Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 309, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1921 — Page 17

12 CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION TO BE DECIDED Special Election of Sept. 6 Next Event on Election Program. ISSUES BEFORE VOTERS With the primary ont of the way Interest is now turning to the special election which will be held Sept. 6, to decide whether twelve amendments adopted at the 1919 and 1930 sessions of the Legislature shall become a part of the basic law of tee State. The amendmenta proyide, briefly, for the following: That auffrage shall be restricted te citizens of the United States. That the Legislature may classify counties for registration of rotera. That the number of voters In the State shall be determined by the vote for secretary of State instead of by emmeration. That the Governor may veto aeparate Items Id appropriation bills. That the terms of all State officials shall be four years. That the terms of all county officials shall be four years. That the terms es all prosecuting attorneys shsll be four years. That the General Assembly may prescribe qualifications for admission to the bar. That the General Assembly may prescribe a system of taxation. That the General Assembly may levy an Income tax. That negroes may be admitted to the State militia. That a term of office may not be extended nor the salary Increased daring any term. CONTEXTIOS PLAN

GOVERNOR'S IDEA. Indications are that an extensive campaign will be conducted throughout the State on the question of whether these amendments shall be adopted. This campaign will be opened by a State convention of persons interested to be called within a short time. The convention plan Is the idea of Governor Warren T. McCray. Interest at the present time centers principally on two taxation amendments. The amendment which pro'vtdes that the Legislature may provide for a system of taxtion would remove all constitutional bars from the tax question. It has been pointed out that under thta amendment the Legislature 'may resort to any type of taxation. It may exempt some property and tax other property. It may levy an income tax or a land tax o* any other kind of a tax. The provision! of the Income tax amendment are Included In this proposed amendment, but the Income tax clause would be effective In case It should receive a majority of the votes and the general tax amendment should be defeated. OBJECT TO REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS. Opponents of the general tax amendnient are objecting to the elimination of constitutional restrictions on the ground that the Legislature might “run away with things’* In the matter of taxation. Friends of the amendment declare it la necessary In order that the Assembly may classify property for taxation and particularly that It may reduce the rate on interest bearing securities and money In order that nearly the entire income from these sources may not be consumed by taxes. They contend that such a provision would encourage Investment. The amendment providing that only citizens of the United States shall have the right to vote Is for the purpose of preventing persons who have taken out. only their first naturalization papers from being herded to the polls snd voted by politicians. The purpose of giving the Assembly power to classify counties for registration of Toters Is to permit the Assembly to provide different types of registration according to the population of the counties. KLIMTNATION OF EXPENSE PURPOSE. The amendment providing that the number of voters shall be determined by the vote for Secretary of State Is for the purpose of eliminating the expense of enumeration. Under present conditions the Governor has no power to check appropriations becanse hs must either veto an entire appropriation bill or approvo It. Under one of the proposed amendments he would have the power to veto any Item which he considers Improper. The amendments providing that terms es office shall be four years would make all offlcea In the State and In the counties uniform. At present some of the terms are for four years and some for two. QUALIFICATIONS FOR BAR ADMISSIONS. The amendment providing that the Legislature ahall preachibe qualifications for admission to the bar Is one that the assembly long has attempted to WTlte Into the constitution. Its purpose is to prevent the imposition on the public of unqualified persons. The admission of negroes to the State militia is a plan of Republican politicians. The provision that a term of office may not be extended or a salary Increased during any term is to stop abuses that frequently are attempted In the Legislature In order to favor some Individual. Some of the members of the Legislature are planning to take an active part In having these amendments adopted, which would rewrite a large part of the 6tate constitution. They are the outgrowth of the attempt several years ago to bring about a constitutional convention for this purpose. This movement was blocked by the supreme court. SPECIAL ELECTION

