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THE WEATHER
Thunder showers tonight and Sunday.
Little temperature change.
VOL. XXXIV.
ARMITAGE TO
BATTLE FOR
CHAIRMANSHIP
Backers Prepare to
Fight Combined
Forces.
FACTIONAL FIGHT
Intense Activity on
Eve of Primary
Limit.
Republican political forces directed
by William H. Armitage, backer of
William H. Freeman, aspirant for the
county chairmanship, squared away
today for a fight to the finish for
Marion county supremacy against
the Coffin-Dodson and Lemcke-
Jewett elements in the party. Mr.
Armitage said he had no doubt left
that the Coffin-Dodson and Lemcke-
Jewett groups have combined against
him.
All factions engaged in intense
activity yesterday and until mid
night, last night, to influence the
withdrawal of candidates for coun
ty office, whose possible nomination
they consider inimical to their efforts
to gain control of the party ma
chinery. It was said that former
Mayor Charles W. Jewett and Coun
ty Treasurer Ralph Lemcke were
with Robert F. Miller, former sheriff,
and now a candidate for the nomina
tion for county commissionership
against Harry D. Tutewiler, incum
bent, until fifteen minutes until 12
o’clock last night, but Mr. Miller re
fused to heed their plea that he with
draw. Mr. Tutewiler has combined
the Coffin-Dodson and Lemcke-
Jewett support, it is said.
It is said also that opponents of the
Armitage group, which group is com
posed largely of the friends of Mayor
Shank, also tried their test to get Wil
liam D. Haverst!ck to withdraw as" a
candidate for county commissioner
against Carlin n. Shank. Incumbent, hut
were unsuccessful. It appears that Mr.
Shank will be backed by ail three groups.
He is the brother of Mayor Shank. Some
politicians said the language used in re
pelling the advances of those who wished
him to withdraw, was emphatic.
The opponents of Armitage were suc
cessful In getting one candidate out of
the race, it was said at the city hall.
Mayor Shank's leaders were surprised
when they learned that Geo. O. Hutson,
clerk of the board of public works, bad
decided not to run for county clerk.
Mr. Hutsell issued the following state
ment :
“Because I entered the race so late I
find that a great many of my friends
made other arrangements and that some
support that I expected is not material
izing. Furthermore, I was looked upon
• s the city hall candidate, which might
have put the mayor in an embarrassing
position and I do not wish to put hlin In
that position. For these reasons I am
withdrawing as a candidate for Repub
lican nomination for county clerk.’’
This seemed to make little impression
upon city hall leaders, who said they be
lieved the Coffin-Dodson and Lemcke-
Jewett people were responsible for the
withdrawal.
THREE INJURED
AS STREET CAR
HITS MACHINE
Both Motorman and Driver of
Automobile Deny Fault
Is Theirs.
Three persons were hurt when an au
tomobile driven by Grant Elliott, 1011
English avenue, was struck by a Beech
Grove street car at the corner of Louis
iana street and Virginia avenue today.
One side of the machine was demolished
and some damage was done to the street
car. The street car was in charge of
James C. Carr of Beech Grove.
The injured are:
GRANT ELLIOTT, cheek cut, badly
bruised.
CHARLES RCBOTIOM. 1011 English
avenue, right ear nearly severed, bruised
and cut.
CLYDE RUBOTTOM, 12, son of
Charles, nose broken and gash over right
eye.
Both the driver of the automobile and
the motorman of the street car dis
claimed responsibility for the accident.
Another accident. In which a Beech
Grove street car struck an automobile,
was reported a few squares from the
scene of the first accident.
Floods Shut Off
Missouri Capital
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., April B.—This
city, capital of the State of Missouri, was
without direct railroad communication
to the outside world today.
