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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-26
WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty four hours ending D. m,
Nov. p: Rain late tonight or Saturday !;
slowly rising temperature.
HOI RIY TEMPER ATTIRE
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-26
..RLODAS OF
JAL Is MISSING

.ARLODAS OF
4 JAL Is MISSING
q The papers, however. vary and reveal
that much valuable workhOuse property
Ranging from seven carloads OF coal and
v team Of horses down to can Of Red
Seal I've are missing and that there is no
record OF their disposition
Among the farm equipment that was
used at the workhouse and which was
listed on the inventory the following
><tems are unaccounted for;
Two horses.
One farm wagon
One hay rack.
One steel plOw-
Twelve hOtbed glasses.
One carriage
One delivery wagon
Three sets Of harness
| One drill.
J Twenty-four wheelbarrows.
Six rakes.
Twelve manure forks.
Five bars of solder.
The inventory showed that the work
house possessed twenty-five hogs, but
onlv twenty-one were receipted for By the
county poor farm
The big stock Of foOdstuhs the WorA-
hOuSa had on manu- at LAE lAAH~ - -
abandoned was evidently tempting, 1or
IN nearly every instance the receipts OF
groceries fail TO tally with the inventoried
list.
For instance, the institution had three
fourths Of a barrel Of Clipped soap, yet
former Sheriff Charles o. Dodson signed
a receipt for one-half Of oarrel. Among
other items placed in the inventory and
falling to show on the institutional re-
ceipts are:
Three-fourths OF q barrel OF salt
Fifty bushels OF beets.
Twenty bushels OF carrots
Twenty-Five pounds Of lima beans.
Forty-four pounds OF hOminy.
Half barrel OF soda.
One-fOurth barrel Of granulated sugar
Eighteen bottles OF mustard.
One-half gallon Of extract OF vanilla.
Five pounds OF cinnamon.
Ten pounds OF red pepper.
Seventy FIVE pounds Of barley.
Ten quart Jars OF grapes.
: One and one-half buckets Of msckerel.
Sixteen boxes Of Jello.
Ten cans Of sage.
2 Thirteen cans Of milk
B., Continued on Page Twenty.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-26
MEDO THINGS
AND SOME DON'T
Morals Squads in a Few Dis.
tricts Are Attempting a
Cleanup.

Some Of the lieutenants in charge Of
the six morals squads now operating In
the city are getting results. while others
are still 10 be heard from.
Lieutenant McMurty and his squad paid
a surprise visit to the "levey district"
on Illinois street, between Washington
and Market streets, at o'clock this
morning, halting and searching twenty
five loafers iu the vicinity, many Of them
known gamblers and thieves.
The gamblers were warned, the police
say, that II they are again found in that
location at that time in the morning they
viii be sent to police adluarters on
charges Of vagrancy.
Lieutenants W)oIlen ana Jones and Pa
trolmeu StonehOuse. made visit to
John Halfmann's cafe across from the
gateway OF the Indianapolis motor speed
way, and Halfmann was arrested on the
charge OF operating a blind tiger.
Halemann formerly was u saloon keep
er at $40 Afassachu setts avenue The po-
lice received report that real whisky
was being sold near the speedway at
$3.50 a quart.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-26
POLICE TOO FAST
FOR HALFMANN.

when the police entered Halfmann's $
cafe he ran out Of the rear door, but
the lieutenant was a little too fast foT
him. He saw Halfmann take a bottle
of Crab Apple brand bottled in bond
whisky from under his apron and az
tempted to hide Il back OF the shed.
That was all the whisky found at the
csfe, but the police say they found
three full quarts and two partly filed
quarts OF the same brand at Halfmann' s
home, 60 West Fifteenth street, Speed
way City.
Lieutenant Cox and a squad Of DO
lice arrested Archie Young, ~, negro.
in raid on the notorious gambling
place, 522 Indiana avenue. last night.
Young was charged with keeping gam
bling house
Eleven negroes found In the place were
charged With gaming and visiting gam
bling house.
Edward Chip" Lewis. negro, 2901
Continued on Page Thirteen.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-26

A comparison Of the itemized receipts
with the inventory, however, shows
startling discrepancy and reveals that
the workhOuse evidently Afforded some
Of the favored political workers valuable
1t before all OF the property was appOr-
=
Mr.. Fesler turned the inventory
receipts over for an examination
sered the information that you
1 they come pretty close OF tally
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Northwestern NeUs

