Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 267, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1930 — Page 9

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State News in Brief

Bv 7 imr Bneriat NOBLESVILLE, Ind., March 19 Deeds to several hundred acres of land in the extreme southeastern part of Hamilton county have been died with the recorder here by William Seagle, Indianapolis attorney. The property was conveyed to the Indianapolis Water Company and completes a transaction involving acquisition of land in Hamilton and Marion counties as a site for a 3.500-acre reservoir for supplying Indianapolis with water. SPENCER, Ind.. March 19.—The Hocsier Farmer, official publication of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will be printed here on a press formerly used for Farm Life here, James R. Moore, editor announces that anew printing contract with the Samuel R. Guard Company operating the Midland Press will start immediately and the current isstie of the farm magazine will be printed there. LAFAYETTE, Ind , March 19. —Enrollment figures announced by R. B. Stone, registrar of Purdue university, show total enrollment for the second semester of the school year of 4,122 students, bringing the total number of different students enrolled during the year to nearly 5,000. Os the students, 391 are from Marion county. '' BROWNSBURG, Ind.. March 19. Vcriln Smith, 16, Brownsburg high school student, was buried today, the final chapter in a short life which he ended Saturday night by shooting after two other suicide attempts had failed. LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 19—A. A. Potter, dean of the engineering school, was awarded the leather medal for outstanding service to Purdue university at the tenth annual gridiron banquet of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, Tuesday night. ANDERSON, Ind.. March 19.—A continuance has been taken until May 8 for the trial of Harry M. Goldberg, Detroit, charged with false pretense In connection with an alleged theater promotion fraud in which Harry Muller. Anderson theater owner, lost $16,000. VINCENNES. Ind., March 19. Barney Burlo and his brother-in-law, Joe Valeno, are in jail here on charges of violating the dry law following a raid by Knox county deputy sheriffs and Bicknell police at the abandoned Columbus coal mine buildings in Bicknell. p ■' Times Pneeinl LA PORTE, Ind., March 19.—La Porte tonight will dedicate its $500,000 civic auditorium, gift of Maurice Fox, manufacturer and philanthropist, who died Feb. 24, despite a valiant struggle to live long enough to see the building, a memorial to his parents, presented to the city. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 19. A motorist who can not read or write lost his driver's license in city court here in a ruling by Judge Joseph Duffy in the case of Brice Webster, 25. He was accused of failing to stop after an accident. WHITING. Ind., March 19.—Navigation on the Great Lakes for the season opened with the trip of the oil tanker Beaumont Parks from the Standard Oil Company refinery here to Muskegon, Mich. NEWPORT, Ind.. March 19.—Clifford Siders, 32, Clinton, confessed murderer of an 11-year-old Clinton boy, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge William C. Waite in Vermillion circuit court here. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. March 19. —The Monroe county grand jury has closed a session here with a recommendation that a special investigator be employed in an effort to solve three murders in which the victims were John Campbell, Ellis Medlock and John Christy. SOUTH BEND. Ind., March 19. Joseph V. W.vpiszynski, former justice of the peace, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with partnership in a slot machine racket, and paid a fine of $750 by Special Judge W. A. Slick in circuit court. WESTPORT. Ind., March 19. James Bennett, 41, was buried near here following the death by suicide by poisoning swallowed seven days before his death. He brooded over his pending return to a state hospital for the insane after having been home on furlough. MARION. Ind.. March 19.—Larry Rhodes, 45, Marshfield, Wis., was removed to a hospital here in a serious condition suffering from effects of poison in a suicide attempt. It is said he was despondent after failing to effect a reconiliation with his wife, Delores. KOKOMO. Ind.. March 19.—William E. Shenk, 67. member of the Howard county board of commissioners, is suffering from serious injuries received when struck by a tree he was aiding in felling at his farm, lis right thigh is crushed, left ankle oroken and scalp lacerated. NEW HARMONY, Ind.. March 19. -Steel for the Wabash river bridge here Is on the ground, presaging ariy completion of southern Indiana’s gateway westward. Concrete work on the bridge was completed last year. The Nashville Bridge Company is the contractor EL WOOD. Ind., March 19— Meat valued at S4OO was the loot of thieves from the Elwood Pack'ng Company plant. Halves of beef and hams were carried away, tracks near the plant indicating a truck had been used. UNIONDALE, Ind., March 19 Charles Fuhrer returned here from Ft. Wayne where he made a $7 purchase in a store to find that he had tendered a SIOO bill in payment and that through an error, had received change for only a $lO bill. The store, advised of the error, gave Fuhrer the S9O due him.

