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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-04

Mrs. Dwight Murphy was hostess
for a luncheon for the members of
the Hoosier Tourists Club this noon.
Following the luncheon Mrs. Thomas
B. Davis spoke on, THE First Pan
American Congress" Mrs. NJ. Ross
Mason on Jose De San Martin" and
Mrs. Clyde Young on "Buenos Aires. -
Evening star., 1923-06-20
R|TCH|E TOSPEAK
At TOBACCO RALLY
Growers of Five Counties In
vite Women to Demon
stration at Marlboro.
snecis, Di,natch n The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June 20
Tobac eco growers of Ann Arundel
Charles. St Marys. Calvert and Prince
Georges county will attend a big vic
tory rally in the courthouse here Sat
urday afternoon at 1880 o'clock to
terminate the campaign conducted by
the Maryland Tobacco Growers Asso-
citation to secure control of sufficient
of the tobacco crop in southern Mary
land to insure a substantial price for
the product.
1t is understood the drive has been
quite cessful. but the results Will
not be definitely known until the
rally. A special invitation to attend
the rally is extended women. The
list of speakers will be headed by
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie and addresses
also will be made by Miss Mary E.
woman member Of the Maryland
house of delegates; William L. Mar
bury Of Baltimore and Thomas Par
ran of Calvert county.
There will be music by a band.
Tobacco growers who have not yet
sign a membership contract on or
before Saturday.
Grnveling to Begin.
Crawling of the state road from
Upper Marlboro to Groom soon will
start. Surveying is now in progress.
Improvement Of this thoroughfare is
a source of much satisfaction to resi-
dents of the southern portion Of
Prince Georges county.
An interesting program has been
prepared for union closing exercises
of the Upper Marlboro and Patuxent
elementary schools tomorrow after
noon in the high school here.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
FIRE Chief LOSES
ALEXANDRIA JOB
City Manager Says Man Will Be
Given Full-Time Appoint
ment.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 20.-The
services of Fire Chief Edward ]. Nc
Dermott will be dispensed with after
received by him from City Manager
Wilder NJ Rich.
Mr. Rich stated today that it is
the purpose of the city to put into
service at a later date a full-time fire
chief, Chief McDermott simply being
a part-time fire chief at salary OF
$500 year.
for the position ii was stated by Mr.
Rich that Paul Morton. director of
public safety, will look after the
work of fire chief. An assistant fire
fire chief will be chosen. and other
duties will be added to the job OF
fire chief. which probably will in
clude that of electrical wire inspector
for the city.
Visitors around the wharves these
hot evenings are entertained watch
ing the youngsters bathing, many. Of
the bathers diving from the high
piles along the river front. Each
night good-sized crowds gather.
Many automobilists recently have
been victims of petty thefts while
their cars were parked at various
points in the city, according to re-
ports made. Motormeter thieves
are unusually active.
The annual excursion of the Council
of Jewish Women to Marshall Hall
last evening was we'll patronized. the
evening boat carrying an unusually
large crowd.
A meeting of the chautauqua guar
antors will be held tonight at
8 o'clock in the rooms of the cham
Der of commerce. All persons de-
string season tickets are requested
to purchase them not later than Sat
urday The chautaugua will open
next Monday afternoon and close the
following Sunday night.
Rev. Carl J. Goette. pastor of Inn
manuel Lutheran Church, has gone
to Fort Wayne, Ind, to attend the
sessions of the Lutheran synod of Mis-
souri,. Ohio anu other states.
Talk on the chautauqua will be
delivered by Chester A. Gwinn before
the members of the Kiwanis Club
at the weekly luncheon of that club
which will be held at 1890 o'clock
tomorrow in the Westminster building.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
FOUR PRIESTS SHOT
IN MYSTERY ATTACK
Catholic Layman Also Wounded in
Gun Firing on Clergyman's
Home-Arrests Made.
By the Associated Press.


