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,THE WEATHER
Partly elondy. probably unsettled tonight
and Sunday.
VOL. XXXIV.
ARMS CONFAB
IN NOVEMBER
HARDINGMA
President Not Favorable to
Postponement Until Spring,
as Suggested by Britain.
JAPS TO PARTICIPATE
High Advisory Council Votes
Acceptance, Shantung and
Yap Issues Reserved.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—The
United States is of the opinion that
President Harding's disarmament
conferences should be held not later
han November and earlier if pos
sible, and this view had been in
formally communicated to Great
Britain, it was learned at the State
Department today.
Although the United States has re
ceived no formal proposal from
Great Britain for postponement of
the conference this Government has
been made acquainted with the views
of the dominion premiers of Great
Britain, which favor postponement
until spring.
The United States has stated explic
itly In an informal communication its
reasons for desiring an early meeting.
The question of the exact date of the
parley has been taken up with other in
vited nations, but definite aetioh has
been delayed by failure of Japan to an
nounce her unreserved acceptance, which
is expected shortly.
JAPS AGREE TO
JOIN CONFERENCE
TOKIO, July 22.—(-6 p. m. delayed.)—
The advisory council. Japan's highest
governmental authority, this evening ap
proved the decision of the Cabinet to
accept President Harding's invitation to
participate in a disarmament conference
to be held in Washington.
It is understood, however, on reliable
authority that in accepting Japan holds
the ShAntnng issue and the Yap Island
controversy as special positions.
Japan, according to this information
will take the stand that both matters
have been settled by the treaty of Ver
sailles and will present the argument
that In taking this position. Japan is
simply upholding the stipulations of that
treaty.
The ware of sentiment In favor of Pre
mier Ilara heading the Japanese delega
tion today was beginning to meet some
opposition.
Although the Kenzeikai or opposition
party had gone on record as demanding
hie attendance at the disarmament cou
(Continned on Page Three.)
BEACH CERTAIN
AT 26TH STREET
Health Board’s Test of Water
Shows Unusually Low-
Bacteria Count.
Water in White River at Twenty sixth
street Is pure enough to permit the oper
ation of a public bathing beach by the
city park department ‘at that point. I)r.
Herman G. Morgan. Secretary of the
board of public health, announced today
following completion of te-te.
No typhoid and practically no sewage
bacteria were found, it was stated.
James 11. Lowry, superintendent of
parks, announced that he will confer
Monday with the board of park com
missioners up*n the immediate installa
tion of facilities to make the beach a
safe, moral public recreation spot.
Meanwhile the beach will continue to
be closed by the police. *
A bacteria count of 5.000 per cubic
centimeter, a large proportion of which
are typhoid or sewage organisms is con
sidered dangerous to bathers. Mr. Morgan
said. The tests of water taken from the
east side of the stream show counts of
only 225 anti from the west side only 125.
In order that the water may be kept
pure Dr. Morgan recommended that the
park department treat the entire area
used for swimming with a chlorinating
beach machine every night, lie said
health department Inspectors will patrol
the banks a mile above the hole three
times a week during the bathing sea
son to see that no impurities are getting
into the water.
Facilities which the park department
probably will install will le* dressing
rooms, toilets and slides. Life guards
and park policemen will be on duty to
protect swimmers from danger of drown
ing or rowdyism, which was one of the
reasons for closing the beach last week.
2 DEAD, 1 HURT
IN EXPLOSION
Dynamite Discharges Pre
maturely at Brick Com
pany Plant.
CLEVELAND. July 23. —Two men were
killed and a third injured when a stick
of dynamite exploded prematurely at the
Medal Paving Brick Company here to
day.
The men were preparing to blast sand.
They had two sticks in the hole when the
third still in the hand 9 of one of the
men, exploded.
They were buried by many tons of
sand as the blast caused a cave-in in the
land pit. The dead are.
Cecil Compara. Collinwood.
An unidentified man.
|
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. ni..
July 24: Partly cloudy and probably
unsettled tonight and Sunday ; hot much
-hange in temperature.
1101 Kt.l TEMPEBATIRE.
t. a. m 70
.7 a. m 73
8 a. m 79
it a. m SO
■ 'n a. m S2
v 11 a. m £0
12 mount 88
1 p. m 90
2 p. m 90
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter. July 25, 1914. at
Ind ! Daily Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis. Ind.. under act March 3, 1*79.
Lloyd George Beginning
to Show Apprehension
Over Arms Conference
LONDON, July 23. —Premier Lloyd
George Is becoming apprehensive over
the troublesome complications which are
besetting the arrangements for the pro
posed Washington conference on disarm
ament and Far East issues, his friends
revealed today.
The premier was quoted as saying to
an intimate:
“I almost wish I had never suggested
a conference.”
