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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
Little change in temperature.
VOL. XXXIV.
'CAR LINES NOT
KEEPING APACE
WITH PAVEMENT
Many Stre 6ts Hardly Passable
Because" 0 f Space Between
/ Tracks.
ENFORCED
By VOLNEY B. FOWLER.
In the making of “bridges” be
tween the various “traffic islands of
Indianapolis, which have been dis
cussed in a previous article, much
immediate good could be done were
pavement between car tracks on a
number of “trunk” streets to be put
in good repair.
It has been pointed out that most of
the points of interest, such as the parks,
the Speedwav, and some of the fine coun
try drives, are isolated from each other
because of the lack of broad, well-payed
city streets between them. A number
of such streets might be classed as
“broad and well paved" if it were pos
sible for motorists to use the car track
pavement with comfort. Vice versa there
are a few streets upon which 'he street
railway company's pavement is good and
the surface on either side, kept up by
the city, Is miserable.
>0 PENALTY PAID
BY COMPANY.
The board of public works from time
to time in the last three years has is
sued orders to the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company to put its pavement
in shape, but very little heed has been
paid to them. The board of works could
have penalized the car company SIOO per
day for delays under the franchise which
was surrendered recently, but It did no.
use the weapon. ,
At the presenet time the city and the
street railway are engaged in a con
troversy over the powers of the city to
regulate the company, now that the
franchise Is dead, and the question of
original paving and resurfacing between
tracks is one of the angles in dispute.
The utility contends that property own
ers should pay the original cost of such
paving and the company keep it up
thereafter. The company has paid fc*
both heretofore. Insistence that If the
city comnels the company to do a lot ot
resurfacing and other Improving the fare
must be raised so as to provide revenues
also is a complication entering to cause
a delay while the track pavements get
worse and worse.
STREET HALF BUILT
SOON WEARS OCT.
Whether the citizens or the company
pay for and original pave
ment motor traffic movement on a num
ber of downtown and outlying main high
ways would be greatly aided by better
surface along the tracks.
In street* where the tracks are bad and
the city pavement on either side is in
fairly good shape all the traffc is forced
onto it, with the result that it wears out
much sooner and the narrow double
!sues get In a congested state. In the
few cam where the city pavement Is bad
and the car track aurfae-god. ihe_cen
ter of the street suffers too heavy use
and rapid deterioration, just as the out
side lane* do in the opposite case. Im
provement of the street should be carried
out from qurb to curb at practically the
same time. The Street Railway Company
has either not been in financial or has
not desired to cooperate In this way in
the last few years, however.
Streets which city officials say would
be far better able to handle their motor
traffic loads if car track surfaces were
more passable are: East Tenth street,
Delaware street (downtown), Ohio street
(downtown), Massachusetts avenue, Vir
ginia avenue. West Washington street
(now under repair in one section). East
Washington street as far east as llie Belt
Railroad, Madison avenue, Illinois street,
Capitol avenue (downtown). Indiana ave
nue, East Michigan street as far east as
Tacoma avenue. West Michigan street,
several blocks of which have had car
tracks unpaved and the rest of the street
Improved for the last four years. Illinois
street, the stretch of which from Thirty-
Eighth to Forty-Sixth streets Is in the
same fix as West Michigan street. Col
lege avenue north to Fall Creek. Central
avenue north of Nineteenth street. South
Meridian street and practically all other
solth-slde streets which have car lines oa
them.
MILITIA AGAIN
CALLED IN W. VA.
Governor Morgan Issues New
Proclamation for Mingo
County.
CHARLESTON’, W. Va., June 25.
Governor E. F Morgan, In anew procla
mation of martial law in Mingo County
today, called out 130 members of the
enrolled militia of that county to enforce
hla decree.
Since no organized militia exists in
the State, the sheriff of Mingo County is
authorized to conscript or accept 130
volunteers for duty in upholding the
proclamation.
FOOD ROTTING
WITH CARS IDLE
Senator Norris Says Consumer
Is Starving.
WASHINGTON’, June 28.—'The con
sumer is “starving for food products now
rotting on the farms," while the rail
roads have hundreds of thousands of
empty cars standing on sidetracks be
cause of prohibitive freight rates. Sena
tor Norris, Republican. Nebraska, chair
man of the Senate Agriculture Commit
tee, declared before the Interstate Com
merce Commission today in response to
Its opposition to his bill for the creation
of a *100,000.000 Federal corporation to
export surplus farm products.
Norris accused the commission, in ob
jecting to the reduction of freight rates
on farm products proposed by ihe bill,
of taking a “narrow view of the situ
ation" and of being “particularly sollci
tour? of the rights of private interests.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m.,
June 29: Partly cloudy tonight and
W’ednesday: little change In tempera
ture.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
fi a. m... 70
7 a. m 71
8 a. m 71
9 a. m 72
• 10 a. m 72
11 a. m 74
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as §econd Class Matter, July 25. 1914, at
Ind.. Dally Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind.. under act March S, 1879.
