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district Attorney And The Judge Are
Recipients Of Threatening Letters
During Sensational Trial
, Indianapolis, ind.—Sentences rang*
Ing- from one day to a year and six
lonths in jail were given to fifty-two
lersons convicted of conspiracy to vio
late the prohibition laws in Gary and
jLalce county, Indiana, by Federal Judge
Ferdinand Geiger in United States dis*
"dot court here.
. Motions for new trials were denied
|all but William H. Olds, sheriff of
jLake county,' Charles L. Clemens, a
. justice of the peace, and Fred Sea-
bright, an attorney.
Roswell o. Johnson, mayor of Gary,
|. was. sentenced to serve one year and
Isix months at the federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga., and fined $2,000; Lewis
Barnes, former sheriff of Lake county,
and now chairman of the board of pub
lic works of Gary, was given one year
in prison and fined $1,000. William
M. Dunn, judge of the Gary city court
until his resignation after his convic
tion, was sentenced to one year and a
day in prison and fined $1,000. Blaz
* . A, Lucas, a Gary attorney, was sen
tenced to serve one year in prison and
; fined $1,000.
| ' Other prominent Gary and Lake
- county persons among those sentenced
‘ follow;
Clyde Hunter, former prosecuting
5. attorney, one year and a day in prison
I and a fine of $1,000.
Dwight M. Kinder, prosecuting at
torney, one year and a day in prison,
and a fine of $1,000.
1 Six women were among those sen
tenced. One, May Russell, who had
pleaded guilty, did not appear. Mary
Allen and Zelma Jones each received
a sentence of 30 days In Jail. Jennie
Miller was given three months and a
fine of $200, while Pauline Schultz
twas given three monthB and a fine of
[$300.
Prior to the passing of sentences,
tour defendants announced they would
tppeal their cases. Those who an-
meed they would take such action
Mayor Johnson, Hunter, Lucas and
athan Potts,, a Gary detective. They
lave 120 days in which to perfect
their appeals.
The trial of the convicted men and
omen was one of the most sensa-
lonal in years in Indiana. On the
pve of the trial a prosecuting witness
r as killed and during the course of
he trial both the district attorney
nd Judge Geiger jreceived threatening
fitters. Many, of those convicted were
preigners.
Judge Geiger announced the defen
ds would have 120 days in which
arrange their affairs before begin-
ling their sentences. Dunn, however,
eclared he wanted to begin his term
[immediately.
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Spit Between Republicans May Result.
Demands To Be Made For Safe
guarding U. S. Citizens
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Pekin. —- Swooping down upon
China’s fastest express train after it
i had been wrecked, and piled in a
1 ditch, Chinese bandits kidnaped three
j bundled passengers, including several
I Americans, recently and escaped in
the wild and desolate country in the
vicinity of Lin Cheng.
Robert P. Scripts, one of the fore
most American publishers, 'and Mrs.
iScripps were passengers on the train.
There are also believed to have been
accompanied by a party including N.
D. Cochran, editor emeritus of the
Toledo News-Bee, and his daughter,
Dorothy, and Miss Margaret Culbert
son, of San' Deigo, a cousin of Mrs.
Scripps.
Upwards of a thousand bandits at
tacked the train. They had first torn
up the rails for considerable distance,
and then dug a ditch into which the
engine plunged when It left the track,
piling up the cars after it. In the
midst of the confusion that followed
the wreck the bandits poured out from
their hiding places, surrounded the de
fenseless passengers, and as rapidly
as they were overcome, made off with
them.
One foreigner was killed, according
to information reaching the minister
of communications, but whether there
was Resistance to "he bandits, or the
.passenger met death in the wreck, is
not yet known.
1 The train was on route from Pukow
to Tien Tsin when attacked. Latest
reports were that six foreigners and
25 Chinese passangers escaped, but
,all others r on the train were appar
ently captured by the bandits and car-
[ried away.
Twenty-eight foreigners, both men
and women, were still held as host
ages by the bandits up to a late hour.
Many Chinese were also held. Ten
passengers from the train escaped and
are reported as proceeding to Tien
Tsin. Indications are, however, that
Robert Scrlpps is not among those
who escaped as he has not communi
cated with the United News corres
pondent. He notified the United News
office of his departure from Shanghai
and would undoubtedly have commun
icated with the office at the first op
portunity upon escaping from the ban
dits.
The government is sending troops
to the scene of the wreck and kid
naping, but a difficult task is ahead of
the soldiers, In running down the ban
dits. They have probably taken to
the mountains, dragging their prison
ers with them.
ar’s Influence Shown By The Census
Washington. — Influences of the
war are reflected in almost all
e population changes shown by) the
~0 cerisuB, it is pointed out in an
lysis just published by the census
eau, Which says the persistent in-
lence of the war alone is likely to
,ke the fourteenth census conspicu-
for years to come. In addition, it is
clared, the last census will prove
eworthy, if succeeding census tab-
tions show a return to a more lib-
percentage of increase, for the
depression it . showed in popula-
growth, or should the law state of
continue or the rate continue
ecline still further, and marking
eglnning of a distinct slowing down
ational growth.
