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THE WEATHER
Fair and much colder tonight and Sunday,
with cold wave.
VOL. XXXIV.
SOUND U. S. ON
WORLDCONFAB
ON ECONOMIES
European Nation Anx
ious for Money
Conference
FRANCE IN FAVOR
Administration Re
plies, ‘One Thing at
Time’ Is Best.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The
United States has been approached
by certain European nations on its
willingness to engage in a world
wide economic and financial confer
ence to follow the present confer
ence on limitation of armaments and
Far~Eastera questions.
No definite invitation has thus far
been extended, but the United States
is being sounded out as to its atti
tude toward such an arrangement to
be held either in Washington or
Paris.
It Is with such a gathering In pros
pect that the foreign diplomats now here
hare carefully refrained from mentioning
the subject of foreign indebtedness at the
present conference.
The conference proposed by European
statesmen would include not only the
nations that are now participating in the
armament conference, but also Germany,
the s T .aller states of central and eastern
Europe, and possibly Russia. In a word,
It is a world conomic conference that Is
being quietly suggested here in Wash
ington while the work of cutting navies
and Ironing out Pacific and Far East dis
putes is in progress.
SUCCESS IP
TO AMERICA.
The success of the project is contin
gent upon America's willingness to par
ticipate, Administration officials have been
informed. Being possessed of two-thirds
of the world's total available supply of
gold, being the richest Nation in re
sources in the world, and being the great
est creditor nation in the world, the at
tendance of the United States is abso
lutely essential. Without American par
ticipation, the undertaking would be a
futile meeting of impoverished debtors.
The prime mover in projecting the
conference Idea is France. France can
not hope for a material betterment of her
financial and economic condition to come
Pout of the present armament conference.
She has no great naval program to be
scrapped, and her spokesmen on Monday
will declare that France cannot with
safety decrease her military expenditures.
Acording to the tentative program out
lined to American officials, the proposed
financial negotiations would deal with:
International Indebtedness (European
nations owe the United States approxi
mately $11,000,000.00).
2. Stabilization of exchange rates.
3. German reparations.
4. The enormous sums which the old
czarist government of Russia owed tho
world, principally France and Great
Britain. '
5. Stabilization and betterment of the
world credit system.
Under these five headings could be
grouped all the financial and economic
ills the world is heir to.
France wants some assurances that the
German reparations payments, one of
which is now due and about to be de
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9 DIE WHEN
LIMITED HITS
FUNERAL CAR
Family of John Zienanin of
Summit, Near Chicago,
Thought Wiped Out.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Eleven persons
are believed to have been mangled and
killed, some of them beheaded, today.
|when the California Limited on the
Fe railroad, demolished a funeral
car at a grade crossing In Summit, a su
burb.
The wreckage of a big limousine and
the mutilated bodies of the victims were
strewn for a mile along the track by the
onrusbing train.
The wrecked automobile contained a
small casket in which the body of Emily
Zienanin, 4, was being taken to Resur
rection cemetery for burial.
Members of the mourning family were
seated around the little white coffin
when the crash came.
Mary Zienanin, wife of John Zienanin,
and mother of the dead girl; Walter
Zienanin, 12, son,; John Jr., 6, son;
Mary, 3, a daughter; also John F. Pett
koske, an undertaker, are all thought
dead.
Others killed have not been Identified.
Undertakers from nearby towns and
from Chicago were rushed to the scene
of the wreck and began the grewsome
task of gathering up the fragments of
the bodies in baskets.
The crash occurred in a snow storm
which swirled over Chicago and vicinity
during the forenoon.
Woman Fined SSO
and Liquor Charge
Helen Huffman, negress. living at 439
Tippecanoe street, who was arrested on
a charge of operating a “blind tiger”
last night, was fined SSO and costs in
city court today by Judge Walter Fritch- :
ard. The officers who arrested her say j
that she told them that she paid a ;
stranger for the three pints of “white j
mule” which was found in her house.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7
p. m.. Nov. 20. 1921:
Fair and much colder tonight and Sun
day, with a cold wave; temperature, 12
to' 15 degrees below freezing.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
6 a. m 53
7 a. m 53
Na. m 42
9 a. m 41
10 a. m 40
11 a. m 39
12 (noon) 38
1 p. m 37
2 p. m. 36
Published at Indianapolis.
Ind., Daily Except Sunday.
Arms Delegates in Secret
Session Hear Japan’s Reply
to China’s Bill of Rights
LONDON, Nov. 19.—America’s refusal to follow Great Britain’s lead
by suspending building of battleships was featured in newspaper headlines
here today.
"America Says 'No,'” was the Star's headline, while the Daily Herald
said: "Britain and United States On Different Paths.”
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. —Japan replied today to China’s "declaration
of principles,” during a two-hour secret session of the whole conference.
