Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1930 — Page 13

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The Three Women in the Life of a Play boy King * an man- nan man an* The Times to Publish Romantic Story of Carol II of Rumania

NO European monarch since King Henry VTII, who married six wives In rapid succession, has had a more romantic career than young King Carol n who sits on the throne of Rumania today, the new ruling head of an Incredible royal family. Three women have played big roles in the colorful life of this new monarch who now rules Rumania's 17,000,000 subjects. The first was his boyhood sweetheart, the pretty daughter of a commoner and said to be the only woman he ever really loved. His stern father, King Ferdinand, annulled their morgantic marriage and sent him on a trip around the world to forget

The second was a princess of royal blood, Helen of Greece, to whom he was forced into a royal marriage for reasons of state, though neither ever really loved the other.

KILGORE AGAIN UNDER FIRE IN ' PARK BATTLE Changed Rules Five Times in Eight Days, Asserts Concession Holder. Striking back at criticisms from David S. Kilgore, city recreation director, William Harrison Marsh, holder of concessions at and Garfield parks, today blamed Kilgore’s “barrage” of conflicting orders for the public resentment to management of bath house concessions at the two parks. Marsh’s retorts came on the heels of censure the park board leveled at Kilgore Thursday, after receiving complaints on conditions at all playgrounds and pools in the city. Immediate improvement of conditions was ordered by the board. Before the park board Thursday Kilgore charged Marsh was interpreting rules to his own benefit, and patrons of the pools had complained the 10-cent checking fee was being assessed widely through a restriction against crossing parks to the pools in bathing suits. Rules Changed Often “Kilgore changed the rules five times in eight days,” Marsh protested today, “and it’s no wonder the public complained. It was his order that no one over 8 could cross the parks in a bathing suit. The restriction naturally required more bathers to use the checkroom. I never have charged children under 14 anything for checking their clothes.’’ The park board Thursday laid down such a rule and added that anyone may cross parks to the pools in bathing suits if they care to, thus avoiding checkroom fees. Marsh sees the prospect of conflicting orders at Ellenberger park, however, declaring that because of the voods surrounding the pool, the park custodian, carrying police powers, has his orders to prohibit persons crossing the park in their bathing suits. Denies Huge Profits To Kilgore’s charge that Marsh is “making S2OO a day out of his checking privilege,” Marsh today retorted that his proceeds Thursday barely exceeded S4O. He said he has spent his own money in helping equip the bathhouses, has gone beyond his contract in furnishing soap and other services to bathers, and employs thirteen workers at Ellenberger and fourteen at Garfield. Marsh paid $1,285 for the Ellenberger concession and SI,OBB for the Garfield concession, he assorted. Jackiel W. Joseph and Adolph G. Emhardt, board members, were caustic in demanding that Kilgore take steps at once to “iron out” difficulties between the public and the playground staff. Insanitary conditions on several playgrounds, closing of the centers for two hours at mid-day and failure to provide sand in the sand boxes before opening of the playgrounds were among the complaints cited. Wants Service to Public ‘The playgrounds are open for only a ten-week period and it looks as if they should be rim right while they are open," President Emhardt said. “We can’t give the public service if we fool around half of that time getting ready.” Kilgore told the board that work had been delayed by the small force and that park board trucks had been tied up for repairs. “Go out and beg, borrow or steal some trucks from another department,” suggested Jackiel Joseph. The two-hour closing period was “provided as a relief to playground instructors and gave children a chance to do the home chores during the hot period of the day,” Kilgore said. Department Is Criticised Parents criticised the department for failure to provide supervisors in the middle of the day. “If these attendants are not willing to work all day we can find plenty of others who are anxious for jobs,” said Joseph. “I was taught that the customer is always right. He may not be, but he should be satisfied, and I’m convinced a lot of these kicks can be eliminated by some speedy work,” Joseph said. Charles Salee, superintendent of city parks and recreation, has been authorized by the board to take over the appointment of personnel between board meetings and the park department is supervising maintenance on the playgrounds, making Kilgore’s position as recreation director largely executive. Referring to the insanitary conditions at several comfort stations, some of which were reported closed because of needed repairs, Sallee said: “We’ve only about a half dozen custodians that are worth anything. Iftr.d it Is all due to politics, too. I’d like to fire about a dozen and see if that would Improve things.” “(So right ahead the board will back you up,” Joseph answered.

