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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
WAGON CRUSHES
CHILD FATALLY
Witness Says AntOinette Nc
Namara Ran Into Horse and
Fell Under Wheels.

Antoinette Mcnamara, about Z, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard 0. Mcnamara.
1850 Ashland avenue. was killed shortly
before noon today when she was run
over by a heavy wagon at the iptersec-
ton of Massachusetts, and College ave
nues and st. Clair street According to
witnesses the Incident was unavoidable
Ira n Heudrickson. 2001 Rowland
avenue, a driver for the Polk MIX Com
pany, was driving northeast in Massa-
chusetts avenue and the child was return
ing home from the st. Joseph Academy
at North and Mobile streets, where she
attended school, when she was run down
by the wagon.
william Wallace. 63s Harmon street.
was one of the closest witnesses and
among the first to reach tho cbi''
cordiug to Wallace, the little girl ran
from the sidewalk directly into the side
of the horse. The impact threw her
back under the wheels and before Hend-
rickson could stop both wheels had
passed over her body.
She was still alive when Wallace
reached her but died within a few mo
ments after being carried into a pool
room on the point formed by College
and Massachusetts avenues.
Hendrickson was arrested on order Of
the coroner and charged with manslaugh-
ter. He was released on bond.
Mcnamara called at the city morgue
and viewed the body, after which it was
removed to the John f. Reynolds funeral
parlors, 905 North Meridian street.
The child is survived by her parents,
two brothers. Louis, 4. and Richard Jr..
/. and a sister, Rose Harriet, 10 who
Is attending school at Oldenburg Nc
Namara Is a moider.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
GRAIL MARKET
DEFENSE is UP
Chicago Man Appears Before
House Agriculture Com
mittee.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25-A general
defense Of grain market transactions was
made today before the House Agttcul
ture Committee by clifford Thorne OF
Chicago, representing merchant orguni-
cations.
Evils in the present marketing sys-
tenn, Thorne said, should be corrected
by the exchange bodies themselys. lie
did not think a law could be framed
to accom- plish the result that would
prove elastic enough to permit free trad
lag,
The practices Of sales OF futures and
Of hedging, where grain was being actu-
ally dealt In were justified as necessary
TO the market operations.
with the conclusion Of the testimony
Of Thorne the committee began consid-
Grafton of the various bills before It,.
Some Of these bills would prohibit all
deals in futures, others would tax them
out Of existence and still others would
regulate them by limiting the time for
delivery and the amount Of grain to be
traded In. 1t is doubtful whether any
bill will be reported from tle committee
to the House at the present session.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
HUN PROPOSAL
is SIMILAR TO
THAT OF SOVIET
Bill Provides for Soldiers and
Sailors Chambers and
Army Equality.
STORMY DEBATE HINTED

BERLIN, Jan. pa bin which would
legalize the formation and maintenance
Of soldiers and sailors chambers
similar to the soldiers soviet formed
after the German revolution will be in
troduced in the Reichstag within few
days and probably will lead to stormy
ana Protracted debate.
These chambers under the provis-
ions Of the bill would be elected by Sc
cret vote by the entire army and the
personnel of these bodies would have
advisory power in all army matters. The
president of the republic would be made
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the army, after
the system of the United States Gov
ernment.
A new departure for Germany is the
provision under which common soldiers
may become officers.
Following the recent agreement
reached at the conference at Weimer in
stead of a strongly centralized army,
troops must be recruited and garrispned
in their own provinces. Thus the Ba
avrian enlisted men remain in Bavaria
under Bavarian officers and the com
manding officer for the province is a
Bavarian If the state police is insufti-
cient to meet the emergencies, the
Reichswehr of that state may be called
out.
A bitter fight is expected to be waged
over the bill. The Socialists. 1t is pre-
dicted, will put up tenacious battIe
against the provision forbidding soldiers
TO be members OF q political party, and
to attend political meetings.
Under the new army bill officers and
soldiers have no vote. The proposed
army law closely follows out the pro-
visions of the Versailles treaty.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
GIVEN
BALKANS FOR
PEACE SPIRIT
Lord Robert Cecil Says Most
Troublesome Formerly
Now TractabIe.

