Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 174, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1928 — Page 9

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Ideas and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America's most interestins; writers and arc presented without resrard to their axreement with the editorial attitude of this paper. The Editor.

IT SEEMS TOME tt V By HEYWOOD BROUN

OF late there have been several news events which tended to discourage ambition. Particularly I am saddened by the story of the young man who had to leave his yacht in Havana harbor and go ashore because one of his guests was a young lady who insisted on sticking pins I my wish to have J a yacht of my y 7 J M ow£ some day, I [ , s* but 1 iiate to be ) lacerated, and V J j as far as the re- / ports go it seems / as if a yachts- f //j\/ man can not get / any protection ~ wfZr against his guests. I vmuu Even in port L you can not urge a victor on her way by offering to get her a cab, and it would not be hospitable to throw any guest overboard because there still sems to be much doubt as to whether sharks do actually bite people. But to get back to the yacht and the young lady and the pins, I wish the newspapers had given us many more details. I am curious to know why she stuck him and whose idea it was in the first place. Maybe she mistook her host for a social butterfly and again it could have been a little accident arising from one of those blindfold games of trying to pin the tail upon a donkey. * Prejudices AT.t, Os us can give explanations for our whims and enthusiasms and prejudices, but for the most part these reasons have only the slightest relation to the fundamental causes. If a man is afflicted with race prejudice he will begin by arguing with all the sincerity that he can master that it isn’t a prejudice at all. He will talk of oriental and occidental civilization and condemn the business methods of the particular race concerning which he is bigoted. But if you know the man long enough and well enough it will eventually develop that none of the reasons which he assigns for his prejudices is valid. The thing will be rooted deeper and earlier. /.s a child, some nursemaid spoke to him slightingly about the Jews, or some playmate on the block handed him an epithet with which to plague a Jewish companion. This is the seed out of which in the course of years a full-blown and idiotic prejudice can spring and flourish. I n n n At Forty PEOPLE who told me that I would find life not a whit different a' 40 are all wrong. In a trice or a jiffy a profound change occurred as I left 39 behind me. It is a grave handicap not to be able to refer to myself as being in my thirties. I reap no advantage, oil course, by saying that I am in my forties. And the attitude of other people has changed’ I had not been 40 for more than five minutes before a young girl asked me whether Booth actually was as fine an actor as her grandmother said, and 39 seconds later a man wanted to know whether I played chess.

a a a McFee and Conrad in every nine or ten years,” writes Harry Hitchcock, “the mild irritation which represents by normal reaction to your performance foams up into annoyance sufficiently acute to necessitate the cathasis of expression. “In the present instance you found the right chord by your effort to compare William McFee with Joseph Conrad. “There is, of course, neither sense nor use in talking about such things. I like and admire McFee. If what I am told of his life be true, his practical wisdom and sanity are amazing and enviable by all such bunglers as myself. I have read much that he has written, and usually with enjoyment. But—- “ The thing that matters, when Conrad is mentioned, has little to do with the man’s practical wisdom or lack of it; not even with his technical proficiency of inaptitude as a craftsman in literature. It is just simply, a thing that exists; it is there; and you feel it or you don’t. “If it were conceivable that he had never written a line, that thing would have been there just the same. In that case, knowledge and recognition of its existence would have been restricted to the few hundreds who came in personal contact wth the man; as it is the privilege is extended to the hundreds of thousands. “That made and makes no difference to the hundreds of thousands. “Even upon the specific ground you choose—the women of McFee— I am utterly unable to find anything that, to me, makes sense in what you say. “On the other hand, the women of Conrad— The girl is ‘The Rover’—l can’t even remember her name, nor those of half the others; but I can see each of them a lot more clearly than I can see now more than one charming actual woman whom I met about as long ago. “Oh, what’s the use? You are much more fortunate. It can’t have been much being Conrad; probably it Is a lot of fun being Heywood Broun. But you will be well advised to stay within your depth.” (Copyright, 1838, for The TimeM