Mrs. Kaber, Eyes Closed,
Somber Figure in Court
as Murder Trial Opens
COIKT HOUSE CLEVELAND, Ohio,
June 28.—The right of women to sit as
Jurors In the trial of Catherine Eva Ka
ber, charged with the murder of her
husband, sm upheld today by Judge
Demon. There are five women on the
venire. '
COURTHOUSE, CLEVELAND, Ohio,
June 28.—Catherine Eva Kaber, charged
with the first-degree murder of her hus
band Daniel F. Kaber, .wealthy publisher,
sat today with closed eyes and no trace of
emotion as attorneys for the State de
scribed her as a woman who had planned
and directed the cold-blooded slaying of
ber invalid husband.
A thin, dark, somber woman, she had
slipped almost unnoticed into the de
fendant's chair as “murder fans,” breath
less with curiosity, awaited her appear
ance.
A dark woman without a touch of
color.
Only the white of the handereblef
which she held to her mouth relieved the
somberness of her costume—a plain blue
suit and hat. .
OPENS EYES ONLY
ONCE DURING SESSION.
Only once did she open her eyes during
the morning proceedings—that was when
the attorneys for the State asked the first
venireman whether he objected to capital
punishment and would send a women to
REFERENDUM
MAY BE TAKEN
BY SINN FEIN
Leaders Wish to Be Relieved
of Oath to ‘Republic’ in
Peace Discussion.
LONDON, June 2S. —Close advisers of
Premier Lloyd George today were infor
mally notified by Sinn Fein leaders that
Dali Eireann (Sinn Fein Parliament)
probably will decide that a referendum
is necessary before Eamonn de Valera
acceptr Premier Lloyd George's invita
tion to go to London for an Irish peace
c nference.
It was said that a referendum might
be necessary becaus'e the Sinn Fein of
ficials believe that they mus, be relieved
of their oath to the Irish republic be
fore entering negotiations with England.
This oath, which was administered on
June 13, pledges all Sinn Feiners to al
legiance to the Irish republic and to
have no dealings whatsoever with "enemy
countries."
De Valera contlnuea to hold consulta
tion* with other Republican official* and
It is understood that he visited Mount
Joy Prison Monday and talked with Ar
thur Griffith, president of the Sinn Fein.
Dublin dispatches say that D* Valera re
fused to talk for publication and that he
will have nothing to say until bis reply
is sent to London later in the week.
The reply Is expected In this city either
tomorrow or Thursday. It may be non
commital, but In that event probably will
promise a second reply later on. It Is
confidently believed tnat the Sinn Fein
ultimately will accept the premier’s In
vitation and that De Valera will come
here accompanied by U-ree colleagues.
The conference will be he'd at 10 Down
ing street, the premier’s official resi
dence.
British troops are being held in readi
ness for the opening of the Southern Par
liament in Dublin, which corresponds to
the Northern Parliament In Belfast that
was opened by King George last Wednes
day.
ULSTER CABINET
ACCEPTS IMITATION
BELFAST, June 28.—The Ulster Cabi
net today accepted Premier Idoyd
George's Invitation to Sir James Craig,
premier of Ulster, to go to London to
attend an Irish peace conference.
$75,000 BLAZE
IN RUSHVILLE
Downtown Garages, 17 Autos
and 12 Tractors Are
Burned.
Special to The Times.
RUSHVILLE. Ind., June 2a—Fire,
originating In the Owen L. Carr Garage,
early today caused a *75,000 loss in the
business district. Two garages, each
a half block long, besides the Carr
garage and the Mullins and Taylor Ford
service station, wer* destroyed. Seven
teen automobiles and twelve tractors
were burned.
Firemen were handicapped by a stiff
wind and for a time the entire business
block was threatened. Connersville re
sponded to an appeal for help.
The Are was discovered shortly after
midnight. It Is the belief that it started
in a paint shop owned by Fred Wilson,
which was on the second floor of the
Carr building. Two dwellings were
badly damaged. The loss is only par
tially covered by insurance. The automo
biles were a total loss, none of the
owners having Insurance.
COLGATE MEETS
GOVERNOR HERE
Discuss Reformatory Purchase
at Luncheon.
Harry A. Colgate, of Colgate & Cos.
New York, conferred with Governor
Warren T. McCray at luncheon at the
Columbia Club today on the Gov
ernor’s proposal that the company post
pone taking possession of the reformatory
property to a later date than Oct. 31.
1922. the time set in the agreement with
the State.
