LIVE A LITTLE LONGER
Attend the State Health Exposition, Manufac
turers’ and Women’s Buildings,
State Fair Grounds.
VOL. XXXV.
fiW 3 SPEAK
FIRST DAY OF
CONVENTION
Senator, Governor and
Candidate Are on
Program.
WATSON ARRIVES
Confers With Lyons
Regarding Party
Pledges.
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY.
Honrs open 11 a. ni.
Music li.v Indistimpoli* Military Banil.
< all to Order by Lawrence l.yons.
Stale chairman.
Invocation by Mrs. Daisy Wougrlas*
Barr, Newcastle.
Betiding of call by Secretary Fred
erick Schortemelcr.
Address by Senator James E. Watson,
temporary chairman.
—Noon—■
B Introduction of E. M. Wasmutb as per-
chalnntn of the convention.
Atltlrtsi by Governor McCray.
Address bj Albert J. Beveridge, candi
date for I'nltjd States Senator.
THIRSDAV.
Address by Samuel Lewis Shank,
mayor of Indianapolis.
Address by Charles IV. Jewett, former
mayor.
Address by Mrs. I.oulsa M. Bodson,
member of tlie Republican national wom
an’s committee.
Address by Charles Sumner Williams,
local negro rreini>ter.
Report of committee on credentials.
Report of the committee on rules.
Report of the committee on resolu
tions.
Reading of the certificate on primary
iota for I'nltsd States Senator.
Nominations of candidates for secre
tary of State, auditor of State, treasurer
of State .clerk of the Supreme Court,
.upedintendent of public instruction.
Judge of the Supreme Court Second Dis
trict, two judges Appellate Court First
District, two judges Appellate Court Sec
ond District,
I'nlted States Senator .Tames E Wnt
•**n. Governor Warren T. McCray and
Albert J. Beveridge will be the only
speakers during the first day of the Re
publican State convention .which opens
here tomorrow, according to an an
nouncement of tho program by Fred
erick Schortemelcr, secretary of the
State committee.
The program doe? not include the
name of Senator Harry S. New. who ar
rived in Indianapolis shortly before noon
today. A place on the program !s said
“to have been declined by Senator New.
B Mr. Beveridge, nominee for S-nator. It
rtns satd nt his headquarters, will make
only a brief address. lie had planned
to apeak extemporaneously, but had
changed his mind today and was pre
paring a manuscript of his speech to
morrow.
SENATOR WATSON’
IN’ CONFERENCE.
Senator Watson arrived in the oi*y
early in the morning an-1 held ee.ifor
ences with I.awremv Lyons. State chair
man, and others over various jlatform
planks. Senator Watson is raid to have
urged the position taken by otlers that
the primary plank, which has aroused
considerable opposition, be disregarded
(Continued on Page Two.)
‘WEEKLY PRESS
WILL SUPPORT
LIQUOR LAWS'
Editor of Farmers’ Gazette
Says Papers Will Do Part
to Keep Prohibition.
MILWAUKEE. May 23—The weekly
press having fought for prohibition will
not do its part to see that prohibtion is
E**t knoi-kei! out. Merlin Hull, editor of
the Farmers’ Gazette, and clared In :tn ad
dress today before the I.aw Enforcement
convention.
“All but a few weekly newspapers see
the significance of the pres* nt attack on
the prohibition law by the organized
J*ooze rings and the unorganized boot-
Resrge"*,” lie assorted.
"The weekly press is unmoved by the
Nation-wide propaganda for beer and
light wines.
“Prohibition *.ame about through aa
overwhelming sentiment of tho people. It
Is here to stay. The weekly newspapers,
which are an adjunct of the church and
the school in the development of top*
mnnity life, will see that it docs Us
part."
Two Trainmen Die
in Trestle Wreck
PEORIA. 111.. May 23—Engineer John
Coyne and Head Brakeman P. It. Hewitt
were kill***! and Firemen Needham suf
fered a broken collar bone when freight
train No. 94 on the Minneapolis St.
