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THE WEATHER
Fair and -cooler tonight and Sunday.
VOL. XXXIV.
LLOYD GEORGE SPURNS IRISH DEMAND
HOTEL DOCTOR
DISAPPEARS;
TREATED GIRL
First Phj sician Called
in Rappe Case Can’t
Be Found,
TATTY’ IS IN JAIL
Gives Up Trip to Los
Angeles at Request
of Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.—De
termined search was under way to
day for Dr. Arthur Beardslee, house
physician of the St. Francis Hotel,
and first to attend Virginia Rappe,
for whose alleged murder Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle, famous clown of
the screen, must stand trial.
So far as is known Dr. Beardslee has
never made a statement. A chance re
mark by the defense in the course of a
heated argument over delay of the pre
liminary hearing caused District Attor
ney Brady's office to institute a State
wide search for the doctor.
“There is certain medical testimony
with which we are at present un.a
miliar." Frank Dominguez, chief counsel
for Arbuckle. said.
STATE STARTS
SEARCH FOR DOCTOR.
Immediately the search of the State for
Dr. Beardslee was under way. The prose
cution is desirous of getting his full
testimony and of learning if the defense
already has an inkling of what he will
say. The physieian. so far as can be
learned, saw Miss Kappe and left the
next day on a long hunting trip.
What was his diagnosis and what med
ical treatment did he accord the patient,
are questions both, the State an 1 de
fense are anxious to have answered.
Rivaling this report in interes. is the
report current locally that Ilcnry Lelir
mm. fiancee of Miss Rappe, is engaging
William Travers .Terome. New A oik at
torney, as a special prosecutor. The dis
trict attorney had no confirmation of
such a move and was inclined to regard
it as unnecessary.
Arbuckle is scheduled for another
courtroom appearance. lie must appeir
before Judge Harold Lauderback in Si
perlor Court for arraignment on and
continuance of the manslaughter < harg'
which will be held in abeyance, ft is
unlikely that it will ever be used inn
much as the jury which hears the evi
dence against A r buck!e on the murder
charge will hav* power to fix a lesser
degree, including manslaughter, if in
their belief he is guilty of crime, but in
a lesser degree than charged by the State.
CHIEF COUNSEL
GOES TO EOS ANGELES.
His chief counsel. Frank Dominguez,
went to Los Angeles last night. A reser
vation had been made by Arbuckle. but
It was canceled when all hopes for bail
faded after District Attorney Brady an
nounced his intention of proceeding with
the murder charge.
Milton H. Cohen and Charles Brennan
are looking after the prisoner's interests
until the return es Dominguez.
There Is increasing Indication that med
ical testimony is to play a great part in
the trial. It is to assume a prominent
part in the preliminary hearing and at
the trial, resolve itself into a battle of
the best medical experts obtainable by
each side. There is a report that coun
sel for Arbuckle even hopes to secure
Arbuckle's absolute freedom at the pre
liminary hearing through startling med
ical testimony, in which they place re
liance. It is understood that it was this
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BROOKLYN YARD
FLAGS LOWERED
American Victims of ZR-2
Wreck Lie in State
Today.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17.—Flags drooped
at half-mast at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
today for the American dead on the ill
fated dirigible ZR-2, which crashed to
destruction at Hull. England, while on
a trial flight.
The bodies of sixteen American officers
and men. brought here from . England on
the British cruiser Dauntless, lay in
flag draped caskets in a chapel at the
navy yard, guarded by a special detail of
bluejackets.
It bad been expected that the men who
went overseas to take charge of the ZR 2
would be received with cheers and toot
ing whistles when they came home again,
flying triumphantly in the huge air
cruiser.
Instead, all that is mortal of them
came home on the deck of a British
cruiser, in leaden coffin®, and their greet
ing was the solemn tolling of bells and
the dipping of flags.
Last honors were paid the ZK-2 victims
at the Navy Yards this afternoon, when
both Catholic andl Protestant funera
services were conducted. Secretary Denby
made a brief address, three volleys were
fired over the caskets, and then, while
American, British, Brazilian and French
bluejackets stood at attention, the watt
in gnotes of ''taps” sounded the Nation's
farewell to the men of 'be ZK-2.
BURNING IP MONEY.
