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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
Alleged Letters Cited

ut was further planned by the
defendant that as the notes ap-
preached maturity he falsely repre-
scented to the holders that the makers
wished an extension Of time. Letters
from the Governor to-Various banks
will be introduced which state, in sub
stance, my customer is not ready to
sell, and wished me to extend the
time on his note. l will be glad to
accommodate him. It will please me
to have such note extended. There
will be no doubt Of the authorship of
these letters.
1.-The governments evidence will
show McCray's own notes given as
collateral were of the same character
and added not a dollar to security.
1T will show that in furtherance of
his scheme he adopted names for his
own farms operated by his own EN-
ployes, and that notes from these
I firms were represented as from my
customers. Banks We're led to be-
leve they were holding good and
valuable paper which was shown by
their asking often for the addresses
Of the note makers so notice could be
given that the notes were due.
The defendant generally avoided
the issues, saying "tust send the no.
tees to me-"
Elliott then said the evidence will
show the Governor discounted notes
purported to have been signed by
small companies not connected with
the cattle business in any manner,
which the Governor passed as cattle
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
pain Forgery" Charged

He then said the Government viii
prove the defendant asked notes upon
persons against whom he had abso-
lutely no claims.
These notes were just plain forger-
les No other name will apply" FL
lott said
He declared 1t would be shown the
Governor forged notes, dated them
back, and sent them to various banks
to give the appearance Of good faith
and TO get accumulated interest.
Three financial statements, those
OF Jan. /. 1922; Jan. 1. 1928. and July
16. 1928, will be introduced, the dis
trict attorney said, by which the Gov
eminent expects to prove McCray I'M
derestimated his Liabilities on notes
by as much as 81 600. 900.
"McCray was not the wealthy, re-
sponsible man he let on and held him
self out as" Elliott said.
Il cannot say that some Of the
things done by the Governor were
promises to secure favors from the
banks-ths evidence may bring that
out" Elliott declared In conclusion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
MORAY Jury
IS SELECTED


signatures, forged by Warren T. Nc
Cray.
"That kind of business was carried
on in great volume. l am safe in say
ing, while we shall never know the
entire volume, notes will be introduced
in evidence, every one false on its
face, amounting to three quarters of
million dollars
"These cattle notes were not notes
handed to .McCray by a customer, it
will be shown
"They were notes that M. McCray
simply sat down with pen in hand and
himself wrote. The customer was
imaginary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
Government Calls Bankers
McCray Desires to Testify

The bulk of the Governments case
will be in the form of exhibits. such
as letters, financial statements and
notes given the banks by the Gov
ernor. However, it is understood that
Homer Elliott, United States district
attorney, has several trump cards
which were not played in the Crimi-
nal Court or the bankruptcy proceed
ings Some of this new testimony, 1t
is understood, may be sensational.
1t is considered a certainty that
Governor McCray will take the stand
in his own behalf Ever since his af
fairs first got into the courts he has
been anxious to tell his side of his
financial difficulties. He asked permits
sion to go before the Marion Coun'
ty grand jury and was refused. 1t is
known that he was anxious to take
the stand during the recent Criminal
Court trial, but his attorneys insisted
that he hold his fire for the Federal
Court case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
Had Right to Sign

1t Will be shown that Hartman
& Co. and H A. Rinehart & Co. were
genuine partnerships and that the
Governor had the legal right to sign
their paper.
II think the district attorney has
the wrong conception of this case. In
no instance were any of the acts pre-
ceded by any scheme. 1t is true the
defendant was making desperate at
tempts to raise money to take care
of his obligations and at times he
went TO great lengths to obtain money
but there was no criminal intent
HE always had the greatest faith
in his farm properties and you farm
ers know how uncertain that value
has turned out to be.
These financial statements spoken
Of by the district attorney do not pur-
port to be complete. Some of those in
1923 were prepared under great
stress, possibly carelessly. They were
prepared at a time when the Legisla-
ture was in session and when the Gov
ernor was weighed down with admin
istrative affairs.
1.-THE defendant lacked criminal in.
tent at all times and If criminal in
tent was not present there can be no
conviction.
1.-The evidence will show that it was
preposterous that the defendant could
devise such a scheme"
After .forty-five minutes of question
ing, Homer Elliott, district attorney,
passed eleven of the first men called
into the jury box.
c. z. Kelley, Clayton, secretary
treasurer of the Peoples Bank and
Trust Company, was the only man
excused by Elliott, who used per
emptory challenge.
Kelley said he had been appointed
by McCray as a trustee Of the Indi-
ana tuberculosis Hospital at Rock
vile. He drew a salary Of $25 a
month, he said. Kelley also said he
knew the Governor personally and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-21
"Exaggeration," Says Noel