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ISSUE ANNOUNCED
OF $400,000,000
IN TREASURY NOTES
sents . Model ; Of Santa Marla
idon—An exact.,model of Colum-
ship) the "Santa Maria," has been
by. Spain to. the British govern-
and was recently , exhibited for
fir# time at one of. the, London
ice museums. \ ‘ ; •
ted Three Years To Kill Assailant
aicago.—A child's revenge,'' taken
"1-year-old Anna Daidone, when she
and; 'killed Frank Taranto, 40
i old, was vindicated when a grand
returned a no bill against Anna,
ras charged with manslaughter.
ials Not Justified In Barring Man
peka, Kan.—-Alexander Howat, de-
! president of the Kansas district
United Mine Workers of Am er
as violated no Kansas law which
Justify-his detention by immi-
authorities at Ottawa, Can., in
^pinion of Gov. Jonathan M. Da-
" this state.
New Offering Ends First Phase Of Re
financing Of Government’s Great ,
War-Time Debt
Washington.—Bringing to an end the
first phase of refinancing the govern
ment's greatw ar-time debt, the treasu
ry announces a new offering of $400,-
000,000 in treasury notes to complete
the refunding and retiring of the vic
tory notes which when issued aggregat
ed more than $4,000,000,000. The new
issue will bear 4 3-4 per cent interest
and will mature March 15, 1927.
Secretary Mellon, at the same time,
made public a statement on the gov
ernment’s fiscal situation in which he
declared the treasury’s refunding op
erations had worked out so successfully
that all of the short dated debt might
be retired gradually from surplus reve
nues of the government prior to 1928
and without embarrassment to the,
heavy re-financing necessary in connec
tion with maturity that year of the third
liberty loan.
Clemency'Asked 'For Mayor
Savannah.—Practically the whole
population of the nearby totorn, of Beau
fort S. C., across the river, is 'exert
ing itself to- secure the pardon or re
lease of its mayor, R. V. Bray, who is
under sentence to serve a year in the
Atlanta penitentiary and pay a fine of
$1,000 for infraction of federal regula
tions, his case having just come back
from the circuit court of appeals with
a decision adverse to his appeal.
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194% Sales Isaeg-eas© ia Last Six Mouths
Shows Tread Toward Firesf©a©
The public has emphatically spoken. The popu
lar preference in all territories is unmistakably the
Firestone Gum-Dipped Cord.
A standard of service-has been set by these fa
mous tires without parallel in the past. It has
brought a sales increase of 194% for the past six
months over the same period of a year ago—the
greatest gain in all Firestone history ,1
The FirMtone Gum-Dipped Cord is the'mighty
achievement which has enabled Firestone to break
the tremendous record of past Firestone success.
public has been aroused to the
results in economical mileage of the Firestone
process of double gum-dipping. The buying-swing
toward Firestone shows how it has advanced the
public's standard of tire value.
Ask owners about Firestone performance on their
cars. Note the big taxicab fleets Firestone-equipped.
Watch the new cars you see—just from the fac
tories; Firestone Gum-Dipped Cords are seen every
where in fast increasing numbers.
Ge( the maximum extra mileage that only the
Firestone name assures you. Only by insisting on
this name can you be sure of getting the genuine
gum-dipped construction.
Most Miles per Dollar
Chinese Leaders Agree On A Truce i
Peking, China.—Wu Pei Fu, power- •
ful military leader and sponsor of the 1
Peking government;- and Chang Tso ;
Ling, virtual dictator of Manchuria,
have agreed upon a further truce of
three months.
Of |. W. W. Hits Oil Fields
^Francisco, Calif.—Spread into
ithern California oil fields of the
■; strike which previously had
only marine and forest work-
a declaration in court that
trial of two men said to bo
of the I. W. W. might result
Evolution, were the outstanding
of the demonstration held here.,
declaration regarding a revolution,
made in P°Uce court in Seattle,!
H. M. Peters and O. A. Steal !“
charges of making threataj 1 “
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Serious Explosion In , Colorado Mine
Pueblo, Colo.—Two men are known
dead and eight missing as the result
of an explosion which entombed ten
men at the southeastern mine of the
Rocky Mountain Fuel company near
Aguilar. Bodies ofJohn Konastakls
and John Soupagins, miners, have been
recovered. Rescue workers say they ’
believe that the remaining eight en
tombed might be rescued alive. Gas,
which caused the blast, filled the shafts
afterwards and hampered rescue work, j
is expected that the imprisoned min-
ers will be reached. ’
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Experts Study Decision On Liquor
Rome, Italy.—International law ex
perts of the Italian government have
started a study of the decision of the
United States Supreme court which pro
hibits vessels of all registries from tak
ing liquor within the American three-
mile limit
Germany Warned To Pay Up In Full
Paris, France.—France and Belgium
have again served notice on Germany
that they intend the reparation bill shall
be paid in full and that there will be
no consideration of any German pro
posal as long as passive resistance in
•the Ruhr continues to be the Reich’s
watchword. Replying in. a Joint note
to. the German offer, the Ruhr allies
point out that the sum of thirty bil
lion gold marks represents less than
one-fourth of the total which Germany
should recognize as the amount of her
debt
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