- PARIS, Sept. 17.—Francois Beaujon
quarreled with his wife. In his anger he
set fire to a bundle of banknotes and
burned his home. A warrant was issued
for his arrest and he then committed
suicide.
| WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7
p. m., Sept. 18. 1921 :
Fair and cooler tonight atfd Sunday.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
6 a. in 72
7 a. m 73
8 i. 74
9 a. nt
10 a. ra 77
11 a. m 80
12 (noon) 84
• l p. m 87
\ 2 p ui 83
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914, at
Ind.. Daily Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind.. under act March 3. 1379.
NO INSPECTORS
ON DUTY WHEN
FAIR IS CLOSED
Young Admits Health Au
thorities Not Active at
Finish.
PASSES ‘BUCK’ TO BOARD
City health inspectors were not on
the job last Saturday, the last day of,
the State fair, when stundholders, in
closing up, left fly-breeding garbage and
rubbish scattered on the ground and in
open, unsanitary containers such as boxes,
barrels, baskets, cans and paper car
tons, Inspector Ed Young admitted to
day. Mr. Young was in cuarge of city
inspectors assigned to cooperate with the
State board of health at the fairground
by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary
of the city board of public health. Sev
eral attempts to interview him Friday
were not successful.
Mr. Young said he and his assistants
wece at the fairground only from Tues
day until Friday evening. He said that
his instructions from Dr. Morgan were
only that he and his assistants should
watch for violations of the pure food
regulations, such as adulteration, proper
covering and so on and that garbage
was properly disposed of during the fair.
It was the job of the State board of agri
culture to clean up the ground after
the fair closed, he said he believed.
REPORTED “NO ELIES
TO SPEAK OF.”
It was discovered on Monday afternoon,
forty eight hours after the most of the
stundholders had left, that the garbage
complained of still littered the fair
ground. Wednesday morning Mr. Young
made an inspection on an order from his
chief inspector. Tom Johnson, and re
ported that he had found the grounds
in excellent condition, better, in fact.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Will Preach F.re Prevention
POST WARNINGS
TO INHABITANTS
Miners Threaten West Vir
ginia Citizens Who May
Give Evidence.
LOGAN, W. Va„ Sept. 17.—Signs have
been tacked on trees and cabins in the
mountains abont Sharpies, Blair and Jeff
rey. where concentration of miners
against l,ogan County took plai'e, warn
ing the inhabitants against testifying
against members of the miners' army,
according to evidence presented to the
grand jury today.
Two miners who swore they were forced
to serve in the attacking army under
threat of death will lie star witnesses for
the prosecution in case the grand Jury
brings indictments against miners. In
dictments may be returned for murder,
conspiracy, malicious maiming and for
violation of the pistol carrying law.
FIND BODY OF
INDIANA YOUTH
Michigan*D*vn Boy Killed in
Fall in Rockies.
ESTES PARK, Colo., Sept. 17.—Crushed
and battered after a plunge off a 2,800-
foot precipice on Long's Peak, the body
of Gregory Auhuchon, Michig&ntoxvn,
(Ind.) boy missing sing" July 20, was
found late yesterday by State rangers.
The body was located at the foot of the
deep precipice by the aid of powerful
field glasses.
Young Auhuchon, with his parent*,
was camping out in Estes Park in July.
The boy expressed a desire to scale
Long's peak and left camp the morning
of the 20th to make the climb. After a
two days’ absence search was begun for
him. Efforts to tiuid any trace of him
were futile until yesterday.
Airplane Thief
Comes to Grief as
Plane Hits Tree
CHICAGO. Sept. first
airplane thief came to disaster to
day and fell into the clutches or the
police a few hours after ihe plane he
had stolen had encountered the top
of a tree and crashed to the ground.
Frank Stro-ud, a veteran Army flyer
from Sioux City, iowa, was arrested
shortly after a plane belonging to
AV. C. Burmeister bad been found near
the Evanston Golf Club with blood
stains in the cockpit. Stroud con
fessed, according to the police, that
he stole the plane with the idea of
using it in a “barnstorming tour"
of various towns. ’
Stroud was injured in the fall of
the plane. He said the radiator
started smoking soon after he began
his illicit flight and in trying to
land he struck a tree.
1 ttiiiaua -jClaHu Sittifa
Fatty’s ‘Wet’
Friends Due
for Inquiry
Federal Grand Jury to Investi
gate Booze at Arbuckle’s
Party.
