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THE WEATHER
Unsettled with rain tonight and probably
Thursday.
VOL. XXXIV.
JURIST DESCRIBES KILLING OF OFFICER
KEEN NOSES
BRING COPS
PROMOTIONS
Breath Inspectors Are
Elevated to Lieu
tenants.
FOUR SUSPENDED
Safety Board Head
Warns Against
Discharge.
Four patrolmen charged with
neglect of duty were suspended for
thirty days, resignations of three
patrolmen accepted and charges filed
against four more by the board of
public safety today in its drive to
eliminate the indolent cop. Asa
reward for diligence in seeking out
the loafers on the force the board
promoted Sergeants Elmer Stoddard
and William Cox, known as thp
“breath inspectors,” to lieutenants
and instructed them to go out and
discover the lazy sergeants as they
have been detecting patrolmen.
Detective Sergeants Roy Pope and Fred
Simon also were promoted to lieutenants
of police. Pope was a captain in the
police department in the administration
of Mayor Joseph E. Bell. He left the
department when he was indicted in
Federal Court in one of the vote fraud
cases. Pope was reappointed to the po
lice force as a detective sergeant as
signed to the mayor's office for special
doty Jan. 2. The mayor said he was
having Pope transferred to the uniformed
force to strengthen the department in
its effort to check the crime wave.
Sergeants Cox and Stoddard were the
principal witnesses against Patrolmen
Thomas Hopson, negro; Donald
Bushong, Thomas Bledsoe and Daniel
Foley, those suspended for thirty days.
They were charged with loitering In a
motion picture show at Thirtieth and Illi
nois street on the night of March 23.
In finding them guilty and pronouncing
sentence President Ernest L. Kingston
of the board said:
i “Ton men are the men who are causing
the whole police department to be
criticised. People see policemen loafing
In the back end of a picture ahow and
then they read in the morning of a bunch
of robberies and burglaries. They can't
help but wonder.
“You men are paid by the citizens of
Indianapolis to do police duty and the
citizens have a right to expect you to
do it. The board is going to give you
another chance. You will be suspended
for thirty days, bnt if you come back
before the board again you will be dis
charged. If you want to do the right
thing you haTe a chance to.”
Mayor Shank interposed a remark that
the same thing applies to every other
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PUBLIC TO SEE
BODY OF BOSSE
Schools Will Close and Busi
ness Suspend for
Funeral.
EVANSVILLE, led.. April. s.—The
body of the late Mayor Benjamin Bosse,
chairman of the State Democratic com
mittee, who died Tuesday, will lie In
state at the Coliseum from 11 a. m. to
$ p. m, Thursday, s'-cording to an
nouncement today. Funeral services will
be held Friday morning.
Schools will be closed all day Friday.
City ball, store* and the courthouse
stronghold of the former mayor's political
enemies, will close during the funeral.
■ Mrs Bosse was recovering slowly to
'day from the shock of her husband's
death. Gloom enshrouded the city. Mes
sages of sympathy to Mrs. Bosse poured
in from friends throughout the State.
GREAT BRITAIN
ADMITS CLAIM
American Right to Share Ger
man Indemnity Indorsed.
LONDON, April 5. —Great Britain hag
informally notified the United States
that she aequieees in Secretary Hughes'
facent note demanding that the Eu
ropean allies recognize the validity of the
American claim for a share of German
Indemnity for the upkeep of the Ameri
can Army of Occupation on the Rhine,
It was learned this afternoon.
Asks $3,000 Damages
for Injury to Leg
Alleging permanent disfiguration to one
of his legs, caused in an automobile ac
cident, Charles Star filed suit in Superior
Court, room 2, today for $3,000 damages
against Webster H. Franklin. The com
plaint charges Star was struck by an
automobile driven by Frankltn Jan. 17
The accident occurred at Washington
and Oriental streets. Star complains
that he was thrown to the ground by
the force of the speeding automobile
and was under a physician’s care for
ten days.
► WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending at 7
p. m . Aug. 6. 1922:
Unsettled with rain tonight and prob
ably Thursday; not much change in
temperature.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.
6 a. :n M
-7 a. m 53
8 a. n 5V
9 a. m 04
10 a. m 58
11 a. m 58
12 (noon) t 57
1 p. m... £8
2 p. m. £9
Passes Buck to Council
on Comfort Station Plan
Shank Blames That Body for Failure to Keep
Pre-Election Promise .
