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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
League of Nations Issue Again
Threatens Split in G. O. P. Ranks
BIZ United Nctos


W. WASHINGTON, April 14.-In
~ the week which has elapsed
since President Harding
speaking at Augusta, Ga, declared
that the country's international rela-
lions were never better and that do
nestle affairs would now be the chief
concern, the League of Nations issue
has suddenly come to life and split
the Republican party into three
groups which are likely to engage in
bitter struggle for supremacy unless
the White House can bring about
harmony
These three factions are taking
shape as follows:
/. Extreme anti-leaguers. Borah.
Johnson, Mccormick and others Of
the old irreconcilable battalion have
suddenly become alarmed and fear
that President Harding has yielded
to pro-league advisers and is propos-
ing membership in the international
court as means Of slipping into the
| league itself when the appropriate
time comes.
2. Pro-league Republicans. Senator
George Wharton Pepper of PennsvI-
vania, John Hays Hammond, chair
man of the coal commission: former
Governor Henry Allen Of Kansas and
number Of league reservationists
who were formerly hostile in varying
degrees to the league, now favor
American participation if satisfactory
| changes are made in the covenant.
3. Harding Hughes international
court advocates. Grouped with the
President and the Secretary of State
| is a considerable section OF the party
which favors joining the international
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
VICTIMS WIDOW
TELLS HOW MOB
KILLED HUSBAND
Woman in Arkansas Town
Describes Rule of
VIgiIanteS,
BY MRS. L. c. GREGOR

A FREIGHT train on the Mis-
~ souri, s North Arkansas pulled
into our town about o'clock
Monday morning, Jan. Is, and a mob
Of armed men got of.
My husband was at home, and he
stayed with the baby while 1 went
downtown TO see the mob. From the
postofice saw them take a union
man named Tom Phifer and hurry
him across the street to a telephone
pole.
They shot down under his feet and
then hit him over the head with d
gun. saw him stagger ! heard the
gunshots and saw the smoke
l hurried home. but as approached
saw part Of the mob was already
there and 7 heard one man say: I'VE
have sent for the dynamite and we
will blow it to atoms. and then burn
It down. We will get him out of
there"
That is my house and my baby in
there" ! shouted to him. you stop
that mob from shooting my house 3"
The mob started to yell Crowd in
on her. crowd in on her" all the
while shots being fired into the house.
I recognized a number of Harrison
business and professional men in the
mob.
finally got to the porch and dashed
into the kitchen. The kitchen glass
door was shot out We counted
nineteen bullet holes in the door be-
sides what had gone through the
glass. They had also shot through
the bedroom windows and through
the side wall.
Mr. Gregor was in the kitchen. The
leader of the mob came to the door
and said: Mrs. Oregon, this mob
has come after your husband. The
best thing he can do is to surrender
and go with us. 1 will see that no
harm comes to him. If he does. 1 will
die first"
My husband and / talked it over.
said to him: II think the best
thing is for you to go with them.
They will get you anyhow. because
they are going to dynamite the house "
When a deputy sheriff, who was
with the mob, promised on his honor
that no harm would come to my nus
bany. the latter put on his coat and
hat and went with the mob.
They then searched our house.
Then ] heard one of the leaders read
off a list of union men and sympa-
thizers that they intended to get. One
of the marked men was J. l.. Clute,
mayor Of our town.
1t was next morning before I
learned of the terrible crime the mob
perpetrated In banging Mr.. Gregor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
OWSLEY ASKS FOR
FAITH IN LEGION
Declares Veterans Bureau
VIII Be Investigated,
BIZ United Neios

bV CHtCSU y eos
"HICAGO, April 14.--Declaring
that the American Legion will
continue it's insistenoe on an
investigation of the United States War
Veterans Bureau, Alvin NJ. Owsley,
national legion commander. appealed
to Chicago business men Friday to
retain their faith in the legion as
being the rightful ex.service man S
organization, and to keep the vet
Grams fighting Sin peace as they did
in war times"
Owsley declared the veterans bu-
reau must be Investigated from top
to bottom and that politics must be
stamped out Of it,
Congress created the veterans
bureau as a channel through which
to care for disabled service men," said
Owsley. And any politician who
takes advantage Of the wealth spent
in sustaining the bureau to find a
soft berth for some friend is not
worthy Of the name American. He
should never be reelected"
Owsley, who recently returned from
trip along the Panama Canal de-
olared the land defenses Of the costly
canal are inadequate and almost OBJ
solete"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
BRITISH DOMIN|ONS
SEEKING GREATER
FREEDOM IN RULE
Canada and Australia En-
numbered by Imperial
Tendencies,
(Copgrtght, 1898, By United NemsJ