SAN FRANC, SCO. Sept. 17.—Mys
terious “friends'' ->f Roscce “Fatty" Ar
buckle, who furnish’d him with a case C
“Gordon gin" and later a quantity of
Scotch whisky, all of which was con
sumed at the no r famous St. Farncis
hotel party, are to be revealed before a
Federal grand jury here next Tuesday
evening.
Special Assistant Attorney General Rob
ert McCormack announced today that his
investigation of the party had progressed
far enough to enable him to lay tht iden
tity of the "tall thin man" who brought
the gin and the “dark siranger" who sup
plied the whisky before the Federal in
quisitorial body.
He admitted more than one Indict
ment would be sought, but would not
confirm or discuss a report lhat several
prominent San Franciscans are among
those under suspicion for having been
a source of liquor supply at the party.
The Federal investigation has brought
to. light several witnesses not revealed
In the State's investigation of the Ar
buckle party. To date McCormack has
examined nine witnesses, the names of
only three of which have figured in the
case so fr.
McCormack is working in close co
operation with Fulled States District At
torney Robert J. O'Connor, who this
afternoon had Frederick Klshbach and
Lowell Shueman, two companions of Ar
buckle at the party, bpfore the Southern
Federal grand Jury. He also is receiving
daily reports from E. Forrest Mitchell
and John Exnicios. who are beading a
flying squadron of prohibition enforce
ment officers at Hollywood and the mo
tion picture centers around Los Angeles
seeking to "mop up" movielaud.
The Government may proceed today to
a seizure of Arbuckle's $25,000 automobile
charging that he transported liquor here
from Los Angel *s.
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These are the men and the apparatus that will play the Important roles in
the fire prevention campaign which starts next Monday. The group shows John
C. Loucks (left), fire chief; Frank C. Jordan (center) chairman of the fire pre
vention committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and Jacob H. HU
kene (right) chief of fire prevention. The truck, which will lie used to distribute
window cards and literature relating to Are prevention, is manned by Captain A.
A. Judd, George Stapp, Charles Miller, William T. Dalton, Harvey lveppel, O. AV
Aicon and AA'illiam A. Rusie.
Cops and Firemen Weigh
Safety Board’s Warning in
Campaign Contributions
Policemen and firemen today are trying i
to fathom the board of safety's change
of attitude upon the question of their
taking an active pert in politics and con
tributing to campaign funds. Politicians
were doing the same.
Practically everybody who has fol
lowed city politics for the last four years
has known that as long ns things were
going the way the Jewett administration
wished them to go. the police and fire
men were permitted to dabble in politics
as ranch as they desired, provided they
v/alked their beats or stuck to fire sta
tions and reported In time for roll call.
Nothing was said by the board of pub- j
11c safety about the members of the two !
departments keeping out, of politics dur
ing the national campaign last fall and
the board apparently was extra careful
not to discourage members of the forces,
particulary the police force, from doing
all they could In behalf of Thomas C.
Howe, administration candidate for the
Republican nomination for mayor last
spring.
Both policemen and firemen, who are
grumbling because they feel the board
of safety practically lias threatened them
with dismissal if they dare to exercise
their ordinary rights of citizenship even
during their hours off duty, recalled that,
no less personages than Capt. Claude T.
Johnson, head of the traffic division its
the police department, and Lieutenant
Jones, his assistant, spent evening after
evening and at many times several hours
during t,he day, attending meetings and
putting in personal work in behalf of
Thomas C. Howe. It is said by some
that Captain Johfison even helped solicit
campaign funds for Mr. Howe.
The board of safely could not have
helped knowing that these high ranking
officers and many patrolmen were active
ly engaged in the Howe campaign, mem
bers of the department say. and hente
the delayed awakening to the fact that
policemen have been taking an interest
as hundreds of other citizens are doing,
in the municipal election, is not quite
understood by them.
ThA letter of the board to the police
depaiwment stating "tint it is not on'y
nnneAssary but also inadvisable to cjn
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1921.
SAYS STICK-UP
MAN SHOT HIM
AND TOOK $175
Student Reports Hold-up in
East Michigan Street—
Burglars Busy.
FILLING STATION ROBBED
A mysterious shooting in which the
victim declares he was robbed of $171),
with the robbery of a gasoline filling
station marked a night of renewed
activity on the part of crooks in In
dianapolis. Many minor burglaries were
reported.
