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Entered m Seeond'ClaM Matter at tba Poatottioa »t Indtanapoha, lad.. the Act oi Mart* S. 1870.

NEW TORE OFFICE—Trfbua* baUdm* Dan A. Carroll, RcpreaeaUUrc. CHICAGO OFFICE—FHr.1 Matiooal Raali

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t. M. Lutz. RepraaentatiTt. WASHIHGTOJf RCREAC—Wyatt btulduur Jamea P. Homaday. ConmvamOmt.

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ty«a of tha a<?onofnf0ta. that it muat have aerved the public well. But to the muck-raker it impliea monopoly and extortion, and provides grround for the wildcat charges and attack*. The roFernment has apuKbt to divorce - the packers from other busineas and the Armour company. In connection with others, has agreed to the decision reached some time ago.# Whether this will mean cheaper meat on the consumer’s table will be

MAXL SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (determined by the future.

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rents: on* wank, t cent*. 4 SCRAL EDITIOH. •» <» 1 TEAR. I inheartpttons must ba poid ler in adn AH inatroeuona to be *Beca»a aa to eha of address or orders to atop Tha Raws should be »t sen in nrtt»n«. Tha !»**• wttt nat ba rnapnnlhln for errors made tf are yiveo orar the tatephoue

MEMBER OF THE ASsdpATED PRESS The Associated Pram is exduMseiy entitled to aa* lor ynpnMteadlon of all newa d»* matches credited to it and sot otherwise credited in this paper. sod also to tha local

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THE COAL MTCATIOS in a statement Riven oat yesterday '(he United Ilf ate* bituntinotta coal <©mmlasion. the body that settled the dispute between miners and operator#, declared that preaont price# for httt.minoaa coal were “inoacuoabie." and out of all proportion to the increased cost of production reaultin* from the higher wares *rarited by the commismon. Nor has there been ,any ea*nPAign for early buying, which would, l.a*f there been one, have affected the price. It la suggested that the operator# may be acting on the theory that there ha* been a falling off in production, But auch i* not the taae. On the contrary, prodoction for the first quarter of thl# year waa considerably In excena of that for the eame period inae year, and slightly above that for 101*. 'There fa therefore" aay# the commlsalon, "no reason for the akyk*t i rt« fit oa^4" * RWwf |F» l ‘-'wm. . It la said that the fear of immediate Buffering from car ahorlage aeema alao to figure in the reasons for the flurry." The opon nioather condltlons have been favorable to the handling of cool, and the rfforta to bring about a better distribution of car# by the car aervll# <ommission of the American Railway Association "give promise of a greatly improved car situation in the near future." "Frentled bidding up of, Such ia the conclusion, "on the part of coal buyers seems, therefore, at this time to be entirety un- * The railroad strike may have tome effect, and yet this statement was given out when the strike was most v*idssprsad. But the important point mad* Is that them has betQ no such increase in the cost of production resulting from higher wagee ae would v art ant any considerate increase in he price of coal. It may perhaps be to coal operator*, and Into all other dealer* that modera- !• wise policy and good business. la sxceedingly danger-

to those

settled

this connection SecreAtexander aays:

cleaning or burn

the war should borne tn of waste only fitted from time to time of waste material than war la not n ■it u of offsetof living bo found, o, but turn K back

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ADV/CB TO TEE STRIKERS

The striking railway workers have received 'no better advice, and they will receive none, than that contained in a circular issued by the responsible head* of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. They are reminded that their strike is "in violation of the contract held by the brotherhood." and That ft waa called without giving either, the officials of the railroad or the brotherhood committee an opportunity to investigate any grievances that there may have been. It is pointed out also that by this violation of their contract and of tho rules of fair play the men can accomplish absolutely nothing. Here ia the situa-

tion: , The Brotherhood of Railroad Train-

men ban entered into aa agreement Jpintly With fourteen other railroad labor organisations to dispose of the gueation of Increased wages for railroad employes through the railroad board created under the transportation act known as the Cummlns-

ich law. Under this act the rail-

roads are not permitted to give their employee aa increase in compensation. exeofgl in the manner provided by law. and should they desire to do so it would be a physical impossibility for them to recognize the Grunau organisation by granting increases in pay to yardmen, and our membership should understand that there is nothing that Gruneau can do to relieve their financial situation, and that the question of wages must be passed upon by the board created by law. With these indisputable facta before you. It seema inconsistent for our members to remain out of service in violation of their agreement, and at the same time seriously crippling the railroad industry and greatly emharrassi ng the public, who are help-

lees in the matter.

The men have been cruelly misled to their own hurt, and are probably the victims of a vicious propaganda. The strike ia really a strike against the Cummias-Ksch law. aa ia intimated in the circular issued by the brotherhood. They may , lose their membership in the brotherhood, and also their lights of seniority In the railroad service — and will accomplish nothing A hostile public oplnion is usually of itsolf enough to bregh a strike. But in this case the men arp opposed, not only by public opinion, but by their own brotherhood, which the new leaders are trying to destroy. The people are strongly in favor of tho Cummins-Each law, and tho orderly processes provided by it. Present conditions, it should be said In all frankness, can not be allowed to continue. If the men are wise they will themselves very promptly put an end to them. I

have a park unit in each of the niwety-two counties- each representing a link in an unbroken chain of state parks. Itoubtless many memorial trees will be planted on Arbor day, particularly in nnd around school grounds and about public buildings. Tbe celebration of Arbor day has been left largely to the school children. Planting a true thie year is almost a public duty/ Timber is disappearing at an alarming rat* and lumber Is higher than ever before. Nothing Is accomplished by mourning over rapidly diminishing forests. The only way to prepare for th# future is to do somethiag. Tim trees planted now trill oarvo aa amothod of exprsooloir on one of tbe state's holidays and will be a good Investment.

