Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1929 — Page 3

FEB. 20, 1929_

PRIMARY REPEAL DEFEATED IN SENATE BY ONE VOTE

BILL FAILS OF PASSAGE AFTER 2-HOURDEBATE Tie and Victory Probably Averted by Absentee Senator. HODGES LEADS FIGHT Scores State Committee for Alleged Tactics in Battle. With Elza O. Rogers, state Republican chairman, Secretary Harry C. Fenton and other state committee backers on the side lines to stare fear into the wayward the primary repeal bill, oet of the organization, failed to secure a constitutional majority by a single vote, late Friday afternoon. Two hours of intense debate was followed by a roll call which result ed in twenty-five ayes and twentyfour noes. The absent senator was Samuel Benz, English, a Democrat. It was considered likely that his presence would have resulted in a tie and the final decision would have rested with Lieutenant-Gov-ernor Edgar D. Bush, which would have meant passage. Scores Hate Committee Motion to call the absentees failed to return Bena to the chamber. Doorkeepers searched the lobby ■without result. Another and final senate test will be in order. Lake county senators led the offensive against the bill and Senator Sumner Clancy, Indianapolis, joined them in terming it “the bill nobody wants." Senator William F. Hodges, Gary, again proved to be the big gun for primary defense. Rogers and Fenton had taken chairs just beyond the railing at his elbow. This but added heat to his argument. Making the prediction, which later proved true, that certain of his colleagues would vote for the bill who had not supported it previously, he turned to the committee chiefs and charged: “I am ashamed of some of the acts of the present state committee within the last few days. I know of threats they have made to a senator on this floor that unless he supports this bill they will see that all state monies are withdrawn from the banks in his comity. “Such is the sorry state of politics in the state of Indiana. Defends Primary System “But I charge that they had better not try such tactics. It was tried in Illinois and failed under Thompson and Small. They should re- . member that example and not try such things here. , “But they can not threaten me. I fear no threats. I believe in the preferential primary even for the presidency of the United States. “Tlie argument has been made here that the convention system is cheaper. Sure its cheaper for those wlio intend to buy the election. I admit that a primary is more expensive if you want to buy it. But that is just a point in its favor. It makes buying elections too expensive. Before Hodges had taken the floor Senator Joseph M. Cravens, Madison. Democratic floor leader had talked in favor of the measure and declared Lake county opposition was based on political selfishness. He asserted that the defeat of the Democrats in the last election was due to A1 Smith deserting the party platform. He urged the Republicans to stick to theirs. Urge Platform Be Upheld Hodges pointed out that the bill as amended is not the one specified m the 1928 Republican platform and that even that plank was sneaked in from a hotel room. The present bill puts the Governor and United States senators in convention, but leaves congressmen out. Senator Carl M. Gray. (Dem.) Petersburg, urged the bills defeat and said the plank in the G. O. P. platform was written by Senator Watson at the WiTard hotel, Washington. for his own benefit. Senator Denver C. Harlan, president pro tern, and Bruce E. Cooper, Evansville, • who introduced the measure for the state committee, urged its passage on the ground that defeat would be repudiation of a party promise in the platform. Senator William H. Hill. Vincennes, also spoke in its favor. Others who took the floor against it were Senators Holmes, Hajtzell and Nejdl. Although urging the bill's passage, Cravens voted against it. Results of Roll Call AVES NOES Adams Alldrpdge Beckett Clancv Beeson Cravens Brown Davis Clemente Doogs Cooper Durham Draper Gottschalk Frledley Gray Oarroti, HartzeU Harlan Hewitt Hill Hcd**s Hosdler Holmes Hoffman Ketchum Huff Kline Johnson Koenig Miller Lindley Niblack Lochard Nottingham Martin Pell Moorhead Rowley Morris Sherwood Nejdl Sims Perkins Southworth Slenker Stones Strey Walter CH U RCHES WILL MEET Presbyterians to Discuss Finances Monday Night. The Rev. Francis Shunk Downs, associate secretary of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. New York, will speak Monday night At a conference on the “every member" financial campaign at Memorial Presbyterian church. Ashland avenue and Eleventh street. Thirty Presbyterian churches will be represented. Methods of church finance will be discussed. The Rev. W. H. Kendall, pastor, will preside.