Edward R. Seyeuish rooming at 131
Kart Michigan street, was shot In the
left arm and be told the police the
wound was Inflicted by a hnndlt who
held him up and took $175 from him In
i.ast Michigan street near the Murat
Theater at 1:30 a. m. today.
Sevenisb, who is a student at the Lain
Business College told Sergeant Sheehan
and squad that a white man' unmasked
stepped from an alley and thrust a
revolver in his face and started going
through his pockets.
Sevenlsh he struck at the roo
ber, who fired one chot whiqh took effect
in his arm. The hold-up man fled. Seven
lsh ran to a garage of tho Yellow Taxi
Cab Company and asked the employes to
call a surgeon. When the garage at
taches declared they would ced the po
lice Severiish is reported to hi.ve said :
"You don't need to call the police, I J’
go to the Eastman hospital.
HIS WOUND
NOT SERIOUS.
His wound js not serious. After it was
dressed at the city hospital Sevenlsh was
taken to his room. Melbourne Sharpies*,
proprietor of tho rooming house, told no
lice Sevenisb had been rooming there
since last Sunday.
The police are not satisfied with the
taie related by Sevenlsh They declare
they have learned that he has been play
ing pool and Sbarpless told them lie hud
a habit cf leaving the house about mid
night. It also was learned, the police as
sert, that the young man endeavored to
borrow a sum of money earlier in the
night. They are continuing the investi
gation.
A bandit walked into the Standard Oil
Company's gasoline filling station at
Washington street and Southeastern ave
nue at 10 p. in. and asked Oscar B. Kor
tepeter, 400 East Raymond street, night
man at the filling station, what kind of
oil he sold. Then the stranger asked
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LAST OF TEN BROTHERS.
BEURF. France. Sept. JT.—Henri
Geschwind declared he whs going to join
his nine brothers, all of whom were
killed in the war. Then he went out
in a rojvbont,. and shot himsejf.
tribute to any political fund,.” was not
particularly to the liking of either Demo
cratic or Republican leaders, although
rone of them appeared particularly wer
rled by it. The letter, if member* of
the department heed it, will affect both
the Democratic and itej.ublican campaign
funds alike, since the lav- provides tliat
there shall be an equal l. inber of men
from both parties on the police one fire
forces. Both Democrats and Republicans
have sought contributions from the po
lice 'and firemen.
Some evidence that the men were not
taking the hoard's warnings seriously
was noticeable. For instatice a high of
ficial of the fire department was In con
ference with Acting (*ity Chairman lOr
nest J,. Kingston, Joseph L. Hogue and
Herman Riekboff at Republican city
headquarters Friday afternoon.
ARMY TO SIFT
PLANECRASH
Plans Investigation of Acci
dent in Which Three
Lost Lives.
DALLAS, Tt x., Sept. 17. —An army
board of inquiry was prepared today to
investigate the crash of a DeHaviland
plane at Love field yesterday afternoon,
in which three lives were lost.
According to observers, the plane was
seen to lurch and swing to the east
shortly after it had "hopped off" in the
face of a stiff west wind. It then lobbed
over into a spin and crashed nose first
after a fall of 1.70 feet.
Lieut. James F. Armstrong of North
Adams, Mass., assistant master of flying
at Post field, Ft. Sill. Okla., and
Sergts. Andrew Gibson of Waldron, Ark.,
and P. J. AVblte of New A'ork C.ty were
killed and their bodies badly burned
when the plane burst Into flames un in
stant after crashing.
WON’T TREAT
WITH IRELAND
AS SOVEREIGN
—
tVould Allow Sinn Fein
to Treat With Other
Powers.
ASKS ALLEGIANCE
Premier Says No Con
ference Unless King
Is Recognized.
BELFAST, Sept. 17. The crack of
rifle fire again resounded throughout
the night in the Vere st eet district,
where considerable sniping took
place. A boy was wounded and a
man bayoneted through the stomach
on the charge that he was interfering
with soldiers trying to make arrests.
LONDON, Sept. 17—The British
government stands pat on its con
dition that Ireland must pledge
allegiance to the crown as an in
herent part of the empire before the
peace negotiations can be resumed.
