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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-29
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
NSTAILMENTS

After two defeats as Progressive can
didata for Governor of Wisconsin, La
FoIlette il Overwhelmingly nominated
and elected in 1900. The political
bosses buck the administration pro
gram at every turn. Under La Toilette
administration there is passed railroad
taxation bill. direct primary law,
workmen's compensation law. a law ere
stfng an Industrial Commission, and
other progressive labor legislation
In the campaign of 1904. the bosses try
to work fake delegates onto the con
vention floor This plan is thwarted oy
fencing of the delegates entrance and
guarding it with twelve or fifteen husky
football players.
It was only by placing initials on
the genuine badges and tickets at
late hour that our men stationed at
the gymnasium entrance were able
to distinguish the genuine from the
spurious.
When this army appeared at the
gymnasium they discovered that pro-
visions had been made against a rush
and that they had to enter in single
file.
Whenever a man presented a coun-
terfeit credential he was promptly
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ward to make a speech. 1t had
|. leaked out that the conclusion 81
his speech was to be the signal for
action; that Rosenberg would then
be in a good position to seize the
gavel and take possession OF the
chair, with the fellows down on the
floor all primed to have him declared
elected chairman.
They were simply going to gave
it through, no matter how much pro
test there might be.
The convention was crowded, but
we reserved three or four seats close
to the front of the platform and near
| the speakers chair, where we plant
ed some more university football
players.
The result of all this precautior
was that they dared make no move
and the convention went forward in
the most orderly way. Not an un
parliamentary thing was done. They
| voted upon the contests and ever
upon the nominations and, OF
course, were beaten.
After the convention adjourned
that day the machine men were sc
desperate that they Immediately or
ganized a bolt and called a conven
ton at the Madison Opera House
| which, we learned afterward, they
had rented weeks before the eau
cuses, and county conventions were
/ - ttef h nNrN
tingency in mind.
Addresses were made by Spooner
Quarles, Babcock and others, and
they nominated a full State ticke'
of their own. 1t was the last stand
They then proceeded to carry the
validity OF the regular convention
into the Supreme Court. which sup
ported us at every point. and left
so little for the boilers to stand
upon that the candidate for Gov
ernor nominated at their convention
withdrew his name from their ticket
and much of their following deserted
them
Indeed, their leaders soon began
advising machine men everywhere
to vote the Democratic ticket as the
only way of beating me. In the
election the boilers candidate re
ceived only 10000 votes.
One other bitter contest was &c
grow out Of these conventions. II
being a presidential year. we elect
ed four delegates at large to the
national convention-Senator Stout
Isaac Stephenson. W. d. ConnoI
and myself.
Contest ut Convention
The boilers convention also elect
ed four delegates-John G. Spooner
J. V. Quarles, J. w Babcock and
Emil Baensch. We therefore made
ready TO meet the contest in the
convention.
Exhaustive briefs were prepared
! but when we reached Chicago and
the case came before the National
| Committee. they not only would not
look at our briefs. but they paid no
serious attention to the oral argu-
ments
OF course, with Payne OF Wiscon'
| Gin serving as chairman Of the Ma
tional Committee. and Spooner and
Babcock strongly influential with the
Federal crowd" there was small
chance for us. no matter what our
claims might be.
The hearing before the committee
was a grotesque farce. Payne made
pretense of fairness by withdraw
ing as presiding officer and called
Senator Scott OF West Virginia to
the chair.
While the arguments were being
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MOUTH WASHES
DEODORIZERS
SOAPS

1nc PaImolive Soap $3.50. 8 for zoe
2nr Armour's Stork CASTLE .....15c
2Oc BocabeIli CASTLE ......-....13c
25c Clayton's Dog Soap ..:---.-.19c
25c C11ticura Soap. Ice; for. .65c
3O- Packers Tar Soap ......2 3c
6Oc Packers Liquid Tar Soap ..45c
25c Pears G1ycerine Soap, 19c,
8 for DOC
2nc Pears Cnscented Soap .....15c
1oc Jergen's Violet Glyc. Soap Sc
25c Glover's Dog Soap .......-..l0c
PC Woodbury's Facial Soap lie
3Oc Resinol Soap .-.........---1S c
Coo Societi Hygienique Soap ....+5c
95c Germicidal Soap .......1 9c
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~MY OWN STORY is an exclusive
newspaper version of one of the great
autobiographies of modern times; La
FOllettes own story OF adventures IN
poIitics as written by himself in 1912.
together with an authorized narrativeN of
his experiences in the years since then
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TONES