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Zizi Lambrino . . the pretty daughter of a commoner, with whom he eloped to Russia and wed.

DRASTIC DRY SHAKEUP TO USHER IN BIG RUM DRIVE

Justice Department Will Take Over Enforcement of Booze Law. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 27.—Plans to realign the prohibition enforcement personnel throughout the nation were complete today as the treasury and justice departments prepared to inaugurate on July 1 the Hoover administration’s supreme drive to stop the flow of illegal rum. The new division of responsibilities between the two departments was carried out in furtherance of President Hoover’s campaign pledge. It calls for the treasury to relinquish enforcement to the justice department, while retaining supervision over industrial alcohol permits. Instead of the existing twentyseven prohibition districts, Mitchell announced there would be only twelve districts under the justice department. They will correspond roughly to the ten judicial circuits. The eighty-seven deputy administrators in the judicial districts will retain their positions, functioning in close harmony with United States district attorneys. Twelve of the treasury’s prohibition administrators are to be taken over by Mitchell and the remaining • administrators be retained in the industrial alcohol permissive system of the treasury. Wilkey Keeps Post With transfer of control of prohibition forces to the department of justice, John W. Wilkey, deputy administrator for southern Indiana, retains his post. Wilkey, whose offices are at the federal building here, has been deputy administrator more than a year. Howard Long of South Bend has been named deputy administrator for northern Indiana. The shift returns headquarters for District 7, including Indiana, to Chicago with J. J. F. Herbert, district administrator. Chicago formerly was headquarters for the district, but the office was moved to Columbus, 0., in a transfer about two years ago. FARM BOARD ACTION MAY BOLSTER WHEAT 50,000,000 Bushels to Be Held Back and Not Dumped. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 27.—Hope was expressed today that the federal farm board's announcement that the 50,000,000 bushels of wheat owned by the Grain Stabilization Corporation would not be dumped on the market, would bolster the declining wheat market. In a statement by President George S. Milnor of the stabilization corporation, the board declared the 50,000,000 bushels of wheat, | surplus of the 1929 crop, would not be sold in the open market to compete with the 1930 crop. CROWDS VIEW BUMP Air "Baby” Directs Dealers to Radio Conference. An imitation "blimp,” thirty feet long and fifteen feet in diameter, anchored to the roof of the Capitol Electric Company, 122 South Senate avenue, is directing Majestic radio dealers to the company’s offices where sales conferences are being held. Swaying with the wind, the baby blimp has attracted the interest of downtown crowds as it advertises Majestic radios with the legend, "Mighty Monarch of the Air.” The blimp will be displayed from distributors’ headquarters throughout the country this summer.

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Princess Helen . . . his royal bride, who became the mother of an 8-year-old king.

Watch for the First Story, Monday, June 30

We and the Wee One There’s anew little Lindbergh! And our Washington bureau has in print its comprehensive and informative bulletin on the new little Lindbergh’s famous father and mother, telling the story of their lives and of Lindy’s famous flight to Paris and his later exploits in aviation. The bulletin contains 5,000 words of text giving all the historical material that you want to know. Fill out the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON HERE Lindbergh Editor, Washington Bureau, Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.t I want a copy of the bulletin, Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and inclose herewith 5 cents to cover return postage and handling costs. Name St. and No City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

PARK BOARD VICTOR IN BILLBOARD FIGHT

Indianapolis park beard has the right to prohibit erection of advertising billboards within five hundred feet of the city’s parks and boulevards, the Indiana supreme court held today. But the city must make compensation for billboards ordered removed, unless they can be proved to be nuisances aside from the provision of the ordnance prohibiting their erection, the opinion states. It was written by Justice Clarence R. Martin and reverses the decision of Judge Linn D. Hay of superior court three. The case is that of the General Outdoor Advertising Company, formerly the Thomas Cusack Company, against the city of Indianapolis. The decision is the first of its kind to be handed down by a state supreme court, except Pennsylvania in 1927, it was pointed out.