THE JOBS SON CAMPAIGN The Johnson apeak in* campaign opens in Indiana today, with Raymond Robin# loading off. Mr. Robins la by profession, a social economist. and la also a baliever in land value taxation. He "spent several months in Ruasta aa a member of the American Red Cross commission, and seems to have found nothing shocking In tha Bolshevik ragima On the contrary his impressions were, on the whole, favorable. Probably it would be fair to say that Mr. Robins Is something of a radical in his views, though not in his methods After they have heard him speak th* people of Indiana will be better able to classify him. It is announced that he will oppose th# league of nation* and favor free speech and a free preao. Aa w* are all In favor of freedom of speech and press there does not seem to be any reason for championing them at this reason for championing It at this freedom ha* been denied to men by a government that rightly, believed that utterance* may be so inflammatory aa to be dangerous to peace, aafety and life, a* we found nineteen years ago when President McKinley was assassinated. There are. of course, limits to this form of liberty, as to all other forms, there being no such thing, in truly fro* lands, as absolute liberty. Of course, his opposition to the league of nations still further qualifies Mr. Robins a* a Johnaon advocate. For the aenator has fought the league from th# very start. He la now. through his own speeches and those of his champions, to present the issue again to the people of Indiana. It will be for them to decide whether they think it well that thi* nation ahould stand In absolute Isolation, with forty-five nations bbund together in a league that is already working, and also whether they ^believe that, in the present days of uncertainty and unrest, the JohasonRobins theories of social life are wluft they would like to see put into effect. *

WOMEN S PRIMARY VOTE A resolution adopted 'by the Indiana League of Women Voters takss the position that tha law giving women the privilege of voting for presidential electors "should he construed by Implication at least to conform *to the spirit of the election law. and the women of 1 ndiana ba allowed to vote tn the May primaries for President." Both th* Democratic and Republican state' organisation* are urged to "abide by the decision of the state attorney-general, in which he has held the women have a right

The tee- to vote in the Republican primaries in

ing offered

the Uhe.

the market

»ws the housewives of Indiene

see each day the prices ber ©Id papers regs and At house cleaning time

they should put all the useless things together, and sell them tgetead of making a fire at tryiag to persuade the garbage collectors to haul them that material rt^Ned at nw.-

thrown away every year, tlleves that a ready market found for at least 00 per

It. Wasting waste is foolish,

those who have it might as

make money out of It. and there need for paper and rag* to be - the manufacture of new pa-

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POM BEEF 1 Armour, head of Armour uay, has submitted a report stockholders in that the gross voltht* couatry, for and expor in 101*. Tl in the history « the groe. volum lellar mark.

May. and that steps be taken to provide necessary equipment for the nocona modal ion of ^oraen in the primaries" k)-/ . - •> i;,., . The attorney-general has not given a decision aaytng that women have the right to vote In the May primaries He was quoted as saying, unofficially, that he believed that wQxnaa should have th* right to take part irf tks selection of candidates for whom they were legally entitled to at the general election. The board, including such lawSpencer and Mr. Thompy decided that the law netrued to permit womin the‘primaries. There has been no disposition to bar women if they were entitled to vote. Th* presidential suffrage law prodee for th# votes of women, *'#ubject to th# provisions *f lew regulating the votes of male electors tf they shall have been duly registered to lew." The registration la not required for th# primaries hut the primary law makBa n* provision for women voters and'there Is no way of mahlng the provision now. Sepa rate ballot boxes for women are required under the presidential suffrage act. end they are not required under the primary law. By disregard lag the law an agreement might be reached whereby women eouid take part In the. primaries but tbe action would not be legal and would be subject to an attack by any citisen who took a notion to go to court and make trouble. It Is usfortuuate that the women — tn this instance the Repubhave no presidential candidate 1 for* the primary — will not have tills privilege, but their leaders can see that the ft rat duty of a citisen la to

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ARBOR DAT Iday has been fixed by proel* aa Arbor aad Bird day in XnTh* Govomor aays in hie tt to the people that if we fail plant trees **te enrich and beauti the state, and to furnish ahadi comfort to th# men. women am In years to come, are shall have neglected a duty, the imof which ia not easily de F H« speaks of the imof bird life and urges proper observance of the day. not only ia the >ols but by citisens gen

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tion

He would

ply recognize the fact. But now, with three or four candidates in the field, one man might receive a large plurality. but no majority. And with no way, aa under th# law of 1015. of creating one, th# convention would be under th# necessity of nominating. Mr. Niblack's object i*. aa he says to make It unnecessary to continue the campaign for nomination after the primary. Th# question, however, ia not on# of public policy, but of law. No auch retief a* that prayed for can be had unless the present statute is declared unconstitutional. The intention of the legislature Is. of course, clear enough, namely, to do away with second choice votes. As a matter of fact, few of them were cast. Men. as a rule, when they go to a primary are so strongly in favor of one candidate that they do not much care which of the other candidates is chosen, provided their favorite does not win. Nevertheless there is always the possibility that second-class votes may be deciaive. In his statement explaining his action and his object Mr. Niblack expresses himself, in one particular at least, unfortunately. He says: Personally. I have felt for some time that I would get a large plurality of th# Democratic votes In the primary, but with four candidates in th# Held it would not be certain that I could get a majority of all the votes. I have brought thi* suit with the full expectation that should I receive only a plurality I will get enough second-choice votes to make the majority sura. Otherwi**. of course. I would not have brought the suit. That is a rather naive admission, indicating, as it does, that pubUc'Interest would not have been controlling had the complainant believed that one of his rivals would benefit by a substitution of the old law for the new. •

CALIFORNIA'S JAPANESE

What Is termed, in California, th# "Japan*** menace,” seems, according to reports from euch newspapers as the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times, to have aroused so much opposition among the Americans in California that Governor Stephens has been obliged to consider calling

special session of the legislature

to deal with It.

what undefined relations between the United States and Japan as to Japans rights and intentions in the

Indianapolis is threatened with a potato famine, and that may prove a blessing. Potatoes have gone to unheard-of and unexplained prices,

