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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

State Supreme Court Holds Double
Title Feature Makes Act
Unconstitutional

Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional the motor
vehicle license law passed by the last General Assembly, providing
for increase that would have ned $3000000 $00000
additional in the funds of the State highway department
Approximately $4,000 automobile and $4,000 truck
affected.
If the present decision stands license fees will be the
n 1923.
Attorney General u S. Lesh said petition for rehearing
planned He arranged to confer with Governor McCray late
day to the STEP
Officials of the highway department who had completed
plans for the construction of 400 miles of
ing tentative revision of their program because the decision
Ed Jackson Secretary of State said 'It shall be my
deavor to retain enough fees that it necessary Leg
saure to meet appropriate for repayment
who have paid the increased e the State will sufficient
money to cover amounts of excess fees"
Collections Total So, 1851
Jackson has collected 81 1924 auto
mobile fees.
jackson received opinion from Lesh ago
stating that Lesh opinion the Legislature would be required
to make appropriation for payment of fees
license law declared invalid
This act is clearly double and embraces subjects which
not properly connected because constitutional prov
sion of the automobile license is void
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
FILM ACTRESSES
BOUND; MURDERED
Body of Girl Found in New
York Apartment,

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Bound, muir
dered, with evidences OF criminal at
tack, the body of pretty Louise Law
son. film actress, was found in her
luxurious West Side apartment by a
colored maid today.
The actress lived alone. with a police
dog. Neighbors heard voices outside
her apartment this morning, which
they took at the time to be those Of
expressmen. They heard Miss Lawson
admit two men.
Later. when the maid entered the
apartment, Miss Lawson's body, scant-
lily clad. lay sprawled across the bed.
Tape and towels had been bound
across her mouth, the leash from her
police day partly bound her.
Police are investigating the possi-
bility that robbery was the motive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
PAY |NCREASEFOR
POSTMEN FAVORED
Federated Clubs Adopts ReSo-
IutionS Urging Raise,

Resolutions favoring the increase in
salary OF mail carriers employed by
the Government of the United States
in order to maintain efficient serv-
tce," were passed at the meeting of
the board of directors of the Seventh
District Of Federated Clubs this morn.
ing at the National City Bank build
ing. Letters explaining the indorse-
ment of the resolutions viii be sent
to Indiana Senators in Washington,
Mrs. John T. Wheeler, president of
the Seventh District. announced.
Plans were made for the Americani
zatton program Feb. Is at the SEVERN.
Mrs. Isaac Born is in charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
TRACTION WRECK
PROBE CONTINUED
BY UTILITY BODY
Road Officials May Be Exam
ined Here Instead of at
Anderson,

Investigation Of the interurban
crash near Fortville Saturday was
resumed by the public service COM
mission and representatives Of the
interstate commerce commission at
Anderson today. II was believed all
witnesses. except executive officers OF
the traction company would be ex.
amined today.
In this event no further hearings
will held at Anderson, hut traction
officials will be called to Indianapolis
to give their testimony.
J. o. Permission, superintendent Of
power distribution; r. E. Boyle. dis
patcher, and M. V. List, signal main
tainer, all of Anderson. were recalled
today. New witnesses were Harry
Campbell, line foreman, and Thomas
Nichol, power superintendent, both Of
Anderson.
Questions concerning block signals,
safety devices and condition Of equip
ment were believed among those
asked.
The inquest of Jesse A, Helbert.
coroner Of Madison County, which was
adjourned Thursday because Of the
commission hearing, was resumed
today. Coroner Helbert said he ex-
pected to go to Muncie later to see
persons who were in the wreck and
call eyewitnesses living at Alfont,
where the wreck occurred. 1t was
impossible to reach a verdict today,
he said.
Helbert said his examination would
be renewed at 10 a. m. Saturday.
Charles Smith, Madison County prose
cutor, is awaiting Helbert's verdict be.
fore calling a grand jury. Helbert
said the car crews would be recalled
in addition to several new witnesses
from Marion, Muncie and Indian
apolis.
Identity of the baby, burned to
death in the fire following the wreck,
remained a mystery. No inquiries as
to the child or it's mother have been
received. Helbert said he was con-
CONTINUED ON Page 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
How Decision
Aids Owner

