Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1926, Page 5

3 po— — —_— INDIANA POLITICAL . PROBE CONTINUED New Witnesses Called as Grand Jury Reviews /' Girl’s Evidence. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 19.— A week of investigtion by the Marion County grand jury into allegations of corruption among high State, county and city officlals apparently has un- earthed information which warrants continuation of the inquiry, for the Jurors were summoned again today 1o hear the evidence of several wit- nesses who have been subpoenaed. The jury started delving into Indi- ana political affairs a week ago after Thomas H. Adams, publisher of the Vincennes Commercial, *had for sev- eral days made sweeping charges against officlals who he declared had been corrupted by D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Among the witnesses waiting to be called was John H. Kiplinger, attor- ney of Rushvilile, cofinsel for Stephen- son at the ex-Klan leader's trial for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Stephenson is now serving a life sen- tence for that crime. Adams has declared that if permit- ted by prison officials, Stephenson would produce documentary. evidence which would corroborate the corrup- tion charges. A possibility that some such evidence came before the grand jury was seen yesterday when Mil- dred Meade, 23, a confidante of Ste- phenson, carricd into the jury room a safety deposit box from a local bank. Miss Meade was Interfogated for an hour and a half. Fred Butler, Stephenson’s former ecretary, is another witness under <ubpoenae. He may be called today. \Willlam H. Sheaffer, deputy prose- cutor, said a number of other wit- nesses are to be called before the grand jury returns a report. A group of Republican editors meet- ing here vesterday declared that *“The Indlana Republican Editorial Associa- tion had never at any time nor does it now approve of a probe prompted by a desire on the part of Mr. Adams »"e ® (o seek revenge for dlleged per- =onal grievances in which the associa. tion is not in any way interested.” When Adams, who is chairman of the editorial association’s executive committee, first made public, his charges of alleged corruption he as- serted that he and his assoclates con- stituted a “probe committee” of the assoclation. . BANQUET TO LAUNCH TRAVELERS’ AID DRIVE Society Plans Organized Campaign to Raise $15,500 Here. Further tentative plans for launch- ing a drive for $16.500 for the Wash- . ington Travelers' Ald Soclety were formulated by the committee in charge at a meeting in the Burlington Hotel yesterdav afternoon. The drive will open following a banquet of the workers in the Burlington Hotel Sat- urday night. Frederic A. Delano is general chairman. Decision was reached to organize with six divisional chairmen, each of whom is to have charge of four teams and each team to consist of a captain and three assistants, making a total of more than 100 persons to take part in the drive, including chair- men and others. Five divisional chairmen have been chosen. They are Mrs. Willlam E. Chamberlin. Mrs. John A. Kratz, Mrs. ‘W. J. McManus, Mrs. Elmer R. Oliver and Mrs. Graham H. Powell, who ‘were present at vesterday's meeting. Besides them and the chairman, Mr. Delano: Arthur C. Moses, president of the local Travelers’ Aid Soclety, and Sherrard Ewing, general director of the National Association of Travelers! Ald Socletles, also were present at the meeting. Mr. Delano and Mr Ewing are to deliver the principal ad- dresses at the banquet Saturday night. Announcement was made yesterday that old subscribers to the Travelers’ Ald_ Soctety already have pledzed $1.650 for this year, the sum amount- !:f to a tenth of the total to be Ised. raised. The need of making the drive a suc- coss in order that travelers by air, train, automobile, or mere pedestrians, may be alded, was emphasized. s LUTHERAN CONVENTION WILL ADJOURN TODAY Accomplishments of Brotherhood Discussed at Final Sessions of Richmond Meeting. By the Assocfated Press. RICHMOND, Va., October 19.—The final & sessions of the fifth bien- nial convention of the Lutheran Broth- erhod were opened this morning with devotional serv by Rev. Oscar Blackwelder of timore. Dr. F. H. Knubel, president of the United Lu- theran Church In America, then greet- «d the delegates from 12 States and the Dom‘nion of Canada, after which the convention settled down to clear- ing its calendar for adjournment this wfternoon. The Saskatoon Library, for wh'~h 1he brotherhood obtained 4.000 vol- umes during the past year, was among the “brotherhood accomplishments™ discussed. Andhra College of India, for which the brotherhood was active in raising a $300,000 fund, was another topic, while a tribute to Dr. S. § Waltz, executive secretary of the Vrotherhood from the time of its or- ganization until his death, in May. 1925, was to be paid just before final adjeurnment by Dr. J. M. Bramkamp of Chicago. —_— Powdered peat instead of cork is d in making linoleum by a process d by a Swedish i st perf (Continued from First Page.) on any question. He has made en- emies ruth.essly, but at the same time he has made strong friends, bows because of his courage and his ability He might have had the indorse- ment of the Democratic State con- vention this year