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INSURANCE !S POPPED; FIRE [ PERIL GREAT I.County’s Property Valued ' at Millions Given Only | $600,000 Protection. ■MANY POLICIES LAPSE Political Break Is Blamed 3? for Situation: No Money Available.

B County property valued at three Bind a half million dollars is covered ■by insurance totaling only $600,000 showed today. Q| Items for insurance in budgets of Bhe various institutions were strick■f > out by the county council last B*3ptember. Since then many policies ■have expired, and the county is ■vithout funds to renew them or to ■bake out additional protection. ■ Many other policies included in ■the $600,000 figure of protection now Bi, force will expire within the next months, and by the end of the Bear some insttiutions will be virtuBlly without fire protection.

■ Institutions hardest hit are the HSunnyside tuberculosis sanatorium. Bnd the county poor farm. ■ At Sunnyside, the situation is ■nade far more hazardous due to ■he present water shortage the in■fttution is experiencing. Political is unwinding slowly, and alseveral adequate remedies been advanced, no work toward •SfjAeeting the water shortage has started. at Sunny' ide such as structures, outbuildings and MfWPlants, usually covered by mare valued on county books : £jkfyS4,2oo. Total insurance on' JSnMrcineers of the Indianapolis' Company, after a survey of EjgjßFwater situation, repotted that j would be at the merSratfjf flames should one break out. : would be forced to depend only the 15,000-gallon storage j and chemicals. KTore than 250 tuberculosis pahoused there.

PWUicians Blamed ■ The fact, that no money for insurwftice was appropriatea by the counis laid by politicians to the old between the county commisand the county council. A HfiajorFy on the former is favorable HR the Dodson faction of the Rrpub{OLm party, and a majority of the PsJrter is said to be allied with the paction headed by County Rr-pub-Chairman Georoe V. Coffin. insurance itt 11s were stricken Sut on motion of Paul Dunn, seconded by Dr. Sollis Runnells. both of the Coffin majority on council of seven. Dodson faction on the county BBimmission consists of Cassius L. and Charles O. Sutton. George BBaiider, the third member, is a Cof■l supporter. the beginning of 1927, nol : - Hs totaling $159,900 have been alto lapse on Sunnysidc. and three of $2,000 each have been out. In force now arc policies w tiling $237,000 on property valued ■ 5714.200. The premium item out was for $2,330. ; HS Many Policies Expire the poor farm, the valuation of is covered by insurance HHtaling $50,400. An insurance item SIOO was stricken out. Since ral !7> a total of SII,OOO has been alK’cd to expire. Negro orphans’ home, valued m $145,000. is covered by $20,000 inPolicies totaling $30,000 expired since 1927, and $25,000 expired in 1923. A SSOO item S- insurance here was stricken out. EgHrhe insane hospital is valued at and is covered by insurance jSMhling $203,374. Here $7,500 has jy®§'ed since the first of 1927. Bfjfie workhouse, valued at SIO,OOO. iIBW voting machinery, valued at is covered by $3,500 in insurHce, $2C,700 having expired since K 7. guardians' home is valued at and is covered by $26,800 in ■rotection. The detention home, gßndemned by the grand jury is gfglued at $1,500, and has no insurance in force.

gjOLICEMEN IN TEARS Kpj.is Gun Found Leaking After l)o----partinent ‘Breaks Down.’ MM Police headquarters resembled a I ale of tears” today. Captains, lieutenants, sergeants, ■ itrolmen and newspaper reporters H ept copiously. *&gf Tear gas was the cause. A tear ■uii damaged last week in the po- ■ Lice emergency crash in which four ■ policemen and three newspaper men ■ *ere injured was leaking, Lieut. ■ George Cox discovered. H|OHN D. COMING NORTH ■ Leaves Florida Home Today for Vh* New York. WtM t'/i Itcd Press BEACH. Fla., April 2. D. Rockefeller will leave his home here for New York Hajajydav afternoon, he said today. hundreds eat daiSaH it,ETCHER CAFETERIA, base- • Fletcher Trust Bldg. 10:30 a. 7:30 p, m.—Advertisement.