TO ATTRACT INTEREST. At least one member of the Lefflslatnre ' ha* stated that be will Introduce a bill calling for a constitutional convention, should the amendments be defeated. The holding of a special election Instead of submitting the amendments at a general election, is a plan of friends of the amendments who believe they have more chances of being adopted at a special election. The preeent constitution provides that the amendments, to be successful, must have a vote of s majority of the voters who cast their ballots at the election in which they are submitted. Heretofore It 'has been found Impossible to aronse enough interest to cause a majority of the voters to record a favorable opinion at any general election. Voters may vote against part of the amendments and for others. 20-Year-Old Election Ballots Will Burn Special to The Times, COtiOTBUS, Ind., May 6.—Ballots from elections held here more than twenty years ago will be destroyed in the spring “housecleanlng” at the County Conrthonse here, to begin next week. The ballots have been stored in the basement of the conrthonse and will be burned along with other records which 3re no longer of value.

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BIG EXPORT LOSS FACES PACKERS Wilson Says Net Profit Only 19 Cents on Head. WASHINGTON, May 6.—The export trade of the big packers slumped $328.000.000 doping the last year, Thomas B. Wilson, of Wilson” & Company told the House Agriculture Committee today In opposing packer control legislation. Meat producers, he declared, receive 87 cents of each dollar the packers receive for meat and the decrease In exports resulted In a loss to the live stock raisers of $-150,000,000. In the year 1920 there wa exported from the United States 1,200,000, XK) fewer rounds of meat products than during the previous year, he said. “It was this decrease that caused the lower prices to the producer. “It would be a great misfortune If the hardship which everyone has suffered, and the farmers most of all, should turn us to legislative panaceas and which can but drug us for the moment and divert ns from energetic efforts to adjust ourselves to the changed and difficult situation. If legislation could be substituted for economics I might be tempted to ask some bill be passed to restore the value of packing house products.” ilson claimed the entire net profit of the packers amounted to only 19 cents a head. Fees Suit Removed From Shelby Court Special to The Times. SHELBYYILLE, Ind., Msy 6.—Action was taken today in one of the longest pending complaints in the Shelby Circuit Court when a motion was filed for a change of venue from the county of the case of Jacob H. Delfzer against the board of commissioners of Shelby County. The complaint, which Is for the recovery of fees, was filed here Feb. 14, 1914, and has been carried over from one term of court to another since that time. The motion was granted by Judge Alonzo Blair and the case was sent to Decatur County for trial. Mr. Deitzer served as county clerk from Jan. 1, 1907, to Dee. 31. 1910, and Ije asserts In the complatnt that he paid fees to the State board of accounts, under protest, In the sum of $312.69, which was turned over to the county auditor.

Richmond Author to Address Art Ass’n Special to The Time*. RICHMOND, Ind., May 6.—William Dudley Foulke, Richmond poet and author, will be one of the principal speakers next Monday at the annual dinner of the Richmond Art Association. In his address he will give a comparison of art here and in European cities as he has seen It during his recent residence there. J. H. Bentley, superintendent of Richmond schools, will be toastmaster. Speakers for the evening Include: Charles W. Jordan, Mrs. Frederick S. Bates Francis Brown, W. G. Rates and 1L IL Rofeln ion. Not Anxious to Dig Into Primary Cases Spnrial to The Times. . OUTH REND, Ind., May 6.—Fiord O. Jellison, prosecuting attorney, will not Investiga*'? charges of corrupt practices in connection with the primary election here, believing that citizens knowing of such practices should appear before the grand Jury now In session. He dropped proceedings against a Notre Dame student alleged to have voted fraudulently, he said, after a conference with Eli' F. Seeblrt, the Republican nominee for mayor. Doctors to Meet in Logansport May 19 LOGANSPORT, rj? May™— The Eleventh Councilor District Medical Association will hold Us annual meeting in this city on Thursday, May 19. One hundred and fifty physicians from Cass, Carroll, Miami, Wabash, Grant and Huntington Counties are expected to attend. Among those who are scheduled to speak are Dr. Lorln Smith, Wabash; Dr. W. A. Fankboner, Marion; Dr. W. F. Smith, and Dr. J. L. Gilbert of this city. A banquet will be served to the attending doctors.