POCAHONTAS, Ark, June 90
Four priests and a lay official of the
Engleberg Catholic Church, near
here. were wounded in a mysterious
shotgun attack on the home of the
priests Monday night after church
conference was concluded with a
social affair.
Burton Knott, twenty, Of the En-
gleberg neighborhood, Is in Jail here
where he was brought by deputy
sheriffs shortly after the shooting.
His companion, Henry Daniels, who,
with Knott and Daniels younger
brother, was suspected of being a
member Of the party which fired
into the pastors home. was released
on 5000 bond to await preliminary
hearing. The younger Daniels was
released shortly after his arrest
Joe Bruner. lay official Of. the En-
gleberg Church and the most Sc
verely injured of the five, is in a
Jonesboro hospital, where his numer-
Gus wounds are being treated The
four priests who were struck by the
gun fire are: Father Herringer, En-
tackled; Father Straussner of Jones'
boro, Father Heflinger of Paragould
Father Froitzheim of Pocahontas.
A veritable fusillade of shots
splintered the house, entering the
window and striking the men who
ing reports received in the church
conference.
An introduction to the trouble oc-
Cured at the social gathering, when
a group of youngkneen raised a dis
turbazce and leftshring pistols.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
OYSTER WANTS3OD
0REP0L|CEMEN
Additional Men Needed to
Protect City, Commits
sioner's View.

Washington should have 800 more
policemen to handle traffic and ade-
quately patrol the rapidly growing
Commissioner Oyster.
The Commissioner, it is known. in
tends to ask Congress in the new
estimates for additional men for both
the police and fire departments.
While it is doubtful whether the
lawmakers would make provision for
as many as 800 bluecoats, Capt
oyster is hopeful of convincing the
appropriations committee that the
District of Columbia has grown TO
a point requiring more men for po-
lice protection than it now has.
with a population OF more than
4oi oi:oOo, the National Capitol has a
police department of 924 men. When
the higher officers are eliminated
there remain about $50 patrolmen.
by subtracting the men on special de-
tails the number left for street patrol
duty Is still further reduced
Then divide the patrol force into
day. night and intermediate tricks s.
OF duty and you find a comparatively
small force of patrolmen on the
streets at one time.
II Commissioner Oysters liberal
estimate of 800 men should be
STdHleu, tnere would be approx
imately 1,100 patrolmen. The Com
missioner is confident that such a re-
enforcement would produce re-
markable result in the handling OF
traffic and in the prevention and de-
lection of crime.
The ease with which vehicular
traffic was kept moving in the busi-
ness section during Shrine week by
detailing fifty additional patrolmen
to the 1st precinct demonstrated the
necessity for enlarging the force
Capt. oyster believes.
While the fire department needs
more men, 1T does not require nearly
as many as the police department
With reference to the fire depart
ment. the Commissioner is more con-
cerned over getting more motor APP
paratus. so that Chief Watson will
have a few reserve engines to put
into service when the regular ones
are laid up for repairs At the
present time the chief has to put
antiquated horse-drawn engines in
service when the motor engines are
disabled.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
URGED
TO STAY IN SCHOOL
Shaw Junior High Graduates
to Continue Their
Education.

Urging the pupils to make a plan
for their future life and prepare for
it. Professor Charles H. Wesley, de-
partment of history. of Howard Uni
versity. in an address before the
graduating class of the Robert Gould
Shaw Junior High School, today told
the graduates that they should con-
tinue their studies and enter high
school rather than be satisfied to re-
main as far as they have gone.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superintendent
OF schools. presided and the diplomas S
were presented by William L. Hous-
F. I. a. Bennett. rector OF Calvary P. f.
Church, pronounced the invocation
and benediction. Garnet c. Wilkinson,
assistant superintendent of schools,
also spoke. The school chorus sang.
The honor pupils of the school were
Lucinda Thomas, first, and Lawrence
Edelin,. second. The class officers
were Elsie Anderson, president; Law
renee Edelin,, vice president; Lucinda
Thomas. secretary. and Thornton
Miss Minneola kirkland is principal
of the Shaw School Those who grad
uated were:
Beatrice Brooks, Malvin Davis. My
ron fllZnuSn, Bernlce F1etcher, 1hel-
ma Latney, James Lindsey. George
Marshall, Elsie Anderson, Ethel Bay
lor, Jennie Bell. Theresa B.. Brown,
Mary E. Bryant. Viola Nalle, Lucy
B. Carter Charlotte Collins, Maud A.
Davis, Pearl E. Dyson. Oza B. Ford.
Janet F. Foster, Irene E. Hall
man, Malissa NJ. Holland, Frances
]: Honesty. Marjorie L. Johnson,
Etelka MacGaha. Nora V. Mitchell.
Olivia NJ Smith. Annie. Ercelia
Swami, Lucinda o. Thomas, Pearl
f. Timer. Doris II. Tuckson,
Edna Randall, Mary Rice. Helen
Robinson, Selma Taylor. Felicia
White, Alice Williams. Dorothy Worm
ley, Philip Atkins, Philip Brooks,
William Brown. William Bowen, Ches-
ter Conner. Thornton Cosby. Frank
Davis, Joseph Darthard, John Doug
lass. Pellease c. Kebble, Hilton Early,
James Elliott, Lawrence Edelin,. Will
liam Gray. William Green, Hassie
Pope, d'Aguesseau Holder, Manning
Johnson. Arthur Lanier, Joseph Miller,
Turner Pugh, William Lindley. Reli-
ford Rambeau, Sterling Savoy, Benja-
min Lewis and Timothy Ward.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
BERGDOLL RETAKEN
ON LEAVING PRISON
Draft Evader Arrested When He
Is Released From
LeavenWorth.

