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THE WEATHER
Cloudy, colder tonight, freezing. Saturday,
fair, slowly rising temperature.
VOL. XXXIV.
RELIEF IS RUSHED TO FLOODED AREA
BOTH SIDES READY
FOR MINERS’ STRIKE
CALL AT MIDNIGHT
Coal production was scheduled to stop this afternoon in three-fourths
of the Nation’s mines.
Fire hundred thousand United Mine Workers of America will drop
their picks as the whistles blow and will not return until anew
wage contract supplants the one now expiring, according to the plans oi
unioL officials.
Nothing can stop the strike, it appears. The few hours remaining
before It becomes effective are too short a time for union officers to can
cel their orders.
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers said the strike
r/ill close 6,000 of the 7,600 mines in the United States and Canada. He
said it wi\l become 100 per cent effective and there will be no violence.
“As far as interfering with the strike,
the length of time 'a now too short to
reach a satisfactory understanding eren
If the operators are willing to meet,
which I understand they are not.” Mr.
Lewis said regarding eleTenth hour ef
forts to the Government to bring the op
aerators Into conference.
■ Thousands of miners are already idle
urom mines closing down in prepara
tion for th e strike. Other thousands de
clared today holiday to celebrate the
6tart of their “vacation” which every
one expects to be long.
Bituminous operators are not expected
to abandon their refusal to enter the
Interstate wag e meeting, provided by the
existing wage scale. The Government is
not expected to actively interfer until
the 65,000,000 tons of coal reserve stored
in the Nation's bins Is exhausted.
Without drawing on the 30 per cent
production of non-union mines, the sur
plus would :*de th“ country over a per
iod of six weeks under a normal rate
Nrt consumption.
> 000,000 FIN'D
IN IMON CKEiT.
In the face >t these figures and with
a war chest of only $2,000,000. Lewis
was optimistic. Everything he said In
ferred confidence in the outcome. As
STRIKE FACTS
The Nation-wide coal strike Is sched
uled to begin at midnight.
Approximate!} 500.000 men will leave
their posts, union leaders say.
Anthracite miners will suspend opera
tions in syr ipath^.
Non-union minCt's'ln West Virginia
will remain at work.
Federal Government will seek to pre
vent violence, profiteering and public
I
I Kansas miners will defy Industrial
■ <>iirt order to continue operations.
JH^'rans- Mississlppl operators may under-
open shop policy.
Vr tventa -t\t o States affected.
has three months reserve sup-
Ihe talked, to newspaper men, pacing the
' floor, the miners' chief leaped on top
of his desk to show he was not wor
ried.
He and Secretary-Treasurer William
E. Green were watting at union head
quarters here until midnight, when the
contract expires. Plans were all laid
and orders sent out in detail.
They expect thousands of non-union
miners to Join the union men, thus tying
up some of the unorganized fields. The
non-union miners In Pennsylvania an
thracite regions in the past have acted
with the union on wage matters.
This suspension is not directly over
a wage matter, however, the issue being
whether the mine owners shall be suc
cessful in their efforts to abandon the
central competitive field in favor of sepa
rate State wage agreements. They have
.also declared for lower wages, while
the miners’ demands include one for re
tention of the present basic wage and
Institution of a six-hour day, five-day
week.
LEWIS WILL NOT
STAY IN NEW YORK
NEW TORK, March 31. —Suspension in
the anthracite field will be 100 per cent,
hThomas Kennedy, district president, pre
•dieted today.
The anthracite delegates returned to
day to their districts to supervise sus
pension of work of the 150,000 hard coal
miners.
President John L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers has changed his plans, ac
cording to Phillip Murray, vice president
and will not come to New York to es
tablish headquarters. He will go to
Washington next week to appear before
the House Labor Committee on the
Bland resolution.
Anthracite miners and officials will re
gime negotiations Monday.
ILLINOIS CHIEF
NOT IN SYMPATHY
CHICAGO, March 31. Ninety-five
thousands Illinois coal miners were to
quit work at 4 p. m. today. The miners’
strike will be 100 per cent effective, ac
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FRENCH UPHOLD
U.S. ARMY CLAIM
Support American Demand for
Rhine Occupation Pay
ment.