Cow Makes Record in Milk Production Special to Tho Times. LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 6.—Alleen Bonnie, a registered Jersey cow, owned by E.irry R. Smith, residing near this city, nag produced 7,534 pounds of milk in one year’s time. The production is believed to be a record for a 2-year-old cow. Gypsy’s Davis, another cow belonging to Smith, has a register of merllf record for butterfat production. SHELBTVILLE PLANS DRAINAGE. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., May ft—The city council of Sbelbyvllle soon will complete plans for the drainage of the entire southwest section of the city where insanitary conditions have existed for several years as the result of a hardpan preventing the from being carried off In the natural way.

Is This You Nervous Man or Woman? Did year first symptoms start with pain to back of head, a constant “tired feeling" —especially in the back. Knees and feet —Aoo Oven, did you notice irritability: trembling trees slightest exertion or mental excitement: inability to sleep soundly ; tievvoes indigestion; sour stomach ; constipation; dixzinesa; headache: backache; decline in bodily vigor; neuralgia; rheumatic twinges ; chills ana hot flashes 1 —And perhaps you do not know that these symptoms lead toward neurasthenia —nervous exhaustion ; serious mental disturbances ; loss of sell confidence ana inability to Qualify in any kind of work or Pl *IF SO—YOU N£U CADOMENE. Such symptoms indicate LACK 07 NERVE FORCE. NERVE FORCE i the mysterious source of energy manifested in high spirits, vitality, vigor and keenness for work or play. The High-Stepping, prancing, dancing horse has an abundance of Nerve Force—that’s what you need. Cadomene, makes you "STRONG AS A HORSE” and this is how h. does so: Cadomene supplies what the blood and nerves need to aio nature when Nerve Force is being slowly exhausted—takinr Cadomene a few days proves it to the most skeptical. The digestion improves, better nutrition follows; the stomach, liver, kidneys, and all the vital glands of the body are supplied with needed elements, which al’.o enrich the blood; and then tbv blood with its toned-up, new richness, proceeds to build up that mysterious source of energy, known as Nerve Force—the force thst makes us speak of a man, woman, horse or dog, as ‘‘high-spirited." This is knowiedge—and knowledge fc power. Begin the Cadomene treatment today and see how qsickly the results astonish yen with renewed Nerve f Force— High Spirits, and all that glorious vigorous health means to mankind. Good druggists supply Cadomene tablet? to sealed tubes with full directions.—Adv.

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Banks Offer Shelby Cos. Boys Corn Prizes Speolal to Tha Times. SHELBYVILLE, lad., May <s.—The Union State Bank of Morristown, the State Bank of Waldron, the Union State Bank of lriat Rock, the Fairland National Bank and the Security Trust Company of this city, are offering SSO each in prizes to the beys between 10 and 18 of Shelby County who make the best record this year tn growing an acre of corn. The conditions on which the prizes are offered are that ten or more

Sent from Our Third Floor to The Basement Store Odd Lots $35, S4O and $45 All-Wool Suits For Men and Young Men Clearance Sale Price, FOR REGULARS FOR SLIMS FOR STOUTS FOR MEDIUM STOUTS lUVj 11 FOR STUBS Including plenty of the season’s most desirable Imw'.'v styles—quantities which have sold down to a few of a kind. Single and double-breasted models, one, two \ \\ and three-button. Worsteds, cassimeres and IJSmuM * Scotches, also herringbones. $35.00, $40.00 and $45.00 111 111 * \ suits, ealo price • $19.75 ill ■\in I REGARDING ALTERATIONS, we can only make minor l )j| alterations on these suits, shortening or lengthening H, : i j trousers and sleeves. Other alterations will be charged THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO.