Five days of almost incessant rain
have caused a number of wash-outs on
the Missouri Pacific and on the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas Railroads, the only
ones coming into the city direct. Rail
communication is still possible, how
ever. over the Wabash and Chicago &
Alton, which run on the opposite bank
of the Missouri River, and which may
be reached by trolley car.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending 7
p m.. April 0. 1922:
Showers and thunder storms tonight
and Sunday; not much change in tem
perature.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
6 a. m 50
7 a. m 59
8 a. m 61
9 a. m 6.1
10 a. m 64
11 a. m 61
12 (noon) 65
1 p. m. 66
2 p. a 70
Nice Fresh White
Mule; Direct From
Still While Warm
While mule service, from still to
bootlegger, has now reached a State
of perfection w iere the liquid fire is
delivered fresh from the still in a
warm state. Charles Freije, a
Syrian grocer, 663 Blake street, drove
his automobile into the yard in the
rear of his home yesterday and found
a reception committee composed of
Lieutenant Anderson, Volderauer,
Sargeant Fields and a squad of
police awaiting him. In the auto
mobile they say they found nineteen
gallons of white mule so fresh that
it still was warm.
Frieje was arrested and his auto
mobile confiscated. Collins Herd,
negro, 722 North West street, was at
Freije's place and was arrested.
ARMY MEN TO
DEFEND BECK
AT INQUEST
Unable to Fly Against
Storm, Officers Use
Autos._
COMMAND LOYAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, April B.—Un
able to fly against the wind which
reached almost cyclonic intensity,
the eight airplanes bearing the mem
bers of the military court, inquir
ing into the death of Liuetenant
Colonel Paul Ward Beck, shot to
death by Judge Jean P. Day, in the
latter’s home, were forced to re
turn to their landing field this morn
ing.
The party was immediately trans
ferred to motor cars- and an effort
made to reach Oklahoma City by 2
o'clock, the hour of the inquest.
All wires to the army post are
down.
Beck was shot and killed by Jean
I*. Day, former Justice of the Supreme
Court and millionaire oil man. in the
latter's home here, in the small hours
of Tuesday morning, after Day says
he found the airman in an attack upon
his wife.
ALL OKLAHOMA
HAS TAKEN SIDES
Since that hour all Oklahoma has taken
sides in the case. Day's story is an
age-old tale—a story of misplaced trust
Day, it was believed, will not change
his story before tbs Inquest. He will in
sist that he found Beck attacking his
wife and that Beck was killed by acci
dent when Day dealt him a blow over
the head with the revolver.
It is to refute this story, the airmen
who served under Beck's command at
Ft. Sill's aviation field, have come to the
inquest.
They are beaded by Beck’s son and by
his nephew. Lieut. John W. Beck, whose
father—Colonel's Beck's brother—was
slain under mysterious circumstances
several years ago.
One of the largest crowds ever attend
ing a court inquiry here is expected to
seek admittance to the inquest room.
Twelve witnesses have been called.
Day himself will testify. His wife will
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NIGHT LABOR
SAVES TOWN
FROM FLOOD
Two-Scors Volunteers Work
to Pre\ent Breaking
of Levee.
BEARDSTOWN, 111.. April 8.-With
approximately one-eighth of the city af
fected by the high water and property
damage mounting to a bith figure work
ers early today believed the city levee
the Illinois River here had been
saved.
Two score of volunteer workers labored
ail night to keep back tbe flooded stream
which threatened to crumble the levee
and inundate Beardstown. The river this
morning stood at 22.1 feet flood stage,
the highest mark in years
Property damage was estimated at
more than SIOO,OOO. Traffic at the Illinois
street bridge was blocked when city offi
cials found it in danger of being carried
out by the rushing water.
Shank Washes His Hands
of Refractory Council
Mayor Declares He'll Shut Up Shop Before
Asking Anything Else .
Mayor Shank widened the breach be
tween his administration and the city
council today when he Issued a statement
declaring he is through with the council
men and would "shut up shop” before he
would ask for the passage of any or
dinance. The mayor talked thus aftei
Councilmen Theodore J. Bernd, John E.
King and Heydon W. Buchanan had made
assertions about the administration's
conduct of municipal affairs which were
highly displeasing to him.
Councilman Bernd’s charge that the
public comfort station at Illinois street
and Kentucky avenue has been per
mitted to become “little more than a
place where city employes loaf, boot
leggers ply their trade on the men's side
and street walkers change clothes and
'doll up’ on the women's side,” was par
ticularly irritating to the mayor.