Lloyd George’s statement is explained
by the fact that while the public invita
tinn to the powers camo from President
Harding. It is generaly understood Great
Britain strongly urged the United States
to take the initiative in calling the In
ternational meeting.
The premier intensely wishes the con
ference to be -held and also he wishes
to participate personally. Apart from
sincerely believing disarmament is pos
sible. he realizes it would be the biggest
personal triumph he has ever achieve 1
ad would assure him an uni*sited term
of power.
THREE OBSTACLES
FACE PREMIER.
But three obstacles confront the Pre
mier :
1. Premier Hughes of Australia Is
insisting upon Australian representa
tion in the Pacific discussions. Pre
mier Meighen of Canada is support
ing his Australian colleague. Lloyd
George favored their suggestion to
the extent of putting the proposal
directly up to George Harvey, the
American ambassador. No response
has arrived from Washington and
‘GILDED RIVET’ CHARGE
EXPLODED; COST $1.10;
CONTRACTOR PAYS IT!
The famous “glided rivet” charge
of extravagance lodged against the
Indianapolis sch,xl board blew tip
with a loud bang and disappeared in
to thin air today when the State board
of tax commissioners received a letter
from Freyn Brothers plumbers saying
the total cost of gilding rivets in a
building was b-ss than sl.lO and this
expense was borne by the contractor.
.Much had been made of these gilded
rivets In some of the new buildings
and it was cited constantly as an
example of gross extravagance on the
pa.'; of the school board.
The letter from Freyn Brothers to
the State board of tax commissioners
is as follows:
•*K -ferring to the statements ap
pearing in the Indianapolis News,
Wednesday evening and to the edi
torial In the same paper the following
evening, wherein was stated that un
necessary expense was involved by
rtason of rivet brads being gilded.
"May we call to jour notice that
the gliding of these rivets did not add
In the leat to the cost of the build
ing. the rivets in question occured oil
Amazon Starts
Rough House in
Police Station
The ■•Amazon,’’ whose ability to fight
rivalled that of “Champ” Dempsey,
caused much excitement in the women's
police department today.
Joan Weber, 19, of Chicago, was taken
to headquarters from the llume-Mansnr
building, where attendants sal I she had
been soliciting for Some kind of a maga
zine. They told the police they thought
the proposition should be investigated.
When Miss Weber readied headquarters
she quickly told the women police of
ficers she did not like Indianapolis, and
that she did not like the women's police
department. In fact, she liked them so
little she started to leave the office.
Miss Genevieve Means and Miss Helen
Franke blocked her path. Miss Weber
went after the two women In “good old
rough and tumble style." She started by
kicking, scratching and hitting. She was
having all the best of the argument and
would have escaped had It not been for
the timely arrival of Lieut. Henry
Askins of the detective department.
Asklns weighs 240 pounds, but he need
ed all his weight to vanquish the
“Amazon." When he had calmed M!s
Weber she was questioned at some
length by Detectives Manning and White.
She was detained on a vagrancy charge.
Both women police were bruised by the
kicks and blows of Miss Weber, and
both were scratched on the arms.
Harding, Ford
and Edison to
Enjoy Outing
WASHINGTON, July 23.—President
Harding set out by motor early today to
Join Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison
on a short ramping expedition along
the Upper Potomac at the foot of the
Blue Ridge mountains.
lie expects to reach the camp, which
is pitched on the West Virginia side of
the Potomac, twenty-five miles from
Hagerstown, Md„ in time for a hearty
barbecued lunch.
This is the President's first adventure
at roughing it since he was inaugurated,
his last having been at Point Isabel,
Texas, shortly after his election.
lie will have a chance to get Into an
old shirt and baggy trousers and kick
around over the rocks and through the
brush and fish if he cares to.
Harding's arrival at the camp which
was pitched yesterday will mark his
Initiation into the famous nature club
which Ford, Edison and the late John
Burroughs, the naturalist, formed years
ago. There has been a vacant bunk in
the famous club s camp since the famous
naturalist died and Harding has been
elected to take his place.
He is the first President, since Roose
velt. to get back to nature in order to
break the isolation of formal White
House life.
Roosevelt and Burroughs were fast
friends and went on many such trips
MRS. HARDING
NOT IN PARTY.
The presidential camping party was
Incomplete, for Mrs. Harding, who is
the constant companion of the President,
did not make the trip. For several days
the “tirst lady” has been slightly indis
posed and upon the advice of Brigadier
General Sawyer, the White House
physician, seh relnained in Washington.
General Sawyer and Secretary George
Christian, the usual secret service men
(Continued on Page Three.)
3uffiana flails afintfo
Lloyd George is beginning to fear
there is no chance for a preliminary
conference in London.