Mayor Shank has passed the buck for
his failure to do anything toward carry
ing out a promise to establish a public
comfort station at Pennsylvania and
Market streets to the city council. The
mayor spoke at length of the need for
another staticn In Interviews a few days
following his election. He was going to
start action on the project right after he
got in office.
“What’s the use of asking anything
about that until the council shows a dis
position to do something the adminlstra
MINE OWNERS
DENY RIGHT OF
GOVERNMENT
Operators Agree to Flat Turn
down of Invitation to
Meeting.
CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED
CHICAGO, April B. —Coal mine opera
tors today planned a fiat turndown of
the Government's offer to settle the min
ers strike.
Mine owners in Indiana and Illinois
have agreed to refuse to accept the invi
tation of the labor committee of the
House of Representatives to meet on
April 10 with John L. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers.
The attitude of the operators toward
the investigation by the House was
learned from an operator official. He
disclosed the position of the operators as
follows.
“We did rot understand what right
Congress has to interfere in this dispute.
We have no contract with the mine:s'
union now. Our old contract providing
for a meeting before April 1, expired on
that date.”
A conference of operators probably will
he held in Chicago this week to formally
consider the invitation. According to
their present attitude, a brief, diplomatic
refusal will be sent. It is no secret now
that the operators will devote all of their
efforts to bring about separate State
agreements with the worker*.
WILL NOT ABANDON
COMPROMISE EFFORT
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The House
Labor Committee which invited operators
of the central competitive fields to a con
ference in Washington April 30, to end
the coal strike, gave notice to the coun
try that it will not cease its ef
fort',, until a settlement of ’he dispute is
ejected.
“We are going to stick to this thing
until we have reached a solution whether
It comes through this first effort or not,”
Representative Bland, Republican of In
diana, declared today.
Representative Nolan, Republican of
California, chairman of the comm.ttee,
expressed a similar determination. He
was the originator of the plan townr.l
which the country is looking, today, for
a solution.
If all plans to bring about an early
ending of the strike fail, the House will
probably fall back upon the Federal
commission of Investigation provided by
the Biand resolution, rushing the meas
ure through Congress with a Tlew to
getting the commission appointed.
TO DECIDE ON
CONFERENCE
ST. LOUIS, April s.—Representatives
of the Illinois Coal Operators' Associ
ation will meet in Chicago tomorrow to
decide definitely whether they will meet
union representatives on April 10, to
discuss wage negotiations.
This announcement was made today
by W. K. Kavanaugh. president of the
Fifth and Ninth Illinois districts of the
Operators’ Association.
CONGRESS AWAITS
OPERATORS' REPLY
WASHINGTON, April s.—Congress
settled down today to await a response
from the coal operators to congressional
overtures for a peace meeting with the
striking miners.
While the House Labor Committee con
ducts its inquiry into conditions which
aided in bringing about the existing tie
up, interest centered in the answer which
the operators in the central competitive
field will make to the committee's tele
graph invitation to them for a conference
In Washington on April 10.
Upon the response depends, according
to congressional belief either quick settle
ment or continuance of what promises to
be a protracted shutdown of coal mines
of the country.
IRISH MUTINY
MORE SERIOUS
Defense Minister May Call
Citizens to Arms.
LIN, April s.—The warfare of the
Republicans (the mutineers of the Re
publican armyl against the Irish Free
State troops is assuming serious propor
tions. In addition to numerous ambush
attacks against the Free Staters, a num
ber of officers and men of the Loyal
I.egion have been arrested by the rebels.
It is reported that Richard Mulcahy,
minister of defense in the Irish pro
visional government, and former chiel
of staff of the I. R. A. Is contemplating
a general call to all citizens of the Irish
Free State to arm themselves for the
protection of their country against the
rebels.
It is reported from Cork that a con
siderable quantity of British ammuni
tion was dumped into the sea to pre
vent seizure by the mutaineers.
LOWER FIRE LOSS I
Fire lose in Indiannpolie is going
to be materially reduced by the work ’
done in the "Let'e Clean *Er Ip” *
drive.-*—Fire Chief J, J. O'Brien.
v_ J
31 itiiiaua ilailu (Jimra
tion wants it to?” asked the mayor to
day.