Premier Lloyd George this after
noon notified Eamonn de Valera to
this effect, in replying to the Irish
leader's conciliatory telegram yes
terday. Thus, anew climax was
reached in the quick fire diplomatic
exchanges in which each side en
deavored to throw the onus for a
rupture upon the other.
PLAN WOULD ADMIT
INDEPENDENT I I.AIMS.
'lo admit Ireland t<fejt conference with
out such a pledge of allegiance would
menu "official recognition of Ireland's
severance from the King's domain.'' the
premier said and would leave her free
to negotiate "a union .with foreign
powers.”
“it is idle to soy," the premier declared
in his reply, "that a conference in which
they bad already met Mr. De Valera's
delegates representing an independent,
and sovereign state would be a confer
enoe without prejudice, to them. Such
would constitute official recognition of
Ireland's severance from the King s do
. code .
COULD TREAT
WITH OTHER POWERS.
“It would entitle them to make a treaty
but woufd equally entitle them to make
no treaty and to break off a treaty at any
point and negotiate a union of Ireland
with foreign powers.
"It would also have entitled you, if you
insisted upon another appeal to force, to
claim from foreign powers by our ini
pllelt admission, the rights of lawful
: ItelUgerenls. for if no dealt with you as
(Continued on Page Two.)
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ALLEGED BOOZE
THIEVES FIGHT
MOVE TO STATE
Three Men Held in Illinois Ob
ject to Extradition on
Charge.
Word was received by Frederick Van
Nuys, United States district attorney,
today to the effect that removal pro
ceedings against Edward Cahill, John E.
Kelly and Elmer McDaniel, all of Peoria.
111., now in Jail at Charleston, 111., in
connection with the theft of ten barrels
of whisky from the warehouse of the
Commercial Distilling Company of Terre
Haute, irly on the morning of Aug
23, will lie fought to the utmost by the
defendants.
Mr. Van Nil.vs immediately prepared a
list of about ten witnesses which he
sent to Albert Burnside. United States
district attorney, for the eastern district
of Illinois, who will have charge of the
Government's case at the hearing before
United States Commissioner Gamer at
Paris, 111., Sop). 22.
The theft of the liquor, which .is
valued at about $20,000, is being
thoroughly investigated by Mr. Van
Nuys. Dispatches from Terre Haute at
the time stated Orville Duncan of In
dianapolis, a Federal warehouse glint'd
was suspis'tisl of complicity in the theft.
The day following however. M. Bert
Thurman, collector of internal revenue.
Issued a statement exonerating Duncan
cf all blame in the matter.
Ln-t Monday Duncan submitted tits
resignation, whoeb lias- not yet been ac
cepted by Mr. Thursman and lie is still
on duty at the distillery.
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• • • • •
Samuel Lewis Shank. Republican nomi
nee for mayor, is being controlled by the
“Chamber of Commerce element" and
Boyd M. Ralston. Democratic nominee,
is “not cutting any serious swath." de
clared William H, Henry. Socialist
mayoralty candidate, In a statement is
sued today.
Mr. Henry said the Socialists feel an
excellent showing Is in store for their
ticket, and that "th i several thousand
voters who used to be somewhat of a
following of the Shnn't position in past
campaigns are missing this time."
Mr. Shank, said Mr. Henry, does not
have his usual enthusiastic following this
time, “dud to the fact that he does not
advocate anything worth while and the
fact further tliat tho same people know
that the Chamber of Commerce element
are not against liim this time, but are
in control of his party and Shank is
only a stamp to be used in case of elec
tion,"
“Mr. Ralston is not cutting any seri
ous swath and has very little chance,"
he continued. “Our strength is coming
from those who are sick of the old party
city and national administrations."
Miss Ida Hazelett of New York will
lecture at Socialised headquarters. 49 Vi
South Delaware street. Sunday evening.
„ . Da, (By Carrier. Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere. 12e.
Subscription Rates. } Bjr Ut|| 50c per Month; f 5 . 00 Per Tear .
She Poses for
Art and Then
Traps Hubby
Woman Charged With Infi
delity Greets Mate With
Like Complaint.
CHICAGO, Sept. 17.—-Mrs. Mary
Charlotte Gilchrist, who posed for a
Milwaukee commercial artist merely
"for art's sake" and was sued by Law
rence Case Gilchrist for divorce, turned
tables on “hubby" ancLlie was arre&ted
by the police for living in an apartment
with Miss Alice Pc-rry, 20, and pretty.
