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III 7.1 tnis more Uin lo Kokoffl RESISTANCE Ik SAYS RATE OH FUEL OIL I OM OWAS HIGHER S. S. Shambaugh Testifies in fU Petroleum Freight Case. Other 1 1 Othet; wttn-seee IHat- tesllfled t- lay were C. M.

M.llorys traffic men-agr of the llayne Automobile Com-vmnf, of Knkomu, and It. ilttmmina, tralTlo niansger of the fctu'Ubaktr t'ornorallou. Roulh Itend. The Introduction of testimony wss- made under ihe direction tl H. li.

Coap-stirk. traiTio manager of the Indiana hi.i. 'hatiibr of Commerce, and A. The Indiana Hiate Chamber of Commerce seeks a reduction of 1J r.nta on 1 US pounds in the freight 1 rste petroleum prodtKts from Oklahoma. This includes fuel oil for manufacturing tuipoaea, gas oil ut-h need In the manufacture of ga, add.

on gsaonne. REPORTED STIFFENING I Br the AaeeeUleJ freeal Janusry II. tenefat stiffening of German resistance In the face of Frnh ultimatums Is indicated by the Deri In 1 newspaper eelrespondents in the Ituhr. The mine operators, wsrkers and labor St the ronferencea with the French I -working on his 'colleagues. Herr Thysaen.

who Is the active! 'TRIBUTE TOVV. O. BYRN. Milt IV Bmra Made Talk at Fneral Service, i Tribute. to the Ion snd faithful; service of William O.

Ryra. who was an employe of Th Indianapolis. News forty-four years, wu paid a the ral of Mr. Brrn at. th home.

tJl North Capitol this afternoon. Th Rev. Lewis Brown, of St. Paul's' Episcopal church, conducted th Mrr- Hilton U. Brown, of Th News, nmnc.lll rtv PifiniiniT V- paiioenrer wer riUUt, lit UHnj onirblUK I Hubbard.

Charles Clark, I. ft. Khsmbaugb. sales maoir of the Ktkomo Steel and. of Kokorno, testified to-lay be- for C.

F. Gerry, a examiner for the Interstate commerce cmmlilon, that Ma company pars more in freight rstes on fuel oil from Oklahoma than Is paid ty companies In Gary or Chl-u(f, Mr. Shambaegh waa on of three witnesses that testified for the complainants In tbe c- brought by the Jitdiana State ttumbtr of Com tnrr 'against th Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe railroad and others to itbtsln a reduction In freight rate on petroleum products shipped to -Indians from Oklahoma, Penalty In 1PSX Mr. Shambaugh eeld that the Ko-komo Bteef and Wire Company has paid on fuel oil from Tulsa, cent niiium unaries Hunt and Ldwln 8. Harding, of Ths Newa.

Xiur-ial was at Crown Hill. MEN AND OPERATORS i ARE EAGER FOR PEACE .1 BaIs -for 1 923 Wage Contract Soughfat New York. PEWNA at the conference the Aeeeeteted Preea) riiiw lOKK- Jintiir it AM All ffl.k 4 111. ll.l I tAV. i I i 111 7i miner en if en K.rf tien ahlnued to frhlz-aeo or (larr.

vnia n- and that ihV diarlminatory 'r" cwniernc weh. they In the year ltI2 amounted tojhoped. would provide a baala, for ne- lux.mui aronauntr peaeruiir ware aaUa fnr aity of -l P-r rent, on the com- 77 panVa caMtalUailon of t.0rO.OOO. The w' matoally agreed Ithat -4 flatly peaaify In 1122. Mr.

8hambanch oalioo'-wlde coat etrlke th! year iiit.i, 11 wouia aaatroua to the DUbUc- had bren a normal one. the penalty! Pouc. would have been a day, riiuree prearnted by Mr. fham baoeh how. tha the freight rate on gaiiona on fuel oil from Tula to t'hlfag-n and Gary li ll.ll, or rents on 100-poonde.

The ho pointed out. made the rate to Kokomo. .41 rente on-ik't rall'na cllhouKh 'the dllanca 'nm Tulsa to Chicago jicn ine lire-months afriir. both bltuminotta and anthracite miners was called last April 1. they point ed ont tnat minions of tons of coal were In reserve.

"Ho those reserves have been ex- a I nauaiea awj, eren wim every mine Is vuiieej fnre than from Tulaa to operatlnr. people with the means to yn', ario ine niim: .1. ftli ar abJvering th. I not any to he had. If.

when Anrii 1 rolls around again, there Is another strike, the effect will be immediate and disastrous, was the way ooie union official put It. I John L. -Lewis, I of the L'nlted Mine Workers of America, is here to head the delegation union officials, and the operat represented by I'hll A. I'cnna of 100 brs are secre- It. Cronk, rate eiprrt of the public tary of the Indiana Coal Association k.vtj.

M.inmlialdn. Xlchael uallaher. representative of I the M. Iianna lntereaVH of Ohio, was eiectea chairman at thoj open ing 01 me conierence. The union chiefs.