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STATE POLICE USED TO SEEK FIFIELD VOTES Meeting Called Ostensibly on Law Enforcement Is Political Rally. GLOOM IN DEEP LAYERS Lukewarm Interest Shown in Secretary Candidacy of Official. BY BEN STERN Behind closed doors and under the guise of a law enforcement meeting, state police have furnished their chief, Otto G. Fifield, secretary of state, with political reports which today are regarded as exceedingly pessimistic. Using the need for new uniforms as a cover-up, Stale Police Chief Robert T. Humes, several days ago ordered all state police into Indianapolis to be measured. Tuesday morning upon their arrival the police were notified that Fifield would be their host at a luncheon at the Severin. No sooner were the tables cleared than Humes said: “We are meeting here for three purposes: New uniforms, a discussion of police work, and the third, and most important, reports on the political situation. Wants Political Contacts Fifield gravely shook his head in assent as Humes turned to him. “I regret to state,” declared Chief Humes, “that during the last session of the legislature many of you not only could not call your state representatives and state senators

by their first names, but did not even know their last names. You should form close contacts with these men and if possible report to them once or twice a week.” And Fifield nodded assent. It was recalled by the policemen present that during the 1929 legislature several measures were introduced seeking to place state police under direction of the Governor, because secretaries of state have used the police to further their own political ambitions. It was only by a strenuous fight that Fifield was able to retain control, promising, it was said, that the department would not be used as a political tool. Cites Newspaper Grief Fifield then declared: “The report has come to me that some Republican newspapers are only police should not become candidates nomination and re-election. Talk to them and report two or three times a week to them and give them all the news you can.” Humes also explained that state police should not becomee candidates for public office in the counties where they reside, unless they re-

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signed, because “it might draw Mr. Fifield into political controversies.” "But,’’ Humes added, “you can be elected delegates to the state convention without resigning.” Fifield nodded assent. Humes pointed out the future of the policemen was tied up with that of the secretary of state, and that if they wished to feel secure they should co-operate in obtaining Fifield’s nomination and re-election. “You all should realize that your future depends on the coming election and everything depends on the nomination and re-election of Mr Fifield.” Humes said. Fifield nodded assent. While each policeman made his report. Humes and Fifield asked questions; Ayres Fails to Hush Lieutenant C. H. Ayres of Portland was in the midst of describing the attitude of the newspapers in his section when a reporter from a morning newspaper walked in. A pained look appeared on Fifield’s face. Policemen sitting about whispered to Ayres to “shut up.” but, being slightly hard of hearing, the police lieutenant continued telling of the prevailing dissatisfaction until Humes was forced to ask him to make a report on school patrol work. The reporter, sublimely unconscious of the disturbance his advent had created, got a great many details concerning the work (nonpolitical i of the state police, and the meeting adjourned _ without Ayres finishing his report. Prominent among the police present was Captain Joseph Shinn, Coffin Seventh ward chairman, who spent- a t> usy Monday afternoon filing the names of candidates for precinct committeemen who would adhere to the Coffin regime. Liquor Evidence Stolen BEDFORD. Ind.. March 19.—Ten of twenty-four bottles of alleged home brew beer confiscated at the home of Fred Wolflinger were stolen from the Bedford pc’ice station.

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Fair Exchange Bv United Pr<ss ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 19. Emil Enstall, automobile mechanic, was charged today with moulding counterfeit nickels and quarters to obtain funds for whisky. Three moulds were seized in Enstall’s home by government agents. The mechanic denied he was counterfeiting, but his wife told the agents that he had been out of work for several months and chose that method to get money for drinks.

