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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

BILL, $5,8O6,12O,
PASSES SENATE
Salary Boosts, Anti-NepOtism
Clause and Cravens Rider
Killed.
GOES BACK TO HOUSE

After successfully withstanding
all efforts to increase salaries the
Senate today passed the regular ap-
preparation bill, Carrying total Of
S5,806,120, under suspension Of the
rules. The bill now goes to the
House for concurrence in the Sen
ate amendments, which added ap-
proxlmately $4,000 to the total as it
passed the House.
The Senate, however, knocked out the
nti-nepotism clause contained in the bill
as it came from the House and the rider
that would have given the Governor
power to discharge any State employe or
member Of a commission in the State
house.
The fight over the rider. which was
attached last week by Senator Joseph NJ.
Cravens of Madison, caused lengthy de-
bate. The Senate knocked out the rider
by a viva voce vote. Killing the rider
had been predicted after Governor Nc
Crav issued q statement declaring he
was not fatherlng the Cravens move.
Senator Don z. STROBE Of KokOmo
moved to strike out the rider, precipi-
tatlpg the clash. Cravens declared this
movement assumed the nature OF re
consideration and pointed out that when
the amendment was originally introduced
he changed it to suit Strobe. Cravens
insisted that he did not think employees
Of elective officers we're affected by the
amendment
ASKS RULING
on MOTION.
The Senator from Madison asked rul-
ing as to whether 1t was motion to
reconsider. Senator Roscoe Kiper Of
Boouvine objected on the ground that
the bill was on second reading and that
II could be amended as the Senate saw
fit He declared the appropriation bill
was not the proper place for such a
rider
Senator Oscar Rats spoke for the
Strobe motion, thus throwing the weight
OF the adm inistration back Of the move
to cut out the amendment. He declared
be had serious doubts as 10 whether the
rider was valid because 1t was general
legislation and AS such could not be in
cludNd in the appropriation bill.
Strobe, defending his motion. declared
the Governor should not interfere with
employees VI elective officers and said he
believed the same principle should apply
to the commissions.
Cravens commented on what he termed
WAS the remarkable change in Strode's
attitude.
If he (the GovernOrl is given power
to Increase salaries" said the Senator,
he should De given power to discharge
these employees. believe the Governor
should have the power 10 remove board
members he has appointed"
Following the striking out OF the rider
Crayeus moved TO amend the bin by Civ
ing the Governor power to discharge ap-
pointive officers and their employees, but
Confined on Page Two)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
OF
COUNTY SAVED
$26,184, CLAIM
Engineer Submits Report in
Northwestern Avenue
Middle.
FIGURES ARE SET OUT

Claiming that the taxpayers OF Ma
rion County were saved $261s+ by the
State board Of accounts In holding that
the Yawger q Company contract for the
erection OF the bridge over White river
on Northwestern avenue. was Illegally
awarded by the board Of Marion County
commissioners, A. L. Donaldson, civil
engineer and field examiner for the State
board OF accounts. has submitted a com
plete report Of the Northwestern avenue
Iuuddle to Jesse +. Eschbach, State ex-
amineF.
Mr.. Donaldson IN his report claims
that the position Of the state board OF
accounts in insisting that the Yawger
contract be set aside and a new con.
tract be awarded to protect the tax
payers of Marion County. has )een 1us-
tihed since the commissioners have Ic-
scinded the Yawger contract and have
awarded Il new contract TO the National
Construction Company which will save
the taxpayers total Of $-GlS4.
BUCK" PASSED
MANY TIMES.
when Mr.. Donaldson "bucked' the
county commissioners last fall and In
sisted that the Yawger contract was
illegally awarded, The county commits
sioners raised a terrific rumpus ia which
the buck was passed to the county
council from the council to County At
torney Harry Heudrickson, from Hen
erickson to County Auditor Leo X Fes-
Ter and from Fesler to the State board.
Mr. Hendrlckson held that the XawgeI
contract was legal and binding. Mr.
Fesler refused to make any payments on
the Yawger contract as long as the State
board Of accounts held that ii was Illegal
For several months the work on the
erection Of the bridge was held up while
the taxpayers OF that neighborh0od com
plained of the delays. The matter was
ADJUSTED when the county commissioners
cancelled the Yawger & co. contract, ad-
vertised for new bids and awarded the
contract to the National Construction
Company.
ENGINEERS REPORT
SHEDS LIGHT.
As most of the records" Of the county
commissioners in this case are verbal, the
complete report of Engineer Donaldson
throws much official light on this bridge
contract mess In which the taxpayers Of
Marion County came very near losing
thousands of dollars by the actions Of the
county commissioners.
Engineer Donaldson's report on the
Northwestern avenue bridge muddle is as
follows:
This transaction has caused more or
less trouble for the past six months. To
begin with. the board of commissioners
CONTINUED on Page EIeven)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
GERMANS LAUGH AT
IMPOSSIBLE DEMAND;
PLAN FLAT REFU SAL