PARIS, March 31.—France has dis
patched a note to Washington acknowl
edgt >g the receipt of Secretary Hughes'
note and recognizing the validity
America's claim for payment for the
upkeep of the American Army of Occupa
tion on the Rhine, it was learned at the
foreign office this afternoon. France
promises to cooperate in the matter with
the other allied powers.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending at 7
p. in . April 1. 1922:
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight. with
freezing temperature: Saturday fair, with
slowly rising temperature.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
6 a. m 39
7 a. m .... 38
8 a. m. 40
9 a. m...... 40
10 a. 41
11 a. 41
12 (noon) 41
1 p. 40
2 p. m................... 40
Published at Indianapolis, Entered as Second Claes Matter. Jury 25. 1914, at
Ind.. Dally Except Sunday. Postofflce. Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 1879.
SHANK SAYS
POLICE MUST
CHECKCRIME
Threatens to ‘Fire’
Whole Force and
Hire Others.
‘LOAFING’ JTO END
Wrought up by the failure of the
police to check the increasing bold
ness of highwaymen and burglars,
as evidenced Thursday night by the
shooting of a citizen by a robber at
the edge of the business district,
Mayor Shank today called the board
of public safety before him and
threatened to “Are every policeman
and hire new ones,” if some results
are not shown shortly.
The mayor s ir# was increased by the
fact two more policemen were caught
loitering on duty Thursday night and
two negro policewomen gave testimony
in city conrt which freed a negro auto
lst charged with running down a wom
an while driving a car under the Influ
ence of liquor.
James E. Armltage of the board of
safety. Chief of Police Rikhoff and Sergt.
Clara Burnside, in command of police
women, sat before the mayor for an
hour, discussing ways and means of
stopping the practice of loitering on
beats.
POLICEMEN TO
BE WARNED.
After a telephone conversation with
President Ernest L. Kingston of the
board, Mr. Armltage announced there
would be a general roll call for all po
licemen at headquarters Sunday after
noon, at which the “law will be laid
down.”
The mayor indicated he would appear
at the roll call.
“We're going to have these districts
covered if we have to hire a watcher
for every man on the force," he said.
Sergeant Burnside was ordered by the
mayor to order every police-woman to
arm herself with a revolver Immediately.
He said a complaint had come to him two
police-women were sent to watch for bur
glars and purse-snatchers without
weapons.
Mr. Armltage and Miss Burnside said
policewomen have been ordered to buy
revolvers, and the mayor instructed the
sergeant further to get in touch with Dr.
Thomas Noble, pistol expert, and make
arrangements for target practice for the
women police.
SAYS WOMEN FAIL
TO REALIZE DUTY.
“Some of the women don't seem to
have the right Idea,” said Miss Burnside.
“They do not seem to realize they are In
the department to work.”
“Well, they'd better tlnd It out pretty
quick,” replied the mayor. “And, say.
they’d better find out you are the boss
You are the boss of the police women
and I want them to know that.”
Chief Rikhoff suspended John F.
Buehanan and Roy S. Kennedy, negro
patrolmen, on evidence they loitered In
north side stores until time to re
port to headquarters and then rode street
cars to the report boxes in order to re
port on time.
DRIVES TO LAKE
AND JUMPS IN
W. T. Fenton. Chicago Banker,
Commits Suicide —Motive
Sought.
CHICAGO, March 31.—W. T. Fenton,
vice president and general manager of
the National Bank of the Republic, com
mitted suicide today by leaping into
Lake Michigan.
Fenton hired a taxicab and drove to
the lake front*. After paying his fare he
walked to the water's edge and the taxi
driver saw him leap Into the water. The
police were notified and succeeded In
recovering the body from the lake, but
efforts at resuscitation were futile.
The body was Identified by Fenton’s
son. An investigation Is being made in
an effort to learn the motive.
Fenton was born at Madison, Ind., and
began his banking career in the estab
lishment of Fletcher & Sharpe at Indian
apolis.
