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80 DEAD, zoo
HURT IN NATION
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suit of a labor day railroad accident
in the heart of Chicago.
The crash occurred when sub.
urban train on the Chicago & North
western line crashed into the rear
of another train crowded with tour
ists@returning from northern Wis
conSin resorts.
Most of those killed and injured
were on two obsolete wooden
coaches at the rear of the first train.
The headlight of the second train
had dimmed. and Engineer Louis j.
Smith, failing to see the train on
the tracks ahead roared into the
station at half speed When his
lights again flashed on it was too
late to prevent the collision.
The Dead
The dead:
Mrs Marie Adams, IS.
Ralph Becklin, 2.
Stanley CZuheck, 40.
Mrs. Bessie Simon.
hlSs DiIld IOHJ IllduShl, o.
All of the dead were from Chi
cago.
Two Indiana persons were vic
Tins. Robert Hudson, 25, of Ev-
ansviile. suffered broken leg and
internal injuries. John WOlder-
aurer, college student, also of Ev-
ansville. was cut by flying glass.
The crash occurred at Clybourn
Station just north Of Chicago's loop,
where trains from the north meet
those from the wNst forming a
''Y."
For more than an hour the dead
and injured were pinned i'm jun
bled tangle of steel and splintered
wood, the groans of anguished in
jured mingling with the sobs of the
loved ones of those injured.
Engineer Arrested
Engineer Smith was found early
today in a local hospital, a CULVER
ing, sobhng human wreck, his
mind temporarily deranged by the
tragedy. He was ordered put I'M
der arrest, and detectives were as
signed to guard his room.
There were more than 1000 pas.
sengers on. the two trains, and they,
with the crowd which gathered at
the station crowded about the
wreckage and made the station
of confusion which was
subdued only by strenuous work on
the part of police.
Train damned
The vacation train had consisted
of three baggage cars, six steel
coaches and a parlor car SO great
was the holiday crowd that two old
" OGDEN cars were added at Lake
Geneva and third at Crystal Lake,
Wis. All were crowded to the doors.
The suburban train bound to Chi.
cago with theater crowds drove
straight into the resorters train.
the rear end and the pas
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Local Wagon Wheat

Local grain elevators are paying 81 10
for No. 2 red wheat. Other grades are
purchased on their merits.
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Banks and Exchange
sept. -
Local. CLEARINGS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Indianapolis bank clearings for today
amounted to S3,S0S 900. Debts. $69l6.-
600
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His brother Alfred was the other
head
When America entered the war
the business was seized as alien
property.
In 1921 % Cured the various ma
nipulations which resulted in the
transfer of the company to a Swiss
corporation, the Societe Suisse Pour
Naleurs De MetauX.
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nipulatiOns which resulted in the
transfer of the company to a Swiss
corporation, the Societe Suisse Pour
Naleurs De Metaux
Usual Process
The process by which the return
had been made was the usual one.
consisting of approval by the alien
property custodian, then Thomas w.
Miller, followed by like approval by
the Attorney General. then Harry
Daugherty.
But what happened to 1891 900 of
the returned $7O0C,0 assets was
the question for investigators to an
swer. According to the indictments,
Richard Merton was in New York
when the property was turned over.
1t Is charged that in a room Of the
Waldorf Astoria, queer scene took
place. The 1891 900 involved was in
Liberty bonds. Those bonds were
poured out on bed. John T. King.
Miller and Jesse Smith, known as
Daugherty's closest intomate, were
there, it was charged. Merton is
expected to tell exactly what hap.
pened to the bonds.
Started Year Ago
The first investigation into the cir
cumstances of the return of the
American Metal Company's assets
was begun more than a year ago
by Miriam c. Todd. assistant to the
Attorney General, and oddly enough
an appointee of Daugherty. Previous
to that, however. the Wheeler sena-
torial committee had unfolded
enough of what might have hap.
pened" to suggest interesting leads.
Todd went to Germany. The Mer.
tons told him point blank they would
not talk.
Fireworks Begin
Soon after the case was turned
over to Emory-D. Buckner, United
states attorney, and then the first
fireworks began. Assistant United
States Attorney Kenneth Simpson
went abroad. Simpson returned and
he and Buckner, his ckief. conferred
many hours.
Buckner called a new special
grand jury for the purpose of re-
investigating the case. and it was
this grand Jury which. after listen
ing for months, found the indict.
ment under which Miller and Daugh-
erty were brought to trial today.
Smith committed suicide after
the alleged transactions and King
died after the investigation was
started. During the grand jury
investigation Daugherty was cited
for contempt Of court for refusing
to answer Questions by the grand
jury.
Foreigners Not Named
The present indictpent makes no
mention of the foreign parties to the
alleged conspiracy, Buckner choosing
to avoid the many delays and OBJ
structions which might be entailed
by including the more general
charges
In the hearings before the grand
jury Harry NJ. Daugherty and his
brother Nal gave testimony that in
dictated reticencc to unfold what
they knew about the return of the
property.
Harry NJ. Daugherty was asked to
produce his bank accounts. The for
mer attorney general then wrote out
a statement in the grand jury ROOM
The pencilled note described his
close personal relations with Presi-
dent Harding and closed by refusing
to produce such records because he
did not wish to be incriminated. Nal
Daugherty testified that those rec
crds of the Washington court house.
Ohio bank had been destroyed
months before.
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DISPLAY
h GOOD TONE WITH
END OF SUMMER
Bankers and Traders Show
No Concern Over Call
Money Rise.
Average Stock Prices