Owing to the some- yet people continue to eat them as if

they were a necessity at every meal. Why potatoes ahould be so high is another of those food mysteries not

^ „ yet explained. Protests do not have

Hx east, tha question as to how far any effect j n bringing down the .price, th# Californians will go assumes na- but re f US i n g to eat potatoes will ac-

tional importance. Th# CaUfornia Japanese land law. ones bsUevsd to be adequate as a means' of checking tha invasion, has been cleverly evaded by the Japanese. It is reported that thousands af acres are now held in the names of Infants, and since the Japanese families in California grow very rapidly. a farmer la often enabled to hold much more land than he can hold, under th# *tat* law. In hi* own name. Th* ‘‘picture bride" industry has been taken up from a new angle by California women, who have discovered that tbees'brides work long hours In th# fleli* tq the detrimeht of their health and the well-being of their children. The American farmers in the Imperial valley have been all but driven out of th* cantaloupe industry by Japanese, who buy what land they can and leas* many acres at as much M 050. .yearly an rfere. By working the entire family invth# fields. Japanese labor coat is redhead to almost nothing, and th* American farmer can .not compete with the Japanese on anything like a fair basis. ' i •' V' From many persona who maintain that California* can Immediately atop the Invasion by refusing to lease land to the Japanese. California gets no sympathy in its efforts to put down the Japanese, hut the problem can not be solved by an appeal to state patriotism.

NIBLACK AND THE PRIMARY J In hi* suit instituted last week. Mason J. Ni blank, candidate for tha Democratic nomination for Governor* seek* to have the primary law of 1017. at least as far as it interferes with th# casting of socoad-choice votes, set aside, and proposes that the law of 1015. which permit* and provides for such vote*, ahal! govern the primary- His object, he says, is to make certain of a majority at tho primary, and so of a* nomination. It is fair to assume that the legislature #f 1017 reached the conclusion that the law then In force was unsatisfactory. else it would not have re pealed it by enacting another one. The feating at the time undoubtedly was that candidates for senator and Governor, before they could be legally nominated by the primary, should re calve a majority of all the vote* cast. This waa required by the primary law ot 1015, only there was a provision for creating a majority, where none existed, by dropping the candidate* who received the ieweat number cf votea, and redistil bating th* second choice votes received by thqm among the other candidates for whom they were cast, this procsss to be continued until some candidate had a majority. Then, aa under the present law,' the candidate would he nominated. and the convention would sdm-

Throughout this week the teaching center of th* Indianapolis chapter, American Red Cross, will have a health exhibit in th* chapter's rooms, on th* fourth*floor of the Chamber of Commerce building. The exhibition is open to all day and night, and no admission fee will be charged. Exhibits have been obtained from the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, the American Society for the Control of Cancer, the American Posture League, tha American Social Hygiene Association, the National Child Welfare Association. the United States Children's Bureau. the States Relations Service, the Indiana state board of health, the Indianapolis board of health, the Marion County Tuberculosis Association and the Junior Red Cross. During this exhibit and for two weeks thereafter women may register for the new classes in home hygiene, first aid and dietetics, which will begin in May. Many of the student* who have completed the elementary course will continue the work. Advanced work will not be undertaken until September. The American Red Cross has determined to be as useful In peace as in war. It can be successful in this work only as it wins a response from the people. Indianapolis people are responding, and a visit to the exhibit thia week win give them additional Insight Into the Red Cross peace time program.

complish something, and that is on* way of solving the problem. “Remember,” said Samuel Gompers, at .Philadelphia, "there is no strike. Congress prohibited stsikes on railroads." Mr. Gompers is either abstrusely sarcastic or his memory is bad. Congress did not prohibit strikes on Tailroads, and it was largely the influence of Mr. Gompere, which waa vigorously exerted, that prevented such legislation. When Mr. Gompers eceres, be surely should give his opponents credit fof yielding. As between the forward looker# and the backward looker* in politics, there's a bare chance that the right and left looker# will come along and

club the plum tree.

The railroad strike is getting to the place where Old Man Public Opinion will have to take another boy out behind th* woodahed and administer a little swishing fatherly advice.

The French criminal chaser who used to advise a search for the woman is out of date. The new rule ia to look for th* taxi driver.

The Indians are on the warpath again and their warpath leads but to the pennant. Alexander M. Howatt now seems determined to become an authority on jail life in America.

The house would be at peace with Germany if Germany agreed but the senate still is at war.

Now ie tks Urns for the auto truck to come to the aid of the suffering public. When the railroads stop the highway problem comes to the fore. The taxi driver who ia alleged to have struck and fatally injured a Sister of Providence, was on parole fresn the Jeffersonville Reformatory. It is to be hoped that none of the paroled prisoner* will run down any one with pardoning power.

Same Old Game

tOerelaad Plain Dealer 1

It is not surprising that Boies Penrose wants uninstruoted delegates, that both party organisations in New Tork state fought against tnstriteted delegations, that all over the country the old reactionary leadership In both parties oppose the pledging of delegatee. Nor is it surprising that the forward looking members of each party are fighting the reactionary suggestion and trying to bind their delegatee to individual candidacies. There**-will be little democracy in President-making as long as nominations are left to small, managing groups of politicians. Th# only chance the rank and file In either party have to control the presidential nomination

delegates in primary. A

resenta-

is to Instruct

convention should be a repi tlve assemblage, but unless their con-

stituents instruct them, delegates

have no guidance and become an easy prey of managerial chicanery. Let no one be deceived by the prat-' tie of party leaders to the effect that only an uninstructed convention can

properly deliberate on the merits of

rival candidates. It is merely part

of a game as old as politics. The pnlF

way for the people to preserve for

themselves a voice In the naming of

th# next President, is to vote for instructed delegates, whenever the op-

portunity is offered.