LONDON, Jan. 25-The small nations
Of the world are pointing the way in the
League of Nations, and of the small ma
tions, those of the Balkans, previously
the most troublesome, have set the i'm
est examples of international coopera-
ton, in the opinion Of Lord Robert Ce-
ell, the leading zeaIot of the movement
in the English-speaking world.
Lord Robert admitted today that the
league has not yet reached the state Of
completeness and recognition that VIII
enable it to tackle the gigantic problem
of world disarmament
This tall, gaunt prophet Of the new
era, who has gone forth over England
for many months past preaching the doc
trine of the League Of Nations to his
fellow countrymen, claims that the idea
is finding more support here and
throughout the world than appears on
the surface.
Lord Robert Cecil was one OF the
founders of the league and one of the
authors of the covenant. He was chosen
to represent South Africa at the League
of Nations assembly meeting at Geneva
and is the best qualified man in the
world to speak on the subject.
Lord Robert Cecil pointed out that re-
mote countries, some of the South Ameri-
can republics for instance, appeared to
be more interested in the Geneva confer
ence than England. But in reality, said
the statesman, millions Of persons IN
Great Britain are coming to regard the
league as a living thing.
"The outstanding fact is the enthusi-
asm of the smaller nations for the
league" said Lord Robert They are
an In earnest about It. They send then
very best men to represent them at the
assembly and they bow most cheerfully
to the decisions of the league.
DAY by day at Geneva we were con-
scious that what we did was watched
and discussed with the keenest interest
in Norway, Sweden, Serbia, Greece and
South American republics, and in fact all
Continued on Page Two)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
COURT PLACES
LID ON HOTEL
Grants Order Preventing
Operation as Resort.

restraining order was in effect to-
day preventing Lillian Fauvre. Frank
Fauvre, Monroe D. George, Blanch Nyse-
wander, alias BIanch Hall, and John
Nysewander from permitting the Federal
Hotel, at 20612 North Meridian street, TO
be used for immoral purposes.
The order was issued by Judge Solon
J. Carter of Superior Court, room 3, on
a petition filed by Prosecutor William P
Evans. who alleged that the hotel was
used by the Nysewanders for an immoral
resort.
The court has ordered an inven
tory of all the effects of the hotel and
the defendants are restrained from re-
moving any of the furniture.
The court has set Saturday morning
at 9:30 O'Clock for argument on the
prosecutors petition for a permanent in
junction.
Prosecutor Evans alleges that the place
is a public nuisance Under the law the
court has the right to demand bond as
a guarantee that the hotel will be prop
erly conducted.
The petition states that the Nysewan-
ders operate the hotel and that Mr..
Fauvre and Mr.. Monroe are agents in
subletting the hotel for Lillian Fauvre.
1t was stated that the FauYres are in
Florida
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
Women Consider
Naming Member
of City Council

4 woman member of the city cOun-
ell is a possibility for indianapolis.
Several Women who have been at
tending city council meetings reg
uIarIy for several months In an effort
to see that the street cleaning and
ash hauling mules are taken away
from the Shelby street barns and a
branch city market established there,
were discussing the fact that they
had not been able to get the mules
moved, after the special meeting of
the council adjourned last night.
''There's only one way for us to
get anywhere" said one OF the fair
lobbyists in an exasperated tones
"eIect a lady councilman"
An awed silence ensued while the
daring idea soaked in and then a
chorus of "Sure, that's what Wen
do"
The women thought it would be
good idea to get women candidates
on the city tickets OF both Repub-
Iican and Democratic parties.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
PRAYER MOTION
BOBS UP AGAIN
DevOtiOns Question Raised by
Cravens in Senate.

The question of what ministers who
open the daily sessions of the Senate
say in their prayers was again brought
up In the Senate today This question
appears to be a biennial one on the part
of the Senate. Twice in its history min
listers have been interrupted in the midst
Of prayers by Senators, who objected
their utterances
The question was brought up this
time by Senator Joseph NJ. Cravens Of
Madison who introduced a resolution to
instruct the committee on obtaining min
listers to ask the ministers to remember
the President Of the United States In
their prayers. He pointed out that not
a minister who has opened the Senate
this session has prayed for either the
outgoing or the incoming President
Senator Charles J. Buchanan of Indi-
annapolis, chairman of the committee
asked that the Senate not pass the mo-
tion because lit is hard, enough to OBJ
tain ministers after what happened at
the last session"
The Lieutenant Governor ruled that
the matter win be taken by common
consent" and the motion was not put
to a vote.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
MANS FATE MAY
HANG ON TEETH
Marks on PocketbOOk, Missing
Now, May Halt Murder
Trial.