800 Bitro Phosphate ...,..s4o
Soc Blaud's Iron Pills $40
Sf.50 Cadomene Tablets .. $50
$3.50 Fellows Com. Syr.
Hypo ............. ......... .&i.1o
S1.25 GUIDES Pepto Mangan. $50
s1.25 Gray's Glycerine Tonic. ESQ
SIPS Hagee's Cordial .... $50
S1.50 Maltines (all kinds) .. ESQ
$1.O0 Miles Tonic ................74 40
s1.10 Nuxated Iron commitments $40
S1.20 Pierce's Gold. Med. Dis. $40
60c Scott's Emulsion ........ $40
s1.00 Pure Cod Liver Oil ...... 600
S1.00 Wampole's Ell. Cod
Liver Oil T4o
$100 Tanlac ................... 500
S1.O0 Pepgen Observation-Disclosures Gee
S1.00 Peruna INSTRUMENTATION. .74o
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FACE LOTIONS

500 Kinds Honey and Al. CT. .T4c
sc Holmes Frostilla .s4c
SOC Orchard White ..............S sec
75c Oriental Cream ......... SIC
s1.50 Oriental Cream -.-......-S SLID
4Oc Glycerine Lotion .......25 c
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MRS. LA TOILETTE IN 1900
set outside Of the wire fence. All
these men, however, came in later
with the spectators at the front en-
trance and found seats in that por-
ton of the hall which had been sepa-
rated by roping off from the portion
occupied by delegates; and along
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RHEUMATISM
PILE REMEDIES

SOC Man Zan Pile Ointment 800. 39c
soc DR.. Young's Pile Ointment. s0c
SOC Hemroid Cones ...........39 t
15c Tanoids ............. 50,
$50 Anusol Suppositories ......os'
Soc Unguentine Cones ......... 80,
$40 Pyramid Pile SUPPOSE
tories bSs
Coo Pyramid Pile Supposltories. 10,
6Oc Pyramid Ointment .... 40,
s1.25 Hem Roid UnternaD .. 9S,
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FOOT REMEDIES
DYSPEPSIA
REMEDIES

30c Stuart's Charcoal Tablets -. FAC
60c Pape's Diapepsin Tablets soc
Soc Falrchild's Ess. Pepsln go. .45c
800 Fairchild's Syrup Pepsin. sac
s1.20 Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Sac
G0c Caldwells Syrup Pepsin ..44o
25c Charcomints .................1 Ice
SOC Eatonic sec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

