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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
EARLY ARREST
PREDICTED IN
TAYLOR DEATH
Detectives Report Fresh
CleWs and Make Hasty
: Departure.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 1S.-An ar
rest within a few hours was one Of the
possibilities that developed today as the
investigation of the William Desmond
Taylor murder mystery took on fresh i'm
petus following disclosure of q mass Of
new and important evidence
Detectives left police headquarters hur-
riedly on secret missions, following q
conference with District Attorney Wool
wine at an early hour. The detectives
refused to state where they were going,
admitting only that they were at work
on TIA Taylor case and on fresh clews
Il was understood the possibility of
an arrest hinged on the success Of the
mission of the Investigating officers.
Just as the William Desmond Taylor
murder was about to be placed Ia the
classification Of ''unsolved mysteries"
fresh maze Of developments directed the
spotlight once more on the lnyestiga-
ton
Edward F. Sands, former secretary
valet Of the slain film director, assumed
the center Of the investigation through
mysterious letter 10 District Attorney
Woolwne in which he asserted his in
nocence and declared be would place re-
sponsibility for the murder
Il did not murder Taylor, but l know
who did IT. said the letter made public
by Woolwine. Il can untanCle the muir.
der mystery for you"
IN response the prosecutor Immediately
published a promise of immunity from
prosecution on an old embezzlement
charge II Sands will give himself up.
prove he is Innocent Of the Taylor muir
der and give aid in determining who
killed the film director.
Angeles.
The purported letter from sands
may. and may not, be genuine" said
District Attorney Woolwine
My reply through the public press
viii serve 10 test It's authenticity. I have
no means Of knowing whether 1t is
hoax, but I desire to leave no clew IN.
followed and no lead uninvestigated.
Captain Of Detective David l.. Adams,
who throughout the investigation has
held Sands holds the key to the murder.
declared every effort Will be made to 10
cate Sands here, but he was inclined to
believe, If the letter actually came from
Sands, ii had been mailed here as blind
and Sands was in hiding elsewhere.
Police were reported to be anxious to
question taxi driver who has been listed
Is missing since Feb. l.
In connection with their routine in
yestigation OF his disappearance they
learned certain facts which aroused their
suspicious. One Of the things they desire
explained Is his whereabouts on the night
Taylor was murdered
His alleged possession OF a revolver
similar to that from which the shot was
fred that took Taylor's life also was a
matter Of Investigation.
The sheriffs office continued It's probe
along those lines and conferred its ac-
ttvities on q clew shrouded in mystery
The sheriffs Investigation also planned
further inquiry into alleged discrepa ncies
found in the statements Of an important
witness.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Judge Kene-
saw Mountain Lands, probably the
best known jurist in the United
States, resigned his post as judge Of
the United States District Court to-
day. He will relinquish his judicial
Office on March 1.
His resignation was forwarded to
President Harding in the mails.
Judge Lands retired from a life
position as a United States judge to
devote his entire time to organized
baseball, of which he is high com-
missioner.
The judge was IS Nov. 20, last.
Fifteen months ago Judge lands ae-
cepted the place Of baseball commissioners
at an annual salary OF $4,000. Protests
against his retirement from the bench at
that time led him to decide TO attempt
TO administer both his baseball and his
judicial duies and as result his contracti
with the baseball magnateS WAS revised
SO that his judicial salary Of $500 per
yesr was deducted. leaving baseball %
pay him an annual stipend of $4,000.
FINDS BOTH JOBS
TOO MUCH WORK.
Fifteen months trial OF the arduous
proposition Of holding down both his
place on the bench and the baseball job
has convinced the judge that It is too az
duous an undertaking.
Il find there are not enough hours In
the day to continue the functions Of both
Offices was Judge Lands way of put
ting it
Judge Lands was appointed to The
bench by President Roosevelt March g,
1905. In q little more than a month
he would have completed seventeen years
Of service in the judiciary branch Of ths
Government. His vigorous methods snd
outspOkenness made him an outstanding
character-almost a national institution.
Vigorous opposition to Judge Lands
sprang up soon after he announced his
acceptance Of the position OF baseball
commissioner. A concerted movement ap-
Parenly was launched to force him to
retire either from the baseball Job or
the bench.
Judge Lands first attracted Nation
wide attention in 1907 when he ined the
Standard oil Company more than S29,-
100000 In a rebnting case. The fine sub
sequently was set aside by a higher
court. but its imposition brought the
spotlight upon the Judge. then in his
second year as a Federal jurist.
Judge lands was born at Millvills,
Ohio. He was named Kenesaw Noun
tain because 1t was at the Battle Of
Kenesaw Mountain. in Georgia, during
the Civil War that his father received
wounds. The family home is at Logans-
port, Ind.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18

OUT TO THOSE
WHO MURMUR
Persons Refused Work by City
Expected to Meet With
Council.

