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MILLION IS USED
BY LOBBY TO GET
EMBARGO ON DYE
Senator King Charges Power
ful Combine to Control
Chemical Color Industry.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—Spurred by
tli effort* of a powerful lobby to place
a dye embargo In the permanent tariff
b’H. Senator King. Utah, today an-
Bounced he would demand that the Sen
adopt his resolqtion calling for an
Investigation.
King was in a lighting mood. He
showed letters and telegrams from busi
ness organizations In Utah urging a dye
e- ibargo. Thl*. he declared. w?s a back
fire of the dye lobby to whip him into
line.
Kin? declared:
L That more than $1,000,000 had
been apent by dye interest* In dis
seminating propaganda and paying
lobbyists to maintain an embargo.
2. Tbat the DuPont Chemical Com
pany had entered Into a contract with
a British concsm to divide the
world and monopolize the dye trade.
8. That million* of dollars worth
of American dye* hare been sold
abrc .and in competition with German
dyes and that an ecabargo is unneces
sary
4. That the average prices charged'
’ for American dvea are per cent
above pre-war levels.
5. That one chemical corporation
has paid over J20.0u0.000 In dividends
in the last four years and paid for its
plant.
DEMOCRATS TO
BACK INCOME
TAX PROPOSAL
<Continned From Page One.)
bring about a more equitable distribu
tion of the burden of taxation, the evi
dent intent, if orfe follows the letter of
the argument of those favoring their
Adoption, is to produce a greater volume
Os" revenue. Keeling thst this might be
the tendency and everything seems to
point that war. It is our purpose tv lay
left re you such data ns is essential to
emphasize, without orejudice, conditions
as they exist regsrddrg present-day pub
lic expenditures and the causes which
lead thereto, which may to a greater or
lesser extent have a bearing on the ques
tion of adoption or rejection of the pro
posed amendments and might ( possibly
tad to stimulating the public pulse
Howard encouraging an effort looking to
a redaction rerh. • thau an increase of
revenue and public expenditures.
EXPENSES
pi Li; ip.
"‘Every Legislature, regardless of its
pollticisl complexion, in the p>a-t twenty
year* has been lecrersing the burden of
taxation by the creation of new rom
miswioo* and boards until the last pub
lished year book shows a total of fid
State commissions and boards which
•amber was liberally adii<- : to by the
last Legislature. As shown on psgc 7
of the 119 Tear Book the then Governor
said in his message to the Legislature, j
•peaking of oce of the departments: ‘The
•resent system Is admirably designed to ;
provide many places for the party in j
power but is perfect In its Inefficiency.' j
Yet, all of these departments cost and!
become a burden on the public. To tow !
bow these burdens mount we will go i
back to 1900 With a population of 2.JYO,- \
000. the Stare disbursements of all funds
equalled $2 35 per capita; In 1910 with!
• population of 2.790,000 the per capita
disbursements had Increased to $3 10 and
tr, 1920 with a population of but 'i .900,000 1
th State expenditures by virtue of its
many added commissions ami boards
mounted to the height of $7 +0 per cap
ita. In other word* while the popula
tion had Increased a scant 16 per cent the
disbursements, the cost of upkeep, had
. increased 310 per cent.
“In. all fairness due allowance must
be made for the decreased value of the
dollar, the majoi portion of which Is re
{acted In the maintenance of State In
stitutions only. But making due allow
ance fr rhia fact a comparison of the
expenditure# for salaries and expense*,
ether tha- th maintenance of State Insti
tutions discloses an Increase of more
than 300 per cert, the totals being. 1911
$1 .*42.581 On while In 1920 the total was
$0.736,311*0.
NOT OPPOSED
TO PROGRESS.
‘"Tour committee in no way wishes to
appear reactionary and opposed to all
forms of progress, in fact we welcome
conservative progress, but at- the same
time we insist that the public shall r
eoi'e a dollar * worth of aervlce for every
dollar expended Total State disburae
aer.U .grew from $6,900,030 In 1900 to
nearly $22,000,000 in 1020.
