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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-09

OK HOosier amateur fsticuff
~ maulers are in Boston striv-
ing to bring more athletic fame
back to the Banks Of the Wa
bash. The national serior anna
teur boxing tournament opens
in the Hub city tonight and it
will continue through Tuesday.
The Hoosier party left here Saturday
and the boys are in charge Of George
Lipps of the Hoosier A. C. Five of the
six lads making the trip are Indian
apolis residents and the sixth is Cul-
yer cadet.
Roy Wallace. national junior middle
weight champion, is entered in the
Boston meet and his friends believe
he is in line to upset a few opponents.
Fact Of the matter, much is expected
Of all six Indiana boys. They have
Here are the six: Roy Wallace, middle
weight; George MulhoIland, heavy
weight; Alex Bush, light heavyweight;
George Hermann, flyweight; Ray
Hahn, lightweight; Charles AltA
featherweight. Mulholland was ma
tional junior light heavyweight cham
pion of 1922.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
ITALY MAKES OFFER TO
SETTLE PREPARATION CRISIS

BIZ United NetCs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. - Italy
has made a virtual offer Of media
ton to bring about a settlement of
the reparations and Ruhr crisis, it
was learned authoritatively here to-
day.
This important step. the first def
mite move by any nation to readjust
affairs in Europe since France Occu-
pied the Ruhr, has been taken only
within the last few hours.
The Italian plan is:
THE government of Benito Nus
soIini, the Italian Fascist leader, be
ieves that the situation in Central
Europe brought about by the French
occupation of the Ruhr not only
threatens the peace of Europe but it
is an entirely untenable and impossi
BILE one.
2-Italy stands ready to do what
she can 10 compose this situation and
bring about a settlement and she
wants the opinion and suggestions
of other interested countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
WOOD ALCOHOL
CAUSES DEATH
Body of Man, Dead Since
Thursday Found,

Evidently dead since Thursday the
body of Matt Dettlinger, So, of 144
N, East St, was found in his room
today in a half-sitting posture against
the bed. An empty bottle that Cor
oner Robinson said had contained
wood alcohol, was found beside him.
Mrs. Jane Boffing, who conducts the
rooming house where Dettlinger lived,
said she had not seen him since
Thursday. When she attempted to
enter his room today she found the
door barricaded With the assistance
of Charles England, a roomer, the
room was entered and Dettlinger
found.
Coroner Robinson said death was
due to acute alcoholism. Evidently
Dettlinger was removing his clothes
as he died, the coroner said. A sis
ter of the dead man is known to live
in Indianapolis, but police have been
unable to locate her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
EUROPE is IN FOR
TROUBLE'-GOMPE PERS
Labor Leader ConferS With
Carpenters,

Europe is in for trouble and lots
of It," said Samuel NJ. Gompers, presi-
dent OF the American Federation Of
Labor. who was in Indianapolis to-
day attending labor conferences
Who can predict further?" he asked.
The labor leader was at national
headquarters Of Carpenters and join
ers, 232 z. Michigan st.
THE country now has a verdict OF
not guilty fro meleven farmers anG
one miner on the jury of the Herrin
trial." said Mr.. Corners in comment
ing on acquittal Friday of five men
in connection with the Herrin massa-
ere. There must have been some
convincing evidence"
Mr.. Gompers arrived last night to
advise officials Of the Carpenters
Union regarding a membership cam
paign and plans for enlarging activity.
Mr. Gompers will go to Lafayette
tonight. where similar conference
with the Painters and Decorators
Union will start Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
Grocer Conspiracy
Is Charged in Court
Eighty Defendants Named in Plea for $50000O Damages
by Climax GrocerS Coffee Co.

