Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 253, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1921 — Page 9

RESOLUTION TO BUILD SEWER IN 56TH ST. PASSED To Serve Territory Bounded by 51st, Canal, College Ave. and 63d Street. OPENS UP STREET WORK The first step In providing the extensive territory bounded by Fifty-First street on the south, Sixty-Third street on the north, the canal on the west and College avenue on the east with sewers, preliminary to the permanent Improvement of streets and alleys was taken by the board of public works. A resolution for the construction of a storm ■ewer In Fifty-Sixth street and the Westfield road from Sunset to College avenues was adopted. This Is to be followed in a few days with a resolution for a sanitary sewer for the same district. The city civil engineer’s department estimates the cost of the storm sewer at $290,000 and the sanitary sewer at $150,000. Numerous branches will be run from the main sewers so the district will be thoroughly drained. Tho town of Broad liipple is Included in the territory to be served. Since part of the territory Is outside the city limits approval of the assessment roil must be sought from the Circuit Court before the project is completed. For years this section of Indianapolis has been kept from rapid development by the lack of sewers, gas and water mains. The board of works believes that gas and water service will be Installed with the sewers, and that permanent Improvement of the streets and alleys can be pushed through probably begiuning next year. Petitions for a number of pavements are on file with the board. TO MAKE THOROUGH STUDY OF THE BIDS. Mark H. Miller, acting president, in the absence of President George Lemaux, announced that the board will make a thorough study of tho street Improvement bids received Monday before awarding contracts. While City Civil Engineer Frank C. Lingonfelter has said that he Is of the opinion the bids are about as low as can be expected, the board wants to study the situation carefully In order that It may determine Its policy for the aeason, Mr. Miller said. In general, the bids are 30 cents lower per square yard of asphalt than those of last year, Mr. 'Ungenfelter said. The board members want to be convinced that the reduction In the cost of materials and labor warrant no further drop before accepting the bids which came In Monday. The board received bids as follows: For permanent improvement of the first alley east of Park avenue, from Fortieth to Forty-Second street, A. I>. Bowen, $3.61 per lineal foot with concrete and $3.97 with brick; Columbia Construction Company. $3 67 with concrete; J. W. & W. C. Martin, $3.47 with concrete. For resurfacing of Blake street, from New York street to Indiana avenue with asphalt, Indiana Asphalt Paving Company, $5 01 per lineal foot; A. I) Bowen, $4.97. Mansfield Engineering Company, $4.93, and American Construction Company, $4.83. MAKES PRELIMINARY ORDERS FOR MATERIAL. The board made preliminary orders for material to be used In permanent Improvement of streets as follows: Thirty-Ninth street, from Central avenue to Broadway, btiumlnous concrete; New Jersey street, from Fall Creek park way, north drive, to Twenty-Eighth j street, asphalt; Delaware street, from: South street to Madison avenue, asphalt; . Kesling avenue, from Tenth to Sixteenth streets, bituminous concrete; Backing- ! ham drive, from Illinois street to Boulevard place, bituminous concrete; Madison avenue, from Lincoln to Bay streets, asphalt; New Jersey street, from Fortieth street to Bernard avenue, asphalt; Winthrop avenue, from Forty-Second to Forty-Sixth streets, bituminous con-' Crete: Cleveland street, from New York to Vermont streets, asphalt; Graeeland avenue, from Forty-Second to FortyThird streets, bituminous concrete, and Gladstone avenue, from Michigan to St. Clair streets, bituminous concrete. Preliminary orders were made for the use of material in the permanent improvement of alleys, as follows: First alley east of Broadway from Seventeenth to Nineteenth streets, two course concrete and first alley east of Talbott avenue from Twenty-Eighth to TwentyNinth streets, two-course concrete. Preliminary orders for the use of material In resurfacing streets were made as follows: Merrill street, from Meridian street to Senate avenue, asphalt, and Maryland street, from Blackford to West Streets, brick. Contracts were awarded as follows: For cement sidewalks, graded lawns and curbing In Bancroft avenue, from Julian avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad, Abel Bros., at $3.10 a lineal foot; totai, $3.746 97. For sidewalks and graded lawns in the south side of Thirtieth Btreet, from College avenue to Fall Creek boulevard, John Arnold & Cos., at $1.96 a lineal foot; total, $400.98. For sidewalks, curbing and graded lawns, In Glmher street, from Shelby to Dietz street, Abel Bros., at s2.