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THE WEATHER Fair tonight, becoming unsettled, probably snow flurries Tuesday. VOL. XXXIV. WORLD IS IN MUDDLE, BUT HOPE LIVES French Crisis Out shines Arms Parley. BRITAIN BRAVE Asks Lloyd George to Restore Her Markets. Special to Indiana Dally Times e.nd Philadelphia Public Ledger. By COL. EDWARD M. HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.—There l.re so many stirring events in progress throughout the world that It is difficult to keep in intelligent touch with them all. The Washington conference still has many important matters to close before it properly can adjourn, but settlements of these matters are in progress, and when adjournment is made there still will remain the legislative bodies of the respective governments to reckon with. Meanwhile, world interest egaln has shifted to Europe, and Lloyd George end Aristide Erland are holding the center of the stage. The meeting of the< supreme council at Cannes has been full cf dramatic incidents. The long-dis cussed guarantee tor France came sc un expectedly that it has has produced something akin to panic in French political circles. The enemies of Briand found in George’s proposal much of ad vantage to Great Britain and of dis advantage to France. They are placed, however In the position of De Valera . and his followers regarding the Anglo- Irish treaty, for rejection will carry ■with it a train of consequences the end of which no one can foresee. Ie Valera and his followers Jared to accept the challenge which Lloyd George made a part of his proposal, and it was a slender majority that voted to accept peace rather than war. PREMIER MAKES MEANING CLEAR. The British prime minister probably gave his French colleague some such al ternative. He did not make the issue peace or war, but he doubtless indicated unless his terms were accepted it would mean the definite parting of the ways between the two great allies. Great Britain has been stricken In di rections which France has been spared, and she still is reeling under the eco nomic blow given by the strike of tho coal miners last year. Her foreign trade has slackened and unemployment per vades every quarter of the kingdom. And above all, she is staggering under a bur den of taxation unequaletl in the history of the empire. But in spite of unparai lelled difficulties, she has gone steauily forward and with no apparent self-pity. (Continued on Page Two.) % TREATY READY FOR APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE Pact Awaits Only Favorable Word From Japs for Of ficial Action, WASHINGTON, Jan. lfi.—Toklo and Pekin continued today to block any real progress In tho armament conference. All along tho line, In both naval matters and far eastern questions, the lack of In structions from tile two capitals, partic ularly Toklo, is forcing the delegates hero to mark time. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—The final draft of the great naval limitation treaty omlded by master minds of the arms conference today was expected to receive final approval of the full disarmament committee before going to a plenary ses sion. It Is the plan of the American delega tion, supported by the British, to drive ahead of the Shantung issue, until it is settled. To this end it had been intended not to hold meetings of the Far East committee of the naval committee today, but after a conference between Secretary of State Hughes and President Harding at the White House, it was announced the Far East committee would meet at 3:30 this afternoon. It was explained, however, the meeting would not be al lowed to interfere with the progress of the Shangtung negotiation. This done, the treaty goes to open ses sion soon. Woven into satisfaction over Imminent conclusion of the monumental task were both optimism and pessimism on the Far Eastern situation. The Japanese were understood to have Tokio advices making possible a nearer approach and perhaps settlement of the Shantung controversy, but some of the Chinese were pessimistically claiming this could not be settled here. CIYII. WAR THREATENS CHINA. The rumble of threatened civil war In China cast its deadening Jangle over the conference for the powerful Wu Pei Fu was reporred to have demanded that the premier, Liang Shih l'i, retire or risk new revolution in the republic within a brief period. While some of the Chinese spokesmen predicted a final break-up of the Shantung parleys, others were talk ing of “quitting the conference” or “re fusing to sign” should so unfortunate an event occur. The Chinese home situation may have a distant bearing on the remaining work of the Far Eastern and Shantung groups, with the financial situation badly jammed and the Chinese apparently uuable to (Continued on Page Two.) WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 p. m., Jan. 17, 1922. Fair tonight, be coming unsettled with probably snow flurries Tuesday. Slightly warmer to night with lowest temperature 20 to 25 degrees. . • HOURLY TEMPERATURE. P> a. m 16 7 a. m 17 8 a. m 17 9 a. m 17 10 a. m 20 11 a. m 24 12 (noon) 25 A p. mi . 