“That the great** portion of this in
crease is due to additional commissions
is proved by the fact that one eomtnis
aion alone increased the expenditures of"
1920. 133 per .cent over the total expendi
tures of 1911. This the highway commis
sion. whose .expenditures were $2,447.-
87821—51,091.55299 bring for salaries and
expense while only $1,430,086.41 were ex
pended In the construction of roads. The
public service commission, which in 1911
was the railroad commission, expended
$38.336 32 while In 1920 the expenditures
were $160,140.58 salary and expenses, au
Increase of better than +‘■o per cent. In
1911 a group of small State agencies, for
conservation, cost the taxpayers $112,-
622.15. These agencies were later con
solidated into the conservation commis
sion for the alleged purpose of saving the
State a great deal of expense, yet In 1920
that eommiaslon cost the State $176.-
8tM.69 a saving on the wrong side of the
balance sheet of $64,182.53.
“Wbat your commute has said con
cerning abnormally Increased Stats gov
ernment expense, applies with equal
force to local governments. Everywhere
this tendency to extravagant public ex
penditures has taken root to (irmly, has
permeated and honeycombed th 1 ody po
litic so thoroughly tbat the taxpayer as
be, In sheer desperation, enters the do
main of the taxgstherer to be relieved
®f hi* share of confiscatory penalization.
Bay Justly cry out, "All hope nbn.idon
$e Who enter here.’ president H*rdlng. lu
a recent pe“cb. <old his auditors "tfi.it
tetre was no menace In the wort 1 today
like the tendency of extravagant public
ixpenditure* "
TATES INCREASED
100 PER < ENT.
“Marion County, while perhaps no dif
ferent from any other, gives us a glaring
example. Tax collections In Marion
County were In 1919. $82129 384: 1920. $lO.-
838.907: 1921 tone half collected). $16.275,-
807, an Increase of lOC per cent in direct
taxation in iwo years, but that Incon
ceivably great amount was not enough
by far and simultaneously the growing
debt of the county, city and school city
kept pare and is rapidly soaring toward
the $25,000.00'' ro.rk and the early pros
pects of daily S4.OU) Interest charge is
no longer a dream. Chicago, with a
popnlation almost ten times as great. Is
tad to have an annual Interest account
not,quite as much again, lu 1891, on a
valiiktlon of $96.900.900 and a rate of
$1.55, Marion County collected for State,
civil and school city, county and town
ship $1, iSO.jUO, or $9.87 for her then per
rapita. While this year, with her popu
lation only slightly doubled, the dupli
cate total* $16,278,307, or $51.68 per rapita.
It is both interesting and alarming to
note that while the population bad grown
a little over two times and the taxable
valuation* had ben increased eight times
and the public debt increased ten limes
the tx collections had increased thirteen
times. Marlon County taxpayer- are pay
ing now between s'>s,ooo and s6<>.oo<> per
dsy for ever- but ness day of the year,
and on top of It the debt increase goes
merrily on.
*‘We might go on ad libitum ad
S'-finltum detailing Increases caused bv
ti.ese boards, commissions ar i extra *'-
?ence, but time forbids. We will, how
ver, suggest for your worthy considers
t. -n. that these facts be compiled and
presented to the public for their enlight
enment for the question of taxation Is
today of such magnitude that it threat
eus to shake onr •Government to its
foundation. For the past few years the
b dy politic has been so anesthetized by
the theory of boards and commissions
liiu< the boards and commissions so pol
luted with politic* that their usefulness
other than a* pollticisl machine* and
for the employment of the
HW'il has become almost nil, yet re
mziaing ever a constant drain on the
A Father Just Gets Used to Bathing With
Fish , Ducks and Swans
jhl j AT FIRST IT WAS \
lH ( Too MUCH TROUBLE- !
pf J To TAkte Tm out; J
m ; . T ' f AMS NOW l’c ssr \
HI V POS'/TIV'&LY LONEQOMzj
■ WITHOUT THizM /
the time Is most opportune for a cam
paign in the interest of the elimination
of commissions, looking to a curtailmont
of public expenditures. The question of
taxation i* an economic problem aud
every citizen Is Interested in a correct
and equitahla valuation of property but
the only absolute guaranty of a reduc
tion of the rax burden is curtailment of
expenditures and extravagance and the
only positive way of curtailing expend!
tures is by absolute limitation. First,
on valuation for taxation; second, ,<n
the tax rate, and third, on the borrowing
power. Without auch limitation no con
stitutional revision whatsoever, however
well Intended will remedy the situation.
REMOVE CAUSE
TO Cl BE MALADY.
