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THE WEATHER
Unsettled, probably rain tonight and Fri
day. Not much change in temperature.
VOL. XXXTV.
District Mine Chiefs Meet
Here in Final Conference
NEW YORK CITY
MAIN OFFICE
FOR BIG STRIKE
Leading Officials on
Ground Awaiting
Leis.
NEW YORK. March 30.—The' na
tional coal strike, which will begin
at midnight tomorrow will be di
rected In its initial stage from New
York City. John L. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers 'of
America, is expected here tomorrow
from Indianapolis to establish tem
porary headquarters. The leading
officials of both the bituminous and
anthracite sections of the union al
ready are on the ground.
Any hopes that might hava been
entertained for eleventh-hour uevel
opments that would avert the strike
were abandoned today.
“There fs absolutely no chance of the
strike being averred,’' said Phil Murray,
vice president of the United Mine Work
ers of America.
“All the negotiations that have been
conducted so far have led us nowhere.
The operators have remained obdurate
and there has been no chance whatsoever
of reaching an agreement. I have no
hope whatever of any eleventh-hour de
velopment that would prevent a general
strike in the American coal fields. The
operators have done nothing In this di
rection. They have not made a single
conciliatory move.”
Another perfunctory meeting of the an
thracite miners’ scale committee and a
committee of operators was held today.
Another meeting will be held tomorrow
and then a recess will be taken until
Monday. '
LEWIS UNCERTAIN
OF PLANS, HE SA YS
First Intimation that John L. Lew s,
president of the United Mine Workers,
might direct the Initial stages of the
forthcoming coal strike from New York
came from that city today.
At headquarters, here, however, Mr.
Lewis said he had “not yet determined”
upon his “future movement.”
“I expect to go back to the anthracite
conference in New York as soon as I
can arrange affairs here,” he said, “but
I haven't made any definite plans.”
The union chief said Le “might be
here over the week-end” and at aipy rate,
he expects to return to Indianapolis
“from time to time” as the strike pro
gresses.
HEAVY RAINS IN
SOUTH INDIANA
Fanning Delayed While Rivers
Leave Their Banks—Low
lands Swamped.
Hoary rains In central and southern
Indiana last night and today threatened
a flood of small proportions In the south
half of the State, according to reports to
the Gorernment Weather Bureau here
today. More rain is predicted for to
night.
Plowing and spring planting on farms
throughout the State will be delayed
by the rains, J. n. Armington. weather
man, said especially, south In Indianap
olis.
Wabash and White Rivers wil prob
ably rise again after receding, following
recent rains. The Wabash at Mt. Car
mel. 111., now Is 19.5, which Is 4.5 feet
above flood stage. Armington said, but
the rains of today were not heavy enough
In the Wabash basins to cause a rapid
rise there.
The west fork of White River, howeve,
will likely go out of Its banks soon and
the east fork is rising rapidly also,
Armington said, but it may not cause
as much damage as will be felt along the
west fork. White River at Elliston was
three feet below flood stage, at Shoals
8.6 feet below, and at Decker two feet
below.
The rainfall in the White River basin
varied from one to one and seven-tenth
Inches, according to Mr. Armington. while
in the Vincennes region It totalled nearly
three Inches.
With rains predicted for the next
twenty-four hours and the Wabash River
at Terre Haute nearing the flood- stage of
sixteen feet, flood warnings have been
sent out to residents of the low lands by
‘tho weather bureau chief.
Reports from Lafayette stated that the
river there was two feet past the flood
stage and was still rising.
Roads leading out of Terre Haute
were closed to automobile traffic in many
section due to flood water of creeks.
THURMAN APPOINTS DEPUTY.
Josiah Andrews of Seymour has been
appointed deputy collector at that city by
M. Bert Thurman, collector of internal
revenue. succeed Claude Barnes
of Shelbyville, who has been attached Jo
ts special squad of revenue men to inves
tigate alleged violations of the manufac
turers’ excise tax law.