ONDON, April 14.--NeW arrange
ment which will mark an historic
- advance in Englands attitude
| toward her overseas doninions prob
ably will be the outcome of the con-
troversy growing out of the domin-
ions demand for greater freedom in
settling their own problems.
When the Canadian representative
in Washington dropped over to the
State Department and signed a fisher
les treaty which concerned only Can
ada and the United States, he started
something. BY neglecting to get the
permission Of London, he raised the
whole issue Of how far a British do
miniOn can go in controlling its own
affairs. and still remain an integral
part of that vast domain loosely
known as the British empire.
The incident at Washington has al
ready brought up for serious consider
alton d proposal that frequent per.
sonal consultation be arranged be
tween the home government and the
common .wealths. 1t is felt that meet
ings must he provided to span the In
tervals between the conferences OF
prime minister's, which are often dan
gerously long
The United States has a direct and
vital interest In this evolution of
British imperial tendencies. There are
countless questions which arise be-
tween the United States and Australia.
which have not the remotest actual
connection with England. American
settlement of questions relating to
Australian wool. or Canadian fish.
may be hopelessly delayed because Of
the present cumbersome imperial ma
Chinery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Federal Judge Fills Jails With
Leggers-Quits Imposing Fines

Some months ago, Judge Morris
came to the conclusion that assessing
OF fines on bootleggers, instead of de-
creasing the traffic in booze, tended
to stimulate it because 1t made the
bootieggers hustle all the harder to
make back the money they had paid
out in fines. So he began giving them
all Jail sentences.
He has filed the Ramsey, Wright.
Mcleod, Wabasha. Scott and Sibley
County jails and the Jail at Winona
and is scanning the may for more
jails to accommodate his guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
BUSINESS BOOM
MAY LAST YEAR
Head Of National City Bank
Warns of Future, However,
BIZ Enitcd Press


April 14.-David r.
Forgan, president of the Ma
- tional City Bank, believes the
present business boom may last year
more, but warned in a statement Fri
day that everything that goes up
must come down, and that the safest
policy for business is to keep it's feet
on the ground"
The boom cannot last more than
a year, and we may be In another war
by that time" Forgan said.
Using as his subject War and
Credit" F'organ said France was max
ing big mistake by trying to get
milk and meat from the same COW.
He referred to the occupation Of the
Ruhr.
There is only oae way she might
get something to take home" Forgan
declared. And that way is for her
to take Berlin. The rich men have
advanced their deposits abroad. If
they coul1 be compelled to turn them
over to the government, the German
government might be in position to
pay"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
High Gas Price
Recalls First
Profits Tax

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 14.-With re
cent jumps in gasoline prices, tax
experts of Congress are recalling how
the first excess profits tax originated
in 1914. Here's how:
One day a Senator met one OF the
government tax experts. The solon
was in high fury just then because
he had been paying II cents a sal
lon for gasoline.
Cant you devise some tax TO
reach these gougers?" he demanded.
The tax expert said he could. He I'm
mediately suggested that the govern
ment determine a fair cost for gaSo-
line and apply q tax of 100 per cant
on all additional charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
High Coal Cost
Due to Greed
of Operators