Mr. Colgate came to Indianapolis after
he had received a second letter from the
Governor following his refusal to con
cede to the Governor’s original request.
The request was made because the com
mission for the removal of the reforma
tory decided the removal law was un
workable and that sufficient funds had
not been appropriated.
Governor McCray said he hoped to
reach an agreement with Mr. Colgate
whereby the company would take pos
session of the property at a later date.
l T e said the State Is not adverse to selling
to the company and hopes to make a Sat
■•factory arrangement whereby this ca|
he brought about. The anmpany had
made a payment of *105,000 fa the prop l
erty. 1 /
3htiuaua QTttti ts
the electric chair as equitably as a man.
A few feet from her sat a little old
man with sad eyes who watched her con
stantly. He was the father of the mur
dered man and for nearly two years he
has been gathering the evidence that may
weave a noose around the neck of his
daughter-in-law. Now he sits in the
courtroom a silent, waiting nemesis.
Edward A. Fossett, foreman and mar
ried man, the first venireman, examined
was excused after he had stated he had
formed a fixed opinion.
EXPECT TO CALL NONE
OF CO-DEFENDANTS.
Contrary to general expectations. He
State, unless a last minute shift >u plans
is made, will not call any of Mrs.
Kaber’s co-defendants as witnesses
against her. Instead reliance will be
placed upon the sworn admissions ob
tained at various times from every per
son now under arrest and Indictment.
Those Indicted with Mrs. Kaber and
now under arrest are:
Mrs. Mary Brickel, (39, her mother.
Marian McArdle, 19, her .laughter by
a former marriage.
Mrs. Erminia Colavito, alleged “poison
queen,” and procurer of the two men
who stabbed Kaber on his si _k bed.
Salvatore Cala, held as one of the
actual killers of Kaber.
Vittorio Plsselli, the other alleged
slayer, Is at large, although under in
dictment.
REFORM BUREAU
TRIES MIGHTILY
TO STOP SCRAP
Anti-Boxing Brigade Won’t
Quit Protesting and They
Ask Injunction.
BULLETIN.
JERSEY CITY, June 28.—Vice
Chancellor Eugene Stevenson this
afternoon declined to act or the mo
tion of the International Reform
Burean to stop the Dcmpsey-Carpca
tier match.
Stevenson declared he was going on
a vacation and had much work to do
before leaving and that he could not
give proper consideration to the ap
plication. He gave the petitioners
permission, however, to go before a
Judge in chancery and renew the
petition.
JERSEY CITY. June 28.- An attempt
to stop the Carpentier-Dempsey cham
pionship fight here Saturday was made
In Chancery Court here today.
Robert Watson, president of the Inter
national Reform Bureau, accompanied by
counsel and live local clergymen, asked
Vice Chancellor Stevenson to issue an
order directing Tex Rickard and other
promoters of the fight to how cause
why an injunction should not be issued
against it.
H. C. Gilson, representing the Reform
Bureau, declared that those promoting
the fight were Issuing the counterfeit
tickets which hate appeared in some
Eastern cities.
It was announced that the motion to
have the fight stopped would be urged
on four grounds. These allegations were:
That the bout la to be a prize fight,
not an exhibition; that the promoters
are engaged In a gigantic swindling
scheme through the Issuance of counter
feit tickets; that the fight will attract
undesirables to Jersey City and that It
wilt be demoralizing to youths.
John Milton, corporation counsel of
Jersey City, arrived at the courtroom
shortly before the hearing opened He
said he had been asked by Tex Rickard
to appear as attorney In opposing the
motion.
The clergymen with Watson were
Antes D. Parker, Jorinatn Brace, Frank
B. Potter. Will.am .“arsons and Harvey
Dell Wyatt. All are from Jersey City.
Parker appealed to prosecutor P. P. Gar
vin yesterday to atop the fight.
Attorney Gilson announced his readi
ness to prove that the match was meant to
be an out and out prize fight, in violation
el the State boxing law. He said he could
irtroduce two affidavits to the effect that
both fighters are bent upon a knockout
Osborne Cisse, of New York, and William
I’ tghes. of White Plains, both members
of ’he International Reform Bureau, bad
made visits to the Dempsey and Carpen
tier camps, yesterday, Gilson said, and
had obtained "knockout" assurances from
both fighters.
ROSE DIVORCE
NOT GRANTED
Judge Gives Custody of Chil
dren to Mother, With
Support Money.
Special Judge James Ross sitting in
Superior Court, room 3, today refused to
grant a divorce to Dr. Emmet E. Rose,
a practicing physician qf 1860 Shelby
street, from Mrs. Margaret M. Rose.
On a cross complaint of Mrs. Margaret
M. Rose, the court granted her the cus
tody of the two children and *ls a week
support money. Under an order of Judge
Frank Lahr of the juvenile court l>r.