WEATHER
forecast" for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending at 7
p. m., March 31, 1922:
Unsettled, prot ably rain tonight and
Friday: not much change in temperature.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
6 a. in..'.' 41
7 a. m 42
S a. m 43
9 a. m 45
10 a. m * 46
11 a. m 50
12 {noon) 53
1 p. m 60
M 2 t. m 62
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Class Matter, ,Tuiy 25, 1914, at
Ind.. Dally Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis, tnd., under act March 3, 1879
The great coal walkout started today
In Illinois and Ohio.
Although the official honr for Nation
wide suspension by the miners is mid
night tomorrow, miners in those two
States began dropping their tools today.
Half the southern Ohio mines were idle
and those in Illinois commenced shutting
down.
Meanwhile West Virginia non-union
miners were working feverishly to store
up reserve supplies.
The Kansas Industrial Court was ex
pected to order miners in its Jurisdiction
to remain at work.
The “war cabinet” of the miners met
at IndlanapoUs for final plans.
Representatives of operators and miners
were summoned to Washington to testi
fy before the House Labor Committee,
which will investigate the causes of the
tie-up.
In the anthracite field likewise, prep
arations were being made for suspen
sion of work.
The snb scale committee which had
hoped to reach an early settlement of
the hard coal dispute will temporarily
adjourn tomorrow.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 30.—The Kansas
Industrial Court stopped Into the.breach
between mine operators and miner* In the
Kansas coal fields today.
Rep resen tat it es of the operators and
1 miners’ union testified before the court
nnd based on this testimony, it seemed
probable a temporary order would be Is
sued calling upon the miners to remain
at work in spite of the Nation-wide or
der to strike on April 1. The order, if
issued, will also continue the present
wage contracts temporarily.
Mine union leaders, however, pointed
out that they were under orders of the in
ternational union and were noncommittal
whether sneh an order would prevent the
threatened walkout.
BETTER TIMES
AHEAD AFFECT
BIG INTERESTS
Eugene Meyer Jr. Be
lieves Turn for Busi
ness Has Come.
I Editor's Note—Edward G. Lowry,
distinguished investigator and re
porter for the Philadelphia Publlo
Ledger, Is touring the agricultural
section west of the Mississippi River,
in behalf of the Public ledger and
the Dally Times, and writing a se- (
ries of articles upon conditions as he
finds them. This is his seventh pro
duction based upon observations In
California. Others will follow at
regular Intervals.]
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
By EDWARD G. LOWRY.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 30.
Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing direc
tor of the war finance corporation,
who la now visiting all this Western
lountry, said at Albuquerque the
ither day:
"The worst is over In American
business and for the farmers and
live stock growers of the country.
Business conditions are distinctly
better and confidence in the future,
upon a sound basis, is warranted.
“I do not maan that boom-times are
returning. Indeed, we do not want n re
turn to the boom-times. Their reactions
are too painful. But It may be said with
confidence that the sheep and . cattle
growers of the weat ai* now in a position
to operate on a favorable basis and one
that will prove profitable under
economical methods of operation.
"When the War Finance Corporation
found it necessary to make loans to
drought-stricken, livestock growers we
had our doubts, due in a large measure
to our lack of familiarity with per
ambulating security. We knew very
little about conditions on the ranges and
we had our doubts. But in our larger
relations with the livestock Industry we
have learned to respect and trust It as
one that Is reliable and prompt In the
discharge of lta obligations, and we no
longer entertain any doubts as to its
ability to make its way out of its
difficulties completely and speedily.
“There Is no use for pessimism now.
At a time when pessimism might have been
of value it was wholly lacking, and Its
counsels were not given. Now that the
emergency is over we are not lacking in
pessimists who are willing to tell us
how mistakes might have been avoided.
But this is not the pessimist’s hour. We
have before us a safe and certain future
if we bend our energies to its best use
along the safe, caaservatlng lines of
business activity.”