“I'm for that council. I hope they keep
this up the nest four years,” said the
mayor sarcastically.
MAYOR SPEAKS
RIGHT OUT.
"If bootleggers ply their trade and
street walkers change their clothes In the
comfort station all right. That's better
than Laving them do it around in alleys,
isn't it? Let ’em do it and if the coun
cil can detect ’em, let them do that.
They’ve got badges, haven’t they?
“I'm for the council saving money. I
want them to save every penny they can.
The city doesn't need improvements.
TEST SHOWS
GAS LOWER
IN QUALITY
City Engineer Informs
Mayor Product Is
Inferior.
FRANCHISE CITED
Service Commission
Sets Tuesday as
Hearing Date.
Gas supplied by the Citizens Gas
Company averages 560 heat units to
the cubic foot, whereas the company
formerly supplied ga swhich tested
600 units for 55 cents a thousand
cubic feet, John L. Elliott, city
engineer, declared today in a letter
to 'Mayor Shank. The company is
petitioning for a rate of $1.25 a thou
sand cubic feet, as compared with
the present rate of 90 cents.
Yesterday, Mr. Elliott said, the gas
tested 548.
Mr. Elliott's letter, which was promp
ted by tho petition for an increase, fol
lows:
“It Is reported in Indianapolis papers
that the Citizens Gas Company has
petitioned the public -vice commission
for an increase to sl.. a thousand.
The franchise of the Citizens Gas Com
pany calls for the furnishing of gas with |
a British thermal unit per cubic foot of j
600. The test made by the city chemist ]
of gas sent out by the Prospect street j
clant at 8:57 a. m. April 7 shows a B.
T. U. value of 548. Thinking this per
haps was due to an error because of low
heat value, it was checked again at 10:38
a. in .and found ajaln to register 548.
“These figures -re very significant
when you consider ihat gas used to be \
furnished to consumers in Indianapo- 1
lis at 600 British thermal units for 33 j
cents. Tie average It. T. U. value of gas ;
last month in Indianapolis was around
560.
“I believe in establishing anew rate
for gas consideration should be given
to the requirements of heat value.”
The public service commission an
nounced the hearing on the petition of
the company for an increase will open j
next Tuesday.
The right of tb- public service com- j
mission to Increase the rates of the j
Citizens Gas Company will be questioned ■
T. Ernest Maholm, attorney for the
Telephone Patrons' t'nion, announced to- j
day.
Sir. Maholm said a motion will be filed
with the commission asking that the |
petition be dismissed on the ground that ;
a rate of 60 cents a thousand cubic feet j
is fixed by statute and can not be .
changed. In similar cases, particularly |
that of the Indianapolis Street Railway j
Company, the commission has held that j
emergency relief can be granted a j
utility despite legislation fixing rates, j
The directors of tho Telephone Patrons I
t'nion have authorized Mr. Maholm to j
employ additional counsel to assist him ]
In the case. Mr. Maholm said that if
his motion to dismiss is overruled he will
appear at the hearing of the petition to
fight the granting of higher rates.
POLICE SEIZE
LIQUOR FOUND
IN RESIDENCE
Raid Home of John Kniselj
and Arrest Him on Tiger
Charge.
A large quantity of whisky, wine, ana |
other drinks, was confiscated by the j
police today at the home of John E. ;
Knlsely, 131 East Thirty-Sixth street,
who was arrested on a charge of
operating a blind tiger.
Included in the liquor seized by the
raiding squad were three gallon Jugs
of alcohol, three gallon Jugs of gin, one |
gallon jug of wine, twenty-five pint j
bottles of bottled-in-bond whisky, eight j
quarts of bottled in bond whisky, two j
quart bottles of gin, one quart of creme |
<le inenthe, one quart of Scotch whisky
and a bottle of wine.
The booze was found in Knlsely's base
ment and in a locker on an upper floor.
Knlsely’s bond was fixed at SI,OOO and
it was signed by Henry It. Campbell.
A'e're fifty years ahead of the times.
Let's just loaf along now for the next
fifteen or twenty years.
“I'm not going to send another ordi
nance to that council. I've issued in
structions to the department heads not
to. If we run out of money in a depart
ment, rather than ask the council to
transfer funds we’ll Just shut up shop
for the rest of the year.