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REMUS AGAIN TO‘STAR’HERE IN UJ.COURT Dethroned Bootleg King to Play Prominent Part in Squibb Booze Trial. JAN. 28 DATE IS SET Former Liquor Czar May Lose Collateral in Suit by (Jovernment. George Remus, for-mer bootleg king, who has been in obscurity several months, will resume his place in the spotlight, Jan. 28, when the government’s suit to collect more than $250,000 as liquor taxes, is tried here. Trial date for the six-year-old suit was announced today by Albert Ward. This is the last big case remaining on the federal court docket, Ward said. Remus is not a defendant in the case, defendants being W. P. Squibb & Cos., Lawrenceburg, and the American Surety Company of New York. Remus’ connection with the suit is his ownership and alleged illegal removal of nearly 90,000 gallons of whisky from the distillery, and the collateral he gave the surety company which provided the distillery bonds. May Lose Collateral If the government wins its suit, Remus loses his collateral. Remus is expected to participate in the trial. The government charges nearly ninety thousand gallons of whisky was withdrawn from the distillery warehouse by Remus between April, 1919, and April, 1922. The tax paid was at the nonbeverage rate of $2.20 a gallon, it is alleged, when the liquor was intended for beverage purposes, the tax for which was $6.40. It is the difference the government seeks to collect. The suit asks that the government recover on six bonds issued by the company to guarantee that all liquor distilled between the periods covered by the bonds would be handled in compliance with the law. Defense attorneys are expected to contend the bonds were given under an act of congress of Aug. 27, 1894, providing a tax of sl.lO, although $2.20 tax actually was paid, under the prohibition act of 1919. One Bond Not Covered This objection does not cover one $50,000 bond given for a permit issued June 29, 1921. Since he purchased the Squibb company corporate stock and warehouse certificates, Remus has had an eventful career. He is alleged to have removed the nearly 90,000 gallons of whisky from the warehouse, his gang of liquor runners smuggling it in armored motor trucks, protected by gunmen, to his “Death Valley” farm near Dayton, 0., whence it was bootlegged to thirsty connoisseurs instead of going into the proper channels as medicinal whisky. The whisky was withdrawn from the warehouse by use of permits, alleged to have been stolen from the prohibition administrator’s office in New York City. Withdrawal of 1,500 cases for nonbeverage purposes was authorized by each permit. Served Prison Term Remus was a defendant and witness here in several cases when his alleged bootleg ring collapsed. He also served a sentence in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Last June he was released from the Ohio hospital for criminal insane at Lima, where he was sent alter escaping conviction for shooting and killing his wife, Imogene Remus.

CLASHES ON COOLIDGE WATERWAYS PROGRAM I ' Nation Would Stand Still on Eve of Prosperity, Says Dempsey. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—President Coolidge’s recommendation of a postponement of additional rivers and harbors authorizations for five years would mean the country would stand still on the eve of an era of prosperity, Representative S. Wallace Dempsey, chairman of the house rivers and harbors committee, said today. Dempsey said he thought Coolidge must have been misinformed on the general subject of the need of inland waterway development. He has called a meeting of his committee to decide whether to follow the Coolidge program. If the committee accedes to the presidential suggestion, it will mean that the bill reported out last year after six months of hearings will be dropped. The measure carries authorizations for important projects totaling $48,000,000.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Tired of the publicity she has received since she defied Cuban authorities from a millionaire’s yacht in Havana harbor, Miss Frances Porter, pretty blonde dancing girl, doesn’t want to see her name in the papers or In the bright lights, she said today. Miss Porter arrived here yesterday from Key West, where she was landed from the yacht Malvern, owned by C. P. Whitehead, Coca-Cola millionaire of Atlanta,

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Smile That Sells Seals

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There are smiles that make you happy, but, according to Marion County Tuberculosis Association officials, this is the smile that makes you buy Christmas seals. The young lady is Miss Betty Jane Sweeney, 1309 North Pennsylvania street, apartment 10. She’s the crack Christmas seal salesman of the local tuberculosis association. When sales fall off at any of the seal booths in downtown buildings or hotels Miss Sweeney is sent around to pep things up and smile the smile that sells. She will be in charge of the booth at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday and will be at the Continental bank building Saturday. Miss Sweeney is president of the Alpha Nu chapter of Alpha Zeta Beta sorority.