Louis Railroad ran into a burned trestle
between Berwick and Abingdon at 11:40
last night. Cars piled on the engine,
caught fire and burned, seven ears of
merchandise being destroyed. The dead
and Injured trainmen live In Monmculh
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vleinitv
for the twenty-four hours ending 7
p. m.. Wednesday. May 24:
I’nsett'ed with showers tonight and
Wednesday; not much change in tem
perature.
HOURLT TEMPERATIRE.
6 a. m *l4
7 a. m 67
8 a. m 71
& a. m 74
I<> a. m 76
b 11 a. m 77
■ 12 fnoon) 78
1 p. m 81
2 p. m SI
Read the Amazing Inside
Story of Germany’s New
Uncrowned Kaiser
STATE OFFERS PROOF
OF ARSENIC POISON
IN TRIAL OF MRS. CARL
Chemists Said to Have Discovered Eight
Grains in Organs of Deceased Hus
band of Defendant.
UNDERTAKER IS ON WITNESS STAND
mR . Mr ' ■> v,.saioi
, .YpSlp?') I l&lpJSxHErl
c—- s ftW - - - v
• BiMMiHaMMBaBaBaBaBaBaHaMBMHBnBwaBui
Mrs. Clara Curl and SlieritT Huy Sexton of Shelby County leaving the Shelby
county jail to g<i to the court room. The State Is attempting to prove Mr*. Curl
administered arsenic to het husband in an effort to collert life Insurance.
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN,
Timt* Staff Correspondent.
SHELBY \TLLE, lud., May £l.—The
State i.i the case. of Mrs. Clara Carl this
afternoon began the introduction of evi
d‘-nce tending to substantiate the charge
of Prosecutor Ging of Hancock County
that Indianapolis chemists discovered
eight grains of arsenic in the organs of
Frank Carl, husband of Mrs. Car!, with
whoso murder she is charged.
The State intends to introduce W. 1).
M-Abee and Thomas Smith, both Indian
apolis chemists, probably late this after
noon.
John D. Volz, an officer of the Modern
Woodman of Aateri-’a at Indianapolis, |
testified to paying $2,000 life insurance
policy of Frank Carl to Mrs. Carl.
Clyde a Lewla, undertaker of Fair
mount, testified that he sold quantities of
embalming fluid to John Chauncy Pasco,
undertaker, who embalmed Frank Carl.
While Miss Ith da I-oehr. drug clerk
who testified she sold arsenic to Mrs.
Carl, w.-s on the stand Ine State tried
to have her explain her reason for ap
pearing nervous, before testify!! g. The ;
defense blocked the answer. There were
hints of an attempt to intimidate the
witness.
MRS. CARE
CRIES VIOLENTLY.
Tr. Charles M. Gibbs, coroner of Han
cock County, gave a detailed description '
of exhuming the body of Frink Carl in !
the grave yard at Hiawatha. Kan. During |
testimony of Dr. Gibbs Mrs. Car] broke !
down with Tiolent crying and was not j
quieted for several minutes.
Mrs. Angeline Polver, a neighbor of j
the Carls, testified to visiting the Carl j
home i rior to Frank Carl's death and
of his apparent suffering. She stated
that Mrs Carl told her that her husband
had been suffering with stomach trouble.
Stephen A. Ross, NI, n neighbor of the
Carls, told of visiting Frank Carl dur
ing his sickness. The State, by the wit 1
ness, established the fact that Alonzo
Carl, father of Frank Carl, had been 111 j
at the Carl home prior to his death.
The State will attempt to introduce !
Attention, Ye Flappers! Look Here
PAUL RADER HAS HOT MESSAGE
Don’t Sell Womanhood, He Says
Editor'* Note—This article is ad
dressed by Paul itader, cvanKeliftt,
at the futile Tabernacle, directly to
“flappers." No one else Is concerned.
By FAI L BADER.
1 don't like tho name.
Do you?
But it fits, and you know it does. You
made it fit. Your actions, your ideas
of life (if you rail what you are.doing
life) brought the name “flapper” upon
you. From vour funny, fuzzy hair, with
your hat over your eyes, to our ypainted
and powdered self above tlie* collar line
and in front of the ears, down over your
exposed portions even to your silk stock
ingft and swell slippers, there is a word
that scratches a id screams to me as 1
look at you. ’.hat word is “cheap,
cheap.”
