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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
INVESTIGATES
BABY'S BURIAL
IN VACANT LOT
Railway Employees Say Two
Policemen Disposed of 1t
Near ROundhOuSe.

An Investigation Of the statements Of
more than twenty men that they saw two
policemen bury the body Of q perfectly
formed baby boy in a shallow grave near
Senate avenue a block and a half south
OF Wisconsin street was started by Chief
Of Police Rikhoff today.
The men, employees Of the Illinois Cen
trail roundhouse said the baby was buried
bS policemen Saturday. They exhumed
the body yesterday and It was later car
ried away by the same two policemen,
they believe, to be buried somewhere
else.
Jake Mullen and II. II. Cooney, motor
policemen, were the officers who buried
the mysterious package" The two pO-
lice officers say the baby lacked many
months of being q fully developed child
They we're sent to the 1900 block In South
West street where they learned that
soue person Ia an automobile had tossed
a bundle out Of the car and had driven
away. The bundle was found lying In
the street which is not open to traffic
al that point. Inside Of the newspaper
wrappings the officers found cloth wrap
pings aud inside Of that the body of
what they say was an undeveloped
child. Mullen said he called the captain
and was told to dispose Of "it' and he
and Cooney took the package to tho field
near the round house and buried It.
Harvey Tucker, negro, who lives near
the place where the bundle was buried,
told William Pash, 81 Carson street,
about the policemen burylng a bundle
and Pash obtained a spade and dug it up
yesterday. J. B. HemingS, 1863 South
Delaware street, another emplOye of the
Illinois Central railroad, called police
headquarters and the desk sergeant said
he would send police officers TO take the
bundle away. 1t happened that the same
two policemen who had buried the
bundle were sent to remove it.
T. A. Merick, 603 Southern avenue, was
present Saturday when the policemen
drove to a point near the employees ga
rage and, leaving their automobile, got
out, one carrying a package and the other
a shovel they walked around a shed. He
was also present when the package was
opened yesterday.
II. T. LouChery, foreman Of the I'LL
nOis Central roundhouse told the officers
that he did not believe a lot so near the
shops where men were employed should
be used as q cemetery. Mr.. Hemings who
called the police when the body was dug
up again called headquarters and asked
in regard to the case. That was last
night and he was told he was talking
to the captain. Hemings said the voice
over the phone stated that a report had
been made on the case and that 1t had
been taken care of.
Chief Riffhoff said he knew nothing Of
the case and started an investigation. The
chief said he was not familiar with the
usual custom in such cases. but thought
the body should have been sent to the
city mOrgue.
1t has been customary in most cases
In the past for bodies Of babies whether
fully developed or not to be sent to tho
mOrgue.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
Negro Would VIII All to
Mayors Employing Him

With deaths shadow hanging over him
Allen T. Garnett, aged negro, messenger
to mayors Of indianapolis for the last
generation wishes to make former Mayor
Charles A. Bookwalter and Joseph E.
Bell and Mayor Shank the chief bene-
fciaries Of his will. Allen is suffering
from heart trouble at his home. 1923 Col
ton street and his days are said to be
numbered.
Mayor Shank and Mrs. Shank have been
calling Mt Aliens homo regularly for sew
eral days to see what could be done to
make him comfortable. He has steadfast-
ly refused to go to the city hospital
saying that his wife and his son went
there and both of them died. Nothing
that his white folks" have argued has
been able to shake him from this super
titi1n.
1t was thought Wednesday that the
END was near and Allen wished to make
his viii. Mr.. and Mrs Shank and City
Attorney William II. Bailey went to the
neat little cottage in Cotton street, where
Allen lived alone before his illness.
Allen was messenger for Mayor Book
walter, Mayor Shank and Mayor Bell.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23

Los ANGELES, Cal, March 23.-LOs
Angeles newspapermen Obtained today
what purports to be an interview with II
man no longer living, obtained through
newspaper man, also deceased.
The dead man interviewed" is the
noted savant, DR.. James Martin PEBBLES,
whose one hundredth birthday anniver
sary will be celebrated this evening by a
banquet at which, according to the hosts,
he has promised to be present in spirit.
The deceased newspaper man credited
with obtaining the heavenly interview,
is Herman Keuhn, former Chicago pub
Usher and journalist, who in life was a
close friend of Dr. PEBBLES.
Through the agency of DR. Guy Bogart,
who acted as asserted intermediary be-
tween the earth and astral, Keuhn ac-
cepted. according to the mediums state.
ment, an assignment to interview DIR.
PEBBLES
No claim whatever is made for its
authenticity.
BY HERMAN KEUHN.
I am always glad to act as interme-
diary for DR.. James NJ PEBBLES.
He says the climate o. Heaven re-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
MINERS MAY
MAKE TERMS
BY DISTRICTS
Action Would Defeat
Nationwide Coal
Strike.
OFFICERS ACTIVE
Effect of Order Rests
With POlicy Com
mittee.