Rose Is paying S3O a week for the sup
port of his children. The order of Judge
Ross does not Interfere with the or
der of Judge Lahr. The two children,
Emmet Manly Rose, 16 ,and Francis Lee
Rose, 14, remain with the mother.
In her cross-complaint for support and
custody of the children, Mrs. Rose did
not ask for a divorce. In opposing the
efforts of her husband to obtain a di
vorce she attempted to prove that Miss
Margaret Thielman, 921 Hervey street,
and a stenographer employed at the
county recorder's ofice was friendly with
her husband. Miss Thielman, when called
as a witness, denied that she was keep
ing company With the doctor but was
employed by him to do some clerical work
In connection with “pension” papers of
his patients.
Miss fblelman’s father was called as a
w tness and stated that the doctor called
only at his home on business. The two
Rose children testified as witnesses for
their mother.
WOMEN DEMAND
VOTE, SAYS WOOD
Filipino Suffragists Clamor
for Equal Rights.
MANILA. June 28. —Filipino women are
clamoring for suffrage, Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood declared today.
He was commenting on reports that
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cntt would head an
organization which planned to spend a
half million pesos in promoting the suf
frage movement in the Philippines. Wood
was pleased with reports of the move
ment. He returned here yesterday from
a two weeks’ trip to Luzon und other ad
jacent isfcnds.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921.
RATE HIKE IN
PHONE SERVICE
SOUGHT HERE
Indiana Bell Company Pe
titions for Increases in
All Classes.
RESIDENCE CHARGE $5
Asking for an increase in rates for
Indianapolis from $3.25 to $5 for in
dividual residence lines and from
$2.25 to $4 for residence party lines
and proportionate increases for
other classes of service, the Indiana
Bell Telephone Company today filed
a petition with the public service
commission.
The petition is based on service :o
be supplied by a unification of the
automatic and manual systems. The
company asks that the rates become
effective Oct. 1, 1921. The petition
states that the unification of serv
ice is expected to be completed by
Sept. 24.
At the same time the company
asked for an increase in rates at
Anderson.
COMPLAINT
OF REVENUES.
In both petitions It is stated that
revenues have not been sufficient to pay
for the expenses of operation. The In
dianapolis petition sets out, among other
things:
"That by the authority of the public
service commission of Indiana the Central
Union Telephone Company purchased the
property of the Indianapolis Telephone
Company, and was ordered by the com
mission to make physical connection be
tween said two telephone systems and
to complete the uuifbTiUoa of service
without unnecessary delay.
"That by authority of an order of
this commission, the petitioner purchased
the property of the Central Union Tele
phone Company, including the property
formerly owned by the Indianapolis
Telep one Company, and since April 1,
1931 hco operated both of said systems,
has compiled with the orders of the com
mission In relitlcn to the unification of
service, and has expended more than
; one million dollars in making the
physical connection of said properties,
which is designed to be made complete
; on or about Sept. 24, 1921.
| “That since March L 1920. by authority
of an order of this commission approved
Feb. 9, 1920, there has been In effect u
, certain schedule of rate*, toll* and
! charges upon which 'manual’ telephone
; service at the city of Indianapolis was
; furnished by petitioner's predecessor, the
(Continued on Fife Four.)
FLIERS HOPE TO
LAND TONIGHT
Resume Flight Across Conti
nent After Forced Land
ing at Ei Faso.
FORT BLISS, Texas, June 28.- Davlil
R. Davis and Eric Springer, aviators, who
were forced to- land hers late yesterday,
on a transcontinental flight from River
side, Cal., to Mlneola, L. 1., resumed their
Journey at 5 a. m. today.
The big machine took off and headed
toward Dallas, Texas, where It was said
the aviators might stop If further engine
trouble developed.
Springer said Just before leaving this
morning that they would attempt to
make New York without stopping and
hoped to do It In 22 hours.
Distributor trouble forced the landing
yesterday.
SUBPOENA FOR
J. A. STILLMAN
Police and Private Detectives
Start Search for Banker
to Serve Paper.
YONKERS, N. Y., June 28.—A sub
poena has been Issued for James A.
Stillman by Referee Daniel J. Glea
son. it was learned here today.
The subpoena sought by Mrs. Still
man's attorneys Is returnable in Pough
keepsie at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow, when
the secret hearings will be resumed.
Charles J. Wallace, chief Investigator
for John F. Brennan, principal counsel
for Mrs. Btlllman, aided by other pri
vate detectives, spent most of yester
day and last night searching for the
hanker to serve the subjoena. They con
tinued their search today.
The detectives visited Stillman's home
late yesterday and were refused admit
tance even to the elevator.