charges the defendants instructed
their travelling salesman 10 tell mem
bers and prospective members Of this
buying and selling exchange that tho
Climax Company was financially in
volved and incapable OF fulfilling
agreements TO sell staple groceries at
cost prices and that members would
lose all money invested in capital
stock OF the plaintiff company"
The following companies and Off
cials are named defendants:
George G. Griffin William ]. Grif-
fin and Gustave schnull, doing bust
ness as Schnull & %; J. c. Perry &
Co, NJ. O'Connor & Co. J. p. Michael
Company, Indianapolis Fancy Grocery
Company, Grocers' Supply Company,
George c. Brinkmeyer & Co, Jaggers
Wholesale Grocery Company, Kothe.
Wells & Bauer Co., and G. A. Senrae-
der Company. all Of Indianapolis.
Chales w. Bauermeister Company,
Bement .Rea Company, Human & Co.,
the A. Cafe Company and Thornton
Brothers Company, Terre Haute.
McMann.Lieb Company. Anderson.
O. w. Pierce Company. Lafayette.
Joseph A. Goddard Company,
Muncie.
Elliott Grocery Company, Logans-
port.
Sixty individuals. officers of the de-
fendant companies, also were made
defendants.
The charges Of conspiracy We're
vigorously denied by Indianapolis
wholesalers.
Bunk" said Arson B. Conkle
president OF the Grocers Supply Com
pany. There has been no attack
made on the Climax Company in any
way shape or form"
It's a big joke" asserted John c.
Smith. president of the Indianapolis
Fancy Grocery Com ANY.
The charges also were denied on be-
half of the other defendants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

accustomed to national independence have ever
been able long to tolerate foreign yoke"
"Chancellor Cuno's action is the first mani
festaton of the spirit Of revolt. It Will certainly
grow in intensity. The lash will then fall sooner
or later and Germany will inevitably be driven to
desperate courses. A communist Germany would
infect Europe"
"Russa, with her incaculable resources of men
and material, is at hand needing all that Germany
can best give and best spare. The Bolshevik lead
ers only require what Germany is 50 well fitted to
supply in order to reorganize their country and
convert it into the most formidable state in
Europe or Asia"
France has once more jumped on the pros
trate form of Germany, and the sabots have come
down with a thud that will sicken the heart of
multitudes on both sides of the Atlantic whose
friendship for France stood the losses and griefs
of four years war"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
ALLIED ARMIES OF OCCUPATION HAVE
COST GERMANY SIX MILLIARD GOLD MARKS.

How many students of the problem reparaons
taken the trouble ascertain the wheretO the maintenance
of the allied armies of occupation have already drained the
of Germany? Between direct cash payments and the
Of supplies with outlay labor material for building huge
barracks these armies have already Germany mard gold
marks-roughly mlliard and half dollars.
How much better it would have been of this money
had gone the rebuilding Of the devastated area
It not without significance that Germany being
ramped for what the American representative Paris
termed her technical default recoec that
pense of army occupation contributions already
ward reparaons Germany has already paid the allies three
times the amount of the total exacd by Bismarck
This is without making any allowance for the highly
developed colonies which she surrendered Let therefore
approach this problem they dealing with recacrant
country that deliberately refusing acknowledge any
obligations under the treaty which she has signed.
So far have only outlay upon these
aggressive The indirect the victor
pushed alike will be crushing.
1t is already accumuang The deprecated
the value of the franc and thus reduced its purchasing capacity
abroad This loss must be borne by the French
may be rally; but shall be surprised if the improvement
more than temporary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
CRUSADE AGAINST
SPLITTING OPENED
Health Force Gets 20 New
Inspectors.

An organized crusade against spit
ting on sidewalks, street cars and in
public places will begin Monday, when
twenty additional inspectors will be
added to the city health force, Her
man G. Morgan. secretary of the
board of public health, announced to-
day.
The department for a period Of two
weeks has been watching public con-
gregating places with a view toward
determining the cause Of prevailing
respiratory diseases, Morgan said. Al
though forty persons have been
brought up in police court and fined
81 each for careless splitting, Morgan
said the habit was continuing un-
abated. Every person caught violat-
ing the city ordinance on splitting, as
well as the State law, will be ar
raigned in police court and fined, he
declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
BULLET FIRED IN
CROWDED STREET
Alleged Forger Escapes Pur-
SuGrS,