SENATE HALTS TREATYACTION Missouri Senator Blocks Plan to Report Bill Out. By United Pres* WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Action on the Kellogg anti-war treaty was postponed again by the senate foreign relations committee today at the request of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, leader of the little group of reservationists. Chairman Borah announced the committee would meet again Friday and that he was hopeful a vote could be taken them so the treaty might be reported to the senate for ratification before the Christmas holidays. Secretary of State Kellogg concluded his testimony before the committee in a brief executive session. He denied that Russia’s signature to the pact could be interpreted as recognition contending in a multilateral treaty nations only adhered to the document, not to each other. Kellogg also asserted it could have no effect upon the Monroe Doctrine because that doctrine is considered an essential part of this country’s national defense. Correspondence prior to signing of the treaty reserved national defense rights to each nation, he pointed out. Reed sought the delay so that .he might “fiook into some matters.” He is expected to present a minority report from the committee on the Monroe Doctrine. MINISTER LEAVES $3,100 ON ANOTHER MAN’S CAR Drives Away From La Porte Without Securities, but Loses Nothing. B,y Times Special LA PORTE, Ind., Dec. 11.—The Rev. James Smith, Hawarden, la., is in line for some sort of medal for being absent-minded champion. He left a satchel containing $3,100 in negotiable securities on the running board of another man’s automobile, but did not lose a cent. Driving his car away from a local garage after spending the night here, the minister did not notice that the satchel was missing until he reached Plainfield, 111. Then he telephoned police here and they found the satchel and its contents intact on the running board of another car where the minister had absent-mindedly placed them while preparing to enter his own car. Girl Holds First Twins Ry Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 11.— A set of twins are in the Vigo county jail here for the first time in its history. They are Clyde and Clone Grable, 45, St. Louis, Mo. They are not prisoners, but merely using the jail as lodging after becoming exhausted by walking from St. Louis to Terre Haute.

HUGE SUMS OFFERED DANCING BLONDE WHO SLAPPED MILLIONAIRE

and found registered letters and telegrams offering her fabulous sums to appear on the theater stage or write newspaper articles of her experiences. She said she came to “officials” on what could be done about assault charges Whitehead filed against her in Havana and from which she escaped by defying the Cuban officers aboard the yacht. “I'm sick of the whole proposition and never want to see my

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 1928

PLANT LOCATES HERE The Colortype Corporation, Printing Concern, Secures Site. The Colortype Corporation of Indianapolis, a color printing plant, will be established in Indianapolis soon. Fifty will be employed. The concern will be located on the fifth floor of the Gibson building, Capitol avenue and Michigan street, where about SIOO,OOO worth of machinery will be installed. Ray D. Barnes is the president of the new corporation and Jesse E. Hanft vice-president and sales manager. C. Kenneth Miller is secretary and treasurer. C, OF CJACE ON Civic Body Balloting on Seven Directors for 1929. Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce members today are balloting on seven directors. Polls opened at 11 a. m. and will close at 7 p. m. Two tickets were in the field and scratching was reported to be heavy. Election judges are Frank B. Flanner, Julian Wetzel and T. N. Wynne. Election officials are William S. Frye and J. E. Reagan. Candidates on Ticket 1 were William J. Mooney Jr., Walter B. Harding, Scott R. Brewer, Hugh J. Baker, Charles E. Mallory, Bert C. McCammon and Harold B. West. Candidates on the Independent ticket were Edward L. Osborne, Leland C. Huey, George J. Steinmetz, Perry W. Lesh, Charles S. Rauh, Thomas A. Moynahan and George T. Whelden. Reports of officers will be made at the annual chamber meeting at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday. The new board of directors will elect officers Dec. 20. TEAM~TO GET MEDALS Light Company’s Ball Club to Be Given Awards at Luncheon. Gold medals will be awarded members of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company baseball team, which won the independent A. A. baseball championship at Detroit this year, at the Ipalco club luncheon Wednesday, at the light company’s administration building on Morris street. The WFBM studio orchestra will provide music. Capt. H. Weir Cook, Indiana wartime ace and head of the Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana, will give a talk on aviation. ‘SO SORRY, OLD l/lAN’ Postofflcc Truck Drivers Must Apologize to Persons They Hit. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Drivers of postofflee vehicles here must doff their hats and apologize to pedestrians or automobile drivers they may hit accidentally, Postmaster William Mooney has ordereo “Drive as you would have others drive,” he cautioned.