Separate State wage agreements
between mine owners and miners
may yet avert the nationwide coal
strike called for April 1. it was
learned today at United Mine Work
ers' headquarters here.
Whether the strike actually ma
teriaIizes depends now upon the
power International officers Of the
union are able to exercise over their
subordinates at a meeting Of their
policy committee in Cleveland to-
morrow.
II they can hold the policy committee
tightly in line for wage negotiations on
the basis Of the central competitive field
OF Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and western
Pennsylvania, the strike is bound to
come. President John I. Lewis has said
to abandon the central field as operators
demand, would permit operators to play
one union district against another in
wage fights.
WATCH COURSE
OF HARRINGTON.
Some members Of The policy commit
tee, especially those from districts where
open shop conditions predominant, will
be led by Frank Harrington. president
Of the Illinois district, in q fight within
the committee meeting TO force adoption
Of q policy ssnctiOning district wage
conferences. Harrington, long an in
Eurgent against the Lewis admintstra-
tion and leader OF the most powerful
district IN the union, has threatened tC
submit to demands OF Illinois operators
for State negotiations.
The little fellows"-the leaders Of dis
tricts having a small union membership
near a large Unorganized ield-have beer
subjected to pressure back home to con-
sent to State negotiations, according tc
reports here. Under this pressure, they
AwflI go into the meeting. II Lewis and
AtRer officers can overcome the effects
it and smother the Harrington in
Urgency. the strike is on. If they can
Tot, the nationwide aspect Of the sus-
pension IS lost and it viii be confined tC
various States.
The policy committee is the "all power
ful" within the organization while the
strike impends and after it gets under
way II viii map out the course the
union viii pursue in its trouble.
For the committee to override the
strike vote Of the 10000 union members
could be done theoretically Secretary
William F. Green said, but It would be
humanity impossible unless mine own
CONTINUED on Page Eleven.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
HEH-HEH

KOKOMO, Ind, March 22.-Sheriff
Ora Butler will answer the sugges-
ton of Lawrence J. Lane. superin-
tendent of police at South Bend, that
he employ a stenographer and type
writer to render his letters intelli'
gent, by writing letter of explana-
ton.
A few days ago, demented pris-
oner asked the sheriff for Jail sta
tionery and the incident was forgot
ten until he received the communica-
tion from South Bend, inclosing the
letter. which Mr.. Butler himself is
unable to decipher. 1t was written
on the officials letter paper and is
a tumble of confusion.
The prisoner had induced a cell
mate to address the envelope which
carried the letter to its destination,
but Sheriff Butler is not held in
high repute at South Bend as
scholar and a man of clear-cut ex-
pression. The insane man was try
ing to have his wife arrested at South
Bend. but the fact never would be
CLEANED from the letter.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
House VIII Pass
Bonus Bill With
Oral Field Meet

WASHINGTON, March 23-The soldier
"bonus" bill will be passed late today
by the House.
The special gag rule enabling it's
hackers to pull 1t through without alter
alton was called up in the House shortly
after II convened at II o'clock and tha
semblance Of a fight was started
Its majority probably will be three or
four to one.
It's pathway, smoothed out by gag
arrangements in advance, was strewn
with nothing more serious than talk.
This talk WAS Of the flag waving, brave
soldier and Stacker type Of poor taxpayer
and-overburdened- business variety, ac-
cording to whether the speaker was for or
against the bonus"
The total-fOur hOurS-for debate is
so limited and the crowd of speechmakers
so numerous for the most of the men
there will be only a couple of minutes
talk--with leave to extend remarks In
the Congressional Record"
Once through, the House the bill goes
to the Senate where 1t is likely to linger
longer and undergo alterations.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
DALI EIREANN
FACES CRISIS
THREAT
Anti Collins Faction
Will Attempt
Overthrow.
LEADERS DEFIANT
Collins Expected to
Take Drastic
Action.