29 Published at Indianapolis, Ind., Daily Except Sunday. Times Readers Appreciate Insurance Service! nn mums* vnmm n im mir.’ anrami imruwTrrv i nom mTmimnnnmi u nun inmnn INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 13. To the Editor Indiana Daily Times: Dear Sir--I desire to thank you for your prompt payment of my claim. I was hurt at Woodlawn and Virginia ave nues Christmas night. Sent in my claim soon as I wa3 able to go to werk. Secured my check Jan. 12th. Total amount $14.28. Thi3 is what I call some “class.” Again thanking you. lam yours, MERRILL D. SHIEL. 433 South Warman avenue. SHANTUNG NOW HOLDS BOARDS: ATCONFERENCE' Eleventh Week of Confab Ex pected to Clear Far Fast Dispute. DEFER NAVAL DEBATE Washington, Jan. ie.—The tron-j blesome Far East twins —Shantung arid ! the twenty-one demauds—came to the center of the conference stage again to day, to remain this time until their fate has been finally settled by the confer- ■ ence powers. it is the plan of the American delega tion, supported by the British, to drive straight ahead on the Shantung issue until it is settled. To this end, pro spective meetings of the naval commit tee and of the full Far F.ast committee j were called off today, leaving the field . again clear for tho Japanese and Chi nese delegates to pursue their efforts at a Shantung agreement unhampered by pressure of other Issues. High hopes were expressed by Ameri can delegates that this, the eleventh week of the conference, will see the clearing of the conference slnto on all questions , affecting China. The meetings which the Chinese and Japanese have held In Washington to date have settled every question Involved in Shantung with the exception, of the railroad, which both sides regard as th ; crux of the whoie matter. The Chinese, making Shantung the test of Japanese sincerity in the Far East, have insisted upon absolute financial and operative j control of tho road and have grimly set- I tied back to wait Alternate proposals suggested by Re retary Hughes and A. J. Balfour designed at settling the controversy along lines parallel to the Chinese position have been cabled to both Toklo and Peeing. Reports that the Chinese cabinet had de cided to accept these have not been fol lowed by confirmatory instructions to the Toklo delegations in Washington. The impression will not down, however, that ultimately Japan wil yield in the Shantung controversy in order to make stronger her position that the twenty-one demands are not proper subjects to be discussed by the conference. In American quarters today it was re garded as significant that the resolve apparently exists to make the whole ! works of the conference subservient to a satisfactory settlement of Shantung. It : was pointed out that the naval treaty is not yet drawn and signed and that it Is ' not yet too late for the conference "ap- i plecart” to be upset in numerous partic- j ulars. The Administration is keenly desirous 1 of a satisfactory settlement on Shantung for another reason. Officials believe that j such a settlement will allay much sena- j torial opposition to the treaties that , emerge from the conference. Adminlstra- ! tion officials, with an eye on the Senate, i believe It would be foolhardy to submit 1 the results of the conference to the Sen ate for approval with Shantung still un- ; settled. Would Know What Arms Cost Others WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—A resolution calling on the Secretary of State for full j information concerning the costs of land ; armaments maintained by the nations that owe the United States large sums of borrowed money was introduced in the Senate today by Senator McCormick, Republican, of Illinois. ‘‘The American people should have the information,” McCormick said, "that they may form Just conclusions as to reme dies for tho chronic deficits of European states.” Prohibition Begins Third Year With Large Deficit Dry Leaders Point to Accomplishments and Will Carry on Fight . WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—National prohibition began Us third year, having cost the United States $650,000,000 In loss of revenues. To offset this loss, according to na tional dry leaders, two years of pro hibition swept away the saloon, cut drunkenness in half, decreased