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‘NAVY EQUAL , TO ANY’ URGED BYJIM REED Declares World Is Heavily Armed: Points to Britain Fortifying Bermuda. SENATE Consider* Jones •metidraent to change secrecy rule*. Post office committee hears witnesses •n Memphis postmaster ease. Public lands committee considers Walsh and Glenn reports. Interstate commerce committee continues Neff investiratlon. Agriculture committee considers calendar bills. Immigration committee hears government official* on Nye resolution to postpone national origins provision. Brookhart committee continues patron-, age investigation. HOUSE Debates first deficiency btU. Ways and means committee continues tariff hearings. .. . __ Irrigation commute* considers loans to teree district*. • ~ Mllitarv affairs committee considers Mil to transfer military parks to interior department. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—A vote on the cruiser bill being assured for Monday, the senate laid aside the bill today to fight out the question of whether it is going to have any more secret sessions to confirm nominees for public office. Advocates of the naval building program were heartened by the ringing speech of Senator James A. Heed of Missouri so they consented to the plan of Senator Jones of Washington, the Republican whip who wants a vote on his proposal to change the rules. .. The Reed speech, delivered by the master of oratorical diction, encouraged the cruiser bill advocates to claim the bill will be passed Monday without change from its present form, even though it contains the time limit clause objectionable to President Coolidge. “I am in favor of cruisers and I want them built now," said Reed. “I believe it Is the duty of every man to look after his own household. I believe it is the duty of every nation to lot* after its own safety. Pleads for Big Navy "T favor a navy equal to any on earth and strong enough so no two countries can attack it. The interest on our war debts could pay for it.’ While advocates of the cruiser bill sat in elose attention nodding their heads Reed gave statistics indicating the nations of the earth are heavily armed. He based his demand for an adequate navy on the activities of Great Britain in Arming Bermuda”; in “controlling a circle of islands around the Panama canal"; in enlarging its navy, and “building fortresses to line the shores of the seven seas” ‘‘l do not say Great Britain is preparing for war with the United States, but I do say her statesmen have enough sense to protect their country," Reed added “An American statesman who does not learn a lesson from that fact isn’t fit to represent the American people.’ Reed particularly devoted his sarcasm to “the whimperings and winnings of individuals who too often led us into mistakes.” He said the United States should not, like Diogenes, wander along with its eyes on heaven and stumble into a pit. Lowest Animal Form “The lowest form of animal,” he said, “is the citizen of any country who thinks more of internationalism than he does of nationalism.” Senator Brookhart tßep., la.) gave the answer of opponents of the bill, since he was particularly singled out by Reed and caustically referred to as “Admiral Brookhart, General Brookhart. Chief of Staff Brookhart,. General Voice of the People Brookhart and Voice of Mankind Brookhart. who claimed cruisers are useless.” “The one constructive thing Senator Reed has done in this body was his vote for the Kellogg multilateral treaty,” said Brookhart. “His great speech starts out with cannibalism and winds up with cannibalism. “Let us remind him that ’he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword.’ ” Brookhart contended the navy should build airships and submarines if it built anything. •BLOWS IN’ FURNACE .American Lead Company Refines 1.50 C Ton. Monthly. The American Lead Company. 1600 East Twenty-first street, anew major industry of Indianapolis, blew in its first blast furnace this week and is now operating on a schedule of a 1,500 tons of refined lead a month, it was announced by officials today. Officers and directors are men prominent in Indianapolis business circles. They include Walter C. Marmon, Howard C. Marmon, G. M. Williams. Norman A. Perry, Lucius M. Wain wright, Hugh McK. Landon, R. M. Hill, Edwin S. Pearce, Burrell Wright and Walter Schoenbach. FILE PADLOCK SUITS Seek Abatement of Six Alleged Booze Joints in City. Abatement suits to padlock six places in Indianapolis where, it is alleged, the prohibition law has been violated, were filed in county courts Wednesday by county prosecutors. The locations of the places and names of persons alleged to be occupying them are: Frank Fletcher and Jack Sams, 316 West Washington street; Vasiie Yovanovich, 553 West Washington street; Frank and John Turk. 702 North Holmes avenue; Mayme Stroupe and Joseph Akers, 876 Virginia avenue; Nick Angelo, 602 East North street, and Joe Sarbinoff. 410 West Washington street. Baby Born to Fiction Writer LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.—A sevenpound son was bom Wednesday to Adela Rogers St. John, well-known fiction writer and wife of Dick Hyland, former Stanford university football kUc.