Iv, ’ like writing a little song on
Esau a* : singing it to you. He sold his
birthright for a mess of hash. It seems
to me you re selling your God-givsn
birthright of wonderful womanhood for a
mess "f jazz. Maybe, we who know tie*
big values of life haven't been faithful
to you. T really think that is the case.
Esau lost his birthright and couldn't
get it again, though he sought It with
rears. I'm afrai.i you will want some day
the very lovely things you are selling
cheaply now. I believe you'll want
mod**sty when it Is too late. I believe
you'll need the youth you’re trading
to become a pretty toy for some masher's
mill. I don’t think yuu’re bad. I think
you forget to study that little word
“value.” and some diamonds have gone
at the price of glass. I think you wanted
HUGO STINNES
evidence surrounding the alleged strange
circumstances of Frank Carl's father's
death.
t>n one visit Rons testified to seeing
Mrs. Carl administer “something like
medieine" to her husband, and on tin?
same night Frank Carl died.
On cross examination Ross admitted
that Mrs. Carl was attentive to her bus
band.
STSTER COMFORTS
UTI SF-I) WOMAN.
During the testimony of John Pasco,
undertaker a. Grt-cufield. who embalmed
the body of Mr Carl and attended and
| witn- sscd the exhutning of the body In
Iliawutha, Kan., Mrs. Carl burn <1 her
face In a handkerchief and cried softly to
h-r.-plf. At times, she would slip her
right hand into the left hand of her
sister who is constantly by her side In
the courtroom.
The defendant appears approaching
middle age Her face is larg" ami she
wears fashionably made hat. Her gown,
which appears to be well tailored, is
. made simply with a white lace finished
' collar. She consults h'-r attorneys, and
Ld K. Adams, one of her defenders
excused set. ral prospective jurors ap
parently at her suggestion.
The prosecutor in his opening stt.'r
merit attempted to discuss certain allot i
phases surrounding the death <*f Robot
Gibson, the first husband of Mrs. Carl,
but Judge Alonzo Blair, who is presid
ing at the trial, informed counsel that
[ legal argument would be heard on the
admissibility of such evidence when the
State attempts to introduce such evidence.
Mr. Adams, attorney for Mrs Carl,
made It plain that the defense will fight
any attempt of the prosecutor to present
evidence relative to the death of Robert
Gibson. Besides Mr. Adams, Charles I,
Tindel, John It Ilinehman and Diner S.
Jackson are attorneys for Mrs. Carl.
Prosecutor Ging outlined the State’s
position as follows:
' r hat the defendant and Frank Carl
were married after a short acquaintance
<< onflnned on Rage Two.)
a lot f lovely tilings and a good time,
but, dear girl, you pulled the old lien
off the nest too soon, and the eggs which
would have hatched out happiness for
you are spoiled now. It takes time to
develop the qualities that make life
worth while.
You got smart too sudden like. You’re
so young! It seems a shame to lead your
poor soul down so early with such a
variety of thrills. Already you are cal
lous. ami so near the '•radio, too. You
have lost (hat line sense of values. You
have los! the power to pick.
So you are following the flapper flock.
When they “kow" you "tow." It isn’t
that I dislike your flying. No, 1 want
yuu to fly. But you shouldn't get up
unless you know how to land. I've seen
thousands come down. You think you’re
going to make it? They all do, but that
landing business must he learned before
yon try for altitude records. You need
good brakes even on a race track, you
know. I'm sure from watching you that
your brakes are out of order. You know
what the Ribl says about the man who
began to build and was not able to fin
ish?
I'd like io see you finish right, and you j
can't if yen sell out cheap at the start. j
Mary and Martha were a fine pair of;
girls. Book them up. They had a great!
frl“inl who showed them real lif*. Ho
brought them light in the darkest hour
of their life. He showed them what real
life was. ■ Ho was life Ilimself. Their
friend was Jesus. I'm in Indianapolis j
reroßimondltig Him. ne'll give you all
the Joy you are looking for and the fin- :
i=h with Him is everlasting life.
MILTON BRONNER has made a first-hand study of Stinnes and his operations and tells of them in a series of six articles.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY,*MAY 23, 1922.