“The advocates of a change In our
const.tut ion are saying, let us face con
ditions #s they exist which ar# working
great Injustice upon the citizens of our
State. We charge that no malady was
ever cured by applying remedies Until
the cause was removed. The defenders
of the proposed a mend menu are saying
that the remedy for the present tax sit
uation Is a classification of property;
giving no thought to the cause of t ie sit
uation. They are heralding to the public
that the only object to tie attained is tlit
classification of property tor the purpose
of taxation. If that be true and that be
all that I* desired, why strike from the
constitution all other legislative restric
tion*? 14 hv was not the amendment as
originally drafted submitted to the
people for their consideration? Said
original uraft reads a* follow*;
‘ ‘The General Assembly shall pro
vide by law for the assessment of
property for taxation and the raising
of revenue thereby, and shall pre
scribe such regulations as shall se
cure a just valuation for taxation of
all property, both real and personal,
excepting such only for municipal,
educational literary, aclentlflc, religl
ous or charitable purposes, as mx;
be especially exempted by law In
thus enacting laws for the assess
ment of property for taxation, the
General Assembly shall have power
to classifv the scvefal kinds of prop
erty subject to taxation and to levy
a tax on each class of property at
such rate as it may deem wise and
etfuifable without regard to the rate
applied to other classes of property,
but all taxes shall be uniform upon
the same class of subjects, withio
th territorial limit* of the authority
levying the tax.’ "
WHY WASN’T
DRAFT SUBMITTED?
, Agaiiyc W e ask if classification is the
paramount reason for this amendment,
why was not the foregoing draft sub
mitted to the public? It most ade-
S uately provides for classification In
ie most unambiguous language, yet
provides ample legislative restric
tions This draft was submitted and
resuLmitteii Wo different group* of men
and finally to the Legislature, all jf
whom whittled and whittled and whittled
It down until it has become moat dan
gerously thin, so thin In fact that It may
be plied In any direction. It consists
of little more than one Hue, reading as
follows:
“ The General Assembly shall pro
vide by iaw for*a system of taxa
tion."
“Fader the authority granted therein,
there is no limit to the property that
I may be exempted, there is no limit to file
rate that may be appl ed and under its
provision a radical Legilature could and
might enact the tingle tax law and there
by place the whole Lortien of tax on real
estate or upon any other one class of
property. The advocates of those amend
ments do not deny these possibilities, in
fact they say in their published pam
phlet ou these amendment-, that
‘The proposed amendments will re
move all restrictions on the power of
the Legislature over taxation. Ac
cordingly, laws could be passed Im
posing a tax on any kind of prop
erty, service*, rights, privileges, fran
chises or incomes: the rate of fixa
tion on one kind of property could be
fixed higher or lower than on an
] other; different kinds of property
could be assessed at different valus
! aud all kinds of property could be
I subjected to taxation or the list of
j exempted proper'}- could be extended
| to include more than it does uow.’
i SEEK TO SADDLE
; IOBBV OV rIBLIC.*
By their own admissions the adherents
l to the proposed amendments are prepar
ing to saddle on to our future Legisla
tures the most sinister lobby that ever
cursed a eotmnniwealtlK w'lilie throwing
to the four winds the time hone, -m)
principle that certainly is a prune re
quirement In taxation.
"Tour committee wishes to go on
record as In no way opposing a Ju*t aud
eouitabl olassificat' nos i ope y ""or
the purpose of taxation, but L likewise
wishes to go ou record is unalterably
opposed to the proposed amendments
shorn of all legislative restrictions vs
a means of securing such a property
classification. IV* have listened to a
number of discussions ami have been
presented with some sble briefs relative
| to the power of the Legislature to clas
sify property under our present consti
tution. This power has been recognized
by the legislative body in numerous in
stance* and the classification so made
upheld by our supreme Court but that
classification o-vty went to me power to
arete or rather the power to secure
TaJtfiJtlon. which Is in effect only nariui
classification. To have complete claasifl
cifun, the assessing unit must have
powr to classify as to asses-ment* and
•a t* rate*. The latter of which Is ex
• . V forlvGWer, hv the nr r consti-
tution which says: "The lieneral As
: sembly shall provide by law for a unt
i form and equal rate ol assessment and
j taxation.'