Average of twenty industrial stocks fo
Tuesday was l83535 up ,3%3, Average 9
high. Average of forty bonds 9511
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The Specific Charges

Specifically, Miller and Daugherty
are charged with having conspired.
along with the late John r. King,
former Republican national commit
teerman from Connecticut. to dehaud
the Government out of the advice
and services of Daugherty as attor-
ney general, and Miller as alien prop
erty custodian.
Back of the technical wording OF
the indictment. however. rests the
story of the return OF assets of the
American Metals Corporation to
Swiss claimants through alleged
fraudulent dealings. The assets in
volved amount to some S7,0OO,OOO
Evidence is expected to have to do
with the mysterious visits of agents
of a German syndicate to New
York, the payment of several hun
dred thousand dollars to persons
whose names already are well known
in connection with affairs Of the De
partment of Justice.
May Cali Roxie StinsOn
Roxie Stinson, the associate of
Jesse Smith, may appear as wit
ness, giving the public once more a
chance to hear some of the history
of the Daugherty regime with which
she claims familiarity.
Scores of witnesses are expected
to>be called.
Nntil now the background of the
case has been withheld to a great
extent from the public. When il
was before the grand jury all was
done in secret. Witnesses were
spirited in and out OF the court
building; in and out of town, for
that matter. Even the time of the
grand jury's sitting was often con.
cealed. Only bits of the story told
in the grand jury room have been
permitted to reach the public.
But the case itself-with chief
interest centered upon Daugherty-
is the story of a politician from an
Ohio town who gained the attention
of national political leaders; became
"a manager for the late President
Warren G.. Harding during his cam
paiGn; and then was assigned to the
Cabinet. as attorney general; only TO
resign when the fire of the Senate
Investigation became concentrated
upon him
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DAUHERTY Jury
MEETS DELAY

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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-05
ARE SENATE PROBES COSTLY

AhE oENA T. Nudes NC'' ~
Alleging that senate Investigations
are a waste of money, it is proposed
to put a limit on these probes which
have cost $1,3S3,5OO in the last IS
years.
Investigations are always opposed
by those who profit by secrecy The
Teapot Dome investigation not only
revealed how official higher-ups are
linked with big business, but it saved
priceless natural resources that con-
gress set aside for national defense.
Congress placed these lands in charge
of the secretary of the navy.
Through a presidential ordel--
hh.ch courts now hold to be Illegal
this control was taken from the SEE
rotary of the navy and placed in the
hands of Secretary of the Interior
Fall. He leased the Teapot Dome and
Elk Hills oil reserves to private eX
ploiters.
The two deals assured profits that
would mount into millions of dollars,
but a handful of senators bfaved the
wrath of privilege by demanding an
investigation. The testimony was $50
startling that the government finally
acted, and various courts now hold
these leases are illegal and the parties
thereto are facing criminal conspiracy
charges as we'll as civil proceedings.
That senate investigation saved ma
tural resources of incalcuable value.
1t also drove two unfaithful cabinet
members into private life. The recent
senate investigation of the internal
revenue bureau was also educational
and the frantic efforts to end discus
sion of Secretary MELONS aluminium
trust is significant.
Are senate probes costly when in
justice is exposed?
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-05
THE NEW RAILWAY LABOR BILL.

