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36, No. 25 MARION; INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1924 THREE CENTS REPUBLICANS WILL GOVERN CONGRESS 'STATE BOARD URGES REPAIRS AT INFIRMARY AND THE JAIL PARTY VOTE IN SENATE IS NOW 54 Majority Hold to be Strong Enough to Defeat Efforts of Combined OppositionHOUSE GAINS ARE MADE Republicans Now Have Memborship of 247, or Nine Majority. Washinglon, Nov. the Associated Press) -The republicans, on the basis of vised election returns appeared today to have gained an addilional seat in the house, bringing their total up to 247 or 29 more than a majority. The dis- upset, in the first Oklahoma trict, cut the democratic strength to 182 seats, as against 207 in the present house.
Bayless Defeated On unofficial returns Wayne Bayless, democrat, was winner. by a scant margin in the Oklahoma district, but official tabulation showed him 143 votes behind S. J. Montgomery, his In publican the opponentvashington Rep. Hill, democrati, maintains district small lead over his republican opponent, with the count practically complete, while Rep.
Morrow, democratic representative at large from New Mexleo, kept to the fore as the tabulation of votes proceeded slowly. A In New Mexico Senator Bursum, republican, continued to trail Sam Bratton, democrat, but President Coolidge maintains a lead over John- W. Davis. If final returns show Coolidge a winner in New Mexico, his electoral college total will 382, as all doubt as to his capturing North Dakota was removed today when the count there was practically complete. Loss of New Mexico would cut the Davis electoral vote to 136, with Senator Lafollette's total at 13.
Standing -in Congress' The political alignment in the new congress, as It now stands, is as follows: Senate Republicans, 54; democrats, 10; farmer-labor, vacancy, 1 (Connecticut). House Republicans, 246; demo crats, 184; farmer-labor, socialist, 2. At adjourament of the congress in June there were in the senate 51 re publicans; 43 democrats and two farmer-laborites; the house, 220 republicans, 207 democrats, one- socialist, Zone farmer- and one independent. In several senate contests, notably to lowa and in half a dozen districts, the races were so close that recounts may alter the results, we Regardless -of the outcome, however, the republican organization In Doth the house and senate seems a8- sured of a working majority, the follette insurgents unable to get any. where a coalition with the democrats.
'Five in Lafollette -Included among the Afty-four senators listed as republicans are lette and four others Norris E-. Ladd and Frazier (S. and Brookhart, who has been re-elected in lowa on the face of unofficial returns, all of whom have consistently supported the Wisconsin senator In the congress, but unless they receive aid from other republicans who at times are Inclined to vote independently, they will be unable to trim the republican vote below A the complete bare malprity recheck of of forty-nite. unofficialra I turng In the senate contest in Iowa showed that Senator Brookhart a majority of 1,068 over his democratic Daniel F. Steck of Outumwa, The vote follows: Brookhart, Steck, 416,156.
Preeident Coolidge does not contemplate, at least for the present, calling the -new congress in. special session after next March 4, nor does he now expect to present any comprehensive plan of tay reduction to the present (Continued on Page Five) IRVIN CHESTER 4 ENDS HIS LIFE Wabash, Ind. Nov. Chester, 60 years old, committed suicide at his home' today by shooting himself. Worry over ill health is given as the cause.
INDIANA GASOLINE TAX LAW IS HELD VALID BY SUPREME COURT Indianapolis, Nov. line tax law was upheld in the ing a decision in favor of the statute Joseph superior court in the Bruce Gafill of South Bend. The action of. the' supreme court constitutes a sweeping victory for the state, the constitutionality of the statute being upheld on every count raised by the objectors. Attorney General U.
S. Lesh was in charge of the law in both the lower and -8u- preme courts. The court affirmed the action of the lower court in sustaining the demurrer the state's 'attorneys to the complaint int filed by attorneys for Mr. Gafill. Eubank Writes Opinion.
The opinion of the supreme court which was written by Judge- Lewis' B. Ewbank, in affirming the constitutionality of the statute, said: state has power to regulate the business of selling gasoline and to levy A tax on all gasoline sold for propelling automobiles upon highways of this state." I BODY OF MISSING BROOKLYN BOY IS FOUND BY POLICE New York, N. Nov. The body of Ernest Schwer, Jr. 13, who disappeared from his Brooklyn home ten days ago, was found by detectives in an old ash dump near Maple Grove cemetery, Richmond Ilill, Long Island, tonight.