crime and saved two billions of dollars for the average American. A vast improvement In enforcement conditions marked prohibitions third an niversary, officials said. Three “wet” spots remain, where agents now are staging clean-ups. These, it was said, are the Florida coast line, the State of New Jersey and the city of Chicago. The Canadian and Mexican borders have been closed to rum smugglers, it was said, except for a few short stretches. The smuggling problem, however, bus been solved, except along the Florida and New Jersey coast lines. Prohibition officials freely admlttod the ilegal importation of liquors from the Bahama IJ: nds gave them "consid erable concern.” The situation in Michigan, where rum traffic from Canada flourished, has been cleaned up, while “dry patrols” on the international border Cave closed most Entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1514. at Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind.. under act March 3, 1879. MAY CREATE ‘DSRT FARMER’ BOARD BERTH President Is Said to Have Agreed to Plan. BILL IS MODIFIED Senate Expected to Act on Measure Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. —Tracing of a "dirt farmer" on the Federal reserve board by authorizing the appointment f uu addition,-i.l member on the board 1* provided In a bill introdnoed in the Senate today by Senator Kellogg. Republican, of Minm-ota, as spokesman for the "ag riculliiral bloc." Introduction of the bill followed n White House conference between President Hurtling and Senator Kellogg and Sena tor Kenyon of lowa, chairman of the "bloc," at w hich Its provisions were agreed upon. Tits President was understood to have given positive assurance that he would appoint a “dirt" farmer on the hoard im mediately following the enactment of the bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Creation of an additional membership on the Federal Reserve Board to insure the appointment of a “dirt” farmer on the board was understood to have been agreed upon in a conference at tho White House today between President Harding and Senators Kenyon, Republican, Icwa, and Kel logg, Republican, Minnesota. The plan would increase the pres ent membership of the board from five to six, with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency still acting as members ex officio. By unanimous consent. t’> Senate wilt act finally on this legislation tomorrow. Its passage in the form of a modification of tho bill sponsored originally by Sena tor Kellogg, Republican. Minnesota, is anticipated both by Republican and Democratic Senators identified with the The measure has been so modified ns to meet the views of tho President, fol lowing a series of conferences between him and both Republican find Democratic leaders of the "bloc,” including Senators Kenyon, Republican, Iowa: Capper, Re publican, Kansas, and Smith, Democrat, South Carolina. It was understood that Senator Smith and iiis Democratic associates agreed to the withdrawal of the Smith amendment, which was aimed at the r placement of Governor W. I*. G. Harding of tho board with a “dirt” farmer. Governor Harding still has shout six months of his term to serve, and it was said ho would not only servo to the end of ids term but opposition to his re appointment might bo lessened if the first vacancy to occur on the board lri the meantime were to bo filled with a "dirt" farmer. It also was explained that the Presi dent had no serious objection to ap pointing a representative of the agricul tural interests “engaged in farming" as a member of the board, but that he did object to hts hands being tied by Con gress in the matter by his being directed to mako such appointment. HAYS’ ASSISTANTS MAY QUIT POSTS Dr. Work Threatens to Resign Unless Promoted. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16—The retire ment of Will li. Hays as Postmaster Gen eral rnay lead to other important changes in the Administration, it became known today. Unless I>r. Hubert Work, First Assistant Postmaster General, is pro moted to the Hays vacancy he will step down with his chief. So will Edward H. Shaugbnessy, tho Second Assistant Post master General. Hr. Work lias been in direct charge of postmaster appointments throughout the counrty. Refuses to Review Disloyalty Case WASHINGTON, .Tan. 16.