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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

only one telegraph station, namely,
that at the Crow Gulch lumber camp,
seven miles beyond the Timber Noun
tain "Y" and the gravel pit where the
stolen 1016 had been abandoned.
Unluckily, Grow Gulch was only q
day station. the day wires being han
died by young man who was half
in the pay of the railroad and half
in that of the saw-mill company. This
young man slept at the mill camp,
which was mile back in the gulch.
sand that he would be down at the
railroad station at ten o'clock at
night, and it was on that thousandth
chance that Tarbell was rafting the
Grow Gulch call. If Five were max
ing her card time, she was now about
halfway between Timber Mountain
"Y" and Crow Gulch. And -Four, the
"Flyer." had just left Bauxite-with
no orders whatever. Which meant that
the two trains would come together
somewhere near Sand Creek.
Mr.. Van Britt was as good wire
man as anybody on the line, but it
was the boss who took things in hand
''There is a long-distance telephone
to the Crow Gulch saw-mill have you
tried that?' ne barked at Tarbell.
The big young fellow who looked
like a cow-boy-and had really been
one, they said-glanced up and nodded !:
'The calls in." he responded: "'Cen-
trail says she can't raise anybody"
For the next three or four minutes
the tension was something fierce. The
boss and Mr.. Van Britt hung over the
train desk, and Tarbell kept up his
insistent clatter at the key. had an
eye on Durgin. He was still hunched
up in the record-man's chair, and to
all appearances had gone stone-blind
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19
CHAPTER XII
The Helpless Wires

When Bobby Kelso shot his news at
us we all made quick break for
the dispatcher's office, the boss in the
lead. Durgin. the night dispatcher,
had been alone on the train desk, and
the Snly other operators on duty were
the car-record man and the young fell
low who acted as a relief on the COM
mercial wire. When we got there,
we found that Tarbell had happened
to be in the Office when Durgin blew
up. He was sitting in at the train
key, trying to get Grow Gulch, the
one intermediate wire station between
the two trains that had failed to get
their 'meet'' orders and this was the
first knew that he really was the
expert telegraph operator that his
payroll description said he was.
Durgin looked like tortured ghost.
He was thin. dark man with sort
of scattering beard and limp black
hair; one of the clearest-headed dis
patchers in the bunch, and the very
last man, you'd say, to get ratified in
a tangle-up. Yet here he was, hunched
in chair at the car-record table in
faced wreck, with the sweat standing
in big drops on his forehead and his
hands shaking as if he had the palsy.
Morris, the relief man, gave us the
particulars, such as they were, speak
ing In a hushed voice as if he was
afraid of breaking in on Tarbell's
steady rafting of the key in the Grow
Gulch station call.
Number Four"-Four was the east
bound "Flyer'-"is five hours OFF her
time" he explained. "As near as
can get it, Durgin was going to make
her meet with Number Five at the
blind siding at Sand Creek tank. She
ought to have had her orders some
where west of Bauxite Junction, and
Five ought to have got hers at Banta.
Durgin says he simply forgot that
the Flyer was running late: that she
was still out and had meet to make
somewhere with Five"
Brief as Morris explanation was,
it was clear enough for anybody who
knew the road and the schedules. The
regular meeting-point for the two pas
senger trains was at point well east
of Portal City, instead of west, and
so, of course, would not concern the
Desert Division crew of either train,
since all crews were changed at Portal
City. From Banta to- Bauxite juno
tion, some thIrty-odd miles. there was
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19
CHAPTER XIII
What the Pilot Engine Found