It was asd. had prepared their demands for an ad- Juatmejjt of the 1Z1 wsge acdle and would submit the proposals operators without delay. to ihe EMBASSY TO CARRY DEBT 01 IS Employers and Workers Said to British Mission to Start Home Be Standing Together. at End of Week. LABOR LEADERS XlSO FIRM EARLY SOLUTION EXPECTED leaders ars reoff MMfjf standing I embaas here after he return ingfiner in a ueriaion ineir duty bv Germany Franco and Helgtum appear to be the only nations to.

which Germany refute to make reparations deliveries. a It Ip said here that ship-ments to Great Britain. Italy, Poland and Jugo-Blavla will set. be Interrupted. 'The.

bait which tho Frsnch general Is holding out to the mine workers will fall to have the dealfed ef-fart." says the Volks Zeitlng, Socialist organ, while the mine workers' official gaiftte says the lueaaeidorf conference plainly Indicated that the Trench plana ars doonisd to defeat along the whole line, especially If the operators snd mine workers continue present united front. "Our parole its a-brief one," said one leading mine owner. "We propose to stand firm, do, our duty by Germany, and re fue. to surrender our ome what may." Arrests to Have KffeeC st the Good Hope mine It was said that tven It the, directors should be grreated and detained, orders from, the French would be disregarded. It 'the French proceed to confiscate the mines and seise the stocks on hand, it le stated, they will not realise sufficient money to meet th pay rolls.

Frits Tbyesen, son oOugust Thys-eft, veteran Ilhenlsh Industrialist and mine owner. Is the popular hero Just now, and hie plain-spoken manner. as the spokesman for the Induatrlallsta fhr the AeUelaled rreeal WASHINGTON, January 18 Negotiations between the American and lirltlah governments, looking to the refunding of Ureat Urltaln a war debt to the United Ktatta. wUl be carried forward through the lirltlah of the British debt commission to Ixn don at the end of the week. The announcement was made at the conclusion, today, of the Joint sessions of the British and American commissions which have been In progress here ten days.

An official spokesman for the American group asserted there was nothing that should stand In the way of a complete understanding between the two governments and that there was reason to hope that an agreement In principle could be reached In time for submission to the congress at the present session. The decision of the British dele- fates to return to England was at-ended byeno signs of lessened confidence among either commission that an agreement for settlement of the debt will be reached and hnth I 1 a managing head of th family's 'varied pension of Or eat Britain's debt fund- Interests, enjoys considerable person-al popularity with his subordinates and employes, of whom, there are mere than 4.000. rrJAIt HKTtMA I Freneh Officials See DaBg-er. rvr In raeatve Iteetatanc. 1 I Br th A.

aorta re PttmI TATlIS. January Is After a meet- tn of th French cabinet today It waa Stated In official quarters that the danger to Ihe peace of tier many. Con tinuation of the present attitude of tue Merlin government and the Ruhr Induetriallata, It was said, gives rise to fears that th nationalist spirit wnere secret societies are reported to be exerting great efforts bring about strikes. The Krench policy In the Ruhr, It Waa emphsataed. Is to facilitate the Industrial activity in the Rshr 'father than to place obataclea In th way, aa charged by the Oermana A- FEDERAL CASES SET.

4 Criaatwal Trials 111 Bcgta Pebvwary ft, tCIIItt Bays, Trial of criminal cased In the-' fed ersl court will begin February I. Ho mer Jllllott, United States district at. torney. announced Voday. Perrons Indicted by th grand Jury last week wtii be arrslgned Kskruary 1.

Thes I include seventy-flv residents 1, eounty charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Capiases tor tne arrest or uary de-feniants had not been taken te Uary ley. Unui Meredith. L'nlted Stat. a taishal.

said. II said he supposed the arrests would be made this week. teputy marshals will be sent. to Iake county to make the arrests. Will Belle rsetery Aasltiea.

In negotiations with the United States la commented on only briefly In the press todsy. The disposition. however, is to treat the situation in no wise pesstmlsttcaJly and It is said unofficially that the government's view Is a hopeful one. i Th Morning Tost contend)- editorially that If the American offer Is regarded 1b the strict light of business) It may well be regarded as a very friendly proposal. Nevertheless.

Ureat Britain is bound to take into account how heavily taxation now presses British Industry and the policy of passive reatstanre adopted by I great sacrifices the country has made I IV (lermans was regarded as of great in order to maintain Its credit "for thej reasons." the newspaper says "the government feels it hheir highly distasteful duty to suggest a tower rate of percentage than that proposed by the debt commission." The- Westminster Qasette. admlt- may be aroused to such a pitch as to I tins- that America can hirdlv h. It was pointed out that the reaction already bad been felt In Upper SUesta, pec ted to agree to a rat of interest representing financial sacrifice on her part. adds, that "the American point of view would be better appreciated here If the United Statea had not until the present moment placed almost every Conceivable object In our way in making any payment at all "If we may not pay In- goods or Invisible services represented bv freightage" the newspaper savs. "we are entitled to expect America to be more amenable respecting the terms wherein she will take payment." Frieda Freedas Protest.

NEW YORK. Janvary II. The National Council of the Friends of Irish Freedom adopted a resolution! pro testing against pians unaer consideration In Washington for refunding the imtlsh aebt to the united States President Harding and the congress were urged not to extend the time already fixed for payment. i aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Picks Up News Dispatches I WXJC.

