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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
FERTILIZER MEN
SPOIL CONTRACT
One City Appointment of No
Use to Holder.

The alacrity with which youths in
tropical climes are reputed to dive for
coins thrown from steamer decks is moth
ing compared with the rush for carcasses
Of dead animals by some indianapolis
persons II the story which Sam Butler,
city contractor for the removal OF dead
animals, told the board Of public works
today, is true. Butler is manager OF
the New York Odorless Company.
Nearly every time I get a call some
where out ia Brightwood or some other
outlying district to come get a dead
horse my men 20 out and fnd some one
has beaten them to it." Butler said. He
is losing money on his contract, he
added, and cited as one Of his most re-
cent unpleasant experiences a call from
Mayor Charles W. Jewett's hog farm,
northeast Of the city. He said one Of his
men started out at o'clock in the morn
ing In response to a call to remove a
dead hog, only to find when he got to
the mayors farm that an employe Of one
of the fertilizer companies was just driy-
ing away with the carcass.
Buffers contract with the city IS YER
bal He gets S150 and the hide for every
animal he delivers to the city reduction
plant at Sellers Farm, he said. TO pro-
tect him from the inroads of other scav-
engers he asked the board to negotiate i
formal contract, but the board refused
on the ground that It has no power TO do
so. since there is no city ordnance Gov
ering the matter. Efforts to get such an
ordinance passed by the council on the
part Of the board of sanitary commits
sioners have failed. City Civil Engineer
Frank c. Lingenfelter said.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
81 INDICTED IN
BOOZE SCANDAL
Head of Distillery Among
Those Named by Jury.

CHICAGO, Nov. PA blanket indict-
ment charging thirty-one persons. In
cluding members of the Chicago police
force and two Kentucky dlstillers with
conspiracy to defeat Federal enforcement
Of prohibition. was returned by the Fed
eral grand jury today In the $1,000, 900
whisky ring case unearthed q month ago.
The specific charge in the indictment
Is conspiracy to defeat the Volstead pro-
hibiti0u enforcement act" in the trans
portation recently Of 900 cases Of whisky
from the Old Graudad distillery at Louis
vile, Ky, TO Chicago.
Among the thirty-one men indicted are
o. Fl. Wathen. Louisville, Ky, president
Of the Old Grandad Distillery: II. d,
Knebelcamp, also connected with the Old
GraRdad Dishllery; Jim 0'Leary.
widely known Chicago saloon keeper and
gambler; Michael (''AIike de Pike') Heit-
Ter, and Edward Smale. George Hans.
Eugene McCaffrey and Timothy Judge,
Chicago detective sergeants.
shortly sitter the indictments were re-
tulued came tina announcement that At
torney- General Brundage had filed
seventy three suits With the United States
District Court 20 restrain the operations
of that number Of saloonkeepers In Chi
cago. The action was -ought under the
Volstead act and is directed not only
against the saloons and saloonkeepers.
but the owners OF the property.
The extreme penalty may be an order
restraining the use of such property for
any purpose for one year. Approx
mately 1900 former saloons, now oper-
ating as soft drink" parlors, would be
affected by a ruling on the suits.
New wholesale raids OF Chicago's crime
world brought a new crop Of reputed
gunmen. gamblers and other undesirables
early today.
Police officials had not completed the
count OF the harvest, but Indications were
the total would not reach TAP taken in
sunday mornings raids.
City councilmen today prepared TO
back the cleaning up campaign OF Police
Chief Fitzmorris with legislation against
saloons and billiard rooms.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
WHOA, BABY MULE,
WHAT'S DIS YERE?
CunneL Lieber Done Bound to
MexcGn IRhOgerdtiOR!

Resplendent in HIS uniform OF colonel
on the military stan of Governor Good
rich, Richard Lieber, director Of the
State Department of Conservation, left
today for Mexico City. where he Will be
the military representative Of the Cover
nor at the Inauguration of General Obre-
gon as president of Mexico.
There is a persistent rumOr at the
Statehouse that the sword missing from
the museum was borrowed to go with
the Lieber uniform.
Col" Lieber was accompanied by
Harry G. Hogan, late of the Leonard
Wood campaign, as civil representative of
the Governor.
Both men were accompanied by their
wives
The expenses OF the trip are being paid
by the Mexican government. Governor
Goodrich had been invited to attend the
ceremonies, but because of a conference
of Governors at Philadelphia, Nov. 80
he was unable to make the trip.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Vessel and Crew of 81
Clears Bar to Safety