What the Pilot Engine Found
For a time after the suicide of the
off-trick-dispatcher the wreck epidemic
paused. Acting upon Mr.. N'orcross'
suggestion, Mr.. Van Britt called his
trainmen in crew at time. and
gave them the straight tip; and after
that the hoodoo died natural DEATH
and q good many pairs of eyes all
along the Short Line were keeping a
sharp lookout for the trouble-makers
In the meantime, Tarbell. still dig
ging faithfully. managed to turn up
few facts that were worth some
thing. In the Petrolite case he found
lone prospector living In shack
high up on the farther side Of the
canyon who told him that late in the
evening of the day preceding the
wreck he had seen two men climbing
the slope from which the boulder had
been dislodged. and that one Of them
was carrying pick. Also, further In
vestigation seemed to prove that the
rail which the blow of the rock was
supposed to have knocked loose had
been previously weakened. either by
drawing some of the spikes. or by
unscrewing the nuts on the bolts at
the Joints.
In another field, and this time under
Ripley's instructions, our ex-cow-
punch had been able to set and bait
trap. By diligent search he had
found the man Murphy, the Clanahan
henchman. who, under pressure, had
given away the Timber Mountain plot
which had cllmaxed in the kidnapping
of the boss. This man had been de-
liberately shot in a bar-room brawl
and left for dead. But he had crawled
away and had got out of town to live
and recover at distant cattle ranch
in the Limberton hills.
When Tarbell discovered him he had
cut out the booze, had grown beard
and was thirsting for vengeance Tar
bell brought him back to Portal City.
and presently there began to be de-
velopments. Murphy knew all the
ropes. In a little time. Ripley. with
Tarbell's help. was loaded for bear.
One chilly October afternoon the law
yer came down to our office to tell
Mr. Norcross that the game was cor
nered
"All you have to do now is to give
the word" was the way Ripley wound
up. "You refused to do 1t on former
occasion. because we couldn't get the
men higher up. This time we can
nail Clanahan. and good few Of the
political gangsters and bosses in the
other towns along the line. What do
you say?'
The boss looked up with fhe little
horseshoe frown wrinkling between
his eyes.
"Can we get Hatch and Henckel?"
mo; not yet"
every well; then you may lock those
papers up in your safe and We'll wait
When you can see your way clear to
a criminal trial, with Rufus Hatch
and Gustave Henckel In the prisoners
dock, well start the legal machinery:
but not before"
BY now we were right on the eve
of the state election. As far as any
body could see. the railroad had stayed
free and clear of the political fight.
The boss had kept his promise to main
tain neutrality and was still keep
ing It,
At the appointed time the big day
dawned. and the political wind-up held
the center OF the stage. So far as we
were concerned. II passed off very quiet
ly. Along In the afternoon the newspa-
per offices began TO put out bulletins,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

I don't know what the major was
going to say to this abrupt break
away: the after-dinner social cigar
was a sort. of religious ceremony with
him. But whatever he was going TO
say, he didn't say 1t. for at that mo-
ment telegraph boy came In and
handed him a message. He put on
his other glasses and read the tele-
gram, with his big goatee looking more
than ever like q dagger and the fierce
Continued on page four.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
TEDDY NAMED
IN JURY REPORT
Six Indictments Returned and
Made Public.

Among the eleven indictments returned
by the Marion County grand jury today
was one count charging Teddy O'Brien.
the girl who gave her address TO the
police as city" and who said she lived
nowhere In particular" with grand lar
ceny and assault and battery with intent
to rob.
The girl, who is said to have left a
police trail in other cities. stabbed Clar-
ence Mehaffey. a travelling salesman OF
Chicago, when he pursued her to recover
S34. which she is alleged to have taken
from him in a room in the Several Hotel
on the night of April 20.
The court permitted the following In
dictments to be made public at this time
Claud E. Marley, F. A Stokes, 64S In
diana avenue, and George Stinson
charged with issuing fraudulent checks
Margaret Marshall, alias Viola johnson
435 Goodlett avenue. and Lucille Harder
alias Lucille Anderson. charged with un-
lawful possession of an automobile.
Other indictments were not made public
as those named are not under arrest oil
bond.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
FIFTY-FOOT BOAT
CONTINUES DASH
Gar II on Second Leg of Miami
to New York Trip.

NEW YORK, April 26-The fifty foot
ocean going, 900 horse power motor boat
Gar II Junior, piloted by its owner. Gar
field A. Wood of Detroit today was
speeding from Savannah, Ca, to Norfolk
Va, on the second leg of its 1,240 mile
record making dash from Miami, Fla, to
New York. Word received at the offices
of Motor Boating, whose editor, c F.
Chapman, is aboard the Gar, corrected
reports that said the boat hoped to beat
the Havana special, the crack Atlantic
Coast Line train from Miami into New
York. What Woods is endeavoring to
do, ii was stated, Is to beat the actual
running time of the train, which the
craft is doing so far. The boat is fe-
ing run only about eighteen hours out
Of twenty four. The boat has no relief
crew, while the train gets a new crew
every few hundred miles
Tomorrow the boat will leave Norfolk
for the last dash of its trip to New York
If present running time is maintained
the boat will do the trip in less hours
actual operation than the train, Il was
stated.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
Tennessee Officers
Come for Three Men