wv ASHINGTON. April IA
NJ The Federal coal fact
finding commission has
found these startling facts:
That the present exorbitant
prices for coal are due almost
entirely to the greed of coal ope-
rarors.
That the coal operators are
'gouging' the public to the tune
of at least $15.OO0.00O a week and
have been doing it for many
weeks past.
Smokeless lump. Chicago mar
ket, March 81. 1929. S2.70 a ton;
March 26, 1923. IS to $6.75 a ton.
West Virginia lump. Cincinnati
market, March 27. 1922, $2.15 a
ton; March 26, 1923, $685. to 81
a ton.
Kanawa lump. Columbus mar
ket. March 81. 1922, 40 a ton:
March 20, 1928, 81 to IS ton.
The evidence at hand shows
that it is costing the coal ope-
rators no more to produce a ton
Of coal now than it did a year
ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
TIMES CORRESPONDENT
WRITES STORY WHILE HE
FLIES ACROSS CHANNEL
Luxury and Safety of Air
Travel Shown in
Trip,
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Special Cable to NEA Service and
TDdiaDaOolfs Times

Indianapolis Times.
A BOARD AN AIRPLANE OVER
n THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Il = April listing in a COM
Portable armchair l am pounding out
this story on a typewriter perched on
my knees.
Three-quarters of a mile below me ]
can see the English Channel Rather
rough. for quite a gale is blowing. To
right and left the great silvery-blue
wings Of the Handley Page.
And on either side a roaring Rolls
Royse twin-six throttled down to
carry US on schedule time. about
eighty miles an hour, according to
the speedometer in front of me.
Cottonwood is in my ears to drown
the noise. Yet that is not disagr
able. for we are inside a sort Of par
lor car" with seven chairs on either
side of an aisle and there are glass
windows.
Schedule Is Exact
Overhead. on the ceiling, is a map
of our route-London to Paris. via
Ashford, Hythe, Boulogne, Montreuil
(Sir Douglas Haig's old headquarters).
Amiens and Beauvais. The time Of
our arrival at each Of these places is
printed opposite the name
For. you see, this is just the new
way 10 travel I have only two large
suitcases with me, but in the baggage
compartment to the rear there are
several trunks belonging to another
passenger.
One Of the mechanics has just come
i'm from the outside He has taken
the chair in front Of mine and is rend-
ing-from the rack overhead--a copy
Of John OLondon "
Far down a big qiner is heading
toward Boulogne.
\ young Englishman takes his
pasteboard lunch box from the rack
and begins to eat. His drink is whisky
and soda. Cheese. tongue and ham
sandwiches. fruit cake and chocolate
for dessert. comprise his vlctuaIs.
We are sldrtng the shore line now,
bit out to sea. Far below l can
plainly make ont the beach at Etaples
and the hotel where, when things were
quiet on the British front, used TO
go for a fancy feed.
Twelve years ago. Bleriot broke his
monoplane's back crossing this same
English Channel
And Count De Lamberts feat. fly
ing around Eiffel Tower in a Wright
machine breaking the record for both
height and distance in that ono fight.
International Race On
Here comes the tag Britain is
leaving America way behind in this
flying game-a game which America
began.
Britain cut down her navy essti-
mates. thanks to the Washington con
ference But she boosted her air
force estimates by more than 5000. 900.
and may spend more to keep France
from leaving her in the shade.
Americas very existence may some
day depend on her strength in the
clouds She'd better get busy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
United States
Army SIN all
inComparison
Bg Times Special

Bg Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 14-In pro
portion to national wealth, which ar
mics are expected to protect, the
United States has by far the smallest
army of the five great powers, &C
cording to Secretary of War Weeks
who gives these figures on the ma
tional wealth per active army soldier
United States, $2,56O,000; Great Brit
ain, $245,O0 France, $4,000; Italy
$4,000; Japan, $4,000.
The number of men constituting the
active armies is given as: Russia
92S,0OO; France, 100000; Japan, 275.
90; Great Britain. 100000; Italy, $50,
900; United States, 1868; Germany
100000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Parks, Roads,
StadiurnS and
More Taxes
BIZ Times Special

wv ASH MOTION, April IL
w -Stadiums, fine parks.
fine roads. fine feathers
p and silk shirts. and then taxes.
There you have the complete
story Of your tax burden today
according TO NJ A Hole. econ
onist In the census bureau
Hole says we have all been liv-
ing like spendth1ifts and we
must take the cure. He is now
making a survey of our nation
al wealth, as he did in 1912.
Where do we tend today?"
he was asked.
ITO national bankruptcy, I'm
less we apply common sense"
he said We've got to handle
our governmental finances just
like a man would handle his
household and his own pocket
book"
The census bureau is endeav-
or1ng now to get figures in every
city and State which viii show
the tax burden 1t will be
startling picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14

