Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1928 — Page 15

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QUARTER MILLION TAKEN BY THIEVES SO FAR THIS YEAR; POLICE ARE HOT ON HEELS

Law Trails Lawlessness; Auto Thefts Reason for Boost. Indianapolis thieves have started out on a busy year. Police, too, have been busier this year than last, but not quite as successful as the light fingered gentry, records of Detective Chief Jerry Kinney show. So far this year $280,192 worth of property has been stolen in Indianapolis. Os this, $227,400 has been recovered. Last year at this time $229,924 worth had been stolen and only $189,628 recovered. This means that thieves have Increased their activities 21 per cent. Police have increased recovery of stolen property 19 per cent. Increase in number of automobile:* stolen is responsible for increase in the loot total, according to Kinney. Recover 380 Stolen Cars So far this year 416 machines have been stolen. Os these, 380 have been recovered. Last year 371 had been stolen and 317 recovered. Most of the machines were stolen by Joyriding youths and found wrecked or stripped of accessories a few days later. The forty-five stolen this year not yet recovered probably have been driven out of the State or kept here and so disguised that they cannot be recognized, Kinney said. There have been twenty-seven arrests this year for vehicle taking. Last year there were twenty. Investigate More Cases A total of 1,032 cases has been investigated by police this year. Last year the number to date was 976. Burglaries this year total 220, compared with 156 last year; burglary arrests number twenty-one, compared with eighteen in 1928; robberies eighty-nine, compared with ninety-nine; miscellaneous felonies 512, compared with 483. and miscellaneous misdemeanors fL'tyseven, compared with forty-seven. Theft of women’s clothing is on the increase here, according to Kinney. Burglars and sneak thieves seem to have a yearning for women’s coats, hats, dresses, silk hose and underthings, he said.

PRISON GLOBE TROTTER MOVES TO NEW JAIL Knows Cells All Over World Like Other Travellers Know Hotels. B.y United Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 10.— Joseph Felberg, who knows the Jails of Europe as other globe trotters know the hotels, was released from Missouri State penitentiary here Wednesday night, and now is en route to New York, in custody of detectives, to serve a five-year term there. It was just another sentence for him and he didn’t seem to mind. He was more concerned over his age. Felberg said he was only 36, but police insisted he was 55. Felberg has been accused of more than fifty crimes and has served jail sentences in most of the countries of Europe and in half a dozen cities of the United States and Canada. SEEKS TO RECLAIM RICH INDIAN WIFE Auto Salesman Says Marriage Was Legitimate; Appeals. P.v United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 10.—Earle E. Gordon, automobile salesman, lost his first attempt to recover his wealthy Indian wife in court, but planned today to carry his plea to higher courts. Gordon eloped with Maude Lee Mudd, wealthy Osage, in 1925. Later, in Riverside, Cal., she deserted him. A Florence, Ariz., eburt annulled their marriage on the strength of her contention that it was a mock ceremony, and she was married to Joe Wilson, rancher. They have a 4-months-old son. Gordon contends the heiress Is still his wife. BANK RESOURCES RISE Slate Report Shows Deposits Are on Increase Over 1926. Resources of the 850 Indiana banks and trust companies increased $12,053,608, according to the December, 1927, report, as compared with the same report for 1926, State Banking Commissioner Luther Symonds said today. The December bank call showed a total resource of the five savings banks, 120 private banks, 523 State banks and 172 trust companies, of $758,981,955. Deposits increased over December, 1926, by $2,425,833. Even Dead Germs Are Menace United Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 10. Tuberculosis germs are dangerous even when they are dead, said Dr. R. J. Anderson, Yale chemistry professor. Hie dead bacilli, while they do not infect, stimulate tubercule formation.

Protect Him! “Don’t let our Governor get contaminated while he is in your city Friday.” C. A. Luther, 310 N. Delaware St., Thursday received a postcard bearing that message from a friend in Lincoln, Neb. Governor Adam McMullen oi Nebraska is here today to speak at the Chamber of Commerce Open Forum luncheon.

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Blue Monday James Grows More Indigo After Judge Fails to Fall for Plea.