Detectives S. r. Giles and II. p. Nc
Carver of Nashville. Tenn, arrived here
today with papers for Grover c. Mathews
Frank Mundy and Artis Sercy, who were
arrested here recently by Detectives Nc
Glenn and Fields on charges of being
fugitives from justice.
The Nashville detectives say the three
men are under an indictment in Nash
vile on charges Of grand larceny. They
say Mathews reported to the police there
his machine was stolen and that he col
lected insurance. Mathews brought the
machine here and stored 1T until recently.
when local detectives, having a list of
stolen cars, recognized 1t as the car re-
ported stolen in Nashville. 1t is said. The
detectives say Mundy and Sercy are I'm
plicated In the case.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
U.S.. MAY ISSUE
FAIR PRICE LIST
Hoover Cites Fact of I'm
reasonably High Costs to
Consumer.

WASHINGTON, April 28.-Fair price
lists may be published by the Govern
ment as a consumers guide on the cost
of commodities. The commerce depart
ment is giving serious consideration to
the plan. in connection with the work of
recognizing the Federal bureau on sta
tistics, Secretary Hoover said today.
Retail prices on manufactured articles
still are unreasonably high In many
lines" said Secretary Hoover. whole
sale prices show deep cuts. but the con-
sumner is long way from getting the
benefit of corresponding reductions"
Secretary Hoover cited wooden goods
as a sample from lengthy lists on which
consumers still are being forced 10 pay
large profits.
Reductions made by Dealers said
Hoover, ARE upon a narrow margin, and
the prices in many directions still enable
dealers to make even more than 1t was
possible during the war imitation.
The Government seeks in no way to
interfere with the normal processes of
businesses. What 1t does contemplate,
however, is the matter of an accurate
determination Of manufacturing costs, for
the full benefit of the public and with
such wide publication that small buyers
can purchase with an Intelligent idea OF
what reasonable prices should be-"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
GUILTY VERDICT
IN CAR THEFTS
MOnon Ind.) Man Loses Fight
in Federal Court.

Glenn Allison of Monon. Ind, was
found guilty of stealing from interstate
freight shipments and OF having goods
so stolen in his possession by jury in
Federal Court today. The verdict was
returned to Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger
after the jury had been out for fifty
minutes.
Clay Lutes OF Monon who was indicted
with Allison changed his plea of not
guilty to guilty on the charge Of having
goods stolen from Interstate shipments
in his possession and on motion Of Fred
erick Van Nuys, United States district
attorney. the charge was nOllied. Butes
then took the stand as the witness for
the Government.
Allison and Lutes are said TO be mem
bers OF gang of boxcar thieves that
operated extensively around Monon.
Charles +. Allison. Luther Lutes, Robert
Fulmer, Victor Winkley and Clay Cobel
are under arrest charged with offenses
Of a similar character, and it is under
stood that most of them will enter pleas
Of guilty when their cases are reached.
The specific charge against Glen
Allison was the theft Of three grafanolas
from a box car at Franclsyille near
Monon, in April 1920. These grafanolas
were in transit from Salem. Ind, to
Detroit, Mich.
All the stolen property was recovered
within 4 few days after It's theft. Allison
denied any knowledge Of the theft and
insisted that Lutes' story Of the AFFAIR
was false.
Only one day before warrants for the
arrest Of the suspected men were
brought TO Monon for service, Allison
left for Canada and was not arrested
until March 81. when he was found at
Kansas City.
Allison told the court that he had no
money with which to hire a lawyer and
at the request Of the Court. Henry Span.
who was In the courtroom at the time,
acted as HIS attorney.
Allisons wife. pretty, attractive,
young woman, was in the courtroom
throughout the trial and when the jury
returned its verdict she sat with her
arm around him. smiling gamely and
apparently doing everything In her power
to keep up his spirits.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
MOVIE iNDORsERs
NAME HOSTESSES
Note Improvement in Picture
Advertising.