LARGEST BANK UNIT IN WORLD IS ORGANIZED Wall Street Merger Gives Institution Resources of $2,800,000,000. BY ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, March 19.—Consummation of a merger of three New York banks into the largest bank in the world, with resources of more than $2,800,000,009, today was considered the start of a series of consolidations in the banking field and in other lines. In addition to the bank merger which brings together Chase National bank. Equitable Trust Company and Interstate Trust Company with deposits of $2,073,644,656.07 and resources of $2,814,535,635.57, Wall Street had before it today news of other large acquisitions, including: Collapse Is Likely Formation of a holding company by Electric Bond and Share Company to take over United Gas Company to form the largest natural gas concern in America. Prospect of a collapse of the plan of Bethlehem Steel Corporation to acquire through exchange of stock the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Purchase by International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation of the major part of the outstanding stock of the Constantinople Telephone Company. Election of William L. Moody 111, vice-president of United Gas Company, president of Moody Seagraves Company and vice-president of American National Insurance Company, to the board of American Utilities and General Corporation, a move expected to result in further natural gas projects through this holding company. Still Vital Topic Another point of interest was the consolidations consummated and under way in the natural gas industry. The present gas merger involves formation of anew company with assets of around $300,000,000. It will embrace such companies as Magnolia Gas Company, subsidiary of Magnolia Petroleum, which in turn is a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of New York; Louisiana Gas and Fuel Company owned by Electric Power and Light, a subsidiary of Electric Bond and Share Company; Dixie Gas and Utilities Company, Houston Gulf Gas Company, South Texas Gas Company and a number of other United Gas Company subsidiar.es. The proposed taking over by Bethlehem Steel Corporation of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company still is a vital topic of discussion.

CHICAGO STILL IS AWAITING CAPONE

Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 19. The home-coming of Scarface A1 Capone assumed a legendary aspect today. Rumors, denials, conjectures and theories leaped from lips of gangsters, police heads, federal officials and citizens at large, but none knew where Capone was. On® of the more impressive rumors was that the Chicago beer and alcohol racket czar had delayed his triumphal entry into the city where he rose to a left-hand fame and reputed millions to make it more impressive by a day’s delay. Ramifications of this rumor were that Scarface would come riding into his haunts today in anew automobile donated by admiring underworld friends. An apparently authenticated telephone call the swarthy gang chieftain was declared to have made to one of his Cicero outposts strengthened credence in this rumor. “I’m out. How are conditions in Chicago?” Such was Capone's message to his henchman, as this particular rumor had it. The call was said to have been received by a buccaneer, who had a sorry picture to paint in his answer. That conditions were in-" auspicious for a re-entry; that police were waiting to arrest him as a gun-carrying hoodlum; that Chicago is an anti-Capone city at the

DRASTIC CENSORSHIP OF FOREIGN BOOKS IS PASSED BY SENATE

Bu United Press WASHINGTON. March 19. Continued censorship of books and pictures imported from abroad was assured today. But perhaps a federal judge instead of a customs clerk will be the censor. The senate made the first certain and the second likely when It rewrote and adopted the Smcot tariff amendment, which, if agreed to by the house, will make the

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930

NEW TANGLE CROPS GUT IN STICKER WAR Doorman’s Right to Affix Tag on Auto Questioned by Meurer. KINNEY ORDERS INQUIRY Safety Board Is in Doubt as to Authority of ‘Special Cop.’ Motorists today faced another complication in downtown parking when it was learned that the doorman at the Hume-Mansur building, on East Ohio street, Tuesday placed a sticker on a car parked in the leading zone in front of the building. The zone is one city officials have allowed to be lengthened to fiftyfour feet and for which no fees, as required under the city ordinance, have been paid. Albert F. Meurer, former councilman, who is fighting maintenance of unpaid for loading zones, witnessed the incident ni front of the building Tuesday, he said. Ambrose J. Hornberger, 1129 Kelly street, parked his car in the space Doorman Applies Sticker After Hornberger entered the building the doorman took the license number and, according to Meurer, walked to Pennsylvania street, a half-block distant, and told Traffic Officer Downs, on duty there, that the car was parked in the space. Shortly after he returned with a filled-out sticker, which he placed on the car. When Hornberger returned at 3:15 p. m. Meurer awaited him and told him what he had seen. They attempted to find the police officer, but he had been relieved at 3 p. m., Meurer said. Meurer questioned the doorman, who said he had special police powers, delegated by the safety board. Meurer said. ' The doorman then charged Meurer with “trying to get my job,” and refused to say whether building officials had authorized him to obtain stickers for parked autos, Meurer stated. They’re in Doubt When Charles Meyers, safety board president, was told about the situation today, he said he “did not believe that was the regular practice.” He admitted, though, that as president of the board he was not sure of the extent of the powers granted special policemen by his, oard. but intimated a special police officer has the same power as a policeman “in his territory.” He said he will investigate. Building officials said the space In front of the building was lengthened by police because of the congested traffic that resulted when sick persons were getting out of cars to go to offices of physicians in the building. Police Chief Jerry Kinney began an immediate probe of the reported incident. Former Resident Dies pv Times ANDERSON, Ind., March 19. Mrs. E. H. Hancock, 28, Kennett, Mo., wife of a cotton grower, is dead as the result of an attack of meningitis. She formerly lived here.