"We can’t build anything until the
council authorizes bond issues. I’m not
going to try to do anything until the
council acts like it wants to do some
thing.”
The city has only one public comfort
station, outside of the parks. This is
at Kentucky avenue and Washington
streets. The former administration
planned to establish one In the basement
of Tomlinson Hall, but the present regime
has expressed opposition to this.
STRENGTH OF
UNION APPLIED
TO OPEN SHOPS
Agents Striving to Get West
Virginia in Strike
Line.
STIMULATE PRODUCTION
All the strength of the United Mine
Workers was concentrated today on or
ganizing pon-unlon miners whose produc
tion threatens the success of the strike.
In every open-shop field, especially in
West Virginia, agents of the union were
hammering home the doctrines of collec
tive bargaining.
While miner chiefs maintained that
thousands of non-union men had joined
in the suspension Ap-il 1, they were try
ing to make union members out of
other thousands still working.
So long as 30 per cent of the normal
coal production is being mined to aug
ment the slowly diminishing reserve of
G5.000.u00 tons, the chances of forcing
an interstate wage conference with the
operators, through pressure of public
sentiment, are not so good.
Non-union production in West Vir
ginia is especially heavy in the Cuyan,
Itocohontas and Winding Gulf fields.
There were approximately 02.000 open
shop workers in those three fields prior
to April 1, when the Nation-wide sus
pension started.
OVERTIME WAGES
AIDS PRODUCTION.
With 200.000 unorganized workers in
other States, and spurred by overtime
wages which are beiig offered there
during the strike, they can produce more
than the 30 per cent of the Nation's
normal output.
It Is the altn of the United Mine Work
ers to wipe out this production and ac
cording to reports received here they
have succeeded in signing several
thousand new members since last Satur
day.
Lawrence Dwyer, internation executive
board member from We9t Virginia,
waited at headquarters for the arivnl of
Secretary Treasurer William E. Green,
whom he will Invite to address non
union meetings in West Virginia. Dwyer
said he personally had taken 2/AX> men
into the union at Sophia.
Gl X-MKV DRIVE
45 WORKERS OUT.
The latest report on the West Virginia
strike situation was from John Gathrura,
district secretary of the union as fol
lows :
“Situation fine in New River field and
two-thirds of Winding Gulf down. Sev
eral more local unions organized there
since you left. Reports on Stotesbury
that gunmen chased forty five Spaniards
and Italians away from their families
tinder threat of death if they returned.
The men are at Sophia, afraid to return."
Dwyer says he carries two guns all the
time when at home.
“They've saved me lots of times," he
added, “from thugs the operators hire to
put down the union spirit.”
Despite apparent apathy on the part, of
the employers on the Government’s sug
gestion of an early conference for a com
promise, hope was expressed at head
quarters of the Mine Workers that the
operators sooner or later will “come
around” and a sufficient number accept
the House Committee's invitation to war
rant the execution of anew contract for
the big central field, which would form
the wage basis for the miners in all the
soft coal districts.
WIELDS AX IN
VICIOUS ATTACK
Farmer and Four Sons Victims
of Unknown Murderer.
CONCORDIA, Kan., April s—An un
known assailant, wielding an ax as a
weapon, attacked the family of L. J.
Tremblay In their farm house, twenty
miles east of here, early today.
Tremblay’s eidoat son, Theodore, 18,
was hacked to death, Mr. Tremblay and
three of his younger sons were so badly
injured they were not expected to liv.
After striking down his victims with
the ax, the murderer set fire to the house
and barn. The barn was destroyed, but
neighbors extinguished the fire in the
house after dragging out the dead and
unconscious victims.
Mrs. Louis Swift,
Packer’s Wife, Dies
CHICAGO, April s.—Mrs. Louis F.
Swift, wife of the president of Swift &
Cos., died suddenly In her home in Lake
Shore drive early today.
Mr. Swift returned to Chicago from
Honolulu at It o'clock this moruing to
find his wife dead. Site had succumbed
at 2:30 a. nt.
All the children were at the bedside
when the end came. They are Alden B.
Swift, lyouis F. Swift, Jr., William Swift
and Mrs. Ida Mary Minotto.
Mrs. Swift was 42 years old. She was
born at Rolling Prairie, Ind. Her maiden
name was Ida May Butler.
Three Persons Die in
Farm House Blaze
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va„ Jtpril 3.