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Monell Sayre, international authority on pension systems, is directing the national campaign to establish a $8,000,000 pension fund for Disciples of Christ ministers, teachers and missionaries which has its headquarters here. Sayre spoke Wednesday night at the annual laymen’s meeting of the Indiana Christian Missionary Society, at the Central Christian church.

SCORES_AUTO TAXES Constant * Increase at Breaking Point, Says Dithm “The constant annual increase of taxes assessed against automobiles and trucks has reached the breaking point,” Henry L. Dithmer, president of the Polar Ice and Fuel Company and vice-president of the Motor Truck Association of Indiana, declared in letters today to leading industrialists over the state. The letters were sent out to win support for the truck association’s opposition to the gasoline tax increase measures now pending in the Indiana legislature. “Last year the state highway commission spent more money than all other state departments combined,” Dithmer pointed out, and stated that within the next seven years nearly $200,000,000 will be spent for road building under the present schedule of license fees, gas tax and federal aid.

M'NAMEE TO SPEAK Radio Announcer to Appear at Shortridge Sunday. Graham McNamee, famous radio announcer, will tell some of his experiences broadcasting national political conventions, big sporting contests and other events of nationwide interest in an appearance at Caleb Mills hall, Shortridge high school, Sunday at 3:30 p. m. under auspices of the Orchard school. His subject wall be “You’re on the Air.” McNamee, who was a barytone solist before he became an announcer, also will sing two groups of songs, accompanied by Miss Jane Bauer of the Orchard school music department. The musical program: . _i_ (a) ‘‘Vittoria Mio Gore - ’ Carressiml (b> ‘'Oft in the Stilly Night'’..Old English (c) “Some Rival Has Stolen My True Love Away” Old English —II—(a) “The Fields O’Ballyclare” , „ _ Turner-Malev (b) “The Great Awakening” Kramer (c) “Leetle Bateese” O’Hara LIMITATIONS STATUTE LAW MAY BE CHANGED Bill Drafted to Cover Part of Leslie Recommendations. Governor Harry G. Leslie's recommendation in his address to the general assembly that the statute of limitations for crimes by public officials be repealed will be partially carried out in a measure to be introduced today by State Representative George W. Freeman, Kokomo. This bill will cover the last of the Governor’s recommendations. Leslie asked the statute be repealed but by Freeman’s bill proposes to extend the time from two to six years. “Many of the members feel there should be a reasonable time for keeping the official responsible Tor his acts in office,” Freeman said. The bill also increases the period of limitation on criminal assault, robbery, grand larceny, and knowingly receiving stolen goods, from five to ten years, and retains the two-year limit on forgery. EXTOLLS BUSY BEE Tumans May Profit by Their Example, ‘Y’ Club Told. Humans may learn some valuable lessons of behavior from the study of bees. Dr. Charles J. Mclntyre, Indianapolis physician declared in an address on “Bees” before the Bible Investigation Club at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday night. Among other habits of life humans may profitably study in bees are those of cleanliness, self control, production and co-operation, Dr. Mclntyre said. OFFERED SCHOOL JOB Akron Man May Take Herron Art Institute Post Wilbur Peat, director of the art institute of Akron, 0., has been offered the directorship of the John Herron Art Institute here, it was learned today. Peat, it is understood, has not given officials of the Herron institute an answer to their proposition, but would report here in June or July if he accepted. Slayer Gets Life Term HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 31.—A1 Armstrong, East Chicago, is under sentence of life imprisonment following conviction in Lake criminal court here of the murder last April of U. Marovich during a quarrel over liquor. „ .1 . ~ • • ,-.r . "-v- -- •- : .