SENATE HAS
4 NAMES IN
MORSE CASE
Wickersham, Palmer
and McAdoo With
Daugherty.
RECORDS PROBED
Politics Stirred to
Feve? Teat by
Charges.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Four cabinet
officers from three successive administra
tions were linked up today with the
Morse case which has aroused political
Washington to fever heat.
Three attorneys general arid a secre
tary of the treasury, Wickersham, Rai
nier. Daugherty and McAdoo, named al
ready on the f/cor of the Senate, were
facing systematic delving into their rec
ords by political opponents. Threats of
future developments In the evpr widening
circles of the case were rivaled only by
the records a’ready made public.
CARAWAY SAYS *HE
IS "Jl sT STARTING. ’•
Senator Caraway, Democrat of Ar
kansas, announced today his attacks on
Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general In
President Harding s cabinet, and George
W. Wickersham, attorney general in
President Taft's cabinet, were "Just
start ing. - ’
On the other hand, Senator Moses, Re
publican, New Hampshire, declared de
velopments in the case would "seriously
embarrass” William Gibbs McAdoo, sec
retary of treasury, and A. Mitchell Pal
mer, attorney general In the Wilson cab
inet.
KE\EI ATKINS
AND CHARGES.
The revelation to date involves these
Cabinet offi'ers as follows:
Attorney General Daugherty, charged
with conducting of fraud perpetrated
upon President Taft in procuring a par
don for Charles W. Morse, New A ork
banker, in Hill, with having accepted a
$5,000 retainer from Morse for his work
in procuring the pardon, and with sign
ing a contract to obtain Morse's release
for s2s,u<hi.
Attorney Genera! Wickersham, charged
with conducting of fraud in the procur
ing of a pardon for Morse.
Former Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
Adoo, charged with accepting a fee from
Morse In connection with a shipping
board cas,} during the war.
Former Attorney General ralnwr,
charged with embarrassing d<s;ds" la
connection with the sale of the Bos h
Magneto Company, in which Morse was
In term ted.
Congresswoman
Kn ocks Woma n\s
Pa rty Function
NFW YORK, May' 23. - Public func
tions celebrated on Sunday do not 1 s- t
well" with Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's
woman monitor of Congress, she ad
mitted today. She referred to the cele
bration of the National Woman's party
in the National Capital last Sunday and
remarked "no party that makes a prac
tice of having sueh affairs on Sunday
can prosper.”
"I may be old fashioned,” confessed
Miss Robertson, "but I could not bring
til) self to attend that affair the women
held. I am glad the President remained
away, as it shows lie is a God-fearing
man and the s*rt. we need In this mod
ern day and age."
INJURED IN
DARING JUMP
TO SIDEWALK
Girl Risks Her Life in Thrill
ing Leap to Avoid
Arrest.
In a daring lonp from a second story
window early today, Op.il Hunt, 22,
risked Imr life to escape arrest.
| The girl was picked up from tlie sidc
: walk, suffering severe sprains about the
shoulders and a deep cut, caused by
; striking her body against a nail that pro
truded from the side of the house,
i She was taken to the city Jail, from
the rooming house at fl.'il North Noble
street, where she made her leap.
Lieut. Trlmpe had been sent to arrest
| the Hunt girl on complaint of Mrs. Ib r
nita E. Card, 807 North Capitol avenue.
Warrants had been issued for the girl
; and Mrs. Gard's husband, Abraham.
When Trlmpe entered the house look
ing for the couple, the Hunt girl heard
him leading Ms squad up the stairs. She
ran to the window, slipped over the sill
and Jumped.
The police had been searching for
Card and his seompanlou since April 19.
Police Capture Mule
Evidence in Raid
In a raid on the home of David Mc-
Cormick, East Tenth street and Eaton
avenue. Sergeant McGee and squad ob
tained four gallons of white mule, two
emply five gallon jugs, one three-gallon
jug, two Jugs of two-gallon size and four
cases of new pint bottles, as evidence,
late yesterday. Two pints of whisky
coloring were also brought to police
headquarters. McCormick was not at
home when the raid was made. The po
lice left orders for him to come to police
headquarters Tuesday and slate himself
on the charge of operating a blind tiger.