The News-Ayres-Hamllton radio broadcasting station, was in direct communication with CFCA. the Th Amerk-aa Can Coeapany has: started I Toronto Star station. Wednesday eve- th eonetruotion ol a eur-atory factory Inlng between and 4 O'clock, and re-bail'lAg ae-ao ad. loo to the- prceM piaat I cetved several news dispatches sent I I al aW. al fTA.

alAakta. a.Sa,al I-t sod tt Belt Wlrwd, ouT ih Umm. a i-iDfon-ed roncr-te I Toronto at first as endeavoring to rtirt ire. to eot tllsS.WW. be eUu.ted I ret och with Atlanta.

WLK, twaa the ts bmituncs wav-n Iv ftauta I listening in. uurrro to reiay tne mes- (wi s(reei. it win bare a froni of aixLv. I sage. teronio later responaea with ti UmK sod vUi be Xevt dn.

I newa dispatch for IndlanapaJXa, AIN'T IT A GRAND AND, GLORIOUS FEELIN'? MCStX ANI JUST AS YOU Cojvie To Ti-ie ANP 7rlErTS Tb HO CMp TO IT AMD YOO Think Trteae ocKSHt To Bt SAYS GRAY WAS ONE OF BLACK HOODED BAND Witness Avers He Was With Party on Night of Tragedy. ASSERTS HE WAS HELD UP I By the Associated Prees BASTROP. January II. Newt Gray was a member of the masked party which, on August 14. held up Watt Daniel.

T. F. HK'hard and several others on the highway between liastrop and Mer Rouge, according to Krer Eubanks. testifying today at the open hearing here In Vo the kid napping and murder of Daniel and Jtlchard. Eubanks said he lived rear Gray's home and was a visitor' In liastrop on August 24.

"lleturning to your homo that day were you held upT' "Yes. ir. Men 'wearing black masks held me up." "Did you recognise any Yes. air. Newt Gray." Kuhanks said he later was permitted to go home and went to church, but that Gray, who was a member of the church, was not present that nlirht.

llufus KubHnks. age eighteen, of Mer Houge. the first witness today, testified thst on August 24 he had taken Newt Gray In Gray's automobile from Bastrop and had dropped him on the road at a point within 200 yards of the place where the holdup later occurred. Daniel's Brother on Stand. Gray testified yesterday that Kuhanks had acted as his chauffeur that day.

Gray recalled, bat when he reached the stand state's attorneys told him to "sit around for a few minutes longer." Gray Was visibly nervous as he approached the stand. He turned around and walked slowly war. irrMil a thai I OUt of the room the earliest settlement possible. Lon Daniel. brother of Watt While the decision came as a'sur- Daniel, the next witness, said he was prise to the American commissioners orwy Drotner 01 vaiu who had hoped for a further advance- n8 testified here that you ment of the negotiations at today's made a statement Watt Daniel had meeting, th obligation on the British been accused of shooting at McKoin." commission to act In full accord with "My brother Watt told me he had the desires of the London cabinet was fully recpgnlaed.

While neither side has 'Indicated definitely Just how far apart the commissions are. the difference in views Is not regarded in American Quar ters as great. It relates chiefly to the question of Interest rate with the time In which the debt Is to be paid been accused. He also told me Rich era was accused. men he tola me later both he and Richard were ac cueed." "Did he approve of the vigilante committee or the Ku Klux "No sir.

he was open In his talk about the Klan after some Klansmen had made a raid on the nejfro sttle- and the minimum annuel payments to I ment on his plantation. The negroes undertaken regarded as points further advanced toward agreement. BRITISH NOT PESSIMISTIC a Negnrdo V. Offer aa Friendly Heavy Twaatta Vital Kactr. IBy the Associated Pressl "l-ONDON.

January The sus- sald they were dressed in bJaek hoods and robes and were looking for whisky. Watt was home at the time but did not know of the raid until after the Klan had gone." Henry Pipes, who was called next said he and his brother were at iuy Boyd store on August 4 when, two carloads of black-hooded men 'd rove up and wanted their automobiles, one a truck, replenished with gasoline. "I saw some blindfolded; men. in -the truck." Pipes testified. T.

E. Pratt, who admitted he was Klansman and owner of an automobile truck with which he said he hauled logs on August 24. was questioned about the truck and a log unloaded at the lumber mill at which he was employed near Mer Rouge. Ire said a white sawyer by the name of W. V.

Howard "knocked off" from work on August at the usual time. ft o'clock. Important evidence connected with the murders of Daniel and Richard has been obtained. It was said, at New Orleans as the result of the activities there Monday by George Shantung, chief of the New Orleans division of the department of Justice, A. Karland.

chief of the federal agents investigating the Moorehouse murders, and by other agenta. Said Have Seen Bod tea. It was learned from a source regarded as reliable that the agents went to Arkansas and later to Bastrop. It is understood they were seeking witnesses the state wished to summon here to testify. The witnesses have agreed to tes tify, it was said.