HOUSE ACCEPTS BILL TO CLARIFY MANAGER LAW Test of Strength Fails to Materialize; Report Approved. An expected test of strength on the city manager form of government failed to develop in the Indiana house of representatives today when the cities and towns committee reported favorably on the Noll bill clarifying and strengthening the 1921 city manager law. The house accepted the report and passed the bill to second reading without debate. Representative Lloyd D. Claycombe. Indianapolis, who did not have the support of city manager forces in the last election, has promised a bill for re-establishment of the federal plan of checks and balances for Indianapolis, while retaining some of the features of the commission manager plan. Senator John C Sherwood of Mitchell, chairman be senate cities and towns committee, expected to call a meeting of his committee today for consideration of the repeal bill introduced by Senator George W. Sims of Terre Haute, and the measure introduced by Senator Sumner Clancy of Indianapolis, seeking appointment of a commission to codify the cities and towns act and report recommendations to the 1931 legislature. A duplicate of the Noll bill, inti duced in the senate by Senator Winfield Miller, Indianapolis, also rests in the hands of Sherwood’s committee. It was regarded probable the senate committee would hold all three measures in committee while watching progress of the Noll bill in the house.

COASTING ARRANGED Streets Closed, City Parks Prepared for Sledding. Jesse McClure, director of recreation, today announced the closing of many street ends and city park preparations for coasting following the fall of ,snow during the night which affords excellent sliding. Special service is offered free at Riverside park and Coffin golf links where city toboggans are in service. The city is furnishing ten toboggans but this number does not nearly fill the demand and those who can are urged by McClure to bring their own toboggans. Small sleds will not be allowed in use on the larger park slides. Streets opened for coasting: Watson read, Fifty-sixth street and Capitol avenue, Thirty-ninth street and Capitol avenue, Fiftysecond street and Capitol avenue, Fifty-second street and Washington boulevard. Addison avenue and Ohio street, Riverside avenue and Riley park, 1400 block Lawton avenue, Villa avenue and Pleasant Run boulevard, lowa street and Pleasant Run boulevard and the following park slides: Garfield, Rhodius, Brookside, Ellenberger and Riverside ans Coffin golf links.

EMERGENCY UNIT IS ORGANIZED BY LEGION Services Available to Community in Time of Disaster. Marion county organizations of the American Legion have organized an emergency relief unit that will be available for service in event of community disaster, it was announced Wednesday night by Barnett W. Breedlove, county commander of the Legion, at a meeting of Voiture 145 of the Forty and Eight, fun group of the Legion. The organization is made up of about 200 legionaires and will aid police and other constituted authorities during time of trouble or disaster such as the cyclone which struck Indianapolis two years ago. Four initiations are scheduled for this year, it was announced. They will be held March 28, June 27, Aug. 15, and Dec. 5. It was decided to hold business meetings the third Thursday of each month at the national legion headquarters, 777 North Meridian street. DISCUSS CRIME WAVE Kiwanians Hear Pastor Challenge Schools, Parents, Church. Upon the leaders in the home, churches and schools lies the burden of taking the permanency of the crime wave, declared Dr. Homer C. Boblitt, pastor of the Linwood Christian church, at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club at the Claypool Wednesday. Dr. Boblitt gave impressions of “Red Russia” from his visit to that country at the close of the World war.

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Childs’ Split on ‘Cabbage’ Policy

Bu United Ptess NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—A battle over whether the public likes carrots and turnips better than steaks has resulted in the dismisal of three executive:- o. the Childs Restaurant Company and today may rend the company into two factions fighting for control—-

PLANE ’LEDGER SENTENCED TO STATEPRISON Judge Collins Orders Youth to Serve Term in Reformatory. Rollin Stewart, 24, Cambridge apartments, known as the “airplane bootlegger,” will serve one to two years in the state reformatory for transportation of liquor. This was the order of Criminal Judge James A. Collins today when he sentenced the youth, who also is an airplane pilot and law student, one to two years on a transporting charge and revoked suspension of a like sentence given him last March. May Appeal Case Prosecutor Judson L. Stark and Deputy Paul Rhoadarmer, who prosecuted the case, said Stewart will be imprisoned on the revoked sentence, while defense attorneys are carrying today’s conviction to the supreme court. If he has served his time before the high court acts and the latter court should affirm Collins, Stewart will have to serve the second sentence, they said . Collins remanded Stewart to the, custody of the sheriff but will allow hlm until Feb. 9 to arrange personal matters and for his attorneys to file for anew trial before he is taken to the reformatory. The conviction today resulted from Stewart’s arrest Oct. 6 by police when they chased his speeding auto to St. Clair and Illinois streets. When they searched Stewart they found a part bottle of wine And a pint of whisky concealed in his chamois skin vest, they said. Denies Knowledge of Booze “I don’t know who the liquor belonged to,” Rollins testified. “The car was owned by a friend of mine and I was taking it to him. I found the liquor behind the front seat and when I saw the police car coming I slipped it in the vest I was wearing.” Ellsworth Davidson, 335 Congress avenue, said he was riding with Stewart when the arrest was made. He said he had been to an airport with Stewart after the latter had called at his sign business to get an “ad that he was going to put on his plane.” Several members of the W. C. T. U. were present when Collins announced his ruling. The court severely criticised the youth for failure to keep faith with the court on the suspended sentence.