CHICAGO, Nov. 24-The ore carrying
lake steamship Memphis Of the Pitts
burgh Steamship Company, which went
aground two and one-half miles of the
South Chicago shore OF Lake Michigan
early today, was given a new lease on
life when she cleared her sand bar bed
at 8 80 o'clock this morning.
The captain and thirty-six members Of
the crew are on board and deta chment
from the Jackson Park Coast Guard
Station IS standing by to take them of
should it become necessary to abandon
the ship.
The Memphis, 6o0-foot vessel, has
been plying between the northern Michi-
gan ore ports and South Chicago. The
force Of her impact with the sandbar was
so great that several plates in her side
were sprung and her machinery para
iyzed by water that poured through the
openings.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
LOWER PRICED
MEAT FORESEEN
WITHIN MONTH
Chicago Packers Experts Pre-
dict Result of Livestock
Drops.
SELLING PANIC IS ON

CHICAGO. Nov. 2A-Consumers can be-
gin dfgesting lower-prieed meat within
the next month as the result Of present
sensational declines in live stock quota
tons, research departments Of Chicago
packers predicted today.
Admitting drops from s23 to 5000 for
hogs and similar reductions in cattle
markets in less than year. theoretically
indicate great cuts in dressed pork and
beef pcices, these economists believe the
public viii benefit but little because:
By-product prlces-the guage Of retail
meat Quotations-have declined.
Retail dealers are reluctant to make
commensurate reductions
A month is required for cattle and
hogs to wend their way through the
preparation processes to the consumers
table.
Retail meat prices already should have
started downward, Leslie O'Rear Of the
research department of Armour & Co.
said, because OF lower trends OF whole
sale meats in the last two months.
"Our prices began dropping when ex-
port business fell of thus causing loss
demand" O'Rear said. "The wholesale
prices came from S2S to SIS on the
strength Of this. Retail prices should
now average 5 cents under quotations
a month ago.
Lately farmers have been holding on
shipments because OF the election ana
the bumper crops. They began dumping
their cattle and hogs on the market lass
week-the big break was Thursday, when
the decline was from 81 TO $50 on hogs.
It has developed into 4 selling panic"
Similar drops In by-products. O'Rear
explained, viii curtal the effect OF the
decline IN live stock prices because pack
ers count the revenue from the waste to
balance the returns from the sale Of
dressed meats.
while live stock is a market created
by the sellers, by-products can not now
be disposed OF at any price" accord
ing TO O'Rear.
Hide quotations have dropped from $50
to S21 and offal and other by-products
have declined similarly, he said.
This would result in lower prices OF
shoes. clothing and other articles, ac-
cording 10 experts, but the public's buy
ing strike has taken away the market
for the raw material
By-products OF lamb, which q year
ago sold at S14, bring 81 now, accord
ing TO L. H D. Weld Of the research
department Of Swift * Co. Weld also
held retail dealers responsible because
the public has not benefited from recent
reductions in wholesale prices.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
LOOKS
OVER FIELD FOR
HOUSE LEADER
GovernOr-Elect Said to Want
Speaker in Sympathy With
His Program.
ANDERSON MAN IN FAVOR

Warren T. McCray, Governor elect of
Indiana, is looking for strong man
to support for the Speakership OF tine
coming session of the State Legisla-
ture. according to those close to him He
feels that the administration program
which he hopes to put through Will
require an adept leader in the lower
House and for that reason he is said
to be closely scrutinizing the member
ship with a view Of throwing his aid
to the man he feels will I'LL the bill
Many names OF possible candidates
have already been suggested to Mr.. Nc
Cray, among them being Jacob d. MIL
tonberger of Muncie, J. Glenn Harris
Of Gary, Chester A. Davis of Jay Coup
ty; Claude A. Smith of Princeton and
Clinton Fl. Given, Henry Abrams and
Omer T. Newman Of indianapolis None
Of them has met with the approval OF
the Governor elect, according 10 infor-
nation, but he Is credited with looking
kindly on the proposal to boost John
4. Mcclure OF Anderson for the place,
Mr. McClure's name has not been men
tlon In connection with the Speakership
thus far, but Anderson politicians have
been busy ever since he was assured a
seat In the House In urging him for the
Speakership. According 20 present gos-
sip the Governor-elect Is looking favor
ably on his selection, although so far he
has not consented 10 throw the admin
istratlon's influence behind his candi-
dacy.
Mr. McCray's political advisers are en-
couraging him In the plan to have a
Speaker selected who is in sympathy
with his legislative program and who.
at the same time. viii have enough
strength to assist in putting It through.
This counsel on the part OF the friends
OF the Governor elect shows that they
are keenly alive 20 the situation that
may confront the new administration 81
the Goodrich forces decide 10 make a
fight IN the Legislature.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Court Determines
Custody of Child
Before It's Birth
Scott County Mother, Hiding
With Offspring, Found
by Sheriff.
special to The Times.

