Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 9 January 1931 — Page 4
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931.
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Muncie Plumbing & Supply Co. electric WATER PUMPS 1509 S. Walnut Phone 4220W
W- H. Dorton & Son Plumbing and Heating Water Softeners >00 Wheeling Ace—Phone 4816W Estimates Free
Plumbing, Heating and Gas Fitting. CLARK BROS. Phone 247 317 E. Main
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Tod Whipple Lawyer 308 Western Reserve Bldg. Phone 1625 Muncie, Indiana
Ralph E. Pettiford General Upholstering Rug Cleaning Furniture Repairing and Finishing. 1309 E. Willard St. Phone 5282
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Purdue to Open Annual Road School January 19
Lafayette, Ind.—The problems encountered in keeping Indiana’s roads in good condition will be given a thorough airing at the seventeenth annual Road School of Purdue university to be held during the week of January 19-23. The school is held by the School of Civil Engineering and the Engineering Extension Department of Purdue cooperating with several organizations of highway officials and equipment manufacturers. Eacli year it attracts more than 500 engineers, city, county and state officials concerned with the construction and maintenance of roads, and others interested in road problems. Some of the men who will present talks on the week’s program are shown in the accompanying illustration. N. M. Blaney, director of the Farm-to-Market Road Department. of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will discuss the necessity for maintaining
SAYS U. S. RAN A LIQUOR JOINT Rep. Linthicum Asserts Speakeasy Was Started to Catch Police.
Taxation Leading Issue Of Gov. Leslie’s Message To General Assembly
the Senate in 1923 and 1925, was chosen by Democratic senators in their caucus as their candidate for president pro tern, and, by virtue of his selection, will become minority floor leader in the Senate.
By ARCH EDDY United Press Staff Correspondent Indianapolis, Jan. —(UP)—A general' outline of governmental defects as viewed by Governor Harry G. Leslie, was presented the seventy-seventh General Assembly by him at the opening session today in which senators and representatives joined. Few specified recommendations were in the address, following his announcement early in the talk that “there will be no attempt bj the executive department to assume the functions of the legislative department, nor to dictate its
policies.”
Taxation was the leading issue in Leslie’s specific proposals, with a plea for an enabling net authorizing consolidation of townships and counties; eliminating of the fee system, which has enabled certain public officials to draw enormous incomes; relief from property taxes, and elimination of abuses growing out of issuance of free auto licenses to certain offic'Z>A3. o.^Kee/zx ia !?- . Other important recommendacountry roans. J. T. Hallet, assist- tions were for elimination of the ant chief engineer in charge of primary system, alleviation of roads, of the Indiana State High-j crowded conditions in state instiway Commission will talk on his tutions, repeal of laws creating experience settling fills on muck new juvenile and domestic courts land. Some new developments in! in cities of over 100,000 popuhi-
road construction and maintenance will be discussed by W. H. Root of the Iowa State Highway Department. Dr. W. K. Hatt, head of the School of Civil Engineering of 'Purdue university, willl appear on the program as dinner-smoker speaker and as presiding officer at the opening session. Dr. Allen D. Albert, assistafrt to the president of the Chicago World’s Fair Association of Chicago, will be one of the speakers at the annual Road School banquet, to he held on Thursday evening, January . 22. Other men of state and nationwide reputation will appear on the program of the meeting, which is divided into sessions for state and county highway men and county surveyors and engineers.
Fill Saunders’
Place By Holding Special Election Indianapolis, Jan. 2.—A successor in the House of Representatives for George L. Saunders of Bluffton, Democratic representative from Adams £ind Wells counties who died last night, must be chosen at a special election called by the governor, the Indiana con-
stitution provides.
Attorney General James M.
Washington, Jan. L—The charge that a “government-owned speak-
easy” figured in a Federal prohi- -7“!' tw^the constitution hition case that recently resulted ° S( , len saui that the constitution
bition case that recently
in conviction of six Intfianapolls policemen was made in the House Monday by Representative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland,
an antiprohibitionist.
Prohibition Director Woodcock informed Linthicum by letter, the latter said, that the government paid rent on a room which the representative described as a “speak-
easy.”