Eliminating Old Guard

(Philadelphia Record) The progress of the Republican presidential primaries is rapidly eliminating the old guard favorites. Senator Harding and Governor Lowden. Neither Is likely to be takdn very seriously in the nominating convention. Th* unexpected results in Michigan seem to Indicate that in the ultimate showdown there will be "the elements of disorder” as General Wood pleasantly calls Senator Johnson and his supporters, and the general himself, backed up by all those Republicans who distrust the Californian s radicalism and vehemence. The old guard will be prepared to dicker with whoever offers the better terms. BEGIN LOTTERY INQUIRY. Federal Ageats Aet Followlag Sixteen Arrests at Colambas, O. COLUMBUS. O.. April 12.—Federal authorities today began an investigation of the alleged sale throughout Ohio of lottery tickets by four Internationally known lottery companies. Sixteen Columbus men were arrested Sunday by police on charges of selling the tickets or promoting a lottery. More than *100.000 worth of lottery tickets wefe seized here, th# pollC Th* a four lottery companies are said to be the Honduras, the Cuban, which is declared to be conducted tbrough the National Bank of the Republic of Cuba, the Metropolitan, whose headquarters are in Montreal, but whose printing establishment is said to be In Toledo, and the Alaskan. The police declare the tickets were offered for sale at from 60 cents to *10 each, and that the prises offered ran as high as *10.000 ‘find *20,000. Sargeant Gobble, said to be a general agent for the Honduras Company, is among those held. Others arrested included Clarence D. Krauss. Dennis Good, a local sportsman. August J. Kaiser, a grocer, and Phillip Eichenleub. William Weilbacher, and Conrad Bauer, former sgloonists. COLLISION ON ELEVATED. Trala Demolished and Dosen Pereems * Hert In New York. NEW YORK. April 12.—Passengers on an elevated train had remarkable escapes from death today when they were catapulted to the street, a distance of twenty-flve feet, In the midst of debris of the car in which they were riding to work. The front car of a train was knocked off the elevated structure on the Ninth avenue line near Trinity church by a collision with another train and demolished. The wreckage was wedged in between the elevated structure and the side of a brick building a dozen feet away. The fifteen persons in the demolished car sifted through debris to the street and about a dozen of them were removed to hospitals, the only woman passenger in the car beihg seriously hurt, SIX NEW SMALLPOX CASES Stares and Cherehes Are Closed at Village of Ogilvllle. 1 Special to The Indisnspohi News] COLUMBUS, Ind., April 12.—Si* new cases of-smallpox were reported yesterday at Ogilvllle. a village west of this city, which has been under quarantine several days. All public gatherings are prohibited and stores, postoffice and churches closed. Malt to the village is received by rural carrier#, who are met outside the village by other carriers who carry It to the homes. No deaths have been reported, but several severe cases of the disease are reported. ESTIMATED LOSS >25,000. Two itore# sod a DwedMmg Be reed at Lyoasvllle. 1 Special to The Indianapolis New*) CONNERSVILLE. Ind., April 12.— Two general stores in Lydnsville, a village in Jennings township, were destroyed by fire Saturday, together with the ‘home of George Walker, owner of one of the stores. The other store belonged to Mr* Laura Squiree. Th* total loss wSs estimated at *25.000. The fire started in the Squires store. ’

Leaves Ministry for Literary Week. (Special to The Indianapolis Hews) LEBANON, Ind- April 12.—The Rev. Orton H. Carmichael, pastor of the First Preabyterian church of thi* city, tendered his resignation to the church Sunday, to take effect aa aoon as a successor can be obtained. He came here from Tuscola. 111., twelve eyars ago. and has had a successful

pastorate.

Tbe Rev. Mr. Carmichael will retire

Do the best you can under the circumstances. France; qr# have troubles of our own. Those two Statebouse janitors charged with violating the prohibition law may have thought they were close enough to pardon headquarter# to take a little chance.

Well, anyhow, with egg prices down a bit everybody can hustle round and buy enough to put 'em up Mr»inEvery once ia a while something happens to correct th# notion that civilisation is advancing- A young man haa been shot in a charivari near Jeffersonville. As an example of the rapid spread of civilisation, the Chinese girls who were taught by Americans to wriggle their toes are now smoking cigarette* m It

permanently from the ministry to de vote his time to literary work h aays. He ia the author of "The Shad

ow on the Dial” and

tyeburg address.’

Date Set to Hear U. T. C. Plea. The Union Traction Company petition for an increase of approximately i* cent a mile on commuter rates will be heard in the office# of the public service commission April 20 at 10 a. m. The company wlshea to chayge 04 Instead of 12 as a minimum for any commuter's book and to change the rate of 1% cents a mile to the basis of forty rides for the price of twenty-flve full one-way ticket*

INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL

PERU—Fox Brother* Manufaeturiax Company, 'Inth'L ^banque^ ami dance. R. R. Fox, president of the cownanr was toast mast nr and the heads of tbe factory department* -^txmded. More than 200 persons were masts of th# company. COLUMBUS—Order* hare been received by the eupenmenrient of the Emerson B-antinrbam fartorv here to resueie operations ia the foundries of the plant, which have been cloned since last July. This will make necessary the employment of additional laborers in all other departments of the plaot. ■ EVANSVILLE—Tha Ltqujd Carbonic Company, of thie city, ha* let a contract for the construction of an addition to the - let to M. J. Hof!

received April SS in the offlee or a locaJ architect. .. .Teamsters bsuiina eo*l for local com paodea have asked for an increase of 1 cent a buahel for debverinc coal. The teamster* now are reemTin* 3 cents a buahel. Operator* recently **»« them aa increase of a % cent a bushel.

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

P*BC—Cbn.ti.n Same Soae« of thi* city ha* bousht a corner lot at Fifth snd Wabash streets on which it will ereqt a

chun* soon.

BLOOMFIELD—Tbe aty and immipsnt department of tbe Presbyterian church tn the United States has appointed th* Rev. Owen W. Pratt, of this city, director of s new community enterprise at Butte. Mont. He has renigned his pastorate. eflecUve

June 1.