sCOTTSBURG, Ind, Nov. '24.-Does a
Judge Of a court have sufficient jurisdic-
ton to decide the fate Of an unborn
child? Do the statutes of the State Of
Indiana specifically state that the court
may make such a decision, or is it only
matter in which the court may exer-
else q prerogative Of power which he may
use without question?
Even In this enlightened day, human
life surges with tragedies that tell their
stories OF crushed ambitions, deferred
hopes and broken heart strings, just as
they did back In the days when Shakes
peare said, "All the worlds 4 stage and
men and women are merely players"
A little more than year ago. In Scott
County, a judge Of the Circuit Court de-
creed away from an expectant mother
her child, then unborn.
The order OF the court, as inscribed Ii
the records, reads: THE unborn shall
be left IN the care Of the mother for
one year; thereafter, the father shall have
permanent custody"
At the time this order Of the court
was made James Amos Of Lexington, q
village In this county, was separated
from his wife, three weeks before she
FAS " bt@NAAAr II u0L1tE.
Amos nled suit for divorce, was granted
a decree, as already noted, and was
given the custody OF the child after one
year.
Soon after the appearance OF the stork
Mrs. Amos disappeared with her child.
Her love for her baby overbalanced her
regard for the ruling of the court and
she found, as she thought, hiding place,
where she and her infant would be IN
molested by the edict OF the law.
The mother counted time with fear and
trembling. The courts order said 'for
one year" and after the twelve n onth
weeks had been added to the time, the
mother and child had not been discov-
cred, although the father had searched
for the child be had never seen.
But the hope of the mother that she
and her baby might not be separated
was only a vain hope, for on returning
to her home from an errand to a neigh
bor's. the mother found that her child
had been taken from the home.
Mrs Amos was told Of the visit Of two
men, one her former husband, the other
the sheriff of Scott County, who had
learned OF the presence OF the mother
and child in Madison.
When the father walked into the Madl-
son home with the sheriff he saw the
baby for the first time and the two men
returned to .Scottsburg, taking with them
the infant that was decreed away from
It's mother by the majesty of the law
before 1t had been born into the world
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Lever Act Held to
Apply in Coal Cases

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 24.-The
Lever act was upheld as constitutional
here today In a decision rendered by
Judge Val Valkenburgh in Federal Dis
trict Court. He decided that eighteen
Kansas City coal companies. under inves-
tgatiOn for alleged coal pro1teering. must
produce their books for reviewal by Fed
eral authorities.
The coal companies had objected on the
ground that the Lever act was uncOnsti-
tutional.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Father Is Husband
of Daughter and Dad
to Their 2 Children