for the presidential nomination in 1928 if he had raised his hand. But Senator Reed, what- ever his thoughts on the subject may be, has not sought to force pre- matvrely his boom for President. He contents himself with saying that the-talk of his nomination for Presi- dent has not come from him, but from others. He has announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself in the Senate in 1928, but with regard to the presidential nomi- nation he has said nothing. If he were nominated on the Democratic ticket, he would be a strong candi- date in Missouri. He has many fol- lowers among the Republicans them- selves, who doubt.ess would vote for him, both out of regard for him personally and because of State pride. He would be a difficult can- didate for any Republican nominee to beat in Missouri. Strong in Home Town. Out here in Kansas City, his home town, Senator Reed can have any- thing from the Democratic organiza- tion he wants, according to the lead- ers. It is true that he carried the Kansas City district by only some 600 votes four years ago, but that is largely attributable to the fight made on him at that time by the Ku Klux Klan. Some twenty thousand votes, it is estimated, were turned away from him by the Klan and by the pro-Wilson sentiment. But the information today is that the Klan has disintegrated here in the last few vears, and that many of its Demo- cratic members are getting back into the regular organization, headed by Tom Pendergast. Pendergast esti- mates that Jackson County, which includes Kansas City, will go for Hawes this year from 6,000 to 10,000 votes. This is higher than impartial observers admit, although they say the county should go Democratic by from 3,500 to 6,000, The Klan still continues to be a somewhat mysterious element in the coming election, notwithstanding re- ports_of disintegration. It is pre- sumed here that what strength it has will be thrown against Hawes and for Senator Williams, the Re- publican candldate for the Senate. Grand Dragon Campbell has given his personal indorsement to Wil- liams, although Willlams is given credit for having written the anti- Klan plank in the Republican State patform of 1924, Hawes has been an outspoken enemy of the Klan and it is believed that the Klan will l'v'llx'le Willams as the lesser of two evils, G. 0. P. Primary Vote Leads. For the first time in history, the to- tal vote cast in the Republican sena- torial primary this year exceeded the total vote cast in the Democratic pri- mary. This has given the Republicans hope for the general election. In the Republican primary, however, there was a bitter wet and dry fight, with Proctor, the dry, opposing Willlams, who, while not a pronounced wet, is regarded as anti-dry. On the Demo- cratic side of the fence there was, too, a wet and dry fight to help get out the vote. Williams won more im- pressively than did Hawes in the pri- maries. The ieaders both among the Demo- crats and the Republicans are doing their best in these final weeks before election to stir the voters out of their apathy, to get them to 50 to the polls November 2. They are swinging into action with all their big guns. If the apathy persists, it is likely to hurt the Democrats more than the Republicans. The Republicans have a first-class or- ganization throughout the State, and where the organization is perfected the leaders are usually able to get out the vote where alless perfect or- ganization falls down. It appears now, that, in spite of an opinion just given by the attorney general of the State that the referendum on the proposed repeal of the State prohibition laws cannot properly go on the ballot, the opinion comes too late and that it must be placed on the ballot unless there should be a court action to elim- inate it. This referendum is being fought actively by the drys. The in- terest in the referendum Is expected to be a real assistance in bringing the voters to the polls. % While Democratic leaders are seek- ing to convey the impression that prosperity under Republican rule does not really exist in Missouri, it appears that in Kansas City and the part of Missourl adjacent thereto is not as badly hit as the Democrats ‘would aave it believed. Bank clearances, sales by department stores and mall order houges located here indicate that con- ditidns are better than they were last year. Postal Receipts Increased. As Kansas City business depends largely upon state of the farmers, this condition of affalrs does not argue that the farmers are as badly off as they are pictured. There have been bank failures in Missourl this year, but they have been more frquent in the section covered by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank than in the territory governed by the Federal Re- serve Bank of Kansas City. Another indication of at least a measure of the prosperity In and about Kansas City is the large increase this year in postal receipts over the receipts of st year. i he Kansas Cite Star end Times iving equal opporiuni*v in its news B e to both Williams awd TTnwes. The Kansas City Journal, on the oic: hand, has attacked Senator Williams vigorously, although it has mnot de- clared support for Hawes. Walter S. Dickey, Republican, proprietor of the Journal, strongly backed Proctor, the ary candidate for the senatorial