I “ he opponents of the amendments are
charged by its proponents with being
! unduly exercised over the lack of lsgta
, lative restrictions In these tax amend
ments, and yet they themaeire* are Seek
ing to restrict the Legislature In two of
the amendments offered for consideration
on Sept. 8 A removal of all legislative
j icJtrlctlon* would be a long step back
ward. A recurrence of the arbitrary
methods tbat caused the foundation of
our Kepubllc. The chief bulwark of
couatitutioual government 1a the power
of the pc pie to llm.t icgltlaflvc enact
ments and if coustituticnal government
is to endure we must approach with
measured steps any provision that seeks
to untie the hands of our legislative
bodies.
“Tour committee considers in Income
tax the must Just ami equltltde means of
raising revenue. It is so recogn zed by
tiie lending economists and has been pro
claimed .nce the da sos Grovi-r Cleve
land. An income tax that would email
upjn eve-.v beneficiary of Government
who has an income, be it a salary a wage
> or anv other sort of compensation, an
i equitable contribution f r Government
j upkeep would be unequivocally Just and
'undamentally sound.
TIME NOW
TO CALC >1 W T.
i “We conclude, therefore, that, there Is
: no virtue in the pr posed real property
j tax amendment, aud In view of the nce
! slty for real curtailment of extravagance,
■ we are even fundamentally and finally
opposed to It. It strongly tends to cause
j the public to remove the eye from the
ball of economy by Its inference that
| classification and exemptions from tax
j will relieve the public from tax burdens.
It stimulates extravagance by the un
limited power placed In i tie hands of the
Legislature. It i* In violation of the
fundamental doctrine of constitutional
government. It Is un embossed Invita
tion to every special Interest In the State
or having property therein, to senrl Its
i dear amb us curll to the legislative body
there to Intercede in behalf of the people
! i. e., ‘the spe. ial Interests,’ to have the
1 legislators shift the burden of tax from
i the Atlas shoulders of certain Interests,
alleged ‘the people,’ wiih a thundering
thud, upon the stooped backs of the un
represented rest of us. It is time to call
a halt on the laying out of primrose
( paths to morn oppressive taxation, and
. make some repairs on the old way to
honest public economy."
RAIL RELIEF FLAN
AMOUNTS TO LOAN
Government to Furnish $500,-
000,000 for Roads’ Use.
\ WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The Admin
istration's railroad relief plan amounts
in effect to a loan of $300,000,000 to the
roads by the Government., Eugene Meyer,
chairman of the War Finance Corpora
tion. admitted today under sharp ques
tioning by members of the Senate Inter
state Commerce Committee. Committee
! members, by their questions, drew from
[ Meyer a series of statements which,
summarized, amounted to thl*.
j That the Government has already
j loaned the railroads $500,009,000 for
which securities have been taken and
: now propose* to provide $.500,000,000
: more by the sale of the same securities
j that there will be no net. liquidation of
the railroad's obligations.
| Opposition to this course was voiced by
Senators Pittman. Nevada, and Smith.
South Carolina, Democrats, and by La
Kollette Wisconsin, Republican.
In an effort to show that the bill orig
inated in Wall street La Follette dug Into
its history.
| “I suggested it to Secretary of the
| Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Commerce
! Hoover, and the President,” .said Meyer.
| “Were you present when President
I Harding discussed the plan at a confer
| once with bankers?" asked La Follette.
j “f wasn't and I don't know that It over
was so discussed,” replied Meyer.
“Do you know about Secretary Hoover's
trip to Now York to discuss it with rail
way executives?"
“No. I don't know he made such a
trip.”
La Follette declared tha proposed $300.-
000uOO fund to be given the roads un
, der the Administration pian would
bring Government loans to the railways
' to a total of $1,359,000,000.
I Meyer disputed this on the ground that
i ihe $-500,000,000 transaction proposed
j would be "a substitution” for a similar
por:ion of $059,000,000 already loaned or
advanced. " c
U. S. Steamer Ashore
at Cape Villano
LONDON, Aug. 10.—The American
steamship Black Arrow Is ashore on Cape
Villa.m, said a dispatch to Lloyds today.
' The Blnck Arrow hails from New York
I and was bound for Balboa, spain. She
1 is owned by the Fuited States Shipping
rtnord.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921.
By DON HEROLD
MIDNIGHT CRIME
DETAILS GIVEN
BY DIVORCEE
(Cotttlnusd From Page One,)
given “that the world may know my
' story" follows : *
By MADAI YXNTS OBENCHAIX.
