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aiK 310 STUMPS COMMjSSION Board Finds Estimates Too High for Tentative Bond Issue. MORE DELAY POSSIBLE Decide to Await Decision of State Tax Body. The school board faced the problem today of trying to squeeze a sl,380,679.01 low bid on general construction of the new Shortridge High BSchool within the confines of a *1,200,000 bond issue. The subject was carefully avoided, however, at a special meeting this morning upon the recommendation of Theodore F. Vonnegut, board president, that “they would await the action of the State tax board before discussing tho matter in a formal meeting.” Some informal discussion ensued prior to the meeting, it is understood, dissenting opinions arising as to whether or not the tax board will raise the bond issue to meet the proposed cost of the building. The low basic bid of $1,220,782 is augmented by architects’ fees of $104,897.01. This figure includes the $43,775.86 cost - of the original plans which were discarded when the incoming members of the board promised last April that new plans would reduce the estimated cost of the building from $1,200,000 to a figure not to exceed $1,000,000. New plans are costing 5 per cent of the basic bid, or $61,121.15. Further Delay Seen Because the general construction bid cannot exceed the amount of tho tentatively approved bond issue, sl,200,000, further delay in construction or rejection of the bid by tho tax of the new school is possible. Approval or rejection of the bid by the tax board must be given not later than, Monday. Walter T. Horne, tax engineer, and Jacob H. Hilkene, superintendent of school buildings and grounds, have been tabulating the bids since they were opened ten days higo. Minimum bids have proved to more than the authorized bond issue. That the C. C. Shipp ventilating and heating system, made mandatory in the new plans, will cost Indianapolis taxpayers nearly twice as much as other systems in two local high schools under construction, is shown in a comparison of figures. The Shipp direct-indirect system will cost .0831 pec., cent of the general construction figures as compared with a heating and ventilating percentage of .0493 for the Crispus Attucks High School, and .0484 for the Washington High School. The basic bid of $303,351 for heating, ventilating and plumbing, by Freyn Brothers, is more than $150,000 in excess of the usual bids awarded dealers handling other devices than Shipp’s, it is estimated. In the matter of reducing the general construction bid to conform with the bond issue, Ure M. Frazer, board business manager, suggested three measures. Cheapening Suggested “The marble entrance could be cheapened,” said. “The depressed court could be dispensed with and the corridors could be made of concrete instead of terrazzo. However, this cheapens the entire building. “People get their Impression from the entrance and the doors. Besides, if the depressed court is not built when the school is constructed it will be impractical to ever build it.” The general construction bid also a $50,000 allowance for pniscellaneous items not covered in the general bid. They are: Electrical fixtures, folding door for gymnasium, painting of auditoorium and library, stairs to depressed court, temporary radiation, walks, curbs, driveways and acoustics of the auditorium. ADMITS BANK CRIME Kokomo Man Says He Took Part in California Hold-up. Bu United Press KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. I.—Russel Adair, 26, of Kokomo, has confessed to participation in the robbery of the Turlock Security Bank at Turlock, Cal., nearly a year ago, police announced today. Adair said he received SI,OOO as his share of the loot arid declared the robbery was planned by George T. Stone, now held in California, according to the confession. Adair is being held for California ■authorities. SEEK BODIES OF FOUR Police Use Diagram Provided by Wholesale Killer. Bu United Press WHITTIER, Cal., Feb. I.—Search for the bodies of a Pittsburgh woman and her three children, whom George J. Hassel, New Mexico wholesale killer, had confessed were among his victims, was resumed today. * Digging beneath the foundations of a house where Hassel claims he killed Mrs. Marie Vogel and her adopted children, police believe they have uncovered clews which will substantiate Hassel’s admission. The diggers are aided by a,, chart furnished by the slayer.

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Now the women are going to wear footlights! If you don’t believe it, look at this one, worn by Sally Wane of the Hollywood colony. It’s a real light, with a battery concealed In the lieel.