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Mother Dead; Sisters Fear Life; Take Poison Ru Uni led Pres* i ST. LOUIS, April 2.—Two spinster sisters, afraid to face thf bed 6 were Head X" th "“ ‘ he ‘ r '' h ° ‘ ay °" her **'/ MteStoS? jfZf '** h ° UrS a " er "’ e m ° ther ' Mrs A "7 their N fears Written lhCh I&St h ° UrS of life told the st °ry; n7rn ‘‘ I . < l a "" o . t fac^ T life without mother,'" Miss Denise Robinson/ tn rin S T lster- . , I , am grieved distress, and were I brave enJb But T have ♦? alld help i' OU P*X Off the A s - But I have not the courage—u J h ° note , left by Miss Phyllis Robinson, 47, was less legiblf>ut it a so complained of loneliness and grief over her mother's fth. It is now getting along toward morning and I am going ” ifad.

MICHIGAN VOTES ON AL .HOOVER Presidential Primary Is Held Today.

P*u United Pretty LANSING. Mich., April 2.—Michigan went to the polls today to express its preference on the candidates for the presidency of the United States State. On the Republican ballot appeared the name of Herbert C.' Hoover, secretary of commerce, and on the Democratic ballot was the name of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York.

The voters were privileged, howj ever, to go outside these two names i and write in on the ballot the name j of any other candidate or potential [ candidate whom they might prefer ; Frank O. Lowden, Charles G. Dawes I and Senator Thomas J. Walsh were j expected to receive votes. I The object of the election was to , express sentiment in regard to the j candidates. A Republican ma- ! jority in favor of Hoover would eni title him, morally, to the support j of the Michigan delegates to the : national G. O. P. convention. The delegates of both parties. | however, will be picked at the State I conventions, and the result of to--1 day’s voting is not legally binding ; upon them. The entire election machinery of the eighty-three counties was set in j motion for the preferential primary I The same machinery was used for what township and city elections I were scheduled. The voting was expected to be light.

CHARLES LAMB. ONCE NOTED CHEF, IS DEAD Presided Over Kitchen of Grand Hotel in Old Days. Charles Lamb, 68, once one of the city’s best known chefs, was found dead in his rooms at Apt. 4, 522 Massachusetts Ave., Sunday. Coron&r C. H. Keever said death was due to heart disease. Mr. Lamb was chef of the Grand hotel when it was the center of political and social life of the city. Funeral services will be held at the J. E. Wilson funeral parlors, 1230 Prospect St., at 2 p. m. Tues-! day. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Lamb is survived by three brothers, Arthur V. and Edgar R. of Indianapolis, and Walter D. of Mt. Angeles, Cal., and one sister,, Mrs. George Sirp, Indianapolis. RETURNS FROM ABROAD Boyd Gurley, Times Editor. Will Reach City Wednesday. Boyd Gurley, editor of The Indianapolis Times, and Mrs. Gurley will return to Indianapolis Wednesday after an eight-week trip abroad, in the course of which they visited England, France and Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Gurley reached New York Saturday and are visiting relatives in Sandusky, Ohio, a few days before their return here. EGGS AT WHITE HOUSE Annual Rolling Ceremony to Be Observed, as Usual. By Unitttl Prrss WASHINGTON. April 2.—The White House grounds will be thrown open to children Easter Monday for the annual egg rolling, President Coplidge has advised local authorities, who are expected to provide enough street cleaners to pick up all of the crushed egg-shells.

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REMUS FAVORED IN HIGH COURT RULING

By I nitrd Pi rns LIMA, Ohio, April 2.—George Remus, millionaire Cincinnati bootlegger ordered released Friday on a writ of habeas corpus from Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane, 7 was a step nearer freedom today when Court of Appeals judges here denied the motion by E. M. Botkin, Allen County prosecutor, for anew trial. The motion contended the three appellate judges, Phil M. Crow,

STEVE REVELS KJJffS BWER — j Terror Methods eretofore Untold Are Ared.