They include the names, mostly. OF
farmers, but also 'laboring men, bank.
ers. business men and others.
OF the 81 names from. Palermo six
were laborers, IA were farmers and
was a barber. In each case the
name, address and, voting place wa
given 50 that the identity of sthe petit.
toner al be checked.
On the Napoleon list 10 out Of %
names were those Of farmers Twenty
farmers signed a petition from Flax.
ton. and n lawyers name was on It
Twelve farmers signed the Crystal pc
tition. A petition from Russell bore
the names Of s farrNers out of IL
and the petition from Buxton con.
tanned The names Of 81 farmers. r.
Directed to Governor.
The preamble Of the petition recites
that the establishment Of such indus.
tries( state owned) involves the risk
ing of large sums Of nom for which
the taxpayers and property owners OF
tho state will even become liable. l,
is only fair and reasonable that they
should have reports on the condition
Of affairs in each OF the industries
and enterprises now in operation
made by public officials other thar
those who r directly and personally
interested in the management Of each
institution"
Since the governor is absolute
monarch over the state industries BY
virtue Of his craftsmanship of the in.
dustrial commission the petition il
directed to him.
Governor Frazier is now out cam.
paigning. Nelson A. Mason, secretary
promised that the matter would b<
brought to the attention Of the cover.
nor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Saskatchewan Crops
Are Looking Fine

Winnipeg. Man.. June IA crop
report covering the southern part OF
Saskatchewan the worst afflicted this
season by the weather and the hop
pers. has been issued by the govern
ment of that province. It shows that
seeding was completed on June IL of
all grains and that the crops are COM
ing along splendidly. Grasshoppers
are reported very generally through
out the south but they are being con-
trolled by the measures adopted by
the government. Very effective re-
suits are being obtained from the use
Of poisoned bran. Cutworms are
reported as appearing in certain dis
tricts. Weather conditions are ideal
with plenty of moisture on all sides
and there is no mention Of frost or
hail in any of the reports.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Butte Girl Arrested
In Chinatown, Victim
OF Sordid Drug Habit

Butte, Mont, June 23.-A sordid
tale is told here Of Miss Margaret
McAullen, one Of Butte's most beauti-
full girls, who a arrested recently in
Butte's Chinatown. The girl had been
gone from homo for a week and when
found was a hopeless victim Of drugs
to which she had eArlier become adj
dicted through treacherous 'compan-
ionships and on account Of which she
left her home and rel to Chinatown.
So great was her craving for the drug
that she was forced to spend on an
average of six dollars daily to satisfy
her appetite for it and then could
only secure a sufficient supply by be-
coming an inmate Of Chinatown and
living as the wife Of a Chinaman.
In her confession the girl said that
drugs now completely occupied her
thoughts and that she would do any
thing OF &C my where in order to get
them. The Chinaman who furnished
the girl with drugs was fined 5000.
the limit here for a va&rancy charge.
The girls mother is a hard working
woman and did not know of her
daughters associates. Severe efforts
will be made to cure the girl of the
vicious habit that she has acquired.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Pennington County
Man To Have Sale OF =
Pure Bred Shorthorn,

Thief River Fails, June "a sale
of purebred shorthorns on Friday.
June Is, has been announced by
Jens Letnes. one Of the foremost
breeders Of high grade live stock in
this immediate vicinity. The news is
welcomed by many breeders as they
recognize the stock which Mr.. Letnes
has accumulated az of the best in this
part Of the state.
Six cows and seven heifers are, to
be sold to the highest bidders and
they are all registered animals, thus
assuring the buyers something worth
while. Village Garnet, the sire Of
yer of these cows. is a large fine
bull bred by the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college, and is the son of the
famous bull Village Sultan No.
410465.
Registry certificates Of these ami
mails are on file with County Agent j.
J.. Mccain, Thief River Falls, who
will be glad to answer any questions
as. to pedigrees. ETC., that prospective
purchasers might wish to ask.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Montana Cattle Expert
Dies After Spending
43 Years In Asylum