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the Meat Eaters and the Vegetarians. The vegetarians in the $17,000,000 chain restaurant armed with proxies from other stockholders enter the flank steak attack led by Wiliam Childs, founder of the company. Childs’ cabbage barrage resulted Wednesday in the dismissal of S. Willard Smith, president and generalissimo of the porterhouse brigade; L. E. Boswell, secretarytreasurer of the company, and William A. Barber, general counsel. The discharged officers are said to have forced Childs to abandon nis meatless idea in the chain last August when the restaurants lost money. Childs replaced the company’s “big-steak” men with relatives who like okra. He charges the officials dismissed attacked his vegetarian policy and the vogue of elaborate art designs in the restaurants. They deny the charges.

DEBATE STATE INCOMETAXES Next Steps on Proposed Measure Being Planned. Next steps to be taken on the proposed income tax amendment to the Indiana constitution were being planned today at a meeting of the joint house and senate committee on constitutional revision of which Senator Roy M. Friedly, Muncie, is chairman. The co.nmittee heard arguments at a public hearing in the senate chamber Wednesday night. Louis Taylor, Newburgh, first vice-president of the Indiana Farm Federation, presented arguments or the income tax and William A. Fortune and Charles R. Metzger, Indianapolis, spoke against it. Taylor pictured the state income tax as an equitable means of bearing the tax burden. He pointed out that it places the responsibility on those who are able to bear it. The present tax system he termed a burdt i to the farmer and entirely out of date. Fortune agreed with Taylor on the criticism of the present method of taxation but termed the income tax as an impossible solution. COUNTY CASH GUARDED Money Taken to Bank in Armored Car, Well Manned. Bandits, beware! County Treasurer Clyde E. Robinson today put into operation anew method of carrying funds to his office to local banks. Under escort of an armed deputy sheriff squad, the office messenger is driven to the banks in an emergency car. The entire staff of deputies is armed and the car carries machine guns. Heretofore, the money was delivered with an escort of messengers walking to and from the courthouse.

VEIL IDENTITY DF WITNESS IN I STEUBENPROBE Woman Said to Be Widow! of Noted State Gambler. Bit Times Special 1 ANGOLA, Ind., Jan. 31.—Grand jury investigation of Steuben county’s crime ring continues today after testimony of a mystery witness brought state police before a special session of the jury Wednesday night. The session continued far into the night. t George McHie assistant chief of state police, refuses to reveal name of the witness who was from a point down state, but indicated that the testimony was of the utmost importance. It is said the witness was Mrs. Milton Brokaw, widow of M. J. (Ginger) Brokaw, who was the owner of gambling concessions throughout the middlewest. His activities were largely outside Steuben county. It was recalled that while he was ill at his home here several months ago an urgent telephone message was received from a man who was a deputy of former Sheriff Charles C. Zimmerman, insisting upon an immediate interview. It is kown that despite his condition, Brokaw went to the porch of his home for this interview. Shortly after returning to his room, where he lay down upon a couch, he rolled to the flor dead. It was rumored that protection for gambling was the object of conversation. Deputy Sheriff Russell Eckert, who testified at great length Wednesday before the grand jury, was questioned again at night and Is before the grand jury again today. Special Prosecutor J. A. Redmond, who has bee nabsent from jury sessions on account of illness, is back today displacing Rex Emerick, who was sworn in Wednesday as a special prosecutor. HONOR TO EMPLOYES Farewell Given Two on Leaving Pennsy Jobs. A farewell party was given by employes of the Pennsylvania railroad at the Union Station this afternoon for Anton Weiland. 1621 Lexington avenue, locomotive painter, and W. M. Robertson, 1925 North Capitol avenue, passenger conductor, who will retire Saturday to the railroad’s pension roll of honor. Weiland has worked for the Pennsylvania since 1881 and has worked at the East Washington street shop as a painter since 1887. He a charter member of the Indianapolis Division, Veteran Employes Association, the Athletic Association and belongs to the Voluntary Relief Department. Robertson went to work for the railroad in 1877 and for the last forty-one years has been running regularly as pasoenger conductor on the main line between Indianapolis and Louisville. He recently received a gold button for over half a century’s work for the Pennsylvania.