Pjt t nitt and PresH CHICAGO. April f- The Chicago Tribune today sa J that D. C. Stephenson, formeipdiana dragon of the Ku Klux Mi, had exposed j in a deposition tepe used against j the PennsyivaniaJKlan. terrorist j methods heretofof unrevealed. The deposi:ion,which was given i to Van C. BairJkman. Pittsburgh j attorney, dose fil'd how the Klan j held sway over courts, controlled | legislators, bur rid Roman Catholic i churches ana figged those whom it could not pnd to its will, the ( Tribune sail. Much of the testimony was similar ! to wlJcli Stephenson gave to Attorney General Arthur L. Gillom of Indiani recently, to be used in Gillom's fffofts to drive the order from thf Hoosier State. Barrickman is making a similar campaign against ;he Klan in Pennsylvania. The deposition was said to have revealed that the Klan once tried to get Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio in its power, but was unsuccessful. Fess refused to join the order.

ARREST HEARST GUEST Forged Name of Publisher to 513.000 Check, Say Police. Hit ; nil'll Put* _ . NEW VOKK, April 2 —Dandridge 11. Bibbs. 46, cf San Francisco, was arrested las: night and charged with forging the name of William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, to a check for $15,000. Police said Bibbs obtained an interview with Hearst at his Riverside Dr. home on Ju.y 2. representing himself as a friend of Hearst’s son. During the interview, w hile Hearst stepped from the room. Bibbs took several blank checks from Hearst’s desk, police said.

FARM RELIEF BILL BACKED BY WATSON

B,U United Prexx ( WASHINGTON. April 2.—lnsisting that the equalization fee principle vetoed by President Cooiidge last year is the only way short of subsidy by which farm prices can be raised and farmers given “the advantage of existing or future tariffs, Senator Watson of Indiana spoke in

CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO BUILD $30,000 UNIT Congregation Approves Plans; Work Begins in Two Weeks. Construction of a $30,000 unit for anew church for the Eighth Christian congregation, Fourteenth St. and Belle Vieu PI., will start within two weeks, it was announced today. Architects’ plans for the unit were approved by the congregation Sunday. The first unit, of Gothic architectural design, will house all activities of the church pending erection of the main church building later. It is designed as an educational building, according to the Rev. R. E. Callithan. pastor. Ground breaking services will be held next Sunday at 3 o'clock. The Rev. William F. Rothenburger, pastor of the Third Christian Church, will speak. Ste?! Talking Machine Musical ‘knob-knockers’’ removed a panel from the front door of the South Side Furniture Company office, 945 S. Meridian St., Sundaynight. Failing to get anything but the knobs off of the safe they contented themselves with taking an $8 portable talking machine.

Kent W. Hughes and Charles Justice, had acted against the weight of the evidence and had no jurisdiction on the Remus plea while Remus still is in the hospital. Charles Ellstoa, Remus’ attorney intends to get in touch with L. C. Davis, assistant attorney general at Columbus, on the question of bail and the judges indicated they would remain at the Courthouse all afternoon to hear anything further from counsel.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928

HUTO OUTPUT SMASHES All OLD RECORDS Six Factories’ Production Exceeds Every Mark in History. FORD ON HIGH SPEED Hudson, Packard. Cadillac, Chevrolet, Graham-Paige and Hupp Busy.

j DETROIT, April 2.—Shiny new I automobiles are pouring out of factcries here faster than ever before in history, production statements of leading companies revealed today. Riding the crest of the automobile boom, as reflected in record bull speculations in Wall Street, production of Hupmobiles. Packards, | Hudsons, Graham-Paiges. Cadillacs ; and for March exceeded all previous records. At the Ford factory, where the old pace had been held down by the work of perfecting parts for the new model, approximately 1,700 cars were being turned out daily. Although that figure is far from a record, in the light of Ford's former achievements in mass production, all Ford's facilities are being concentrated behind producing the Model A.

Enough Fordson tractors were made during the experimental period on the new Ford that many o. the men formerly employed in the tractor factories now are helping in the automobile factory. Expecting that the popular demand for automobiles this year would be the greatest in history, Chevrolet reported that in March 133.000 cars were turned out. compared with 110,500 in February, the previous record month Production of Chevrolets for the first quarter of 1928 were 334.500. Packard reported that its shipments for March totaled 4.428 cars. The company's production in tj.ie last six months of the fiscal year represented an increase of 41.1 per cent. Hupp Motor Cter Company broke all monthly shipment records in March, with 8.034 cars, an increase of 54 per cent over the February shipments. Hudson reported 91.000 cars production the first quarter, anew high record. and Graham-Paige, in March alone, produced the equivalent of one-third of last year’s output. Cadillac claimed a 20 per cent production increase.