JAMES MONDAY, 55, address city, should have been a lawyer. Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter told him so - when James appeared before him on an intoxication charge. James made a speech. A good speech. So good a speech that the judge nearly released him. James orated about the bottle of alcohol Sergeant found on his person. "The alcohol, your honor, I used to wash windows,” said James. “Then I used it, too, to rub on my leg. "My work Is just as good as a copper’s. I’m an honest, lawabiding citizen. The police just seem to have it in for old John Monday. "Why, your honor, I’d just as soon be dead as before you here, not knowing what you’re going to do to me. I’ll leave town If you let me off.” Then Deputy Prosecutor John Caylor spoke: “That’s what he said when he was before Judge White.” "Sixty days in Jail and $50,” said Judge Wetter. FATHERAVERTS KIDNAP KILLING Finds Youth Preparing to Slay His Child. Bp United Press BATTLE CREEK. Mich., Feb. 10. —lntensive search was made today for a youth who kidnaped 5-year-old Helen Gillett and was preparing, apparently, to murder her with a butcher knife, when discovered by her father. The man hunt started when Walton Gillet, local factory worker, reported to police that Lester Daniels, 21, seized his daughter while she was at play and took her to a shack, where he held he” prisoner. Gillett said he went in search of the child when she failed to answer his calls for supper late yesterday. He went to the rear of his home, he told police, and when he approached the shack at the alley, he heard his daughter screaming in fright. The door was fastened from the inside, he said, and it was necessary for him to break it open. When he did so, he faced the startled youth, holding a long butcher knife between his teeth as he held the child. Gillett said Daniel escaped after threatening to kill him with the knife. Helen’s clothing had been torn from her body and her arms were bruised severely. Otherwise, she was uninjured. IDENTIFY ONE BANDIT Walter Sanders, 22, Held for Filling Station Robbery. Walter Sanders, 22, of 2005 Bluff Rd., has been identified as one of the bandits who held up and robbed the Standard Oil filling station, Belmont Ave. and Washington St., Jan. 9, detectives said today. Bernard Axer, 19, of 1215 S. Meridian St., with Sanders when he was arrested, was not identified. He denied implication. F. C. Kinley, attendant at the station, who handed over SSB to the bandits, identified Sanders. He was unable to see the man who remained in the automobile outside.

TWO SOUGHT BY POLICE Mrs. Grace Fahl, 16, and R. J. Knauff Wanted by Relatives. J. V. Fahl of Muncle asked Indianapolis police today to search for his wife, Mrs. Grace Fahl, 10, who has been missing since Sunday. He traced her to the bus terminal, where she had purchased a ticket for this city, he said. Police were also asked to find R. J. Knauff, believed to have been employed by a cash register firm here, whose father Is dead at Canfield, Ohio. FREE MOVIE FOR KIDS “Life of Edison” to Be Shown Them at Zarlng Theater. As many children as the Zaring theater will accomodate between 10 a. m. and noon, Saturday, will be admitted free to see a three-reel version of “The Life of Thomas Eidson.” This is one of numerous events in the observance of Edison’s birthday. The movie shows all the important steps in Edison’s career from the time he was 5 years of age to now. CLEMENTS FUNERAL SET Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Clements, 73, who died at her home, 855 W. New York St., Thursday, following a long illness, will be held at 9 a. m. Monday at St. Bridget’s Church. Mrs. Clements w’as born at Madison, Inri., and came here twentysix years ago. Ten children survive.

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—Photo by Dexheimer. Howard T. Griffith, vice president of the Udell Works, re-elected president of the Associated Employers of Indianapolis by directors of the organization.