2. Premier Lloyd Georgo realizes
It Is useless for him to go to the
United States unless there Is an Irish
settlement In the meantime. He Is
becoming slightly pessimistic on ac
count of the attitude of Ulster in the
Irish peace negotiations.
3. Leaders of the coalition party
resent the possible absence of Lloyd
George from England, fearing Austen
Chamberlain would be uuuble to bold
the coalition party together in his
absence.
These three factors are telling heavily
against Lloyd George’s personal desires
and doubt Is expressed as to whether he
can overcome them.
REPLY RECEIVED;
NOT GIVEN OFT.
The London Times understands tho
dominion premiers have received from
Washington a reply to their query as to
whether they may have representation at
the conference but no hazard was made
as to the contents.
In connection with Premier Lloyd
George's statement in Commons that
Great Britain would continue the con
struction of warships, the Daily Mall
declared the cabinet supports the pre
mier’s view and that it favors the build
ing of capital ships and a continuation
of the naval program.
For several years Britain will construct
big warships at the rate of three or four
a year, according to the Dally Mail’s ver
sion of the ministerial decision.
the steam heating boilers which forms
a part of our contract and our painter
In painting the boilers and other
equipment choose to touch up different
parts of the apparatus which we In
stalled.
"As no one has ever objected to ns
going to a little expense In adding to
the general appearance of work we
could see no harm, nor did we think
that such u small mutter would he
taken notice of so prominently, the
question, however is not so much that
the rivet beads are gilded as it is
that tile reading of the artlides In
question would leave cltlsens of In
dianapolis to believe that the speci
fications for this building required
tile r’vets to he gilded, the specifi
cations do not in the least require
any gilding of rivets, therefore if
there has been any expense isvsllcd
the same has been paid for liy us.
The cost of the gilt does not exceed
10 cents and the labor one dol'ur
which Is a very small sum and we
gladly expended it in order to add
to the general appearance of the
heating installation.”
EUROPE BACK OF
SHIP SEIZURES
United States Mail Line Of
ficial Blames Competitors
for Act of Shipping Board.
NEW YORK, July 23.—Charges that
foreign interests prompted the drastic
seizure by the Shipping Board of five
United States Mail Steamship Company
liners were made today by E. A. Quar
les, an official of the company.
The action, said Quarles, will be
“fought to the last ditch.”
The liners, George Washington, which
carried President Wilson to Europe; the
America, Susquehanna. President Grant
and Agamemmon, are being guarded by
deputy United States marshals following
their seizure for failure of the line to
pay rentals amounting to SUD.OCO.
“P.ecause of our absolute Americanism,”
charges Quarles, "foreign interests have
tried, through propaganda, spies and
lobbying to thwart every step we have
ever taken.
“We feel confident the board will re
scitnl its action when the facts are
known.”
In the face of threats by the United
States Shipping Board to seize four other
ships allocated to his company, Francis
B. Mayer, president of the United States
Mail Steamship Company, declared in a
statement that instead of his company
owing the Government ~100,000. as alleged,
the United States Shipping Board in
stead owes his company "something like
•2, 000,000.”
It was reported in shipping circles that
the Government will make more ship
seizures for alleged failure to keep up
payments.
ORDER CHANGES
IN 5 COUNTIES
State Tax Commissioners Di
rect Increases in Certain
Assessments.
Valuations of personal property for
taxation in six Indiana counties were
approved by the State board of tax com
missioners today and changes were rec
ommended In five counties.
The counties in which valuations were
approved are Sullivan, I’orter, La Grange,
Lake, Kosciusko and Whitley.
• The following changes Were ordered:
Jasper County, Remington Township. 10
per cent increase in automobiles and 00
per cent increase In household goods;
Jasper County, Jordan Township, 00 per
cent increase in household goods-; Mar
shall County, 10 per cent increase in
sheep, farm implements, horses, cattle
and merchandise; Putnam County, 30
per cent increases in horses and house
hold goods. 40 per cent Increase in sheep
and farm implements and 10 per cent in
crease in automobiles.
G. O. P. Candidates
Invited to Talk
All Republican candidates have been
invited to speak before the South Side
Republican Club at the South Side Turn
ers hail at 8 o’clock next Thursday eve
ning, it was announced today.
The club last Thursday adopted a reso
lution pljdging its support to all city
nominee?. of the party, i
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1921.
BONDS MAY BE
APPROVED,BUT
ONLY WITH CUT
School Board Believes Tax
Commissioners Will 0. K.
Part of Building Program.
MAY SUGGEST CHANGES
New Standardised Specifi
cations May Grow Out of
Hearing on Bonds.
Settlement of the long-standing
question of the approval or disap
proval by the State board of tax
commissioners of the proposed bond
issue for the erection of additions
and remodelling of old buildings at
schools Nos. 16, 36, 38 and 62 Is in
sight, following a conference between
the tax board and the Indianapolis
board of school commissioners yes
terday afternoon.