consisting Of transformed muscular
tissue supplied by numerous nerves
from the spinal cord. The anterior
and posterior ends of the Longitude
nally disposed muscle columns become
oppositely electrified. and the current
passes from the tail TO the head
When the electric eel bends it's body
so that the head and tail touch diff
ferent parts Of the same fish a very
strong shock lie given. Repeated dis
charges, which may be reflex or volun-
tary. weaken the strength OF the
shocks, but the strongest are sufficient
to kill the prey.
What are the advantages mules
have over horses in the military
service?
They are more sure-footed, and. in
proportion to their size, are stronger
and more enduring than horses They
thrive on poorer fodder and are less
liable TO disease, and they are said
to be longer lived.
Which of the Great Lakes Is
the deepest?
Lake Superior.
What are the five fundamental
sciences?
Sociology. Psychology. biology
physics and chemistry
At what rate does the common
seal swim2
Aboat ten miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14

that is, the salaries paid job holders
in the city haIl-IudianapoHs again
had good rating. Only Columbus and
Providence made a better showing of
economy In administration.
The accompanying table shows what
1t cost each person in Indianapolis
and comparative cities for their gov
ernnen tin 1921, and where the money
went
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Cost of Government in indianapolis Is
Favorable Compared With Other Cities

departments Of government as made
public by the census bureau. Indian
apohs did not suffer in tho Compart-
sons. The cost TO each person in the
city in 1921 was $3.50. Compared
with ten other cities which rank near
est in population. only New Orleans.
Columbus md Providence had less
cost.
In the expenses of government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
BY JOHN CARSON
Times staff Correspondent

w WASHINGTON. April l4-De-
w spite the fact that IndianapO-
lis is carrying a very heavy
tau burden as compared with other
cities. the cost OF government pre-
sents no unfavorable comparison.
In the expenditures for all general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
By Tunes Special

a N LNNEAPOLIS April 14-Pro-
|" hibidon leaders are making
much TODD over Federal
Judge Page Morris Of this town these
days. Judge Morris is the hero of
the hour among the Saloon
League folks and all the rest Of the
prOhibitionists.
He has quit fining bootleggers and
is sentencing all the guilty ones to
jail. Out Of 800 bootlegger cases in
his last session of court in Mime
apois not a bootlegger escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14

court Of justice on the ground that it
is step toward international CO.
operation which does not bind the
United States in objectionable en-
tanglements with the league
President Harding is known to be
concerned about the situation within
his party. His effort to steer it into
the field of domestic questions ap-
pears to have come too late.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Autos Damaged; None Hurt

Two automobiles were damaged, but
the drivers uninjured. when a truck
owned by the c. B. Howard Company,
Is F. Washington St, driven by Cecil
Freeman, 232 n. Oriental ST.. col
lided with a car driven by Charles
Bauman, 900 College Ave, at Ala
bama st. and Bt. Wayne Ave. late
Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
What is the electric eel?

A fish found in the shallow parts
of the Orinoco. Amazon. and associ-
ated rivers and in the marshes near
by This fish is able to stunt a beast
of burden. It may attain a length
Of eight feet and weight of fifty
pounds. About four-f1fths of the
length is tail. and on each side of
this there hes a huge electric organ,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14

MARKET a KAYOR Shank right when he says the city
HOUSE .AIE should spend 100000 a new mar
PLANS AF1 ket house this time Indianapolis, ac-
cording to figures, pays the third
highest per capita in country high already
and no unnecessary burdens should be added
The market its present condition features
with the expenditure of much less than proposed
ket the plant could be made sanitary the
features which eyesore could be eliminated
The outside market really objectionable Stand
holders should be forced keep the premises slightly sanitary
The practice of filing the refuse should be
stopped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
BY AARON SAPIRO