Three persons were burned tir’ denth in
their beds at Woodlawn, eight miles
from here today, when the farmhouse in
which they resided, was destroyed by
fire, caused by au overheated cook
stove.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1922.
MORE FIRINGS
EXPECTED IN
U. S. BUREAUS
2,000 Places in Federal
Service Affected, Re
port Says.
DOVER IN CHARGE
Deadly Ax Already
Has Fallen on Many
Revenue Agents.
BORAII SPEAKS
WASHINGTON, April s.—The con
troversial question of whether Con
gress has the right to demand of
a President of the United States
that he explain his actions, was raised
in the Senate this afternoon, by Sen
ator Borab of Idaho.
Senator Borah raised the issue with
regard to the Caraway resolution,
which would demand that President
llarding explain his shakeup of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Borah doubted that Congress had the
right to ask the President to do thts.
"If the President has violated the
law, there Is a way to reach him—
Impeach him!” said Senator Borah.
J
WASHINGTON, April 5.-A general
"house cleaning” that will remove at
least 2,0)0 prominent Government em
ployes here with Democratic leanings or
views hostile to those of the Administra
tion has been decided upon as a sequel
to the summary dismissal by the Presi
dent of twenty-nine bureau of engraving
chiefs. ~
President Harding, it was said, has de
termined that tc attain the highest effi
ciency of governmental administration,
the more important positions In the Ad
ministration must not be held by Dem
ocrats are persons not friendly to his
policies. lie hag decided to carrl out
this program regardless of any criticism
at the start, believing it would be ap
proved in the long run. Elmer Dover,
recently appointed Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, will soon extend the house
cleaning policy throughout the Internal
Revenue Department, where the nucleus
of a Democratic machine relic of the
McAdoo-Roper days- i* alleged to exist.
In addition to the bureau chiefs dis
missed from the Bureau of Engraving it
was learned that 443 of the 3,000 employes
of the Customs Service have been re
moved, recently. This ratio of ono to ten
will hold In other departments it was
said.
About 300 changes already have been
ordered in the 7,000 employes of the
Revenue Bureau and the number will be
increased.
The next department to c -up under the
knife will be the l’rohii , ion Bureau
Present indication are that 300 or 400 of
the “dry hounds” will be removed.
Administration spokesmen claim the
I’resb’i nt's policy Is already having a
benefic.d effect —that hundreds of em
ploy. who have been lax are “pepping
up” because of the fear of losing their
jobs.
An i ’-estigation of charges of "wnste.
Inefficiency and extravagance," as well as
partisanship and favoritism to political
lawyers, agents and lobbyists In connec
tion with the tax work of the Internal
Revenue Bureau was sought In a resolu
tion introduced by Senator King, Utah.
RECLAIMING
MILLIONS P AID
ON CONTRACTS
Army Overpaid Immense
Sums, Lord Tells Com
mittee.
WASHINGTON, April s.—An audit of
war-time contracts has shown that tho
Government overpaid Army contractors
$45,681,000, it wns revealed today by
Brig. Gen. 11. V. Lird, chief of Army
finance, before the Se.ate Army Appro
priations Committee. General Lord de
clared the audit was not yet completed
ami that many millions more discrepancy
might be shown.
Os the amount owed the Government,
Lord said, $26,000,000 was now in process
of collection, while $1,800,000 had been
paid back on other claims.
Machinist Union
Leader Testifies
CHICAGO, April 5. Harry J. Carr,
vice president of the International Ma
chinists’ Union, today took up the bat
tle of railroad employes against efforts
of the roads to cat wages.
Carr, testifying before the United
States Railroad Labor Board, disputed
statistics presented by the roads, in
which they attempted to show that wages
in other Industries were lower than the
railroad scale.
Banks Believe Business
Betterment Permanent
Changed Conditions of Last Month Indicate
Improvements Are on Solid Basis.
By HARRY A. HODMAN.
In the opinion of many bankers, mer
chants, dealers in bonds, securities and
investments and business men in general
there has been decided Improvement
shown in the business and industrial con
ditions of Indianapolis and Indiana dur
ing the last month. The situation Is not
as far advanced as many have hoped it
would be by this time, but those who are
in positions to watch the movements and
•feel the pulse of the city, State and
Nation say that the foundation upon
which the new prosperity is being built
is solid.