Warm Springs, Mont, June as.
Lloyd Heating, one of the most
skfllful cattle men who ever rode
the plains Of Montana, is dead at
the asylum here sitter being con.
ihned for forty-three years as an
insane inmate.
Heating lost his mind in 1877,
and has suffered from q form Of
insanity that made him believe
that he was constantly being per-
secuted. In spite. Of this defusion.
however. he was clentally clear
on the fine points Of q steer and
was employed much Of the time
while at the institution by parties
who took him ont over the state
to assist In purchasing herds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
STREET
CAR SERVICE IS
SUSPENDED TODAY

Toronto, June 23.-Street car serv-
ice except in the outlying districts was
completely suspended in Toronto to-
day. when the long heralded strike Of
trolleymen went into effect to enforce
demands for sc cents an hour instead
of S.. Jitneys were pressed into serv-
ice in the downtown section.
The Toronto railway company an
nounced it would make no effort to
resume service. Il the, city itself not
Ia wheel is moving on the lines Of
civic owned railways.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
PROBE OF ALL
UTILITIES OF
STATE ASKED
Big Petition Requests I'm
partial Examination of
State Bank, Etc.
Bismarck. n. D.. June 23-The bluff
Of the Frazier administration has been

Bismarck. n. D.. June 23-The blum
of the Frazier administration has been
called.
Fifteen thousand persons have call
cd it. More will join in. Petitions
bearing $4,000 names are on file with
the governor asking that an impartial
examination be made of the Bank OF
North Dakota. the Workmen's Com.
pensation bureau, the Home Builders
association and the Drake -four mill
Want Impartial Board.
The petitioners ask. in order that
the examination shall DO impartial
that one examiner be named by o. e
Lofthus. state. bank examiner, a Non
partisan league office holder, one by
State Auditor Carl kositzky. and, the
two examiners to select a third.
The petitions are filed in the inter.
ests of good government. With the
election only a few days away. the &C
ton can serve no political purpose
The examination could not be made ir
a few days, and might take weeks OF
months.
Bluff is Called.
Some days ago the state industria.
commission made a bluff to quie'
charges against the administration Of
the Bank Of North Dakota by trying
to draw into the political arena thu
North Dakota Bankers association b,
asking that body to investigate thu
bank. The officials. OF course, refused
Now the governor has it within hi.
power to grant the people Of NORTH
Dakota an impartial examination.
Some Of the petitions which werl
filed at the governors office showed
that they were circulated as far bacl
as May s or 9. No attempt has beer
made by the Independent Voters as
ISOLATION to make political capital gu
Of them. 1t is reported at the stat.
house. however, that the action Of tn,
state industrial commission in tryint
to bring the bankers association int
the case was taken when it was learn
ed that the petitions were to be hi led
All Glasses Petition.
The petitions were gathered IL
widely separated parts Of the state
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
PRIEST
IS PINNED UNDER
.... CAR FOR 7 HOURS

LAndusky, Mont. June 23.-After
having been pinned under his auto
mobile for seven hours with gasoline
dripping over him. Father DeMers.
a priest of this vicinity. is recovering
from bruises received in the accident,
The brakes of the priests car fail
ed to operate while he was ascending
a hill. the car backing rapidly down
the hill, ~overturning and pinning him
underneath. He was forced to lie in a
very uncomfortable position for seven
hours before help happened along.
When found he was drenched with
gasoline which had slowly driped on
him from the inverted tank.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
END CAMPAIGN
THR0UCHCRAM
Birchenough and streeter
Make Successful Speaking
Tour in New County.

Leith, N. D., June 23.-Rev. Allen
9. Birchenough and Frank B. Street
er finished their tour of Grant county
yesterday. The fighting pastor
spoke last night at Leith, Mr.. Ca
hills home town. Cahill is the Nom
partisan candidate for secretary of
state, and said in . recent speech:
Il a live as we'll under the red flag
as any flag" ~
Mr.. ~Birchenough spoke in the
same hall in which MIR. Cahill made
his, famous red flag speech, and said
IA man who made such a speech is
either greatly ignorant or dangerous
~ revolutionary. The red flag sym
ness is demoralized, private property
confiscated. school systems prosti-
tuted, home life d~esecrated and
Christian religion destroyed"
Means Specialization.
Mr.. Birchenough admitted that
N~onpartisan league, originally and as
far as the farmer members were con
cerned, was q bone fide <Armers'
movement C.tth no dark designs be-
hind. But" he. said. can any one
show me a better way of really So
cializing the state, than the one
which has been adopted, with the hest
thought and action of the National
Socialist party behind it? All evil
dence shows an absolutely dark
kota the first solid Socialist. state in
the union. This means establish
ment of an iron clad system that
would either absorb us entirely or, at
the best leave lasting scars on our
body polite.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
First Aerial Express.
Delivered In Montana

