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DEATH ENDS LAST MILE’ CELL DRAMA Maddened Murderer Who Inspired Broadway Play Is Execuied. BODY IS UNCLAIMED Two Weeks Ago Texas Killer Gouged Out Own Eyes in Reprieve Effort. B's r'ntfrft Prr* V HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Oct 17. The last curtain of “The Last Mile,” a Broadway drama, of death row in a penitentiary with men condemned to die as the characters, was rung down in true life here today. Joyce Shepard, maddened murderer whose frenzied cries of “Jones, oh, Jones,” were echoed in the play that thrilled New York audiences, was executed at the Texas state penitentiary at 12:11 a. m. for the murder of a peace officer two years ago. He was pronounced dead six minutes later. Shepard, cellmate.of Robert Blake, who, while awaiting execution for murder, penned a death cell piece that was enlarged into “The Last Mile." went-to his death blinded. Two weeks ago. in a fit of rage, he gouged out his own eyes with a steak bone; whetted to razor-like sharpness. ; Gained One Respite Joyce once had gained respite from death in the electric chair by feigning insanity. He was taken from death row and declared insane after he had shrieked the senseless “Jones, oh Jones," continually and stripped his clothes from his body in the dead of winter Confined to a sanitarium, he apparently became normal again. He was returned to his death cell. Again he feigned madness. The laws of Texas forbid a second sanity trial, but he maintained his role of a mad snan and it was in vain hope of a reprieve that he dug out his eyes. Three days ago he became calm and accepted his fate. During his last hour of life Thursday night he joked with prison guards, ate numerous dishes of ice cream and t moked several cigars. Scriptures Are Quoted He explained his action in goug- , mg out lxis eyes by •quoting the j Scripture: If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out.” ' . “A fellow in my fix has to try almost everything he can to help himself,” he said. Shephard’s body was unclaimed, as he had neither friends nor relatives. He formerly lived in Arizona. AVIATRIX REACHES~OHIO Miss Laura Ingalls, Seeking Record. Lands in Columbus. Bui mtnj prfft/t COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 17.—Miss Laura Ingalls, en route from California to New' York in an attempt to establish anew west-to-east airplane speed record for women, landed at Port Columbus at 12:10 p. m. today from Indianapolis, COP'S CHILD KIDNAPED Underworld Revenge for Work of Detective Blamed. Bu rut ted Brets DENVER. Oct. 17.—Underworld enmities aroused by the activities of Leo O Loughlin, police detective, in tracking down criminals, were believed today to be responsible for the disappearance of his 10-year-old daughter, Leona, missing since Wednesday morning. 'IRON MAN r ON CARPET Chicago Police Head Called in Capone Arrest Order. Pu United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 17—John H. Alcock, the "iron man” who became commissioner of police when the Alfred J. Lingle murder turmoil resulted in removal of William F. Russell, was summoned today to help the grand jury find out how a secret arrest order found its way into the hands of A1 Capone gangsters. WATSON 'MUCH BETTER' Senator Probably Will Continue Speaking Tour for G. O. P. Senator James E. Watson was “very much better and probably will continue his speaking tour,” members of the Republican state headquarters here were informed by a telephone message from the senator, who is in Chicago. Webster Appeal Filed Appeal was filed in supreme court this afternoon by M. L. ■Clawson, attorney. in behalf of Irving Webster. Indianapolis publisher, recently convicted in Marion county courts on blackmail charges. '

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Homecoming Celebrated at Butler Butler university's campus today echoed shouts familiar in former years as alumni gathered at Fairview for annual home-coming festivities that will be climaxed when the Bulldogs meet the St. Louis university football team, in Butler bowl tonight. Formal home-coming celebration was to start with a downtown parade at 2:30 in which the St. Louis and Butler school bands and the Hilton U. Brown Jr.. American Legion drum corps will lead a procession of floats and the Butler students. For the most unique and best float Blue Kay. honorary Butler fraterntiy sponsoring the parade, will offer a loving cup. Fraternity and sorority homes in Fairview this morning were decorated in a contest for a cup to be awarded by Sphinx Club, national honorary fraternity for upperclassmen. FUND WORKERS TO OPEN DRIVE Dinner Tonight Will Mark Start of Campaign. Twenty-five hundred volunteer workers today were ready for the opening of the eleventh annual Community fund campaign, for which a goal of $865,000 is set. The drive officially will be opened at a dinner in the Claypool tonight, at which G. M. Williams. Marmon Motor Car Company president, will address solicitors, fund officials and campaign leaders. More than 500 are expected at the dinner. “The goal barely represents the minimum necessary to meet the winter’s demands. Indianapolis must rise to the emergency.” William H. Insley, fund president, declared. Employment conditions probably will curtain subscriptions in many cases, and these losses must be offset by larger contributions from those who can give, fund officials said. First report meeting of workers will be held at the Claypool Monday noon, and additional report luncheons will be held until the drive ends, except Saturday. Oct. 25. The campaign ends Oct. 27.

