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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-28

TT. WAYNE-Week day religious
instruction for children OF the sew
enth and eighth grades OF the public
schools 10 be given apart from the
regular school work will be insti-
tuted in the Ft. Wayne schools next
fall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-28

FIT. WAYNE-Thorough study Of
the thirteen constitutional amend
ments TO be voted upon at the gen
eral election Sept. 8. will be under
taken by the Allen County League Of
Women Voters.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-28
Favors Ohio.


had TO say in regard 70 a report that
it has been decided that he shall be
permitted 10 name two of the Ohio
collectors of internal revenue while
Walter F. Brown shall name one and
Harry NJ Daugherty one.
What have l u say about that
report ?" repeated the senator. why.
I should say il is highly imaginative"
fToording this r-mor Brown
was conceded the right by tie presi-
dent of naming the Toledo collector
and Daugherty is 10 name the Gin
rinnati collector.
Walter Weidnan. one Of Ohio's
popular tax experts, has been here
for a few DAYS hobnObing with his
spending a considerable Tart Of the
old friend, DR.. sawyer. and also
time with Senator Willis. He called
at the white house.
Washington is "a mecca for many
Ohio visitors these days. Martin T.
Abbott and Harvey Adams Of Wells
willie have been i ers 10 confer with
the attorney general regarding GER
tain oil interest1 Newell KennOn
and Bert Majors Of st. C,airsville
called on their representative Frank
Murphy.
Visits Capitol.
One Of the most interesting OF re-
cent visitors was Charles A. Rey-
nolds. formerly Of Steubenville. who
is now a resident Of Roswell. y. NJ.
Mr.. Reynolds has had a varied mill
itary and political experience. He
served in the Spanish war. the Phil
ippine Instruction and the world
war and his Ohio friends declare he
came TO Washington to inquire when
there is TO be another war, so he car
arrange TO get into IT, At one time
he was governor Of the province Of
Albay in the Philippines and he is
as we'll acquainted in the far-away
archipelago as he is in the Buckeye
state
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Merrill Ricketts,
and children. Of Losas, are here as
guests of Mr.. Ricketts, father. Rep
resentative Ricketts,.
Former Representative Harry Han
non Of Portsmouth greeted many
old acquaintance whom he met dur
inS his congressional career and
wound up with a visit At the white
house. where he paid his respects TO
the president John Todd and War
rem Barnett OF Columbus and J. A.
Downs Of Scio. O., also were white
house callers
Mr.. and Mrs James Dawson and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Trowbridge and
two children OF Portsmouth. received
a cordial greeting at the white house.
Their fellow townsman, Charles
Bard. was right on deck 70 welcome
them and make them feel at home.
Several attempts have been made
during the last few days TO secure
from James A White. superintend-
ent Of the Ohio anti-saloon League.
a statement, yes or no. as 10 whether
or not he intends TO be a candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor. In every instance Mr..
White has replied with a few re-
marks on some non-reiated subject.
such as the state OF the weather.
Talk OF Mr.. White for the guber-
Material nomination IS treated with
a good deal Of seriousness in the Ohio
congressional delegation The Ohio
point out that the
anti-Saloon league now has a close
ly-knit and powerful organization all
over Ohio and that II Il undertakes
TO put across one OF its number as
for governor II will have
10 be reckoned with. Mr.. White is
spending a good deal OF time in
Washington and is in close touch
with the members OF congress
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Rush to Pay State
Income Tax Last
Hour Jams Offices
Notaries Make Easy Money
Until Elected; Officials
Expect No Great Slump
Compared With Last Year