SOUTH BEND—Evidently the victim of a speeding automobile, the body of Georte Martin, age sixty-two. was found near the Beyers yreenhouse in Mishawaka avenue about 11 ©dock Saturday night. The man had been dead several minute* when found. Policemen removed the body to »n undertaking establishment GARY—Eugene Debs was indorsed as a candidate for President at s meeting of steel workers Sunday. Although it had been reported that action would be taken to form a new union of steel workers, due to dissatisfaction over the outcome of tbe steel strike and the manner in which it was conducted in Gary last year, nothing was sc^ complished toward this end. A number of policemen were in the hall. ANDERSON;—An increase of 30 per cent, in salaries, effective at the opening of the next term, with a bonus of *100 for the present term, has been granted to teachers in the local schools. W. A. Denny, superintendent. in announcing th# decision of the trustees, said the minimum salaries for next term will be ae follows: Claaa A. *96.00 a month- Claa# B. $111.30: Class C. $136.60: Class D, $1*7. To meet the increase# the school tax levy will be raised to provide $46,000 additional revenue for th# public

schools.

BEDFORD—Mias Jeanette Selets. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Selets. took first honors for the third time Friday evening in the High School District Discussion League contest, held her* in th# high school building in this city. Her competitors were representatives from the Jeffersonville and New Augusta high schools. The judges were Dr. H. M. Sherwood, of Franklin College; Mr. Inman, school principal at Mitchell, and Mr. Alien, school principal at West Baden. Last year Miss Selets tied for first honors

in the state discussion.

JEFFERSONVILLE—Many housewives at Jeffersonville are planning to get out th* bread board and renew their skill in kneading dough. Th# price of bakers’ bread ad

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ran red £ cents a one-pound loaf Monday, going from 8 to 10 cents....The Bona Fide Taxpayers’ League, which was inactive during the war. will hold a meeting hare Thursday with a view to renewing its suspended activities. The league was organised five or six years ago to champion the interests of the smaller taxpayer, and it waa planning to extend its activities beyond the city when

the war began.

FRANKLIN — Eugene C Pulliam, editor nf the Franklin Evening Star, has been chosen publicity manager of the interchurch world movement for the state of Nebraska. He left Saturday for Omaha to J spend a month tn that state A petition presented to the city counnl. asking for an appropriation of $75,000 for the building of a municipal gymnasium in this city, has been rejected. The petition was signed by 600 taxpayers.... A contract for the remodeling of the Christian church at Trafalgar has been let to Roy Green, of Franklin, on hi*

bid of $20,000.

EL WOOD—An auction tale of men* shoes wss held on the streets here Saturday night by Bert Leisure, * local auctioneer, the shoes, it ia said, coming from a Marion factory. The mayor told a committee of business man. who protested, that there waa no law forbidding the sale. Several hundred pairs of shoes were sold at from $2.50 to $6.50 a pair. .. .Mrs. John Kellch, living tour mile* southeast of thia city, was seriously injured Saturday night when an automobile in which she was riding with bar husband struck a telephone pole. She was thrown against the pole. Mrs. Kelich was

brought to a local hospital.

SALEM—The Rev. Ira D. Holt, of MonUaello, Ark., haa been made pastor of the First Presbyterian church here. He ia th# son of the Rev. B. H. Holt, a well known Presbyterian minister of Arkansas, and filled a number of appointments in the

‘ in tha Louisville

county while • student eeminsry. .. .A petition

—— j ...... i^wuvu ii— been presented to the county council of 'Washington county here, asking for an appropriation for the purchase of additional ground for the county infirm ary. Mr. Denny, who Is in charge, days that with the addition of sixty acre# of good corn land, the institution can be made self supporting. LOGANfiPORT—L. N. Hines, of Indisnspolis, state superintendent of public Instruction. will deliver the address at the annual Caas county eighth grade commencement here Saturday. June 5. The commencement wiu be held under the direction of J. E. Ladders, superintendent of tbe Cass county schools Cass county ia to have an agricultural agent aa soon as s qualified man can he obtained. Since the resignation of W. K. Gast. on March 15. the county has been without an Sgent. but tbe county board of education voted Saturday to employ one. The Cas* County Better Farming Association ia co-operating with the board in the work. VINCENNES—Tbe Knox county board of :imim(oners ha§ decided that the question erecting a memorial in honor of the solr* who served in the world war is too '.g for them to Randle and as a result tbe voters will have an opportunity at the November elections to determine whether or not such a memorial shall be erected. A petition for a memorial was circulated, which, when presented to the commissioners, contained the names of more than 2,500 persons. The residents of Btcknell and northern Knox county, however, circulated a petition against a memorial on the ground that they would not be benefited because of- the fact that it

would be erected in Vincennes.

MUNCXE—J. H. Burk, who says his home is in York town, was arrested her# Saturday night. charged with passing worthless checks aggregating about $75. on four local business men. The checks were drawn on the Delaware County National Bank wh¥re Burke baa no account.... Misunderstanding of a signal given by the crossing watchman is given' as the esuss of s collision Saturday between a Lake Erie A Western passenger engine and a worktrain of three cars on the Indiana Union Traction line. The rear of the first traction car and the front of the one following it were tom off and the baggage car of the train was damaged, as was tbe

front of the engine.

EVANSVILLE—An elm tree will be planted at Sunset park here for each of the ninety-two Vanderburg county men who died in tbe service during the world war. This wee definitely decided at a meeting of the American Legion executive committee. The trees are to be set along the drive in the park. A tablet bearing the name*, orsrsnisations and dates of birth and dsath of the soldiers also will be placed in the park.. .. Differences between pressmen and boss job printers here have been ended by representatives of both rides signing an agreement by which th# cylinder press men will receive $36 a week, the platen pressmen will receive $33 s week and th# cylinder feeders will receive $27.50 s week. The old scale was $25110 for cylinder pressmen. $21 for platen pressmen and $19 for cylinder feed-

ers.