One shot was fired at q negro who
attempted to pass an alleged forged
check in the woman's department OF
the Fletcher-American National Bank
at noon today when the man ran
from the bank into a crowd on Mar
ket st.
A teller in the bank called the at
tentiOn Of Frank Wocher, head OF
the wOman's department, to the
check, which was for $12. While
Wocher was calling the police, the
man plunged through the door and
into the street.
Gilbert Roberts. bank policeman.
pursued him. The man ran north
through an alley and as he entered
the alley Roberts fired one shot. The
man continued to Wabash St, ran
west to Pennsylvania and disap-
peared
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

Charging certain wholesale gro
GERS and grocery companies conspired
to destroy its business, the Climax
Grocers Coffee Company filed suit to
day against eighty individuals and
companies in Superior Court. Room 3.
Damages Of $1,000 and an injunc-
tion to restrain continuance of the
alleged injurious activities are asked.
The plaintiff company says 1t re-
Gently substituted for its former Gus
tom Of selling its products through
a cooperative purchasing
organization Of retail grocers. 1t
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
Forme rPrenaie|s sOninous predict
Communist Germany Would Infect World

"XXTHEN French troops marched on Essen
they began a movement the most far
reaching and probably most sinister in its conse-
quences that has been witnessed for many
centuries in Europe"
''When one thinks of the consequences one is
driven to ask whether French politicians really
seeking reparations or are pursuing another pur-
pose quite incompatible with the recovery Of
money payments under the treaty"
'Frenchmen still banker after the days when
the Saxons and Bavarians and Wurtemburgers
were allies and almost vassals Of France against
Prussia. That was the lure that led the third
Napoleon to his ruin. It is the attraction which is
now drawing France once more toward a sure
DOOM"
'The French proclamation with its threat of
'severest measures in case of recacitrancc' is
Ominous Of much that may happen No people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
LEAGUE MAY PROVIDE
FRANCE DIGNIFlED WAY OUT

BIZ CHited NetCs
LONDON. Jan. 2O-The League of
Nations officials expect the league to
be called upon eventually to provide
France with a "dignifed way out" OF
the reparations and Ruhr situation, II
was learned authoritatively here to-
day.
Proponents Of this belief said that
the last session Of the league adopted
resolutions urging closest attention
to the reparations problem. A gen
eral belief prevails among many here
that France viii fail in her ''forceful
measures" in the Ruhr, and after
this failure viii turn to the league.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
Portland Troopers
Members of Klan,
Mayor Tells M'Cray
Governor Declines to Comment on Statement That Guards
Participated in Hooded Parade -Adjutant General
Says State Can Not Int efere With individuals,

led to believe that the ar1nory in this
city is a hot bed for the dissemina-
ton Of the doctrines of the Klan.
Trouble May Result
For the reason I do not believe
a guardsman can swear allegiance to
his government and the Klan at one
and the same time, I entreat that you,
as Chief Executive Of the State, order
thorough and complete investiga-
ton Of the guard units of Portland,
this to be made at once, as I am Of
the belief that serious trouble may
result between Klansmen, as repre-
sented by the officers and privates of
the Indiana National Guard and
those of our citizens who are op-
posed to the Klan.
'I will set out further urgent
reasons why I am asking for an in
vesugation. namely:
That it is charged that all four
captains and some Of the other com
missioned officers of the National
Guard units here are members of the
Klan.
That the guard officials are very
active in Klan work and that the
National Guard amory in this city is
considered Klan headquarters.
Bitterness of Feeling
THAT because of the activity of
certain Of these officers great bitter
ness had been stirred up, religious
prejudices created and to some extent
racial hatred aroused.
THAT during the course Of a parade
Of masked men in the city Jan. II,
1923 the guard officers and members
Continued on Page TwO.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
SAFE ROBBERY FAILS
Kit of Thief's Tools Found in Motor
COmpany'S Office.

safe of the O'Brien Motor Car Co.,
1908 n. Meridian St, was made some
time Friday night. Employees. on
opening the establishment today,
found the hinges sawed off the door
of the safe. The robbers evidently be-
came frightened as a kit of tools was
found on the floor beside the safe,
officers of the company said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
CHIEF RAPS CARD PLAYING
Police Get Orders to Stop Games in
PooIroOms.