Here is the way the automobile
license fee decision will effect automo-
bile owners, by stopping the increase
provided by the new law:
Ford, reduced from So to IS.
Chevrolet, from So and S12 to IS.
Apperson, from SIT and $40 to So.
Auburn, from s14 and $40 to $S.
Buick, from $14 and $40 to So and $5.
Cadillac, from S14 and S24 20 IS.
Chalmers. from S14 and s24 to ss.
Chandler, from SIT and $40 to IS.
Cleveland, from s14 to SIS.
Cole, from $22 to sS.
Dodge. from $12 and S14 to IS.
bort, from SS and $14 to So.
DuranI. from $12 and S22 to SIS
and IS.
Essex, from $12 and s14 to IS.
Franklin, from IS and s22 to 50
and $12.
Haynes. from SIT and s24 to So
and $12.
Hudson. from IS and $50 to IS and
s12.
Hupmobile. from IS and SIT to s5
and So.
Nssel, from SIT and s24 to IS ana
$50.
Lexington. from SIT and s22 to So.
Lincoln. from S24 to So.
Marmon, from SIT and $50 to So
and $40.
Maxwell, from So, s12 and s14 to SIS.
Mitchell, from SIT and $50 to So
and $50.
Nash, from s14 and s22 to IS and IS.
National. from $40 and s24 to ss
and $50.
Oakland. from s12 and s24 to IS
and IS.
olds, from s12 and $50 to s. and
500.
Overland, from ss and $50 to s5
and SIS.
Packard, from SIT and $50 to s.
and 500.
Premier. from SIT and $40 to ss
and $40.
REQ. from $S and $40 to SIS and ss.
Studebaker, from So and $40 to IS
and IS.
stutz. from SIT and s24 to So ana
$40.
williys-Knight. from SIT and s2a
to So.
The new law also increased the fees
on trucks considerably. These fees
were based on weight and vary great
ly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
STATE FINANCE
MIDDLE WORSE
Motor Fee Decision May Mean
More Large Loans,

The decision Of the Supreme Court
holding the automobile license law un-
constitutional added greatly to the de-
moralization of State finances today.
The law that was declared invalid
provided that the inheritance tax fees
should go to the general fund. The
old law, which now becomes effective,
provides they shall go to the highway
commission.
Under the new law $3.50. 1904 had
been turned over to the general fund
from inheritance taxes. This decis-
ion will make necessary the payment
of this money to the highway depart.
ment.
The balance in the general fund is
less than $4,000.
If the money is returned to the
highway department, more large loans
by the State will be necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

1t is believed death came even more
quickly than that.
Thirty persons, mostly newspaper
men, watched the execution through
the little window in the death cham.
Der.
Immediately after physicians said
they believed Gee Jon dead a current
of fresh air was forced into the death
chamber and later guards entered and
brought out the body.
The condemned man faced death as
he awakened today with only a little
more certainty than of man desper-
ately Ill He knew the day on which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
I'm Going

BIZ United Press
PARIS, Feb. S.-"I've stood
enough. I'm going" shouted Pre-
mier Poincare in the chamber of
deputies this afternoon after
some particularly bitter and per-
sonal hecknng by Communist
members.
Poincare stalked out of the
chamber followed By his cabinet
and the session was suspended
by the President.
There was an uproar in the
chamber.
Finally the premier returned
and the session was resumed.
Deputy Peret pleaded with the
Communists to cease personal
invectives.
Applauded by a majority Of the
deputies Poincare did not resign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Immediately when the death cham
Der door was locked three guards spun
wheels which turned the valves.
There was hiss of the poison gas
rushing under pressure through the
conduits and into the cell.
Watchers at the death house win
dows saw only a slight tremor of the
body and then the mans head fell
suddenly to the right side and the
doctors declared he was dead.
Three minutes elapsed between the
time the gas was introduced into the
death chamber and the time the ply
sicians made their preliminary an
nouncement of death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
SPEAKERS TO BE DINED
Associated Employers Arrange Ban
quet at Athletic Club.