LEAvENWORTH, Kan. June 90
Erwin r. Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft
evader. was released from the Fort
Leavenworth disciplinary barracks
today and Immediately rearrested
8 Provided by the government with
$40 in money. new suit Of clothes
and a railroad ticket to Philadel-
phia. Bergdoll was rearrested at the
barrack gates for alleged conspiracy
to evade the draft.
Maj. j. A. Stevens, adjutant of the
barracks declared his willingness to
turn the prisoner over to the United
States district marshal at Topeka,
who communicated to Maj. Stevens
his intention to have Bergdol1 served
with the warrant
Bergdoll had served two years and
ten months of a four-year sentence.
Good behavior won fourteen months
for him.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
MD. WOMEN PLAN
SUGAR PILGRIMAGE
MobiIizing Baltimore Autos
for Capital Drive Against
Tariff.
SpeciaI Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 2o.-Plans for
a pilgrimage of Baltimore house
wives to Washington to have the
tariff on sugar removed are rapidly
taking shape. The suggestion, ac-
cording to Mrs. George NJ. Gather,
first vice president of the House
wives League. has met with instan-
. taneous favor. Many women, she
said, have volunteered the use of
their machines.
"A number of them have told me
that the moral effect of the recens
sugar parade which the women held
Gather explained. that they feel
confident a parade or pilgrimage to
even better results And many of
them are women who formerly were
not particularly enthusiastic about
women joining in parades.
The fact that the price OF sugar
did not rise, was predicted. but
that it has actually dropped half
cent, has convinced them we were
using the right tactics.
THE grocers. too, are assuring me
that women are holding out on the
boycott and that their sugar sales
since have been low--very low"
Housek eepers from all parts of the
country have been making inquiries
about the sugar parade from Balti-
more to Washington, according 10
Mrs Gather, and a letter has been
sent to President Harding asking him
to extend an invitation TO the White
House.
No date can be set until the Presi-
dent has been heard from. but the
league here will go over to Washing
ton in machines bedecked with post
ers, flags and balloons and headed by
a brass band.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
CHECKS PRODUCED
IN MORSE TRIAL
Witness Identifies 800 Drawn
by Defendants Acting as
Shipping Board Agents.