EMBARGO ON
DYE STUFFS
Senate Drafts Provision in
New Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 31—A protec
tive embargo on dyestuffs and affiliated
chemicals was drafted today into the new
tariff bill by Republican members of the
Senate Finance Committee. The em
bargo would become effective on tho
day the tariff bill is finally passed.. The
one-year period was adopted as a com
promise, the dye industry having de
manded a minimum of two years
Juffiana flails Sfttttfa
NO ADVANCE IN
PRICE OF COAL
DUE TO STRIKE
Government Warning
Covers Two Big
Issues.
CHECK ON PROFITS
Officials Making No
Attempt to Stop
Walkout.
WASHINGTON, March 31.—While
battle lines are being drawn today
for the greatest labor tie-up in the
country’s history, official Washington
went quietly about its business
watching closely, but keeping hands
off.
The big strike order will be fol
lowed at one minute past midnight,
with two warnings from the Govern
ment —one to the miners that there
shall be no violence; the other to the
operators that there shall be no
profiteering.
“If the price of coal in any locality
i3 boosted, that fact should be im
mediately reported tc Washington,”
said Secretary of Labor Davis.
“There is no justification for any
advance in the price of coal and the
public should not pay it.”
So far as the Administration Is con
cerned, officials said, there will be no
hurried last-minute conference, no ulti
matums and no frantic eleventh-hour at
tempts to prevent the strike going Into
effect at midnight. Such attempts have
featured similar situations in other years.
WILLING TO SEE
ISSUE SETTLED.
Having failed utterly to persuade the
owners to meet the miners, for the ad
justment of anew contract, the Govern
ment to all appearances. Is willing that
the issue shail go to a “show down” be
tween the half million unionized miners
and the operators
Not until the public begins to suffer,
either through the lack of coal, or
through profiteering, will the Govern
ment take action, unless requested to do
so by parties to the controversy, It was
stated officially.
LEADERS PREDICT
GREATEST CONTEST.
The strike will usher in the greatest
industrl contest that was ever fought
in America, it was predicted today by
labor leaders. Tho mine owners, they
said, by refusing to confer with the
workers, have plainly warned that they
are out to break the enormous power,
wielded by the United Mine Workers in
the organized labor world.
Against this menace will be thrown
•he entire strength of the whole or
ganized labor movement. “Organized
labor In America stands behind the
miners In this controversy like the rock
of Gibraltar,’’ said Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor. “It is the test and we will meet
it.”
Both sides are in excellent position to
stand a long fight. The operators have
piled up the greatest reserve stoeks of
coal In years to carry the public through
what Is expected to be a protracted
struggle. There Is sufficient coni on
hand to last the country for nearly three
months If not another lump Is poduced
In that time. Ralloada and public util
ities, first to feel the pinch of a coal
strike, are exceptionally well prepared.
CONGRESSMEN
URGE RESOLUTION.
Representatives Upshaw (Ga.) and
London (N. Y.) besought the Ilouse
Labor Committee to rush through a reso
lution urging President Harding to call
a conference and ask the miners to sus
pend their walkout. The committee con
sidered the cause of conflict for a patn
of settlement. Pleas were sent to Gov
ernment officials, urging action.
At the American Federation of Labor
headquarters a final “war council,” was
held before Mr. Gompers departed for
Prlneeton, N. J., to outline the attitude of
labor In a speech there today.
The coal operators have broken tboir
contract with the miners and have de
liberately forced the men to quit work,
In other words a lockout,” asserted Pres
ident Gompers in a statement reviewing
the history of the present e< itroversy.
The Labor Department has organized
a special coal bureau of experts to see
that the interests of the public are in no
way menaced and to search for evidence
of increased coal prices.
The Department of -Pnstice drew up an
outline of the legal attitude of the Gov
ernment to be announced at midnight.
Secretary Hoover will return before
Monday to take active charge of the Gov
ernment work from the commercial stand
point. Secretary Hoover, It Is believed,
staunchly advocates the call of a peace
conference, by President Harding.