moment was the reported tenure of the reply. “Not so good,” Capone is alleged to have replied from his undetermined calling place. “I’d better stay over a day or two until things are shaped up. Tell Jack to meet me in Indiana. You know where.” That telephonic conversation, reconstructed from rumors from gangland's fringe, constituted the strongest indication to the whereabouts and plans of Capone today, a full thirty-six hours after his release from the Eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia, where he spent ten months as penance for daring to carry a pistol through the streets of the Quaker City. BURHOP GIVEN PAROLE Sentenced to Penal Farm Two Weeks Ago in Delinquency Case. John Burhop, East Chicago, who with Manuel Mendez, an East Chicago Mexican, was sentenced two weeks ago to ninety days on the state penal farm for contributing to the delinquency of a 12-year-old girl, has been released from the farm on parole. Burhop recently gave evidence to federal authorities against his uncle, Raleigh P. Hale, former mayor of East Chicago, and others convicted of liquor law violations. Mendez remains at the farm.

prohibition more drastic than now. The house merely re-enacted the present law, while the Smoot amendment extends it beyond obscene matter to include any writing “advocating or urging treason or insurrection against the United States, or containing any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United States.” The present ban on birth control

'Road Map’ of March Heavens Points Way to New Planet X COMPAPATIVE DISTANCES OF THE PiANETS FROM THE SUM BSSSusi**. TVttTom'l l URANUS[' 1 1 i * far^cT // 9 \ * CASS*ODE / WORTH star^^v,N\ / Lm : • V *• Vs | % /\\ f cow*. c^tv.OPA RDuS V.; / v *\\ ll be.beni<se.s <o' • * \ M • v?° • • ... * lj \ V\° f # EGQXtiKec^: Tl fO L ,A Zr • "*f i* 1 V BETELGEUSF U 1 \ Os. r.-N M Y\ v...o 4l •-// B Lv O o O O (J) (saturn) I

COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE SUM AND THE PLANETS

Here’s a “road map’’ of the March skies that points the way to the location of the new “Planet X.” Begin with the Big Dipper (that’s familiar to all), follow the arrow to the North Star, and then come due south to the two bright stars almost directly overhead, Castor and Pollux.

DOKENY TRIAL IS NEAR CLOSE Jurors Will Get Oil Bribe Case by Thursday. Bn United, Press WASHINGTON, March 19.—The Doheny bribery trial went into its final phases today when the defense rested its case after less than three days of testimony in behalf of the millionaire defendant. Closing arguments will be concluded Thursday, after which the jury of nine men and three women will begin their task of deciding whether Edward L. Doheny gave former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall a SIOO,OOO bribe in return for valuable naval oil leases. Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, arguing that the prosecution had not shown evidence in support of the indictment, again moved for a directed verdict of acquittal. Justice William Hitz overruled the motion. The defense maintained the SIOO,000 paid by Doheny to Fall in 1921 was a loan and not a bribe and based its case upon testimony of a score of character witnesses, navy department and oil men. The aged oil man and his wife both testified, their appearance supplying the most dramatic moments of the trial thus far. BAKER IN PRIMARY RACE Attorney Is Democratic Candidate for Criminal Court Bench. Frank P. Barker, attorney, 416 Indiana Trust building, today an-

nounced his candid ac y for the Democratic nomination as judge of criminal court in the May primary. Baker was deputy p r o s e c u tor from 1906 to 1910 and served two terms as prosecutor from 1910 to 1914. He is a member of the Edwin Ray M. E. church. Mystic Tie Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite. Murat temple, Modern Woodmen of Amer-

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ica and Elks. He is married, has one child and lives at 1645 Woodlawn avenue. GOVERNOR NOT TO ACT Intervention in Negro’s Electrocution Is Not Expected. Intervention by Governor Harry G. Leslie in plans for the electrocution at the Indiana state prison Friday of James Britt, Negro, convicted murderer of Sam Goldberg of East Chicago, is not expected by attaches of the Governor’s office. In the absence of Governor Leslie, who is vacationing in Florida, his assistant secretary, Gaylord Morton, today asserted the petition for commutation of Britt’s sentence to life imprisonment was considered by the Governor before he departed. Unless word is received from the Governor in the meantime, Britt will go to the electric chair Friday.