Former Prohibition
Agents Face Trial
for Farmer’s Death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April s.—Three
former Federal prohibition ageqts and a
former policeman will go on trial here
tomorrow In Federal Court, charged with
m'nrderlng Curtis Tidmore, a backwoods
farmer.
State attorneys will prosecuta the four
officials w'hlle the defense will be con
ducted by United States District Attor
neys. The defense will be based on the
ground the man was shot by the officers
In performance of their duty.
Tidmore was riding into Birmingham
Inst September on his wagon when the
officers started to search it for liquor.
They declared Tidmore shot before they
opened fire.
Chalmers Huffstutler, companion of
Tidmore at the shooting, declared the at
tack frightened Tidmore’s team and the
horses started to run. Ho said Tidmore
was shot while lying in the road, han
cuffed. lie said Tidmore didn't have a
gun in thewagon, with the exception of
an old shotgun which wasn't even loaded.
The case has stirred Intense interest
throughout the South.
BRITISH NOTE
TO FRANCE IS
INTEREST DUN
for England to Renew
War Loan.
‘MUST PAY OWN DEBT’
PARIS, April 5. —The French govern
ment has received a note from England
which is considered tantamount to a de
mand for Immediate payment of the in
terest on France's debt to Britain of
$2,500,000,000.
Marquis Curzon, British foreign
minister, indicated in his communication
•England could not renew the three con
ventions of 1019 whereby Farnce was
permitted to postpone payment of in
terest due on war time loans.
The whole question of inter allied debts
and of Europe's debts to America may
be brought up at Genoa, It was said in
French government circles today as a
result of this action by Britain.
It Is said here Marquis Curzon pleaded
America’s pressing for payment of Eng
land's debt to the United States as a
reason for not renswlng the convention
with France.
BRITAIN MUST
PAY INTEREST
LONDON, April s.—ln view of French
reports that England had virtually de
manded payment by France of interest on
her five-million pound debt to Great Brit
ain the following statement was Issued
today:
"The questlox of ending the convention
whereby France was excused from pay
ing Interest on her war debt to Britain
is under consideration.
“Great Britain in a note to France has
Intimated, In view of Britain’s obligation
to pay 25.000,000 pounds Interest to the
United Suites in October, this country
must consider seriously asking the allies
to pay something of what they owe her.”
FIVE HUNDRED
MINISTERS IN
FIRST SESSION
Methodists of State Open
Seventy-Ninth Annual
Conference.
ELKHART, Iml., April s.—Five hun
dred ministers, their wives and laymen
were present at the opening session of
tho seventy-ninth annual North Indiana
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church hero today. At least two hundred
more were expected to arrive before night.
Bishop Frederick D. Leete of Indian
apolis Is presiding over the sessions. Or
ganization of the conference and prelim
inary business took up most of the day.
A roll call of deceased members showed
that nine ministers of the conference and
the wives of eight pastors have died dur
ing the last year. A memorial sermon
was delivered by the Rev. T. M. Guild.
Bishop Leete will deliver noonday Len
ten talks each day during the confer
ence, which will last until next Monday,
when appointments of pastors will be
announced.
Examination of undergraduates will
continue throughout tho duration of the
conference. It was expected sixteen men
will be ordained after four years’ trial
and many more are being given exam
inations following their second aud third
year trials.
Trans-Atlantic
Fliers Hop Off
LISBON, April s.—After a false start
yesterday when engine trouble started
forced them to postpone the second leg
of their flight to Brazil and Portuguese
aviators got away today at 8:30 a. in.
They left from the Bay of Gando, Instead
of from Las Palmas, motoring to their
starting place to avoid bad weather and
were to fly to the Cape Yerde Islands.
Some are extremely optimistic; some
are merely satisfied with the present
state of improvement and others have
formed truly optimistic opinions from
their observations, but all seem confident
that we have rounded the corner of de
pression and gloom and are well on the
way to anew era of prosperity.
. n discussing the outlook Frank D.
Stalnaker, president of the Indiana Na
tional Bank, said:
“Although I am not as optimistic r.s
some, and even though I can not see
prosperity returning ly leaps and
(Continued on Psg Three.)
SUNSHINE OF
BRIGHTER DAY
FOR ARIZONA
Clouds Passing After
Long Period of
Dullness.
3 MAJOR STAPLES
Copper, Cattle and
Cotton Bringing
New 7 Hope.
