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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
SEES NO EXCUSE
FOR GAS FAILING
LemGux Says 1t Looks Like
Plot to Reduce Heat Units.

There is no excuse for the Citizens Gas
Company falling to give Indianapolis an
adequate supply Of gas, George Lemaux,
president Of the board of public works,
asserted In board meeting today.
Mr.. I.emaux declared 1t seemed to him
the gas company is floating propa ganda
in favor of the reduction of the required
heat units from 600 B. T. L. to $40
B. T. u.
He asserted railroad officials had told
him they could ship coal to the gas
company.
There is concerted movement on
the part of gas companies all over the
country to have the number of heat units
required In artificial gas reduced, which
would save them a lot of money" said
Lemaux.
j. D. Forrest of the Citizens Gas
Company, said seven carloads Of coal
reached the company today and there is
hope tie company will get more.
The company also has the promise of
shipment of gas oil from Lawrence
Vile, Ill.
Barring a cold snap, no further re-
duction In gas pressure need be made,
Mr. Forrest indicated.
The gas stock Of the company in
creased 900 900 cubic feet today as a re-
suit Of reduction of pressure.
People probably Will reduce the
amount of gas used for cooking for a
few days and this will relieve the sit
uation," said Mr.. Forrest.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
AUTO FIRMS TO SHUT DOWN
IF STRIKE IS NOT BROKEN
Strike Summary

Reports from all over the country
indicated a general improvement in
the railroad strike situation today.
The improvement, while not de-
cisive, was sufficient to cause optim-
ism among railroad officials in New
York and lead to predictions that
normal conditions gradually will be
restored all along the line.
EAST-psssenger service greatly
improved: many more trains running;
roads generally report men returning
to work In small numbers; freight
service still tied up to considerable
degree.
CENTRAL WEST-Improvemen
marked; men returning to work In
small numbers; brotherhood chiefs
announce backbone of the strike bro
ken" Railroad officials predict early
return to normal conditions.
FAR WEST-Through passenger
service seriously impeded; five trains
reported held up on transcontinental
roads.
INDIANAPOLIS-More freight was
being moved today than any day
since strike began, railroad officials
claimed. Tieup In other cities cut
ting off material for some local fac
tories. Big Four claimed some
strikers returned and other men be
ing employed; other roads report i'm
provement.
At Washington, the cabinet, meeting
for the first time In months, consid-
cred steps TO end the strike. Plans
discussed for a temporary increase
in wages to railroad workers until
railroad labor board can consider re-
medal measures.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
SHOOTING LAID
TO DRINK ORGY
Griffin Says Bryan Was Slain
in Office Scuffie.

CHICAGO. April IA. Ellsworth
Griffin today is charged with killing VII
liam c. Bryan Of indianapolis, bis busi-
ness associate.
Bryan was shot TO death in the Office
of the two men in the First National
Bank building Monday night.
Griffin told the detectives that re-
mark passed by Bryan to Mrs. Bryan
that Griffin is paralyzed drunk" led 10
scuffie In which the revolver was
drawn.
The prisoner claims it was while Bryau
was wrestling with him for the revolver
that the fatal shots were fired.
Griffin presented a pitiable figure when
questioned this morning.
His psle-blue eyes were bloodshot
There was a slight discoloration above
the right eye, where he is believed to
have been struck In his fall
His sparse gray hair was unkempt
FACE scanned
by DRINK.
His face was scanned with heavy lines
Of dissipation.
His blre serge suit was badly sciled
and disarranged.
His lips quivered constantly nn1 still
bore the livld blisters attributed to the
excessive use OF alcohol.
He interrupted the inyestlg tion with
plea for something to steady my
nerves"
I'LL simply can't stand it." he
broke out impuslvely.
"L-l-look at me- sergeant Ill
can't get along without It. I'm wreck.
Can't you do something for me?"
The sergeant called a physician.
Mrs. Bryan said she knew of alterca
tions between her husband and Griffin
over stock deals.
She says Bryan returned to the Hotel
Morrison early in the evening and that
her husband said they would have dinner
Il gether sfter he made a little trip back
TO the office TO talk business with Griffin.
Shortly before 8 o'clock Mr.. Bryan
called her at the hotel.
Il will be little late" he said.
Griffin has been drinking and I'm going
TO take him home"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
TANK YOUR AUTO
WITH DISCRETION!
Gas for All If You Don't
Waste, Dealers Say.

