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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Had Right to Send Check"

There is talk Of how his friends
came to his rescue. and the special
prosecutors tried to suspicion skull
,luggery and chicanery in that. They
point out how he sent the checks TO
the Chicago branch Of the Kentland
bank, as though that were criminal.
He had perfect right to send the
money, there"
At the opening Of court. attorneys
for the defense filed a motion to in
struct the jury to return a verdict Of
not guilty. Judge Chamberlin over
ruled the motion.
They then filed a motion to require
the State to elect whether it would
rely on the embezzIement or the
grand larceny charge. This motion
also was over-ruled.
Inman COmmends Jury
Inman opened his arguments quiet
ly paying a perfunctory tribute TO
the intelligence and integrity of the
jury. He then launched into his real
argument.
I'VE are not TO he bewildered by
the high sounding. oft-repeated title Of
I
so frequently" he said I'VE are not
to be led astray by intlmations Of
political prejudice.
'The issue here is wholly a non
partisan one No politics has any
thing to do with it. The serpent of
time does not stop at party lines, but
makes it's winding trail regardless of
party.
THE Governor is being tried solely
as an individual citizen. The heinous-
ness of his crime must bear relation
to the fragrant prostitution of his
public trust
THE State is not required to prove
a motive for a crime.
Public Trust Betrayed
Inman bitterly denounced the Gov
ernor as one who had ''juggled public
funds and betrayed the public trust"
and scoffed at the defense theory that
the Governor intended to pay back the
$155, 900 board of agriculture loan"
Criminal intent is a necessary ele-
ment in some crimes" Imam said.
1T may be implied by law. If a man
Uses money of another, he may swear
on oath that he did not intend to con-
vert It, yet circumstances may over
throw the naked denial
Frequently necessity arises when
the accused and his counsel must
choose between hair-splitting argu-
mont to leave doubt, or insanity. 1t
is difficult for the defense to deter
mine what to do.
Look squarely at the mass of
amazing facts in this case. 1t would
be no violent deduction here that long
and anxious vigils have been spent
by those around the Governor, as
well as that long line of dependents
in the Statehouse, to determine
whether insanity should be the Gov
ernor'ss plea.
1.-THE defense determined finally his
acts were those of a sane mind, and
to draw it's Pickering hope from such
ether sources as possible-the hope
that those forces which derived
support from the Governor would
withhold the sting from their
testimony, the hope that through
sympathy, the jury will view with
suspicion the effort of the State.
These acts were as cool systematic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
CIOVerSeed Market
Bonus May Get Priority

Local dealers are paying $40 II bushel
for cloverseed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Second Hour

Better support characterized the
main body of stocks in the late morn
ing. This development brought about
a general recovery as the absence Of
buying by constructive interests has
been one of the most discouraging
features Of the recent sessions.
Professionals have been given a
free hand hammering stocks on any
sign Of weakness. There are more
hears in the Street than last spring
and according to many commission
houses the public has been selling
stocks short. This huge bear ma
jority may mean a sharp rally at any
time according to floor traders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Chicago Grain Table

May. .65% 65ss .65ls 65A .657a
July 67as 6Tas 81 .67i. 81 Il
CHICAGO April q-Prmsry receipts:
Wheat 34s. 900. against IT'S. 600. corn.
5Sq. 900. against 500 900: oats. 100000.
against 572 600 Shipments: Wheat. 49,
600 against $50 900; corn. $4,000, against
63S. 900: oats. 623 600 against 6S1 600.
CHICAGO April Gar lot receipts were:
Corn, rs; wheat %: oats. 49, rye, B.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Noon Hour