{Editor's Note —Edward G. Lowry,
distinguished investigator and re
porter for the I’hiladelphia Public
Ledger, is touring the agricultural
section west of the Mississippi River,
In behalf of the Public Ledger nn<l
the Dally Times, and writing a series
of articles Upon conditions as ho finds
them. This is the eleventh production
based upon observations in Arizona.
Others will follow at regular inter
vals.]
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger
BY EDWARD G. LOWRY.
PHOENIX. Arts.. April 5. Arizona
will bear watching for a considerable
time to come. The State Is resolved to
make something out of Itself, to de
velop Its resources, to organize its In
dustries, to diversify Its products, to
raise. In so far as It is possible, Its
own necessities. It 1# a broken State
topographically, sparsely populated and
full of waste spaces. It is a State of
strong allure to the eastern mind and
the eastern Imagination, It is as un
like Its neighbor, New Mexico, ns It is
unlike its other neighbor, California.
Copper, cattle and cotton are the chief
three things by which Arizona lives, and
last year all three of these failed the
people of the State. They are just com
ing out of a deep valley of depression. ’A
year ago, Arizona was In a deep hole,
for which condition there were a num
ber of contributing factors. Copper was
down below the cost of mining. The
mines dosed down, with large stocks on
hand. Cattle were worth nothing; sheep
were to be 'had if a man would take
the herd and take care of them. The
price debacle followed closely a drought
(Continued on Inge Three.)
MATTRESS BILL
MISSING WHEN
HEARINGOPENS
Attache of Commissioners’ Of
fice Says He Returned
Paper to Defendant.
Testimony in the case of Frank Wcis
enbergor, mattress manufacturer, charged
with the unlawful manufacture and the
unlawful sale of mattresses, which be
gun in Criminal Court today, revealed
the fact an attache of the county com
missioners’ office had removed a bill for
mattresses sold the county from the files
of the auditor's office and turned It over
to Weisenberger.
It was shown the employe had gone
into the files in the office of Leo K.
Fesler, county auditor, removed the bill
which Weisenberger had rendered to the
county and which Mr. Fesler was holding
for investigation, as he testified, and
gave the bill to Weisenberger. The bill
wns for forty-eight mattresses, later
were condemned.
Employes of Weisenberger, entered the
Tuberculosis Sunnyslde Hospital, where
the mattresses were, and sewed labels
on them in the absence of officials of the
hospital, Dr. H. 8. Hatch, superinten
dent of the hospital, testified. No la
bels were attached to the mattresses
when they were delivered at Sunnyslde,
he said.
On the insistent demand of counsel
for Weinberger, Leo K. Fesler, county
auditor, and John Carlisle, bailiff of
the commissioners' court, were brought
into court to testify ns to the where
abouts of the bill In question. They
could not produce the bill. Mr. Carlisle
testified he had returned it to Weisen
berger.
Dr. Hatch testified the mattresses were
delivered by Weisenberger. nnd after
they were condemned as unfit by the
board of health, he had given them to
Welsenberger's employes, who called for
them.
The entire morning, with the excep
tion of a few short cases tried before,
was taken up by the presentation of the
State's evidence. Tte defense was ex
pected to present his evidence this Rft
ernooon.
Several other cases of the unlawful
manufacture and the illegal sale of mat
tresses are on the Criminal Court cal
endar this month. Ir ono case a change
of venue wns taken ' rom Judge Collins.
Texas Floods Break
Over $150,000 Levee
ROCKWELL, Texas, April 5.-—Follow
ing the eight and one-half Inch of rain
here which caused the east fork of the
Trinity River to rise to the highest
point ever recorded, water broke through
the $150,000 levee about a mile east of
here early this morning in seven places
and inundated more than 7,000 acres of
land which had been reclaimed.
Gun Man Terrorizes
Jones Company Plant
CHICAGO, April s.—With a gun in
each hand a man entered the W. A.
Jones Foundry Company plant this aft
ernoon and shot four men, killing one of
them. He was shot and killed by the
superintendent of the plant.
The man's name is said to bo Falfeldt.
The man he killed was Chester Borg
stron, chief clerk of the plant.
The man who did the shooting is said
to have been an ex-employe. First re
ports to the police were that he sought
revenge for having been discharged.
The Injured were rushed to hospitals.