CHAPLIN CASE IN COURT Neither of Principals Will Attend Hearing on Alimony. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. I.—Although neither of the principals will be present, the first real court clash in the Chaplin divorce case is scheduled for the District Court of Appeals here today. Centering around the payment of temporary alimony awards, arguments will be heard on making the ■writ of prohibition forbidding payment becoming permanent, with Charlie - Chaplin and his estranged wife, Lta Grey Chapin, represented by a battery of nine attorneys. MINER BURIED ALIVE Another Slightly Injured When Caught in Landslide. Bu United Press PRINCETON. Ind., Feb. I.—Carl Montgomery, 30, Oakland City, was killed and George Thompson, 25, Lynnvllle, slightly injured when they were caught beneath a landslide at the tipple of the Enos Coal Company mine near here late Friday. Both men were buried beneath the dirt, but Thompson escaped before eeriously hurt. Bobbed Hair? Fine! Prohibition? Blah! Bu United Press NEW YORK, Feb. I.—David A. Boody, who in 1861, when his uncle lost a lot of money in Chicago & Northwestern railroad stock, bought himself a stock exchange seat for SI,OOO and has sincte been a broker on Wall Street continuously, retired today. He is 90. “Ive made more money than I ever dreamed of 'When I came to New York from Maine,” he said. “Advice? Well, don’t speculate, but if you must speculate, then do it in stocks for which there is a ready market so you can get out with a minimum of loss when you have to.” As to other things, he approved bobbed hair, disapproved prohibition, and said the word of a Wall Street broker was “as good as his bond.” The exchange seat he bought for SI,OOO today could be sold for $185,000. LOAN SHARK BILL FLOPS Measure Commendatory, but Too Many Loopholes Found. The loan bill proposed by Representative Frank Borns, who sought to reduce the rate of interest on small loans from 3% to 2 per cent I a month, fell by the wayside in j judiciary A committee of the Indiana j House of Representatives Monday. BACON’S ESTATE, $21,242 Bu United Press NEW YORK, Feb. I.—Frank Bacon, actor, who made “Lightin’ ” one of the most popular of plays, left an estate of $21,242, an appraisal filed here showed. Bacon is buried near San Jose, Cal. | BULLET BREAKS WINDOW Detectives today sought the firer of a shot that shattered a glass of the Peoria & Eastern division Big Four passenger train Monday night. Train officials said the train, due at 6 p. m., was crossing Washington St. when the glass fell. No one was hurt.

SENTENCED FOR LIFE?

•fu United Press LA PORTE, Ind., Feb. I. Allen Dickerson and Mary Elizabeth Dittmer, University of Wisconsin sweethearts, chuckled today over the plight of Dorland Smith of Hudson Lake, near here, and Irene Smart, Portland, Ore. Smith and Miss Stuart, former Wisconsin students, were wed by a parson at Rolling Prairie last summer under the names of Dickenson and Dittmer just to send newspapers clippings to them as a joke.

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MINE WAGE SCALE UP WEDNESDAY Committee Will Report Recommendation and Delegates Decide. OTHER BUSINESS DONE Verdict May Mean Strike or Peace With Operators. Action on wage scales to govern the bituminous coal Industry after April 1 will come before the United Mine Workers convention in Tomlinson Hall Wednesday at 9 a. m. President John L. Lewis announced at noon today that the work of tho convention has been completed with exception of action on the wa'gc scale. Following this announcement the convention adjourned until Wednesday morning. The scale question is the most important with which the present convention has to deal. Existing wage agreements with bituminous coal operators expire April 1. Relations between union miners and mine operators after that date depend upon the ratification of anew agreement before that time. Up to Committee It is believed the convention delegates will approve whatever recommendation is made by the wage scale committee which has been considering the question since the convention opened. John Fishwich is chairman. The present wage scale Is based on a $7.50 a day scale, under the Jacksonville agreement, drawn up three years ago. There is some agitation among the delegates for a one-year contract this time instead of a three year contract. The present miners’ administration was elected on the program of "no backward step” in the industry. This includes no reduction in wages and shorter hours. If this program is carried out a general strike loom* as a possibility, as operators are known to favor a return to a lower wake scale. SOUTH ATLANTIC . ISLEUFEDULL British Outpost Has HO Inhabitants. Bu NEA Bervlce LONDON, Feb. 1. The little j Island of Triston de Cunha, in the 1 South Atlantic, is the outpost of the | British empire. Some thirty families, numbering about 140 persons, live a bleak and primitive existence there. During most of their days they are cut oft from the world. Often eighteen months pass between arrivals of ships. Bare existence is worked from the rockbound land and the sea. Being a bridegroom here is a serious matter, for tho man must tramp the shores for miles day after day in the search of drift wood wherewith to build a house. Courtship is very restricted. Tristan couples have been known to sit side by side for hours without speaking or so much as looking at one another. Terms of endearment are never used among lovers, or by the families. Life is grim in this isolated spot. WELL CASE POSTPONED State’s Attorney Is lll—Reset for Feb. 28. Bu United Press WARSAW, Ind., Feb. 2. —Because of the illness of former Prosecuting Attorney Morrison A. Rockhill, the trial of Samuel and Athol Riley, charged with placing poison in the public school well at Mount Tabor, causing the serious illness with the result that the thirteen pupils will not start In the Kosciusko circuit court here until Feb. 23. It was expected that the case would come to trial the second week in February. As assistant to Prosecutor William Gray Loehr it is expected that Rockhill will practically have charge of I the State’s case.