Among mem. it is understood, is a traveling man who Is said to have seen the truck containing the bodies of the murdered men guaraea OJ nooueu uien vo ino banks of Uke LaFourche on the night of the murders. It was reported that the agents also obtained the name of the dealer who sold the truck and touring car used by the hooded men on the night the murders and from him got the license numbers and the numbers of the motor When court took a recess yester day. J. P- Higglnbotham was oa the stand.

The witness is me town mar shal of Bastrop and had charge, of citizens deputized to keep order; in Bastrop on August 24. Smith Stevenson, who testified Tuesday. Was one of the deputy marshals. Higglnbotham. av relatlv of William and Thomas Higglnbotham.

principal witnesses at yesterday's nroceedincs. testified as to the where abouts of Stevenson after th latter bad been relieved from duty that afternoon. etfelBg 1 Stevenson Tuesday testified that after he was relieved from police duty he had walked around the streets of Bastrop, going Into various stores and seeing "nothing unusual other 1 1 I I III I 1 til vj 1 rr r-J'S'S'X AMD OWE or TrV4e.SE. and Jo-st A3 nbo'Re. AbouT Jump out ssii Trow C.r.

It. THhaaw TEMPORARY CARE FOR STRAY DOGS IS PLANNED BY HUMANE SOCIETY Membership Campaign to Be Conducted in Effort to Open Pound at Shelter Mouse in Pendleton Pike Hope for Action by Council. While the city is without a dog pound and without means of caring for dogs running at large in the streets, members of the Indianapolis Humane Society are taking steps in an attempt to open a temporary pound in the dog shelter house in Pendleton pike owned by the society. The only way In which this can be accomplished. Mrs.

Dotha president of the society, said. Is for a membership campaign to be con ducted. If enough new membership In the society, accompanied by the membership fee of 11 a year, can be procured in the next few day, the nhelter house can he put into use. she explained. Such action, she said, has been authorized by the officials of the Community Chest.

Extended Campaign. No Lantx plan said. Is for be called on wl contemplated an extensive Mrs. me tri society In order to assure care for homeless and dinabled doxs, but the opportunity will be offered to interested citizens to Join the organization by sending membership applications to. the society's office nt police headquarters or to Mrs.

Lantz or Miss Ida Moore, treasurer of the society The city dog pound went out of existence Wednesday because of failure of the cltv council to pass an ordinance appropriating $.1,700 for it maintenance. Of twelve dogs at the pound when it was closed, nine were killed and homes were found than a few men waiting in one store to meet an armed invasion hy citizens of Mer Rouge. While he was examined for more than two hours he answered mostly, "I don't think so" and "I don't know." The deputy marshal admitted, how. ever, he was the owner of an auto truck. He said he was not positive whether the truck was at his home on the night of August 24.

but he believed it was. Later he said that If the-truck had been taken out and used that night It was without his consent or permission. Prior to Stevenson taking the stand several witnesses testified as having seen a truck at Collinston with Daniel and Richard sitting on its floor blindfolded and apparently prisoners. These witnesses corroborated one another on the description of the truck. Higglnbotham gave a vivid description of the holdup on the Mer Rouge-Bastrop highway when the two men ware kidnapped, although he could nafhe none of the black-hooded men who took part.

Hair Standing Straight. "Who did you see in the road?" was asked. "Big Jim Norsworthy. with his hat in his hand, and his hair standing stralglit. he said.

For the second time since the hear ing began ten days ago. defense counsel Interrupted proceedings by objecting to the questioning of Gray. G. W. Barnett, as counsel for GrajT In the course of his argument, asserted that the questioning in some Instances had taken the form of a "third degree." and that further in terrogation of the witness would be a violation of tbe Constitution of Louisiana- Attorneys for the state vigorously denied that any "third degree" tactics were being employed.

Fred Carpenter, Morehouse parish sheriff, recalled to the stand today. was questionea relative to tne raid Alonzo Braddock home, in which Braddock on the stand, named J. K. Skipwlth as the leader. Sheriff Car penter was asked whether the warrant for Braddock's arrest was not issued after Braddock had been brought to his home for detention The witness said the warrant had been issued the following day when Brad dock was attempting to obtain bond.

KLASMES NOT WATTED. Chicago onnrll etes. 5 3, Against Having Then Pay HmlV By the Aseerfated Press ctnt-Auu. January is. ay a vote of 54 to 2.

the city council was on record today as opposed to retaining members of the Ku Klux Klan on the city pay roll. The vote was taken yesterday when the city council was asked to order the suspension of William H. Green, a city fireman and an alleged member of the Klan. Green recently bad been questioned by an investigating committee of the council regarding his alleged connection with th organisation. At that time he asserted he had resigned from the Klan.

He will fac trial before the city civil service commission January 26. Robert J. Mulcahy. chairman of th council's committee, asserted that a policeman had threatened his life for his activities against the secret order. He said he would divulge the facts later.

John Garner, one of th dissenting aldermen, referred to alleged Klan activities in Morehouse parish. Louisiana. "A friend of mine, who Just came back from Louisiana, tells me that he met Skipwith and Dr. McKoin. and that they are fine lot of people," Garner said.

"Th whol trouble down there is politics. iwi M'rrvr. rTwratif y- r.s? sar. would appropriate the money necessary at a meeting last Monday night. lr.