name in the papers or in the bright lights,” she said. a ' a a MISS PORTER’S description of her experiences in Cuban waters was colorful. There was a milionaire’s yacht in tropical waters, with the Moro castle in the background, the foreign officers in bright uniforms, and the American girl protected by the Stars and Stripes. “When Mr. Whitehead swore out a warrant against me, cha'.’ging me with sticking pins in him r=nd

RUINS YIELD REUCS 3,300 YEARS OLD Finds in Ancient City Show How Canaanites and Egyptians Lived. CHARIOT MODEL BARED Biblical Passage Recalled by Discoveries in Jordan Valley. By Science Service PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.—How Egyptian and Canaanite soldiers fought and worshipped within the walls of Beth-shen, in the valley of the .Jordan, 3,300 years ago, is shown today by a report on the newest finds made by the University of Pennsylvania museum’s expedition to Palestine, by Director Alan Rowe. This is the seventh season that the expedition has excavated at this famous biblical city now known as Beisan. A great fort-tower, with thick walls of brick, is one of the important finds from the period before the coming of the Children of Israel, when Palestine was a conquered province of Egypt and was occupied by the Canaanites. This fort-tower must have served as a last refuge for troops in time of siege, Rowe concludes. Adjoining it are the foundations of a building which he believes may well have been the residence of the Egyptian commandant of the fort in the time of Rameses 11, the Pharaoh of the Oppression. Scribes Lived in Fort “Egyptian scribes and craftsmen also must have been quartered in the fort,” Rowe reports, “for we actually have found the handiwork of one of these very scribes on a potsherd in the corridor west of the commandant’s residence.” The inscription on the fragment is part of a religious text translated as: “The fiend in the house of the ruddy beings.” The fiend is the god Set and the ruddy beings are his associates, which included the hippopotamus, pig, crocodile, and serpent. The inscription is of particular importance, since it is the first evidence at Beisan of the hieratic writing, used by the Egyptians instead of hieroglyphics for ordinary business documents. Among the objects discovered in the fort-tower were a small figurine of a king, wearing a false beard, a small jar in the form of a squatting man, and fragments of a pottery model of a two-horsed war chariot, representing the horses, the pole, and the y,okes. Recalls Biblical Passage

“Discovery of the chariot model recalls the Biblical message in the sixteenth verse of the seventeenth chapter of Joshua,” Rowe states, "in which it is written, ‘And the Children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.’ ” In the courtyard of the residence was discovered an enormous cylin-der-shaped silo built of bricks, which has a present content of 9,270 modern gallons. A temple dating back to Thotmes 111, who reigned about 1500 B. C., has been excavated, revealing the plans of the structure, and also a great circular fireplace which must have been used for roasting the sacrificial animals, and a Canaanite well, associated with the temple and pronounced the oldest well of its kind discovered in Palestine.

KOKOMO MAN WANTED IN 'STINK BOMB’ CASE Business Agent of Union in Theater Labor Trouble. By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 11.—Authorities here have aid of police in several cities in the hope of arresting Fred C. Blacker, business agent of the local motion picture machine operators’ union. He is wanted in connection with placing of “stink bombs” in Kokomo theaters which for several months have been at war “with the union. Blacker was implicated in the “bomb” cases by “Busy" Allen, Chicago, arrested here after the latest stench outbreak. He confessed to police and charged that he was not the first Chicago man brought here by Blacker to fight the theaters. Sue for Tax Overpayments Suit to recover $78,723 representing alleged income and profit tax overpayments to the government for the year 1918 has been filed in federal court by the Advance-Rume-ly Company, La Porte, Ind., manufacturers of t hreshing machines, separators and other agricultural implements.

hitting him with a slipper, I didn’t know what to do,” Miss Porter said. “He ordered me from his yacht, but I was afraid to go ashore, for fear I would be arrested. Someone told me they couldn’t touch me if I was under the Stars and Stripes, so I hoisted the biggest American flag I could find and slept every night wrapped in another flag. “Mr. Whitehead accused me of beating him up. I slapped him and

‘FLO’ NOT HIGH HAT

Young Coolidge’s Fiancee Sensible

Florence Trumbull and John Coolidge are making marriage plans. The pretty daughter of Connecticut’s Governor and the son of the nation’s chief executive are pictured together here. Lower left is a close-up of Florence, showing her unbobbed, wavy locks, as she appeared in a college pageant.

