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THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Taesday. Not much change in temperature. VOL. XXXIV. EVANS FINDS CHEER EVEN IF ‘STREET’ CAN’T He Points Out Many Evi dences of Gains That ‘Prophets’ Ignore. COMFORT IN COMPARISON •Deserve Trouncing for Fatten ing While Complaining of Quality of Feed.’ Bpeclal to Indiana Dally Time* and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By C. B. EVANS. CHICAGO, Aus. 29.—The voices from Lamentation Row—sometimes called Wall street—have sunk to a low intensity, for they are weak and worn and hoarse, but the same desolateness of tone is there. If one may assume that that part of the globe is engaged in its usual function of prophecy, we have yet bitterer things to experience, and the great lift that the American is always looking for must be far away. But there are patches in many parts of the country which still evi dence the existence of a sun. One can see them on the prairies of the west. This part of the country therefore begs that old wooden man of Wall street to smile a bit and try to get something of a prophecy of better things into his appearance. The smile will not change business, but it will make his ugly face look a heap better. Those of us who are In the dumps be cause business has had a great decline and probabiyy la going to have more, should look to other parts of the world and see how much farther down In the scale they are than the United States. We deserve a good trouncing for the gloom with which we envelop ourselves while fastening in our stalls and com plaining that the feed la not first-class. A revival Is coming, indeed, has al ready started. It will slip back, then lift agu.n, and In a year or fivs years there will he an all-round gain and a stability comparable with that which we have experienced In former years. HE FINDS MAXI EVIDENCES OF GAIN. Evidences are not wanting of gains In this part of the country. The predic tions made some weeks ago of materia! Improvement in the distribution of fai ries are now in process of realiaatlon. N'cr Is It the trade of next spring, for which made always many 1 monTEs affesd. The thing Is hap pening right now. The trade in worsted goods showed gains weeks ago. and now shies of cotton frabrics are progress ing at a rate which reminds agents of eastern manufacturing companies of the good old times. Sales are not in large quantite*. but the demand Is insistent and many renewal orders are given. A Milwaukee Jobber who recently thought he had overbought has disposed of his goods and is ordering more. The mail order houses, which not long since were considered the most woebe gone class of merchandising concerns, are buying liberally and making provision for expected large demands in the future. Agents of Eastern fabric mills who are commonly very cautious In the matter of advising purchases for the distant fu ture are now urging their customers to prepare for conditions sixty days hence. At the same time they discourage speculative purchases, though in the present temper of Jobbers and some of the mail order houses it would be rather easy to create an eager speculative state of mind among buyers. Remote from these is the electrical in terest, which Is as active as at any time In its history with the exception of 1920. Authorities In that line declare they never have been a brighter outlook than now. Then them Is that much legislated, harried, tormented Interest, the packing Industry. It la doing •well and unless aQ Information from trustworthy sources Is to be disregarded Swift International Is to take a highly prominent place In the stock market Just as soon as affairs la general have made a turn. fOMPETITION IN' STEEL PRICES ENCOURAGING. Steel sets its hard face against any revival In trade, but steel is meltable. Its market must have a turn for the bet ter within a period measured by months. The present competition in prices is one of the most satisfactory signs of the times. Its soft sister, cotton, swooned rapidly from the war-time figures, but has now had a lift of 40 per cent above the lowest. The record of steel may be Similar, though its market has foreign products to compete with, whereas in cotton this country is the dictator of supply. There Is nothing to shout about in this improvement of the markets of four or five commodities, but the change Is promise. When we remember that we still have a wrecked Europe making its hypnotic passes over us we must Bee that conservatism should be the central loea of business and not get flighty over a little cheer here and there. We may nevertheless congratulate ourselves on a prosperity which looms far above that of other countries.—Copyright, 11X11, by Public Ledger Cos. Police Chief Shot in Friendly Card Game WAUKEGAN, 111., Aug. 29.—Chief of Police Schardt of North Chicago, was Shot and seriously wounded today daring s card game at the home of a friend. The ■hooting was surrounded with mystery. A statement by Mayor Henry Deacon, said the police chief had been shot acci dently when his gun fell from Its bolster and was discharged. WEATHER WEATHER. Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m_ Aug. 30. 1921 ! Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 0 a. m 70 7 a. m. 74 6 n. m. 77 9 a. m. 10 a. m. 83 11 a. m. .............. 83 13 (ososj 84 D BE Published at Indianapolis. Ind.. Daily Except Sunday. Amusement Tax for 1921 EnrichedU. S. $89,725,905 Total Collections $4,595,000,765, Compared With $5,407,590,251 Previous Year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21*.—Amusement loving America spent nearly a billion dollars during the fiscal year 1921 for theatrical entertainment, according to statistics made public today by internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. The 10 per cent tax collection on theaters and places of amusement daring the fiscal year Just closed amounted to $H8,725AW5, Blair announced. * Total tax collections during the year were $4,585,(XX),765 as compared with $3,407,690,251 In the previous year. With, the decrease in tax collections, the cost cf collection advanced (from 03c to BSc for each SIOO collected, Commissioner Blair stated. Incomes and profits taxes yielding $3,225,700,653 or 70 per cent of the to tal tax revenue. The same taxes yielded $3,066,936,013 In 1020. During the year tha collections under the Volstead and national pro hibition act were $2,150,803 as com pared with $641,020 In the previous year. It is also estimated by Commis sioner Blair that close to $2.600(V0 was collected by the Department of Justice In fines and penalties for vio lation of the prohibition act. Tobacco netted $235,215,-109 and CITY INVOICES AFTER GAS CO. MAKES ATTACK Officials Still Are Unable to Comment on Sur render. ASHBY HINTS OPINION City officials today recovered tbelr breath, after the surprise they recelveJ Saturday when the Ciilxens Gas Company suddenly surrendered its franchise, and began to take stock of what has been lost to the municipality and what might be saved. Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby, who indicated Saturday he was too sur prised to hare anything to say, still was not ready to discuss the move. He said he would have to coufor with Mayor Charles W. Jewett, the board of public works and the city council before out lining what the city will do about the surrender. He said he does not expect to have time to consider the matter fully until some time later lu the week, being engaged today In the hearing on the merg er petition of the Indiana Electric Cor poration before the public service com mission. The city council holds a hear ing this evening and Mr. Ashby said he might be able to talk about the gas problem to this body then. ••Offhand. It looks to me as If the sur render cf the franchise gives us a prob lem very much like that of the s.reet railway utility," he said. "It looks like we still have a right to regulate matteis of service by ordinance." FRANCHISE DISREGARDED j SEVERAL YEARS! v , ' Although the city has been unable, or ha* failed, to enforce all the provisions of the franchise for several years It gen erally has been regarded as a document of high advantage to the municipaity. The Citizens Gas Company was organized by a group of public eplrted men who desired to give the city good gas at cost. The stock was thrown open to the public and citizens were urged to buy in order to help along a civic enterprise. The same spirit seems to have ruled In the negotiation of the franchise. Examina tion of some of the broad rights given ! the city, which seem to have been lost by the company's latest move, show what a price the city exacted for the use of Us streets and alleys. The biggest advantage which the city oa7 lose Is possession of the plant at ; the expiration cf the franchise in 1930. ; The franchise provided the company I should retiro Its capital stock as fust as (Continued on Fage Nine.) MINGO REPORT READY TUESDAY President’s Investigator Back From ‘War Zone’ of Miners. WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.—Brig. Gen. H. H. Baniholtz, who was sent into the dis ordered regions of West Virginia to make an Investigation on behalf of the Presi dent, returned here today and began the compilation of a report to the Chief Ex ecutive. Acting Secretary of War Wainwright said the report of General Bandholtz would be submitted to the President late today. It Is understood it may be laid before the Cabinet tomorrow. James Lord, head of the raining de partment of the American Federation of Labor, denounced the State government of West Virginia and the Federal Govern ment “for permitting the hired murderers to continue their killing.'’ “If It hadn't been for these d—d gun men imported by the mine operators and permitted to operate by tee State of West Virginia, not a shot would have been fired.” Lord said, commenting on the fight in Logan County, West Virginia, la which five men were killed. "It's a shame these five boys were killed. The miners are not lawless. They are fighting for theL- rights under the common law and the Constitution of the United States.” BATTLE FRONT REPORTED QUIET i LOGAN, W. Va., Aug. 29.