Gilchrist sued for divorce on the
grounds of infidelity, but when his wife
filed a counter suit setting up the same
grounds the case was -thrown out of
court.
At the trial Gilchrist exhibited photo
graphs for which liis wife had posed be
fore a Milwaukee commercial artist, but
Mrs, Gilchrist explained to the jury that
she posed for art's sake and denied itn
propt r relations.
Mrs. Gilchrist later was found, it was
alleged .registered at a loop hotel with
another man under the name of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis. The arrest followed an in
vestigation conducted by Gilchrist.
Mrs. Gilchrist’s counter move came to
day when she directed the police in a
raid of her husband's apartment and
found Miss Perry. Both were arrested.
CURRENCY HEAD
GIVES PROMISE
OF GOOD THINGS
Say Country Will Soon Be
Back on Solid Founda
tion.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 17 Be
lii-f that business has again hit its stride
and that spring will find the Nation back
on a Mire economic footing was expressed
by Davit H. t'rlssinger. Comptroller of
the Currency, in a statement today.
Crissinger's opinions were based on an
exhaustive survey banks and banking
conditions throughout the country.
Bank deposits are increasing and loans
decreasing, he said.
Tin- recent rise in cotton prices has
changed the Southern feeling from de
presslon to enthusiasm.
in New England mills are beginning to
work full time.
Drops arc good and money is getting
ea sier.
t'rlssinger said steel and iron prices
are still ton high and that conditions
would rapidly improve if they were re
tluced.
Nab $30,000 From
Circus Treasurer
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 17.—Three
unmasked bandits who robbed the Sells
Kioto circus of nearly y.'in.OdO tier,. last
night were 'being sought by posses to
day.
The treasurer of the rimts and four
men and four women belonging to the
circus were riding on a truck to the
treasury car in the railroad yards after
the sliow. when the bandits appeared
None of the circus people v as armed and
no resistance was offered.
of the sum taken, $4,000 was in cash
and the rest in drafts and checks.
More Money Is Spent on
Schools Than Any Other
Activity of Government
More money goes to the schools In In
diana than to any other single activity
of the State or municipal governments,
according to figures compiled today at
the office of the State board of tax com
missioners.
The figures show how much of each
SIOO paid in taxes goes for each purpose.
The figures are worked out for each SIOO
paid in Center Township, Marlon County,
and for the average SIOO paid In the
Stnte.
The SIOO paid by a taxpayer in Center
Township. Marlon County, this year, is
distributed as follows, according to the
calculations:
State general fund ~..$ ,r>B
Benevolent institutions 2.42
Soldiers' memorial, 24
Educational institutions 115
Slate common school fund 2.4(1
Vocational fund 08
City schools 32.85
State highway 100
Three mile gravel road bond and
Interest 1 81
Gravel road repairs 2.J5
County general 11 04
City (all purposes) 43.72
Total SIOO.OO
STATE GENERAL FUND
ALT. GOES TO SCHOOLS.
The 58 cents in the State general fund
has been used this year entirely for
school purposes. The State government,
with the exception of benevolent and
educational institutions and the highway
department, is operated entirely from
fees and other collections outside of tax
ation. Some of these fees at the same
time go to the highway department.
On a basis of the general purposes
for which each SIOO paid In tuxes in
Center Township, Marlon County, goes
the calculations would be as follows:
Schools $ 37.12
Roads S.4tl
Benevolent Institutions 2.42
Memorial -24
Countv (except roads) 11.(M
City 43.72
Total SIOO.OO
The figure for schools given In the
above table Includes the 58 cents col
lected for the Stnte general fund. On
the basis of the amount each govern
mental unit receives the figures would
be:
State $ 853
Schools 32.85
City 43.72
County ....■ 13.00
Total SIOO.OO
In making the calculations for the
schools the State school funds are In
cluded. because tWy are turned over for,
the use of the schools.
MONEY TO CITY
divided.
In estimating that the schools cost
more than any single activity the fact is
taken Into account that the money going
to thp city Is divided into numerous
LAST HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPY
$4,750.50 IN ‘STAYED’
FINES ARE FOUND ON
BOOKS OF CITY CLERK
Scores of Defer dan ts Used Professional
Bondsmen as Surety, Then For
got About Matter.