great capacity for feeling, which the strain to which she has been inevitably subjected for the past months has intensi- fled. It is not you or we that have brought these things to pass. It is just circumstances or Fate, for which Shella is not responsible. You must think of her and her upbringing with us. You must think, too, of her future, which, as far as we can see in these troublous times, is more or less assured. Nothing is fur ther from my thoughts that to allienate your child from, you, and it is in the cer- tainty that such thing could never come to pass if you gave her into my care that I write to you in all frankness. l need not say that, as. have done all CT life. l shall scrupulously give her opportunity for her religious observance"
 Now this letter was written with some tact but Baines was intelligent enough to get it's plain meaning. He realized that Locke W. telling him that Sheila had chosen to cast her lot with him and re. nounce her own parents--znd he was not asking it as something which Baines could control, He was announcing it as fact.
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we have made arrangements for her.
 "If what you suggest is true, 1t seems that her affections have been alienated ale ready. We do not understand your allu- sion to the strain on her, unless you be- lieve that she cares for you more than for us."
 Then the blow fell. Sheila herself wrote her parents:
 Dear Mummie and Daddie: read your last letter to Uncle Cher pet name for MT. Locke) and J think it would be very wrong of me not to tell you at once that have definitely made up my mind to stay with Auntie and Unele.H [ have always known that I should have to decide for myself when the time came, and 1 made up my mind long ago that # you insisted on my leaving them, l should have to tell you myself that would not do so for anything in the world, d,4 It is net that do not care for you as much as ! did before, but I do feel that my real home has always been with them, and I will not leave them now. Do, please, understand that do not want this to hurt you, but tmeaA everything ! have said"
 The father still insisted that she return to him. and Sheila replied by inserting a few lines of type in the "agony" column of the London Times, announcing that she formally renounced her own father and mother and was taking the name of Lockes by adoption,
 Baines still persisted in writing Locke, threatening a lawsuit, denouncing the ars rangenaent, and Sheila at last wrote her own father:
 q am writing to tell you how utterly disgusted am with all this, and with your pefsecutioB of those love 50 dearly. Surely you must realize that my mind is made up, and nothing you can say or do will make the slightest difference, I am signing the necessary papers, formally stating that l ana taking the name of Locke Please understand that am aet- ing entirely and absolutely of my own free will. Can't you see that what you have done has only alienated me further? Ass5 yet you continue to make me care less and less for you"
 She signed this letter not Sheila Baines, but Sheila Locke Whereupon the des feated and unhappy father killed himself. Sheila expressed few regrets. She has been living life of luxury and happiness ever since as the adopted daughter of the novelist
 Such is the strange life story of the beautiful girl who has just been presented to the court and is becoming a popuIap figure in British society.
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BalneS WfoCe lH reply.
 "I cannot trust myself to say more about your letter than that it is ex- traordinary. It shows SO little consideration for the feelings of Sheila's father and mother that we re- luctantly have come to the conclusion that we cannot longer spare your feel ings. We have sacrificed our happiness for the sake of your feelings too long. We will never give Sheila up, and resent i'm tensely the suggestion that we should do so. Further more, we intend to put an end to the present un- happy position by having Sheila restored to us per manently and finally. She may remain with you un- til the middle of July, if you wish it SO; after that
 Mir. and Mrs. Locke
 and Sheila at Cannes,
 the Popular Seaside
 Resort
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v for the little baby Baines girl. He be- came a sort of godfather to her. He was rich, famous and successful. The Baineses were comparatively poor He concerned himself with the child's education and de. velopment, sent her to school. and he and Mrs. Locke took her on trips to France and Italy, to make visits with them at their villa in France.
 Finally, two years ago, when Sheila was sixteen, as it was subsequently, brought out ip the Baines inquest, Locke sent letter to Alfred Baipes, dated at Villa SimoHe, in Cannes, In it Locke said that he wanted to continue Sheila's education, and then wrote:
 Nov comes the other side of the mat ter-the most important-the human side: Nearly a year ago the question rose of Sheils's tuteIage Ito glve it general sort of name) which caused us all a great amount of pain, aAd it still exists.
 ''If we look back over the months that have elapsed since then. don't yop think that all the difficulties are removed by the enc human solution-that you should defi- nitely eonfide Sheila to our eaTeY
 "Sheila IS no longer child. She IS de- veloping her womanhood every day: As you know, she says little, but she has a
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Now British society has decided to forget f { the tragic story that culmin. ated in the suicide of Sheils's father. It began years ago, when MT. and
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presented by her adopted father and mother, SC the difficulty was solved by launching her ip London under the chap eronage of the Baroness OrcZy, aristocrat. distinguished novelist, and persona grata at Buckingham Palace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

London. DRITISH society's innermost circle led by conservative Queen Mary herself, O has at last put it's stamp of approval on Sheila Locke-the beautiful young girl who was adopted by William J. Locke two years ago under circumstances more trag- ically thrilling than any situation in any of his novels.
 She has just been formally presented to the King and Queen under the chaperen- age of Baroness Orczy, and now all doors are open to this radiantly blond child, just budding into womanhood. who was born in comparative obscurity.
 William J. Locke, according to the .psy. chologists, has an "adoption complex. After writing three or four novels includ- ing "Septimus," "The Book of Carlotta" and "Stella Maris," in which middle aged writer adopts an exquisite young girl, in some cases to marry her, in others to make her his daughter, he did the same thing in real life, and adopted Sheila Baines, whom he and Mrs. Locke had known since babyhood, She renounced her own parents after a bitter contro- Yersy.
 Alfred Sandelles Baines, the girls real father, immediately committed suicide by sticking his head into the oven of stove and turning on the gas. The tragic cir. cumstances were revealed in the subse. quent coroners inquest.
 Locke had the highest ambitions for his adopted daughter The difficulty of presenting her at court and in British society was heightened by the fact that Locke's wife now Sheila's adopted mother-was divorcee. She was for rnerly Mrs. Percy Hamilton Close. In 1910 Close filed divorce suit, naming the novelist as correspondent The suit was undefended, and Locke subsequently married Mrs. Close.
 Queen Mary is an ultra-conservative. She has tried to enforce the rule adhered to by Queen Victoria. that no woman 1ho ever figured m what she termed 6
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should be pre- sented at court.
 Times have changed since the Vic tori an era. and it has been impossible to hold strictly to this rule, but Queen Mary's sympathy with it IS known.
 Sheila Locke had become. meanwhile, a beautiful. &C., compllshed and charming girl, gradually increasing in popularity. The queen was not willing to have her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-13
Stocks DISPLAY
STEADY
TONE
Dull and Featurelsss Opening
Followed by Unsuccessful
Attack on Steels
BY HI. j. DLIzEND.
by InternatlonaI News Sefvico.