Talkie Talks It is just about two years since Hollywood tossed the word "talkie” into the American language. Since that autumn of 1928 there have been many developments in sound pictures. For the average movie fan, however, the big questions are: Just what sort of progress has been made? How do the talkies stand today? What’s coming next? How has it affected the movie colony? Dan Thomas. Hollywood representative of NEA service, has undertaken to answer these questions in a series “Two Years of Talkies.” No movie fan will want to miss this series of stories. They will begin Monday in the Pink editions of The Times only. Get your Pinks and keep up with the movie •world.

CONVICT SCHOOLBOY Youth, 18, Found Guilty of Banditry. Jesse Finke. 18, 1833 North Harding street, high school student, today was found guilty of banditry in criminal court, and was sentenced to the Indiana state reformatory for a one-to-ten-year term. Finke. n a confession to detectives. admitted holding up the Tom Thumb golf course atop the Circle Tower building. Sept. 3, escaping with S4O. He admitted five other recent holdups in, the city. He did not plead guilty. GIANT SHIP TO BE BUILT Navy Department Awards $15,560,000 Contract tor Aircraft Carrier. Bu I'nitrd Prrss WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. The navy department today awarded contracts for construction of anew airplane carrier to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for $15,560,000. Acting Secretary of Navy Jahncke announced. REPULSE INSURGENTS Brazil Federals Claiming Victory Over Rebels. Bu Vnited Prets RIO DE JANEIRO. Oct. 17. Revolutionary forces marching on Sao Paulo and the federal capital | have been repulsed on the northern I and southern fronts, the government \ announced today. Rebels seeking to penetrate ■ the j state of Sao Paulo from the Parana : frontier met defeat at Itarere, a | ministry of justice communique said. MacFaddcn Goes to Berlin ROME, Oct. 17.—Bernarr MacFadden, American publisher, left for Berlin today, where he will be received Monday by President Paul vo^jlmdenburg.

40 HURT, LOSS IS MILLION IN COASTBLAST Los Angeles Manufacturing District Badly Damaged by Explosion. CIGARET LIGHT CAUSE Mexican Boy Struck Match, Igniting Fumes From Open Gas Mains. Pi! VnitciJ Press LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17.—A ter- ; rifle explosion shook the eleven- | story Garment Capitol building here ! today, injuring at least forty persons and causing property damage : estimated at $1,000,000. For a time, it was believed the ex- | plosion resulted from labor trouble, being an outgrowth of a strike I called seven weeks ago by the Garment Workers’ Union. Police discounted the “labor war” j theory, however. They insisted that the blast occurred when a Mexican | boy struck a match to light a cig- | aret. Two witnesses told authorities ; the youth stopped in front of the Beverly Hills Frock Company and j struck the match. Match, Then Roar “The match flamed and then there was a roar,” said Pljil Handman, who was standing near by on the fifth floor. “I saw the Mexican* boy and his boss knocked down.” The “boss” it was learned was H. Schulman, owner of the Beverly Hills Company, Schulman was one of those seriously injured, having received second and third degree burns about the face, hands and legs. An elevator boy, who just had left the Mexican and Schulman out of tjre elevator, substantiated Handman’s recital. Injury to a larger number was averted because the blast occurred several minutes before an army of women garment employes were to start work. Most of the injured were men employes, including janitors, elevator men and heating plant operators. Hundreds Out of Work It was estimated the blast will throw several hundred persons out of work pending repairs. Occupants of the building were endangered by falling marble door decorations as they rushed to safety. Firemen found two gas mains in the building open. The detonation apparently centered on the filth floor rooms of the Beverly Hill Frocks, Inc., dress and sports apparel manufacturers. Other Firms Damaged Other firms in the buying, all manufacturers or wholesalers of wearing apparel, were damaged. Three floors of the Graybar Electric building, just east of the I wrecked building, were damaged ■ and goods worth thousands of dollars destroyed. The Stewart-Dawes building, housing wholesale shoe companies, directly across the street, also was wrecked. Other buildings damaged were the Otis Elevator and McConnell plant to the north. Seven automobiles parked in the 'street we/e destroyed.