HILL DEFENSE CLOSES CASE State to Recall Rebuttal Witnesses in Trial. Btu United Press OTTAWA, 111., Feb. 10.—’The defense in the trial of Harry Hill former Knox College student charged with the murder of this mother rested its case today. The State prepared to call in several rebuttal witnesses, among whom would be coroner L. D. Howe, Mrs. Sidney Lahman, Streator store keeper, and Charles Thiel. Rebuttal witnesses, the State announced, would give testimony to refute statements of defense witnesses as to dates when Mrs. Eliza Hill, mother of the defendant, last was seen alive. The defense closed its case unexpectedly. It had been announced W. H. Jones, Streator banker, would be called, but plans were changed overnight. The sudden announcement also settled the minds of jtrlal fans, who had anticipated that young Hill and his father, H. C. Hill of Streator, would testify. The defense used only four days in presenting its testimony. The State’s testimony required two weeks. Each side called about the same number of witnesses, unofficially announced as six. YOUNG MEN ORGANIZE FOR CLEAN POLITICS League to Hold Meeting Next Friday Evening. Plans for a membership drive for the Young Men’s Clean Government League of Indianapolis will be formulated at a meeting to be held next Friday night, Clarence A. Cornell. president pro tern., announced today. The league is a “non-partisan organization in clean government," Cornell declared. They expect to start with 200 members here and extend activities throughout the State. Thursday twelve executive committeemen met and indorsed Alvah Rucker for the Republican nomination for Governor. The league will work for Rucker in churches throughout the city, Cornell said.

GIRL WINS CONTEST Evelyn Richie, Lebanon, First in Peace orat r . ical. Miss Evelyn Richie of Lebanon, Ind., was awarded first prize of S2OO and a college scholarship for winning the final oratorical contest on “Ways to Peace,” sponsored by the Indiana Council on International Relations, today at the Y. W. C, A. Her subject was “What Price Glory?” Second prize of $l5O and a scholarship was awarded Dick James of Portland, Ind., who spoke on “The Big Parade.” Third prize of SIOO and a scholarship was won by Justin Silverstein of Terre Haute. Only two contestants gave original speeches. They were Silverstein and Albert Levi Jr. of Indianapolis. The remainder gave orations, written by eminent writers, educators, and ministers. Decision was based on the general effect of the speaker, his fluency and memory, platform presence, voice and articulation. PEDDLER’S LOSS HEAVY IN ‘SIGHT UNSEEN’ DEAL Customer Takes Money and Disputed Article, Vanishes. Selling “sight unseen,” so far as the money end of the transaction was concerned, caused Sam Joseph, Ohio Hotel, peddler of linens and fine clothes, to call police. Joseph sought to sell a young man a bed cover for $125. The offer was refused. Anxious to make a sale, Joseph then suggested that he would sell the cover for “all the money you have in your pockets.” The young man agreed and brought forth $3.85. Joseph laid the money on the table and attempted to retrieve his cover. Unsuccessful, he called police. Meanwhile the rustomer took back his money arul disappeared with the cover also.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, FEB. 10,1928

SLACK WON’T BACK ANY ONE IN PRIMARIES Mayor Will Announce His Choices After Ballot in May. Mayor L. Ert Slack, Democrat, will not support any Democratic candi- ! dates in the primary, he declared toj day. i “I will tell you my Governor and Senate choices after the May primary. I am taking no part in the primary fight,” Slack said. Slack made the statement following a rumor that he had split with Leroy J. Reach, county Democratic chairman, over handing out city hall jobs to Democrats. The mayor's assertion was taken to mean that the few Democrats at | city hall would not give any united support to those seeking Democratic nominations. Most of Slack's Democratic appointees have not been strict organization workers. Democratic leaders have shown concern over the fact that Slack has refused to oust all city hall Republicans and replace them with Democrats. Their protests have been registered with Reach, who is unable to convert Slack to the notion that more Democratic Jobs should be passed out to party “wheel horses.” The mayor’s delay In “weeding out” Republicans is believed due to litigation which clouds his title to office. Slack, who repeatedly has declared he did not desire to build up a politcial organization with city employes, laughs over charges that he and John W. Holtzman, Democratic corporation counsel, are forming anew Democratic faction preliminary to the coming election. When he took office, Slack declared his purpose In accepting the task was to “re-sell” Indianapolis and prepare city government for the city manager form in 1930.