devices and lottery tickets is continued. a a a COLLAPSE of the hitherto successful campaign led by Senator Cutting (Rep.. N. M.), against censorship, preceded adoption Wednesday night of the censorship plan without a record vote. The entire day was devoted to debate, with alleged obscenity of the classics and the futility of censorship advanced by Cutting

Just south of them, and slightly west, is the new planet, although it’s too faint to be seen with the naked eye. This observation should be made at 8 p. m., local time. To get the real effect of the chart, hold it directly over your head and look upward at it.

BY ISRAEL KLEIN Science Editor, NEA Service LOOK directly over head tonight, if the sky is clear, and you will be looking toward the “new world,” or ninth planet in our solar system, which has just been discovered by astronomers of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz. It now takes its place along with Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the last of which was discovered nearly 100 years ago. Os course, you won’t be able to see this new planet for it is 4,500 million miles away from the sun and the reflected light that comes from it is so dim that even the most powerful telescopes have difficulty In detecting it. But its location can be marked by observation of the stars.

This location, according to astror-! omers, is slightly south and to the west of the brightest star directly above us, if we look at the sky at 8 o’clock local time. This bright star, Pc’ ux, is close to almost as bright a tar, Castor, both of which are termed “The Twins.” Another way to locate the new planet is to face north and first locate the well known “Big Dipper.” This group of stars, forming a large dipper in the sky, will be found toward the northeast horizon, the two end stars along the outer part of the dipper pointing toward the i North Star. Coming back due south : from the North Star our eyes will i detect The Twins, Castor and Pol- ! lux, directly overhead. The new planet, although 3,720 j million miles away from our earth, j is quite close to us, as stellar distances go, while the stars like Castor and Pollux are millions upon millions of miles farther. The reason why we can't see the planet is the extremely small amount of the sun’s light that it reflects toward us. Due to its extreme distance from the sun, it gets much less light than even the planet Neptune which receives one nine-hundredth the light we get.

—Know Your Library—No. 1 Madison Avenue Branch Regarded Social Center

Residents of the community served by the Madison avenue branch library, 1034 South Alabama street, have come to regard it as the social center for the neighborhood. Commodious rooms of the library and a large auditorium afford ideal meeting places for clubs, boys’ and girls’ organizations and other public gatherings. Mrs. Bernice Kiefer, librarian, shown at her desk in the accompanying photo, says, “It is the purpose of the branch to serve needs of the community by making it a social and literary center.” Every Monday night grade school boys belonging to the Model Airplane Club meet at the library to build and fly miniature models of aircraft. Campfire Girl and Boy Scout organizations and two women's clubs, the Brighter Prospect Club and Riley Club, meet regularly at the branch. “We serve 3,000 pupils in ten schools,” said the librarian, as she sat at her desk preparing material for the Junior Citizen, monthly publication of the branch. “In the summer reading contest last year the branch ranked second with 105 youthful readers finishing the contest,” she added. “This branch has an unusual demand for books written in foreign languages,” she said. “We keep a eood supply of German. Italian and Yiddish bocks on hand for our adult readers.” Registered borrowers at the

as the chief argument. The amendment was rewritten to provide that collectors of customs shall report the finding of a possibly obscene or seditious book by a customs clerk to the United States district attorney who would be required to bring a forfeiture suit. The district judge then would be made the censor. No penalty is provided for the importer of forbidden books, but such books must be destroyed.

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ROAD PROGRAM TO BE STUDIED County Council to Act on Big Paving Projects. County council on April 3 will consider the $700,000 county road program for paving seventeen miles of highways, proposed by commissioners as an aid to the unemployment situation. The council also will consider construction of ten bridged to cost $20,000 at the two-day session. Included in the road program are: Shelbyville road, four miles, from Perry township to county line, $ 8,800; West Tenth street, from city limits to Hendricks county, 5.5 miles, $231,000; Seventy-first street, from Northwestern avenue to New Augusta, four miles, $141,000, and Arlington avenue, from East Tenth street to Thirty-eighth street, $11,600.