—Logan County’s battle front was quiet toduy, following a flare-up of fighting at Beath Creek, near Camp Four, early Sunday morning, in which fivo miners are re ported to have been killed In a clash with State troops, according to reports from State police headquarters at Ethel, five miles from here. State police took the view that Sun day’s fighting was purely local In char acter and bad nothing to do with the inarch of 5,090 strikers from Mariuet to Mingo County. Mexicans Murder American Citizen WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—David Emile Richards, an American citizen of Niles, Cal., was murdered on Aug. 26 by Mexi cans near the town of Cnibela, Mexico, according to advices to the State Depart ment today. No details of the murder •vere given. The nearest relative is Israel Eicbards, father, of Niles, Cal. It is be lieved that the murder was the work of bandits. The State Department, It Is understood, will make representations to Mexico for the apprehension of aha murderers. Indiana IHailtj atiutfs Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914. at Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind.. under act March 3, 1379. headed the list of miscellaneous taxes. Freight transportation taxes netted $140,019,077 and passenger transpor tation taxes netted $97,481,506. Milady's toilette netted Uncle Sam $5,800,768 In taxes while the chewing public paid $1,332,177 In taxes on chewing gum. New York was the greatest revenue producing State, paying approxi mately $1,000,000,000 In taxes. Penn sylvania was second with $455,000,000. HARDING ACTS TO AMELIORATE U. S. IDLENESS To Call Conference of Labor and Industry to Aid Plan. TO TALK LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, Aug. S9.—Controversial Questions will not bo permitted to enter ia -o tlie discussions of tho conference on v. n iraployment which President Harding • to cull shortly, Secretary of Commerce Hoover announced today. 'the question of the effect of open shop on unemployment or other matters, which are points at issue between labor and capital, will not be permitted to enter into the work of the conference, the Sec retary su'd. m Special to Indiana Dally Times and Phllai Mphla Public Ledger. By ROBERT BARRY. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—President Ilardlcg has decided to plunge bis Ad ministration Into an intensive atudy of the industrial situation and of the causes of 5,735,000 men and women being out of work. Herbert Hoover, Secretary ot Commerce, has announced the President had determined to have in Washington lu the near future a National conference of unemployment. "It is inconceivable that America, with 11a surpluses In food and clothing, with housing—though crowded—and with an abundance of fuel, could allow any suf fering amongst those of our own people desire ts■ work” Mr. Poorer raid ‘‘lt Is necessary that we ihould be fore handed In the preparation of such meas ures as will prevent any such suffering.” According to Mr. Hoover the conference will Inquire Into the “volume of needed employment, the distribution of uu -1 employment, to make recommendation as ito measures that can be taken In co ordinated speeding up of employment by , Industries and public bodies during the ! next winter and In addition a broad study of the economic measure! desirable to ameliorate the unemployment situa tion and give impulse to the recovery of business and commerce to normal." Detailed plans for the conference will be prepared by the Secretary of Commerce for presentation to the President within ten days or two weeks. Secretary of La bor Davis will co-operate for the selec tion of labor's representation. Although every effort will be mada to embrace representatives of the major employment (Continued on Page Nine.) SUITS FOR $27,000 FILEDJN DAY One for §15,000, Another §lO,- 000 and Third §2,000. Damages totalling $27,000 were asked in three suits filed today in the local county courts. Leo York filed suit in Buperlor Court, Room 1. against the Yellow Cab Company, asking $15,000 damage* for alleged In juries sustained when be claims he was knocked from his bicycle May 13, 1021, in a collision with a taxi. Damages of SIO,OOO were asked in a suit filed in Superior Court, Room 5, by Samuel O. Barnard as administrator of the estate of his wife, the late Mrs. Mis souri Barnard wh ois said to have died from injuries sustained Jan. 31, 1921, when struck by a train at the Olney ave nue crossing of the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company The suit is directed against the railroad. Damages of $2,000 were esked in a suit filed against the City of Indianapolis. James Phillips, a driver, and Lewis- Forbes Lumber Company, who employed Phillips. The Lumbermen's Mutual Cas ualty Company filed the suit. Although Phillips and the lumber company are named as defendants, the plaintiff asks Judgment only against the city. The complaint states Phillips, while employed by tbe lumber company, which held insurant in the company, was driv ing a mule team over a bridge on Glraber street near Shelby street Aug. 29, 1619. It is contended the bridge was dangerous, resulting in the foot of one of the mules being caught in an unrepaired plank of the bridge. The team ran away, resulting in injuries to Phillips. ‘Billboard Monday’ Observed by Women “Billboard Monday” was observed today by the League of Women Voters, a dele gation going over tha city posting bills urging adoption of the first proposed con stitutional amendment. The party met at the public library at 1 o’clock under the direction of Mrs. Isaac Born, who was In charge of general arrangements. Among those taking part were. Mrs. David Lurvey, Miss Sara Lauter. Miss Alma Silkier, Mrs. W.