Offices for collection Of the 1920
state income tax here experienced the
busiest day of their history yester.
day during the rush by corporations
and individuals to file their returns
before midnight, when the time limit
expired. Those in charge of the Man
haitian and Brooklyn districts were
confident that there would be no ma
terial slump this year in the total of
payments.
The number of mo tax returns
filed last year also was not expected
to be exceeded this year. AS usual.
Manhattan collectors were the busiest
and the noon hour at 12O Broadway
brought considerable confusion when
thousands of men and women crowded
the ground and basement floors. where
the returns were received A SQUAD
OF police had to be called in to aid
in keeping order.
Several notaries who sought to make
little side money established "or
hces' in the corridors of the two floors
utlllzed and did a handsome business
at tne rate of quarter an affidavit
until officials elected them. Those in
line were informed repeatedly that
every clerk and official employed by
the bureau was empowered to admin
lster oaths without charge.
Inc office forces, both in Manhattan
ana brooklyn, were augmented yester-
day by twenty men and women en-
ployees from the Albany Headquarters
Oh the comptroller, and the directors
we're quite as Lusy helping out as were
the clerks.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Wives Help Each Other
Divorce Same Husband
No. ] and No. 2 Best of Friends
and Agree Collective Help.
meet every Nice Man,

The two wives of Arthur David
Stevens. manager of a cham of get-it-
quick restaurants, have gone about get
ting their freedom from their collective
husband in the most unostentatious
way, it was learned yesterday. Mrs
Cidwell j. Stevens, of 105 East Ninety
seventh Street, wife No. 1, sued for a
divorce naming Mrs. Sadie +. Stevens,
Of lS4 New York Avenue, wife No. 2.
as correspondent, while the latter
brought an action to annul her OWE
marriage to Stevens.
The two wives failed to show the
least bitterness toward each other
when they learned the truth The di-
vorce suit and the annulment suit were
tried yesterday before Justice McCook
and one Mrs. Stevens helped the other
toward getting decree. They left
the court room together, after the
nrlef hearings, on the best of terms.
IN TACT they both agreed that Mr.. Ste
Vens was "a very nice man."
Mrs. Stevens No. l testified that she
married the defendant in 1911. She
mas tve-year-old son. Mrs. Stevens
said that the marriage of her husband
10 ms other wife may have been due
toztne belief that he was free to do so.
as sne, the original wife, had begun an
action Tor divorce, although she never
Drought it to final determination.
AIRS. Stevens No. 2 testified that she
married the defendant in August, 1920,
sleer he had represented himself as a
single man.
Justice McCook reserved decision,
w pae IN view of the appearance of
tdi; ut; stevens, DEGREES in both cases will
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Walker Fails to Recall
Transit Act Amendments
Charges They May Make Fare
Increase Obligatory. but Lusk
and Knight Denv i,

ALBANY. April Minority Icade,
James j. Walker. of the state Senate
made an Intellectual attempt earlv to.
Gay to recall from Governor M;,,er ~ ,
might Dill amending the traction law
me amendments were passed under
a" emergency message from the Gov.
ernor earlier in the week.
These amendments, it was exnla;,ed
IN the Governors message. were in.
tended to perfect the traction law nv
requiring that the Transit Commission
should in reaching valuation of tran
s.t properties. take into considerat;on
e"e prospective earnings of the comma
fares. "s ia'es or
Senator Walker declared, in presen+.
IIng privileged resolution to recall
tne Dill from the Governor. that an-
other amendment, not mentioned in
.ne governors message, had the effect
OF. making it mandatory upon The cow
MISSION to-. increase fares under Ger
tam conditions. Both Senator KNIGHT.
1ntroducer of the bill, and Majority
Leader LusS contended that the chance
IN the text of the traction law did not
nave the effect that Senator Walker
alleged. amer
The resolution failed of PASSAGE bv
vote of ID to 36. Senator Dnpoan
of New York, was the only Rcnuhl;con
who supported il.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Col. Arthur Woods
Is Slated to Head
Conservation Board
Report Becomes Current AT.
ter Pratt Resigns and One
time Police Commissioner
COnfers With Governor
From a STAFF Corr,spond,nt