There is no prospect of a gasoline
shortage in the city, by reason Of the
rail strike, local officials of the repre-
sentative oil companies said today.
They say caution should be exercised
by people driving cars, but that Indian
apolis is singulnrly favored with good
ly supply of gasoline on track and IN
storage. and that other commodities will
suffer from a shortage long before gaso-
line.
There Is no reason to be alarmed
over the supply tf gasoline for the city
as long as people keep their heads.
said W. C. Cheesboro, local manager for
the Standard oil Company.
I'VE have plenty for all normal re-
quirements and I can see no acute short
age"
l.. s. French. secretary Of the West
srn oil Refining Company, says his COM
pany, in order to forestall sny shortage,
started 60 ration It's customers to q
normal supply based on the average
number of gallons they have purchased
"a the past tue months.
w merely did this as a precauticn-
sry measure and | do not think there
will he any acute shortage" Mr.. French
stated
III people will curfail sill unnecessary
Joy riding and conHne the consumption
Of gas to essential busiTss, this city
can weather any tieup due to lack of
receipts.
What we need is about ten days Of
rainy weather so that everybody whn
has a new car can't get out and see hcIs
much gas he can burn up
An official OF the Great Western OIL
Company says II has enough gasoline on
hand to handle all normal demands and
that he can see no reason for alarm.
The gas supply will be the last to
suffer" he explained.
III the strike doesn't end before the
supply of gas is used up everything
else will be so topsy turvy that nobody
will need gas anyway.
IF people will go along in normal
way and apply the principle of the
Golden Rule regarding the rights Of the
other fellow to purchases of gas, we will
get by In this city fne."
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
FAILS TO OBTAIN
BALLOT CHANGE
Niblack Loses Petition Before
Circuit Judge Ewbank.

Judge Louis Ewbank of the circuit
court today threw out Of court a petit
tIon Of Mason ]. Niblack. n candidate for
the democratic nomination for governor,
asking that the state election commits
sioners DE compelled to give the voters a
chance to express both first and second
choice for governor at the coming pri-
mary.
The court sustained a demurrer of At
torney General Ele Stansbury fled in
interest of Gov. Goodrich William Fl.
Thompson and William w. Spencer as
members OF the board of state election
commissioners
The court held that the state election
commissioners can not be inundated to
prepare the ballots In any particulaF.
way since they do not have the authority
to prepare the ballots.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
LURES TEACHERS
TO BACK TAX LAW
ZOercher Tells Them Support
May Help in Pay.

Philip Zoercher. member of the state
board Of tax commissioners. has as.
sumed the role of schoolmaster to the
school teachers OF indianapolis.
officials OF the Indianapolis Teachers
federation were duly impressed by Nh.
Zoercher at a conference held yesterday
afternoon between members Of the state
tax board, school city officials ana
teachers representatives. that they will
be In much better grace with the tax
bosrd when seeking favors II they view
the Goodrich tax law in a kindly light.
Mr.. Zoercher gently lntimated TO the
teachers that the tax commissioners ia
vor an increase In teachers pay and that
the teachers In return should instruct
the school children of indianapolis 20
appreciate the merits of the Goodrich
tax law and that II is the duty of all
good citizens to pay tax on the full
cash value Of the property.
The horizontal increases of the tax
board, which have increased the taxable
value Of some property far beyond It's
true cash value, were not discussed by
Mr.. Zoercher.
During the meeting Mr.. Zoercher
read from a story printed in The Times,
giving an account of 4 school board
Continued on Page Six)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14

ing the wheels going is gone" Snyder
asserted
Snyder claims no less than fifteen ar
rests of drivers of trucks have been re-
ported to him simply because they hauled
heavy loads over the roads.
He cited the case of fleet of twenty
four Detroit trucks which had brought
loads to indianapolis and were returnin &
to Detroit with tons of castings from a
local factory.
The drivers of many of these trucks
were arrested in Grant county, he claims.
Arrests also have been general in Lake
county, II Is reported.
1t was in Lake county that the arrest
of truck drivers under the Deem licens-
ing law were first made.
HIGHWAY WORK
CAUSE OF DETOUR,
In Lake county the drivers were
forced to make a detour off the state
highway to county road because of
snyder feels th,a governor could
(Continuz Ere Sky
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
CLEARING OF CLIENT
BEFORE GRAND JURY
AMAZES ATTORNEY S
TO THE INDIANAPOLIS BAR
ASSOCIATION:

Charles W. Robinson. a practicinz
attorney of Indianapolis, has publicly
declared that with the knowledge and
consent of Claris Adams, prosecuting
attorney of Marion county, he ap-
peared with witnesses before the Ma
riOn county CRIMINAL court grand jury
and there conducted defense" of
two clients charged with receiving
stolen property.
He further declares that following
his defense" of Ihese two clients as
conducted before the grand jury one
client was freed and a faulty indict-
ment returned against the other.
You gentlemen, as reputable attor-
neys of this county bar, having a
high regard for the ethics and stand
ards OF your profession, ,nn not af-
ford to allow conditions to obtain In
this county which make il possible for
men accused of felOnies to place their
representatives In the grand jurT room
with the intention of defeating the
very purposes for which the grand
jury is maintained.
You can rot afford TO have The
courts wherein you practice de-
bauched and stultifled in this manner.
You can not afford TO have the
suspicion retained that II is possible,
in this county, by the use of mO:,ey,
to influence the deliberations OF "a
grand jury charged with the inyesti-
CATION of crime.
You owe It to yourselves, to the COM
munity, to the courts. to the good
name of Marion county to demand of
inaI court, a complete md open in
vestigation of this trliling with tie
means of justice in this county.
Are you jealous, or ashamed. of
your profession?
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
BARES RED PLOT
FOR u. S. UPRISING
Lettish Air Chief Sends Paper
Taken from Spy's Trunk.

LONDON, April 14-Lieut Col Joseph
Siehlin, formerly Of Lafayette escadriIle
aud now commander of tie flying forces
Of the Lettish army. declared today that
he has knowledge that the Russian boil
sheTiks have issued a call for "a red
<NsiRg in America"
Sording to Lieut. Col Stehlin, a
copy q the proclamation has been sent
TO Washington for observation by United
states government officials
Lieut.. Col. Stehlin, whose home is at
Sheepshesi Bay, y. Y, gave the fol
lowing account of the affair:
Late in March. while on the Lettish
front. I saw message that had been
taken from the false bottom of a trunk
owned By a Russian courier.
The courier was shot as soon as the
contents of the message became known
The document was made up of three
closely typewriter pages on linen paper
and was addressed to the bOlshevix
forces IN America
1T declared that the, time for propa-
ganda is now ended and that the mo-
meBt has come to strike The procla-
nation said that bolshevism in Russia
would be Ioss unless the bOlsheyik move
ment got under way outside Of Russia"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
SEIZE TWO BOYS
ON ARSON CHARGE
Admit Setting Fire to Barn on
Greer Street.

The boys were arrested early today
on the charge of arson. following two
fires last night in a barn In the rear
Of the home Of Hugh Mascara. SIS Greer
street.
It was assumed that the fvst fire was
accidental, but when the hremen were
called to the place again two hours
later they notified the police.
Motor Policemen Weddle and Lenlban
then arrested Kenneth Simon. IA. Of so
South East street, and William Reynolds.
IS, Of 342 East Norwood.
The boys are said TO have confessed
to having set fire TO the harm Just
once"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14

Snyder said he placed the matter di-
rectly up to Gov. Goodrich, and that the
latter said he wasn't going to butt in"
Our sole resource-the motor truck
Is being hindered by unscrupulous coun-
ty and township officials" said Snyder.
II told the governor these practices
must be discontinued in this crisis, but
he refused to have anything to do with
it," continued Snyder.
He claims Goodrich told him to talk
to l.. c. Wright, state highway commits
sioner, asserting that he had no power
over county or township officials.
Wright, according to Snyder, showed a
disposition TO cooperate in relieving the
situation, but claimed he had no au-
thority.
TRUCKS KEEPING
FACTORIES RUNNING.
II told both the governor and Wright
that motor trucks are keeping a number
OF factories iu operation, said Snyder.
II truck drivers are going to be ar
rested and detained In every stopping
place along public highways industry Is
going to suffer and our last Aope of keep
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
PALMER LOSES
TO SOVIET CHIEF
Senate Committee Refuses to
Sustain Martens Charges.