BALTIMORE, Nov. 24-with the in
dictment here Of William Jones, 81. on
a charge Of having married his own
daughter and with being the father Of
her two sons, 8 and 4, there was unfOlded
one Of the strangest tangles that has ever
come TO the notice OF the local authori-
ties. Detective Thomas Hogan Of Balti-
more headquarters, left for Jacksonville,
Fla, today to bring Jones back to this
city for trial.
The indictment followed most unusual
circumstances. revealed TO States Attor-
ney Robert Leach by Mrs. Annabel Jones'
=. According TO Mrs. Jones, when she
was & child she l.ved at Cambridge. Md
When she was Is her mother died From
that time on, she declares, her fathers
actions toward her changed. Some time
later, the young woman AYERS he told
her he was not her real father. but her
stepfather. She believed him. Mrs Jones
said. In April, 1911, they came to Balti-
more. Shortly afterward they were mar
ried at the home Of minister The two
boys, Lee and Charles, since have been
born to the couple.
The first intlmation she had that all
was not right, Mrs. Jones said. came on
April 1S. last, the ninth anniversary OF
I"0 "euu4HS- AT the ume. Mrs Jones
declares she had dream In which she
saw her wedding certificate as It really
Was, but Rext to Jones' name the word
father appeared in large letters.
She then communicated, Mrs. Jones de-
clares, with Jones mother, Mrs. Laura
Jones, her grandmother, and mother-in-
law, and was informed, she says. that
Jones was her real father and that her
grandmother was astOunded to learn that
they had been married. She told Jones
OF the circumstances, she said, and he
gave her money to come to Baltimore
from Jacksonville.
Marriage license records here Of April
10, 1911, show that a license was Issued
on that date to William Jones, p, wild
over, and Anna B. Freeman, 1s
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
BABY CENTRAL
FIGURE IN BITTER COURT BA TILE
FIGHTS
SUIT TO TAKE
HIM FROM HER
Grandmother Enters HabeaS
Corpus Proceedings for
His Possession.
YOUNGSTER IS ONLY 8

Three years ago today the Thanks
giving stork brought a baby boy to a
home in Bloomington.
AS this Thanksgiving day approaches
Mrs. Helen Houston, 1870 South Blaine
avenue, Indianapolis, is preparing to con-
test q court action which aims to take
her little Thanksgiving baby boy away
from her
In Bloomington. Mrs. Clemie Arnold,
mother Of Mrs Houston and grandmother
Of little Edward Haupt Houston, the
Thanksgiving baby" is preparing to
present evidence to substantiate the pc
tition of Mrs. Arnold, asking that she
be given the custody of the boy.
On Dec. 3, next. Mrs. Houston and her
husband, Charles. are under orders Of
Superior Judge w. W. Thornton to ap-
pear in court as the result OF habeas
corpus proceedings fled by Mrs. Arnold.
'Au I want is happiness and happi-
Continued on Page Two.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Boost Hammond Man
Into Vice Presidency

HAMMOND, Ind, Nov. 24.-John W.
Lees, for years general superintendent of
the Indiana Harbor works of the Inland
Steel Company, and one of the best
known operating officials in the Ameri-
can Steel industry, has been made vice
president of the company, with head
quarters in the Chicago offices.
His successor at Indiana Harbor is
william A. Maxwell Jr., an official of the
Midvale Steel Company, who will assume
the general superintendency Dec. 1.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Ten Pay Blast Toll
While Six Are Hurt

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 24-Ten
were dead today and six more suffering
serious injury following the explosion
Tuesday in the Railway Fuel Company's
mine ut Paris according to latest re-
ports Of the accident, caused by gas
explosion 1,600 feet from the mine en-
trance.
six Of the men are said to have died
Instantly followed by the other four with
in n few hours.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
w. u. Gable Laying
Stopped by u. S.

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 24.-An armed force
Of the United States today frustrated an
attempt by the Western Union Telegraph
Company to lay It's cable across Biscay
Bay between Miami and Miami Beach.
A force of fifteen men was working on
the cable when an armed patrol from
submarine chaser No. 154 intervened ana
put the workmen under armed guard
One man was released to return to
Western Union headquarters for instruc-
tions.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
FAMOUS CHURCH
SWEPT BY FIRE
$4,000 Loss Suffered by Ply
Mouth Edifice IN. ",
Where Beecher Preached.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The annex OF
the historic Plymouth Church. Brook
lyn. where Henry Ward Beeeher
preached and where mementoes OF the
Civil War were kept, was swept by are
early today. with a loss estimated at
more than $4,000.
The fre started IN a storeroom and
many members OF the congregation ana
three fire departments fought the blaze.
Nine memorial windows. eight OF them
depicting the influence Of pilgrims on
American life, were wrecked. A hundred
OIL paintings were ruined. including one
Of Beecher himself, valued at $1,000.
In the church proper the walls and
ceilings were soaked by water and the
pipes OF the 100000 pipe organ filed
with water and the windows ruined By
heat
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24