The investigators also visited throe
clubs Stillman is said to frequent—the
Links, Brooks and Knickerbocker.
Stillman, it was pointed out, will win
a decided legal advantage If he evades
service cn the subpoena. On his previous
appearance on the stand, in New York
last spring, his testimony was limited to
the question of the legitimacy of 2-year
old Guy Stillman of whom he alleges
Fred Beauvais is the father.
If Stillman appears at the hearings
voluntarily, it is declared that he can
only be subjected to cross-examination
on the testimony he has already offered.
The only attorney who can question him
is John E. Mack, acting guardian for
Guy.
Should the subpoena be served, how
ever, he would be open to examination
by Mrs. Stillman’s counsel who would
seek to obtain from him his version of
his alleged intimacy with Mrs. Florence
Lawlor Leeds and other women.
The three Canadian witnesses w’ho
were brought here from Three Rivers,
Quebec, to testify at the last hearing but
who were not called to the stand at that
time, are expected to testify tomorrow.
ROBBERS BREAK
JAIL; ESCAPE
Saw Bars on Eve of Departure
for Prison.
ROANOKE, Va„ June 28.—Sawing their
way through the steel bars of their cell
and going through two doors they found
unlocked, "Red” Gordon and Charles
Wilkes, two alleged bank robbers under
forty-year sentences, escaped from jail
here today. They were awaiting removal j
to the State Fententiary.
Wilkes was captured here Nov. 19 after'
a pistol battle In which a confederate was !
killed and one officer Injured. The fight j
occurred following the robbery of the j
Bank of Glasgow, from which bonds and
currency amounting to more than *IOO,-1
000 were taken.
McKinley Memorial Building, Niles, Ohio
77'' 7 7 7
wm SB
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Onee of the best examples of memorial buildings already In existence which combine both beauty and usefulness
is the McKinley Memorial building at Niles, Ohio. The building contains an auditorium seating 800 persons, a public
library and the headquarters of the Niles Chamber of Commerce. It cost $300,000 in 1913. Although, of course, the proj
ect is on a much smaller scale than that anticipated in Indiana it is an example of what Is being done.
A BUILDING OR
MONUMENT AS A
WAR MEMORIAL?
With One Imposing Shaft,
Sentiment Favors Some
thing More Practical.
TO TYPIFY IDEALISM
(Editor’s Note—The second of a lerles
of articles dealing wltli the proposed
War Memorial In Indianapolis, showing
the neceeulty for a structure here that
will benellt the entire State and at the
same time pay a tribute to the sacrifices
made by the service men, and show lag
•shat Is being done In other States to
honor the memory of the veterans.)
With the State war memorial plan
predicated on the fact that the entire
State is the community to be bene
fited, the matter of selecting the
form of the testimonial can be nar
rowed down to two things—it must
either be a monument of imposing
design and grandeur or a building
of heroic proportions that will sym
bolize the spirit of Indiana.
As has been pointed out author
ities. principally artists, disagree on
memorials. Whether they shall be
monumental or utilitarian is a debate
that is waxing warm in many quar
ters.
Indiana should have no such diffi
culty in arriving at a conclusion.
On Monument iCrr.le the Im
posing Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument,
erected to memorialize the men who
carried the brmner In the War of the Re
bellion and tlie other wars In which the
Statu participated. It is kuown through
out the world and Is unequalled any
where.
It la the great monument.
ONE MONUMENT
ENOUGH BERK.
Ita very presence here disposes of one
angle of the controversy. Indiana does
not desire two monument*. therefore the
testimonial to the late service men should
be of somo utilitarian value.
That brings In n new question. Should
the building be of monumental design,
but with little or no practical value, or
should It be of such proportions as to
be In reality e community house for the
entire State? T > achieve the purpose for
which it is eon’etvud it should be some
thing that wtl, mean to Indiana In a
practical way what the Soldiers and
Sailora' Monumental has ineaut in an
artistic way.
The tendency toward memorials that
are both useful and artistic Is being dem
onstrated throughout the country. The
epidemic of crude bronze and marble
statuary and monuments, unsightly and
of no earthly use, which spread over the
country following llie Civil War has long
ago spent itself and tfie fact that the
most beautiful and appropriate monu
ment is a building constructed on per
fect lines and.of utilitarian value Is be
ing recognized.
Writing for the War Camp Community
Service, Albert S. Bard says on this sub
ject :
“What shall we give our boys? Noth
ing Is too good for them. For that rea
son intelligence must go Into the gift.
(Continued on Page Six.)
West Siders Threaten
to Disannex From City;
Quit Meeting in Anger
“ Iwas the cause of West Indianapolis
annexing Itself to the city and what do
wo get for our city taxes but two police
men and all the refuse and filth of the
city being dumped upon us,” said the
Rev. Father Joseph Weber, who appeared
today at tbe board meeting of the
League of Women Voters with a delega
tion of West Indianapolis citizens who
are opposed to having the much dis
cussed municipal mule barns In their
neighborhood.