That hopeful view is generally re
flected all over the country we have
visited. If those reports have had a
certain similarity In Hone it is because
In each of the States the condition dif
fers only in degree. Some of them are
further on the road to recovery than
others. But everywhere, to this stage
of the journey, there has been easily
evident and manifest a determination to
go to work and recover all the ground
lost. Nobody is faint-hearted. Many of
them will carry for a long time the
scars of last year's experience. They
will buy cautiously for a time and they
will Bpend cautiously, but the instinct
is In them to have what they want and
to go get it.—Copyright, 1922, By Pulllc
Ledger Company.
Commissioners Open
Bids for Materials
Bids for the supplying of stone, rock
and oil for the roads of the county and
for oil and grease for the machinery were
opened at the office of the Marion County
board of commissioners today.
The board awarded the contract to
furnish laundry equipment for the Sun
nyside Tubercular Hospital and for the
Insane Asylum at Julietta to the Amer
ican Laundry Machinery Company. The
bid of that concern tor both jobs was
$7,548.06.
AIM TO FORCE
OWNERS INTO
WAGE PARLEY
Main Efforts Are Di
rected Against Pitts
burghjOperators.
A number of district chiefs in the
United Mine Workers of America
were called into national headquar
ters here today for a final conference
before the coal strike starts, tomor
row midnight.
Their aim is to force a little group
of Pittsburgh operators into line for
interstate wage negotiations on the
basis of the central competitive
field. Duration of the strike de
pends upon how soon this can be ac
complished.
The Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Asso
ciation, producing W) per cent of tho fuel
mined around Pittsburgh, Is the bulwark
against which the United Mine Workers
is hurling Its force. The association led
the way in declaring for separate State
wage agreement and abandonment of the
central field, comprised of Illinois, In
diana, Ohk) and Western Pennsylvania.
CHARGE KEPI SAL
OF NEGOTIATIONS.
Union leaders churge the action of the
association In refusing to negotiate as
provided by the existing wage scale is
part of a general open shop movement.
The association takes the position, pub
licly, that their business is Jeopardized
by low priced coal from the non-union
fields of West Virginia. .
All of the Illinois operators demand
a conference. It Is understood some of
the operators in Indiana and Ohio who
followed the Pittsburgh, refusal with
.similar action desire a conference also,
>because they do not wish to see the un
organized fields grab the markets which
they now supply.
With this situation existing, the miners
aro confronted with the problem of
swinging the Pittsburgh association In
to line. Union officers, realizing thp
cards are against them, say they do not
i desire a strike, while the nation boasts
t largest coal surplus in Its history.
President'John L. Lewis was back at
his desk, personally directing union ac
; tivities with the assistance of Secretary-
Treasurer William E. Green. As soon as
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CASH‘BONUS’MAY
BE ELIMINATED
BY SENATE’S ACT
Smoot Vi sits President and
Talks About Soldiers’
Bill.
WASHINGTON, March , A move
will be made in the Senate'to eliminate
completely the cash "bonus" feature of
the soldier "bonus" bill ns passed by
the House, Senator Smoot, Utah, said
today after a conference with President
Harding. The House approved giving
the cash "bonus" only to men whoso
total adjusted compensation did not ex
ceed SSO.
Instead, Smoot said he favored a
paid-up twenty-year endowment insur
ance policy with a loan value and a
sales tax to raise the necessary funds.
A S. M. HUTCHINSON
“If Winter Comes”
By A. S. M. Hutchinson
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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922.
3, BELIEVED
DEAD, STILL
IN THE RUINS
7 Others, Seriously In
jured, Are Res
cued.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 30.
—Fourteen ifien were burled when a
warehouse of the American Tobacco
Company collapsed here today, 'lhree
of the men are believed to have been
killed, including Edward L. Hendrick,
manager of the tobacco company.
Seven others were seriously in
jured.
Hendrick and the two laborers be
lieved dead are still buried in the
debris.
BRYDON IS
DENIED HALL
FOR BAZAAR
Promoter Accused of
Having Promised
Protection.
GAMBLING HINTED
Acting upon tho advice of Trosecutlrg
Attorney William P. Evans. Mayor
Shank today Instructed the board of
public works to refuse a permit for
the use of Tomlinson Hall for the stag
ing of a “benefit bazaar,” the week of
April 10, to Roy Marsh Brydon, pro
moter for tho National Disabled Sol
diers’ League.