COOLIDGE STIRS 4-STATE RACE Eager to Give Land for Summer White House. Ry Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. A struggle impends among three states, and possibly four, if President Coolidge’s recommendations for a summer White House for the President are followed by congress. Coolidge suggested at place within 200 miles, where the President might go for a few days at a time and escape Washington’s heat. This would limit the choice to Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and possi•bly Pennsylvania. Senators from all these states today expressed themselves in favor of the project, and, of course, in favor of the location in their states. J. Wilson Leakin, Baltimore lawyer, some years ago left a bequest of $200,000 for the purpose, but this proposal was not taken up, and the bequest has reverted to his estate under terms of his will. Senator Swanson of Virginia suggested possibility of the Shenandoah national park, in the Shenandoah k: :itains of Virginia. Virginia is ceding 230,000 acres of “the most beautiful scenery in the country,” to the United States as a part of this big park, he said, and a summer home for the President could be located there without the rdditional expense of buying land. POLICE OFFICERS MEET State Department Heads Speak at Conference at Severin. Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield, Chief Robert T. Humes and his new assistant, George E. McHie, addressed ten lieutenants and two captains attending the monthly officers’ conference of the state police Monday at the Severin. Fifield and Humes stressed the new military manner in which the department is to be conducted, enforcing motor laws impartially and eliminating political favoritism. McHie outlined anew safety program to be carried on in rural communities and schools. FIND HOARDED FORTUNE Recluse, Found Dead. Hid SecurP'is Worth Many Thousands. By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 11. —ln a dingy top-floor bed room of a rooming house here, police found James T. Cowden, 76-year-old recluse dead. Secreted under rugs and behind pictures were money and securities valued at several hundred thousand dollars. SOCIAL WORKERS MEET “Too much of our religious and social work is done by proxy and not by proximity,” Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw university president, said at the annual Christamore Settlement House board of directors’ dinner Monday night. Mrs. O. D. Edwards, director of the settlement, reported on the institution’s work for the year.

that was all. Do I look as if I could beat up a six-foot man who won a strength medal when at school? “I am only five foot one and weigh only 105 pounds. I couldfi’t harm a man.” a a a AT ffhis point Miss Porter exhibited the "strength” medal which Whitehead won at Yale prepartory school. It was inscribed: “Strength championship. Won

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BY ANNE WHELAN Special NEA Service Writer PLAINVILLE, Conn., Dec. 11.— She is the daughter of the wealthy Governor of Conecticut. She is engaged to wed the son of the President of the United States. Her marriage plans mark her as an unusual example of simplicity and wholesomeness in young womanhood. “I’ll be married right here in Plainville,” she said. “Then we’ll ‘ake a simple little apartment in New Haven, where John works, start on a modest scale, pay as we go and not take any help from our parents. We’ll shift for ourselves.” She proposes, too, to do her own housework, and is learning to cook, a feminine accomplishment that had attracted her but slightly up to this time, and which she admits she does in expertly. “John must wait until he gets money enough to get married on,” she went on, seriously, “and I would like to travel a bit more before settling down to married life.” a a a 'T'HE young girl who captivated the President’s son is undeniably good to look at, though not a conventional beauty. She is above ordinary height for a girl, slim, straight and boyish in figure. Her skin is ruddy, clear and guiltless of makeup. Her unbobbed hair is marcelled in broad waves from a high forehead and done in a knob at the nape of the neck. While she dresses exceedingly well and undeniable chic, she gives no impression of being a clothes-conscious person. She has a preference for blue, and wears sport clothes in that pert, smart manner which makes the American girl distinctive. “It would be gorgeous,” she admitted, “to have a White House wedding, but on the other hand, it would be too much display and excitement to suit John and me.” So the wedding will take place right in the little town where Florence was born, and her cousins and her sister Jean probably will be her chief attendants. All Connecticut will be invited to the wedding and the Washington diplomatic corps and the presidential set, making it probably the grandest wedding this little town ever has seen. a a a JOHN COOLIDGE was Florence’s first “steady” friend, just as she was his first sweetheart. They met on a train four years ago. John Coolidge was returning to Washington from Amherst on the same train in which Governor Trumbull and his family were going to Washington for the inaugural ceremonies. Governor Trumbull went back to the car to pay his respects to John and brought him back into his compartment to meet Mrs. Trumbull and Florence. The romance started then. John, at Amherst, was only a few miles away from Florence at Mt. Holyoke, and at her invitation, he attended her college affairs . Naturally, he was invited to Plainville. He liked the jolly atmosphere of the Trumbull home, where broad tennis courts, gardens and rooms for dancing always made life gay and happy.