SEE RELIEF IN TESnELLS County Commissions Agree on Sunnyside Project. Test wells to determine possibility of alleviating the shortage of water supply at Sunnyside tuberculosis sanatorium will be resorted to, county commissioners agreed today. After a conference with the board of managers of the sanatorium and Dr. Harold S. Hatch, superintendent, it was decided to lose no time. A report of Homer Rupard, engineer of the Indianapolis Water Company, who inspected the grounds this week, recommended the employment of a consulting engineer. No move to follow this recommendation was made. • In the meanwhile, the 300 bed institution continues to operate at less than one-third capacity, due to lack of water. Dr. Hatch indicated one of the two wells now out of commission may oe reconditioned by early next week, allowing some of the patients to return. Fire hazard was pointed out in the engineer’s report. Sunnyside is practically without fire protection. The one well now producing gives water enough only for the ninety patients and the storage tank holds only 15,000 gallons. A 75,000 gallon tank is needed for fire protection at an institution that size, the report said. ROB SCHOOL 3 TIMES Supplies Worth S3OO Taken to Raids. Authorities at School 41, ThirtyFirst and Rader Sts., reported to police today that the place has been entered three times during the last few weeks and S3OO in supplies stolen from the storeroom. Thursday night three windows were broken by the thieves and the lock on the storeroom door forced upon. Loot taken Included all sorts of school supplies and was estimated at about S2OO. The Kroger Grocery, ThirtyFourth and Clifton Bts., was reported entered Thursday night and $34 worth of merchandise stolen. Loot included 300 pounds of sugar and fifty pounds of lard. BUS DECISION NEAR Bervice Commission Expected to Rule on Unification Plan. First of the four orders setting forth the manner In which the unification of the bus systems of the Peoples Motor Coach Company with the Indianapolis Street Railway Company may be consummated is scheduled to be handed down Saturday by the Public Service Commission. Calling for the abandonment of certain feeder routes and the elimination of duplication, the whole plan has been divided into four petitions, each outlining specific changes. LEVINE'S PLANE READY Frost Needed to Harden Runway for Heavy Ship’s Take-Off. By United Press ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Steam rollers were used on the runway here today to level out grooves that would hamper the proposed take-off of the Charles A. Levine monoplane Columbia. Levine, Pilot Wilmer Stultz and Miss Mabel 8011, so-called “queen of diamonds,” may begin their Southern'flight tomorrow if a frost hardens the runway.

Razz Berry Opinion Fails to Keep Theater Man From Jury Duty. '

NOT excused despite his assertion he had “formed an opinion” in the Governor Jackson case so fixed that it would require strong evidence to change it, Ace Berry, general manager of the Indiana Theater, went to the Washington to spend Thursday night with eleven other good men and true. Berry punished his gum severely while the monotonous questioning of other talesmen proceeded. E. S. Penn, in Seat 4, likewise munched his pepsin with determination while Talesman Henry W. Boggs, in Seat 2, leisurely rolled his quid from cheek to cheek. Defense Attorney Silas Kivett’s attempt at jocular remarks while questioning Talesman H. B. Hostetter, secretary of the Indiana synod of the Presbyterian Church and a former pastor at Ft. Wayne and South Bend, was interrupted abruptly by Prosecutor William H. Remy’s objecting. Kivett asked Hostetter if he was aware that the father of Robert Lyons, former Klan leader and a State's witness, “was or is a preacher?” When Hostetter replied “No!” Kivett countered: “Well, you recognize that preachers’ sons sometimes go wrong, don’t you?” Hostetter nodded, grinning; but upon Remy's objection, Kivett withdrew the question. Talesman Boggs sat through a monotonous day Wednesday while waiting to be called to the jury box. Hours upon hours he had listened to Kivett’s tireless questioning of talesmen. His turn came Thursday. “You have some knowledge of the questions I have asked the others here, haven’t you?” Kivett asked. “You’ve been in the court here most of the day?” “Have I?” Boggs responded. “Say, I’ve been in here since 9 o’clock yesterday morning!”