WABASH—Members of

comm of en dfors big f.

. W. M. Swain. Rodney Williamson and J. D. Mtttenberger. Th# active pallbearers were E. M. Wilaon. W. M Swain, L. J. L. 1 eronlliou. G. W. Gates. J N. Larmor*. E. C. Toner. W H Free and George Hits. Members of the Madison County Bar Association were in memorial session an hour before the funeral. Burial waa in th# Maplewood cemetery here The body of Mr*. Edith McIntyre, age thirty-nine, wife of Charles McIntyre, who died here Saturday night, was taken to Hope for burial today Besides the husband three children survive. — Michael McCarty. Sg* rixty-three a grocer here for many years, is dead. Surviving are five children. Mrs. Ad* Jackson Mrs Bertha Htday. Oscar McCarty and Mack McCarty, of Anderson, and F. F. McCarty, of Los Angels*, cal Jeaas C. Whisiw. age fifty, is dead at hi* home in North Anderaoo. He is survived by i widow and two daughters Miss Lav on a May Beal. age twenty five, is dead at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Beal, at Lis-

wood

MUNCIE. Ind.. April 12—Richard Fenwick age sixty five, at one time surveyor of Delaware county aad formerly deputy county auditor, is dead at his home in Yorki?* 1 *- - Mr ' Fenwick, moved to Yorktown from HaleviUe aix weeks ago. He is survived by a widow, one son. Harold: a daugh-' tsr Lurile, and a brother. Matthew F«iwick. of 8t. Joseph. III....Mr*. Etfie May Tyler wife of George E. Tyler, ace thirty S n *ri i, J l ** d * h ®. home of her father. Arch R. Daria, north of town. Besides th* husband she is survived by a daughter, Vera: a son. Robert, and her parents. LAWRENCBBURG. Ind.. April 12—WilHwnC. Beckett, age seventy-three, is deed of Bright* disease at his home in Washington township. Mr. Beckett owned more than 1,000 acres of land in thia county. A widow. Mrs Margaret E. Beckett, and three children survive Henry F. Kaiser, age sixty-seven, is dead of heart disease at his home in Center township. He is survived by a widow. Mrs. Sophia A. Kaiser, and four children. Mrs. Nelli# Carrell Miller. age twenty-three, wife of John J. Gross, is dead at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. James B. Kinnatt Frederick H. Vollmer. age forty-one. is dead at his home near here. He is surrired by a widow NOBLES VOLE. Ind.. April 12—Wrisht Cook. Sg* fifty-right, died of dropsy at hi home in this city Saturday night. A widow and throe children. William. Chester Jesse Cook,* survive John Kaiser, age sixty-four, ia dead at his home here. A widow survive# Daniel Daria. age eighty, who spent most of his life in Hamilton county, ia dead at Otago. Ka*. Mr. Daria was * brother of Mrs. W. C. Warren and a nephew of Joel Stafford, both of

this dly-

EVANSVILLB. Ind.. April 12—Mrs. El nor* Louisa Nennecker. age seventy, i* dead near this dty. She is survived by a husband. Charles Nennecker. The body will be sent to Hornvilie for burial Mrs. Charles Lightner, age fifty-four, da neer French fami

is survived by

... .Miss Mall* „ , ,,, ,, _ ^ ship, is dead. She is survived by her parents. five brothers and three sisters... .Edwin Turner, age forty, is dead at his home hero. A widow survives. BLWOOD, Ind.. April 12.—Glance Hosier age thirty-nine, for many years custodian of the City Library, is dead of tuberculosis at his home here. .. .Mrs. Rebei'ca Cain, age sixty-five, wife of George Cain, is dead at her home here. A husband and five cfail

dren survive.

WINCHESTER. Ind April 13—Klkanah

Ozbun. age seventy-eight, mom a at his home near

Is survived by • widow and flv*

Abraham Miller, age seventy-four, is dead of heart disease at hi* home near Spartan#-

burg.

No. 16. American Legion.

unity house as

Stineman Post are in favor of

accepting a community house as a memorial for both the veterans of the world war and the Spanish-American war. according to a rote taken by tbe membership. A petition will be placed before the c ty commissioners when they meet in «.«,. asking that an appropriation be made for the home, and if this is not acted on, a second petition will be filed asking that a general election be called Joseph Murphy, • senior in tbe local high school, won first place An the Eleventh district discussion Saturday, and Mis* Martha McCrum. of Huntington, was second. The discussion was held Friday night, but on account of the closeness of the scores, tbe decision of the judges was not given until Saturday evsmng. Other entries in the contest ■ Charles Shodle. Montpelier; Gain Ran*. LoX ana port; Mary Swisher. Fairmount. and Clair Howard. Winamac. Miami county waa the only county in the district not represented. .. .The German Baptist church of North Manchester, will receive $1,000 from the estate of Joseph C. Metzger, according to the will which has been filed here for probate. The remainder of the estate goes

to the widow.

WASHINGTON—Doctor* Saturday amputated the leg of Herbert Waller, twelve, year-oki ton of Arch Waller, who fell forty feet from * tree, suffering a compound fracture of the jaw and a compound fracture of the leg. ^Donald McCain, age sixteen, tbe son of Hugh McCain, a Veele township farmer, fell under a disc harrow Saturday, ruffertnfi, «*nou# cuts and laceration* of hi* left leg/'The. tendon# were cut above the aidrie. and he may t» permanently crippled . \. Mrs. Ed Howard suffered severe l about her body Saturday, when bar i ■ oaught fire while she was b smia* trash in her baric ysffi Salaries of all school teachers in Daviess county, both in the city and tbe rural school*, wifi be increased as a result of s decision of the cily school board, and the townnhip trustee of th# county. The new scale will conform to that recommended by the state department of public instruction Game commissionera in Daviess county arrested W. J. Thompand John Greenwood, Saturday, for