A statement of Japanese policy toward China was read to the delegates
of the eight other powers by Baron Kato, Japanese Minister of Marine.
There was considerable discussion of
the China case by several of the powers,
according to those participating.
All of the participating powers made
statements concerning their attitude to
wards the Chinese proposals, it was
learned. It is understood a resume of
these statements may bo made public
later.
Following the breaking un of the secret
session, Dr. Wellington Koo, one of
China's principal delegates, went to the
office of Elibu Root and held a long con
versation with him He declined to state
what was discussed. v
APPARENTLY PLEASING
TO CHINESE DELEGATES.
Chinese delegates were apparently
satisfied with the result of the sessions.
"The expression of the nations, includ
ing J#pan, toward the ten proposals of
China were sympathetic,” said a Chinese
delegate. “The proposals for the terri
torial integrity of China have been well
received.”
The delegates of the nine powers went
into secret session at the Pan-American
building at 11 o'clock.
The -Japanese delegation entered the
conference without a definite plan, it was
stated officially.
Having made it apparent that the
United States win not back up in any
degree from the naval proportions laid
down in the Hughes program, America's
officials are waiting to see what effect
the plain warning will have on the othei
powers.
Officials of this Government frankly are
hopeful the clear statement of America's
position will have a beneficial effect on
the conference as a whole and the naval
negotiations in particular.
Japan wishes her ratio be increased
from (50 per cent to 70 per cent of the
strength of Great Britain and the United
States. Great Britain wishes the com
plete abolition of big submarines and not
many of the smaller ones left.
The statement that America Is not
disposed to sit quietly by and see the
program prepared with such care and at
such a cost to the United States, "pecked"
to pieces came as a timely warning
against the bickering and quibbling that
has been going on since the other na
tions announced their “acceptances” of
the plan laid down.
Bluntly put, the American position is
thAt Secretary Hughes has laid down a
program eminently fair to ail concerned,
and one that is particularly liberal where
Japan is concerned, and that, having laid
it before the conference, the other na
tions can either accept it or reject it.
There the AimAienn case fs tested.
JAPAN AND BRITISH
STANDS CRUX.
The crux of the whole matter, accord
ing to America's naval experts, is the
Japanese Insistence upon a 10-10-7 ratio
with the United States and Great Britain
and the British insistence upon elimina
tion of the submarines. British opposi
tion to submarines is based on "moral
grounds;” British spokesmen have decid
ed they should be outlawed because they
are dirty” weapons that too easily can
be put to attack on the defenseless mer
chant ships of the high seas.
To this argument the American spokes
men have replied that submarines are
legitimate weapons to the legitimately in
clined. . They also have pointed out
that the British position is inconsistent,
for while raising objections to subma
rines on moral grounds, the British have
not raised any such objections to the use
of aircraft, which also is capable of
“dirty work” over unfortified cities.
The British have carefully refrained
fromindicating their attitude toward Ja
pan's claims to a greater cnpirnl ship
ratio, and the Japanese, with equal cart,
have refrained from indicating their at
titude on the submarine question raised
by Britain. There have been, however,
frequent consultations between British
and Japanese experts. While there
bene no tangible evidences of “team
work” between them, the statement ts
the American position against both prop
ositions was timed with care?
ISaron Shidehara, the Japanese am
bassador, whose temporary indisposition
caused a delay in the consideration of
China's case, has fully recovered, it was
said at the embassy.
It Is not Japan’s intention, I’rlnee
Tokugawa said, to submit a Far East
"program” to the conference. Japan Is
willing that the discussion shall hinge
about the questions raised by China her
self at the opening of the conference.
WOMAN KILLED
BY FREIGHT CARS
ON SOUTH SIDE
Mrs. Mary Hohmann, on Way
to Church, Crawls Under
Gate Guards.
Mrs. Mary Hohmann, 69, 1823 Applegat*
street, was struck and Instantly killed
at 7:30 a. m. by a string of Pennsylvania
Railroad freight cars at the crossing at
Madison avenue and Palmer street, as
she was on her way to worship. B. F.
Kelley, a tower watchman at the crossing,
who witnessed the accident, said Mrs.
Hohmann failed to see the cars because
of an umbrella she was carrying.
“Mrs. Hohmann was coming west on
Palmer street,” he said. “A string of
freight cars was being moved south and
an engine was traveling in the opposite
direction. It was raining very hard,
and she had her umbrella raised, so it
was difficult for her to see. I had the
gates down, but she went under them. In
an attempt to cross the tracks and
beat the engine, she was struck by the
string of cars. She was killed instantly.”
Mrs. Hohmann was Identified by the
Rev. Father Odo of the Sacred Heart
Church, where she was bound. Her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Hohmann,
with whom she was staying, recognized
her purse when it was brought to her by
the police in the effort to complete the
identifi'-ation.
Three cars passed over the body, which
was badly mangled.