The letter from Woodcock, read into the record, asserted, however, that “no liquor was dispensed” in the room. Harrison Takes Up Fight A letter from Russell B. Harrison of Indianapolis, son of the foi--mer President, also read into the record by Linthicum, said: “I am informed that you are in the lead of congressmen attacking the government’s method of establishing a poolroom speakeasy and buying and selling booze in order to trap the policemen of this city. “The method used in this city by the prohibition department is so repugnant and contrary to the spirit of the American institutions that I do hope Congress will enact some new legislation or change the old legislation in such a way that government liquor entanglement with booze joints will be forever eliminated and done away
with.”
Says Scandal Deliberately Made Linthicum said he had received many letters containing the open charge that “the prohibition operators in co-operation with the district attorney of Indianapolis deliberately set about to build up a sensational police scandal by the establishment of a speakeasy in that oity. “As a first step in the building up of their case,” he continued, ‘‘two prohibition agents sent to Indianapolis from Chicago opened a liquor dispensing establishment at 1213 East Twenty-second street. Government funds were used to finance this illegal venture, which obviously was operated solely as a place of entrapment. Horace Lyle, a Negro informer, was in charge of this government-owned speakeasy and the two Federal agents supplied liquor through dealing with one Taylor, a notorious bootlegger, who vanished before the trial. Another informer one Henderson, was at the time a fugitive from justice.” o . - The first aerial color photographs were recently taken., About seventy-five new species of prehistoric animal life have been found by the central Asiatic expedition of the American Museum ot Natural History.
makes it mandatory upon the governor to issue a writ of election immediately in tvent of the deatli of a member of the General Assembly. Such election must he
held within ten days.
Gaylord S- Morton, secretary to Governor Harry G. Leslie said last night that the governor probably will issue such a writ this morn-
ing.
Virgil Simmons of Bluffton, Eighth district chairman, here last night in connection with the prelegislature caucuses, said he would return home tomorrow and confer with leaders in the two counties regarding the election. He said that Edward Bosse, Democratic chairman of Adams county and Frank Ulmer, Democratic chairman of Wells county, probably would call meetings of the central committees to nominate candidates. Republican committees would nominate candidates similarly. The governor’s writ would be issued to the circuit court in each county. w'
Minor Repairs to Giant Seaplane
Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. .3.—(U P)—Minin* repairs to .the seaplane Tradewind, in which Mrs. Beryl Hart and Capt. William S. MacLaren intend to carry the first “pay fciad” from New York to Paris, were made today in preparation for the long ocean flight to the Azores. The fliers, with Mrs. Hart at the controls and Capt. MacLaren navigating, hoped to leave this afternoon for their objective more than 1,800 miles to the northeast. The regular steamship route from Bermuda to Fayal, the westernmost island of the central group of the Azores, is 1,821 miles. • o 1 JOKE ON THE THIEVES
Freeman, S. D.—(UP)—‘Housebreaking thieves who noticed a 15gallon barrel carefully stowed away in the basement of Andrew Tschetter’s house waited until they saw the family go away and then made away with it. The joke was on the bandits because the barrel contained water placed in it to keep tight until Tschetter was
ready to make pickles. o .
Canadian sovereignty over the Sverdrup group of islands in the arctic has been recognized by the
government of Norway.
tion, passage of a voters’ registration act, and payment of oil inspec tion fees direct to the state. Even on these, however, the Governor refrained from specify-
ing forms of procedure. Problems of Taxation.
Leslie dealt with the tax problem at length, pointing out that expansion of governmental activities has resulted in increased
lie suggested that assistance be given the Lincoln Memorial commission for erection of a shrine at the grave of Nancy Hanks Lin-
coln.
A close study of the report of the state tuberculosis commission was jtrged. This report provided for creation of a system of nine tuberculosis hospitals throughout the state, with the counties and state dividing the cost. It also provided for a special tuberculosis department in the hoard of health. Leslie made ho recommendations for solution of the state aid school problem, other than to urge a careful study of the report of the school-aid commission. He also suggested that the state hoard of accounts should exercise a closer supervision over expenditures of state funds in school units before such expenditures are made. In reference to the banking sys tern, the governor again made no specific recommendations bht "urged the subject upon your attention.” His comment upon the highway department was that the state should continue the system of paying for roads as they were built. He did, however, recommend creation and enforcement of measures regulating weight of loads that may be hauled over the high-
ways.