WOolworth common rallied some
what. following its 80 point break
when the announcement of the plan
of four for one exchange and the
dividend policy of SO on the new stock
instead of the $500 basis now being
paid, was announced.
Improved support for the main
body of stocks which was present
during the second hour continued
throughout the noon hour trading.
Buying by constructive interests con-
tinued tending to make the recovery
slightly stronger.
Twenty average industrial stocks
Tuesday averaged 92.S5 of Is per
cent. Twenty average rails averaged
S2.17, off SO per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09

embellishments as ever recorded. If
Warren T. McCray were being tried
for embezzlement of private funds, he
could not say he intended to repay
the money before it was discovered.
He was intelligent and resourceful
enough to secure the nomination and
election to the Governorship and to
push his ambitious way into honor
and public power. He knows. and al
ways knew. that intent to repay is
no defense to embeZZlement.
by the overpowering influence Of
the Governors Office he over-reached
and deceived an inferior officer. He,
OF all men. knew that the thousand
embezzlers now in the State peni-
Tertiary had in mind the effectual and
ridiculous defense that they intended
replacing the money they took"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Strategy Considered Daring

Attorneys considered it a daring bit
OF strategy as 1t has been a we'll
known fact that the Governor was
anxious to take the stand.
AS it is. he is free to take the stand
in the Federal Court case pending
against him without having tipped
his hand to the prosecution.
The defense took less than two days
to present its case and used only six
witnesses. These six were used to
impeach testimony of Brown.
The State used about one hundred
witnesses, a majority of them be-
ing bankers, who testified to loans
made the Governor. This phase of the
case the defense entirely ignored, and
probably will argue that it had no
bearing on the board OF agriculture
fra n Sa ~ ions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Stares at Wall

Throughout this denunciation the
Governor sat staring at the wall as if
he heaAf no word Of the argument. His
battery OF attorneys was busy TAX
ing notes.
Inman resumed: THE most shock
ing. most revolving thing to a free
people is when n man comes into the
arena of politics. and. by the mere
expenditure OF vast sums of money.
breaks down all opposition. pushes to
honor and power. and. most extraor-
binary of all, TO recoup his campaign
gambling expenses, as it
were-thrusts his hands into the pub
lie treasury and embezles the peoples
money"
Jurors listened attentively to In
mans arguments For the first time
in week their air of WEAKNESS
seemed to have vanished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-09
Eight Hours for Argument

Each side was allotted four hours
for argument Allowing for recesses
and various delays argument will
close before noon Thursday. II pos
sible Judge Chamberlin will give his
instructions. which probably will take
more than an hour before noon ad-
journment.
To the evident surprise of the State
the defense rested suddenly Tuesday
afternoon without putting Governor
McCray on the stand This action
was not a surprise to those in close
touch with the defense.
Since Monday there has been a
marked air of optimism in the Gov
ernOrs' CamD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
FIC ROUND BREAKDOWN OF MRS. NJ c.

third floor Of the building. at 1904
q street.
ellison Gardner, chairman, In a
letter to members, is asking what
they think Of the plan. He says:
"Our theory il that IL we have
an adequate house, centrally 10.
Gated, with q good cafe, the club
has big opportunity to expand
it's nonresident membership among
the liberals sof the country. Such
people come to Washington by the
hundreds every year, but because
Of the lack Of a pleasant central
meeting place, they scatter about,
losing both to themselves and to
US the immense value and pleas
ure Of exchanging ideas over the
luncheon table.
1--WE have canvassed the real es.
tate situation enough to feel salts.
fled that an appropriate house can
be found at q figure we could meet
by renting the bedrooms to our own
members-resident and nonresident
---at q trifle below the commercial
room rates. BY putting in a com.
petent resident manager on salary
one of our own members-we could
also have our own cafe, serving q
table d'hote luncheon and special
luncheons, tea or dinners on ad.
vance arrangement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
By MRS. HOMER HOCH

one more call and victory was
@hersl But she was so wearvi Her
house was full Of sick people. Her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24

Canada, visiting in Washington be-
fore going North. Mrs. Egan In an
exceptionally brilliant woman, who
writes delightfully."-, and has keen
and penetrating intellect. She has
Travelled much In the Orient, max
ing keen analyses of conditions
there; and 1t was this fact, prob.
ably, which led to her selection for
her important work with the arms
conference. It was Mrs. Egan, too.
by the way, who helped Mrs. Will
lam Howard Taft with the prepare,
ton OF her delightful volume OF
memoirs dealing IN large part with
her four years az mistress Of the
White House.
Mr.. Eganp who is one Of the
founders Of the Philippine Society,
has just resigned from the presi.
dency thereof, to be succeeded by
General Harboard. This associa-
ton, which Is made up exclusively
Of army men who have served IN
the Far East possessions and civil.
iaA1 or public officials who have
been actively identified with their
development, has a most distin,
guished membership. It includes
Chief Justice Taft and General
Pershing, who seldom fail TO attend
the annual dinner held In New York
in May.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
EXPECT
TO VISIT
CAPITAL,