<j; totai, $16,004.31. For sidewalks and graded lawns In the west side of Central avenue, from Forty-Sixth to Forty-Seventh streets, W. C. Halstead, at $1.69 a lineal foot; total, $363.33. For sidewalks, curbing and graded lawns, in Oxford stri-et, from TwentySecond to Twenty-Fifth streets, Frank Lawson, at $3.03 a lineal foot, total, $10,838.01. For curbing in New Jersey street from Fortieth street to Bernard avenue, W. C. Halstead, at $1.19 a lineal foot; total, $755.17. For curbing In Graeeland avenue from Forty-Second to Forty-Third streets, Charles Sehwert, at $1.25 a lineal foot; total. $2,004.34. For sidewalks and graded lawns In New Jersey street from Fortieth street to Bernard avenue. W. C. Halstead, at $1.64 a, lineal foot; total, $1,054.52. For sidewalks and graded lawns along the west side of Boulevard place from Fall 'Creek boulevard to eleven feet north of Twenty-Fifth street, Charles Scawert, at $2.90 a lineal foot; total, $897.90. For cement sidewalks, curbing and graded lawns in Drexel avenue from the first alley north of Michigan street to Tenth street, Abel Brothers, at $2.96 a lineal foot; total, $10,497.64. For sidewalks and graded lawns In the south side of Julian avenue from Emerson avenue to twelve and one-half feet west of Bancroft avenue, W. C. Halstead, at $2.38 a lineal foot; total, $773.50. Plans were ordered as follows: For the permanent improvement of Cottage avenue from East to Wright streets, and the permanent improvement of Linwood avenue from the first alley north of Michigan street to the second alley north of Michigan street. STATE HAS HILL EVIDENCE ALL IN The State this afternoon completed the introduction of evidence against Dr. A. A. Hill, who is on trial in Criminal Court before a Jury on a charge of performing a criminal operation on Miss Sara Karabell, which Is said to have resulted In her death. Prosecutor William P. Evans Is expected to Introduce some rebuttal testimony when the defense completes the introduction of testimony. Among the witnesses who appeared for the State were Lillie Karabell, an aunt of Sara Karabell; Simon Karabell. the father; Max and George Karabell, brothers, and Dr. C. E. Cox, woo attended Misa Karabell prior to her death when called to the Karabell home'. The Jury In this case Is not permitted to go to their homes until it Is dis- ] charged by the court. It is thought revelations of an attempt to "‘lnfluence” a prospective juror influenced Judge James A. Collins in ordering that the Jury be j not separated until discharged by the! •curt.

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HOLD SCHOOL BOOK AWARD COSTLY DEAL (Continued From Page One.) years. It had absolute authority by law for Its actions. The only criticism that can be urged against the board is whether or not It acted wisely -in the adoption of the books at this time. On this point the opinion of the witnesses differ, good authority and reputable gentlemen, men whose honesty and integrity could not be questioned have given testimony to both sides of this question.” “The bids submitted to the board were opened ou Dee. 17, 1920. and typewritten copies were made by the office of the State Superintendent of Instruction and sent to each member of the board and to every book company that requested a copy. Tlie board met in January and again In February. During that time we find that the prices were public property and-there is no evidence before this committee of criticism of high prices by any oue. The first time that the question of prices was raised was on the date of the adoption and after the board had reached its decision. The question of course being raised by unsuccessful bidders. UNSUCCESSFUL BIDDERS HIGH. “We also find that the bids of many of tho unsuccessful bidders were In nearly all instances as high as those of the successful bidder. We also find that cost between the adopted books and old books now In use as follows: New bid on old books, total, $6.73; adopted books, total, $7.11. ‘‘lt w ill be seen by this table of prices thut there Is a difference of 38 cents in the cost between the nine books now In use and the nine books that were adopted. “The committee had evidence before It that In some places in the State the old books were satisfactory. It also had evidence before It that In some parts of the State they had been discarded, because they were not considered satisfactory and other books had been adopted in their place. We are also informed that the action of the board in adopting the books was legal and that its action formed the basis of the contract and that the signing of the papers was merely a form matter carrying it out and that It does not matter what action the Sen ate takes in this matter that the contract has been let. LAW SHOULD GIVE MORE LATITUDE. “The committee believes that if the law governing the letting of these contracts