The engineer of the engine was Mike
Reedy, 31 Builer avenue, and the fire
man. Pat Buckley. 333 Keystone avenue.
Neither of the train crew saw the acci
dent.
Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner, ordered the
tody removed to the city morgue.
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Postofflce. Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3. 1879.
ROADHOUSES IN
VIGO QUIT AT
ANDERSON WRIT
Stubborn Booze and Jazz Em
poriums Yield to Power of
U. S. Injunction.
LONG BATTLE AT END
Without the loud firing of legal guns,
without the slightest show of resistance,
five roadhouses in the vicinity of Terre
Hause, which according to Noble C. John
son, prosecutor of Vigo County, have
successfully defied all efforts of State
authorities to close them, ran up the
white flag and ignominiously surrendered
when the injunction suits against them
were called before Judge Albert B. An
derson in Federal Court today.
Attorneys representing the owners of
the property consented to the issuance of
a restraining order and a permanent in
junction forbidding the use of the prop
erty in question for the sale of liquor.
Thus, in a few minutes In Federal Court
was accomplished what Vigo County au
thorities have failed to accomplish in a
number of years.
Credit, however, goes to Prosecutor
Johnson, according to Frederick Van
Nuys, United State District Attorney.
"It was Mr. Johnson who prepared these
cases and it is through his efforts that
the injunctions have been obtained," he
declared.
Mr. Johnson said that he bns been able
to get convictions against the opera.ors
of roadhouses in Vigo County, but that
has not prevented the continued opera
tion of the places. It was to put a stop
to their operation that he decided upon
Injunction proceedings.
BOY OWNER
OF PROPERTY.
In almost every instance lawyers ap
pearing for the property owners explained
that the owners did not know' for what
purpose the property was being used.
Judge Anderson seemed a little skeptical
übont this and when one lawyer said his
client never had heard that the place
was being operated as a road liuusq
Jnta Anderson satd: *
"She ought to improve her hearing a
little.”
The ease against Theodore Von Gestel,
named as an owner of the property oc
cupied by the Wisteria Gardens, was dis
missed when it was shown that he is a
high school boy 1!) years of age, that he
has nothing to say about the control or
management of the property and that ho
will not come into his one-third interest
in It for some time.
Bonds .ere set at SI,OOO in each case
except that of Locke's roadhouse. In
this case the bond was made SSOO.
The Vigo County roadhouses have long
been the subject of complaint on the part
of residents of the neighborhood and
Federal officials have received many com
munications saying that local authorities
have done little or nothing to closo
them up.
The following defendants are named in
the suits: George Finder, proprietor of
“Frenchie's” ami Fannie McCarty, for
merly Fannie Harris, owner of the prop
erty; Kerry Jenkins and James Law
horn, proprietors of the Bungalow Inn,
and Mack 11. Ladas, owner of the prop
erty; Hobart Gosnaii, proprietor of Wis
teria Gardens, and Wilhelmina Carliim
Gchring, Anna L. Cadden and Theodore
Von Gestel, owners of tho property;
Jambs Locke, proprietor of Locke’s road
house, and Marcus A. Tuller, owner of
the property: Roy Dygtis, proprietor of
Dycus' roadhouse and Regina Burson,
owner of the property.
MAN STEPS OFF
OF MOVING LIFT,
FALLS TO DEATH
William Kuehne, Struck by
Automatic Door, Hurtles
Three Floors.
When he attempted to step from a mov
ing elevator at the Crane Company, 333
West Market street, today William
Kuehne, of 2002 Schurman avenue, an em
ploye of the company, missed his foot
ing, fell three stories to the bottom of
the shaft and was killed almost instnntly.
According to Paul W. Gray, 3320 Rader
street, who was operating the elvator,
Kuehne stepped on the elevator at the
third floor and then, apparently chang
ing his mind, attempted to step back
after the elevator had moved upward
two feet. An automatic door struck
him on the bead causing him to stumble
Into the shaft. He attempted to grasp the
side of the shaft but missed it. He lived
about fifteen minutes after the fall.
Black Hand Men Under
Arrest for Burning Barn
After Demanding $6,000
Special to Tho Times.
ATTICA, ind., Nov. 19.—Three men
were arrested in Warren County today
charged with sending three Black Hand
letters to Robert Fix, a welathy farmer,
demanding $6,000 and then firing liis
barn and outbuildings when he refused
to accede to their demands.
The men were Alonzo Stephens, a paint
er; William Fix, a cousin of the victim,
and Robert Graves, a painter. They were
locked in the jail at Williamsport.
Sheriff O. L. Stewart of Fountain
County, said Graves confessed to the
crime, implicating the other two men. He
said the confession showed Stephens had
accompanied Graves the night of Nov.
5, when the barn was burned.