He appeared at headquarters and fur
nisbed bond.
COFFIN IN RIVER,
WfllTT/AND, Wales, May 23.—Descend
ing a hill near here, a motor hearso over
turned. The coffin was thrown out and
fell into the river, where it sank.
The Industrial Giant Who Con
trols the Biggest Business Com
bination in the World’s History
HEAVY FINES
FOR DRUNKEN
AUTODRIVERS
Lew Calvert, Sheridan,
Guilty of Second
Offense.
HIT BY WILMETH
Judge Sees Danger to
Pedestrians in
Booze.
Two more convictions in the campaign
against drunken automobile driver.s were
recorded in city court today.
Lew Calvert, Sheridan, was fined SSO
and costs on ti charge of operating an
automobile while under the influence of
liquor and $1 and costs on a charge of
being drunk. The law provides no Jail
sentence for drunken drivers.
Calvert was arrested at New Jersey
and Twenty-Third streets, where police
say he was driving from curb to curb.
In sentencing Calvert .1 mi go Wilmcth
pointed out tho seriousness of the offense
and the danger to the lives of pedestrians
in attempts to mix boozq and gasoline.
Tho other conviction was that of Joe
Osborne, negro, 73d Norlh California
street, lie was fined $25 and costs.
According to the evidence, Osborne was
driving cast on eleventh street at 2 a. in.
Sunday when his au' o mobile struck, a
delivery wagon operated by luo Polk
Sanitary Milk Company.
VOTE RECOUNT
TO GET UNDER
! WAY TOMORROW
Three , Weeks Estimated as
Time Required for Re
canvass in Contests.
| Recount will be begun tomorrow raorn
, ing nt s o’clock of the ballot? cast in
the recent primary election for the
Oft; ■**.-< of Judge of .Superior Court,
Rooms 1 and 3, comity treasury, Stat
[representatives. Jus!!-** of the peace.
Center township and township trustee,
i Wayne township. Petitions for the re
■ counts were granted by Judge Harry O.
Chamber!- tin in circuit Court.
The votes will be recounted in one of
(he rooms on the fourth floor of the
j courthouse. Tie room selected was for
! meriy one in which teachers’ exaiulna
| tions were held.
j A revised list of members of the re*
I count i.-nnimissb.n? was handed down by
Judge Ca- < r'ai: t- day. James \V.
' Lnmkin, mi l W. \V. .*• • no t. win* w-r*
named to act on the rnr.solidnted board
which will count the ballots cast for the
! jndg, ships and the tr*us irers'nlp, were
: excused by Judge Chamberlain. Mr.
' I.amktn’R inability to serve was caused
.by lilness in tin* family. Mr. Spencer’s
reason was id stated by the- court.
The commis-bdi which will count the
votes east i,i the Thornton-L*-afhers race,
the Ma-uers Miller contest and the
1 Cochran" Duvall i-on'est is composed of
Ralph Boyer. Floyd C. McKinley ami
Albert E. Sehnudlliigcr.
The members of the commission chosen
to recount the ballots cast for Wayne
Township trustee nr* Albert Sogembr,
Charles Schmidt and Edward Hohn.
tie* rgi H. Ingllng is the coiit-stor In this
est se.
Separate ! o.ard*. on each of which Is
n negro, were s*de*-te*l to count the bal
lots In the cases contested by the negro
candidates for Justice* of tho peace,
Center Township, and State Representa
tive. In the first instance Warren S.
Gibson, George W. Stork and George >7.
Gray, negro, are on the commission. The
Representative nomination roniedor and
the contestees have nffroed on n commis
sion on which will s't Hal W. Wilson.
Paul D. Brewer and Do Proz Granger,
negro.
It lias been estimated that the recount
win take at least throe weeks. Tho
court lias not decided what hours the
commissioners must work. It Is known,
however, that they must stay within the
room where thu count is conducted uutll
their task Is completed.
Board to Award
Bridsre Contracts
Contract* for the const ruction of s**vcn
small bridges In the township of Wayne,
Perry, Washington and Warren will be
awarded tomorrow by the Marion board
of county commissioners.
Most (f these arc culvert bridges.