The delegation was Invited by the
league to tell its grievances, following
the publication of the report of Mrs.
Jessie M. Estabrook, chairman of the
longue sanitary committee, which stated
that the committee agreed with the at
titude of the Indianapolis Abbatoir firm
that there was no ground for objection
to the proposed site for the mule barns
at Kentucky avenue and White River.
No action had been taken by the league
concerning the report, but the mere fact
that anybody In the league could agree
with the plans to move the barns suf
ficed to brln" the protest of the West
Indianapolis Enterprise League out.
THREAT MADE
TO LE.4VK CITY.
The Rev. Father Weber, without minc
ing of words, told what had happened:
what was about to happen and what re
sults the actual happening would bring.
“It will mean,” he shouted, "that we
will dlsatinex ourselves from the city
Just as we annexed ourselves if this fresh
outrage is perpetrated. Tho residents will
not stand it. They have stood for all
they are going to. Why, even now we
enn not sit on our front porches without
the green bottle flies driving us In tho
house. As sure as the city forces these j
stables on the West Indianapolis people 1
the section will leave the city. We pay j
taxes just ns everybody else, but wbat
are we getting? Would you o;i tbe
north side stand for the barns being
shoved from the south side to your front
yards? Did the south side permit them
to stay in their ci-mmunity ? Then why..
e,iWHnttn„ Rate.- f ßy Carrier. Wetek, JndlaA colls, lOo; Elsewhere. 12c.
Subscription Rates. | By Mall 60c Per Month . j 3 00 p er Year.
Craps Games
‘Fences’ for .
Thieves Loot
Detectives Recover Watch
Used as Stake at ‘JokeP
Young’s.
That some of the craps games operated
by pets of the "good government po
litical machine’’ in the notorious Indiana
avenue district are “fences” for stolen
property became known today when Guy
Taylor, 27. negro, 11012 Roosevelt avenue,
wa t arrested on the charge of grand lar
cen r.
Vaylor. according to Detectives Sneed
and Trabue, stole a watch from E. S. Cor
nell, 32(1 North Senate avenue. May 26.
Taylor confessed to the detectives that he
got Into a craps game at "Joker" Young’s
place in the 500 block in Indiana avenue,
and lost the watch. Young is said to
have won the stolen watch and then
pawned it.
Detective George Stewart, said he found
It in the pawn shop and learned it had
beet pawned by "Joker.” Young then
confessed that he won the watch from
Taylor.
Putrohnan Heater arrested Taylor on a
vagrancy charge last night. Detectives
Sneed and Trabue recognized him at the
city prison and charged him with lar
ceny.
The detectives, so far. have failed to
charge "Joker" Young, political boas,
with gaming or keeping a gambling
house.
LUKE LEE WILL
BE SPEAKER AT
CELEBRATION
Program Complete for Ob
servance of July 4 at
Fairground.
PROGRAM
GRAND STAND.
Afternoon —Day fireworks, I:4fi p.
m.: athletic events, 2:00 p. m.; mara
thon end, 5:30 p. m.; balloon, C :00 p.
in.
Night -Bands and Gypsy Smith
choir, 7:30 to 8:30; night dive, 8:30
p. in.; fireworks. B:*s.
AUTOMOBILE BUILDING.
Dancing—Afternoon and evening, 2
and 7:30 p. m.
COLISEUM.
Speaking—Musle, Gypsy Smith
choir. 3:30 p. m.
Basket supper—6 to 7:30 p. in.
\ J
With the program completed and
speakers announced, final plans for the
Fourth of July celebration to be staged
at the Indiana State fair ground Mon
day, under auspices of the Marion Coun
ty Council of the American Legion, are
rapidly whipping into shape. Rear Ad
miral Robert E. Coontz, chief of naval
operations: Alvin W. Owsley, Texas, and
Luke Lee, former United States Senator
from Tennessee will be the speakers.
Dancing, athletic events, singing, mu
sic and speakikng are on the program.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
should we of the west side be any more
willing to receive them V”
Miss Alma Siekler, president of the
league, tried in vain to stem the torrent,
but her gavel proved of no force aglanst
the onslaught.
At the plea of J. R. Fullen, chairman
of the nuisance committee of the Enter
prise League, Father Weber consented
to give up the floor for a few minutes.
Mr. Fullen catechized Miss Sickler as
to the purpose, membership and influence
of the organization, and as to whether
there were any West Indinnapolis or
south side women members in it.