Announcing that no has received sew
eral letters from unemployed men say
Ing that they we're refused employment by
the city administration under the s.
day relief plan becaus they had not
been political workers for Mayor Samuel
Lewis Shank, Theodore J. Bernd, presi-
dent OF The city council, today again
urged ell persons with grievances on
this score toaattend the council meeting
Monday evening and tell their stories lie
also said that he had asked Street Com
missioner Martin J. HyIand and Super
iuteudcpt Of Street Cleaning John F.
Walker, who have charge of employing
men on the relief pay roll. to be present
or send representatives to answer any
charges that may be made.
Mr.. Berud announced a week ago that
the council would investigate the use OF
the 500 900 relief fund.
Il want It UNDERSTOOD said Mr.. Bernd
today, THAT l am not starting this in
vestigation TO reflect in any way upon
the administration. I merely want to
see this matter thrashed out If there
is no truth in the reports that have come
to me it is well that the fact be exposed
at once"
Mr. Bernd spoke on city government
before the Southern Improvement Associ-
alton al Raymond street and Madison
avenue last evening. Explaining the jit-
ney bus ordinance amendments and box
ing commission bills now pending before
the council he asked the one hundred
fifty citizens present to express their
sentiments on them by a rising vote. He
reported that there was a practically
unanimous vote in favor of making the
former less harsh on Jitneys and that
the audience divided evenly upon the
boxing bill
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
WISH PUBLIC.
TO ASK HIKE.
In CARFARE.
Street Railway Heads
Make known Desire
at Conference.
TRY TO SHOW NEED
Citizens Put Questions
at Mayor Shank's
arley.

The Indianapolis Street Railway
Company is trying to get the public
to ask for an increase in fares, said
DR.. Henry Jameson, president Of the
executive committee Of the utility, in
answer to a question as to why the
company does not come out and state
how much more fare it wants, pro-
pounded by citizen at the confer
ence on the street railways financial
situation at the city hall today.
After DR.. jameson had made a long
statement setting out the company's good
faith in presenting figures to show that
it Is losing money and cannot get new
capital until it starts making money,
Edward O. Snethen, temporary president
of the newly organized Federation Of
Civic Clubs, said the remarks reminded
him Of Marc Anthony's famous Il come
to bury Caesar, not to praise him
speech. He wished to know why the
street railway company did not ask for
an increase in fares if that is the only
way to rehabilitate its finances.
REGARDS PUBLIC SHOULD
SEE NECESSITY.
what we want, and what We are try
ing 10 bring about" frankly replied Dr.
Jameson, lis that the people should see
the necessity of it and ask for it them
selves. We've been asking for an in
crease in fares for four years and we've
tired Of it. I say this, believing the
people will want an increase granted
when they understand the true state OF
affairs"
The company, declared DR.. Jameson
wishes to spend about $1,000 600 on i'm
provements in equipment and service
Mayor Samuel Lewis shank asked the
official why. then, it did not sell eight
pieces of property it owns and for which
he believed there was no company need,
and use the proceeds on these better
ments. He mentioned property at Eight
eentb and Alabama streets Twentieth
street and College avenue, Shelby street
and Louisiana street car barns, gravel
pit and loop at the Playground, the
gravel pit in and near White River and
Fafrview Park.
Robert I. Todd, president Of the COM
pany, had a reason why each Of the
properties had not or could not be sold.
COMMITTEE NAMED TO
DIG INTO PROBLEM.
The meeting finally resulted in pass
age of a motion authorizing a committee
Of five men named by the Central Labor
CONTINUED on Page TwO)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Judge lands RESIGNS u. S. BENCH
HOLUUt Antics Cost
Miners Convention
SIOO,OOO at Least