Viebahn Case Now
Is International
The case of Carl Viebahn, formerly di
rector of the recreation department of the
city, who was arrested Monday charged
with violation of the Federal prohibition
laws has assumed an international as
pect. according to attaches of the office
of Mark Storen, United States marshal.
Viebahn. who is a native of Holland,
nnd never has been naturalized, was re
leased late yesterday on bond of $2,(100
signed by Michael Finn, an Irishman, and
James Carter, a negro.
Viebahn spent three days in jail before
obtaining bond.
Prosecutor Holds
Session With Sipe
Richard V. Slpe, former Marion County
Clerk, who resigned after admitting
shortages of more than $140,000 today wag
escorted from the jail to the prosecutor’s
office where a conference was held with
Claude M. Worley, special investigator
of the Criminal Court.
The grard Jury was In session but
Slpe did not appear before that body. He
gave lengthy testimony before the grand
Jury sevenl weeks ago.
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922.
Shades of William Tell and Cleopatra!
Major Shute Teaching Co-eds to Shoot
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GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 31.—Glrl
sharpshooters!
They have fifty-two of them at De
Pauw University holding regular target j
practice twice a week I —and they aro
shooting respectable scores, too, accord
ing to Major Murtyn H. Shute, com
mandant of the Reserve officers' Train
ing Corps Unit of the school.
It really was a determination to equal
the men of the military unit in shooting
that started the new feminine diversion
here. When Major F. J. Ostennan of Ft. j
Benjamin Harrison, presented the rifle |
team of the I)e Pauw It. 0. T. C. with
IRISH STATE
ACT EFFECTI VE
WITH SIGNING
Peace Agreement Brings New
Legislation Into Use
at Once.
~1
LONDON, March 31—The Irish Free
Stato act, officially creating the Irish
Free State, went Into effect today, fol
lowing the signing of the Irish peace
agreement last night by representatives
of North and South Ireland and the
British government.
King George gave bis roygl assent
to the bill today.
Colonial Secretary V ton Churchill,
in a speech in the IL s os Commons
this afternoon, warned tne nations not
to bo too optimistic over <be result of
the Irish peace agreement signed hero
Inst night by representatives of North
and South Ircdand and the British gov
ernment.
Joseph Devlin, M. P. pnld tribute to i
Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill, I
saying that his “superb tact and ability,” j
brought about nu agreement desired for!
centuries.
Premier Lloyd George, at his country
estate at Chequers Court, sent his con- j
gratulatlons by telephone.
Nothing now stands in the way of all
Ireland, outside of the six counties of;
Ulster, becoming one of the nations of
the world save the threat of civil war;
Intensified by the followers of Ilnmon De j
Valera. The Irish Free State brought
Into existence by the royal signature
must hold elections of Its first officers
and Parliament,
De Valera, deposed “president of the
republic,” and his followers aro deter
mined that this shall not happen.
4 MEN SHOT, DESPITE
PEACE AGREEMENT
BELFAST, March 31. Despite the Irish
peace agreement signed In London last
night, violence continued In Ulster prov
ince today. Four men, two of them po
licemen, were shot down in the streets. :
Tremendous damage was done by a series j
series of incendiary fires in the business
district. One bomb was thrown.
A member of the Ulster constabulary
w-as killed and another wounded when a
detachment of Sinn Feiners, armed with
rifles and a machine gun, ambushed and
attacked a police patrol at Newry.
The attackers escaned.
IRISH CONFISCATE
BRITISH AMMUNITION
CORK, Ireland .March 31. —Rebel mem
bers of the Irish republican army have j
confiscated one hundred tons of British '
army ammunition which was being
shipped to England, it was learned to- |
day. A number of military lorries have
been commandeered by the mutineers.
FLOWER SHOW ,
SOON WILL BE
ONLY MEMORY
By WALTER D. HICKMAN.
• ATTIRE’S “crazy
"N- Ki I quilt” soon will
i* J ~e up a, xi!
week this qsllt
4 I3HI has warmed the
'f' sands who have;
thronged the Man-|
'4Jfef -V ufacturers’ hulUl- i
/ ing to view the
Ji National Flower.
on Satur,la J!
