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Evening star., 1926-03-23
TAUSS|G ASSA|LS
MERITS Of TARIFF
BOARD APPO|NTEES
Tells Committee Ability of
Broussard and Burgess
Were Disregarded.
DECLARES FLEXIBLE
PROVISIONS USELESS
Holds Opinion That Work of Com,
mission Is No Longer on
Scientific Basis.
HY q. GOULD LINCOLN.

IL. Frank w. Taussig, first chair
Snau of the United States Tariff Com
mission. and at present professor
Of economies at Harvard University
unpoaring as the first witness today
s. hr Senate investigation of the ad
miniStration Of the Tariff Commission
testified:
l. That recent appointments to the
THrff commission had been made in
some instances without regard to abil
5y, training and openmindness;
>. That the flexible provisions OF
thc tariff law were serving no useful
purpose and should be repealed;
'3. That the Tariff Commission to
bc of the greatest public service
should be non-partisan, rather than bi
partisan or partisan.
Cites "CnfOrtunate" Appointments.
Pressed by Senator La Toilette OF
Wisconsin. member of the commit
tee. to he more specific with regard
to his structures on the appointments
for commissioners, DIR. Taussig said
that he regarded the appointments
Of William Burgess and l.. G. Bros
:sard as particularly unfortunate. Mr..
Burgess is no longer member of the
commission. and Mr.. Brossard is the
latest appointee. DIR. Taussig critf
cized the appointment of Mr. burgess
on the ground that he had repre-
Sented pottery interests tariff legfS-
Iation before becoming a member of
the commission.
Mr.. Brossard, he said, had been a
junor member of the commission S
staff If promotions to the commits
sion are to be made from the staff,
Dr. Taussig said, they should be
made from the most highly qualified
employees who have had long service.
TO do otherwise, he said. would have
q serious effect on discipline and the
morale of the commissions staff.
Urges Public Reports.
Dr. Taussig told the committee that
in his opinion reports of the tar1n
commission on various schedules made
in connection with the flexible provi-
sions of the tariff law, should be made
public.
THE President should not pigeon
hole them" said DR.. Taussig.
Senator La Toilette wanted to know
whether the report on sugar had not
been pigeonholed by President Cool
idge.
$50 far as I know 1t has never gone
to The public, unless 1t has been given
out very recently" replied DR.. Taus-
sig.
In reply to further questions, DR..
Taussig said that If the flexible pro-
visions of the tariff law are to be con-
tinued then the decision as to in
creasing or lowering the duties. after
investigation has been made by the
commission, should rest with the
tariff commission rather than with the
President.
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The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
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~. s. Weather Bureau ForecastD
Partly cloudy and slightly colder to-
night tomorrow fair. Temperatures:
Highest. 81, at $3.50 pm. yesterday;
lowest, IS, at ! am. today.
Full report on Page 9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
SPIKING OF
SPTGOTS IS
INCREASED
Liquor Arrests Gain Nearly
so Per Cent, Police Chief
Reports.

Failure of Indianas stringent pro
hibition statute, the Wright bone
dry" law, to scare away illegal liquor
traffic was indicated today when re-
ports on liquor arrests in Indian
apolis for the ten months ended Oct.
81 indicated an increase Of nearly
so per cent over the same period in
1925. The figures are from a report
by Chief Of Police Claude F. John
son to the board of safety.
An increase of $50 in arrests on
auto theft charges was reported for
the ten-month period. The figures:
1926, 2,945; 1925, zoos. This year
1870 cars were recovered; in 1925,
1859.
While liquor and auto theft ar
rests mounted, those for other
crimes, including the major ones of
homicide, robbery and burglary de-
creased.
There was an increase of approx
mately $4,000 900 in the value of prop
erty stolen this year. The 1926 total
was $1,SOO, ,34S.2O; 1925, s1,995,201.22.
Property recovered this year was
valued at 81, ,494, 4,0S5.73; 1925, $1,075,-
52S.58.
For the month of October this
year, arrests exceeded those in the
same month Of 1925 by 173, the
figures being 1,744 and 1871.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
MARIE RESTING
FOR BUSY WEEK
Queen Faces Four Days in
Chicago, Then indianapolis.