DUBLIN, March 2S.-The Dali
Eireann cabinet-the executive
branch of the Irish provisional gov
ernment-was confronted with its
worst crisis today as result of the
declaration by Roderick O'Connor an
attempt would be made by the anti
Collins faction Of the Irish republican
army next week to overthrow the
government.
Richard Mulcahy, minister Of defense
in the Irish provisional government, con-
tends a majority OF the Irish Republi-
can army does not favor Sundays con
vention.
out Of fourteen divisional and FIVE
brigade commands, only FIVE divisional
commanders and two brigade command
ers favor holding the convention" said
Mulcahy. Under such circumstances,
the convention would be only sectional"
The seriousness is intensified by the
apparent fact leaders Of the Irish re-
publican army are to hold the proposed
military convention Sunday in defiance
of the wishes OF Collins and President
Griffith.
Collins and Griffith are expected to take
at once drastic steps 10 deal with the
threatened mutiny and rebellion.
Collins, in replying to statements by
the London Morning Posi- denied the
Irish republican army crossed the Ulster
frontier and rsided police barracks at
Maghera and Pomeroy. He pointed out
between Feb. Il and March 8, not less
than thirty nine persons were murdered
IN Befsst-the seat of the Ulster Union
list government.
Murders are continuing daily at Bel
fast" said Collins. "Of the thirty-nine
victims I have mentioned, twenty-five
were Catholics aud seventeen were protes-
tants"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
THREE HELD AS
DRUGPEDDLERS
Policeman Declares Woman
Suspect AtteGipted to
SwaIIcW Evidence.

Two women aud one man were arrested
today In the investigation of alleged
traffic in morphine Lieutenants Jones
and Helm went 70 the Oxford Hotel,
where they arrested W. VI. Kleine, 36,
and his wife. Catherine Kieine. q, on
vagrancy charges N morphine was
they obtained secretsg from Julia Dean,
3, 516 F. fopKet street. The Dean
woman arrested on a vagrancy
c1 se ar S held until Federal narcotic
offiecsr cs. investigate the case.
When the police visited the Dean home
the Dean woman is said to have attempted
10 swallow a small quantity of the drug.
However. Lieutenant Jones seized her
and forced her to spit out what she had
placed in her mouth. This drug was
placed IN little box as part of the evi-
dence. A small lamp, said to be used In
cooking drugs, a teaspoon containin z
a small amount OF the dope and two
hypodermic needles were taken to police
headquarters as evidence.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
FEDERATIONOF
BOYS CLUBS TO
MEET MAY 8-11
r. Walter Jarvis Announces
Features Planned for A.
Day Session.

Features Of the program Of the Six
teenth Annual Boys Club Conference
under the auspices Of the Boys Club
Federation, 10 be held at the ClaypoOl
Hotel, May 8, Q, 10 and II, were an
nounced today by R. Walter Jarvis, city
superintendent Of parks and general
chairman Of the local committee. Mr.
Jarvis was superintendent OF the In
dianapolls Boys Club before he became
director Of the city department of re-
creation three years ago.
More than three hundred men engaged
In boys club WORK from all parts Of the
United States and Canada and at least
a hundred older boys who will attend
the Older Boys Conference TO be held
in conjunction with the mems sessions
are expected to come to the conference.
The leaders in the boys work OF tomor-
row are picked from the older boys.
The spirit OF the conference is reflected
II the conference motto. quotation from
Horace Mann: Where there is anything
growing. one farmer is worth a thou
sand reformers." Conference publicity
being sent all over the two countries
features indianapolis as "the capital city
Of Whitcomb Riley-land In the
heart Of the country made famous by a
poet who sings of the Barefoot Boy and
The Ole Swimmin Hole"
Among the special features announced
BY Mr.. Jarvis is the Acquaintance Dim
ner In the Riley room Monday evening.
May s, when a special tribute viii be
paid to the memory of Riley as "the
poet of boyhOod" Tuesday afternoon the
delegates will be taken on e tour Of In
: dlanapolis parks apd Fairgrounds, end
ing with a picnic supper ia one Of the
81 10
ged by the Indianapolis Boys Club
at the city recreation department The
men Will give a complimentary luncheon
to the older boys Wednesday noon, and
the closing banquet with anniversary
exercises viii be given Thursday evening.
Divisional and State groups will hold
separate Iuncheons at various places
Thursday noon.
Indianapolis men have prominent
places In the program. Frank C. Jordan.
president of the Boys Club Association,
will be toastmaster OF the acquaintance
( ship-dinne and Mayor Samuel Lewis
Shank will give an address Of welcome.
Former Mayor Charles W. Jewett is
scheduled TO speak on Life, the Game.
the Players and the Goal" at the com
plimentary luncheon to the older boys
Wednesday.
While the conference is on an exhibit
Of boys work, such a. Juvenile art,
photographs, charts and diagrams will
be on display at the ClaypOoL Harper J.
Ransburg Of indianapolis is chairman Of
the exhibit committee Other local com
mittee chairmen are Herbert S. King,
hotels and publicity; George L. Denny,
program; Miss Sara Lauter, music :;
George o. Wildhack, auto tour, and Mrs.
Clark E. Mallery, registration. Glen f.
Kline is secretary of the local commit
tee.
Mr.. Jarvis and Mr.. Kline are on the
general conference committee with S. j.
Duncan Clark, chairman, and Robert d.
KIees, both of Chicago, and c. ]. Atkin-
son Of New York City.
The Boys Club Federation has head
quarters in New York and a divisional
office in Chicago.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23