James Noel. one OF the Governors
attorneys, said in his opening speech:
Gentlemen, the defendant pleaded
not guilty to every count, and must be
presumed innocent until the evidence
shows him guilty.
THE burden is on the Government
TO prove this large scheme outlined By
Mr.. Elliott with so much exaggera-
ton
We deny all intent Of a scheme
to defraud. This defendant has been
misunderstood by the grand jury. pros
ecutor and others. There was no such
general scheme as charged in the in
dictment."
Our evidence will show that Nc.
Cray in 1920 was a man of large af-
fairs. owning thousands of acres; that
he had developed a large herd of Here
ford cattle. the finest in the world
and was tremendously valuable.
THAT In 1920 the defendant was
heavily involved and the agricultural
depression led him into serious straits
financially.
THE Governor maintained an an
nual sale of cattle. selling from $780,,
900 to $500 900 worth of cattle at each
one. During the financial depression
the Governor continually was nego-
tIating notes and renewing them, but
the notes were genuine and bona fide.
II will be shown the names and firms
signed were bona fide and that his
farms were bona fide.
1T will appear these names and
farms were real and not fictitious"
Evening star., 1924-03-01
BUDS TN FINE CONDITION.
Cold Weather Favorable to Fruit
-. Trees.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

DVeC4AI DIspHtCH 10 Inc StHr.-
inspection OF several large Amherst
county orchards by o. B. Ross, Am
herst county demonstration. agent,
has disclosed the fact that fruit buds
have made little or no progress dur
ing the past month. the cold weather
having been helpful in this respect.
The buds have yet to begin to swell,
being much more backward than
they were a year ago.
Some of the owners of large or
chards are preparing to be ready
with smudge fires during the spring
to combat the effects Of killing tenn
perature
Evening star., 1924-03-01
BUTLER THREATENS
TO ENJOIN HOTELS
Advises Notices Warning Guests
and Emnloves Against
LIQUOR.
By the .Ass"ciatad prssS.

BIZ the AsS"ristad PrsSS.
+ pHIT,ADE'T PHIA. March 1.-lnlunc-
tion proceedings under the PennSyl-
vania state prohibition enforcement
act against hotels which allow guests
o TO carry LIQUOR or their emnloyeS to
procure it were promised by Director
of Public Safety Butler yesterday i'll
warnings to hotel, restaurant and
dance hall operators.
ProprietorS We're instructed to post
notices throughout their establish
mentS cautioning guests against the
use of illegal beverages and notify
ing them that their rooms were liable
TO search: to ban questionable dane
ing and to close all public dances at
midnight Saturdays and 1 am. on
other nights.
In his letter TO hotel men Director
Butler said:
No servant employed by YOU has
any right to provide Intoxicating
liquor nor the convenienceS for its
use, nor to allow ii to he used upon
your premises.
THE prominent display Of the fol-
lowing notice will be for your pro-
lection:
mo illegal liquor is allowed in
this hotel Any guest breaking this
law is liable to arrest and to have
his room searched at any time
Evening star., 1924-03-01
Welcome Surprises From u. S.
!, Labor Are Expected BY Souiet
ZinoUieff Says Con,mW,istic Theory
Making Great Strides Here and in
Japan-Sees Victory in Fire Years.