-,ir'Snssman, Mrs. Olive Zweibel, Alios Julia Landers, Mrs F. E. Ellis, Miss Natalie L. Smith, Mrs. Edward Hannan, Mrs. Ira Holmes, Mrs Leroy Kahler and Mrs. Carrie Lombard BABY FALLS IN WATER JAR. MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 29—The 2-year-old daughter of James Ntccum, farmer, was drowned when she fell head-first Into a ten-galfin jar of water. The child waa dead w j-.ea found, INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1921. ENGLISHMEN ASH CHANGE IN STEEL TARIFF Business Men From Great Britain Appear Before Sen ate Finance Committee. MAY GO TO ARMS PARLEY Harding Favors Delay on Fordney Bill and Foreign Debt Measure. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—The ap pearance of a deputation of English business men before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to oppose some of the steel schedules of the pending tariff bill, Is expected by Senators today to further emphasize the international aspects ot the pro posed erection of American trade barriers. Senators closely associated with President Harding are ot the opinion that the tariff question is one that may be moulded finally by the trend of the approaching Washington con ference on disarmament and kindred subjects, however unrelated the tar iff now may appear to be to the an nounced purposes of the conference. These Senators have known for some tlmo that the Administration Intended that both the tariff bill and the foreign debt funding bill should not be enacted finally by Congress until the outcome of the Washington conference could be de termined. The liquidation of the $11,000,000,000 foreign Indebtedness to the United States and the construction of a tariff wall againßt foreign products are moot ques tions which are likely to be projected Into tha melting pot of International re lations, once the conference gets under way. the Senators beiiave. They are con fident Congress will not be called upon to act finally upon either question un til the result of the gathering is fore seen. The admission cf an English deputa tion to a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on the tariff Is described bv the State Department as "unofficial." and to have no connection with the British government Itself, except that the Brit ish embassador—Sir Auckland Geddes— personally arranged it. FIRST RELIEF NOW IN RUSSIA Americana Beach Moscow to Handle Famine—No Men tion of Fire in Capital. LONDON, Aug. 29.—The first expe dition of American relief workers to enter Russia reached Moscow todnfiy. They reported their arrival by wireless to the local Russian relief headquarters. The radiogram made no mention of the conflagration which was reported last week to be raging In the Russian cap ital. Largest U. S. Flying Stadon in Hawaii HONOLULU, Ang. 29.—Private advices received here from Washington. Indicate that Luka Field, the Hawllan aviation base, Is to be made the United States' largest flying station. * MEN AND BUSINESS By RICHARD SPILLANE Special to Indiana Dally Times and Phladelphta Public Ledger. , . .. ON THE ROAD. Aug 29. , ~ IN ROME offices in Middle Western cities the visitor finds a notice displayed which reads: SIT DOWN BFT DON’T PARK • • THERE is a tremendous oversupply of matches. The chemical plants in the Niagara P.iver district are reported to have produced stock enough to meet one year's demauds, 5 • • • PASSENGER traffic on the Great Lakes Is very heavy. This, of course, 1* the height of the excursion period, but that does not explain in full the abnormal increase. A conspicuous feature is the large number of auto mobile parties who utilize the boat:* between Deroit, Cleveland and Buffalo as a break in their journeys between the West and the East. These big lake steamboats have capacity for about 1,000 passengers and not infrequently have more requests for accommodations than they can meet. Rates have been raised almost to the level of railroad fare, plus Pullman, but that makes no difference. General business conditions may be bad, but the publia gives evidence of having a fair amount of money for recreation. • • s BUFFALO gets a large revenue from honeymoonera and visitors to the Falls. Niagara is fl potent attraction to the newlyweds. It Is a com mon thing for a person who Inquires of someone on a main thoroughfare of Buffalo for direction about the city to