City Girls Start at Fast Clip to Win ‘Miss Victory' Crown

With a heavy cannonading of votes today, Miss Dorothy Rudolph, sponsored by Ft. Benjamin Harrison, led the seekers for the wreath of Miss Victory. Miss Rudolph’s 3,300 votes in the contest conducted by Convention City post, Veterans of Forign Wars, in connection with the “Siege of 1918,” a war drama, gave her finetooth edge over Miss Lillian Smock, the E. C. Atkins Company entry, and her 3,000 ballots. Tabulation of standings was made today at veterans’ headquarters, 143 East Ohio street, following a banquet Thursday night for the women racing for the crown of popularity and the Marmon-Roosevelt sedan donated by Indianapolis sales branch of the Marmon Motor Car v

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930

THE third was a red-haired divorcee, Mme. Lupescu, reputed to be the daughter of a Rumanian junk dealer, for whose caresses Crown Prince Caiol deserted his wife and child and fled with her to Paris that she might become his mistress. Now this gay royal playboy has returned to Rumania to wrest from his 8-year-ola son, the “Boy King” Michael, the crown that he once renounced for the love of his titian-haired charmer. Minott Saunders, manager of the Paris bureau of NEA Service which serves The Times, tells the whole story of the flaming young

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More than 160 billboards are involved, half of which are illuminated. They are maintained at thirty-one locations, including those at Maple road and Fall Creek boulevard, Fall creek bridge, Fairgrounds entrance, Kissell street, Monon railroad, Hawthorne court and Meridian street. Regulation of billboards is part of the city’s police power, the opinion sets out. This power, it holds, can be extended te include “esthetic considerations.” It refers to the Pennsylvania decision upholding trie right of Pittsburgh to exclude billboards from residential zones and continues: Spanking Causes Penalty EVANSVILLE Ind., June 27. Convicted of spanking his former wife, Edwin Seibert was fined $25 and given a sixty-day jail term, the latter suspended.

Here are five young women who seek the “Miss Victory” crown. Left to right: Wynema Jane Linton, 1922 Ashland avenue; Lillian Smock, 823 Mills a’ enue, sponsored by E. C. Atkins & Cos.; Gladys Koontz, 130 South Elder street, sponsored by Link-Belt Cos.; Mina Mae Dodd, 2617 Brookway, sponsored by Big Four railroad; Helen Malless, 717 East Twenty-third street, Apt. 1, sponsored by Sears, Roebuck & Cos. First blood for the Army:

Company, Eleventh and Meridian streets. “And when the last offensive is over. I’ll still be ahead,” Miss Rudolph challenged ether contestants. At Thursday night’s dinner, V. T. Wagner, commander of the vetsr

monarch against a colorful background of royal romance and intrigue—in a series of six daiiy stories that will appear locally exclusively in this newspaper.

KNIFE SLAYING TO BE SPECIAL INQUIRYTOPIC Grand Jury to Begin Work at Brazil Saturday in Girl Murder. Bu Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., June 27.—A special Clay county grand jury will convene here Saturday morning to investigate the slaying of 18-year-old Ruth Williams by her demented brother, Fay Williams, 36, disabled World war veteran. The girl was slain Tuesday morning at the Williams home here. Her brother plunged a butcher knife into her body, slicing the heart. Authorities so far have not taken a detailed statement from Williams regarding the tragedy. He has been in a highly nervous state following a collapse when a full realization came to him of the crime he had committed. Held at Terre Haute Since Wednesday night Williams has been a prisoner in the Vigo county jail at Terre Haute. He became so restless in the Clay county jail here that Sheriff Thomas Tiffee decided to move him in the hope that the change would quiet him so that he could make a statement. Williams, while held here, expressed fear that a mob would enter the jail and remove him to be killed. Every automobile which passed caused him to become excited, and when several were driven away from near the jail at one time, carrying members of a jury, he became frantic. Visiting Restricted Throngs of visitors came to the jail here, and before Williams was removed, Sheriff Tiffee ordered that only relatives or persons on business missions would be permitted to visit the prisoner. Williams refused to look for the last time upon the body of his sister. Replying to a suggestion to his mother that he visit a morgue where the body was prepared for burial, Williams said he would not be able to stand the ordeal. Funeral services for the girl were held Thursday afternoon. LACiTOF FUNDS CAUSE OF DRUG LAW LAXITY Unit Provided With Only Handful of Men, Former Chief Says. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 27.—Whatever laxity there is in the enforcement of food and drug laws is due to the failure of the budget bureau to provide funds, George W. Hoover, former chief of the agriculture department’s drug unit, told the senate agriculture committee today. Hoover said the drug unit was provided with “only a handful of men” to supervise 125,000 kinds of drugs on sale in this country. He declared the budget bureau makes no distinction between estimates for “battleships and babies,” except the cost factor. Any attempt by drug unit officials to secure more money would be “insubordination” under existing rules, he added.