by C. P. Whitehead. 1914.” “Mr. Whitehead gave it to me some time ago,” she explained. According to Miss Porter she sailed from New York to Havana with Whitehead on his new yacht Malvern to inspect a house which Whitehead was building so her. They quarreled in Havana and Whitehead sought to have Miss Porter arrested. According to Atlanta dispatches Whitehead is being sued for divorce by his present wife.

RUMOR COFFIN READY TO QUIT MACHINEHELM Hawkins Also Reported on Point of Retiring from G. 0. P. Leadership. MILD ‘SHAKEUP’ HINTED County Council Expected to Function With Only Six Members. Two important county political moves were being rumored at the' courthouse today. One was that an effort to stave off reforming of the Republican county organization, considered by county leaders, is materializing. The other was that the county council probably will be composed of only six members until the close of 1931. The reorganization report of the county Republicans came after a series of impromptu conferences, it was reported. These conferences, rumor has it, have been attended by Charles Riddle, board of works member; United States marshal Alf Meloy; Frank Hawkins, Twelfth ward Republican chairman; George Snider, county commissioner and a representative of the C. O. Dod-son-Harry Dunn county faction that has opposed George V. Coffin, Republican district chairman, and the organization for years. Rumor Coffin May Quit According to the word that has found its way into political channels, the deal that is being considered is that Coffin, who has been ill since the election, will resign and Snider will succeed him. It also is to follow, according to reports, that Sheriff Omer Hawkins, county chairman, who also is ill, may follow Coffin in resigning and that Dunn may be picked for the place. The purpose of this, as outlined by observers, is to consolidate the leaders of the county factions. Coffin and the organization are putting up their hands to ward off the blow they are expected to receive when Governor-Elect Harry G. Leslie starts appointing state officials. The county group felt the “statehouse slighting," when Wayne Emmelman, secretary of the county organization, was not appointed secretary of the public service commission. Emmelman had the support of the Coffin-Hawkins faction. No Help from Leslie Coffin made no special effort to support Leslie, and it already has been said Leslie will not consider himself indebted to the Marion county faction. George O. Hutsell, county clerk and Fourth Ward chairman, recently announced that he was in favor .of a change in county faction leaders. He said he wanted district and county chairmen who had not been identified with political machines. The talked-of move, as outlined, would be purely a Coffin-Hawkins step to put up anew appearance, observers declared. When informed of the report, Hutsell said he had not heard of it. “I am not in the county political organization,” he said. “You hardly could expect any word of such situatibn to reach me. However, I still favof placing new men in charge of county Republican politics.” Loses Member Jan. 1 The council move represents a situation not new in Marion county. The county organization will lose its seventh member when John E. Shearer becomes county commissioner Jan. 1. This will remove voting strength from the Coffin faction, leaving this crowd with three and the Dodson camp with three representatives. Under the law, a meeting must be called to fill the vacancy within ten days after it occurs. It is expected that if such meeting is held, the council will ignore the voting matter entirely or deadlock over a possible candidate for the place. George Montgomery, council president, said the council could function for the remainder of its present term with six members. He intimated the “only important business’ facing the county within the next few months would be voting on the 1929 budget and all members would ballot on that.

LETTERS BELIEVED AID TO MOVIE PUBLICITY Mystery Missives Sent Theater Owners In Indiana. Bn Times Special j COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Dec. 11. —lnvestigation following receipt by Arthur Hancock, owner of the Oolumia theater here, of a mystery letter from New York, has revealed what authorities believe was a publicity stunt in the interests of anew motion picture. The letter, signed by Richard Quaille, was similar to those received by other Indiana theater owners. A recent issue of a magazine devoted to motion picture matters declares that Harry Reichenbach, New York exploiter of films, told po- 1 lice and postal authorities that the letters had been mailed by an office boy recently discharged. Furs Worth $3,000 Stolen Bji Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 11.—Delaware county authorities today are seeking burglars who broke into the warehouse of Ray Yost, six miles south of here, and stole furs valued at *3,000.