Only rarely did Governor Jackson exchange whispers with this attorneys. Legs crossed, he titled back in his chair and followed the questioning of talesmen with little change of expression. His Interest was less keen than on the opening day. During a brief recess Jackson chatted with newspaper men. “Giving an interview?” asked a passer-by. “No,” said the Governor, “just letting the boys know I’m friendly toward them. I’ve never had the knafk of being especially helpful to them." Jackson’s “I’ve no statement at this time” has become proverbial among reporters. Bailiff Clarence Cleff, in addition to watching jurors during meals and all night, now carries a pair of scissors and a pen knife so all stories relating to the Jackson trial can be removed from the daily papers the jurors pernse during the evening. “I take every paper they get and before they have a chance to read it I cut out everything about the trial,” he said. Dr. Norman Beatty, son-in-law of Jackson, and Daily McCoy, State purchasing agent, were in the courtroom Thursday afternoon. Only four women were present during the day. Claude C. McCoy, secretary of the board of works under former Mayor John L. Duvall, who was convicted in Criminal Court a few months ago, was in the courtrpom Thursday. Readers of the Eagle, a daily Syrian paper published in Brooklyn, N. Y., are interested In the trial because Jackson was one of the donors to the first Syrian Church erected in Indiana. A. G. Corey is "covering” the proceedings for the paper. "Yes, I recall that donation,” Jackson said when asked about it. "It was two years ago. I’ve always been interested in a good cause.” Jackson shook hands with Corey in the corridor during a recess Thursday afternoon. The Eagle correspondent takes notes in mystic-appearing Syrian, which he says is as fast as shorthand. DIES IN SUICIDE S ACT Milwaukee Girls Take Poison; One It Killed. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Feb. 10.—Two Milwaukee girls, “sick and tired of life” at the ages of 15 and 20, carried out a suicide pact here today. One of the girls, Alice Bewersdorf, 15, died from effects of poison. The other, Bertha Flaaten, 20, was in a critical condition. Alice was the daughter of the owners of the Aberdeen Hotel here, and Bertha, a maid at the Hotel. NO FARM AID HEARINGS B,tj United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.—The Senate Agriculture Committee agreed unanimously today to hold no public hearings on pending farm relief measures. The committee is expected to start executive sessions on farm relief next week.

Look, Henry! Bu Times Svceial MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 10.— Henry Ford will never beat this price for an automobile—s2o.3B. Clifford Settles, arrested here for stealing four cars, confessed to detectives that was the sum he sold one for. But at that, it was a Ford roadster. Settles got the 38 cents for the engine and the remainder for what was left.

STONE MILLS MAY HUM ON DOUBLE TIME Year’s Goal for Bloomington and Bedford Area Is 30,000,000 Feet. BY CHARLES C. STONE State Editor, The Times Thirty million cubic feet of stone is the 1928 production goal of the Indiana Limestone Company, operating in the Bloomington-Bedford district. This is 8,000,000 cubic feet in excess of 1927 production, and presages night and day operation of mills, probably beginning May 1. The stone outlook is among several encouraging factors disclosed in a business and industrial survey of Indiana for the week ended today. The Delco-Remy Company probably will begin an expansion program at Anderson shortly as a result of assurance given by the public works board that the city will establish an emergency source for electric power. The company had asked that such a source be provided as a condition to enlarging its Anderson plants, which now employ more than 6,000 persons, and city officials announce that a satisfactory arrangement has been worked out. Auto Deliveries Set Record Retail deliveries of Studebaker and Erskine cars in January this year were the largest in the Studebaker Corporation’s history, A. R. Erskine, president, announces. Deliveries for the moijith were 58 per cent greater last month than for January, 1927, according to Erskine'. Ft. Wayne’s industrial development program has been given approval by Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who declares: “In any development of the industrial section east of Gary, Ft. Wayne is ideally situated for plants fabricating steel into finished products. Conditions in other Indiana cities are as follows: MUNCIE—The Muncie Products division of General Motors Corporation is operating at full capacity and that schedule will be maintained for several months, T. E. Jenkins, employment manager announces. In the last month, 104 persons have been added to the force. Increase of business has caused the Muncie Auto Body Company to obtain additional floor space. HAMMOND Permits recently issued for further work on the State Line generating station call for an expenditure of $2,600,000 on a project which eventually will represent an outlay of $200,000,000 and give the Calumet district the largest electric power center In the world. Steel Works Active GARY—The local works of the Illinois Steel Company has fired its tenth furnace, the fourth to be put in operation since Jan. 1, and brings the works to almost normal condition, as only two furnaces remain idle. TERRE HAUTE—The Siosi Oil Company is moving its main offices from New York to this city. The company controls seventeen oil wells In the Middletown district south of here, in which it has expended $150,000 in the last month. PERU—The local merchants’ bureau has arranged a series of cooperative sales events to continue through 1928, the first to be Feb. 24 and 25. New Production Mark TlPTON—Establishing a record with production of 900,000 piston rings during January, the General Piston Ring Company has set 1,000,000 as the February goal. Large orders continue to be received and expansion of the plant is considered a step of the very near future. JEFFERSONVILLE Completion of building additions and installation of new machinery in the Clark Ice Cream Company plant have doubled its capacity. ELKHART—A contract for building anew bridge across the Elkhart River here has been awarded the Kuert Construction Company, Indianapolis. on a bid of $33,632. WINCHESTER—The new plant of the Winchester Dairy Products Company started operations this week.