Mr. Evans recommended the permit
be refused because the promoters of the
bazaar bad “misrepresented officials and
soldiers’ organizations of Indianapolis
and had sent broadcast what was re
garded as an invitation to the gambling
fraternity to come Into Indianapolis la
an advertisement,” Mayor Shank said.
Upon being Informed ho could not have
the hail for week of April Id, which
would have conflicted with the American
Legion's “Yankee Circus” at the Coliseum
April 3 to 15, Brydon announced he
would see the board of works Friday
afternoon in an effort to get Tomlinson
Hall for some other time or falling In
this probably would stage an open air
bazaar May Ito 6 Re said he would
let tho American Legion use a calliope
he had engaged, from a man In Ro
chester, Ind., to advertise the legion
circus If legion officials desire.
EVANS’ ATTITUDE
DUB TO EPISODE.
The prosecutor’* unfavorable attitude
toward Brydon and the "bazaar” grew
out of an episode staged at the board of
works meeting, Wednesday. Several days
ago the board refused tho use of Tom
linson Hall to Brydon and his asso
ciates because it would conflict with the
legion show. Brydon, and others In
terested In the bazaar came to the board
Wednesday asking that this action be
reconsidered. The mayor ordered that
they be given a permit for April 10, 11,
12 nnd 13, but while Brydon was out
after the money to pay tho rent In ad
vance Jack nawthorne of Chicago, and
Frank Dietz of Indianapolis, came to
the mayor and told him, he said, that
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“The Greatest
of
Modern
Fiction”
CAMPIN’ OUT DURING BOY SCOUT WEEK
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Campin' ont Is a part of the Joys of
Roy Scout week, even though rain does
frequently Interfere.
Troop No. 30. Rural and Washington
streets, camped out in the heart of the
rlty on the lawn on tho north side of
the courthouse. There tho boys fried
bacon and eggs and did most of the reg
ulr don things done while rampin’ out.
The upper picture Is a general view
of the ramp. Rciow are shown Scout
Albert Mitchell, Jr., and Scout Julius
Mueller, Jr., lined tip before their pup
tent for Inspection.. The Inspection is be
ing eondaoted h S. C Norton, assistant
Scout executive.
Holliday Executor
Appointed by Court
The Union Trust Company was ap
pointed executor of the estate of Fran
cis T. Holliday today by Judge Mahoira
Bash In Probate Court. Mr. Holliday’s
estate amounts to $120,000, of which SIOO,-
000 Is personal property.
The estate is to be held in trust, the
will states, for Lucia C. Ilialt, his
daughter, and her children.
Siamese Twins Pass Away Together;
Brother Objects to Severing Link
CHICAGO, March 30.—Rosa and Josefa
Biazek, Siamese twJns, died here early
today.
Josefa, who has been in a stupor for
nearly a week, was the first to pass’
away. Her Ulster Rosa died fifteen min
utes later at 3:10 a. m.
Dr. Benjamin Breakstone nnd a staff
of eminent Chicago surgeons wo ’\ed all
night to *av. the lives of the famous
pair. Their battle wns lost, however,
when tmmpllratlons Be\ in. The twins
bad been suffering from catarrhal Jaun
d Ice.
Josefa has been near death for nearly
a we-'k. Rosa was apparently In good
health until two days ago. She mado up
her mind, according to Dr. Breakstone,
that she wished to die with Josefa.
Frants, the 12-year-old son of Rosa,
was with his mother and aunt when tho
end came. The boy, normal in every way,
clutched at the covers and sobbed when
the end was pronounced. Frunk Biazek,
brother of the twins also was present.
No attempt to operate to separate the
two after the death of Josefa was made.
An X-ray had never been taken to deter
mine the possibility. This was in accord
with the wishes of the 6lsters.