THE NEW RAILWAY LABOR BILL.
There is special significance in the
agreement between railway manage
ments and railway unions to ask for
the abolition of the Railway Labor
Board. Labor was from the first OPP
posed to this attempt to fix wages by
law. The experiment proved unwise
and the parties concerned ask that the
law be put in the discard The pro-
posal provides for agencies to supple
ment direct negotiations between un-
ions and arrangements.
The proposition rests primarily up
on voluntary agencies which shall
endeayor to make and maintain agree
ments. Wages, rules and working
conditions are to be determined by
collective agreement. Disputes shall
first be considered by those directly
interested and if unsettled referred t.
adjustment boards with adequate
jurisdiction. Further opportunity may
be had to refer to a Board of Media
ton consisting of five members ap-
pointed by the President and approved
by the Senate. If an adjustment is
still lacking, and both parties consent.
the matter may be referred to a Board
of Arbitration. An arbitration award
is to be filed with the appropriate
Federal District Court and become a
judgment of that court.
The Board of Arbitration shall mott
fly the President when in its Judgment
a dispute threatens to interrupt in
terstate commerce. In an eventualitv
the President is authorized to appoiat
a board to investigate. For thirty
days after the initiation of such m
inquiry no change shall be made m
the dispute except by agreement
Neither shall arrangements seek re-
course through injunctions.
Representatives of the railway UNI
ions and arrangements respectively
called upon the President of the
United States asking his favorable
consideration of the measure. A few
days later the president of the Ma.
honal Association of Manufacturer,
accompanied by men conspicuous for
opposition to the labor movement had
audience with President Coolidge to
urge reasons why the measure should
not be approved.
The spirit Of practical desire To
feach an agreement, manifest by rail.
roads and unions is of highest value
not only to the industry but to the
nation at large Again the union dem
onstrates its capacity for service.
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Impossible to Stop En-
pansiOn and Organiza-
ton of Trade Unions
BY WILLIAM GREEN
President, 4. +. of l..

1t is impossiblue to stop the organ
lzation and expansion of trade unions.
American working men and women
are the most efficient and American
trade unions rank highest among the
most skilled and productive workers
throughout the world. They have
through years of tedious progress
fought for and established what is
commonly termed an American stand
ard of living
That standard can not be lowered
without dislocating our economic and
industrial machinery. Our leadership
among nations of the world must
depend not on low wages, but upon
skilled, trained fine-Spirited, willing,
hlgh-paid workers. Our land is a
'high--wage land" 1t will succeed as
a high-wage land As a low-waee
country 1t would fail in competition
With the other nations of the world
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-05
Want Key Men Examined

l. .G;olumbia, S. c., March "A legis-
, al' G! committee is holding hearings
On a Dill that would prohibit railroads
from from employing incompetent tele-
s ~ The proposal is the result
ot wreck on the Atlantic Coast linz
az moncks Corner, last December
mhen a strlkebreaking telegranbaI
was responsible for the death of - IT,
persons and injuries to "a others
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7 10 Loe9om9tiye fireman dies in saving
Jew fork-Cincinnati train from S c1as Z
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-05

wages in textile industry of Bel
gum increased 5 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-20
TWO KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED
BYAUTONOB|LES
Span of Mules Run Away.
Driver Dies-Man Hit by
Machine SucCumbS.