could be amended so as to give to the board more latitude in the letting of these contracts It would have been possible in view of the receding prices generally to have saved to the patrons of the State of Indiana some money In buying of said school books. “On one or two occasions' the adoption was delayed to a later day. As to the advisability of this there was a conflict of opinion on the account of not being able to get the books In time for use when the schools opened In the fall. Three of the members of the board favored postponing the adoption and ten wished the plan which was followed. In all cases the book that was adopted was done by the unanimous vote of the board. “We recommended that the Governor of the State of Indiana direct Investigation covering the laws regulating school book adoption and that the finding made by this investigation be presented to the next General Assembly of the State of Indiana so that if in its Judgment any changes or amendments to the present law are necessary they can be made so as to safeguard at all times the financial as well as the educational interests of the Stator “We also find that the State board of education is a nonpartisan board and composed of men of high character and integrity, some of whom have given years to the cause of education and we believe, that they have at all times and In all places tried to keep all educational questions out of the realm of party politics and It is the opinion of the signers of this report that there is nothing political in the actions of this board and in view of all the circumstances we prefer to withhold judgment.” MINORITY REFORT. The minority report Is as follows: “Your Committee on Rights and Privileges begs leave to submit the following report concerning its investigations of the wisdom of awarding contracts on Feb. 1,192 L “The members of the State board of school book commissioners were Invited to be present at a meeting of this committee to be held in the office of the superintendent of public instruction Mon-

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day evening at 7:30 o’clock Feb. 14.” The report here shows that letters and telegrams were sent to each bidder asking them to have representatives at the hearing and also asking them If they "at this time, on account of the reduction In prices of materials, could make a lower bid than the one submitted.” The report then continues: “In response to these invitations ten of the thirteen members of the State board of school commissioners and also the representatives of many of tho bidders were present at this committee meeting, which was finally held In the Senate chamber in order to accommodate the large number present.” In the sixth section the report says: “The members of the board who had originally favored postponing the adoption and rejecting all bids, were of the opinion that there were good reasons to expect a reduction in prices if new bills were taken. The members of the board who had voted to hold the adoption Feb. I were reluctant to admit that a substantial reduction in prices could be obtained by readvertising. BIDDERS’ VIEWS IN SHARI* CONTRACT. “The replies received from the successful bidders and the talks made by the representatives of the successful bidders stoutly maintained that the cost of materials has not been materially reduced and that manufacturing conditions have not sufficiently improved to warrant a change In prices at this time and insisted that the only fair way to estimate costs of materials and manufacturing would be to take an average of the cost during the last five years.” "The replies from the unsuccessful bidders and the talks made by their rep- | reset!tatlves at this meeting Just as i stoutly maintained that there had al- | ready been a material reduction In tho | cost of paper and cloth and that’manufacturing conditions had so Improved , that it was possible to give a lower price j now than offered in December, 1920; that the trend of prices was downward, as in all other things, and that It was not fair to the State of. Indiana to base pres--1 ent cost of manufaeurlng school books on an average of the exceptionally high costs 'which have prevailed during the past five years. “Your committee feels that it would be decidedly unfair to base the cost of any product on an average of the exception* ! ally high prices which have prevailed i during the la-st five years. TOTAL IOBTS IN 5 YEARS j TO EXCEED $2,000,000. j “There was a very wide difference of j opinion as to total c-st of the books j which would bo furnished on these six j different contracts during tho next five Indiana Experience after a other doctoring had failed. I have recommended this medicine to many ailing women and I have heard them say ‘Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best medicine I have ever taken.’ ”• Mrs. Jennie L)ickerhoff,9l7 Stanfield St.