! the principal aims Of the communist
international for the next five years,
among which were:
To strive in the nearest future for
a proletarian revolution In Germany
in which the communists of Russia,
Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and
France should be ready to aid.
The creation of a strong communist
party in England.
All-round help to American and
Japanese communists.
Assistance to the Polish party.
Assistance to the Bulgarian COM
munists, where the events of 1923 are
only preliminary to the general Bal
kan struggle.
More and still more attention to
the east.
More attention to the young COM
munist movement.
Full support of the "red" trades
unions. The consolidation Of inter-
natinal discipline and order, saying:
"Our policy may he directed very
short time from Moscow and after
ward transferred to another central
country with IL greater percentage of
sive victory over the European bour-
geoiSe."
NJ. Zinovleff said that Of the next
million members of the Russian COM
muniSt party. one-uineteenth must be
factory workers.
In conclusion, he said "the pre-
historic war period of the communist
International has ended. Now begins
the real historical struggle for the
overthrow of capitalism and the ere
alton Of an International federation
of soviet and socialist republic" which
he predicted would come in some big
countries within the next five years.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
DECLARES CHURCH
OPPOSED TO LABOR
Stone Tells Methodists Workers
Attitude Against Church Is
Direct Result.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March Labor does
not think very much of the church
because the church does not think
very much of labor, delegates to the
council of cities of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were told last
night by Warren S. Stone of Cleve-
land, president of the National Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Trouble between labor and capital
usually finds the influence of the
church on the side of capital, said
Mr.. Stone. adding land this is easily
explained when you realize that they
depend upon capital for their support
and not upon contributions from the
workers."
The speaker assured the delegates Of
his sincere interest in seeing the church
and labor get nearer together. The
failure of the church to win the sup
port of labor, he continued. is largely
its failure to understand the workers
problems, appreciate their ideals and
help them accordingly. The churches
do almost nothing to interest them
selves vitality in wages. working con-
ditions and occupational problems that
mean bread and butter and life and
health to the worker and his family.
Labor apd the church can get to-
gether. because both believe in the
brotherhood of mankind, in the supreme
value of human personality and In the
ideal of service instead Of just money
making, said Mr.. Stone.
Gov. William Z. Sweet of Colorado.
another speaker, told of the Christian
in business and politics. The primary
object of business, he declared, was the
exploitation OF humanity and raw ma
terialS. More and more men of high
ideals are entering public life, and
it is the duty of the christian politi-
cian'' to take the side of the working
classes, said the governor.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 1.-The communis,
international has full right ito eX-
peGt welcome surprises from the
American labor movement" declares
cutive committee, in an article ap-
pcaring in the Pravda yesterday.
Reviewing the work of the move
ment for the past five years and out.
lining It's aims for the next five, he
says that communistic revolutionary
theories are making great progress
even in America and Japan, and adds
that the latter country is on the
verge of revolution like that of
Russia in 1905"
removal of the headquarters of the
third international from Moscow to
another central country with Il
greater percentage of induStrialiSts
than Russia after our first decisive
victory over the European bour-
Seoise."
Great Britain was extremely inn
English workers become communiZed
the people of the suppressed east will
arise and the proletarian revolution
DE successful throughout Europe, and
the aim OF the ConlmuniStic interna-
tional is to work increasingly to this
end.
Sees March Through Germany.
Continuing. lie said that the inter-
national had not changed its belief
that revolution would march through
Europe Via Germany. He outlined
Evening star., 1924-03-01
41 ARE OVERCOME
IN new YORK FIRE
Chief, Two Battalion Leaders, Two
Captains and Three Lieutenants
Included Among Victims.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Assoca ted Press
NEW YORK, March 1.-Fire Chief
Kenlon. Battalion Chiefs Kavanaueh
and OHanlon. two captains and three
lieutenants were included among
forty-one firemen overcome by acrid
fumes in fire which burned stub
bornly for four hours among leather
stocks in a downtown loft building
last night Nine were taken to hos
pttals but none was seriously hurt.
The burning leather released dense
volumes Of smoke through which the
firemen worked in relays to reach the
basement. AS each group came out
carrying the men who succumbed.
fresh men entered the building. MANY
or the victims returned to the task
after being treated in a building next
door which was converted into a first
aid hospital.
Capt Thomas O'Toole, prostrated
three times. was carried from the
building unconscious on his third at
tempt.
Chief kenlon was almost uncon-
scious when dragged to the level by
Lieut.. Henry, who was himself over.
come. The fire was never dangerous
but was more disastrous to members
or the fire department than any other
In the last two yeaia
Evening star., 1924-03-01
Heinen Ready for Flight to Pole
Should Any Seek to Beat u. S.
DirigibIe Expert Declares He Could Take Shenan
doah, HydrOgen-Fuled, to Arctic and Back
in 5-Day Nonstop Trip on 24-Hour Notice.