Thomas S. Keary. former auditor
OF the United States Steamship Com
pany. a Morse corporation. today con-
cluded his testimony on behalf OF
the prosecution at the trial of Charles
W. Morse. his three sons and four
others before Justice Stafford and a
jury in Criminal Division No. /. He
was subjected to a searching cross
examination by counsel for the de-
fense.
Mr. Keary identified a large batch
of checks. about 500 in all, drawn
on the impressed fund while the
Morses were acting as agents OF the
fleet corporation in operating the ves-
sells on which they had defaulted in
their attempt to purchase. The
checks bore the signatures of H. F..
Morse. Nehemiah Campbell and r. o.
White, three OF the defendants.
Letter Placed In Evidence.
In support of it's contention that
the Morses diverted the income from
the government. the prosecution read
to the jury a letter from the United
States Transport Company, a Morse
concern. directing E. A. Morse TO ap-
ply receipts from this source to the
completion of ships being built at
the Virginia plant The letter also
requested an accounting Of low S57,-
o5S previously advanced had been
spent.
Attorney Nash lockwood for the
defense, conducted the cross-exam-
ination of the witness. He brought
out that Keary had entered the EN-
ploy of tho Morses direct from high
school and within a year had risen
from bookkeeper to auditor.
Another Fact Developed.
The LAWYER also developed that the
s260.000 In dividends. which were re-
lated to the jury by the auditor as
received by the Morses, consisted
chiefly of notes and that compara-
lively little cash was paid. For in
stance. he showed that a dividend
appearing as $3.50 on the books net
ted c. w. Morse s239.10 in actual
cash: that $4,000 shown for another
Of the Morses was represented by
1895 in real money.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
ATTACKS INCREASE
|NPE0PLESP POWER
Weeks Says More Democracy
Threatens American
Systems.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. June c0.-Re-
sist the agitators advising nostrums
for fancied ills of the body polite
and defend the system of indirect
representative democracy. which now
prevails in the United States, Secre-
tary of War Weeks urged in a COM
mencement address at Brown Uni
Versity today.
The system of government inherited
from the American forefathers, he
said. is being endangered and weak
ened by attempts at change on the
part of malcontents and by the
political inertia of believers in Amer
lean representative government.
Lesson of History.
Criticizing radicals. who. he said,
thought they could legislate quickly
into existence panaceas for the
worlds ills. Secretary Weeks said
wisdom of those rather conservative
methods and policies which have guild
ed the nation since the days of i776."
One of the most important weapons
used by the reformers, he asserted.
was the initiative and referendum,
ing fancies which are rapidly demon
strating their worthlessness or they
marked the beginning of the end of rep
resentative government"
The initiative and referendum
situation was deplorable, Secretary
Weeks declared. in that it took gov,
ernmental control from the hands of
regularly and competently elected
representatives of the people and put
it in the hands of a mass of people.
informed on legislation. He illus
trated his point by analyzing amend
ments to various state constitutions,
made possible by the system.
Critfcises Attempts.
The cabinet officer roundly criticised
attempts to change the procedure of
the United States Supreme Court, to
stabilize the dollar. to adopt complete
open diplomacy. to effect disarma-
ment and to extend the primary sys-
tenn to the national elections.
only one kind of disarmament"
he said. will ever occur in the world
in our generation. or those which fol-
ultaneous disarmament of every
world power"
"The number Of grotesque results
from the action of the initiative and
referendum" he declared, Justify a
serious question as to the result of
is little use for US to elect men to
represent US in our legislatures. have
them study the important public
problems demanding solution. expect
them to base their course Of action
on reliable information and render
their decision without prejudice, If
we do not intend to abide by their
decisions.
In our $50 years of national life
the government has met every test
and when we turn toward a more
complete democracy l believe we are
lessening our ability to govern our
selves and weakening our govern
mental organization"
Evening star., 1923-06-20
MAN ASKS DIVORCE.
Charles E. Ramey Charges Wife
With Cruel Treatment.

Charles E. Ramey today asked the
District Supreme Court for a limited
divorce from his wife, Llilu I. Ramey,
on the ground of cruelty. They were
married March 8. 1908 and have three
children. The husband tells the court
her demands to move from place to
place, being dissatisfied with each
home that he rented or bought. Once
he purchased place in Virginia and
after they had been there a short
time Mrs. Ramey. without his knowl-
rented a house, and told him she was
moving the household effects there.
The husband says his wife struck
him, scratched his face and threw a
water glass at him. He is represented
by Attorney Thomas H. PatteFson. Z
Evening star., 1923-06-20
COMMISSION Is NAMED.