advocacy of the revamped McNaryHaugen farm relief bill this afternoon in the Senate. Watson was accepted this year, as last, as the Senate representative of Vice President Dawes and Former Governor Lowden of Illinois, who heads the wing of Republican party in favor of the McNary-Haugen proposal. as opposed to President Cooiidge and Commerce Secretary Hoover, Watson’s opponent in the Indiana presidential race. Watson defended the constitutionality of the fee plan and declared it was simple and workable, citing the Federal Reserve Act, and the transportation acts clauses to collect money from tne stronger railroads for the benefit of the weaker, as precedents. The farmers want it, he said, even the National Grange, which supports the so-called debenture plan, refraining from any criticism of the equalization fee.

MRS. GOODHUE RESTING First Lady’s Mother Is Reported Comfortable, But No Better. By l nitrd Prrss NORTHAMPTON, Mass. April 2. The condition of Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, was little changed today. She rested fairly comfortably Sunday, Dr. Justin E. Hayes, her physician, reported, but there was no sign of improvement. Although she had appeared considerably cheered by the visits of her daughter. there is little hope of her ultimate recovery, doctors said, owing to her advanced age. She is 78 years old.

Joe Wins Again The Times scored a notable news beat when Joe Williams announced in these columns on March 23 that Gene Tunney had agreed on Tom Heeney as the man he would fight in July in defense of his championship. Williams pointed out that the match would be formally made as soon as Promoter Tex Rickard and Heeifey’s manager could agree on terms. Confirmation of the Williams news beat came Saturday, when Rickard officially announced terms had been agreed on.

She Knows Her Easter Lily Calendar

‘•Lighting the fuse" on a lily bulb so the plant will burst into bloom six months later at Eastertide is a way the florists have. Miss Virginia Goodwin, 5551 College Ave., president of the Girl Reserves Inter-Club Council, holds an armload of blossoming evidence to prove florists know their calendars, temperatures and sprinkling cans. Last October, at Bertermann’s, 241 Massachusetts Ave.. the bulbs that produced these Easter lilies were planted in rich soil. They had come from Japan, which shares with the Bermuda Islands the honor

WATER MAINS TO BE CLEANED Rust Deposits to Be Flushed From Pipes. The Indianapolis Water Company will start annual spring cleaning of water mains Tuesday, H. S. Morse, water company manager, announced today. The rust accumulations in the mains will be flushed out through the fire hydrants. For a short time tht flushing will discolor the water and cause some inconvenience to the users, Morse said. “This method of cleaning, however, has been adopted as the one giving the customers a minimum of inconvenience,” said Morse. “If we do not flush the mains these iron particles will be dislodged at various times during the summer when peak sprinkling loads demand a water pressure higher than normal." The work will be started near the pumping station at Keystone Ave. and Allisonville Rd., and will proceed through Brightwood, Irvington. Beech Grove, South Indianapolis. North and West Indianapolis. Morse .said. The work probably will not be completed before the end of the month, he said. SUSPEND BOOZE TERM Harry Savage of Muncie Paroled by Federal Judge. Harry Savage, Muncie, sentenced in January in Federal Court in connection with the Muncie liquor conspiracy case, today was paroled to Merrill Moores and Linton Cox. Indianapolis attorneys, by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Savage’s four months sentence, of which he has served two months, was suspended for five years.

LINDY SAN DIEGO BOUND Leaves El Paso for California; Plans Tucson Stop. ft// I nitrd I’nss EL PASO. Texas. April 2.—C01. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Ft. Bliss airport here at 6:45 a. m. today en route to San Diego, Cal. Although he inquired the distance to Lordsburg, M., he said he hoped to make his first stop at Tucson, Ariz. POSTAL RECEIPTS JUMP Increase $663 During March Over One Year Ago. Receipts at the Indianapolis postoffice for March were $663.70 greater than for March, 1927, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson reported today. Increase of $8,305 was shown in permit mail without stamps, mostly used for advertising matter. Stamp sales increased $5/860. CORN KING’S SON DEAD John Rankin, 70, Drowns in Pond on Missouri Farm. ft// Vnitrd Prrss TARKIO. Mo.. April 2.—John Rankin, 79, son of the late David Rankin, known as the greatest individual corn grower in the world, was drowned in a pond on one of his farms near here. He was a prominent Missouri stockman and banker. ✓

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of producing most of the Easter lily bulbs that contribute to the beauty of the Easter season in America. With one eye on the sprouting plant, the other on the calendar, attendants so regulated the greenhouse temperature as to time the lily’s growth for maturity at the Easter season. A week too soon, or a week too late, and Thousands of the plants would miss the Easter market. If growth is too rapid, temperatures are lowered; if too slow, temperatures are raised. And so the Easter lily arrives with Easter finery.