Additional hostesses for the special
children's photoplays being presented by
the ways and means committee of the
Indorsers Of Photoplay. in the various
picture houses this week, were named
at the business session of the Indorsers
held today in the parlors of the Fletcher
American Bank building. The groups in
cluded Mrs. NJ. E. Robbins, Mrs. David
Burkit, Mrs. j. J. voelecker. Mrs. e. A
Brown. Mrs. Ralph Bishop, Mrs. h. A
Mclaughlin and Mrs E. l.. Hodges
Wednesday afternoon, Stratford Theater
cinderella; Mrs. B. H. Moore, Mrs. T
Van Sickle. Mrs. Fred Stilz, Miss Helen
Loeper. Mrs. Forrest Davis, Mrs o. G.
LukenbiI. Thursday afternoon. Irving
Theater; Mrs. Herbert Flederjohn, Mrs
Charles L. Davidson, Mrs. Noble Allen
Mrs. Forest Baker, Mrs. W. Il. Pollard
Mrs. V. C. Wiley, Mrs. B. F. Schmidt
Mrs. Fred Miller, Mrs. Stella Won Winer
Friday matinee Community House; Mrs
J. c. Riddle. Mrs. David Ross, Mrs
Thomas Demmerly, Mrs. Curtis Hodges
Mrs. Theo Wagner. Miss Caroline Good
heart, Saturday morning. Colonial; Mrs
George Barcus. Miss Frances Rich, Miss
Frances AXE, Mrs. Claudia Ballard, Mrs
". y. Allison, Mrs. H. ]. Compton and
Mrs. Chic Jackson, Saturday afternoon
Garfield Theater.
The organization voted to affiliate
with the May Wright Sewall Council OF
Women. In the reports of committee
chairmen read, the marked Improvement
of pictured advertising on the fronts OF
theaters was commented on and eighteen
out Of the thirty five pictures censored
were approved. A heated discussion OF
various films shown recently in the
city as to their suitability for the
younger of movie goers, closed the meet
ing. Mrs. David Ross presided.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
SENATE TAKES
UP KNOX PLAN
Upper House to Lead in Hard.
ing Program to Establish
World Peace.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The Senate
today took the task of making peace
with Germany and Austria. Its action
in which the House must concur, is to
be the prelude, so congressional leaders
have been told, to the whole Harding
policy Of establishing world peace upon
a permanent foundation. Senator Lodge,
in calling up the Knox resolution repeal
ing the declarations of war upon Ger
many and Austria, authorized by Con-
gress in 1917, set that program In motion.
All Congress has to do with the program,
for the present at least. is to substitute
technical state of peace for the
technical state Of war which has existed
since the armistice ended actual hostili-
ties more than two years ago.
The resolution, as reported from the
committee, binds the United States to
nothing 1t does not even hint at this
Governments policy toward the Central
powers or any other foreign nations. 1t
is simply formality, necessitated be-
cause there is no other way out OF the
war status, according to Harding
policies.
So far as domestic conditions are con-
cerned, the adoption of the peace reso-
luton Is not expected to cause any great
change.
The war laws are nearly all non
operative War taxes remain, however,
and despite pledges that they are to be
revised. there is no indication they will
be lower. Lodge hopes the resolution will
be passed in a day or two. He will be
satisfied If it is passed this week. The
House. having resolution of Its own,
may take week longer.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26

From Page Oue.)
court by It's decree practically condemn
them for visiting an indecent scene, or
show or place. as amusement, or thlt
they are guilty OF indecencyl The Gay
has long gone by when men and women
denounced shows and circuses as Inn
proper places to visit for amusement.
80 how can this court say that cir
cuses are offensive to the senses In view
OF the many thousands of respecta bic
men and women who frequently visit
Them
Can this court say and does the evil
dence show that this circus will be an
obstruction to the free use of plaintiff
property? To ask the question IL to
answer IL. In no way will his access 10
his property be impeded; for 1t is not
contended for an instant that circus
wagons aud cages and horses will be 10.
Gated or they will be IN the highway
In front of plaintiffs property; and these
show people have the absolute right to
use this highway for passage to aud fro
PERFECT LIBERTY
THEORY ONLY.
There are very many things In this
lie that annoy or interfere with our
enjoyment or the enjoyment OF our
property. and yet the law affords no
remedy. In the world there is no such
thing as absolute freedom. 1t has been
recognized By writer's that there can be.
theoretically, no absolute freedom In
this world except when only a single
individual inhabits 1t; and when the sec
ond individual arrives on earth the first
has lost some OF his liberty The more
people on earth the less personal liberty
there Is. The man residing In a city
enjoys far less liberty and freedom OF
action than the farmer enjoys In the
country. Circuses and animal shows
cannot be located In the country; for
owing to the lack Of carriages and the
great distances they may be, If located
there, from the centers of population
necessary TO their financial success they
would fall for lack Of attendance II
so located they would be financial fail
ures Does the law contemplate their
extinguishment because their location on
unoccupied ground in a city would be
some annoyance to people residing some
what near them"
The jurist then discussed at length the
various court decisions and opinions of
the courts on this subject
The court also ruled that "the main
tenance Of circus Is a legitimate bust
ness, as much SO as the maintenance Of
a store or mill
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
Hodgd0n Quits
Valp0.. u. After
Student Tilt
School Head Says Plant OF
Learning HOtbed of
BOLSheUiSna.
Special to The Times.