“I’m through with that council. I'm
done.”
CHARGES TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
President E. L. Kingston and James E.
Armitage of the board of public safety
said Councilma)i Bernd's statement about
bootleggers and improper women at the
comfort station would be investigated.
Mr. Kingston said that the Women's De
partment Club complained several weeks
ago that women were drinking and smok
ing cigarettes at the station. The board
asked the club women what they would
recommend to better conditions and they
suggested women attendants be given
special police powers, according to the
president. The board suggested, since the
hoard of works has charge of the sta
tion. it should pass upon the matter of
giving police power to the attendants,
but the board of safety was willing to
cooperate. The club wo me if went to the
board of works which requested the po
lice powers be granted. The board of
safety then had badges issued to the at
tendants, Mr. Kingston said.
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1922.
MORE THAN
200 NAMED
IN CHARGES
Federal Grand Jury
Returns 133 Indict
ments.
AUTO CASES LEAD
Fewer Prohibition Law
Violations Al
leged.
One hundred and thirty indict
ments, involving more than two hun
dred defendants, were returned by
the Federal grand jury, which has
, been in session a month, to Judge
Albert B. Anderson this morning.
The indictments cover a wide range
of Federal offenses of every descrip
tion and involve persons in all walks
of life.
After a conference w-ith Homer Elliott,
United States district attorney. Judge
Anderson set Monday, May 8, as arraign
ment day. It is possible a special ar
raignment day for Federal prisoners now
confined in Jail will bo held before that
time. This matter will be taken up by
Judge Anderson and Mr. Elliott within a
few days.
It probably will be Wednesday before
1 the capiases are turned over to Mark j
Storen, United States marshal, for serv j
ice. Federal officials said.
There are fewer indictments for vio- j
Istlon of the prohibition laws than
usual, but any deficiency along these
lines is u. ire than made up by the in
crease in the number of Indictments
returned fr r violation of the Dyer act.
which makes It a Federal offense to
transport stolen automobiles in Inter
state traffic. Only twelve indictments
cover prohibition inw violations, while
there are twenty-three brought under the
Dyer act. Postal law violations account
for twenty-nine Indictments, although
there are fewer defendants named than in
those brought under the Dyer and pro
hibition act laws.
RKMIS CASE
MORE PROMINENT.
What probably will develop into the
most sensational of all cases if it ever
comes to trial in the lorn! Federal Court,
is that of George Remus, Chicago attor
ney. who is said to be the head of one
of the largest and most notorious liquor
rings 1n the United States. Remus now
!b under Indictment at Cincinnati and
Chicago and fs out on bonds aggregating
$60,000.
He is charged not only with violation
of the prohibition laws, but having at
tempted to bribe Indiana Federal prohi
bltoin officials. It la said that Remus
was in Indianapolis recently and made
proposals of this character to one of the
highest Federal prohibition officials in the
State. With him are indicted eight
others, whose names Homer Elliott. United
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CAR ACCIDENT
PROVES FATAL
TO PHYSICIAN
Crash Between Street Car and
Auto Kills Dr. Hollings
worth.
A the result of injuries received in an
accident April 5, Dr. John S. Rollings- j
worth, 716 East Thirty-Second street, j
died today at the St. Francis Hospital. 1
Dr. I'aul F. Robinson, roroner, started |
•in investigation Into tho accident.
Dr. Hollingsworth, driving on Troy
avenue, was crossing Shelby street, when
bis automobile was struck by a city
street car.
Dr. Hollingsworth was born in Boone
County, Sept. 22, ISOS. He was the son j
of Nero B. and Lucinda Q. Hollinsworth. j
When 21 years old ho came to Indiannp- 1
oils and lived lu this city since that time.
He worked his way through tho Indiana
Medical College and graduated In 1883.
He had an office at 1258 Oliver avenue
and enjoyed a large practice.
Besides the widow, Martha Hollings
worth, Dr. Hollingsworth is survived by
a brother and sister, George H. Hollings
worth of Pnsadann, Cal., and Mrs. Maggie
Rohnioas of Moberly, Mo. l>r. Ilolllns
wortb’s*funeral will be held at the resi
dence at 10:30 o'clock Monday and
friends are Invited. Burial will bo at
Crown Hill.