Police. said they were led to the spot by, tour. boys, who admitted their part killing, and confessed they had hidden through fear of the consequences. The' boys Arthur Meighan, 12: Harold Meighan, 11, bis brother; Adam Rotunda, 12. and Charles Hirschfield, 14, all of -Richmond Hill.
Death Accidental. Rotunda, after he had been threatened with arrest and "treated" to a plate of ice cream, told Assistant District. Attorney David W. Wolf of Queens county, that Arthur Melghan had 'shot Schwer, accidentally, with a .22 calibre rifle, and that after concealing the body they had agreed to keep the affair secret. The other boys corroborated his story.
Rotunda said he gave Arthur Meghan money with which to buy the rifle from a mail house on October 25. The gun arrived on the the same school in Richmond Hill, 28th and the five boys who went to decided to try it out on the chipmunks, which they knew were tiful near the cemetery. -Each boy, Rotunda said, was -to have two shots. Schwer had taken bia, and wag boosting Hischfield to the branch of a trees when; Arthur Meighan sald: "Give me the gun. -I'll take a shot." As Meghan rested the rifle on a stump behind Schwer, to take aim at another tree, it went off unexpectedly and the -bullet going wild, lodged in Schwer's right said.
Schwer, fell to ground and his: (Contuued on page 7.1- EVICTION NOTICE FINALLY SERVED. ON ANGRY WOMAN Chicago, Nov. gray haired WOman, armed with a pistol, and aided I by three. ball dogs, today held at bay for more than an hour a squad of twenty policemen and deputy bailiffs, sent to serve an eviction notice on. her.
In the end, however, she was out maneuvered by the officers, who made 8 noisy attack on the front door to draw her attention, while a lone officer crept in the back: door pinioned her arms. Youth Flees In Shortly before a ballin had tried to Induce a 19-year-old youth to-creep in and disarm the woman. She saw him coming and when she threatened to shoot, the frightened youth dived through a window, landing on his head. The woman said she is Mrs. Mary O'Connor and explained she had expected to move tomorrow and did not intend to be forced out a day ahead of time.
A second woman, a companion of Mrs. O'Connor in the flat, who was. seen peering from a window by the po-, lice, and was thought to have been 1 aiding the defiant woman, wag found by the officers to have offered no re- (sistance and was not arrested. STOLEN JEWELS ARE RECOVERED New York, Nov. tonight recovered between $150,000 and $175,000 worth of jewels which were stolen in a New Orleans hotel Tuesday from Henry Agert, a New 'York man, and arrested two men, Mortimer Aufses, a pawnbroker, who is charged with receiving stolen goods, and liam Jacobs, who is held as a material, witness.
CASE AGAINST BRYANT IS TO BE CARRIED UP Nov. will be made in city court tomorrow to stay the proceedings against Geo. C. Bryant, district Kleagle of the Ku have Klux Klan, until the higher, courts passed upon the from day's decision of Justice Charles A. Pooley, upholding the the Walker law under which Bryant is being prosecuted.
Steps for an Immediate appeal from the decision were made by Julius A. Grass, Klan counsel, as soon as he had been served with the Pooley distant district attorney, decision by Walter F. Hofbeins, asWhat Law Prohibits The Walker law prohibits the existence of secret, oath bound associations, except those named in the benevolent orders, law and labor organizations, and compels all other secret associations to file with the secretary of state a copy of its constitution and bylaws, its roster of membership, and the minutes of all meetings, at which action is taken to promote or defeat legislation, or to support, or to defeat, candidate for political office. Louis E. Fuller, who has been retained by the.
Klan to fight the law, alleged it was discriminatory. Justice Pooley, in his decision today, otherwise. Mr. Grass Said the 'appeal will be carried to the United States supreme court if, necessary. Judge Peter A.
Maul of city court, (Continued on sage 1.) INDIAN SOPRANO SINGER HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE New York, Nov. Ryder, 26, Indian soprano, who sings under the name of Princess Atalie. Unkalunt, and who described herself as a daughter of State Senator Thomas Ryder of Oklahoma, and a niece of Mrs. Richard Crocker, widow of the former Tammany leader, was arraigned in Yorkville court today on a grand lar, ceny charge. Hostess Complainant.