The promise that Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Egan, who have been for
two years in the Philippines, but
are now on their way to this coun-
try, will spend part of the early
summer in Washington is exceed.
ingly welcome. For both are per.
sons of importance in the political,
social and literary worlds. Mr..
Egan, a journalist Of international
distinction, is at present owner and
editor of the Manila Times, and his
wife, who writes under the name
Of Eleanor Franklin Egan, il
widely known to the readers of cur
rent periodicals. It will be remem-
bered, moreover, that she was one
Of the four women who served as
advisers to the American delegation
to the arms conference.
The Egans propose to take a long
holiday from the tropics, and will
probably pass the heated term In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
TO
HAVE BALI,
TONIGHT
Girls Committee to Be
Famous Flappers
of Fiction"
COPYRIGHT bV HARRIS 4 EWING

Writers, serious, dramatic, poetic
or humorous, who have assembled
in Washington for the annual con-
vention Of the National League Of
American Penwomen now in ses+
sion, are all interested in the great
play period planned for tonight
the authors carnival costume ball.
The entertainment is in charge of
Mrs. William Atherton DuPuy and
Mrs. Mcpherson Crichton.
Mrs. Theodore Tiller is chairman
of arrangements and has selected the
following young ladies' committee:
Miss Claudia Read, chairman; Miss
Janet Moffett, Miss Ann Devereux,
Miss Margaret Pou, Miss Ruth
Stoddard, Miss Letitia Dawson,
Miss Ruth Wallace, Miss Bessie Nc
Keldin; Miss Margaret Zolnay, Miss
Betty Byrne, Miss Nina Dianan.
topoulos. Miss Virginia Selden,
Miss Diana Cumming, Miss Eugenia
Lejeune, Miss Elizabeth Adams,
Miss Barrine Drake, Miss Cecil
Jones, and Miss Laura Bryn. They
will be dressed as famous flappers
Of fiction.
William Bowie Clark is chairman
Of the young mems committee.
The pages will follow out the
scheme of the NAH jong room and
will be dressed as tiles I'M groups
of 'pungs" and "kongs" and
elbows Miss Ruth Colman is
chairman of the pages, assisted by
Miss Celene DuPuy, Miss Virginia
Frye, Miss Ruth Howard, Miss
Irene, Langford, Miss Teresa Pyle,
Miss Elizabeth Fries, Miss Claire
Knight, and the Misses Taylor.
The patronesses for the ball in.
clude: Mrs. Louis N, Geldert, ma.
tional president Of the league; Prin-
cess Bibesco, Princess Cantacuzene,
Mrs. Stanley Rinehart MARY Rob.
erts), Mrs. LarZ Anderson, who are
also writers, and Mrs. Joseph
Hampson, Mrs. Robert Lansing,
Mrs. Borden Hartman, Mrs. Cuno
Rudolph, Mrs. George Hope, Mrs.
Mark w. Potter, Mrs. Alice Barney,
MV1e. Prochuik, Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend, Mrs. Royal Copeland,
Mrs. r. r. Gown, Mrs. James w.
Wadsworth, jr., Mrs. John B. Ken
drick, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs.
Delos Blodgett and Mrs. Samuel
Ralston.
Tickets for the ball may be Sc
cured either at the loca, clubhouse.
1922 H street northwest, or at the
door Of, the Wardman Park Hotel
on the evening Of the bah.
Gertrude Atherton, Fannie Hurst
and Anna Katherine Green will
represent American women novel.
lists as speakers at the authors
breakfast at noon on Saturday at
the Washington Hotel and Mabel
Walker Eillebrandt, Lizette Reese,
Secretary Curtis d. Wilbur, Secre.
tary Henry c.. Wallace, Colonel
Jasper Brady, and Edwin Markham
will also be speakers on that oc.
casion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24