HARLAN, Ky, Jan. 25-The outcome
of the case of the State of Kentucky
against Dr. II. c. WINES. formerly of
Cincinnati, charged with the murder of
Lura Parsons, teacher on Pine Mountain
trail, may depend on the bite of his
teeth.
Not far from where Lura Parsons was
murdered on Pine Mountain trail there
was found a small leather pOcketbook.
Cut into its sides are the marks Of teeth
not such marks as a person might make
while holding a small pocketbOOk casual
" in the mouth, but deep-cut marks such
a might be ma de by a person clenching
his teeth in frenzy. The prosecution
claims these are undoubtedly the tooth
marks Of the murderer DR.. Winnes says
be is prepared to prove they are not the
marks of his teeth.
u want an opportunity to bite hard
on the same pOcketboOk," he said.
But the pocketbook was missing today
When the prosecution brought in tesd-
mOny circumstances Of the finding Of the
pocketbook, the defense asked that it be
produced, but no one knew where 1t was.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
ASKS ARRESTS
AFTER JAN. 81
Comptroller Calls Attention to
License Delinquents.

Robert II. Bryson, city comptroller,
sent letter to the board Of public safe
ty today, asking that the chief of po
ice be instructed to order patromen to
notify all business firms and citizens in
their districts, subject to any OF the
thirty five varie ties of city licenses due
70 be renewed Jan. /, that those without
them Will be arrested after Jan. 81.
Mr. Bryson said that the city In wait
ing one month before arresting delin
quents is giving everybody plenty of
time to come to the comptr0ller's office
to get licenses. Every kind of license
except that for dogs Is due Jan. l. Dog
licenses must he renewed July /.
IF those who have not procured IL
censes viii come to my office immedi
ately they viii not have to wait in
long line for their turn to be waited on,
said Mr. Bryson. "On the other hand.
if a great many people wait until next
Monday, the last day Of grace. | expect
there win be such a rush that somebody
viii be delayed. We hope the rush can
be avoided"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
NEGRO IDENTIFIED
AS THUG BY TWO
Held Under High Bond After
Yandes Street Hold-up.

After two men had identified Georgs
Taylor, 20. negro, 1897 Massachusetts
avenue, as the man who held up William
T. Gale, negro grocery keepr, 1901 Yam
des street, Saturday night. Taylor was
charged with robbery, and in city court
charges OF vagrancy and carrying con-
cealed weapons were continued until
Wednesday. Clarence Taylor, IS, brother
of George, still is held on a vagran,.
charge under a high bond. His case W.
continued to Wednesday.
Gale was in his grocery counting his
money when two men entered and at
tempted to hold him up. He bombarded
the would be robbers with empty milk
bottles and one of the men fred three
shots at him, but missed The men then
ran from the grocery and escaped. Mo-
tor Police Reilly and Mullin arrested
George and Clarence Taylor Monday as
suspects. George had a loaded revolver
in a holster. the belt of which was filled
with cartridges.
Gale picked George Taylor from among
six negroes in the turkeys office at 10
a m. today and said he was one of the
two men who committed the hold-up. He
failed to pick Clarence Taylor as one OF
the men. Paul Anderson, who knowa
Taylor, ran from his home at 1904 Yam
des street when he heard the shooting
in Gales grocery. He picked George
Taylor from among six negroes today
and said he was the man who ran from
Gales grocery.
The arrest of George Taylor has at
tracted considerable attention for two
reasons, one that Taylor had escaped
from the penal farm after serving less
than one month of a six months sem
terce, and the other that Taylor got of
Eight" in Criminal Court. The records
of the city clerks Office show that Taylor
waived examination in city court Oct.
25. on the charge of burglary He was
bound over to the grand jury and his
case came to trial in Criminal Court
Nov. q.
While the charge Of burglary only was
placed against Taylor by the police. he
was later sentenced on & larceny charge
in Criminal Court, Judge James Collins
fining him 81 and costs and sentencing
him to serve six months on the Indiana
State Farm. He was indicted on both
the charge Of grand larceny and bur-
glary.
Taylor at the time Of his arrest In
October was charged with having stolen
a revolver valued at s32 and about SIT
In money from residence at 1888 Yandeal
street.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
McCray Gives Pardon Body
Power to Pass on All Cases;
Personal Clemency' at End