The singer was accused of stenling personal property, valued at $355 from Mrs. Lucy Benedict, daughter of George H. Ainalie, an art dealer, while a weekend -guest at the Ainglie home at Ardsley, on the Iudson, New York. Mrs. Benedict is the plainant.
The defendant testified she wag born -in Oklahoma, attend the elementary schools there, and later was 8 student at Boston university and the Boston conservatory of music. Sho said she served with the- Y. C. A. as a professional entertainer during war, and also assisted burying the dead on the Aring line in France.
Since her return to New York, she declared, she has been employed by the board -of education ag a lecturer, and by two New York Newspapers. The hearing will be continued. LEGAL CONTEST 2 THREATENED BY HOPE HAMPTON i New York. Nov. of a legal contest was foreshadowed tonight when Max D.
Steur, attorney, was "called to Philadelphia by Hope Hampton, film actress, had musical comedy in has received notice of discharzo, fronn a played the lead during its two weeks try out preliminary. to its opening on Broadway, Tuesday: It was with only more performance In Philadelphia to be played, Miss Hampton received notification from Charles B. Dillingham and Martin Beck, producers of the play, which was her first appearance on' the legitimate stage, that she would not be needed for the- New York opening, and that -another actress has been selected to succeed her. She was told she -would be given two weeks' pay. It was said at Mr.
Steur's office no statement concerning possible legal action against the producers by the actress would be given out before tomorrow. WORST FIRE NOW RAGING AT SEYMOUR: Large Acreage in Jackson and" Lawrence Counties is Involved in Conflagration. FLAMES STILL SPREADING Fires Near Bloomington, Brazil and New Albany Are Under Control Seymour. Nov. Hall a dozen woods fires were burning in various parts of Jackson county tonight, corcring hundreds of acres and causing heavy damages.
The worst fire is in progress in Owen township, and extends from Norman station, southwest to Leesville, in Lawrence county. -The -fire started yesterday morning, and although many farmers organized to fight it, the flames -spread rapidly, consuming. miles of small a buildings. and property. One fire in the Muscalatuck river bolloms.
was said to have reached serious proportions. Farmers are lighting the flames. Flames Under Control. Bloomington, Nov. 57.
With the help of students from Indiana university, forest fires ranging since Sunday around Belmont, a small town in Brown county, eight miles east of here, practically under control, dispatches received tonight stated. 3 o'clock this morning, a telephone call was received at the university from T. C. Steele, prominent mont; saying the fire was rapidly artist, who has a studio near Beladvancing. around.
his place and towards Belmont, and asking aggistance be sent. In a short time, Major. B. Crea of the military department, with sev. eral hundred student vounteers university and private mobiles, had started to the of' the conflagration.
The fire is believed to have started from a carelessly dropped match. A slight rain helped the fire -fighters. Timber Is Damaged. Nov. -Forest and grass fires, which have been raging in eastern Clay and southern: Putnam counties for the past two days under control today, after havice damaged several hundred acres of timber.
Farmers saved their houses, barns and corn fields by plowing furrows around them and starting -back fires. Scores of farmers have been ing the flames. Fight Flames. New Albany, Nov. school boys were released from stud.
ies today to assist in fighting forest fires, which have been raging near here for several days. Up to the present no serious loss has resulted on DAgO BOWMAN IS HIT BY TWO TRAINS Hammond, Nor. W. Bowman, 32 years old, was killed today when an automobile in which he was riding was struck by two- New York Central trains. Bowman drove.
on the first track as AD east bound local took the crossing. Ills automobile WHY tossed onto an adjacent track in front of a west bound flier and was crushed between the two traina. MANY MADE SICK BY GAS FUMES IN PRINTING PLANT, Full River, Nov. -lundreds of employes of the American Printing company's plant in this city fled in panic late today when sulphur dioxide gas, escaping from a large. tank in the blue dye room, Alled the building.
Four employes were taken to a hospital, unconscious. Fifty-five others were treated at the company's hospital Firemen Rescue Many. The fire department was called out to assist in rescuing employes, many of them, women, who were on upper floors of the factory. and feared to scend the stairs in the face of. the fumes from the dye room, which the ground floor.