-—The Supreme Court of the United States today re fused to review tlie case of Hr. Walter Mattliey of Davenport, lowa, convicted of disloyalty and sentenced to Federal prison. of the rum running lines from Mexico into Texas. “Ther is consedirnble individual smug gling across the Canadian border, but most of the smuggling cliques have been dissolved,” said Commissioner Haynes today. “It would take tens of thousands of agents to completely halt this traffic. We are concerned chiefly with the great smuggling organizations. Public opinion ultimately will halt the individual smug gling.” Withdrawals from bonded warehouses, Haynes said, had dropped from 23.723,894 gallons of distilled spirits and beer in 1920 to only 9,577,116 gallons in the second year of prohibition. The average pre-Volstead withdrawals totaled about 100,000,000 gallons, he added. Only 2,296,825 gallons of whisky and spirits were legally distilled in the last Volstead year, Haynes said, compared to 80,682,241 gallons in the first dry year, and some 200,000.000 gallons annually prior to tlie dry regime. The revenue paid the Government last year from the rum sources, Haynes de clared, totaled about $85,000,000, com pared tb $140,000,000 during the first Vol stead year and $445,000,000 in pre-Volstead years. For the two dry years the reve : nue loss totaled $650,000,000. 3 uirtatta flatly Qftmfs INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1922. WILL ATTEMPT ALT ITUDE RECORD — ——; X 'lr .. An attempt to breuk the worlds altitude record with four or more paa ■ngers will be made shortly by Lloyd W. Bertaud, cohoider with Eddie Stln r>n of the world's endurance record. The attempt, however, is contingent upon ic full recovery of the pilot from the effects of his last fight, which added i the laurels of the United states in ail things aeronautical. This exclusive ho'ograph of Bertaud is tlie latest one taken of him. Anglo-Irish Pact Barrier to Independence of Erin, Sags Valera in Interview By YANIF.L O’CONXELI* DUBLIN, lan. 16—Eamoun He Velera. former "pres'dent of the Irish Republic," refused to accept the Anglo Irish peace treaty because he believes it is not a stepping stone but a harrier to complete Independence for Ireland. I>o Valera made this statement today in the first authorized interview he has given out since the opening of the Irish peace negotiations, De Valera has improved both in health and spirits since the bitter struggle in the Hail Eireaan when Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein, ousted him from his position a* president. He is the same smiling man the Irish knew before he made his trip to the United States. "I am giving yon the first Authentic statement I have given to any press man slime the beginning of the negotiations," saul the .Sinn Fein chieftain as he paced the floor, He Valera spoke carefully and slowly weighing every word before he uttered Oldest Woman Mayor Starts Big Clean-Up Mrs. Mary McFadden , 80, Will Put Slackers on Bread and Water . MAGNETIC SPRINGS, Ohio, Jnn. 16. The oldest woman mayor in tho United States started in today to give Magnetic Springs a real old-fashioned adminis tration. Mrs. Mary McFadden. 80, Just ap pointed head of this little village, was busy superintending tho making of doughnuts, cookies and cakes with which she will open her first council meeting. "I’m going to give tilts town a scrub bing behind the ears, too,” she said, as she busied lierseif with official prepara tions. "I will have this village as clean ns a pin by spring. My plan is to recruit tho men folk to help make this health resort tlie prettiest place in tho State. Any one who refuses to work for ine will be fed on bread and water. “And bootleggers—l hare no sym pathy for them. As judge of tho city court I will deal with them severely and give every one the limit. Tha city Jail has not had an occupant In three months, but I’ll get tha cobwebs out and have It ready for company.” Despite her "old-fashioned” administra tion, bobbed hair and short skirts will not be banished, Mrs. McFadden said. "I can stand it, if they can,” she said. “But, i fit comes to wearing Just a belt, the girls must wear a wide ope.” 4 RUGS STOLEN FROM HOTEL Roomer Held on Vagrancy Charge Pending Investigation. Four rugs, valued at $73 were stolen from the Palace Hotel, 4 North New Jersey street, today, according to a report to police by W. 11. Doss, pro prleter of the hotel. Edward Goodman, 37, a roomer at the hotel, was arrested and charged with vagrancy. According to Doss, Goodman hnd been out of work for several weeks and was behind In his hotel rent. When searched by the police, Goodman had two 'chisels and a glass cutter in his pockets. He is being held under $2,009 bond. Unionists Winners in Election Fight LONDON, Jan. 16.