UNLOCAL
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio., April B.—Pet
lovers liere are jubilant. Mayor Dies
announced lie would give a bulldog lo
every mun and n canary to every
woman who finds a hole in the city
paving.
Search for Negro
in Rush County
RUSHVILLE, Ind., April 8. Edgar
Archey, negro, is being sought by the
authorities of Rush County, on a charge
of assaulting John Freeman, white la
borer. The assault, which Is said to have
been with a piece of heavy iron pipe,
was followed by the theft of S3O. Towns
people of Carthage, Freeman's home, as
sisted in the fruitless search for the
negro. Freeman's condition is said to be
serious.
Galli-Curci Gets
Back Stolen Gems
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April B—Emelita
Galli-Curci was happy again today for
$45,000 worth of Jewels which were stolen
from her Thursday were War
ren J. Reynolds, auto, truck driver,
picked them up by the roadside south of
San Juan Capistra No. 1, the old town
site, where the Jewels were stolen.
THREE FOLD AIM
Sanitation, safety from fire risks
and city beautification will be ac
complished by work done in the
“Let's Clean ’Er Up” drive.—Charles
A. Bookwalter, president board of
park commissioners.
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PENNA SAYS
MINE OWNERS
ARE HOPELESS
' Indiana Operators Not Likely
to Agree to Hold Con
ference.
WASHINGTON, April B.—Congressional
efforts to bring about a conference be
tween coal operators and miners to ne
gotiate anew wage scale are "hopeless
; because of widespread discussions among
the operators,” Phil H. P/mna, spokes
man for the Indiana mine owners, de
clared today before the House Labor
Commlttee-
Mr. Pennu’s chief argument against the
Joint meeting was that operators "sin
cerely fear" prosecution for anti-trust
luw violation.
In the face of this the House adopted
today, 28 to 22, an amendment to the De
partment of Justice appropriation bill
designed to guarantee Attorney General
Daugherty's assurance that the Govern
ment would not prosecute either miners
or operators participating In such a
conference.
G. M. Gould of Indianapolis, president
of the Indiana Coal Operators’ Associa
tion, will testify before the committee
today.
Mysterious Note
Gives Only Clew
in Disappearance
A mysterious letter was the only clew
found today to the disappearance yes
atrday of John M. Smigoski, 18, son of
(’apt. William 8. Smigoski, stationed at ;
Ft. Benjnuitn Harrison.
The boy left his home at the fort yes
terday morning to go to Technical High
school, where he was a student. lie did
not arrive at the school and has not been
heard from since.
A search of his room revealed the fol
lowing letter, dated April 3:
“You remember what happened In
'Frisco to that other fellow in 1810. Weil,
you do what I say or it is the Gulf of
Moxleo and then the South Seas for you ]
for two years. You have till the seventh
of April."
The letter was signed “C. Kennard." !
No place is mentioned In connection with i
the date and the boy's father told the;
police lie had no idea what tho letter j
means. No envelope could be found.
It was pointed out the date of the boy's
disappearance coincides with the date
mentioned in the letter.
MAKES ATTEMPT
TO ATTACKVICAR
Assailant of Cardinal’s Secre
tary Believed to Be
American.
ROME, April B.—A man who Is be
lieved to have been an American priest
was frustrated today in what Is be
lieved to be an attempt to assassinate
Cardinal Pompili, vicar to the Pope. The j
man called at the cardinal's residence de
manding an audience. The Cardinal’s
secretary, Monsignore Cartdelorl replied
that the Cardinal was engaged and could
not be seen. The visitor thereupon as
saulted the secretary. Servants ran In
and seized the man, finding a revolver in
his pocket. In the excitement the as
sailant escaped.
WHOA!
WASHINGTON, April B.—Senators
and Congressmen who plan to con
duct political campaigns In their re
spective States while remaining In
Washington, will not bo able to use
the naval rudin to broadcast speech
es to their constituents, Secretary of
tlie Navy Denby decided today.