Ladders were raised and many were carried down from: windows of the second and third doors of the building. ET Those taken to all propounced 10 be in serious condition, Were: Harry Haywood, David Fisher, Duncan. Sinclair and John- Mello, all ole Fall River. The tank of gas, which was used in mixing dyes, did not explode, but from some unknown canse it gave way, allowing the fumes to escape, offic als of the plant said, The American Print ing company operates several cotton mills, as -well as its finishing plants. NO RAIN SINCE OCTOBER SEVENTH No rain has fallen in Grant county since October 7, except a small trace On one morning, according to Prof.
A. Jones, who keeps the official weather records for the community. As the result- of the extended dry weather, wheat is beginning to suffer; while pastures in the country are drying up. According farmers, the ground in many places is cracked open and the extreme dry soll has interfered with fall plowing. On October.
7, when the last rain of consequence fell. the rainfall: measured 729 ol an During the entire month of October rain -fell only 1 The weather has caused small fires in the the fire depart m.ent« having 1G alarms for the first of the month. Roofs. are: very dry, causing fires 10 start easy from soot and citizens are urged to watch close for roof fires. Forest fires in several parts of the state bave done considerable damage, but so far Done hag occurred in Grant county.
The cold wave struck- the city and county yesterday. shortly after 11. clock. At that the thermometer stood at 70 degrees, while last night at seven- o'clock the thermomer tor had dropped to 40. a drop of 30.
degrees in eight hours. BUY A "FORGET -ME- NOT" TODAY, AND GIVE YOUR HELP TO STRICKEN SOLDIER This is Day" serves of Grant counly will assist World. War, in the sale of -Forget oration of the sacrifice made by Officials or the local post of Disabled Veterans say they have received splendid cooperation, and are looking forward to a most successful campaign. Will Wear Badges. The girls selling 'the paper flowers will wear official badges and carry containers into which will De tossed of the flowers.
the money contributed by' the buyers There will be no change, and the price paid for each flower will be free will offering, and the money will be used in the care of the sick' and! disabled veterans. The proceeds of the campaign be used among not only the soldiers. COUNTY FARM NOW NEEDING BIG CHANGES of the stale two cent gasosupreme court today in affirmwhich was made by the suit against the law brought by Charles C. Benjamin, head of the gag tax division of the state auditor's office, said approximately $6,555,000 has been collected under the law since it became effective In June, 1923. The money goes to' state road work.
Power of the state to levy a gasoline tax. has been serlously questioned since the movement was first instituted for the enactment -of such 3 statute in Indiana. A number of prominent attorneys of the state gave opinions to ernor McCray at the time of the 1923 session of the general assembly, bolding that such a statute would be unconstitutional in this state. Mr. Lesh however, at the time, expressed the opinion such an act could be tained in the courts.
He has consistently. defended it since that time. CONDITION OF SENATOR LODGE IS YET GRAVE Cambridge, Nov. The condition of Senator HenTry Cabot Lodge, who suffered a stroke at the Charles Gale hospital Wednesday, remained grave tonight, according to his physicians. After lying for nearly fortycight hours in a 'state of coma," Senator Lodge today regained consciousness and took a little nourishment.
Tonight, in their bulletin, his physicians announced the periods of consciousness had been more sustained and he had taken more nourishment since noon.Condition Still Serious "Senator Lodge's. physical remains grave," the bulletin at 6:15 p. by Dr. John H. Cunningbam and, F.
Winslow, stated. "Since noon he has taken more, nourishment and periods of consciousness have been more sustained." On arousing from his long period of unconsciousness the senator drew a watch from Dr. Cunningham's pocket and looked at it. Later he was able to spcak 8 few words to those at his bedside. His physiciang today commented! upon which has -enabled the senator, who is in his seventy-fifth year, to continue his fight for life' throughout the two period in which little hope was held out for him, and during which, at times, death was expected momentarily.
be entered the third day, following the his pulse was strong, and his temper. ature fair, his secretary said. Senator Lodge -had rallied -rapidly after two operations this year, one in July and the second October 20. The stroke Wednesday came entirely without warning, and at a time when. Senator Lodge was almost ready for dis-1 charge from the hospital.