get the answer, “I’m sorry, sir, but I'm a stranger myself.” Not Infrequently you meet persons who seem strangely familiar, Then you suddenly recall having seen them at the Falla, • s • THE Buffalo traction company is under Mlttea management. Mr. Tulley, who was vice president of tbe Philadelphia Rapid Transit, is president of the Buffalo company. Hu reports traffic hardly up to last year. It must have been very heavy in 1920, for on Sundays and holidays there not in frequently are three cars to a trolley train between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and lost Sunday they carried more in the hours of heavy traffic than there were scuts in the cars. The high sped trains run on tea-minute head way. The service is excellent • • s ON A promontory in the outskirts of Cleveland tha General Eleetrie Company has eighty acres developed like a park. There, along winding roads and amid flower beds and beautiful lawns, are various handsome struc tures used as laboratories for research work in the physics of light. You might with propriety call the Institution the “brainery” of the National Lamp Works, a subsidiary of the General Electric. The National Lamp has twenty-eight plants in America, but Cleveland is the headquarters, with N. H. Boynton, general manager of the Buckeye Division, in charge. That rnrk is the heart of the home of the Mazda lamp of which th Gen eral Electric produces one hundred million a year. One of the structures in the park is a bank, a branch of the Cleveland Trust Company. Recruits for the laboratories are drawn almost exclusively from the 678 universities and colleges of the United States. Every year in the last nineteen with two ex ceptions (1912 and 1914) has shown a great Increase in the use of the lamp. This year, no doubt, will make the third. The greatest use has been In In dustrial establishments. With the slump In manufacturing business generally the lamp company has bean affected. For the first six months this year it is off 28 per cent in sales. The expectation is this will ba down to 15 or 20 for the year. Here Is tbe order In which the lamp sells ordinarily. To industrial establishments. In the home. In commercial houses (stores and offices). Miniature lamps, for automobiles principally. The farm. For variety of use. Last year the sale of the lamps aggregated $32,000,000. And this makes up only a modest portion of Unci* Sam's bill for artificial fcght.—Copyright, 1921, by Publia Ledger Cos, * NEW SWINDLE VICTIMS’ LIST IS UNEARTHED Ranks of Plotters Split as One Turns State’s Evidence. START FEDERAL QUIZ CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—A nation-wide search was launched here today for a score of "millionaire victims” of the fren zied financial operations of Charles W. French and his alleged $30,000,000 "swin dle trust.’’ The finding of anew "sucker list," including the son of a former President, led to the new angle of in vestigation. Anew “split” In the ranks of the al leged "master plotters'* also featured the “swindle” probe. "Honest John” Worthington, accused head of a ‘mail robbery trust,” and associate of French, appealed to Federal authorities for per mission to appear against his former con federate. "Honest John,” Federal agents said, asked the Government to lot him "sit in" at the trial of French. This actlTJn was considered significant by the Government probers. The search for "millionaire victims” Included the sending of telegrams to Federal agents In I.os Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Santa Barbara and Hollywood. Agents In these cities were asked to interview men whose names ap peared on the "sucker list” It was re ported several motion picture "stars” ap peared on the list. A special Federal grand Jury was to bo asked today to probe the frenzied finance of Charles W. French, the "mod ern Wallingford” and his alleged ‘‘s3o,- 000,000 swindle trust.” The request was to be made of Federal Judge Kenesaw M, Landis. The grand Jury Investigation was de sired by Federal authorities In order to expedite th elnvestlgutlon of countless financial operations of the "trust" scat tered from Delaware to California. The Investigation today centered on the band's operation* In lowa where it Is charged French and his associates netted $10,009,- 006. New evidence of the lowa operations are In the hand* of Federal agents. This evidence Is to be used to connect five firms that failed with deal* engineered by French or bis associates. Hundreds of farmers, It is charged, also were vic tim! aed. Alva W. Harshman, former secretary to French, and A. I* Strelzln, Milwaukee were being questioned in regard to the lowa operations. DEPOSITORS OF ROBBED VAULTS STORM COMPANY Loot of Safety Deposit Boxes Estimated to Be $224,000 to $500,000. CHICAGO, Ang. hundred depositors etormed the Security Trust Company today where armed bandits staged a sensational hold-up last night, escaping with loot estimated at some $224,000 to $500,010. Flvo men. Includ ing two night watchman, are under arrest. The robbery, one of the boldest In Chicago’s crime history, was staged with elaborate detail. The bandits gagged and found two watchmen after getting admission to the bank’s vaults through a subterfuge. They then broke open nineteen safety deposit boxes, taking only cash end Jewelry. Officials declared the quartet had thrown aside more than $300,000 la easily (Continued on Pago Two.) _ .... (By Carrier, Week. Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 12a. Subscription Rate*. j ßy Mall> 50c Per Month; j 5 .&o p er Year. TRY AGAIN TO HAVE MERGER PLEA NULLED Attorney Says Petitioner Not Utility—Moves to Dis miss. PLAY FOR MORE TIME Commission Refuses Delay for Examination of Papers in Case. A second attempt to bring about the dismissal of the petition of the Indiana Electric Corporation which is asking the publio service commis sion for authority to issue securities for tJie purpose of purchasing seven electric companies and establishing a cential power plant, was made to day, a3 well as several efforts to force a continuance. The attempt was made by Fred Bates Johnson, attorney for the city of Kokomo, after the petitioner had filed a supplemental statement In which it was set out It is not a util ity because it 13 not operating as a utility and for this reason It Is not required by law to give the price at which it expects to sell its securities. Mr. Johnson argued that if the com pany is not a utility the commission has no Jurisdiction in the case and for this reason he moved to dismiss. Tha commission did not rule on the motion, but continued to hear evi dence, asking attorneys to argue the question this afternoon. The statement of tha petitioner was made as a result of the request of tbe respondents that H set forth the amount at which Its securities are to be sold. The statement held the concern Is not a utility and beside It could not be required to give the price of Its securities because they are not to bs sold but to be ex changed for property. Charles MrPhersnn, an attorney for the (Continued on Page Eleven.) 37 Incomes of SIOO,OOO in the State in 1919 Only Two Show Earnings of S3OO/109—V. S. Collecis sl3 f r yil,2io. Only thirty-seven Ilooslers had incomes of SIOO,OOO or more in 1919 according to Income tax statistics for that year, made public by M. Bert Thurman, collec tor of Internal revenue today. Os these lucky thirty-seven, twenty-four made re turns on Incomes of from SIOO,OOO to $150,000, eight on incomes of $150,000 to $200,000, three admitted that during the year they had made from S2OOOOO to $250,- 0(0 while two were in the $300,000 to $40,- 000 class, the altitude received for In diana. A grand total of 150,383 returns were made on net Incomes amounting to $417,- 3E3.251 and the Government tax on this was 513,541,245. Indiana returns were 2-44 per cent of tlio entire number filed In the United States. and the tax paid was 1.07 per cent cf the total Income tax paid in the eutlro country. In the nation at large 5.03 per cent of th* population filed personal Income tax returns, while In Indiana the number ot Individuals filing amounted to 4.25 per cent of the populations. The growth of the number of returns filed In Indiana may be realized when It Is taken Into consideration that in 1916, 7,004 returns were filed as against 130,- 383 In 1019. In 1917 the Government col lected only $1,160,961 In Income taxes in the State and by 1919 this amount had grown to more than $13,500,000. SAYS DOPED MAN SAME AS INSANE Attorney Tries to Free Rich Client on Plea. NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Drug-saturated to the "point of Insanity,” Gsrald Claire, who disappeared six years ago from a hom*, where he had every advantage, was cast up from out of tha dens of New York's Chinatown and today, facing trial for a robbery la which he Is admittedly implicated, Is the figure around which Florence J. Sullivan, an attorney, hopes to build anew conception of the now widespread drug evil. "A man thoroughly the victim of drugs Is insane.” Sullivan argues. “My client did participate In the robbery of a cigar store. He did carry tne gun. But he wan mere clay In the hands of the real bandit. He was no more responsible for what he did than any other Insane man would bo. He should be treated by science, not by the courts of justice. Thousands of others are in his position.” Judge Nott tpbk the case under ad visement. Claire, who Is 22, disappeared from home when he was 16 and shortly afterward became a denizen of Chinatown. His family had believed him dead. Windy City Court Bars iScandal Fans CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—“ Scandal fans" are barred from the morals courtroom of Judge Joseph Scbulman. The Judge today sentenced thirty two “fans” to two hours confinement because they refused to leave the room after he had warned them the cases on trial were “none of their business.” He declared he wonld give twenty-day sentences for a “second offense.” “This Is no place to spend yonr va cation at the expense of the poor un fortunates brought in here,” he told the “fans." LAST HOME EDITION TWO CENTS PKIi COPY IRISH, IN REPLY TO PREMIER, ASK TO HOLD PARLEY Note Suggests for Direct Negotiations Between Dele gates and Lloyd George. REPORT DE VALERA OUT BELFAST, Ireland, Aug! 29.