A farmer drove into town with a
load of cotton. He left 1t standing
In the street and started into the oil
business.
Mexia paused a moment for
"show- down" With the well report
ed 1900 feet In oil and the bit eight
feet in the woodbine sand, e. A.
Humphreys, owner of the well, flying
from Denver In an airplane, an
nounced that If the derrick could be
repaired the well win be drilled
deeper to see just what it viii do"
If the well is. ''proyen" Mexia sees
itself as tho Breckenridge Of east
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
See Delay in Bank
Case at Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 24.-Because
bank officials have been unable thus far
to present proper figures, the Wander
burg County grand jury which was ex
pected to conduct an investigation into
the alleged $25, 900 shortage in the ac-
counts of Carl Heldt, former assistant
cashier of the Mercantile Commercial
Bank. probably will not enter into
probe at this session, it was stated today
by C. II. Battin, president Of the bank.
Bank officials today were going over
Heldt's books.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Costs Cold Million to
Interpret Field viii

CHICAGO, Nov. 24-Lega1 interpreta-
tiOn Of the VIII Of the late Marshal Field
cost 81 200, 900 exclusive Of the expense Of
managing the huge trust funds created.
Judge Charles II. FOell, of the Superior
Court, who construed the viii, issued an
order allowing attorney fees Of 100000
and court costs Of $4,000.
The expense resulted from friendly
suit brought by Capt. Marshal Field III,
against the trustees Of the estate, to
ascertain whether the death Of Henry
Field broke the trust provisions. The
estate was valued at two hundred mil
lion dollars. Judge FOelrs decision re-
Gently sustained the trustees.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Il Il +
Il Il l.

MEXIA, Texas, Nov. 24.-Oil, the
modern Aladdin, had rubbed Mexis
today.
Mexia was just an east Texas
town Of 1900 persons who evinced
little more than mild curiosity as
"wildcat" drilling outfit laboriously
drove its bit into a hillside two and
n half miles to the westward.
Mexia came to life with a jerk
when a coatless, hatless. blue -shirted
"roughneck' from the drilling outfit
ran down Main street and into drug
store, grabbed a telephone, called a
number. and yelled into the trans
m4tteyi s"Otli We got ttp'
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Girl Charged With
Forgery in Illinois

Dorothy Chastein, IA, who has been
staying at 1145 Mount street, was to be
taken to Charleston, ILL.,, today, where
she is charged with forgery. The girl
was ARRESTED by detectives last night
According to Sheriff Coles of Charles
ton, she has forged several checks.
She left home and came to indianapolis
where she made her home with friends
and has been soliciting subscriptions for
magazines.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Winter Recipes
for Canned Goods

wise and economical Is the housewlf'
who serves the food that suits the sea
son.
Fresh foods should be given the prefer
ence In garden time. but when winter
sets in the logical recourse is to tbingt
that come in tins.
The next four months are canned food
months So we offer now, through ouI
washington information bureau, book
full of the lore Of canned goods.
1t contains a score of soup recipes
tells twenty ways to fix canned fish, gives
as many meat dishes, half hundred
methods of serving vegetables from the
tin-salads, sauces, appetizers. desserts.
It represents the boiled down recipe
wisdom of a great laboratory maintained
in Washington by the National Gamers
Association. 1t is a recipe masterpiece.
Get it as another Of the household
helps we distribute to our readers
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Here's One Thief
Governor Won't
PGrOLe-if Caught

Apparently the meanest criminal in
the State of Indiana, In the opinion
OF Governor Goodrich, Is the man who
robbed the StatebOuse Museum of
quantity of jewels and gOld-mOunted
sword.
Tho Governor stated today that IL
the thief is captured and convicted he
will not be paroIed.
In addition the Governor offered a
800 reward for the capture of the
thief
1t Is understood the reward will
come out of the contingent fund.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
4 Trainmen Injured
on Southern Pacific

SALEM, Ore, Nov. 24.-Four Southern
Pacific freight trainmen were injured,
two perhaps fatally. when a merchandise
express train ran into the rear end Of
an extra freight train at Chewawa to-
day.
Details Of the wreck are meager, the
wreck having knocked down all tele-
graphic communication.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-24
Admits 100000 Bond
Robbery, Police Say

CHICAGO. Nov. 24.-Search was begun
today for 100000 in bonds, the property
Of Ambrose J, Small, the missing multi
millionaire theatrical mngnate of To-
ronto. Dispatches received here from
Portland, Ore. declare that John
Doughty, Smalrs secretary, under arrest
there. has confessed that he took the
bonds and that they are hidden in Chi
cago.