It involved the rupture of a blood vessel in the Drain- Dr. Cunningham explained, being similar nature to the shocks suffered in many cases by aged persons. Shows No Improvement I At 10:30 tonight Dr. Cunningham issued a further bulletin on the condition of Senator Lodge as follows: "No improvement shown; no loss of ground during the day." Change for Better. Dr.
Cunningham late tonight told newspapermen he expected to seemarked change for the better in Sen-! ator Henry Cabot Lodge's condition in the morning. Dr. Cunningham said: "With the amount of nourishment be has taken! I expect to see a. marked change for (Continued od page 7.0 GIRL KILLED BY POISON TABLETS Noblesville, Nov. 16-months-old daughter of Mrs.
C. I1. Robison of Bowling Green, Ohio, died as the result of eating a number of poison tablots which she found in the home of friends, where the Robinsons had been visiting. The child lived only thirty, minutes -after eating the tablets. Ventilation Poor, No Outside Windows, Building Old, Equipment Bad.
JAIL ALSO NEEDS HELP Many Ropairs, Says Board of Charities and Corrections, Are Demanded. The need of extensive improvements at the county infirmary, attention to which was culled- by the Leader-Tribune some lime ago, partiscularly with regard to the lack of windows, proper fire protection, and inadequate equipment, is strongly emphasized gra report from the state board of charities and corrections reccived in this city yesterday. The fact that the food is ample and that in the face of conditions demanding much attention, the present superintendent is doing everything possible to remedy them is apparent from the report However, that the conditione are such Ag to demand much and immediate attention, with considerable -expenditure, and that the situation is the: accumulation of many: years, is clearly apparent. What Was Found When the Leader Tribune representative visited the institution 80118 time ago he called attention to the terrible condition of the main buildlog. It was said at the time that there would be a great deal more said about it, and that in the face of the fact.
Mr. Benson was giving them excellent food and doing everytbing possible to make the life of the unfortunates more comfortable, hig task was a very: difficult The one, it statement not that time is borne out by this report. The present board of commissioners has been giving considerable attention to the infirmary, and has spent several thouHandy of dollars in painting and. remodeling the property, but it is in such "poor condition, and is so unsuited to the present needs that it appears a large sum will have to be main building has outlived its usefu poss. The board also complains of -the need of improvement at.
the jail, and this fact has been by Sheriff Renbarger time after time. Although the jail is kept clean, the state board says, much repair is demanded, and among the things mentioned are the locking devices. The statement that food- is bought on a competitive basis at the. infirmary -capable of more strict interpreThe food the institution. has been bought that -way for many years, but Supt Benson lo now trying to get the supplies.
in the open market. where they may be obtained a reduced cost, and an improved qualIty. A report on a -visit inade to the county jail and county Infirmary on September 8. by representative from the state bourd of charities, was received yesterday by County Auditor Arthur from J. A.
Brown, secretary of the board in which the board makes several recommendationg for Improvements and at both institutions. 2. More Help' Needed The report on roconimendations for the county Infirmary reads as follows: "More help is needed. The women inmates in the custodial building should be supervised by a woman instead of by a man. Better help is on Page Five.) and War Mothers and Girl Rethe Disabled Veterans of tho Nots" and in commemthe World War veterans.
of this county, but throughout the country as well. Locally, tte Marion post of Disabled, Veterans plans' to en herdes, and also for the extend aid to the community's strick-' ment of the club's roome, to make life more pleasant for the soldiers, and to assist them in their rehabilitation. On Street Corners On the street corners, in hotels, stores and office buildings, and wherever else the public may congregate or pass, groups of women and young girls will sell the flowers. The organization has been well perfected, and a detailed report will be made as to the progresa of the campaign. TO TAKE APPEAL IN M'KEE TRIAL Columbus, November W.
Donaker, judge the Bartholo-, mew circuit court, sentenced Melvin McKee, age sixtyone, to life imprisonmeat in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for killing Willard MingOu3, a fellow-farin laborer, last May. McKee was found guilty of second gree murder by, a jury. Ilis attorneys asked for a newtrial. The motion was overruled by Judge Donaker. The attormeys say the case may be appealed to the supreme court.
McKee admitted shooting Mingous, but said be act ed in 3:.