WRECKS CAR: ENDS LIFE Dancing Instructor Drinks Poison After Auto Smash. Bu United Press DETROIT, Oct. 17.—Poison she drank after wrecking her brother’s automobile today caused the death of Peggy Lott. 23. a dancing instructor. • LEAVES TOWN FOR DOG Doctor Gives Up Practice Rather Than See Pup Executed, By United Prdss WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.—Rather than turn over his dog for the execution decreed after Fritz had been found guilty of biting a mailman, Dr. Charles J. Mooney gave up his practice here and took the animal out of the city. GIRL, 14, ENDS HER LIFE Jumps in Detroit River; Expelled From School for Smoking. Bu United Press DETROIT. Oct, 17.—leather than face her parents after being expelled from school because she smoked. Dorothy Berger. 14, ended her life by jumping into Detroit river.

Song Writer's ‘Cream in ■ Coffee' Not Wife; Sued

Bu I'nitrd Frrst LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.—Lew Brown, composer of many popular theme songs, didn't write "You're the Cream in My CofTee” as an ode to his wife, Mrs. Sylvia Brown charged today in a suit for divorce. The co-author of “I’m a Dreamer,” “Under a Texas Moon,” “Button Up Your Overcoat” and many other popular melodies, wrote most of them away from the family fireside and when his wife remonstrated she-was greeted with profanity. Mrs. Brown charged. Mrs. Brown said her husband’s income combined with those of Ray Henderson and Buddy De Sylvia, exceeded $500,000 a year, and asked for a division of community property totaling $1,000,000. In addition she sought the custody of their two children. Nomi, 9, and Arlene, 4, and a $5,000 monthly allowance.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930

Charges Cop Incited Mob to Lynching The Marion policeman who hung the blood-soaked shirt of Claude Deeter, murder victim, out the window of the Marion (Ind.) police station, fanning the race hatred that resulted in the lynching of two Negroes, is the object of anew investigation being waged by AttorneyGeneral James M. Ogden, the latter declared today. If his identity is learned, the policeman will be charged with inciting a riot, declared Ogden, who moved this week to bring Sheriff Jacob Campbell and seven Marion alleged mob leaders to trial. The attorney-general today declared the murder victim’s shirt was suspended from the police station window the day after Deeter, 23-year-old Fairmount youth, was slain by Negroes who, police said, confessed the slaying and to assaulting Deeter’s young woman companioe. ( The attorney-general is acting on the theory that the action was an out-and-out stroke to inflame the Marion mob to action. Two Negroes, Deeter’s assailants, were hanged on the courthouse lawn Aug. 7, Os the seven alleged leaders against whom Ogden filed affidavits in Grant circuit court late Wednesday, only one, Robert Beshire, poolroom owner, has been arrested. He was released under $2,000 bond set by Judge O. D. Clawson for all the defendants.

RIOTERS RATTLE COPSJRERLIN Street Fighting Renewed by Striking Workers. Bu United Press BERLIN, Oct. 17.—Street fighting between Communists and police was renewed teday in the striking metal workers district while violent scenes were enacted in the Reichstag. While police were swinging their truncheons on strikers, extremist forces in the Reichstag leveled a bitter atack on Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s cabinet. A Fascist speaker, Gregor Strasser, flung at the Reichstag the Fascists’ determination to restore “German freedom" even if war should be necessary to achieve the goal. Confusion continued throughout most of the session. In the Prussian Diet. Communists and Socialists •clashed over Red demands that police be ordered to cease attacks on strikers. The session was suspended when the disorder raised a danger of fisticuffs. Strike of some 120,000 metal workers which caused severe rioting today, became more serious when many milk deliverers joined 'in protest against wage cuts. Eight persons were arrested. At noon, police guards in the workers district clashed again with the crowd, using truncheons vigorously to disperse rioters. EARTHQUAKE HITS CHILE Many Injured With Minor Damage in Tremor at Dawn. Bu United Press . , . VALPARAISO. Chile, Oct. 17—A severe earthquake occurred here at dawn. Many persons were slightly injured and minor damage was caused throughout the city,