—Serious rioting broke out In Queen street at noon today. There were several casualties. Bombs were thrown and there was con siderable revolver firing. Soldiers and policemen were rushed to the scene and restored order. LONDON, Aug. 29.—Tha Sinn Fein’s reply to Premier Lloyd George's note of last Friday was dispatched to London this afternoon, according to the Central News. It is understood, the Central News says, that the note suggests im mediate direct negotiations between rep resentatives of the Sinn Fein and Premier Lloyd George. An eariier Dublin dispatch to the Even ing Nsws said that Sinn Fein leaders were In conference and were believed to be drafting the Irish reply. “Everybody is satisfied there will be no complete break,” said the Evening News dispatch. “It is considered prob able in Dublin that Kamonu De Valera will make stipulations previous to re suming direct conferences with Lloyd- George.” The Pall Mall Gazette hints ot the pos sibility that the Sinn Fein delegates may go to Scotland to confer with Premier Lloyd George In the Highlands. REPORT DE VALERA HAS BEEN OUSTED LONDON, Aug. 29.—An unconfirmed re port was circulated here today that Arthur Griffiths is to replace Eamonn De Valera as head of the Sian Fein dele gation when it goes to London again to confer with Premier Lloyd George. The above report is significant not only in that it appears to take for granted that tha Irish plenipotentiaries will go to London again, but because of the Implied ‘‘shake up” In the high councils of the Sinn Fein. Authur Grif fiths hae been contrasted with De Valera as the more aggreslve and more radical. He Is generally credited with being the real founder of tbe Sinn Fein. When De Valera was In America, be was "acting president of the Irish republic.” Less scholarly than Ds Valera he Is more direct and bis personality appeals more (Continued ou Page Eleven.) GERMANY NEARS REVOLT STAGE; CABINET MEETS Trouble Starts as Result of the Murder of Dr. Mathias Erzberger. BERLIN, Aug. 29.—The fames of po litical strife unloosed by tbe murder of Dr. Mathias Erzberger lenped high to day when the full news of Sunday's dem onstrations here and In other towns was told and when Chancellor Wlrth sum moned his cabinet to an extraordinary session to discuss the “internal crisis.” Two working men were killed and a third man was mortally wounded in a clash between reds and monarchists at Potsdam. MILITARY ELEMENT CELEBRATES BATTLE DAY. Potsdam bristled with uniforms of men and officers of the old army, in cluding some famous genebais who had defied the government's order forbidding a demonstration In celebration of the an niversary of the battle of Tannenburg. At the same time the city swarmed with radicals who had heeded the summons lof the Rote Fahne to make a counter demonstration. Police fired Into a throng of working men when the latter resisted an attempt to throw their red flags Into the canal. The Inter-party strife and bitterness continues to grow hourly In intensity and the menace of a cabinet criss still looms large. Moderate elements of all parties are bending their energies to prevent it. realizing that nothing could be more disastrous to Germany at this moment when the war-crippled industries are Just begiuing to regain their bearing and when the League of Nations council Is about to make a decision of Upper Silesia. ERZBEKGER’S DEATH DUB TO POLITICAL MURDER. Meanwhile the Investigation to Erz berger's assassination continues. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of "po litical murder.” It was found at the Inquest that the shots that killed the Coutrtst leader were fired from two different revolvers. The latest clew which the police were Investigating was that an unknown voice telephoned to the newspaper Badischo Presse at noon on the day of the murder —last Friday—asking if there was any Information about Erzberger, whose as sassin had not yet been discovered at that time. Erzberger’s “home town," Biberbach, having offered to erect a monument and donate a "grave of honor" to Its most famous son, tho funeral arrangements have been changed. The murder victim will be buried In Biberbach on Wednes day instead of Berlin. A funeral service for the dead politician Sunday was addressed by Fix-Chancellor Fehrenbaeh and Minister of Posts Gies bert. Youth No Longer Able to Drive Car John Richey, ID, 824 Parker avenue, ar rested by Motorcycle Officer William Brooks on a charge of speeding, was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to ten days in Jail by Judge Walter Pritchard in city court today. The Judge also revoked his driver's license for six mouths. Evidence was produced by tbe State to show that Richey has been convicted three times ; previous on speeding charges. Officer | Brooks said he was driving his machine ’at the rate of thirty-foud miles an hour. Local Business Man Is Found Dead in Bed Bernath