Two men were killed and a num-
Der of persons injured in a series
of automobile accidents Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Newton Watson, So, Ben Davis,
was killed when a span of mules he
was driving became frightened after
being hit by a machine driven by
John Sandsberry. sos Indiana Ave.
Watson lost control of the mules and
fell from the wagon. crushing his
skull. He died a few minutes later
at the Indiana Christian Hospital
Sandsberry is charged with involun-
tary manslaughter.
Frank Forsythe,. SO, OF 121 S.
Oriental St., died at the city hospital
after he had been struck by a ma.
chine at Southeastern Ave. and
Washington st. Witnesses said
Forsythe lodged across the street
in front of one machine but was
struck by another. driven by w. H.
Erwin. 500 East Dr., Woodruff Place.
Slippery streets caused John Tate,
4450 Manleve Ave, and his daughter.
Miss Elsie Tate, to receive severe
injuries, when their machine crashed
into a gravel truck parked along the
road on N. Keystone Ave, Tate
said the gravel truck had no tail
light. He was injured about the
head. His daughter suffered a deep
cash in her right temple and injur-
les to her right shoulder and right
leg.
Lillian Freeman, Is, Of 1927 N
New Jersey ST., was injured when
she was struck by a machine while
attempting to cross the street at
Eighteenth st. and Central Ave. Har
ry Kafader, 1904 Spann Ave, driver
of the car was not held.
Mrs. Viola HARRISON, 1924 LeXing
ton Ave-, sustained minor cuts ami
bruises when her machine skidded
into a machine driven on Fletcher
Ave. at Shelby st. by Joe Murello.
Sal Z. Merrill st. Both machines
were wrecked.
Police were searching for the driv-
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will be Mrs. Edna Christian, candi-
date for the Legislature; Thomas
MCGEE, candidate for judge Of SUI
perior Court Five, and Charles Sum-
ner, candidate for sheriff. Through
an error in dating this meeting was
announced for Tuesday night.
Democrats of the Thirteenth ward
will hold a rally Thursday night at
Kansas and Meridian SITS, at which
Mr.. Headrick will speak. Henry
Winkler, candidate for the Legisla-
ture, and Richard Coleman. candi-
date for county clerk, will also
speak.
Similar rallies will be held on the
same night in the Tenth ward at
McClain's Hall, State and Hoyt
the high school auditorium at Ben
Davis. Headrick and county candi
dates will speak. Through an error.
these meetings were announced for
Wednesday night instead of Thurs
day.
Friday night a mass meeting will
be held at Sixteenth and Olney SITS,
First ward, at which Headrick and
Clarence Weir, candidate for Judge
Of Criminal Court, will speak. The
Democrat Progressive Leagne will
give a card party and dance at the
Indiana Democratic Club Friday
night to which the public is invited
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-20
SEEKS PARK CONVENTION
City Official Armed With Letters
Inviting 1927 Session.

In an effort to bring the national
convention of the American In
stitute OF park executives to In
dianapolis in 1927, R. Walter Jarvis.
city park superintendent. will pre-
sent letters of invitation from Gov
ernor Jackson, Mayor John l..
Duvall. Richard Lieber, director Of
the State conservation department,
and from the convention bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Indiana Park Association at the
convention next week at Houston,
Texas.
Indianapolis stands an excellent
chance Of landing the convention,
because of it's acknowledgement
parks and public golf courses,
Jarvis pointed out. The convention.
which includes the American Park
Society, mas an attendance of 500
park officials from all parts OF the
country.
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er OF an automobile who fed from
his car after he had driven off a
ten-foot embankment at Indiana and
Sugar Grove AYES. Frank Dugan.
S25 e. New York St., told police that
the machine swerved against his
car, parked at the curb, and then
ran down the embankment.
Surviving Forsythe are the widow.
six sons, Rex and Clarence of Bloom.
and Guy, King, Charles and
Max of indianapolis; a sister, Miss
Ida Forsytho, and brother. Thomas
e. Forsythe, both of Indianapolis.
Services will be held dt 9 a. m.
Thursday at the home. with the fu-
neral and burial in Bloomington Fri
day.
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c. O.P. IS AGING
INTER PARTY ROW
OVER FREE TRADE
Bankers Sponsor Interna-
tionaI Drive Against Tariff
to Save Europe.
BU United Press