The men were arrested by Sheriff
Stewart and Tim McCormick of the arson
squad under the State fire marshal. The
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1921.
HARDING WILL
FIGHT SHY OF
TREATY PACT
‘Gentleman’s Agree
ment’ Among Pow
ers Thing Sought.
SENATE AVOIDED
Wilson’s Sad League
Experience Kept in
Remembrance.
Special to Indiana Daily Times
i and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
By ROBERT BARRY.
j WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—The dis
j tinction between a treaty and an
agreement stands as one of the para
mount issues of the conference. A
treaty requires the advice and con
; sent of the United States Senate. An
! agreement may be an understand
j ing among nations committed to
I writing only in the form of mem
! oranda setting forth policy. Wood
row Wilson wrote a treaty at Parl3.
: The Senate scrapped it. Warren
Harding proposes to write an agree
| ment at Washington. The Senate
' will not be able to touch It.
! President Harding’s decision to em
body the settlement of the Far Eastern
and Pacific issues in an agreement or
j understanding or memorandum or state
! ment of policy, anything except a treaty
! or covenant, carried the groatestt pos
| sidle significance to the headquarters of
j other nations parties to the nine-power I
| conversations now in progress. !
The effect on British policy was re
garded as likely to be the most pro
found. The British have teen at sea
over a way out for a three power* un
derstanding to supersede ttie Anglo,
Japanese alliance. They did not feel
! like denouncing th£ alliance without a
substitute. did not at all ilka
; nny such prospect. But Downing Street
wanted to further the "hands across the
j sea” idea and to promote American un-,
, derstanding, without being put In the po
| sitlon of passing up her Japanese friend
and ally.
WILSON'S EXPERIENCE
KEPT IN MIND.
They did not wish to carry on with the
alliance if American support could be
gained for n three-power understanding,
let they had In mind constantly the mem
ory of what happened to Mr Wilson's
promises after the United States Senate
finished with them,. t
*Oonki Mr. Ilarding and Mr. Hughes do
j more than Mr. Wilson?
J Or, after scrapping the alliance on the
promise of American participation in
j "some larger understanding In the Fa
• cifie” would Great Britait :nd her over
! B<, as Dominions find after . any months
of political discussion in America that
the Senate would not back up the pol
i leieg of the executive?
| Those were questions of groat serious
ness for the British. The President ap
pears to have given the answer by his
j decision, communicated through Mr.
I Hughes, that a treaty Is not essential in
| the case of the Far East and whatever
agreement came ut of the conference
could be regarded by the world as cni-
I bodying the policy of the United States
; not merely something negotiated by tho
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BANDIT KILLED,
OFFICER HURT
IN POSTAL RAID
Robbers Fail in Attempt to
Rob Montpelier l'ost
oflice.
MONTPELIER, Ind., Nov. 19—One un
identified man is dead and Jerry Engle,
45, night policeman, Is thought to be dy
ing. ns the result of a shooting affray
2:20 this morning, when the policeman
frustrated n:i attempt to rob the post
office here. The bandits were detected
[before they had succeeded in opening the
[ safe.
j The policeman discovered the bandits
'at work, and running to the postofflce,
I ordered the outside man to put up his
[ hands. As the bandit raised his hands,
he fired one shot, the bullet entering
j Engle's abdomen. As Engle fell, he fired
! at the thug.
I The other bandits ran when they heard
the shots, leaving their wounded com
panion. He crawled into the vestibule of
the postofflce, where he was found dead
about 40 minutes later.
The wounded policeman was taken to a
hospital at Bluffton, where his condition
is said to be serious.
No trace of the three bandits has been
j found. I
! Letters found on the dead man tndl
! eated he was William J. Hall of Colum
bus. Ohio. A letter in his pocket was
| signed a Toledo attorney.
Officers here immediately grft in touch
j with Columbus authorities and it was
J said the name wns an nlias tinder which
George Bolton traveled. Bolton is
charged with a string of bank robberies.
sheriff had answered the first letter and
lay in wait for the men to get it at
the place they designated. He did not
inclose any money, however.
Stewart said one of the men obtained
the envelope after he had guarded the
place for two days and two nights.
The farmer and Sam Goodhue, his hired
man, had guarded the property in relays
after receipt of the letter, but Goodhue
was called home by the illness of his wife
on the night of Nov. 5 and during his
absence the place was burned.
ASK REDUCED POWER RATES.
A hearing will be held before the
public service commission Dec. 15, on the
petition of a number of Indianapolis
power users, asking for a reduction of
electric power rates In Indianapolis.
Arbuckle Revisits Scene of Gay Party,
But This Time He’s Accompanied by Jury
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19—A little
more than two months ago, an auto
mobile representing an expediture of
$25,000, drew up at the portals of San
Francisco’s most prominent hostelry and
deposited at Us portals Us 265-pound
owner. The arrival registered as “Ros
eoe Arbuckle” and the elevator carried
him to the twelfth floor. Then began a
gay party which ended in death.