But Dickerson and Miss Dittmer got the last laugh. Under the laws of Indiana, Smith and the Portland girl discovered they were man and wife. Each wishing to marry the choice of their heart, Smith filed suit in a court here to annul the joke marriage. Judge John C. Richter will hear the case. Because of the strictness of the Indiana statute on annulments, attorneys here are divided in their opinions on whether Smith can obtain his freedom or not.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY. FEB. 1, 1927

Wilbur y 4, Swallows Light Bulb A mother In distress called police today. Motorpolicemen Heller and Seifert were dispatched to the home of Mrs. Bessie Johnson, Negro, 1620 Garfield Ave., who informed them that Wilbur, 4, had swallowed a flashlight bulb while playing with It. Castor oil was “prescribed.”

1,200 AMERICAN MARINES ORDERED TO EASTERN BASE Force Leaves Thursday— China and Great Britain Discuss Peace. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—The U. S. S. Chaumont, carrying 1,200 marines of the Fourth regiment, will sail from San Diego for the Asiatic station via Honolulu Thursday, the Navy announced today. The marines were assembled at San Diego from mail guard duty and from Pacific coast marine stations. The numerous protests of the Chinese against massing of foreign warships and troops off Shanghai fell on deaf ears today. The Administration, it was known, is as determined as ever to afford necessary protection to American?- there. The Administration thinks the protests are aimed chiefly at foreign governments which have already landed troops at various points, rather than at the United States, which is holding troops aboard ships for use only after local authorities lose control of the situation. No official here would comment directly on Great Britain’s dispatch of regular army troops and tanks to China, in contrast to the United States Bluejacket and Marine force for emrgency shore duty. But it was considered significant that Foreign Minister Koo of the Pekin government named Great Britain in his protest without mentioning the United States. PEACE MOVE INDICATED Great Britain Notes Trend Toward Parley in China. Bu United Press LONDON, Feb. I.—British authorities said today that the situation at Shanghai had taken a sharp turn toward peace. They expected that Counsellor O'Malley, representing Britain at Hankow, and Eugene Chen, Cantonese nationalist foreign secretary, soon would reach an agreement on terms of settlement for the entire Angio-Cliinese problem. * Beyond generalities, officials were reticent for fear of embarrassing the negotiations now in progress between O’Malley and Chen at Hankow, where informal conversations would create a basis for formal discussions later. HOW FORD GOT~RICH Witness In Tax Appeal Suit Describes Auto Maker’s Methods. Bu l nited Press W AbHINGTON, Kob. I.—-Quirks of the motor trade which helped Henry Ford build up his mammoth business were revealed today as hearings iri the $36,000,000 Ford stock sale tax battle were resumed before Tax Commissioners Van Fossen. Marquette and Sternhagen. Norval A. Hawkins, once commercial manager and later sales manager of the Ford Motor Company, testified to sales methods used by Ford in 1913, when the stock sale was executed. Ford made a huge profit on replacement parts for his cars, Hawkins, who said he left the Ford company in 1919 to take a position with General Motors at $150,000 a year, testified. Ford manufactured those parts which wore out soonest and contracted fo r the more lasting parts, thus increasing his profit, Hawkins said. COMMODORE GERRY ILL TJnited Press NEW YORK, Feb. I.—Commodore Elbridge Thomas Gerrj - , grandson of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and father of United States Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, was seriously ill at his apartment today. He Is 89 years old.