The brother Frank was asked at mid
night If be would consent to an opera
tion If his sisters revived. He refused,
saying it was not their will. Frantz, the
son. said he preferred to be on orphan
to crossing the desire of his mother and
MOTHER LOVE
CAUSES THEFT
OF CHILDREN
Mrs. Libby in Jail for Taking
Little Ones From
State.
LOGANSPORT, Did.. March 30.—M|B.
William F. Libby, wife of a traveling
salesman, is in Juil hero today—because
she wanted to be a mother.
Mrs. Libby was taken into custody on
complaint of agents of the Illinois State
department of public welfare. An in
vestigation Is /to be made Into charges
that during the past several months she
has violated the Illinois Maternity Hos
pital law, which prohibits the removal
of babies from the State by persons who
have not adopted them. It is said Mrs.
Libby repeatedly has taken homeless
children from Chicago, without having
officially adopted them, and representing
them as her own to her husband and to
her neighbors here.
An examination by medical men at
Logansport has resulted in a declaration
of Mrs. Libby’s sanity. How many chil
dren Mrs. Libby lias thus taken is un
known. Officials say they have knowledge
of four that have thus been taken out of
the State of Illinois.
TAYLOR LEAVES
$6,652 IN CASH
Accounting Indicates Film Di
rector Paid Huge Black
mail.
LOS ANGELES. March 30.—A final
accounting of the money and personal
property belonging to the estate of Wil
liam Desmond Taylor by deputies of
tho public administrator's office, which
was made public today, indicated the
director's total property amounted to
$34,001.24. Os this amount only $6,652
was in cash, the remainder being the
value of clothing, furniture and other
property. *
Canceled checks Indicating Taylor,
while econojmlcal In his mode of living,
withdrew large amounts from his $50,000
yearly salary in cash for himself, mak
ing no record of the purposes for which
they were drawn. According to investi
gators, this fact indicates Taylor proba
bly was the victim of blackmailers, as
the checks varied from S4OO to $4,000 in
amounts. t
A copy of the accounting was sent to
attorneys of New Rochelle, N. Y., who
represent Ethel Daisy 'Banner, Taylor *
daughter and sole heir. j|.
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aunt to go to death as they had lived—
Inseparable.
J. L. Triskn, attorney for the sisters,
kept vigil all night hoping they would
rally sufficiently to rouke a will dispos
ing of their fortune amassed while travel
ing with shows In Europe.
It Is likely, according to Dr. Break
stone, the bodies wrlll be turned over to
American scientists who will examine
‘HARDING AND
CONGRESS IN
ACCORD NOW’
*
Clouds Have Faded,
Mondell Assures
House.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—Well
nigh perfect harmony exists between
President Harding and Congress, Re
publican Floor Leader Mondell sol
emnly assured the House today in
making a sweeping denial of pub
lished statements of party discord.
Brushing aside as though non-ex
istent the conflict of views between
the President and tho House over
the “bonus,” rivers and harbors ap
propriations, the size of the ,Army
and Navy and kindred matters, Mon
dell said:
“The President anil Congress are
not at loggerheads. There Is a spirit
and a purpose of cooperation; fre
quent consultations are the order of
the day. The President’s recom
mendations and the party program
liave been curried out or are in
process of accomplishment. It has
met with presidential approval as so
far carried out.”
ADMITS THERE lIAVE
BEEN SOME CONFLICTS.
Mondell admitted there had been v some
conflict of opinion.
“I do not wish to convey tho Impres
sion," he said, "that the action of Con
gress, in either body, has at every mo
ment of the time and in all stages of
legislation been exactly or precisely to
the breadth of a gnat’s eyelash just what
the President would have desired. Such
a condition would not be desirable be
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SHIP SUBSIDY
PLAN ATTACKED
Senate Hears Protest of
Southerner Opposing
Harding Plan.
WASHINGTON, March 30.—The ex
pected fight on the President’s ship sub
sidy plan was launched iii the Senate to
day when Senator Dial, Democrat of
South Carolina, opened fire on the ship
ping bill.