PARIS Germany laughing the faces of the al
laughing derison
The possibility refusal the
and forcb collection of
contemplated This admitted might lead armed
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
State i'm in Peete Case

LON ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 2.-The
States case against Mrs. Louise Peete,
charged with the murder of Jacob {.
Denton, was concluded today.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
HOUSE VOTES TO KILL
PUBLIC SERVICE ACT
IN PRELIMINARY TEST
Minority Report, Providing Adjustment of
Commission, Adopted by 81 for
and 46 Against.
NEWMAN LEADS IN ATTACK ON LAW

By SO today adopted minority report
favorng of House bill
public service commission commission
strength of the friends 6 the hill
Of those voting for the minority
order the bill before study more closely
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
WEATHER

Forecast for indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty -four hours ending p. m.
Feb. s. Fair tonight and Thursday: NOT
much change in temperature; lowest to-
night about % degrees.
HnTRVX TENDER ATTIRE
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

RECORD OF VOTE ON
MINORITY REPORT.
The vote on the adoption of the minor
ity report favoring the passage Of ths
bill to abolish the public service commits
sion follows:
AYES.
(RepubIicans)
Anderson Johnson Of Morgan
Bedgood Johnson of Monroe
Benz Lefuze
BOner Leer
Coapstick Lvdv
Coppock Malott
Cox Matthews
Davis Of Hendricks Miller
Day Myers
Delaplane Nelson
Dufendach Newman
Flesher pbtIins
Freeman Rich
GlVan Richardson
GraysOn Ross
HanseH Rowbottom
3 HarIan Schurmeier
Harrison Sieg
HOFFMAN Smith
hughes Tilden
Humphries Tucker
James Winesburg.
(Democrats.)
Barker Of Posey Gottschalk
Clapp Han
Cooper Horobo
- Total, o.
NOES.
(Republicans.)
HuIahS Jinnett
Barker Bar tg" of Boone Johnston Johnston
Benedict Kares
Beyler Kingsbury
Calef ToT~a
Daliey Mcclure
Davis of Jay Mann
Dean Aiiltenberger
& De Long Morgan
Fiheid Noll
Filbert Osborn
CaeSSer C,a, oFermeyer
gibbons Rulo
Hannberg Sherwood
mare Shugart
Harris Shultz
HawOrth Sims
Holman Wa+ers
II Ilullrlchouser Willis Of Dekalb
jameson Youse
Cronin GIN
Total, 46.
Absent-Southard and Willis of Steus
ben.
The fight on the House floor was pre-
cpitated when a divided report was re-
turned on the bill. Representatives Omer
I. Newman of Marion County and r. q.
barker OF Posey County. co-authors Of
the bill, signing the minority report The
argument on the report Of the committee
was led by Representative Newman. fol-
lowed by Representative Barker.
MEMBERS SHOW
KEEN INTEREST,
The House was exceedingly Quiet dur-
ing the entire arguments on the report
1t being apparent that the members OF
the lower body were intensely interested
in the fate Of the bill.
Only Representatives Chester A Davis
OF Jay County, chairman of judiciary A
Committee, and Representative oscar A.
Ahlgren of Lake County, who throttIed
the argument on the report by moving
the previous question, spoke In favor of
the majority report.
Representative Newman declared IL
was not merely the question of rate
raising that caused him to work for the
adjustment of the commission, but said
he was unalterably opposed TO the propo-
sition Of taking control Of utilities and
rate making out Of the hands of the local
governments
lie declared the commissions were TAX
ing local government out of the hands
of the people.
Before this commission act went into
erect we rad lower rates, and it waa
Continued on Page Two.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-Caught in n
snari Of party politics. the Senate today
resembled two rival political conventions
torn by facriOnal strife as 1t prepared to
vote on cloture, or the restriction Of de-
bate on the emergency tariff bill.
From the Republican TO the Democratic
side, and back again, with only an aisle
separating the disputants, charges and
cOunter-charges of political chicanery
were hurled by opposing Senators accus-
ing each other of encompassing the de-
feat of the measure.
Not since the burning debate attending
the League Of Nations controversy has
the Senate been plunged into such 6
verbal turmoil.
The prediction freely was made on both
sides that the Republican move for
clOture, to choke of the flibuster Of the
bills Democratic opponents, would be
defeated by from eight TO ten votes.
Only a few ardent supporters Of the
bill ike Senator McCumber. Republican;
Of North Dakota. professed to see the
possibility OF the twO-thirds vote neces-
sary to invoke cloture being mustered.
The vote on Senator PenrOse's motion
for cIOturs was scheduled for 1 o'clock.
Party lines are expected to be Obliterat-
ed as both Republican and Democratic
Senators vote for or against the motion.
As to what will happen after the ex-
pected defeat Of cloture, Democratic Sen
ators declined TO answer. Republican
Senator's plan to permit the tariff meas
ure to rest on the calendar until the end
Of the session. perhaps. once they fail
to secure clotCre.
Not so with some Of the Democratic
Senator's. They hinted. without revealing
their hand, Of some fresh move by which
they hoped to secure a tactical and
Continued on Page Sine)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02
TARIFF FIGHT
HURLS SENATE
INTO TURMOIL
Charges of Political Chicanery
Exchanged as ClOture
Vote Nears.
DEFEAT FOR MOVE SEEN
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The at
tempt to halt Senate debate on the
Fordney emergency tariff bill
through cloture rule failed today,
The cloture failed to secure the
two-thirds vote necessary for its
adoption.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