Today the elevator carried the same
man up to the same suite of rooms, but
accompanying him was a different sort
of party. It was the jury trying him for
manslaughter.
In order that the jury of seven men
and five women which yesterday heard
the first of the State's testimony of the
famqus film star charged with responsi
bility for the death of Virginia Rappe,
might understand fully the details of the
party to be related by the State In Its
attempt to convict, arrangements’were
made for the visit to the hotel.
JURY HAS ANOTHER
QUESTION TO DECIDE.
Gavin McNab, counsel for Arbuckle,
suggested to the court that the Jury go
and see the rooms and learn for them
selves their arrangement, with the loca
tion of the doors and furnituieT which are
to figure prominently In the evidence.
The District Attorney heartily seconded
the suggestion and Judge Louderbaek
made arrangements for the plan to be
carried out. •
The Jury also must decide Just how
fast the case is to bo speeded up. This
Is the day of the "big” football game
between California and Stanford. Most of
the counsel and court’ attaches are sons
of one or the other of the two lnstttu-
WORLD WEARY
OF WEAPONS TO
MAKE ATTACK
Bryan Declares Conference Is
Determined to Abolish Of
fensive Instruments.
CONSCIENCE AT WORK
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Discussior is
the beginning of agreement and the time
is now being spent in discussion.
There is a commendable frankness in
f the proceedings. Recognizing the d!f
f'renco between a principle and a detail,
the delegates are suggesting modifications
which may or may not alter the princi
ple.
Two of these modifications demand con
sideration at the present time.
First, Groat Britain suggests a de
crease In the submarine tonnage re
quired and the elimination of the long
distance submarine. There Is a great
deal of force In this suggestion and when
it is ivhtpp.-di into shape It will In all
probability result In the suppression of
all submarines Intended for offensive
purposes.
As an Inexpensive weapon of de
fense, uothing has ever equaled the sub
marine unless it bo the bomb dropping
airplane, and It is not likely that the
final agreement will weaken the defen
sive power of any nation.
OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
MIST GO.
The United States is as cnxious as
Great Britain to abolish every offensive
weapon of war and to reduce to the low
est possible point the defensive weapons.
Japan is likely to agree with tho
United States in favoring a sufficient de
fensive armament.
If the provision suggested can be con
fined to defensive work, there will be lit
tle objection, because no nation is likely
to burden itself with unnecessary defen
sive preparation.
It Is tiie offensive armament that has
aroused the Ire of the world and this
armament, whether it bo on land or sea,
must be put In process of extinction.
The British suggestion in regard to
giving ship yards enough work to main
tain the organization does not strike a
responsive chord.
MUNITION lIN
DROWNED CONSCIENCE. ,
For a generation before the late war
the din of the munition factories drowned
the voice of conscience; now that that
conscience has asesrted Itself, it ought
not to be drowned by the riveting of
armor on battleships. To those who wit
nessed the Impressive ceremony at Ar
lington, where the Unknown soldier was
laid to rest in the presence of the repre
sentatives, of the world, nothing was
more impressive than the two minutes
of silent prayer.
The world needs the same stillness to
day in the navy yards—a quiet that wil'
permit the world to meditate Tnidlsturbed
upon the horrors of war and to seek the
pathway that leads to universal and per
petual peace.
The naval holiday, if it is to be of
value, must be real. “Peace, be still,”
once calmed the sea. Why not use the
command to quiet the yards out of which
come the ships that give to the sea a
fury greater than that stirred by the
deadliest storm.—Copyright, 1921, by
United Press.
YALESCORES 3
IN IST QUARTER
HARVARD STADIUM, Cambridge
Mass., Nov. 19.—With the championship
of tho Big Three at stake and the east
ern title looming in the offing, Yale tack
led Harvard here this afternoon in their
fortieth annual game.
The Bull Dogs went Into the game
favorites to win but the availa
bility of Harvard to fight stubbornly on
the home grbliorn lent assurance to the
big crowd of 55,000 spectators that there
would be a bnttlo royal.
FIRST QUARTER.
Brown kicked off to O'Hearn. He re
turned the ball seventeen yards. Jordan
hit center for five yards. Aldrich
punied over Harvard's goal line. Harvard
took the ball on her twenty-yard line.
Fitts punted to Aldrich, who was downed
on Harvard's thirty-six-yard line.
Aldrich tried a field goal from the
forty-seven-yard line but missed by
many feet. It was Harvard's ball again
on her twenty-yard line.
'Owen made eight yards around Yale's
right end. Coburn made it first down
through the line. Fitts fumbled the ball
and Brownarecovered for Harvard. Fitts
kicked to #’Hearn. who was downed on
the Yale forty-eight-yard line. Aldrich
i anted.