Directors and committeeman of the
Associated Employers of Indianapolis
will entertain DIR. Gus w. Dyer, Van
derbilt University. Nashville, and
Jacob H. Rubin, Milwaukee,. Wis,
with a dinner at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club at p. m. today.
The men VIII speak at the TWEEN
tieth annual meeting of the employ
ers at 7:45 in the X. of p. Bldg.
Rubin will talk on Russia. the Truth
From Within" and Dyer will talk on
Economics Of Industrial Relations"
A meeting Of the twentyfour di.
rectors viii be held next Wednesday.
Officers viii be elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

he was to die but not the hour. That
detail was withheld.
Strapped hand end foot to a cot,
given his last opportunity to see a
human face and speak a word in an
swer to human voice; hear the last
prayer intoned by a priest, and then
lying face upturned toVard Heaven.
awaiting death to strike. Jon was
taken to the little stone house.
Thomas Russell, an American-born
Mexican. who killed his Indian bride.
was to have died with Gee Jon by the
same experiment. But his sentence
was commuted late Thursday after
noon to life Imprisonment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

provision Of the license bill giving
one-fourth Of proceeds to counties and
it was sent to conference COMMITTEES.
Thurman A. Gottschalk, Democratic
floor leader, made the motion against
the bill.
Hits Rocks
The inheritance tax bill struck the
rocks also and was sent to the con-
ference committee.
On the last night of the session the
license bill appeared, but with the In
heritance tax measure as a rider"
No roll call was taken in the House
and the speaker declared the two-in.
one bill passed. Then Democrats pro-
tested violently, saying they did not
know Of the committee report.
Amid confusion and turmuIt, the
speaker signed the disputed bill. The
Governor signed it on March 8.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Declares Navy Head Should
Be 0uSted With All 0dium
Attached
SHAFFER IS SUBP0ENAED
Sensational Evidence of Dem
YER Publisher DIScIoSes
Prior Sinclair Contract,
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press STAFF Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Secretary
of the Navy DENLY should be driven
out Of office with all the odium that
can possibly attach to his going" Sen
ator Walsh. the Montana investigator
who unearthed the Teapot Dome scan
dal. told the Senate today.
Walsh's attack on DENLY followed
testimony before the Senate Teapot
Dome committee by F, G, Bonfils,
publisher OF the Denver Post, who
revealed.
''That Bonfils, with Leo Stack, a
Denver politician. had a contract with
Harry Sinclair, Teapot Dome leassee
under which Sinclair has already paid
$25o,OOo and must pay s1,OOO.OOO more
II he wants to drill certain acreage in
Teapot Dome,
That Stack at one time tried to get
Teapot Dome for E. L. Doheny. lessee
OF the California reserves,
That there apparently was a com
promise between Sinclair and Doheny
by which one was to take Teapot
Dome, the other the California re-
serves.
Walsh's attack on DENLY, delivered
soon after the Senate met, was the
bitterest yet heard since the Senate
began considering the Robinson
resolution demanding DENLY be called
on to resign.
Walsh expressed doubt DENLY could
be impeached
stupidity" he said, ''is not a
ground for impeachment. 1 do not
believe Mr.. Denly guilty Of treason.
l know of no evidence upon whieE
he could be convicted of bribery or
any other high crime or misdeneanoi
No Time for Theories
But this Is no time to stand upon
fine spun theories concerning the ex-
act lise dividing the domain of the
executive from that Of the legislative
branch Of the Government.
"A great crime has been committed
The very structure of our Government
rocks upon It's foundation in conse-
quence Of the revelations made in con-
nection with 1t. There is but one way
to restore to it that confidence inde-
spensible to it's stability and perpetu
ity. namely, TO visit upon the perpe-
traitors the EXTREMIST rigor Of the law
and to drive from the public service
every one through whose connivahce
or supineness it became possible.
Are you willing. my colleagues, to
turn back these great properties into
the keeping Of Edwin DENLY? I am
not.
Are you willing to condone the
fragrant faithlessness which his ad-
ninistration of his great office as re-
vealed by his own testimony?
am not
Am Not Content"
Are you content to let MN down
easy lest sensibilities be offended or
political prospects be affected? 1 am
not.
Il want to see him driven from
office with all the odium that can pos
sibly attack to his going, that his fate
may serve for all time as a warning
to those who might otherwise fail the
republic as he has failed.
f'Mr. DENLY says the wool was
pulled over his eyes. His testimony
discloses that it wasn't much of a
trick; that he is one Of those who.
having eyes. see not. and having ears.
hear not the things that concern their
Continued on Page 15)
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BIZ United Press