the United States to the unexplored
regions this summer.
II hydrogen gas were used, he said.
he could make the trip to the pole
and back in five days, without moor
ing masts or relief ships Tho start
could be made, he added. on twenty
four hours notice after. the giant
dirigible had been restored to high
efficiency in April. -.
Capt. Heinen, who was in the Shen-
andoah on her runaway flight on the
night OF January 16, expressed his
belief In the superiority Of hydrogen
over helium gas and asserted that
the use of;the latter in polar flight
would necessitate moortng masts, Ad-
mitting hydrogen was more danger
Gus, he said accidents in the past,
however, had been caused by mis-
handling of lighter-than-air craft.
He said the plan was worked out
and at the disposal of the Navy De-
partment, but disclaimed any inten-
ton on his part of submitting the
scheme or Of influencing the policy
of the Navy Department.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
CALIFORNIA MILK
QUARANTINE LIFTED
Federal and State Officials Narrow
Area of Foot and Mouth
Disease.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND. Calf, March Rail-
roads operating the seventeen California
counties that were placed under pro-
yisionai quarantine on account Of ar
outbreak of foot and mouth disease in
four other counties We're notified by
state and federal authorities yesterday
that they could resume the shipment
of milk and cream to outside points
This lessenng of the embargo was due
TO "A narrowing of the area of infection
Live stock shippers in Oregon, Ne
vada, Utah, Arizona and other states
were notified by the federal Department
of Agriculture's bureau of economics
today that they need no longer apply
for permits to ship cattle for slaughter
into the San Francisco bay region.
Sheep were excepted from the notinca-
tion.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
Tibet's Famous Woman.

Dorja Parmo is the most famous
woman in the Tibetan plateau. She
is believed, by the natives, to have
the power to turn herself and fifty
nine other inmates OF monastery into
pigs. In this curious country a rep
resentatiVe of the grand lama throws
dice with u delegate believed to
come from the devil, for the luck of
rhe year. If the devils delegate wins,
evil luck is expected for a year, while
of the grand lama wins, all will be
well, for the year.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March Capt Anton
Hetnen, German dirigible expert, yes
terday declared he was ready to pilot
the Shenandoah on a nonstop dash
from Lakehurst. N. J., to the north
pole and return If Great Britain or
any other power threatened to beat
Evening star., 1924-03-01
COLLEGES GET S140, 900
FROM PARDEE ESTATE
Award Made Three Institutions
Balance of So, $4,000 Going
{ to Family.
By the Associated Press.


NORRISTOWN. Pa, March 1-Thre.
educational institutions were award
ed $4,000 yesterday by Judge SoHy
in the adjudication of the will of Cal
win Pardee, late Of Whitemarsh, Pa
La Fayette College was given s50
600. Princeton University $50, 900 and
Rensselaer, Polytechnic. Institute
Troy, n. T.. $4,000. The remainder
of the estate available. for distribn-
tion, amounting to s3.340, ,O06, is heic
in trust for the widow aud chiIdrcn
Evening star., 1924-03-01
MINE WAR STORY
TOLD BY GOVERNOR
West Virginia Executive Testifes
of Declaring Martial Law
in Mingo.
LOGAN SHERIFF W1rNEs.
Clash of Police and Coal Field
Workers Revealed to jury.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FAfETTEVILLE, W. Va, March 1.
The tale of industrial warfare I'm
southern West Virginia coal fields.
from its inception in Mingo county
In 1920 through the unsuccessful
drive aimed by union miners across
Logan county in the late summer of
1921, but stopped at the Logan border
was retold on the witness stand here
yesterday by Gov. Morgan and Don
Chain, sheriff of Logan county. whose
forces met the shock of the march,
and Capt. j. r. Brockus of the state
police who led his men in both
counties.
The testimony was given at the
trial to determine whether G. Er,n,,
keeney, principal mine union official
In the state, was accessory to the
murder of John Gore, one of the
Logan deputies killed while blocking
the march.
Governors Testimony.
Gov Morgan's testimony covered
the declaration of martial law in
Mlngo county, and while he was on
the stand the proclamations he issued
were read. He also told of orders he
gave to Sheriff Don Chain for forma-
tion OF the protecting forces that
held the mountain ridges i'm the
Logan county border until federal
troops put down the disorder, of his
designation of Col. w. L. Eubanks to
take command Of the state forces
there.
How state police were dispatched
froih -hinSo county to Logan and
IRON Logan Went across the dividing
mountain ridge. only to clash with
armed miners on the union side two
of whom We're killed. figured in the
testimony of the governor, Mai.
Thomas &. Davis, commander in
Mingo; Sheriff Chain and Capt. Broc-
kus
Evening star., 1924-03-01
FIGHTS WITHDRAWAL
OF LA FOLLETTE'S NAME
North Dakota Supporter Takes
View Hour Is Too Late,
Public Told.