erans, urged the “Miss Victory” entrants to friendly rivalry. Each contestant forecast she’d take the crown like Grant took Richmond, in after-dinner talks. Standings of the contestants will be printed daily throughout the campaign. The campaign ends with the “Seige” July 19, at the state fairgrounds. “Miss Victory” standings today: Dorothy Rudolph, 3,300 votes; Lilliam Smock, 3,000; Edna Schaub, 1,300; Thelma Patterson, 1,000; Mitzi Meredith, 650; Gladys Koontz, 600; Ella Moore, 550. Virginia Scott, Helen Malless, Mina Mae Dodd, Viola Heady, Lela Laepski, Vena McCormick. Wynema Jane Lirten, Betty Schier, Della Stahl and Renee Jean Scheed, have 500 votes each.

NEW MUNCIE PIANTTOGIVE WORKTO 500 Warner Gear Company to Expand fur Manufacture of Transmissions. LARGE ORDER BOOKED Company at Bloomington Sells 450 Carloads of Building Stone. BY CHARLES C. STONE State Editor. The Times Start of construction of anew factory unit for the Warner Gear Company of Muncie, in which 500 to 600 men will be employed, was the outstanding de elopment in Indiana business and industry for the week ended today. The new unit will be capable of producing 2,000 automobile transmissions when operating at capacity. More than one hundred men are already engaged in the construction, and on completion of the plant, within the next six weeks, production will be started. Wildie L. Maitlen will establish a plant at Muncie for manufacture i of light ornanental and structural iron. A permit for erection of a $1,200 building has been obtained. 450 Cars of Stone Sold The Shawnee Stone Company of Bloomington has obtained one of the largest cut stone contracts so far this year. It calls for 450 car loads to be used in construction of an office building for the Gulf Refining Company in Pittsburgh, Pa. The stone to be used is carrara twotone, produced only by the Shawnee company. The order will assure the company’s employes steady work for several months. Temporary relief from some unemployment in Kokomo will result from a month’s work for 600 men in the grinding and polishing departments and warehouse of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Hower, it is announced that with completion of the work, the plant will go back to a status of a shutdown for an indefinite period. Two Mergers Effected Consolidation of two Kokomo industries, the Kingston Products Company and the Kokomo Stamped Metal Company, will become effective Tuesday. Toys and commercial stampings, products of the latter company, are to be exploited on a larger scale as a result of the merger, officials announce. Another merger affecting Kokomo is that of the Riess Manufacturing Company in that city, and the Master Electric Company, Dayton, O. It is announced that several lines will be added to the production of the Kokomo company as a result of the consolidation. Elwood’s tinplate industry will be on a steady operation basis throughout the summer as a result of heavy demands from canning companies. The industry is running on the basis of 85 to 90 per cent normal. Considerable remodeling work will be done in the G. I. Sellers Kitchen Cabinet Company plant during a vacation shutdown which will end July 5. Plant Moved to Elwood Equipment of the Monticello Manufacturing Corporation has been moved to Elwood from Monticello, and it is planned to begin operations within a few days. The Eureka-Indiana Oil and Gas Company, which holds leases on 12,000 acres of Harrison county land, plans considerable activity in drilling. Conditions in various Indiana cities are shown in the following summary: Richmond—The Miller Brothers Hardware Company and John J. Harrington, Inc., the city’s wholesale hardware and accessories concerns, will be merged Tuesday. Officials announce that it is planned to increase the merchandise stock with the aim of building up one of the largest concerns of the kind in the central states. Winchester—lssues of bonds for road building in Randolph county, a total of $111,510 including premiums, have been sold to the Merchants National bank of Muncie. Danville—A new industry here is the Danville Chair Company, composed of Ray Redifer and Frank Trotter, producing anew type of lawn chair designed by Redifer. W’abash— After being idle since late in April, the United Strawboard Mill has resumed operations with about 200 men on the pay roll. Fifty more will probably be added within a few days. During the shutdown an extensive improvement program was carried out, including much new machinery. Terre Haute—Employment conditions here have improved in several quarters. A force cf eighty-six men is working in erecting a plant for the American Can Company. Several are working on construction of a laundry at the Quaker Maid plant, and the force of the shipping de- ■ partment is to be doubled. Shops of the Pennsylvania railroad have re-employed men dismissed several weeks ago. North Anderson—The Indiana Bell Telephone Company plans an early start on a $60,000 expansion program here. South Bend—Removal of the McKenzie Manufacturing Company here from La Crosse, Wis., to become a unit of the Oliver Farm Equipment Company, is set for July. Elkhart—Negotiations have been completed for merger here of the Elcar Motor Company and the Lever Motors Corporation, and the Lever offices will be moved here from Oak Park, 111., and its plant from Quapaw, Okla. The Elcar company is now engaged in manufacturing taxicabs, on an order dptional for 500 to 1,500 units.