, n i g ht, nature’s
" wonderful quilt,
fJjSC i J tint’s the way the
Vjl peals to me, will
:>e nothing but a
IllvS&sWiSss"! IS® fragrant memory
thousands.
A blrdseye view of the show Impresses
one that Nature with the aid of man has
fashioned a gigantic “crazy quilt” with
millions of patches. This quilt Is a
changeable affair as many of the
“patches'' are changed dally. ,
Am told by the time the show closes
Saturday night approximately one liun
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MAYS (IND.) BANK ROBBED.
MAYS, Ind., March 3L—Fifty safety
deposit boxes of the First National Bank
here were ransacked' by robbers last
night, it was discovered today when the
bank was opened.
The loss has not been determined.
the championship cup for the Fifth corps
urea competition recently.
In a markmanshlp match, which lasted
six weeks and Included sixteen schools,
which have military nnlts In the Fifth
corps area composed of Indlaua, Illinois,
Ohio and Kentucky, the Do Pauw rifle
team won with a 8,465 score out of a
posstblo 6,000. The men now are setting
a hot pace in the national rifle meet.
“On the whole, the girls shoot better
than the men, comparatively speaking,”
said Major Shute, In comment!' t on his
fair markswumen. “Only af< of the
girls flinch when firing a rifle," he said,
“and, in every case, I have noticed they
do not wince until after the charge has
left the rifle, which does not interfere
wtlh the accuracy of their shooting.”
“Most of tlie girls are hampered by
their Inability to close the left eye while
aiming,” continued the major. “We over
come this, however, by bandaging the left
optic.” Incidentally, one might infer from
the handicap who does the flirting at De
Pauw.
“There Is no chance of an accident while
the girls are shooting,” said the major.
“An officer, a non-commissioned officer,
and several members of the men's rifle
team always are present to teach the
girls how to handle the pieces safely.
“Moreover, girls have more four of a
rifle than the average man and so are
less inclined to be careless in tbo han
dling of the weapon. As an additional
precaution we always teach a girl ex
actly how to handle and use a rifle be
fore she even has one in her hands.”
Parents of the co-ed marksmen have
registered no serious complalut against
the new fem'nlne sport here so far as
can bo learned, it is known, in one case,
a girl sent home for her Anther's rifle.
In organizing the girls rifle team.
Major Shute has no Intention of enlisting
the co-eds in any k'nd of military unit
whatsoever, but merely Is promoting it
as a healthful form of recreation for the
young women. The local team plans to
schedule a meet with the girls' rifle team
of Louisiana University.
The girls In the picture are: Left to
right, first row—Alice McCorkle, Win
gate; Mary Jorzlck, Kansas City, M’.s
nonrl; Eleanor Meade, Goodland; Alice
Watts, Washington, D. C.: Gertrude Clap
per, Modesto, Cal.: Geraldine Moore, Ko
komo; Mary Singleton, Martinsville;
Thelma Warrick, Terre Haute; Mary
Romney; Mildred McCloud,
A FAiRO FIGHTER
TAKES DEPUTY
ALONG TO CELL
Lured From Garage to Jail
Watkins Puts Up
Battle.
It took the combined forces of Sheriff
George Snyder and the turnkeys at the
city prison to get Leford Watkins, negro,
20, Charlottsville, Ind., locked up today.
After the difficult feat finally was ac
complished Watkins proceeded to estab
lish n new long distance bowling record
for tho city prison.
This morning Watkins called nt the
garage of Harry Ottermcler at Cumber
land and arranged to purchase an au
tomobile. Everything was serence until
Ottermeler refused to accept a check
In payment for the car. Watkins then
proceeded to “clean out” the establish
ment nnd ran about twelve persons, who
happened t> be In tho garage, Into the
streets.
Maurice Simon, deputy sheriff, was in
Cumberland nt the time serving
subpoenas, and he was called into the
case. lie went Into the garage nnd
promised Watkins that If ho would come
to Indianapolis with him ho would pre
sent him. free of charge, with a “nice,
pretty, shlney, new automobile." The
offer looked good to Watkins and he ac
cepted.