—The Unionists who have been opposing an early general election, won a political victory today when Premier Lloyd George’s henchmen announced the Premier had abandoned his plan for an election in February. It was explained the enactment of Irish legislation would take longer than Lloyd George had expected. it. Tho correspondent opened up the interview with a question whl -h is being asked by many throughout Ireland, namely, why he refused to accept the | Anglo-Irish treaty. He Valera pneed up and down for several minutes, then snapped out this reply: "Because it is n- ‘ a stepping-stone but a harrier In the way of complete inde pendence. If this treaty be completed and the Irish act resulting from it is accepted by Ireland, it certainly will be ; maintained that a solemn, binding con [ tract has been entered into voluntarily by the Irish people imCI 'Britain will seek to hold ns to that contract. *Tt would be cited against the claims to Independence by every future IrNh leader. A little over a year ago, when I sought official recognition from the Government of tho United States, I was : able to plead as a basis Ireland’s right jto free seif-determlnntkm; and that the people of Ireland constituted a distinct and separate nation ethically and his (Conttuued an Titgo Fire.) ILLINOIS MAN SLAYS THREE Kills Wife, Daughter and Son With Ax, Then Lives Self Up. CHARLESTON, 111., Jan. 16.—Taking an ax from a shed on his farm, B. F. Monroney, Ct, today slew his entire fam ily while they were asleep. The farmer then walked calmly Into Sheriff Aye’s office and confessed to killing bis wife, Kate, 46, Ids daughter, Ruth, 16, and son llurry 14. CONVICTS MAKE LIBERTY BREAK Two Notorious Gunmen Are Among Escaping Prisoners. DETROIT, Jan. 10— Four prisoners, including two of the, city’s most notor! ous gunmen, fled to freedom from the house of correction today. The men made their escape while be ing marched in to breakfast. They slid out of the breakfast line and hid in nn anteroom, after which they battered down tho bars and dashed to liberty. CHICAGO, Jan. 16—Clad only in pa jamas, Walter Wallace, said to be an ex-convict awaiting trial on another charge, escaped from the county hospital today after a liand-to hand battle with attendants. Wallace knocked down at tendants In tho hospital ward, fled to a bathroom and leaped through the win dow to the ground. Congress Faces Task of Disposing of Big Mass of " Thou-Shalt-Not’ Legislation Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—Congress is face to face with nn astounding array of restrictive legislation. Some portions of the congressional calendar read like a Federal coda of “Don’ts.” The “Thou shalt-nots,” encouraged by the prohibi tion of the manufacture and sale of in toxicating liquors propose to carry to the limit legislative bans on human prac tices of centuries now looked upon askance. Their lobbies are forever busy by word of mouth or pen. Some of them are lo cated within a few blocks of the Capitol itself. They have their friends in Con gress too. For the present their efforts are cen tered on the House hill for amending the criminal code relating to offenses against the postal service. They are supporting an amendment adopted by the House to restrict the transmission between States of “betting news." Subscription Rates: { C/ r J' e L %V " k ’J oc:^ El!, ® wher ®’ :3<s ) By Mall, 50c Per Month; $ 00 Per Year. SUICIDE SIGNS FRIEND’S NAME ON HOTEL BOOK Harry W. Taylor Leaves Note After Drinking Poison Lotion. ASSIGNS NO REASON Registering nt the Hotel Washington under the name of an old friend, but • leaving a note telling his real name, ] Harry William Taylor. 47. ROIC Paris ave nue, committed suicide today. He drank acid which he poured in a glass, and then, as if repenting the act, he stag gered to the telephone but sank back on the floor. An alleged shortage of about $l,lOO Is said to have been the cause of the sul dde. Taylor, until a month ago, had been the legal clerk of the law firm of Charles J. Orbison and Frank Olive, 1306 Merchants Bank building. Os the total alleged shortage, Taylor owed S6OO to the law firm and about s3t)o as a trustee i for Freeman E. Baldwin, proprietor of | a paint company. Taylor had been ap | pointed as trustee by Harry Sheridan, Federal referee in bankruptcy, and had j been ordered to appear in Mr. Sheridan s i office last Wednesday. That was the day he disappeared from his homo. SAYS HE MAS SHORT IN ACCOUNTS. | "Mr. Taylor was short in his accounts about $1,000,” said Mr. Orbinson. "I ! first knew Taylor when he was a student | in Benjamin Harrison Night Law School. ! At that time he was a bookkeeper for the 1 E. C. Atkins Saw Company and attended law school at night. He was the honor student in the school. I trusted him and saw a bright future for him. More than three years ago I offered him the posi tion of legal clerk with our firm. He ha., been with us since that time. I would I have trusted him with my life. After Taylor's wife died, his