Three bond issues aggregating $433,000
will be sold Thursday. The amounts
and purpose of each are: Track eleva
tion, .$230,000; hospital at Julietta, $150,-
CKO, and bridges, s:’*3,oOO.
Hoyt (Kan.) Swept
by SIOO,OOO Blaze
TOPEKA, Kan., May 23.—Fire de
stroyed the business section of Hoyt. I
fifteen miles north of this city. The loss
will totul nearly .Slid),(Kit).
Five Y r ouths Given
State Farm Terms
Five young men, nil of them minors,
were sentenced to the Indiana State Farm
by Judge James A. Collins In Criminal
Court today on the charge of unlawful
possession of an automobile. A charge ,
of vehicle taklug against them Was milled :
by the Slate.
It was charged that, on May 5. the men,
J- in Miles, Arthur Tavlcr, Charles Vnn
derlip, Frank Bailey and Leßoy Carr,
took an automobile belonging to Freeman
B. Ransom, 828 North California street.
Bailey and Carr, whom the evidence
showed to be the leaders *>f the gang,
each received a six-months’ sentence,
Taylor and Miles each were sentenced to
sixty days and Vandorlip was given a
thirty-day term. The latter three were !
fined also $23. I
IN THE TIMES TOMORROW
Bread Baked by Radio
MCNCIE, Ind., May 23.—For the first time In history, a loaf of bread we*
baked by radio a a feature of Mancie's annual pure food show which
opened here this afternoon. Sparks from New York, Ban Francisco and
other distant points started the electrical baking apparatus at regular In
tervals and the loaf when baked was declared to be perfect bread.
LADY ASTOR
STRONG FOR
PROHLTTION
Sails for Home With
Conviction for
Prohibition.
ENJOYS HER TRIP
NEW YORK. May 23.—Thousands of
friends and admirers of Lady Nancy As
tor cheered and waved her farewell as
she embarked today on the Aquitania for
her homeward voyage in company with
Lord Astor.
Lord Aster's last act before going on
board was to give out to the reporters a
statement concerning prohibition, writ
ten by Lady Astor.
"Prohibition on the whole is a good
thing for America, I am convinced,” Lady
Astor declared. "I have talked with all
sorts of people on the matter. I have
also been entertained in the homes of
rich and poor and believe the majority
of people favor it, now that they have
seen it in operation.
“As to tho rich people in America hav
ing all they want to drink, 1 have mj
doubts. There may be a few in that
class.
“I am asked what 1 shall do to work
for prohibition In England. This much
I know. I shall support the adoption
of legislation giving localities the right
to decide by direct vote whether or not
they want drink to continue and to ex
tend the method to which it is to be
sold. That Is a democratic way to set
tle it."
MIDDLETON, IN
BUCHANAN JOB,
| WARD JVORKER
Politician Selected to Place
in Garbage Collection
Department.
It doesn't make so much difference
whether ft man is a politician, or which
side of the political fence he is on when
it comes to working for the board of
sanitary commis-inm-rs. city hall pol
iticians and * id and today upon learning that
the board has named Albert J. Middleton,
l.'ll East I‘ratt sir.-it. Ninth ward pol
; Rician, to succeed A. M. Buchanan, First
ward p.dit it hin, who was ousted from the
superintendem y of the garbage collection
department because the board said he
"spent too much time in politics.”
Buchanan was a Shank politician: Mid
| dleton lias been an enemy of the Shank
faction In the Republican party, teaming
consistently within the Jewett faction, it
■i. said. Lucius B. Swift of the sanitary
board, who moved that Buchanan be fired,
docs not like Shank politicians. He does
i t-ot abhor Jewett politicians, it Is said at
the city hall.
The hoard also announced it has named
Albert Shoring, 523 Lynn street, to
: succeed Harrison Collins, negro, Shank
politician, fired from the sapcrintendency
*.f the ash c-llectlon department. Shoring
! was a truck driver In the department
and he was promoted on merit, the board
said.
Tho titles and salaries of tho two po
sitions worn chain: -d. Buchanan drew
' $2,500 a year and Collins $2,000. Their
; successors have the title of foremen and
: will be paid $1,500 a year each, the board
t said.