At the end of the conference iate I'V<-
i day, John J. Brown, chairman of the
I fax board, announced his body vould
1 follow the suggestion of Frederick E.
Matson, attorney for the school board,
| und would submit to the school board in
| writing a list of suggestions and recoin -
! mendatlons as to what step It thinks the
i school board should take in order to as
sure the approval of a bond issue for the
proposed improvements.
From the tenor of remarks and ques
tions by individual members of the tax
board it is considered a certainty that a
i bond issue will be approved, but that it
j will be far short of the <847,000 asked
: originally by the board of school com
missioners. It is not at all Impossible
that the tax board may suggest changes
in the standardized specifications for
school buildings adopted almost two
; years ago on the Iground that these re
| quire the expenditure of more money
than the school city of Indianapolis can
afford In view of the present large num
ber of children attending half-day school
! sessions, and tile present financial condi
! tion of the school city.
MAJORITY FAVOR
PRESENT plans.
If this is done it may become a lead
ing issue in the school commissioner
campaign tills fall as the majority fa -
tion of ihe school board, composed of
Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewilcr, Clarence E.
Crippin and Bert S. Gadd, have been
trong d-fender* of the specifications n>
they now stand.
An Indication that some changes in the
specification may be suggested” came
when Mr. Brown asked Mr. Gadd, chatr
man of the buildings and grounds com
mittee jt fUio school board, U be would
object to any changes In the present
standardized specifications Mr. Gadd
answered that he was not prepared to
say offhand without consultation with
other persons.
From the very start of the hearing it
was apparent that the hoard of tax com
missioners feels the Imperative necessity
of additional school buildings In Indi
anapolis, and there is little chance that
the remonstrance of the ten members of
the Taxpayers’ League of Indiana, which
is the Immediate cause of the entire con
troversy. will be upheld
In the final analysis the question is
not, is a bond issue advisable, but. ean
the Indianapolis board of school commis
sioners be trusted to spend the money
wisely and economically if it is given
them ?
no PUTS ABILITY
OF SCHOOL lIOARII.
fin this last question the general opin
ion of members of the tax board seemed
to be that In view of buildings now un
der construction, the school board will
not expend money wisely if given a free
hand in the matter.
For that reason it seems very probable
that the final settlement will l*t along the
lines suggested by Mr. Matson s veral
weeks ago. that the school board adver
tise for bids and then submit the.u to
the tax board for approval or rejection
The general opinion of the fax board
apparently was stated by Commissioner
Brown when he said.
‘‘We are not opposed to new buildings
for the Indianapolis schools, anil we
would approve heartily of the present
excellent buildings you are putting up
If the finances of the school city of In
(Fontlnucii on Bilge Two.)
SHIPLOAD OF
BOOZE SEIZED
Smugglers Caught Attempting
to Land $50,000 Cargo on
Connecticut Coast.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 23.—A score
of police. In charge of Chief of Police
Smith, today seized a shipload of booze
which was being smuggled ashore at
Light iftuse Point and arrested n dozen
or more men who were engaged tu hand
ling the liquor.
Prominent New Haven persons are sa'd
to he implicated in the affair by reason
of ownership in the vessel and its cargo.
The amount of booze hauled to police
hetdquarters in trucks is valued at ap
proximately £50,1X10.
“NO STORY”
By O. HENRY
TO AVOID having this book hurled
into a corner of the room by the
suspicious reader, will assert In
time that this is not a newspaper story.
You will encounter no shirt-sleeved, om
niscient city editor, no prodigy “cub”
reporter just off tho farm, no scoop, no
story—no anything.
But if you will concede me the setting
of the first scene in the reporter’s room
of the Morning Beacon, I will repay the
favor by keeping strictly my promises set
forth above.
I was doing space work on the Beacon,
hoping to he put on a salary. Someone
had cleared with a rake or a shovel a
small space for me at the end of a long
table piled high with exchanges, Con
gressional Records, and old files. There
1 did my work. I wrote whatever the
city whispered or roared or chuckled to
me on my diligent wanderings about its
streets. My income was nto regular.
One day Tripp came in and leaned on
my table. Tripp was something in the
mechanical department—l think he had
something to do with the pictures, for
he smelled of photographer's supplies,
and his hands were always stained and
LIE IS PASSED
AND BERGDOLL
QUIZ HELD UP
Kentuckian Makes for Wit
ness, Brother of Million
aire Slacker.
CLASH BARELY AVERTED
Representative Johnson Ac
cuses Braun of Not Telling
Truth on Stand.
WASHINGTON, July 23. —'The
short and ugly word, followed by
what threatened to be a lively physi
cal encounter, brought a sudden ad
journment this afternoon of the con
gressional investigation of the
eßcape of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, millionaire slacker. Represent
ative Johnson of Kentucky accused
Charles Braun or Philadelphia,
brother of Bergdoll, who was on the
witness stand, of not telling tho
truth.