Elisabeth Conger. who was keeper of the pound, gave her services In rharsre of the nound without cost to the city in that period. Maay I aqa It-tea Made. Iuntz said she had received scores of telephone messages In the Inst fey hours fro mpersons interested In the welfare of homeless, starving dogs, Inquiring what they could do in the way of relief. 1 feel confident that the council will make thia appropriation when the councilmen learn of the public sentiment In favor of maintaining a i Infill tiH Ilea t.AM appeals to Join tho," cv.i.ti'iiiia, open the sheMer house under our own supervision now, la that some temporary, immediate action Is Mrs.

Isanti said two employes probably v. Ill be needed at the shelter house, and it will be necessary for IMiymema mounting to anout J30 a month to be made on the mortgage on the building. These items of expense, together with the cost of heat and light and food for the dogv. will bring the total cost of operating the place as a dog pound up to about $300 a month, she said. Three hundred new memberships In the society will ror three.

There has been no permit the operation of the pound for proprlatlon available for conducting a month by the society, she said and the dog pound since the first of the by that time the council may have year, but It has been kept In opera- taken action on the appropriation tion In the hope that the council 1 ordinance. INSURANCE MEN MEET. i. L. Itlgmby, of lad ban polio.

a Chairman of Renolatlons Committee. A. L. Rigshy. of Indianapolis, was appointed chairman of the resolutions committee of the Indiana Association of Insurance Airents.

at rv. nine' session today 'of the twenty-third an nual convention at the Claypool hotel. James M. Larmnn. of president of the association, appointed David H.

McOIH, of Laporte, uiiairman or tne nominating commit-. tee. Speakers today Included Mr. Lar- more. T.

S. McMurray. state Insur ance commissioner: ClaH. I 11 i.iu..uaiuin, ana JoseDh Burns of New Albany. The Insurance Federation of Indi ana, an organization of insurance men opposed to all state and government insurance except that for diers in war-time, will at the Claypool hotel.

SANITARY WORK NEAR END. ar. a -nt anrlaea Rand. Wm Garbage Rrdarllem Plant. A i a resolution was adopted by the city sanitary commission today for a bond issue of $375,000 to cover the cost of the new garbage reduction pltnt at Sellers farm.

Plans have been prepared by E. W. McCullough. con. Humus engineer in cnar.e ot constructing the plant.

The bond resolution provides for serial bonds, bearing interest at a rate not greater than 4 Vi per cent. A bond issue nas beon authorized for construction of the final unit of the sewage disposal plant, and with the garbage plant bond sale ordereh, the constraction program of the sanitary commission is in its final stages. Mrs. Goodrich, Mrs. Oatreea te Talk.

Officers of the Indiana Federation of Clube will be cpeaai ruests at tbe monthly meet-inr of the Seventh DiatrKt Federation of Club. Friday morning in the asaembly room of the Hotel Se.enn Mr. Jamn P. Goodrich and Mrs. Henry E.

Ontrom will talk oa their travels abroad. THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, THURSDAY, JAMJAEY 18, 1923. 19 -AND Oe Thc very LON66ST tM THC AAA3RLD ocx; res AlOeJ6 COMEi Tut OLD RED CABOOJC Aa)D VbU MCARCV kiJOCK tT OPF ITS RCAR TRAJCK3 CoWiU; OH BOY AisJT A CR-R'RAMD NO, GLo- -ioms reetiM? 1 qdT 1 A- 1 j- Mr a W. L. HARDING SPEAKS Tells of Plans to Bring Ocean Vessels to Middle West.

BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE On motion of Representative Oscnr A. Ahlgren (Uke, the house of representatives took a recess for a half-hour today while W. I. tlardlng. former Governor of Iowa, and chairman of the board of governors of the HI.

I-iwreuce Tidewater Association. addressed "the members of the house and explained the plans of the asso elation for the development of the St. l4Tfnc river so that ocean-going vessels can reach middle-western Great ports. KxpUalaed Project. Mr.

Harding said he had come to ask for an appropriation by Indiana ef $11,000 or more to help in the endeavor to get an appropriation from tne congress ror the building of i a dam in the St. Lavrnce river and the widening and enlarging of a canal around Niagara halls. FEARS MASKED MEN. Cherae Mia, BeOe-vta HIseaeU Daager. Attesapta 8lelde.

fSpecial to The IndiaaapoUa 7.e-l VALPARAISO. lnL. January Thomas Crocan. 201 East Sixteenth ktreetL nilrn ran Into the Porter Trie will be a rood thing for the public and for lndlana- poiis in particular. Nelson Trowbridge, manager of the Shubert-Murat theater here, said today.

This town la not big enough for two frst-claaa theaters, and it will probably result in Indianapolis having only one th- PRIMARY NEVER IN REAL DANGER i SWAIN SAYS closes that a poll ofthe senate showed that not more than fifteen votes could have been counted on deflnltel as being In favor of the repeal bi Mr. Hardlne: said engineers asrree I t.niv..i. v.ta ara, that 90 per cent, of the ocean-going aary to paas a measure. i ships of the world could come down "The public might well assume." the M. Iawrence river and land at said Senator Hwaln.

"from -Mr. Toner's any of the middle western ports, utteranres and activities In defense such as Chicago. Toledo. or I)e- of the primary that It was In serious trolt. If the development I denaer.