“I knew Arthur Burch was coming to
' Los Angelee and I knew that he had
j taken rooms at th* Russell Hotel, just
across the street from where Bolton Ken
nedy had office!. But I knew nothing
about Bureb’i connection with tho case
and I believe him to be absolutely In
nocent.
“It Is not true that I had broken with
Belton on the night of the tragedy, al
though I had previously tried to sever
the bond which had tied us together. I
loved him even wolle I tried to quit him.
I still lore him.
"'Happenings on the night of the trag
edy are Imprinted on my mtnd forever
vory distinctly but afterward* for days
I was dazed. The men who shot him
were very shabbily dressed. I did not
see or hear a sound, except Juat before
! the first shot I heard voice*.
LOOKED TO HER
LIKE M3KEIGNER.B.
“They might have been foreigner* from
: their appearance. They were very dark.
1 could not tell what they said, but 1
heard them speak.
“I positively heard two shots. T did
not see any flash. J was standing on the
porch of the Veverley Glen bungalow at
tbat time He said: "Goodby Madal
ynne.'
“I ran down the steps after the first
shot was fired and leaned over him and
said: 'Belton speak to me.'
"I screamed for help. I thought we
! would never get him to the doctor. , did
1 know for hours that he was gone.
I “t will not bring uiy relatives or
| i.tends into this tragic affair. It is de
plorable. I do not care what happens
ito me—my interests are dead. My hopes
j are burled. My life's Joys are ended.
“There is,Tittle left to any. only it Is
all such n mystery. I have tried to holp
the sheriff's office get the straight of tile
story, but It seems to grow more com
plicated and tangled. It seems to mean
that life's complexities grow greater
for me."
2 DEAD, 2 HURT
IN GUN BATTLE
Memphis Pay Roll Bandits De
liver Deadly Fire.
MEMPHIS, l>nn, Aug. 10.—Two are
dead and two seriously wounded, the re
i suit of gun battle on Uniou avenue today
; between pay roll bandits aud four men
| who were taking $8,500 from the bauk ti
a motor company's plant.
Tue deHd are:
Howard L. Gamble, chief inspector foj
the motor company and Policeman 15. A
j Carroway.
The wounded are Edward T. McHenry
1 cashier of the motor company and Police
man IV. F. HAfris. shot through the
stomach and shoulder. Harris's condition
i is riticnl. .
! McHenry saved the $8,500 pay roll by
: dashing into the offices through a rair
| of pistol bullets.
Purchasing Agents
Meeting:
A. K. Wilson, chairman of the conven
tion board of the Purchasing Agents As
soclation, who will have charge of tha
convention of the National Association
of Purchasing Agents to he held in In
i dlanapolls, Oct. 10 to 13, along with C.
C. Cray, P. D. Blrdsall and E. T. Klee,
| raotnhers of the board, and Fred Millis,
I will go to Chicago tomorrow to address
| the Purchasing Agents of Chicago In
j order to stimulate a larger delegation
j from Chicago to tho lndlaanpolis eonven
! tlou.
According to reports which are coming
■to Me. Wilson’s office there will be in
attendance of approximately two thou*
| sand purchasing agents from oyer the
country at the National convention.
Chicago is planning to send 175 buyers,
j Word from the New York Purchasing
i Agents Association indicates that 109
Ifrom tbat city wilt attend.
! ‘lndianapolis manufacturers should
realize that thee men are the heads of the
purchasing of large corpora
; tlons. A made by the National
association Inst/'pear shows that at least
hall' the corpoi ;e buying power of th
1 countra Is d In the personnel
of tbeff'*soclßfi<ln.” Mr Wilson said.
‘HANDS OFF’
GREEKS-TURKS,
ALLIES’ VIEW
Supreme Council Decides Iso
Preserve Strict Neutrality
In Trouble.
PARIS, Aug. 10.—America* attitude
oward commsrcs at the beginning of tha
World YVar was used by the Allied Su
preme Council today to decide It* course
In the Graeco-Turkish war.
The allies decided to preserve strict |
neutrality with no Intervention in ths
shape of military or credits assistance j
There will be no interference with pri
vate commerce.
The decision was reached on the ad
vice of Lloyd George. He pointed out
that America in 1914 adopted the same
course, taking no part In the conflict on
either side, but permitting private com
rneroe to handle Its own affairs.