Prince of Wales’ Brother May Wed Daughter of Scottish Nobleman

Duke of Gloucester Likely to Marry Subject of British Crown. BY MILTON BRONNER, NEA Service Writer T ONDON, Feb. 23.—For the third time, if the convincing rumor among high government and social circles may be believed, a child of King George of England has chosen to wed a Butish subject instead of going abroad for a royal mate. And for the second time, still presuming that the report is wellfounded, a son of the king is to marry into a famed Scotch family. Any day now, the British public confidently is expecting announcement of the engagement of the duke of Gloucester, third son of King George, to Lady Angela Scott. She, pretty 23-year-old- brunet, Is the youngest daughter of the duke of Buccleuch, one of the premier Scotch noblemen. In fact, there is royal blood in his veins, for an ancestor, the duke of Monmouth, was a kinsman of Charles the Second. Duke Lost His Head The duke led the ill-fated Scotch troops into a battle against. King William and was defeated at Sedgemoor. He paid the price of his rebellion with his head, but his grandson afterward recovering the title of duke of Bucclejich. The duke of Gloucester has been a frequent visitor both to the London house and to the Scotch hunting seat of the Buccleuchs. He has been seen constantly with Lady Angela. Furthermore, he and her brother. Lord William Scott, are both captains in the Tenth Hussars and have been intimate friends for years. Lady Angela, who came out in society three years ago, is a lover of outdoor sports and a keen rider to the hounds. Her father is one of the -wealthiest, of British noblemen, owning some hundreds of thousands of acres of land in England and Scotland and having from these possessions an income of three-quarters of a million dollars a year. The present duke’s grandaunt was Miss Spottiswoode, famous as the authoress of “Annie Laurie." Strapping Youth Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, in other words, the duke of Gloucester, is 28 and was educated at Sandhurst, the West Point of Great Britain. He is the tallest and most strapping member of the family, probably is an even more enthusiastic sportsman than his celebrated brother, the prince of Wales. He devotes much time to horse racing, steeple chasing and riding to the hounds. He is the first member of the royal family to ride under the Jockey Club rules. He is a keen polo player. On his recent trip to equatorial Africa with the prince of Wales, he showed himself an expert marksman. bagging many fine specimens of big game.

PLANE INJURES 8 IN LANDING Exonerate Pilot for Mishap; Celebrities in Peril. By United Press GLENDALE, Cal., Feb. 23.—N0 blame is placed on D. W. Tomlinson, air pilot, in connection with the accident Friday which resulted in eight prominent persons being injured by Tomlinson’s airplane. The plane, taxiing down the runway, struck the group of persons who had gathered to pose for pictures in connection with dedication' of anew airport here. Those in the party were: Ruth Elder. Art Goebel, ocean fliers; Priscilla Dean, screen actress; Mayor George Cryer of Los Angeles, W .B. Mayor, chief engineer of the Ford air project: his daughter. Olive: Peggy Hamilton, fashion editor of a Los Angeles newspaper, and Miss Virginia Sullivan. Tomlinson apparently did not notice the group standing near another plane, as he drove his plane forward. He swejved and ttu tail of the plane struck the group. Bruises and scratches were the only injuries. Tomlinson formerly was a member of the navy’s “Three Sea Hawks.”

‘UNCLE TOM’S CABIN’ STILL IS LIVE ISSUE Philippines Dramatic Circles Are Stirred by Fight Over Play. Bni United Press MANILA. Feb. 2*:,—“Uncle Tom's Cabin” is still a live issue in Philippine dramatic circles. Plans for production of the ancient favorite by students of the University of the Philippines were spiked when Bishop G. F. Mosher wrote vigorous protest to GovernorGeneral Henry L. Stimson on the ground that the play would tend to arouse racial bitterness. Stimson seffl the letter to Rafael Palma, president of the university, and Palma replied that the play would not be produced. “East Lynn” will be given instead, with an all-Filipino cast.

TEACH GIRLS TO COOK, SAVE WORLD FROM POVERTY AND MISERY, SAYS SMOOT

IF i had a dozen daughters and were able to give each of them a million dollars on the day of her marriage," Senator Reed Smoot of Utah says in the March Munsey's magazine, “I would still want each one to know how. to cook, make her own clothes, and, in fact, be a superior housekeeper.