BIZ United Press
ABOARD QUEEN MARIE'S
TRAIN IN ILLINOIS, Nov. 13.-
Queen Marie of Roumania today en-
joys her last day of comparative
rest before entering upon intensive
activity in the industrial cities of
the Middle West.
Four days in Chicago. day in In.
dianapolis next Wednesday,, then
Louisville, Cincinnati, Detroit. Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, all overnight
Jumps" and crowded social en-
gagements in each place are to fol-
low.
Controversies are already raging
in each city over the manner in
which to greet Her Majesty. Poll
ticians are weighing the value and
loss of being seen with royalty, so
cial climbers are attacking each 9TH
er bitterly for the privilege of being
with Her Majesty, social arpiters are
in violent quarrel over the niceties
Of etiquette.
Yesteday Queen Marie toured "the
better part of st. Louis" then dined
at an official banquet and attended
a horse show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
ARSON PLOT CASE
MAY Be DELAYED
Stephenson Wanted as Wit
neSs-Remy Too Busy.

Three important developments
took form today In the d. c. Ste
phenson arson-conspiracy case, a
phase of which is due to come be
fore Judge James A. Collins in Mar.
ion County Criminal Court Monday.
The developments:
Thomas V. Miller, Muncie, Ind,
attorney for Stephenson, plans to
ask Judge Collins Monday for an or
der to bring Stephenson here from
his cell in Indiana State prison to
testify in the case.
Prosecutor William H. Remy says
he possibly will plead inability, be-
cause Of duties with grand jury, to
proceed with trial on Nov. %.
Ira NJ. Holmes plans to Withdraw
as defense counsel. saying he has
received no fee.
Miller had planned to file the plea
today, thinking that Judge James A.
Collins would be back on the bench.
But Judge Collins, who has been
resting at Martinsville. will not re-
turn until Monday. 1t was learned.
So the filing was delayed.
Stephenson and his three ex-aids.
Fred Butler, Earl Klinck and Earl
Gentry, face trial for the fire which
practically demolished Stephenson s
Irvington home shortly after his
arrest for the death of Miss Madge
Oberholtzer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
Full Evening Attire Ap-
parentIy Only Proper Ap-
pareI for Men.
What to wear?

What to wear?
Now that the invitations have
been sent out over the State for the
8 o'clock banquet next Wednesday
at the Columbia Club in hoonr Of
Queen Marie Of Roumania, pro-
spective Indianapolis members OF
"Indiana's 400" are scratching their
heads to determine what attire to
wear for the occasion.
1.-The invitations speciflfy the ban
quet as being formal" said John c..
. Ruckelshaus, banquet committee
chairman. THE affair taking place
after 6 o'clock, 1 take it that full
dress will be worn.
However, there will no doubt be
number attending in Tuxedos, and
even some in ordinary street clothes.
AS far as 1 know no one will be put
out because of his attire"
Wallace o. Lee, chairman of the
city committee, said the dress of the
evening should conform to the same
standards of propriety that would be
accorded the wife Of the President Of
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MINERS APPROVE
PEACE PROPOSAL
Delegates Refer Plan to Dis
triCt Councils.

BW United Press
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The miners
delegate conference today in effect
approved the governments proposal
for settling the coal dispute which
has kept most of Britain's mines
and most of her 100000 miners idle
since the coal stoppage began six
and one-half months ago.
The delegates voted TO refer the
proposal to the district by 432, 900 to
$4,000. They stipulated the usual
district council method OF voting in
stead Of by ballot of the individual
miners. The conference was to meet
again next Friday to hear the report
from the districts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
CEMETERY FIGHT LOOMS
City Council Majority Proposes to
Pass Contested Ordinance.

