Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1927 — Page 3

FEB. 17, 1927

WRIGHT MINE BILL ' -KILLED IN HOUSE Green Labor Measure Dies in Committee. The Wright bill, repealing safety features of Indiana’s mining code, was killed by the mines and mining committee of the Indiana House of Representatives today. The repeal bill, introduced by Representative Frank E. Wright (Rep.), Indianapolis, author of Indiana’s “bone dry” law, sought to remove all qualifications'for miners. It was seen as an attempt by operators to be in position to hire “green” labor in the mines in the event of a coal strike, April 1. Insurance companies engaged in underwriting mines for workmen's compensation insurance are said to have joined with union forces in opposing the bill. Two other mine measures air were reported unfavorably by 11. committee. They affected working conditions In mines and were introduced by Representative Edgar Livingston (Dem.), Knox and Pike, a miner. ONE KILLED IN BIG FIRE Two Others Hurt During .SBOO,OOO Rlazs at Williamsport, Pa. 81l United Brest • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Feb. 17. One man was killed, two were injured, and damage estimated at nearly SBOO,OOO was caused by a fire* which swept the Linck block In the downtown section* here Wednesday. Charles T. Mahoney, a fireman was plunged to his death in the blazing ruins of the Linck block when a roof collapsed. Two men, both badly burned, were taken to a hospital after they had been carried from the blazing structure by firemen.

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ported the measure, which originally called for a salary of $6,000, but was cut to $5,000 in committee. Senator Sam Benz (Dem.), English, inquired if there had been any trouble in filling the positions at the old figure. Senator Russell B. Harrison (Rep.). Indianapolis, declared that it was better for the Legislature to set a $5,000 figure than permit the city council to make it $15,000. The United States was out of debt only once in its history—during Andrew Jackson’s administration, in 1835.

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DEFECTS IN SPEECH BLAMED FOR FAILURES Wabash Professor Pleads for Training in Articulation in Public Schools.

Bit United Press CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 17. —That lack of training in articulation has caused “thousands of failures in life,” according to Prof. W. N. Brigance, head of the department of public speaking at Wabash College. “The tongue is thousands of years older than the pen, or typewriter and is still supreme as a means of communication,” said Professor Brigance, “for even in this age of books, magazines and newspapers without end, man speaks fifty words for one that he writes. “It is not merely the public speaker that needs speech training, usually he gets it and constitutes no problem; but the average man and average woman who does not get it, yet needs it badly. Even Train Callers “From the shoe clerk to the corporation manager, the mumbier, mutterer and are thereby restricted. Even a train caller ought to make himself understood, albeit he seldom does. “Children who enter school at 6 with defects of speech that might be cured while they are still young, are allowed to grow up and their de-

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sects harden to an incurable stage right under the eyes of teachers who ought to be able to cure them. Not Teacher’s Fault “It. is not the fault of teachers. In the whole State of Indiana there is but one State institution where there is any semblance of work given in the curing of speech defects. That is Purdue University.! “It is rather partly the fault of our educational administrators, normal schools and the pupils—the mothers and fathers of our school children for not demanding that their children have a chance to secure this important training.” STUDENTS WIN CONTEST Butler, Indiana Central Men Write I’rize Essays. Officials of the Illinois Centra! Railway system today announced that Harold H. Bredell, Butler University student, and Ralph E. Wohlford, Indiana Central Cellege student, won the essay contest conducted by that company. “The Place of Railroads in the Life

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