BY the Associated Press.
BISMARCK, y. D., March Ii. \.
Miner, who has been at the head OF
the Robert NJ. La Toilette for Presi-
dent organization in North Dakota,
been received fro1 Fargo" to pre-
vent the removal of the name Of La
Toilette from the list of candidates
in the North Dakota presidential
primary March IS.
According to Secretary Of State
Thomas Hall, the Wisconsin senator
wired him last night to-w1thdraw his
name from the March primary.
The view of his Fargo informant,
Mr.. Miner said, was that a name
could not be withdrawn thirty days
prior to the primary vote.
Evening star., 1924-03-01
Lumber Ship Abandoned.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-The
schooner Albert w. Robinson. George
town, S. c., for this port with a cargo
of lumber has been abandoned off
the Delaware capes, according to a
radio message received by the local
navy yard station. The crew was
taken off by a Norwegian steamer
and will be landed at Norfolk. The
cause of abandoning ship was not
stated.
Evening star., 1924-10-06

City, viii present their daughter.
Miss HeL.1otte Erhart, to society at
reception November 90 at their
town house, and on Thanksgiving
night they will give a ball for her
Miss Erhart is the sister of Nine.
Andrea Geisser Celesia, whose hus-
band was attached to the Italian en-
bassy here for several years, and is
now in Rome.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Murton Of To-
ronto, Canada, are visiting the for
mers brother, DIR. P. w. Murton at
his residence on Euclid street, having
come here to attend the world series.
Mrs. George .SeiboId. who has left
Washington for Milwaukee to attend
the meeting of the national board of
the American War Mothers will re-
turn to this city to be present at the
tree-plantins exercises at the Lincoln
Memorial Sunday afternoon.
Invitations have been issued by
Mrs. WILDER Bloodgood for the mar
riage of her daughter. Miss Rosalie
Bloodgood. I'd. of kentucky and New
York, to Mr.. Hugh Campbell Wallace,
I'd. Thursday, October %, in st. Bar
tholomew's Church, New York
The ceremony will be performe d
by the Right Rev. James Henry
Darlington. Bishop of Harrisburg.
Pa, and the Rev. DIR. Leighton Parks,
recor of st. Bartholomew's
Miss Bloodgood will be given in
marriage by her cousin, Mr. Albert
abrisZkie Gray. Her bridesmaids will
be her cousin. Miss Edith Hit, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. REYNOLDS
Hit; Miss Marion Wilson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson
Evening star., 1924-10-06

Miss Emily Delafield, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Livingston Delafield, and
Miss Natalie Willard, daughter of for
mer United States Ambassador to
Spain and Mrs. Joseph H. Willard
There will be two matrons of honor
Mrs. H. Rogers Benjamin and Mrs.
Stoddard Hoffman.
A reception at Sherry's will follow
the ceremony. Mr.. Wallace and his
bride will sail two days after the
wedding for Europe, to remain sew
eral months.
Mr.. Wallace is tht son OF Mrs.
Arthur Sinclair. jr.. and the late
Thomas Bates Wallace OF Tacoma,
Wash. He Is a nephew and namesake e
of Mr.. Hugh Campbell Wallace Of
Washington, who was United States
Ambassador to France in the Wilson
administration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Lobdell. jr.,
were the guests Of the latters mother,
Mrs. Earl Palmer Hopkins, for the
week end. Mrs. Lobdell will remain
for the week. She was Miss Jane
Hopkins, debutante OF last season.
The annual card party and tea of
the Chaumont Unit, American Wom-
Evening star., 1924-10-06
A Clear Complexion
Ruddy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Well
Known Ohio Physician

Or. =. M. Edwards for II years treat q.
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These tablets are wonder-workers on
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OF sorts, inactive bowels, you take one
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Thousands of women and men take
Or. Edwards Olive TabIets-the sue
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