’’You are a liar,” shouted Braun.
Jonnson started toward him, but
Chairman Peters and other members
of the committee froeibly restrained
the Kentuckian, who kept shouting
that he wanted to get at Braun.
The room was crowded with spectators,
including many women who made a wild
rush for the door.
Mrs. Johnson rushed In front of her
husband and pleaded with him not to at
tack Braun. •
Joe Rodgers, Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House, rushed Braun out of the room
and turned him over to police. Later he
was told to leave Washington at once.
After Braun had left Johnson said:
"I would have killed him in a second.”
HEARING IS
ADJOURNED ABRUPTLY.
Asa result of the fracas the hearing
was abruptly adjourned. Major Camp
bell was among those who restrained
Johnson.
Throughout the clartior ami excitement
Braun sat calmly In his chair until the
sergeant at arms took him from the room.
Testimony that his mother. Mrs. Emma
Bergdoll, at no time had told him of pny
ing a $.”1,000 bribe to Maj. Bruce Camp
bell to “fix higher-ups” and obtain the
release of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was
given to the committee by Braun.
The witness changed his name because
of the attached to "BergdoU” bo
cause of Us brother n escape.
Johnson held
BY TWO MEN.
When Johnson Jumped to his feet and
reached for hi* pocket. Representative
Peters, of Massachusetts, and Major
Bruce Campbell, another witness, were
upon Johnson, pinning him down and
refusing to allow him to move despite
Ills strugles.
"The dirty flag hating yelled
Johnson struggling to loose himself from
his captors.
"The committee has adjourned,”
shouted Peters the chairman, above the
u proa r.
Clerks and members used every ef
fort to clear the room.
”1* this committee going to let this
dirty fellow leave here unpunished?"
shouted Johnson, still si niggling. "I
am the man to punish him."
"No,” said Peters, still holding John
son anil refusing him to enter into the
conflict with Braun.
Braun, who had ills name changed by
court order after bis brothers, Grover
and Edwin, had been branded ns slackers,
had been testifying about advice which
he alleged had been given ids mother,
Mrs. BerddoU. by General Sherbourne
for the investigating committee. Johnson
had apparently been attempting to fchow
that Sherbourne was favoring Mrs.
BergdoU. Braun hail evaded questions
Just before he was accused by Johnson
and tho break came. Sergeant-at-Arms
Rogers took Braun by the arm. "Come
(( ontlnued, on Page Three.)
WHITE MAN IS
HANGED BY MOB
Mississippi Citizens Become
Enraged When Appeal Stays
Execution for Murder.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., July 23.—Casey
Jones, a white man, recently sentenced
for the murder of Mrs. E. Mosely was
removed from the county Jail here and
hanged to a tree In the court yard by
a mob.
Jones was to have been executed July
18. An appeal to the supreme court
stayed the execution.
CHANGE IN HOSriTAI. PLANS.
HARTFORD CITY. Dul., July 23.—The
plans for the Blackford County Hospital,
to he erected this summer, have been
changed to include an X-ray room. 'The
plans have been sent to the State board
of charities for approval.
Copyright. 1920, by Doublet'ay, Page
ft Cos., Published by special nrn.nge
ment with the Wheeler Syndicate, luc
cut up with acids. lie was about 25 and
looked 40. Half of his face was cov
ered with short, curly red whiskers that
lookeil like a doormat with the "Wei- ]
come” left off. He was pule and un !
healthy and miserable and fawning, and ;
an assiduous borrower of sums ranging j
from 25 cents to a dollar. One dollar j
was his limit. He knew the extent of 1
his credit as well as the Chemical Na
tional Bank knows the amount of H M
that collateral will show on analysis. |
When he sat on my table he held one j
hand with the other to keep both from
shaking. Whisky. He had a spurious air
of lightness and bravado about him that
deceived no one, but was useful in his
borrowing because it was so pitifully and
perceptibly assumed.
This day I had coaxed from tho cashier
five shining silver dollars as a grumbling
advance on a story that the Sunday ed
itor had reluctantly accepted. So if 1
was not feeling at peace with the world,
at least an armistice had been declared,
and 1 was beginning with ardor to write
a description of the Brooklyn Bridge by
moonlight.
“Well. Tripp," said I, looking up at
(Continued on T age Four.)
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Subscription Rates: } By 500 Per Month; $5.00 Per Tear.
So Many Want Out
of the Army U . S.
Stops Discharges
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Secretary
of War Weeks today ordered all dis
charges in the \ -ny stopped. This
order followed instiuetions sent out
yesterday to limit discharges to 31)
per cent of each command.