WASHINGTON, April 14,-The sen
ste foreign relations committee refused
this afternoon to sustain the charge of
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer that
Ludwig c. =. X. Martens. American rep
resentatlve of the Russian soviet repuo-
lis. was attempting to overthrow the
United States government by force or
Violence
The committee also declined to accept
the report OF Senator Moses, republican,
of New Hampshire, chairman Of he sub
committee which Investigated Martens
activities In this country, as Moses SUP
mitted 1t to the committee.
The committee rewrote and modified
the report before agreeing to report it
favorabIy to the senate.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
Nv MRS ROME KEssLER.

by MRS. RONIE kESSLER.
Such brutality, such food shall never
forget.
For all these months since last June 2
have kept silence waiting for the
I proper time to talk.
| / feel that with the present federal in
vestlgation on I can tell the truth and
expect protection.
At the time was In Jail there was a
woman named Florence Haines. confined
there as a federal prisoner.
She refused 10 work and Mrs Agnes
| Ward. the matron. took her 10 a ward
where negro women slept and made her
/ sleep there
| When the matron found that Florence
still refused to work she handcufed her
| to the iron cot IN cell. assisted By a
negro woman prisoner called Nell aud
| squirted formaldehvde on hor until the
/ poor thing was unconscious and bled
| from the nose and mouth.
/ TOLD OF BEATING
+ MAN WHO DIED.
| I read with interest the other day the
story Of a man being killed In tho TAIL
for Iva Earl Green. who was a prisoner
/ al that time, had told me Of the man
/ being beaten.
/ The last night my husband was IN the
jail he won $ll In a craps game.
| He showed me the money and gave me
some Of Il.
| Our food was terrible.
| For breakfast We would have rice
without milk or sugar
4 We had coroe-lt was like coiored
uater-but once a day.
/ Water was served at the other meals.
ToF dinner .are had sonp--the men
/ called 1t scum guiilion stew.
/ Once we had kraut and one time we
had beef, but II smelled so bad that I
could not eat II.
The negro woman called Nell. who
/ helped the matron force the women to
I work. was in jail for bootlegging.
She enjoyed special privileges.
/ FORCED TO WORK
THOUGH NOT OFFENDER.
/ When my mother appealed to Mrs.
/ Ward not to force me 10 work because OF
my health, pointing out that I had com
mitted no crime the matron said:
| She's here. ain't she, and she'll work
/ or else"
I worked in the laundry and scrubbed
/ nlthy doors.
| was told would have TO clean
Sheriff Miller's living quarters and l re-
1 fused
/ Just a that minute two detectives came
I to the Jail and took me to police head
/ quarters to question me-
Florence Haines is not the only pria-
oner l saw Mrs. Ward and the negro
woman sprinkle formaldehyde on.
! Mary Buchanan, said to be an insane
1 woman, also was sprayed by them.
They squirted IL on her until she was
helpless and became quiet
! Mrs. Ward at every opportunity pointed
me out to people visiting the jail as the
wife Of murderer and tried to make
show OF me.
| Florence G.. Haines, referred to by Mrs.
Kessler, was held In the county jail
/ from March 8, 1919, to July IS, the same
! year.
! Later she was given a year and day
at the women's prison on a charge of
using the malls to defraud while operat-
| Ing matrimonial bureau
! She was later transferred to the hos
/ pital for the criminal insane In Wash
ington, the records show.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
LOWDEN BEATS
WOOD BY $4,000
ILLINOIS VOTES
State Primary Gives Big Vic
tory to Native Son, Though
Rival Gets Chicago.
JOHNSON RUNS WELL