Before leaving on his western trip
today President Harding named the
American Battle Monuments Com
mission, which will have charge of
m memorials to be erected for American
soldiers on foreign battle fields. The
commission will consist of Gen. John
J. Pershing. Senator David A. Reed
of Pennsylvania. Representative
John Philip Hill of Maryland, Col.
Thomas w. Miller of Delaware, Col.
d. John Markey of Maryland, Capt.
r. G. woodside of Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Fred w. Bentley of Illinois. Commits
sioners. Maj. X. H. Price, U. 8. A..
secretaFy- 8 s
Evening star., 1923-06-20
ASKS PARTICULARS
IN LOGAN TRIALS
Court Demand Hits Prosecution by
Exposing Hand, 0bjec-
ton Plea.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEWISBURG, w. Va, June 90
The prosecution in the Logan ARMED
march" trials was under instructions
when court convened today to be
prepared to submit to the defense a
bill of particulars in the case against
William Blizzard, sub-district presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers.
charged with being an accessory to
murder in connection with the kill
ing of George Munsy during the
miners march in 1921.
The bill of particulars was re-
quested after Judge S. H. Sharp had
overruled a defense motion to quash
the indictment. The request was op-
posed by the prosecution on the
ground that to give the Information
asked would be placing In the hands
Of the defense the states proof of
it's charges
Evening star., 1923-06-20
$50 JUNIOR HIGH GRADS.
II Dispatch to The Star

r CUMBERLAND. Md, June 20.-A
class of ESQ graduated today from
Junior High School into Allegany
High School. The exercises were
held in Junior High auditorium The
address was delivered by Edward F.
webb. county superintendent OF
echso,s. The class was presented by
Ais6 label Ireland. principal.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
Woo and Wed in
80 Minutes to
Appease Justice
Special pispatch to The Star.

opeclHI DIBpatch 10 NE Stdr'
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June 20.
"A record was established here
when Michael Henry Ramsburg
and Mrs. Rosie Lanham. widow,
of Berkeley Station. this county.
wooed and were married within
half an hour. The couple were
brought before Justice Fred III.
Baker on a minor charge. He told
them they might take their choice
OF four sentences $50 fine,
bond for $50, Imprisonment in the
county jail or marriage. They
chose marriage. The justice Sc
cured a minister, a constable Sc
cured the license and they were
married in the Justices office with
off1cials as witnesses.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
TRAINS IN MINE RESCUE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FROSTBURG, Md, June 2o.-Frank
Powers, one of the district mine in
spectors, spent week at Kempton,
Md, where he took first-aid train
ing with employees of Davis Coal and
Coke Company at Kempton mine.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
MEASLES CLOSES SCHOOL.
pecial Dispatch to The St,

speciaI DISPATCH to The Star.
FROSTBURG. Md, June 20-The
school at Miller Mines, near here.
Miss Anna Manley. teacher. was
Obliged to close because of the cpl
demic Of measles in the neighbor-
hood. twenty-five out of twenty
three pupils were Ill and only one
reported at school.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
fFemale' Gobbler
Does Household
Work for Guinea
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The star
FREDERICKSBUR Va, June
20.-Charles A. Gordon of Flat
Run has remarkable gobbler.
The fowl was missed from the
place for several days. After an
extensive hunt il was found in a
secluded place sitting on a nest Of
guinea eggs.
1t was taken to the house. and
it's motherly instincts are being
utilized on a setting of turkey
eggs. 1t seems to like the job and
has to be taken from the nest for
feeding.
Evening star., 1923-06-20
TENNIS CLUB FORMED.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
kEYSER. w. Va, June 20-The
Keyser Tennis Club has been formed
here. c. c. Hough was elected tenn
porary chairman and Mrs. Julia
Wright Gibson, temporary secretary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-31
LHEERGt ffs s EN1Np
Settling Our Big Problems
On Vacation

some fundnmec,af problem, would
conclude that the sane thing 10 do
would be 10 take on no more prob.
lens until We had settled some OF
those already upon US. But did an
User ever falter when Il came TO tell.
ing the universe how 10 revolver No
moro than he ever persists In the
enforcement OF law once the new
wears off.
Scores Of thousands OF new laws
wo add 10 our burden each year the
nation over. and each year we irun.
die away cart loads OF statute books
filled with former laws which We for.
get. while we play with the new
ones. But all the time these noun.
tains OF ancient fool laws arc on the
books, and offer opportunity for any
official. politician or candidate 10
getting cheap notorlety by digging
them up and throwing them NJ us.
Not only Is tho negro problem
farther from settlement than 1t was
100 years ago. but only tho extermi.
nation or the Indians has savcd us
from another bobble in admlnistra.
ton. The prohibition thing VIII be
a horror for 100 years. n we persist
In our present course. the immigra.
ton problem has only taken a tenn.
porary vacation. our Monroe doctrine,