An order restricting the use of the
Navy wireless to music and concerts
was issued after a storm of protests
were made by Democrats when Pen
by permitted Senator Hurry S. New
to address Indiana voters by wire
less.
Irish Republicans
Capture Garrison
DUBLIN, April B.—lrish republican ex
tremists today captured the headquarters
of the eastern division of the Free State
army at Dunboyne, County Meath, In
Leinster and made the loyal garrison
prisoners. Free State headquarters in
County Meath was ralied by De Valera
ites and munitions were seized.
HOME!
LAPORTE, Ind., April B.—Worried
because his house was to he razed to
make way for new high school site, J.
< art wrlght Buck, 44, killed himself.
Ills body was found suspended from
a rope in the cellar. He owned con
siderable property in the city and
county and also In the State of Idaho.
RAINS MAKE CANA LS OF STREETS
Continued heavy rains again brought
high water in some sections of Indian
apolis today. The picture was taken in
Sherman drive looking north from South
eastern avenue. For a time the water
under the viaduct at this point was so
deep the street was impassable, but later
it receded sufficiently to permit automo
biles to plowr through, as the picture
shows.
STREAMS FLOOD
LOWLANDS AS
RAIN CONTINUES
Some City Streets Impassable
as Result of Heavy
Downpour.
White River and Fall Creek were ris
ing today as a result of the storm yes
terday and continued rains last night,
but the condition was not reported to be
dangerous. In a few places lowlands
were flooded.
Sewers were unal !e to carry the storm
water in many places and as a result be
came clogged, with serious consequences
to block pavements. At Sixteenth and
Meridian streets the pavement was In an
impassable condition.
At Southeastern avenue and Sherman
drive the streets were so badly flooded
that a watchman was stationed to warn
motorists not to attempt to drive through.
The weaher forecast is for showers and
ttMinder storms tonight and Sunday. The
wlather hureau said there will uot be
much change in temperature.
Fragile electric lamp globes and bulbs
on street lighting standards and adver
tising signs presented a sorry appearance
following the hail storm.
C. E. Sales, superintendent of construc
tion for the Merchants Heat and Light
Company, reported 493 street standard
lamp globes and more than a half that
number of light bulbs Inside them were |
broken by the hail. The total damage to i
these fixtures was more than $3,000. The j
big globes c0.5L54.50 each and the bulbs '
from $1.50 to $2 each. Mr. Sales said the,
damage would be repaired at once. He I
kept a gang of repairmen busy all night.
No one was able to estimate the dam
age to electric signs.
The storms and continued rain put
more than 1,000 telephones were pul
temporarily out of commission in In
dianapolis Friday night and Saturday,
according to J. W. Hannon, division plant j
superintendent of the Indiana Bell Tele
phone Company.
Insulation worn off wires caused most j
of the difficulty. Employes worked last j
night and today re-establishing broken j
communication lines.
According to reports of the telephone :
company, the storm was most serious in j
the vicinity of Ben Davis, where fifty
poles were blown down.
Barts of practically every w-ooden block
pavement In tho city were damaged by
bulging resulting from the heavy rain.
City Civil Engineer John L. Elliott, In
charge of improved street repair, said
the amount of damage could not be es
timated until complete reports are In. The
bulging comes when old blocks, from j
which the creosote has been lost, are
water -soaked.
The worst bulging was reported In i
Meridian street south of Sixteenth street
where a stretch approximately one hun
dred feet long was made almost impas
sible. The block section of Ohio street
east of the Lake Erie & Western Rail
road tracks, which always suffers after
a hard rain, was reported to be se
riously damaged and parts of Delaware
street were torn up.
MONEY SHOP QUITS
WASHINGTON, April 8. The
world's biggest money factory closed
today. 4 nder orders from Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving here
suspended work, and no paper money
will he printed for an indefinite
period. More than 6,000 employes
are affected.
Juvenile Court Is Most Important
of All, Says Mrs. Richard Lieber,
Who Served in Police Department
(Mrs. Lieber, who here sets forth
what she believes should lie the mis
sion of the juvenile court, lias spent
a great deal of time and effort in in
vestigating courts in other cities.