PROPERTIES OF LIGHT CONCERNS ARE MERGED New Utility’s Offices on Circle General Shake-up in Personnel Expected—To Drop Inefficient.

Merging of physical operations and management of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and the Merchants Heat and Light Company was begun today, according to Norman Perry, president of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, the new concern. The public service commission some time ago granted permission to merge the utilities. Uniting of the personnel and operations will be gradual, according to Perry. I’ay Bills on Circle. General offices of the concern will be maintained at the former Indianapolis Company’s office on Monument Circle, and customers will pay bills there. The force of workmen is partially merged, but it will take some time -to complete it. Perry declared.

COLLINS IS CENSURED IN SENATE Veteran Democratic Leader Scores Administration of Criminal Judge. COURT BILL DEFEATED Occasion for Airing of Political Scandals. For the first time since the Sev-enty-Fifth session opened, party lines were drawn in the Indiana Senate today. The bomb was exploded with a Democratic minority report on the Cravens’ bill asking abolition of the Marion. County Criminal Court. The event became on occasion for airing political scandals that hove rocked the Nation. Following an hour's debate a roll call vote was taken and resulted in turning down the mind Pity report for passage, 13 to 33. Not a single Republican voted to abolish the court. A voice vote was then taken and the mapority report for indefinite postponement carried. Joseph M. Cravens of Madison, seniorr Democratic Senator and author of the bill, had his inning, despite defeat, and he made the most of it. After a fiery address of more than thirty minutes he left little doubt as to what lie thinks of Judge James A. Collins and his adminisration of Marion Criminal Court affairs. “This court has been criticised all over this State and Nation,” Cravens declared in opening his address. Child*s Death Bares Stories of Cruelty Bu United Press CENTERVILLE. Ala., Feb. I.—A story of unbelievable brutality by a father and stepmother was unfolded here today as the children of B. F. Greathouse, farmer, charged with murdering his 15-year-old daughter, came forward to condemn him. Greathouse was arrested last week when a coroner’s jury returned a verdic of death by poisoning after an inquest over the body of the girl, Nellie. A quantity of poison was found in the cup she had used, according to the coroner. Th. coffpied with reports of neighbors, that Greathouse was guilty of maltreating his children resulted in issuance of a murder warrant. Yesterday Noah Greathouse. 17. a son. was brought from Tuscaloosa by a married sister to bear evidence against his father. The lad said he had been beaten unmercifully by his fathr until he could stand it no longer and fled. The boy was said by Solicitor W. W. Lavender to bear marks of Illusage. Other children, most of them now married, are en route hero to testify. NEW AUTO LAW FROWNED UPON Compulsory insurance has never been advocated us a safety measure by the Hoosier Motor Club, according to Todd Stoops, secretary-man-ager of the club, speaking of the law proposed for Indiana. “In fact, compulsory insurance, as now viewed by the club and the American Automobile Association, will promote reckless driving,” said Stoops. “Until the merits of the law have been fully tried out in Massachusetts we will oppose any such legislation for Indiana.“The proposed compulso- y insurance law for Indiana is patterned after the Massachusetts law, where everything is now in a turmoil, since the law took effect the first of the year. As the matter now stands in Indiana the man with financial responsibility will carry insurance for his protection. But place insifrance in the hands of all drivers and it is felt by the club that the bars will come down for all reckless drivers who can purchase a car and the Insurance.”

A. “shake-up in personnel will not come for thirty days after a careful selection of the minor executives, Perry indicated. He said the position of manager of the Merchants Company, now held by M. K. Foxworthy, will be abolished when the merger is completed, but that Foxworthy will be retained in the organization. Weed-Out Employes The best employes in the tv-o accounting departments will be retained the less efficient being ’ weed-ed-out,” it was said. The engineering departments probably will be combined in a separate building, which has not been selected. Sale of accessories at both places will continue temporarily. Other officers of the new concern are Charles N. Thompson, vice president; W. C. Richardson, treasurer, and Elmer Scott, secretary.