property was in n financial tangle and l arranged for a new loan for him. He apar* ntly was straightened out in a financial way. Thin, a month ago. Mr Olive called my at tention to Taylor being short in his ac counts with our firm, and soon after we discovered ho had deposited checks amounting to about instead of mail ing them. That was in the Baldwin bankruptcy case. I here was a story scene in our when I talked it over with Taylor, and then he left the office-. I have sent f„r him several times since then, planning to give him tho chance to make up his shortage and give him all the time- he needed. lie would always promise to meet me in my office, but fiever did. Poor little fellow, he could have made good. His suicide Is a great shock to me.” Besides Louis, the son who went to the hotel when he heard of his father’s suicide. Taylor is survived by u son, John Taylor a soldi.-r in the United States Army now in Germany; three daughters, Emma Taylor, 20, Ada Taylor. 12, both of Indianapolis, and Dorothy Taylor. 8, who, slncu 1, r mother's death six years ago has lived with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Taylor, at Lynn, Ind. NOTE EXPLAINS IDENTITY. Nelson Marks, n hell boy, beard Tay lor groaning and notified Edward R. Spooner, general manager of rhe hotel company, and C. B. Smith, manager of the Washington Hotel. They went to the room, but found the door locked In such a way they could not enter with a pas* key. Ed Reilly, engineer of the hotel, was called and broke in the door. Taylor's body was found on the floor tie side the bed, the empty glass and bottle from which the druggist's label had been removed, w-ns on the dresser. A note written in a neat hand on a piece of the hotel paper stated: "My name is Harry W. Taylor, 2916 Paris avenue, rlease send my remains to i that address. The name on the register is that of an old friend long since dead." The hotel authorities say the man reg istered under the name of James M. Bay liss, on Jan. 1L Louis Taylor, IS, a son of the dead man, was notified. lie stated his father ! left home Wednesday and took his : traveling bag with him. He said he had no idea why his father should hare com mitted suicide, but declared his father never took him into his confidence. Harry \V. Taylor formerly was a book keeper at tho E. C. Atkins Saw works and has been practicing law for four years, his son stated. Mrs. Taylor died six years ago. The dead man is survived by two sons and three daughters. NEGRO SWORN IN AS U. S. AGENT Earl Titus to Work in Depart ment of Justice. For the first time on record a negro took the oath of office ns investigator in the Bureau of Investigation of iho I)e ---parunent of Justice today, when Earl E. ] Titus, barber, 310 Muskingum street, j called at tho office of Noble C. Butler, : clerk of tha Federal Court, and asked to lie sworn in. Titus, who Is said to have been ap pointed through the influence of Senator Harry S. New and Joseph Kealing, Re publican National Committeeman for In diana, reported for duty last week, but there was some delay about swearing him In. The appointment of Titus has caused considerable bad feeling among the ne groes of the city, as it is charged he has been a Democrat in the past and never has taken any particular interest in politics. The measure is now in the Senate Ju diciary Committee, where the foes of further restriction, believing the morals of the people can not be improved by legislative methods, aro throwing their full force against it. They believe it will not pass the Senate. They regard It as a dangerous step toward censorship of the press. Such legislation avoids invasion of the police powers of the State by virtue of the authority of the Federal Government over interstate commerce—commerce be ing construed in the broadest sense of the word. REFORMERS PICK ON CONGRESS. Barred from imposing restrictions upon the States, the restrictionlsts seek to foist their radical plans on the District <f( Columbia. They want the home of the Capitol as the playground of their reforms. From the four corners of the country are brought here ideas for mak ing the country “good." The/ find their LAST HOME EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY ‘When Is a Rainbow Not a Rainbow? When IPs a Sun-Dog A number of Indianapolis persons yes terday afternoon looked at the western sky, scratched their heads and looked again. Then they started to investigate. What they saw was described as a "ver tical rainbow.” It had all the colors of the rainbow, but It wasn’t shaped like a rainbow, there was no rain and there wasn't even a c-ioud. Then along came the Weather Bureau today and took all the joy out of the idea that