Not only has Alex Howat been a thorn
in the side Of the mine workers admin
istration, but, according to union Off
Gals, his cOups which delayed the con
vention now in progress cost the miners
Of the country a pretty penny"
With the delegates drawing pay from
their local unions, in addition to trans
pOrtation and living expenses while here,
the convention costs urwar dof $4,000 a
day it is estimated
Had not the Kansas issue been in
jected into the convention, 1t probably
would have finished its business last
Thursday night, according to admiuis-
tration supporters, who estimate the
Howat "rumpus" cost something like"
800, OO0-or more If the convention runs
into next week
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
AWAIT ARREST
OF HARRINGTON
Alleged Chicago SwindIer Re-
ported Located at Palm
Beach, Fla.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1s.-Chicago police to-
day were awaiting word of the arrest at
Palm Beach, Fla. Of Leslie Harrington,
under indictment here as the head of an
alleged band Of swindlers accused Of
Inglcting investors OF more than 81, 0O0,-
900. Harrington &c said to be under sur
veillance at Palm Beach and HIS arrest
is expected upon receipt OF warrants
from Chicago. Steps to obtain extradl-
ton papers have been taken.
Grand jury investigation of the affairs
of Raymond J. Bischof. known as the
Chicago PonEi." proceeded with scores
of witnesses waiting to testify concerning
money lost and huge profits said TO have
been promised investors by Bischoff.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
TIGER WOMAN
LOSES APPEAL
SeemOn Cook Must Serve
WOmen's Prison Term.

Seemon Cook, who was fined 800 and
costs and sentenced to thirty days in
the correctional department of the Tndi-
ana Wom0ns Prison Feb. 16, 1921 by
Judge james A. Collins, today was or
dered taken to prison by the court after
the Indiana State Supreme Court had
upheld the verdict of the jury in the
case She was charged with operating a
"blind tiger"
Harry Pierpont, 10, charged with We
hicle taking, was sentenced to year on
the Indiana State Farm. Doctors ap-
pointed by the court to determine his
sanity, declared Pierpont was Of sound
mind.
Clarence Jones, William Taylor and
Ludwig Johnson, charged with assault
and battery with intent to rob. were
fined 500 and sentenced to six months
on the Indiana State Farm.
Roosevelt Greer, charged with entering
the drug store of Oscar Passmore at 903
Indiana avenue, was sentenced to six
months on the Indiana State FarIb.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
DISPATCH
VERIFIED HERE

The dispatch from Washington saying
Senator Harry S. New will conduct his
campaign for the Republican uomina-
ton for the Senate from Washington was
verified today by Fred I. King, the Sena-
tors campaign manager.
Mr.. King said he talked to the Sena-
tor by Long Distance yesterday and
that Senator New told him he expected
to remain in Washington until the treaty
ratification Is settled. Mr.. King said If
a settlement is not made before the pri-
mary Senator New win not be here dur
ing the campaign except for possibly a
day or two at a time.
This SIT uatlOn has caused to be
abandoned preparations for an intensive
speaking campaign. There probably will
be no personal campaign on the part of
the Senator unless the treaties are rati-
fed very soon.
THE Senator told me he does not pro-
pose to neglect his duties," Mr. King
said.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18