In order that there mav be project is carried out. He asserted I no mlsunderstandtnar on thla' colnt I tnat a number of New York capital- -think it onlr fair to mention a few ists are fighting the project. Cites Having la yklnaaeat. "What we of the middle west wish Is a good road from the granary to the depot." Mr. Harding said.

"Indiana. Iowa. Illinois, Ohio. Michigan Wisconsin and other states which! have Joined in this great St. Lawrence development plan, are producing too much corn and wheat for their own use.

and this project will hrin. mil. lions, and save the shippers of these sta-res millions of dollars. Our rall- roaa transportation system has reacnea tne point where It is crippled to such an extent that it is detrimental to the farmers." ATTEMPTS RECORD FLIGHT i Daytn Xew Yrk I Three HnN, Ltentenant Pennon's Schedule, i DAYTON, January 18. In an effort to fly from Dayton to New York in three hours.

Lieutenant Alex PeAr-Bon left McCook field here at a. m. today in a DH4 plane. He planned to rise to a hlght of 7,000 feet and take advantage of a 100-mlle-an-hour wind blowing from the west. The present Dayton-New York record Is four hours and thirty minutes.

Lieut. Pearson expected to land at Mltchei field. L. I. With him was Bradley Jones, of the navigation section of the air service, stationed at McCook field.

The flying distance between Cook field and New York is about 0O miles. The schedule calls for a 200-mlle-afi-hour pace. The fastest train covjrs the distance between Dayton rnd New York In sixteen hours. The rail distance Is 702 miles. 1.

RECORDERS TO ORGANIZE. TeansMsrary Of flee raj Plan Watch Salary Lr.Uladaa. Plans for the formation of a county recorders' association were dlruaed at a meeting of twenty-five Indiana facts which, in my opinion, will at I least be found highly entertaining. Lg aa "Mr. Toner.

and fhave long! been at issue on certain features of the primary, but I have had no ax to grind and he- has. The bill Introduced by Senator Penrod to abolish the statewide application of the primary Immediately aroused Mr. Toner's In- terest and fighting qualltlrs. He took us headauarters at the Clavoool should of the situation lies In the fact that at no time was the primary: In any danger, the facts being that a careful canvass of the senate showed not1 over fifteen votes In favor Of the Penrod bill, whereas twenty-six would be required for passage. "In view, therefore, of Its certain defeat.

Senator Penrod, Its author, and other members of the committee on election, of which I am one. believed it to be the part of wisdom and expediency under the circum stances, to report the bill out for Indefinite postponement, thereby killing it entirely and removing It from further consideration In this session. Tesefa Unseat. I "On being Informed of th true situation, Mr. Toner approached one of the members of the committee on electloa.

with the request that the killing be delayed until he have opportunity of going about over the state and making a number of speeches against the bill, and then coming in at the last minute and posing before the voters as the one who had saved It. "Mr. Toner Is a candidate for Governor and seeking The child of his heart which -is apparently so valiantly fighting; to save. Is not now snd has not been In sny'real danger, all of which Mr. Toner has known full well." Mr.

Toner could not be reached to- county recorders today at the Clay- day to obtain his version of the things pool hotel. Mrs. Dove S. Wrights Put nam county recorder, was elected temporary chairman, and John W. Gilbert, White county recorder, was chosen secretary-treasurer.

The organization Is expected to show an interest in any bills before the state legislature relative to salaries of county officials. INDIANAPOLIS YOUTHS BACK HOME AFTER TRIP INTO WORLD OUTSIDE mentioned In ment. Senator Swaln'a state- HONOR DR. E. F.

DU B0IS. Veteran OrsramlsatlM Will Partici pate Is Military FaaeraL Members of th Marlon County Chapter of the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association and the Paul Coble Post of the American Legion, will take part la a military funeral for Edouard J. DuBois, formerly city bacteriologist and a veteran of the world war. who died suddenly After a brief venture into the world, two boyg, William Sander, agre Wednesday. Th funeral will be held twelve, and his brother Leslie Sanders, age eleven, sons of Leslie Sanders, at the home.

231 East Tenth street, 1406 Park avenue, who disappeared from home Wednesday, wer-: found urui iT'lY hul'V asleep in a hotel room in ConnersviHe, today, by their father and brought back home. The disappearance of the boys, and their description, was reported to the police Wednesday night by Mr. Sanders, who asked that a search be made for them. Mr. Sanders said he gave the elder of the two boys a S20 bill with which to buy a Boy Scout suit.

Instead of. buying the suit, he said, the boys wandered downtown and boarded an interurban car. going to Con-nersville. "Tbev were sound asleep In a hotel- in Connersvtll. when, they were found," Mr.

Sanders said his return today. They are right! at that impressionable age when they want a change of scenery and' that's why they left home. They! were satisfied to return when found them." Mr. Sanders -said the boys had! registered at tne hotel in Conners-: vill and had Immediately gone to I bed when they were "escorted" to.sS room. Tbe boys were found through descriptions sent to nearby towns by the Indianapolis police.