The secretary said that discharge
applications are swamping the War
Department and that it has been
considered best to suspend ail dis
charges until officials have an oppor
tunity to consider the applications
now pending and estimate the prob
able effects upon the size of the army.
Secretary Weeks, General Pershing
and General Harbord conferred today
on plans for the reduction of the
army to 150,000.
SMALL GOES TO
CHICAGO TO SEE
BILL THOMPSON
Governor of Illinois Appeals
to Chief Political Backer
for Advice.
CHICAGO, July 23.—The scene shifted
today; In the now nationally famous le
gal battle revolving around the Indict
ment of Governor lorn Small of Illinois on
charges of embezzlement of $500,000 of
State funds, from Springfield to this city.
Governor Small, central figure in the
case, arrived here this morning, pre
sumably to attend a political picnic,
spons-red by Mayor William Hale
Thompson of Chicago, one of tho Gov
ernor’s chief backers. He was attended
by three bodyguards.
Immediately upon his arrival, the Gov
ernor went into conference with leaders
of the Thompson-Lundin organization. He
wag silent regarding the recent sensa
tional developments at Springfield.
"I have nothing to say regarding the
charges against me,” he said. ”1 ex
pect to be here only a short time.”
HAS THREE DAYS
BEFORE ARREST.
The Governor, by order of the court
has three days of grace before a sheriff's
posse will attempt to arrest him. On
the first day Small flew to the arms of
Mayor Thompson and other political ad
visors.
It waa generally speculated that Small
and Thompson conferred on the advisa
bility of calling out the State troops. If
necessary, to prevent arrest.
Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson, in full
uniform, made a hurried trip to Camp
Logan today, where the militia is camp
ing. General Dickson, who has given
the historic Statehouse of Sangamon
County a war like aspect, has told the
Governor that ’ troop* can be mobilized,
in twenty minutes.”
"I have been and am making a fight lr,
the interest of the people and against
predatory Interest* and in following
that course I have made powerful ene
mies,” Governor Small said.
“My indictment Is the result.
"My enemies are responsible for the
Sangamon county grand Jury indictment.
They are the head and front of this at
tempt to ruin me.
"Those who fight for the people find
the road hard but I am going through.
Those who could not control me would
ruin me.”
Small's conference with Chicago’s
mayor was dubbed "Thompson's last
stand” by enemies of the powerful po
litical mnehine.
The governor's indictment comes on
the heels of Thompson's recent repud
iation by his own city council which
voted to investigate the hiring of high
paid city experts.
Several of Thompson's pet measures
have been frowned upon of late by the
aldermanie body.
Small lute- today wli! carry his fight to
the people. He is slated for an address
at a picnic sponsored by Thompson's
(Continued on I‘oge Three.)
OIL WELL FIRE
OUT OF CONTROL
Fifteen Spouting Flames—Ex
pert on Way to Extinguish
Blaze.
MEXICO (TTY, July 23.—1 t was re
ported from Tampico today that the fire
in the Amatlnn oil fields had flared up
beyond control and that fifteen oil wells
were on fire.
The government reported, however,
that according to official advices only
four wells were burning. A German
technician, who is said to have exclusive
knowledge of a chemical which ha claims
will extinguish the fire, has departed for
Amatlan. His services are understood
to have been retained by American oil
Interests.
BIG 4 TRACK
WORK TO START
East Washington Elevation to
Be Begun Soon.
Work upon tho elevation of tracks
across East Washington street at Noble
street may be begun within the next
two weeks, C. A. Paquette, chief engineer
of the Big Four railroad, with headquar
ters at Cincinnati, wrote in a letter re
ceived today by John L. Eliott, city track
elevation engineer.
Mr. Paquette said that olds have been
advertised for. The Big Four is to do
the work, the cost being apportioned ns
other parts of the track raising project
have been.
The work will constitute the next big
step in track elevation, following prac
tical completion of the Union Station train
platform and approaches. It will raise
the tracks of the Big Four and Monon
railroads from the end of the present
east elevated approach to the Union
station across Washington street to Mar
ket street. Before Market street is
reached the city hopes to have the railroads
agree to continue the elevation from Mar
ket street to Massachusetts avenue imme
diately. Otherwise the tracks will come
down to the street level at Market street.
Mrs. Donald Sargent
AsksJMaintenance
RENO, Nev., July 23.—A Nevada angle
has developed in the divorce proceedings
of Mrs. Lowe Sargent vg. Donall Sar
gent, millionaire tugboat and lighter
oprator, of New York.
Tho New Jersey courts denied a de
cree when Sargent sued his wife for di
vorce. Mrs. Sargent is now in Reno and
is pressing suit for separate maintenance.
The papers were mailed to New York- for
filing In the Eastern jurisdiction.