ACSM srvasrii Air* xr*Ci**Krasnwt UEt having fish nets unlawfully in their

' ■

were burned in the furnace at the Courthouse. Th# Davies* County Farmers’ As-

sociation. st aH

r in their possessnwood paid fines and the fish nets

resolutions opposing the pending i# th* congress

meeting Saturday, adopted ing the Nolan tax bill now

The resolution del

eiarsd. the bill deals a vital blow directly toward the farming interests of our state and nation, and if passed, would have » decided tendency to decrease the production of our land st a time when the welfare of the country demands increased production. ’ It adds: “W# view thia bill as bordering on clam legislation, placing a* undue responsibility on you. the producers, in raising federal revenues, and likewise lessening risponsibihty on manufacturing and industra! interests^ Copies of the reaohi non are to be sent to congressmen and senators from Indiana. The school board and health officers of Washington have ordered every school child to be vaccinated before Tuesday, because of the rapid spread of smallpox in and near Washington. Th# health board estimates there see between 160 and 200 csss*, most of ih4* 1# s ouid form

INDIANA DEATHS

■ANDERSON. Ind.. April 12—Funeral services for Austin Retherford. state senator from Madison county, were attended by several hundred persons at the family hoes# here Sunday afternoon Th# exsrrises were conducted by the Rav. B. F. Brundscs. psa tor of the First Presbyterian church, who also read resolutions adopted by a memorial committee of tbe Indians senate, appointed by E. D. Bush. Lieutenant-Governor. A copy of the rseolutions will be read into the records at th# next sees!on of the legislature. Honorary pallbearers were Harry K. Negley, Miles JN Fumaea. William A. Arnold. John 8. AUdredge Walter McCo*aha. Thomaa Dorrell. Arthur D. McKinley. Joseph M. Cravens and Luke W. Du Say. all state senators. Members of th# house of

, Is dead of nneuBloomingsport. Hs id five children. .

SALEM. Ind.. April 12.—Hazel Hill, age fourteen, of near Olive Branch, is dead of sleeping sickness. Tt is the first fatality from this disease It Washington county. MADISON. Ind., April 12—William Spillman. age forty-two. died of paralysis Saturday at his home in Shelby township. A widow, a brother. Jesse Spillman, of Indianapolis. and a sister. Mrs. Dale Scott, of

this dty. survive.

WASHINGTON. Ind., April 12—Mrs. •Hubert Phillips, formerly of this dty. is dead at her home at Los Gatos. Cal. ROCKPORT, Ind.. April 12—Mrs. Ann* P. Hickerson. age fifty-five, wife of John Hickerson. is dead qf nephritis at her home In Luos township. Spencer county. Besides the husband she is survived by two sons. 1 GREENFIELD. Ind April 12—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Paullus. age eightysix. widow of M. L- Paullus. who died Saturday. will be held st the Bradley Methodist Episcopal church her# tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Paullus was tbe only widow of a veteran of the Mexican war in Hancock county. Mr. Paullus. besides serving aa a captain in the Mexican war. served ss s captain in the dvil war. Be wss a prominent Democrat, and with Mrs. Paullus often entertained prominent political leaders from over the state. Mrs. Paullus was active in charity work and was a member of Bradley church. Surviving are a nephew. Dr. C. P. Wilson, of Greenfield. and a brother. William A. Danner, of

Camden. O. _

COfiVEWTION AT BEDFORD. Third District dob Women to Meet

Thursday and Friday. .

(Spedal to The Indianapolis News) BEDFORD. Ind., April 12—The

eighth annual convention of th* third district. Indiana Federation of Clubs, will be held here In the First Presbyterian church Thursday and Friday. Clubs of Orange. Washington. Harrison. Scott, Clark, Floyd, Dubois, Crawford, Perry and Lawrence counties will be represented. Members of the Round Table and the

Woman’s Cluh will be hostesses. The program will open Thursday

evening at 8:30 o'clock with a pageant. “Thrift and Spendthrift.” Business sessions will begin Friday morning with Mrs. C. W. Bindley, of Salem, chairman, presiding. Addresses will be delivered by Mrs. O. M. Pittinger. Mrs. Curtis Hodges, Mrs. E. C. Bumpier, president In-

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Dinner will be served Thursday evening and luncheon Friday noon at the First Presbyterian church. Guests will be entertained Thursday night in the homes of the members of the two local clubs. A drive to the Country Club has been planned for Friday afternoon, following ad-

Journmenr of the convention.

BANQUET FOR CANDIDATES

Miami

• aunty Republican* Held

Rally at Pent.

(Special to The Indianapolis News) PERU, Ind,, April 12.—An all-can-didates banquet, given by the Republican* of Miami county in the Odd Follow temple here Saturday evening, was attended by about 200 men and women. A chicken dinner was served by the Daughters of Rebecca. Hurd J. Hurst, county chairman, was the toastmaster. Th# principal speakers were Archibald Hall and Miss Eleanor Barker, both of Indianapolis. Warren T. McCray, one of the three candidates for the nomination for Governor, made a short talk. Edward C. Toner was represented by Oswald Ryan and J. w. Feeler was represented-by W. N. Harding. . Other state candidates who spoke

were:

U. S. Lesh. candidate for attorneygeneral; Will Adams and J. w. Graham. for reporter of the supreme court :C.W. lAnts and Otis Davies, for treasurer; I* f*. Bowman and W. G. Oliver, for audttosr. and Hugh Holman. of Rochester, and Burton Green, of Perrysburg. for joint representative. Judge CudhiU. of Michigan City, and Dr. Charles Good, of Huntington, who is th# district msnager of Leonard Wood's effmpaign.

also were present, MANY DIVORCE REQUESTS.

146 Oat of 4M CtvH Salts tn Howard

Cfrewtt Court Are for Separation. I Special to Th# IndisnapoU* New#)

KOKOMO, Ind.. April It.—Out of 424 civil actions to be tried during the April term of the Howard circuit court. 14l are divorce suits, and 10? of these were filed by women. Cruelty and nontupport are the chief

complaints.