Col. George Harvey, American observer
at the conference, broke hi* silence, lur
ing the discussion to say that such a
course could be defended legally.
Premier Lloyd George was charged
with using “strong arm" tactic* In forc
ing an allied agreement on tie partition
of Upper Silesia.
Typical of comment oa the supreme
council session yesterday In which the
premier swung the gathering to the Brit
ish view of the situation was the com
plaint of “Pertinax” in the Echo de Psris.
“Britain has forced t# to accept a
Downing street settlement on the penalty
of being abandoned by th# entente. That
ts going rather far."
The allied experts who have been work
ing out the Upper Silesian frontiers will j
report late tonight
Marquis Curxon. upon leaving the au- '•
preme council meeting at 1:80 o'clock, j
ald: “Everything la going fine today
The supreme council will not -esume Its
discussion of Upper Silesia until Thurs i
day morning.”
Two sessions were held today. At the
afternoon meeting the councillors dis
cussed German aviation, the French com
plaints tbat Germany has not yet fulfilled
the aeronautical clauses of the treaty of
Versailles, and libs not met In full her
(lisarmameut obligations.
FRENCH BEGIN
TO MOVE TROOPS
BERLIN. Aug. 10—The French have
begun to concentrate reinforcements In :
the Rhineland with the evident intention
of enforo+Tig the Upper Silesian decision |
upon Germany by pressure against the j
Ruhr, said a dispatch from Frankfort j
today. V.
Two new regiments of negro troops i
have arrived at Maunce, headquarters of I
the French army of occupation on the j
Rhine and other troops are, arriving In
the regions of Saar and Trier
The Freuch have already threatened to
occupy the Ruhr if Germany balks at ,
accepting the Silesian decision
MORE FIGHTING
IN SILESIA
LONDON. Aug. 10.—Fresh fighting has
broken out in Upper dilesia. and this
I time Polish Insurgents bare clashed with
i British tro. ps. said a dispatch received
| here today. Polish insurgent raiders at
| tacked British forces and German police
at Rosenberg, the diapatcb said. The
j British suffered some losses.
HEALTH OFFICIAL
GIVES WARNING
Growing Number of Typhoid
Patients Noted.
Growing alsrm that the city may be on
the verge of a worse end of-tbe summer
typhoid fever wave than usually Is suf
fered was expressed today by Dr. Herman
(i. Morgan, secretary of the board of pub
lic hea'th oa he studied report* which
show that twelve new <-a*e have been
reported In the first nine days ts this
' month. The total number of cases for
| the year Is 41.
j The typhoid wave ia Indianapolis us
I uail.v start* tho third week in Augnat and
j reaches its peak at the end of September,
i The unusually early atari this year ia
, the cause for the health official's con
i' corn.
! 'With proper sewage disposal the num-
I her of case* reported for the first nine
days of this month would be about whet
oe would have in six months,' said Dr.
Morgan.
“Surveys of these cases show that 85
per cent of them occur in homes which
have the old style vault or antiquated
method of sewsge disposal.”
The doctor urged all persons going on
vacations or knowing themselves to bg
close to typhoid cases to take typhoid
vaccination Immediately.
Bandits Rob Bank
Cashier of $2,500
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa. Aug 10.—
Two bandits today entered the Savings
Bank at Weston lowa, ueur here, and
robbed Caihier .T. C. Jensen of $2,300.
After locking Jensen in the vault the
two men escaped In an automobile. It
Is believed they are hendec for Omaha.
Leon Errol holds his OMAR
like this, portraying, artistic
ability to the finger tips
i Omar Omar spells Aroma
t Omar Omar is Aroma
Aroma makes a cigarette;
They’ve told you that for years
Smoke Omar for Aroma.
—which means that if you don’t like OMAR CIGARLuTES
you can get your money back, from the dealer s
MUSCLE SHOALS
SALE IS HELD UP
Alabaman Says Big Interests
Don’t Want Ford.
WASHINOTCfw, Aug. 10—The Govern
ment still la waiting for a bid from the
Alabama Power Company for the great I
Mnscla Shoals nitrate plant which Henry
Ford has offered to purchase, Secretary
Weeks declared today, Thia announce
ment by Weeks came shortly after It
had been stated at another Governniem
department that the Alabama company
would make no bid and that Weeks
would be advised of this during the day.