RECORD OF VOTE on
MINORITY REPORT
The vote on the adoption of the minor
lty report favoring the passage of the
bin to abolish the public service commits
sion follows:
AYES
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-02

Fair tonight and Thursday. N
change in temperature.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
NO CHANCE FOR COLLECTORS
Stems Now Valuable only as Memen-
toes Are Kept Securely
Chained to the Wall

Beer stems, wine glasses and bar
towels are rapidly joining the dust
covered and widowed relics Of the
days that preceded January 16, 1920,
when the prohibition law went into
effect
As the saloons become sCarCer, bar
room paraphernalia, from relic col
lector's viewpoint, become more valu-
able. One restaurant in the Bay
Ridge section of Brooklyn is taking
no chances on losing its mementoes
of the past days. The stained glass
windows of the old saloon remain, but
the BAR has been removed to make
way for the tables of the new restau-
rant. In the redecorated establish
ment a shelf runs entirely around the
room. All along the shelf are eX-
quisite old German beer stems, relics
of former days and more valuable now
as mementOes. Passing through the
handle of each stein is chain
which is nailed to the wall. Unscrup-
ulOus souvenir hounters, waiting until
the walters back is turned find their
designs foiled. What the old bar has
left of the old regime 1t purposes to
keep.-New York Sun.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
NO RAINBOW AFTER DELUGE
Johns Hopkins University Professor
Explains How the Historic Mis-
understanding Came About.

The rainbow after the deluge, de-
scribed in the book of Genesis 9:13,
was not rainbow after all, but
collection of great ty-brushes of the
ancient oriental gods, declares Prof.
Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity. Announcement of his discovery
was made by Doctor Haupt at Couch
er college, at session of the American
Oriental society, which held its one
hundred and thirty-third cOnclaye in
Baltimore.
The mistake In Genesis, said Pro
fessor Haupt probably Ia due to a
misunderstanding of a character on
one of the old cuneifOrm tablets. The
word is "bOw," which could very
easily be mistaken for Fly brush" he
said. These huge feather brushes
were in vogue among the old rulers in
Assyria and Egypt, and were regard
ed MS ancient symbols Of sovereignty
in the Orient.
According to Doctor Haupt, the an
clients naturally gave their gods credit
for having tly-brushes, and, in fact, In
line 1914 of the flood tablet the word
"fy brush" appears as big as life.
The passage says that when Istar
sees the gods gather around the Of
ferer like a swarm of flies (because
there had been no offerings during
the floodD, she is so incensed that she
tgkes the great fly-brushes of her ia
ther, Anu (king of the gods), to drive
away the gods
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
NEEDS TOO MUCH EXERTION
Writer Refuses to Go Too Deeply
Into What Might Be Called
"a and Me" Problem.