She also Is thoroughly familiar with
the situation in Marion County and
gained first hand information rela
tive to the juvenile problem when
she served as a policewoman at the
start of Mayor Shank's Administra
tion.)
By MRS. RICHARD LIEBER.
Various people having raised the ques
tion of the present status of our juvenile
court, touch thereby upon the functioning
of a very important social agency.
We should remember that the science
of child grew out of ad
vanced thought, in the past fifty years.
The next fifty years, no doubt, will bring
forth a wonderful study of childhood.
EUROPE TAKES
STEP TOWARD
DISARMAMENT
Expect Only Opposition From
French and Polish Repre
sentatives.
GENOA, April B.—The first great con
certed move sines the war to reduce
Europe’s land armaments as a safeguard
for international peace w-ill be under
taken when tbe general economic confer
ence of the powers opens here on Mon
day.
Premier Lloyd George of England
through whose initiative the Genoa con
ference was summoned, will be the lead
ing spirit In the movement to cut down
the European armies. The only marked
opposition is expected to come from
France and Foland, the former claiming
to fear Germany and the latter professing
to see a military menace in Russia.
All of the great powers of the world,
with the exception of the United States,
will participate m the conference. Turkey
was the only nation that did not get a
formal Invitation to take part.
Roughly, the problems which the state
ment will try to solve are.
1. Reduction of land armaments so as
to reduce taxes and cut down the ex
penditures of the various governments.
2. Deflation of currency.
3. Balancing of budgets.
4. Reopening of Russia to foreign
trade.
5. Assistance of Russia and Germany
with credits on certain conditions.
6. Restoration of peace in tbe Near
East, where the Greeks and Turkish na
tionalists have been at war, so that the
Near East can be opened up for com
merce and trade.
7. Creation of general economic condi
tions to foster business relations between
the former belligerents.
Whether German indemnity will be con
sidered is not known,
Premier Poincare has announced that
the French delegation will not permit
this question to be taken up. On the ]
other band the Germans contend that It
will be Impossible to reconstruct Europe j
commercially unless their Indemnity bur
den is lightened. Both the British and j
the French have united in the state
ment that neither the Versailles treaty
nor any other treaty will be revised.
Premier Lloyd George has taken the
Washington conference for his model,
and In his opening speech on Monday
he may explode a bombshell similar to
the history-making speech of Secretary
of State Hughes In opening the Wash
ington conference.
Man Confesses to
Slaying Comrades
ANTIGO, Wis., April B.—Tom Krusen
borry surrendered to the police here to
day and confessed the slaying of two at
Lilly, near here. The men slain were
Matthews Brooks and an unidentified
man. Krusenberry said he shot after
tho other men had threatened to attack
him as the three were sharing a gallon
of “inoonshHie." An inquest will be held
this afternoon.
Democrats Plan
Public Reception
A public reception for all Democratic j
candidates who seek nomination in the !
primary election of May 2 will be held
next Wednesday at the headquarters o\
the Tenth Ward Democratic Club, Hoyt
and State avenues. Edward J. Sexton,
president of the club, has named the fol
lowing to act as a reception committee:
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. McClain, Mr. asd
Mrs. Charles Hicks, Mrs. M. McGlinehey,
Otto Ray, James Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Weiss, E. J. McDonough, Leo
White, Frank Lindsor, Arthur Driscoll,
Samuel Kingston and M. Harrington.
The delinquent child starts at the thresh
old of this study.
There are three classes of law offenders.
First, we must consider the mentally nor
mal child, who has been apprehended for
some misdemeanor and is brought before
the judge; second, the mentally normal
child who through lack of parental care,
Ignorant parents, or employment of
mother (often unnecessarily) or through
bad associates, poor environments, idle
ness or hereditary criminal tendencies,
has been brought before the Judge; and
third, and by no means last, the phy
sically defective child who finds his way
Into court.
ALL CHILDREN GO
THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
The age of the juvenile offender ranges
between eight and sixteen years. Dur
ing the age of adolescence all children
go through a period of recklessness and
parelessness. The natural physical In
HOME EDITION
TWO CENTS PER COPT
DESTRUCTIVE
HEAVY WINDS
STRIKE TEXAS
Big Property Loss Re
ported From Bal
linger.