WEST SIDERS
LEAVE IN ANGER,
Whether the fact that there are no west
side members at present and that there
are south side members was the rock on
which they split or whether the dis
cussion as to whether the league was a
body of useless highbrows was the straw
that broke the camel's back, will never
be quite Vicar, but owing to some unfor
tunate facial expression or some random
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Preacher Tries to
v Convert Girl; She
Tickles Him in Ribs
DES MOINES, lowa, June 28.—The
Rev. J. P. Foesandef, delegate from
Council Bluffs to the Northern Bap
tist convention here, had his pockets
picked when he attempted to convert
a girl of the streets.
“llow close did she get to you?’’
Detective Petit asked.
“Well, she had her arm around, me
and tickled my ribs,” the minister
admitted a bit sheepishly.
He said he was a vice investigator
in Council Bluffs.
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CITIZENS FIGHT
TAX LEAGUE FOR
4 NEW SCHOOLS
Building Program of Board
of Education Indorsed at
South Side Mass Meeting.
DELEGATES APPOINTED
Plans were formed last night at a
public meeting at the McKinley
School, State and Lexington avenues,
for the sending of a delegation to ap
pear before the State board of tax
commissioners Thursday morning to
combat the fight of the Indianapolis
Taxpayers League against the pro
posed issue of $847,000 worth of
bonds for the construction of four
new school buildings.
The league, which has filed a re
monstrance against the proposed is
sue, came in for a scoring from sev
eral speakers, one of them declaring
that the remonstrators “lacked civic
pride.”
The assembly, which was held under
the auspices of the original South Side
Women's Club, adopted a resolution In
dorsing the building program of the In
dianapolis board of education and rec
ommending that delegation be sent to
the bond Issue hearing. This action was
taken following a talk by Bert S. Gadd.
a member of the school board, who went
mto details concerning the building pro
gram and the urgent need of better
school facilities.
Delegations from various organizations
of the city were present at the meet
ing, Including the League of Women
Voters, the Parent-Teacher Associations,
and from various school communities.
Mr. Gadd outlined the building plans
briefly, and explained why the board
considered the plans necessary. He told
of the unsanitary and almost uninhabit
able condition of many of the buildings;
saying that In one building. No. 36, the
third floor had been condemned and chil
dren ordered out by city inspectors and
proclaimed a veritable lire trap, and yet
children are still attending classes on
that same third floor.
"The whole school board fight centers
back to the Interest of the people," said
Mr. Gadd. "The board must have the
backing of the folk themselves if tha
children are to get what they should
have. Indianapolis is always at the bot
tom of the list when it comes to school
questions, and it Is at the bottom of the
list also in her tax levy for support of
schools.
BUILDINGS NOT
FIT FOR HOGS.
“Some of the conditions in the school
buildings are such that they would not
be fit for hogs and yet our children are
living a great part of their lives in the
midst of It. Also 70 per cent of the
buildings are flretraps. There Is no con
sistent effort to get rid of the half-day
period only by the use of portables.
There are 114 rooms of forty or fifty
children going only half days.
“X don't care whether you think we
are doing right; I think we are doing
(Cortlnued on .Page Six.)
AGREEMENT IS
NEAR ON PEACE
Republicans Decide on Terms
of Resolution Ending War
With Germany.
WASHINGTON, June 28.—Republican
conferees on the peace resolution today
reached complete agreement on the form
of the measure to be presented to the
two houses. They expect to call In
Democratic conferees for a formal vote
on the conference report.
Republican members of tbe conference
committees of House and Renate had a
final "family’’ talk about the differences
between House and Senate resolutions.
Democratic conferees will be called In
Wednesday, allowed to voice any objec
tion they may have and then will be
voted down according to present,plans.
It is expected that as finally agreed
on this peace resolution will consist of:
1. A declaration that the state of war
declared with Germany on April 6. 1917,
and with Austria-Hungary on Dec. 7,
1917, is ended.
2. That all German and Austrian prop
erty either government property or pri
vate, seized by the United States shall
be held until treaties of peace shall have
been made with the respective govern
ments, in which suitable provision Is
made for satisfying American claims
against Germany, Austria or their na
tionals.
All the right the United States would
have had had the Senate ratified the Ver
sailles and other treaties are reserved,
and the resolution to enforce claims for
indemnities, damages and reparations Is
specifically reserved.
Naval Bombing Tests
Are Called Off Today
NORFOLK, Va., June 28.—Naval bomb
ing tests for today were called off tMa
afternoon. Fog aryd thick
lettering with radiy control of
ship, the ex-lowa,/tvas given ah
at the naval operating b*<®pw
waited all morniAg for orders
to sea when wold came to iJjtjjSMn the j
NO. 40.
DAWES DEMANDS
FREE HAND FOR
BUDGET SYSTEM
Tells Cabinet Considerable
Latitude Must Be Allowed
in Pruning Estimates.