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years, but It seems reasonably clear to your committee from evidence submitted and sworn statements filed, that the total costs of all of these books will exceed two millions of dollars. “As there Is a possibility of rejecting all bids and advertising for new sealed bids It did not seem fuir to ask the bidder to state publicly and In the presence of his competitors Just how much of a reduction he would make in bis next bid. But even a 10 per cent reduction would mean a saving to the people of Indiana of more than $200,000 and the evidence submitted to your committee suggests that a greater reduction than this can reasonably be expected. “Your committee Is convinced that tha provision In the law requiring a reduction In the price of a textbook adopted In Indiana, If the same textbook Is sold for less money in any other States, really offers no protection to the people of Indlaua for the simple reason that It is the custom of the publishers to make changes In the book offered for less money elsewhere and then set up the claim that It Is not the same book. It was brought out at this committee meeting that no member of the school book commissioners could recall a single ease in which the people of Indiana bad ever been protected by this provlsiou In the law. “There was an effort made to establish the fact that when new bools are adopted they are introduced gradually and that the children use thetr old books until they are worn out, or until they are through with them, but the evidence submitted by the publishers who have had contracts for the last five years and also by other publishers did not sustain this contention. It was shown that when new' books are adopted they are put luto use at once and tbs*, the children are practically ashamed to appear at school Insisting on using the old discarded books. The result is that practically one-, third of all the books sold during ttie entire period of adoption will be sold during the first year. “Your committee has no desire to Impeach the integrity of the members of the State board of school book commissioners. It does not claim that there Is anything Irregular In their fictions. It does maintain, however, that making the awards Feb. 1, based on bids submitted on Dec. 15 of last year, was a poor business deal for the people of Indiana and that no member of r'aa State school book commissioners should feel that there is any personal reflection In an Investigation of this kind concerning a matter of this magnitude. REQUESTS BOARD TO KEADVERTIBE. “As the present contracts do not expire until June 1, 1921, and as the evidence submitted that manufacturing conditions | have so improved that the first year's I supply can be made and distributed in ; time for the opening of school. Sept. 1. 11921, even If the adoption Is not made | until late in May, your committee ear- ’ neatly recommends that the Senate by ; resolution request the State board ot school book commissioners to reject ail | bids and readvertlse for sealed bids to 'be submitted not earlier than May 15, 1 1921. | “We would further recommend that If ! it is not possible to set aside the present | adoption that there be embodied In the j contract before signing, that the prices ! of such contracts shall be adjusted an- ! nually and made to conform with the i prices of material, labor and all other financial and industrial conditions prevailing at that time. “In view of the circumstances concerning the adoption, we believe that tho present law should be amended and we recommend and direct that the State superintendent of pgbllc Instruction Investigate i the subject and report their finding at ; thoa beginning of the next General i Assembly. “In conclusion your committee here signing, believes that It will cost the school patrons of Indiana more than $050,000 on account of the change from one textbook to another; that the figures have been arrived at from sworn statements of publishers who have furnished the books tho past five years. 1 There is nothing In the law compelling | the change at this time when the flnanI eial and industrial conditions are so unsettled, thousands of men out. of work, j and farm products below cost of production. According to the evidence of the board, none of these things entered Into tho discussion at the time of adoption.” President of Bank at Birdseye Dead Special to The Times. BIRDSEYE, Ind., March 2.—Frank I Zimmer, 75, president of the First Na- ! tional Bank of this city, is dead at his • home here of apoplexy. For the past j several years ho had been a resident of ! Indianapolis and Los Angeles, Cal. j Mr. Zimmer was a veteran of the Civil I War and one of the largest property ! owners of Birdseye. Surviving are a j widow and one son. Chamber’s Annual Meeting March 12 The annual membership meeting of the IndlannopUs Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday, March 12, at 1 o’clock, ! on the eighth floor of the Chamber of ! Commerce building. The membership meeting will be followed by a meeting | of the directors. 