The line, Look what done for you
and him and me-" is good American,
but better American, believe, would
be, Look what | done for him and
you and l." This, however, writes
Ring Lardner in the BoOkman, brings
up a subject to which one ought to be
able to devote a whole volume, but
one amt gOin' to. One is only gOin
to state that mysterious rules govern
the cases of personal prOnouns in our
language and one hasn't had time to
solve the mysteries even since prohibit
ton.
We say, "IIe come up to me in the
club" but we also say, "He come up
to Charley and in the club" or even
"He come up to l and Charley in the
club" Charley'S presence IN the club
seems, for "SOme reason or another
to alter my case. The other night |
this country's foremost dramatists :;
and recurring in it was the stage di-
rection, "A look passes between he
and So-and-So.' But this playwright
wouldn't think of saying or writing,
"She passed he look"
My theory on this particular point
is that when the common American
citizen, whom we will call Joe, was in
his last year in school (the sixth
grade), the teacher asked him how
many boys there were in his family.
He replied: Just Frank and me-
Just Frank and l." corrected the
teacher. And the correction got Joe
balled up
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
INCORRIGIBLE GIRLS TO GO TO
STATE SCHOOL

Nashville Tenn, May IA bill of
much interest to the entire citizen
ship of Tennessee VINO are interested
IN me lnGorrlelble Negro girls was
Legislature which just closed and
provides for the appropriation OF fifty
thousand dollars to be used to es-
tablish vocational school for Negro
girls. The movement among the Ne
grocs of the state to have the bill
considered by the Legislature had the
support OF the leading men and wom
en- of the race throughout the state
and received its greatest consideration
when 1t became known that President
w, j.. Hale, of the Agricultural and
grounds on which the institution could
be established Particularly active in
behalf of the bill were the women of
ne state, especially in the larger
Dr. Matte Colemand Mrs. j. c. Ma
pier, of Nashville; Mrs. Brown, Mrs.
Sanford and Mrs. Jackson. Of Mem
KRIS S' c, g. p washington, Mrs. r, ".
Allen. of Chattanooga; Mrs. J. j.
Johnson, Mrs; w. J.. Porter, and Mrs:
whom worked earnestly for the pas
sage of measure that would bring
the relief sought by the citizens of
the Volunteer State to reclaim fallen
girls Congratulations were bestowed
upon the entire legislation, both the
house and senate, by the newly en-
franchised women voters of Tonnes
see that number thousands, because of
the rapidity with which the bill went
through both houses and because of
the small opposition offered to the
bill.
1t is understood that there We're
only eleven opponents to the bill in
both houses, as it passed the house
sixty-two for and eleven against
while the Twenty-Five votes in the
senate went solid. The committee
from Nashville made up of women
of the race representing two of the
strongest organizations that the wom-
en- have. were jubilant this week over over
vent through minus any amendments
that would destroy the purpose of the
bill The Negro Women's Reconstruc-
ton and Service League is state or
ganiZation covering the entire state,
and is the outgrowth of the organiza,
ton formerly known as the Council
Of Defense. which organization MADE
its record when the boys We're called
to the colors.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
RUMOR HAS IT THAT OKLAHOMA
GRAND CHANCELLOR WILL BE
0USTED.

Oklahoma City, Okla. May 12.-Re-
ports coming in from all over the
state indicate that mighty struggle
will be staged at Okmulgee to I'M
seat DR.. Chas. b. Wickman as Grand
Chancellor and elect someone else
more fitted for the position, The
story is beginning to leak out into
the lodges over the state about the
huge amount of money that has been
spent out of the Grand Lodge Treas
ury in a futile attempt to prove that
the former treasurer, VIM. A. Hill,
is guilty of mis-appropriating the
funds of the order Rumor has il
that the Grand Chancellor has ordered
paid out of the Grand Lodge Treas
ury, $S50.00, only to find that there
is no basis for the charge sent broad
cast over the jurisdiction.
At heavy expense to which he
has been unjustly put, Mr.. Hill has
had the j. S. Eaton Co., Public Ac-
countants of Oklahoma City, and one
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14