LAST HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPY
LEGAL SIGNATURES ON PLAZA
PETITION NOT 5 PER CENT OF
CITY’S VOTERS, SAYS LEGION
Document Asking for Referendum on War
Memorial Held Totally Invalidated
by ‘Wholesale Forgeries.’
NO FIGURES GIVEN IN STATEMENT
Charges that the petition bearing more than 12,000 signatures, and
‘asking that the city council order a special referendum on the war
memorial plaza is totally invalidated, were made in a statement-Issued
today by Clarence R. Martin, chairman of the American Legion committee,
which is in charge of the plaza campaign.
Mr. Martin asserts investigations have shown the petition contains
wholesale forgeries and that there are not enough legal names remaining
to make up the 6 per cent necessary to mandate the council to order the
special election.
LATE ENEMIES
MAY DOMINATE
SHANK, IS FEAR
Senator New’s Hand Seen in
Truce Between Republican
City Factions.
j Basic organization differences having
| been dropped for the time being, througn
j agreement of tile Samuel Lewis Shank
j forces to Irving W. Lemaux retaining
: the Republican city chairmanship, lead
j era In both the Shank and New*- Jewett
j camps today faced the problem of "sell
; ing” the peace treaty to men In the
j ranks.
i A great many Shank followers were set
j upon the election of Dr. E. E. ilodgtn.
i Shank campaign manager, to succeed Mr.
| Lemaux. Announcement of agreement by
the candidate to the compromise with the
News-Jewett faction resulted In some ex
pressions by Shank workers of fears that
Shank might now become dominated by
his former enemies.
On the other hand, Lemaux and some
of his backers, who are Just as desirous
Os complete Republican success in No
vember as are the Shank people, have
undertaken to bring back Into the fold
' a number of prominent men who have
i £hown signs of deserting the party and
j supporting tho Democratic nominee lor
I mayor.
j Dr. Hodgin. who was out of the city
i when the settlement was announced, de
i dared today that he has made no effort
Ito confer with State Chairman E. M.
Wasmuth. as was rumored yesterday, and
! that whoever thought so had the wrong
| "hunch.” He would not say where he
i went but asserted that "I had a success
ful trip.” He was in a pleasant frame
!of mind and declared : "I am for any
thing that will aid In the election of
: Lew Shank." Not having bad time to
| get in touch w ith leaders to find out
ail that had happened during his at>-
| cence he said he could not state defln
itely what his course will be In the fu
! ture.
| BITTER PILL
! FOR BOTH CAMPS.
j Both the Shank and the Lemaux camps
I were forced to swallow bitter pills in
effecting the compromise, Shank be
| cause he could not go through with his
| post-primary demand for Lemaux's
resignation and the News-Jewett leaders
(Continued on I’nge Two.)
FIGHT STARTS
IN MOROCCO
Natives Deliver Vicious .At
tack Against Spanish
Troops.
PARIS, July 23.—Violent fighting in
which several hundred Spanish soluiers
are reported to have been killed, has
broken out in Morocco, said advices re
ceived here today from Madrid.
Spanish reinforcements are being sent
to Morocco. King Alfonso hurried to
Madrid from his summer castle at San
Sebastian to consider the Moroccan sit
uation with his cabinet.
The fighting developed when Moroccan
natives delivered a heavy attack against
the Spaniards In the Mellila district.
‘Little Shiner’
Happens Along
at Wrong Time
A complex situation arose today when
Lieut. Fred Winkler, Sergeants Dean and
Volderauer and Federal Officer Bundy
raiiled the home of Flossie Dunn, 29, ne
gress, 412 West Vermont street, and ar
rested her and three men on blind tiger
charges.
Among the catch was Everett ‘‘Little
Shiner” Middaugh, already convicted of a
tiger charge. Middaugh, who lives at 150
Blackford street, just happened along
when the police were questioning George
Klick, 19, 3."9 North Illinois street, about
anew automobile they found in front of
the place and which contained two half
gallon Jars full of “white mule” whisky.
Klick made a dive for the flivver when
the officers arrived, hut was captured.
Middaugh then arrived and claimed own
ership of the ear and said he had let
Klick use it to call upon his "girl.” Both
were charged with operating a blind
tiger.
Then the officers went into the house.
After a long search they discovered a
secret closet in Flossie's room fitted up
with a sliding door. In the closet they
found throe gallon jars full of white
mule.
While they were questioning Flossie,
Asa Guerrant, 30, negro, sauntered into
the room and claimed ownership of the
liquor. He Was arrested and so was
Flossie. The quartette wa ssent to the
police station.
Permits Issued for
Two Big: Buildings
Two industrial building permits were
issued by the city building department
to-day. The National Paper Stock Com
pany took out a pernfft for a 91x142 three
story brick warehmfe to cost $75,000 at
515 Bowman stnfl|H The Zero lee and
Fuel permitted to erect
a $15,000. IQx'.Hijfe*. J '•) feet high ice stor
age house at-Seventh street and
Cornell aven^^^^V
NO. 62.