TRIPLE INQUIRY INTO
FACTS WHICH LED
TO TRAGIC CLIMAX
Mrs. Day Tells Story of Experiences That
Ended in Fatal Shooting of
Lieut. Col. Beck.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 5.—A
triple investigation into tho age-old story
of platonic friendship, built about the
glamour of an Army uniform, beauty and
sudden wealth, which served as the death
trap for Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck, 44
years old, premier Army airman, and
commandant at post field. Ft. Sill, Okba.,
was launched today.
The Army, through a military court
presided over by Maj. Thomas B. Laa
ther; the State, acting through Coroner
A. W. McWilliams, and the Federal Gov
ernment, represented by Willard F.
Meadows, prohibition director of Okla
homa, united to sift the ashes of the story
of tierce burning rage told by Jean P.
Day, 55 years old, former Supreme Court
judge and millionaire oil man, self-ad
mitted slayer of Beck.
With the smoking revolver in his hand,
Day and his wife —her mind a blank la
the hysteria of the death scene, accord
ing to her statement—are the only eye
witnesses to the killing.
Possibility of prosecution of Judge J.
Day on a charge of murdering
Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck, developed
late today. County Attorney Hughes
announced that Day and his wife, on
whom Beck was alleged to have at
tempted an assault, causing tho slaying,
would have to appear at the coroner's
inquest Saturday, or the jury will be
dismissed and murder charges filed.
“Facts may develop that may cause me
to file a murder charge before Saturday,
tho day set for the inquest,” Hughes
said.
Both announced today they would ap
pear before the triple court of inquiry.
“And we cannot force them to do so,”
Forrest L. Hughes, prosecuting attorney,
said, adding: “But that will not keep me
from filing proper charges.”
Mrs. Day told ot tne events leading up
to the tragedy for the first time today.
Confined to her bed under the care of
TWO PERSONS
SAY THEY PAID
MONEY TO SIPE
Claims Filed With Receiver of
Former Clerk’s As
sets.
That Richard V. Slpe. former county
clerk and confessed embezzler of trust
funds, borrowed money from at least
two persons in an effort to extricate him
self from his difficulties, when his short
ages were about to be made known, was
revealed today with the filing of claims
for the money, with John F. Robbins, re
ceiver for Sipe s assests.
The claims were filed by Attorney Ira
Holmes in behalf of Mrs. Mary Gunter
Bell, formerly an employe in Sipe's of
fice. and Louis Brown, known as a pro
fessional bondsman.
Mrs. Bell's claim is for $3,000. It is
asserted that on Feb. 15, Mrs. Bell bor
rowed $2,000 "on her diamonds” and
then loaned the money to Slpe. For this,
aecordlng to tho claim, she was to re
ceive a commission of SOO. It is charged
that Slpe failed to pay back tho $2,000 or
to pay the $(10. The claim further states
that additional SI,OOO had been loaned to
Slpe at a previous date.
Os the SOOS claimed to be owing Mr.
Brown, S3OO was loaned to Slpe on the
day his shortage was made public, ac
cording to the claim. The remainder was
loaned previous to that time, it Is said.
USE OF WINE
FIXES STATUS
Question of Legality Discussed
by District Court.
WASHINGTON, April B.—lt Is not a
question of how wine is manufactured,
but for what purpose It is Intended, that
determines the meaning of the word
“wine” as used In the Volstead law,
under a decision handed down In District
Supreme Court today by Justice Hltz.
Tho decision is regarded as an impor
tant one In the determination of a large
number of sacramental wine eases now
on Federal Courts throughout the coun
try.
Justice Hitz directed a writ of man
damus be issued against Prohibition Di
rector Haynes to compel him to release
fifty-five barrels of brandy, the property
of Emanuel Schwartz.
Haynes had refused a permit for the re
moval of tho liquor from a warehouse,
although it had been certified by a Jew
ish rabbi that under the Mosaic law ko
sher brandy might bo used in home cere
monials of persons of Jewish faith in
lieu of wines.
Woman Pleads for
Man Who Hit Her
Because of a plea made by the woman
whom he attacked. John Gabriel, charged
with assault and battery with intent to
murder, was given only a sixty-day
st.itence on the Indiana State Farm and
fined $1 and costs on the reduced charge
of assault and battery, instead of a
long term in the State prison.