All went well until they arrived at the
county Jail. Tho Jail didn’t look like
an automobile salesroom to Watkins and
the fireworks began. Sheriff Snyder nnd
Ills men rushed to the assistance of
Simon and after a battle, Watkins was
partially subdued. It was then decided
to take hlh across the street to the city
prison.
Watkins then staged a comeback and
It took reinforcements from the turnkey’s
office to get the negro Into a cell. Then
they found they could not let go of him
long enough to get out of the cell them
selves. So he was taken to the padded
cell downstairs, where the same scene was
enacted for the benefit of a constantly In
creasing audience. This proved a failure
also. Finally he was confined In a private
cell and then he bagn his series of
whoops and yells.
He was slated for vagrancy, and phy
sicians will examine him to determine
his mental condition.
ILLINOIS GETS
NEW INDUSTRIES
SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 31.—Secre
tary of State L. L. Emmerson today
gave permission to two Indiana corpora
tions to do business In Illinois. They
are the United Boiler Heading and Foun
dry Company and the Indiana Power
Company.
The Illinois headquarters of the for
mer will be at Blue Island and those of
tho latter at Chicago.
The United Boiler Heading and Power
Company will employ 20,000 In Illinois
and the Indiana Power Company will
employ 25400.
_ . , . (By Carrier, Week. Indianapolis. 10c; Elsewhere, 12a.
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Kentland; Lena Wheeler, Tarrytown, N.
Y. Second row—Pauline Taylor,
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Anne Allen. Sullivan; Sarah Terry,
Rochester; Elsie Smith, Portland;
Eleanor Smith, Chicago; Esther Ennis,
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Goldie Larkin, Coatesville; Mary Hester,
New Albany; Helen Schudel, Decatur, 111.
CITIES SUBMIT
14 REASONS FOR
UPHOLDING SUIT
Court Asked to Overrule De
murrer in Utilities
Merger.
An answer to the demurrer of the de
fendants in a suit to enjoin the operation
of the Indiana Electric Corporation was
filed by the plaintiffs In Superior Court,
Room 2, today. The answer sets out
fourteen reasons why the demurrer should
be overruled. The corporation was re
cently formed by the consolidation of
seven Indiana utilities. The defendants
sre the corporation and the public service
commission and the plaintiffs are the
cities of Indianapolis and Kokomo.
The brief argu.-s that the commission
has no right under any circumstances to
order the sate of utility property to any
corporation that is not itself a utility;
that it has no power to authorize the
conßolldtnlon of properties located In dif
ferent communities and furnishing dis
similar services; that it cannot authorize
the sale of property unless there ere
bona fide sellers and purchasers; that it
has no right to authorize a corporation to
sell Us own property to Itself; that it
has no right to order property valued at
$10,300,000 to ho sold on the basts of
$17,300,000; and to authorize the sale of
stocks and bonds to this latter amount;
that It has no power tc capitalize the
theoretical appreciation of $7,200,000
caused by war conditions against the
public; that it cannot prevent the city
of Indianapolis or the city of Kokomo
from purchasing utility property; that
It lias no right to give any corporation a
franchise to enter any city without the
consent of that city; that It hns no power
to authorize the construction of a central
power plant or make extensions; that it
has no power to authorize tho Indiana
Electric Corporation to purchase any
utility property; that It cannot order tho
sale of tho property of any property of
a utility which was not party to the
proceedings.
MANY QUIBBLES
IN THIRD TRIAL
Arbuckle Will Go Down
in Legal History as
Technical.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31.—The
third trial of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
bids fair to go down In legnl history as
having Involved more legal technicalities
than any case hitherto tried in the Su
perior Court here.
The day opened with long arguments
over the admlssnbllity of certain affidavits
taken by the defense In Chicago. Tho
prosecution is fighting to keep these out
of the record.
To date fully half the time consumed
in the trial has been taken up with legal
arguments.
TELLS POWERS
OF SENATE O.K.
United States Sends Official
Notification All Pacts
Are Ratified.
WASHINGTON, March 31.—The Ameri
can Government today sent official noti
fication to the other powers of tho Wash
ington conference the American Senate
has completed ratification of tho con
ference treaties.