Deer Lodge. Mont. June 29.-The
first aerial express was carried In
Montana recently when Pilot ]. W.
He.er Of the Inland Empire Aerial
Transportation company delivered q
package from the Symonds store at
Butte to Mrs. d. w. Aldrich Of this
city. The plane carrying one passenger
in addition to the express packages
made the trip from Butte to Deer
Lodge in 20 hours.
While passing I've the Orphan Girl
mine, John Berkin. the passenger en-
route. dropped a copy Of the Sunday
Standard to his father at the mine,
the paper being. delivered by para
chute.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
STRIKE SITUATION.
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED

Philadelphia. June 2s.-1mprove-
ment in the yardmen's strike situation
was reported today by both the Penn
sylvania and the Reading railroads.
Onicials said a number of men re-
turned to work on the midnight shift
last night and that conditions grad
ually were approaching normal, al
though the movement of freight was
still more or less seriously affected.
Strike leaders denied any break in
their ranks. f.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Wheat Market
Sends Flour Dow

Minneapolis, June IA lower
wheat market the first few days this
week was responsible for a decline Of
20 to 80 cents a barrel in the price of
-four here today. At the mill where
the quotation for family patents was
down 20 cents. -four: dropped to S14
a barrel and SASS was the price OBJ
tanned by the mill that sold flour at
a 80 cent reduction.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
GRAND FORKS HERALD. WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is, 1920.
Federal Expert Sent
To Bottineau TO Fight
Militant Grasshoppers

Bismarck. N. D., June. 2s.-An ex-
pert Of the United States Department
OF Agriculture has been sent from
Oregon to Bottineau county, North
Dakota, to aid in the fight on grass
hoppers in that county. accordink TO
word received here today from E. B.
Ball, acting secretary.
Last Saturday the chairman OF the
board Of county commissioners OF
kBottineau county wired the secretary
of agriculture for an appropriation Of
1900, 900, to be used in the fight. and
notified Governor Fraxier's Office of
his action.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
ATTORNEYS ARE
QUESTIONED ABOUT
DETROIT MURDER

ENN NHAAEN IN-,sI ~ No. fH.. - Ntc Z. TNEEEs a. $50. - IDS.
Detroit, Mich, June 2s.-Authori-
ties investigating the killing Of
August Dwyer'of Middlesboro, Ky. :
travelling AUDITOR OF. the United Mine
Workers of America. in a downtown
law once last.niEht, today were cues
who met In the Office during the eve
ming. Il S. -. .t5 III 5s
Meanwhile Frank II. Dohany.
prominent attorney and bank diEeccee
tor. said to: have been left alone with
the union oficial when the party.
broke up was in the psytopathic ward
Of a local hospital under guard Or de-
tectives. ]S'' l ~
Paris. June 23:-viscount Luis De-
jean, French. minister to Mexico, has
been appointed under director Of
American affairs in the French for
eign office, succeeding f. M. L. Lanel.
who has held that office for some
time and who was formerly French
minister to Brazil.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23
Evangelical Church
Synod On AL Hebron

Hebron, N. D.. June. 23.-Morei
than 100 delegates from North dakota;
and Minnesota r attending the
synod of the Evangelical church here.
The delegates include fifty ministers
and more tina fifty lay delegates. The
O. Jungefs and Nelson a. Mason, sec
rotary to- Governor Frazier. Hebron
has one Of the largest ana strongest
Eyange1ical churches In the state,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-23