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branch for February totaled 7,023, with 4,118 adults and 2,905 juvenile borrowers. A book stock of 12,595 volumes is kept at the library, more than five thousand of which are for children. Mrs. Kiefer has two assistant librarians, Miss Miriam Cosand and Miss Truth Wakeman.

SMOOT led his fight with enthusiasm, declaring, with Senators Blease (Dem., S. C.), and Trammell (Dem., Fla.), it was imperative for the youth of the nation to be sheltered from imported pornography. Cutting produced American magazines which he said were just as smutty as anything published abroad, and said most children did not learn of sex from books. Those who do, he said, learn it from the Bible and the dictionary chiefly.

DRY REPEAL IS ! GROWING ISSUE, SURVEY SHOWS Wets Have Stricken Mild Beer From Platform in Congress. POLLS SEEK SENTIMENT Liquor Legislation Now Is Pending in 12 States; Lines Tightened. BY MAX BUCKINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 19.—Prohibition has become a dominating issue in the nation within the past few months, a United Press survey disclosed today. About 100 bills have been introduced on the subject in congress. Twelve states have prohibition legislation either introduced or about to be introduced. Eleven recent polls have been taken inquiring prohibition sentiment and some still are under way. Wet and dry forces are tightening their lines for concerted drives, either toward legislation or election of congressmen or state officials this fall. Where there have been “wet** trends in polls, the voters’ disposition has leaned toward repeal rather than modification of the dry law. On the other side a recent poll by the Pathfinder magazine in Washington, which revealed a preponderant enforcement sentiment in dry rural communities. Chairman Wickersham of the Hoover law enforcement commission has said that 2.75 per cent beer would “not satisfy the robust appetite.” Wets practically have written the mild beer off their program. Main legislative activity is in the east. New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the center of the most heated state fights. In Pennsylvania the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment is active, particularly toward ascertaining sentiment of office holders seeking re-election. Many political campaigns this fall will be waged on the prohibition issue, and one of the most interesting is in Maine, where Dugald B. Dewar will seek the Republican senatorial nomination on a “wet” ticket, the first time in forty years that a “wet” has sought the office. Results of the United Press poll include; Illinois—Resolution adopted in Chicago city council to forward to ; Wickersham commission statistics ■ showing increase in crime since advent of prohibition. Last legislature defeated proposal for state referendum. Bill Is Signed Rhode Island—Legislature has passed and Governor has signed bill providing for state-wide referendum on question, “'Shall the eighteenth ; amendment be reta'ned?'’ i Massachusetts Legislative com- ' mittee on legal affairs has reported adversely an initiative petition calling for repeal of the Massachusetts state enforcement act. New York—Several wet measures before both houses. California —Wets planning to force initiative measure to modify the state dry act at next election. Mississippi—Bill now in senate committee provides SSO to SIOO fine for first conviction public drunkenness; SIOO to SSOO fine for second offense and up to five years’ imprisonment for “habitual drunkenness.” Wisconsin —Madison, state capital, voting on own enforcement act April 1. South Carolina^—A joint senate resolution provides an amendment j to the state Constitution requiring all legislators and state officers to swear they will purchase no contraband liquor. Literary Digest (first report)—Total of 291,588 votes cast from ten states, including Illinois, New Jersey and New York, considered wet states, showed 80.739 favoring enforcement. 91,915 favoring modification. 110.934 favoring repeal. BOARD DESIGNATESHOME SHOW DATES Delegations From Many Cities Will Attend Local Exposition. Delegations from Louisville, Milwaukee, Cincinnati. Detroit and other large midwest cities are expected to view the ninth annual Realtors' Home Complete Exposition, April 5 to 12, at state fairground, Dan W. Le Gore, chairman, said today. To accommodate the visitors, the i first day of the show has been des- ! ignated Realtors’ day. Monday, April 7, will be Lumbermen’s day, when lumber men will be special guests of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board at the show. Architects have been invited Wednesday, April 9, and Thursday will be Indiana day. Friday will be dedicated as Supply Dealers’ day, and Saturday, the closing day, to those interested in household furniture and furnishings. THIEVES GET SSOO LOOT Marks of Truck Tires Only Clew* Found in Store Robbery. Tire marks from a truck that was backed to the rear of a dry goods store operated by Louis Cassuto at 627 Virginia avenue, today provided omy clews to thieves who Tuesday night carried away merchandiss valued at more than SSOO. Entrance was gamed by smashing a rear door glass to Lift the bar that locked the door on the inside.