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The $500,000 sales and service building of the Lexington Motor Sales Company, |at 1142 North Meridian street, will he j formally opened to tomorrow. I Tho public opening will continue for three j days or until Saturday, the day which I marks tho opening of the Indianapolis ! automobile show. Tho Lexington Motor Sales Company !is distributor of Lexington cars in Inj dlanapolls and territory. The building is tho finest of Its kiud between Chicago ; and Nerw York and, even In those two gri-at centers, there Is nothing that exI cel* It. It is designed in accord with I the latest ideas In motor car dUtributor building practices and Is furnished and I equipped so that it would be possible to build a complete automobile lu this ; plant. Tho building with a frontage of seventy feet in North Meridian street, and ex \ tending back 220 feet. Is four stories high. It is of concrete, steel and brick with an exterior facing of brown terracotta, j The lot exteuds through from Meridian street to Illinois street, a distance of 480 feet. No expense has boon spared in the con ■traction or equipment of the building. Its display room has the appearance of an elaborate hotel lobby. Persian rugs cover the floor, the furniture throughout is solid mahogany and decorations ure in Ivory. At tho rear of the display room is a mezzanine balcony extending the full width of the building, with handsome stairs leading up to It on either side. In the center of the balcony, occupying a space specially provided for It, stands a five and a half foot monument of the famous Lexington Minute Man Statue. On the first floor, under the mezzanine balcony, is the office of the sales manager and desks for the salesmen. Back of these offices are the 'cashiers’ cages, the wholesale department and an office for I the superintendent of service. I Immediately In the rear of these offices, but separated by a heavy concrete wall, is a room set aside for tho display of a I Lexington chassis and a Lexington body unfinished, so that a prospective buyer can make a minute inspection of the material used and the quality of tho workmanship In the car. Back of this exhibition room is the shipping department, and behind that the Immediate service room, where the smaller repairs and adjustment of the car is made while the customer waits. On this ! floor also is a 6,000-pound elevator for the ; transportation of cars to the upper floors, j On the mezzanine floor arc the directors’ room, equipped os elaborately as Banish Catarrh Breathe Hyomei For Two Minutes and Stuffed Up Head Will Go If you want to get safe relief from catarrh, cold in the head or from an Irritating cough In the shortest time, breathe Hyomei. It will clean out your head in two minutes and allow you to breathe freely, awake or asleep, or money refunded. Hyomei should end a cold in one day, and relieve you of disgusting snuffles, hawking, spitting and offensive breath lu a week. Ilyomel is made chiefly from eucalyptus, a soothing, healing, germ killing antiseptic, thut comes from the eucalyptus forest of inland Australia, where catarrh, asthma and other bronchial troubles are seldom known. Hyomei ls pleasant and easy to breathe. Just pour a few drops into the Hard Rubber Inhaler, use as directed and relief is almost certain. A complete Hyomei Outfit, Including inhaler and one bottle of Hyomei, costs but little at the Haag Drug Stores and druggists everywhere. MI-ON A Ends indigestion It relieves stomach misery, sour stomach, belching and all stomach disease or money back. Large box of tablets at all druggists in all towns. - Advertisement. Mine u There Was Nothing So Good for Congestion and Colds ' _ as Mustard But the old-fashioned mustard* plastir burned and blistered while it acted. Get the relief and help that mustard plasters gave, without the piaster and without the blister. Musterole does it. It is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. _ It is scientifically prepared, so that ic works wonders, and yet doe3 not blister the tenderest skin. Gently massage Musterole in with the finger-tips. See how quickly it brings relief—how speedily the pain disappears Use Musterole for sore throat, bron. chitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints; sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest j (it often orevents oneumoni**' 35c and 65c Jars; Hospital Size $3.00 j

most bank directors’ offices; a ladles’ restroom and a large room for the auditing department. In the rear of these departments and separated by a heavy wall is the parts department. In which thousands of dollars’ worth of parts are carried la steel bins. Tho second fleor has been given over to a number of features In modern salesroom construction Including a handsome display room for the exhibit of used cars. This is known as the renewed car salesroom as all used cars that go out of , this plant will be renewed. There ls a j used car storage room and a complete machine shop also on this floor. In the machine shop the most modern equipment has been installed. The third floor is devc*ed to new ear storage with the most efficient equipment for proper handling of the cars. The fourth floor has been given over Sto the general service department. It Is equipped with overhead tracks for the handling of entire cars or heavy parts, including not only a great saving in time and labor, but in actual costs. Shower baths and modern toilet facilities are provided for the workman here. The plant is equipped also with its ; own painting department and dust proof drying room in which the finishing coat : of paint is put on the bodies of the cars. The basement Is given over to the healing plant and other building me- * cbanical equipment.

Half-Price Sale Our Entire Stock of Hart Schaffner & Marx SUITS and OVERCOATS Os course, prices next fall f Qr Men and Young will be lower than those or _ _ ° 1920—but a difference 'of M.CTI half —to use the words of Montague Glass —is “something else again.” Fabric prices have been jfk j* This concrete illustration £jM An overcoat that sold last . M jEzStfBSKm fall for $75.00 is in this sale for $37.50. It takes about 3 yards of fabric for a coat —a kg recession in woolen prices HI rag lipH will cut the cost about $15.00, HPwn Eg gjL_ bringing the selling price ElifiSm next season at $57.50 or S6O. Save tho difference! The Hart Schaffner & Marx Money-Back Guarantee of Satisfaction is not changed by this sale—it is just as broad, just as sweeping as always. It means complete satisfaction —or money back —the guarantee covers everything, the fabrics, tailoring, fashion, fit and finish; it’s entirely up to you as to whether you get satisfaction. The HALF SAVING is based on 1920 prices. —Daylight Clothing Store, third floor, THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO.