RAID PRINTING SHOP Prosecutor, Officers Seize Baseball Pool Tickets. Deputy sheriffs led by Deputy Prosecutor George Eggleston raided a printing office operated by Denver Ferguson, Negro, at 322 North Senate avenue, today, arresting Ferguson on a capias charging pool selling and operating a lottery. Eggleston declared the shop was headquarters for printing baseball pool tickets sold in the city’s poolrooms. After half an hour’s search the deputies found several hundred tickets in a wastebasket, hidden under paper, they said. “Something happened on this raid,” Eggleston declared, surveying the shop which appeared to have been cleaned up hastily. He intimated someone had tipped Ferguson off. Enforcement Commission Adjourns Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. —The Hoover law enforcement commission which is due to report its finding on prohibition within sixty days, adjourned today until Nov. 5, the day after the elections.

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COFFIN'S AID JEERS ORDER ON POOR FARM Paul Dunn Asks 4 Who Ever Heard of Fire Marshal Closing Anything?’ BOND ISSUE DEFERRED County Council to Vote Saturday on $198,000 , Relief Measure. BY EDWARD C. FULKE Deferring until Saturday morning any action on the $198,000 bond issue for poor farm relief, Marion county councilmen today scrutinized an ordinance officially acknowledging infirmary renovations are “an indispensible public necessity.” The ordinance, submitted to councilmen by Harry Dunn, county auditor, states the institution's accommodations are “insufficient to care for present needs.” Wording of the ordinance is seen as an acknowledgment by county officials of the dire straits of inmates ns disclosed recently by Tire Times. The council indicated a loophole has been ferreted out by the county attorney, giving councilmen opportunity to disregard condemnation orders issued two weeks ago by State Fire Marshal Alfred M. Hogston. . Gets Trifle Profane Headed by Paul Dunn, Coffin henchman, councilmen squabbled among themeslves over legality of Hogston’s order. They apparently disregarded Hogston’s verdict holding mens quarters at the institution to be a “firetrap”—“unfit for human occupancy.” Dunn once indicted for shady “deals” surrounding his election to office, fired the starting gun for the squabble, which other councilmen—his “yes” men—greeted unanimously with a chorus of agreement. “Who in the hell ever heard of the state fire marshal making anybody do anything?” Dunn ejaculated.. “That, order doesn’t amount to a damn to this council,” he added. Only (Six Members Present Hogston’s investigation was made at request of The Times, and verified findings that scores of the aged are sleeping oh straw “ticks” on cold hallway floors, aside from general lack of facilities for caring for 370 other male inmates ekeing out the barest existence under the county’s care. Only six members of the council were present, with Frank Cones, candidate for treasurer, unexplainedly absent. At Saturday’s session, council will vote on the ordinance which county commissioners rushed through following The Time’s disclosures. Commissioners, including John E* Shearer, Coffin puppet and candidate for re-election, watched the council’s action this morning from a distance. Shearer said recently poor farm relief will be provided as “soon as possible.”

HIGH PRAISE FOR RADIUM Doctor Tells Surgeons Treatment Is Best for Cancer. By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 17.—The assertion that, radium .treatment far excels surgery in the treatment of cancer and that its usefulness will increase in the future was made Thursday night before the American college of surgeons’ clinical congress by Dr. George Gray Ward of the Woman’s hospital of New York. SLAYER SUSPECT HELD Woman Accused of Stabbing Lover Nabbed in Nightgown on Street. Bu United Press DETROIT. Oct. 17.—Captured by a taxicab driver as she ran down the street in her nightgown after allegedly stabbing her sweetheart to death with a bread knife. Mrs. Helen Jaeck, 23, of Toledo, today was held on a charge of murder.