Police today had orders from Police
Chief Rikhoff to enforce q rule pro
hibiting card-playing In poolrooms
whose proprietors have been convicted
of keeping gambling hOusdes.
The chief said that, although the
card playing Is not always for money
it almost invariably leads 10 gambling
IN the poolrooms. He said poolrooms
should be devoted TO playing pool.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
FALLING MARK IS DRAGGING FRENCH AND
BELGIAN FRANC ALONG DOWNWARD CoUFsE

All obvious the unframed eve is
the wherein the mark dragging the French Belgian
franc slowly along its downward distance
between them enghens and the invisible which
together becomes and attenuaed may ultimately
snap will associa-
ton. That doubt for bankrupt Germany country
which the hopeful look means of
redeeming French deficits
Once that clear to the French peasant he readily
with his savings, and the real difficulties of finance
will begin that stage policy therefore, which
the German is which also fatal to the sovency
of French finance
Let us follow the probable sequel of events.
The terrified German mark rushing headlong bot
of the pit where the Austrian krOnen already bevond
AS long reparaton coal dug with bayonets and
reparaton timber cut down by swords it is idle of
restoring the mark by putting German finance in
No tariff however nmbe keep pace with the
mark It would battle the resourcef minister financed
Continued Page
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
12-Year Pursuit of $40 Ends Here

have been made in various cities
without success, Greenleaf said.
Greenleaf got an attachment on
$50 of Wards salary honored in a
local court Friday, and a deputy
sheriff obtained service, the attor-
ney said.
Friends of Ward said the affair
would be straighteged out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

An appeal to investigate the alleged
connection Of four units Of the Indiana
National Guard at Portland with the
Ku-Klux Klan was received by Gov
ernor McCray today from Mayor II.
NJ. Fleming of Portland.
Mayor F1eming's letter read in part,
according to a dispatch:
Il wish to call your attention to
the situation in regard TO activities
of commissioned officers and privates
of the National Guard units in this
city with the Ku-Klux Klan. I am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
Former British War Premier Says Determination to Wiring
Reparation8 Out Of Germ any Through Invasion Is
Most Sinister Move of Centuries.
HOLDS AGGRESSIVE MEASURES MEAN CRUSHING COST
Lure That Led Third Napoleon to Ruin Cited by States
man Who Holds DiSintegration Of TeutonS viii
Lead to New Strife,
By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE,
speelaI contrIbutor to IndIanapoIls TImes.

written by the former British
premier S Indianapolis In
article copyright United Features Syndicate
Britain by London Chronicle EXCLUSIVE
United Syndicate Reproduction
prohibited. All rights reserved.l
A LGECIRAS (Via London), Jan. 20.-France has once
"A jumped the PROSTATE form of Germany and
the sabots have down with thud that will sicken
the heart Of multitudes both sides of the Atlantic
whose friendship for France stood the losses and gres
Of four years
Germany having been overjlrown and dsarmed after
prodigious effort involving strain upon the combined
strength of America Italy and the whole British EN-
pire well as France, and her arms bound with the
thongs of treaty the process of dancing her
while she is down at any time be performed
with complete impunity by any of these powers
alone.
The spectacle every time it is repeated provides much
satisfaction to those who indulge in the barren delights of
revenging the memory of past There is doubt
joy for the unsportsmanke mind in kicking helpless
giant who maltreated you, and who but for the
sstance powerful negbors would have dor second
time.
But what good will it bring devastated France or~er
taxed aesY The additional coal that will be wrung out of Ger
will barely the direct of collection Although Ger
many bears the extra the expense of these punitive
all the end diminish the of reparaons there
ore fall on the victor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

After trying for twelve years
BILLY" Burns, vaudeville actor on
the bill at Keith's Theater next
week, today thought he finally had
his hands on s20.45 Of the money of
Solly Ward, a principal in the
Music Box Revue" showing this
week at English's. According to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

Morris Greenleaf, indianapolis at
torney for Burns, he loaned Ward
the money in the East, taking a
promissory note. Five years ago, ac-
cording to Greenieaf, Burns got a
judgment in Detroit court against
Ward.
Efforts to get ,SSsrvtce on Ward
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
GERMAN COAL BARONS
ARE PUT UNDER ARREST