own blood relatives, the children,
and her relatives by marriage, her
husband, were all down! The doc
tor said ptomaine from stale food.
But Mrs. Important was going to
be at home for the last time in the
season, and Mrs. Congressman must
go and make that last call! She
went. She was SO weary. She
fumbled her cards. She could
scarcely tell the driver where she
wanted to go. She realized she
had told him wrong and tried to
correct it, but it was so hard to
think Of that number. She finally
did remember. They drove up. She
found herself wondering If some
one had spilled her cigarette pa
pers. There were so many little
white tissue papers on the steps
Of Mrs. Important's house. Or
were they huge snowflakes
She started up the steps. She
felt dizzy. She swayed. She
slipped on one of those little, pa
pers. She fell on the steps. She
was in the way. People were com.
ing up. The doorman looked
around.
No one was with her. No one
seemed to know her. He carried
her as best he could into little
entry room and called the ambu-
lance. She was taken out by a
side door, unconscious. But long
established habit will tell. AS they
lifted her to carry her out, the
hand that clutched the Inflated six
hundredth card relaxed, and the
card fluttered onto a low table.
The call was made! But history
has not recorded her name nor yet
the name of her husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
CHOOSES DATE
FOR WEDDING
MAY II
Miss Montgomery to Be
Married in st. Mat
theW's Church.

The marriage OF Miss Anna Mont
gomery, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warwick Emile Montgomery, to
James Newman Carter, IT,. Of Phil.
adelphia will take place at noon
Saturday. May II, in st. Matthew's
Church. Details Of the wedding
have not been completed but large
company will be present at the
church and after the ceremony there
win be breakfast In the home Of
the bride for the members Of the
bridal party and intimate friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
FT.MYERS SHOW
IS A GREAT
SUCCESS

Society turned ont en- masse and
in it's gayest mood at the annual
horse show and society circus yes
terday at Fort Myer. Under perfect
skies and amid the most colorful
setting, an almost endless series of
thrilling maneuvtrs, daring horse
manship and wild and woolly West
tern stunts, made it easily the out
standing success of these annual
offerings.
The United States Olympic team,
both mounts and riders, acquitted
itself creditably in series of
hurdles and course running.
Troop F of the Third cavalry gave
an exhibition of rough riding,
monkey drill, and there was a typi-
cal old.fashioned hold-up of stage
coach enacted in a realistic fashion
by the headquarters troop.
Among those entertaining in boxes
at the soci.ty circus yesterday at
Fort Myer was Dwight Davis, the
Assistant Secretary of War, who
had with him his three young
children, Alice, Helen, and Cynthia,
and some young friends.
Mrs. r. r. Gown had with her
Mrs. Stuart w. Cramer, Miss Claire
Tyson, of New York; Mrs. r. r.
Gown, jr.; Miss Mae Gown and
Miss Helen Carusi.
Mrs. James w. Wordsworth, jr.,
had as her guests her son.in.law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Stuart
Symington, Miss Nancy Hoyt and
Jerry Wadsworth.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Morris Ernest
Locke had as their guests Mrs.
Claude Mayo and her daughter, Miss
Charlotte Mayo; Mrs. Sarah Lee
Phillips and her grandson, Walter
Edge; Mrs. Randall Hagner and her
son, Randall Hagner, jr., and Miss
Mary Preston Gibson, daughter of.
Mrs. Locke.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Willard Hol.
brook had with them Major and
Mrs. William M. West, Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. D. ]. Rum.
bough.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., had in
her box her children and some
young friends.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John L.
Hines had in their box Miss Julia
Grandy, Of Norfolk, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy and
Mrs. r. M. Dickman, sister Of Mrs.
Hines.
Those holding boxes were the
Secretary If War and Mrs. Weeks
Mrs. Joseph Letter, Mrs. II. ID.
Elkins, the Minister Of Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, and Major John M.
Smith.
Rev. @. A. Love. OF New York.
1s making an extended stay at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
PENGUIN CLUB
HAS MOVING
"BUG"
Members Canvassed on
New Quarters for
Organization.