SOME OF THEM OV ERDUE SINCE 1916
A search of the “stayed" docket in the city clerk's office reveals that
Prosecutor William P. Evans has a big task on hands when he starts to
force delinquent defendants to pay fines assessed in city court under the
same plan he adopted in Criminal Court which resulted in the Haag
brothers and Denny J. Bush paying long overdue fines.
A total of $4,759.50 in delinquent fines 1s listed in the city clerk's
office, some of them having been overdue since 1916.
It has been the custom for persons convicted in city court to “stay th*
docket’’ when fined by having someone go their surety for ninety days,'
the usual period of grace. A glance at the docket, however, shows that
scores of defendants have been fined, have stayed the docket with one off
the professional bondsmen always around police court as their security
and that nothing more has been done about the matter.
The clerk's records show ih:it most of
Ihe fines were stayed by men prominent
as workers in the Jewett “good govern
3 SENTENCED
BY COLLINS FOR
AUTO STEALING
Young Men Charged With
Theft of a Total r.i
Twelve Cars.
Three young men today jvere sentenced
to penal institutions by .Judge James A.
Hollins of Criminal Court on a charge
of stealing a total of eleven automobiles.
Fred Coons, 20, and Arthur Davidson,
23, each were .scut to the Indiana State
Reformatory to serve from six months
to five years because of their activities
ir. stealing machines.
On a similar charge, Vern Gray, 32. was
sentenced oxi one count from one to four
teen years at the State prison and on
another count from six months to ti\e
years.
Edward Wilson. 19. and Joseph Ward.
17. pleaded guilty to charges of vehicle
taking. Their two other alleged com
pnntons, Orville Baker, alias Blanchard
Evan sand Harold Guest of Guess, plead
ed not guilty and asked for trial.
Attica Man Elected
Head of N. I. E. A.
Special to The Times.
FT. WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 17. ,T. Frank
McDermond. .Ir., of Attica, Ind. was
elected president of the Northern Indiana
Editorial Association at last night's ses
sion of the annual convention, which
closes today.
Other officers elected are: C. E. Ditt
nier. Wabash, first vice president: Con
way Gelse, South Whitley, second vice
president, and Fred Rohrer, Berne, sec
retary-treasurer.
[ activities. The figures for each taxing
| unit in the city are not given as they
are not available nt the tax board of
fice. They include the civil city, the
sanitary city and the park city.
For the entire State the proportions
are somewhat c'tfferent. These figures
necessarily cannot apply to dny indi
vidual taxpayer, as the Center Town
ship figures can, but to the average tax
payer. The average Indiana taxpayer's
SIOO is divided at follows:
Highway commission $ 2,04
(iravel road repairs 5.87
County and township road con
struction 8.98
Township roads 2.61
Stnte tuition 3.14
Educational Institutions 1.47
Vocational fund ' 10
Local tuition (teachers' salaries) 18.85
Local specinl school fund (expenses
other than teachers) 16.70
Slate genernl 74
1 Benevolent Institutions 3.09
County general 10.80
County miscellaneous 1.83
Township gene-al 1.68
Township miscellaneous 1.51
Township poor 45
Cities and towns general 14.96
Cities and towns, miscellaneous 4.01
Streets and alleys 24
Light and water 60
Soldiers' memorial 33
Total SIOO.OO
AVERAGE PAID
IN STATE.
Dividing these purposes into classifica
tions, and including the amount paid to
the general fund under tho classifica
tions of schools, the figures for the aver
age SIOO paid in the State show:
Schools $41.00
Roads 10.30 !
Benevolent inst 3.09
Memorial .3;; j
County 12.63
City 19.81
Township 3.64
Total $100.0{) ■
Similar figures are being worked out
for each county in ttie State.
U. S. Ambassador to
Reach Tokio Today
TOKIO, Sept. 17. —Charles Beecher
VTnrren, newly appointed United States
ambnssador to Japan, was scheduled to
arrive today on board the liner Golden
Stnte.
He was to be met by Charges d’Affaires
Bell on behalf of the embassy and by
Japanese officials.
IMPROVEMENT TO COST *25,000.
A permit for the remodelling of the I
elevator shaft and jonstructlon of a pent
house in the People s Bank building was
issued by the city building dfciartment j
today to the Peoples Building j
The construction will cost $25^00.