Fresh, 47, proprietor of th Bernath Fresh Men’s Furnishing store at 240 South Illinois street, was found dead In bed this morning In his room. No. 25 th* Emelie apartment*, by A. Megley, a | room-mate. Death was due to heart ! trouble, according to Dr. George ’, Chrls -1 tlan, deputy coroner, who perfaijded an autopsy. NO. 93, TAX LEW FOE SCHOOLS TO BE 90 TO 96 CENTS Increase in Rate3 cf About 13 Per Cent Due to Reduced Valuations. MORE PAID TEACHERS | Salaries $350,000 More Thau! Thi3 Year—May Build Without Bonds. That the tax levy for school pupj poees ia Indianapolis for tlie coining! year will be set at a figure some* where between 90 cents and 95 cental by the board of school commiesion.4 ers, was indicated today by figure*) in th 9 possession of Ralph Douglass, business director of thej board. These figures are being used in preparing the budget on which) the finance committee of the board is working. The tar levy for the last year was BUj cents and the Increases that probably l will be made are accounted for as fo\4 lows: Total tax valuations In Mario* County have fallen from about $908,000,<( 009 for 1920 to about $388,000,000 for 1921, which moans that it will take an 83! cents levy for the coming year to proij vida the same amount of revenue obaj tained from an Sd-cent levy In the year just ended. Next year teachers' salaries will amounf to about $3,123,000 as compared wit* $2,890,000 last year. Librarians’ salaried will amount to about $119,000, which la an increase of about $32,000 over last year’s fignres. This Increase of almost £300,000 in teachers' and librarians’ sala-j rles will necessitate an aaditional levjj of about 6 cents. MAY BUILD BY DIRECT TAXATION. Then tnere are indications that H the first time tha board may resort direct taxation to erect new school build* logs, Instead of relying on bond Issued as has been done in the past. The board rapidly is nearing the limit of Its bondedj indebtedness, and it Is well known that (Continued on Pago Eleven.) DISCUSS JOINT SERVICES FOR | ZR-2 VICTIMSj U. S. and British Confer—Find Two More Bodies. ! i HULL, England, Aug. £9.—Mine ers probably uUI be employed in adj effort to recover the bodies of the six missing British and American alt sailors who lost their lives la the ZS j disaster, It was stated this afternoon, j LONDON, Aug. 29.—American ans British aviation authorities conferred to, day on tbo question of holding Joint fu4 neral services for the victims cf the ZR-j) disaster before the bodies of the cans are shipped back to the United States. It is believed certain such Joint! services would be decided upon. The bodies of Lieut. Commander EraerjS Coil. United States Navy, and Ad PottittJ a rigger, who were killed In the fall of the dirigible ZR-2, were recovered fross the Humber River during salvage oper^ ' ations on the hull of the airship, lng to an announcement made SundaJJ by the air ministry. Lieut. Commander Coil’s hom# wa< Marietttr,, Ohio. He was to have executive officer of tho airship when ii was turned over to the United States Navy. Pettltt lived In New York. Tha air ministry reports that a larg# portion of the airship has been salvaged^ A parachute was found attached to thsl body of Lieutenant Commander Coil, (Continued on Page Eleven.) j MAN DIES, HOLD A BALL PLAYER) Death Found Due to Blow on Head. Simon Chandler, 28, of Plainfield, died) at 6 a. m. today at the Deaconess Hospis tal and Carl Ilousand, a baseball of Mooresville, Is held in MartinsvllUl for his death, according to Dr. Paul Robinson, county coroner. Dr. Christian, deputy coroner, stated h# found in a post mortem that death waj due to a cerebral hemorrhage due to & How on the head. According to the coroner, he found lflj his Investigation that Chandler and hhq brother, William Chandler of Plainfield,! went to Mooresville yesterday to see 4 baseball game. An argument started oveg a technical point of the game and brothers, with several other men, went to tbe third base, the coroner said. Housand, according to William Chanda ler, had not joined In tho argument, bus Just as It had ceased, he came running from first base to third with a baseball bat. William Chandler said Housand eaRJ someone bad “called him a name” and then struck Simon Chandler over the head. , Chandler was attended by a doctor in Mooresville and sent to Plainfield, latejj being brought to the hospital here. j ‘Patrol System’ of Road Repairing Tried - . M. E. Noblet, secretary of the Hooaief State Automobile Association, today r®4 quested the Mnrlcn County to adopt the “patrol system" of keeping! tho improved roads of the county la firsg class condition. Under the "patrol system,” the commit sioners appoint a man for a definite strip of road and his duty is to see that thlf section Is kept In first class condition, “We may try out the plan on two o* three of the most used roads,” President Carlin Shank of the commissioners stated! “It will cost a little more than we have been paying, but It Is a good plan.” If the plan Is successful, the cpmals* sioners may include other roads. '