ALBANY, April 15.-Colonel Arthur
Woods, formerly New York CITY Police
Commissioner, is slated, it was learne d
tonight. to succeed Commissioner
Pratt as head of the State Conserva-
tion Commission. Mr.. Pratt tendere d
his resignation to Governor Miller to-
day after the Governor refused to re-
appoint him.
The Governor refused either to deny
or confirm the report that Colonel
Woods may be named Commissioner
Pratt's successor. 1t is generally re-
ported that the ex-New York City Po-
lice Commissioners will be given charge
of the destinies of the Conservation
Commission. The Governor probably
will submit his name to the Senate late
tomorrow afternoon, together with the
names of those whom he is to appoint
to the New York City Rapid Transit
Commission, the State Public Service
Commission and the new State Tax
Commission. Commissioner Woods was
in Albany to-day and had a conference
with the Governor.
William A. Prendergast and John
Lord O'Brian, of Buffalo, are men
toned for the Craftsmanship of the
uUllC service COMMISSION. Mr.
Prendergast is an ex-New York Comp
troller and Mr.. O'Brian for years
has been prominent in public life and
Western New York Republican poll
tics. He was candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor last
fall and a member of the 1915 Con-
stitutional Convention. Others men
toned for the commission are Eugene
Van Voorhis, of Rochester, and Charles
s. Blakeslee, Corporation Counsel of
Binghamton.
AS far as the Rapid Transit Com
mission is concerned, Leroy T. Hark-
ness, George McAneny and Major Gen
eral John f. O'Ryan are still being
as the men most likely to
be selected by the Governor to carry
out the work of solving New York
City's transit tangle. In respect to the
new State Tax Department it is prob
able that the Governor will name ex-
State Senator Walter w. Law, of West
chester. County, for the Craftsmanship.
1t is said that Walter H. Knapp, who
up to last year was chairman of the
State Tax Commission, will be named
and that John J. Merrill, member Of
the present commission, will be reap
pointed.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16

walked Up the aisle until they reached
oidenwaldt and Sundcrmacher
Hands up, or I'll shoot" ordered ono
obeycd 'e'seia
other. "'"eo an
macher. P''e' ''h"ef
The two bags containing the checks
were seized, AS the robbers left the
car one one of them pulled the air cord ,,,
ana an tne train started to slow down. At
twenty second Street the quartet
Jumped off and ran up the embank-
,ment, where cab was waiting. Thev
h0Pped F q 'nt0 ntfst the cab and disappeared.
H. =. Stubs, manager of the Clear
ing House, said the checks had heen
taken Uh; in by various banks Throughout
Ht1n,cago, t1n put through the Clearing
House and were on their way back to
u, the banks on which they we're drawn
Ihey had not been Cancelled. however,
ana an, l., word immediately was flashed to
an banks to refuse payment on any of
the checks if they were presented.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Assembly Votes
Graft Inquiry
Here, lO1 to 80
CONTINUED from f,rst psue)

asked Assemblyman James r. Carroll.
"Yes," said Wells.
Asscmblyman John II. Crews, who
also was on his feet, fred at Wells:
who gave you the right to speak
for Kings Connty?"
Wells hesitated a bit and then said
cryptically;
Because Of the general situation, as
1t is known in military parlance. Be-
cause the majority rules"
Assemblyman Stcinberg was then
recognized.
Conditions in New York City are so
corrupt, inefficient and cxtravagant.'
he said, that an investigation is nee
essary to let the people know the
whole truth. Nothing must be hidden.
One of the manifestations of the in
efficiency of the Board of Estimate was
its refusal to appropriate $4,000. 900
necessary to maintain TIE public
schools
I'VE find the departments of the Hy-
ian administration asking for investea-
tions and Investigations. Dis
trict Attorney Swami has not acted.
1t was left for former Governor, a
Republican,, Charles S. Whitman, to do
this work.
eve find the Comptroller charging
the Mayor with inefficiency, and the
Mayor countering on the Comptroller
with like charge. We see departments
arrayed against departments 1t is
time the people were given the whole
truth. And the decent element in New
York City is demanding that this be
DONE"
Tammanv Assemblyman. Peter
Hamill, who succeeded Alfred f. Smith
as the Representative Of the I'd AS
sembly District, attempted ridicule,
likcning the investigation to a ouija
board
Assemblyman Charles D. Donohue.
Tammany leader of the House. was
more temperate than his followers in
urging the defeat of the Meyer reso-
luton.
81 am confident" he said, Chat no
member of the Democratic party will
be found to be implicated in graft
or incompetency of government, but
do feel that the investigation is a
waste Of the public money and should
not be permitted.
the minds of any one here that this
investigation is proposed for political
purposes only. 1t is hoped that by this
inquiry something may be found to
aid the Republican party in the next
election Even for this purpose the
inquiry is futile. The committee will
uncover nothing of any moment, of
that feel certain, and the result will
be quite. different than that for which
the investigation is proposed by the
gentlemen of the majority party in
this Legislature"
The debate was closed by Majority
Leader Adler who declared that no one
had denied the truth of the charges
set forth in the preamble of the resolu-
ton.
at is matter Of common report
that there is great waste and corrup-
tion in the government Of the City of
New York" he continued. "No one has
or can deny that.
"This inquiry is not for political pur-
poses. 1t has as its purpose the clear
ing up of the mist and haze of doubts
and suspicious of their city govern
ment entertained by the people of that
city.
This committee will lay the facts
before the people, and that is what the
people Of that city want to be done"
The vote then was taken.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Austria Warned by Allies
aad 10 Be Withdrawn Unless
Ierman Fusion Is Blocked