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Everett Bish. Marion. Ind. (right), and Miss Eva Traylor, Traylor, Petersburg, Ind. (left), have been selected as the next presidents of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. of Indiana Central college. The nominating committees of the two organizations also suggested the re-appointment of Professor and Mrs. Gilliat as faculty advisors. Both Bish and Miss Traylor are juniors. They will be installed March 1.

LEASE STORE SITES Rentals Total $1,000,000 in Four Deals. Four Washington street business leases with total rental of about $1,000,000 were announced today. New York Apparel Company, women’s apparel chain store operators, will acquire possession of the storeroom at 12 East Washington street under a fifteen-year lease. The room has been occupied by Petot Shoe Company for seven years. William H. Block Company owns the property. Lerner Shops, Inc., of New York, bought the Petot Shoe Company lease at 8 East Washington street. Amount of the lease of the property owned by the Caroline Malott estate was not announced. The Petot company plans to move to 48 E. Washington street, occupied by American Shoe Rebuliders, Inc. Diamond Brothers Company} women’s apparel store, has leased the entire floor space at 34 West Washington street. It already occupied part of the space. MILNOR TO KEEP JOB Report Park Board Head Slates for Re-Election Thursday. Re-election of John E. Milnor, board president, is slated at the annual park board reorganization meeting next Thursday. It was reported at city hall that Milnor, a Republican, .will be elected head o fthe park board another year. Mayor L. Ert Slack, Democrat, cast the deciding vote electing Milnor last year when a tie vote was cast by the four board members. Custodians and janitors will, be named for city parks

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TWO ARE DEAD, SIX INJURED IN BLAZEON SHIP Fire Breaks Out in Liner as Vessel Waits to Start Round-Worid Cruise. Bp United Press JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Jan. 31. Fire which started early today in the midship berth deck of the Dollar liner President Johnson burned two men to death and injured six others as the vessel lay at pier 9. awaiting its departure for Cuba on the first leg of an around-the-world cruise. The bodies of the dead were so badly charred police said identification would be difficult. Five of the injured were: San Francisco sekmen, William Gonzales, John Tiler, John Laszt, Leslie Jordan, and John Lenahan. The sixth was a Jersey City fireman, Peter Mahoney, who refused to stay at the city hospital and returned to duty. All suffered second degree burns except Lenahan who leaped overboard and suffered from submersion and bruises. Police and customs guards rounded up 103 Chinese members of the crew who fled to shore. After more than three hours, firemen, responding to a second alarm, succeeded in extinguishing the flames and the Chinese were returned to the boat. A carelessly tossed cigaret butt was believed to have started the blaze in the bunks of the white members of the crew. The two killed were believed to have been trapped asleep in their bunks. The fire was the third mishap to Dollar line boats within a short time. Two weeks ago the Dollar liner President Garfield vent aground in the Little Bahama shoals and eighty-three passengers were taJ.en off. A few days before that the President Hayes struck a coral reef near the mouth of the Panama Canal. W 0 RL DTRADECLrUB ELECTS FIRST OFFICERS R. W. Showalter Is President of New Organization. The new World Trade Club of Indianapolis today was fully organized following election of officers Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce. R. W. Showalter of Eli Lilly & Cos. was named president. Other officers named were S. J. Real Silk Hosiery Mills, vicepresidenwand C. G. Dunphy, secretary of the chamber wholesale trade division, secretary. Executive committee is composed of K. ,R. LaForge, the Gibson Company; M. W. Socwell, Fletcher American National bank; Carl S. Wagner, Insley Manufacturing Company; R. L. Gard, Marietta Manufacturing Company; L. H. Helm, Norfolk & Western Railway Company. ,