Every inch a soldier is the Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George, pictured here with Lady Angela Scott, to whom he is reported engaged.

Legislative Calendar

House bills introduced: H. B. 442. Murden —Giving constables of Justice of peace courts the same rights in issuance of writs of replevin as are held by sheriffs or their deputies. Judiciary B. H. B. 443. John W. Scott—Permitting court to alter Judgment on own initiative where a civil case grows out of an illegal act and judgment was entered erroneously. Organization of courts. H. B. 444. John W. Scott—Authorizing issuance, by secretary of state, of ft metal container, for instrument board of cars, containing certificate of registration, to be visible outside of car. Judiciary B. H. B. 445. Fisher—Prohibiting carrying of live animals, unless crated, on running board of automobiles. Judiciary A. H. B. 446. Babcock—Providing for listing of drainage taxes on same slip with other taxes. Ways and means. H. B. 447. Bouchard—Repealing the 1927 Evansville bridge act. Roads. H. B. 448. Bouchard Permitting municipally owned utilities in fifth-class cities to use net earnings to finance sewage systems. Cities and towns. H. B. 449. Bernhardt—Authorizing state highway commission to provide for electrically lighting sections of state highway. Roads* H. B. 450. Lowenthal, Ahrens, Zieg— Increasing from $4,000 to $7,000 the maximum allowance of Vanderburg county clerk for clerical assistants. Fees and salaries. H. B. 451. Huber—Prohibiting public officials from serving as precinct committeemen. Elections. H. B. 452. Stauffer—Requiring county commissioner upon petition to authorize survey of drains to re-establish bench marks. Drains and dykes, j B- 453. Misener—Legalizing sale of i Indiana state prison’s water plant equip- | ment. Ways and means, j H. B. 454. Misener —Creating anew j superior court in Porter county. Organij zation of ocurts. i H. B. 455. Thiel—lncreasing to 395 days the time in which sureties for contractors for public work are liable on bond of contractor to be sued by sub-contractors and others for payment for services or materials. Judiciary B. House bills passed:., .* , ... H. B. 63. Babcock—creating new circuit court in Newton county. Ayes, 79; noes, 11. H. B. 164. Gilbert, Bennett—Placing highways in state parks under department of conservation. Ayes. 89; noes, 0. H. B. 203. Brown—Licensing and regulating the business of poultry dealers. Ayes, 85; noes, 4. Senate bills passed in house: S. B. 17. Rowley—Permitting deeding of cemetery lots to cemetery associations to be held in perpetual trust. Ayes, 83; noes. 2. House bills indefinitely postponed : H. B. 43. Joseph R. Scott—Abolishing capital punishment for first degree murder. H. B. 153. Bloom—Validating written promises as executory contracts and releases in writing, but without seal. H. B. 279. Joseph R. Scott—Prohibiting operation of dances or poolrooms on Sunday. H. B. 347. Foster—Establishing Indiana j board of moving picture censors. House bills signed by the Governor: H. B. 4. Dentlingcr—Authorizing state highway commission to construct bridge near Connersvllle at cost of owners of Whitewater canal. H. B. 7. Byers—Starting terms of superior court judges on Jan. 1 following election. H. B. 13. Baker—Broadening field of Investment for Indiana insurance companies. H. B. 48. Claycombe—Permitting appeals to state Appellate court from orders of board of zoning appeals and authorizing ' enforcement of zoning board orders by inI junction. H. B. 76. Chamberlain. McKesson, j Claycombe—Permitting verdicts by fivei sixths of a jury in civil cases upon lnI struction of the court. ! H. B. 91. Misener—Authorizing estab- | lishment of sanitary district in Mlchi- ; gan City. ; H. B. 262. Adams —Requiring public ! school teachers and members of faculties lof state institutions of higher education to take oath of allegiance to state and United States.