FakiS, April 15.--Warning has been
slven the Austrian government by the
tisnen Minister to that country that if
sa sae government is unable to render in
e.s'cacious - plans looking to the fusion
~ austria and Germany. France will
s.aspend any contemplated assistance to
as.r'a. 1T is said in message re-
lived here from Vienna In addition.
.Ie minister is said to have declared
':o 'as. N such case the Allied Repara-
IONS Commission would receive re-
Sgasd ra authority in the republic.
4oa,a ane hritish and Italian ministers are
N a!ed "a: TO have associated them selves
.hs WIS declaration and to have added
uis' the withdrawal of France from,
~ movements for giving aid to Aus
Nc would mean complete abandon
"sas cf efforts to assist that country
Y" she part of the Allies.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Senate Passes
Primary Repeal
Bill, 30 to 18
Measure Provides Party
Conventions for State.
Judiciary and the U. S.
Senatorial Nominations
Assembly Concurs To-day
Walker Says Miller Will
Be Able to Do Anything
He Plcascs With Party
From. a sto6 Correspondent

Albany. April Is. - Despite the
o9or.s of Senator Theodore Douglas
Robinson and other progressive mem
hers OF the majority the Senate to-
night passed the Whitley direct pri-
mary repeal bill, which restores the
marty convention system of nominating
candidates for the judiciary and state
oa;ces and United States Senator.
The vote was thirtytwo ayes and
eighteen noes. The Republicans vot-
inc against 1t. besides Robinson, were
Senator's Abraham L. Katlin and Max
we'll S. Harrison, of Kings; John l..
Hsrlc. of Queens; Frederick NJ. Daven-
mort of Clinton. and Parton Swift, Of
Buffalo.
ber and Senator Edmund Seidel, So
eislst, also voted against the repeal.
Senator Robinson and other Repub-
licans who voiced their objections
against the repeal bill held that it did
not fix party responsibility. The prin-
cpal objection to the bill was the meth
cd of selecting delegates, who are to
he selected by petition behind closed
doors" ana then voted on at the pri-
maries. Another objection was that
there is no manner Of appealing from
the convention slate.
Senator Robinson, in opposing the
enactment of the measure, observed
that the present primary law has been
8 distinct failure and that legislation
should be enacted which would provide
party responsibility.
This bill" he said, ''is step in the
right direction. but does not go far
enough. 1t provides for party respon-
sibility at the top, but not where it
should be-from the bottom and all the
way up. ! refer to the method of the
selection of convention delegates. This
measure provides that they shall be Sc
Iected by petition. BY petition of
whom BY the so-called leaders in the
Assembly districts or larger units. 1t
paYcs the way for the selection Of dele
gates behind closed doors, whereas it
should be made in the open, as it would
ne if we were to have Assembly dis
trict conventions. /. for one, am not
sfraid to bring party responsibility out
in the open and l cannot stultify my
:e.f b. voting for this bill"
Walker Scores Bill
Democratic Senators who opposed the
o.i we're led b. Minority Leader James
I. Walker. who said that there was no
.,epular demand for the bill. He re-
called that nearly all the states have
erect primaries.
bis to do with as he pleases. Those
Eao 90 to the convention and fail to do
$ ne suggests will do so at their
peril
The bin is slated for passage in the
ass bly, Tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16