Representative Huddleston, Alabama, ds
clared big interests are opposed to tho
labor policies of Ford.
Weeks asserted Ford would get a
square deal from the Government in his
negotiations for purchase of the plant.
KENNEDY GOT
DEATH LETTERS
AND FEARED END
(Continued From Page One.)
Kennedy was shot. This note, stating :
“your life Is In danger" was signed “A
Friend.”
FATHER TELLS
OF WARNING.
His son web ureasy "for a week or so,”
J, B. Kennedy, the father stated.
“I pressed him for the reason,” Ken
nedy said.
“He told me that he had met Mrs.
Obenchain at the Alexandria Hotel and
that she had fallen on her knee* before
hloi and urged him to marry her.
"'Marry me Belton! Marry me I I
can't live without you,’ he quoted her as
et. Ting.
"He said this woman begged him for
a gun. saying she wanted to kill her
self.
“ 'Belton, you marry me or I will kill
myself—but I wont hurt you,' he said
she told him.”
Officials believed Kennedy may have
had some other warring of danger.
At the end of a conference of four
and one-half hours between District At
torney Thomas Lee Wool wine and Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchaln, held as a material
witness in tho mnrder, the former an
nounced that he would place all the fact*
before the grand Jury tomorrow. A cor
oner's Jury late yesterduy found that
"Kennedy came to his death from a gun
shot wound Inflicted by persons unknown
with the intent to commit murder."
While the district attorney was locked
In a chamber session with the enigma
woman, Arthur C. Burch, held la the
county jail as a suspect, wne closeted
with deputy district attorneys, who
sought in vain to obtain a statement from
him Burch was evasive throughout and
answered ail attempts to question him
with "I have nothiug to eay."
While Woolwine refused to discuss his
long Interview with Mrs. Ohenchain. It
'was unofficially reported that indictments
will be asked against both Burch and
Mrs. Obenchaln.
BURCH GETS
PROTECTION
Carefully premeditated protection given
Arthur C. Burch, held as the suspected
slayer of J. Belton Kennedy, by Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchaln. Kennedy's beau
tiful sweetheart and Burch's "platonic
friend” Is blocking the investigation of
the case. It was charged at the district
attorney's office today.
Expressing direct doubt of important
parts of Mrs. Ohanchain's story of Ken-'
nedy's murder, Deputy District Attorney
Asa Keyes revealed for the first time that
the woman became greatly agitated when
she learned Burch was under suspicion
and followed her outburst by refusing to
answer any questions which might in
volve him.
Keyes stated to an Internati> al News
flervlce representative that when Mrs.
Obenchaln made her statement immediate
ly after the murder she failed to men
tion Burch's name at all, det-.dte the
fact that she was asked to give every
possible pieye of Information which
might aid the authorities in solving the
crime.
"'Had If not been that we received our
information concerning Burch from
another source, it Is doubtful whether he
ever would have been brought into tho
case," Keyes said. "When we confronted
Mrs. Obenchaln with the evidence in
volving Burch she went up 111 the air.
Until then she answered *ll questions
freely. After that hr attitude changed
and whenever 'we asked her questions
concerning Burch she refused to answer
them.”
District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine completed his preparations today
for going before the grand jury with the
facts of the case on Thursday.
Letters which passed between Kennedy
and Mrs. Obenchaln showing a cooling
of the broker's love for the beautiful di
vorcee will be presented to the grand
Jury.
Statements credited to Burch that he
came to Los Angeles from the home of
hi* minister father In Evanston, 111., at
the request of Mrs. Ohenchain, a sweet
heart of college days, will also be pre
sented to the grand jury. Other evi
dence will include statements made by
Burch that Mrs. Ohenchain visited him
in bis room at the Russell Hotel, across
from Kennedy's office, while disguised
with a wig. From the room occupied
by Burch, it would be easy to spy on
Kennedy’s movements across the street.
MINORITY SCORE
SEN. NEWBERRY
Michigan Man Charged With
Political Immorality.
WASHINGTON Aug. 10.—Senator Tru
man H. Newberry, Michigan, is charged
with “political immorality” lu a minority
report filad with the Senate Elections j
Committee today by Senator Ashurst, I
Arizona. Th# majority report cleared !