ESSEN, Jan. 2O.-Fritz Thyssen,
Industrial leader, and five German
coal barons were arrested by the
French today and transported under
armed guard to Dusseldorf.
This was done because they refused
to meet the French terms and work
the Ruhr mines for the benefit of
France.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
THIS is EASY FOR BURGLAR

Mrs. Dorothy Stafford, 1928 W.
New York St, left her door key on
the rear porch for her husband and
went upstairs. She heard a noise
ana found the rear door open. She
told police a burglar had taken 81
from a purse. hanging on the wall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

Bv United Press
PARIS. Jan. 2O.-The French high
command has information that leads
It to fear the Germans will attempt
a coup in the Ruhr in a few days, &C
cording 10 unofficial dispatches from
Dusseldorf today.
The dispatch said the French Off
cials had been advised important
quantities Of arms and ammunition
have been secretly brought into the
Ruhr by the Germans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
FESLER TURNS DOWN
BRIDGE GANG CLAIMS
Says Men Asking Wages Not En-
plOyed by County.

plOyed by County.
Claims totaling $7440 filed today
with the county auditor by five mem
bers of the 1922 county bridge gang
were turned down by Leo K. Fesler,
the auditor The action was ap-
proved by the county commissioners
"Those five men never were reap
pointed, but went out Jan. 1 and
loafed around the county yards three
days in spite of that fact They
won't get a cent" said F'esler.
Names on the claims were Jake
Rienbold, w. o. Christina, John Hen
nessey, Nathan Shank and Tom Brs-
bane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

These are busy days for Miss
Florence II. Meade. supervisor Of
the library bureau of the Amer
can Legion national headquarters
in the Chalfant building, who has
been assigned the task Of checking
legion membership cards.
Directing a force of from fifteen
to twenty girls, Miss Meade will
check and distribute more than one
million cards. They arrive often
at the rate Of 1900 a day. Follow
up work viii last for many weeks.
During the war Miss Meade
served with the Y NJ. c. A. in
Brest and later with the Army Of
Occupation at Coblenz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
ELEVEN IRISH REBELS
FACE GUN SQUADS
Executions Carries Out for Oifenses

BIZ United Press
DUBLIN, Jan. 2O-Eleven insur-
gents were executed in Ireland today
for ofenses against the Free State
government.
Five were executed at Athlone for
carrying arms, it was officially an
nounced
A dispatch from Limerick said two
were executed there for train wreck
ing and carrying arms
Four were executed at TraIle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
GERMAN ARMY
REPORTEDON WAY
To RUHR VALLEY
High Command at Paris Gets
Word of Coup Planned
in District.

By CHffed Press
PARIS. Jan. 20.-German regular
troops are reported moving from Kat
towitz in the direction Of the Ruhr
valley, which Is occupied by the
French The strength Of this force
is unknown. There was no official
confirmation Of the report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
THE WEATHER

Forecast for indianapolis and vi
ciniJy is unsettled tonight and Sun
day. Probably rain. Somewhat colder
Sunday.
HOTTRTV TEMPER ATTIRE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20

Ability and perseverance won for
Miss Lila Dunn. 1920 w. Thirtieth
ST., the scholarship for evening
courses in the extension department
of Indiana University given by the
Indiana Association Of Business and
Professional Women, according to
Mrs. Della Thompson, dean of girls
at Shortridge, who recommended her.
Miss Dunn viii finish her work in
ShOrtridge next week. and will imme-
diately take a position with a local
bank. During the evenings she will
attend the classes of the university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
ONE BANDIT KILLED
IN BANK ROBBERY
By United Press

yer DueI-$5, 900 Gone.
By United Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 20.-One
bandit was killed and a bank cashier
and q customer shot when three gun
men held up the Prayne Ave State
Bank here today.
e. c. Ecklund, cashier and Charles
Carlson, a customer, were wounded
in a battle with the bandits. Police
man Olsen shot one Of the robbers
while the other two escaped with
$1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
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Forecast

T UNSETTLED tonight and
- Sunday, with probably
rain. Somewhat colder weather
for Sunday.
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led to believe that the armory in this
city is a hot bed for the dIssemina-
tinn of the doctrines Of the Kim