the Times is going to present series of gardening
stories by Burbank-stores that will help every In
dianapoEs gardener to have better luck this year.
BURBANK calls attention, first of all, to the fact
that plants living things. 'They sensitive to
intelligent care says he Then he deals with the
of the SOIL the planting Of the Seeds the proper water
ing Of plants, and the art of crossing plants His first
story will appear in tomorrow s paper.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
FARM HOUSES
USED AS FORTS

ON THE ULSTER FRONT. CALEDON,
COUNTY TYRONE, March 2S.-Rifes
were barking defiance across the Tyrone
border early today.
Along the Monaghan frontier, Ulster
Volunteers and Irish Republican army
troops are facing each other across a mar
row no-man's land.
Farm houses are being fortified. Shall
low entrenchments have been thrown up.
Both sides are ready for the threatened
civil war.
The trouble along the Ulster border is
the climax Of a seyles of raids into Ulster
by Sim Fein extremists. Ulster con-
stabulary has been rushed to protect the
Tyrone frontier and Irish Republican
Continued on Page Two.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
DRIVE
GETS RESULTS
Every Former Service Man
Likely to Get Job.

Indications are every former service
man out of employment will be placed
in a job before April 10, the tentative
date set for closing the big unemployment
drive Of the American Legion, according
TO G. W. Powell, assistant director OF
Americanization for the legion.
Reports from all parts OF the country
have been decidedly encouraging to Of
ficials at national headquarters" Nr.
Powell said. Rapid progress is being
made In placing men in positions, al
though It will be several days before
complete returns are received. Yesterday
cur reports showed approximately 100000
men hal been placed in positions and
this number has been increased apprecia-
bly, in the last tTenty-four hours"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
pecial to Indiana Daily Times
nd Philadelphia Public Ledger.
BY EDWARD c. LOWRY.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March
23.-Here in Oklahoma one encoun-
ters a new farmers movement that
will be worth watching. 1t Is the
farmer turned business man and pro-
iecting himself as the salesman as
wen as the producer Of his crop. If
the essay succeeds, it will have a
wide and revolutionary effect, not
only on the method of distribution of
the cotton crop, but on tobacco,
wheat, cattle and other agricultural
resources. These cotton growers
here have begun system of CO.
operative marketing analogous to the
successful system of the California
fruit growers.
The movement, born in Oklahoma. has
spread over the South Texas. Arizona
and MissisSpri have sold cotton co
opera-ely this season. North Carolina
and Arkansas have completed recently
their organizing campaigns. Georgia
and South Carolina are now Srg8nlzlnc
to sell the 1922 crop. Altogether eight
States are cOordluaung their efforts In
the American Cotton Growers Exchange.
the National Oyedhead Sales Agency. now
composed Of Oklahoma, Texas, hnssIs-
sippj and Arizona. All participatine
States are organized on the Oklahoma
plan.
WILL HANDLE 90
PER CENT OF CROPS.
When the states now organized and
organizing are operating actually they
Will handle a good percentage Of the
crops Of the States representing 80 per
cent Of the countrys production The
oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
the parent project-was born OF a reali-
Continued on Page Three.l
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
Thurman Appoints
Valparaiso Deputy

Ralph o. Parks of Valparaiso has been
named deputy collector at that city, ac-
cOrdiGg to announcement today by NJ.
Bert Thurman. collector of internal reve-
nue. Mr.. Parks will succeed NJ. f. De
Jarnstt, who recently was promoted to
the position of division chief at South
Bend.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
JAMESON SAYS
SITUATION is
NOT REALIZED
Thinks Shank Committee
Seeks to Be Fair, but
Misses Point.