nomi- nation against Williams in the pri- mary race. Former Gov. Hyde, dry Republican, is startng on a campaign tour for Senator Williams, which may cause the fur to fly. Gov. Hyde is a tower Hotel Inn 604-61¢ 9th St. N.W, D: $1.00, §1.50, $2.00 1y: $10.50 rooms, and tory. ‘$1 00! NSPOILED SENATOR PEED'S FUTURE HANGS ON OUTCOME OF MISSOURI VOTING of strength in the Republican or- ganization arfd is a hard-hitting cam- paigner, ey Mr. Hawes continues to poke fun at Senator Williams as “Gov. Baker's Senator,” referring to the fact that Senator Willlams is serving under appointment and not after an elec- tion by the people. The old Champ Clark following, which looked askance at the late President Wilson and those things for which he stood, has leaped into the Democratic harmony pool this year along with the rest of the party factions. Senator Willlams is doing his best to revive and fan the flames of Wil- son Democrats against Reed and Hawes. He tells them that Hawes s merely a rubber stamp for Senator Reed and that a vote for Hawes is really a vote for Reed in 1928. In some quarters the espousal of Sen- ator Reed's anti-court doctrine by Hawes is regarded as an error of political judgment. It is argued that the old Reed following would have had to support Hawes anyway and that it has roused the Wilson Demo- crats against Hawes to such an ex- tent that they will not vote for him even though they may not go to the extent of voting against him. On the other hand, the stand taken by the Democratic candidate against the World Court is expected to help him in his effort to win Republican votes among the German-American popula- tion of St. Louis. The campaign here has been great- ly complicated by the court and anti- court and the wet and dry issues, both for Democrats and for the Re- publicans. The outstanding feature, however, has been the manner in which Senator Reed has been able to compel the adoption of his policies by the Democratic campaign manage- ment. Senator Reed may truly be regarded at this juncture as a Mis- sourl institution. He wields more power today than any other man in Missouri politics. RUM CAR CAPTURED. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 19.—Federal prohibition agents early this morning captured a rum-running car near Shepherdstown, after a chase, at the end of which the occu- nts of the fleeing car escaped in the darkness. The license tag indi- cated the car belonged to a Jefferson County (W. Va.) negro, but officers believe another man was operating the car and they are looking for him. The car, with five gallons of liquor found in it, was confiscated. Officers believe the cargo was loaded in the Frog Hollow section of Mary- land, across the Potomac from Shep- herdstown. JUDGE ORDERS JURY UNMASK AIKEN MOB Life Utncuhin While Lynchers Are Free, He Warns in Charge. By the Associated Press. AIKEN, 8. C., October 19.—No man’s life is safe in the community as long as the mob members responsible for, the lynching of Clarence, Demon and Bertha, Lowman, Aiken negroes, remain at large, sald Judge Marvin M. Mann of St. Matthews yesterday in his charge to the grand jurj, which opened the regular term of General Sessfons Court. A grand jury called in special ses- sion to investigate the triple lynching which Sccurred some weeks ago re- ported that it would continue its de- liberations until the regular term of cou should open, when the jury should prosecute the investigation further. Charging the. jurors that they must unmask the Aiken mob and bring them to the bar of justice, Judge Mann said: “The eyes of the civilized world are upon Aiken, and her people, inno- cent as well as guilty, are upon trial.” Embezziement has increased 813 per cent, Judge Mann added in declaring that crime of all kinds has increased to an dlarming degree. ‘“Not only among the low and uneducated classes has crime increased,” he said, “but among the supposedly respected ele- ment, in many cases, who hold posi- tions of trust. : should be no such word as ‘can’ he admonished the jurors on the subject of the 1ynching. “No man’s life is safe among us as long as they are at large.” _— FONES. SUES SILVER. Autoist Seeks $10,800 as Result of Crash. . R. P. Fones, 1405 Four-anda-half street southwest, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $10,800 damages from Samuel Silver, 1024 First street southeast. The plain- tiff claims that Silver failed to give the right of way and caused a col- lision of their automobiles on M street southwest October 1, which injured him and damaged his car. Fones asks $10,000 for his personal injuries and $800 for repairs to his machine. He is represanted by Attorney C. C. Collins. In reporting this suit last Saturday The Star transposed the names of the plaintiff and defendant by mistake and made the suit read as against Mr. Fones, when he brought the action. According to recent import figures, coffee is gaining in popularity in the United States more rapidly than tea. HOME OF THE “2-PANTS" SUITS Apples, Cider, Smokes, **Sheep in the windows, cows in the corn"— that's the atmosphere that makes this “Barn- yard" store one inviting The Home Festival is at its height—good fellowship and good merchandise —at good, old-fashion- place. Harvest ed prices. 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