Will Fight Erection of Slaughter House Citizens of West Indianapolis who are opposing tho erection of' a slaughter house in Harding street near Morris street have organized the Enterprise Civic League, with Heydon Buchanan as president; James W. Lamkin, vice president; Harry Kalb, recording secretary; O. F. Stetrwalt, financial secretary-, and Charles A. Beard, treasurer. A committee has been appointed to seek a restraining order to prevent erection of the slaughter house If it becomes necessary to take legal steps. GOVERNOR ALSO TO LOOK INTO PORTER WRECK (Continued From Page One.) rules by falling to observe signals. He ordered them dismissed from the service. Michigan Central officials are evidently In a conflict over the cause of the wreck. Charles McFadden of the Michigan Central Investigating committee yesterday exonerated Long and Block. PENNSY ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK HARRISBURG, Pa., March 2—The New York'night express on the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into the rear of n fast freight train a short distance west of Bailey’s Station at 6 o’clock this morning, causing the death of Engineer W. J. Line of Altoona, and the serious Injury of Fireman W. E. Smith. Several passengers were slightly Injured. CORONER SAYS DEATH TOTAL 37 LA PORTE, Ind., March 2.—Coroner Seipel today announced that the official death total of the wreck was thirty-seven, and that all bodies have been sent to nearest of kin. SUIT TO FORCE INQUEST BEGINS VALPARAISO. Ind., March 2.—Hearing on the suit of Dr. Clement K. Briggs to force an immediate inquest over the bodies of the victims of the Porter rail horror, is to be held today before Judge Crumpacker in the Superior Court. Coroner H. 0. Seipel, who so far has refused to call an Inquest, was named as defendant in the suit. He also ls charged in the. suit with having, aided railroad authorities In suppressing news of the wreck and In hindering identification of bodies. Witnesses, including the train crew, were taken ont of the Jurisdiction of the Indiana courts by the Michigan Central without protest by the coroner, It ls charged. Yeggmen Try in Vain to Open Safe The safe In the offices of the Henry Gergmann soap factory at Morris and West streets, resisted the efforts of yeggmen who tried to open it last night. Police were told the knob was battered off the combination and also that the bandits had tried to batter the door open, but without success. Nothing was taken from the office.

VOTE CENSURE ON LANDIS FOR BASEBALL JOB (Continued From Page One.) only member of the committee who did not favor the censuring of Landis. w PUBLIC DEBT INCREASES WASHINGTON, March 2.—The grosa public debt increased $58,449,845 during February, the Treasury Department announced today. The gross public debt Jan. 1 was $23,993,234,882 and on Feb. 28 It was $24,061,684,728. The Increase wsp due largely to the flotation of Treasury certificates, the department stated. COPIES OF LOAN PAPERS SENT TO CAPITOL WASHINGTON, March 2.—Photostats copies of all official documents and other papers bearing on foreign loans and other commitments were delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee today by the Treasury Department. The documents filled six large wooden boxes, which were conveyed to the Capitol in a truck. The committee agreed to place the boxes and their contents In the custody of the sergeant : at-arms of the Senate and to ask the Senate for authorization to continue its Investigation of the foreign ltn sitnatlon during the approaching recess of Congress. 5 *8 BILL AIMED AT LANDIS BLOCKED WASHINGTON, March 2.--Considera-tion of the bill reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee, providing Federal judges shall engage in no other occupy* tion was blocked in the Senate today, toy j Senator Poindexter, Republican, Washington. The bill was aimed at Jud£* Landis of Chicago. LOSS ON SHIPS REPORTED • WASHINGTON, March 2—Operation Government'ships by the Shipping Board . during the first six months of this year will show a ret loss of $38,120,164, the board today Informed the Senate la response to a resolution. WASHINGTON, March 2.—No effort will be made In the Senate at this j slon to pass the soldiers’ bonus bill, Sen--1 ator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, announced today. WASHINGTON, March 2.- The House today, by a vote of 240 to 81, refused to agree to an army of 175,000 men, as pro* I posed by the Senate in the army appro- ! priatlon bill. It instructed House conferees on the bill to Insist on the House j plan of reducing the army to 150,000. Two Motor Speeders Fined in City Court Two men were fined on charges of violating the motor speed laws In city court today. Clifford Douglas, 525 South Warman avenue, was fined $lO by Judge Waiter Pritchard and Frank Weaver, 5250 Central avenue, was fined $lO by Special Judge Fred Bonlfleld.

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