SEASON’S FIRST KILLING FROST IS DUE TONIGHT

Old-fashioned pigskin weather appeared certain to favor Hoosier football teams this week-end, as the weather man’s breath registered a chill 40 degrees today, and promised to become even slightly colder tonight. The season's first killing frosts were due tonight, according to fore.‘BEER/ VOTES LABOR Convention on Record for Dry Law Modification. Bti Unit'd Press BOSTON, Oct, 17.—The American Federation of Labor at the closing session of its fiftieth annual convention went on record today in favor of modification of the Volstead act to permit manufacture of 2.75 per cent alcoholic content. The action had been recommended in the report of the executive council, which was adopted without argument. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 41 10 a. m 43 7a. m 40 11 a. m 46 Ba. m,.... 40 12 (noon).. 49 ta. m..... 40 Ip. m,.... 30

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Mrs. Anna Mae Essick, holding her 1-year-old baby, Niliah. The other children, left to right: Ruby. 6: Harry. 5, and Vera, 3. Inset: The husband and father, Oscar L. Essick, killed this morning.

STATE LINES TO BE ABANDONED 168 Miles of interurban Service Is Dropped, Public service commissioners today ordered the abandonment of 168 miles of interurban lines. They are the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern subsidiary lines operated between Indianapolis and Martinsville and between Indianapolis, Lafayette, Lebanon and Crawfordsville. The T. H.. I. & E. branch from Indianapolis to Danville previously had been ordered abandoned. • All will cease operation at midnight Oct. 31. Receivers for the various branch lines petitioned for abandonment on the grounds that, they were losing money consistently. GANGSTER GIVEN ‘RIDE’ Body of Man Is Found in Alley; Shot Through Mouth, Bu United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Gangsters took another victim for a “ride” today, shot him through the mouth, then tossed his body into an alley just off a street that bears the name of “Crooked.” The man appeared to have been about 28 years old and foreign. HOOVER EYES BUSINESS President to Call on Leaders to Study New Developments. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—President Hoover intends to call in business leaders of the nation, singly and privately, to acquaint himself with developments toward business revival, it was announced at, the White House today.

cast of the United States weather bureau here, and J. H. Armington, senior meteorologist at the bureau, said the mercury might slide to 33 degrees. Heavy frosts will be general in open places throughout the state, with the exception of the Ohio river front, where they are expected to be light, Armington said. Winter Moves East CHICAGO, Oct. 17—Swirling southeastward at a rapid rate after laying a heavy blanket of snow over central Canada and much of the Rocky Mountain region, winter’s first blasts swept into Chicago today, driving the temperature rapidly down toward the freezing point. Predicting that the cold spell would last three days. W. P. Stewart, government meteorologist, said the temperature today would drop to around 34 and it was nearing that point before daybreak. It was 70 at noon Thursday. Snow still was falling last night at Cheyenne, Wyo. Heavy snow fell in North Dakota, along the Canadian border. Heavy snowfall covered central Canada, drifting so deep in many praces that traffic was stopped. The storm carried snow with it as it raged late Thursday across Minnesota. m

Car Driven at High Speed Turns Over Thrice on Parkway. An alleged beer party ended in tragedy early today, takir 0 the life of one man and resulting in the subsequent arrest of five other persons, two of whom were injured when a car overturned on Burdsal parkway, near Northwestern avenue. Oscar Essick, 31, of 614 Somerset avenue, father of four children, was killed when the car he was driving overturned three times while traveling at a high rate of speed on the parkway. Essick was thrown from the car and died from skull fracture, Coroner C. H. Keever said. Dewey Noe, 27, of Detroit, and Miss ,4lma Dicer, 22, of 2235 Roosevelt avenue, who were riding in the car with Essick, were cut severely. They were held by police on $5,000 vagrancy bonds each. Attended Beer Party In statements obtained from Miss Dicer and Noe, police were informed that they, with Essick and Miss Vera Thurston, 19, of 1122 Sheffield avenue, attended a beer party at the home of Dr. Charles LeFevre, 35, of 2332 West Michigan street. Miss Thurston had accompanied Essick to the party and she had been taken to her home before the crash. She was arrested on a charge of contributing to delinquency. , Lieutenant Frank Owen and Timothy McMahon of the police accident prevention bureau, arrested LeFevre at his home after, they say, he admitted giving the party. Police said they found seven quarts of home brew in the residence. Another Girl Held Miss Edna Wicks, 19. of 1814 West New York street, who also is alleged to have been at the party, was held on a vagrancy charge. Essick was an employe of the Texaco Oil Company. Mrs. Essick neared collapse after police told her of the tragedy. “He loved me and the children, but he couldn't stop drinking.” With her four children wanting to know where “Daddy is” Mrs. Essick sobbed and viewed anew home shattered by the death of her husband. “I don’t hold anything against the girl, because I know he loved me and the four little ones,” Mrs. Essick cried when told her husband was with another woman on the party. “His great fault was drinto—he couldn't let it alone.” Funeral Rites Monday Essick had moved his family into the little bungalow last week. Mrs. Essick, an expectant mother, has been working day and night to get the new home in order. Essick served three years in the army during the war, spending eighteen months overseas in the transport division. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 p. m. Monday and burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. KILLED BY TETANUS Infection From Rusty Nail Fatal to Sip McClaud. Tetanus infection from a rusty nail proved fatal to Sip McClaud, 59, Stilesvtlle, in Indiana Christian hospital today. McClaud was admitted to the hospital Zpesday.