TAX STUDY PLANNED F. M. McWhirter Heads National Inquiry. Appointment of Felix M. McWhirter, Peoples State Bank president, as head of a special committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, to make a nation-wide study of State and local taxes to make certain that “the public gets a dollar worth of value for every dollar spent in taxes,” has been announced by Lewis E. Pierson, president of the national organization, at Washington. Local Chamber of Commerce will make surveys and supply the data which the national committee will study, McWhirter said. “State and municipal expenditures have reached totals in recent years which compel the consideration and constructive effort of the taxpayers themselves,” he said. “Immediate beneficial work already has been done in many communities, proving that the desired results can be obtained. Boy’s Heart on Wrong Side B# United Press HACKENSACK, N. J., Feb. 10. Fred Jacobus, 7, went to a hospital to have his tonsils removed. Physicians X-rayed him and found his heart on the wrong side, his appendix out of place and other organs transposed in his body.

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P. Powell, dancer, one of the entertainers who will appear at the entertainment and dance at the Pennsylvania Railroad clubhouse, 75 S. State Ave., tonight. The event is being staged by the Pennsylvania Women’s Aid. The Sarah Grotto Blue Devil drill team is to present the main entertainment feature. The Johnny Robinson orchestra will play and there will be several boxing bouts.

SMITH AGAIN IN SENATE RAGE Solid Party Backing Seen for Candidate. Ry United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 10.— The confused Illinois senatorial situation was thrown to the voters of the State for solution today through the resignation, reappointment, and announcement of candidacy for reelection to the Senate of Frank L. Smith. Smith will go before the voters on the issue of the State’s right to elect its own senator without approval of the Senate, which refused to seat him. Smith’s action was believed to have been in keeping with advice of Governor Small and Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago that he keep his case out of the courts. It also was believed Smith would not attempt to gain recognition by the Senate on the basis of his reappointment to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation. His renomination, political observers said, virtually was assured, since it was believed Senator Charles S. Denee of Illinois, who backed Smith in his fight to obtain his place in Congress, would join with the organized vote of all factions in the State Republican ranks.

FRAT TO BROADCAST Delta Upsilon Dance Program to Go on Air. Music for the Delta Epsilon fraternity State dance will be broadcast from the Marott Hotel Saturday night over WFBM as part of the Indianapolis Delta Upsilon Association’s effort to land the 1929 national convention for Indiana. The local association and chapters at Indiana, Purdue and De Pauw Universities hope to impress alumni and undergraduate members throughout the country with the radio program. The members here hope to sponsor the convention at West Baden Springs. Several of the dance numbers will be dedicated to prominent alumni, including Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Charles Evans Hughes. Broadcasting will begin at 10 p. m. Emil Seidel’s orchestra will play. The dance, starting at 9:30, will be preceded by a dinner at 6. Edward B. Raub, vice president of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, will be toastmaster. BOOZE SHIP FORFEITED Schooner and 985,000 Cargo Was Seized Six Months Ago. Bn United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 10.— The British schooner Zany and Its $85,000 cargo of liquors was ordered forfeited ift Federal District Court here. M. W. A. Dorset, captain of the vessel, died recently and no one appeared to defend the schooner against the proceedings. The ship was captured six months ag.o SUBMIT BOOK BIDS Thirty-One Publishers Seek High School Ttexta Contract. Thirty-one book publishing concerns presented bids to the State school board today for high school and junior high school texts for the next five years. Low bidders will be determined within the next two days and the books will be submitted to J. Otto Lee, clerk of the State printing board for examination as to durability, printing and binding before the contracts are awarded. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED All Officers of Columbia Club Retain Offices. Norman A. Perry, Indianapolis Power and Light Company president, was re-elected president of the Columbia Club and all the other officers likewise were re-elected by the board of directors today. The other three officers are Fred C. Gardner, vice president: Frank A. Butler, trcnurer, and E. P. Akin, secretary manager.