ri ARSON CITY, New, Feb. S.
IL Gee Jon. Chinese, died today by
0 lethal gas, the first man to be
executed by "the sleeping DEATH
AT 9:37 a. m. three guards marched
with the Chinaman from the con-
demned row of the State penitentiary,
forty yards across the prison yard to
the lethal chamber.
He walked quietly with practically
ne suggestion of nervousness.
the door was closed behind him and
he was bound hand and foot to a
heavy metal cot.
The process. all OF which had been
thoroughly rehearsed, required by
moment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
INSURANCE UNION ELECTS

John Miller, Newcastle, is the new
president of the Mutual Insurance
Companies Union Of Indiana which
closed its twenty-eighth annual con.
vention at the Claypool at noon.
Other officers: J. P. Branaman Bed.
ford, vice president, and H. L. Now
lin. Indianapolis, secretary
A resolution was adopted approving
the work Of Newman T. Miller, State
fire marshal. who addressed the ses-
sion Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
WILLIAM WEBB ARRESTED
One of Nineteen Indicted in Hawkins
Case Found in Texas.

William Webb, of Dallas, Texas, for.
merly head of the Home Builders Asso-
ciation of America, under indictment
in Federal Court here on charges Of
using the mails in a scheme to defraud
and conspiracy, has been arrested at
Dallas, 1t was learned today. He was
released on bond Of $4,000.
Webb was one Of nineteen persons
indicted recently in Connection with in
vestigation of affairs of the Hawkins
Mortgage Company of Portland, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
WARMER WEATHER DUE
Thirty Above Predicted for Late To.
day and Saturday.

]. IL Arlington. meteorologist for
the local weather bureau predicts a
slowly rising temperature for today
and Saturday with perhaps the lowest
at 30 degrees above zero. The
maximum fall for the last twenty
four hours was to 16 degrees at $3.50
a. m. The mercury had risen to
IS at a. m. and at 1890 it had gone
up to 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
SHAW MOTION GETS AID
Sister Files Affidavit Supporting Move
to Dust Attorneys.

Supporting a motion approved by
John Thomas Shaw, colored. con
victed slayer of Mrs. Helen Hager
Whelchel, to have w. S. Henry and
j. X. Brown, colored attorneys, barred
from participation in the case, Mrs.
Lucille Conley, sister of Shaw, has
signed an affidavit filed with Supreme
Court by Clyde 2. Miller and Russell
B. Harrison, white attorneys.
An appeal to the Supreme Court
and petition for stay of execution have
been sponsored by Henry and Brown,
defense attorneys in the trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
ALIBI SHAKES CONFESSION

By United Press
CANTON. Ohio, Feb. S.-That
Joseph Pierce, who confessed to par
ticipation In the murder here Of Miss
Florence Nitzman. Jan. 80. is not
guilty of the crime, was the opinion
of police today.
An investigation revealed that
Pierce was released from Erie, Pa,
Feb. /, after being confined there
since Jan. 27 as an epileptic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
MRS. M'ADoo is ILL

Race With Death Across Continent
Prostrates Wilson's Daughter.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Mrs. VII
liam G. McAdoo. daughter Of the late
President Wilson, was under the care
OF DR.. Cary 7. Grayson today as the
result OF the strain suffered during
race with death from the Pacific Coast
to Washington. They arrived only a
few hours before his funeral
Mrs. McAdoo was almost Frustrated
with grief
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
CIVIC LEAGUE ELECTS
Nj. NJ. Bonewitz Heads Washington
Township Organization.

