Van Nuys said this Work
should be completed within a week at
which time a special report will be mads
jto Judge Anderson. This will bring to
: a close one of the longest grand Jury
(Continued om Pago Eight.)
JUROR HELD ON
BRIBE CHARGE
Said to Have Offered to
‘Swing Jury/
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—Max S. John
son, Juror in the $500,000 alienation suit
of David W. Sullivan against John T.
Davis, Elkins. West Virginia millionaire,
was arrested and held in S3,O<X) bond to
day on a charge of attempting to ne
gotiate a bribe from Davis.
The Jury immediately was dismissed
by Justice Siddons as the case entered
its fourth week in the District of Colum
bia Supreme Court.
The warrant on which Johnson was
arrested ohnrged he had approached Wil
liam Terrell, a private detective em
ployed by Davis, saying that for $5,000
he would "swing the Jury.” Johnson was
arrested a few minutes after the court
convened this morning and arralged im
mediately before United States Conatiis
sioner Richardson.
Reports Councilmen
Favor Benedict Bill
City Councilman Gustav G. Schmidt to
day declared he has canvassed a majority
of the members of the city council and
found them to be In favor of the Benedict
street resurfacing bill, pending in the
State Legislature.
The Benedict bill would provide tor
paying the cost of all street resurfacing
out of the city general fund. Under the
present law the coat Is assessed directly
ugainst property owners benefited by the
improvement.
Mr. Schmidt said he believes the en
tire council will be on record in favor
of the measure when he gets expressions
from those he has not talked to.
GIVES TO FIREMEN’S FIND.
E. L. Osborne of the Central Wall
Paper and Paint Company has presented
a check for SSO to the firemen’s pension
fund. In n letter accompanying the con
tribution Mr. Osborne said: "This in
appreciation of the splendid work of the
Indianapolis fire department Jan. 30. 1921,
when fire destroyed our plant at 127-129
South Meridian street.”
Bandits Get $17,000
in Downtown Hold-up
ST. LOTTS, Feb. 14.—Knocked down
by a blow on the back of the head,
George Leutenschlnger, cashier for a gro
cery compnny, was robbed of SII,OOO in
cash and $6,000 in checks in the heart of
the shopping district enrly this afternoon.
He was on his way to a bank and was
not more than fifty yards from the store
when the hold-up was staged. The ban
dits escaped in an automobile..’ .