! CHICAGO, April 14.-Gov Frank
o. Lowden today is the winner of
the presidential Endorsement of the
republicans of Illinois, his home
state.
( His plurality in Tuesdays prefer
entail primaries is more than $4,000,
according to the latest returns.
! Gen Leonard A. Wood. his nearest
competitor, swept Chicago and the rest
, OF Cook county, however, bS a plurality
/ of 1888 votes, in one of the most bitter
I ly fought contests ever staged in CHI
cago.
I One of the big sensations OF the day
/ was the showing made b. Senator
/ Hiram Johnson.
| With his name absent from the bai-
| lots. no less than 10000 voters in Cock
| county's ten congressional districts
/ alone wrote it in as their choice for
| president result unparalleled in the
/ history of Illinois politics.
! DEMOCRATIC ANGLE
/ OF LITTLE INTEREST.
The presidential angle Of the demo
cratic primary was devoid OF interest
as there were no avowed candidates.
] Votes were cast for W. c. McAdoo
| Herbert Hoover Gov Edwards At
| torney General Palmer, William j
Bryan and j. Hamilton Lewis.
| In the republican primaries the returns
| from 5.24S r-e2incts out of total OF
/ $500 precin in the entire state show
| that Gov Lowden polled 222 .9s2 votes,
: Gen. Wood. 15T SOS, and Senator John
I son. 1896 This gives Lowden a plu-
/ rality of 65,114 votes and with this as
a basis it is figured that complete re-
turns viii show him winner by more
than $4,000.
/ The following are complete returns
/ from the Cook county ten congressional
+ districts. which include Lake county:
/ Candidate Men Women Total.
/ Wood s....... ST5l1 1896 los. .S7I
/ Iowden ...., 64.245 1909 1854
/ Johnson ...... 355l6 5.965 +OS1i
/ Woods plurality in Cook county, "a
| j33.
Lowden's victory means that the Ilu-
( uoiS delegation OF ffty eight TO the re-
publican convention will be divided
about as follows. II all the delegates
follow the preferential vote cast: For
LowI II. forty four: for Wood, seventeen
for Johnson. one.
DELEGATES At LARGE
YET TO BE NAMED.
Eight delegates at large remain to he
named by the state G.. o. r. convention
to he held at Springfield, May 10.
They probably will abide by the
preferential vote aud indorse Lowden.
Another powerful factor euters into the
situation however. in the sweeping vie
tory registered by Mayor Thompson and
his city hall machine In Chicago.
The Thompson candidates for ward
committeeman won IN all but one Of the
thirty Ave wards of the city, a landslide.
II Is declared, that will insure Thompson
the control of the q. .. y. political ma
chinery in the state and his re election
as republican national committeeman.
The returns indicating the mayors
victory were scarcely IN before a re-
port was freely circulated by his sup
porters that Thompson would be the re-
publican dark horse" candidate for the
presidency.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
WE LOSE BUT
YOU DO NOT

-nN account of the paper shortage
~ The Times has had to restrict
the size OF its editions, printing no
more pages than required TO cover
the news of the day and give adver-
tisers limited representation.
Until the railroads can deliver cars
shipped by the mills supplying The
Times we must depend on such small
quantities. of paper as we have been
able to buy in this part of the coun-
try-at Ia cents per pound.
IL is necessary temporarily 10
eliminate some of the features, but
sou will fad all the news In The
Times.
In fact, there is more news in n
compact edition of The Times than In
IL any paaerss three times it's size.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
ORDERS PROBE ON
SLAIN AMERICAN
Facts Demanded on Killing of
DeMOtte in Germany.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-American
Commissioner DIESEL at Berlin was today
instructed to make a Iigid investigation
into the shooting of Paul DeMotte, an
American of Paterson, N. j., who was
shot while attempting to escape from a
German prison after he had been SEN
fenced to death by a court martial for
alleged participation in the Ruhr valley
uprising.
The state department today received
confirmation of the shooting of DeMotte,
while attempting to escape, but no de-
tails were given.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
Aged Woman III as
Murder Trial Nears

LAWTON. Mich, April 14-AIrs. Sa-
rah- Tsbnt.~S0. charged with msnslanghter
in connection with the death of her
daughter. Maude Tabor Virgo, was sui
fering today from a severe attack Of in
digestion here.
IL was believed IL will be necessary TO
postpone the trial scheduled to begin at
Pawpaw Monday.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
ILLINOIS TROOPS
GO TO KEWANEE
Rioting Reported at Tube
COmpany's Plant.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, April 14.--State
troops have been ordered TO Kewanee,
Ill, where serious rioting is reported to
have broken out among employees of the
Kewanee Tube Works there. it was an
nounced this afternoon.
Lieut.. Gov. John G. Oglesby instructed
Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson of
the state militia TO send battalion OF
the 11th infantry to Kewanee, following
a message received from the sheriff Of
Hensy county
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-14
TO STAB
CARRANZA FAILS
Assassin and His Superior
Army Officer Seized.

AQUA PRIETA, Mexico, April 14.-An
unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
President Carranza was made last Fri.
day in the latter's executive mansion
at Mexico City, according to sdvices
received here today.
The would be assassin was Ernesto
Valdez, captain In the federal army.
The message declared Valdez, who was
In charge of detachment of troops un
der Gen. Benjamin G. Hill, tried to stab
Carranza, but that he was overpoweren
and lodged in prison.
Following the episode, Gen. Hill was
arrested on charge of taking too
much interest in the presidential cam
paign."