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Twin Tree Bu Times Special DECATUR, Ind., June 27. A twin tree, one hickory, the other ash, three miles north of here on the Poe road, is one of the rarest growth known, according to Charles Deam, for many years Indiana state forester. He says that he does not recall ever seeing natural grafting of two trees of different species. The tree is located on the farm of John Fuhrman. It is large and in a healthy condition, both varieties being in full leaf. The ash is the largest.

26 SENTENCED IN lUCOURT Grand Jury Dispensed With on Guilty Pleas. Bu United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 27. District Attorney Oliver Loomis discarded the procedure of handling all criminal cases through a federal grand jury and permitted twentysix men, confined in the county jail, to receive sentence under pleas of guilty. Among those sentenced by Judge T. W. Slick, offenses and terms, are the following: Floyd M. Griswold, South Bend, narcotic act violation, two years; Robert Johns, Negro, South Bend, narcotic, two years; Willie Barnes, Negro, South Bend, Dyer act, two years; George W. Allen, Ft. Wayne, postal fraud, one year. Leroy Castine, Negro, Gary, narcotic, one year; Ralph Draper, Warsaw, white slave, eighteen months; Joseph Augustine, Chicago, Dyer act, one year; Charles Freeland, Fowler, Dyer act, two years; Frank Smith, Gary, narcotic, two years, and Felix Pennington, Gary, narcotic, one year. AUTO DEATHS IN CITY SHOW FIVE INCREASE Thirteen Meet Death in Month Ending June 14, Is Report. Thirteen deaths in auto accidents in metropolitan Indianapolis in the four weeks ending June 14, represented an increase of five over the number killed here during the corresponding period in 1929, mortality figures issued today by the United States commerce department revealed. Ten of the thirteen fatalities were within the city limits in the four weeks recently ended, while six of the eight a year ago were within city limits. For the year ending June 14, 1930, the Indianapolis death rite from automobile accidents was 38.5 per 100,000 population as compared with 16.7 for the previous year. The increase represented 122 au 4 o deaths in the last year compared with ninety-six in the year previous. YOUTHS ‘ELOPE’ WITH ICE CREAM TRUCK Operator Finds Half Gallon of Wares and $8 Missing. The bridegroom did not respond as quickly as a gang of boy seremade experts believed he should Thursday night in the 2200 block on Langley avenue. Turning to an ice cream truck, left in front of the house by Theodore Dommie, 47, of 315 Fulton street, the boys leaped into the truck and drove it away. When Dommie found it later at Sixteenth street and Roosevelt avenue, a half gallon of ice cream and $8 in cash was missing.

CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE PART IN PICNIC Old-Fashioned Fete to Be Held at Broad Ripple July 16. City officials will cast aside their municipal worries the afternoon of July 16 and enjoy an old-fashioned picnic at Broad Ripple park, according to tentative plans of a committee headed by Purchasing Agent Albert H. Losche. Mayoar Reginald H. Sullivan consented to a half holiday to permit employes and officials to mingle at the park. Various games, contests and entertainment stunts are being provided. AUTO CRASHES INTO POLE; 3 ARE INJURED City Woman and Nieces Are Hurt Seriously In Accident. Mrs. A. B. Waggoner and her nieces. Misses Ethel and Lena Hilt, all of Indianapolis, were injured seriously today when the car Mrs. Waggoner was driving, crashed into a utility police three miles south of Lebanon. They are in a Lebanon hospital. Mrs. Waggoner suffered cuts and bruises; Miss Ethel Hilt sustained a broken leg, and Miss Lena Hilt suffered a fractured skull. The accident occurred when Mrs. Waggoner, temporarily blinded by illness, attempted to pass another car. She lost control of her automobile. Infirmary Inmate Dies COLUMBUS, Ini., June 27.—Jens Jorgenson, 82, died at the Bartholomew county infirmary here following a three weeks’ illness. He was a native of Denmark, and came to this county sixty years ago, and for thirty years had lived in Bartholomew county. He -*as naturalized in 1926. He leaves a brother in lowa. Two Mines Sold B.u Times Special PRINCETON, Ind., June 27. Russel R. Reeper, New York attorney, has bought for $15,000 the property of the General Fuel Corporation, including the two Somerville mines, which were disposed of on court order.