Airs. Amber Whitt, the woman, testi
fied that Gabriel, who roomed at her
home, 235 North Walcott street, came
home one night intoxicated. He became
infuriated and struck Mrs. AVhitt over
the head with a chair and beat her
about the face.
Mrs. Whitt had attempted twice to
have the case dismissed. In court she
pleaded with Judge James A. Collins
to give only a light sentence.
Street Car Injures
Dr. Hollingsworth
Dr. John F. Hollingsworth, 1258 Oliver
avenue, was injured today when an au
tomobile which he was drivllng was
struck by a Shelby street car at Shelby
street and Troy avenue. Dr. Hollings
worth was taken to the St. Francis
Hospital where It was said he suffered
from cuts and a number of broken libs.
HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPY
FIGURES IN TRAGEDY
Judge Jean P. Day, the husband,
millionaire oil man, former member
State Supreme Court commission, m
power in State politics and prominent
attorney.
Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Bock, the
husband’s best friend, commandant
at post Hying field, pioneer of Army
aviation—one of the four men oldest
In service, helped stage the first “fly
ing circus” in San Francisco, a pio
neer in the use of radio in aviation,
a social lion, of handsome dashing
appearance, prominent in Washington
and _other social circles, scion of a
long line of Army celebrities, with an
excellent record as to his conduct In
the service.
Mrs. Jean F. Day, the wlfej Okla
homa social leader, noted for her so
cial functions at Washington and as
a charming patroness of Dixie balls
at the national capital.
doctors ar.d refused the right to see any
one, the central figure of the tragedy, de
spite the pleas of friends, gave her ver
sion of the affair,
“My husband killed Beck because he
attacked me," f Mrs. Day said.
“My husband and I have known Beck
intimately. He was our friend. We en
tertained him at our home on many oc
casions.
“Oue time he called when my husband
was away, but it was a very brief visit.
However, each time he called previous to
Monday night, he acted a perfect gentley
man. We greatly enjoyed having him.
I He was brilliant and scintillating and an
acceptable addition to any company.
! “Early Tuesday morning, however,
shortly after Dr. Day left the house In
our automobile to take our guests to their
: homes, Mr. Beck became a monster —a
| beast. He seized me by the wrists and
! threw one arm around me. Nothing like
this had ever occurred before and I was
: dumfounded. For a moment I could not
: speak. Then, as he continued to hold
me, he cried out his love and made im
proper proposals to me—l screamed for
him to stop, but I struggled in vain to
free myself from his grasp.
“How long we struggled I do not know.
“But 1 remember my husband coming
j In—X saw him there framed in the door
way and knew I was safe,
j “After that—well, the next thing I re
j member was the police telling me to be
[ quiet, that I needed rest.
“What happened during that Interval
I do not know.”
Mrs. Day is considered one of the most
beautiful women in Oklahoma. She la
a brunette of striking figure. She speaks
with the accent of a Southerner.
“I love my husband and my baby—
they hold all my love,” Mrs. Day con
cluded her statement.
“My wife,” Day said at the conclusion
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WOMAN’S WIT
HELPS POLICE
LAND BURGLAR
Mrs. Robert Abbott Knew
Black Was Trespass*
ing.
A daylight burglar wearing the uni
form of the United States Army was
caught by a squad of police in the
home of P. M. Denhaf, 2f>ls North Gale
street today. The Denhaf family is out
of the city.
The man gave his name as Eugene
Black and said he was a member of the
Eleventh Infantry at Ft. Benjamin Har
rison. having been in the Army three
weeks.
Mrs. Robert Abbott, 2009 North Gale
street, saw tho man enter the Denhaf
home through a window and close the
window. She ran Into the street and
called Carey Stafford, 15, 2603 North
Gale street, who summoned the police.
The emergency squad, which responded
to tho call, surrounded the house. Black
ran out the front door and was captured.
It was discovered that Black had re
moved silverware from drawers and had
gathere dit together preparatory to tak
gathered it together preparatory to tak-
Black told the police that he enlisted in
the Army in 1919, but later deserted. He
gave his age as 17, but police say he ap
pears to be considerably older.
Committee Asks
$7,500.000 for Dam
WASHINGTON, April s.—Appropria
tions of $7,500,000 for completion of the
Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals will he
asked of Congress, under a motion unan
imously passed by the Senate Agricul
tural Committee today. The commit
tee will offer its request as an amend
ment to the military bill now the subject
of hearings before the Senate appropria
tions.
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