Opposes “Gerrymandering.” He frowned upon “gerrytnandering” in oration of a reapportionment bill, and asked that the bill be made fair to all. “The era of<the ‘shoestring’ district is gone forever,” he said, “and the gerrymander should be relegated even as it has been dis-
credited.
“Congressional rSapportionmont should be worked out on a com promise basis and with such cel-
MYERS IS NAMED ! RY DEMOCRATS
Indianapolis Man Chosen Speaker of House; Other Appointments.
Indianapolis, Jan. .‘J.—Representative Walter* Myers of Indianapolis was selected for speaker of the House of the Indiana General Assembly at a caucus of the Democratic representatives last, night in the chamber of the House of Representatives. The way for the election of Myers was- made certain immediately before the caucus when his four or five opponents decided to withdraw from the contest in his favor. Myers was opposed in the caucus by Representative David H. Byers of Vincennes. As the ballots were being counted on the speakership contest, word was brought that Representative George L. Saunders of Bluffton had dropped dead. Out of respect to Mr. Saunders, the caucus was adjourned for one-half hourThe count on the ballotting when the caucus adjourned was 40 for Myers and 2 for Byers.
Insane Hospital Needed in Indiana
Indianapolis, Jan- 8.—(UP)— Erection • of a new insane hospital in northern Indiana, and expansion of present institutions where feasible, has been proposed
The tragedy of the present sit- 1 x „ inn ia thnt nnrW nm- nf erit y to prevent it from becom-
ing a legislative obstruction.” No detailed suggestions were made in regard to the report of the commission on prevention of crime and enforcement of laws but Leslie asked that careful study he made of the commission’s find-
ings-
PROHIREPORT CAUSES DELAY President Hoover Wants to Avoid an Extra Session
nation is that under our system of taxation an unfair and disproportionate share of the tax burden is borne by real property—lands and improvements ami Hie products of the farm,” he said. “The unjust tax burden must be lifted from the
land and fairly distributed. “I wish strongly to emphasize
the fact that I am not concerned as to the form that tax relief shall take, but I am very greatly concerned, and the taxpayers are very deeply concerned, that relief shall
come.
“The problem cannot be solved by voting new taxes or new forms of taxation to meet new expeiulL Hires. It is essential that new forms of taxation shall actually displace and do away with a portion of the taxes now levied upon real property.” The Governor made no specific recommendations regarding new taxes as outlined by the tax survey commission, -but urged that the commission’s report be given close consideration. Consolidation of townships and counties was urged as a means of reducing overhead governmental expenditures. “With good roads and facilities for speedy transportation, the numerous small political units are no longer necessary,” he said. Urges Registration Law. Suggestions regarding primary law repeal were v brief. “The failure of the Indiana primary system has brought about a measure m constructive action looking to its abolishment,” Leslie said. “It is time to complete the restoration of truly representative government by returning to the higher level of party integrity demanded under a system in which political parties are agencies of government.” As a preventative of fraud at elections^ the Governor urged a “workable, sound and simplified system for the registration of voters.” “There can be no doubt as to the need for an honest registration system,” he said. The fee system, which has been before several past Legislators, was touched upon briefly in an appeal for its abolishment “Fees should go to the government itself, and the individual public officer should be allowed a fair salary commensurate to his servic-! es,” Leslie said. He reiterated his opposition to creation of additional courts, recommending revision of the 1903 and 1907 laws providing for juvenile and probate courts in cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. ■Sinless the Legislature amends these Statutes, Leslie will be forced to appoint eight judges in four Indiana cities as a result of increases in population'1’he oil inspection fee scandal of several months ago, in which oil inspectors were alleged to have defrauded the state, was referred to in- a paragraph asking that fees be paid directly to the state instead of to individual inspectors. Distribution of free license plates to city, county and state officials was attacked. “Abuses growing out of a free list system should be drastically corrected wherever they occur,” the governor said. Proposes Building Program. Increased building programs were recommended for state institutions, many of which were described as over-crowded. The governor especially suggested an additional institution for the insane. Attention was called to the problem of keeping inmates of penal institutions at work. In connection with furthering development of state shrines, Les-
by state social workers,, it was announced by John A. Brown, secretary of the hoard of state charities, after a meeting between heads'of the five existing hospitals, and the charity hoard. With only one hospital in the northern part of the state, relief from present crowded conditions should be provided by building in thht area, Brown said. 1 o Apparently the first, use that man found for manganese was as a source of coloring matter. Mead, famous drink of old Germanic races, was made from fermented honey.