FINISH IN THIRTY DAYS
J
WASHINGTON, June 28—Charles
G. Dawes, director of the budget,
went into the Cabinet meeting to
day and told the President and his
advisers that if they want a budget
operating in the remarkable short
space of thirty days, they will have
to give him latitude and lots of it.
The efficient operating of a budget
will be impossible in thirty days cr
thirty weeks, General Dawes in
formed them, unless the different de
partmental heads are willing to give
him what amounts to a free hand
in the pruning of estimates' and the
calculation of expenditures. .
BETTER SCHOOL
CAMPAIGN PUT
ON FOOT IN CITY
Five Who Favor Expansion
File, or Are Ready to, for
Board Places.
The better schools campaign wa*
opened today when Mrs. Julia Belle Tute
wiler. president of the Indianapolia
board of school commissioners, and Clars
ence E. Crippin, a member of the board,
filed notice of their candidacies for re
election with the city controller. Fred
I. Willis filed notice of his candidacy
for a place on the board.
It is understood Bert S. Gadd, a menu
ber of the board, and James E. Pierca
also are to file declarations.
Mr. YVlllis is a former president of the
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and
is a member of the Central Rubber and
Supply Company. Mr. Pierce Is secre
tary of the Railroad Men's Building and
Savings Association.
The candidates for re-election consti
tute the so-called majority faction of the
board which has stood for a broader and
bigger school building program. The
other members of the present board are
Charles L. Barry and W. D. Allison.
-MRS. TITEiVILER
IN EIGHTH TERM.
Mrs. Tutewller Is now serving her
eighth year as a member of the board
and is its chairman. Mr.
president of the Enquirer Printing ComT 1
pany, and Mr. Gadd is a funeral director
at 2130 Prospect street. These three
members have been identified with the
enlarged building project for Indianapo
lis. some of them since Its inception, and
have worked hard on the program that
will place Indianapolis schools In the
first rank.
Anew organization, the Better School*
League, has been formed to advance the
cause of better schools In Indianapolis,
and particularly to advance the can
didacy of these five candidates. An
nouncement of the formation of the league
has been made by the chairman, Martin TANARUS,
Ohr. The other officers are George V.
Moore, vice chairman; Albert Smith, sec
retary; Miles V. Moore, treasurer. Tha
Better Schools League strongly advocates
a big constructive building program for
the school city, and will conduct a vig
orous campaign on behalf of these five
candidates as the means to attain that
end.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
NAMED FOR WORK.
A special committee has been named to
work with the officers in carrying on th*
campaign. The members are Omar It.
Newman, Obie J. Smith, Charles Remster,
Clyde E. Titus, William S. Frye. John
N. Cullum, Eph. Levin, Frank Turner,
Chester A. Tilgltman. Edward A. KUng*
ensmith. Mack A. Braughton, Albert F,
Meyer, Charles C. Brautigain. Oren T“,
Owen. Charles S. Barker, William A,
YValker, Odis A. Porter, Mrs. Sarah
(Continued on Page Two.)
CAR REROUTING
MEETS DELAY
4 Additional Changes Reconv*
mended Wait Return of
Schmidt.
Work of rerouting street cars In the
downtown district has come to a halt
while the sub-committee of the city coun
cil considers four additional recommenda
tions of the committee of experts which
his been studying the question. The
council committee has had the change*
in jts hands for more than a week, but
has reached no decision and is not ex
pected to until after the return to the
city of its chairman, Gustav G. Schmidt,
late this week.
The contents of the four recommends-,
tions have not been made public. Three
changes recommended several ■ days ago
by the experts, and passed on by the sub
committee. the council and the board of
public works now are in operation, with
one exception. The Indianapolis & Oln
clnclnnatl Traction Company is not obey
ing the order that Its lnterurbans shall
run to the Terminal Station from Vir
ginia avenue by way of South. Illinois
and Georgia streets and Capitol avenue
instead of through Maryland street and
Capitol avenue. The company claims its
cars cannot pass under the Union Station
elevated railroad tracks at the Illinois
subway. Members of the committee of
experts refuse to give out the four new
routings until the council subcommittee
has passed upon them.
Stain ’Em and
Grain ’Em* Now
Would Undo It
The State “stain ’em and groin ’em"
committee, officially known as the
committee on buildings and ground®,
has asked for bids on removing the
paint and artificial groin which has
been put on the quartered-oab doors
of the Statehouse and refinlshlng
them In their natural colors, Gov
ernor Warren T. McCray said today.
This action was taken as a result
of protests against the painting of
the doors. The Governor said the
commltfre Is not certain that it tz
possible to return the doors to their
natnral state, bnt that this will be
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