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Period Dining Room Suites This is the Old Pre- War Price We have just received one carload of these beautiful suites direct from the factory. They are of walnut finish, in the Queen Anne design, and consist of a 54-inch table, 5 dining chairs and 1 host chair, 60-inch buffet, large 3-drawer china closet. Not since the war have we been able to offer you a suite of this quality at anything near this low price. You must see these suites to fully appreciate the full significance of the offering. Cash or Payments BAKER BROS. 217-219 East Washington St.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 6,1921.

boys In tho banks' trad* territories join the contest. Thirty-seven boys hare signed up for tho contest and twice this number Is expected to enter. FUNDS FOR CHARITY. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., May 6.—Next Tuesday evsnlng committees from the Rotary, Klwanls and Department Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce will organize a local association for charitable work. A fund will be raised for use In this elty In place of raising a quota for the State Salvation Army fund.

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Bartholomew ‘Dads’ Plan Improvements Special to The Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., May Tho Bartholomew County Council has appropriated $12,0u0 for tho building of an additional span to the Owan bridge across Flatrock river, $1,700 for beautifying the courthouse yard and SB,OOO ftvr Improvements at the County Orphans’ Home. The courthouse yard la to be graded, electrically lighted and made into a park. The work provided for by the appropriation will begin aoon.

Ten Dollar Sale Coats and Dresses for Women and Misses $15.00, $18.50 and, in some instances, $20.00 qualities at TEN DOLLARS

$15.00, $18.50 AND SOME $20.00 QUALITIES—SIO.OO ■ - ■ ■ ■ IN A MARVELOUS VALUE-GIVING SALE—I,OOO, Fresh New Lingerie Dresses

Sale Price $ 1.98 sizes 2 to 6 years.

The dresses will be on tables for easy choosing.

These were “intended” to be Faster frocks—we waited until now so we could get them at an enormous saving. Being all the manufacturers had—their broken lota—the concessions were astounding. They are plever styles in voiles and organdies—trimmed with becoming ribbon sashes, rosettes, bows, etc.; pretty laces and embroidery. Sale prices; sizes 2to 6 years $1.98 Sizes 7 to 14 years, $3.98 and by degrees down to $1.98

Gingham School Frocks for Girls

Sale Price 98c Sizes 8 to 14 years Last time we offered dresses like these we had such a crowd that they sold out in a few hours. These are more clever, if anything, than their predecessors. If you were to make dresses like these, the materials alone would cost this figure. The styles and colors are becoming and practical.

Raincapes for Girls 300 of them to sell $ 1.59 RAINCAPES FOR GIRLS, sizes 8 to 14 years, of single texture materials, with hoods attached; ideal for early spring and summer showers; while 300 last • - $1.59

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The Coats — Include every smart and correct style in n®W fashions —straight linas, wrappy effects, box coat effects, etc. Materials —tricotlne, serges, velours and others. Colors —Mrs. Harding bine, Pekin, rose, plaids, Belgian blue, eta For women and misses .... 10.00 The Dresses — are of such character that you would almost think the wrong price tags got on them. In such beautiful materials as mignonette—a favorite of the season—foulard, Georgette crepe and crepe de chine- Styles and colors for miss and matron. Sale price... .SIO.OO

for Girls Crisp organdies, soft voiles, dainty embroidery, ribbon and lace trimmings. Savings Are One-Third On Today’s Market!

Silk Dresses for Girls $ 5.98 Sizes 8 to 18 years. These are suitable for graduates and younger girls—pretty white Georgette frocks with net underbodicee and smart ruffles and frills. They are slightly soiled from handling; up to $12.60 qualities, while 100 last ... $5.98

Sale Price, $ 1.98 and np to $3.98, 7 to 14 years.

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Sale Pried t 08c Sizes 8 to 14 yean Clever plaids such as blue and brown, bine and white, tan and blue, etc. Some are rick-raok trimmed; others with selfmaterials ; tie-back sashes, fancy pockets and other fancy touches. Os Amoskeag gingham, security gingham and universal gingham; sizes Bto 10 years M 98£

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