Burning Insulation
Causes Near-Panic
CHICAGO, March 31.—A near panic
was caused in the wheat j it at the Chi
cago Board of Trade today when mem
bers engaged in a wild scramble for
their hats and coats and when smoke be
gan pouring from the cloakroom door.
The smoke, which came from burning in
sulation on wires of the telegraph of
fices on the first floor, halted trading In
the wheat pit for fifteen minutes.
Japan to Abide by
Other Powers* Stand
TOKIO, March 31. —According to the
Japanese press today, Japan has de
cided to follow the course of the powers
In the Genoa conference with reference
to recognition of Russia and the signing
of a commercial treaty with Russia.
WYOMING MEN
TAKE CARE OF
OWN AFFAIRS
Competent to Puli Out
of Financial
Straits.
RUSTLE FOR FUNDS
Say Cattle Loans Will
Be Paid Off in
Two Years.
[Editor's Note—Edward G. Lowry,
distinguished investigator and re
porter for the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, is touring the agricultural
section west of the Mississippi River,
in behalf of the Public Ledger and
the Daily Times, nnd writing a series
of articles upon conditions as he finds
them. This Is his eighth produc
tion based upon observations in Wy
oming. Others will follow at regular
Intervals.]
Sper'al to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
By EDWARD G. LOWRY.
DENVER, Colo., March 31.—Even
If Wyoming were flat on its back, it
would not tell its troubles to the first
casual stranger who came along and
asked to look at its tongue and take
its temperature. This is a high,
wide end handsome State, inhabited
by a free-handed, hospitable and
generous people. They are amply
competnet to take care of them
selves. They do not pull long faces
when times are bad. They go out
and rustle for what they need, and
usually get It. Here are produced
cattle and sheep, oil and bituminous
coal.
Essentially, Wyoming is a livestock
State. Cattle raising and sheep raising
engage the attention and provide occu
pation for the greater number of people.
The livestock men have had the same
troubles as In other cattle States, but
they have shown a sharper recovery than
some of their neighbors; Colorado, for
example They took hold of their situa
tion promptly.
FORM CATTLE
LOAN COMPANY.
On a day last October they discovered
they could get money from the War
Finance Corporation if they would form a
rattle loan company and comply with cer
tain conditions and regulations. They or
ganized a company that game day, and a
week later It was functioning. It has a
capital of a million dollars, and the
State, chiefly through It, has borrowed
$7,205,000 from tho War Finance Corpora
tion. The barks of the State have co
operated and participated In this bor
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PASSENGERS
SLEEP AS CARS
GO INTOCANAL
One Injured When Pennsy Ex
press Train Is Wrecked
Near Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, Fa., March 31—Five
ears of the Dominion Express, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, slid down a
twenty-foot embankment Into the old
Pennsylvania canal at Halifax early this
morning. The train was bouDd from
Buffalo to Washington.
The wreck occurred at 4:47 this morn
ing and was caused by a broken rail.
There were ninety passengers on the
train. Many were asleep In their berths
and did not know what had happened,
some not being awakened. Four pas
sengers were slightly hurt.
ASKS ARREST OF
3 JURY FIXERS
Counsel for Arthur Burch
Says He Has Evidence of
Tampering.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 31.—The
arrest of two men and a woman was de
manded today by Attorney Paul Schenek,
chief defense counsel for Arthur Burch
on retrial for the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, who claims the three persons
aro attaches of the district attorney’s of
i flee nnd charge them with tampering with
jurymen in the present trial of Burch.
Schenek claims, he has enough evi
dence to prove the three persons ap
proached Jurymen after they had been ac
cepted on the Jury. The district attor
ney's office denies the charge of Schenek.
Cyclone Destroys
Alabama Village
CULLMAN, Ala.. March 31.—Crane Hill,
a small town fifteen miles from this city,
was wiped out by a cyclone today, ac
cording to meager reports reaching herv.
| Several persons are reported to have been
i killed and a number of others injured.