there was something new under the sun or even connected with the sun. “It was probably nothing more than a sun dog,” quoth the weather man. "There were probably halos around the sun and where these halos intercepted there were rai bow colors. There is noth ing particula-.y unusual about it.” BRYSON ACTING POSTMASTER OF INDIANAPOLIS Change in Office Ordered Prior to Confirmation of Ap pointment. PAY* DATES INFLUENCE BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—President Harding today sent to the Senate the nomination of Robert H. Bryson to be postmaster at Indianapolis. Robert H. Bryson, who was recom mended for the postmastership of Indi anapolis by Representative Merrill Moores last week, took charge of the office as acting postmaster today, succeeding Robert E. Springsteen. Officially the change dates from Sunday midnight. The appointment of Mr. Bryson as act ing postmaster came ns a surprise and was on orders of Herbert Work, first as sistant postmaster general, contained in a telegram received by Mr. Bryson Satur day night. At the same time Mr. Springsteen received a telegram relieving him from duty. The appointment of Mr. Bryson has not yet been confirmed by the United States Senate and until that action is taken he will continue to serve as acting post master. MANGE CORRESPONDS TO RURAL PAY DATE. Both Mr. Bryson and Mr. Springsteen attributed the suddi-n and unexpected ac tion if the Fostoffiee Department at Washington in making the change to the fact that if the transfer of the office was delayed later than today it would ne cessitate a tremendous amount of addi tional offic e work in paying off the l.i'OO rural route carriers In Indiana acd cm- I ployes of tho local office. These employes 'draw their pay on the Ist and 15:h of each month. By turning the office over to Mr. Bryson today it will be ne es*nry to draw only one check for each rural carrier and employe when the next fealary payments are made, Feb. 1. If the change were not made today then two checks would have to be sent to each inau, one signed by Mr. Springsteen for the amount of money due while he was postmaster and the other signed by Mr. Bryson f r the balance. This wbuld en tail a large amount of elerical work. IN FORMAL RECEPTION .MARKS CHANGE. As soon as Mr. Bryson came in the office this morning he received a call from about fort yof the supervisory em ployes of the office, and an informal re ception was held in whi-h both Mr. Bry son and Mr. Springsteen took part. Charles W. Byfleld, assistant postmaster, spoke on behalf of the employes, and both the new and retiring postmasters answered. Baskets of flowers were pro- j sor.ted to both. One of Mr. Bryson’s most treasured > possessions is a gold watch which was presented to him by the posfJffice em- j ployes when he retired from the post mastership eight years ago, and a laugh : (Continued on Page Two.) ILLNESS DELAYS ARBUCKLE TRIAL Counsel McNab Unable to Examine Talesmen. SAN FRANCISCO, .Tan. 16.—Illness on j the part of Gavin MoNnbb, veteran chief j counsel for Rescue (Fatty) Arbuckle, to- , (lay temporarily halted the second trial ■ of tlie film star, for manslaughter. The task of securing a jury had been resumed when it developed ttiat McNab had been ill all of last night. He was forced to relinquish the task of examin lng prosecutive talesmen and the court, learning of his condition declared a re cess. During the recess It was decided to adjourn court until this afternoon. Me- , Nab objected to any delay and declared ; he would be ready to proceed this after- : noon. ' Mellon Would Stop Local Tax Exemptions WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Secretary of ] Treasury Mellon appeared today before' the House Ways and Means Committee to urge favorable action on the resolution to amend the Constitution so as to pro hibit the issuance of tax exempt securi ties by State, city and county govern ments. “Denial of the privilege of Issuing tax exempt securities would curb the ex- j travngance of some municipalities and i local governments," Mellon declared. way into such legislation as these: The Sterling-Sandlin nnti-gombling bill. The Johnson anti-cigarette bill. The Ansorge anti-bloc bill. The Herrick anti-beauty conset bill. The Campbell-Willis antl-beer-as niedioine bill—now a law. The Dial bill prohibiting Federal Judges from engaging In remunerative activities ontside of official duties. The anti-lynchlng bill, now before the House. The Kahn anti-opium result tlon. That such legislation is aimed at “evi's” is not disputed, in or out of Con gress. The fight against such laws is that they inject legislation into a field where it can do no good. That they make for anew