NO FIGURES GIVEN
OUT AT THIS TIME.
Mr. Martin's statement, which is ex
pected to presage the character of at
tack that will be launched on the peti
tion at the public hearing to be held by
the council committee on elections on
Wednesday afternoon, is as follows:
“No figures will te given out at this
time, but we are certain to establish that
the number of illegal signatures on the
petition is so large as to invalidate and.
taint with fraud the entire document.
"No fraudulent election anywhere ever
equaled in extent the invalidity of this
petition. To equal this petition in mag
nitude of fraud, in an election In which
all the qualified voters of Indianapolis
participated, there would have to be cast
about sixty thousand illegal votes.
"The American Legion approaches the
public hearings of the city council, feel
ing certain that the opponents of the
complete War Memorial program will fail
in their efforts. The petition has been
carefully examined and it positively does
not contain the legal signatures of 5 per
cent of the.qualified voters of Indianapo
lis. There are so many proved illegal
signatures that the 0 per cent required
has not been obtained. In addition there
are a great many signatures obtained un
der misrepresentations of various sorts.
"The situation now is one of fact
and law, and the legion has every confi
dence that the city council will meet
the occasion In a spirit of justice and
fairness.”
FILING SIGNAL
FOR FRAUD CHARGES.
v-yetoshuld nv. .6e-lin-to„.. and rfbr dfl
Immediately after the petition was filed
with the city clerk work was started by
proponents of the plaza to investigate
the signatures. Charges were made at
once that many of them were forged r.nd
then followed a systematic campaign on
the part of friends of the scheme to pub
licly show what they termed to be fratjd
in the preparation of tbe demand.
The auti-plaza forces countered amr
charged that the petition had been al
tered when it was illegally taken from
the city clerk's office by attaches of the
city legal department.
It is now up to the council to sit in
judgment on the question and to decide
whether the petition is invalidated, or
whether is contains enough bona fide
signatures to make ii necessary to call
the referendum.
WOMAN FOUND
DEAD IN HOME
Glass That Had Contained
.Acid Tells Story of
Suicide.
Mrs. Anna Van Waas, 48. 2154 Kinggotd
street, was found dead at her home to
day. and beside tho fully dressed body
which was on a bed was a glass that had
contained carbolic acid.
She had been dead at least since Thurs
day. Neighbors say sue bad threatened
suicide. She had lived at the Ringgold
street house alone in the last twelve
years and is said not to have a living
relative.
Mrs. Van Waas was something of a
woman mystery and wild stories were
told at times of large sums of money
hidden in the little house. She took in
washing ($> make her living.
When John Simpson, 21S0 Napoleon
street, went to the Van Waas home to
get the washing, he detected a peculiar
odor coming from the house, and on
being told by neighbors that Mrs. Van
Waas had not been seen for several days,
notified the police. Motor Policemen
Muse and Mcßurney broke in the rear
door and found the body. Dr. George
Christian, deputy coroner, started aa in
vestigation.
No note or letter was found. The
house was in a disorderly condition.
Mrs. Simpson aiul Hilda Lions, 2145
Kingold street, told the police they saw
Mrs. Van Waas Thursday morning. Other
neighbors declared they had not seen
the woman since Tuesday. The body was
black and In a horrible condition. Thera
were no signs of a struggle. The police
believe she committed suicide by drink
ing the acid.
Mrs. Van Waas wai born In Vincennes.
Her parents died aiul she was brought
to Indianapolis and placed in the Home
of the Good Shepherd. When she was
about 21 she run away and later was
married.
Her husband died about fourteen years
ago and after his death she moved to the
little home in Riugold street. She is said
to have owned the property. Why the
rumors that she had money hidden in the
house started is unknown, but police and
Dr. Christian started a careful search to
determine if thpro was any money or
valuables hidden in the house.
After a careful search the police and
deputy coroner declared If any money
were hidden in the home of Mrs. Van
Waas they were unable to find it. Copies
of Thursday and Friday's daily ppers
were in a little wagon on the front porch.
W. A. Simmons, who had been a close
frincl of Mr. Van Waas, and had worked
with him at the Beinis Bag Company plant
took charge of the place. The body was
removed to an undertaking establishment
by order of Dr. Christian.
5 Nations Exceed
Immigrant Quotas
NEW YORK, July 23.—Five little na
tions have today exceeded their monthly
quota of immigrants to the United States
Spain. Greece, Turkey, Palestine and Po
land have sent the United States more
would-be Americans than is permitted
under the new immigrant law limiting
each nation to 3 per cent of their 1910
American population. The overflow has
not been turned tack, however. Those in
excess of the qnota have been admitted
on personal bonds.