■ Physicians and nurses are being rushed
j to the village from here,
j Property damage to the extent of SOO.-
! 000 was done by the cyclone In this city.
Twenty homes lu the patch of the twister
were demolished.
Permit Issued for
New Circle Building
The Guaranty Building Corporation,
! which intends to erect a modern seven
I story building at s 16-IS North Meridian
j street on the sit e of the Waverly Build
! lnp-, today was granted a permit for ex
| cavatlon and construction of the
' foot basement. Wrecking operation'- are
expected to be started soon. Thy base-
I ntta C ° 3t Wlll *** 23,000 ' accordl “p to the
HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPY
ENTIRE TOWN
FACES LOSING
FLOODLIGHT
Rising Waters of Mis
sissippi Gain on
Defenders.
RELIEF TO BE SENT
Dangers Increase as
Tributaries Feed
Big River.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 31.
Following reports from Old Town,
Ark., on the Mississippi river just
below Helena, that a losing fight
was being made to stem the rising
waters, a hundred men gathered at
the water front here and prepared
to go to the relief of the Arkansas
city as soon as a steamboat is avail
able.
Tlfe United States engineer here is noti
fied that several thousand bags of sand
have been placed in the breach at Old
Town to form a levee.
INDIANA FLOOD
DANGER INCREASES
With continued rains today, danger of
floods which already have caused much
damage in Indiana, increased.
White River had risen two and one
half feet since last night and was rapidly
continuing to rise. It was reported to
Wade High Water
to Make Booze Raid
High water today almost prevented
the police from making a booze raid.
They received a report that there was
booze In a house at 1918 South Bel
mont avenue. When they arrived
they found the water rapidly rising
around the building. Wading In,
they reached the house and found
four and a half gallons of white mule.
The place had the appearance of being
deserted.
be seven feet above normal, but still
considerably below the danger mark.
Lowlands around Indianapolis were
ffooded, but no particular damage re
sulted.
Rainfall was reported twice as heavy
In the southern part of the State as in
the north and centrall portions.
The Wabash River at Terre Haute was
above the sixteen-foot flood stage today
and was expected to go three feet higher.
Interurban cars were running late,
but the only complete suspension of
service reported was between Ft. Wayne
and Peru.
Relief from rain and flood conditions
was promised by the Weather Bureau.
The forecast was for mostly cloudy and
colder tonight, with freezing tempera
ture; Saturday, fair, with slowly rising
temperature.
Advices were sent out today by J. H.
Armlngton, meteorologist at the weather
bureau, that the flood stage will be
reached in all probability in the middle
and lower White River district and along
the lower Wabash. This does not mean,
Mr. Armlngton explained that any record
breaking flood of dangerous proportions
is in prospect, but the lowlands along the
rivers below Martinsville undoubtedly
will be overflowed.
Along the lower White River and Wa
bash River, there has been a rainfall of
about five inches in the past five days as
against about one-half that amount In
this section of the State.
Two fatalities have attended the rise of
streams In the State. They occurred at
Crawfordßville.
In a five-minute wind storm at Rock
port. poles and trees were blown down,
windows smashed and barns and out
buildings damaged.
Homes were flooded and roads ?n
---undated in the Wabash Valley ne,r
Huntington and livestock was moved tt>
high ground.
Heavy damage was done by a storm at
Petersburg and at Washington streets
were flooded by nearly two inches of
rainfall.
At Ft. Wayne a police patrol boat was
pressed into use for the protection of
families living in the flooded section.
FIND CHILDREN’S BODIES
AT CRAWFORDSVILLE
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., March 31.
The lifeless body of 7-year-old Mildred
Meagher clinging to that of her brother
Gordon, 8, was found in a small creek,
which flows back of their home today.
Tne children, throwing tin cans Into
the creek, were carried away by the
current when the bank gave way.
They are the children of Mr. and Mrs.
William Meagher. The father is a bar
ber. Four other children survive.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
NEAR VINCENNES
VINCENNES, Ind., March 31.—Traffic
out of Vincennes is seriously Impeded by
high waters, many of the creeks being
out of t.ank and overflowing roads.
The Wabash River is seven Inches over
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