Mr. Sanders said. authorities at Conners-ville communicated with th local polles- who notified Mr. Sanders and 'he went after th bnya. A firlriK so a ad snd a bugler from the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association snd color.

guard from the Paul Cbl Post will take part la the services. Pallbearers, all -mem bers of! the Rainbow Division Vet erans' Association, will be Judge Sidney 8. Miller. Solon J. Carter.

Paul Fecbtman. Hugh Hecour. Dan Gloss- brenner and Marvin J. Prather. -Hon orary pallbearers, members of i the Coble Post, will Dr.

Chsrlee F. Bayer. Dr. Carl Ha bleb. Dr.

T. Victor Keen. Dr. John Sluss. Dr.

Jamee M. Smith and Dr. A. r. weyerbacher, Oriental Lodge.

F. and A. M-. will have charge of Masonic ritualistic services. The Rainbow veterans will meet at Kleventh snd Alabama streets at 1:20 p.

snd will go from there to the I boms. 'I WOffil FAIL TO TAKE ACTION ON LABOR B1LG county Courthouse yesterday and-e-w-, Pt-ue I tl asked protection aealnat five masked 1 6i.i.-nwui meaiuio, i men. 1 who, he said, war -following him. 1 Local authorities placed crogan In lalL Kicking out a window Crocan used a piece of the broken glass to by the officers before he could kill OPPOSITION IS EXPRESSED gi 1 ins. 1 i.

rv a a uia am wvuiu r.mn die than fall masked men. Into the hands of the THEATER MERGER WILL INVOLVE 550,000,000 Hanger and Shuberts Plan Control of Playhouses. LARGER CITIES AFFECTED IBy the Aaeartated fHl NEW YORK, January It. Control of the majority of the theaters la the United States showing legitimate enterprises, and not those of New fork alone, is thought to be one of the alms of the proposed merger of the interests of the Shuberts and Al Lr-langer and perhaps several of the Independent theater owners. Confirmation ef rumors that the deal was pending was obtained from Mr.

tlrlanger and Lee ShuberC Tbe plan is said to involve approxl- Backed by Industrial Board. Lm'f bill "The for an eight-hoar day for women lis a bill put-forward solely and purely by labor and backed by the Industrial board." declared Mis Mamie Larsh, chairman of the leglso lative cosamitte of the business and women' department of the Depart ment Club at a meeting of the Legia- latlve-Oounctl of Women held today In. the Ingllsh room of tbe Gaypoot hotel, followinr the presenting of the bllt to the body by Mm. A. T.

Cox. A heated discussion took place) aa to whether women la Industry them selves are asking for eight-hour lea; lelatlonj Mlee Forba McDanlels ex pressed; jthn sentiments of the Dust, nesa and Professional Women's Federation by the statement that fhe federation was opposed to an eight hour law. -1 a to. 1 OP Limitation. "When wo Indorse a law limittnr women' to eight hours we are work-Ing a hardship oa women in Industry.

Kmployera will hire men Instead. Womea should bo on th same foot Ing aa the men if they are to be an. cessful )a Industry. This bill is to mately IIO.OOO.OOO. and calls for sate forco women to "brganlie as thsy havn of part, of the stock of th pnblta Un- never aaionlsed Vila.

like the merger attempted a year wlt, Mlsa McDanlels It Is now ulanned to Include New York theaters as well as these laying first-class attractions in all of the larger cities of the United States. It Is estimated that Shuberts and Krlanger already control about of the theaters or the country, exclusive of motion picture houses. Tbe consolidation would affect theaters only, and not the production of enterprises, it was stateO. Mrs, rhtllp Zoercher, chairman of th legislative committee of tk council, said that ah felt that a bill limiting hours of women should Introduced, but that she was not fa vorable to th on at hand. Mrs, Martha pipe suggested that the count ell draw up bill that would be satisfactory, "one that we know la not labor she added, FtpM Artt A resolution to go on' record aa opposed to the bill was'presented by aier.

nicn One Will be kept srolntf. I decided la.nnitnan. artlan Ma. t-nguah or the Murat, can not be rje-I cernlng th bill until the next meet. held next Thu radar.

and I in a- to th Mrs. Smith, but was lost. It -resolution Indorsing the bill tm dsnes of Indiana a state for the- number of theaters to be filled Kan. of Gary, was named aa 'chairman nl th Pclal committee to lobbr fer why the merger was being considered-I the bllL' EffiCOlE DV WOMEM VOTERS NAMED Senator Assails the Motives of Membership of Legislative t- lOner. rnmmiHi.

VIEW OF EDITOR'S ACTIVITY TO STUDY WAR PREVENTION vr CAUiaiii a nidi 4 I J. th present primary law. today Is-. the transportation development proj-l. 1 ect to the Indiana legislators and to Senator William M.

Swain (Madison, Rep who was aligned with the anti-primary forces In th drive started by the Republican state com mittee against the state-wide feature sued a Members of an executive committee to assist In the legislative work of the find tana League of Women Voter were announced today at the January meeting of the board of directors. Mrs. Charles Arthur CarUsla. of South statement assailing K.V.Tti 1, iTr, Republican editor of who took up the cudgel against thVrepealJ In the statement Senator Swain dis- a uiicvwri, ipciuuing seven district chairmen, attended th meeting 'at th Claypool hotel. Mrs.