Chamberlain. The third matter will Ne
disclosed at the proper time. Com
mcnting on the investigation yester-
day, the Comptroller said
"Thcre has been so much talk about
Irregularities and wrongdoing in the
city and county Offices from the time
of the Almirall grand jury down to the
present that the committee created by
action of the Legislature will have an
unusual opportunity to set at rest any
calumnics that may have been directed
against public officers which are found
to be without foundation, and. in the
cases of wrongdoing, to bring them to
book in way that will permit of no
cquivocaton
"The committee starts under the
handicap of the suspicion that it is
created for purely political purposes
and that no action will be taken by il
that does not inure to the political
profit of its sponsors. This is heavy
handicap to overcome, and it will re-
quire unquestionable proof of wrong
doing to carry conviction to the public
mind under such circumstances.
The committee has broad mowers
and it will undoubtedly be afforded d
every possible facility by municipal
and county officers in obtaining anv
information that St may deem material
to its purposes"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Anti-Trespass Bill
TO Protect Crops
Goes to Governor
Farmers and Sportsmen Win
Fight at Albany; Senate
Calls for Legal Holiday
on Roosevelt Anniversary

ALBANY, April 15.-The Belts tres
pass bill aimed at persons who loot
and damage crops, fruit and livestock.
passed the Senate to-day unanimously
The measure has already passed the
Assembly without dissenting vote
and now goes to the Governor.
The bill provides for a fine of $50
FOR each trespass. Half of the fine
goes to the owner Of the land and half
10 the community. Provision is made
1or damages where the trespasser has
caused loss. The passage of the meas
ure by the Legislature terminates a
long night made by farmers and
sportsmen.
The Senate also passed, 80 to II. the
Smith bill, which amends the night
statute for women by providing that
women proofreaders may be employed
between the hours of 10 o'clock at night
and o'clock in the morning.
The Lusk bill, which increases the
pay OF the chairman of the State Tax
Commission from $500 to s12.5 and
that OF the other two members of the
commission from $4,000 to $4,000. was
passed by party vote.
The Senate went to work witk a will
to-day and disposed of many measures.
Among resolutions adopted were the
katlin resolution making October q.
Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, a legal
holiday; the Straus measure creating a
Legislative committee to investigate
motor vehicle legislation. and the Lock
wood resolution extending the life of
the joint legislative housing committee
until March, 1922, and appropriating
$4,000 therefor.
The Duell resolution providing for a
four-year term for the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor was adopted by
the Senate. 1t will probably be defeat
ed in the Assembly.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16

a score or more Of persons were hurt,
ai'heuan none seriously The property
damage was estimated at S50, ,0OC.
The blast was felt within radius of
twenty-five miles. Actual damage, how
ever, was limited 10 e.. area about six
miles around Randolph.
The explosions blew windows and
doors out Of houses and stores.
Families fed to the woods, mothers
and fathers carrying or leading their
children. all in night clothing. When
they returned TO their fomes at day
light many found them uninhabitable
because Of sagging walls.
Three houses opposite the fireworks
plant were wrecked. When the first
shock came window and bureau fell
on Morris Tucker and his wife, who
occupied one of the houses and who
we're sleeping in a front room. They
fled to the woods with their children
and were hurled to the ground by the
second blast on the way. All were
bruised and cut.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-16
Passer of Confederate
Bill Freed by Judge

John Grechanik, of Cliffside, ~ =,
who was charged with passing counter
felt money because ne persuaded a
storekeeper to change a 500 Confed-
crate note for him, was ordered dis-
charged yesterday when his case came
before Judge Lynch. in the United
States District Court. in Newark
Judge Lynch said that whatever eic-
ment of fraud entered into the trans
action through the persuasive meas
ures used by Grechanik. it could not
be asserted successfully that the biz
was a counterfeit one. SO far as any
proof before him showed, the court
said. the bill was issued by the govern
ment of the Southern Confederacy ard
was just as good bill as any Of them.
although not legal tender