“Much of the world's poverty, misery, drunkenness and disease come from poorly prepared food." Mr. Smoot maintains. ‘‘lt is a crime to have the products of our farms made next to useless by poor cooking. “Tens of thousands of homes are ruined by helpless and ignorant

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Senate bills introduced: S. B. 299. Lochard—Permitting fifthclass cities to mortgage municipallyowned light or water works to finance sewers and sewage disposal plants. Cities and towns. S. B. 300. Durham—Providing that when real estate of a person dying, apparently intestate, is sold, clear title shall pass, but funds from sale shall be attachable. Judiciary A. S. B. 301. Durham —Providing additional bona shall not be required of guardians for sale of ward's property unless court so rules. Judiciary A. S. B. 302. Clancy—Permitting Marion county commissioners to appoint county inspector of weights and measures to displace all city inspectors. Judiciary B. S. B. 303. AUdredge—Giving justices of peace $5 docket fee in criminal cases and $3 in civil cases. Organization of courts. S. B. 304. Hill, Harlan, Rowley—Permitting losing party In civil cases or defendant. in criminal cases to question ’sufficiency of evidence motion for Judgment or acquittal. Judiciary A. S. B. 305. Hill—Legalizing transfer of property from Vincennes to state for George Rogers Clark memorial. Judiciary A. S. B. 306. Beckett. Durhajn—Providing for securing service in publication in civil action and attaching property of person involved, even though a nonresident. Judiciary A. S. B. 32. Hewitt—Rewriting workmen's compensation act. Ayes. 35; noes, 5. S. B. 149. Pell—Permitting county surveyors to accept outside work on consent of commissioners. Ayes, 35; noes 8. S. B. 217. Hoffman —Giving United States veterans’ hospital officials same supervision over patients as vested in state hospital officials. Ayes, 40; noes. 0. S. B. 239. Hodges—Permitting municipal court bailiffs to appoint additional bailiffs. Ayes,'27: noes. 17. Senate bills passed: S. B. 214. Hill—Creating circuit court in Daviess county. Ayes. 19; noes. 28. S. B. 218. Moorhead Giving unincorporated associations with five or more members authority to sue and be sued. Ayes. 16; noes, 29. S. B. 127. Harlan, Cooper. Garrott—Repealing statc-wide-features of the primary. Ayes, 25; noes. 24. CHEESE ROLLERS ROLL STRAIGHT INTO PRISON Boys Couldn't Resist Smell, So Now They are in Jail. Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21’.—Two San Francisco policemen had never seen a professional cheese roller in action before and as a result they captured two would-be thieves.’ Corporal John Reed noticed a large cheese rolling slowly down one of San Francisco's thirty-three hills and behind it a furtive appearing character guiding its progress with a stick. Corporal Reed took charge of the cheese's progress and guided it—as well as its previous master—to the city jail. The would-be thief confessed, but would not tell where he got the cheese. Just as the thief was about to be locked up in rolled another cheese, and behind it came another policeman and another would-be thief. The story just had to come out then. There was a big shipment of cheeses at pier 19 and some of the boys just couldn't resist the temptation of rolling them away. Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Meet The Indianapolis Alumni Association of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity observed founders’ day at a dinner at the Columbia Club, Friday night. Officers elected for the year were C. Y. Reagan, president; J. W. Hartley, treasurer, and James Ruddell, secretary. Four Earthquakes in Italy MESSINA, Italy. Feb. 23.—Four moderate earthquakes, varying from two to four in duration, were felt here today. There was no damage. Th populace remained calm.

housekeepers, and the American garbage can is the fattest in all the world. “The food consumption per capita in the United States is larger than that of any other country. “In my opinion, waste and extravagance in their thousand