"I am opposed to any more of the
people’s money being thrown away upon
such a set of Incompetent men as the
board is,” said Dial. “I don't think any
more money should be token out of tho
peoples’ pockets to be wasted by the
board on its shipping schemes.”
Mrs. Snyder’s Slayers
to Be Tried in Japan
SHANGHAI, March 3—The two
Koreans ,whose futile attempt to assassi
nate Baron Tanaka of Japan cost the life
of Mrs. W. J. Snyder, Brazil (Ind.) tour
ist, will stand trial in Japan. They have
been taken to Kobe, where their trial
will likely be held.
them in an effort to discover the mystery
of their existence. The bodies then will
be cremated and the ashes sent back to
Czecho Slovakia, if relatives permit.
Rosa and Josefa Biazek were the
greatest wonder twins in the world, ac
cording to Dr. Breakstone, who also has
examined'the famous Siamese twins and
Lalloo, the East Indian prince.
The twins were born forty-three years
ago. They were educated and learned to
play the violin. They romped like other
children of their age.
In early girlhood the two started on a
tour of Europe, which lasted more than a
decade. They came to the United States
a year ago to tour the country.
Rosa was married. Her husband was
killed in the World War.
“Anatomically, they were two complete
persons with the exception of two organs
they had In common,” said I)r. Break
stone.
“They were Joined together at the side
and back.
“Like two Individuals, they had dif
ferent likes and dislikes, so far as sim
ilar environment would permit.”
Overeating was the Indirect cause of
the deaths, according to the doctor's
diagnosis. In the old country, Dr.
Breakstone said, v the women seldom ate
meat. Since they have been In the United
States they have'' eaten five meals a day,
consisting of from five to six pounds of
meat each.
TONS OF SCENT
FROM BLOOMS
FILL BIG HALL
Suggestions to Housewives
for Decorating Their
Dinner Tables.
By WALTER D.
HICKMAN.
Y kingdom for a
yardstick!
That's what I
want.
I want to find
how many yards
of perfume there
are at the Na
tional Flower
Show. Maybe
perfume doesn't
come In yards,
but by tho ton.
Certain
“authorities” tell
tell me at the
flower show that
perfume comes
by the “pint."
*-sv TANARUS" '%
If that be the case, I needed a pint cup,
for my measuring experiment.
It was suggested that maybe perfume
is measured by the ton. Silly idea? No,
not at all, because I have heard more
people remark at the show, “Icn’t the
perfume heavy in hero?”
Well, I was unable to get hold of a
yardstick, but I asked a policeman. He
told me that the "building was full of
perfume."
I agreed with him.
Housewives are receiving suggestions on
how to make the lunch and dinner table
more beautiful. There are several ex
hibits showing how ordinary flowers may
bn used In unique ways in “dressing up”
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FORMER EMPEROR
KARL IS DYING
FUNCHAL, Maderia Islands, March 30.
—.Former Emperor Karl of Austria Im
proved slightly during the night, his
physicians announced today. He is dy
ing of piiSumonia and cerebral compli
cations.
One report said the Bishop of Funchal
had been summoned to administer the
the last rites. Oxygen has been, admin
istered. The royal exile made/his wlh
several days ago. J
VIENNA, March 50.—ExjEmpress Zita
of Austria telegraphed to Dr. De’.ug, for
mer court physician to the ex-emperor,
to hasten to Funchal where Karl is cri
tically iIL /
The population of ViennK snbsafibed
three million crown* to eyitd* Dr. ft.slug
to deparL S
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BEVERIDGE TO
CUT EXPENSES
IN PRIMARY
Moves Headquarters
From Hotel to Mar
tin’s Offices.
T 0 PUBLI SH COST
New’s Manager Sees
Effort to Raise
False Issue.
The economy Issue in the Republican
Senatorial primary campaign in Indiana
came to a showdown today with the
closing of the Beveridge headquarter* In
the-Claypool Hotel and the challenge of
Albert J. Beveridge to his opponent,
Senator Harry S. New, to follow his ex
ample.