TOGETHER IN DEATH Sisters End Lives Over Disgrace

r.n I nired I‘riKK LOGANSPORT, Ind., April 2. Two girls, sisters, who had been inseparable in life, entered into a suicide pact here, rather than face together the shame of one. who was to become a mother. Sunday, the day she was to have become the wife of John Eskeiv, 26, the body of Esther Hoover, 22, was recovered from a mill sluice near Eel River. A few hours before, the body of Sena Hoover, 18, who was engaged to Richard Eskew. 22, John’s brother, had been taken from the sluice. The girls disappeared last Wednesday. They were last seen that night running, in hand, toward the sluice. Coroner M. B. Stewart conducted an autopsy on both bodies. He found that Sena was to have become a mother within a month. There were no marks of violence on either body. Both drowned, Coroner Stewart said. The Eskew brothers were arrested after the girls disappeared from their rooming house and were qestioned continuously until the bodies were found. They were to be released today, authorities having been convinced the sisters died in a suicide pact. Richard told police he and Sena planned to marry within a few months. He knew nothing of her condition, he said, and police said he was not the father of Sena's unborn child. Sena met Edgar only in December and police believed that her trouble resulted from another courtship with a man named

NO MERCY TO HALL Jackson Will Not Reprieve South Bend Slayer. Governor Jackson announced today that on recommendation of the board of trustees of Indiana State Prison he would take no steps to stop the electrocution of Joan Hall of South Bend sentenced to be electrocuted March 10 for the murder of Lewis Kried.er at South Bend. Hall was sentenced Oct. 24, 1926. in the Elkhart Superior Court. The Supreme Court refused to reverse sentence. The prison trustees held a hearing on March 30 on Hall’s plea that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment, but recommended against such action to the Governor.

CAUTION URGED ON PUPILS, AUTOISTS

Motorists, drive carefully. Children, don’t play in the streets. Don’t cross the street in the middle of the block. With thousands of school children released from school this week, spring vacation, Police Chief Claude M. Worley issued these warnings today in an effort to prevent any increase in traffic accidents. Motorcycle officers were ordered to be on the watch for motorists driving recklessly and all police officers were instructed to warn chil-

Felker, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for automobile stealing recently. According to the Hoover girls’ landlady. Esther knew nothing of her “kid sister’s” condition until Wednesday, when the landlady said she overheard Sena telling Esther. Frank Hoover, father of the girls, was grief-stricken. “Esther wrs always a mother to Sena,” he said. “She always mothered her, called her ‘little kid sister.’ A year ago Sena wanted to leave the farm and go to Logansport to work. I wouldn’t let her go alone and so Esther said she would go with her. I suppose when Sena could see no way out of her troubles and decided to die, Esther determined to go with her.”

Soup Suds General Cleanup Follows Boarder’s Complaint, Police Find.

“HpHIS is bum soup,” complained A Thomas Marhu, 52, boarder at the home of Mrs. Pauline Moran, 1034 W. Morris St., and the fight was on. according to police. The rest of the custard pie scenario went like this, the officers said: ‘'Bum soup.” yelled Mrs. Moran. “It’s nothing of the sort. It just doesn’t mix with that bum mule you've been drinking.” Mahru arose with a fork in his hand and blood in his eye. Mrs. Moran hurled a bowl of soup at him. Screams for help and deep, throaty yells for vengeance attracted Sergeant John Richter, passing by. Richter said he found Mahru, dripping soup, jabbing Mrs. Moran in the arm with the fork. Mahru was charged with assault and battery. BOY SCOUTS TO RULE Will Direct Downtown Traffic for One Hour Wednesday. Boy Scouts will direct traffic downtown Wednesday from 11 a. m. until noon, as a part of the observance of Scout Week, Police Chief Claude M. Worley announced today. An Eagle Scout, not yet chosen, will be acting chief of police part of the day, Worley also said.