SENATE VOTES END OF TROOPS IN NICARAGUA Bill Is Forced Through by Democrats While G. 0. P. Is Home at Dinner. SEINATE Experts to pass naval appropriations bill. Public lands committee merlins on Salt Creek report. Blaine sob-committee to start Inquiry into Den-.-er district attorney nomination. HOUSE Reading of second de6ciencv appropriation bill for cmendments. Military affairs, interstate commerce and ways and means committee meetings. BY PAUL R. MALLON, United Press Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—While good Republican votes w r ere at home eating dinner Friday night, the independent group and the Democrats succeeded in forcing the senate to adopt 38 to 30 an amendment cutting off funds for marine occupation of Nicaragua. A call was sent out this morning by the Republican whip to have all voters present this afternoon to correct the error. The amendment was proposed to the naval appropriations bill by Senator Clarence Dill (Dem., Wash.), who long lias been conducting a fight, against what he calls “American imperialism” in Central America. Dill asked a restriction be placed on apporiations for the marine corps and the navy so no money could be used after July 1 to maintain troops in Nicaragua or to transport them there. For six hours the senate had droned through debate. So useless appeared the efforts to defeat the naval bill, the midwestemers abandoned theif fight to eliminate or curtail the appropriation of $12,370,000 for starting work on the new naval cruisers. Amendments authorizing these expenditures were approved without the formality of a record vote. Chairman Hale of the naval affairs committee in charge of the bill agreed to a roll call on the Dill amendment, confident it would be defeated, but when the roll was tabulated it was found many administration. votes, were absent including that of Vice President-Elect Curtis, the Republican floor leader. Hale immediately recessed the senate, announcing he would force another vote later today. He believes he will eliminate the amendment with all voters present, but if he should fail he will take the measure to conference with the house, prepared to eliminate it there.

Pioneer Tells Where Lincoln Appeared Here

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John L. Norwood Question of the exact spot from which Abraham Lincoln delivered his address in Indianapolis in 1861 appears settled at last. It has been much dispute, and discussion as to whether he spoke on the south or east side of the old Bates House, where the Clay pool stands. Is intensified every anniversary of the Great Emancipator’s birth. The controversy was renewed Feb. 12 this year. John L. Norwood, 80, living east of the city on R. R, H., who heard Lincoln's address and who should know the location of the speaker’s platform if any one does, says it was on the small balcony on the Washington street side of the old Bates House, now the Claypool. Some have insisted Lincoln spoke from the Illinois street balcony. And that's that. Norwood, who was born in 1848, next door to the spot where The Times building now stands, was one of Lincoln's most stanch admirers. When Lincoln came here in 1861 Norwood was one of four boys who climbed into the President's hack and shook hands with him. Marion Life Resident Dies MARION. Ind., Feb. 23.—Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Emily Welsh. 75. lifelong resident of Marion. She had been a member of the Friends church fifty years.

forms are among the curses of the ag.'j, and no people upon the face oi the earth is so guilty of both of these evils as our own American people. a u a "TF products are squandered or 1 wasted or thrown away after they *are ready for consumption, the supply will be diminished,

Triumph of John Joseph

contest at the second annual pure . ; .. Kvi and -tpphru: • -'bow- m CLidle tabernacle isn't S'S'f* I.'■' ll Uftim.' Jr !S-:on:h.wdd son r-f Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cairns. 1284 w’ I prosper' of the nice coasting I’." iaHj. Jv Ike l|. ’1 had after the above photo was fjegfeWp. Jpaff S: . ¥ 1 taken. John Joseph was adjudged m aces of 12 and 18 months at Thursday's baby contest. KaßMlrfc JNs Jf

OH! THE KING'S ILL

G. B. Shaw Writes New Satire

f ONDON. Feb. 23.—George Bernard Shaw’s latest fiction, which was published here today, under the title of “The King and the Doctors,” is a witty allegory describing the efforts of imaginary physicians attempting to cure the sovereign of an imaginary' country. The country is called “Country of the Half-Mad” and Shaw subtitles his story “Am Improbable Fiction.” It appeared today in the weekly review, “Time and Tide.” No names are mentioned in the allegory, but Shaw concludes his story with an account of a presumably imaginary prince, discussing his royal father’s condition with a physician. The physician answers the prince’s question:

“What will the seaside really do to cure my father,” by whispering: “It will get him away from the doctors!’’ tt K * THE noted satirist and socialist writes somewhat in the style of traditional fairy tales, commencing with a reference to the affection of 'the people for the king and his family. Describing the physicians’ difficulties in allaying anxiety for the sovereign's health, the author says: “Now in the Kingdom of HalfMad, the people always ended by believing what they wanted to believe no matter how much it might be contradicted by facts. “And so it came about that doctors, though they were kindly and honorable as could reasonably be expected and sometimes very clever, had built up an elaborately reasoned and ingenious series of mechanical explanations for all the diseases, giving them impressive names and setting forth treatments, operations and medicines proper to them until at last they could do almost anything with a patient except cure him or even allow him a fanchance of curing himself.” nun SHAW then describes the physlsicians in conversation with the king’s son, “who was at the other side of the world among black savages (for he was very tired of white ones)” and who “came flying, sailing and express-training with amazing speed back to his father.” In the ensuing dialogue the Prince says: “Doc. the king, my father, does not seem to be getting any better. Is it not possible to get a move on,” The physician says: “What direction, sir?” The prince: “In the direction of getting him up and about.” Whereafter the physician is scandalized highly by the prince's references to medical knowledge, including the remark: “According to your own best men, nine-tenths of your official notions are fit only for dust in the bin.” n n THE dialogue then continues, the physician saying: “If your royal highness can suggest any measure we have omitted, my opinion is at yuor service.” The prince: “Drugs are bunk, are they not?' “Uundoubtedly. from a purely secular point view drugs are bunk, but in the case of a royal patient we could not possibly take the responsibility of withholding from his majesty the official remedies from our materia medica,” is the reply. After which, because the pnysician specified the name of the sovereign's disease a pleurisy, but failed to reveal the nature of the disease, the prince exclaims: “Then pathology Is bunk!” Religious Council to Meet Bu Timet Buerial WATERLOO, Ind., Feb. 23.—The sixty-fourth annual convention of the Dekalb County Council of Religious Education will be held here Thursday and Friday. Fred B. Leighty, St. Joe, is president of the council.

while the demand remains the same and the cost of living will be higher than it would otherwise be.” Senator Smoot believes that “no woman's education is complete until she knows how to—and could, if required—manage a home successfully.

Winning first place in a baby contest at the second annual pure food and household appliance show in Cadle tabernacle isn’t half as exciting to John Joseph Cairns Jr.. 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cairns, 1284 West Third-third street, as the prospect of the nice coasting he had after the above photo was taken. John Joseph was adjudged the healthiest baby between the ages of 12 and 18 months at Thursday's baby contest.

DEAN TO TALK ON EVOLUTION Head of Indiana U. Graduate School to Lecture. The second address on the popular science lecture series program being conducted at the Indianapolis Public Library by the Indiana university extension center at Indianapolis will be given next Tuesday evening at 8:10 by Dr. Feniandus Payne, dean of the Indiana university graduate school. Dr. Payne will speak in the Croprey auditorium of the library on the subject, “Evolution.” The first of this series of lectures was given last Tuesday night by Dean Charles P. Emerson of the Indiana university school of medicine at Indianapolis. The third will be Tuesday evening. March 5, at which time Dr. Payne will speak on “Sex Determination and Some Recent Experiments.” . Dean Payne, who is an authority in his geld holds membership in the American Society of Zoologists and the American Society of Naturalists. He also is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Indiana Academy of Science. The speaker for Tuesday evening holds the A. B. and A. M. degrees from Indiana university, the Ph. D. degree from Columbia university, and the B. S. degree from Valparaiso university. He has been connected with the zoology faculty of Indiana university since 1909 and was assistant dean of t'.e graduate school from 1925-1927. On the death of Dean Car H. Sigenmann in 1927. he became dean of the graduate school and head of the zoology department. In 1912 he studied at the biological stations of Naples and the University of Wurzburg. CHILD, 5, DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS Leads Kansas Band; Began Study of Music at 2. By Untied, Press, ARKANSAS CITY. Kan., Feb. 27. —Five-year-old Jack Pickett is director of the Arkansas City high school band and probably is the youngest musical leader in the nation. Jack is a bit small for his years, but the baton is never too large for him to handle. While directing the high school band, Jack takes his work seriously, and if the music is not played just as he wishes, he rehearses the musicians on the difficult parts until the defect is corrected. Three years ago when Jack was just learning to walk, he began the study of rythm. When his mother played, he would beat time with the music. Then when he was 2' s years old, he was given a snare drum, and now can use all the accessories that a trap drummer employs.

“Show me the woman,” he says, “who takes a personal interest in the preparation of food for the home, and is not dependent upon a servant to tell her how it should be cooked or served, and is not afraid to dig in the dirt, and I will show you -a woman that is happy.”