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COOLIDGES HAVE PICK OF THESE AS HOMES

The keys to these palatial Washington homes have been offered to President and Mrs. Cooliilge, who will liave to move their official residence while the White House is undergoing extensive repairs. At the top is the home of Edward B. Mac Lean, Washington publisher. It is at Fifteenth and Vermont Aves. In the center is the famous Robert Patterson mansion, facing Dupont Circle. It is now occupied by Countess Gizycka. Below is the Lars Anderson residence on fashionable 'Massachusetts Ave.

‘DADDY’ OFFERS LOVE NOTES ‘PEAC HES’ WROTE

Browning on Witness Stand Denies Story Wife Told. Bu United Press WHITE PLAINS. N. TANARUS., Feb. I. Edward West Browning, better known as “Daddy,” glorifier of American girls and honking ganders, came forward today to let the world in on what, if anything, it doesn't already know about his married life with Frances “Peaches” Heenan Browning. He came to the witness chair as probably the last important witness of the long line of sheiks, chauffeurs and chambermaids produced by Browning in his struggle over separation from Frances. “Peaches” Stares Browning kept his eyes turned away from his wife as he walked to the witness chair. Mrs. Browning stared at him. “What is your business?” was the first question. “Real estate,” he answered. He seemed to have trouble with his collar right away and he twisted uncomfortably in the witness chair. He said he had met “Peaches” at a dance on March 5, 1926. He was about to leave the dance, he went on, when “Miss Heenan” came up to him and asked him to dance. “After the dance did she give you her telephone number?” "Yes, her telephone number and home address.” “How old are you, Mr. Browning?" Browning again shifted nervously, looked at his lawyer and said: “Fifty-two.” His voice was low but at the same time was distinct. The courtroom was tense. Browning testified that Mrs. Katherine Heenan, “Peaches” mother, told him "Peaches” “was just under 16.” He told of giving them S3OO on one occasion and SIOO at another time and of his disappointment Vhen “Peaches” did not seem to care to attend school. ‘Peaches’ wanted to see the Gramatan Hotel and she mentioned wanting to see Dorothy Sunshine (Browning’s adopted daughter), he testified. " Then he told how he took Dorothy, “Peaches” and Mrs. Heenan to dinner at the Gramatan, a fashionable hotel in Bronxville, N. Y*. "How old is Dorothy?” the lawyer asked. (Turn to Page 11)

RATE COMMANDMENTS

Bu United Press BOSTON, Feb. I.—“ Honor thy father and thy mother,” is the most important of the Ten Commandments, Simmons College girls have decided. Edward H. Eldridge, director of the school of secretarial studios at Simmons, asked the 835 students to grade the commandments in the order of their moral value as guides to conduct. The other nine commandments were placed as follows: 2. Thou shalt have no other

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No antics in brightly colored pajamas. Never drunk in Ills life. Sandpapf red shoe trees, but not all night. Admits he’s 52. “Peaches” pecked out love notes on typewriter. Denies alarm clock stunt. UNDERTAKER IS GUILTY Will Appeal Liquor Case—Youth Gets Fine, Term. Oscar Hermann, 42, undertaker, 906 N. East St., was found guilty I today by a jury in Criminal Court j on charge of conspiracy to operate a ; still. An appeal will be filed. He i was to be sentenced dater. Harold O’Hair, 21, of 901 N. East I St., who implicated Hermann in his confession, received six months sentence and SIOO fine.

PART OF BANK LOOT RECOVERED Part of tho $5,500 loot obtained in the hold-up of Paul Tolan, Livestock Exchange Bank messenger, on a Stockyards street car Jan. 21, has been recovered. Detective Chief Claude Worley announced today. Detective Charles Gollnisch was to arrive from Alabama at noon today with Carl Jennings, 24, of 130 S. Bancroft St., who has been indicted in connection with the crime. Gollnisch wired Worley before he left I Opleka, Ala., where Jennings was | captured, that the youth had part of the loot with him. TRAIN KILLS GARY MAN By United Press GARY, Ir,d., Feb. I.—Failure to heed the signal of an oncoming Pennsylvania train today was blamed for | the death of Fred Koch, 50, Hobart. ! Koch stepped in front of the train | and was instantly killed. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 36 10 a. m 37 7 a. m 35 11 a. ra 38 8 a- m 36 12 (noon) .... 40 9 a. m 37

Gods before me. 3. Thou shalt not kill. 14. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 5. Thou shalt not steal. 6. Thou shalt not bear false witness. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain. 8. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image. 9. Thou shalt not covet. 10. Remember the Sabbath day and keep It holy.