NAVY RACE IS FEARED IF BAN GOESONPACT Treaty Rejection by Senate Would Peril Peace, Europe Believes. BRITAIN BIDES HER TIME Financial Condition Is Big Factor in Stand Taken by London. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scrippi-Howard Korri*n Editor WASHINGTON, June 27.—Failure of the senate to ratify the pact of London not only would put a dangerous strain on Anglo-Ameri-can relations, but pave the way for a naval race between the two powers which easily might end in a clash. Such undoubtedly was the feeling in European chancellories after the close of the London conference and time appears to have strengthened this view. Reasoning of old world observers is easy to follow. With all its admitted imperfections, they declare, the London naval agreement does give the United States parity, or something reasonably close to parity, with Great Britain. And it does put an end to naval competition between them in every category of craft during the critical years which lie just ahead. New Crowd May Rule But, should the senate kill the treaty, the labor government of Premier MacDonald would be miffed to the extent that another conference simply would be out of the question so long as it, or the Hoover administration, remained in power. Such safeguards as it imposes against naval rivalry would be thrown to the winds. Meantime, European diplomats point out, many things could and doubtless would happen in the years elapsing before another parley successfully could be brought about. Conditions in Great Britain, for instance, veil may undergo radical changes. In the first place the peace-loving labor government may give way to the more belligerent conservatives, essentially a big navy crowd. In fact, many already regard this as inevitable. Britain Lacks Money In the second place, British finances may improve. And should these likely things come about there is every reason to believe that Britain either would discourage all further talk of naval limitation or proceed to build herself a navy as huge as she likes, then tell America she could have a parity—if she wanted it at the colossal new figures. Europe knows its Britain and Europe is convinced that, but for her present financial embarrassment, she right now would be hewing to the line of her traditional policy of bossing the waves, let the ships hurt whom they may, and no pun intended. Lacking the money, however, she is seen as employing diplomacy to prevent the United States outstripping her. Hence her agreement to parity—or a shade better than parity, if she can wangle it—with America. Robinson Raps Treaty Bu Scrinps-Howard Xcwspaprr Alliance WASHINGTON, June 27.—Taking up the forlorn fight against the London naval limitation treaty. Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana today attacked the covenant in a * radio speech bristling with the threadbare phrases of the admirals challenging the policies and good faith of Great Britain and Japan. Robinson is one of a handful oil Republicans opposing the treaty now before the senate for ratification. He voted against a favorable report in the foreign relations committee a week ago. “We would have been better off had the treaty never been signed,” Robinson declared. He based his conclusion upon a lengthy technical statement by United States naval experts at the conference, who charged that Great Britain gained the greater advantage by her insistence upon eight-inch guns. There was nothing in Robinson’s speech which has not been said many times before by advocates of a super-navy. “We do not seek war with any power. We desire only peace with all the world, but we have grave responsibilities resting on our shoulders and if attacked we ever must be prepared to defend our heritage,” he concluded. The address was over a nationwide chain under auspices of the National Grange. Senator Watson has supported the treaty and is ready to vote foe it when the debate is concluded. MAXWELL BALKED IN ARSON APPEAL MOVE County Payment for Transcript la Denied by Judge. Attempts of Reese A. Maxwell, former grand juror, to perfect an appeal from conviction on a arson charge at the expense of Marion county, failed today when Superior Judge Joseph M. Milner denied a motion to have a transcript of trial evidence prepared at the expense of the county. Maxwell is in the state prison serving a two to fourteen year sentence, imposed by a criminal court jury two weeks ago. He was convicted of hiring two persons to burn his home while he served on the grand Jury. Suing for the transcript expense, Maxwell contends he is a poor person. Milner, however, held to the contrary, ruling that Maxwell owned property at the time of hie conviction, , .