Statements Of Mayor Shank's commit
tee on investigation Of the Indianapolis
Street Railway Company's financial con-
dition, contained in a preliminary re
port made public wednesday, indicates
the committee does not grasp the stu
alton at ALL" said Or. Henry Jameson,
chairman of the executive committee Of
the utility. today.
Dr. Jameson said he did not wish to
criticise the committee; he thought 1t is
trying to be fair minded" but it evi-
IDENTIFY had missed the point the COM
pany is not earning 4 fair return upon
the tentative valuation fixed by the pub
lie service commission and the city.
In its preliminary report the commit
tee, which was named TO help the mayor
find out If the company really needs the
financial relief its officers say its does,
said it had reached point where it re-
Quires the assistance of an expert auditor
1t had found, the report said. whereas
officials Of the company said the West
Washington street power house us ante
dated and all that could be realized on
It would be the salvage the company
had listed the power house at value Of
81 .17304293 in the inventory of proper
ties on which 1t is permitted by the pub
lie service commission to make q return.
REPORT SHOWS
INDEBTEDNESS.
The report also stated the company is
carrying a "pyramlded Indebtedness Of
stocks and bonds amounting to $13,000,
900" which is further described as lug
gage" and $Gi5. .O67 "a was charged bond
interest. ETC." in 1921.
"The committee has gone back and re-
hearsed lot of stuff gone over by the
public service commission two years ago
and eliminated then" said DR.. Jameson.
He said the commission went thoroughly
into the history Of the company at the
time Of the reorganization out Of which
the Indianapolis Street Railway grew
Continued on Page TwO.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
Cement Contracts to
Be Awarded March 29

The State highway commission will
let contracts for cement to be used on
State highway projects, March 20, in
stead OF April 5, as previously announced
Bids were opened recently on several
thousand dollars worth of cement. These
bids have been held in allegiance, but Il
is expected that they will be disposed
Of and contracts entered into possibly
for more cement when the commission
meets.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
Civic Federation
Will Meet Tonight

4 number Of proposals for municipal
betterments will be brought up for in
dorsement at the meeting Of the Fedora
ton Of indianapolis Community Civic
Clubs at the Chamber OF Commerce to-
night. The desires Of BrightwOOd and
Mapleton for Fairgrounds will be among
the matters discussed.
The Federation is made up Of repre-
sentatives Of most Of the civic clubs. Its
function is to back movements of city
wide Importance and to interest the
various clubs in taking concerted action
on SUch matters. Edward o. Snethen
was chosen president at the organiza-
tiOn meeting Saturday.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
FARMERS NOW
BUSINESS MEN
in OKLAHOMA
Cooperative System of
Marketing Products
Is Adopted.
PLAN LOOKS GOOD
Cotton Growers Idea
Provides Basis for
Abandonment

Editors Note-Edward G. Lowry,
distinguished Investigator and re-
porter for the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, is touring the agricultural
section west OF the Mississippi River,
in behalf of the Public Ledger and
the Daily Times, and writing a series
of articles upon conditions as he
finds them. This is his third prOduc-
tion based upon observations in Okla
homA. Others will follow at reg
ular Iutervals)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-23
23 LOSE LIVES
AS SUB SINKS
British U-BOat COllides With
Destroyer in Gibraltar
Strait.

LONDON, March 23.-Twenty-three
lives were lost when tho British sub
marine H-42 was sunk in collision with
a British destroyer in the strait Of
Gibraltar during naval maneuvers, It
was announced by the admiralty this
afternoon.
The British submarines Of tho II. class
were built under the war emergency
program, most OF them in 1ols-l9. They
are OF the single hull Holland type.
modified by the admiralty. 164h to III
feet long, and 1914 feet beam They dis
place from 40 to 500 tons and are
equipped with two sets Of Diesel engines.
giving a speed of thirteen knots on tho
surface. They carry four torpedo tubes.
Their ordinary complement is twenty
two men.