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MILO STUART IS PRESIDENT OF TEACHERS Bitter Factional Feeling Is Downed as Technical Head Is Named. SCHANLAUB VICE-CHIEF Report of Committee Is Accepted Without Dissenting Vote. Bitter factional feeling in the Indiana State Teachers’ Association accepted the olive branch of peace today with the election of Milo H. Stuart, principal of Arsenal Technical high school, as president of the association in a business session at Cadle tabernacle. W. A. Schanlaub, county superintendent of Newton, was named vice-president. Report of the nominating committee was accepted by the convention floor jvithout a dissenting vote and election of the two schoolmasters was unanimous. The ease with which the nominating committee's report was accepted was in direct contrast to the election of Mattie B. Fry of Anderson on the floor of the convention at the 1923 meeting. Insure Against Insurgency But to insure against insurgency m the teachers’ ranks with the resultant upset of the nominating committee’s report as in 1929, the committee refused to divulge the names of the nominees until they were placed on the floor. Balloting on resolutions prior to the election of Stuart, however, brought out traces of the association's factions. A resolution urging the change of the annual meeting from the’ third to the fourth week in October met with a, tinge of factionalism when it was defeated by teachers from South Bend, Ft. Wayne and Marion. The resolution had tha support of Indianapolis and educators group with the city body. A near-fight ensued on the establishment of a board of control of the association’s magazine, the Indiana Teacher, when a teacher from Connersville called out on the floor: “The resolution is silly.” Resolution Is Adopted The resolution was adopted after spirited voting and places the magazine in the hands of a. committee composed of the president, two expresidents of the association and the permanent secretary of the association, and takes it out of the jurisdiction of the association’s executive committee. Other resolutions adopted approved State Parent-Teacher Association’s work; urged establishment of a department of education in the United States with a secretary of education added to the president’s cabinet; ca’led for revision and equalization of tax burdens in the state; commended Governor Harry G. Leslie for the appointment of a committee to study refinancing of the state’s schools; recommended all educational laws now existing be left intact; approved the Governor’s state crime commission, and deplored the general lack of obedience to law, and urged enactment of special appropriations by ’ the legislature to meet deficits in the payment of approved claims for state school relief. Bills Are Paid A report by Charles O. Williams, permanent secretary-treasurer, said, “This is the flfst time in the seven-ty-seven years’ history of the association that ac the time of our annual meeting all our bills have been paid.” Donald DuShane of Columbus in a report of the legislative committee, urged the association safeguard the standard of wages, and prevent a weakening of the licensing and retirement acts of the state teachers. Two general convention sessions met this morning. The Rev. Ralph W, Sockman, New York, addressed the major gathering at Cadle tabernacle and at 11 L. H. Dennis of the Pennsylvania department of public instruction, spoke on "Education for Democracy” in the I O. O. F hall. “Teachers have a responsibility for juvenile crime in the nation,” declared Dennis. Sectional Meetings Held “Educators should maintain contacts with the adolescent who drops cut of school and this can be accomplished through occupational evening schools where the training for life can be accomplished.” Teachers attended sectional meetings from 2 to 4 this afternoon and will hear M. V. O’Shea, University of Wisconsin, at a general session in Cadle tabernacle at 8 tonight, followed by an address by Miss Florence Hale, editor of the Grade Teacher, Augusta, Me., on “How to Tell a School Marm Fro: i a Teacher.”

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