NEW YORK. May 1S.--Prtces
presented stable front in the first
two hours trading on the stock
exchange today. With the excite
ment over the outcome OF the
French elections subsidized and the
effect OF the crude oil reductions
and the disappointing steel tonnage
statement worn off, the market ap.
peared able to recover slightly from
Its recent depression.
The greater part Of the buying,
however. represented profit taking
by short SPECTATORS. Save In
strictly investment issues, little real
buying was done.
This was regarded AZ entirely ma
tural in view Of the uncertain
legislative situation at Washington
and the beclouded business outlook.
On the other hand, yesterdays fear
that the defeat OF the Poincare gov
eminent would retard an early
PREPARATION settlement was found
altogether unwarranted.
AS matter OF fact, Wall street
was inclined to interpret the French
election results favorably, the opin-
ion being expressed that with the
left wing in power the prospect Tor
a better understanding with the
British labor government has ma
terially frightened.
A dull and featureless opening
was followed by renewed attempts
to depress the independent steel
shares. But little or no success was
attained. and soon after the market
embarked upon a mild recovery.
which, Of course, was most pro.
nounced in issues against which
professional fire had been chiefly
directed.
Some Of the independent oils
came back in good form, while
Stewart Warner staged a rally of
more than 2 points. The disappear
ance Of pressure against the gen.
eral list encouraged the resumption
Of pool activities in q few special.
ties, notably Colorado Fuel and
Iron Pipe.
Railway shares maintained the
confident tone that has character
lied this group for the last several
weeks. Dividend payers were
again most prominent, particularly
Atchison, New Orleans, Texas and
Mexico and Atlantic Coast Line.
Call money renewed at 81 per
cent,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-13
R AL
BONDS To Be
OFFERED
New Issues Of General Rail-
way Signal Company Ex-
pectad In a Few Days

NEW YORK, May 13.--Merrill,
Lynch & Co. are. heading selling
group, consisting Of themselves,
Schoelllkopf, Hutton q POmoroy,
Inc, of Buffalo, Wolcott q Steele
and Hibbard. Palmer 4 Kitchen, Of
Rochester, which will offer in q few
days q new issue Of $1,000, 900 Cen
eral Railway Signal Company first
mortgage twenty-year 6M per cent
convertible gold bonds at 90k and
interest. yielding SOS per cent.
The General Railway Signal Com
pany, Of Rochester, ID about to ac-
quire the Federal Signal Company,
OF Albany, N. r., the two companies
being among the best known manu-
facturers OF railway signal devices
In the country. The new issue viii
be secured by q first closed mort
age on the real estate, plant and
equipment OF the company.
Hunter, Dublin q Co., BIyth, Wit
ter a Co., jackson q Curtis and the
Citizens National Bank Of Los An
geles are offering q new issue Of
District, Inc, first mortgage real
estate improvf ments 6M per cent
bonds, series B, due 1897 to 1888, in
NA0CAN0t 90 NAA@SD ~ JAUA0 Nov pGA
cent. The bonds will be secured by
first mortgage or deed Of trust ON
all properties Of the company.
A syndicate composed OF the
Guaranty Company. III. NJ. Byleesby
and Company and Spencer Trask
and Company il offering S. ,OOO, 900
Northern States Power Company
(Minnesota) 6h per cent gold notes,
due November !, 1888. These notes
are offered at 97h. to Weld over
6.S5 per cent.
The proceeds Of the issues win be
used to pay for 1924 construction
program, including the completion
Of the $4,000 kilowatt initial installa-
ton in the new High Bridge power
station, among other improvements
The company serves 489 commune
ties in six States in the Northwest.
Reports are current in Wall
Street, based on the recent $40 ,0OO,-
900 credit which the Swedish gov.
eminent secured. that the govern
ment would soon enter this market
for a long term issue Of dollar
bonds. Bankers, however, were
doubtful whether anything in the
nature OF long term loan would
be announced in the immediate I'll.
ture. It il possible, though. that
the government may pay of the
credit in that way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-13
RESERVE BOARD
COUNCIL
MEETS
Rsdiscount Rates, Business
Uncertainty, and Bank
Situation Discussed
BY HARRY GUSACK.