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15

direction made his first stage ap-
pearance. His first parts were
Claude Meinot. Romeo and Hamlet.
He later Joined Sir Henry Irving at
the Lyceum, leaving the famous ac-
tor to go with a provincial company
which was the first to produce
Under Two Flags" Faversham be-
ing the first player to create the
famous part of Berthe Cecil for the
stage.
Coming to America he was given
a part in "Pen and Ink" which
proved a dismal failure. There be-
ing no theatrical work in sight and
finding himself short of funds, Fav-
ersham took any sort Of labor that
came to hand. He shoveled snow,
worked in the park, and finally got
a steady job as a plumbers helper
on Highbridge, in New York, which
was then being constructed. In this
way he tided himself over until
Daniel Frohman notified him to join
the Lyceum theatre.
He was assigned there as under
study for Henry Miller. His first
step toward fame was made at the
Empire theatre, when he created
the part of Prince Emil Won Hald-
enwald in "Aristocracy." After ap-
pearlng in a number of productions
which won him considerable sue
cess he created his famous role of
THE Squaw Man." in which he ap-
peared for two seasons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15

every weekend when the crowds
we're at Keansburg the consumers
in Keyport were unable to secur
and the same situation is at
hand.
VITA a flame a quarter of an men
high or less and in many instances
with no flame at all it is not posi-
bic to cook a meal on gas over h
week unless the consumer can man
age to cook in between meal hours.
one housewife in the borough has
become 50 disguised with the SER
vice that she has had a coal stove
and pipe placed in the rear yard OF
her home and cooks her meals out
of doors. Another was forced to use
a lamp TO finish cooking a meal and
all sorts of methods are being m
ployed in order TO properly cook.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
service is nothing short of impossi-
BILE the Gas Company continues to
collect a twenty-five cent service
charge each month and the early
part of this month presented the
consumers with an etra bill. Many
claim that they will not pay the
and to date have not done so.
The people of the borough are
to pay a fair rate for gas
and do not object to paying the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15
NT&
New Ditmas Attraction.

Does a lovers kiss always signify
that a proposal of marriage is forth
coming? In The Loves of Lefty,
Pauline Frederick's latest Goldwyn
picture. 1t is evident that 1t does not.
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, the great
English dramatist who wrote Lefty"
some years ago for the legitimate
stage. has a depth of understanding
of human nature; and he has de-
the character of a typical cad
in the role of Nevill Letchmere
dawson Butt). Lefty Is the penni-
less daughter of a former London
solicitor and is forced to earn her
living in a bucket shop near h
London Stock Exchange. When
Letchmere, the handsome and aristo-
cratic man about town. pays her
marked attention she sincerely hopes
that he will marry her and take her
from her sordid surroundings.
She sacrifices everything to win him,
and when he clasps her In his arms
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15

.rd kiszes her she believes that he
sa~nestlv loves her. However. just
xbsn her hopes are highest the news
comes TO her that Letchmere IS a
m.rried man and that his wife stub
horniv refuses to divorce him. He
oysrs her a home with him In his
onsrtments. She has an alternative
in the offer Of the fat. coarse beast
who employs her in his office. Her
n-obIem is intensely difficult n the
piot moves to a happy conclusion in
m interesting and original manner
which could only have been evolved
bv as great a writer as Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero.
This feature viii be shown at the
p,tras Tomorrow and Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15
DEVISE WAYS To
COOK; NO GAS
Newport Women Have Daily
Problem in Their Kitchens
Due to Poor Gas Service.

BY Special Correspondent.
NEWPORT, July 15.-The scant
gas supply in the borough is causing
considerably trouble to the house
wives and so serious has the prob
lem become that many have pur-
chased oil stoves in order to proper
" cook q meal. Last summer the
supply was very short and several
explanations were given by the gas
company. one being that a new pipe
for the supply here was being laid
and upon its completion the supply
would be as good as ever. However,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15

which was made public in America
some time ago. Some of the pow
ers mistook the concessions made
as a sign Of weakness and dispatch-
ed expeditionary forces to Russia
The result was a complete failure
on their part, financially, mihtarily
and morally"
He admitted that there were ye.
many difficulties to be overcome be-
tore the soviet government was es-
tablished on a solid basis
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-15

William Faversham, whose first
b;q p~hotoplay under Selznick man
sgement. 'The Man Who Lost
HIMSELF" will be shown at the
strand theatre today, has lived SO
many years in America, and his
career has been so closely associat-
cd with the theatre in this country
hat he has generally been consid-
cred an American actor, and, as a
matter of fact, so considers him.
self.
He was born in England, and re-
oeived his first stage instructions
from the famous English actress,
Carlotta lie Clerq, and under her