At meeting of the State board of
pardons today with Governor War
ren Z. McCray new rules were adopt
ed calling for meeting of the board
the first Monday of each month.
Heretofore the board has convened
every three months. 1t was also de-
cided that a meeting would be held
next Monday to hear cases pending.
According to the rules adopted, all
requests for paroles and pardons will
be passed on by the board, which in
turn will make recommendatio to
the Governor. Governor McCray an
nounced, following the meeting, that
he will not hear any requests for
clemency personally.
The policy is a result Of the de-
sire of the new Governor to enforce
the law impartially and avoid the
great number of releases effected dur
ing the last administration. 1t is the
Governors plan to grant freedom on
the merit of the eases.
Governor McCray's announcement
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
WORST OVER
Is PREDICTION
OF ECONOMIST
National City Bank Official
Sees General Improvement
in Business.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25-The danger
point in the country's Industrial de-
preston has been passed safely and con-
ditions may be expected to improve
from now on. George E. Roberts, vice
president of the National City Bank and
noted economist, declared in an inter-
view today.
1T is faRr to say that the worst of the
industrial depression is over he said.
Before Jan. IT, he said, there was
feeling Of uncertainty, even alarm. The
people didn't know how much worse
conditions were going to be. There was
almost a total cessation Of buying by
retailers.
THE situation has noticeably i'm
proved, stocks have been reduced, mer-
chants are more confident and there is
general resumption Of buying.
while keeping in mind the fact that
we are now on the road to normal in
dustriaI conditions, 1t would be unwise
to assume that all our factories viii re.
open over night.
II hardly look for a full state Of en-
ployment and general prosperity until the
industrial situation is more generally ball
anced. Some products have experienced
great fall IN values; others have been
only slightly reduced. Many retail prices
have not come down to conform with
wholesale prices.
Farmers generally have taken a big
shrinkage in the value of their products
and owe a great deal of money. They
viii not buy at a normal rate until their
debts are reduced and other prices are
down to correspond with their own And
the farmers constitute 10 per cent of the
population. The speed with which the
present depression is entirely effaced viii
be In just the ratio that every one re-
alizes the necessity of getting prices down
TO a common level.
"As regards wage earners. their centen-
ton that they will not accept reductions
In prices of their labor until the cost OF
living comes down simply amounts to a
fallacy. 1t is the commodities in which
the cost Of labor is large factor that
are holding up the general decline"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25

that he will not issue any pardons
without recommendations Of the
board is a distinct departure from
the procedure followed by former
Governor James P. Goodrich, who
issued more than 700 paroles and
pardons without the consent of the
board.
At the conference an opinion drawn
by Attorney General L. S. Lesh was
read. The opinion, written at the
request of the Governor. holds that
1t would not be practicable to abol-
ish the State board of pardons in
favor of the institutional boards,
plan which had been considered by
the Governor. 1t was in his con-
sideration of this proposal that Gov
ernor McCray asked the attorney
general for his opinion.
Il do not believe it is practicable
to shift the duties Of the present
pardon board to the parole boards
on account of the different fields and
viewpoints they severally occupy"
Mr. Lesh's opinion stated.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
MORALS CASES
TO BE APPEALED
Men Convicted of Attacking
Girls Ordered to Jail.

Indications today were that Lawrence
O'NeaL 631 West Vermont street; Tom
mie Hogan, 32S North Blackford street,
and George Kirk, 631 West Vermont
street, who were each fined 81 and costs
by Judge Frank Lahr of Juvenile court
and sentenced TO six months on the State
Farm on charges of contributing to
delinquency Of young girls. would ar-
peal. The men were ordered to Jail by
the court.
The evidence showed that the young
men, In company with three girls, at
tempted to rent rooms in a local hotel
on the Sunday after Christmas.
Judge Lahr bitterly assailed the girls
as well as the men for their conduct. One
Of the girls was sentenced to the Indiana
Girls School, but the cases of the other
two were continued.
Hogan was found guilty last week in
the Criminal Court by jury on a charge
Of operating a blind tiger and he gained
his freedom by an appeal to the State
Supreme Court, attaches of the Juvenile
court announced.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
Judge Collins
Order Blocks
Sheriff. Wdy
HOWard Meyer Can Not Be Re
naOUed to RefOrntdtOry,
Though Sentenced.