Tho closing of the headquarters fol
lowed a speech by Mr. Beveridge In
NoblesvlUe last night In which ho an
nounced he would publish a weekly
sworn statement of his expense* and In
which he asked Senator New to taka
similar action.
The activities of the Beveridge cam
paign will be transferred to the office
of his manager, Clarence R. Martin, in
'the Fletcher Savings and Trust building.
KING SAYS FALSE
ISSUE RAISED.
The action of Mr. Beveridge was char
acterized by Fred I. King, campaign
manager for Senator New, as evidence
that Mr. Beveridge Is beaten. Mr. King
declared that Mr. Beveridge is raising a
false issue.
"We will pay no attention to Mr. Bev
eridge’s action,” he said. “Senator New
announced that his campaign would be
conducted within the law and within the
proprieties and It is being conducted In
this manner. Our expenditures have been
very modest.”
Fred It. Shireman, manager of the Ho
tel Severin, was aSked what it costs the
New campaign managers to maintain the
suite of rooms In the hotel. ’ He de
clined to state on the ground that that
question should be answered by Senator
New or his managers.
Rates of the Severin run as low a* $2
per day, ho said, but declared that It
was no secret that concessions are made
to political organizations because of the
amount of business that is attracted to
the hotel b ythm.
NEW HEADQUARTERS
CONSIST OF SIX ROOMS.
The New headquarters consist of six
rooms on the fobrth floor of the Severin.
However, Mr. Fred King, New‘9 manager
lives at the hotel while in Indianapolis,
and two rooms are used by him poraoß
ally.
“Boom In a private office building of
good character would cost probably a*
much as the rooms used here,” Mr. Shire
man said, “and they would be less de
sirable. Rooms in an office building are
acceslble only at certain hours white
persons arriving from various parts of
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HOPS OFF ON
BRAZIL FLIGHT
Coutinho Leaves Lisbon on
First Leg of trans-Atlantic
Trip.
LISBON, March 30.—A 400 horse power
Falrey hydro-airplane, piloted by Cou
tinho, left on a flight to Brazil by way
of the Canary Islands at 7 a. m. to
day. Coutinho was accompanied by Cap
tain Sacadura, who will assist as relief
pilot. The aviators were assisted by
four cruisers sent by Brazil to stations
between Portugal and the Canaries.
Tho actual flying time for the 4,000-
mlle journey may not be more than sixty
hours, Captain Coutinho said before de
parture, but he does not expect to ar
rive in Brazil before the middle of April.
From the Canaries, the aviators will pro
ceed to the Cape Verde Islands and
thence on the "long hop” to Pernambuco,
Brazil.
Portuguese cruisers will be stationed
along the longest leg of the journey.
FIGHT CHARGES
AGAINST FATTY
Lawyers Seek to Introduce
Evidence to Offset State’*
Testimony.
BAN FRANCISCO, March 30—Blocked
lyr legal objections tfom the State lu
p'reeentatlon of certain evldenec, the de
fense In the third manslaughter trial of
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle reformed Its
lines today and renewed its attack on
the case built up by the prosecution.
Virginia Warren, Chicago nurse, who
testified to having attended Virginia
Rappe in 1908, when she was stricken
by an attack similar to that which cul
minated in her death, acording to de
fense contentions, was expected to pave
tho way for the attempted introduction
of n score of affidavits along similar
lines.
The defense expects a ruling today
from Judge Louderbach on tbe admiss
abllity of testimony given by Kate Bren
nan, chambermaid in the first two trials.
She has not been located for this trial.
Lenin 111 —Report
Says He Is Dead
LONDON, March 30.—A Rome dispatch,
unconfirmed, said a report had reached
there that Nikolai Lenin was dead. ‘
Efforts to obtain authentic reports of
Lenin's condition direct from correspond
ents in Russia have failed, owing to a
severe censorship. He vj-iis reported to
have spoken at a communist meeting on
Tuesday night.
LONDON, March 30—Nikolai Lenin,
dictator of Russia, is suffering from acute
progressive paralysis, according to his
physicians, a news agency dispatch from
Eeval said. Q
NO. 276.