Forecast Unsettled, probably rain tonight, fair and somewhat colder Wednesday; lowest tonight somewhat above freezing.

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MARION COUNTY

SEND GENE BACK HOME, JURY TOLD Defense Attorney Pleads for Acquittal in Final Arguments. PICTURES HIM GOOD BOY Remy to Conclude for State Late Today. By Eltlora Field Times Staff Corresoondcnt DANVILLE, Ind., Feb. I.—Gene Alger, on trial for his life for shooting an Indianapolis Negro trafficman to death, heard Asa Smith, his Indianapolis attorney, this morning plead with a jury to send him back home to his mother. “Let Gene Alger go free,” Smith declared, opening final argument for the youth. “Give Gene Alger tho opportunity to pursue the honorable course before he was obstructed by illegal arrest. Do not put the mark of Cain on his brow. Let Gene go home to his mother.” George King Reibold, Hendricks County prosecutor, followed for the State. Youth Versus Youth Reibold, who is only 21 himself, spoke briefly. “What this country needs,” he declared, “is more sympathy for the agency engaged in enforcing the law and less sympathy for the violators of the law. It does not avail us to set up standards of good unless we are going to enforce and respect the law that includes these standards. “Gene Alger on that morning of July 9 embarked on a career of crime. We can not look into his mind to know if that crime was conceived long before or only a short time. The mental drift can only be judged by the effects. The acts of Gene Alger most certainly speak for themselves. Not only did he embark on a. career of crime with a. deadly weapon, but he also carried extra cartridges in case he should need them. “Now. I am a young man myself and I think I can speak for one. I have never carried a concealed weapon tn my life and I’ve never known a young man to carry one unless it was to deprive someone of his possessions or to take life.” This afternoon Defense Attorney Ofis Gulley made a final plea for Alget, to be followed by Prosecutor V illiftm H. Remy of Marion County, who wi l close for the State. Get Case Wednesday Judge Edgar Blessing said he would not instruct the jury until Wednesday morning?? Smith sketched a sympathetic picture of Alger, a, good boy, who (Turn to Page 2) EJUNEKSM * IS NEA] CLOSE Jury Expected to Get Case Late Today. B// Time* Snccial KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. I.—Case of Jacob Rateliffe, charged with the murder of Guy O. Pritchard, soldier, will go to the jury late this afternoon. Circuit Judge John Marshall held up the trial for more than an hour Monday afternoon as a result of an announcement that two Kokomo police officers were enroute “from the South” with a third member of the trio alleged to have killed the soldier and left his body on State Rd. 31 near Carmel. Tho officers did not arrive and Judge Marshall ordered the trial to proceed. No explanation was made. Prosecutor Homer R. Miller, in closing argument, charged Rateliffe with being a party to the crime of killing Pritchard, saying it was a plot between Rateliffe and David Orr, because of the soldier’s love for Mrs. Orr. Orr himself is charged with murder and will face trial later. MORRISON’S TO MOVE Dealers in Women’s Wear Take Lease on New Quarters. Morrison’s, Inc., dealers In women’s wear, has taken a twenty-year lease on the seven-story building at 26 W. Washington St. The new occupants will move their stock about March 1. The entire building will be utilized by Morrison's, Inc. The premises were formerly occupied by the Taylor Carpet Company. The building has a frontage of twenty-eight feet and a depth of 120 feet. The lease will amout to approximately $900,000. New stock will be added because of the increased size of quarters, according to Charles Morrison, president. The company has occupied is present store at 4 W. Washington St. for eleven years. SELECT NAUGHTY PLAY Bu I nited Press PRINCETON, N. J, Feb. I. “The Captive,” although dealing with usually unmentionable things has been doing a record business on Broadway, has been selected by students in the Princeton University drama course as the leading play of the year.