of the best checking firms in the
state make complete audit of his
accounts. This report will show that
Hill is not guilty of the charge made
He agreed at the Grand Lodge ses-
sion last year that there might be a
slight difference between the accounts
of the board of control and himself,
and at that time said that he was
willing to make this square up then
and there. The Grand Chancellor,
together with the Supreme Chancellor
on the other hand argued that Mr.
Hill was several thousand dollars
short to which Mr.. Hill demurred.
RumOr again has it that the Adj
ministration forces hope to delay the
court trial of this case until after
the setting of the Grand Lodge so
that Hill will again enter the Grand
Lodge-a disadvantage to Hill and an
advantage to the Grand Chancellor.
Some surprise is occasoned through
the attempt to try this case in Tulsa
County, where the accountant lives,
who is alleged to have found Hill
short.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
Convictions IN JONESBoRo MOB
CASES.
rhr.c Lenders of Mob StorminG wash
ineton County Jail DeGlnred nnntI
- rri,I of One Dcfcndant.--Nch-
tnnccs of three to Twenty-One FEARS

Jonesboro May 12.-The trial OF
the fourteen white men charged with
rioting and storming the county jail
here in an effort to lynch Cooksey
viction of Wat Blevins, Walter oliver
and Berl Moody. Buford Adams, one of
the defendants, took sick during the
trial, was operate on for appendicitis
The Jury returned a not guilty, YER
dict as concerned him as they did in
the cases of ten others.
The trial which began here on
April 18th, was the center Of the
greatest amount of interest and some
OF me most prominent citizens OF the
county attended court and appeared
as prosecutors. The Washington
county grand jury returned indict-
ments against the fourteen men, some
OF whom Were members. of the state
militia, shortly after they are said
to have led mob that stormed the
tail in an effort to lynch Cocksey
Dallas, a Negro. who asked that he be
placed there following threats against
his life. Dallas was accused of using
unbecoming language to some whit
.f's employed at the National San
forum at Johnson City.
Between eight and ten o'clock on
that night a large crowd of men
many of whom were masked appear
ed in town and general fusilade OF
shots were fixed in and around the
Jail, many of the shots striking and
breaking out windows and otherwise
jail was wounded by stray shots.
But for the cool nerve of Jailer
Livingston, who locked the jail and
armed himself, it is believed the mob
violence wa presented.
The verdict of the jury carries SEN
fences of hree to twenty-one years
CoOllsey Dallas was released shortly
after the rioting.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
Sleepy Sickness.

Sleepy sickness is quite a different
disease from the somewhat similarly
named, but far more deadly, sleeping
sickness, which is Il tropical disease.
Sleepy sickness was first noticed in
England in 1918. There is little doubt
that the cause Of this mysterious COM
plant is microbe. The microbes con-
centrate their attack on the brain,
causing lethargy and facial paralysis,
the patient lying for days in bed with
motionless head and expressionless
face, like a mask, reminding one of the
efligy on tomb. Doctors are not yet
definitely agreed as to whether the hic-
cough epidemic and the sleepy sickness
are different diseases, or whether the
one is merely a symptom of the other.
Probably the latter view is the correct
one, seeing that violent and prolonged
hiccOughs were noticed in connection
with the outbreak Of sleepy sickness
that ravaged Vienna in the early part
of last year.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-14
PREACHERS WILL STUDY HOW TO
IMPROVE CHURCHES.

Marshall. Texas, May 12;-Colored
pastors from country and village
Churches in the southwest VIII study
subjects ranging from leadership OF
their congregations to operation OF
movies" at the school for, rural pas
tors, which opened at Wiley UnlVer-
sity, Monday. The school is IN It's
second session, the first being held IN
one hundred ministers from. rural
churches in Texas, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas. Mississippi and Oklahoma, are at
trnding Methodist Episcopal ChurCh.
Co-operating are Wiley University, the
board of sunday schools Of the Meln
odist church and Texas a. q M Nol-
Seven courses, including more than
fifty subjects, are offered to the pas
tors. The courses are rural church az
ministration. religious education. even
reIism. health and hygiene, recreation
nj leadership. agriculture ana ruIal
life and church building and equip
mont Practically every Phase oi
church and community life Is toucheQ
in the courses. Besides the detalls ol
church activities and adminlstratl3nH:
ne ministers will be taught pupllC
health work. forms Of community rec
reStion. poultry raising ana saiuJn
inr. and how to operate moving PlO
ti,Ta machines and stereopuCons., !.
The following daily schedule Will oe
'o RrcaI<fast, chapel classes lunch, de- de-
monstrations, personal com no
with Instructors, dinner pays anu
evening lecture.