SpeClal TO Inc Times.
VALPARAISO, Ind, April 26.-De-
claring that the university is hotbed
Of Bolshevism, communism and other
cults" DR.. Daniel Russell Hodgdon has
resigned as president of Valparaiso Uni
versity, known as the poor mans
Harvard" His resignation was the
elimination Of a controversy between DR..
Hodgdon and a faction of the students.
The students, headed by I. Pierce, a
former soldier, objected to certain ad-
ministrative methods introduced by DE-
Hodgdon. They declared he was trying
to make the poor mans Harvard" q
regular Harvard and was trying to "in-
troduce lot of new ideas that did not
jibe with the traditions of the uni
versity."
More than 100 former soldiers have
been assigned to the school by the gov
eminent board of vocational education.
Pierce, who began the agitation to GUST
the president, was one Of these men. The
students council, Of which Pierce was
head. passed a resolution demanding the
resignation of DIR. Hodgdon and action
by the faculty in dissolving the council
led to a near riot that was averted only
by five minutes of fervent prayer on
the part Of DR.. W. o. Winkel, dean of
men
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
REDS AT WORK
IN TWIN CITIES
Pamphlets Call for Uprising
Against U. S. on May l.

ST. PAUL. April 26.-Federal agents
today were attempting to trace circulars
for a May day uprising in ST. Paul.
Thousands Of circulars were reported to
have been distributed in foreign sections
of the Twin Cities.
Federal authorities are understood to
have secured permission to call upon reg
ular army forces at Fort Smelling for as
sistance in case of a demonstration. This
was said to have followed the appeal by
Postmaster General Will II. Hays for
Federal troops to aid in guarding Fed
eral buildings"
The circulars advocated overthrow of
the United States Government and es-
tablishment Of a soviet system Of gov
eminent in this country.
1t was signed by American Branch,
United Communist Party"
Federal agents declined comment on a
police suggestion that the pamphlets
might be directly connected with the
fight of william big Bill" Haywood
to Russia.
This incident however. was taken here
TO mean that the plans of communists
throughout the world were being brought
to head.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
YOUTH, Is, HELD
TO GRAND JURY
Placed Under $500 Bond
Charged With Auto
Stealing.

Henry Carol, IS, 1918 Jones street, wa.
bound over to the grand jury under
$500 bond on charge Of vehicle taking
by Judge Walter Pritchard In city court
today. John Drury, II, 1851 Jennings
street, arrested in connection with the
theft of the automobile, the property OF
Albert Reep, Pill North Delaware street
was freed of similar charge.
Carol was arrested several days ago
by Lieutenant Jones and Sergeants Mar
rem and Tooley. The officers say Carol
and Norman Foust, Is, $40 Coffey street.
who recently was sentenced to the Boys
School at Plainfield until he is Fl years
old, stole the machine April from Yer
mont and Pennsylvania streets, and after
taking a 10y ride" left it on Monu-
ment Circle. Later Foust and Drury are
said to have restolen the car from the
circle and as a climax to their 10y ride,
they were arrested after an accident in
which the car was driven into a curb
April 3, at Northwestern avenue and
Thirtieth street.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-26
u. S. WILL SCAN
ANTI-ALIEN ACTS
Hughes to Reopen Negoti-
atiOns With California.

WASHINGTON. April 26-Secretary of
State Hughes has assured Baron Shide-
hara, the japanese ambassador, that the
State Department soon will reopen ne
gotiations on the California anti alien
land laws, is was understood here today.
Hughes has not yet taken up the Cali
fornia question because Of the immediate
press Of other matters. He also wants
to acquaint himself thoroughly with all
phases of the issue before reopening the
parleys.
Negotiations on this question during
the Wilson administration were termi-
mated with an agreement between Roland
s. Morris, then American ambassador to
Toxic. and Baron Shidehara on a report
recommending to their respective govern
ments plan for settlement of the dis
pute.