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The Re-
publican party served notice today it
will cling to the protective tariff de-
spite the international drive against
tariff and trade barriers sponsored
by leading bankers and economists
Of many countries, including j. p.
Morgan of New York.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
were expected to utilize the Mani
festo of the international group as
support for their traditional policy
of free trade.
President Coolidge, through his
spokesman, let it be known he saw
in the preliminary reports the new
tariff drive only a move of interna-
tional bankers and importers who
naturally favor liberality in tariff
matters. Manufacturers and labor.
the spokesman held, want protec-
ton.
It was not clear to officials here
today just how far the manifesto
involved a drive against American
tariffs, but the fact of Morgan's
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GHOST CAR ON ROUNDS
Radio Show Booster Puzzles Down
town Crowds-Continues Trip

Radio Show Booster Puzzles Down.
town -Crowds-Continues Trip
The radio-controled 'ghost car"
made several demonstrations to large
crowds of spectators in the down
town districts today. The car has
been brought to Indianapolis for the
entire week by officials of the radio
show, which opens at the State fair
ground next Monday night. At 7:15
tonight the car will be shown in
West Indianapolis, in the 1900 block,
Oliver Ave. and at S:15 in the 210O
block on w. Michiga INST.
The schedule for Thursday:
10 a. M, radio show headquarters,
36 w. Ohio ST.; la. M, Monument
Circle, south side; noon, Vermont
ST., between Meridian and Pennsyl-
vania SITS; 2:30 p. M, city hall. Ala
bama st. side; $3.50 p. m. Chamber
of Commerce, N. Meridian ST.; p.
M, Kahn Tailoring Company fac
tory, N. Capitol Ave; 7:15 p. M, Gen.
trail Ave. and Thirtieth St.; 8:15 p.
M, College Ave. and Fairfield Ave.
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WALL ST. AG|N
JIM? HAW, HAW
At WASHINGTON
Why, Watson Helped Bank
erS Out by Debt Vote, It's
Said at Capital.
BY Roscoe b. Fleming,



WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-"He
says Wall Street and the interna-
tional bankers are lined up against
Jim Watson because of the World
Court issue. Haw, hawp
This was the general note of sur
prise and amusement with which
Washington received the recent
news that State Republican Chair
man Walb had charged that the lin
ternational bankers" were spending
money in every Indiana precinct to
defeat the Republican Senators.
The surprise was accumulated, be-
cause, while Watson and Robinson
voted against the World Court, aft
er long period of apparent inter.
nal doubt, their votes were not need
ed to approve the court, and, it has
since been limited, Watson, at least,
may have voted with his fingers
crossed.
Voted With Bankers
On another foreign issue which
was as bitterly fought and on which
the vote was far closer-that of the
foreign debt settlements, and partic-
ularly the Italian debt settlement
the Indiana Senators voted, accord
ing to opponents in debate, exactly
the way the international bankers
would have them vote-for the set
Elements.
Senator Howell of Nebraska, for
instance, and Senator Johnson of Cal
ifornia charged that Morgan & Co.
were floating q $100,000.000 loan to
Italy on which the bankers would
collect per cent, while the Ameri-
can people as a whole were collecting
per cent on the debt The bankers
were in favor of-the debt settlement,
they said, because it would make
safer the bank loans.
They figured that the Administra-
toms sixty-two-year settlement of
the s2.150, 10000 debt meant that
the United States is really accepting
about $500, 100000, or less than one
third of the debt, if the United States
settlement is figured at its present
value.
Ten Billion Loss
Howell. indeed. presented a care
fully worked-out table showing
what he claimed citizens of each
State would lose by the administra-
tons settlement, as against full
collection Of the two billion dollars
with full interest. The United States
loss as a whole, he said, would be
$40, 100000. 900.
If only the actual money involved
is counted. he said, Indiana would
lose 1929 100000 during the sixty-two
years of the agreement. If, however,
the settlement is compared with the
sum which would be realized by the
United States if the full Italian debt,
with interest, were collected and put
to work, Indiana would lose $277,-
900 900.
Senator Johnson said: ''The trou.
BILE with this settlement is that 1t is
the settlement of the international
bankers. Morgan & Co. says
every one is in favor of his settle
ment, which virtually collects one
and fraction per cent interest for
sixty-two years, and then forgives
the entire debt"
Senator Reed of Missouri esti-
mated the United States loss in the
settlement, at than six billion
dollars.
After this debate, in which Wat
son and Robinson took no part, the
vote was 81 to 33 to approve the
settlement, both Watson and Robin.
son voting aye.