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LEGISLATORS TAKE TIME FOR 70 HOUR nap: Mouth of Hopper Is Half Closed as 45th Day Is Ended. BY ROBERT BEARD Gorged with bills, the Indiana general assembly retired at noon today for a seventy-hour nap, unworried by the prospect of twelve busy days ahead. State senators and representatives, reopening their desks Tuesday morning after their excursion to the George Rogers Clark ceremonies at Vincennes, will adjust their calendars to the forty-eighth day of their sixty-one-day session. Night sessions are in prospect before the eventful night of Monday, March 11, when clocks will be stopped in the legislative chambers at midnight to permit the last of favored measures to be slipped through to the Governor's desk. Legislators, who have introduced 757 bills for the assembly's consideration. are “bearing up bravely” while coming to realize they very i probably will not make voluminous contributions to the Indiana statutes. rublic Is Sympathetic In this display of fortitude they seem to have the dry-eyed sympathy of a public that insists “ther© are too many laws already.” The mouth of the legislative hopper was half closed today, when th forty-fifth day of the session ended. Introduction of bills is not permitted in the house of representatives after the forty-fifth day, save by consent of a majority of the members. Introductions in the senate may be made at any time, although the chance of passage dwindles as the session nears a close. Already, introductions have exceeded those of 1927 by more than fifty. Two years ago 704 bills were introduced. Os that number, 257 were signed by the Governor and became laws of the state. Less than a dozen of this year’s crop have been given Governor Harry G. Leslie's signature. Important among these were the measures permitting a verdict by fivesixths of the jury in civil cases upon instruction of the court, after unanimous agreement appears improbable, and another greatly widening the investment field for Indiana insurance companies. Mast Be Published Unless measures approved by the Governor bear an emergency clause, they do not become effective until the acts of the assembly have been published in book form and distributed to all counties of the state. Emergency clauses either may stipulate that the act shall become effective upon the Governor’s approval, or on a specified date. The state constitution provides that the Governor is obliged to receive and act ujfcn all bills sent him during the,, first fifty-eight days of the session. But he may refuse to act upon those sent him after that. It was in the exercise of this latter privilege that former Governor Ed Jackson "pocket vetoed” thirtytwo bills passed by the 1927 legislature and sent to him in the closing days of the session. Effective May 16 The acts of 1927 became effective May 16, 1927. at 10:25 a. m„ the day I and hour when the last of Indiana’s j ninety-two counties received the printed volumes—twenty copies for each 1.000 votes cast in the county for secretary of state in the last preceding general election. Statements are required from county clerks acknowledging receipt of the volumes and relating the exact hour and minute. When the last of these reaches the Governor's office, the chief executive issues a proclamation announcing the fact. But the day and hour of the final delivery, and not the Governor's ; proclamation, designates the time and acts became “in full force and effect.” BUND PASTOR CHAPLAIN Leads Connecticut Senate in Prayer. Bit United Press HARTFORD, Conn.. Feb. 23. A 67-year-old blind pastor, who must travel nearly 100 miles each session day to serve, is chaplain of the Connecticut senate. He is the Revk Edward P. Ayer of Branford, now serving his third term in tha j office. Despite his years and affliction, Ayer is strong an dactive. In his ! youth before excessive study ' robbed him of his sight—he wad captain of the Amherst colloge football team. Later he graduated from ; Yale Divinity school. The blind chaplain heads an organization know n as the Society for i the Handicapped, a group whJch ; seeks to alleviate the misfortune of i the blind in this state. , TIME RACK PUPIL SUES TEACHER Forgets to Lower Flag. Made to Wear Sign; Asks $20,000. Bu United Print REEDSBURG. Wis.. Feb. 23.—Because she failed to take down the flag in the school yard. Evelyn Jackson, 12. a pupil in Kelly school waa made to wear a sign around her neck which read “I am not a good | citizen.” The girl, in bringing sui* through her father against her I teacher, Kenneth Scoon. charged! I that snow and ice made it difficult ! to take down the flag and that the flag had been left up on numerous occasions. Damages of $20,000 i 9 !asked. Minister's Widow Dies : B ii Timi * h fir dint MARION. Ind.. Feb. 23.—Funeral services were held today for Mn | Lorena Davis. 88, widow of the Re?, | Nathan Davis, Wesleyan minister. She died at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Siders.