2 CHILD VICTIMS
Cloudburst Adds to
Havoc Wrought
by Storm.
DALLAS, Tex., April 8. —Heavy,
winds, of cyclonic velocity snd rain
storms swept north Texas and south
ern Oklahoma early today, causing
the death of about twenty-five per
sons and immense property loss, ac
cording to reports received here.
Tornadoes were reported at Cisco,
where Mrs. R. W. Turner was prob
ably fatally injured and one other
woman in a serious condition.
At Ardmore and Lawton, Okla., it
was reported fourteen persons lost
their lives.
Wichita Falls, Ranger and other
north Texas towns report heavy dam
age.
One man was injured, three houses
blown down and a portion of the
| Catholic Church demolished at
: Ranger.
! The dead Included two children of
| Frank Kavatil, one child Joe Kohutek,
| an unknown white man and two negroes.
; The school house and many dwlellings
| were biown down. Wire communica
tion with the stricken district is in
terrupted.
Information received at the "Katy” of
fice reported that the Cisco freight depot
had been demolished, but the wire failed
before further details could be obtained.
Ballinger, Texas, reported six people
killed.
Bothan, in Eastland County, reports %/
cloudburst.
The Millings Sanitarium, at Cisco,'was
completely wrecked, but no loss of life
; is reported.
I The left field wall of the marine base
| hall park In Dallas was blown down and
1 part of the grandstand ripped off.
II REPORTED DEAD
i IN RUNNELS COUNTY.
Brownwood reported a cyclone near
Rowena, Runnels County, and fourteen
I persons killed and much property dam
; age. Communication is entirely cut off.
Three were killed in Lawton.
One man was killed at Electra, Texas.
High winds and a deluge of rain
struck Dallas shortly before 11 o’clock.
BORAH AFTER
COSSACK CHIEF
Senator Charges He Murdered
Americans and Innocents.
WASHINGTON, April B.—General
Emenoff, Cossack anti-Bolshevist chief
tain, now out on bail in New York on the
charges of a fur import firm, will be
ejected from the country as a “murderer
of American soldiers and butcher of inno
cent men, women and children," If plans
made today by Senator Borah carry.
Boring Burglar in
North Side Attempt
Burglars broke into the John Chalk
hardware store, 421 East Thirtieth street,
early today by boring holes through tho
pannels of the door. A flashlight an'd
$2.50 are missing. Seven other stores in
the north part of the city have been en
tered recently by a burglar who uses a
brace and bit.
Vandals broke into school No. 40, Wal
nut street and Senate avenue, last night.
A piano was scratched and scarred. Mrs.
Beulah Price, a teacher, reported the case
to the police.
Arranges Funeral,
Then Kills Himself
George Lockhart, 1632 Ringgold street,
made arrangements for his funeral with
J. G. Wilson, undertaker, today, and then
went home and swallowed poison, dying
a short time later.
Our Daily Payroll
Banditry Report:
$4,000 Is Secured
PORT CHESTER, N. Y„ April B.
Three bandits early today held up a
messenger carrying the $4,000 weekly
payroll of the Mint Product Com
pany of Port Chester, on the North
Main street bridge. The robbers, who
were in a limousine, seized the money,
and disappeared toward Greenwich,
Conn.
clination at this age is laziness and
dreary listiessness, which incites the
child’s aptitude into disobedience, inat
tention, etc. Primitive instincts break
forth with all their force. Boys’ gangs,
the trials of the neighborhoods are
manifestations of these instincts. Craving
the freedom of nomadic life, the passion
for outdoor games and sports, naturally
does not foster a love for school dis
cipline. but might easily lead to vagrancy.
Vanity, selfishness, love of adventure,
all reflections on sex impulses, so domi
nant at this age, bring on habits that
need the greatest patience and care on
the part of their elders to combat. The
responsibility of the judge, upon whose
verdict depends the safe guidance of
those of our children who come into con
flict with the law, is very great.
Children up to the age of 8 are more
or less unmoral. From thence to 13 they
are apt to be anti-social and often up to
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