A fierce contest is expected at city
council meeting Monday night with
the announcement by majority fac
ton members today that they will
adopt the celebrated cemetery ordi-
nance.
The measure would annul an ex-
isting ordinance prohibiting estab-
lishmeEt of a cemetery along a park
or boulevard, and Is designed to
permit the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Association to proceed with It's burial
place on Kessler Blvd. near the
Broadmoor Country Club.
'"We've got the votes and we're
going to pass it," Boynton j. Moore,
council president, said.
why, there's already one body
buried in the cemetery"
Broadmoor Country Club members
and many other citizens are siren
uously opposed to the measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
C|TY'S PER CAPITA
FIRE LOSS |SLOW
Probably viii Be About 81
for Year.

indianapolis per capita fire loss
in 1926. may be the lowest in the
city's history, Fire Prevention Chief
Horace w. Carey declared today in
A report for the first ten months of
the year submitted to the board of
safety. He estimated the per capita
figure would be around So. Per
capita loss figures in past years;
1925, s9.47: 1924. $3.3s; 1923, S14S7:
1922. 1857.
Total fire loss thus far in 1926 is
1921 SILL under the first ten
months OF 1925. with 355 fewer runs
by firemen.
Prevention inspections to Oct. 81
this year numbered 46,O3O; In 1868 of
these defects were found OF 1.49O
orders for correction Of fue and
chimney defects. issued during Fire
Prevention week, oct 3 to 16. all but
eleven have been obeyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
Auto Tire Prices
to Be Cut Monday

All standard tire companies will
reduce prices from 10 to 20 per
cent Monday, Indianapolis branch
managers said today.
The cut was decided at recent
meeting OF tire company officials
Of all leading companies, 1t was
said.
Approaching winter and slack de-
mand is said to have been respon-
sible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
HOW TO DRESS UP
FOR QUEENS VISIT
Marie May Drop in
on Home Here

Dust off your furniture.
housewives of Indianapolis,
and polish the family silver.
For your home may be visited
by royalty next Wednesday eve
ming. When 1t was learned
that Queen Marie desired to
make an impromptu visit to a
typical American home, Wal
lace o. Lee, city committee
chairman, sent the following
telegram to Ira Nelson Morris.
on board the Queens train:
"In answer to requests for
private visit to typical Ameri-
can home, arrangements can be
made for such a visit here, II
desired. Numerous requests
have been made by citizens of
Indianapolis that this idea be
carried out here"
Such a visit would be made
entirely unannounced, it is said.
The Party plans TO have the
Queen whisked away from the
official greeters and taken up
a residential street, stopping at
some typical appearing house
and going in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
CLEANER SWEARS
WILLIE GAVE HIM
STAINED CLOTHES
Very Excited, Says Witness
Alleged Diary of Slain
Woman Introduced.
Bu United Press

Bu United Press
COURTROOM, SOMERVILLE, N.
j., Nov. 13.-William J. Grealis, a
clothes cleaning establishment en-
ployee. today told the jury in the
Hall-Mills murder case that two days
after the murder Willie Stevens had
given him a bundle of stained cloth
ing TO clean.
Willie was very excited and
argued with me-" he testified. ex-
planning that Stevens insisted he
leave the Hall home, where he had
called for the package, by a rear
door.
Grealis was not certain as 10 the
color of the stains on the clothing,
excepting that they We're dark"
Went to Back Door
when ] called at the house. 4"
Graelis testified, William Stevens
told me there had been trouble in
the Family and to come to the back
door"
Graelis' evidence. and the introduc-
tion of diary allegedly kept by Mrs.
Eleanor Mills, the murdered woman,
and letters written both by Mrs
Mills and by the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall. who was killed with
her. formed the high spots of to-
days session of the trial.
The diary and letters. it was ex-
pected. would be read to the jury
later. the court having commented
that he believed they were proper
matter for submission to the jury.
The State suffered a blow late Fri
day when Louise Geist Riehl, former
Hall servant. testified that Mrs. Hall
was at home playing solitaire be-
tween 8 and 10 p. m. at the time
of the double murder.
She also testified that Mrs. Hall
had not overheard a telephone con-
versation between the rector and the
choir singer two or three hours be-
fore they kept their fatal tryst.
1t was the contention of the State
that Mrs. Hall having overheard her
husband and Mrs. Mills, had sum-
moned her brothers and surprised
the amorous pair, the resulting alter
cation being a prelude to murder.
Organist Testifles
Mrs. Agnes Storer. organist at the
Rev. Halls church, told how Mrs.
Mills was soprano soloist Of the
church choir while the minister Sc.
lected the songs to be sung.
The day after the murders, Mrs.
Storer said. Mrs. Hall telephoned
her.
"She asked me to take charge Of
the choir rehearsal that night as DR..
Hall would not be there" Mrs.
Storer said. IT asked her If DIR. Hall
were Ill and she said No, he is out
of town
Gardener Called
Testimony of Peter Tumulty,
chauffeur and gardener for Mrs. Hall
and now employed as a gardener for
Henry Carpenter, another witness.
was distinctly favorable to the de.
fense. He said it was considerable
time after the murder before he was
asked to wash the two cars the
State alleged were used the night
of the crime. He could give little
other information.
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UNCLE JOE RITES
SET FOR TUESDAY Y
Past Commanders of American Legion to Bear Famous
Leader to Grave-WlI Lie in State.