TOR the five years ending with
1921, which included the high
war-price years, the tenant
farmers tobacco income averaged for
all districts the sum of 1910 per
annum. This meant that frequently
there We're no shoes for the children's
feet. He lived on pork, corn pone, -
classes and hopes.
Came the astounding seasons OF.
1918 and 1919 and, for the moment.
what seemed to him unheard-of
wealth stared him in the face
The farmer did not ask whether
such affluence might last. He Dor
rowed every new dollar he could
often mortgaged his crop--to raise
plenty of the golden weed in 1920.
Then, the gentlemen who bought
his tobacco. to deliver it in turn to
the other gentlemen who made it into
cigars, cigarettes, smoking and chew
ing tObacco-all of which the public
was buying at the same prices it had
paid for them the year before-sud-
denly decided that his tobacco had
overnight become a worthless com
modity.
The farmer was facing ruin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
TOM SIMS
SAYS:
= TE who misses his train
is slow. He who trains
ii h his Mrs. is not.

A reformer is d person who
expects a girl in S. stockings to
sit down without crossing her
knees.
People are kicking about dane
ing. Most of them can't dance.
Figuring on your marrying Is
generally considered easier than
marrying on your figuring
Light heads are not bright,
Never lose your health. 1t is
so hard to find.
Easy street is usually uneasy.
Some men think they have no
chance. This makes 1t true.
He who hesitates is delayed.
Similarity breeds contempt.
If you want a man to believe
you, tell him what he thinks.
Bird in good is worth two in
bad
Never join the Chinese army.
The Chinese do not build monu-
ments to their military heroes.
Wouldn't it be great if as
many cook books as novels were
sold?
Jumping from the frying pan
into the fire isn't so bad if a
man keeps on jumping.
April is the last month for
oysters. Bet they are tickled.
The hard thing about starting
ANYTHING Is finishing If
Sticking your nose into other
peoples business is an excellent
way of getting it pushed out.
The will Of the people leaves
the politicians too much.
Never leave undone today
what should have been buttoned.
When you get mo" for an
answer look at both sides. Read
ing from right to left it spells
ION.
Some men need hair-cuts badly
and others have them that way.
Few movie actresses are
chosen for their faces. Usually,
it is merely a matter of form.
People who say nothing do not
always mean it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Thomas Everett Absent

Police today were asked to search
for Thomas Everett. Is, of 942 Park
Ave. Mrs. Everett said her husband
disappeared Friday. He has bean Ill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Auto Disappears

Edward Jeffries, PSI s. Temple Ave,
parked his car in front of Al w. Pearl
st. A thief took it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-14
Put Plan across

Thus starts another tale Of two
years. In that brief time the tobacco
growers put across" one Of the
biggest and most daring cooperative
marketing scheme Of this day.
The scheme proposed TO do away
with this auction system and to sign
these farmers to an iron-clad contract
which did not become effective until
IT had been signed by producers of
rs per cent Of the entire Burley crop.
This contract made the signer a mem
Der Of a cooperative society to which
he promised to pay an initial mem
| bership fee and to deliver for sale
every leaf Of tobacco that he pro-
duced for the next six years.
1t was the firm of Lggett and
Myers who first broke the ice by
sending down its two vice presidents
and chief tobacco buyer. They came
into the office at Lexington and told
President Stone they wanted to buy
tobacco.
IAN right, what grader"
I'VE want so many hundred
| thousand pounds OF Grade A-3 twelve
| hundred thousand of Grade D." and
so forth, and gave an order for more
than % ,0000 600 pounds They asked:
What are the prices?"
Prices Fair
The association actually named the
| prioes-and the prices were fair.
+ everybody admitted that. But the as
/ ISOLATION made them.
Other orders came In. and the as
( ISOLATION sold more tobacco. Then
/ they realized that the crop was short
and raised the prices. The buyer still
I said Il was fair. And of over so. 900.
/ 600 pounds of green tobacco sold
moro than half was sold at the ad
/ vanced price. In re-drfed tobacco. the
association sold out the last of its
holdings about the first OF November
/ But the comparison is not with the
outsider. The association raised the
/ price-level for everyone. in and out
Some will stay outside and still get
the benefit OF the stable prices. But
significantly since January. 1921
over 81. 200 outsiders have Joined the
/ association