The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-05
TALE Of LIFE
IN PEN TOLD
BY SHUMAKER
Dry Cause viii Profit by His
Prison Experience,
Says Chief.
PLANS TO WRITE BOOK
Treated Like King by His
Comrades at Farm.
He Says.


Refreshed by a nights rest at his
own home, 1892 Broadway. DR.. Ed
ward S. %Shumaker, dry crusader.
returned to his Anti-Salon League
office, Roosevelt building, this
morning for the first time since his
release from Indiana state farm.
With a broad smile, the veteran
dry leader appeared at headquarters
at $40 a. m. to lok over his CORE
spondence and prepare a speech for
his reception tonight at Broad
way M. f. church.
Its good to get you back. DR..
Shumaker," was the welcome of the
office force.
Shumaker appeared a trife
stopped from his ffty-three day
sentence for contempt of the state
supreme court. He carried a black
oyercoat on his arm and a black
travelling bag containing an extra
suit.
Loses SO Pounds
Il want to get this suit altered so
I'd look respectable tonight" he ex-
planned, indicating his loss of
thirty-nine pounds in recent
months. The dry leader found q
huge bouquet on his desk, a token
Of affection from his Office staff.
General, l wish you'd get me
twenty copies of all the three Indi-
annapolis newspapers was his first
order to Ethan A. Miles, veteran dry
attorney who conducted the Shu-
maker legal fight.
Shumaker was more "chatty" to-
day and appeared to be getting
hold of things"
I'm not adjusted to things yet,
1t is hard to get started he de-
clared.
The greatest thrill of my return
was to get back into my own home.
You know my little dog Pooch
didn't know me at first. But when
he recognized who it was, he came
over and greeted me- he said.
PROUD OF experience
He spoke freely of his state penal
farm term ana manifested pride
yer his experience.
Il suppose they'll want to hear
my experiences tonight. l haven't
worked out anything particular for
the future except to cheer the dry
forces and align them for the battle.
1 would think that the dry cause
has profited from my experience,
Judging from the hundreds Of let
tiers l receive.
Certainly We are going to carry
on our league work. The work
would go even if my health did hap
pen to break. l don't intend to take
any vacation-Iye had one churn-
ing butter. I think the people will
defend the dry cause as they never
have done before" Shumaker re-
marked.
Shumaker said he had conferred
with Bobbs- Merrill Company, pub
fishers, relative to publication of his
autobiography.
Il have been urged to write about
the last twenty-five years Of the
temperance movement in Indiana.
l am told that no n is in a better
position to tell the story than my
self. 1 have checked my life from
boyhood to my seth birthday. the
time when I entered the league
work. l have been a temperance
worker practically since my youth.
| Of course, this is interesting to me,
but the publishers may want only a
brief account of that part Of my
life.
Chapter on Prison Life
I'm ready now to start on the
year period with the league. And
there will be q chapter on 39,424
(Shumaker's penal farm number.
That's what will sell the book" he
declared.
The book probably will not be
completed before rear the close of
the year. Shumaker plans to check
correspondence carefully, files Of
the American Issue, ana other
sources of material.
Shumaker took a copy of the
Bible, "Yhe Life of Lincoln by the
late Albert J. Beyeridge, and a
magazine to the farm.
But I didn't have much chance
to read There we're no chairs in
the dormitory and the cots we're
such that it tired you to sit on them.
We have to prepare to retire a lit
tie after 8 o'clock. Getting up at
$3.50 it made one want TO go to bee
at night. Occasionally I took a nap
at the dairy barn about 10 a. m.
And sometimes I read there.
7 was treated like a king by the
fellows. Some of them said they
couldn't help liking me despite my
views. A chap named Jimmy told
one of the dairy barn men that
'Shumaker and I don't agree, but /
can't help liking the old cuss, any,
AWAY " Shurnaker related.
1T seemed like q million years
sometimes, but taking the events
singly the time passed rapidly. l
tried to make a good dry farmer"
Shumaker showed a record he kept
Of the dairy barn daily statistics.
His report showed the Holstein
herd produced 42,253 pounds Of milk
in March, 1906 pounds of cream,
and 1926 pounds Of butter.
Elected c. of c. Head