On the day Buchanan was discharged !
Commiesiori'-r Swiss frankly told him he
! had his mind too much on polities and
! tho board was trying to get away from !
this sort of thing.
Buchanan was wondering today he j
said, if Swift knew that Middleton, the j
new head of the garbage department, was 1
’he right hand man of James Curtis,
j chairman of the Ninth ward when the
lewett Roomier T.emcke faction held the
■ Republican reins in Marion County.
Man, His Heart
Wounded, Asks
$25,000 Balm
CHICAGO. May 23.—Equal rights for
men!
Axel Johnson today filed a suit for $23,-
[ CD), alleging breach of promise.
I’retty Mrs. Minnie Dowling is the de
fendant.
Johnson says ho knew Mrs. Dowling |
for seven years; that they expected to
be married—"never to part.”
Came Jacob I*. Barr of Grand Rapids, |
Michigan, friend of Johnson's.
“I brought Barr with me to see Mrs. j
Dowling." said Johnson. "Then Bhe lost !
interest in me.”
10,000 Free Tomato
Plants Are Ready
Ten thousand tomato plants, grown in
tho eitv nursery at Riverside Park, will ;
be distributed to backyard and vacant j
lot gardeners in the basement of the city j
hall at 8:30 o’clock Thursday morning,
Harry Miesse, secretary of the Patriotic]
Gardeners Association, announced today. |
A few packages of Government seeds
also will be given away.
Old Rosebud Passes
JAMAICA, L. 1., May 23 Old Rosebud,
winner of the Kentucky Derby iti 1914
and whose time for tho Derby never has
been equalled in that race, was destroyed j
by the track veterinarian here today, fol- 1
lowing his breakdown in training yester- |
day. |
MANY ESCAPE
PENALTY FOR
BOOTLEGGING
Records Show Nearly
Three - Fourths
Evade Prison.
MANY FINES PAID
That 337 bootleggers out of 427 con
victed in city court escaped without a
penal sentence frum Jan. 1 to May 1, is
shown by the records of the court.
Police and Federal officers during the
first four months of the year arrested
Odd persons on charges of opearting blind
tigers. Os this number 427 were con
victed, but only ninety received jail or
State farm sentences.
As the months passed the records
show the nnmber sentenced to serve
time for bootlegging has become smaller.
In January, forty-three received days,
but in February only fourteen were sen
tenced, while in March only twenty-two
failed to escape-with only a fine, in
April eleven received penal sentences.
i’rosecutor J. Burdette Little exhibited
a cheek made out at the city clerk's
office for over $l,lOO payable to William
P. Evanis, prosecutor, and remarked
that the check was the largest ever tent
from the clerk to the procutor. In other
words the total amount of fines and
costs for the last month exceeded that
of any mouth in the history of the city
court.
IVhen e reqnest was rrs.de of Judge
Delbert O. Wiimeth for figures showing
what the total fines had been he ex
plained this statement v. as released for
publication each three months.
The records showing the failure of the
court to sentence more than ninety of
427 convicted blind tiger operators to
serve Jail sentences are records kept
by a man who takes part in numerous
raids and who has made a determined
effort to stamp out the illicit liquor
trade In Indianapolis. -
LOCATE BODY
OF BOY CHASED
INTO SWAMP
Bruises on Face Cause Investi
gation Into Manner of
Death.
TtTKERTON. N. J.. May 23.—The
body of 10-year-old Henry Scheim, who
was chased Into a swarnp by his father
on May 8, while the father was chastis
ing him, was found today in a Email lake
within the town limits here.
The boy’s face was bruised and imme
diate steps were taken to determine
whether the bruises had been inflicted be
fore or after death.
The father, John Scheim. is a farmer.
S3OO and Costs on
Blind Tiger Charge
Luba NlMck, proprietor of a dry beer
saloon nt 17 South West street, was
convicted In city court of operating a
blind tiger today. Judge Delbert 0.
Wilmoth fined him S3OO and costs. The
ease was appealed. On a previous con
viction N'ibb'k was fined in city court,
but appealed the case and was dis
charge,! In Criminal Court.