SLAP BRYSON FOR STAND ON POSTAL JOBS # Substitute Clerks Declare Three of Statements Are Untrue. A vivid picture of conditions under which substitute clerks serve the public in the Indianapolis postoffice under oath of allegiance to Uncle Sam, was presented by a group of Government employes at a protest meeting hold Wednesday night, de- | tails of which became known today, i Desire to reply to statements by i Postmaster Robert Bryson was given as the immediate purpose of the gathering. Speakers branded three of the postmaster’s statements as untrue, and related incidents to support this contention. They charged that instead of doing everything possible to move them forward into regular positions, under civil service examination and in prolonged actual experience as substitutes, as he stated, the postmaster has retarded their progress by* a too zealous application of an "economy program.” Hit Bryson Statement “The postmaster’s statement that economic conditions have been chiefly responsible for our plight is not borne out by statistics from his department,” the first speaker said. “Four years ago I started as a substitute with assurance that eighteen months was the least possible time I would have to serve before being put on as a regular. “When the S3OO increase in annual pay for postal clerks was given three years ago. it was the death knell of substitutes’ hopes, although we failed to realize it then. “Business has increased at the local postoffice, but the number of regular clerks has not been increased in proportion. Additional work is done by an increased number of substitutes at only 65 cents an hour, instead of an average of 86 cents they would earn for the same work, if they were appointed as regulars. "This has 'kept the operating cost of the Indianapolis postoffice to a low figure, bound to excite the admiration of those in favor of an economy program at Washington. Still Far From Regular Job. “After four years as a substitute, I am Just as far today, perhaps farther, from an opportunity to go in as a regular with the increased pay.” Each speaker attributed discontent to their belief that despite loyal service, they are being victimized by this “economy policy,” which results in Indianapolis looming before official eyes as a “model postoffice,” which efficiently handles a large volume of business at a lower comparative cost of operation than others. Figures were cited to show that between seventy-five and eighty substitutes are being utilized for regular clerks’ duties at an annual saving of $689.72 a man. “A regular serves only 2,448 hours to earn an amount for which we must work 3,250 hours,” the speaker continued. Declares Laborers Hired “Bryson said that In no case has a laborer been hired for clerk duty,’’ another speaker quoted. “Os course not. They aren’t hired for clerks’ duty, but they are used for it, aiTan even lower figure than substitutes command, so there is additional economy. “There are men at laborer’s pay handling first-class mail, operating the cancellation machines and performing numberless other duties, belonging rightfully to clerks of higher rating and higher pay.” As for the privilege of taking on outside work to make up the deflcli in annual income necessary to the support of their families, all substitutes present characterized the postmaster’s statement on the subject as a "trick phrase.” "We are under oath in the service of the Government, subject to call, just as is a soldier. How can we serve two masters? How long do we last on an outside job, when called away from it without warning, to handle a mail rush? Try it and see!” they challenged. Tells of Trouble Many stories of conflict between outside work and duty to the Government were related. Another statement of Bryson’s which drew the wrath of the substitutes In session was that all former employes seeking reinstatement are placed at the bottom of the list, to enforce seniority. The force of laborers has been tripled at the postoffice in the last four years, according to the speakers, with no proportionate increase in the regular force at higher pay, but with an increase in volume of work handled by the utilization of substitutes and laborers in the regulars’ line of duty. Columbia Enrollment Near 37,000 By United Press e NEW YORK, Feb. 10. An estimated 4,900 new students will swell the enrollment of Columbia University to more than 37,000 before the present term ends, the registrar announced.

Was This Nice? By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 10.— Robert Reuland, 26, Wisconsin resident here on a visit, was fined $lO and costs on an intoxication charge, after a drinking party which also included his host, Paul Davenport, and a man known as “Buzz,” neither of whom were arrested. Reuland told City Judge Fred Pickett: “They let me carry the liquor and then left me to be arrested for intoxication.”