Carlisle's executive committee la aa follow ailss Etelka Rockenbach. Nsw-Albany; Mrs. Alice Fostes McCulloch, Ft. Wayne; Mrs. Elisabeth Claypool KarL Muncle Mr: Frederick W.

Laueostein. Evansvllle; Mrs. K. A. Gould.

Peru; Mrs. John Uwln. Rensselaer. Mrs. Carlisle ha appointed 'MlsS Sara-Lauter.

of Indianapolis, chair, man of legislative observation. Mies Lauter will be responsible for station, ing observers In all sesslone of the house and senate tp watch the prog ress ot league measures. DUrnael 9fay Held, Earl, chairman of tbe com mlttee on International co-operation to prevent war, asked each league to hold at least three round tables, wltTs both men and women present, to die cuss the following qdeatlona: "Do you believe the United State remit either directly or notei in oraer tnat ne mignt be in through liberal refunding arrange! cloae touch with the situation, and 1 menta. all or part of the financial oh embarked on- a strenuous campaign ligations owed by their allies. In ex-' in defense of the primary and con- change.

for effective measures of dis- demnatlon of the politicians who armament on the part of the debtor were seeking what he pretended to nations Do you believe th Unlbsd believe Its destruction, but the humor States should Join any International association to prevent war? If s. what kind, and under what condi tions?" Mrs. Karl asked that majority and minority, opinions -b sent to Mlsa Ituth Morgan, chairman of the taav ional committee on International oo- operation to prevent war. The na-1 tlonai orf anlsatlon will tabulate and ubllah the Mrs. waiter H.

Greenough. Tndlaaa- polls, state president, presided, sad the roliowlng women attended th meeting-? Mrs. v. II. Myers.

Hammond: Mrs. Dra Thompson Ross, Rensselaer; Mrs. Karu Muncie; trst J. E. Henley.

ilonfngion: Mrs. A. 8. Brown. Clay i City.

Mrs. Maude Murray, Helmer; Mlas Helen C. Renbrldge. Terrs Haute; I Miss Lauter, Indianapolis; Mrs; G. A.

MoorhesJ 'Terrs Heats: Mrs. B. B. White. Terre Haute; Mrs.

Allen T. Fleming, lndlsnepolls; Mrs. Frederick Ballard. Terre Haute; Mrs. Olive Beldon Lewis.

Indianapolis: Mrs. A. Wilson. Jasper. Mrs.

Homer McCray. Kendall vill; Mrs. J. C. Boss.

Klkhart; Mrs. Guy Osbon, Ja-sonvllle; Mrs. I. K. May.

Anderson: Mrs. Ella B. Kehrer. Anderson; Mrs. John Rouah, Mrs.

Alien Foster MeCuIIoogh. Ft. Wayo; Mrs. E. A.

Gould. Peru. Miss Ktelka Rock enbach, New Albany Mrs." A. T. 5os.

Indianapolis; Mrs. Jessie Fremont Croan. Anderson; Mrs. Raymond H. Mono, inoiananoiis; Mrs.

w. T. Barnea. Indianapolis; Mrs. Cheater Evans.

Bloomlngton: Miss Helen Roc- ers Hand. Indianapolis; Mrs. Carllal. South Bend; Mrs. Isaac Born and Mrs.

Henry S. Beck. Indianapolis. Legtalatlv rgsn la Com let. The league's legislative organisa tion now Is complete in eight districts.

the district committees co-operating- with the central committee, headed by Mrs. Carlisle, of South Bend. I The Firth. Sixth. Ninth snd Eleventh districts hav announced their committees as i Fifth Mrs.

Madge O. Ballard. Terr Haute; Mrs. 8. 1 Brandenburg.

Clay catj; II. M. Ferruson. Clinton. Sixth Mrs.

Charles -Tuter, Uagers-tewn; Miss Marryertte Hill, Richmond; Mrs. George Mullen. Brook-vllle; Mrs. L. K.

Tlngley. Conner-ville; Mrs. Emma Burson. Milton: Mrs. Ptudcnr Douglas.

Shelbyville. Ninth Sheridan. Frankfort; Mrs. SA. Rossettcr.

KOKomo; Mrs. t- a. i avenworth. Crawfordsvllle; Mrs. James P.

Waeoa. Delphi. Eleventh, Mrs. O. Fenton, Loganspnrt; Mrs.

Thad Clark. Huntington; Mrs. Evn Rhobock. Wsbasht Mrs. Frederick Meal.

Wlaamac: Mra.1 Leroy Arnold Peru. i i xTs Indianapolis Typotb-tas gave Wediweday evening st the Hotel XJaools is honor of the 217th saalreraarr of the btrtb I Benjamin Franklin. Bepreeeotatives of the OU Tise Printers' Club were the roeets ollbooor. Addreeaes were mad by Julian Wetzel and Merle 8W-er. Short tarka wer-) made by K.

P. Barry. W. A- Grrese, Henry W. Paine Thomas B.

Wrifhl, Rua4 Q. Mar-hall. E. A. Perkins.

Robert. Taylor. Jamea V. herrv and wi S. th Okl Tuns Prtaw Club..