Uanmrd's backs failed to gain and
Fitts: kicked to O'Hearn in midfield. Aid
rich tore around Harvard's left end for
twenty-cine yardß. Aldrich dropped back
to Harvard's twelve-yard line and booted
a pretty drop kick between the rosts.
Score: Yalt 3; Harvard, 0.
Brown kicked off to O'llearn, who ran
the ball back to his tblrty-two-yard line.
Aldrich again punted over Harvard’s
goal. The Johnnies put it in play on the
twenty-yard line. Harvard faded to gain
on two line plays as the quarter came to
an end. Score. Yale. 3; Harvard, 0.
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session be held.
The suggestion was quickly with-
Flashes From
the Courtroom
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.—“ Fatty”
Arbuckle’s army of counsel works on the
general stuff plan. Gavin McNab Is gen
eralissimo. Nut Schmulowitz Is the
medical expert. Milton Cohen is the legal
shark. Joseph McF/nery handles still an
other specialty and Charles 11. Brennan
another.
District Attorney Brady sits between
his two assistants and tells them what
to do usually In a wlilsper. Milton U'Ren
does most of the talking and Leo Fried
man handles the legal tangles.
The Jury Includes a candy maker, an
expert on explosives, a sales manager, a
retired liquor denier, a cement contractor,
an expert accountant, a manager of a
cotton goods house, a tobacconist, wife of
an attorney, wife of an Insurance 'agent,
secretary of San Francisco council and
three housewives.
Convenor Morris, famous novelist, who
adds class to the press row, abhors a
draught. He borrows a lady's fur, winds
It about his neck and settles down to a
deep study of the courtroom personalities.
City Board of
Public Health
Again ‘Broke ’
Regular Semi-Annual Con
tortion of Bankruptcy
Now in Progress -
Tho board of public health is going
through its semi-annual throes of
bankruptcy today. The board of health
is broke.
Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of
the board, announced that the board, as
usual, will have to seek a temporary
loan Just as soon ns possibile after the
new city council takes office Jan. 2. The
hat, been operating upon borrowed
money ever since it got its own tax levy
ten years ago, but the board is “broke”
a little worse than usual this time be
cause even the borrowed money was not
stretched out to last until more came In.
The board of health levy of .07 cents
was estimated to bring about $420,000 in
taxes this yapr. The board made its
usiyil $200,000 temporary loan last Jan
uary In anticipation of the tax money
to be received in June from the May
collection period. About $200,000 worth of
taxes came in and this had to be
used to r<-tire the temporary 'iofin. Then
another loan for $200,000 had to be made
1 to keep the city' hospital and other ac
tivities of the department running until
the next tax settlement is received, which
probably will be early in December.
However, that date is two weeks off and
the $200,000 is spent. Dr. Morgan could
not say how much the unpaid bills at
the present time amount to. He said he
is having them checked. Practically all
of tho December tax money will hare to
be used to retire the June temporary
loan. This bills will have to go unpaid
until after anew loan is made in Jan
uary. The loan cannot be made before
January because the health board can
not borrow money on temporary loans in
any one year in anticipation of the taxes
of the next. The loans must be paid off
in the year they are made.
M’CRAY HOME,
PONDERS OVER
.EXTRA SESSION
Governor Wants to Consult
Several Persons Before
Making Final Decision.
Governor Warren T. McCray will con
fer with n number of Indiana persons
before he decides whether to call a spe
cial session of the Legislature. He made
this announcement today on his arrival
from Washington. He said nothing
further than that he still has the matter
of calling a session to straighten out the
reformatory removal tangle under con
sideration.
The Governor is expected also to con
sult with a number of Indiana bankers
on the matter of holding a meeting to
discuss ways and means to finance farm
ers of the State in order that they may
dispose of their crops more advantage
ously. He said there would be no an
nouncement of the date of the meeting
until he had consulted the bankers. The
Governor is calling the meeting as chair
man of a newly formed agricultural ad
visory committee of the War Finance
Corporation.
On his arrival the Goverqor went di
rectly to his new home, the' Governor's
mansion provided by the State at Penn
sylvania street and Fail Creek boulevard.
Arrangements for the occupancy of the
home were completed during the Gov
ernor's absence.
Lloyd George Said to Have
Rebuked British Delegates
for Proposal Objections
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The report
that Premier Lloyd George has cabled
the British delegation, severely criticizing
its action In offering objections to the
American proposals prior to the objections
interposed by Japan, although uncon
firmed officially today, Is nevertheless the
cause of considerable speculation in diplo
matic circles.
The report which emanates from a high
source, states that the British premier
rebuked the British delegates for acting
so swiftly after the conference convened
upon th§ “hasty advice” of one of the
British high naval advisers.