Election by Acclamation Moved. When the caucus was resumed, Myers’s election by acclamation
was moved.
The selections of the Democratic majority of the House will be ratified at* 10 o’clock this morning when the Seventy-seventh General Assembly convenes for a sixty-one
days’ session.
BY PAUL R. MALLON a few hours before the caucus United Press Staff Correspondent the six candidates for the speak-
Washington, Jan. 5.—(UP)—The Wickersham law enforcement commission’s reportedly imminent prohibition report was becoming more and more of a bogey ip connection with President Hoover’s plans to avoid an extra session of Congress after March 4. Congressional leaders have advised the president it would be impossible to conclude the business of the short session in two months if he submits the commission report, regardless of its nature. They have advised Mr. Hoover to withhold the document until after Congress adjourns. On the other hand, reports received at the White House indicate the commission is ready, aftej; 19 months, to submit its findingsAnd Mr. Hoover’s advisers do not believe it would be wise for him to accept a report on a subject of such outstanding interest and keep it secret for two months. They think it would be better for the commission, which is sched uled to resume its sessions tomorrow, to withhold final action for several more weeks. The prohibition report on which a majority of the commission has agreed is understood to be predominantly dry, making no recommendations for modification of the 18th amendment or for changes in the government’s enforcement policy to permit legal home manufacture q£ beer or light wines. Whatever method of diverting the attention of Congress from prohibition is finally adopted, it appeared unlikely that the report would he made public before the end of the short session. High officials in favor of such a policy point out the new Congress will not assemble until the following December. If the report is submitted directly to the people when Congress is not in session, it is argued the document would not receive the public attention which Congress would give it. So eager is Mr. Hoover to avoid an extra session that his advisers have 'submitted for his approval a plan to issue a public appeal for speed among the legislators. Administration leaders feel business would be affected adversely if Congress were to be in session this summer and fall, and they, as well as the president, are planning to take every reasonable step t6 assure a conclusion of Congress
March 4.
There is remaining, on the calendars of the short session little legislation which the president considers vital. He probably would be satisfied,it is said, if only the appropriation bills to run the government departments next yeefr are passed and the House and Senate
disbanded.
ership and party leaders n.Vt in the Claypool hotel to smooth out the program for the organization of the House. Heller for Clerk. Dick Heller of Decatur, president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association, was elected principal clerk of the House. Other officers of the House named by the caucus were: Charles A. Salm of Rockport, Spencer county Democratic chairman, for assistant clerk. Charles G. Rigney of Vigo county, principal doorkeeper. Senator Lee J. Hartzell of Fort Wayne, was elected president pro tern of the Indiana "Senate at the the upper branch of the General Assembly last night. Senator Hartzell defeated Senator James J. Nejdl of Whiting, veteran member of the General Assembly, who was seeking the honor of majority leadership for the fourth time; Senator C. Oliver Holmes o^Gary, and Senator 1 4 Floyd Garrott of Battleground. The vote was: Hartzell, lf>; Nejdl, 8; Holmes, 4; Garrott, 1The name of Senator Roy M. Friedley of Muncie, who had been a candidate for the post until Monday, was not presented to the caucus, and he was named caucus chairman. The name of Senator French Clements of Evansville, who was a candidate for the post until yesterday, also did not go before the caucus. Democrats Name Chambers. Senator Walter S. Chambers of Newcastle, former Democratic state chairman and a member of
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