ers of the Curtis G. Redden post OF
the American Legion, and the escort
Of honor will be composed of former
commanders of the knights Tenn
plar.
The body will lie in state in the
family home between the hours OF
10 a. m and p. m. Sunday,
Meanwhile the city paid homage
to Uncle joe"
While the body OF the most color.
full speaker the, House ever had
rested in State in the big old rec
house on Vermillion street in which
Uncle Joe" died at noon Friday, ar
air of quietude pervaded the town.
Personal AffIIctIon
To the city that Cannon has called
home ever since he began his pic.
turesque political career, his death
seems to have been a personal aff1c-
ton.
Newsboys. bankers. merchants,
cab-drivers, telephone girls-they all
have found a common ground for
mourning.
Uncle Joe" himself planned his
burial. He will be laid to rest be.
meath a simple monument, which he
chose and had erected on the family
lot in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Hundreds of Messages
The esteem in which Cannon was
held throughout the country con-
dreds Of kilograms and personal mes
sages poured in.
The home was literally swamped
in floral offerings.
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In addition to locating Mrs. Dick
inson. Prosecutor William H. Reiny.
in charge OF the investigation, was
attempting to discover what led to
her disappearance just at the time
she was wanted to go before the
grand jury.
Lats Saturday, Lieut.. George
Winkler attempted to serve a sub
poena on, Mrs. Dickinson at her home
In Seymour. She was not at home.
Winkler therefore served a subpoena
on her husband. He failed to appear
but it was learned that Mrs. Dickin-
son had come to Indianapolis.
disappeared Friday
Friday she disappeared from the
home whore she had been staying
here. it was learned.
Prosecutor Remy announced that
next week he will file a motion in
Criminal Court asking that the
$1,000 appearance bond OF Mrs. l.. G
Julian, wife Of the former business
associate of ID. C. Stephenson, who
has been one Of the important probe
witnesses. be forfeited.
Mrs. Julian was put under bono
to guarantee her appearance before
the jury, while her husband, missing
for three weeks when wanted as a
witness. was being sought After
appearing daily for two weeks on
advice of Ira Holmes. former Ste.
phenson attorney, she returned to
her home at Evansville. ignoring or
ders to reappear before the jury.
Julian. who gave himself up and
appeared before the jury for the first
time last Monday, will be before the
jury again next week, Remy said.
To Call Mrs. Meade
Mrs. Charles Meade, 1928 Il. Six.
teenth ST.. mother OF Mildred Meade,
former confidante of Stephenson,
who was missing" for two weeks
when sought as a witness, also will
be another witness next week, Remy
said.
Julian had told the jurors he re-
ceived from Mrs. Meade two Ste
phenson strong boxes" The boxes,
1t is supposed, contained documents
which would prove the corruption
charges.
The jury session Friday was prin-
cipally devoted to an effort to dis
cover what interests have been be-
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RECORD HOLIDAY
BUYING SEEN BY
TREASURY HEADS
Predict United States win
Close 1926 as Most
Prosperous Ever.