M. M. Bonewitz. Washington Town.
ship, Is the president Of the newly or.
ganized Washington Township Civic
League. Other officers elected Thurs
day night are: William Moore, 455O
N. Keystone Ave., vice president; Ell
mer Nieman, 1904 E. Forty-sixth ST.,
secretary.
Edward o. Snethen, president of the
Indianapolis Federation of Community
Civic Clubs, spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

Etiquette comes up on every oc-
casion, formal and informal.
1t reveals the polished and betray:
the forgetful.
Etiquette, good manners, what to
do, how and when-on 1t depends
the impression every man and wom-
an makes on others.
It is a most important habit for
both sexes to cultivate.
Little lessons, like the one above,
viii be printed hereafter on the
Woman's Page of The Times.
READ them, CLIP them, SAVE
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

N7UTLER College seniors
TX donned the cap and gown for
G the first time Thursday at
the Founders day celebration.
Among these were Miss Mary I1ath-
crime Wise, Middletown. Ind, mem
ber Of the Delta Delta Delta Soror-
ity, and Miss Irma Dykes, Darling
ton. Ind, member of the Pi Beta
Phi Sorority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
Don't Write

No letters concerning return
of excess automobile fees VIII be
answered, II. D. McClelland,
head Of the. State auto license
department, announced.
1--WE will be governed entirely
by the rulings of the attorney
general" he said. Whatever is
to be done about returning money
will be announced as soon az a.
ruling IS made" -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Ends Life Thinking Self Burden
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. S.-Rath-
er than become a burden on his
brother. Charles Lucky, Al, shot him
self through the heart here Thursday.
He formerly lived at Ligonier. He had
been III.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
PHI CAMS TO BANQUET
Two Hundred Expected to Attend An
nuaI State Affair.

Two hundred members OF the Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity are expected
to attend the annual State banquet at
the SEVERN Saturday.
Maj Carl p Chambers Of the Culver
Military Academy. and Philip Lyons of
Washington, u. c., win speak.
Chapters at De Pauw, Wabash, Pur-
due, Indiana and Hanover are plan
ming delegations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

kVHHEN introduced. a man and
w a woman bow to each other
- slightly. They do not shake
haI.ds unless she offers hers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Home Edition

TULL service of the United
J. Press, the NEA Service, the
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Al
lance and the Scripps-Paine
Service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08
Forecast

T1AIR weather predicted for to-
J. night and Saturday. Lowest
temperature tonight about 20 de-
grees above zero. Rising tenn
perature Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-23

"pLossoM TIME" one OF the
" most charming and cnchant-
: musical plays the stage Of this
ksantry has ever Rad. will be pre-
|>rtsd az III. Metropolitan theater
n return engagement Of one
week. beginning sunday.
Having completed run OF two
ssars In New York. Blossom Time.
sones here with the Century the
Fer. New York. company and pro
Slssion intact. The story Is based
on INCIDENTS in the life Of Franz
schubert, the famous yiennese com
l0ssr. The scene Is laid in old Wen
~ me original theme OF the story
US discovered ia a scmIficiion and
photographed life of Schubert;
vaich was published shortly after his
seaih. The music is from the melo-
8es o. Franz Schubert and II. Berte.
@apsed By slgnund Romberg.
THE cast Is headed b. Hollis Da-
'-nuy in his original role Of Franz
sehGberi. Gertrude Lang. originator
y the role Of Mitzi. Halina Bruzov.
"a, Ralph sorie. Teddy webb. Amy
Lester. George Hacketi. Lawrence
l:oberts. jules Epaiiiy. Ferne New
q. David Andrada. Ruth Meier. Vic.
'sr Henry. Hediey Hall. Devecmon
Ramsay. lone wiIbcr and David Res-
~nck
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-23
LOIS DENIES RUM0R
OF HER ENGAGEMENT

ia recent telegram 20 an intim
ate friend On Hollywood, Lois Wilson.
popular screen actress nov playing
Iu New YORK. emphatlcally denisi
her engagement 20 Richard Dix al,
well known % motion picture shea
tcr-roera The rum0r n the en-
mgcment was given wido pubici =
in recent news dispatches.
Ailss Wilson's telegram follows.
Il have just heard that a story
announcing my engagement 20 81.
Dix has gone 10 the Coast. Please.
II you can. deny this Tor me a. Il is
untrue and such rumors naturally
cause embarrassment % both partfr.
II seems a shame that two people
In this profession. because they hap
pen 10 work together IN a fey pie
lures. are necessarily believed 10 De-
engaged. consider Ar. Dix one or
the best friends I have ever had as
well a one Of the finest men have
ever known
(glFneN LOIS WILSON"
Kiss Wilson and Richard Dix have
played opposite each other In several
recent Paramount pictures and are
AZ present playing the principal roles
Ia william De Miles production.
'Icsbonnd." which is being filmed in
the East.