Lieutenant Kominger and his squa l
dragged large jugs and bottle containing
whisky and wine from its hiding place
under a trap door in the rear of tlie dry
beer saloon. Nlbiek did not take the
stand In his ow-n defense and no wit- ,
nesses testified for him.
Safer in Air Than in
Auto, Says Huddleston
Steeplejack Carries
Daily Times
Policy.
It Is safer to be a steeplejack on a
flag pole 300 feet above the earth than the
driver of an automobile on a country
road, according to A. Huddleston, 424
West New York street.
Mr. Huddleston makes fl business of
painting flag poles, smoke stacks and
other things which keep him up in the
air most of the time.
He has seldom had an accident in his
work, but on May 4, he was driving his
automobile from Martinsville to Indian
apolis. ran into a freshly graveled road
and the car turned over. Asa result of
his injuries Mr. Huddleston was unable
to work fur a week and five days.
Today lie received a Dally Times in
surance check for $17.14, compensation for
time lost.
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POLICE SIFT
BLACKMAIL
DEATHSTORY
New York Department
Will Be Asked to
Lend Help.
WIFE IS LOYAL
Mate of Accused Mil
lionaire Professes
Faith.
NEW YORK, May 23.—The dramatic
mystery surrounding Walter S. Ward,
son of the millionaire baker, confessed
slayer of Clarence Peters, alleged black
mailer, along a desolate country road
near White Plains, was probed today
by officials, in an attempt to check up
and substantiate or disprove the New
Rochelle police commissioner's remark
able story.
New York police, It Is believed, will
be asked to throw the full force of their
investigating facilities into the case, to
run to ground the alleged SIOO,OOO black
mail plot.
The beautiful young wife of the young
millionaire who confessed and was com
mitted on a homicide charge yesterday,
moved stanciily to his side today.
She admitted she had learned “only
very lately” of the entanglements on
which her handsome young husband was
involved, but she hastened to disclaim
harboring any doubts regarding hia ac
tions.
"I am with my husband,” said said,
"and I want to do everything I can for
him. I have the utmost confidence in
him.”
Sheriff Werner of White Plains, who
has all the facts in his possession, and
Ward, who (surrendered to the sheriff
nearly a week after the killing, refused
to discuss the case, which has developed
mysterious angles.
These include:
L Ward's statement that Peters and
confederates were extorting money from
him fcy blackmail. Ho refused to tell
the nature of this blackmail.
2. Suggestion that a woman’s name
was involved, which is emphatically de
nied by Sheriff Werner.
3. The fact that the killing of Peters
by Ward was concealed for nearly a
week.
4. Mention of a race track (teal. In
which Ward's name is connected with
that of Peters and other alleged shady
characters.
CONGRESS ENDS
DEPARTMENT OR
JUSTICE PROBE
Investigation in War Graft
Case Suspended, Says Rules
Committee Chairman.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Congression
al investigation of the Department of
Justice in connection with prosecution
of war grafters by Attorney General
Daugherty has been suspended indefinite
ly, it was indicated by Representative
Campbell. Republican, of Kansas, chair
man of the House Rules Committee .to
day.
Cost of White Mule
Goes Up on Turner
Tvro gallons of white mnle In a bucket
cost James Turner, negro, rear of 411
West North street, $4, Sunday night. The
same liquor today cost Turner $l3O.
Turner told the police that he bad p; id
$4 for the liquor. In court today he was
fined stoo and costs by Judge Delbert O.
Wiimeth who found him guilty of operat
ing a blind tiger. The fine and costa
totaled $l3O.
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THINNING
CONNERSVILLE, Ind., May 2S
Civil War veterans in Indiana num
ber less than half of ten years ago,
according to figures revealed here to
day at the opening of the annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic here today.
Ten years ago there were 12,218 —
today there are 5,543.
Eight hundred of the veterans at
tending t’np encampment were greeted
today with whistles, bells, bands and
other evidence of welcome.
Four candidates sought the office of
State commander now held by R. H.
Tyner of Newcastle. They were: W.
A. Kelsey of Ft. Wayne; Charles W.
Shaw of Bloomington; V. T. Landers
of Indianapolis and Theodore Cald
well of Lebanon.
NO. 10.