WASHINGToN. Nov. 1s.-The
United States will close the year
1925 as the most prosperous in his
tory and enter the new year with un.
precedented conditions for continu-
alton of the prosperity wave, treas
ury officials said today.
Bank deposits in $4,000 institu-
tions now total more than S4S,s00.-
900, 900, an increase OF about $780,
600 900 as compared with the de.
posits last year; deposits on demand
are approximately s1s.S00, 900, 900,
while time deposits aggregate more
than $4,000, 1000, 900.
The approaching Christmas season
will be one of the greatest buying
holidays, Federal statistics Indicated.
Christmas savings accounts amount
ing to about S1,000,000.000 will be
paid by banks early next month and
officials estimated that another
$500, 100000 would be spent to help
fll Santa Claus bag.
Federal experts pointed out that,
with exception OF the agriculture in
dustry in a few sections of the coun-
try, practically every business en-
joyed prosperity this year. Many
businesses expanded and banking
conditions were reported as sound
SaCretarV of the Treasury MelIou
said he would not forecast for 1927.
but pointed out that the cycle Of
business for the current year has
been sound and progressive. This.
he indicated will undoubtedly con-
tinue next year, as no obstacles are
seen that would end the prosperity
wave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
Cour7ty's Expense for
Election Is $4,000

Forty-eight thousand dollars was
the cost Of the Nov. 2 election in
Marion County. The figures became
public today when County Auditor
Harry Dunn asked the county
council for $4,000 in addition to the
$4,000 prediction appropriation.
Cost of operating forty-four new
precincts and increased use Of voting
machines were ascribed as factors in
increasing expense. Cost of 1924
election, S37,S46.
The council was asked to ap-
propriate $40,200 to equip new build
ings at Svnnyside Sanitarium, by
Fl. s. Hatch, superintendent. who
said the buildings would be ready for
occupancy Jan. 1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-13
BIG FIRMS
ASK DELAY
IN HEARING
Three Concerns Request CO.
Day Postponement on
Merger Petition.
NO ACTION Is TAKEN
Need Time to Get Facts, Is
Contention.
NO ACTION IS TAKEN

Postponement for at least sixty
sion hearing on the proposed merger
of the Indianapolis Light and Heat
Company and the Merchants Heat
and Light Company, scheduled to
be heard next Thursday, was asked
today in a petition filed with the
State body by he Chapman-Price
Steel Company, the. G.. & J. Tire
Company and the American Foundry
Company.
Only two members of the commits
sion, Frank Wampler, who will pre-
kside at the hearing, and Chairman
John w. McCardle, were present
when the request was filed by A. B.
Cronk of the law firm of Cronk and
Wilde, attorneys for the concerns
protesting against the merger. To
approve or deny such a request it
will be necessary for q majority of
the body to pass on the question. 1t
was understood, however, that ac-
ton would be taken Monday.
Strenuous Resistance
Indications that these concerns
will offer strenuous resistance to the
proposed merger were contained in
today's petition. Complaint is made
that if the hearing is held as sched
uled, the protestants will not have
ample, time to prepare to oppose
the merger. The petition is based on
the following contentious:
1. That the proposed transfer af-
fects the rights and interests of the
three concerns, all of which are
patrons of one or the other of the
merging utilities.
2. That the application has been
pending less than thirty days and,
if heard Nov. IS, will have been
heard less than a month after date
Of filing.
Desire Time d.
3. That subscribers desire ample
time to investigate probable effects
of such consolidation.
=. nat SNDoCIlOClo lJCIlCNG lICA {
exists no public necessity for such
sale and purchase, that no public
convenience or necessity will be
served by such sale and purchase
And that a sixty-day postponement
will not injuriously affect the rights
of and of the parties
Several members of the commits
sion favor postponement, 1t was
| learned
Scored at Meeting
Two of the three firms presenting
today's petition were represented
Thursday afternoon when a group
of manufacturers met informally al
the Chamber of Commerce and
roundly scored the merger plan.
Niles Chapman, head of the Chap
man Price Steel Company, declared
if power rates were raised here II
would force his concern and other
manufacturers to move elsewhere.
Others attending the meeting in
cluded President Walter B. Harding
of the G.. & J. Tire Company; Will
liam r. Sinclair, vice president OF
Kingan & Co., and Fred G. Gardner
secretary and treasurer of E. c.
Atkins & Co.