The Carmel site adjoins that town on
the north and extends on both sides of
the Range line road, one Of the prin-
cipal State highways. The State already
has taken options on all but one farm
within the boundaries Of the site. The
owner of that farm has refused to give
an option. 1t is understood. however,
options also have been taken on land as
other proposed sites.
THREATEN FIGHT
THROUGH COURTS.
When the persons protesting against
the Carmel site had fled into the Gov
ernor's Office, C. Y. Foster Of Carmel
acting as spokesman, explained he and
the delegation believed the reformator5
would be a menace to the community. He
said he believed this to be the sentiment
Of > per cent Of the land owners in the
community and stated that If the State
has failed to obtain an option the case
will be fought through the courts.
we have In mind, among other things,
the growth of indianapolis" Mr. Foster
said. The site is only fifteen miles norta
of Indianapolis and in the direct path Of
the city's groRth. The location of the
reformatOry IL that direction certainly
will retard the growth of the city.
think Carmel has q future, that it will
some day be q part of Indianapolis I'M
less the reformatory is located there. -
Mr.. Foster explained that a petition
signed by four hundred citizens protest
ing against the location had been filed
with the commission.
DO NOT WISH TO
SELL LIFE HOVE
Mrs. Hannah Garriry, owner of the
farm on which the State has been unable
to obtain an opion, told the Governor
he
husband had given t. II lives TO building
up their farm and their home and that
she did not wish to sell it
The only Statement from a citizen Of
Carmel favorlng the site was made by
Fred W. Johnson, who said those who
favored the location had not drtRnme9
up a crowd, but can drum up a bigger
one than this" number of persons
present privately expressed their ap-
proyaI Of the location.
In replying to the arguments Of the
persons protesting against the site, Gov
ernOr McCray called attention to the ne
cessity Of the institution and declared
s. per cent Of the people have no concep-
ton OF its character.
THE refOrmatory IS not menace to
society," he said. When the bin for
the removal Of the institution FIRST came
before the Legislature in 1919 the clti-
zeQs Of Jetfersouviile made such efforts
to retain It that the bill finally died in
the Lieutenant Governors pocket
THE ref0rmatory must be located
some place. The commission feels that Il
should be not more than fifteen miles
from indianapolis. I am not prepared
to say where it will be. But I can assure
you that the institution will not be a
menace 10 the community. The officers
and employees are charged with the duty
Of preventing 1t from being a monaco"
MEANS ADDITION
TO POPULATION.
The Governor called attention to the
fact that about one hundred persons are
employed at the reformatory and that
they with their families will move into
the neighboI lood in which the institu-
tiOn Is situated.
Thomas DALEY Of Indianapolis, a mem
Der Of the removal commission, declared
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Evansville Man
Gets Revenue Job

Otto Durre Of Evansville, has been
appointed stamp deputy in the internal
revenue department and will be stationed
at Evansville, according to an announce
ment made by NJ. Burt Thurman, col
lector Of internal revenue, today. MI
Durre viii take the place Of Ralph Nor
ford in the Evansville office, Mr.. Nor
ford having been transferred to the In
dianap0Hs office as special stamp tax
clerk.
Louis Tracewell Of the indianapolis
office Of the department has been trans
ferret to Evansville, where he becomes
zone deputy collector. All these
changes become effective at once, ac-
cording to Mr.. Thurman
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Held as Author of
Own Army Discharge

Shelby Campbell Powers was held to
the Federal grand jury by Commissioner
Howard s. Young today when arraigned
before him on a charge Of forging and
counterfeiting a discharge from the
United States Army.
Powers was arrested Thursday on COM
plant Of Investigators Of the Department
of Justice. who reported he had forged
honorable discharge from the service He
had been exhibiting his discharge and
asserting 1t to be the one he received
from the Army, officials said.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Peggy Marsh Holds
$4,000 Isn't Enough
for Year in Exile

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-Peggy Marsh
Broadway actress and the central figure
in the fight to have her child recognized
as the son and heir Of the late Henry
Field, will not go into exile for $1,000 a
year.
Marshall Field has offered me $1,000
a year to leave the stage and get out IF
the public eye, but I cannot afford to do
It, He wanted me to go to Europe and
remain there while he lived, but I
couldn't take a gamble like that" she
said
Miss Marsh, now the wife Of Albert
Johnson, broker, said abe had dropped
legal action against the Field estate and
would devote her future to making sue
cess in vaudeville.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
3 Fined as Result of
Fight When Cars Hit

Henry Fleming negro, 475 West
Twenty Fifth street. was fined 81 and
costs on charge of assault and battery
I'm city court yesterday afternoon. Leon
ard Meffard, 221S Pferson avenue, who
had the fight with tho negro politician,
was fined 81 and costs for operating 2
motor vehicle while under the influence OF
liquor, but assault and battery charges
were dismissed. Everett Johnson, 221S
Pierson avenue, who is said formerly to
have been a policeman, was fined 81 and
costs on the charge Of drunkenness.
The affair occurred on Indiana ave-
nue. Thursday when Mefford back his au-
tomobile into Jennings car and two got
into an argument that resulted in a
battle royal which ended when Traffic
Officer schaffner arrested all three men.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER HELD
AS BIGAMIST'
Thomas J. Denny of Arsenal
Faculty Said to Have
Two Wives.