Policies OF the Federal Reserve
system for the next several months,
and q final decision as to the ex-
tent to which otner Federal Re.
serve banks win follow the lead Of
New York in adopting the per
cent rediscount rate II anticipated
today at q point meeting Of the
advisory council and members Of
the Federal Reserve Board.
The general uncertainty In bust.
ness, the banking situation in the
Middle West and the Southwest Will
be among the problems discussed
at the conference. Paul M. War.
burg, of New York, president Of
the council, is expected to confer
with Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
lon on methods Of restoring bust
Eess confidence. It 10 also likely
that the board may issue q formal
statement, giving a review Of gen
eral business conditions, which
would tend to eliminate some of
the uncertainty and lack of conf
dence on the part Of business men.
Riggs Bank Gains.
Deposits Of the Riggs National
Bank gained $1,974,000 in the last
year, according. to report pre-
scented by Milton b. Allies, presi-
dent, at the monthly meeting of
the board yesterday. Total depos.
its at the close OF business Satur-
day amounted to 1882 900, as
compared with $26,SlS,0O0 on the
corresponding day a year ago. OF
the total increase during the year
$1.O67,00O is attributed to the four
outside offices, while 5000. 900 IL
credited to the main office. De.
posts in the outside offices a year
ago amounted to $1,762,00
Figures were also presented to
the board showing the earnings OF
the various offices In the last
month, the purport Of which was
that the outside banks are on a
satisfactory basis. The Park road
office, having approximately $780,.
600, leads the other offices in point
Of deposits. The peak In deposits
for these offices was reached May
5, with $2,829,0O0.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-13

Local Stocks
FURNISHED by w. b. Hibbs q Col
SALES.

Washington Gas S., 'Ss. 10000
101h, 5O0@1O11s. 2.OOO01O1.
Washington Gas SIS. 1000 95N
2,OOO096N. 2.OOO095N, l.OO00s5A
Capital Traction So, 1.O00@971s
2,OO00S7A, 4. O00@S71Ss 10000
97h, 1,000@971
washington Railway and Elec-
trio, common. 15@72. SOFA, 6@72.
washington Railway and Elec-
trio, preferred, 100741s, 100741s.
Washington Gas Light, 2Q4S. 10
@4S, 504S.
COMMERCIAL National Bank, 100
14O, 1ODt4O, 2O0140. 106D140.
Riggs National Bank, S@2S9M.
washington Loan and Trust Co..
5@3s5.
Security Storage Co. 1034O. 10
$40, 20S40.
After cali Potomac Electric deb.
6s 50O01O0A.
washington Railway and Elec-
trio, preferred, sofa.
Washington Title Insurance Co.,
1908, 6O08, 50@8.
District Title Insurance Co.. so
1SA.
Chaplin Sacks, per cent pre-
ferred, 50@87.
Money call loans, s. and 6 per
cent.
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Chicago Grain Market

CHICAGO, May 49, Wheat
opened unchanged to Y higher.
Corn unchanged to V lower. Oats
unchanged to y lower.
Opening:
Wheat-May, 104A: July, 1O51s;
September, 1861 @9s.
Corn-May, 75x@ OK July. 75a
OK; September, TAX 075.
Oats-May, ASK Oh. July, 43%
September. 39Ik.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-13
Foreign Bonds
New York Cotton Market

NEW YORK. May 13.-Higher
Liverpool cables were reflected in
firmnesg at the opening Of the
cotton exchange today. Buying Of
the near months was again the
feature, but advances were mod
crate. amounting to from to Is
points. May opened ct $S1.4O: July,
$3.50; October, &24.06: December,
$24.25; January $23.S6: March, $24.O0.