The Angil term of the court opened today, with 1.1*4 cases on the docket.

Vancouver Island

ble stream*.

Dueling was abolished

ish army in 1044.

A condor's foot Is not adapted for

perching on trees.

There are practically no women guto drivers In Argentina. Many of the cafe and cabaret orchestras in Buenos Aires-have women

members.

In tills' country at present there is a shortage of between 200.000 and 300,000 teachers. During the war Canadian women next of kla to soldiers and war nurses were enfranchised. French women are taking up football. the strenuoua English rugby now having a great vogue with them. When paet her seventieth year th* late Queen Victoria studied Hindustani and learned to speak ft fluently. The words and music of the Transvaal nation il hymn were composed by a Dutchwoman. Mile. Catherine F#He!e van Reee. Attempts to discover the composition of the metals used In making cymbals in Turkey and China hav# proved fruitless. The cinnabar mines of Almadon. Spain, where jgreat quantities of vermilion are produced. hav# been worked for more than 300 years. The first Korean woman to receive a medical degree In America wae Dr. Esther Kim Pak. who was graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Baltimore, in 1900 In'Ceylon property descends from mother to daughter instead of from father to son. with the result that virtually every woman In the country Is a landowner. Polish womsn In some of tbe mining region* of Pennsylvania celebrate the close of Lent by switching their husbands and deluging them with water. It is a custom Imported from

Poland.

The married and unmarried women In Colombia are distinguished by the way In which they wear flowers in their hair, th* senoras wearing them on the right side and the senoritas on the left. In their output of coinage> during the year 1010 the United States mints established new high recoils. They turned out 838,011,195 separate coins for this and foreign governments. The production for 1018 was 598.000,000. The chief of the fire department in Endicott. N. Y., has learned that it takes 750 crisp new |1 greenbacks to fill a bushel basket, because his friends gave him a bushel full of crisp ripw |l greenbacks for a wedding

present.

For the first time in history a divorce has been granted In th* name of the king of Italy by a court at Flume. A divorce law does not exist In Italy, but th# court applied the Austrian law in tha name of the king of Italy. It waa George IV. of England, who Imposed a tax on bricks. At a later period In the same retgn brick* were divided, for th# purposes of taxation, into common and dressed bricks, and the tax on each brick was regulated according to Its aixe. The Puritans of the seventeenth century used no ring at the wedding r ceremony, as they considered it "a pagan symbol and superstitious contrivance.” All that they required was that the man and woman ahouldvjoln hands when stating their purpose is live together in wedlock. Considerable activity has prevailed in the diamond trade In British Guiana within the last few months, and prices have advanced to a high level heretofore unknown, states Consul McCunn in his formal report. Expeditions are being dispatched to the diamond fields In the interior by those Interested in the business in Georgetown. It ie cur*' rc-iitly reported that the English market is eager to absorb any quantity of stores, large or small, and that they are being bought not only for Englieh ; but also for American markets regardless of present exceptionally high

prices.

‘T want my funeral before I die.” said the Rev. Isham Davis, colored pastor of ML Lebanon Baptist church, at Brentwood, Tenn., and then he announced from the pufpit that his funeral survlce would be held the following Sunday afternoon. At the hour named the church was packed, and In regular fashion. hym;is were sung find then, one by one. pillsrs of the church arose and paid tribute to their fathful pastor, who sat llsteirinff with evident pleasure to the eulogies. Tie Is only fifty-three yea a old. by the way, and apparently in robust health. The dodo—its name today s synonym for "black number'*—became extinct owing to the circumstance that it was good to eat. Not being able to fly. Its clumsy waddle gave it r.o mean* of escape. Sailor* stopping sf the Island of Mauritius, to #hlch it waa native, killed tt for food. Not even a skeleton of the dodo now exists, and. until recently it waa aunposed there was only one picture of the bird—made by an artist who vlsittl Mauritius in 1024. But It now appears thst living specimens wer# taken to Amsterdam at about the same period, and beautiful painted portraite of them have turned up. One of th* latter la of a white dodo (not an albino), which presumably represented a distinct variety, the ordinary type having plumage that was mostly gray.—Detroit Journal.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

C. B —What i* tbe tartest inland aty is tbs world’—Berlin A iitbsariber—1* there any premium am aa AsMTican half dollar dated 1848 ?—N> G. A. 8.—What ta the prevaitin* rehr** in Armenia?—Christian. <2> Question* inTolrtnc aecunan controverrie* can not o* answered here. CcneuH any member ef th* sect aa to iu offtriai attitude toward tha divinity of Christ. ’ If, 8^-1 become twenty-on* yearn at July I*. 1020. Can I vote ia the May primary’—The taw ia aa feltow*: -Any qualified total voter who wae under tsmu one wiar* of aye at the laet preceding e*e tion ahal) be entitled to vote at the primary of the party with which he intend* to all ’ ate and whose candidate* he intend* to vote for at the approaehint ektion. * <21 I !>*'# not reguterod and would tike to know When and where I regieter.—You ^ reyister tor the primary. but toouW fVCWttn September or October The reftotrstten place will he dmofneted at that time •f h. ft.—-1* hifh oobooi mratery treuvnf compulsory ?—No. the schools MV msreb enablad to take arirentafe of the rofuUliem under which rseerre army offtows aw trained. The hifh school traimn* syriem m preliminary to tha collate tratoia*. awfi *u principal obfsrt ia to five early fratoix* inboy# who may develop Dm qualiLe* »f an officer. <31 Doe* tbe aeoete commute# * report on the compulsory tralnint httl a«N* iha student# wW5 ere now tafcin* h?fh school tralnint?—No, tt dash with military train* int for *U jount men Do other •t%te* have the eame kind of Mth **<**1 tramins tiren in Indian*?—Many »tato* have tv* teined the achoel cadet ayatem, but rVriritf tt tn comply with modem army trwmnS. The echoed however, and not the state ia the unit to U» Junior officer* tmmn#