Thomas J. Denny. 81. instructor in
physics and sciences at Arsenal Tech
meal High School. this afternoon WIS
arrested upon request Of sheriff A. L.
Kne of Delaware, Ohio, who said Denny
has two wives.
Dennys local address is 1927 North
Illinois street. He was 10 be returned
this afternoon to Delaware, Ohio, to face
charges of wife desertion ard child neg
lect
Sheriff Kfre said he has been on
Denny's trail for two years lie said
Denny married a Delaware girl in 1913,
Two children were born. N 1919 while
on chautauqua tour he married another
girl in Wheeling, Va, the sheriff said.
Wife No. Is about to become moth
err, according to the Ohio official.
Denny is said to he a graduate of
Ohio Wesleyan University.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Father Admits Act
to Avenge Daughter

DIES MONIES, Feb. 1S,-Harry Wood
ruff who admits he avenged an attack
on his 14-year-old daughter by staying
Lawrence Tracy, will be charged with
manslaughter, authorities today declared.
Fifteen minutes after his daughter had
been attacked, Woodruff won't to Tracy's
home called him to the door and SHOT
him dead.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Notification Is Sent
to Harding by
Mail.
ROOSEVELT MAN
Would Have Rounded
Out IL Years Next
Month.
It's Surprise
to President

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-The res
lgnatiOn Of Judge Lands from the
Federal bench at Chicago came as a
distinct surprise to President Hard
ing when the announcement OF Judge
lands proposed retirement was
made to him at the White House by
the International News Service.
Judge lands letter OF resignation
has not been received at the White
House, but the belief was expressed
by officials that the Chicago Jurist's
desire to give his entire time to or
gained baseball would be fulfilled by
he prompt acceptance Of the resig-
nation by President Harding.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Ohio Man Dies Aboard
Train Nearing City

\ man believed to be John B. Gates,
rs, Of Avon Park, Ohio, Rural Route No.
1, died on Big Four railroad train while
u this city last night.
Sam Peny, 1914 Ashland avenue, con
ductor, told the police that the man was
in a wheel chair nd was put on his
train at st. Louis, having started home
from California. He was alive when the
train passed Charleston, H., the con
ductor stated. but when near Indianap-
oils it was discovered he had died.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Citizens of Carmel Tell
Governor They'll Fight
tOKeep Kef0rm,GtOry Out

citizens vicinity
reformatory a site north of Carmel
There many
at least looks with deal Of favor Carmel
indication
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
NEW TO MAKE
HIS CAMPAIGN
FROM CAPITAL
Senator to Conduct Long Dis
lance Fight Against
A. J. Beveridge.

WASHINGTON. Feb Ex-senator New,
Indiana, today announced he viii conduct
nomination to the Senate on account of
''transcendent importance" Of early ratl-
fication Of the treaties growing out Of the
arms conference. New Is opposed for
the nomination by former Senator Bev-
eridge.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Accident Leads to
Motorists Arrest

An automobile accident resulted in the
arrest Of ira o. Morgan, 81, 1O6 South
Bradley avenue, on the charge of oper-
ating a motor vehicle while under the
influence of liquor last night. Ralph
Shortridge, 2515 East Michigan street
had his automobile parked in front of
his home and Morgan's car is alleged
to have run against it, Both aut obiles
were damaged. The police fou'es, Morgan
at his home.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Turks Murder 1000
Women and Children

LONDON, Feb. 18-One thousand
Christian women and children are re-
ported to have been massacred by Turk
ish nationalists in the region of Samsun,
according to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Constantinople today.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
NINE DEATHS
CAUSED BY FLU
AND PNEUMONIA

Eight deaths from pneumonia and one
from influenza were reported to the city
health department in the twenty four
hours ending ut 10 o'clock this morning
maintaining the new daily record Of nine
deaths from these causes set yesterday.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
To Address W Boys
Sunday Afternoon

T. A. Hayward Of the Indiana Bap-
fist Conference, win be the speaker at
the Sunday afternoon meeting for boys
in charge of the music. The meeting will
begin at 2 80 O'Clock.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-18
Farmer Crushed
to Death by Logs

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 1S.-CharIes
Phillips, SO, farmer Of Kirkpatrick, was
crushed to death late yesterday after
noon when the wagon broke on which
he was hauling load of logs, throwing
the logs on top Of him.