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Governor Warren T. McCray of Indiana, whose private financial difficulties caused him to call a meeting of his creditors (TIME, Sept. 10) was relieved of his burden. His creditors accepted his suggestion for a trust agreement to operate his holdings until his debts can be paid...
...League . . . but the League can be changed . . ." "But in your own Party what will Senator Blank say?"asked Professor Fisher "Oh! Senator Blank doesn't care. I know him better than you do. When he takes his extreme stand he is doing so for political effect" Warren T. McCray is known as a brother-in-law of George Ade (humorist) and a raiser of prize Hereford cattle.* Since 1921 he has been Governor of Indiana. The fact that his personal finances became shaky therefore aroused some comment. He called a meeting of his creditors and promised them dollar...
...Governor McCray first came to the fore during the coal strike of 1922 when he summoned a conference of Governors to deal with the situation. At the outbreak of the strike he established martial law at the mines and maintained it until the strike was concluded. He thereby gained the enmity of the miners, who demanded his impeachment. On several occasions he has denounced Eugene V. Debs as a traitor...
...present financial discomfiture Governor McCray said: " Boiled down to one fact, you find a farmer, a landowner, who is caught after three disastrous years in the farming business. I could not collect my bills and found myself unable to meet some of my obligations. ... I happen to be Governor of Indiana, but this is a private matter that has happened to other farmers. The state has not suffered. I do not see that the public should be greatly interested." William Jennings Bryan went to California to visit his son-in-law. There he took opportunity to say that President Coolidge...
...wallop coming when Druley paid only half of his $4,000 guarantee before the gong clanged, tried to dodge it by sulking in his corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must be a gentle exhibition) to surge about the ring demanding satisfaction. Their Mayor, Lew Shank, clambered to the platform threatening jail for boxers and promoters if ten rounds were not fought. Firpo reconsidered, toyed with Downey for three rounds. Then he remembered...