South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-30
Copyright, 1919. Indiana Publicity
Bureau

Bureau
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. oct 80.
The significant features Of.
he arrest Of Delavan smith,
publisher OF the Indianapolis .
Jews. or federal grand jury in /
lictment charging the procuring OF F.
false affidavit with intent 90 de- /
raud the government, are the facts .
hat he gave a bond for 1000
FINISHED By the United States Fi-,
ielify and Guaranty company OF
Baltimore. and surrendered 10 the F..
nited States marshal az he office
II Ferdinand Winter. indianapolis
attorney.
VIII II. Hays. chairman Of tho
-spublican national committee BE-
,dvertised sas a director OF the Unit +.
"a States Fidelity & Guaranty COM
)any and Ferdinand Winter Is well F.
Snown as the legal advisor OF the
ocal traction interests and other
corporations who have long been ac- +
i've In Indiana politics
Involve Hays.
The connection Of VIII TT. Hays. +
hartman OF the republican national
committee. with the bonding com
oauy that stepped forth 10 keep Del
svan Smith out OF Jail has been OK
tensively advertised I'm Indiana by
Foster & Messick, the local mana
gers for the Baltimore company.
This firm. which has made a spc-
-ialty of going after all bonds and
guarantees that could be obtained
through political influences since
he Goodrich administration became
all-powerful in Indiana has circu-
lated a leaflet calling especial at
tention 70 the fact that Mr. Hays IS
a director for the company. This
leaflet is entitled important Infor-
nation for Candidates"
IL purports 20 give five reasons
why you should buy your official
bonds and the fifth reason therein
set out Is:
I'm addition 20 financial strength.
ore OF the directors whc -0anagc
the copany is an Indiana man %
well known ability and integrity"
I'm the list OF directors. which oc-
cupies almost a page i'm the lyaflct
appears the following:
Hon. VIII H. Hays. chairman re-
publican rational committee. attor-
ney at law indianapolis Ind"
Among tho other reasons why Of
ficials are urged TO get Their hsnds
from this company are these.
ut enables you 10 conduct your
office untrammeled by obligations
20 your friends"
"Our company has long had the
largest surety business i'm Indiana
and is known throughout the state.
Its size and reputation insure
approval 81 your bond"
Preferred Concern.
Investigation discloses that this
company has been writing bonds
for a very large proportion Of the
officials OF the state and those who
have 10 furnish bonds 10 the state,
that IL is generally known as tho
one company whose bonds are pre-
ferred 10 all others by tho officials
OF the j. 2. Goodrich adminIstra-
ton.
T. is regarded as no more than
natural that Delavan Smith should
be bonded 20 the federal curt by
the same company that as been
proving so popular with the other
members Of the republican crowd in
Indiana. and especially since the To-
cal agents make it plain that AR
Hays is The Indiana representative
on the beard OF directors of this
company.
Personal Interest.
For Mr. Hays has "a deep personal
interest in the affairs of Delavan
smith and the Indianapolis News
HAYS was brought out for the state
chairmanship by the News. He fol-
lowed its directions throughout the
whole period Of his administration
iu the state organization and ne was
then put over for national chairman
by the same interests that made him
state chairman. In his work as ma
tional chairman he has had no more
ardent supporters OF faithful adj
visors than the Delavan Smith
crowd OF bipartisan politicians who
control the News
The connection between the re-
publican party and Delavan Smith
has long been known I'm Indianapolis
hut now that Mr. Hays appears as
the Indiana director of the COMPANY
to which Delevan Smith turns for a
criminal bond. the connection rs
more apparent than ever
The arrest OF Mr. smith in the Of
flee OF Ferdinand Winter. where he
had gone 20 await the coming of
the marshal. was significant I'm so
much as 10 shows where the legal
brains for his defense will be OBJ
tanned.
Railway Counsel
Ferdinand Winter IS the general
counsel OF the indianapolis Street
Railway company which recently
succeeded the indianapolis Traction
4 Terminal company. He has also
appeared as the counsel for the In
dianapolis Terre Haute q Eastern
Traction company. the owner of the
greatest inteTurban system of In
diana
The News persistently fought the
indianapolis Traction & Terminal
company until it was finally abb
sorbed by the indianapolis Street
Railway company. when the News
attacks ceased a7 mysteriously as
they had besun and been carried on
FOR 50 many years Just now the