Diplomatic observers, speculating upon
the report, hold the belief that it was the
premier's plan to work in absolute accord
with the Americans until such time as
Japan should have entered its objections
or proposals for modification of the
American plan. The specific purpose of
this plan, the belief Is held, was to pre-
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drawn. It brought from Judge Louder
baek the announcement that all-day ses
sions would be held Saturdays and that
night sessions in all probability would
prevail. But he conceded that the jury
might vote as to whether this afternoon
would be a half holiday. The younger
members of the legal staffs are praying
that the Jury—which can’t go to the
football game—will not be mean about It.
THE FIRST EVIDENCE
CAUSES LITTLE CONCERN.
The sum total of the first day’s evi
dence taking was not unfavorable to the
defense. Dr. Shelby Strange, autopsy
surgeon, a State witness, was not a posi
tive witness. On cross-examination he
proved uncertain as to the time at which
bruises he described on the body of Vir
ginia Rappe might have been incurred.
The State did not dwell on his testi
mony long.
Dr. William Ophuls, Stanford Hos
pital surgeon, gray of beard, long of ex
perience and well acquainted with the
ways of the witness chair, ivas a better
w-itness. He was positive when the de
fense seemed to try to* corner him on a
question and he insisted on his right to
explain and usually won his point. The
State gained a legal victory when the de
fense’s first bypoethetical question to
him was barred.
He expressed the opinion that the rup
tured bladder which he described finding
in the body of Virginia Rappe was the
result of a “display of violence.” On
cross examination he admitted a possi
bility that "muscular contraction” could
have caused the rupture. The defense
cited numerous sorts of muscular con
traction and the doctor described them
all as “vague possibilities.”
POLICE RESCUE
14 MAROONED
BY RAINFALL
Breaking of State Ditch
Causes Water to Enter
Mars Hill Homes.
FLOOD DANGER PASSES
High water brought about by the un
precedented rainfall of the last three days
menaced three families in the Fleming
addition of the Mars Hill district today
until they were 'rescued by the police
working in boats.
The boat, which was sent from head
quarters, took three women and eleven
children from the flooded houses and
turned them over to the Volunteers of
America, who will take care of them un
til they can re-enter their homes.
The houses were flooded when the State
ditch, which flows through the neighbor
hood, broke out of its bunks.
Danger from a flood, however, is not
feared because o; 1 the rapidly falling
temperature. Government weather fore
' casts predict that the mercury will sink
to from 12 to 15 degrees below freezing
late today or tonight and that with the
sudden drop fair skies will prevail.
When the rain stopped today the mer
cury stood at 53 degrees, but by 1 o’clock
It had dropped to' 37 and still scudding
downward.
The first serious trouble to be reported
as a result of high water was the stop
ping of traffic on the Indianapolis & Cin
cinnati Traction Company's line between
Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The high
water was in the neighborhood of Pros
pect street and the Belt railroad. It was
so deep on the tracks that no cars could
be run. All other traction cars were re
ported to be running as were ail trains
entering and leaving the Union Station
Most of the latter were reported to be
half an hour to an hour late.
REPORT BRIDGE
WASHED OUT.
The police received a report that the
bridge over Pleasant Run nt Prospect
street had been washed out. A squad
was sent out to investigate and to pre
vent accidents, and it was found that
while the bridge was still holding, a
great volume of water was pouring
over It.
A family living near Thirty-Eighth
street and Fall Creek called the police*
and asked for a boat to be sent to get
them out of their house. A boat was
sent and the police discovered they
wished to move their furniture. It was
decided this could be done without a
boat.
White River and Fall Creek were con
tinuously rising but neither had
reached flood stage. Fail Creek was
within a few Inches of the top of the
flood walls, but no damage was expected
even If it should rise slightly above the
walls.
RAINFALL FOR THREE
BAYS 4.51 INCHES.
The weather bureau reported that the
rainfall had been unusually heavy and
that It was general In the Mississippi
Valley. During the three- days ending
this morning a total precipitation of 4.51
Inches was registered. The heaviest rain
came yesterday and last night when the
precipitation totaled 2.62 inches. Os this
amount 1.92 inches fell last night. Thurs
day the rainfall was .49 inch and the day
before it totaled 1.4 inches.
At the West Washington street pumping
Station it was reported that the river
had reached the ten-foot mark and was
rising, but that it had not reached a dan
gerous stage.
Basements in many parts of the city
were flooded and in several places the
streets were overflown, due to the fact
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vent Japan from following the British
lead and force Japan to act on its own
initiative, whereupon, il is thought, Great
Britain was to have aligned herself with
the United States and forced Japan into
a position where her cards would be on
the table before the British had revealed
theirs. This, It is said, would have en
abled the British and Americans to for
mulate a plan between them whereby
Japan could be dictated to.
The British amendments to the Hughes
proposals, while inoffensive to the British
authorities at home, In fact wholly in ac
cord with their ideals on the disarmament
issue, nevertheless, were revealed at an
inopportune moment, the report states.