variety of Prussianisin and that they have a dangerous tendency to ward infringing upon the alienable American freedom in personal activity. In many instances, there is said .to be (Continued on Fag* Seven s NO. 213. SHANK ORDERS REROUTING OF ONE CAR LINE , Riverside Change Di rected, College Ave nue Suggested. CROSSTOWN PLANS New Routing to Be come Effective on Feb. 1. Acting upon a written requuest of Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank tho j board of public works today issued an order for the downtown rerout ing of Riverside street cars and tho establishment of a cross-town line in Washington street from Irvington to Mount Jackson, effective Feb. 1. The mayor also suggested In his let ter, and the board of works passed tho suggestion on. that If possible College avenue cars be rerouted immediately to run from Massachusetts aTenuo south in Delaware Etreet to Maryland street, west to Pennsylvania street and north to i Massachusetts avenue, and that some of • the Fairground cars in Thirty-Fourth 1 street be operated across Thirty-Fourth | street to Illinois street and tbe-aco down town instead of by way of College ave : uu as at present. ! RIVERSIDE i ROUTE ORDER. The Riverside rout# ordered is as to\ J ! lows: From Indiana avenue north In Blake street to New York etreet, east to West street, south to Washington street, east to Illinois street, south to Maryland street. West to Capitol avenue, south to Wash ington street and thence back to Indi ana avenue by the way of West, New York and Blake streets. The present Riverside route is south in Illinois street from Indiana avenue to Washington street, west to Capitol ave nue and north la Capitol avenue to In ■ diana avenue. The order for the cross-town line pro vides that at least one car shall be op erated each way between Irvington and Mount Jackson ever-'- half-hour. DIFFER FROM RECOMMENDATIONS. Both the Riverside order and College avenue suggestion differ from the rec ommendations of the mayor’s committee on street car rerouting, which reported last week. The committee recomended that the Riverside line turn out of Wash ington street nt Meridian instead of Illi nois streets, and that the College avenue ears turn out of Delaware street at Wash ington instead of Maryland streets. It would be impossible to put Into effect the order for turning the College | cars on either Washington or Maryland streets immediately because there is no turn-ivnt tracks from either Washington or Maryland streets on the east to Penn sylvania street on the north. The Thirty-Fourth street change was recommended by the committee, but the Washington street crosstown line was not mentioned. FAVORS USE OF TWENTY-NINTH STREET. In a discussion of the changes with the board the mayor said ho would like to seo a crosstown line on Twenty-Ninth street In the future. There are no tracks in Twenty-Ninth street and tha street is not opened in some blocks. "I hope this order will be the beginning of crosstown car line service In Indian apolis,” said tho mayor. HOOVER TALKS TO RAIL HEADS Asks Reduction of Rates Be* fore Lowering of Wage Scale. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—Efforts to induce the railroads of the country to consent to rate reductions in advance of a possible lowering of wage* were re newed here today by Secretary of Com merce Hoover, in conference with leading railroad executives. The conference was held in the offices of the Association of Railway Executives and is the third of tho series which Hoover has engaged upon in an attempt to bring the executives and unions in closer accord on rate and wage reduc tions. BRITISH YIELD DUBLIN CASTLE Surrender of Historic Edifice Marks Epoch. DUBLIN, Jan. 16.—Dublin Castle, for more than 700 years tho seat of British authority in Ireland was the scene of an historic event today when Lord Fitz Alan, the British lord lieutenant for Ire land, formally relinquished his power* to the Irish provisional government. Dublin Castle, long the target for hit ter Irish hatred, was “captured" peace fully by the Sinn Feiners. Occupation of the ancient structure, symbolic of Brit ain's domination, began Saturday when the old archives were burned and Sinn Fein deputies began taking possession. Led by Michael Collins, the members of the Irish provisional government entered the room of state, where the final cere monies of surrender took place. Great crowds gathered outside she gates and cheered. “SAY IT WITH A TIMES WANT AD” IF YOU HAVE FURNITURE you don’t need or need furni ture you don’t have, OUR “wants” will fill YOUR wants, be they selling or buying ones. Put an Ad in the Times Clas sified Columns! MA In 3500. Classified Adv. Dept.