The Penguins have the new club
house bug. Most OF the little ex.
elusive organizations In town get
this microbe at some time or other,
with the general result that they
acquire property, assume obligations
and increase their membership to
unwieldly and uncongenial proper
tons.
However, The Penguins Tor that
portion Of the club promoting the
new quarters ideal believe that the
club can get into a more suitable
place without the unpleasant fac.
tors usually attending such q
project. The club is now on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
THE TRAGEDY
OF THE 6OOTH
CALL
Being a Story of Mrs.
Member Of Congress
! Who Kept the Faith.

AT the Congressional Club break
1ast yesterday, when the program
took the form Of an animated mag
@zine, "The Cats Whiskers," the
following short story by Mrs. Hoch
was read-and struck a note so ap-
Dealing to all Washingtonians.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24

Rev. @. A. Love. OF New York.
- making an extended STAY at
Wardman Park Hotal
The Dolores star., 1924-06-27
Passengers Landed ON Barren Isle

San Francisco, CaIif.-Passengers
from the Pacific Mail Liner Colombia,
wrecked off the west coast of Costa
l'ica, were landed on the rocky island
of Cano, twelve miles from shore. NO.
c"rdlng to wireless dispatch to the
lihrihc exchange here. The passenger
list OF siXty-four includes many per
sons from Pacific coast cities and with
the crew totals 40 persons. Cano is
an island about mile and half long
without food or water and with made
qnate shelter. The Chaumont. Corinto
ana l.uckenbach are standing by the
colombia. Holds No. / and No. .
filled soon after the vessel went
aground, advices said.
The Dolores star., 1924-06-27
WASHINGTON

More than 100000 income taxpay-
ers will receive refunds from the gov
ernment as result of the % per cent
reduction of 1923 taxes, the Treasury
Department announced II few days
ago.
The federal trade commissions re-
port on alleged profiteering in the
gasoline industry, made at the request
of President Coolidge, has been laid
before the Department of Justice for
appropriate action.
c. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Pres
ident Coolidge, announced in a formal
statement before leaving for Cincin-
natl, that he had not resigned his pres
ent position and would continue act
lively associated in the Republican ma
tional campaign.
AS the chief official of the Depart
ment of Justice charged with enforcing
prohibition, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, assistant attorney general, sub
mitted a defense of the laws admins
tration before the Senate Daugherty
Investigating committee
No. 9 turret on the U. S. S. Missis-
sippi, where the explosion, fatal to
forty-eight naval men, occurred near
San Pedro, Calf, was not the only
one in which the auxiliary gun mech
anism was not working properly that
day, according to testimony at the in
quiry aboard the L. S. S. Tennessee.
The American government has re-
piled to the japanese protest against
the exclusion provision of the immi-
grafton act in note examining at
length the position taken by that gov
eminent, but admitting no question as
to the right of Congress to take into
its own hands the nations sovereign
power to control immigration through
its borders.
At least 464 women will attend the
national Democratic convention as del
egates or alternates. OF this number
it was made known at the Democratic
national committee headquarters in
Washington, 143 will sit as delegates
at large, thirty-four as district dele
gates, seventy-eight as alternates at
large and 209 as district alternates
These figures, it was explained, do not
include all of the women delegates
and alternates from Virginia and any
from Alabama.
President Coolidge issued definite
Instructions for the administration of
the soldiers bonus law, despite the
failure of Congress to appropriate
funds for its initial cost. ''The World
War adjusted compensation act be
came law over my protest" the Pres
ident said in n letter TO Secretary of
War Weeks. II am not willing, how
ever to let the administration of the
law remain practically in allegiance
until Congress again convenes, simply
because l would be justified under
existing conditions in so doing"
The Dolores star., 1924-06-27
Missing Bank Messenger CAPTURED

New Mosquito bites and
poison ivy infection were responsible
Tor driving William Lebish, the mes.
senger boy, who disappeared from
New York with bonds worth $40 200
out OF his hiding place in the Louisi.
ana marshes, according to detectives
VINO brought the youth back Lebisb
mas declared he was kidnaped and
turned loose In Louisiana. Police
charge. however, that Lebish flod
making his way to Cincinnati