Newberfy of the charge* that he "bought" i
M* election. The latter report whs j
adopted by a strict party vote of 8 to 4. •
“Although the Supreme Court held that ,
Newbarry violated no law. Congress In j
passing the corrupt practices act, laid ,
down a rule of political morality ” de
clared Askruet, “When the expenditures
of a candidate go beyond SIO,OOO, the limit
set in the act. he Is politically immoral.
"Newberry's expenses were twenty
times that amount. Correspondence
shows that he was In touch with the sit
uation and complained about the ex- j
petrse, but did not raise a hand to stop
it.”
Man Cited in War Is
Dead in Twin City
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 10—The body of
Sam Lendean, former service man, who
died in the General Hospital here yester
day following a hemorrhage, is In the
county morgue pending word from Miss
Daisy Davis of Niles. Ohio, whose name
was found on Lendean's person. In hi*
pocket was found a citation from Brlga- .
diel General Mclntyre for exceptional 1
bravery at Massy Au Bots
Marriage Licenses.
Fred Nelson, Anderson, Ind 35
Jennie Runner, 427 Hudson 36
William Bradshaw, 629 Northwestern. 46
Lula Milligan, 728 Talbott at 36
Albert Barnett. 522 W Henry 22
Nannie Rice, Lincoln County, Ky 16 j
William Ourbaugb, Dellburo, Ind 28 ■
Estelle Barry, 821 E. New York 36 ,
Ersest Haase, 947 Jefferson ave 27
Helen Borkman, 3918 N. New Jersey... 32
Raymond Miller. 4320 Alllsonvllle blvd. 23
Viola Dear, 1217 Gltuber 16
Ray Johnson, 1215 Dakota 21
Berths Whitted. 567 Jones 21
Willie Procter, 1051 Hasbrook 41
Alice Mitchell. 1051 Hasbrook 41
Births
Ernest and Margie Lucas, 1652 Gent. ;
boy.
Thomas and Dortha Green, 1714 Mil
burn, boy.
Leonard and Marie Gehbart, 419 North
Pine. boy.
James and Elma Sbartz, 746 Udell, girl.
William and Lula Banks, 316 North !
Randolph, girl.
Claude and Agnes ArTin, 313 Eastern,
boy.
William and Viola Lee, 2319 Yandes,
girl.
F.arl and Margaret Golder, 1432 South
Kappas, boy.
James and Jessie Israel, 3315 West
Tenth, boy.
Randall and Dora Gray, 2176 North
Gale, girl.
Charles and Edna Baker, 43 West Mor- !
ris, girl.
Lot aDd Leona Kahokuvlanl, St Vin
cent Hospital, boy.
Urban and Helen Merl, St. Vincent's ,
Hospital, girl
John and Ida Schwartfeger, St. Vln- i
cent's Hospital, girl.
Bam and Patsy Burch, 'St. YMncent's
Hospital, boy.
Arthur and Marian Cade, St. Vincent's
Hospital, girl.
Ciayton and Loretta Miller, Methodist j
Hospital, boy.
Frank and Bertha Sullivan. Methodist j
Hospital, boy.
Clido and EValeria Moore, 622 East Ver- '
mout, girl.
Iril and Isabelle Rhoades, 1025 Lexing- j
! ton, boy.
Robert and Odessa White, 1710 Alvord, j
boy.
William and Ina Richardson, 959 En !
gene, girl.
‘ Deaths
Robert Adrian Beaver, 12 hours. 2534
Cornell, non closure foreman orale.
Infant Alfrey, 1 day, 3823 South East
ern, premature birth,
j Ki'o Jutzi. 77. 2304 Coyner, carcinoma.
Bridget Barker, 75, 332 Blake, chronic
nephritis.
Kathryn Roberta Richardson. 1 hour.
959 Eugene, premature birth.
Anna Vanhorn, 47, W. Ohio, chronic
endocarditis.
Ida M.,Ranje, 72, 022 S. Nob!*, hemi
plegia.
L-onora Brasher. 36. Methodist Hos
pital. chronic cholecystectomy.
Lydia .1. Hancock. 63, 245S Cornell,
cerebral hemorchage
. Malinda Lee. 87, 750 Concord, arterlo
sclerosis.
Maggie Tarr, 42. 1406 N. Dearborn,
chronic myocarditis.
Benjamin F. Carter, 77, 2714 Boulevard
Place, carcinoma.
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