Blocked by an order Of Judge James
A. Collins Of Criminal Court from tax
ing to the reformatory Howard w.
Meyer, 20, formerly employed as a book
keeper at the L. C. Thiele Furnace Com
pany of 107 South Meridian street and
sentenced to serve from two to fourteen
years at the Indiana State RefOrmatOry
on a charge of embezzeling $1,3SS from
the Thiele company, Sheriff George
Snider today was patiently waiting to
know what Is to be done with Meyer.
Meyer was sentenced on Jan. 18 by
Judge Collins, who announced after SEN
fencing four others on other charges
that lit had been a day of crime re-
citals." and on the next morning Judge
Collins issued in open court an order
to the sheriff preventing him from taking
Meyer to the reformatOry until further
order Of the court.
At the time Judge Collins prevented
the carrying out of a sentence admin
istered by himself, the court annQunced
that he had just received a letter from
Mr. Thiele in which it was suggested
that leniency be extended if arrange
ments were made for the return of the
money.
Judge Collins stated at the time that
the court would favor granting 1eniency
under those conditions and later stated
that leniency IL this case meant a sus-
pension of the sentence.
Since that time Meyer has been In jail
and no further orders have been issued.
During the interval Judge Collins has
been severely criticised in the public
press for granting leniency to embezzlers
If they made complete financial restitu-
tlon.
Attorney Ralph Spaan, who represents
Meyer, said today that he had written
to Meyers father In Cleveland, Ohio, but
mad received no reply.
In the meantime Meyer is a ward" OF
the sheriff and is being confined at the
jail although he has been formally SEN
fenced TO the reformatory.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
PRISON AT LAST =
TO GET SPURLIN
Judge Collins Finally Calls in
Man Who Evaded Sentence
Over Three Years.

After evading for three years and eight
months a sentence of from two to four
teen years imposed in the Criminal Court
by means of an appeal to the Supreme
Court. a four months reprieye granted
bv former Governor James 2. Goodrich
and the failure Of Judge James A. Col
Inns to see that the clerk of his court or
dered the convicted man into court NJ
the expiration Of the reprieve, Albert ID.
Spurlin, formerly producing manager OF
the Central Serum Company of Maywoo1,
was in Jail today, pending his removal
to the State prison.
Sheriff George Snider said that Spurlin
" ould be taken to prison within the next
few days. Under the law the sheriff has
five days within which to make the
transfer.
Spurlin was convicted by a jury May
&c, 1917. of assaulting George Porter. On
the same date Special Judge Henry NJ.
Spaan imposed sentence.
CONVICTION UPHELD
ON NOV. 6. 1919.
Spurlin APPEALED and the records show
that the Supreme Court affirmed his con
vlction Nov. G, 1919.
On April .. 1920, the Supreme Court
denied r rehearing.
On April 16, 1920. the papers showing
the finding OF the Supreme Court were
spread on the records in the Criminal
Court
The records show that on April is,
1920, former Governor Goodrich set aside
temporarily the findings of both the Su-
preme Court and the trial court by
granting a reprieYe of four months to
Spurlin.
On Aug. 16. 1920. the reprieve expired.
but TO effort was made, as far as the
records show, to compel Spurlin to sur
render.
Spurlin remained at liberty until Pros
ecutor William P. Evans and Judge Col
Inns had a conference. Spurlin was or
Continued on Page ~---)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-25
Threaten Penalty
for Cutting Roads

The Marion County commissioners to-l
day held a conference with County Att
torney Harry C. Hendrickson regarding
prosecution of owners of heavy trucks
who cause their machines to be drivenl
over light surface roads in bad weather,
causing serious damage.
Mr.. Hendrickson held that State law
gives roa dsuperintendents and super
yisors power to cause arrest.
The penalty is a fine of not less than
$5 nor more than $50.
The commissioners have determined tol
protect the Light surface roads In bad
weather.