dren violating rules by playing in the street or “jay-walking.” Twenty-seven ' persons, three of them children, have been killed in the 1,003 accidents inside the city limits this year, Worley pointed out. Five hundred and forty-three persons have been injured. Os this number 129 were pedestrians over 15 years of age and sixty-five were children under the 15 age limit. Last week Worley addressed letters to all school principals asking them to warn the children to be careful during the vacation period.

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BODY OF MAH, GUN VICTIM, FOUND IN CAR Autoists Make Discovery Along Highway North of Shelbyville. SHOT WOUND IN CHEEK Initials on Chain Pendant Are Only Identification Marks Revealed.

Body of an unidentified man. about 30, with a bullet wound in one cheek, was found in an abandoned Nash sedan on State Rd. 29, two miles north of Shelbyville, about 8 a. m. today. Discovery of the body was made by Roy Ettlcman, 524 Orange St., and Ira Stillman, who were passing in the Ettelman car. The abandoned machine was out of gasoline. It bore license plate 206-279 and had been stolen Sunday night frijim Glenn E. Moore, Rushville, Ind., according to police of that city. Initia’s on Pendant The only identification mark was the initials “J. P.” engraved on a small heart-shaped pendant on the man’s watch chain. The body was cold and the blood from the cheek wound clotted, indicating that the killing took place several hours before, Chief Thompson said. The body was removed to the Shelbyville morgue. The dead man may have been n bandit who took part in a robbery at Milroy Sunday night, authorities believe. Rushville polfci' were unable to state whether a gi: battle had been staged. There wr no evidence of shooting on the aban doned machine. Money In Pockets The slain man was fairlv wc’ dressed. He had $8.17 in his pocket discounting the idea of highwa robbery. He wore a brown overcoa blue-gray suit and low shoes. He carried a silver and pearlhandled knife from Van CampIndianapolis, and a gun metr watch from the Carl Rost jewelr store here. The watch chain, bea.: ing the heart pendant was of go! and very small. Detective Chief Jerry Kinney wn called by Police Chief Thompson c Shelbyville this morning to assist in solving the murder mystery. 5.000 SEE PARACHUTE JUMPER DIVE TO DEATH Plunges 2,000 Feet Into Crowd When? Safety Device F’ails. Bit United Prefix SANTA MONICA, Cal.. April 2 William C. (Stub) Campbell, veteran parachute jumper, plunged 2,000 feet to death at Clover field here Sunday when straps of his parachute broke while he was making a jump. Campbell’s body fell among the 5,000 spectators who had gathered at Clover field to witness a benefit air meet, proceeds of which were to go to sufferers of the St. Francis dam break and flood. The parachute that failed Campbell was one of his own design and was similar to ones he had used in winning the national title at the Spokane air races last year. HOLMES FILES APPEAL Carries Fight for City Mayorship to Supreme Court, Appeal of Attorney Ira M. Holme in his mayoralty quo warranto suit against Mayor L. Ert Slack and Joseph L. Hogue was filed in Supreme Court today. Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberhn ruled against Holmes in the suK in which Holmes sets forth his claims to the mayorship of Indianapolis. After filing of the transcript of the case today he has ninety days in which to file a brief The Supreme Court has under consideration appeal of Hogue from Chamberlin's decision in Hogue's suit for the mayor’s post. It will rule soon, it has been rumored.

Good Friday This is one of a number of statements by Indianapolis leaders of religious thought about observance of Good Friday: I am deeply interested in the effort being made to secure the closing of all places of business on Good Friday from 12 to 3 o’clock. This day is observed throughout the civilized world and is so regarded as to cause the Stock Exchanges of London and New York to close their doors. Whether one accepts Christ as He is accepted by the Christian world or regards Him only as one among the Prophets, yet because of His character and His sacrifice for Himself for what He believed to be the good of His fellowman, He merits the recognition and the homage of us all. JOSEPH M. FRANCIS. Bishop of Diocese of Indianapolis, Protestant Episcopal Church.