The mere interjection of British objec
tion, however slight, was the signal, the
report declares, for Japan to enter objec
tions of more or less drastic nature and
to pave the way for further and possibly
more drastic objections.
NO. 164.
SHANK PUTS
MEMORIAL UP
TO PLAN BODY
Original Stand on
World War Project
Modified.
VETS’ CASE FIRST
If Commission Says
Place Suitable All
Is Well.
A modification by Mayor-Elect
Samuel Lewis Shank of his origanl
stand in opposition to a war me
morial at this time and of one down
town at any time, and a joint meet
ing of the county council and the
board of commissioners to discuss
the authorization of a bond issue for
such a memorial, were developments
today in the controversy over the
construction of a structure to com
memorate Indiana’s part in the
world war.
Mr. Shank originally was against ever
establishing a memorial in the territory
bounded by Meridian, North, Vermont
and Pennsylvania streets, ns proposed by
the present city authorities and against
any plaza, no matter where shunted, un
til the disabled veterans are properly
housed in hospitals and the bonus ques
tion settled.
Today he said he thought the matter
ought to be put up to the city city plan
commission. He still believes that the
disabled veterans should be taken care of
first, but after that "if the city plan
commission, after investigation with the
new engineer it has employed, decides
that the location downtown is where the
plaza ought to be, why you'll find Shank
out fighting for it. Let's take time to
look into this matter.’'
The council and the commissioners had
before them resolutions passed by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce and by tho
Templeton-Parry Post No. 126, American
Legion, In addition to pleas of committees
and Individuals asking that the council
authorize at once a bond issue of $1,600,-
000 for the county's part in the memorial
plaza.
An Informal Joint conference was called
last night by County CojnmissiOner Harry
D. Tutewiler for this afternoon.. President
Carlin H. Shank, in outlining the pur
poses of the meeting, stated that the com
missioners wished to discuss the plaza
proposition as well as a bridge _and road
building campaign for next year.
“We want to know what effect, if we
should authorize the big bond issue for
the plaza, It would have on other appro
priations and bond issues for next year,”
Mr. Shank stated. “It is only fair that
we take is up with the council.’’
Commissioner Lewis W. George, the
only member of the hoard of commission
ers who has stated he was ready to sign
an order authorizing the plaza bond
Issue, stated that the council hag no
authority under the law to approve or
disapprove of a bond Issue for the plaza
as ‘fit rests .entirely with the commis
sioners.”
In a letter addressed to Mr. Tutewiler
from the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
which passed a resolution indorsing the
requested bond issue for the plaza, it was
pointed out that "it would be a great
calamity to the county and city not to
be able to proceed at once with the car
rying out of this great project.”
The resolution of the Junior Chamber
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JOB HUNTERS
TRAIL SHANK TO
TRAIN SHEDS
Mayor-Elect and Party Leave
for Three Weeks’ Stay
in Arkansas.
Trailed to the last minute by Job
hunters, whom he tried unsuccessfully to
elude by waiting In the baggage room
for the train, Samuel Lewis Shank, mayor
elect, left for Hot Springs, Ark., by way
of St. Louis at 11:30 o'clock this morn
ing.
“We’ll be back about three weekq
from Wednesday,” said Mr Shank. "We’re
going to stay long enough to take twenty
one baths. We've got to get those
twenty-one baths and they don’t give
baths on Sunday. I guess that'll keep
us there until about three weeks from
Wednesday.”
With Mr. Shank went Mrs. Shank and
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hogue. Mr.
Hogue is the appointee for city con
troller. Just before the train left Mr.
Hogue nnouneed the appointment of Wil
liam Berner ns license clerk in the city
controller's office to succeed George Har
riman. Mr. Berner now is one of the
clerk's in the controller's office. Ho is
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Mighty Warship
Is Added to Navy
of United States
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 19.
America here today launched a great
battleship, the West Virginia.
Tiie Nation hopes it will be her
last.
In all the world, there will be no
mightier man o’ war than this red
leaded panther of the deep when it is
fitted out. But that may never be.
The great ship may go into the inter
national naval junk heap.
Standing in her enormous timber
cradle the eolossaU cold steel craft
spans two city squares—624 feet.
Three more partly complete ships
of war rested nearby in their ways,
the Constellation and the Ranger, bat
tle cruisers, and the lowa, battlo*
ship.
Little Miss Alice Mann of Bramwell,
Vn., sent the monster on its way.
Eight 16-inch guns that will hurl
big shells for thirty miles will be
mounted on the completed ship.
These will be backed up by fourteen
five-inch guns, four three-lncli anti
aircraft guns and two submerged
torpedo tubes.
The approximate cost of tho West
Virginia will be $25,000,000. About 65
per cent complete, $15,000,000 already
has been spent upon her.