NO. 110.
tnent" political machine. Louis Brown,
who controls the votes of the west-end'
district, and who worked hard to noml-J
na'e Mr. Thomas A. Howe for mayor, is
surety on many over due fines. Brown!
Is a professional bondsman who makes 1
i h *s headquarters in the city clerk s of
fice during the day. and can be foundj
almost any night in a west-end pool
room anil “soft" drink jdace.
NEGRO ATTORNEY
ANOTHER SIGNER.
w. W. Hyde, negro attorney, wboj
often signs bond*, also has signed a<
surety for many fines some of which are;
three years overdue. He is prominent a*
a political worker.
Nelson Wells name appears as surety
for many overdue fines. Nelson is a
negro who lines up the votes among th*
"good Republicans in Pat Ward's bot
toms. north of Indiana avenue neatti
Jail Creek, Once, some years ago. Nel-j
son tried for the nomination as a Re
publican candidate for the office of Jus*'
tiee of the peace.
The list would not be complete with
out the name of such prominent negro
citizens as Harry “Uoosie" Lee. and.
Robert Page. alias “Rufe" Page. These,
two have long been the “stand bys" of,
Republican politicians in the northwest,
negro district. Big Rufe Page has
operated a craps game in North Senate
avenue for years and seldom has been
molested by police officers. Page
worked hard for Mr. Howe at the pri-'
maries and the results in Bis ward vPera*
wonderful," but he failed to win and
r.ow he says he will support whoever
was nominated on the Republican ticket.
Page has “stayed" a number Oi ffnen
that are overdue.
Among the many fines and costs
“stayed" by Harry Lee and now over-'
duo is one for Norman Riley. 527 Indiana
avenue. This tine should have been paid
lu fore Feb. 2fi. 1920. and amounts to sls.
Riley, a negro, in the past has been ac
cused by the police of operating a gam
bling house in the famous “yellow
!.ridge district and has been arrestedb*
number of times. He is an important 1
factor In the "good government political l
machine" in the Indiana avenue district.’
EDWARD LEWIS, BETTER
KNOWN AS “CHIP,“ THERE, TOO.
Edward Lewis, alias “Chip” Lewis,'
negro, political worker and known as the'
proprietor of the notorious Red Onloa,
roadhouse on Prospect street southeast
of the city, also Is surety for a number
of overdue fines. Lewis is a professional,
bondsman and hangs close around the
corridors of the city courtroom.
Ileverly Howard, negro, political “king*)
in the First ward, who refused to do
the bidding of the Jewett “good govern*
(Continued on rage Two.)
YOUTH HELD AS j
CHECK JUGGLER
Deposited Worthless Paper ta
Obtain Money, Police
Say.
Jay ,T. AA'atts. 19. of Huntington, W.
A'a., alleged to be a clever check workers
was arrested today by Detectives Fields
and AA'hite of the city police department!
and F. G. Miller, superintendent of tho
Pinkertou Detective Agency. Watts t*
charged with issuing fraudulent check*
and vagrancy. The arrest was made at)
the Continental bank after AVatts Is said!
to have cashed a SSO check.
According to the detectives. AVatts de
posited a $l5O cheek at the Indiana Na-I
tional Bank and later cashed a SSO check)
made out to himself. The $l5O check 1*
said to be worthless. He deposited a!
check for tiie same amount, also said to
he fraudulent, at the Continental bank,
and then cashed a SSO check made out toj
himself, but was arrested before leav
iug the bank. He deposited another $l5O
check at the Commercial National Bank.'
but had not had time to draw on
“deposited” check at that bank. Th*
checks deposited were written on asp-i
eially printed check of a Huntington!
t AV. A'a.) butcher. The blank checks, th*
detectives say, were stolen from the
butcher.
10,000 Driven From
Homes; Some Fall in
Street in New York
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Two hun
dred persons were “gassed” in New
York today when ammonia fumes
spread over an area of twenty blocks
on the upper east side, driving thou
sands from their homes.
When the choking fumes rolled oxer
the neighborhood, crowds of men,
women and children, many of them
In night clothes or half drensed.
swarmed into the streets, choking and
gasping.
Many fell unconscious. At one time
police said there were more thai\ sixty
people sprawled In the streets, over
come. Police estimated fully 10,000
were forced to flee from their homes.
The gas wave resulted from tho
blowing out of a cylinder head on an
Ice machine at the Knickerbocker Ice
Company. M